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Thank you very much for supporting my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday... W00t! I hope to be a great admin (and editor) and I'm sure you can tell that my use of a large, boldfaced, capital "T" and a big checkmark image in this generic "thank you" template that I swiped from some other user's Talk Page that I totally mean business! If you need anything in the future or if you see that I've done something incorrectly, please come to my Talk Page and let me know. So now I've got a bunch of reading to do.... see you around! - eo13:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia Admin Channel
Hi, I would like access to the Wikipedia admin channel. It is my understanding that I have to ask you (an operator of the channel) to get on the access list.--Jersey Devil15:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It said: Private messages from unregistered users are currently blocked due to spam problems, but you can always message a staffer. Please register! When I tried to PM you. How do I "register"? I never use IRC that is why I'm asking.--Jersey Devil15:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It appears people are trying to get a template deleted. They have taken the notability template to TfD, but Ned Scott has pointed out that if the template belongs to a policy or guideline then it shouldn't be taken to TfD, but discussed on that policy/guideline's page. Thoughts? BIGNOLE (Contact me)00:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, you indefinitely protected Template:Trivia six weeks ago in response to an edit war. Under protection policy, only temporary protection is called for in cases of edit wars. No pattern of vandalism has been established. Two admins have made edits to the template in the past week, neither of which reflect consensus.
You sound almost like you're trying to goad me now. You disagree with my opinion- I get it. I disagree with yours too but I'm not spending lots of words hassling you about it. Friday(talk)23:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since when did I say I disagree with you? I'm fairly certain I didn't. Basically, I'm saddened you're opposing a candidate because they do not agree with you. You've given no other reason, and it shows poor judgement, making you as bad as what you're opposing for. Majorly (talk) 23:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to clarify this, but didn't think it was very appropriate to get into long rambling opinions of my own, at someone else's RFA. Reasonable people can disagree reasonably- it happens all the time, just look around. However, there are some opinions that, in my view, are so astoundingly foolish that I hesitate to trust the judgment of whoever holds them. We all draw this line at different points, obviously. The editor in question set off my bad judgment detector. You can translate this in your own mind as me opposing because someone disagreed with me, if you really want to, but it doesn't make it true. I disagree regularly with any number of people on here whose judgment I generally trust.
I can't say I appreciate how you've responded to my vote, though. Even now, you seem to be hounding me. Reasonable people can disagree. Friday(talk)23:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't a vote, Friday. RfAs are for opinions - not to be hidden on the talk page, or user's talk pages like you have here. Anyway, I understand you now. If you'd said so, on the page where you're meant to, I wouldn't have had to question anything. So, sorry if I seemed incivil or anything - you should understand though, from my view, it appeared to be retaliation. If you'd explained yourself in the first place, I'd have never needed to question you and we could have been doing something more productive. Anyway, I hope there will be no hard feelings over this. Majorly (talk) 23:24, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I think we were just communicating poorly. Thanks for clarifying. Looking at it now, I can see how it could be seen as retaliation, but damn, nobody who'd be so petty should be allowed anywhere near Wikipedia - that's high school stuff. I surely hope I'm not that foolish and immature in my thinking. Ironically, the big reason I keep a suspicious eye on IRC is that I fear it encourages exactly that sort of petty retaliation. Chat rooms make friends.. and enemies. Wikipedia works better without there being friends and enemies. I fully realize we can't prevent people making friends or enemies on the wiki, but I'll be damned if I think we should be encouraging it. Friday(talk)23:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I used to never bother correcting people, but I think it's confusing when it's inconsistent. I'll shut up now before people start thinking I'm being insulting to high schoolers. :) Anyway, glad we got things clarified, no hard feelings of course. Friday(talk)23:40, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have been correcting some of the dab pages and noticed that there is significant circumstantial evidence that the John Green (musical director) article you deleted should have been merged with John Green (composer). If you have a chance, could you undelete the article and confirm if they are the same person (flagging them for merger if so)? Burzmali13:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
When's a good time to re-run for adminship? I've had a few people saying they'd nominate me when I was ready to re-run, so as to gain more time of experience and edits here. What's standard? From looking at the talk page, I've gotten about 3 months for general candidates. Would that be good for me as well, taking into consideration that the majority of my oppose discussion concerned my lack of time here? hmwith talk14:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Most people like 3 months, yes, but I couldn't care less - as long as I could see improvement that would be all that mattered. And yeah, don't self-nominate, wait for someone to offer (and they will!) Majorly (talk) 14:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, yeah, people said that they will, but since it was time that was an issue more than improvement, I wasn't quite sure. Thanks, Majorly! hmwith talk14:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
irc channel
Thank you for giving me access to the irc admin channel, however when I try to sign in I still get "#wikipedia-en-admins unable to join channel (invite only)". I am new to IRC so I could be doing something wrong, any ideas on what's wrong? Thanks. — OcatecirT04:06, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Majorly. Thank you for your advise and unwavering support of me in my RfA, which passed with 95 support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral !votes. I really appreciate your watching my back during my RfA. It means a lot to me to have your individual support and the collective support of so many others. I truly will strive to carry myself at a level representing the trust bestowed in me as I use the mop to address the never-ending drips of discontent in need of caretaker assistance.
Why did you revert my edits on John Prescott? It was an attempt at clean-up, and I fail to see how any of the changes could be significantly disputed.Nwe16:03, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Use "cleanup" in the edit summary then, that's what it's there for. I had no idea what you were doing, but it didn't look productive even if it was. Majorly (talk) 16:10, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
IRC
You still on IRC? I just got banned from the entire network for making fun of a racist troll... (I repeated what he said and made a sarcastic comment at the end.) Either it was a trigger-happy bot or some channel admin saw what I wrote but not what the guy before me did. Anyway, if you can ask someone to unban me that would be much appreciated. —Psychonaut00:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You were k-lined :( You'll need to email staff@freenode.net and hopefully someone who knew what happened will sort it out. Majorly (talk) 00:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
May I ask why you find that link unhelpful? [1]. I added it specifically because someone questioned admin reverts and why they were marked as minor/why they dint have a more helpful revert summary. That link explains what the admin revert button is, why it has that edit summary and why it is marked as minor while not adding anything at all to the length of the message. ViridaeTalk05:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's more unnecessary than unhelpful. I don't think that every single revert I make needs to have a link to a help page. Help:Reverting is an easy to guess help page if users really need to know - I just don't see the benefit of linking in every single revert, when any curious user can just be directed to the help page. Majorly (talk) 07:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its not so much the link to the whole help page that I wanted to include, but the link (it was section link) to the part about eh administrative roll-back tool. While it may be unnecessary for most people, such a link could help newbies (I didn't know what an administrative rollback was - or how to revert a page) while not being in the way for everyone else. Thats why I wikilinked the word that was already there, rather than adding anything to the end. ViridaeTalk09:38, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
