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Adoption

I would like to know if you would like to adopt me. Please contact me via my talk page. Vinni3 (talk) 08:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC) User talk:Vinni3

Adoption

You have graduated, congratulations! JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!-- Barkjon  00:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Barkjon,

I have a recovered my son from Autism. So that alone is a controversial statement. I would like to get information about Autism to be more up to date on Wikipedia and especially some treatments that are listed as options updated. The articles are very out of date especially as a client having experiences them. So I have a lot of POV and personal experience but have meet with very little success converting this information to fact and into articles.

So I need coaching on how to get fact and remove some of the fiction from Wiki around Autism and Autism treatment.

Would you consider helping me? Ezrah 001 (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply

I don't know. Are you sure you got the image name right? JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but you can't add the Club Penguin image to your userpage because it is copyrighted. What other images would you like to use? I will try to do it for you. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:16, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

it worked, could you try it again please? JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

sure-- Barkjon  00:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:Barkjon/headerbar

Move {{Template:Barkjon/headerbar}} into a subpage of your userspace per the Wikipedia:Userbox migration, thanks. 72.67.104.27 (talk) 00:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Your lesson at User:RyRy5/Adoption Program/Classroom

I have left a message fairly strongly disagreeing with your lesson at User:RyRy5/Adoption Program/Classroom. You may wish to read my note and comment. I'm open to dialogue. - Philippe 02:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year I - Issue 3 - April 2008
"We will miss him a little bit as a driver, we will miss him a lot in the football matches." Jarno Trulli on Michael Schumacher. [1]
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The 2008 Formula One season is underway. With the relaxing atmosphere of the first round at Melbourne (where Lewis Hamilton won with Nick Heidfeld second and a superb Nico Rosberg in third after a very eventful race with only seven drivers finishing) behind us, the focus then shifted to Malaysia. A superior Kimi Räikkönen got back on track with a great win; Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen finished in distant second and third places followed by a tremendous Jarno Trulli and unlucky Lewis Hamilton in fourth and fifth places respectively. Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, David Coulthard and Jenson Button all showed their teams' strong improvements and performances in seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth respectively. The two Grands Prix have shown all the rivalries we will be seeing during the season and how dependent the results are on the removal of traction control and engine braking. Bahrain is here and I bet everyone out there is hoping for a very good and close-finishing race there. Chubbennaitor and -- Diniz (talk) 00:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 14 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 11 3rd Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 11 Constructors' Championship Constructor Points McLaren 24 BMW Sauber 19 Scuderia Ferrari 11 Standings after the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics.
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TfD nomination of Template:Barkjon/headerbar

Template:Barkjon/headerbar has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Macy (talk) 23:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

adoption agreed

I will join your adoption program. Are you a formula 1 fan, I am? So how do I join. Tajtheman (talk) 00:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry, but I have been in a way, forced to fire you as a teacher. My adoptees are mine, not yours. No harm feelings. Cheers.--RyRy5 talk 01:47, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Delivered by Nothing444 20:29, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Need some help with my Wiki

Hello,

I'm totally lost! I have to find out how to create a wiki in a way that only certain users can access and/or edit an article. I have been trying to figure this out for over 3 weeks. I really would appreciate your help. Can you help me please?

Thank you.

Rantrom (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Adopter

An adoptee can have more than 1 adopter you know. Even though, the adoption was unofficial.--RyRy5 ^{Got something to say?} 01:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Let's let Taj decide how many adopters he wants. I'm not trying to cause a big discussion by the way.--RyRy5 ^{Got something to say?} 01:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

So, do you instead want both of us to teach him/her?--RyRy5 ^{Got something to say?} 01:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

/me is really really thinking that some folks don't "get it" on the adoption thing, so I'm going to spell it out clearly. Stop. Now. The community would far rather that you work on articles. There are grave concerns about people adopting who clearly aren't experienced enough. We love your enthusiasm, but want it to be directed at articles. For the love of God, we just went through a 5 day discussion about deleting adoption pages. - Philippe 01:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm well aware of the conversation, I read it. He didn't "try to abandon you", he wanted someone else. It's not an affront to you, but he requested someone else. Let him go. You have about 200 edits in mainspace. I'm asking you to let someone else adopt him. Please respect what this community has gone through with respect to the discussion we just had. No, it wasn't directly about you, but it was about wanting experienced people to adopt. You adoptee has said he wants someone else. Respect that. - Philippe 02:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Need some help with my Wiki

Hello,

It is a MediaWiki. By the way, I love your motto!!!!!!

Thank you. Rantrom (talk) 02:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Whoa

I just read your comment at your adoptees page. You said: "A good way to undo vandalism (and get more edits fast) is: Go to the recent changes and look for an IP address (a username all made from numbers-that person has not made an official account). Click on that page. Click on history. There should be an IP address (the one you saw in the recent changes). Click "compare selected versions". And when it shows up, there should be vandalism in the screen. Click undo and change what the vandalism is to what it used to be."

It is absolutely unacceptable to insinuate that there "should be vandalism" on an IPs contributions.

It is further unacceptable to scold someone for "mutanizing" against you.

My next step will be to file a WP:RFC if this continues. I strongly encourage you to consider whether you're ready to adopt: based on that advice, I'm afraid you're not. I don't intend to be harsh, but we can not have you giving bad advice to adoptees. For the record, in the last study done, IPs were a significant source of exceptional edits to the Wikipedia. - Philippe 02:18, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Ditto. Nothing444 13:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Double Ditto. IP many IP adresses are good contributers. Please respect that.--RyRy5 ^{Got something to say?} 02:21, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Triple ditto. Lol.-- Barkjon  02:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Response

I would be honored to be your adoptee. I need to know how to create a page that only certain people can access or edit. Really, I need help on understanding the basics of this whole Wiki thing... Again I really appreciate it.

Thank you for your patience ahead of time. Rantrom (talk) 02:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Barkjon, thank you for inviting my to be your adoptee. Whats the next step for my and how does it work practically? My main problem is my bad english. By your help I would be able to improve some technical related wiki topics possibly.--Oelwiki (talk) 10:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

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Response

You didn't make me mad. You did frustrate me, but that doesn't make me mad. :-) I admire your interest in adopting, but I think it's misplaced and has the potential to backfire on you. The best way to find vandalism is to watch the recent changes list and look for vandalism there. I think it's a mistake to imply that IPs are anything less than valuable to the project. After all - I started as an IP. Most of us did. - Philippe 02:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

My preference would be that you not teach them to use tools, but teach them to watch recent changes and revert manually, at first. Then, eventually, you can teach them to use the anti-vandal tools. It's important to walk before you run, I think. - Philippe 02:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

If you haven't already, it might make sense to go back to your adoption records from when you were adopted and start by sort of recreating those lessons. Just an idea for you. I'll be out of town tomorrow and Tuesday, by the way, but will be happy to give you feedback when I'm back in town. - Philippe 02:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Adoptee

Ok. I have those definitions/descriptions memorized now.

Thank you, Rantrom (talk) 03:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Next NW

You haven't been contributing to the next NW lately. I don't know why but I need help when it's only me. Chubbennaitor 14:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Hi! (on Jimbo's talk page)

The answer is actually no. Bureaucrats cannot, on Wikipedia or Wikia, demote sysops or other bureaucrats. Only staff (on Wikia) or stewards (on Wikimedia projects) can demote users, and only with a good reason to and community consensus, with some exceptions (for example, an admin requests to be desysoped before retirement). --FastLizard4 (Talk•Index•Sign) 18:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah...I see.-- Barkjon  18:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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You seem not to be doing any work on the Newsletter! What's with the above? Chubbennaitor 19:13, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I more signed up for graphic work and any spelling and punctuation mistakes...-- Barkjon  16:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

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Lady Aleena's RfA

Barkjon...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Wikipedia, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:44, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user

Reply

Thank you very much for the offer! But I'd prefer to keep things as is. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 22:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

hi. im not really sure where to put this question so ill just leave it here and see what happens. i was hoping to get adopted, and you sound like just the person i wou ld like to be adopted by. so if you would like to adopt me thatd would be great! Jake (talk) 19:48, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello there. You requested to adopt me a few days ago, and I'm happy to take you up on the offer. Incredibly Inedible (talk) 01:11, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Would you like to join the Barnstar Brigade. Swirlex^{The Barnstar Giver}

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Formula One news from the Month Fry pours cold water on SA deal BMW pushing to the edge for Turkey Kovy making big recovery and hopes for Turkey Honda are sure of strong car in Istanbul Rubens proud to beat Patrese's record Jaime Alguersuari will have first F1 test for RBR Mallya backs Sutil's recovery SA closing re-rescue deal BMW Sauber thinking about using Ferrari 'nose hole' nose cone Williams thinking over engine cover Mosley inocence declared in Paris Webber pushes for Barcelona track Heidfeld: SC rules stupid Oz ready for GP Track change Sato had the race of his life (2008) Button shocked over first points from '08 Drivers worried over tyre warmer ban Sato proud of SA's courage Schu's in the money... and the screens Silverstone looking at a secure future Negotiations still ongoing over SA 'EveryRace' anti-racist campaign underway Renault unsure on new car Brawn enthusiastic on Honda recovery Mosley: I have backing of FIA majority SA depending on Honda Magma group pulls out of SA deal RBR style 'shark fin' for Renault Lewis' wing broken before incident STR3 gets first run
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 29 2nd Lewis Hamilton BMW Sauber 20 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 19 4th Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 18 5th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 16 6th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 14 7th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 9 8th Mark Webber Red Bull 8 9th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 7 10th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 6 11th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 5 12th Jenson Button Honda F1 3 13th Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 2 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Points 1st Scuderia Ferrari 47 2nd BMW Sauber 35 3rd McLaren 34 4th WilliamsF1 12 5th Toyota F1 9 6th Red Bull 8 7th Renault F1 6 8th Honda F1 3 9th Toro Rosso 2 10th Force India 0 11th Super Aguri 0 Standings after the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix. See 2008 Formula One season for further season summary and formula1.com or ITV-F1.com (and there is more there for the championship) for complete standings and statistics. Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Constructor Qualifying Time 1st Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.123s 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.418s 3rd Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m33.096s 4th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m33.737s 5th Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m33.488s 6th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m33.994s 7th Mark Webber Red Bull 1m32.371s 8th Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m34.015s 9th Timo Glock Toyota F1 1m32.528s 10th Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m35.115s Bahrain Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m33.096s Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.123s Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m33.292s Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m33.418s Row three Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m33.488s Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m33.737s Row four Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m33.994s Nico Rosberg WilliamsF1 1m34.015s Row five Jenson Button Honda Racing F1 1m35.057s Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m35.115s Massa answers critics with win Kubica hits tremendous pole Friday Practice 2: Hamilton Crashes whilst Ferrari's don't budge off 1-2 Friday Practice 1- Ferrari's lead while Williams star Spanish Grand Prix Driver Constructor Qualifying Time 1st Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m21.813s 2nd Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m22.058s 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m22.096s 4th Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m22.065s 5th Mark Webber Red Bull 1m22.429s 6th Jenson Button Honda F1 1m21.211s 7th Kazuki Nakajima WilliamsF1 1m21.117s 8th Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m22.529s 9th Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m22.542s 10th Timo Glock Toyota F1 1m21.230s Spanish Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 1m21.813s Fernando Alonso Renault F1 1m21.904s Row two Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m22.058s Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m22.065s Row three Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m22.096s Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m22.231s Row four Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m22.429s Jarno Trulli Toyota F1 1m22.529s Row five Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m22.542s Nelsinho Piquet Renault F1 1m22.699s Raikkonen cruises to an unchallenged victory Raikkonen beats amazing Alonso to pole Heidfeld at the top for Saturday morning Ferrari just pip Renault off top Ferrari top in Friday Practice Driver of the Month Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna at Imola 1989. Ayrton Senna at the 1991 United States Grand Prix. Ayrton Senna (da Silva) is most known for his push to win, much the same as Gilles Villeneuve. Senna is a three time Formula One Champion, winning in 1988, 1990, and 1991. Many people have compared Senna to Juan Manuel Fangio, who is known as "The Master" of Formula One. Senna is a Brazilian, and raced for Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, and Williams. Statistically, he is among the greatest ever, with 41 wins and 65 pole positions. His then-record of 65 pole positions was broken by Michael Schumacher in the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix. His rivalry with Alain Prost is among the most legendary in Formula One, going as far as Senna colliding with Prost in the first turn of Suzuka in 1990, giving Senna the title. Tragically, Senna died during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when his Williams left the track at high speed, hitting the concrete retaining wall at around 135 mph. No driver since has been killed while driving a Formula One car. His skill in wet weather and bad conditions has made him stand out among other drivers. Where most people would choose to drive conservatively, to avoid causing a crash, Senna would still push his hardest. Following the death of Senna (and Roland Ratzenberger), many safety improvements have been made. What could possibly be better than his on-the-track skills was what he did off the track. His character and attitude has made him a legend among F1 fans. Nominated by Sage Callahan

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Supeyman

I can't technically adopt Supeyman, since I had a block almost 4 months ago, but I can be his unoficial co-adopter. I think I'll talk this stupid rule out with the Adoption Cabal. Besides, it was only a 12-hour one (changed from 72 when it was found to be too harsh) for harassing a user, of which I have completely reformed. It was just a bit of newbie drama. Editorofthewiki^{review my edits here!} 14:25, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

WPF1 NW

Please read tthe past NWs for the way we do things please. Chubbennaitor 18:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

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