User talk:Mazca/Archive 2008

Messages that have been hanging around on the talk page for a while have been placed here. Please don't edit this page without a good reason; if you want to raise a point based on something here please start a new section on my talk page. ~ mazca ^talk

Awarding Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 13:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beggar's Oil

If there are other albums failing WP:MUSIC, feel free to add them to this AfD, as I did with In the Hills of California. (Copy the exact AfD notice at the top of the first article and paste it as is to the others, noting this fact similar to my work on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/In the Hills of California.) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, Mazca.

You beat me to the punch, posting on my talk page before I got to yours . Regardless I still wanted to thank you for your support. Feel free to drop me a line if I can be of any help. -- Avi (talk) 18:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi Mazca, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 23:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh

Your name popped up on my watchlist... "oh yeah, that guy". :P

I like how we've got a minor little ASW contingent here. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, yeah. Finally started taking Wikipedia fairly seriously over the last few months, it's quite enjoyable. ~ mazca ^talk 19:48, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just be careful. One of the reasons I'm so rarely seen around there (though I loves me some War Room) is this damned site... EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:01, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, good point. Wikipedia tends to need a lot more attention than Ambrosia moderating, haha - seems to be a lot more people that need herding! ~ mazca ^talk 20:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hey Mazca. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:55, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thank you spam

Hi there - thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed 69/10/3 yesterday. I will put the tools to good use and hopefully justify the confidence you had in me. Best wishes Fritzpoll (talk) 11:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC) 08 (UTC)[reply]

Letting me know

Thanks for telling me. --Gilabrand (talk) 15:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your !vote at my RFA

Thanks!

Thank you, Mazca, for your support !vote at my RFA. I will be doing my best to make sure that your confidence has not been misplaced. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For the kind words on my talk page. :-) —Giggy 03:10, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well deserved. :) ~ mazca ^{t | c} 08:26, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional rfa thank you message

		Thank you for the support!
		Mazca, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent reverts

Hello Mazca, recently you have reverted edits on the RNC page saying that since the blogs are not "reputable" sources, that they cannot be included as sources, however, you are forgetting what "reputable" means. reputable and factual are not the same, and as we have seen in recent events, are often antonymous. I would like, instead of declaring my sources "unreputable", I'd rather you revert due to them being "unfactual", and proof thereof. Also while they have opinions in them, I source my sources for the facts that are listed in them, and also to remove the sources that you have proven unfactual and not entirely reverting the post. Mobus (talk) 20:49, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reply is on your talk page. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 13:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thank you

		Thank you!
		Mazca, 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) 04:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 90 support, 2 oppose, and 0 neutral.

All the best, Ben MacDui^Talk/Walk 20:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because cookies make the world a better place...

And they often have yummy things like chocolate chips in them!

--lifebaka (talk - contribs) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

My RfA

Hello Mazca. On the talk page of Keeper, you made the following remark:

"I'd agree that it's worth waiting. Yes, it is a bad trend at the moment, once one person pulls out a valid oppose reason it's pretty common for lots of others to jump on you for the same thing(s)...."[1]

Similar things happened on my RfA. At that point, I had created more than 140 articles. I was civil with other editors, I also expanded lots of articles, and I did few other good things. However, I made few mistakes on AfDs and lots of others, including you, jumped on me because of that. I was very disappointed, but banging my head against a wall is not a solution.

I want to apply again after few months. If you have any suggestions for me, please leave me a message on my talk page. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page as requested. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 19:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 02:43, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template talk: Wikify

Thanks for calling in the admin on template talk:wikify and the kind note afterward! I was grateful to have somebody else decide there was consensus and summon the admin because it feels more consensus-y that way. Been on vacation -- sorry for the belated thanks. Thirdbeach (talk) 19:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Your signature

Hi Mazca. I noticed your signature was rather large. I actually wasn't going to say anything about its length to you, as although I personally think it's a bit big, it's of a fairly acceptable length, but then I noticed that you could actually save some space in it by getting rid of a font tag.

Yours: mazca ^{t | c}

Mine: mazca ^{t | c}

The two are, visually, virtually identical, but mine just happens to be a bit shorter, which saves a bit of space. Don't feel obligated to change it, by any means, but I just thought you might like to know it could be trimmed a bit. Regards, Deskana (talk) 19:51, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, Mazca!

I am grateful for your kind message and for your confidence: My RfA passed by a count of 64/3/3, so I am now an administrator! Of course, I plan to conduct my adminship in service of the community, so I believe the community has a right to revoke that privilege at any time. Thus, I will be open for recall under reasonable circumstances. If you have any advice, complaints, or concerns for me, please let me know. Again, Thanks! Okiefromokla ^questions? 21:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thankspam

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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) 03:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which did not succeed with 30 in support, 28 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks again for the support!

—CycloneNimrod^Talk? 15:35, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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》 15:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thankspam

I appreciate your extensive and thoughtful deadly-wall-of-text comments at my RfA :D In retrospect, you are pretty much right on every point. I wish things had gone my way, but I can understand why they didn't, and I certainly shouldn't have expected them to. I missed the Ali'i RfA (or simply forgot it), and saw RMHED's as sort of sui generis, but overall I'm not surprised this went down in flames, and I've decideed that my personality may be better suited to serving in Wikipedia in ways other than adminship. Be working with you in the future - Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 15:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(replied [2]) ~ mazca ^{t | c} 18:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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, Gazi moff 22:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

soup

Yay thanks, I don't have many barnstars. I spent two or three hours researching a soup which I've never heard of and sounds minging anyway, which my friend said is very sad:) Sticky Parkin 20:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

website

Why have you deleted a link from the Hereward House School website to a site run by 12 year old boys from the school? It seems a perfectly reasonable link to me. Perhaps you're using an automated tool - if so could you turn it off? Westerncliffs (talk) 20:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

replied on your talk page ~ mazca ^{t | c} 22:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question for you re:adminship

Are you an admin? If not, why not? How long have you been here? Have you considered it? What's stopping you from getting adminship? I only ask because I've seen you all over the place, using your clue, and being overall an excellent wikipedian. Do you feel that the "extra buttons" may be of use to you? Do you want them? (fair warning, stating that you "want them" would garner at least one oppose at RFA). I don't nominate anymore, but at the same time, I'm more than willing to "strong support". What gives? What's holding you back? I'll watchlist your page, my own talkpage is insance with stalkers, and anticipate your reply....Keeper ǀ 76 22:44, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simply? Edit count. While I've been a wikipedian overall for several years, I've only really been editing consistently since about February, so I only have a little over 2,000 edits. While that's getting into the lower bound of "possible success on RfA if you're lucky", when you combine it with the fact that I'm not much of an article writer either, I don't currently rate my chances of enduring an RfA with 80% support. I do think the tools would be useful to me, and I have been thinking about it recently. I'll likely consider running for adminship in the next couple of months, but I want to make sure any RfA I put myself through gets judged on my actual attitude and contributions rather than an arbitrary number of edits! RfA is demanding enough that I'd want to go in with a reasonable expectation of avoiding most of the automatic opposes. Thanks for the message :) ~ mazca ^{t | c} 07:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If it's article work you're worried about I have several 'back burner' videogame ones that are easily sourcable and could make a good GA with a little bit of work. If you're interested, drop me a note and I'll give you all the details. If there's anything else I can help with in the meantime, just ask. Hope this helps, Gazi moff 08:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer Gazimoff. My concern about article-building is more just an acknowledgement of one of the likely reasons people may oppose. Basically though, at the moment I don't really want to change what I'm doing just for the sake of RfA. I'm not really that interested in dedicated building of one specific article, my interests here lie far more in incremental improvement of the various articles I run across - the random page button truly is my friend - combined with my interest in the whole process side of Wikipedia. Currently my vague intention is to continue on my current course until I feel I've done enough in the various areas I'm interested in to demonstrate that I know what I'm talking about. At that point I'll consider running for adminship, while being honestly able to say "These things are what I do on Wikipedia. I could make good use of the tools, can I have them?" If after that it becomes clear to me that I need to specifically change my contribution pattern in order to have a hope of passing RfA, then I'll consider it again at that point. But right now I think I'm happy trying with what I already do. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 09:47, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, no problem. The articles I was going to suggest already exist - they just need cleanup, additional sourcing and so on to bring them up to par. It might also be worthwhile joining the cleanup teams on one or two wikiprojects that you might be interested in, as not only do you get the opportunity to flex your gnoming skills, but also gain more of a long-term collaborative approach. Just an idea though. Gazi moff 10:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's an excellent idea, actually. That's the kind of thing I do anyway, and it's probably also a good way of helping demonstrate I can coordinate with others even if I don't want to do major article building. Thanks for the tip, I shall look into it.~ mazca ^{t | c} 10:50, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You and Gaz have both made excellent responses here (and the proof of how valuable WP:CLUE is is evident). Gaz does great work both in meta and in VG. Edit what you like, when you like, and where you like Mazca. Don't go about trying to "win RfA" (it doesn't sound like you will). The extra buttons are nifty, but they come with extra grief too (look through my talk archives if you don't believe me - and gaz, get ready, it's coming...). Don't let anyone tell you that GA/FA are essential for passing an RFA. There are equally valuable (and valued) article things you can do, like gnoming and sourcing. Do what you want, and nothing more. Gazimoff can certainly attest that the paycheck is most definitely a "multiple of zero" on the other side. Cheers, looking forward to supporting your Riffa if/when you decide to run :-) Keeper ǀ 76 22:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'll have an RfA out at some point in the intermediate future - of course, as demonstrated by many candidates, I may well regret it once I do. :D Exactly when I decide to attempt one depends on my activity levels and whether I get anyone volunteering to nominate at some point - i'm not adverse to a self nom, but it's always nice to get a second opinion. And don't worry Keeper, I fully understand your reasons for not doing any more RfA noms - I think I would have done the same after those crazy RfAs! ~ mazca ^{t | c} 22:14, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, you know you've got my !vote; in all these years, you've yet to go crazy ape-shit crazy over on ASW, so I can't imagine you taking a dive now. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:27, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe, nice to hear. It was probably partially because of your activity here that I started editing Wikipedia seriously, rather than simply using it as a handy place for me to waste time reading irrelevant information! Not that I don't still spend most of my time doing that.... ~ mazca ^{t | c} 14:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, if we could just get more ASW mods, perhaps we could turn one of the village pumps into the B&B...
Also, if I decide to resurrect the "Emperor" bit on here (fairly easy to justify), I'll need your help. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:39, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that matrix is somewhere between impressive and terrifying. Maybe "impressifying" is a good word. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 14:53, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pdfreeman

You're right, my mistake, it's gone, thanks! NawlinWiki (talk) 21:54, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, glad I wasn't missing something! Thanks. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 21:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ghost recon

even if you remove it many others will add this. this is imp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manchurian candidate (talk • contribs) 12:46, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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) 09:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gran Logia de la República de Venezuela

I understand your points on the scarcity of the information and I've added some more information from their history page. JASpencer (talk) 18:31, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know this is cheeky, but what would convince you that this was worth keeping? It's more to improve the article than to win the vote (which is frankly going the right way). JASpencer (talk) 23:18, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quite simply, verifiable references in reliable, third-party sources that actually discuss this particular lodge. I'm not deeply familiar with masonic lodges, but enough to know that there are quite a lot of them that call themselves "Grand" - I'd want to see some evidence that this particular lodge is actually talked about in third-party publications. And don't worry, not gonna consider wanting to improve an article to be cheeky! ~ mazca ^{t | c} 23:20, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Maiden

I was reading the discussions about Judas as an influence to Maiden, well that' not what I'm here for, I read when you said you wanted Iron Maiden as a FA again, and I want it too, so I invite you to help me make it a FA, not only you, but you can advise anyone you know that might help, I'll appreciatte your help greatly. Answer back on my talk page, so that I don't forget this conversation please. Thanks in advance.-- Rockk3r Spit it Out! 02:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...

...for reverting the vandalism to my talkpage. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. It kind of stood out! ~ mazca ^{t | c} 22:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My signature

Ah, sorry, this is what having a few drinks does to me. It appears that the two colons were part of the {{user}} template. I've made a personalised version now without the annoying colons! Hope this is better.

Kind regards,

Cyclonenim (talk · contribs) 22:56, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice one, thanks for sorting it out. I'll have to have a look why it is that the {{user}} template has them in it - there must be a good reason for it. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 22:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm not sure either, I had no idea until EVula pointed it out! Hope all is well, happy editing. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs) 23:02, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's right, Mazca, I'm everywhere... :P
I figured out what the source of the double-colons is, and am attempting to fix it right now (gotta perform a few tests first). EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:34, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hyperactive (disambiguation)

How the heck is that a useful dab if it points to nowhere? None of the songs have articles and probably never will as they weren't singles. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People who search Wikipedia for "Hyperactive" may well be looking for one of those subjects. We do have pages that discuss them (the album/artist articles), so I think it does a good job of pointing them to it, particularly given that the Hyperactive main article is a redirect. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 17:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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!

--Smashville^BONK! 23:04, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Advice for Mathmo AfD

Hi there. Could you give me some advice? How should the evidence for the article being a Dictionary Definition be strengthened? I'm new to the AfD process, and given that the article itself just says that it's a definition and none of the 'Keep' votes provided any evidence that it was anything other than that, I would have thought that it would have been a simple 'Delete'. I'm happy to accept that it's not, but if that's the case, I can't understand how a slang term is ever going to be deleted from WP! Mrh30 (talk) 12:59, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think your argument on that AfD was pretty exemplary really, I would not ask for anything more. I took another look at the DRV, I really don't think I gave it enough attention the first time and on a second look the consensus, and reasoning, to delete the article looks pretty solid. Thanks for the message, it encouraged me to rethink my position. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 19:00, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to look at this again! I thought I was going mad for a bit! Mrh30 (talk) 09:52, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in 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 maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 01:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Hi Mazca. 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• 22:33, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

deletion tag

Thanks, I wasn't sure what to do. How did you know it was G10? Did I do it right? 127.0.0.1 (talk) 14:07, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

responded on your talk page [3]~ mazca ^{t | c} 14:10, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou. 127.0.0.1 (talk) 14:11, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, good luck with the tagging. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 14:13, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Editsemiprotected

Darn it! You got there first!!!! Arrgghh! :) Good job. Between the two of us, CAT:ESP will never be backlogged. Happy editing!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 19:38, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, yes. Whenever I don't clear one of the ESP requests, you've usually done it by the time I look again. :D ~ mazca ^{t | c} 19:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, good, glad to know it's going both ways. :)--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 19:41, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CAT:ESP patroller userbox

Hey, I whipped up a userbox for the CAT:ESP Patrol...all two of us. It's at {{User wikipedia/CAT:ESP Patrol}}, if you want to check it out. I ripped it directly off of the NP Patrol userbox, which is why it's still got the policeman image. I'm not sure it's totally appropriate for us, though, considering we're doing more in the nature of helping people, not blocking them. Feel free to switch it to a friendlier image, or reword it to sound better. Happy editing!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 15:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice idea, I like the wording of the userbox but I agree that the policeman image doesn't quite work with what we're doing. I couldn't readily think up a better image, so I've had a go with just using an acronym, which seems to be a popular alternative for userboxes without a good image to use... what do you think? I put a draft of it at User:Mazca/User_CAT:ESP. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 17:42, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do like that better. I tweaked it to add a pun on Extra-sensory perception, although if you think it's too corny just revert it. Once you're happy with it, feel free to copy it over to {{User wikipedia/CAT:ESP Patrol}} to over-write the "official" version. :-P --Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 21:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, that certainly is corny, but in a good way. I'm copying it over now, joke intact. ~ mazca ^{t | c} 21:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Caroline Lucas leader update.

Thanks Mazca. Very quick.Another wikipedia junkie, Bisto

Not a problem, thanks for the info. ~ mazca ^t|c 08:29, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Mazca, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦^C 02:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

One of the advantages of not having many supporters at your RFA is that there are fewer people to thank at the end. Thanks for your support and your willingness to look at my complete record. I'm going to try to interpret this resounding defeat as a statement that I should choose my words more carefully in the future, and remember that every statement I make gets recorded forever, just waiting to get carefully transcribed onto my next RFA. I would go insane if I believed that it was repudiation of what I truly meant: that no editor should consciously and willfully ignore guidelines and policies, and editors that repeatedly do so should not be rewarded for or supported in doing so.

I'm sure I'll get back to full speed editing soon, because, after all, , every day, and in every way, I am getting better and better.—Kww(talk) 05:28, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Sorry about my interfering edits to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, I hadn't read closely enough. I've reverted it back to the where you left it. Cheers!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 17:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, no problem. It was confusing, the source may indeed verify that he has ALS, but the section says that he's died of it. To be honest that whole section might want reworking to make it less ambiguous, I suspect the same is true of other people in it. ~ mazca ^t|c 17:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And yeah, as I said on the talk page the general dubiousness of the whole sentence means I think it's best to remove the whole thing. ~ mazca ^t|c 17:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scrubs

There is concensus. I'm not the only one doing this. See My Urologist, for example. Floristan (talk) 21:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One other person redirected an episode, a month ago, and was reverted within five minutes? I'm afraid I'd be struggling to call that consensus. If you do believe these episodes should be redirected, I'd suggest you try and actually start a discussion on the topic on the talk pages, possibly using a {{mergeto}} template. I personally think the current setup for Scrubs (most episodes redirect to the LoE, the specifically more notable ones have their own articles) is a good one. ~ mazca ^t|c 22:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Xymmax RfA

I'd like to take a minute to let you know that I appreciate your support in my recently-closed RfA, which passed with a count of 56 in support, 7 in opposition, and 2 neutrals. Your strong endorsement of my past contributions was greatly appreciated. I'll certainly try to justify your faith by using the tools wisely. Happy editing, and thanks again! Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 22:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grawp advice

The IP in the briefly-bored Grawp lookalike was already warned, so I'm not going to do anything. I just wasn't sure what to do, as I didn't know much about how Grawp tends to act, but I know that Grawp likes to take advantage of technical features that I don't understand. Therefore, I was afraid that if I did something that might be good in a normal situation, it might cause problems if it really were Grawp. Thanks for your advice. Nyttend (talk) 23:56, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I understand what you mean - I certainly don't blame you for checking at AN/I. The trouble with Grawp is that he's developed something of a reputation and so you probably get more mentions of "HAGGER?" from random non-Grawp bored vandals than you do from the original - and generally they aren't very imaginative. :) ~ mazca ^t|c 14:13, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thank you for answering my IQ question on the Reference Desk! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:49, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. ~ mazca ^t|c 11:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Maiden GAN

Not a problem. I'm glad to help. As much as the article wasn't ready to be nominated, I suppose it was productive, as some improvements were made. The article was nominated by User:LukeTheSpook. It looks like he did some work to the article before nominating it, but it was all vandalism reversion, removing unsourced statements, or changing the "genre" section in the infobox. Good luck with your future work on the article, GaryColemanFan (talk) 17:09, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page redesign

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll to select five new designs, before an RFC in which one will be proposed to replace the Main Page. The poll closes on October 31st. Your input would be hugely appreciated! Many thanks, Pretzels^Talk! 12:47, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Hi Mazca! Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed yesterday. I am glad that you trust me and will make sure to learn the technical side of the tools by reading and testing before I 'jump' to the admin areas, which should avoid incorrect usage. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 17:49, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Define A7?

What do you mean? Doesn't PokeBattlers count as an A7? --Mooshykris (talk) 18:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, don't worry - I agree with you! I simply changed the tag from {{db-notability}} that you added, to the more specific {{db-web}}. A7 applies to all sorts of things, so I just made it more specific. I said "specify", rather than "define". Thanks! ~ mazca ^t|c 18:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks for clearing that up. --Mooshykris (talk) 18:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes.

Thanks for your support in my RFA!!
• If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy •
·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 21:53, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Auditcube

Thank you for alerting me to this. The article's creator has been reported to WP:UAA, where he will probably get blocked once they unclog the backlog. Be well. Ecoleetage (talk) 13:52, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

This is on my watchlist. I'm always lurking about, I hope I don't miss it when it turns blue. You have my permission to notify me on my talkpage of when you have decided to try your luck (really, that's all it is is luck - just depends on who shows up and whether someone had pissed in their Wheaties that morning) at RFA, I'll support. Any TalkPageStalkers here, convince Maz that he should run, offer to nominate him or something. Just be sure that when you run, you open the closet doors, rip out all the skeletons by way of unusual diffs, announce them in the lede and brush them off as one-offs, act humble, and give short neutral (think political debate - answer without answering :-) to the optional questions. Should be a breeze! :-) Keeper ǀ 76 02:18, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, thanks. I'm not worried about the optional questions, etc - those are there to trip up people who don't know policy, most of the time, and I'm confident I can answer them well enough without resorting to political-style nothingness. :) The whole article-work opposes as in Aervanath's RfA are really my primary concern, but I'll deal with that when the time comes. Your encouragement is appreciated! ~ mazca ^t|c 18:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Telepathic thanks!

Hey Mazca, you're number 1! You were the first one to support me at my successful Rfa, and I appreciate it. Happy editing!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 17:08, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for participating in my RfA

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:01, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barn

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For all your hark work on reverting vandalism and reverting vandalism on my pages. Great stuff! Andy (talk) 19:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I think we both caught vandalism in each others' userspace at about the same time, it was quite a busy period for vandals. :) ~ mazca ^t|c 14:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

srsly

You and RfA need to make some sweet, sweet lovin' sometime soon. EVula // talk // ☯ // 00:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm willing to give it a try at this point if you think it's the right time. This week's pretty busy for me in terms of work, but from this weekend onwards I haven't got anything exceptionally time-consuming going on, so if you feel like working on a nomination we can give it a go. At this point I'm confident I could make a good job of using admin tools, I'm just as concerned as usual about convincing the community as such via the always-traumatic RfA process. But I guess the only way to find out is to try, hehehe. Cheers ~ mazca ^t|c 13:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kickass. I'll try to work up an actual nomination statement. I'll shoot it to you via email for approval and whatnot, unless keeping it all on-wiki would be more convenient.

If it fails, I'll send you a pair of Minion boxers or a Minion thong. Your choice (unless you wanna go commando, in which case I could get you a shirt). EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:55, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Email's fine, however's easiest for you. Definitely an excellent compensation offer, too, in case of failure! Thanks. ~ mazca ^t|c 17:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're not an admin? This comes as a bit of a surprise to me. It seemed as though you were, given how you seem to have a very strong understanding of policies here on-wiki. Master&Expert (Talk) 08:07, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the kind words. I think you'll find lots of very clued-up users you might run across aren't actually admins; it can indeed be quite a surprise when you look it up. ~ mazca ^t|c 13:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA snows

Hi Mazca, re your vote on the RFA threshold poll, I'm a little surprised from your argument that you voted oppose rather say joining Pero in voting for a 500 edit threshold. Ϣere Spiel Chequers 16:20, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I feel my vote is in the correct section, but you're right that I didn't make it clear enough why I felt that way. I've elaborated. Cheers ~ mazca ^t|c 16:57, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops...

Wrong template. Sorry 'bout that. I had a feeling that the redirect was made in bad faith based on the user's name and his subsequent edits. I have no problem with it staying, but it would have been made by a blocked user. If you'd like to go ahead and revert me, please feel free. Thanks! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:09, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind...I went and hit the rollback key on myself. No harm in it staying, I suppose. :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:11, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(replied on your talk page) [4] ~ mazca ^t|c 01:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it's Friday. Besides, he loves his girlfriend. :) Have a great weekend! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed :) You too. ~ mazca ^t|c 01:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Relists

I have replied at my talk. Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 02:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Once again. :) — Aitias // discussion 02:30, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

e-mail

I've sent you one. :) — Aitias // discussion 19:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And another one. :) — Aitias // discussion 21:43, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]