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Happy Birthday!

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Vanderdecken/Archive 2, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Jorcoga^ETC. 01:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Vanderdecken/Archive 2!

Have a good one :) - Ladybirdintheuk 12:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Vanderdecken/Archive 2, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Have a great day — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamcobb (talk • contribs) 18:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone! —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 10:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Your Motto Of The Day Responsibilities...

Please see Wikipedia:Motto_of_the_day/Desk at vote in regards to the limitation of overseers. You have the election-deciding vote. I realise that you haven't internet access at present, however apparently you're coming back tomorrow. Thanks. David P. A. Hunter, esq. III ^{Let us to it,} _Pell-Mell 09:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reasons:

Autoblock of 194.154.22.54 lifted.

Request handled by: Netsnipe ► 15:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the unblock

Thanks for the un-blanket ban. Do you have any info on when the registered-users-unaffected-by-IP-bans whitelist is going to be implemented? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 19:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've never even heard of that feature. Whenever someone makes an unblock-auto request, we do a few checks on their past history and then unblock the offending IP address and reblock it as anonymous only. -- Netsnipe ► 19:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Upper Thracian Lowlands

Hi. You voted against the featuring of the UTL picture on the (totally valid, sorry about that) grounds that it was too small. The author has uploaded a new version, and there's a lively vote going on about which version to use. You might like to take another look. ~~Also, my vandalism counter has a much higher figure than yours~~ --Kizor 21:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks For The Welcoming

Hey, thanks for the welcome message you left on my user page. Good to see contributing SourceForts fans! See you around. --Stieffers 18:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Weekly Podcast

If you have a logo in mind, we're certainly open to it, something that would look more natural in an iTunes thumb would be a good thing (tm) -- Tawker 06:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

JPEG's work great, the two sizes are 300*300 and 144*144 (pixels) - I really can't think of anything specific except that it looks good at small sizes (such as on an ipod etc) and is well, good looking :) -- Tawker 14:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

MP:Talk

I agree it was a bit brash of me. I removed that part because the apology had been made and accepted, but the section had deteriated into two people insulting each other. My reference to BEANS was a bit obtuse, I was trying to put a halt to the two(?) editors reverting each others' insults and etc. The whole section had very little to do with the main page and wasn't worth archiving. Normal practice is to remove all trace of a vandal, leaving a taunt just encourages them. --Monotonehell 21:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Munich

Would you like to participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Munich? Kingjeff 15:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

You don't need to know anything about munich and you don't have to have interest in Munich itself. Do you like sports or literature or something else? You could help in a area that you're interested in. Kingjeff 18:11, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Original idea

I redirected and merged original idea into originality. Fred Bauder 16:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Sprock

I merged the article sprock with Anastacia and it has been edited to suit the text, hopefully that will stop your complaining —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Conor moroney (talk • contribs) 17:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC).

Re: Three Mile Island

Because it is not a stub. Nowhere near it, for that matter. Search 4 Lancer 22:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:UW

Hi,

You have put yourself as interested in helping out at WikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 09:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Your Google userbox

As per the userbox's talk page, the coloring style for the Google logo (namely Google) is copyright, and thus, not suitable for use in the user namespace. May I suggest you use the standart userbox instead? Thanks. --May the Edit be with you, always. T-borg ^{(drop me a line)} 15:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Mottos

Does it not matter if mottos are approved or not? Or do people bring in those ones from the discussion? Simply south 17:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

so then if i have been adding random nominations i have thought of as i was interpreting the instructions that way, that does not count anymore? Simply south 17:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

what will happen to the other nominations that were still in review? They have not been either approved or rejected. Simply south 18:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

So it seems that despite votes it is only the moderator which counts? I think that is slightly unfair. Simply south 13:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Motto participation

Thanks, I'm still on board G e o. 20:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Motto of the day

First of all, I wanted to congratulate you on your amazing hard work in fixing up Motto of the day. It really helped clean things up. You also said to contact you if anything was missed. I looked through the (giant) nomination archive and found a few mottos that you neither approved nor rejected. The five I noticed were Naturalis Historia. Encyclopédie. Encyclopædia Britannica. Wikipedia. Evolution of the encyclopedia.What do you want to learn today?, W,I,K,I,P,E,D,I,A,, Life comes at you fast; Wikipedia is on your side., and Wikipedia: For all your editing needs.. So if you could judge those that would be great. Thanks again for all the hard work! --Tewy 03:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, you created an archive for the nominations talk page, but you didn't place a warning at the top or remove the redirect on the original page. I'll continue to look around to make sure everything is in order. --Tewy 03:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and concerning Tabled for discussion, what did you mean by TBH, we're desperate, few overseers are really active and this page is a mess: both get Rejected. Come back and try again if you must.? Could I renominate the two and try to get a consensus, or did you simply reject them because they weren't up to standards? --Tewy 04:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

~~I think I can make the template change. I'm not sure though G e o. 17:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)~~ It worked. See 2-1 for example G e o. 17:52, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay I will try to backdate. G e o. 19:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming new users

Hey there! Just dropping in to tell you that it is rather pointless to go through Special:Log/newusers and welcome literally everyone there. Most (and I really mean most) of accounts never edit, so it's way better to watch Special:Newpages instead and find some real new contributors there (make sure you don't welcome vandals!). Don't take it personally - just letting you know that what you're doing now is considered a very bad practice by many people (who consider it a cheap way to raise one's edit count) and is frowned upon. Cheers, М иша 13 14:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I understand. But take this: look at Special:Statistics - we have over 3 million users. Now, the welcome template you're using is 6410 characters long. This gives roughly 19 Gigabytes of text if we were to welcome everyone! 'Nuff said about numbers; it has also been common in the past for such eager "welcomers" to welcome vandals as well, which makes Wikipedia look stupid *g*. Finally, as of edit count, I don't judge people roughly by the numbers (only by decomposition by namespace), but some do and might view this spamming as a cheap way to increase the count. :-) М иша 13 17:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I believe WP:DUU90 failed for an entirely different reason. Its implementation involved a mass "deletion" of accounts and people are still against massive unsupervised administrative actions. Plus, the "vanishing" of accounts would be bad for Wikipedia's image (i.e. a user comes back after a later date only to find that their login no longer works, or worse, the username has been usurped by someone else!). М иша 13 18:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a new user that just got a welcome message from you (Vanderdecken) and thought I'd put in my two cents. I appreciated the message. I uploaded a photo yesterday that I thought might be a nice addition to the page on Kata Tjuta in Australia. I don't use Wikipedia much, but a friend saw the picture and suggested I submit it. I'm pretty clueless about how to navigate this site and clearly made some mistakes of protocol while trying to figure out how to make my submission. So today I found what felt like a barrage of criticism for my missteps along with the "accusation" that I had just registered as a user before uploading. Maybe that's just the wiki culture and I'm not familiar with it, but your messages of support (one personal, one that might have been an autoreply(?)) were the ones that made me reconsider my initial reaction which was to walk away. Thanks. I'll cautiously consider submitting other photos (and will try to be better at using the site properly). Arlen66 18:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, and May the Edit be with you, always. T-borg ^{(drop me a line)} 19:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Mike1

I saw you welcomed Mike1 and I just wanted to inform you he is an ex-Wikipedian who has a few thousand edits. He left Wikipedia and asked for his user and user talk page to be deleted.

Just thought you might want to know. Also, look at contribs before welcoming users. That might help you. Nishkid 64 23:39, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Vanderdecken! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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Thanks Vanderdecken! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 20:55, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

motto

I've been meaning to get back onto that. Have been busy with work lately thanks to Christmas. Anyway, I'll help out now. Well, I'll help out after the tenth of January (I'm on a holiday until then, and have limited Internet access). Merry new year. (crazy). The Duke of Vanderdecken 04:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Vanderdecken, thanks for the information. I will digest it, and apply it. Off on vacation (holiday) for three weeks, so edits and activity will be minimal until mid January. Thanks again. Jim CApitol3 14:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi there, thanks for the comment on how to make a signature, it was much appreciated. I think I must have accidentally switched the keyboard setup to British English hehe. Anyhoo, thanks for looking out for the new people :D

Bastetmeow 22:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Portal (computer game) removal of image

I don't think the image makes too much sense for two reasons: First, it's way too small to actually find out what it's supposed to be. My first reaction was "What's this?" as I saw it. You can identify a flag at this size, but not that picture. Second, I think this is a fine example of Wikipedia:Don't overuse flags (or world maps, in this case). There's just no real reason to have the map there, it's more confusing than it is useful. It's also misleading to state that something's available all over the world because you can download it, see Internet censorship in mainland China for example. --Conti|✉ 16:32, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The whole point of the flags/icons is that everyone can quickly see where something is from. When you have to click on the image to find out what it is the whole point becomes moot. I know that the image is used likewise on other articles, but that doesn't justify its use. I'm trying to reduce the overuse of flags where I can see it, and this, in my opinion, is a prime example. We don't have to add images besides the publisher's name, so let's just do it where it is helpful for the reader. --Conti|✉ 19:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

animated picture

I know it's not against the rule to have an animated picture for a featured picture, but like I stated I just don't think it's right.--¿Why 1 9 9 1 ^{ESP. | Sign Here} 13:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

3rr warning for Themodernizer

Hi, you left this warning on Themodernizer's talk page, warning him against edit-warring. Please understand that the person continually attempting to push this screenshot into the article has been repeatedly vandalising various Windows-related articles, as well as my own user page, because we're stopping them from pushing a large pile of screenshots with copyrighted Kids Next Door images in them, which is a clear violation of our fair-use policy. Have a look at the user's image uploads, for example -- notice how they're overwriting a number of fair-use Windows images to incorporate cartoon images. In some cases, the problem is that they are using a Windows Vista "lookalike" style to demonstrate Windows XP features, which is a serious concern since it misrepresents the visual aspects of Windows XP. Anyways, to make a long story short -- Themodernizer is upholding Wikipedia fair use policy, and fighting vandalism, by reverting this user's changes, and as such is not subject to 3RR. Thanks. -/- Warren 11:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding this, no, it should NOT. Please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's fair use policy. Unless the content is discussing Kids Next Door specifically in the article on Windows XP, or any of the other dozen-plus articles they've tried to insert inappropriate copyrighted content into, then absolutely no Kids Next Door content should appear in those articles. This is NOT up for debate -- this is long-established policy. Also, if by "in the past" you mean "just a few hours ago", then yes... please note that this user only logs in to do image-related work; otherwise they're usually editing while not logged in. Here's an example from Windows Vista. Here's another. This has been going on for weeks... -/- Warren 11:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding this, actually, no, I'm not murdering piles of Muslims in the name of religion. I am, however, absolutely hellbent on building an encyclopedia that contains accurate, well-sourced information, is neutrally presented, and adheres to our fair use requirements. As a regular contributor here, I'm sure you can relate to that sentiment.

"Proving" whether the anon IP (who vandalises Microsoft Windows articles with Kids Next Door bullshit) and Jigs41793 (who vandalises Microsoft Windows articles with Kids Next Door bullshit) are the same person is not all that important, but they did start at almost exactly the same time, and serve pretty much exactly the same goal of damaging the overall quality of the encyclopedia. New users whose sole purpose appears to be pushing their favourite children's cartoon into all the screenshots of a computing product are not working towards the goal of a better encyclopedia, and as such, all of their offending contributions need to be removed. Fighting this vandalism wastes my productive time, and apparently it earns me the reward of having my user page vandalised, but whatever, someone's gotta do it. -/- Warren 11:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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