Exert

Welcome

Hello, Exert, and welcome to the Simple English Wikipedia! I hope you will be happy helping here. You should begin by reading these pages: Wikipedia:Useful, Help:Contents, Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, and how to write Simple English articles. If you want some ideas of which pages to work on, read Wikipedia:Requested articles or the list of wanted pages.

Even though it is a good idea to research an article (like looking at the discussion page) before making large changes, please be bold and try! Any changes you make that are not perfect can be fixed later. We are also working most on core articles and the most common topics until this Wikipedia grows.

If you want to ask a question or talk with other members, you can visit our version of the "village pump" at Wikipedia:Simple talk. Administrators on Wikipedia can also help you with more difficult problems. You can also ask me for help. The best way to do that is to leave a message on my talk page. You should always sign your messages on Talk pages by typing "~~~~" (four tildes) at the end of your words.

Good luck and happy editing!--Eptalon 22:14, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Question

Hello!

Yes you are but you need to change it into simple english. Have a nice week and God bless:)--†Sir James Paul† 13:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Would you like to join Esperanza? Peace:)--†Sir James Paul† 16:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Western hemisphere

I have re-directed Western hemisphere to Western Hemisphere since that is the correct spelling. If you'd like to add information about this topic, it can be done there. Thank you. · Tygartl1^·talk· 17:06, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Exert, to Esperanza! As you may know, all the members have one important goal, which is the success of this encyclopedia. To do this we want to make the community better, and be the nice side of Wikipedia.

If you have any questions, comments, or general ideas, use the Esperanza talk page! We thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

RaNdOm26 08:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Answer

I've given the user a test2a warning. This warning says not to remove content from pages. --Isis§^(talk) 01:07, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Another answer: {{subst:test2a}} --Isis§^(talk) 00:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

RE:Welcome

Thanks!

IP warning

I changed it to an only warning because that user was a repeat vandal and obviously was going to continue vandalising wikipedia. I may have been a little hard on him/her, though. Cheers, --Isis§^(talk) 21:46, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcoming Users

Hello, Oysterguitarist. It's a good idea to welcome users, but can you wait until users have some mainspace edits before welcoming them? Thanks, --Isis§^(talk) 01:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, he does have an account at english wikipedia, but that doesn't mean he will stay at simple wikipedia. When I found simple wikipedia, I created an account and didn't have any mainspace edits for about a month (mainly because I forgot my password!), but also because I was spending all my time on the computer at English wikipedia. In my expirience, when users from other wikipedias find this wiki, they create accounts and forget about them. I may be wrong, but that's what I've noticed. Cheers, --Isis§^(talk) 20:15, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I just mean that he might not stay with simple wikipedia. Cheers, --Isis§^(talk) 22:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay. :) Cheers, --Isis§^(talk) 22:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Error

On your User page, you have a section called "Articals I have written". I am just infroming you that the correct spelling is "articles" not "articals". If you intended it to be that way, it is fine with me, though users on Wiki may think of you as a bit childish. Egyptgal26 12:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

You may want to consider running for adminship. You would need to check your edit count, and see if you have at least 1000 edits, and you have to be here for 3 or more months. j. rand|talk| ε contribs|email 00:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:Snake311Bot

Yes but don't bother with it. Because I've trid to set up my own bot but came out with too many problems. But you could ask an admin to delete that account since it is rendered useless. --§ Snake311 _{(T + C)} 20:41, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fighting that vandal. I hope it get blocked. -- Punk Boi 8 05:37, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Page protection

In light of the recent vandal activity on your pages, I added protection to your user page and talk page. Your user page is now protected against new or unregistered users either editing it or moving it (Any user registered for over 4 days can still edit or move it) while your Talk page now requires an admin to move it but can still be edited by anyone. (anyone can leave you messages, but no one short of an admin can move it on you, which since it should never need moved should not be an issue). If there are any problems with this, feel free to contact me or any of the admins to clear them up. -- Creol(talk) 06:56, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Adriana Lima

Howdy. Unfortunately, if I expanded every article I took a picture for, I would have no time for pictures :-) Good photos of "hard to get" people *is* my expansion. --David Shankbone 12:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Main Page / Test 2

Please DO NOT change Main Page/Test 2. It is sort of my page, and I am doing it myself, correcting mistakes as I go. Thanks anyways. LIAM !

Thanks

Hello. Thanks for warning and reverting that vandal's edits (In that order, too...). :) Good night (where I live) --Isis§^(talk) 01:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

re:Katie Murray

I do not know. There is no article about her on english wikipedia, though. I assume that is the user's name. I may be wrong, though. :) --Isis§^(talk) 01:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Whoa!

Thanks for reverting that user's edits while I was (cluelessly) working on Kinder Scout. Have a strawberry! :) --Isis§^(talk) 22:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Perhaps it would be better if it were real? :) just kidding. --Isis§^(talk) 23:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

e-mail question reply

I'm not quite sure what you meant, but I'll elaborate as much as I can.

• You put your e-mail adress in the box in your preferences, and press save changes.
• It will send a confirmation e-mail, where you must click on the link given to confirm it.
• No spam is sent, it is only for other users to talk with you privately.

Hope this answered your question. :) --Isis§^(talk) 12:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

It should be visible as soon as it says it has been sent. --Isis§^(talk) 00:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

user:Loveless

I have (finally) replied on my talk page. · Tygartl1^·talk· 18:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Adminship

You have been nominated for adminship. You have been an overall good editor. Ionas Rand [i.'ɔ.na.sız tɔk] 03:44, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Sure! :)

The idea looks great to me, dear Pat :) You're absolutely right, it definitely has the looks of spam at the moment. I encourage you to rewrite it to a more encyclopedic tone, and I'll be happy to help you if you need some help with it. - Phaedriel - 12:53, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

RfA closed

I've now clsoed your RfA. Feel free to try again when you think that you are ready. Thanks, Archer7 - talk 14:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sure! :)

I'll be very happy to help you, Pat. Let me research a little more on the subject, and I'll have a go as soon as I possibly can, k? Love, Phaedriel - 23:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Pat, I've had a go at your draft, and I think it's ready, although it has plenty of red links. You can move it straight into mainspace if you see fit. Let me know if you want me to fill them, or if you need my help in any other way, k? Have a beautiful day! :) Phaedriel - 04:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Oysterguitar--The poem can be used alright. Cid Corman would have loved it to be on the simple English site. I was a friend of Cid's and I'm certain it's fine. If need be we can check with Shizumi Corman and Bob Arnold (Cid's official literary Executor), but I'm certain they would say it's ok. The first line that you "corrected" back to the original was fine as it was too and actually easier to read. Jesse Glass

The Undertaker

I think you should request for deletion on Wikipedia:Requests for deletion. Panda Bear | Talk | Changes 23:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser

Hi Oyster. I think you can help us have a third Checkuser, by voting on WP:RFA, under Eptalon's nomination. Hope you kindly oblige. - Huji ^reply 17:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Award!

Congratulations: You have been awarded a Barnstar! Great vandal-fighting! JetLover 21:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Taxoboxes

Hello. It is godd that you copy over taxoboxes from en. But when you do so, please remove (or comment out the section about species or genera. Especially, if it turns out to be a collection of redlinks here. There are 30 different kind s of Lancelets out there. I do however not think that our current user is interested in learning about all of them, how they are different from each other, etc. Therefore please comment out the resp. sections (with <!-- and -->). Thanks. --Eptalon 18:53, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

copyvios

I just picked an interesting sentence and googled it. If you mean because the links don't work, I didn't notice that until after I reverted. I had been using the google cache.--Werdan7^{T @} 20:55, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

AID Week Commencing 22/10

You mighw want to know:

The current Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive article is no longer used.
Last week's collaboration was: 1980s.
CAST YOUR VOTE for next week's article

-- Spiderpig0001 Does whatever a spiderpig does! 21:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks! --Yegoyan 14:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Hello, Oysterguitarist! Would you like to be nominated for adminship? I think you have done very well. JetLover ^Bam! 04:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Adminship without email

Hello Oysterguitarist. I think being an Admin without email is not possible; Admins are often contacted by mail. On the other hand, if this is the only concern you have, there are many sites out there (like gmail, Yahoo! or GMX, to name just a few) that give email addresses for free. They do have a web-based way to read emails, usually. They are usually financed by advertisements though. All the best, and good luck. --Eptalon 16:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't you have e-mail? I thought I remembered receiving an e-mail from you once, and I checked it just now, and, although I deleted the e-mail a while back, I still have the address. It is a cox.net address. --Isis§^(talk) 23:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Advice

Hi Oyster! You've got an answer on my talk page! - Huji ^reply 19:21, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser

I added an IP to your CU request. Both seem related. -- Barliner  talk  23:13, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hello, but how is this vandalism? JetLover ^Bam! 22:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Siggy Code Help

Got any ideas on how to eliminate the coding left over whenever I sign a page? -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Userpage

Again, true, however it is his userpage and he should be left to protect his own interests and find whether or not he wanted it. 84.227.141.182 15:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

what is rvv

what is "rvv" --Liberate (བོད་) 07:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. -Liberate (བོད་) 18:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

New messages on Barliner's talk. -Liberate (བོད་) 20:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Nomination for Adminship

I have been thinking about it for a while, and I have decided to nominate you for adminship. Would you like me to do that for you? Let me know. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:23, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Dear Exert,

Thank you for your participation in my RFA which closed successfully with 19 supports and 1 oppose which didn't count since it was made by a sock of a banned user. If you have any comments, concerns, or any suggestions for me as an Administrator, feel free to leave a note on my talkpage. Thank you.  Lights  talk  13:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Xmas

Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays if you don't celebrate Christmas) !
Get into the Yuletide spirit and all that.
Gwib^-(talk)- 22:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Municipality help

Thanks for the help you've given me with the municipalities of Switzerland :) I am very happy for the help you've given me, and I encourage you to continue helping me. One note though, please don't skip around on the list. Thanks Razorflame (contributions) Talk 19:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

RfD tags

When tagging templates for deletion, always remember to put the {{rfd}} inside noinclude tags so you don't also tag every page that template is used on (Blockinblox realy didn't need his talk page tagged for deletion...) -- Creol(talk) 17:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Cantons

Hey Oysterguitarist, I was wondering if you would like to divvy up the remainder of the cantons for article creation, so that we don't overlap when we are working on cantons? If you would like to do this, feel free to leave me a message on my talkpage. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 20:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's what I've come up with:

You've already been working on Jura, so I will give you Jura. I've been working on Aargau, so I take Aargau.

Oysterguitarist

1. Jura
2. Vaud
3. Valais

Razorflame

1. Aargau
2. St. Gallen
3. Ticino

This is how I've divvied up the cantons for now. I've decided that since Bern is such a huge canton (430 some municipalities), we can both do Bern. Same goes for Graubueden.

You like this plan? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 20:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Do you think I should run for adminship yet? It says on the page that there is no set time for running for adminship; do you think that I qualify for an exception to this rule? Just wondering what your thoughts are....Razorflame 03:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks!     Dear Exert. I'd like to thank you deeply for participating in my RfA, which came out successful just today. I'm happy to say that I'll be more active than ever now, and that any page that needs protecting or any vandal that needs blocking will be done so (unless someone beats me to it!). If you have any comments to make, concerns or even critisism, then please leave a message on my talk page. Gwib -(talk)- 00:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Note

Hey there, Oysterguitarist! When you create a municipality page, can you please say instead of "in the district of XYZ" to "of the district of XYZ" please? Razorflame 20:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sysop rights

Congratulations, you're now an administrator. I suggest you take a quick re-read of our policies and guidelines, and make sure you check your email regularly. If you ever need any help at all, you can always ask me or another administrator. Thanks :D --vector ^_^ (talk) 08:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

:D I'll make sure to do that. Oysterguitarist 13:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on your RFA! ☆ Lights (talk) 13:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! We're almost like twin-admins :)

Gwib ^-(talk)- 13:52, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

No welcome? Congrats on the successful RfA! Razorflame 15:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not creative enough to make a thank you, but thanks to all who voted :) Oysterguitarist 15:56, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh my god! You actually responded on your own talk page! Way to go! Razorflame 15:57, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

By the way...that's a compliment. Razorflame 15:57, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

It's amazing!! :POysterguitarist 15:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats. --§ Snake311 _{(T + C)} 20:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

A note: Administrator userpages are usually the target of vandalism, so I would like to ask if you like to protect it, as I've suggested to Lights. Razorflame 16:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

No thanks, but I will update it. Oysterguitarist 16:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Why did you delete your userpage in the first place? I'm just curious. Razorflame 17:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

why? :(

they look pretty... its not vandalism... it helps make it more appealing to the eye, so people will want to read it more Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 19:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok.

The issue has been taken care of. Can I get my userpage unprotected now? Razorflame 22:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

please can I be unblocked???

I really have just realised what it is that I have done wrong. Honestly, I see that I have been an idiot. 84.13.36.93 (talk) 20:32, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Warnings

Don't forget to issue warnings when you revert someone's changes, especially IP addresses :) Razorflame 20:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocked template

You do know that there is a test5 template, right? This is the blocked template. Razorflame 02:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Philosophy of science

Hi,

I saw that you have add a template to this article, and I would to ask you if what I have write is not too bad for this wiki, because I don't speak very well english. Thanks for your help. Alfred (talk) 17:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

An apology

Hello,

I am sending this to all of the main users who I have been involved with or that may have been involed in my outbirst yesterday. But, If this message doesn't apply to you, then feel free to do with it what you will :-)

I would like to apologise if you were involved in my outbirst yesterday. I'm sorry for wasted time and effort. I cannot justify my use of foul language, but neither can I say that it was not provocked. I feel I have let both you and simple wikipedia down. I hope you accept my apology.

IuseR 20:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Proxy

Can you please add Template:Openproxy to all those IP's you block as open proxy..or else it will end up like Meta-wiki with so many Ip's blocked and people not knowing the reason why...--Cometstyles 23:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Please Block

Please block 75.47.216.9 for the changes s/he made to Pokémon (you'll have to check the history, I've already undone it)?

Thanks!

Terry (talk) 19:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I didn't realise s/he had been warned!

Terry (talk) 20:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar!

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222.113.136.145 is listed on meta as an open proxy. Razorflame 01:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Salting pages

Salting of pages with Wikipedia:Protected deleted pages‎ is no longer required. Protecting pages that have not been created or have been deleted directly is all that is needed. For a list of protected pages, see Special:Protected pages. WP:Protected deleted pages‎ was only needed before the changes to MediaWiki let us protect the pages themselves. -- Creol(talk) 04:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

Did you mean to delete your userpage? Razorflame 17:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

R+J

Page, Romeo + Juliet is not directly copied and pasted. I have simplified that language in the big chunks of text if you bothered to compare. I will be removing your tag because it is not directly C&P'd because I have modified it! I.Rosary 15:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Kidding

Having re-read my post on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#ChristianMan16, I got the bad feeling that what I said with a kidding tone could have been a little too teasing for you. So sorry if you found it crossing the line. Best regards, - Huji ^reply 17:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

My comment to bot

Sorry about that. I didn't know who the bot operator was, so I decided to add the comment to the bots' page. Razorflame 19:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Requested for adminship

i requested for adminship and i am wonder if i requested right.

Runningblader 22:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Cascade protected

I cleaned up the problem with the #switch: function in MediaWiki:Cascadeprotected. With a switch the first line without a determining value (something = something else) is treated as default. With multiple defaults, the poor thing gets all kinds of confused on what to do. -- Creol(talk) 21:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars

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		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For going above and beyond the call of sysop. I hereby award you this barnstar! Razorflame 16:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Christianman16

Hello. I feel this user's signature is too big, is it? Thanks. JetLover ^Bam! 00:41, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

What the bug?!

Hi. I caught you on bug:12917. Contact me by email if there is something we need to understand togeather. - Huji ^reply 12:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Read my reply. If it didn't help, leave a note on my talk page, with the following information:

• The exact username/IP which you tried to block when you noticed the bug.
• The exact information you expected to see, and the exact place you wanted it to be shown.

Please make sure that there are four views which shouldn't be complicated with each other: (1) The block form, which has a summary of "previous" edits on it. (2) The page you get "after" you block an account, which only tells you that the block was successful. (3) Special:Ipblocklist which shows a list of blocks which are in effect (and doesn't include blocks which are no longer in effect). (4) Special:Log/block which shows the "log" of blocks and unblocks.

Cheers, - Huji ^reply 17:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

FYI

You comment on WP:AN is old news.-- ChristianMan16 04:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way...

...is my sig better?-- ChristianMan16 05:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:ScribeOfTheNile

I'm curious. This user has requested deletion of his user page. There are no current warnings. Why not delete it?--Bärliner 23:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I brought this to AN just to get the policy wording tweaked. There seems no problem with archiving or blanking a talkpage, so QD should be possible too. Especially as a page blanked by the user, or a talk page without a main page, can be deleted.--Bärliner 12:21, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Warning users

I've noticed that you don't warn users when you revert their changes. Would you like me to handle the warnings that would be given out for the changes you revert? I thought I would ask you before I start to warn them. Razorflame 14:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Jesus

I've just increased the size of that image again. The reason is that the pic has a lot of dynamic light and shade, and needs to be of a sufficient size for the viewer to actually see what's hhappening.

I have avoided putting in a conservative "Face of Christ" type image in that location and have deliberately gone for one of the most famous and dynamic action pictures. But the picture needs to be looked at to be "read", and so needs to be large enough for the viewer to identifiy Jesus and Matthew in the crowd, by their gestures. It relates to the brief descrption further down the page of the calling of Matthew, and shows Jesus as the man of the Gospels, rather than the "iconic" image. Amandajm (talk) 12:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Range blocking

Hey, Oysterguitarist. I just wanted to let you know that I do know how to make a range block. On The Test Wiki, I made two successful range blocks of IP's that were vandalizing. The first one, I asked Az1568 if I did it correctly, and he said that I did do it correctly. I just wanted to let you know that I do have experience in range blocking. Cheers, Razorflame 00:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

images

so how do u use images from wikimedia commons in simple.wikipedia.org?

Deathgleaner (talk) 04:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For welcoming me back. Nice to meet you, by the way.--TBCΦtalk? 04:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Pilotguy/whackamole.js

There's no need to protect it; any .js or .css file in userspace is only editable by admins or the user to whom it belongs. Maxim_(talk) 01:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandal

Stop vandalizing please :P.. that troll was earlier on Simple as Squishy Vic (talk · contribs) and also on another smaller wiki, keep a look-out :)...--Cometstyles 02:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:GA

Hi! I was wondering if you would like to vote on the current good article nominees. I know you were/are an active VGA voter, so I was wondering if you would like to vote before votes close for the articles tomorrow. The main problem is that there is a shortage of voters, and articles that need to go through the process don't pass because the shortage. If you would or wouldn't like to vote, either way, thank you! --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 02:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

User Page

Hey, do you know how to code a userpage? -- Da Punk '95 (talk) 21:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Would you please be able to code me one? -- Da Punk '95 (talk) 21:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I've asked Gwib. Thanks again -- Da Punk '95 (talk) 21:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Waiting for your reply

I'm waiting for a reply from you on my talk page. - Huji ^reply 21:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow! What a precise timing!! - Huji ^reply 21:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

:P Oysterguitarist 21:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

D log

Wow! Seems you two can't stay friends for a long time! - Huji ^reply 22:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

I noticed you opposed me on my RFA here and I was wondering when you think I should try again (if at all) and what I should do/have before I try again. Please respond on my talk. Thank you! SwirlBoy39 22:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

if at this time I put up an RFA and you voted would it be Support or Oppose and would it be closer to support than it was last time if it were an oppose? SwirlBoy39 02:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello, Oysterguitarist. Thanks for your changes in the category which I made (Category:American female models‎). You shown me a good way, thanks...--RecorDprodUceR (talK 2 mE) 14:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Userpage suggestion

I would like to suggest that instead of you having an actual userpage, you could make your userpage a redirect to your user talk page, like Werdan7 did. I would really like you to have a userpage created, even if it is just a redirect. I think that all administrators should have a userpage of some sort, even if it is just a redirect. Cheers, Razorflame 15:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Userspace subpages

Is there anyway that I can find a link to a page that says all of my userspace subpages that I've created, because I am sure that there are more that need to be deleted. Thanks, Razorflame 20:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

You can delete all the rest of the subspace pages that are User:Razorflame/List of Minerals... for me...thanks :) Razorflame 20:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Your talk page

I noticed that you emptied your talk page. I undid that change, and ask you to archive your talk page, instead of emptying it. Read more on WP:ARCHIVE. - Huji ^reply 09:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Right, but we don't have any problem with having more pages. Indeed, it is a lot harder to find something in the page history, than to find it in an archive. - Huji ^reply 06:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't see a reason for hiding the previous discussions either! - Huji ^reply 08:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I consider hiding, because hiding means to put something somewher that can't be seen in the first look, although one can see it with enough effort if he looks the right place. Same applies to the old discussions which are removed from a talk page. - Huji ^reply 17:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

People may have different views about it; from my personal view it does look like that. I don't think I'm alone here; even if people don't use the exact word of "hiding" about it, there is something I have in common with many other people, who have finally agreed that: "Archiving one's own user talk page is optional and is preferred over deletion so that past discussions can be easily searched." - Huji ^reply 21:45, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Sysop rights

As there was no community reason for the change, status has been returned. I would request you drop me a line (email) about the general reasoning and such why this occured. The situation of an admin quitting out of the blue than recinding a few days later usually does beg for at least an extremely vague explaination of the situation to rule out problems we might on-wiki have and didn't notice. -- Creol(talk) 06:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Hello Oysterguitarist, please unlock this page as I wish to create it properly. Many thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

RFCU

Just wanted to let you know: He does not match any of the usual suspects; there is one other user that has logged in using his IP; I can rule out sockpuppetry pretty well though. On a sidenote: What about arhiving some of your talk page? --Eptalon (talk) 21:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Care providers in your own home

Hi Oysterguitarist, just wondered if this could be quickly deleted, it's been tagged for a few hours now. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Warnings

 Done-I added in test2a and test3a....if you want me to add {{block}} and {{blocked}} to it as well, I can do that. Razorflame 23:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! This is for all you do for the encyclopedia, administrative or otherwise! Great job! SwirlBoy39 14:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem! You deserve it! SwirlBoy39 14:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Test pages

Please don't delete pages as test pages when they clearly aren't tests, but genuine articles. Thanks, Majorly (talk) 23:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:pp-semi-sock

I think that we could use this template on some of the talk pages that we protect because they are sockpuppets of a banned user. Cheers, Razorflame 14:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which ended unsuccessfully with 59% support. I found this Request for adminship to be extremely helpful in learning what I need to work on now and I appreciate your vote in my RfA, as every vote that was posted helped me learn a little bit more about myself and the work I do here on the Simple English Wikipedia. Even though the RfA failed, I still thought it to be an extremely successful RfA and I hope to show you what I can do now. Cheers, Razorflame 21:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Kernel

I've deleted your "Kernal" stub, since it already exists under Kernel. Ciao, M7 (talk) 21:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Just wanted to thank you for the barnstar. :) Who knew that new page patrol was such a highly honored thing? --Isis♠(talk) 02:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!

It's been so long since I last saw you! I was wondering if you would ever come back! Welcome back again! Razorflame 01:59, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

Just a random question: why don't you have a user page of any kind? Cheers -- America ^†alk 00:00, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, good a reason as any, I guess. Cheers -- America ^†alk 00:05, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Template:Protection templates deletion

Hello,

You requested the deletion of Template:Protection templates - would you like to add a reason?

(By the way, I in fact think it's a really useful template.)

All the best, Drum guy (talk) 00:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Unblock

Hello,

Can you unblock Chalermkwan12 (talk · contribs · count) for me, as per Wikipedia:Simple_talk#Thailand_Content_Expansion_Project?

Thanks,

BG^7even 02:57, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, not all have been blocked. Secondly, it's not for me, it's for a project that has support - and you may have noticed the number of accounts they have is rising... Thirdly, no need for the harsh tone ;)

Thanks anyway,

BG^7even 03:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Meh, i'll solve it through ST. Thanks, BG^7even 03:43, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

WP:AGF

I know you are an admin and have the power but you are not assuming good faith for first time offenders. Doing it twice is one thing but that was the user's first offense. Please remember to assume good faith. Thank you.-- ✧ CM16  04:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

See I did not know that....but I still think you should have started at 2 instead of 4 and even if you started at 4 it should have been 4im....but thanks for explaining.-- ✧ CM16  05:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome.-- ✧ CM16  05:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I find it more interesting that rather than ask politely why a person acted in such a manner, CM16 lashes out with "You are not assuming good faith". Is it not assuming good faith to expect the person may have a good reason for acting as they did? Is it not assuming bad faith to accuse others of acting in bad faith because you did know why they acted in that manner?

An admin makes a decision based on the information (s)he has at hand. Assuming that admin acted in bad faith without actually knowing what that information is or asking the admin why they acted in such a way is in itself a violation of WP:AFG. CM16: you may want to assume a little more good faith yourself before complaining to others about their assumptions. -- Creol(talk) 06:02, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Creol, this matter was resolved, and it angers a little that you got on to be for showing bad faith, which I didn't. I good intentions in mind whitch is good faith. Later.-- ✧ CM16  06:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Oysterguitarist, I hope that you have a very Merry Christmas 2008, and that Santa brings you everything you want :P. If you are going away anywhere, have a great time, and whatever else you do I really hope you enjoy it!

BG^7even 21:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Welcome Back!

Great to see you around. :-) Meetare Shappy ^Cunkelfratz! 19:01, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

It's good to see you lurking around the ol' wiki again! :) fr33kman ^talk 03:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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Request for Deletion Voting

Hi, I just saw the comment you left next to my vote. Are new members not allowed to vote? If not, I'll remove the votes I made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tb240904 (talk • contribs) 12:47, June 27, 2009 (UTC)

Any member is permitted to take part in deletion discussions, it is just that the closing admin can take your newness into account when making his decision about closing the discussion. There is no need to remove anything. fr33kman ^talk 02:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! I award you this barnstar for the hundreds of asteroids you deleted (and for keeping me awake :D ). We did a good job. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 22:51, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Ghana

Perhaps, the page should be protected? Pmlineditor 17:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done for 3 months, let's see how it goes after that expires. It's usually better to make such requests on WP:AN as it'll be dealt with quicker. fr33kman ^talk 02:47, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Note.

Hey, an article I nominated for QD earlier today is still up and listed in the QD category. Thought you may wish to have a look at it. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 02:13, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

No Problem. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 02:25, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletion logs

Hi. You seem not to have "clean delete reasons" turned on in your preferences. Thought you should know. Cheers fr33kman ^talk 02:39, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletion

Thanks for doing it so quickly! Cheers, hmwithτ 06:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Archive

For goodness's sake, archive this tp please. Pmlineditor 12:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

There is space for at least another 100 threads. Barras (talk) 15:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming that was sarcasm? Exert 15:47, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

No..., not really. Every user can decide when he/she want to archive his/her talk page. Barras (talk) 16:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Need help

I'm still not sure what interwiki links are. Could you explain them to me? Cmann600 11:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

That RFA you just deleted

We usually don't delete closed RFAs here. If you don't mind, I'd like to undelete it. Shappy ^talk 15:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

It's a redirect with a typo, not the actual RfA. Fail, Shappy. Goblin 15:50, 20 July 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Yotty!

Oh...my bad. :P Apologies. Shappy ^talk 15:51, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

My RfB

Exert, Thank you for taking part in my request for bureaucratship, which closed as successful.
I promise to do my best and justify the trust the community has placed in me!
fr33kman ^talk 20:26, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Image of Mini Cooper

Sweet Image Exert! Thank You. --71.254.110.148 (talk) 06:39, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Images

hi there Exert you seem to be good at adding images to articles any way possible u could find more images for my other article stubs? I just created Ricardo Diaz a made up character in a video game. anyway if ya could that would be great thanks again for your great work. --71.254.110.148 (talk) 20:43, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

SUL

Your simple wikiquote account is not merged with your other accounts. Just letting you know. Griffinofwales (talk) 02:43, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

and your svWP account. Griffinofwales (talk) 02:45, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Exert

Your contributions are valued and you are an asset. Care to talk? NonvocalScream (talk) 23:07, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

You're leaving? -- Mentifisto 23:11, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

It's more of departing for an indefinite amount of time. Being an editor and an administrator here was a nice experience. However, this project is going downhill, and I no longer wish to edit here. Albeit, if this project ever turns around, I would be glad to come back. If you need me, I will still be at en. Catch ya on the flip side. Exert 23:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Why do you think this? I've reaad every post ever made to WP:ST and this has been said over and over and over again, yet the project has grown. You can't judge it by enwiki standards. It has a life of its own. fr33kman ^talk 23:37, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me out. I'll miss you, you were a great admin. Griffinofwales (talk) 23:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Suffice it to say, you will be missed. Excellent admin, perhaps our most experienced worker in deletion areas, and an absolute pleasure to work with. :-) Shappy ^talk 01:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Reducing agent

I am from english wikipedia and trying to expand articles here. I noticed that you deleted reducing agent and plan to recreate it. If you protest, please respond at my talk page. Thank you. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 20:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

As long as the page is informal, simple, and useful, you can create it. See WP:BOLD. wiooiw (talk) 20:24, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you back?

Or just temporarily? πr² (talk • changes) 16:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. It's been over a year since I've been here. I was just checking how things were coming along. Exert 16:31, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

• Hey Exert. It's good to see you editing again! I was just wondering if you would like the rollback permission enabled on your account. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 15:42, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Indeed I would. Thanks! :) Exert 15:45, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Rollback granted. Welcome back, Exert! -Barras (talk) 15:47, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Gracias! It's good to be back. I've actually been watching from the sidelines for a while. Exert 16:04, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

IP tor

User:204.12.225.170 is likely a tor and considering User:174.122.7.98 who was recently blocked. wiooiw (talk) 17:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Yep, looks like Mentifisto's taken care of them. Exert 17:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thank you for your immense help in cleaning up vandalism today, Exert. :) It's really appreciated, and I'm quite amazed at how quick and efficient you are. I'm so glad you're back, and I do hope you'll continue being such a valuable asset here. Sincerely, —Clementina talk 05:21, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Of course :) You actually beat me to the punch a couple of times on some of those. Exert 13:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Rollback rights

You have a message at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback. Supertouch (talk) 04:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Rollback granted. Again, I'd like to apologize for forgetting that it is policy to grant rollback to users here if they have it on another project. Cheers. Exert 05:05, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

New articles to avoid enwiki text-spam

Thanks for the tips about "Other websites" & categories. I have been overwhelmed in seeing many major articles in English WP become warped by people POV-pushing in main article sections, adding peculiar ideas, or odd people, so I realized that Simple WP, while avoiding complex wording, can also save the core article text that enwiki was supposed to have. I guess we are seeing what happens when too many people tinker with enwiki (and others cannot control the text-spamming): many enwiki articles get text-spammed with peculiar ideas in the intro, odd people noted as highly important, and several advert-sites listed as External links, despite not being reliable or even mainstream sources. I had imagined that Simple WP was mainly to provide easy-to-understand clarifications of articles, but now I see it as preserving balanced text which is less likely to be warped with text-spam. Perhaps Simple WP should contain 500,000 major articles, to capture those topics from a mainstream POV (before they were pushed to highlight fringe ideas or also-ran people) in the major article sections. That's why I have been faced with odd-ball categories, as if "Category:Yellow-polkadot technology" or whatever bizarreness needs to be "simplified" rather than ignored. Anyway, thanks again. -Wikid77 (talk) 10:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Margaret Cho

What is Margaret Cho's notability based upon? Supertouch (talk) 00:57, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Numerous awards from multiple notable organizations. If you feel that she still does not have notability feel free to put it up for RFD. Exert 05:06, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

After I left the above message, I though I might have missed the obvious — like referring to the English Wikipedia. Supertouch (talk) 01:40, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back

A slightlt late welcome back, and a slightly delayed book, your book of knowledge. Please read it quickly as I think there will be another one soon. --Peterdownunder (talk) 05:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

This editor is a Senior Editor I and has the right to show this Book of Knowledge.

Thanks :) Exert 04:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Spelling error

This edit QD G8. Too protected for me to edit. Thanks. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:35, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that, PeterSymonds has taken care of it. Exert 18:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Return

Thanks for the welcome :) Bärliner 01:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

User:74.63.225.149

Hey Exert. It doesn't look like 74.63.225.149 is an open proxy anymore. I can't see anything that would indicate an OP. Can you take a look at it and see if you can find something? Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 17:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Reverse IP. I got this link from a VIP report. Exert 17:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Perfect. Thank you!!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 18:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

User_talk:Daniel_hewitt

How is a users own name a username vio? Sure I would agree that he should be blocked for other reasons, but username vio would be the last one I would pick. Would you mind clarifying? Addihockey10 (talk) 02:21, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

With the user spamming that they are a professional designer and developer, they're essentially using their name to promote themselves. That's why I blocked them. However, I'm willing to unblock and give a warning for the username and spamming instead. Exert 13:46, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Revert

I reverted your edit here [1] because it was not a request for importer. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 23:04, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I hadn't realized I put it in the wrong place. Thanks. Exert 00:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Anyway, it has closed already and removed. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 01:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

kaiba

not enough info i guess and it should have been Seto Kaiba. --Hux21 (talk) 16:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

165

Hi. I saw you create protected 165. Surely indef create protection is too long? In my opinion, a valid article could be easily created on the year 165 there. Would you consider lowering/shortening the protection? Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 16:09, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done Semi-protect/3 months. Exert 20:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Regards, Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 07:39, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for all your work and help around here. I've removed your admin access. I hope to see you around here, even under a different username! Good luck in the future, -Barras (talk) 19:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for what you did in the last years, you were a great help to this project. I know that being an admin, one is always torn between getting paperwork done, and providing/improving content. I do hope that this clean start will allow you to focus more on providing content, also on this wikipedia. Do not hesitate to contact me, if you need anything. All the best for your clean start. --Eptalon (talk) 23:13, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Eolian processes

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You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Hydriz (talk) 13:46, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

RfD nomination of K-Meleon

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Quick deletion of Wittnau, Aargau

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