User:Redwolf24/Archive20

Admin nom

You picked a heck of a day to decide to nominate me :-) Not only am I late for home now, but I'm also sicker than a dog! Argh! Earlier today I was thinking the recent requests for charts from three different admins was probably going to lead to a nomination from one of them...immediately followed by the thought, "I hope not today!". Oh well :-) --Durin 23:32, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Well then turn it down ; - ) and being sick in the real world is often good for wikipedia :-P R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:34, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

RfM WeM

I saw your comment on Talk:WWfEM about an RfM, and dug it up at:

RfM#Dispute_over_membership_and_conduct_on_Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipedians_for_encyclopedic_merit

. Notice the big difference between Wikipedia and, say, Fox News. Fox News at least pretends that their information comes from somewhere. "According to some guy at the Bureau of Vital Statistics..." they might say, or "We spoke with the first village crone and midwife we came across". Wikipedia, on the other hand, just asserts. The article has been sitting there for 11 months, through five edits, and no one has bothered to explain how they got the idea there was a baby boom. There's no source listed.

So, is it true? Did people plan Millennium Babies just so it would be easier to calculate how old they were? ("Let's see. It's 2005, and you were born in 2000. That makes you, uh, five, right?") I hate doing Wikipedia's homework for them, so I didn't look too deeply into it, but a quick Google gave me a page of realistic looking birth statistics.

According to this guy, 2000 had more births than any year since 1992, but it's only a whopping 0.8% more births than in 2001. It's 2.5% more births than 1999, but is that a boom? I mean, look at it this way: some year has to be higher than the others, so there's already a 1 in the 3 chance that births in 2000 will "noticeably outnumbered those born in the preceding and following years." Even 0.8% is "noticeable". I mean, I noticed it. And what about the rest of the world? Births over those three years did indeed peak in 2000 in Australia, India and the Netherlands, but not in Ireland, Britain, Spain, Russia and Canada.

24 Sept. 2005: Laura Sydell [make link]

I remember lying half awake one morning (Feb. 20, 2005), listening to the radio as Laura Sydell narrated an interesting article about Wikipedia on NPR. In commending the vast range of the encyclopedia, she pointed out that it even had an article about the rather obscure journalist, Laura Sydell.

Ironically, an error appeared in that very same article a couple of weeks later, on March 12, explaining that Ms. Sydell was "born and raised outside Dallas". Well, I suppose technically it wasn't an error. She was from outside Dallas -- a thousand or so miles outside Dallas. Five and a half months later, on August 31, the article was corrected to read that she was, in fact, from Northern New Jersey.

Thank You

On RFM

Please drop me a note when you assign me to a case. Keeping RFM on my watchlist is a pain because people always update it for trivial things. --Improv 01:33, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Will do! R e dwolf24 (talk) 01:35, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

About my RFA

I'd kinda rather not be an administrator at this time... maybe not for awhile, actually. I think it'd be best to wait a few months - maybe until the beginning of 2006 - when I finally get my stress under control. Thanks for the RFA, though :) NickBush24 02:51, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh come on it'll be down by the week's end ; - ) R e dwolf24 (talk) 02:53, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Talk Page Size

I see your pollicy on talk page size, and I was wondering how you find the size of the article. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks -[[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]}_{03:17, 27 September 2005 (UTC)}

When you're above 30KB on a page, you get a warning as you edit it. Anything less I don't know how to find out. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Jimmy James Johnson

Hey Redwolf24!

I was wondering why the entry of Jimmy James Johnson was deleted?

I know it's based on a rewritten news clipping, but isn't better to have something than nothing? How could it otherwise be improved? Now there's not even a history about what happened to the guy.

...R e dwolf24 (talk)

What "..."? Is that an answer I'm suppose to understand? Or am I missing something vital here?

Mediation

Looks fine, perhaps such a layout for the page stops the Mediation tasks template from being needed. I restored the rest of the header anyway, as it contains the dispute resolution table and some important links requesters should read. BTW, I don't know if you did it, but never use a single '='-sign for headers. Headers start at ==. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Replied at your page. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

MedCom

I wasn't sure that that was the way it was done. I will wait until later, then. Robert McClenon 11:02, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright, R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

RFM

The project is dead. I expect the other "side" of the mediation still has some beef, probably with me. If whatever they want mediated is appropriate for RFM, I would consent to any mediator save Ed. Hipocrite - «Talk» 11:18, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

I'd also like to note that a many-on-one mediation is likley not going to be productive, but again, that's for the mediator to determine. Hipocrite - «Talk» 11:19, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Let me wait for the others to respond. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Mediation

Hello, I saw your mediation filed at RFM. I have been cleaning it out and I'm wondering if mediation is still desired. I can assign a mediator or allow Grace Note to, whichever is preferred. R e dwolf24 (talk) 01:03, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Er, I guess Ed Poor has been mediating. Nevermind then. R e dwolf24 (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

?!?What?!? What mediation are you talking about? I assume you mean

User:Dr.Zen. We currently have no mediator, but are almost finished ;) If you'd like to come lend a hand that might be ok, but please be careful, and make sure EB accepts you before getting too involved. I personally would accept you, assuming you read up on the matter abit more ;) Cheers, Sam Spade

16:01, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't think I could mediate as I have experience with you two and I'm busy planning other mediations... R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

No worries, nothings happening anyway ;) Sam Spade 18:52, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Cornish people dispute

I am all quite new to this so if you could explain the procedure for what you have done i would be very thankful Bretagne 44 16:41, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

That page shouldn't be medcom'd, it should be RFC'd. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Mediation

Thanks! I'm happy to join the Mediation Committee. Would you do me a favor, though, and alert me whenever you assign a case to me? I will check

19:50, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Of course. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:12, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Road trip

Hey, I'll be gone for a few days. Leaving tomorrow morning and probably be back next week (Tues). I may or may not be able to get online while I'm gone. Talk to ya'll (you and Essjay, because I'm too lazy to put the same message on their page and I know yours is monitored :) ) when I get back. ∞Who ?¿? 03:18, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright, just hurry back :P R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:24, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Fair Use

Listen to the Lemming: [1] Dragons flight 03:35, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Ah. To be honest, I never saw that message. Now, to keep up my honesty, if I did I probably would have ignored it. But I'll clear up my page. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:37, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. You know, admins trying to set a good example. Yada Yada. Dragons flight 03:42, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

moved from archive, I should really pay attention to what page I am editing :) ∞Who ?¿? 03:44, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Hehe, Mr. Lemming knows. I looked at the image, and its tag says copyright expired. Not sure how accurate that is. However, if it were replaced with the image referenced on that page this one, that's a U.S. gov site, I believe it can be used freely. ∞Who ?¿? 03:37, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Actually I chose the Lemming cause it had a fair use message in it's caption. It is all the popular culture pics that are actually a fair use problem. Dragons flight 03:39, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Yea it was just funny. I think it could probably be replaced with a PD image though. ∞Who ?¿? 03:44, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Of course it doesn't help that the one you linked to has a photo credit on it. Dragons flight 03:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

yea I seen that, but I couldn't read it, well could but didn't bother. It's used on gov site, which makes it PD. I got that link from the image page, not sure where it came from originally. ∞Who ?¿? 03:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Grumble, grumble. Not everything on a gov site is PD, only those things produced by the US government. They can beg, borrow and buy images for their websites, same as anyone. You have no idea how often we have to fight back the tide from this. Dragons flight 04:05, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm no expert, it was just what I believed that any image used on a gov website was granted permission into the PD. Mainly because the source was usually paid by a Federal grant, giving them permission to do with what they please. Tiz Ok, I'm not planning on using or u/l to many images, and I try to find sources for all of mine. You can just kick me, I'll get it right by next week. ∞Who ?¿? 04:09, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

That lemming IS public domain. Otherwise I'd be taunting and abusing fair use with a caption stating I'm doing so. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:46, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I thought the no copyright tag need a source link or something. O well. Don't listen to me, I'll just sit over here with my popcorn and watch the show quietly. ∞Who ?¿? 03:51, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

...its tagged PD. R e dwolf24 (talk) 03:53, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

D'oh! What in the world is wrong with me eeeballs.. I looked at it twice, and just seen "copyright". I need sleep! ∞Who ?¿? 04:01, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

So, do you plan to ask the Fonz and Family Guy for permission? Though it would be cool if either said yes. Dragons flight 04:13, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Sure. But not before I ask Redwolf24 not to strangle us for the constant "You have new messages" :) ∞Who ?¿? 04:18, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

One more new message, let's see if I'm the one who loses the strangulation roulette: The Willie at the top of this page is fair use (or rather, isn't) too. --fvw * 04:23, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Just think of the flashing orange message bars as an early halloween. Besides, he can't hurt me, I'm already an admin. You on the other hand Who, he still has 3 days to change his mind and mount a campaign of opposition. Or maybe field a better baseball team? Dragons flight 04:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Hehe. I'll bring him back lots of halloween candy to go with the decorations already on his monitor then. That ought to do it. ∞Who ?¿? 04:36, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Redwolf-- Thank you for your support on my RfA. At this point it doesn't look so good, but that's okay. If I don't achieve sysophood, I think I'll be alright. No need to alert Esperanza quite yet. :) I'll just keep up the good work and maybe try again later. People are allowed their opinions and I respect that. Thanks. --Lord Vold e mort ^{(Dark Mark)} 15:53, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Notice the big difference between Wikipedia and, say, Fox News. Fox News at least pretends that their information comes from somewhere. "According to some guy at the Bureau of Vital Statistics..." they might say, or "We spoke with the first village crone and midwife we came across". Wikipedia, on the other hand, just asserts. The article has been sitting there for 11 months, through five edits, and no one has bothered to explain how they got the idea there was a baby boom. There's no source listed.

24 Sept. 2005: Laura Sydell [make link]

Mediation and Esperanza

Hey, Redwolf24, I've accepted the mediation case, moved it to mediator responded, and left a message on both talk pages. About the Esperanza vote, I understand that there's a tie on the Assembly- how about using the

20:19, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Uriah

Well there was ongoing discussion about the block and support for it at

WP:AN so I would have preferred you looked there before unblocking. If the prevailing opinion was against me I would have unblocked myself. But as you have unblocked I won't reverse that, I just ask that you are willing to look into the issue and see how much time he has wasted of everyones in pursuing his promotional campaign. He has been an extremely net negative editor. I don't know why we waste so much time trying to support people that are not improving Wikipedia. His email to you is just more of his pattern of playing persecuted. It's clear his only interest is in promoting his site. Please participate in the discussion at the AN. Thanks - Taxman ^Talk

23:21, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

You should definitely be sure to read this link, where Uriah declares his desire to always have the last word in any argument. Jdavidb 23:42, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, well we DO have many editors who work in advertisement and have prominant roles at other places who don't spam. He may stop spamming. I promise the first time he does it he's gone. R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I posted on the admin notification boards conversation about me. Check it out and weigh in, if you'd like. Uriah923 04:14, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

As you are now my "mentor," would you explain to me the reasoning for my "privilege" to link to my online articles being revoked? I haven't seen much in the way of explanation, just promised to ban me if I don't obey. Why would such links from my user page be bad for WP? Or, is the privilege removal meant more as negative reinforcement for me, rather than an attempt to protect WP? If that is the case, what are the terms of my sentence? Uriah923 17:15, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

The Official Happy Birthday Redwolf24 Thread!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Now that your one year older... you probably grew a couple of centimeters since the last birthday... and you've probably gotten smarter... and yea.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sasquatcht|c 00:03, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

happy b-day ^_^ Project2501a 00:06, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Congrats. Zach (Sound Off) 00:09, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

HAPPY B1FFDAY!!1oneoneone. --GraemeL ^(talk) 00:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

"Cheese cake" Well it's cheese shaped like a cake.

Just for good measure! Happy B-Day!!!

T | @ | C

00:14, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

*Sings* (off key). Happy Birfday, Red! Too bad I can't give birthday punches over the web...tis a shame indeed. Congrats on your ___th birthday! -[[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]}_{00:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)}

Happy Birthday buddy. You're the fifth person I know with 9/29 as their birthday. :o Ac e tic '^Acid 00:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I once saw a card that horrified me. It was titled Late September and on it it said "If your birthday is in late September... Your parents probably had sex on Christmas." *shudder* R e dwolf24 (talk) 00:26, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I have a birthday song, but you really don't want to "hear" it B->. Cheers. ∞Who ?¿? 00:29, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
Happy Birfday, as well :-). And I don't want to hear about your parental units' holiday coitus...especially if Jolly Ol' St. Nicholas was involved. Gives new meaning to 'kissing under the mistletoe', though. :-) Heh heh. Have a great one!!! >: Roby Wayne ^{Talk • Hist} 00:37, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Just when you thought your talk page couldn't get any larger, I decided to throw my hot sauce onto your cake. Happy birthday Wolfie! --Death phoenix 20:03, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

An array of sweets for your birthday.

Enough food to keep you away from Wikipedia for a while...I hope...

Happy birthday, RedChina. :)

W_S

01:10, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

And there's more...

HIPPO BIRDY TWO EWES! Alf ^melmac 06:06, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Trivial ANI stuff

Doesn't anybody read ANI anymore? Not that its important, but I dont think that an anon should be posting someone's phone #, even if it is just in edit history. A simple rollback would erase it. ∞Who ?¿? 01:16, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Check that same ANI R e dwolf24 (talk) 01:28, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Deletion

If a page you have written is put up for deletion, and you improve it, how should you tell people that you have re-written it and can consider keeping it. One of my pages has been put up for deletion,

CED Videodisc and I have re-written, but I dont think it met the requirements for deletion in the first place. Thanks-Oliverdl

01:59, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

One method I see a lot is to go to the talk page of all those voting telling them to re-read the article and reconsider. R e dwolf24 (talk) 02:02, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Yumm!

I think I'll start my diet tomorrow instead of tonight! ;-) --hydnjo talk 02:44, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Death by orange chocolate. R e dwolf24 (talk) 02:47, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

HappyBDay! So are you like 700 years old? Here, I got you some pink baloons! Enjoy! El_C 04:00, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Tdxiang 05:24, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh no bad Juju

"Say it ain't so Ducky, say it ain't so." It's coming to get me :) Admin_promotions_suspended ∞Who ?¿? 06:19, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

.

Happy birthday to you! (Yet another cake, coming through;)

Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday, Redwolf,
Happy birthday to you ;)
Three Esperanza Cheers for our Administrator General! Ban e s 06:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Happy B'day! utcursch | talk 08:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

User:Jenmoa/birthday --User:Jenmoa 15:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Have a good one - Guettarda 15:50, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Coming off my Wikibreak to say "Happy Birthday!" the wub "?!" 16:30, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Although you seem to have lots of Birthday wishes already, I would like to add mine. Have some socks. --

estianpower ^hablamé

17:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!!!

T C

18:29, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

drini rktect mediation

My home PC is in the shop so I'm not getting email. Please reply to my talk page and tell me what lead to your last comments Rktect 14:44, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

drini rktect mediation

Please tell me what is going on with this Rktect 14:47, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Basically he wanted to be discharged from the mediation process -- (☺drini♫|☎) 05:25, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

marilyn manson

do you like marilyn manson? happy b day!!!

--snoop 16:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)justintmartin

Happy Birthday bro!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Matthew
Happy Birthday to you, bro!

So, you are turning 15? I just found out on your user page that were born on September 29, 1990 in Canada on the section of which country you've been to.

Is there anything good you're gonna be doing on your birthday or what? --

talk

18:37, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

EDITION MADE BY A BRAZILIAN GUY

Hey man...i have no idea of who are you,but...i was reading your profile and realized it is your b'day today.Happy birthday dude!

Birthday

Hmmmm...What to get Red for his birthday...If I were a 15 year old boy, what would I want? Vices!

Sex, Liquor, Drugs! Happy birthday, buddy!

-- Essjay · Talk

21:13, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikiquette

I would like to ask if the comments that user:KeithTyler made on my talk page are suitable. I don't think they conform to wikiquette and have a lack of civility. I just wanted to bring this to your attention and get your feedback. Thanks, and happy birthday!-Oliverdl 21:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, seem kind of mean, but not quite bad enough to warrent a block. R e dwolf24 (talk) 01:12, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Thats fine, it didn't really need a block.Oliverdl 01:18, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

hi i wanted to know what kinds of things amerigo vespucci has done other than explore the americas because i am writing ans essay on him and i need more info well thanx

Fake color articles

Hi Redwolf24. I just undeleted and re-AfD'd the whole lot of these, per my reasoning now at the bottom of VfU. Don't take this the wrong way: I just don't think there was another interpretation of the VfU comments. Anyway, at least this time, we'll avoid all the knots of tangles of mass-blanket AfDs.

You appear to have had or be having a birthday: so happy birthday! -Splash^talk 00:19, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday, and...

Cheers! Owen× ☎ 01:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Wants You

Ahh poopie! I just saw your edit to your user page, and I was very saddened. I recently (last few days) downloaded the trial of Photoshop CS2, and began tinkering with the two images Essjay had talked about on your talk page. I'm not that great of a photoshoppist, but I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, and even though I know it looks ugly, I'm still working on it. The only thing I really have left to do is to experiment with the font a little (I couldn't find a suitable replacement font for the "wikipedia" part...). Ah well, in the infamous words of Gabe Newell, it'll be "done when it's done". -[[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]}_{02:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)}

Two heads are better than one. R e dwolf24 (talk) 02:08, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

True, except in the case of

Nurse Gollum, or hydra, but sure. I'm just starting to learn Photoshop (I've been using Microsoft Digital Image Pro for a few years, and am pretty good at that). Thanks for the idea, by the way. -[[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail}

]]_{02:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)}

Happy Birthday

Wishing you a good day/night and many more.--MONGO 03:18, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Birthday Cheers!

15??!!?? Why, you're an old man practically. ;^) Happy Birthday! Maltmomma ^(chat) 03:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Drini cheers

Although late.. well, Cheers!! Bubbles!! -- (☺drini♫|☎) 05:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

H Bday

What they all said :).—enceph alon 08:45, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Same from me :) , albeit a little belated. =Nichalp «Talk»= 11:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Thank you for your kind support of my recent nomination on RfA. Many happy belated returns of yesterday. But was tying you to the village lamppost the best thing they could have done for a birthday present? Best regards, RobertG ♬ talk 11:06, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Greetings

Happy birthday to you too, Redwolf24! Wow, your talk page is getting cluttered with these greetings...

16:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Happy B-Day

Happy B-Day! I just found out it was your

B-Day. Have a nice one! C2 aaron 16:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

marilyn manson

do you like marilyn manson?--snoop 16:47, 30 September 2005 (UTC)justintmartin

Sorry, not really. R e dwolf24 (talk) 22:16, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

"Still promotion"

All powerful mentor, I have come seeking your wisdom again. Check out this diff page and let me know what you think. Seems way over the top to me. Uriah923 19:42, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Of course it does, but then you thought you should be able to spam Wikipedia with as many links as you wanted too. Again, for repetetive past behavior, you no longer have any "right" to promote your site. - Taxman ^Talk 21:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Seems to me like you were promoting, especially with the backwards thing. Taxman has the right to do this IMO and it was part of the unbanning compromise that you don't mention ON in any incarnation. R e dwolf24 (talk) 22:15, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

==Who's RfA== Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --Who's mop?¿? 20:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza

Hey Redwolf24 — I have an idea (well, actually, it's a month old, but...) Would you mind taking a look at

23:34, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

P.S. When I was looking at the mediation mailing list membership a few days ago, I don't think I saw your name or email on there. Though the list appears to be inactive (no activity on it since I joined), you might want to join the list in case someone brings up something there. Thanks!

Link me. R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Here: [2].

23:44, 30 September 2005 (UTC)