User talk:Grue

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Hi, folks! --Grue 05:29, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Archive

• User:Grue/archive1 (-\infty - 01/06/2005)
• User:Grue/archive2 (01/06/2005 - 01/11/2005)
• User:Grue/archive3 (01/11/2005 - 01/02/2006)
• User:Grue/archive4 (01/02/2006 - 01/05/2006)

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[edit] list of stereotypes

I found that on your userpage by a search. I really like it and have been trying to improve it. I know it's your's but I hope you don't mind. I am trying to make it better. DyslexicEditor 09:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Currently it's in a horrible state. If you want to clean it up, that would be great.  Grue  10:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

It would be good to regularly save it in a text file in case an admin decides to delete it, you can put it up on a web page. DyslexicEditor 19:57, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Hello, Grue, and thank you for vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 62/2/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. As I acclimate myself to my new tools, feel free to let me know how you believe I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! RadioKirk talk to me 05:38, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Closing of infidel userbox

Hey, just wondering, wouldn't recreate in userspace be a better compromise? There were a fair number of people on "undelete" and then "keep deleted" as well as a fair number of people in the middle ground saying "userfy". This is probably the best compromise available, as what a lot of us really just have problems with is unencyclopedic templates in general. There's no reason this thing needs to be a template. --Cyde Weys 18:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for voting in my RfA!

Just a moment to say thanks for voting in my RfA! I appreciated the comment; the nom didn't get consensus but I'm still glad I accepted it. - Amgine 20:53, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

How do you reconcile your vote with T1, as currently written (you can refresh your memory at WP:CSD)? Mackensen (talk) 19:44, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your vote on my RFA

Thank you for voting on my RFA! I decided to withdraw my self-nomination since the people don't see me as an experienced figure yet. Hopefully in the future, my RFAs will be more meticulously planned, and perhaps even more peer reviewed. You didn't seem to leave a comment, so I don't know why in particular you voted. Nice signature, by the way! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 20:20, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Hi Grue,

Thank you for supporting my RFA! Unfortunately it did not succeed mainly because most opposers wanted me to spend more time on Wikipedia. Thank you for your faith in me & looking forward to your continued support in the future.

Cheers

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 09:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] about Cyde Weys

Hey I noticed our comment on the undelete userbox page. Is there anyway to start a request for comment on Cyde on his userbox deletion spree? Aeon 03:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Thank You!

Thanks Grue,

I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship. As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. (In your case, since you've had the tools longer than I, my best use might be menial labor!) My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude, Xoloz 18:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

PS. You're one of the folks I'm most counting on, because you have the courage to stand apart from the "herd" on the basis of principle -- so please, please share any objections you have with my admin conduct.

[edit] Re: Userboxes (yet another proposal)

Seeing how you opposed the first question on Mackensen's Poll (arguably the most important), I would like to show you my essay on what should be done with userboxes. It is hopefully a new and unseen way of resolving this conflict.

Thanks,
// ^The True _Sora 20:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rougelike

To follow up what I said on WP:AN, this is truly excellent work :-). Please tell me it's a beta, so much more could be done with this idea... in particular, I don't think this game will be complete until I can cast File RFAR with radius 3 and take down every user around me. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 19:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
If you don't mind, I'd like to keep the discussion here rather than fragmenting it across our separate talk pages.

Uh, in fact this is supposed to be a final version. But I may have some excessive free time in summer, so I may add some more stuff. If you can compile a list of suggestions and mail it to me, that would be excellent.  Grue  21:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

By the 'beta' comment I didn't mean the game was deficient in any way - just that if you wanted to run with the idea of Wikipedia as a rougelike, there are a lot of possibilities. I'll try to get my thoughts in order and send you that email in case you ever do get that free time. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 22:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey Grue, just wondering if you've ever played Nethack, and if so, what classes have you Ascended? --Cyde↔Weys 22:29, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I played it, but not very much. I prefer ADOM or Dungeon Crawl. The only roguelike that I ever won is DoomRL. I tend to do stupid things when playing longer games...  Grue  07:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Hrmm, I played ADOM but couldn't really get into it. It seemed like it lacked focus too much ... a lot of skills, a bit less actual dungeon crawling. I never beat DoomRL either, farthest I ever got was level eight or something. But as for Nethack, I've Ascended at least five different classes since 3.3.1 (I lost some log files along the way). --Cyde↔Weys 10:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you, Grue, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank-you

The count is in, and now I join the crew who wield the mops and pails. Thanks for your support! I pledge to serve both you and Jimbo Wales. If you have anything you need, then please don't think to hesitate. For I am the very model of a grateful admin designate! ♫Bucketsofg✐♪

[edit] Merci beaucoup!

Thank you, Grue! Thank you for voting for my recent RfA, which passed (to my extreme surprise and shock) with a total tally of 66/15/2. For that, I would like to thank you and offer a helping hand in any admin-related tasks that may be required -- it's as simple as leaving a message on my talkpage. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 22:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No veiled personal insults

C'mon man, please try to be nice. --Cyde↔Weys 07:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm trying... But I get real pissed off when stuff on my userpage suddenly gets deleted!  Grue  07:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grue

I've been eaten by a Grue. Just thought you would like to know. Whispering 05:09, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi, and thank you for your comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Fortunately my nom went through and wasn't "eaten by a grue" .... Thanks again! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Adverts: Like The Beatles?... Like LEGO?... In a WikiProject that classifies?... Are you an accountable admin?... Got DYK?...

[edit] Migrating into user namespace

Hi Grue,
you are a steadfast supporter of userboxes, so I thought I'd inform you of my move. I have started mirroring migrating userboxes into my user namespace, akin to the German model.
The (over)eager admins don't have the T1 excuse to delete them there and this might end the battles. What do you think? CharonX 19:10, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User Christian

Within the past month, Template:User Christian has been edit warred over, speedily deleted, gone through deletion review [1], brought back to TfD and had the TfD resolved with a keep on the 28th. (See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 May 20.) Less than 72 hours later, it has been speedily deleted and the earth salted, by user User:Improv. An admin overturning this would be the start of a wheel war. Speedily deleting 72 hours after a keep TfD result seems to me something that needs to be brought up on deletion review. My impression is that if I were the one to do so, a fair review would not occur. Can you do something appropriate? GRBerry 21:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Burning bridges, building walls - I have little hope for any adminsitrative action, except if Jimbo himself were to weight in. Basically we have a cabal of 5 or 6 adminstrators who are hellbent on pushing through the new speedy deletion "policy", disregarding consensus or existing conventions. I made a post regarding recent T2 "policy" mass-deletions on the adminstrative incident board but it sits there, dead in the water, ignored by all. Several RFC and RFA have been launched against the participating administrators, but in the end the pro-userbox admins got the short end of the stick. The sad truth is, I think the battle for the Template space is lost.However, I will not give up, I started migrating userboxes as templates into userspace (aka the German solution, also looked favorably by Jimbo) which should be a showstopper for the hardliner anti-userbox administrators. While templatespace has the (as we know now) easily abusable T1 criteria, Userspace does not. Should they continue their actions there I hope we can expect additional support from the community and have a much better standing in ArbCom decisions, as they cannot use T1 as a figleaf there. BTW, I rescued the template as good as I could, it live now in my userbox space (see my sig). CharonX talk Userboxes 22:54, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is your homepage eaten by spyware ads?

Hi Grue,

I visited your homepage today, and a pop-up there advertised errorsafe, which symantec doesn't really like. Do you receive such ads when you visit the site? Thanks, Andjam 06:43, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I know it's not your fault - maybe a note on your [wikipedia] user page warning about the ad for spyware might be a good idea though. Andjam 08:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC) (Amended by Andjam 08:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC))

[edit] FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Israeli_apartheid_%28phrase%29

[edit] Template:NoMultilicense

I believe (and I'm not alone in this) that the speedy deletion of this template was unwarranted; can you demonstrate that this template was being divisive? If not, the decision seems at least questionable and I would suggest putting the template back and submitting it to the normal TfD process instead to get a clear consensus. Thanks. — squell 18:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A haiku of thanks

Thanks for your support

In my RfA, which passed!

Wise I'll try to be.

Hopefully you'll find that a good username is a good judge of character! Thanks again.

-- Natalya 03:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review of List of tongue-twisters

I'm notifying you because you voted recently at Wikipedia:Deletion review#List of tongue-twisters. Since your vote, additional information (merely, the fact that the content was transwikied to Wikiquote) has emerged. I'd therefore like to ask you to revise (or confirm) your vote in light of this additional information. Thank you, and sorry for bothering you about his. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 21:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The German solution - userspace userboxes

Grue, not sure if you had noticed yet but there is an effort being worked on to get userboxes over to userspace in line with some of Jimbo's comments a few days back. You can read more about it at Wikipedia:The German solution. As you've been fairly active on this issue over the months you may have some valuable insight to provide. Thanks. --StuffOfInterest 01:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Grue, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

I just wanted to say Thanks for the cool user box. I just lifted it from your page. I'm a libertarian, too.. Like your page.. Adios for now. Josie the pussy cat 21:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFD

Please review Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of relationships with age disparity and please take a side.

[edit] Thank you for your support

Dear Grue,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why?

Why did you revert my revert of vandalism?!?TheCooler

Because it looked like a vandalism at a first glance. I was in a hurry to do stuff before the England-Sweden football match kickoff...  Grue  19:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello Grue, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 19:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA thanks

[edit] Need admin help

Hey there Grue! You were one of the first fellow admins I could spot on the recent changes list as being active right now. Could you respond to my WP:AN/I request? Thanks in advance if you can. Harro5 09:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm in fact rather inactive, because I'm sitting on a slow dialup connection and only make occasional watchlist reverts. This will change soon, though...  Grue  18:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK update

Hi Grue, I see you've started an update. I had one ready to start, but please carry on. Just FYI, in case you are going to use the Vitebsk Rail Terminal article and image, I have already uploaded and protected Image:Vitebsky vokzal.JPG from Commons. If you're not going to use this let me know and I'll delete it. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 10:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

The update looks fine, good work and keep doing more please!! I agree that it's not the most inspiring image but as you say, whatever... --Cactus.man ✍ 11:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't forget to use the warning box next time, I was considering an update myself when I noticed some subtle things suggesting an update was underway even though there was no warning box showing... but thanks muchly for the update! the more the merrier! ++Lar: t/c 11:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

(refactored from my talk, I prefer to keep threads together) What warning box are you talking about? I used Template:updatingDYK on the template itself - is there something else that I forgot?  Grue  11:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

It's not a template per se, just a commented out big grey box with a spot to sign. when you start the update, uncomment it. It's right by the timestamp box on the talk page. ++Lar: t/c 12:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Please be careful in selecting entries so that the template doesn't have a geographic bias. 4 of the 5 entries you selected were about people/things in/from North America, and 3 of those were specifically about U.S.-based subjects. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-07-18 23:00

Well, non-US submissions are few and far between. The current DYK (compiled by Cactus.man) also has 4 North American topics and one English. I'll try to watch for it next time though.  Grue  09:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AN

I shudder to think why you find this version of Psychomelodic's userpage encyclopedic [2] — The King of Kings 22:24 July 17 '06

Because a lot of people were killed by communism, and I should know as a former USSR citizen. There really isn't much to discuss here. Communism sucks and should be obliterated.  Grue  06:11, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you didn't see that the comment indirectly supported communism stating to "give it another chance". — The King of Kings 06:56 July 18 '06

[edit] Homepage and spyware

Hi Grue,

I've been going through my talk page, and noticed the thread about your page and spyware. I had sent a reply (where I made a suggestion about your user page), which you didn't reply to. I had a look and noticed that there was another message on your talk page soon afterwards, so maybe you didn't notice my reply. Had you noticed it? Andjam 12:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I noticed your message, but I didn't get around to add a warning at that time. It is now in place.  Grue  13:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Andjam 14:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

You realize LittleDan's update was only up for 15 minutes, right?--Pharos 17:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, just checking. Thanks.--Pharos 17:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

I'm sorry I didn't follow the procedure. I guess I misread the pages about it. Incidentally, thank you for putting an article that I wrote, John Fortescue (16th century) on DYK. Additionally, I think the Boy Charlton article has already been featured on DYK. Thanks, LittleDan^talk 17:35, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

[edit] Re:DYK

Thank you, you are a good person. ;) Highway ^{Return to Oz...} 18:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No more AFD

At WP:DRV you said its not allowed for AFD to be relisted many times. I would just like to point you in the direction of Talk:Gay Nigger Association of America which has survived 18 AFD's. (although only 5-6 has been serious) I dont mean to imply anything, I just thought this might be a curious tidbit that I wanted to share with you. Shinhan 10:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy and criticism of Pokémon

Did you know? was updated. On 25 July 2006, a fact from the article Controversy and criticism of Pokémon, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for helping with the nomination -- Samir धर्म 00:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Encyclopedia Dramatica

Please reconsider your pointless, wasteful and frankly incomprehensible re-opening of the Encyclopedia Dramatica deletion review. This deletion is overwhelmingly endorsed; there is absolutely no reason to continue to feed the pusilanimous trolls. --Tony Sidaway 11:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Grue, I can't see how you accuse Pilotguy of disruption because he closed a deletion review he was involved in and then re-opened it yourself (having also voted in it). Please either reverse yourself or admit that you're deliberately disrupting the encyclopedia. Thanks, Mackensen (talk) 12:14, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

You cannot close a debate if you voted in it. You can revert an improper closure. That's what I did.  Grue  12:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

It's improper because you said so. A consensus of one (maybe two) doesn't impress me much. PilotGuy had the weight of the actual outcome behind me. You're pushing a decidely minority viewpoint here and I would strongly encourage you to withdraw from such actions when you're involved. Mackensen (talk) 12:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I would strongly encourage you to not tell me what to do. Closing DRV before 5 days when you're involved in it is such ridiculous action that even anons are allowed to revert it.  Grue  12:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your apparant confusion

I noticed that you referred to me as 'one of the most prominent opponents of userboxes'. I would like to point out to you that I have never opposed userboxes, in fact have several on my user page, and even created two of them myself. Please stop spreading this libel of me, it is both false and tiresome. At this point, I consider it a personal attack. Kelly Martin (talk) 12:08, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks from Yanksox!

Hey, Grue, thanks for supporting my RfA, which registered a tally of 104/4/7. Which means... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 04:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Здра́вствуйте, Груэ (that's my attempt at Russian ;) ), Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page. Sincerely, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me)

[edit] And thanks from me as well

Your kind and thoughtful support on this matter is noted and appreciated.--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 22:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

Dear Timofei, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Dear Timofei, this is the perfect opportunity to finally speak to one another after reading your words for months and months. I am sure that we'll be able to talk often, and trust me, it'd be my pleasure. Both your contributions and, most important your warm way to deal with others made me notice you long, long ago; and being supported by a person I look up to, like you, meant the world to me. I sincerely hope this is but the beginning of a friendship, and such thought fills me with joy. And btw, thank you so much for sharing your selection at the Wiki Soundtrack - we have much in common, we should get together and talk about music pretty soon! (those eyes look scary btw! :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

[edit] Help on Template:User monty python

Grue, it seems you might be able to help restore this template and move it into userspace. Please let me know if you can! Cyde does not seem interested. --24.20.50.7 04:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

So, he deleted it without userfying and doesn't want to assist? Bring it up on Wikipedia:Deletion review or something - unfortunately I have very little time for Wikipedia right now...  Grue  06:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your vote

Hi Grue! Thanks for voting on my RfA. If you want to oppose, that's fine, but you did read the talk page, right? —Mets501 (If responding, please do so on my talk page) 19:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goldom's RFA thanks

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Grue! Thanks so much for your taking your time to vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I assure you, though, you have nothing to worry about with me being an admin. I'll be very careful/conservative at first, so I don't accidentally do anything wrong, and I promise not to do anything with the tools that would silence any criticism. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future! —Mets501 (talk) 13:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Kelly_Martin

Hi, Grue! I've filed a request for arbitration which mentions or references you. Haukur 12:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, it already got deleted? :/ My fifteen minutes of fame...  Grue  19:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I withdrew the request per the response of the three arbitrators who commented. They recommended that the currently running RFC should be taken to its end but a more structured request could be filed later on. You can contact me if you're interested in pursuing the matter but perhaps this may yet be solved without arbitration. Haukur 19:36, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry, you were right.

Accidentaly referred to a sort of "family recipe" in Russian Borscht, not the widely accepted recipe. Thanks for correcting me.

[edit] List of beat 'em ups undeletion request

I have nominated List of beat 'em ups to be undeleted, under the reasoning that it is not redundant to the category; it contains many games which are not covered by the category, and may never be able to be covered by it. In addition, the list can do more than the category. It can put date, developer, release date, system, et al., useful especially for articles that would be difficult to create an article for. I hope that you will vote on this and hopefully support its undeletion, on the basis that it does something that makes it not redundant to the category. [3] - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Grue, thanks for updating the DYK, but you have chosen a "fact" which is actually a rather nasty attempt at pushing somebody's agenda concerning an article which turned into a soapbox for some people's POV (I mean the full body scan issue). I believe it is very bad practice to abuse DYK that way, so I believe it should be removed ASAP, as otherwise it would prompt more cases like that. Thanks, Bravada, talk - 14:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
PS. As a sidenote, one more fact would fit, as the template looks quite "empty" on the main page now.

This is more complex than that - do see the article's talk page. This is one bad example of an article to be linked to from the main page. I believe it should at least be put on hold. Bravada, talk - 14:33, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. To illustrate with a perhaps more recognized example - this reads quite like this one would: "...that despite many Greeks do not recognize it and find it wrong, the Republic of Macedonia continues to persist by this name?" (and I can assure you this can be sourced, referenced and whatever you want). I believe that such controversial issues and statements are improper in DYK.

I agree in that the tagline on T:DYKT was also not in the article, and factually incorrect. I tweaked it, am okay with it being on the main page, but also fully understand Bravada's concerns as I removed a whole heap of junk from that article and added all the citations that are currently there -- Samir धर्म 14:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page on Balezino

Thank you for your improvements on Balezino! It's hard to find information on a lot of smaller Russian towns in the English language, which why Wikipedia is cool for bringing people together. I took the liberty of adding the town to the Udmurt city template - I apologize in advance if you don't think it qualifies. I thought I had added a picture of the station (one is uploaded at WikiCommons though it doesn't seem to have been coded in the history) and would add it to the page. I just want to make sure that I didn't add it and you purposefully deleted it (I'm unable to interpret your edit summary "whoa, that was totally screwed up. Poor station didn't deserve that!") Since I'm sure you're much more familiar with the place than I am, I'll defer to you. InvictaHOG 20:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

That makes me feel better - probably because calling it a city (vs. an urban-type settlement) and putting the wrong stub on doesn't really count as such a grave mistake in my book! But thank you for the corrections. I've put a picture up of the station; by all means feel free to replace it if you have a better one. As for the train - the fun is seeing the countryside, not the cities. I mean, honestly, flying into Perm and just staying there without knowing anyone wouldn't be too fun for a foreigner. The same thing happens in America with cross-country car rides, etc, so I know the feeling! InvictaHOG 09:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User Nogus

• [4] John Reid 04:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Huh?  Grue  06:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siberian language (2 nomination)

This stuff was undeleted... --Vladimir Volokhonsky 08:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia. With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you. (Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp laudare 01:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JPD's RfA

Thanks, Grue, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 16:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Use

"Citing a passage that you probably added yourself from some random guideline isn't going to win you many points." - If that were anything close to the truth I would understand your concern. As I have told CrazyRussian, the "random guideline" is actually our Fair Use policy, and the clarifaction of the policy was added by user:AlisonW in consultation with Jimbo. ed g2s • talk 09:21, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

As I have clearly explained, the promophotos are not valid Fair Use in these contexts. If you want to take on official policy by blocking another admin then you will find yourself in very hot water. ed g2s • talk 13:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Grue's analysis in this case. In any case, further edit warring over the image on A Wilhelm Scream will result in blocks; talk this one out. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:25, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kama

Yes, I see, i'll fix it rapidly. Thx, Bocianski 12:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Был проблем, поэтому я нашёл для реки Кама много интервиков и в нескольках интервики былы неправе, например до бога Кама или до дисамбига. Штобы исправлить, надо было долго смотреть и мог сделать ошибки. Сейчас всё должно быть в порядке. Пока, Bocianski 13:22, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Halo's RfA

Grue... Thank you very much for your support in my request for adminship. Ultimately, no consensus was reached, and I failed to be promoted, but I am very grateful for your support. Grue, thank you for your support. You are a great user, so it means a lot to see you name up there. I continue on my path to become a better user, and you encouragement has helped. Yours, Thε Halo Θ 23:07, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your early support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 20:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RFA/Cynical

Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you...

...for your show of support during my recent RfA. It is especially nice to receive an endorsement from an oldskewl Wikipedian such as yourself. If I can ever be of any use or help, do not hesitate to give me a yell. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 15:58, 3 November 2006 (UTC)