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Thank you!

Well .... where to start?

I just want to thank everyone - I can't possibly reply to everybody :) - for being so loving and supportive over the last few days. I said what I had to say and left for a few days, just to get some breathing space. I'd actually been thinking seriously about leaving over the last few weeks, as the unwanted attentions from certain people and the pressures of the current ArbCom case were beginning to wear me down. I truly wasn't expecting the kind of responses that came flooding in. I really don't know what to say. I've archived everything, my original message and all your responses, as well as a message to others at the top, at User:Alison/Depression. As I said, I hope others in a similar situation can read this, understand it, and take some comfort from it all.

Love you all, friends :)

-- Alison ^❤

PS: I guess I'd better get back to work, then! WP:RPP is calling out to me :)

PPS: Amit, it's lovely to see you back on here, too, with job intact!

From one to another

I've recently read it suggested that you might have felt that I "must be annoyed at (you) for picking up the Alison nick on enwiki". Could I just say you were fully welcome to it! Indeed, I didn't even look for it as 'AlisonW' is what I have used all over the place for many years as I know so so many Alison's IRL so use the W at all times - in addition to a 'nom de plume' which, of course, you know about as do many others (Kato is right, it isn't a 'secret' per se, I just try to not the two get written on the same webpage together) and is all quite above board, albeit reading the comments is providing me with a lot of amusement at the moment ;-P Nor, btw, will SUL annoy me at all and I'd happy to let you have meta:User:Alison on meta: right now if you would like it (and ask nicely) as at the time I registered that protective nick you weren't using User:Alison yourself and protection is a good thing™ (unlike meta:User:Alison is a douchebag lol). Keep up the good work. --AlisonW (talk) 23:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

RFCU

Hey Alison, could you just skim over a RFCU case? A MEDCAB case relies on the outcome, and a smaller version of events is over at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Eliko. Thank you in advance. Regards, Rudget (?) 19:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Random things I noticed while looking at your various pages and subpages....

1) In your sandbox

For your boilerplate warning(s), are you familiar with "{{<includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>BASEPAGENAME}}"?

2) On your talk page

In the header where it says "Please sign (~~~~) before you save. Beware SineBot!", I think you should say "Beware of SineBot" because what you have now, imho, sounds like you are telling SineBot to beware.

3) Also on your talk page

imho, the HTML-comment "To Vandals" warning on my userpage is more eyecatching, but you can (obviously) do what you want. (I did not make that huge "to vandals" thingy. I stole borrowed it from User:Milk's Favorite Cookie.)

My brief attempt to sound philosophical

This next part really doesn't have much to do with anything, but I do a lot of vandalism reversion and I often see you block people I have reported to AIV. I also frequently encounter you when I hit alt-shift-x because I am bored. I have noticed your mannerisms and the technique you have with all your administrator duties and contributions in general, and I must say that you yourself fill one of two necessary roles that admins on this project must have. Basically, in my view, the optimal situation would be to have only two admins on Wikipedia: One who uses somewhat sarcastic, rather blunt, brute force. This is necessary because, let's face it, people are jerks, and sometimes the only way to fight a jerk is by being a jerk yourself. The other role that is needed is someone who is kind and compassionate, maintaining composure even under withering fire. This admin would always be nice to everyone no matter what has happened and no matter what anyone has done. You fit the second role like a key fits a lock. If I had known about RfA when you went up for RfA, I would have voted "Support" with all the vehemence I could muster through a keyboard. No matter what happens, please, never change the way you are. Our world desperately needs more people like you. Some say kindness and compassion are for the weak. Nothing could possibly be more untrue, and you prove that yourself. I read your /depression page and I cannot believe you were willing to put yourself up for admin recall even though no respected user had requested you to do that. If anyone says you are weak, do not listen to them. Having the personal strength to publicly say something like that is, well, amazing. There is NO way I would ever have had the guts to say something like that in such an open place as Wikipedia.

I'm sorry if all that seemed like I am trying to pussy up to you. That is not what my intention is. I think someone needs to tell you what you personally mean to this project. If Wikipedia decided to employ two people full-time as admins and get rid of all the other admins, I would try everything I could to get you hired as one of them. That is how much I respect you and your contributions. Thank you for serving Wikipedia so well.
J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

A wee bit of a nagging concern

Alison, I have a slight concern about AtomAtom (talk · contribs). He creates a template in his first day, before voting for on an RfA, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Biruitorul 2‎. Because of the immediate interest in Romanian nationalist stuff and the EU, there is at least an outside chance it is the banned Bonaparte (talk · contribs) (who incidentally likes to use open proxies), but at any rate it seems unlikely the user is new to wikipedia. I'm not sure there is enough data to go to Checkuser, but since he voted on an RfA I thought I'd at least bring the matter to your attention. All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 21:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Your user page

"These days, I don't get as much time on article editing, as administrative duties take up much of my time, something I'm not entirely happy with." That is sad, wiki should not make you upset, rather happy. Do what makes you happy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thright (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't make me sad, it's just that - well, I love editing articles, too, and I've less and less time available to do that. Lately, though, I've deliberately taken time-out from administrivia and checkuserivia to edit some stuff. I've also deliberately kept away from "Troubles" ArbCom cases as they're burnout-territory. Result: happier me :) :) Thanks for the note - Alison ^❤ 06:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

socks and meats

Are editing again. Alan McFarland and Michael McGimpsey.Traditional unionist (talk) 11:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I saw that just now. However, this editor is just adding a little POV to the articles and isn't being deliberately malicious, far as I can see. Since then, they seem to be making a genuine effort to add to the encyclopedia, so I welcome-boilerplated them and left a little note about WP:NPOV. Let me know if things get bad - Alison ^❤ 23:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank You, Then!

Saw your HTML comment and wanted to publicly thank you for the user page design. No intention to slight you--didn't know the design had a longer lineage than I'd credited in my comment. Good job, and thank you. - Ageekgal (talk) 05:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

No slight taken whatsoever!! It's an honour, in fact. I just wanted to point out that anything that's on my page now is also up for grabs, so feel free to take what you want :) - Alison ^❤ 06:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Copy of deleted page

Hello! Could you please do me a favor? Since you are an administrator and can view the wiki source code of deleted pages, could you possibly copy the source from the last revision of Special:Undelete/UEFA Euro 2008 warm-up matches to my subpage, User:Artyom/UEFA Euro 2008 warm-up matches? I would really appreciate it :) Thanks in advance!  ARTYOM  14:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done - :) - Alison ^❤ 23:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks a lot!  ARTYOM  10:58, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Artyom has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

checkuser privileges

How do I go about applying to get checkuser privileges? Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 19:34, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

See WP:CHECKUSER, mainly: You may contact the Arbitration Committee, but due to legal and privacy concerns be advised that such access is granted by invitation only. Mønobi 04:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I think part of the ritual involves all the checkusers meeting up in real life and kicking each other in the balls repeatedly until they break down and cry. This explains why there are not that many CU ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 12:32, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

MV Kerlogue

How can I have MV Kerlogue as the name of Mv kerlogue (uppercase MV K) ? ClemMcGann (talk) 21:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done - thanks, Clem. I'll do some tidy-up and add some detail over there. Thanks for yet another excellent WP:IMAR article - Alison ^❤ 23:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

From me, and I think Jeske, Milburn, and Gavin would support this

		The Working Woman's Barnstar
		For doing that massive checkuser to stem the flow of harassment. Idiots from /b/ and ED have already drawn enough editors away. Will (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Allegations of "Hate Speech"

What on earth did I say that was hateful? I was responding to someone who made the sweeping generalisation that mixed raced relationships were considered "acceptable now" by saying that not everyone feels that way and that that sort of lifestyle was not for me. I find it MORALLY WRONG. Not to mention unnatural (it takes a white man and white women to create a white child that is a FACT!), abnormal (it is not the norm as most people don't live that lifestyle) and if everyone engaged in that sort of behavior it would be the death of racial diversity. Apparently diversity is good unless its racial diversity and striving to retain it.

If God had only wanted one race, which is what would happen if everyone choosed a mixed race relationship, then he wouldn't have gone to the "trouble" of creating several different races. He would have just stopped at the White race, but he didn't he created all those others so he obviously favors diversity when it comes to race. Those are my opinions, I am entitled to them and expressing them is NOT "hate speech" just because it goes against the Godless agenda of liberalism. I thought liberals believed in moral relativalism, that we each have the right to decide for ourselves what is and isn't moral?

Well people are free to live as they please as long as it is legal. God has given us free will after all, but that doesn't mean that what they are doign is right or I have to jump on the miscegenation bandwagon just because that lifestyle is "cool" now. God's Word does not change. It is everlasting and I will choose a good Christian lifestyle over the latest immoral fad any day.

Lastly I mentioned what race I thought he looked like and I refrained from using any racial slurs, so there shouldn't have been a problem. I would appreciate it if you would stop harrassing me just for expressing a differing opinion of your own and persecuting me for holding traditional moral values. YourPTR! (talk) 20:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC)