User talk:Fairfield/Archive 3

Role Model

I would just like to say that both you and Barliner have been my role models here on SE:WP. I have tried to edit like both you and Barliner since I started here.

You, on the other hand, are also my rival. I have been trying to catch up to you in terms of edit count, and I have nearly done so (5,035 vs. 5,346).

Just thought you might like a little bit of history about me.

Razorflame (contributions) Talk 23:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me a bit of history about you. Just curious, how long have you been trying to catch up to me in edit count?  Lights  talk  00:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

About 14 days ago is when I first started trying to catch up to you. -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Comet West

I decided to make an article on this comet from the en:WP. I know that you like these kinds of articles, so I hope that you don't mind me creating this article instead of you making it. Cheers -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem ;-)))  Lights  talk  01:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you could help me by simplifying the breakup part of the article? -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats

Here's an early congratulations on your RfA. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 02:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.  Lights  talk  03:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that you will pass the RfA based on the numbers. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:37, 23 December 2007 (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 --vector ^_^ (talk) 08:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats..Now don't bother me and delete your own pages !!! ;p ..hehehe...--Cometstyles 09:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank god, now I don't have to keep abusing the U1 QD constantly. -- Creol(talk) 10:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, even though I was using you for speedtraining. Length of time between QD and delete. :P-- Barliner  talk  13:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm not going to delete my pages every time after I move them; I might delete them at the end of each week so I'm not using my tools just to delete my pages.  Lights  talk  14:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats on sysop rights :) Oysterguitarist 15:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I guess this means that now the only person that needs to become an admin now is me, :) Great job on the RfA! Razorflame (contributions) Talk 16:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

You forgot me Razorflame :( Snake offered to nominate me but I can't because of an erratic time schedule. And congrats on your RFA Lights!

Gwib^-(talk)- 16:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

• Congrats on your new position! :) --Yegoyan 16:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! :) --Isis§^(talk) 17:25, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!  Lights  talk  18:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! You'll make an excellent admin! JetLover ^Bam! 01:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!  Lights  talk  01:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Protection

I would suggest that you protect your userpage so that only sysops can edit it. That is what most admins do because they don't want other peoples changing it without their leave, and because admins are very high risk vandal targets. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 18:13, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done  Lights  talk  18:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

How easy is it to use the admin tools? Are there just like little tabs on the top of articles? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 18:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

The "protect" and "delete" buttons are little tabs on the top of pages. The "Block user" button is on the sidebar above the Email this user link on userpages.  Lights  talk  18:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the information Razorflame (contributions) Talk 18:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

What about the rollback button? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

It appears on the most recent edit in page historys beside the (undo) button, on diffs, and in Special:Contributions beside the changes that are the most recent changes to articles.  Lights  talk  22:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Asteroids

How many articles are in the list of asteroids, anyways? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

My list of asteroid articles to create has the first 100, but I'm almost done the list and I'll update it to the next 100 after. There are probably thousands more.  Lights  talk  22:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Quick Deletion

Don't forget to check the quick deletions every now and then. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, don't forget to delete your old userpages :) Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to delete them at the end of each week so I'm not using my tools just to delete my pages. Thanks anyways!  Lights  talk  00:08, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

It is the end of the week. Sunday is the last day of the week. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I wanted to wait a week so I could do some other admin work first.  Lights  talk  00:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I see. Well then, never mind about this last message. By the way, what you think of my new siggy? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:48, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

It's cool ;-)))  Lights  talk  00:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Decided that is was time for a change of pace around my siggy, so I made a new one. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 00:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I've actually changed this siggy again because of the fact that having all three of the links be cyan was a bit much. I changed the colors after much thought. You like my new signature? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:13, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I do. Wikipedia:signatures does not say anything about length, but at en:WP:SIG, it says signatures should not have more than 3 lines of code. If you like, I can edit your signature template and shorten the code so it's no more than 3 lines. I can also semi-protect your template so there would be a lower chance of a vandal messing around with your sig. Cheers,  Lights  talk  01:17, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I was actually going to ask someone to semi-protect it for me. So long as you don't change the visual properties of my siggy, you can go ahead and shorten it so that it doesn't have more than 3 lines of code. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done and protected.  Lights  talk  01:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know that there was a length limit (coding wise) on signatures. Thanks for pointing this out for future reference! Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:27, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome,  Lights  talk  01:28, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I take it that you still haven't deleted any of your userspace subpages yet? The list of userspace pages you have to delete must be pretty large right now. Might I suggest you delete a few of them every day; stagger the amount you delete so that you delete them, but at a slower pace, so that it seems that you are not just deleting your userspace subpages. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 21:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I just deleted three of the old ones. Thanks for the suggestion ;-))) Cheers,  Lights  talk  22:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

You've beaten to me to QD requests to show you don't just the tools for your own stuff. --Bärliner 22:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. I was just looking out for you is all. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

109 Felicitas

I created the disambiguation page for Felicity (disambiguation) because I saw that it needed to be created. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.  Lights  talk  03:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

You went and deleted the dablink to it, though. I fixed it back onto the article again. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedias

Hey Lights, I've been making accounts on all of the wikipedias listed on the bottom of the English Wikipedia's Main Page. The reason why I'm doing this is so that users in those wikipedias cannot use my username on them. The userpages I've started on each of the Wikipedias though are in English...you think they are going to delete/block me on those Wikipedias? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think they'd block you, but they might delete your userpages as nonsense since users on those Wikipedia's might not know English. If you are going to create more accounts at the other languages that you don't know, just create your userpage with a link to your userpage here. If you know a language and create an account on that language's Wikipedia, just say that you're a user here in that language.  Lights  talk  03:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

How do I do soft redirect? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Here, to make a soft redirect, you add {{soft redirect|TARGET}}, but I don't know what "soft redirect" would be in other languages.  Lights  talk  03:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I've just decided to go with this: Userpage

Think that is good? Razorflame (contributions) Talk 04:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean?  Lights  talk  13:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I get what he means, but the link is wrong. It should be http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Razorflame rather than http://simple.wiki.org/user:Razorflame. You forgot that little /wiki/ thing.
Gwib^-(talk)- 14:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Xmas

Just thought I'd wish you a Merry Christmas (or a Happy Holidays if you don't celebrate Christmas) !
Gwib^-(talk)- 22:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too ;-)))  Lights  talk  22:49, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstars

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For performing administrative tasks to benefit this site.

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For the creation of many fascinating articles about asteroids.

Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

yes, please

I do have something to say about your brand new sysop flag... Please continue your hard work in such a light manner :)

--M7 23:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)