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Previous discussions:

Heidi & Joe

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Welcome!

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A barnstar for your voice - the encouraging and supportive one that resulted in the grand Reference Desk changes! --HappyCamper

I have been meaning to give you a barnstar for a while - the recent changes to the reference desk have made it even more fitting to do so. Here is one for your supportive and encouraging voice - on the reference desk, and on Wikipedia as a whole. We're so lucky to have an editor like you around here! I hope you'll treasure it - may it always remind you of the positive impact your contributions have had on Wikipedia. Cheers! --HappyCamper 02:51, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

For tirelessly ensuring that Main Page articles are recorded and recognised, from HighHopes

Blimey! You might well have more time than me, but you've almost certainly got more tenacity too. I was working on doing a month per day if I'm lucky with time, but thanks for chugging along much quicker. Let's keep this up and hope that it'll soon become standard practice. Have a Working Man's barnstar in recognition! --HighHopes (T)⋅(+)⋅(C)⋅(E) 08:30, 24 September 2005 (UTC) [reply]

File:Snowflake5.JPG
A snowflake of appreciation for you Hydnjo, from Wonderfool

Template weirdnes

You wrote:

Hi again template genius. Template:Mainpage date was enhanced recently by HighHopes with the WP Mainpage logo (nice touch). The weird part is that when I call a talk page that calls that template there is a hang-time of (sometimes) several seconds between the template expansion without the logo until the logo shows up. Also, my browser (Safari) progress bar indicates incomplete until the logo is in place. The other templates on the same page (Featured, etc) appear all at once, logo and all. I'm concerned that the way the logo was added may be incorrect. Please take a look and let me know what you think so I can sleep soundly tonight. Thanks, --hydnjo talk 00:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I forgot to mention that it seems to happen (I think) only with the first call after adding the template. --hydnjo talk 00:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The logo that's included at this point is a .4M version of the image rescaled on the server (!) to a 42x42 version for inclusion with the template. The rescaling is done by an Apache server (not cached by the numerous squid cache servers) every time any user views a page including the template. Ummmm, this is dumb. It would be FAR more efficient for the smaller (42x42) version of the image to be stored on the server. Given that this is a copyrighted image of the Wikimedia Foundation, there might be some sensitivity to uploading a pre-condensed 42x42 version of the 600x600 original. I'm not sure if there's a way to force the rescaling to be done by the user's browser (rather than by the Apache server), but I'm trying to figure out a way to do this. Please stay tuned. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And I responded:
I can't believe that I asked a question requiring such a convoluted (to my mind) answer! Now I'm feeling bad that I put you through all of this for such a minor annoyance. Thanks of course Rick for looking into this, I was just wondering if adding the logo could have been done in a more efficient way. As always, your research has helped me understand the underlying mechanics and I thank you for that. --hydnjo talk 04:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Heya

I really do think that Certificate should be split up... it's hard to wikilink directly to a computer security type certificate (that's the issue I had with MDAC) - Ta bu shi da yu 08:14, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are far more experienced than I in these matters so go right ahead. Im sure you'll design a fine disambig page. My concern was about preserving the usage of the term within so many contexts. hydnjo talk 15:09, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, not necessarily :-) I think you make a good point. I'll think about it and see what I can work out... - Ta bu shi da yu 02:35, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow!

I've been so astonished and flattered by all the support for my RfA that my head is about to burst! (And when it does I'll be sure to write a Wikipedia article about it. :) Thank you for all your support and your encouragement in the past, and also for your note on my Talk page - without that I might never have noticed that I was nominated, since RN put the announcement on my User page, and I rarely go there to read about myself! ;)

As for Boothy443: what a ...(whatever)! I went looking and found lots more info about him (including Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Boothy443), after following that link you gave me. I personally think that a condition of his further participation in Wikipedia should be that he stops trying to prove his point, whatever it is, in the voting. He's creating WAY too much drama and pointless discussion. But that's just my two cents.

The whole RfA process is fascinating and mesmerizing. I may write about it after I'm done being put through the wringer. :)

Anything else you'd like me to photograph for you at WDW? - Brian Kendig 02:28, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OwenX's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. Your trust in me is well appreciated. Owen× ☎ 22:29, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Brian

Thanks for informing me. I had no idea that such a thing had happened. Regards, User:Nichalp/sg 17:52, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Its there, but it strangely does not appear. If you use the sectional edit, you'll see the username. I have no clue why this is happening. User:Nichalp/sg 18:06, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
Mystery solved, my doing infact! User:Nichalp/sg 18:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't think that's necessary. I believe he had added it before the {{user}} template came into use on that page, so it is currently redundant. User:Nichalp/sg 18:47, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Tank truck

{{van-stub}} was the most specific stub I could find! Apologies to all the van and truck purists. Hopefully a van expert will be able to assist with this truck page anyway. Scottkeir 23:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both

for all your support and warm fuzzies. I really appreciate you, and I'm glad you're out there! :) - Brian Kendig 23:44, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support on my RfA!

Thanks for your support of my adminship!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my talk page! Thanks again! Ryan Norton T | @ | C 04:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I see you supported not one but TWICE - well thanks again!! Ryan Norton T | @ | C 04:22, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the encouragement

It certainly brightened my evening. And encourages me to continue. Open2universe 13:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderfool has moved

Good day, Hydnjo. Just to let you know that User:Wonderfool has moved. (S)he now resides at User:Newnoise. And shall pretty much behave in a similar manner to Wonderfool. Apart from the whole being a wikipest for 2 hours every 9 months. --Newnoise 16:52, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Tank truck stub

Hello Hydnjo, glad to help with the stub. sorry it took so long but its a very busy wikiproject even with 100 of us working on it! It was the first stub template ive made so hopefully it works ok :) BL kiss the lizard 04:33, 15 October 2005 (UTC) [reply]

woot! my first barnstar! thank you! BL kiss the lizard 09:36, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Very odd

I double checked my block log. Wonderfool will be back, 31 December 2005. I also told him that if at any time he wanted to be unbanned, I would gladly do it for him. I haven't received anything in my mailbox yet. I think I'm going to revert those pagelinkings. If that is really Wonderfool, he would have done this differently I think. --HappyCamper 21:30, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

-You think I'd've done this differently?!? What are you, some kinda psychologist or mind reader? Remember I always had a penchant for sockpuppets. Remember User:Onefool? --Newnoise 09:19, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Um...not really...it's just really confusing that's all. Anyway, if you need to perform some page merges and stuff, let me know. :-) --HappyCamper 15:23, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can I get your vote?

I have been nominated for an adminship and I was wondering if I could get your vote. If you feel inclined, please go to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alabamaboy and cast your "yes" or "not in a million years." Many thanks.--Alabamaboy 02:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the vote. I was just trying to let people I'd interacted with over the months know about the vote. My bad. --Alabamaboy 12:36, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the notice. You know, I am surprised at people being so worked up about asking people to vote for an RfA. I had seen people do this a number of times (and I'm sure others do it behind the scenes with e-mail). However, if I had known there was such strong feelings about this I wouldn't have done it. Perhaps a notice in the About RfA section would be appropriate?--Alabamaboy 12:47, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy now

Maybe i dont like talking to lemmings, --Boothy443 | trácht ar 23:51, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What? Ëvilphoenix Burn! 03:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Our thought exactly. Lemmings look like fat furry hamsters. They have strong legs and claws for digging. Thick fur helps to keep them warm.  ;-) --hydnjo talk 23:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*cheers*

Thank you both again for all your kindness and support! And please don't take down the big yellow banner from my talk page - I like it, I'm going to archive it with the rest of my stuff there! :) Actually I haven't had occasion to use any of the "superpowers" yet, aside from using the shortcut-revert once... but it does make me feel a little more affirmed. :) I'm helping in a situation right now in Kim Jong-il, and if things continue to go poorly and people violate 3RR again, I'm going to start imposing temporary bans and protecting the page... *cackles gleefully* ;) - Brian Kendig 02:55, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

formatting

Thanks for your comment on the formatting of my question, but I didn't understand what you said. I did a diff on the histories and saw no difference. I signed my name with the 4 tildes, so I don't know why you suggested that I didn't. I am not being defensive, I simply don't understand.--Ben Best 21:40, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics for Hydnjo

As you requested, please find the statistics I generated for you here. Any comments you may have are appreciated. Have a great day! >: Roby Wayne Talk • Hist • E@ 17:54, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Request - hope you won't find it offensive.

Hello, Hydnjo. I've just seen this. You may not have been aware of that user's background. He was a recovering methadone addict, had a rather stormy history on Wikipedia, is often suicidal, and has very recently started using methadone again. He's also mentally ill. He has just left Wikipedia. I don't want to play on your emotions or conscience by hinting that your comments led to his relapse or his departure. I am sure they did not. I think he went back on methadone before you made that comment, and there were many other Wikipedias who wrote things that upset him. As regards his departure, he has left before and come back.

Could I request that you send him a note on his talk page? I don't mean a grovelling apology, just a nice note to say that you didn't mean any offence and that you hope his problems sort themselves out.

And yes, I realize that I have absolutely no right to make such a request – but, well, I feel sorry for him. Check the recent history of his user page, if you're interested. Regards. Ann Heneghan (talk) 00:59, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Response to Ann: ==Regarding sensitivity==
No problem, I had no clue. Just thought he was being a "wise-guy," thrust and parry kind of fooling around. Also, I didn't notice any followup to my comment at Redwolf24 so I assumed all was cool with everyone. I will definitely comment on his talk page as best I can. Thanks for keeping me in the know in your usual kind and considerate way. Are you an Angel or something? --hydnjo talk 01:30, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I said hey you to get his attention, not to be disrespectful. Let me know if I can be helpful in any way. --hydnjo talk 02:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks. I appreciate that! I know his outbursts are startling, but I'm sure he's a decent person. Ann Heneghan (talk) 02:21, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RD archival

I am archiving the RD pages less frequently partially because I have become increasingly busy with other activities on Wikipedia. I am so happy to see that the number of active questions has finally decreased below 100 per page! --HappyCamper 04:54, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for supporting my RfA

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:15, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: WP:ASK

Thanks for the note on my talk page. However, what exactly does the 'a---' mean? :) --Kwekubo 20:25, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ah. You can see I'm not fluent in Geek Code - or in most other computing languages... --Kwekubo 21:57, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Oh, I did it up, but to demonstrate by example I've only just realised this minute that my code has had two syntax errors for the past several months... --Kwekubo

{{unsigned}}

It's better not to sign the insertion of {{unsigned}} - at a glace I thought the template (on evolution was referring to you. Guettarda 15:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RD

Hey, I see you're doing great work on there. Just figured I'd drop a line to say thanks for the hard work :-) Ta bu shi da yu 06:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Minor barnstars...

They're barnstars for minor edits. I personally think they are more special than the bigger normal barnstar, because the smaller one isn't awarded so often. --HappyCamper 08:21, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Messed up pages

Hi, thanks for your support. Your talk page is messed up again. Would this eplain it, or is it an unrelated problem? Cheers! Ann Heneghan (talk) 23:57, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff

Hi, thought I should quickly register myself to acknowledge the emails I received whilst I was away from WP - I have both studio versions of High Hopes, although I must say that the live version from P*U*L*S*E is the best. You'll note from my user page that I really can't be bothered with Wikipedia anymore - I had said before that I'm not a techy type and looking back I'm quite surprised I even got involved with this project in the first place. It's not good, hardworking editors like yourself that have pissed me off, it's the 'clan' that dominate this whole thing... it just all seems so pointless! WP is a great idea, but I don't think it works in practice. Keep it up - you do a good job round here. --HighHopes 19:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Joe (I presume), thanks for your message. I'll let you know if I do return, but it would certainly be under a different username. What I said on my page is no word of a lie - there are types round here that make my skin crawl and I have no desire be part of their project - one way of putting it is that they seem to think WP is here to be written rather than read, and surely that's wrong. Seeing that you're from NH - a part of the United States that has always struck me as being particularly agreeable (Kerry won there for starters!) - I doubt there isn't much danger around should you wander on to the streets at night, but do keep up the good work. --HighHopes 20:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

HTML Tidy

Now that HTML Tidy is working again you may want to rv to the last before your fixes to get back to a "clean" version. I'm sorry that I mislead you on this. It appears that any HTML errors were being silently tended to with Tidy and so folks weren't aware of any markup problems in their sig. When Tidy went down all hell broke loose as every markup error did its thing.  :-( --hydnjo talk 05:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that this edit caused a re-rendering of this page and all looks fine. Again, sorry for the confusion.  :-) --hydnjo talk 05:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. It really seemed like all hell broke loose when that 'Tidy' thing went down— It even spoiled me user page. Hopefully, everything is back to normal and will stay that way. Thnaks again. Journalist (talk · contribs)

Hmm...

I can't say I know what happened. I've been noticing this happen quite often lately though. --HappyCamper 03:06, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah... --HappyCamper 03:13, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you :-) - you make this place a good place too!
May I introduce you to a game of word association? It is quite the creative spot on Wikipedia! --HappyCamper 03:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I was there - some user just decided to blank the entire page one day, and I didn't bother adding it back in. Also, click on "edit this page", and scroll to the very bottom of the page, where there's a secret conversation going on... --HappyCamper 03:40, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Word Association

I'm confused. What does advertisement have to do with Moby? --hydnjo talk 20:07, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... ;) In Belarus, his song "Why Does My Heart" is used in advertisement of Coca-Cola's product - BonAqua :-) --WBR, Andrew O. Shadoura 11:03, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Ah ... my apologies for removing it. It's too late for me to put it back as it wont connect with the word that replaced it. Sorry :-( --hydnjo talk 14:14, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibreak

Hey, I'm going to be taking a wikibreak since there are a lot of stressful things going on in my life, and wanted to know if you could take care of adding the {{mainpage date to come|Date}} templates on new chosen articles while I'm gone. Thanks! -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 23:56, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and, not to be a bother, but can you keep an eye on my watchlist, too... it's listed on my userpage. Thanks! -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 23:56, 20 November 2005 (UTC) 23:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I just took a peek at your stress-meters, no problem - go away - and don't worry, I'll look after the featured articles. Even if I miss "...to come" I'll not miss "FA date", I promise. My own watchlist has about 200 entries so adding your's will be no big deal. Just to make sure I have them all, put them in a list on my talk page otherwise I'll assume that they are the articles listed on your user page. Please take a break without worrying about the the Wikitasks that you have been tending. I'm sure I'll know when you're back so best wishes resolving your personal stuff and thanks for asking. ;-) Heidi and Joe, --hydnjo talk 01:31, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


That's all of them, the only ones that aren't listed are the school articles attached to M-DCPS, since there are too many to place on there. All I need is someone to watch and make sure the articles aren't vandalized, many of them are watched by several users so those are covered, but there are some (like most of the M-DCPS articles) that are probably watched only by me. My process for adding the templates to the new chosen articles is to go to Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 24, 2005, and add it to my watchlist, then when Raul654 places the next article on there, I add the template and go to the archive, then do the same for every article chosen and when he's done adding, I unwatch the now filled in date and watch the next empty date. Thanks again for helping me, I just have too many things going on to have to watch for vandalism and get into edit wars, LOL. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 01:47, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said - go away. We all need a break now and again, you know, stuff happens. I'll look after things so don't worry. Of course the way WP has been behaving lately it's a wonder that anyone can get anything done around here (kidding ... just kidding)  ;-) --hydnjo talk 01:56, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I've added the following to my watchlist:
a few more to go...
Aviacsa would be the only other one; unless you already have it on your list? Thanks again! I'll be removing Wiki from my homepage now to discourage myself. Talk to you again around December 10. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 04:23, 21 November 2005 (UTC) P.S (You're two people right? LOL.)[reply]
Ok got it. BTW, I'm one person and Heidi is another so I guess that makes us two people. Whereas Heidi is blind we try to make do with one account. ;-) --hydnjo talk 04:41, 21 November 2005 (UTC)""[reply]
No, I just can't quit cold Turkey, ya know. LOL.... I NEED HELP! I promise, no more edits. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 02:41, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh where, oh where has my question gone...

  • oh where, oh where can it be?
  • The page W-P A-S-K is a lost cause...
  • Because there is too much text there!!

Maybe I should really start writing a bot for the RD instead, but realistically I don't have the time to manage such a thing. Would you be willing to put in a bot request on behalf of the RD? --HappyCamper 01:34, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bot request

You can place it here...Wikipedia:Bot requests. There's also WP:BOT, but I don't think that's what we need. I'll leave it to you to write something for the RD at your leisure! :-) --HappyCamper 03:20, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Miami Federals

The IP explained his removal in the article's talk page, and a google search reveals no mention of the Miami Federals except on Wikipedia mirror sites, so it looks good; back to my hiatus. Happy Thanksgiving! -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 22:00, 24 November 2005

Hi. I'm sorry if I made it seem as if I am watching over your shoulder, but I'm not. I came here to research a topic for a school essay and I had a new message and thought it was you asking a question, but was unaware it was a list you were making, so I answered it. I tried to keep my edits down to a minimum, but since I am still addicted to this place, I can't help it. Also, starting Saturday there will be no way for me to edit anymore because I will no longer have internet at home (I'm moving, so it's being cut off). On top of moving, I have school exams coming up, and three other huge problems all tied together which involves a legal procedure (court case) in which I am a witness and all that has been stressing me out lately (exams, plus moving, plus problems and court case). I decided to leave Wiki for a while because I found myself stressed out over edit wars, and vandalism when I didn't need that stress right now (normally i wouldn't mind, it's part of editing), and since the court dates and exams all coincide with the first week of December, I decided to put December 10 (which should be a date when everything has returned back to normal) as my return date. Since I still have internet, I do come around Wiki sometimes just to watch, or as i mentioned, to read an article but that won't be occuring anymore as of Saturday because it'll be nearly impossible to come on at all. Wiki used to take up about 85% of my internet time, now it's down to 5% and that's just cause my addiction to this place has me coming back for more! LOL. As you can see, I've kept my edits to a minimum for the past two days and after this, I'll be stopping completely because tomorrow I have errands to run for my moving, saturday I'm moving, and I won't have any internet until December 1 at the least. Then, i'll have exams and the court proceedings, and once all that's past, I'll be able to come back. I apologize again for sounding like I was watching over you, and I trust your judgement in editing and dealing with vandals since you are a more experienced user than I, but I just thought you had a question for me and didn't realize it was a list you were making for once I returned. I hope you aren't upset with me, and I am glad you are willing to help. Thanks. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 02:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC) P.S.- I might make one or two edits if they're necessary tonight, but after that I', definately gone (since I have no choice). Thanks again![reply]

Short version: Yes, I'm gone now for good until December (I was just waiting for your reply, but now I'm definately gone since my internet will be disconnected soon) You'll see why I was around a bit, and why I'm taking a wikibreak when you read the book I left ya. Sorry for the misunderstanding, and thanks for helping me! -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 02:40, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have returned. I've come to realize I can't stay away from this place (I tried). Thank you for helping me out, even with the whole misunderstanding; sorry about all that. Thank You again. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 22:34, 02 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, I didn't have anyone else looking for me. I actually only asked because I was hoping you would place the mainpage date templates on newly chosen mainpage articles while I was gone. I do appreciate that you went all the way and helped watch everything, thanks! There are a few people who watch the same pages I do, so they probably jumped on any bad edits ASAP. I think only the miami-dade school pages are not watched by anyone else except me. I actually managed to stay away from here for three days, and that's because I had no internet while I moved, but trying to stay away from here is impossible (i discovered the internet is boring without wikipedia). I still have my finals coming up next week, and then the court date, which is what was causing most of my stress (i'm a witness, not a defendant or plaintiff, but I'm testifying against an old friend and that has torn apart my friendship with several people). Now, before I leave another legacy... I just want to say thanks again, and if you need any help from me, I'll gladly do it without question. -- PRueda29 Ptalk29 23:56, 02 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Had had

That's awesome, and shows how confusing it really can be. I had had had had as being stupid, but now I have had had had had as an example, I had better have had had hads removed, as I realise how dangerous they had are ;) Proto t c 12:25, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you from Ann

Hi, I want to say a big thank you to you for supporting my RfA. I hope I'll make a good job of it. It's quite flattering to get support from people who disagree with me on article content, and to know that they still trust me not to "misbehave" as an admin. I'm supposed to be working on an assignment at the moment, and had been reducing my Wikipedia activity, so delayed thanking people, but I'm finding the new rollback button so easy to use that I'm just keeping Wikipedia open on my browser while working on other things, and I thought I'd like to thank at least a few of those who supported me while I'm here. Cheers. AnnH (talk) 22:36, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

admin?

You're not an admin? Hell, can I put you up for adminship? I know its annoying and time-consuming answering the questions (I had to do that twice, but of course failed both votes), but I wanna get my "percentage of users I've nominated for adminship who have been granted as thus (for more than 1 day)" up to over 50%. User:Shanel was on the cusp, and didn't make it, but User:Commander Keane did get through, and User:BillC declined the nom. You're a dead-cert surely. --User:Wonderfool/sig 22:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gasp... I have no words of my own so let me borrow:
"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer."
"I'm very honored and thankful if someone says something nice about my activity here, but in general I'm very critical of what I do."
Well, no. I do have some words of my own. I'm enjoying myself tremendously here. I do a lot of reading about subjects with which I am familiar which leads me to an astounding number of places with which I am totally unfamiliar. I sometimes stumble into areas in which I wish to express opinion and sometimes vigorously defend my opinion. And sometimes I just like to have fun (Onefool ;-)). So. I guess it's "no thanks" at this time. I'm fully enjoying my own self-inflicted challenges and have no desire to assume any other implied duties. This is not to say that I'm unwilling to help you out as you see fit to ask my assistance but I perceive being an Admin to be a level of commitment with which I feel uncomfortable. Thanks for your confidence, :-) hydnjo talk 23:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PORTAL

Feel free to do what you like, it's nothing to do with me, I just have it watchlisted and saw {{confused}} - unnecessary in this case - so reverted. If you think it warrents the template, feel free to discuss it on the talk page. :) --Celestianpower hablamé 15:42, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Essjay

Oh, no. No! As you can see by the current status of my own user page, I can't help but say that I don't blame him. Heck, I was just reading a page in USA Today that someone left in the studio...and there's an article by a major public figure who got utterly flamed on this site. I'm just sick. Thanks for the heads-up. - Lucky 6.9 02:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Headers

Nope, it doesn't affect my archival. As long as the date is clear, it should be fine. It would make it more difficult for the bot though, but that doesn't exist yet. --HappyCamper 03:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Message from Eddie (Re: User Deletion)

When a User page or any page for that matter is deleted it is gone without a trace. No page, no history, no footprints whatsoever except for the signature of any past edits made under those usernames and they will appear as red links  :-) --hydnjo
That's fine. They can delete all the accounts execpt for this one (EddieSegoura). BTW, Exicornt has a new home. -- Eddie 3:54 PM, December 1, 2005 (EST)

Thank you

Hi Hydnjo,

Thanks for voting to support my RfA. I wasn't expecting an unopposed promotion (I thought I'd hit some die-hard edit-counters at least) and I'm touched by the trust shown in me. I'll try my best to continue to earn that trust. But first, I'll have to work on not sounding like a politician; that last sentence was awful. Oh well. Let me know when I screw something up with the shiny new buttons. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 05:57, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

Yes, my e-mail is current. I sent you a reply too. --HappyCamper 22:28, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No get. Gettin' from others but not you. I'll check my end again ... :-( --hydnjo talk 23:35, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No, no idea. I think it has to do with the metaphorical "foul mood" that Essjay referred to a while ago. So, you didn't get either of my replies then? That's really weird. I know what your e-mail address is too, so either you're blocking my name, or your ISP thinks I'm sending you spam... --HappyCamper 23:54, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Don't ever feel that I'm not approachable though - if I don't respond in a timely manner, it's usually 99% due to my life outside of the Wiki -- There is a reason after all why the word "administrator" is absent from my user page. Enjoy the weekend!! :-) --HappyCamper 00:07, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From HS's talk

==Your Rfa==
Hey Hamster, I'm sorry about the dustup at RfA/talk that involved your promotion. Although I didn't vote for your promotion (nor against it), now having reviewed your contributions I would have had no problem with your candidacy. My problem with the process had nothing to do with you or your nomination but with my own perception of the process gone astray. You did nothing but stand for promotion, a daring effort in and of itself. I count myself among many other users who wouldn't, for whatever reason, subject ourselves to the RfA process. My (and Heidi's) best wishes are with you as you flex your newly ordained muscles, mop and bucket. :-) --hydnjo talk 03:06, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good

Thanks for your comments, my apologies in advance if you wanted to leave this page blank. I would not be adverse if you wish to blank this comment. I myself have been somewhat confused as to the issue of the closing of my RfA. I distinctly stayed away from any campaigning, only thanking the editors who had offered their support to my nomination. Please let me attempt to assure you that all I really want to do is help the WP. I love encyclopedias, and I sincerely appreciate the experimental nature of Wikipedia (The most important online information resource). I've been lashing away at the Wikipedia:Administrators reading list trying to absorb some of the extensive information in there. I have no idea whether my administrative standing is now permanent or not, but it never hurts to gain some useful knowledge. Thanks again for your kind words. Peace! Hamster Sandwich 03:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey HS. Thank you for your gracious thoughts and comments. As I reorganize and archive my talk page I'll keep you out of the archive and in view for your gracious response about a dustup that really had nothing to do with your qualifications to be an admin. I endorse the outcome even though I question the process. Your new powers will benefit us all. --hydnjo talk 03:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*hint hint*

Oh where, oh where has my e-mail gone? Oh where, oh where can it be? --HappyCamper 23:45, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes? --HappyCamper 01:17, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yep. --HappyCamper 04:33, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

BDAbramson's RFA

Although my RfA is not over yet, I figured that since so many people voted before it had been posted, I may as well start thanking people before it wraps up. It'll take me that long to thank everyone who voted anyway! Thank you, Hydnjo, for your support - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality rise to the level of the dream. BDAbramson T 17:08, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NH

Hey, it's been awhile! Would you like to join us over at Wikiproject New Hampshire? Us Granite Staters need to stick together, after all. karmafist 17:20, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Continuity, browserbars, the future of Wikipedia, and everything...

Hi, what's up?

We can have an uninterrupted coversation right here.

I appreciate your concern in regards to main namespace articles and the browser bar. That part of the project was definitely experimental. Though the bar doesn't seem to be ruffling any (many) feathers in portal space, and none so far in category space. There are a few lists of lists, in main namespace, at the top of the list hierarchy, that I don't think anyone would mind the bar going on, but I don't intend to fight over placement, as long as they're locals. The goal was to place the thing at the top two levels of hierarchy and leave it at that. I have no intention nor desire to spread it any deeper than that.

By the way, in case you are wondering how the main namespace pages were chosen, they were listed on the Browse by overview page.

I'm getting kind of burnt out on the browserbar project -- too monotonous, too many hours of mindless repitition. I've got to get in some quality article editing time. If and when I do pick it up again, it will likely be concentrated on category namespace.

Thanks for your feedback. Go for it! 04:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Homework

I'v just been to the reference desk and you seem to assume a lot of questions to be homework ones. I'm sure you don't mean to, but your responses appear to be less than friendly. You can avoid that by just ignoring those questions, or simply help them on their way with how to find the answer (aka Google). (I hope I'm not offending you :) ). - Mgm|(talk) 20:04, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mgm, thanks for calling that to my attention, Sunday afternoons seem to be the most blatant. I'm at a tug o' war as to what would be most helpful to these "kids", an answer, a pointer or a lecture. Geesh! Your thoughts? --hydnjo talk 21:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd say a pointer is the most helpful. It teaches them you have to try yourself and not expect others to do your work for you (and to ask better and more detailed questions). If they tell: "I've searched google, Wikipedia and several books and I still can't find it." and if they give details on how they did so, I'd be more inclined to provide an answer. Pointing them to the right page or book, but still requiring them to read themselves or mook inferences will still teach them something. Lectures and answers don't work. Lectures makes them hostile, answers make them lazy. - Mgm|(talk) 21:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well thank you, that seems a sensible approach. I'll try to (grrr...) keep that in mind. --hydnjo talk 22:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If by my keystrokes I'm not helping well, that's worse than doing nothing at all. hydnjo talk 23:51, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Funny

I've watched this as should all. It puts a light touch on reality! --hydnjo talk 01:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

day headers at reference desk

Hi - Just thought I'd let you know that user:AllyUnion runs several bots (like user:NekoDaemon) that do periodic maintenance tasks like adding per-day headers to various articles. I'm nearly positive he'd be willing to add reference desk header creation to one of them. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Hydnjo, a happy New Year too and thanks for the link which made me laugh :) — Wackymacs 15:45, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

Have a wonderful Chrismas - the best to you and your family and friends this holiday season :-) (Enjoy the excellent Wikipedian music below!) --HappyCamper 02:10, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Multi-listen start Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen end

And Happy Holidays...

... to the both of you as well. Thank you for, well, for bein' you. I'm glad to know you're in the world. :) - Brian Kendig 04:44, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make that a triple helping. Just relaxing online before hitting the sack and I saw your wonderful note (pun intended). Merry Christmas! Love you guys. - Lucky 6.9 06:22, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another thanks for the note. Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Catherine wheel

:-) It seems every second or third dab page I see falls short of the style guide. I've been fixing a few. -- Kevin Ryde 21:05, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RD and WP:HD

Why is there no linkage to these newcomer friendly pages? --hydnjo talk 19:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, here is what I've just learned or have done:

  • The FAQs link leads to the RD/reference desk ("Find out how to ask a question" is the very first item on there).
  • Both the Help Desk and the Reference Desk are presented under the 4th heading in the table of contents of the main help file: Help:Contents#Asking questions.
  • I've added a link to the top of the FAQ page for the Help Desk.
  • I've added links to the Help Desk and to the Help Portal in the See Also section of the FAQ page.
  • I've added a link to the Help Desk at the top of the main help page, the page that is listed as ("Help" on the navigation menu), which is on the user's screen at all times.

Does this solve the problem to your satisfaction? Go for it! 20:41, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we'll see how the desks do without the current linkage from the Main Page. Thanks for your response, hydnjo talk 01:25, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference desk

What do you think about the proposal to split the reference desk? --HappyCamper 21:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So what does that mean? Yay or nay? I know you do the date headers, just like how I do the archiving...I'm a bit weary of having to do some more extra pages, but I'm still thinking about it. --HappyCamper 01:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot figure out what you are saying from your cryptic posts! :-) --HappyCamper 15:07, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hydnjo - my space is your space, and you are always welcome to post whatever your heart desires on my talk page - including interesting and colourful posts. Actually, I have been meaning to learn how to do HTML, and from your posts, I now know how to make coloured text! :-) Yes, I see what you mean...I have not decided what to do with the RD actually. I think I'm just going to let the discussion take over and see what happens. --HappyCamper 19:11, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You, mister, need a good dose of Vitamin C I think :-) --HappyCamper 19:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Truce

Ok, truce! Being an intellectual depressive, I was getting to addicted to this. Still, I think the bicycle thing was a college joke, and we need a standard way to re-emphasize the Reference Desk pre-amble. For example, if somebody asks 'Give me the properties of the Sun', then I just can't say CLICK HERE ====> Sun --Zeizmic 13:03, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind proofreading something for me?

I'm thinking about requesting adminship, and have written a draft of my request. I would appreciate it if you would proofread it for me, and let me know what you think on its talk page. Thank you. Sincerely, --Go for it! 23:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.: I've made a combined version of "Ask a question" and the "FAQ" page, which is currently being tested on the browsebar all around Wikipedia, and on the main page redesign draft. I took the 2 entries from the main page's browsebar and combined them into one: "Questions". Have you taken a look at that file. Please let me know what you think. It saves space, and ensures that FAQs and Ask a question will remain prominently referenced on the main page. I've inserted the browsebar below for your convenience. --Go for it! 23:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Portal topics
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Random portal

Yep, it's 6B

Sorry I didn't think to identify which one it was on my user page. Thanks for pointing that out to me. It's fixed now. --Go for it! 01:12, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Check your e-mail please :-) --HappyCamper 05:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And...erm...check your junk mail and spam mail filters too...not sure if it made it through. --HappyCamper 06:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That fake refdesk categories template

Eh...where'd you put that thing? I'd love to see it, just for a good laugh. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 10:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not alerting you about the vote.--Urthogie 13:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

...for your support and congratulations! Hm, it's been a while since I last heard from you two; seems you're the ones giving the help these days. :-) Take care and happy editing! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 22:36, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page Drafts

I've added links on each draft to all of the other drafts, it's really the only way to make comparisons. If you think this is stupid then let me know, otherwise I'll keep it up. hydnjo talk 03:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent idea. And you used the direct approach. Even better. --Go for it! 05:23, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An aside

I'm a Red Dwarf fan, and a term used by its authors which applies to your username is "gestalt entity". They used it to describe the pseudonym on the "Red Dwarf" tv series and books, the author "Grant Naylor", which is an amalgamation of the actual authors' names "Rob Grant" and "Doug Naylor". I've never met a gestalt entity before! --Go for it! 05:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, hydnjo is a "gestalt entity"? I have no clue whatsoever. I'm at a loss - help? hydnjo talk 06:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Hydnjo" is a nym, not a real name. That is, not a name of a person. More than that, it isn't even a nym of a person. It represents multiple people (Heidi and Joe), so metaphorically it can be referred to as a gestalt entity, which is how Rob Grant and Doug Naylor referred to their collective pseudonym Grant Naylor, the name they jointly wrote under. They were indirectly referring to the fictional character named "Legion" from Episode 2, Season 6, of their BBC TV series named Red Dwarf who became a gestalt entity of the members of the crew of the Jupiter Mining Corporation ore transport vessel Red Dwarf (a spaceship the size of a city, run by a computer named Holly with an IQ of 6000, the same IQ as 6000 PE teachers). --Go for it! 07:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Election talks

A discussion has begun on how to handle the official election for replacing the Main Page. To make sure it is set up sensibly, your input is needed. --Go for it! 08:59, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

rd question

thanks for the prompt reply at the RD. There's still one more thing I don't understand if you could help explaining that to me(see talk page for question). Thanks!--Urthogie 16:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

you got it, thanks.--Urthogie 18:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Small Font

My signature has all the appropriate tags. If you discovered that it happened after my signature, it's probably because somehow or other, one of the </font> or </sup> tags got removed in the editing of the discussion page. Thanks for the heads up, though. drumguy8800 - speak? 22:08, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

lowercase

I've edited your user and user talk pages to remove them from a category intended for actual articles. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 13:12, Jan. 30, 2006

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