User talk:jonny-mt/Archive 3

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The, uhh, with, umm, what now?

Yeah, go ahead with all that. In my test, it worked fine, in all three ways (DELPRO, using only the reason parameter, and using both extra parameters. I don't really see the need for extra coding, and the DELPRO instructions could always be modified for it. Justin^(Gmail?)_(u) 05:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, my understanding is that some of the limitations have to do not only with user habits but also with the screen-scraping employed by Mathbot and others to keep tabs on the backlogs (hence the notice on {{Afd top}} about who you should let know about any changes) and the way some helper scripts are written. I haven't done the research just yet, but it's possible that extra wikimarkup might cause some problems. When I get a chance, I'll test out the code to make sure it works, run it by the people who need to know about it, and then update the template and WP:DELPRO. Thanks! --jonny-m t 05:28, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, sounds great. Justin^(Gmail?)_(u) 15:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

...that is just surreal timing. --jonny-m t 15:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Aloha Plumeria

Mahalo nui loa! —Viriditas | Talk 09:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Heba Kotb

On 3 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heba Kotb, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 07:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Fantastic. Thank you so much! --jonny-m t 07:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

The Aloha Plumeria

I love it. What a great idea. Could you review {{User:Cuyler91093/Shaka}} and User:Cuyler91093/Sandbox/WP:HAWAII? Thanks. Aloha! Cuyler91093 (Contribs) 08:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Eternal Nights

Hello, I am one of the developers from Eternal Nights. We are currently working on a site for it and will have it up soon. I will post the site info on the article when it is finished. But I have a question. Will I be able to use one of those Free website makers like Freewebs.com and create a temporary site until the official one is complete?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Elthiria (talk • contribs)

To be honest, I don't know the best way to set up free webhosting, although I'm sure Freewebs or what have you would be fine for your purposes.

However, Wikipedia has another major requirement for inclusion--notability. In short, we determine whether or not something is deserving of an article based on how many articles are written about it by secondary sources, reasoning that if authors, journalists, and scholars take an interest in it, then it's sufficient for our purposes as well. I don't have to tell you that this is not an issue for many games in production, given the extremely fast pace of video game journalism. However, even if you set up a temporary website to hold information on your product, it will still most likely be deleted for being non-notable.

Your best bet for getting an article about this on Wikipedia? Wait until the independent press writes some articles about it. If your game gets covered, I guarantee that you won't even have to lift a finger; the community will write an article for you. --jonny-m t 09:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

If we are able to get the site up in time, it doesn't mean that a game review or article will be written and it is not yet released to them as well. Is there any other way of keeping the article up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elthiria (talk • contribs) 09:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, in the absence of secondary sources, I can't think of one off the top of my head. If you'd like to keep it in your userspace for a while to see if you can find any sources, that can be done, although you can't leave it there permanently (it would eventually be sent here for deletion). There are probably other Wikis around the web that might be willing to host it, but until it fulfills the criteria for inclusion here, we won't have an article on it.

If you would prefer to just go ahead and delete it yourself, you can blank the article and I'll take care of the rest. Otherwise, it will eventually be sent here for deletion through discussion. I'm sorry I can't be of more help, but please let me know if you have any other questions! --jonny-m t 09:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I have copied all the text to a Word Document for future placement, so you can go ahead and delete the article if you want to and thanks for you help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elthiria (talk • contribs) 09:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok the article is blank and awaiting deletion. Thanks again for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elthiria (talk • contribs) 09:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching request update

You have previously expressed an interest in undergoing the Admin coaching program. We're currently engaged in a program reset to help things move more smoothly in the future. If you are still interested in the program, please go to Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests for Coaching and re-list yourself under Current requests, deleting your entry from Older requests. Also, double-check to make sure coaching is right for you at the Coachee checklist; WP:Adoption or WP:Editor review may be more appropriate depending on your situation and aspirations. We should get back to you within a day or so, once a coaching relationship has been identified. Thank you. MBisanz ^talk 07:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help!

Hey Scarian,

I wanted to stop by and say thanks for taking such an interest in helping to figure things out with User:Yosemitesam25. I know it's difficult to step into conflicts like this--I've been keeping an eye on it for a while and am still struggling to keep up--but I just wanted to let you know that your help is appreciated. --jonny-m t 12:55, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I did opt for a Hawaiian article ban first but another admin pointed me in the direction of WP:1RR. Thanks for the note, friend. Message me if you need anything (Specifically, mediation on any Hawaiian related articles where the said user has been involved). Take care! Scarian ^{Call me Pat} 13:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Afd Closures

Sorry for not removing it from the list. I was onece told that a bot would acomplish this :P. And in the future I will note my non-admin status :). Also the problem from my talkpage is not my fault, its a malformed complaint. CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} 13:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

dyk well done

On 11 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Great stuff! I thought Lozleader really did a good job on this article. --jonny-m t 00:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

For fun

See User:Catherine de Burgh. LOL. Bearian (talk) 23:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That is fantastic! I love it! --jonny-m t 00:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Flora of Hawaii

Why don't you or I just create a Flora of Hawaii category and make endemic flora a sub cat of that. Then we have places to put both the endemic and non-endemic flora of Hawaii. Surely, the special isolation of Hawaii deserves an endemic category. Hmains (talk) 02:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the message (and sorry about the errant notice)! My understanding was that all of the state flora categories are basically there to cover the flora that are either endemic to or closely associated with a given state. I like your suggestion and am certainly not opposed to it per se, but I'm not sure it's the most elegant, given that the vast majority of Hawaiian plants would reasonably be endemic and any parent category would thus be sparsely populated at best. Judging from your contributions and talk page, you're clearly more experienced in categories than I am (to be honest, I just ran across the name when trying to find a proper category for Myoporum sandwicense and thought it was a little counter-intuitive), so by all means feel free to suggest your solution in the discussion. I've also notified WikiProject Hawaii and WikiProject Plants that it's happening, so hopefully we'll get some good opinions. --jonny-m t 02:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Salting

I've tried to protect that title, but it keeps coming back. Salting used to be easy! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, wow, I just looked at the activity log. Guess you're even more sick of seeing that page than I am! >.< So out of curiosity, now that WP:SALT is defunct, how exactly does a page wind up on Special:Protectedtitles? --jonny-m t 15:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Huh. Where there's a will.... --jonny-m t 15:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Myoporum sandwicense, was selected for DYK!

On March 12, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Myoporum sandwicense, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Great stuff! Thanks! --jonny-m t 23:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:SALT replacements

There is some documentation of the page creation protection in Wikipedia:Protection policy#Creation protection.

Anyway, the functionality is rather simple and doesn't really need that extensive documentation anyway - the idea is that you just go in the "edit" page of a page that doesn't exist, and hit "Protect".

It'll look like this in the log:

01:17, 15 February 2008 Wwwwolf (Talk | contribs | block) protected Matt allen ‎ (repeatedly created CSD A7 material [create=sysop] (expires 23:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)))

You're probably thinking "it can't be that simple"; well, it is. I didn't believe it myself when I saw it. =)

Hope this helps! --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Template

Hey jonny, we could use your thoughts[[1]]--Yosemitesam25 (talk) 04:10, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, I saw your reverts of HL on the sovereignty article (which I support) but didn't notice the diffs from the other article until after I had left HL a welcome note on HL's talk page. Finally, I adjusted that awkward sentence in the first paragraph of the sovereignty article.--Yosemitesam25 (talk) 04:10, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you

Hi Jonny-mt! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1).

I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being

an admin to the high standard that the community deserves.

Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 18:26, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks also for your additional comments. It means a lot to me that you recognised positive attributes that came from a bad situation. I utterly regret the way I acted and I am so glad that the community looked past that :). Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 18:26, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!

Hello, and thanks for your support in my recent RFA! The final result was 61/0/3, so I've been issued the mop! I'm extremely grateful for your confidence in me and will strive to live up to it. Thanks again! —Scott5114 ↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Would you mind?

Hi, I am inviting you to participate in the WikiProject Hawaii newsletter. I would appreciate it if you helped! See you around! – The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 06:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up.

Someone's sock, definitely. So many banned sockpuppeteers in India-related articles that I really don't envy the checkusers. Relata refero (talk) 14:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Tae Yun Kim

Regarding Tae Yun Kim, thank you and I will work on it. I am certain that SarahSmile516 is in fact a member of the 'group', have a look at the sister page Jung SuWon. 516, is actually a number assigned inside the group.... numerology bs, long story

Anyhow, thank you for the words. I will work on parsing everything and I think that maybe the cult information is better on a page about the "COL Program" instead of Kim herself...

thx Jmhunter (talk) 08:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I added the COL program page, is this inline with keeping thing out of the BLP? Jmhunter (talk) 05:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Am I in trouble?

What is a usercheck? I'm sorry if I did something wrong but all I think all I have done is include constructive edits on topics that interest me. Is there something I should stop doing?W-i-k-i-l-o-v-e-r-1-7 (talk) 07:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

A checkuser is a technical tool used for examining whether a group of accounts is related. For privacy reasons, the use of this tool is limited to a handful of very trusted editors.

As for whether or not something will happen to this account, that depends on the admin reviewing it. Based on the technical results, it seems very likely that you are Boomgaylove, which means you are using multiple accounts to circumvent a block in violation of Wikipedia policy. While I'll recognize that I didn't see any specifically disruptive edits in your contributions thus far, I don't think the registering of multiple accounts--one of which is an obvious play on the username of an editor Boomgaylove has run into before--is going to be taken as an indication that you're here to contribute constructively. --jonny-m t 07:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jonny-mt

Bearian would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Bearian to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jonny-mt . If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Bearian (talk) 17:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I know you have not transcluded your RfA quite yet, and so I will not !vote but i did leave you a few questions. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoa; I haven't even finished filling in the standard questions yet. I'll do my best to answer yours as well before I transclude, though; thanks! --jonny-m t 04:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Take your time, there is no rush. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 04:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thanks!

So, yeah, you know how these work... »»»»
Thank you very much for your support in my recent RfA, which closed with a final tally of (75/1/0). Your trust in me is greatly appreciated, and I can assure you it has not been misplaced. I shall use these tools to the best of my ability, and will do my best not to let you down. Thank you once again, and happy editing as always! *Hersfold* ^(t/a/c) 20:12, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Oh snap, the DEA is an admin

They call them croissants

I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which I'm very glad to say was successful at 81/7/0. Some of the very best that Wikipedia has to offer came out to support or oppose me and the kind words from all the editors has really given me confidence to be an admin and I can't wait to start. I will take the advice of the opposes and not jump into any content disputes immediately. As well, I will try to add more content myself. Anyways, in thanks for participating in my RfA, I've made you this French pastry. Enjoy! --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk - Contribs) 13:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Spring {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}! ~~~~

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are entering the season of Autumn not Spring then I wish you a happy First Day of Autumn {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}!
To spread this message to others, add {{subst:First Day Of Spring}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for the kind wishes--despite the fact that it's rainy and cold, I got the day off work, so I can't complain too much! --jonny-m t 15:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Brilliant prose

Hey Jonny-mt, I was just looking over your RfA, and from there, linked to your CSD page. (Not sure why I just bluelinked that, I'm sure you know where it is.) Anyway, I found it to be, well, brilliant. One of the best "why was my page deleted" pages I've ever seen. Did you write and format that yourself from scratch? Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 14:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh wow, thanks! That's quite a compliment!

To answer your questions, I "stole" the formatting from my own user page, which I in turn adapted from someone else's user page (although I can't for the life of me remember whose page it was). The content I wrote myself, based on the kind of questions and reactions I was getting from new users and the kind of explanations I thought they'd find useful. I also figured that a little personality and humor goes a long way in making policies and guidelines more palatable to someone who is confused as to why their page was deleted and probably a little pissed off to boot--not everyone agrees, but I think it works.

I'm glad you like it--feel free to link to it/improve it/what have you! --jonny-m t 15:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I liked it. It's brilliantly written, easy to follow, not condescending. I'm stealing it and rewriting it a bit to say, in effect, "yes it was me who deleted your HORRIBLE page. Mwahahahaha!!!". Joking of course. about the "...mwahaha", not about the stealing. I am taking it. And I'm happy to support your RfA. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, then, I might just have to steal the edited version back when you're done....

Thanks for the support! --jonny-m t 17:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Good job, dude! You'll be mopping up messes soon enough. Bearian (talk) 15:53, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Content stolen? Check. Idea stolen? Check. Final product ready for unveiling? Check.. (Be sure to read the tiny tiny print at the bottom. Cheers, futureadmin. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 20:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

FYI, I'll be offline most of this week. Good so far. Bearian (talk) 17:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Toe Cracking

Hey I just noticed that you said you can crack your right big toe at will. Guess what? I can too!^{[citation needed]}. Just thought I'd share that interesting fact with you. Btw, good luck with your RfA. Joelster (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello Jonny

I've just gave you support for your RFA and it looks likely to pass. I also an a Special:newpages checker. I new articles as stubs if they're okay. Good luck with the tools. BuickCenturyDriver (talk) 18:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks like your nom is going to be closed successfully today. Good luck. BuickCenturyDriver (talk) 01:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Here's hoping! I'm sorry I haven't responded yet - I was planning on waiting until it closed to thank everyone at once. But thank you very much for your support, and I'll be counting on your good newpage work in the future! --jonny-m t 01:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Just use this link for the new page log. BuickCenturyDriver (talk) 11:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Hawaii Newsletter

Hi Jonny, I would like to wish you good luck on your RfA, and if you're not too busy, I would like to ask you some questions (brief answers are fine). These answers were pretty much thought out by Viriditas... anyway, here goes:
1. So, as you know, WikiProject Hawaiʻi has a section on its talk page regarding disputes. How do you think we should solve the current eight topics regarding some of our highest priority articles?

A: Given that the section of the WP Hawaiʻi talk page dedicated to disputes was last updated in August 2007, I think the first thing to do it take a look at the issues with fresh eyes. We have a number of new editors to the project and a number of old editors who have gained more experience in the past six or so months, and I think that if we take it one issue at a time we have a good chance of settling at least half or so of the eight outstanding issues with minimum fuss just by going back and reexamining the issues.

Naturally, some of the more tricky ones may require dispute resolution or discussions on the new NPOV noticeboard, but I think that a bit of patience can go a long way.

2. WikiProject Hawaiʻi also has its own portal, The Hawaiʻi Portal. What plans do you have currently to better the Hawaiʻi Portal?

A: When I first started working on the portal, my goal was to tie up all the loose ends and make it easy for others to contribute content. I think we're at that point now, and so the current focus should be on adding new featured biographies, anniversaries, quotes, and ʻŌlelo. There's also been discussion of revamping the portal to give it a bit of a nicer look--I certainly wouldn't mind, but it definitely takes a back seat to adding new content.

3. What do you believe are the steps necessary to make our portal gain featured portal status?

A: I honestly think that if we can get enough content on the portal, it should be no problem to breeze through the rest of the criteria and get the portal up to featured status. The only other really major factor holding back P:HI is the fact that it is largely self-referential in that it encourages user contributions--naturally, once we get enough contributions that problem should pretty much take care of itself :)

4. If you gain administrator privileges (it has a really bright outlook so far, and congrats), then how would you use your administrator privileges to better WikiProject Hawaiʻi?

A: Viriditas has already answered this question for me below--even as an admin, I would still simply be another editor when it comes to article writing.

Sorry to take so long to answer the questions! --jonny-m t 17:13, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for doing this. We plan to launch this on the first of April, and you will be one of the first to receive a copy of our newsletter! (or... you can just visit it here). Thank you! –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 08:55, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Important clarification: There seems to have been a slight misunderstanding and I have asked User:The Obento Musubi to strike out question number four.[2] I have never discussed the use of administrator tools by Jonny (or anyone else) to "better" a WikiProject, and the use of tools by an involved admin (Jonny is a member of the project) is obviously not acceptable, especially in the context of question number one which makes the question even more of a problem. I'm not sure why Obento has associated me with this question, as it is something I would never even propose, so I would ask that you ignore the question as even posing it is problematic. Questions one and two have already been answered by Jonny on various talk pages, which is why I asked them in the first place, although my wording is somewhat clearer. I wrote the original proposal on Obento's talk page. This is as it appeared:

Interview with Jonny-mt: A new member of the project who has actively worked on article development (Papakolea Beach) and the most difficult aspect of the project - dispute resolution. We want to briefly ask Jonny how the project should deal with WikiProject Hawaii disputes currently disrupting eight of our articles, most of which are priority topics. Also ask Jonny about the Hawaii Portal, his plans for it, and what we need to do to get it up to featured status.[3]

I asked these questions because Jonny has already answered these questions, both on the project talk page and on various user and article talk pages. I want him to repeat himself for the newsletter. Question number one (as I originally phrased it above) concerns current disputes faced by WikiProject Hawaii. Jonny has previously suggested using various noticeboards and DR to address the problem, but I wanted to hear him repeat himself for the newsletter. Jonny addressed question number two and three on the project talk page, saying: I was hoping to have another couple of standardized items in place before asking for help, but now seems as good a time as any to expand the content. So, to that end, I'd be greatly appreciative if people could help flesh out the following areas: Selected anniversaries (current month); Selected biographies; ʻŌlelo; Quotes. Finally, to clear up any confusion, we are not launching on the "first of April", as that is April Fool's Day; I have proposed publishing the newsletter on March 30th, which will give us plenty of time to both finish it and avoid the stigma of publishing on a holiday known for Wikipedia jokes and vandalism; We certainly don't want the first issue of the newsletter to come off as a joke. I hope this clears up any problems. —Viriditas | Talk 03:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I thought the questions were sort of extensions of my RfA; I didn't realize this was an interview for the newsletter! Sorry for being so tardy to respond--as you can probably tell from my contributions for the last days, I've only had bits and spurts of time to edit Wikipedia. Hopefully I'll be able to respond either tonight or tomorrow.

And thanks, Viriditas, for the clarification. Truth be told, I was already planning on answering "nothing" (with the added caveat that my potential status as an administrator may make me a little more familiar with the relevant processes), but you pretty much took the words right out of my mouth :) --jonny-m t 05:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

re: Thanks for your help!

I had originally thought the lead paragraph in the section could go without footnotes, which come below, but began to see that, at first glance, it does look like OR. For similar reasons, I like your moving one of the notes up in the PS3 section. Barte (talk) 14:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:screwy vote

Hi Jonny-mt, thanks for that. I guess we edit-conflicted. The closure was long overdue (three and a half hours late) so the !votes shouldn't have been added, but that's the fault of the bureaucrats (all twelve of us) who didn't get there in time. Cheers for your note. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:39, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA

Congratulations, I'm pleased to let you know that I've closed your RfA as successful, and you're now an administrator! May I suggest you visit the Wikipedia:New admin school to get a few ideas on the best way to start using your shiny new buttons? If in doubt, feel free to give me a shout! Well done and all the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 14:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Fantastic. Thank you so much! Now if you'll excuse me, I have some classes to attend.... --jonny-m t 14:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Nice work! Was there ever any doubt? Now, wipe that silly grin off your face, being a adniminz is serius biznes. There are backlogs everywhere, new users needin help, someone just puked all over the date template, ANI has three new sockfarm threads to address, and I'm sure there are at least 50 Eastern Europe articles that need some page protectin' ....just don't do this. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Great job! Bearian (talk) 15:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Congrats, now go where your shirt proudly... « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 18:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

My congrats to you as well! BuickCenturyDriver (talk) 21:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!! : ) --MPerel 04:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind wishes all, not to mentions all of your support (and the t-shirt; it's just my size)! I've started to dip my toes in the Admin pool a little bit, so here's hoping I don't drown! --jonny-m t 05:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't come here a little quicker. Well done, you'll use them well. :) Rudget . 15:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

File:Admin Trophy.png

WP:DDMP lies! dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 23:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Pony Express Museum

Hi. You denied blocking of this username [4], but it looks like they have edited an article with that exact title to include what I feel is non-encyclopedic content (admission prices and URL), so would you take another gander and tell me if you agree with my assessment? Thanks. ArcAngel (talk) 18:44, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. As you can tell, I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt by assuming that they either like the museum or thought that the name was amusing--this is why a lot of users wait to report promotional names until they make clear their intentions by editing. But given that edit, I think it's safe to say the name is being used for promotion. I'll go ahead and block them; keep up the good work! --jonny-m t 18:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the advice, i was not sure which one to use but it is nice to know i was at least on the right track. Don't be a stranger mate. -Anna AnnaJGrant (talk) 08:48, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Please help delete my account

Could you please assist me in deleting my account, and all vestiges? I have tried now several times, but cannot seem to be able to do it. Although I have blanked the contents, and tried chaging its name, it always reverts, and new, rather insidious material keeps appearing. If you read my "talk" page, you will see where I have reached in my exasperation. All of this seems to be an aftermath to my having been the nominator in an (unsuccessful) article deletion discussion. You seem to have assisted another victim of the aftermath of this, user: Proscience in deleting his account, so it is clearly doable. Could you please provide me some similar assistance? (You are the third administrator I am turning to for this. The other two did not seem able to offer any useful help.) Many thanks. R_Physicist (talk) 06:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

As a user in good standing, you have a right to vanish, but we can't actually delete your account and contributions (partly for technical reasons, partly for licensing reasons). Some users take this farther than others--one user recently replaced all mentions of their name with "Vanished user". While I would much prefer (and personally recommend) that you simply take a Wikibreak, cool down, and come back with a clear head, if you are serious about vanishing then you can request deletion of your userspace pages either by putting {{db-userreq}} on the individual pages or by indicating what content you'd like deleted here or via e-mail. What you do next is up to you--if you want to continue editing Wikipedia under another name, you are welcome to do so provided that you completely abandon your current account (see WP:SOCK for information on multiple accounts).

Once again, I encourage you to take a breather and think about this a little longer, but if you're serious then I'll do what I can to help out. --jonny-m t 07:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but I really would like to delete my account, and the talk page. I have said all that I wanted to say and those interested will have read it. I see no reason for maintaining a permanent record of it here. (The issues at stake will be pursued, if at all, in another forum.) I would appreciate your help in deleting everything that went under "R Physcist". Many thanks. R_Physicist (talk) 21:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and deleted your talk page per your request here, citing your right to vanish in the deletion log. Once again, we can't actually delete your account, but as part of your right to vanish you can simply stop using it, scramble your password, or do whatever you will to not edit under the same name. The best of luck to you. --jonny-m t 13:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand that you cannot delete the account, but it seems as if the discussion page still exists, and people can still write to it. Can it not just be eliminated altogether, or, e.g., have its name changed, and "frozen" in some way, so that people cannot add to it, or try to contact me through it? Sorry to persist in this, but it does seem as if it is still an active page, using a name that I invented, and hence is a potential target for further abuse that I would rather see removed. I thought this was what was done in the case of user: Proscience, where no talk page exists any more. R_Physicist (talk) 17:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm a little confused now--I deleted your talk page per your request (you can see the deletion log here), which is the same thing I did for Proscience. While people can, in theory, start a new talk page there, I (and, I imagine, several other admins) have the page watchlisted, and so we'll be able to respond promptly to any abuse. I see no need to protect the page against creation now, although if it becomes a target for abuse or vandalism then it's a fairly easy thing to do. --jonny-m t 17:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)