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I had been worrying there were no new maritime arts anywhere in the last couple of weeks - its excellent - it looks good - its a bass strait wreck (I am a tassie-ophile ) and the quality of the article really shows! Thanks! SatuSuro 12:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC) reply
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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 17:16, 13 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Hi. You may want to take a look at the list I repared on a user subpage of mine, User:A. B./Sandbox2. It may save you some time. It lists anyone who's ever edited Bharatanatyam and inciudes an analysis of many of their edit patterns. There are some names flagged as possible sockpuppets there that are not on the checkuser case list yet. Also, there was a Vfd for Medha Hari in the past that was influenced by sockpuppets. I prepared this as part of a complex spamming analysis for WP:WPSPAM. -- A. B. (talk) 03:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Here's a procedural question for whether a post-arbitration situation qualifies for a checkuser. I was the sole admin who shepherded the Waldorf education dispute. Although sockpuppetry wasn't an issue during the case an accusation came up this week and the accused editor has volunteered to undergo checkuser to clear the air.
No actual user block occurred, but a couple of editors were confused about user blocks when this issue came up so there's a plausible (if somewhat convoluted) argument to be made in favor of sockpuppetry.
Does it hold weight that this would be post-arbitration and voluntary? This looks to me like a gray area per checkuser rules. On a human level I'd like to file a request and see it accepted. Some of these editors have entered WP:ADOPT and they're all well educated. Their mentor and I would like to see them work things out without anybody getting topic banned. Durova Charge 22:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Hey Dan, I know how well you've been doing lately with the improvement of Articles, and I was wondering if you could help me. I'm trying to make a more structured effort to build some good articles, I've done one, contributing solely and it's not quire good enough for peer review. So aside from pictures, which will come soon, do you have any recommendations?
This is the one: Rone
Related Articles that I've started: Civilian, Dlux, Meek, Pslam, Sixten, Prism, Sync, Optic, Phibs, Ha-Ha, Vexta. (If you want to see.)
Just whenever you can. Thanks Dan. Dfrg.ms c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 07:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC) reply
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Excuse me, but what parts of "brand-new accounts" , "uses open proxies", and "In the future these can be listed in the IP check section. Mackensen (talk) 15:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)" WAS UNCLEAR?)
Don't yell. And what part of "Use === Subsections ===, do not create subpages." wasn't clear, on that matter
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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 23:45, 16 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Congratulations! you are in the credits of our movie. Good job Dan. Sorry to keep dropping in. Cheers, Dfrg.ms c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 05:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC) reply
I've done a bit of poking about. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 08:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Oops, I totally forgot to uncomment those categories. Thanks for correcting me. - Mgm| (talk) 14:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC) reply
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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 02:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Thanks for the note Daniel. I knew about the other list, but it's not that much better than the machine-generated one. Have a look at this diff, for example. As the summary says, Isotope23 was a strike-out, and now he's an admin following a self-nomination. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC) reply
The information provided by you on edits by the users I have reported is not entirely correct. The problem is that I had already deleted the spam pages created by the users (okay, I forgot one). Looking through the deleted history, I have discovered two more accounts that were used this week, and an IP address used in December 2006. - Mike Rosoft 12:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Hey Daniel, thanks for your message and email. I did get your talk message and had replying to you on my list of things to do tonight, but I was still doing the rounds and replying to people. I appreciate you explaining and clarifying what you meant. It was the word "grudge" that really got under my skin because I feel that Ryulong may think that I dislike him or have something personal against him when that's really not the case. I respect his hard work and dedication to the project and I like him on a personal level. I hope he does become an admin and I hope when it happens that I'm on the support side of the fence.
I pretty much agree with your additional comments and I wouldn't wack him over the head with diffs raised in the previous RFAs or expect him to re-answer or re-explain those edits. However, I am looking at the issues that were raised then in terms of whether or not they really are resolved and in the past. I think, as far as possible, after a failed RfA people should get a clean slate to work on. If a candidate is told in RfA that x, y and z are problems and prohibitive to adminship and they go away, work on those issues, resolve them and then come back and ask for adminship, and if the diffs show those matters aren't still an issue, then yes, I agree they should be left in the past and not used as a basis for rejecting the current RfA. Within reason, of course. There are certain "offences" that the community would have trouble forgetting, but in general terms I think a clean slate and redemption are Very Good Things.
In an idyllic system, this would be the case; this viewpoint was the one I was pleading for in Ryulong's case, given the...tortured, for want of a better word...history of the previous two. It's a question of whether I can be forgiven for that erronous post in the upcoming *thing* that will probably make all the difference, and this makes my answer to Q3 ever-so-critical.However, I am looking at the issues that were raised then in terms of whether or not they really are resolved and in the past. I think, as far as possible, after a failed RfA people should get a clean slate to work on. If a candidate is told in RfA that x, y and z are problems and prohibitive to adminship and they go away, work on those issues, resolve them and then come back and ask for adminship, and if the diffs show those matters aren't still an issue, then yes, I agree they should be left in the past and not used as a basis for rejecting the current RfA
I don't think any of Ryulong's issues are irredeemable or unforgivable and I do I want him to become an administrator. However, I am troubled by how quickly he reapplied. There were a lot of issues and a lot of diffs raised in his last RfA and they were genuine and serious concerns. They weren't frivolous or easily dismissed and most of them, if done under the admin-cap, could have serious ramifications, like scaring away genuine newbies. I think he would have done better had he waited another month of two. I'm sure you understand why it's important to leave a reasonable amount of time between RfA's because you yourself have waited 5 months. It's not so important if an RfA is close or fails on a minor matter, but I think if there are a lot of genuine concerns it shows that you respect and appreciate what has been raised if you are willing to wait a reasonable amount of time.
The matter that concerns me most is the issue of reports to AIV and how that translates to potential blocks. For example, are we going to have an apparently good faith anon with no previous warnings and no block log, accused of blatant vandalism and blocked because they mistakenly thought they were being helpful in "correcting" American spelling to Australian spelling? Obviously Ryu is reporting people he thinks should be blocked to AIV and that is what concerns me most. If he had the block button, he'd do his job as admin and use it. It is true that all admin jobs can easily be undone, however, a lot of people don't bother complaining, so we just don't know and thus can't do anything to fix it. A lot of anons would just think "eh, screw them!" and leave with a bad taste for us. I know that's what I would have done as an anon if someone had accused me of being vandal and blocked me without even attempting a discussion.
As far as Ryu's RfA is concerned, I would dearly love to support him, but I need to feel sure that he now understands exactly what is and is not vandalism and when people definitely should and definitely should not be blocked. There were other matters raised in the last RfA (civility, edit warring, etc) that are still concerns, but the issue of AIV reports is the thing that really concerns me.
On a semi-related note, please watchlist User:Sarah Ewart/drafts. You should find a present for you there soon (in the next day or so). Thankyou for your patience. I hope you think it was worth the wait! ;)
By the way, totally irrelevant, I know, but I was wondering do your friends call you Dan or Danny or anything? I often feel like calling you Dan or something but I wasn't sure if you prefer being called Daniel.
Have a good weekend, Daniel, Sarah 14:07, 19 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Are you seeing an RfA in your near future? We're being encouraged to nominate people and you're the first person I thought of. I'm sure 5 months is enough time since your first RfA. Interested? Maybe sometime after your law clerkship ends? Grand master ka 07:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC) reply
There was one entry on it, which has now been moved back to User talk:Rudyevanescence. Good catch! NawlinWiki 14:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC) reply
You've done a lot of work on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2007_January_13, but your forgot one tiny thing. When you relist an AFD, comment it out of the original days log (something like <!--{{Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Somearticle}} Relisted to Jan.20-->. Or else it shows up as open still on the days log (and Mathbot won't leave us alone here). - Royalguard11( Talk· Desk· Review Me!) 19:47, 20 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Thank you for finally banning User:Grkbkny69 and his sock-puppet User:HighEyeCue. Although he has been blocked in the past he has been various times, he has continually been vandalizing and abusing pages for the last few months on a daily bases. He did nothing but vandalize pages and I hope he is banned for ever License2Kill 20:14, 20 January 2007 (UTC) reply
I suspect Chosenwiz4 is a sock puppet of Information Center because I looked at his contributions and he had relativily low contributions (4 or 5) on other articles. If you could review the matter, that would be appreciated. -- William Pembroke (talk) 22:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Thanks Dan for the heads up. I noticed it when I came online before and I intend to make a statement but I'm trying to get a certain somethin'-somethin' finished first. ;) Sarah 09:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Sorry, was trying to get the hold on in. Please allow adequate time and dialog. Please state your specific reasons with specific paragraph and sentece, for your position. Why not allow others input before you jump the gun and delete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.160.148 ( talk • contribs) 12:33, January 21, 2007
Daniel, I wanted to thank you for your early support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning, and for your kind comments that accompanied your !vote. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. I'm looking forward to your own successful RfA in the very near future and to continuing to work with you. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 17:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC) reply
Hey there. I think you did the right thing in prodding User:Rstock91. While the user's been inactive since the page was created months ago, proper prod procedure (how's that for an alliteration!) dictates that we warn the user first. Just a heads up for the future. Cheers! -- Brad Beattie (talk) 00:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC) reply
I've added a short co-nomination. If this is a good week for your admin candidacy, you should also remove the "backlog" note from the top of the page to indicate you're fully available to answer questions, etc. Regards and good luck! Newyorkbrad 22:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC) reply
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Hi. You closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:DarknessLord/Le Comic because it was deleted under CSD U1 (or R1, the log says "page content was "db-redirect"), however, my nomination included the 35+29 subpages that were created as part of the "Le Comic" and moved during the MFD to attempt saving. Can I mark these under CSD, or should I just make a post at WP:ANI or do I really need to mark each subpage for MFD? Your advice will be appreciated. -- MECU≈ talk 14:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC) reply
In advance. I left a nice note on the RFA and wish you all the best. -- Mcginnly | Natter 09:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC) reply