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Welcome!

Hello, Deon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!

Here is my reply to the question you asked on the Wikipedia:Help desk: Just add {{attention}} to the top of the page. Though not a big red box, but a big blue one. If you believe the content is false and not represents a NPOV, {{TotallyDisputed}} might be appropriate. There are also other templates, see the See also section of this page. Henrik 09:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Melbourne Meetups

I've only attended one meetup - Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne 2. You can check the pictures to see who fronted up. I don't think any were under 18. As far as I know there is no age limit. Why not come to the next one and have a chat to some of the other members. Cheers - Cuddy Wifter 23:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Helpme2

Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to move the non-admin rollback button, on godmodelite, from Lupin's filter page to the diff page.. :|

Thx! :) --Deon555|talk 03:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ill ask again later :| :( --Deon555|talk 03:52, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator's Userbox

Hi,

I saw that you had put {{User wikipedia/Administrator}} on your userpage. I have removed it. Please note that adding such a userbox may confuse other editors. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:30, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I'm very sorry Deon. Not sure how that happened but I assure you it wasn't intentional. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 04:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deon, please consider withdrawing your RfA. You can resubmit it when you have more experience and are more known in the community. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, no, people are forgiving. Lots of current administrators had unsuccessful RfAs. Some had multiple tries before they finally got there. The problem is you don't have many edits so people don't know you. You just need to take that on board, stick with it and try again down the track when people know you better. The admin tag thing can easily be written off as a newbie-ish mistake if you decide to stay and make a good contribution. By the way, are you Australian? I just noticed Cuddy Wifter's comment above about Melbourne meet-ups. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:18, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please withdraw before the opposes continue. I would hate to see this discourage you from continuing to make excellent contributions to the project. — Deckill e r 05:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To add to the good advice above, please reconsider your decision to quit Wikipedia. As Deckiller says, you have made some very good contributions. We'd hate to loose you. People are opposing your RfA because we haven't seen enough of your work to know if you'd be a good admin. Being an administrator is not the be all and end all of being on Wikipedia. You can do most of the useful work here, both contributing to articles and fighting vandalism, without having the admin bit.

No one here [1] hates you, we just cannot judge you on a handful of edits. The comment by Ambuj Saxena does not doom a future RfA, as Sarah Ewart points out plenty of people fail at the first attempt and later become admins. Please reconsider. Gwernol 05:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hates you? No, don't think "everyone" does

Per your recent userbox addition: I don't think everybody hates you. I don't hate you (though I admittedly don't know you very well), and I'm part of "everyone" so "everyone" doesn't hate you. =) I suspect you're a little upset about your RfA. I wouldn't call your rejection "hate". You're just a little underexperienced. Life is too short to hate. Just keep editing and things will work out. -- Gogo Dodo 05:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Actually nobody hates you. I had to oppose as I found you inexperienced for adminship. If you keep up the good work, and don't "mess around" :), your RfA will succeed if you re-apply in 3 months. -- mean old Abjuj (or watevr) 05:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: I'm glad that you decided to remove that userbox, though your second revision was pretty funny. =) See you around. -- Gogo Dodo 20:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wannabe friends

Hi,

**Introducing**:*The fastest way to friendship*

Would you like to be friends with me. As a token, have this nice dessert. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry if your job is small, and rewards are few;

Remember that the mighty oak, was once a nut like you.

Sorry about the pun, but I meant to lift your spirits. Nobody enters the wiki-world as a pro. Even I was once a new-bie. Experience is a cure-all tonic. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, You may call me whatever you want. We are friends now. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 11:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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elvis

Sorry for accidently blanking the elvis page. I was moving the NPOV thing above the rest. Sorry. --64.111.131.136 22:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: beat me

Lol. Nah, I'm still too slow for faster users. :P G.H e 23:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, i wouldn't want to meet anyone too much fast than u tho ;) --Deon555|talk 23:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

:P Oh, but you probably will. :) G.H e 23:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no :O time to take a permanent Wikibreak

lol :P G.H e 23:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Hi, Deon, thank you for applying for VandalProof. I am happy to announce that you are now authorized for use, so if you haven't already, simply download VandalProof from our main page and install it, and you're all set! Template:User VandalProof

Please join the VandalProof user category by adding either: {{User VandalProof}} (which will add this user box) or [[Category:Wikipedians using VandalProof]] to your user page.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page. Welcome to our team!. - Glen 11:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to 2006

Hi Pburka,
I have partly reverted your edit to "Remove minor events" in 2006. I hardly see winning the Miss Universe competition to be minor. Feel free to comment here, and click Send me a message on Wikipedia. Thanks--Deon555|talk 00:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Deon,

I really do feel that it is a minor event. There are probably a dozen international pageants like this (e.g. Miss World, NABBA Mr. Universe), Additionally, the Miss Universe contest is an annual event. That there was a winner in 2006 is quite predictable and there is little which makes this winner stand out from previous winners. Pburka 00:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My reversion in Sexual Intercourse

My edit was not vandalism, I was reverting further because the current page contained vandalism. ~ Butros (Talk) 00:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry my computers a bit laggy today :). Nothing Intended. Thanks for letting me know.--Deon555|talk 00:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:

No particular problem, but his bridge achievements (not so big compared with his politics achievements, and with other people's from Category:British bridge players) are listed in the article and he's put in the category. I was just "bot"-ing through the category and attaching the template. I don't mind leaving him out. Duja 09:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Umm well I didn't see the Category, You can put him back in if you want ;) --Deon555|talk 09:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Deon555, to Esperanza! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

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Heya! :) Luna Santin 10:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Regarding your message on the Village Pump, please tell me how you want your signature to look, for a quicker reply, please reply on my talk page, cheers —M in un ^Spiderman 19:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user page

My friend did not know how to use the code so I helped him out with the boxes and languages.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bakasuprman (talk • contribs)

Okay thats fine. Have fun ;). --Deon555|talk|e 23:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:t3 to Sheepyman

This user re-created for the fourth time the page Islamic Sheep (hopefully when the page is deleted this time, it will be protected against re-creation). Though this may not be the same account with which he/she created the articles on the previous instances, it seems clear that his/her edits are repetitively unconstructive. Islamic Sheep is a flagrant violation of Wikipedia's NPOV policy. I would use the blatantvandal template, but this is a more specialized one for the creation of inappropriate pages. Therefore, I feel a t3 is warranted in this case. Fabricationary 00:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Warned

No problem at all. I will delete my previous comment. It's all cool, I just wanted to make sure I was not breaking WP policy. -PhattyFatt 00:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Or Game

How is the Or Game a blog, free host, or web provider? It's just a game, like the Word Association game. QuizQuick 01:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a personal webpage or a file storage area either.

Reply on talk page

- Ok, but can't I post it as a game in wikipedia sandbox? QuizQuick 01:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, I meant I was going to start a game like Word Association or Storytelling. That way, it won't be in the main space, only in the sandbox space. Do you see what I mean? QuizQuick 13:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Birthday Committee!

Thanks for joining If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. Mr. Turcotte^talk 03:03, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Normy's _________ Day...

I just wanted to tell you that you were right with your assumption of it being his birthday. His user page has a counter with his precise age (to the day), and it states he is 17 yrs., 0 months, and 0 days old. MichaelZ526 02:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any time, Deon555... MichaelZ526 05:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks heaps for the birthday message, much appreciated! Normy132 07:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What nonsense?

Good grief...this is why I left the project. I used to edit as "Lucky 6.9." I was once an administrator. I had 20,000 edits and six features to my credit and left this project precisely over the attitudes I'm encountering here and asked to be de-adminned to prevent the temptation. I was thinking of perhaps returning; I can see that little has changed here. You would do well to read the no personal attacks section. 71.102.76.166 07:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. You want proof? Check (a) my signature and (b) my contributions. Lucky 6.9 07:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After rereading your comment, I'd like to add (c): I didn't write the stubs. I tagged them as a speedy under the proper criterion since I no longer have administrative rights per my own request. I was tempted to return and thought a little bit of RC patrolling might be a nice way to start. The temptation has gon away, believe me. - Lucky 6.9 07:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nonsense edits by User:71.102.76.166

Ummm... I think there is some misunderstanding here. My reading of the contribution history shows that the anon has flagged these articles for deletion, not created them. - Ta bu shi da yu 09:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, Deon. I know you genuinely believed the IP/Lucky was up to no good, but I think you should remember, WP:BITE and WP:CIVIL. Some of our best editors are IPs and it's not good to alienate them with such unnecessarily overly aggressive comments. Just my two cents. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 09:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't feel bad about it. I think everyone knows that you're very enthusiastic and acting in complete good faith, it's just something to keep in mind in future. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 09:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it's cool :-) I'm actually very grateful that you are so diligent in catching those edits - I never have the time or patience to watch this part of the site! Thanks for the barnstar, btw. - Ta bu shi da yu 13:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see what the problem was. Thanks for your diligence and thanks to some of these other editors for their assistance as well. A lot of those stubs (if you can call them stubs) remain, but here's hoping they'll get cleaned up. See you 'round the Internet. 71.102.76.166 16:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]