User talk:Karmafist/Archive2

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Thanks so much! The vandals can be taxing, but it's definitely worth the effort. Take care!
unsigned comment from user:Eleemosynary

Sheehan Article[edit]

Thanks for the headsup regarding the Sheehan vandal. I'll continue to keep an eye on him. Soltak 22:42, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Viral marketing[edit]

I honestly don't worry about it too much. Pages that describe notable commercial entities are likely prone to the introduction of positive information by agents of said entities, but that's not the same as someone writing up an article on a non-notable business in the hopes of promoting it. Those articles are swiftly deleted, but as for notable entities, as long as edits are factual and not an attempt to remove negative information, there is no cause for alarm. Frankly, if every Fortune 500 company wants to have their PR person deposit a bunch of info about their company's good works into their article, I would welcome the contribution so long as it wasn't pure fluff, and so long as they did not try to supress unflattering details. -- BD2412 ^talk 02:16, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Just curious[edit]

Why do you delete everything on your talk page instead of just archiving it. Your choice of course, I just wondered why. (Please feel free to ignore this personal question and please feel free of course delete this question entirely). hydnjo talk 02:58, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

An Administrator's Work Is Never Done...[edit]

Hi Karmafist. Thanks for the rewarding compliment. Viral marketing is a tricky subject. The user you describe seems more than likely a new user with an emotional attachment to the article they're working on, something close to them. It seems they've taken your advice and are open to communication which is a positive. Wikipedia has policies which come close to discussion on viral marketing, such as No Original Research and Vanity. There was some discussion about viral marketing on Wikipedia on the Wikipedia-l mailing list recently. You might wish to subscribe yourself to join the discussion there. List archives are available here if you've missed the main thrust of the debate. -- Longhair | Talk 03:01, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Red Eye[edit]

I moved Red Eye(drug) to Red Eye (drug) because the first lacks a space in the name before "(drug)". This is incorrect. —Tarnas 05:08, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome[edit]

I hope while I stumble around adding and updating where I can, that I don't cause too much damage.

Nackie

Archive[edit]

Oops - missed it. :-) hydnjo talk 16:13, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chowdah template[edit]

Hi, I couldn't get your en-MA template to work, so I swiped and tweaked the code and put a version on my user page. I did something similar for the en-US box right above yours. Let me know what you think of the changes I made; mostly, I lightened the blue to make the text more readable and made the border the same red as the left cell. Friejose 16:44, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you liked my version. I figured you were aiming for a local team color scheme, so I tried to find a blue that worked. When you have a chance take a look at the Manny Ramirez and Yankees-Red Sox rivalry articles; I've been involved in dealing with some NYY fans there as you'll see on their respective talk pages. It'd be great if you could keep tabs on the situation. I want things to be fair and NPOV, unfortunately, those are amorphous terms, and baseball brings the passion out in people. Well, at least people from the Northeast! Thanks again, Friejose 18:09, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good guess on the last name; no relation to the columnist, though I often like his writing. Let me know if there's any editing/articles I can help you with, and thanks again. Friejose 18:38, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice tweak on the border of the template, I changed mine too. Also, sorry about the over-long length of the template on my user page, I lengthened it for my own nefarious purposes. – Friejose 12:53, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Law land[edit]

Taking off for the evening, but I'll write a nice long post on lawyering tomorrow. Thanks for the continued input. Friejose 22:25, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Work looks ridiculous today, but I haven't forgotten my promise of yesterday. Read the student loans article in the meantime, that's step one to understanding life as a lawyer. Also, thanks for the Tony Mas help. You know that if you simply put in the ISBN code, it automatically links to a ton of resources, libraries included, to find the referenced book? Just discovered it myself, vy cool. I'll show you what I mean on Mas' article page. – Friejose 12:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- So to finally answer your question, I enjoy being a lawyer most of the time. I do a fair amount of work around land use and other types of real estate disputes. It's great being in Boston; though I grew up around here, I never lived in the city until after law school. Politicians and lawyers seem to be an inspearable breed sometimes, but it makes some sense, the politicians draft the laws, right? Plus, law school gives you a framework with which to analyze issues and address those issues in a logical way, which is helpful when dealing with political topics. It's also that many lawyers are jerks, and so they're naturals to be politicians too (^_^) What are things like up in NH? – Friejose 21:28, 25 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

our highly intellectual acquaintance[edit]

Well, it was a rather eyecatching username on CDVF! :-) FreplySpang (talk) 01:42, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Human Rights Servey on Wikipedia (The final post of I_sterbinski)[edit]

Dear all,

Wikipedia was recently a subject of intensive research of an huge international human right organization. A team of people from different nationalities and ages were acting on Wikipedia for 20 days, investigating previously noted anomalities of Wikipedia free editing and forming a final report, which (between the others similar reports) will later be a guide to all future moves of the organization concerning Wikipedia. Acting under an account of a real person, their privacy is to be held private. Therefore, very few private information will be revealed.

Also, this is a result of the lack of final possition of the organization concerning Wikipedia and human rights, which was still not formed.

The team's final post on Wikipedia, where they explain their actions can be found on the following addresses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:I_sterbinski

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Macedonia#Human_Rights_Servey_on_Wikipedia_.28The_final_post_of_I_sterbinski.29

The team would like to thank to all the persons who took part in the correspondence with us.

We also want to appologise for keeping our identity secret for a longer period.

Best regards,

Aleksandar, Biljana, Asparuh, Christos, Valjon, Michael and Ana Luiza

I sterbinski 01:34, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

irc[edit]

FWIW, I use ChatZilla. For a while before that I used xchat. Just wanted to let you know I got your note - I'll be happy to help you figure out IRC in a day or two but not tonight - too tired! :-) FreplySpang (talk) 03:20, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

Any luck on the IRC front? :-) FreplySpang (talk) 01:15, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

ChatZilla is built on top of Mozilla, so if you use FireFox or Mozilla (but not K-Meleon, for reasons I don't understand) it's great. You can Google it, download it and go. Otherwise, you might want to look at this list: [1] for other possibilities. There are several free clients out there - if you Google for "free IRC client" you'll get lots of choices. Once you get one it's pretty easy to set up. Hope this helps! FreplySpang (talk) 03:13, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks:)[edit]

Hello, and thanks for welcoming me. I'm quite used to the wikipedian style, just that I've newly made meself a user. However, I use wikimedia software privately, for storing notes from school, so I'm used to the wiki markup language. I guess I won't really be much involved, but a bit I guess...

Ah, sorry for that then :) Vidarlo 17:13, 28 August 2005 (UTC) As you might guess, I'm most used to personal wiki, where I kinda can guess who's edited stuff ;)[reply]

Faith Clan[edit]

You placed the vfd tag on the above page, could you go to the discussion page and mention your reason for placing it please? -- Francs2000 | Talk 21:42, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I notice you have already. Sorry. -- Francs2000 | Talk

21:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mario[edit]

Per your request, I have chopped your potatoes. R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Kennedy thinks so too. R e dwolf24 (talk) 23:23, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nah I was rather bored and left something random on your page. Anyways good idea with the vandal barn, I got my own from Essjay :) R e dwolf24 (talk) 00:09, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lennox Lewis is gonna kick your ass.

Also see my talk page. R e dwolf24 (talk) 00:23, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A wild guess[edit]

Greetings, friend. I just wanted to put a prediction down somewhere so later on I can gloat about how awesome I am. Here it goes: a certain VFD we voted on will result in vandalism on the pages of "delete" voters. Just a prediction. Anyways, good luck with your foray into politics, feel free to drop a line on my page. Paul 18:52, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!![edit]

Thanks for the "bearnstar"! I consider it a huge honor. Today, a bit more than usual, I'm proud to be a Wikipedian. Paul 19:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC) (PS which quote on my userpage were you referring to?)[reply]

Woah I'm really sorry about putting this quote on your page several times. It said the WP server wasn't responding so I hit it a few times. My bad Paul 19:50, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy redirect --> Sexual Harassment Panda[edit]

Hi. Wanted to let you know that I speedy redirected Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sexual harrassment panda to Sexual Harassment Panda. Cheers! -- BD2412 ^talk 22:58, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Images for deletion[edit]

Image deletion warning

Image:Anitaschwaler.JPG and Image:Christiantholsenbounty.JPG have been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. If you feel that these images should not be deleted, please go there to voice your opinion.

Listed under Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2005 September 12. Thunderbrand 23:38, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. I haven't completed that article for awhile. I'll re-upload it when I can finish. Karmafist 01:04, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

Hey! Thanks for the tip about signing my name. I just joined today so I am still a NEWBIE! And I still need to type a little something on my personal page. ;) Brian1979 01:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Questions[edit]

I did have a few quick ones, but it might be easier to do it over e-mmail. If that's cool, go to my page and I'll put my e-mail address there for you to use.Brian1979 02:56, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on if you're on...

Ashida Kim[edit]

Thanks for the kind words. Cool "welcomed users" list! --Fire Star 03:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I second that...and thanks for the encouragement. This guy has got to be shown the door and if it hits him on the way out, well, my heart shall bleed purple piss for him. :) Seriously, let's see what he does after the block. If he's a good little monkey, I'm all for an RfA. If he moves so much as a millimeter out of line or I hear of one more attack or threat to a user, the boom's getting lowered. Good luck on your run for office! - Lucky 6.9 22:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just left word with Fire Star that our playmate is now taking a one-month time out. The e-mails just keep coming and he refuses to acknowledge any wrongdoing on his part. Worse, the guy keeps using his automated signature which links to the sales section of his website! One more e-mail and he goes away for good. - Lucky 6.9 22:49, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As I also mention on Lucky's talk page, I'm afraid it was inevitable, and his behaviour certainly supports a ban. There was a brief period when I was able to get through to the guy, back in July or so, but the need for attention was too much for him. The fantasy martial arts business is a fertile breeding ground for histrionic personality disorder, I'm afraid. Cheers, --Fire Star 23:16, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Typical politician...always with his hand out. :) Seriously, do keep me informed. I'd love to see the new site! - Lucky 6.9 17:05, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Missing Barnstar[edit]

Dear Karmafist,

The missing barnstar has been created per majority concensus. We hope that you, as the original proposer of this missing barnstar, can create a page to talk about the missing barnstar yourself. Thanks and regards.

D e ryc k C. from WP:KC and WP:BAP, 07:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Postface: Do you like a barnstar yourself? You certainly qualify for one. Answer in my talk page, thanks. D e ryc k C. 07:37, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

I'm assuming this was vandalism [2] Ben D. 08:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

And again [3] Ben D. 09:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I was bored last night and thought I would try to fight some of the vandals that are around. Ben D. 20:52, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Missing barnstar.JPG[edit]

You may want to tag that. ;) --Cool Cat ^Talk 15:33, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks on the Missing Barnstar[edit]

Thanks for the reminder there. Copyrights on images that are modified into a new image were never my cup of tea. I'm going to make an explainer page by the end of today hopefully so I can finally get that bad boy on the Barnstar page.

Also, after looking at your page above(It looks pretty good), I was wondering if you could give me any tips to finally get to "Expert Wikipedian" status. I feel as though i'm at an intermediate level in a "Wikiplateau" of sorts. Karmafist 17:20, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'd harldy call myself an expert :)

I can recomend usage of subpages. You seem to have a lot of long lists on your userspace. You may want to place them in sub articles. I can do this for you if you like. ;)

What kind of tips do you have in mind? --Cool Cat ^Talk 17:56, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well one thing, as sad as it may sound, is pointing me in the right direction towards getting a Free IRC account. I downloaded some program that supposed to work with it called "MaxxIM", but no dice. Karmafist 19:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You can download [mIRC] (pay) or Chatzilla (free) plugin for firefox. --Cool Cat ^Talk 20:40, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Nit Pick stuff[edit]

Ummm thanks for the fix. I dont really care if you edit my page as long as its nothing major or vandalism. The sig has not gotten me any issues (probably cuz of the green E) yet. Also the color scheme is meant to represent the Peruvian flag as seen in my sig also. Job E 6 21:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe yes she is, like most conservatives. Also the Xena thing was from some of my friends just using to bug me. Job E 6

22:04, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Gert Jonnys[edit]

Hi. sorry about that. I indeed am quite new here.

I am by no means an expert on that band. I only know what I have read on various websites, Swedish Wikipedia included. I see there's a deletion request now. I will let the other wikipedia users vote decide. (Entheta 22:01, 30 September 2005 (UTC))[reply]

Re:The Deletion[edit]

Reply from here

I have written a comment there, providing some links to back up why I think they're notable as an (brief, but still) internet phenomenon. I added the sv:Gert Jonnys tag to the article now, I hope that's okay even tho it has a deletion tag. (Entheta 22:14, 30 September 2005 (UTC))[reply]

Reply from here

Thank you (Entheta 23:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC))[reply]

HTML[edit]

First, REALLY THANKS FOR THAT AWARD!!!!!!!!

You asked me about an HTML question about the color stripes. Before I can tell you how to convert, I have to understand what color format does your colors come from? Decimal R-G-B, H-S-L, or something else? Deryc k C. ^RfA 01:38, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch, you wanta have stripes on the userbox? It's just impossible for wikipedia unless with the use of images. Deryc k C. ^RfA 02:56, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

MedCom[edit]

Hi. I used to live and work in Merrimack, New Hampshire - not too far from the river. I'd like to get better acquainted with you, especially if we're going to working together on the Mediation Committee.

Please drop me a note on me user page and/or contact me on the #wikipedia IRC channel. Uncle Ed 11:49, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CDVF, IRC and other acronyms[edit]

Hi! Glad to hear you're getting ready to IRC!

CDVF uses IRC behind the scenes, but hides it away from the user. So you can use it without having to learn the details of Chatzilla etc. To install CDVF, look here: WP:CDVF#Usage. It's pretty straightforward. (The only twist is that you have to have the Java Runtime Environment on your computer, but if you don't, it's free and easy to install.) Just download the file called "vf.jar" and double-click it. No need to unpack it or anything. It should bring up a window with a big gray area and some buttons; one of the buttons says "Connect." Press it, and it will start showing you all the changes being made on the English Wikipedia as they happen. Double-click on any one of them and it will bring up the diff of that change.

If you want to use Chatzilla to chat with Wikipedia folks (there are always some around): Start FireFox. Click on the Tools menu and pick "ChatZilla". This will bring up a ChatZilla window that says, among other things, "Available networks are [dalnet, efnet, freenode, hybridnet, moznet, quakenet, serenia, slashnet, undernet, webbnet]." Click on "freenode". It will bring up a freenode window. Click in the one-line edit window at the bottom and type "/nick Karmafist" . (It will give you a message about registering your nick which you can ignore or follow as you please.) Then type "/join #wikipedia" and it will bring up another window with the Wikipedia channel. Anything you want to say, just type it in that one-line edit box.

Hope this helps! Let me know if it works for you. Cheers, FreplySpang (talk) 21:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oooh, FrSp beat me to it. Come back to irc soon :) +sj + 01:39, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FrSp! :-) Honestly, I'm not sure what every single color in CDVF means. Pink means an edit by an anon ip. Orange means a newly-created page. Aqua/blue means a large change in size: often either blanking or copyvio. Then there's yellow, which I think is related to the "temp blacklist." Happy vandalfighting! FreplySpang (talk) 01:41, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania interest?[edit]

Hey Karma, any interest in helping with a Wikimania event in Boston? Check out our bid to host next year's conference and tell me what you think. +sj + 01:53, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Question on the charts[edit]

Unfortunately, I can't help you without knowing what the problem is. What is your skill level with MS-Excel? If you have substantial experience with it, you should be able to recreate everything I've done using what I provided on User:Durin/Admin nominee charts as a model to follow. What problems are you having in particular? I reverted your change to the Admin nominee charts page because the section heading for that section changes every time I add a new chart. I update the number of images available in each section as I add material to them. Thus, referring to "Admin nominee edit analysis graphs (15)" will be quickly obsolete. I have the numbers on the ends of section headings so that I can more easily keep track of how many images in total I have contributed. Thanks, --Durin 17:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Crucial step (maybe I missed it in my description); select all of column A. Then replace "(hist) (diff)" with "--". Poof, all the #value!'s go away :) If that doesn't work, let me know. --Durin 13:36, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Again, hard to know exactly what's going wrong. This would probably be easier if I just sent you a copy of the what I have. Could you please give me your e-mail address? Thanks, --Durin 14:48, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oh I absolutely agree that the charts do not capture any value to the edits. I think the subjective measures are considerably more important than objective measures. Also, I agree with your disagreement about talk pages and non-talk pages; I think edit summaries are important everywhere. See this diff for my rationale [4]. I only did the talk/non-talk numbers because Lord Voldemort raised it as an issue on his RfA. --Durin 22:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot[edit]

Thanks a lot for your help with wikipedia- I appreciate it. Jakalsden 15:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA[edit]

I just voted for you after seeing your name on IRC. I sure hope your nomination passes; that way, you can get a barn of your own! Good luck, Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 03:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy reply[edit]

I too wish that Democrats were more aggressive in combatting idiocy; but comparatively, I consider Boston as close to paradise as one gets in this currently backwards country of ours. This may be just "grass is always greener," or it may just be the total lack of Confederate Battle Flags up there. :) Best, Xoloz 11:48, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your vote[edit]

Hey, thank you for your vote on Esperanza. I don't know what the outcome will be and I don't know what I did to earn your support, but I was very surprised and happy. thanks alot and all the best... Gryffindor 20:11, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, yeah I saw your scoreboard, I was quite impressed by it honestly. Now do the first two in the green zone mean only those are going to make it? Nothing I could tell you to make it better, you've done a great job. Oh and I see you have a green stripe in Taekwondo? ai ya, better not mess around with you :-) *l* Gryffindor

20:57, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good work! Was he the only one that voted early? -- Essjay · Talk 21:02, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like it. You mean you wanna make it in another colour? How about like a "red" zone, almost there but dangerously about to loose?-) Gryffindor

21:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, bad idea! No notation of losing! -- Essjay · Talk 21:13, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Scoreboard[edit]

I like it! If you'd like to put in on the Esp. talk page, go ahead! By the way, I noticed you're missing a barnstar, so, here, have one for being a great guy! -- Essjay · Talk 21:13, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks very much for the welcome. I just found this site a couple of weeks ago and have since put in a few articles. I find it to be very addictive. Dan M 23:43, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Kelly Martin[edit]

Please see Kelly Martin's comment at your MC nom. R e dwolf24 (talk) 00:32, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You realize of course I'm not Flcelloguy? ;-) yeh I'm just watching over my watchlist, but I'm still on vacation. R e dwolf24 (talk) 02:04, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply! Give me a few days — I'm kind of busy, and I would like time to analyze and read up on the full case. Nothing bad or against you, I would like to know the context. Thanks for your understanding! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 23:33, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry[edit]

I never meant to run anyone out of any article. It's a revelation to me that I upset you so...not that there will be as I will make sure I don't, but if I write something that insults you or you find distressing, tell me in my talk page. Looks like you're going to be an admin...good luck to you.--MONGO 01:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Now that is some funny sh*t!!! Barnstar that Was Eaten By a Bear!!!...I'll make sure to put that one on my userpage! I really appreciate that. I agree with the politicians thing...and that is why we oftentimes have things called wars...I long felt that the inability to compromise and the lack of compassion for our fellow man have historically been the primary reasons we have wars. Keep up the good work! See you around.--MONGO 05:25, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User name[edit]

I hereby award you the Jimbo quote for having a great user name.

[15:13] <jwales> I love the name 'karmafist'

R e dwolf24 (talk) 22:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Election[edit]

Hey Karmafist,

I saw that you removed your vote for me in the Esperanza election with a summary of "per user page box error". Since I was playing with the Esperanza userboxes to switch them to the new template outside my user page, I wonder if I did something wrong with your user page. If that happened, I'm sorry and I apologize. But if it wasn't, then what did you mean by that? Tito xd^(?!?) 00:18, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza hopes that your stress will become a part of the past soon.

[[Category:Stressed Wikipedians]] I apologize again. And I'm sorry you're having a crummy day. Is there anything we Wikipedians can do? Tito xd^(?!?) 03:30, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's going to be hard to do the first one, since I'm in the wrong side of the U.S. And sorry, I'm rooting for the other sox, because you guys got your break last year (I've gotta be honest), but I am vehemently rooting for the Yankees to get completely annihilated!!! :D. And while I don't know of a job that pays to do Wikiwork, if I knew of one, I'd tell you where it is. But I can think of some things to feel better. When I'm stressed out, I either grab a tennis ball and whack it with a baseball bat (or something else that's violent and stress-releasing) or I go play something. I see you're a percussionist, so just go play and make the neighbors complain! Just go have fun doing something, man, that always works!!!!

P.S: Are you really running for public office? My sarcasm-detection device is deactivated right now, so I can't tell if you're serious about that one or not. Tito xd^(?!?) 04:21, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I can't help with any of the suggestions from Titoxd's page, but have a cup of coffee on me. Hope things get better. -- Essjay · Talk 04:16, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Man, quoting my best friend, "Stop looking at what's dragging you down the hole and look instead at what's dragging you out of the hole!" You got more than one-half of the votes the winner got. So it's not like no one knew about you. Just not enough people knew about you, and that can be fixed (maybe even the fact that you're a Wikipedian can help bring you attention somehow!) Also quoting her, "the darkest hour of the night is just before dawn breaks." So, if it is bad right now, just hang in there. Heck, so many things happened to me over the last year and I kinda found a refuge in Wikipedia, but now everything is much better. The same will happen with you. Tito xd^(?!?) 05:07, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! I'm gonna get a holiday! :) 'cause I'm sure you're gonna do great in the election. Tito xd^(?!?) 05:14, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

More on stress[edit]

Don't let an oppose vote get you down from your RfA. Just look here: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Redwolf24. I got 7 people opposing. I'm sure the case would be different if I were to run now, but I was actually feeling down because of those 7 people. Its nothing to worry about, and don't let it get to you. R e dwolf24 (talk) 04:43, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yankees, etc.[edit]

Oh, I'll root for any team that's playing the Yanks, so does that make me a Red Sox fan? :) But I was so happy when the Sox beat the Yanks on the ALCS last year. I was jumping up and down because I dislike the Yankees so much. But man, if you want negativity, look at the D'backs the last two years... the only memorable year was when they beat... yep, the Yanks! :) Tito xd^(?!?) 05:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm pretty sure they will, since baseball isn't going anywhere. Tito xd^(?!?) 05:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime[edit]

Hey man, it was a pleasure. Let me briefly explain my vote (I dont usually do this, so bear with me.) I voted for you because of the various acts of kindness I have seen throughout wikipedia done by yourself. Edit count is one thing, but being a helpful, polite, and simply all round kind user is even more important, IMO. I am glad to see you and MONGO are ok as well now. During the Wikiproject:Wikipedians for Decency Vfd debacle (if you remember), I (on the other side of the issue) was also most impressed at your cool headedness and politeness while I, among others, came pretty close to losing it! So, all in all, you are now going to be listed in the new upcoming "users I hold in high regard" list on my userpage. Sorry for the message length, thats all I have to say. Cheers Ban e s 18:06, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Election[edit]

Karmafist, 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]

Oh, and thanks for being one of the poll workers/elections staffmembers! You're doing a great job keeping everything updated. Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 02:42, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations[edit]

Congratulations on yor RfA. CambridgeBayWeather 19:13, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the WIkiThanks,

Molotov (talk)

23:43, 9 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiphilosophy[edit]

Hmmm...I have ten sandboxes... -- Essjay · Talk 04:34, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I used to use them a lot more often. (And I really only have five, I use the userpage as one and the talk page as a second.) -- Essjay · Talk 04:45, 10 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]