User:Extransit/talkarchives/7

RfA

Thanks for asking. Yes, the previous statement still is true, for the foreseeable future. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 15:36, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow. That's nice of you. Sure, I'll go ahead and do it. So, what's the next step? Lazulilasher (talk) 18:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok cool; the next step is that I try my best to write you a nomination statement that does not suck, after that you have to fill out the questions then transclude the RfA onto the main adminship page. While I write my nomination I would heavily suggest that you read over Wikipedia:Deletion policy, Wikipedia:Protection policy and Wikipedia:Blocking policy. - Icewedge (talk) 18:49, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok, it's live. Wow. Lazulilasher (talk) 22:38, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Featured List contest

Hey Extransit/talkarchives, this is IMatthew (talk · contribs), co-coordinator of the WikiCup; just informing you of the Featured List contest, starting this coming Friday. You may want to check it out; it will keep you busy for the time being before the WikiCup starts around January. Thanks for listening! iMatthew (talk) 22:08, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Icewedge, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦C 02:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:Ironholds RfA

I was just about to, but as I was previewing my edit I saw the orange bar on top of the page. Yeah, don't worry, I'm withdrawing it now. CL — 04:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, we got the same result in the end anyway :D CL — 04:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my talk page. Have a cookie:

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Thanks, it was no problem :) Icewedge (talk) 00:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)

Hey there Icewedge! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!

• Notice delivery by xenobot 14:20, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

User:SirHector

I just userfied this silly user page. Bearian (talk) 00:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok. That seems like a reasonable solution. Icewedge (talk) 00:19, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

As I Lay Dying

Nice work. You might want to consider commenting on the talk page if you feel like it. Thanks for being bold. --John (talk) 02:15, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, to tell the truth though, I didn't realize there was such a commotion going on around that page when I made the edit; I was just responding to a query from the WP:NCHP (I did see the few reverts in the page history but they all looked like they were old). Icewedge (talk) 00:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. --John (talk) 02:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Stop it

Stop fucking vandalizing my page and Robert Christgau —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.97.214.173 (talk • contribs)

I like how me reverting your vandalism to my userpage and Robert Christgau is "fucking vandalizing"..... Icewedge (talk) 08:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hello Icewedge. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. Thanks again. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 23:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Icewedge: thank you for nominating me for adminship. I was rather reluctant to enter the RfA-pit, but everything turned out well; likely, due to your excellent nomination statement. I want to express my thanks in finding enough confidence in me to nominate me to the position. Most kind regards, Lazulilasher (talk) 00:16, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I was glad to do it! Good luck with the tools :) Icewedge (talk) 01:39, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Message

That wasn't vandalism, that was the truth. Truth hurts dont it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.74.74.183 (talk) 00:51, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes, but truth, "inbred faggot" is not -.- Icewedge (talk) 00:55, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL

Are you bot??????????????????--151.199.48.126 (talk) 01:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

No, but I use a program that allows me to revert changes at bot like speeds (WP:HUGGLE). I kind of hunch over the computer while drools hangs from the left of my mouth and undo vandalism as I see it ;) Icewedge (talk) 01:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

That's going on my quote page. ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 02:32, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Hmmmm........ I am not sure how well "I kind of hunch over the computer while drools hangs from the left of my mouth" fits under the header "Thoughts from people far wiser than me" but hey, maybe drooling is an integral part of being truly wise. Icewedge (talk) 03:27, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

<voice style="like:yoda; grammar:bad;">In many forms appears wisdom, young Jedi...</voice> ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 07:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

FYI

I've semied your userpage for a couple weeks, there was some disturbing vandalism there :). -- lucasbfr ^talk 06:36, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Deskana went ahead and even full protected. If you need an update, don't hesitate to ask on my talk page. Sorry for the inconvenience ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 06:41, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks Lucasbfr (and Deskana!) I was thinking about requesting such protection just to save work for the RC patrollers; I personally don't mind, I think most of its rather hilarious actually, me and my friends (IRL) always laugh over how absurd the history for my userpage is. Thanks though, I guess this stuff was really nasty, I have e-mailed Deskana to see if it is something I should be worried about. About your offer of editing my page: if I am not going to be able to edit it myself I think I just might want to go back to something simple so could you just blank it all except the userpage banner and the box where I multi-license my contribs. Thanks :) Icewedge (talk) 07:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

 Done Sorry you have to deal with this... ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 07:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I left too early to see your message. Once the protection expire, don't hesitate to ask for any new protection there. :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 11:48, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

And try to stop getting yourself into trouble, Icewedge ;) Lazulilasher (talk) 16:32, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll try. Icewedge (talk) 00:04, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Alaskan Harvest Seafood page deletion

Hi, I noticed that you deleted a page I created due to something about not insignificant mention. I wanted to point you to a link that I believe provides a credible reference - it is the 5th paragraph down on this NY times article.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE4DC1F3BF935A15752C1A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&&scp=1&sq=%22alaskan%20harvest%22&st=cse

Might you reconsider this deletion and help me reinstate the page?

Thanks. Mlepisto (talk) 23:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

This may also be another: http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/wheretobuygourmetfoods/tp/wherebuyfish.htm

Hello there Mlepisto, I am sorry that your article was deleted (I know how anoying that can be as I had one or two of my articles deleted back when I was new) but the deletion was valid. The two pages you cite show that the company is not entirely unknown but the wikipedia notability guideline require that a subject recive "significant coverage in reliable sources" before it deserves inclusion in the encylopedia; both sources you cite are reliable but are not that siginifigant/in depth, the nyt mentions is only a few sentances, same with the about.com ref. Now, I know "significant coverage" is a rather ambigous statement but I interpert it too be at least two full length articles primarily on the subject or dealing with the subject so I stand by my AfD of Alaskan Harvest Seafood. If you still want to contest its deletion you can request a deletion review but I doubt the deletion would be overturned, sorry. Icewedge (talk) 01:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

A question...

Icewedge, dah-ling, I've been meaning to ask you this for a while, and since your userpage is at now at my mercy and you can't refuse me or else I'll put up incriminating photos of you stealing my cookies, I'm going to shoot. Are you interested in becoming an administrator? I would be honored to nominate you, and not just because you nominated me. Your contributions are great, you've got experience in admin areas, a wonderful attitude- I'm quite certain you would pass with flying colors. You in? ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 06:31, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, thanks for the offer, and, yes I am interested in adminship at some point; but not right now, there are several issues that I would like to resolve before I run again, mostly that of User:Weburiedourtreasuresinthedumpster (a checkuser was run on that account and apparently we share an IP; I think the fact that I was not autoblocked by the block of that account is pretty good evidence that our IP's had changed (ASC DSL the service I uses has a pool of 120k IP's which are randomly assigned) but I have been meaning to get a second checkuser opinion to see if there is anything else to help disprove a connection).

I also would rather like to go with a self-nom when the time comes, I know that kind of runs counter to RfA common sense but out of every Wiki-user I know best what I would like to be said.

Your offer is greatly appreciated :), but I am not need of such right now. Icewedge (talk) 23:50, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

What, not going with "Icewedge: he will not delete the main page, sincerely Protonk (talk)"?  ;) Protonk (talk) 23:57, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Aaw, okay. Well, let me know if you change your mind or want a "co-nom". ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 04:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Roldan Fernandez

Re your message: It was indeed nonsense, not a legitimate stub. The article first claimed he was the 2009 Rookie of the Year and then implied that he was the current Rookie of the Year for a season that isn't over with nor even a current driver. I rechecked the article, the editor also claimed that he was the 2007 champion for the World Series by Renault, which is patently false. It was Álvaro Parente. I will concede that I selected the wrong deletion reason. It wasn't random garbage. I should have selected G3/Vandalism instead of G1/Nonsense, but either way, I believe the deletion was correct. The notability claim was clearly bogus. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

(this edit conflicted with your alteration to your post so it may be a bit out of context, this response was based on this revision): I happen to have the source of that page right here, handily provided to me by firefoxes cache:

'''Roldan Fernandez'''([[March 17]], [[1978]], [[Madrid, Spain]]) is a [[NASCAR]] [[Nationwide Series]] Driver. He is the [[NASCAR Nationwide Series]] Rookie Of The Year. He drives the #12 [[Mobil 1]] [[Dodge Charger]] for Penske Racing. Fernandez won the [[World Series by Renault]] in 2007. == Early Career == [[Category:NASCAR drivers]]"

Maybe with some research it could be decided that this page was a hoax but it is quite definitely not "patent nonsense" and I would even say not an obvious enough hoax to meet CSD G3. Icewedge (talk) 07:09, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

In light of your alterations to your comment: I guess the speedy deletion might be an acceptable, pushing the limits a bit, as, to me, someone unfamiliar with NASCAR, the hoax was neither blatant not obvious but an AfD of this page wold have just been a waste however so IAR. Next time please give a more clear deletion summary though; explain in short why its a hoax please. When I looked at your deletion at first I could not understand why the hell you had deleted the page. Icewedge (talk) 07:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook

WikiThanks

Thanks for signing my guestbook --Flewis^(talk) 09:34, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: RfA

Hello, thank you very much for your offer! You are right that I have been asked in the past about the position, and I have to say again that I must decline your offer. I don't feel like that the process would be difficult, but I would prefer to have time to review the various admin tasks that can be done. I am pretty busy in real life, so I do not have the time available to me right now. I have been focused these days mainly on WikiProject Films duties as a coordinator -- my article-building (my main task) has even fallen recently, if you check my monthly edit count. But I do appreciate being considered, and I hope I will bump into you inthe near future! :) —Erik (talk • contrib) - 13:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok, well see you around. Icewedge (talk) 20:06, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

What the...

Why was my edit removed? I will re-edit 'Rice Burner'. ForceFedR34 00:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liaden Graham (talk • contribs)

I undid your edit because you replaced the entire contents of the page in your edit ([1]), you are welcome to start new articles but don't start them right on top of other articles. Icewedge (talk) 00:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Goat

The new wording is much more accurate. Thanks for the revision friend. Steven Walling (talk) 05:41, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, somewhere between the source and the edit my brain lost its way the first time. Thanks for catching that. Icewedge (talk) 05:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Formatting

Thanks for the formatting help on the sockpuppet page. Mrshaba (talk) 00:01, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Icewedge (talk) 00:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

You beat me to it

[2] - I was just going to change the CSD tag to a redirect but I already had an edit conflict! SchfiftyThree ^(talk!) 01:28, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I'm speedy one ;) Icewedge (talk) 01:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

ACC

Hi there. I noticed you created an account for the ACC but forgot to mark it as done. Could you please remember to do that in the future? Thanks :) NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 02:40, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I was interrupted by a phone call. Icewedge (talk) 03:25, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Tsk tsk, letting your personal life interfere... ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 05:43, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Bo Sanchez

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For doing a great job finding sources on a hard to source article, Bo Sanchez while it was at AFD. PHARMBOY (TALK) 20:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks man, I was glad too see my work turn that AfD around like it did. Icewedge (talk) 02:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for George M. Keller

On 24 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George M. Keller, 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.

Allen3 ^talk 10:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iraqi Islamic reconciliation conference

I don't think you were ever told this was nominated for deletion. It will probably be closed today, but I figured I'd give you a heads up. Protonk (talk) 17:31, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Icewedge (talk) 20:12, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Want me to userify it for you? (woot, a chance to use the tools without pissing someone off!) Protonk (talk) 05:21, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Meh, I don't really need it; it was a worthless microstub. If I get around to bringing it back from the dead someday I won't need a ten word head start. Thanks for the offer though..... but whats this about pissing people off? Don't you know you have to wait at least two weeks before you start applying the banhammar to all who disagree with you ;) Icewedge (talk) 06:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

No wai. I rangeblocked the nation of Moldova just for looking at me funny. Protonk (talk) 06:52, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: adminship

Hi Icewedge, I've replied to your question on my talk page. Please feel free to keep in touch. In gratitude, JNW (talk) 22:50, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Ridiculous 22nd Century Page

How do I delete the nonsense without being called a vandal? 76.124.119.34 (talk) 05:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

First off sorry about the wait, I did not see that you had posted this at the top of my page (for future reference please put new comments at the bottom). I also apologize for reverting your edit as vandalism the first time (although I did undo it within a few seconds); when ever I see such a large chunk of text getting removed from a page I naturally go for the revert button and that time I forgot to check the edit summary.

About your problem; I am not quite sure if a agree with you on the fact that the entire section should be removed but I will leave such matters up to those who monitor the the article. About getting it past the recent changes patrollers (who I see, like me, have reverted your edit as vandalism several times) just justify your change on the talk page first and then give a large enough edit summary so that even the high speed Hugglers will notice. Icewedge (talk) 06:14, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Main Page redesign

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll to select five new designs, before an RFC in which one will be proposed to replace the Main Page. The poll closes on October 31st. Your input would be hugely appreciated! Many thanks, Pretzels^Talk! 10:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Point taken. Thanks for the reminder. I use caps to emphasize as I would if we were speaking. But, I get your point--Buster7 (talk) 06:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest italics for emphasis in the future, caps are usually taken as the yelling component of internet communication. Icewedge (talk) 07:33, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Alexander Jacob IPS

The article is still tagged for deletion. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:59, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, I can't believe I forgot that crucial step but I see that Schuym1 (talk · contribs) has goten too it and removed the tag for me though so its all good. Icewedge (talk) 02:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

XCpwnzor

Yes, I'm aware of that. I'll be satisfied that this isn't a VOA when the requisite four days have elapsed from the creation of the account ... vandals have been known to try to make an account seem legit until they can start moving articles and editing semi-protected pages (and frankly, I really think usernames with that string have no place on Wikipedia to begin with, as it implies something totally at odds with what Wikipedia is about, even if they aren't vandals). Daniel Case (talk) 12:58, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I really don't think issuing a basic username warning to a possible VOA is helpful though. Icewedge (talk) 17:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)