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Rudget!

Dear Sumoeagle179, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration

Thanks partly to your prodding at ArbCom, we've gone ahead and started something for Isr-Pales modeled on the Sri Lanka project you'd mentioned. Would you be willing to join us and sign on? Here the shortcut, WP:IPCOLL. Even if only as an observer and occasional advisor, it would be a vote of confidence or moral support. Also, we'd welcome you suggestions on how to advance something like the good cop/bad cop approach you mentioned. Thanks again for your encouragement, be well, HG | Talk 16:27, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Hope it goes well. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 14:02, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Rlevse

Hey, I join the Scout project because I have a son in scouting. Unfortunately I didn't get to work with Rlevse much for whatever reason, but he welcomed me in. I really don't know much about what was going on that caused him to quit, but maybe you could remind him that there are some folks out here new like me that would like the opportunity to help out with some guidance from him. Thanks.--THE FOUNDERS INTENT TALK 14:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll keep talking to him. You can email him to from his talk page. I think he's answering the emails he's getting. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 14:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Returning

After much thought and deliberation I have decided to return. Many wikians contacted me by various means and I truly appreciate the support from all of them. Man, did I need that wiki break! I have learned from it and will use the experience to improve. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank-spam

Sumoeagle179/Archive 2, I wish to tender my sincere thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 37 supports, 2 opposes, and 2 neutral. The results of the RfA are extremely bittersweet because of the recent departure of my nominator, Rudget. Hopefully I can live up to his and your expectations. I would especially like to thank Epbr123 and TomStar81 for mentioning that they were preparing to offer me a nomination. The past week has been one of the most stressful weeks in my life, and I appreciate your vote of confidence in me. If you ever need anything, just get in touch. -MBK004 21:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful, and I'll do what I can to ensure your opinion of my suitability for adminship improves. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 19:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your support. I will take on board all the comments made and look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

New information on Imam al-Mahdi Scouts

Would you chime in at the talkpage? A user is accusing us of not enough POV, we've worked very hard to keep it neutral. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 20:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thanks

One of my favorite pictures
 Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 74 supporting, 3 opposing, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have placed in me. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 58 supporting, 0 opposing, and 2 neutral. I hope to demonstrate that your trust in me is rightly placed and am always open to critiques and suggestions. Cheers. MBisanz talk 04:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Best pic I've seen
Sure. You'll be a fine admin. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 20:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully with 40 supports, 13 opposes, and 4 neutrals. For those of you who supported my RFA, I greatly appreciate it. For those who did not, I'm also thankful for your constructive criticism. If you need some advice or have some pointers for me, you know where to reach me! A special thank you to Majorly for all his time and effort he has placed in my nomination. Once again, thank you all for your helpful comments. Now off to new admin school! Cheers, Icestorm815 • Talk 01:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

WQA alert

WP:WQA#User:Sumoeagle179. ScienceApologist (talk) 18:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The Corrs

Hi, you've objected to a FA nomination of The Corrs. However, the explanation you provided did not make sense to me. Could you please elaborate it on this page so I may address the problem. Thanks. σмgнgσмg(talk) 08:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for clarifying what you meant in regards to your comments raised in the Corrs' FAC. I've addressed your problems and would like you to take a look. Cheers. σмgнgσмg(talk) 09:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I've dealt with the problems you raised again, in which I've left the comments on the FAC page. Cheers. σмgнgσмg(talk) 04:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Nomination for Manzanar

With the 39th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage coming up on April 26, I have nominated Manzanar to be on Wikipedia's main page on that date. Please add your support for that at Today's featured article requests -- Gmatsuda (talk) 22:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Roanoke, Virginia

Why did you remove the reference from the Roanoke, Virginia article? Your comment "rm sp" wasn't clear, since WP:SP doesn't apply. Thanks. –BozoTheScary (talk) 15:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

SP, here, = space. I did not remove a ref, I removed a space. check the diffSumoeagle179 (talk) 15:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Glad I asked first. I totally misread the diff earlier. Cheers. –BozoTheScary (talk) 21:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

ye olde rfa thank spam

hey Sumo, I just wanted to thank you for participating in my recent RFA. to show just how much I learn from and admit mistakes, you might want to check out my in-depth RFA analysis (comments are welcome). i've also left you some templated thank spam below. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 00:11, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan RFA

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 01:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Changing other editors' comments

Please don't 'refactor' ([1]) the comments of other editors, except where those comments represent an egregious violation of policy.

Speaking as an administrator, in general we have thick enough skins to take a bit of generic 'adminz are teh evils' abuse. ScienceApologist's comments aren't directed at specific, named individuals. While his remarks aren't particularly kind, we generally allow upset editors the freedom to cool off (within reason) on their own userspace.

In general, refactoring such comments is likely to further upset the editor involved, and isn't helpful. If you require further guidance in this area, consider taking your concerns to WP:WQA or WP:AN/I before redacting or refactoring anyone else's writing. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:13, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Then take it to WP:AE, or raise the issue on SA's talk page. 'Refactoring' his comments isn't likely to be productive. It's just poking him with a stick. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 01:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Hiya, for what it's worth, I agree with Ten on this. SA's comments are definitely uncivil, but they're not specifically targeted, and they're relatively out of the way since they're just in his userspace. If he said the same thing in article space, it would be a different matter, but as it is, someone has to make a point of going to his userspace to see the comments. And since he's retired, that will be less and less likely. If he becomes active again, I could see asking him to refactor the comments, especially because of his ArbCom restrictions, but if he's gone and stays gone, it's not going to be an issue, as blocking him wouldn't have any "preventative" effect. Filing an appeal would just stir things up, so my recommendation is to just ignore it. If it's SA's last word, fine, let him have it, and then we can all get back to the encyclopedia.  :) --Elonka 01:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


Some thoughts

I understand why you have the break notice above. I don't consider it a particularly wise move on your part. Your edit earlier today was wise and well considered; your explanation of that to TenOfAllTrades was a bit less optimal. You could have explained SA's history better or taken a more patient tone yourself. And I can say that as one of the admins he is attacking, even if not by name - I'm highly confident that I'm one of the admins that he had in mind when he posted it. (See this or this). Having a thick skin is one of the characteristics the community wants admins to have. Attacking admins is a favorite strategy of trolls and vandals and is also a natural reaction for sanctioned good faith editors - a good admin had best be capable of ignoring the attack on themselves and dealing solely with the consequences for the rest of the community.

I think I understand why you reacted as you did. The meatball:defend each other principle (links are in multiple arbcomm cases if you need one) made your action a reasonable one. But that attack by SA isn't worth raising a big stink over, and in the long run won't do SA any good.

Your action drew you to my attention earlier today, before you were reverted. I was pleasantly surprised to see an editor who had been around so long and contributing so much and without significant problems. Far too often, admins get to see only problematic editors. Please keep doing the good work upon your return. GRBerry 02:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank you

Thank you!
Sumoeagle179, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:40, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

DRV of an IfD

I'm advising all participants in the IfD discussion for the Image Indiana Jones and the Cross of Coronado.jpg that a subsequent DRV was filed here. Your participation is welcome. Dreadstar † 01:43, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thank-you

Thank-you for your support of me at my recent RFA, which was successful. I have appreciated everyone's comments and encouragement there. Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

thankspam

Thanks to everyone who participated in my RfA, regardless of their !vote. I have withdrawn the nomination as a failure at 19 supports, 45 opposes, and 9 neutral statements.

As has been written and sung, you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need — and what I need is to go back to working on our shared project. Not everyone has to be an admin; there is a role for each of us. After reflection, I feel I don't have the temperament to secure community consensus as an admin at any point, and I will not be applying again in the future — and hey, that's all right, 'cause I stay true to the philosophy that adminship is no big deal: I tried, I failed, and now I'll return to doing what I've always done. I have an extremely strong belief in the consensus process, and the consensus was clear. I will be devoting my energies to volunteering at MedCab and working up a complete series of articles on the short stories of Ernest Hemingway, among lord knows what else. Thanks again to everyone who spared the time to weigh in on this one. It was made in better faith than it probably seemed.
Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 14:20, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

That's only fair. I didn't mean to disrupt, but apparently I did, so I won't protest too much. I'm not really a drama whore, but I can see how it would come across that way sometimes. Anyway, thanks for weighing in, and hope to catch you around on WP Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 14:20, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thank you...

...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazimoff 22:02, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

glad to see you made it! Sumoeagle179 (talk) 09:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 09:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

My RfB

Thank you for the questions, although answering Q6 makes me feel like a show-off! I'll get back to the aspect about which ones I nominated when I can. Re Q7 - did you miss my answer to Q4, or am I being a bit thick? --Dweller (talk) 11:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll take a look. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 22:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Was talking about prior UAA and CHU experience. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 22:45, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Your message on my talk page

You left a message on my talk page that was guilty of the same thing MBisanz was needlessly harassing TheKohser for. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that. --Duk 16:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which did not succeed with 41 support, 21 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate both the supports and the opposes. Thanks again and cheers! TN‑X-Man 18:53, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Strikeouts

It was an attempt to remove a roadblock for the RFC, I realise that it might be out of line and if it is I'll accept the consequences. If you feel it necessary I've no objections to you taking it to AN/I, or if you feel strongly about it to revert. I was hoping the RFC would work, because if it doesn't, this issue will end up winding its way to Arbcom and then everyone loses. Justin talk 10:36, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

See my comment on that RFC talkpage. Keep in mind earlier on AN he said he'd only listen to arbcom, ie, not an RFC. It's odd he uses incivility to demand others stop being incivil. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 10:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough, I went back and looked at his RFA, it was considered a no-brainer at the time, partly because he was considered so civil. My comment that taking this to Arbcomm is a lose-lose situation is still appropriate. Anyway as I said, if you feel I'm out of order I've no objections to you taking it to AN/I. Justin talk 10:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I have no desire to take to ANI. We can discuss it. In fact, I've pretty much said what I have to say. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 11:03, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which succeeded with 71 support, 14 oppose, and 5 neutral. Thanks for your participation. I hope I serve you well!

--SmashvilleBONK! 23:56, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your participation at my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to act in ways that earn your full confidence, even though I don't have it now. Cirt (talk) 01:35, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Sumoeagle179. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. It is very much appreciated. :) The RfA was closed as successful with 73 supports, 3 opposes and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank WBOSITG for nominating me. Best wishes and thanks again, —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

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