User talk:Crzrussian

Hello,

I'd like some explanation for the deletion of page "Motifs in William Hope Hodgson's Fiction." The log says "homework, aka closing prod." This was certainly not homework, and deletion broke dozens of references to this page from five different pages. Please restore it, or at least let me access the text so I can incorporate some of it elsewhere. Thanks.

...thanks for the speedy undeletion... I will merge this content elsewhere.

...followup: I have moved the content, page can be deleted as far as I'm concerned. Thanks, Paul.

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The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

R' Aharon Leib [however you spell it]

I see that you have been involved in the repeated movings of Aharon Leib Shteinman. It happens that the most common spelling of his name is Aharon Leib Steinman - you can check Google. I just want to make sure that I'm not the only one for whom this is an obvious decision. Kol tuv, DLand^TALK 21:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, then - let's try to build consensus. I have posted at Talk:Aharon Leib Shteinman. --DLand^TALK 22:16, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

William Cohen

Hi Crazy Russian - how is everything? Could you help resolve a dispute before it goes to arbitration? Back in August I took a photograph of former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. It's a good photograph; he had just written a fiction novel. I also took some photographs of he and his wife Janet Langhart. They liked the photographs so much they wrote to tell me so; Janet Langhart even said she was glad I was able to supply an updated photograph of her husband to replace the goofy Department of Defense photograph found on his page. I still have these e-mails.

BCV, another editor, is insistent that we keep all the Department of Defense photographs on every page of every former Secretary of Defense. His argument is it creates consistency. My argument is that if an editor has a decent updated photograph they are willing to release that an updated photograph should go on an updated encyclopedia page. Another user on August 22nd also kept this change (though he moved the photograph of Cohen and Langhart down to the bottom - with which I agreed).

I've asked for other editors on the page to comment, but to no avail. Cohen is not particularly old; under BCV's reasoning, Wikipedia will forever keep a 1997 photograph up. I don't think it makes a lot of sense, especially since the man is now in a new phase of his life and continues to work.

Can you help to arbitrate this? I'm a bit tired of the revert war. Thanks for any help. --DavidShankBone 22:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for weighing in - much appreciated. --DavidShankBone 22:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Joel Teitelbaum

Hi Crz, would you mind reverting this back to the pre-3RR version? It's currently protected on Chussid's version with the link to the personal website. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:48, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

No, I am not going to do that. You may very well be right, but I am not editing the protected page crz crztalk 23:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

You protected it. :-) It's quite normal to revert to a pre-3RR version before protecting a page, because otherwise the protection rewards the violator. But it's up to you; I don't want to interfere with your admin decisions. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:13, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

It would be tantamount to joining the editwar. Figure it out, ask some nonjews for input on whether the links are up to WP:EL, and then we can all remove it together once it's unprotected. crz crztalk 23:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

As I said, it's up to you, but it is not tantamount to joining the edit war; it is perfectly normal to revert to a pre-3RR version before protecting. I'm also not sure what your "nonjews" comment means. This has nothing to do with Jews or non-Jews. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm ... you're suggesting Jewish editors are inherently biased. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, first, lots of non-Jews hold pre-conceived ideas about Israel too, but more importantly, the dispute was about whether the link is to a reliable website or to a personal website, and being able to judge that has nothing to do with one's views on Israel. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:44, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Faraday Hall

Hi, just looking for your advice on this (albeit trivial) one. You declined my CSD (I proposed non-notability) and suggested a merge back into the Uni article. Does that preclude me from listing in AfD? The only precedence is this prior AfD for another hall at the same uni. Loughboorough is my alma mater which is why I pay a passing interest. I don't have a vested interest other than these things aren't really notable for their own articles. Thanks for you time. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 00:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Reliable Sources on Julia Allison

Glamour Magazine is a reliable source. Are magazines not reliable sources, anymore? Bearly541 01:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Shimon ben Gamliel III

Hi. Appreciate the help, but didn't I put an "inuse" template on the page? I will fix it up... don't worry. —Dfass 03:23, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

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Nicole Jordan Article

Being new to Wiki, I failed to Create a Page Name when typing an article about romance author, Nicole Jordan. So I created another page with that name, and copied the article into it. It was deleted. You won't believe this, but I messed up even more. Decided to create another account, calling it Nicole Jordan. As I began to type in the same info that was in the previous article, it went to speedy deletion and is now protected from further recreation. The article lists a short bio, her published novels, and a link to her web site. All I want to do is have the page name reflect her full name so it can be found by anyone searching for Nicole Jordan. How can I fix this mess? Your help will be ever so much appreciated. Thank you. Nicjord 08:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Sirius Corporation

You have recently redirected the page posted about Sirius Corporation, an open source services company based in the UK, to Sirius Satellite Radio, a US-based internet radio provider.

They are different companies. Please amend your changes.

I believe there is no reason to remove or change this entry - the information provider was *not* commercially-oriented but an attempt to demonstrate Sirius Corporation's open source promotion and advocacy.

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DogStar5000 (talk • contribs) 15:28, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

Sirius Corporation

Thanks for your message. Please tell me how a redirect to Sirius Satellite Radio is valid for a description for a company named Sirius Corporation.

If you don't like the entry then delete it. As it stands its likely to breech the Sirius Corporation trademark.

Also if Sirius Corporation is excluded then please advise on how its style is different to Canonical, the entry upon which it is based? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DogStar5000 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

Enough. I explained my decision. You may appeal it if you like. Please do not use Wikipedia to promote your company. ...crz crztalk 15:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me. Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me. Oh and I won't take offence at your "accusation" this is a role account, unless by "bunch of geeks" you meant just the one ;)--Nilfanion (talk) 15:46, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

I've considered it from time to time, and been offered the possibility, but save for the occasional time when it would make dealing with a locked stub template or the like easier, I can't say that I'd really want the power, and I can't say that I'm that interested in dealing with the core administrator functions of anti-vandalism, etc. I may someday take up the gauntlet, but not now. Caerwine Caer’s whines 19:28, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Db-bio

• Hi there, The {{db-bio}} tag on that page created by cloud dreamer, well maybe I was wrong, at first I did not see it's encyclopedic significance but maybe I was a little quick and not giving it full though, and you probably were right. I'd just like to say that I'm sorry and that I do not want this to turn in to an argument as Wikipedia is meant to be a firendly place!

• I'd also like to thank you for your honesty on my RFA. Even though you did oppose I can fully respect that and totally understand - everyone has the right to their own opinion. I'm going to try again for an RFA in about June/July 2007 when I've got about an extra 8,000 mainspace edits.

Thanks for your honesty! Respectfully... Tellyaddict^Talk 21:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Old School 2 on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Old School 2. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WhereAmI (talk • contribs).

You say Old School 2 has been redirected to Old School Dos, and I saw you made changes, but it does not redirect.--WhereAmI 05:08, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, its working now. Maybe I just needed to give it a few more minutes.--WhereAmI 05:24, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Closed Rfa

Are you a Bureaucrats?

I have just been promoted. - crz crztalk 17:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

It do not see you on the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats. --Foundby 17:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

The reason only Bureaucrats can close the Rfa is because people like you who are admins may commit prejudice, to try and divert the outcome. --Foundby 17:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

The outcome is pretty obvious, and nothing can be done to divert it. —Centrx→talk • 17:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Endgame1, making a return. See Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Endgame1. Cheers, and keep up the good work, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 23:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Good call

Good call on Foundby's RfA. The joke part of it (if there ever was one) had long gone. Regards. --Majorly (talk) 17:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of double article

Hello, because of an error in trying to create disambiguation for Salvatore Greco, there are now two identical articles about the same person: Salvatore Greco (Boss) and Salvatore Greco "Ciaschiteddu". Could you please delete the Salvatore Greco (Boss) version? Thanks. - Mafia Expert 19:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. - Mafia Expert 19:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete of Pacha

You have speedied Pacha and my request to you is to undelete the article and subject it to ordinary AFD procedures. I have used material from several different sources in creating this article and the reason you have given for deleting it in my view is quite inaccurate. Anyway, would you be willing to undelete it and AFD it instead? __meco 21:38, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Pacha on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pacha. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. meco 15:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Tiaret - Ain Bouchekif (Abdelhafid Boussouf) (TID / DAOB)

My dear Crzrussian,please return the deleted article for Tiaret - Ain Bouchekif (Abdelhafid Boussouf) (TID / DAOB) where it was and when you want to be a terminator ,will you please check the facts more thoroughly and then delete.I would like to inform you that this is the new name of this ex-millitary airbase airport.Drjmarkov 22:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)drjmarkov

Of course. Will submit directly to AfD. - crz crztalk 15:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

grades

GREAT SUCCESS!!! Wl219 12:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Another Foundby...

See Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/EdwinCasadoBaez. I have very low expectations of how this will turn out, on the basis of this edit ([1]). --Dweller 12:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

The Afd2 error

As you've noticed, there's an error on Template:Afd2. Seeing as you seem to be active at the moment, can you fix it for me? (I've placed an editprotected on its talkpage, where I was discussing the new 'view log' feature, and a note on WP:AN, but nothing seems to have happened yet and more borked AfDs are being created.) --ais523 16:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Seems you weren't active, after all. I'll try to find someone else. --ais523 16:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I had something to copy and paste it to on the talk page (I'll repeat it here):

<includeonly>{{subst:</includeonly><includeonly>empty template|1={{error:not substituted|afd2}}}}</includeonly>===[[{{{pg}}}]]===
<includeonly>{{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD|{{{cat}}}}}</includeonly>
:{{la|{{{pg}}}}} - <inc<includeonly></includeonly>ludeonly>([[{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>FULLPAGENAME}}|View AfD]])</inc<includeonly></includeonly>ludeonly><noinc<includeonly></includeonly>lude>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>CURRENTYEAR}} {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>CURRENTDAY}}#{{anchorencode:{{{pg}}}}}|View log]])</noinc<includeonly></includeonly>lude>
{{{text}}}

--ais523 17:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

'anchorencode' is used to encode special characters as they would appear in the section after a # on a URL; for instance, {{anchorencode:123?.#789}} is 123?.#789. --ais523 17:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey, thanks so much for supporting my recent RFA. A number of editors considered that I wasn't ready for the mop yet and unfortunately the RFA did not succeed (69/26/11). There are a number of areas which I will be working on (including changing my username) in the next few months in order to allay the fears of those who opposed my election to administrator.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for your support over the past week. I've been blown away by the level of interest taken in my RFA and appreciate the time and energy dedicated by all the editors who have contributed to it, support, oppose and neutral alike. I hope to bump into you again soon and look forward to serving you and Wikipedia in any way I can. Cheers! The Rambling Man 18:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC) (the non-admin, formerly known as Budgiekiller)

Inheritance Abuse

I'm trying to determine why this article was deleted. (Comments on my talk page were boilerplate, and I can't find any other help.) Inheritance Abuse is not a neologism. It is a part of the growing vernacular for people facing troublesome inheritance issues. It is not otherwise described in Wikipedia. "Inheritance Abuse" is also documented in an upcoming book authored by myself and another author. We also have a Web site (being updated) that discusses the topic. The term "Inheritance Abuse" also received a copyright 2003 in connection with our work. It is of public record. Please note that I made no advertisement for either the book or the Web site in my article. Please help me understand (1) why it was deleted, and (2) how I can improve the content or otherwise change it to restore the article. Thank you. Kaltenbach 21:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)Kaltenbach

Re: unsolicited advice

Of course. I'll definitely check that from now on. · j e r s y k o talk · 02:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your suggestion. When my Mom saw Boris and Natasha she said it was cute and nice. Maybe Natassia not Natasha (just different spelling, not pronounciation.) Thank you! --Shaericell Talker to Triplets!!!!!!!!!! Most recent Ultrasound shows three heart beats and three heads! |Email Me 03:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Michael Simmons (author)

I notice that you changed the speedy delete tag from Spam to Notability. I don't object, and I wasn't sure what one to use, but if you look at original edit, the article is clearly blatant advertizing/promotion/self-promotion. Regards, Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 04:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Mikkal Morottaja article

Hello -

I'm writing to find out why you deleted the article about Finnish/Sami rapper Mikkal Morottaja on Nov. 16th, 2006. Your cited reason was a7 (lack of notability).

Here are at least two reasons why Morottaja should be considered notable:

(1) According to Wikipedia's official policy, he should be considered notable due to the presence of several independent newspaper articles about him. Most of them, of course, are in Finnish, but here's a smattering:

In English: http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=55407

In Finnish: http://www.kaltio.fi/index.php?405 - profile http://virtual23.nebula.fi/~rumbafi/arkisto/03_05/Rumba03_05.pdf (BIG file) - another profile http://meteli.net/uutiset/2302 - details of a recent concert tour

That ought to be enough. These articles can also become the citations for much of the text that was presumably posted in the original, deleted article (which I came too late to find).

(2) He also satisfies criterion #6, "Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city." In particular, he's easily the most prominent representative of rap music in the Inari Sami language, and the "local scene" of Ivalo/Inari. In fact, he's the most prominent representative of an entire language, and he might become personally responsible for preventing the Inari Sami language from dying if his revival efforts gather a foothold among the young people of his area.

I'm not logged in, but please forward your response to lastplace@fastmail.com.au Thank you.

Esprit d'Escalier —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.7.30.18 (talk) 10:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

Deletion of Apshell page

Hi. I have posted 2 articles - Apshell (band) and DF Music Organization (company) Both theese pages were deleted. I got a message from you about deletion of DF Music Organization page concerning that this article is promo, so it must be rewritten, this is OK. But i didn't get a message about delition of Apshell's page, plz tell me the reason. Answer here or on my e-mail - cianid@bk.ru Hope hearing from you soon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cianid (talk • contribs) 15:07, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

That was done under WP:CSD G11 as above and A7 (un-important bands) - crz crztalk 15:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Ya (game)

I hope you can help me if not could you direct or tell who i should take this issue too i made a afd for a article named Ya(game)but when i go the page the afd template is gone removed by the user seeing the game exits and thats it. i think the guy who created the article is mad because it seems to me he has use possably his ip address to say the game exits and maybe has created a new user just to get rid of the afd template? but here my question first is removing the afd template bye anyone allowd. second the template is gone but it still lasted on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ya(Game) for 1-12-07 so if you tell me what i can or should do next please tell me thanks hope to hear from you soon. if you cant help me plese tell me where i can take this so the issue can be resoved thanksOo7565 21:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health

I understand that you deleted this page? I don't understand why! Although it contained information from the website www.nzieh.org.nz the information was used with permission.

I am the copyright holder and author of www.nzieh.org.nz. I send an email from info@nzieh.org.nz to permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org in accordance to the posting to provide permission to use the material...

I will attempt to recreate the page but would like so further information as to why it was deleted and how this can be avoided...

HealthProtect 00:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

==This==

Is not cool[[2]]. I would very much appreciate it if you would apologize to the community for it. Beyond the fact that you have no idea what you're talking about, it goes beyond the pale in terms of civility. I'd love to threaten you with some sort of complaint, but that's not cool either. I rely on your conscience and your common sense in this matter.

Sincerely, NinaOdell | Talk 12:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Tall Firs page?

Hi, I noticed you nominated the page I created on the band Tall Firs. I'm new to creating articles on Wikipedia, so I went ahead and checked out the links on the deletion header, and I still believe the article is notable for the following reasons:

1. The band has had a record review published in Rolling Stone, the biggest music-based publication in America (the review is published here: http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11429885/review/12665488/tall_firs .) 2. The band's members have played in other noteworthy bands- the drummer, Ryan Sawyer, played in At the Drive In, a huge American band, and has played in groups such as Fiery Furnaces and TV On The Radio, huge indie rock presences in America. 3. The band is on a major American record label, Ecstatic Peace!, the record label of Sonic youth's Thurston Moore, a huge musical presence in American. The label contains other major indie presences in America, such as be your own PET! and Magik Markers. 4. The band is currently on tour with Emily Haines, a major artist both in America and Canada, whose latest self-released reached #28 on the Canadian charts.

I saw Tall Furs play this week, and was blown away by them, so much so that after the show I came to Wikipedia to try and find information on them- however, I found none. Earler today I saw a stub about the band that has since been deleted. On their tour with Emily Haines, they're going to be exposed to thousands of new fans across the country, and hundreds of them are probably going to come here to try to find information about the band, just as I did. The fact they opened for her when her performance was being simulcast on NPR won't help to stifle their popularity.

For these reasons, I'm going to delete the Article for Deletion header. Please respond on my talk page or the Tall Firs talk page if you feel they are still not notable. Thank you!

Moushi 03:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Nicole Jordan

Hey crz,

Could you please unsalt Nicole Jordan? It was originally created by User:Nicole Jordan and because of the username and some POV with the article, I speedied it assuming that it was an advert. and you (appropriately) salted it after she recreated it. As it happens, the user contacted me on my talk page and explained that she is NOT Nicole Jordan but was confused about the username. I instructed her to change her username (which she has done, she is now User:Anneb) and I also advised her to read WP:NOT and WP:NPOV. My impression is that she is honestly trying to contribute and the article should be unsalted. Further, Nicole Jordan is notable.

Thanks, GabrielF 04:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Done. - crz crztalk 04:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete that article? It was in the works of being expanded. And it was just made. Toajaller3146 05:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

NVM. But it's a rather large chain...its nationwide. It'd be one thing if it has one or two locations. Lets put it back up. Toajaller3146 05:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your time and effort

Noticed you were going to be mostly away. Just wanted to thank you for the time and effort you've put in here. Friday (talk) 21:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank, Friday. - crz crztalk 21:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I have to second that sentiment. Pity you have to leave. But as you will be around somehow I wish you happy editing, and may ask that if I make too many mistakes please send me an email. Agathoclea 21:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I join, of course, in Friday's remarks. You will recall that I was a regretful neutral on your second RfA, but I have come to conclude that you are amongst the very best admins whom we have here (I intended to write that a few days ago) and have taken some small measure of pride in my having served first to nominate someone who has been so sensible and decorous in his work across several and varied tasks. Perhaps most importantly, I think we would all do well to consider that you, because Wikipedia has taken more of your time and effort than you'd like, intend to continue to edit in mainspace de temps en temps and intend simply to eschew grand involvement with policy, etc., and that you are avoiding the third-rate Wikidramas by which we are so often plagued; good on ya! (Btw, I did note at Brad's talk that my desysopped in disgrace remark was meant in jest; apologies if that was out of line/unclear). Joe 22:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I invite all those present to clobber Jahiegel with bats and other baseball equipment until he agrees to accept an RfA nomination. God knows I tried like eight times. - crz crztalk 22:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, don't we all hate users who stall like that. :) Newyorkbrad 23:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

All the best, Crz. · j e r s y k o talk · 22:31, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

If by "changing your password" you mean scrambling it or intentionally losing a new one, please don't do that. You never know, you may have time in the future, may need admin buttons. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 01:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I happened to run across your notice by accident, but I've always been impressed with you when I've seen you around. The best of luck to you. Seraphimblade 07:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

What are you doing??

This is my first venture into wikipedia and at this rate will be my last. I created the page New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health using information from www.nzieh.org.nz. This was flaged for deletion for copyright reasons (fine). I followed the instructions to have to indicate permission had been granted (I am the author and owner of www.nzieh.org.nz) yet the page was deleted...I asked for help to see what I needed to do to prevent this from happening again with no reply.

I then recreated the page rewriting the information to avoid the 'copyright' issue and it seems to have been deleted without any warning/discussion. Am I wasting my time, so far without a doubt.

Yours, frustrated HealthProtect 07:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Desysopping Done

Regretfully, it is done: your account no longer has sysop access. I'm really, really sorry to hear about this. I remain confident that you might still reconsider in the near future. In any event, I wish you all the best in your new endeavors.  :-) Cheers, Redux 13:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

So crz, I guess that means your last action as a sysop was to decline my speedy delete request... I'll try not to take it too personally :). Very best wishes for your future plans. WJBscribe ^{(WJB talk)} 13:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Hehehe :) :) - crz crztalk 13:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

A fond farewell (auf weidersehen, good bye)

Take care of yourself, my crazy friend. I wish for only the best for you; I certainly don't know you particularly well (as far as real life is concerned- I'm certainly more than familiar with your WP activities), but I know that you're a good guy. Allow me to say to you: It's been a pleasure and an honor. -- Kicking222 14:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Farewell to a crazy colleague

It's been nothing but a pleasure working with you here. All the best my friend. -- Samir धर्म 23:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Bye Crzrussian. =( Nishkid64 00:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

So long to one of the best administrators I have ever known. Arjun 01:53, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I second that, despite us never directly interacting, I have seen your fantastic edits and comments around. Bye and good luck with whatever it is you wish to do with your life. James086Talk 03:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Good-bye and God-speed. I wish you the best in every endevour that you undertake. Eluchil404 01:34, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

A late farewell. Good luck in whatever you do. Wikipedia will not be the same without you. --Czj 21:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

New Account

So what would be your new account so that we can stay in touch with you..ø~Cometstyles~ø^(talk)

Perhaps if you read Crz's note you'd see that he intentionally hasn't given it away, and has mentioned that he's available via email from this account. To Crz: Good luck, mate, a pleasure adn an honour working with you. – Chacor 00:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Hatzlacha Rabbah

You should go Maychayil el Chayil! -- Avi 02:01, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Deletion Disagreement

Thank you for explaining that [re deleting of New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health]. The page I added was no different in nature to CIEH, APHA, Royal Society all of which (and many others like them) are on wikipedia. It was not promotional in nature (and is certainly not my organisation, it is an Incorporated Society with an Executive Board). It presented a factual description. I am curious by your phrase 'neutral topic' if you mean something that one does not have any personal knowledge of then your articles are going to be pretty unrealiable ;-) Are you the final word, or is there a process for appeal? Thanks again HealthProtect 08:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I have handled this user's request by responding on his talk page. — Nearly Headless Nick 14:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

oiy

Please at least leave your userpage! it was nice! frummer 06:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Just like that?

Well, I can understand why, life does go on. Best wishes with your work. Hope we can figure out who you are in you new identity. Kol Tuv. IZAK 08:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

eh, IZAK in with a punch quickly. LOL. 172.159.243.156 11:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Good Luck!!

Good Luck IRL and I hope it goes well for you. Best, --Shirahadasha 17:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Goodness, you will be much missed! I know we had some differences of opinion, which hopefully you have placed in the (old stuff) bin, but you have been an asset to Wikipedia. Please let me know if I can ever be of any assistance to you, and much good luck in your future endeavors. The door is always open - KillerChihuahua^?!? 17:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Wow, follow a suddenly redlinked name and you learn all sorts of things. =/ Hope things go well for you in future, with the new account and the RL stuff (which we all know comes first). Cheers. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help (even for answering silly questions) and good luck for your future. :) Daniele.tampieri 20:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

The additions to Wikipedia:Former administrators since the last time I wandered through is the most shocking and depressing thing I've seen since at least this morning's newspaper headlines. I suppose that I'm already too late to leave a welcome template on your new account, eh? ;p I'm glad that wiki will still be able to benefit from your experience. I hope you'll forgive some unasked for advice; if there's one thing I learned from my own de- and re-sysopping, it is that the "remove all items" option in your watchlist is a lifeline for a long-time editor, not a temptation to weakness. I wish you the best. - BanyanTree 20:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

This is to thank you publicly for your advice and support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. My gratitude and thanks for the confidence that the community has expressed in me are somewhat subdued by your departure as an active administrator, but I accept your decision and the reasons for it and wish you well. If ever you have any suggestions, comments, thoughts, requests, you know where to find me. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 17:29, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Lemba article

Hey, I was wondering if you could assist with the Lemba article. For some reason the article has the Judaism tag on the right hand side, even though the Lemba are not officially Jewish. However since the Lemba have restrictions on intermarraige with non-Lemba and the fact that they carry the Cohen Model Haplotype means that they are indeed a separate ethnic group. Shouldn't the article have a tag then for an ethnic group? Also, why does the Abayudaya article have one, when they are not a separate ethnic group, rather simply a religious one. I would be very grateful if you or somebody else could assist. Thanks. Olockers 14:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Admin. Antics @ "Category:Jewish-American businesspeople"

Hello -- you may recall that in mid-December 2006 you and many others voted to undeleted "Category:Jewish-American businesspeople" which had been unjustly and swiftly deleted by a rogue administrator in early December 2006; proper debate/voting was not done and huge amounts of data was lost when this category was deleted, many of the people in that category losing their Jewish identity entirely because of this. This particular unjust category deletion happened in early December 2006, see: [3].

This unjust category deletion was later rectified when you along with others overwhelmingly voted to overturn the deletion and relist the category, see: [4]. However, at this time neither admins. nor others bothered to begin re-adding the names that had been lost/merged when the category was originally deleted.

However, the category was not immediately recreated -- it wasn't relisted until many-many days after it had been voted back in to existence, and I had to bug User:RobertG in order to get it relisted, see: [5]. Also, since that category's former data had already been entirely merged in to "Category:American businesspeople" it effectively meant that in order to rebuild the unjustly deleted category the people that had built it up over many months had to start from scratch since a list of the former names in the category were never provided so that users could re-add them. The category nor a list of the names that were formerly in it is no longer available, or this info is only accessible by admins.

Finally, even though the category deletion was properly overturned by you and others, it was renominated for deletion AGAIN on the 10 of January 2007 (only days after it had been recreated) -- it was then deleted 17 January 2007, with NONE of the people that had formerly voted to relist the category voting this time around; see: [6].

I am wondering if there is anything that can be done about this? Are you able to obtain a list of the names that were formerly in the category, or are only admins. able to do that? Can you or someone else try to have the category relisted? Is there a way to undelete the category again, given that it was deleted BOTH TIMES under rather dubious circumstances, with those that voted to undelete it the first time not even knowing to vote the second time or even that it had been renominated for deletion?

Thanks for any info/help that you can provide. --172.161.68.238 15:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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For the note. You are missed. Did you notice the Crzrussian memorial support? :) Kafziel ^Talk 17:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

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User:Uncle Mart

Hi, an old blockee of yours, Uncle Mart (talk · contribs), is appealing his block, with a strange story involving either amnesia or a hacked account. Worth commenting? Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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