User talk:Thespian/Archive3
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/DreamGuy 2. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/DreamGuy 2/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/DreamGuy 2/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, David Mestel(Talk) 20:17, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- If you've nothing to add to your statement, I wouldn't bother - it's much more likely to be read as a statement than as an evidence submission. It might be a good idea to append a note to your statement saying that it contains all the evidence you wish to submit. David Mestel(Talk) 20:23, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Ah damn, thanks for catching my mistake. It's sad (and frustrating) that L'Engle doesn't even get her own obituary page... Cheers, CP 17:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Article Rescue Squadron image
I really like it. Could you possibly fit it into a userbox somehow? You might need to remove the words. Ichormosquito 18:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
List of catchphrase used in Grey's Anatomy
Hello! I've just userfied this article so you can check to see whatever content can be merged with the main article. Here's the link
When you're done you can request a db-author if you want or you can keep if you still need for further edits/merging--JForget 23:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist
Thank you. ClemRutter 08:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
You aren't an Admin?
Why not? -- llywrch 20:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thespian -- So you want my imperfect opinion about whether you have achieved enough points (yeah, everyone calls them edits -- but in reality, everyone wants to know with a minimum of effort whether they are the right edits) to pass a vote for Adminship.
First, I have to warn you that as one of the few Wikipedians around who are still contributing actively after almost five years, my opinions on what qualifies one to be an Admin are -- how would some folks put it? Old-fashioned? Archaic? I do have certain numerical goals I think every Admin should meet, but only to prove that they have the necessary exposure & experience with the Wikipedia culture to make good calls as an Admin: 3 months, 500 edits, no derogatory information on them (e.g., no blocks or bans). Oh, & that they want to be an Admin: there are a few Wikipedians whom I thin would make fine Admins, but they've made it clear that they don't want the Admin bit.
Then, there is the problem that some people I think would make fine Admins, who want the added responsibilities, failed their RfA vote. Because of that, I wonder if the whole Admin process isn't out of whack, & weighted too heavily towards Wikipedians who fight vandals, revert spammers & slap down troublemakers. If the clique that hangs out at WP:RfA prefers policemen over janitors. After all, Admins don't deal with crowd control -- we all do, & if someone won't obide by community standards then then we leave it to the ArbCom to handle them.But that last part is my own personal opinion about how Wikipedia currently fucntions, & if the mechanism is broken, then we need to intentionally & overtly change the mechanism to fix it.
Anyway, back to your question. Obviously, you pass my criteria, & if it were up to me you'd be an Admin as fast as the servers could update the edit. More importantly, I took a long, careful look at your edit history, & found that I liked what I saw: you talked to people, you tried to be dispassionate about conflicts, your priority was to improve content, rather than to score points with many trivial edits or fight vandalism & other bad guys. There is the problem of a low total edit score -- which I mention because another Wikipedian whom I thought would be a shoo-in had more than twice as many edits as you, yet failed his RfA candidacy -- but if the fact that you've been active only since February/March of this year were emphasized, I think the number of edits should be a non-issue.
I saw that you were involved in the recent DreamGuy RFC -- but IMHO you acted more as a mediating voice, not one of those looking to force some kind of summary decision on his behavior. I think that moderating tone is someting in your favor. (Then again, from having dealt with the guy I've come to a negative opinion about him, so maybe I'm wrong there.) You also wrote an article for the Signpost -- which shows your thoughts about Wikipedia in a manner few other candidates have done. (If writing an article for the Signpost were a requirement to become an Admin, I think Ral315 might have an easier time of finding copy.) Lastly, the fact you want these priviledges for a very specific purpose -- to cleanup the backlog at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist -- is a good thing: I think it's fair to assume that the general reaction to anyone who wants to be an Admin "just because" is one of suspicion. Yes, having the title a wonderful validation that a given person is a valued contributor to Wikipedia, but too many people see it as being more than just that.
So after all of this verbage, I bet you wonder what I suggest you do. The short answer is that it's up to you: nominating yourself (or being nominated) for Adminship is a roll of the dice. Had you twice as many edits since February of this year, I believe it would be a no-brainer. But your situation is a bit more iffy, & I'd hate to see you try, fail & become disillusioned with Wikipedia because you've done some important things. One thing you may want to do is contact another Admin or two for their opinions. I notice you worked with Alison and Ral315 recently: you may want to ask their opinion on the matter. Another Admin to contact would be Durova: she has a good head on her shoulders, & I think she'd give you a straight answer. Feel free to ask any or all of these folks in email, if you want to keep the matter confidential. After all of that, if you still want to be an Admin, let me know. I'd be happy to nominate you -- or just add my cote/opinion. -- llywrch 22:49, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
- There is something of a bias against folks who self-nominate, so why risk it? -- llywrch 23:30, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
FOF IP Block
Hi Thespian, please check AIN (FOF IP Block). I replied to your comment. Thanks! Mfantoni 05:35, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Chris Cosentino
--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 18:57, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello
Did you receive my email? Please respond. -- llywrch 22:30, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Gavin Kaysen
—Wknight94 (talk) 14:28, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Re:I appreciate your comments
You are welcome. :) About moving the discussion to the talk page, though I agree that the scope is much larger than your RfA, it is also very pertinent. I feel that, as an RfA page is a discussion page anyway, all discussion should be kept on the main page so that there is maximum participation (unless of course the discussion becomes so huge or irrelevant as to make it disruptive on the main RfA page). So I would prefer that it stays where it is, but if you or any other individual moves it to the talk page, I'm fine with it and won't object. The discussion has gone to Jmlk17's talk page anyway (thanks to you :) and I may continue it there. - TwoOars (Rev) 17:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Always appreciate another culinarian
Would love to meet up sometime. However, gastronomy for us at BU is more of a liberal arts approach with no culinary aspect to it Ie. history, anthropology, economics, etc. I on the other hand have worked with many of the techniques used in Molecular gastronomy and would love to chat about it sometime. If you are working with sous-vide, you should really consider getting a temperature controlled water circulator as well. It will help keep the temperature when going for long-term cooking processes, such as cooking a steak to a perfect 110 degrees, which could take up to an hour. In a pot on the stove, you lose that control.
As for the newsletter, up until now I have kept it very project oriented, especially because I am so bogged down with school work and working on articles, the last thing I generally want to do is write yet another thing from my chaotic brain into a newsletter. Your idea seems great though and I think it would fit in well and make the newsletter a little less "business" like, with a bit of fun to it. I agree it would help others potentially cite information as well, I slightly cringe at people not getting the information directly from the book itself though. I am open to the idea though and think we should go ahead with it. If you want contact me on my e-mail which is on my main page. I'd like to keep personal conversations off of Wikipedia. Talk to you soon.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 02:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter November 2007
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter November 2007
--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 04:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Random question, unrelated to everything except your username
What sort of thespian are you? On-stage, back-stage, both... I'm always surprised at the number of theatre people I run into on here. :)
Also, completely random, you could put {{Rfa-notice}} on your userpage to provide a handy-dandy link to your RfA. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Gavin's hook
You'll find it on this template, third from the bottom. The hook read:
- ...that Gavin Kaysen was undone at the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition because a dishwasher ate part of his entry?
Enjoy :) GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 17:21, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Love your Next Iron Chef edits
I haven't heard from you since you message and would love to talk to you. How did your sous-vide experiment go? I made some greyure cheese "caviar" tonight that I put on top of a country pate with a raspberry foam.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 06:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Morou Ouattara, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 18:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
I'm pleased to inform you that, consensus having been achieved, you are now an administrator. Please read all the material on the administrators' reading list before testing out your new privileges. For instructions, please see the administrators' how-to guide. Best of luck — Dan | talk 23:36, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yay! -- llywrch 02:13, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Unexpected? Probably. Doesn't mean I don't know a good admin candidate when I see one and endorse the proposal accordingly. Congratulations! -Dustin —C.Fred (talk) 03:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations, and thank you for the message. I am not always right, but I am very confident I was right on this issue. Let me know if you ever need any help. Best wishes, --John 04:52, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Well done, and good luck! And thank you for reading the talk page header and putting your message in the right place :) Neil ☎ 11:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
In Remembrance...
--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 03:41, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
Good job there gurlie, sorry I haven't e-mailed you in the last couple days. Been a really busy weekend preparing for classes this week. I should be a bit more settled down tomorrow. --Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 05:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey! Congrats!
Congrats on passing RfA :) If you need anything, feel free to ask! A couple suggestions: Wikipedia:IRC channels/wikipedia-en-admins, is an IRC channel, for admins on the english wikipedia. The folks there are generally plenty patient, and, were great at helping out the newb, at least in my case :) (However, you have to request permission, see the page I linked to). Also, a couple very helpful scripts to have as an admin... Twinkle (for block notices etc), and, CSD AutoReason, which is immensely helpful, in deleting thigs, it gives you a menu of CSD reasons... There's also This, which does the same for protection, also extremely helpful! :)
Anyhow, best of luck, and, if you need anything, feel free to ask :) SQLQuery me! 05:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Best of luck. All hands on deck next week! Bearian 13:52, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Good job, Ms Admin
Congrats on the successful RfA, from one foodie to another.
- Jeremy (Jerem43 05:57, 6 November 2007 (UTC))
Cancon
Hey! It was me who started The Western Investor article, and brought it to Bearcat's attention when whuzzizname was insisting on deleting it! Anyway, I am delighted to see your success at RfA and was happy to offer support. Congrats, --Paul Erik 13:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 17:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC) Acalamari 17:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations from me too. Best of luck! PeaceNT 13:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm late! And I'm happy for you! I am sure you will do well and (continue to) be a boon to the project. =) ··coelacan 05:47, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Protection Toronto
Hi there. I'd just like to ask why you protected the Toronto article. As far as I can tell it hasn't been the subject of sustained vandalism or edit warring of late, just a couple of minor vandalism on a popular article and some good faith edits that weren't suitable. Ben W Bell talk 21:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- That's okay, it's not really a problem and I didn't want to step on another admin's toes by unprotecting it. I was just curious that's all. Well have a good day and good editing. Ben W Bell talk 12:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Congrats and request
Congratulations on your Adminship! Since you are an administrator I have a request to make a completely harmless edit in the Battle of Jenin article. It is currently locked because of disputes so I can't do it. "It" is adding the Fatah flag to the combatants section of the infobox in place of the Fatah logo. Whenever you have time may you please do that favor for me and of course the article. Cheers! --Al Ameer son 09:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Thats alright, I understand where you're coming from. Thanks anyway! --Al Ameer son 17:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Kindle article
Sorry, I completely missed your comment on the Suggestions page last week. If you still want to write an article on the Kindle, feel free to for next week's issue. For what it's worth, I've never rejected a well-written story on any subject, so if you think you've got an interesting article, go ahead and write it -- don't worry about my approval :) Ral315 » 06:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter December 2007
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter Decemberr 2007
--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 22:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Korean cuisine
Hey, can you move the cuisine template to the bottom of the Korean cuisine article when you get a chance, pleeeease.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 00:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you administrator lady!!!--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 03:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
R3-30
Hey Thespian. Craig Norris reads your letter again, this time on their year-end "Top 100" show. How cool is that? Well done! --Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 21:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Notice re Corinna Fugate
Corinna Fugate
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Corinna Fugate, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}}
notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}}
to the top of Corinna Fugate. Orange Mike | Talk 18:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter January 2008
WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter January 2008
--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC (talk) 05:37, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
A request for your consideration regarding CAT:AOTR
Hello fellow Wikipedia administrators open to recall category member! |
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I am leaving you this message because recent events have given me concern. When Aaron Brenneman and I, and others, first developed this category well over a year ago, we visualized it as a simple idea. A low hassle, low bureaucracy process. We also visualized it as a process that people would come to trust, in fact as a way of increasing trust in those admins who chose to subscribe to the notion of recall. The very informal approach to who is qualified to recall, what happens during it, and the process in general were all part of that approach. But recent events have suggested that this low structure approach may not be entirely effective. More than one of the recent recalls we have seen have been marred by controversy around what was going to happen, and when. Worse, they were marred by some folk having the perception, rightly or wrongly, that the admin being recalled was trying to change the rules, avoid the process, or in other ways somehow go back on their word. This is bad. It's bad for you the admin, bad for the trust in the process, and bad for the community as a whole. I think a way to address this issue is to increase the predictability of the process in advance. I have tried to do that for myself. In my User:Lar/Accountability page, I have given pretty concrete definitions of the criteria for recall, and of the choices I can make, and of the process for the petition, and of the process for other choices I might make (the modified RfC or the RfAr). I think it would be very helpful if other admins who have voluntarily made themselves subject to recall went to similar detail. It is not necessary to adopt the exact same conditions, steps, criteria, etc. It's just helpful to have SOME. Those are mine, fashion yours as you see fit, I would not be so presumptuous as to say mine are right for you. In fact I urge you not to just adopt mine, as I do change them from time to time without notice, but instead develop your own. You are very welcome to start with mine if you so wish, though. But do something. If you have not already, I urge you to make your process more concrete, now, while there is no pressure and you can think clearly about what you want. Do it now rather than later, during a recall when folk may not react well to perceived changes in process or commitment. Further, I suggest that after you document your process, that you give a reference to it for the benefit of other admins who may want to see what others have done. List it in this table as a resource for the benefit of all. If you use someone else's by reference rather than copy, I suggest you might want to do as Cacharoth did, and give a link to a specific version. Do you have to do these things? Not at all. These are suggestions from me, and me alone, and are entirely up to you to embrace or ignore. I just think that doing this now, thinking now, documenting now, will save you trouble later, if you should for whatever reason happen to be recalled. I apologise if this message seems impersonal, but with over 130 members in the category, leaving a personal message for each of you might not have been feasible, and I feel this is important enough to violate social norms a bit. I hope that's OK. Thanks for your time and consideration, and best wishes. Larry Pieniazek NOTE: You are receiving this message because you are listed in the Wikipedia administrators open to recall category. This is a voluntary category, and you should not be in it if you do not want to be. If you did not list yourself, you may want to review the change records to determine who added you, and ask them why they added you. |
...My guinea pigs and the "A"s through "S"s having felt this message was OK to go forward with (or at least not complained bitterly to me about it :) ), today it's the turn of the "T"s through "Z"s (and beyond, apparently)! I'm hoping that more of you chaps/chapettes will point to their own criteria instead of mine :)... it's flattering but a bit scary! :) Also, you may want to check back to the table periodically, someone later than you in the alphabet may have come up with a nifty new idea. ++Lar: t/c 20:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)