Bibliomaniac15

A quick update

I recieved an email from another admin asking me to go through some of the Hollywood legends articles to see if I could reduce them and sub page them to make the articles look neater and more uniformed. I started doing that. If you don't mind and have a moment could you look and tell me what you think of what I have done so far. The biggest ones I have tackled so far is Bob Hope and Marilyn Monroe. Canyouhearmenow 16:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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Looking for an admin coach

I know your selective.. but i got turned down.. and would love helpRankun (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

You deleted one of my articles

I believe that you unfairly mis-deleted one of the articles i wrote -- Read and Write Weekly -- which I believe is a worthy article. Could you please un-delete it?

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hipposrock! (talk • contribs) 01:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

See Ecotropics

I will gladly enlarge the context, depth, and length of this article.

Campion [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmcampion (talk • contribs) 05:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Roll back

Thanks! I appreciate the vote of confidence :) I will exercise it judiciously. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 06:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:RFA

Thank you for nominating me for adminship. However, I am currently too busy to do participate actively in an RFA and therefore I decline the nomination yet again. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Tiesto - Above and Beyond} 07:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Smile!

Here's some grapefruit for you! Grapefruit somehow promotes WikiLove and hopefully these have made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Acalamari 17:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Grapefruit? That's new. :P · AndonicO ^Hail! 17:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I think I'll have some pummelo instead. bibliomaniac15 I see no changes 23:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the Kumquats! Hope you liked your grapefruit. :) Acalamari 01:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Tags on Artemis Fowl Articles

please do not remove the speedy delete tags as this is not vandalism. it was disscused at WT:AF#Minor AF Characters' Old Talk Pages. Thanks ~ LegoK^ontribsT^alkM 02:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

The Alpine Snowbell meant a lot mate. Thanks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Rob Bell

Hi Bibliomaniac. The above page is protected from all editing and has been for some time. I think it was you who protected it and I was wondering if there was a specific reason that it was still protected?

Thanks

CaptinJohn (talk) 10:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What-if questions

Ok ole teacher, I have completed my what-if questions and they are ready for your review. I am sorry it took me so long. First off I didn't know they were there and second, I have been battling a really bad flu bug. So, I hate to say it, but wikipedia has not been my main focus these past two days. I feel so bad about saying that.. LOL Canyouhearmenow 14:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

PS See you send me no fruit! This is why I got sick... No fruit! Canyouhearmenow 14:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you read my last question on my student teacher page and give me an answer when you get a chance? Thanks Canyouhearmenow 03:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Nybank.jpg

Hello there. You did indeed remove the copyrighted material from the summary unfortunately the same material is in comment section of the file history. So the page is still a blatant copyright violation. Not to mention the fact that I seriously doubt the uploader holds the copyright on this image. Polly (Parrot) 03:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I've deleted it. Thanks. bibliomaniac15 I see no changes 04:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Early thermal weapons

I see you've nominated Early thermal weapons for GA. Thanks for the vote of confidence! I've not actually finished it, but there's a backlog at the GA page so I'll probably have time enough! Pleased you liked it in its unfinished state (It's always nice to find someone who's noticed the work I've done). Gwinva (talk) 19:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Page

Hello, I've just set up a page for the artist 'Mat Payne' and its been deleted. Could I get a review on this please. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fadgadge (talk • contribs) 01:07, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Mat Payne - Notability issue

Here is the proposed entry with notability reasons at the end. Cheers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fadgadge —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fadgadge (talk • contribs) 01:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear Biblio, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Mcfly85 and User talk:Mcfly85

I immediately urge you to undelete these userspaces and protect it from this user's abuse of the userspace. User:Mcfly85 is a abusive sockpuppeteer as established here and here. His right to vanish should no longer apply as he is not within good standing with the community. — Κaiba 17:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Note that he also tried this earlier: User talk:Alexf#Comment. — Κaiba 17:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, very much. Regards, — Κaiba 01:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

One link at a time

Hi.

I noticed you joined up as a member of the Lists of basic topics WikiProject.

I have a couple requests for you...

As you browse/edit Wikipedia, please be on the lookout for links you can add to the lists of basic topics (and each time you find one, add it to the appropriate list). The ones that need the most work are listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics.

You can also help build the set by adding or completing lists. Set a personal quota (build or complete one list per month, or per week, or per whatever time period you think you can handle), and keep up with your quota. These lists take from 3 hours to 8 hours each to complete, even if you know nothing about the subject to begin with. (The basic topics of a subject are pretty easy to identify). Even partial lists are useful for study and navigation, so don't be shy. Others can pick up where you've left off.

Links add up, so even if you add one link at a time, here and there, it will help. Please acquire the habit. The more people we get involved with this, the sooner the project will reach its intended scope.

The Transhumanist    05:19, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

*huggles*

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For your helping out with the GAN backlog. Mucho gracias! dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 07:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Son of Stimpy

That was a very WP:POINT-y deletion, a couple of hours after the RFA case closing. I will be taking this to Deletion Review, feel free to revert yourself and save us all the unnecessary bureaucracy. Catchpole (talk) 07:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Catchpole (talk) 11:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA Nomination

Many thanks for thinking I would make a good administrator and offering to nominate me. I don't actually have any desire to be an administrator, and I'm not at all sure I would be a suitable person to either be one or be nominated to be one. At the moment, I find myself wanting to edit and create articles without having sufficient time available to do so. I think I must try to devote more time to editing and creating articles, as it would let my editing colleagues and friends down, especially within the Cheshire Wikiproject if I did not. The problem is that being an administrator would necessarily mean becoming committed to engaging in more administrator-related issues which would eat away at my editing time; I am already behind what I had hoped I would get done because of various other calls on my time, some unexpected, from family and home commitments. So, once again, many thanks for thinking I might be suitable, but I don't think it would be fair on my editing colleagues and the greater aims of the project for me to accept. Best wishes.  DDStretch  (talk) 09:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Discospinster

Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! (P.S. - love your username.) ... discospinster _talk 23:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Moo!

Hello! I have returned for a long wikibreak and i saw the improvements on Wikipedia! Wow! I'll get straight to the point, can i request rollback? --Lolipod (talk) 01:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay! what did change a lot?

What did get changed? --Lolipod (talk) 01:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review feedback

Hi, I noticed you have a request in at peer review which has not yet received any response besides the semi-automated script. Have you tried requesting a peer review from the volunteers list? Another idea is to review someone else's request (particularly one from the list of requests without responses), then ask that they look at your request. Hope these are helpful suggestions and help to get some feedback for your request soon, APR _t 02:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Question

OK, I understand the difference between the G1, G4 and G11, but are there learning pages that you can direct me to that I can learn more about these in depth. These are the areas you wanted me to go into and I truly do not want to dive in there and be hit by a speeding bus for not knowing the ins and outs of these workings. So, if there are direct pages for them, I would certainly appreciate you directing me to them. Thanks Canyouhearmenow 12:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you

I can has mop?

Hi Bibliomaniac15! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1). I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being an admin to the high standard that the community deserves. Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

South Maury Island environmental issues

I restored this page - it had been vandalized in January & truncated to the level where it appeared to qualify for CSD-G11. There was a rather detailed and well referenced page hiding in the history. --Versageek 18:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

(related discussion - relocated from the top of your talk page) Bibliomaniac15, I am the University of Washington professor facilitated the creation of the wikipedia site: Sounth Maury Island Environmental Issues. I understand that the site was radically changed recently and there was a quick deletion action taken. I understant why it was deleted. One of the students recently sent me this link: http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:NQ50O_fTG0UJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Maury_Island_environmental_issues+maury+island+environmental+issues&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

I would like the wiki site to be reinstated to its original form before the substantive and biasing changes. The original wiki was based on months of class work, visitors from both sides of the issues, and honest student input. Even if it's reinstated into the 2006 or early 2007 version, it would be acceptable to me.

What can be done in this instance?

Sincerely, Patrick Christie, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Patrickchristie1

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrickchristie1 (talk • contribs) 12:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I moved this down here for clarity.. --Versageek 18:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Peer review idea

Hi, I have made a proposal that no peer review request be archived without some response. To aid in this, there is a new list of PR requests at least one week old that have had no repsonses beyond a semi-automated peer review. This list is at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog.

There are just over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, so I figure if each of these volunteers reviewed just one or two PR requests without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog (as there have been 2 or 3 such unanswered requests a day on average).

If you would be able to help out with a review or two a month from the "no responses" backlog list that would be great (and much appreciated). Please discuss questions, comments, or ideas at the PR talk page and thanks in advance for your help, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Fish quiz question

Hi :D Am I supposed to give you your point, or does the person who answers correctly do it themselves? Mathwhiz 29 (talk) 20:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathwhiz 29 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Alright! I have sensei. If you don't mind could we start after the Holy Week? On March 24 perhaps. I'm ok even if you're not a DYK specialist. --Lenticel ^(talk) 02:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Ha, ha

Nobody likes you! Just kidding, just kidding, <3. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 07:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Introduction to virus

Thanks again for the GA review. I've made the changes that you suggested. When you have the time can you take another look the article. I particularly want it to help readers to understand Virus and my recent FA Rotavirus. Best wishes. Graham. --GrahamColm^Talk 19:19, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. Yes, the article is a long way away from FA, but an encouraging start and your suggestions are v. helpful. Best wishes. Graham. --GrahamColm^Talk 21:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Hallowcvg.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Hallowcvg.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Polly (Parrot) 23:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hello there! I will happily accept your offer to be my Admin Coach. I'm extremely new to the entire process, so where would we begin? Mastrchf91 (^t/_c) 02:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Shiny gold thing.......

		WikiMedal for Janitorial Services
		Great work clearing the back log at CAT:SPEEDY. More than I could do in a single evening! Tiptoety talk 04:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that is really actually good advice...and is true. I am scared of messing up, and as such do not delete everything that probably could be. And vodka always makes doing things easier, though I could get blocked for WUI, (wikiing under the influence.) :P Tiptoety ^talk 04:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

No I did (tagging that is), and actually very often. Its just tagging does not get you in quite as much trouble as deleting. (If you know what I mean) Tiptoety ^talk 04:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for deleting that Super Smash Bros thing. That person I think got mad at me and kept on deleting the deletion template I put up. Thanks and continue your work.--RyRy5 (talk) 05:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Aging page

Where did the Aging (life cycle) page go? Thanks in advance, Yamara ✉ 17:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Lincoln Memorial

Thanks for acting quickly to protect the Lincoln Memorial article. Life there is better already.

RfA Thanks

File:Hersfold.JPG	Thanks!
So, yeah, you know how these work... »»»» Thank you very much for your support in my recent RfA, which closed with a final tally of (75/1/0). Your trust in me is greatly appreciated, and I can assure you it has not been misplaced. I shall use these tools to the best of my ability, and will do my best not to let you down. Thank you once again, and happy editing as always! Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Blue Iguana at peer review

Hey Bibliomaniac15, I didn't realize your specialty was "Organisms, but especially reptiles, fish, mammals, and dinosaurs". Would you mind looking over Blue Iguana, which is at peer review now? Regards, SandyGeorgien (Talk) 21:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Code Lyoko

Given that Code Lyoko has been protected for about half a month, and Karaku is unlikely to budge on his position (or even return given his last comment), I figure protection is a counterproductive measure now. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 22:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

How did I do it? Hmm, quite a mystery...

What I did was select the edits with the redirects and then clicked "invert selection" (at Special:Undelete). That restored the pre-redirect versions. Then I realized that I shouldn't have selected the edit with the CSD template, so I undid that one. Haha, don't worry, I mostly blundered my way through it (notice the mistake of redirecting it in the history). Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 23:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Komodo Dragon

Glad to see someone else step up on that article; I think I tried tightening it up at one point but got sidetracked by the Cycluras or something. I don't feel comfortable enough doing a full peer-review, because I'm not the best proofreader in the world and I'm a bit biased against the toxicofera theory...I consider it junk science, but it's out there and it's sourced so...what can you do. The only sources I would suggest replacing are #3 and #10. The information cited by those sources is available among the others you already have and if not, both sources link to other more reputable sources; they're probably ok but look "self-published" and the komodo deserves better, and the FAC reviewers will puke all over you for that! Ref #32 (sign on the cage) might not hold up at FAC, either; again...that information is out there somehere else, I'm sure. I can help complete some of those other sources, missing dates, etc if you need me to; I might even have some additional literature not cited. Good luck...this will make a great featured article!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, the only thing in ref #3 I would really question is the size of (V. salvadorii) to my knowledge, it is only presumed they can grow longer than (V. komodoensis); I do not believe this has been proven, yet. I'm not as up on monitors as I used to be, but that was what made me check out the link.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Map

• Why would you remove my request for deletion of my image with no reason or explanation given whatsoever? I spent time in the IRC channel and that was the solution given y many users to remove my image. Justin Morris ^{(talk, contributions)} 13:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

• I stated on nomination page: I withdraw my nomination. Let me know. I genuinely want this deleted. Thank you. Justin Morris ^{(talk, contributions)} 21:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you. Justin Morris ^{(talk, contributions)} 21:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Oh snap, the DEA is an admin

ASIMO I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which I'm very glad to say was successful at 81/7/0. Some of the very best that Wikipedia has to offer came out to support or oppose me and the kind words from all the editors has really given me confidence to be an admin and I can't wait to start. I will take the advice of the opposes and not jump into any content disputes immediately. As well, I will try to add more content myself. Anyways, in thanks for participating in my RfA, here's your very own personal humanoid robot. Enjoy! --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk - Contribs) 14:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

1998 CFL Draft

Could you please explain your speedy deletion of 1998 CFL Draft? It did not fall under any speedy deletion criteria; it was simply not formatted nicely. Thanks, DoubleBlue (Talk) 15:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)