User talk:Banes/Archive 3

Re:Happy Birthday![edit]

Oh my! The sugar rush! AHHHHHHH! Muchas gracias, senor. :) Ac e tic '^Acid 10:07, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Hi Banes, why thank you, I would love to be an administrator but no one nominated me yet. I have noticed four other wikipedians who also deserve to be administrators and would gladly support them if asked (Impi, Elf-friend, Pall and Wizzy). I have also noticed that you part of Esperanza. I think it is a good cause. --Jcw69 17:32, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to be the first South African administrator then I will gladly support you. :-) I came across stress levels some time back but because I have been busy with other things during the last month I did not notice Esperanza. I only noticed it today from your talk page and would like to sign up but will wait until after the voting.--Jcw69 18:25, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I see your point but when I joined there wasn't much from a South African point of view so I concentrated mainly on Africa (especially South Africa) anyway you could have a look at the users I mentioned above although one of them is not South African. --Jcw69 18:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, yes you can go ahead and nominate me between 18:00 and 20:30. Is time very important?--Jcw69 19:25, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Banes, the Telkom exchange went down just after 7pm. After been on the phone to them until way after 10pm they only sent someone out this morning to see what the problem was. It only went up at 1pm today. Anyway thank you for the nomination, I hope by accepting abit late does not effect my chances.

Okay, I have answered all the questions, not easy when you have to sell yourself with three questions. When does it move onto the main voting area?

--Jcw69 16:36, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I won't forget about my ardent supporters, lol - you starting to sound like a campaign manger. Keep up the good work. --Jcw69 18:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have not seen Elf-friend around for some time, but I will try get hold of him somehow. I am trying to drum up some support--Jcw69 18:37, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Admin nomination[edit]

I haven't ever nominated anyone but you can follow this link: [1] and it will take you to the instructions on how. Not that you planned on nominating me, but I'm currently not interested. I have you bookmarked so I see your edits all the time and after a few more months of contributions I may nominate you though! Participate in Afd, article editing, RC Patrol and what not as you have been and you'll be one of my prime choices. I have your "killer rabbit" image as one of my backgrounds on my computer...funny image!

Thanks on the RfA![edit]

Thanks For The Support!

What more can I say? Karmafist 16:33, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WPfD and Such[edit]

Ah yes, I remember that now. What a mess. It was sad to see what happened to Agriculture there, but in the end, i'm glad everything turned out ok there, that had the potential to get even uglier with time. Ultimately, the best thing I thought I could do there was update the vote count, so that's what I tried to focus on -- believe it or not, despite how it may seem, I have a bad temper; a trait that I loathe in myself and try desperately to change on a continuing basis.
I almost lost it again with this Fadix thing, but I figured the best thing to do was to leave a diplomatic sounding message on his talk page since i'm getting the adminship anyway and not make it any worse. Me and Coolcat got a laugh out of what transpired on IRC this morning.
Now if I can just get the Tony Sidaway thing under control, i'll be all set. Karmafist 21:37, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ESP/E[edit]

Banes, thank you very much for your vote of confidence in my bid to become one of the first members of the Esperanza Advisory Committee. Even though the elections not finished, and the final results are still out, I would like you to know that I appreciate your support, and look forward to working together in making Wikipedia a better place to work and edit. Cheers, Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 18:18, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Thanks for your vote of confidence, by the way. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 21:39, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that is a huge compliment, being listed on your user page. You've honored me, and made my day. I hope that I will be able to stand up and work hard with you in the future. Thanks a lot, Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 03:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your Esperanza notice saying that users should tell you of their acts of kindness, and compliment you on being an election worker. Well, I spent a lot of time recently welcoming newcomers, which you can probably confirm on my contributions. Oh, and you're a wonderful election worker. Have some coffee! JDH Owens^{talk | Esperanza} 20:25, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Honor[edit]

I'm honored to be listed among those you respect. Thank you very much for thinking so much of me. -- Essjay · Talk 22:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar![edit]

I really appreciate it! Mamawrites 08:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can I change how my signature appears? How? Mamawrites 15:32, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK, now I've spent 15 minutes playing with it. It's not quite how I want it yet, but at least the e is in there! Mamawrit e s ^{& listens} 19:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

==Do You Feel Like I Do==[edit]

Banes,

I have expanded the article so that it is no longer a stub. I would be grateful if you could have a look. Capitalistroadster 10:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support on my RfA![edit]

Thanks for your support of my adminship!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my talk page! Thanks again! Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 04:09, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary calculation[edit]

I do something like [2], and copy/paste the results into a spreadsheet I have that supports the nominee charts I do. I frequently do this even when I'm not going to make a chart just to see the usage of edit summaries and average edits per day. Since it's an automatic generation (I actually copy the data, then click a button on the spreadsheet, and it does the rest), it's quick and easy to do. --Durin 20:25, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Advisory Committee[edit]

Banes, thank you so much for electing me to the Advisory Committee. And since you were the first one to vote for me, you get a cookie. :P Ac e tic '^Acid 20:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your vote of confidence in the Esperanza elections. I look forward to helping Esperanza and Wikipedia progress. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 21:50, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou![edit]

My warmest thanks for your support in the Esperanza elections. Although I was not elected, you're confidence and support really does mean a lot to me. JDH Owens^{talk | Esperanza} 10:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FSF RFA[edit]

Thanks for your support. freestylefrappe 19:10, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Spam[edit]

Hello Esperanzians! A few announcements.

The Advisory Committee election results are in. In tranch A are Acetic Acid and Flcelloguy. In tranch B are Ryan Norton and Bratsche.

My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.

On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.

Cheers Esperanza! R e dwolf24 (talk—How's my driving?) 23:28, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Elf-friend[edit]

I noticed you were asking about Elf-friend's non-appearance at Jcw69's admin nomination vote. Unfortunately, Elf-friend hasn't edited since March, when he suddenly disappeared without notice. I didn't know him outside Wikipedia, and he never enabled the "email this user option", so I haven't been able to contact him to find out what happened. I just hope it was nothing bad, and that he's just on a Wiki-holiday and will return sometime, as he was a pretty prolific editor. Anyway, just thought I'd give you the heads up on the reason for his silence. Impi 01:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Impi is correct about the reason for my long silence ... I was a bit "gatvol" about a number of issues on Wikipedia (mostly systemic bias and granularity) and decided to take a long (7 months!) Wikiholiday. Outside of Wikipedia my life is just fine :-). I'm sorry to see you are stressed at the moment and hope things will improve soon. Elf-friend 12:22, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words and your offer. Fortuitously, my first login after my Wikiholiday was on the last day of voting for Jcw's adminship, so at least I was able to add my vote to his well-deserved election. Yes, I would be interested in becoming an admin in the future, it would certainly help in fighting vandals ("manual" reverting is a bit tiresome). But mark my words, my long absence from Wikipedia will be held against me by some of the voters. Elf-friend 14:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Let's rather make that early in the new year :-) ... gives me some more time for editing (and other useful activities) and also gets the busy holiday season out of the way. Elf-friend 12:00, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again :-). If Esperanza had been around in March (or was it?), I might not have needed the Wikiholiday in the first place. And I just joined the Counter Vandalism unit too ... :-) Elf-friend 13:41, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Celestianpower is an admin[edit]

My compadrial Esperanzian! Thank you very much for your support - my bid (as you probably know) went swimmingly. I couldn't have asked for a better one. Thank you very much and I just hope I don't mess up! See you on the esperanza IRC soon, yeah? --Cel e stianpower ^hablamé 13:05, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibreak[edit]

Hope the external stress lessens, I will watch your page against vicious rabbits, black knights (limbed or otherwise), french taunters, three headed knights and the like. Alf ^melmac 17:20, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good Luck[edit]

Hey Daniel Good Luck in your exams. Rooting for you on the side-lines.--Jcw69 17:43, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Admin[edit]

First, let me say that it's unfortunate to hear you've got a lot of stress in your life...believe me, I know how that can be... You'll notice I haven't been around much lately, mostly for the same reason (although there's a matter of a new woman in my life too, which has been taking up a little bit of my time ) ... As far as the question about whether or not I've been nominated for Admin, the answer is "no", although a few people have offered to do so. I'm not sure how useful I'm going to be as an admin between now and December [when school gets out], but I'm not opposed to being nominated...God knows the extra buttons would be nice sometimes!

Anyways, I hope you get your situation sorted out, and hopefully you'll be all better and back before you realize you were gone. If you need to talk to someone, email me and I'll let you know how to get in touch. Tomer ^TALK 21:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User:Wsiegmund[edit]

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user page. -Walter Siegmund 16:38, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

re:Picture[edit]

The picture on my userpage of St Mary Lake is free use, as are all the images I upload... that picture was here before I was as I think I pulled it out of a wiki article....so no problem, use as you please! The view shown in that picture is one of the most photographed viwpoints in all the National Parks in the U.S....it's close to the ones you may have seen of Yosemite National Park, in terms of number of times it has been photographed. Have a good day!--MONGO 18:12, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Banes - Thanks for your vote of confidence on my RfA. I was very touched by the large number of supporters. If you need anything, please feel free to ask! --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 05:05, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And now a big hand for my campaign manger...[edit]

<the crowds give a standing ovation as Daniel takes to the stage and stands by my side> Thank you for all that you've done from the beginning to the end. Your support was invaluable. Now get back and pass those exams. --Jcw69 18:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tomf688 RFA vote[edit]

I'm trying to make sure that I take the time to thank everyone who voted in my RfA, and verify that they don't have any concerns over my experience, neutrality, etc. If you have a problem, please drop a line on my talk page and I will answer it as best as I can. Again, thank you. --tomf688^{talk} 14:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no, no, no the voting isn't over yet, not until October 29; but I was thanking you in advance. :) --tomf688^{talk} 16:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CBW RfA[edit]

I just wanted to thank you for your vote on my RfA. If you have any concerns over my actions please let me know. CambridgeBayWeather 23:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]