User talk:Mike V

RFA Thanks!

Thanks for your participation for my RFA bid and for your support.--JForget 23:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please "subst:"

Hey thanks for the message, sorry I missed that bit of vandalism on the Barry Bonds article. I just warned 71.255.74.78 where I noticed you hadn't add subst: to your warning template. Please make sure you do so, see Wikipedia:Template substitution for how and why you should do this. Thanks. KOS | talk 02:57, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Talk page

Please don't police my discussion page. This is not an encyclopedia entry, it's my talk page. If you have issues with how I handle my own personal domain, you are free to add talk to my talk page. GodzillaWax 15:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, you're not even from Ohio, so don't go editing the 'Westlake High School (Ohio)' with corrupt information. Yes, people DO check that page. ~Zhengman777, 18:48, 8 October 2007

Thanks

*sigh* Yet another user who makes me feel foolishly slow by de-vandalizing my user page right before I can! Thanks, I appreciate it =) —Salmar ^(talk) 19:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I started patrolling the Recent Changes after reading that some months ago, as well, which is how I caught that IP vandalizing in the first place. If you do it too, then you also deserve a thank you for helping make (and keep) Wikipedia better, so: thank you. —Salmar ^(talk) 19:08, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Xxxxxxxxxxpt

This is one of those borderline cases here as it looks somewhat meeting (or close to) point #1 according the according to the policy. So it is hard to say if it was a good or not good your decision to filed that report although I disagree that it was pointless though, since it is a borderline case.

However, the user has not caused any [| disruption] so far, only some unsuccessful attempts to upload a Chris Brown album cover with a proper copyright or use rationale. My best bet I believe for now is probably to discuss the issue with the user (Xxx........) in question and your concerns about his user name that may be inappropriate per the policy standards. Probably, I wouldn't have block him just yet especially since he has not done any disruption, but other admins may have a different view then me, so someone like me would have probably not touch that kind of report. If this guy would have vandalized or created inappropriate pages I would have blocked him like I did here.

The policy says also user names satisfying one or more examples (the 5 points mentioned in that page) are not necessarily inappropriate. So disruption seems to be one factor although obviously a violation of points 3 and 5 are generally warranting a express-block (even without editing disruption) while for points 1, 2 and 4, it may not necessarily be the case. Although I would say that the vast majority of editors with usernames meeting those 5 points are generally disruption-only accounts. In this case, we may have to wait for more contributions from him, but you can discuss it with him anyways but right he does not deserve a block for now.

So I hope that I have helped you out a bit on the issue, so probably discuss with the user first or I can put later on a message if necessary. Thanks! --JForget 00:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protection of Pluto

Hi, you turned down my request that Pluto be semi-protected on the grounds that it was already protected. This does not appear to be the case. If you look at the page history, IPs are still editing and vandalising the page [1]. According to the page log [2], it is only protected from page moves. Could you please look into this. Thanks --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 22:36, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GW_Simulations&oldid=162965672

Thanks for your explanation. Hopefully it will clear up soon, but seeing as there was quite a bit of vandalism earlier in the week, it may not. I'll keep an eye on it. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 23:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting edits

Hi there. Normally deleting edits to a page is not a procedure carried out unless a page itself is deleted. Part of the licence involved with Wiki editing is attributing every edit to the user or IP address which made the edit. There are exceptions where certain edits will be deleted, but these happen in very rare circumstances, and this for example, is not one of them. Bobo . 18:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ernest Emerton

This bloke is a complete nonentity. He makes knives, so big deal. Lots of cool people make things, but they dont justify this kind of bandwidth. I am merely editing boldly to improve standards. I will continue so to do. Cheers! Excalibur 22:29, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox

Is it even possible to vandalize the Sandbox? --Liist2 22:41, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see: [3] for response. Icestorm815 22:51, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Adminship

Basically if you think you're capable of handling everything listed the job description at WP:ADMIN, then you should be ready. Usually, the RfA crowd looks for editors who are good contributors to the encyclopedia (non-RC patrol mainspace editing). They look for users who have tagged articles/images for speedy deletion, reported vandals to AIV, participated in deletion discussion at AfDs or DRV, among other things. The user needs a history of civility at all times, and there should not be any issues regarding behavior/maturity. Personally, I believe you need to gain more experience editing articles and participating in deletion discussion at AIV. Discussion demonstrates your communication skills, which is a critical factor in the RfA crowd's decision to support/oppose you. With article editing, you learn more about the encyclopedia, and you get more involved in hands-on collaborations and working with your peers (which also goes back to the idea of communication skills). I hope that answers your question. Nishkid64 (talk) 05:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]