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IRC

Please rejoin ##SB39. I need to speak to ya. SwirlBoy39 01:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Shiny thing for you

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for copyediting Scranton, Pennsylvania. You didn't have to, you just did. That's a commendable attitude. Sebb Talk 13:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Sebb. :) Another one to add to my collection. I copyedited the article for you, if you can expand it, I might be able to copyedit further. Have fun! -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 13:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Review

Please Review me. Click on the "Changer" in my sig.ThePageChanger! 19:19, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I am working on an article but Sebb said I should branch out and not create the article in userspace and I didn't know what he ment. ThePageChanger! 13:40, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Ryan, i told him not to edit in userspace. Now you're still mad at me? Sebb ^Talk 13:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Eh? I never mentioned userspace. And I was never mad at you. Anyway, I've replied on, um, someone' talk page. I don't know who. :P -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 13:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Image you tagged

I uploaded a copy to commons. What now? Sebb ^Talk 19:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I was wondering on the artical Totally Spies!. The leader of WOOP is the guys name Jery? Is that how it's spelled?(Do reply)-- Running  talk , the founder the Wikiproject Anti-Vandalism 05:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Nope, but I fixed it for ya. I fixed it from "Jery" to "Jerry", two "r"s. ;) Thanks, Ryan†Cross (talk) 06:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Reply

The above section name was added by User:RyanCross. -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 09:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Was what I did in dedicating an article in your name new to you? afterall, you've been working for what, 1 month and...14 days?

That first change was a bit cynical that I made. I had just found this place, and kind of had a negative attitude about it. How did you have time to read it, and send a witty message back to me right after I changed it? I mean, don't you have other areas to patrol as well?

By th way, I wouldn't have time to edit and stuff. I'm about to start my junior year of highschool, with AP classes and everything. How old are you and where did you go to school?

Now that you have my IP adress, does this mean that anything that I change (for the good, of course) on this website can be seen by you, and be identified as a change I made?

I guess I didn't phrase my question clearly. I was asking if the administrators and editors can identify "me". Like, for example, could You(being RyanCross, not the whole group of what you call Wikignomes) identify that I just made a spelling fix on The Simpsons Web page?

Alright then! what are the + and - numbers for? So, I got +1 for changing the Simpsons Article thingy. What do I win?

K thanks.

Main Page

I would like to offer a few comments for the new main page design. I feel that its great, even better than the EN Wikipedia one. Still, I think you shouldn't centralize all the words in the introduction and selected article boxes. There's also quite a lot of extra space not filled up. That's all for now, just comments anyway, might not be everyone's feelings. Minor Contributer (talk) 09:40, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the advice and suggestions. By the way, we also have this and this. -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 09:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Isn't that the same as what you gave me previously? Minor Contributer (talk) 09:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I never mind. Yeah, I think so. Anyway, thanks again for the barnstar, and your suggestions on the design. ;) -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 09:56, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar!

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For being on the the wiki everytime I log in! Minor Contributer (talk) 09:46, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Hehe, I'm pretty active most of the time. :) Thanks again. -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 09:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

IRC

I'm on. Sebb ^Talk 11:53, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Oxnard, California

Thanks for screwing up my adoptee's assignment. Sebb ^Talk 13:29, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

WHAT?? ThePageChanger! 13:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

You were supposed to be the one simplifying. Not RyanCross. Anyway, you have a new course, and I think you'll have to clean up Real Madrid Baloncesto. Sebb ^Talk 13:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

OK. (jeez y does everybody treat me like a n00b here?) ThePageChanger! 13:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

The Dark Knight

Languages can be pretty narly stuff, Ryan. Sometimes it looks outright awful, but when you click...something is there. MediaWiki apparently doesn't parse the stuff well in diffs. That IP added a link to th:เดอะ_ดาร์ก_ไนท์_อัศวินรัตติกาล, which as you can see is a legitimate article. Cassandra 01:02, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, wow! That's good to know. :) I thought when the IP added "%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD...", to the article, s/he was just adding random characters. Who knew it was an interwiki? :P Anyway, thanks for the note Cassandra. Your doing better than I thought. ;) By the way, did you ever get a chance to have a close look at the Green Day article? I would like your opinions on it if you have the time. :) Oh yeah, and thanks for removing that broken reference and adding {{fact}}. I found a reference to replace that. -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 02:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

How do I request rollback? Do you think I could get it based on what I did at en.wiki, or would I have to build up a significant history here? Enigmaman (talk) 08:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, your sadly mistaken. There is no rollback here! :P It seems we have no need for it right now. 2 others and myself even requested it to be added, but it seems we don't need it now. :( Thanks, Ryan†Cross (talk) 08:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

So how are people reverting so quickly? They install Twinkle or something? I look at recent changes to see if I can help out by reverting any vandalism, but people do it much faster. Enigmaman (talk) 08:05, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

We do have popups which I use. Only administrators have rollback. There is no non-administrative rollback here. ;) -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 08:08, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Your recent revert

Whack!

That is really the anthem... :P Chenzw  Talk  12:07, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Ack, so we do have trouts here. :P Hehe, will revert. -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 12:08, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I reverted it before already (got an edit conflict). We don't have WP:TROUT, though. :) Chenzw  Talk  12:10, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

why do I keep getting reverted?

my legitimate edits to Simlish keep getting reverted by you. Why? I'm correcting the information on the page which is false in stating that Simlish is derived from real world languages, it is not. --81.158.147.41 (talk) 12:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you prove it with a reliable resource/reference? -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 12:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

[1] this source about the development of one of the expansion packs says that when the first game was being developed, "they wanted to use a language that couldn't be translated so that its meaning would be left up to the imagination of the player" and that to record it, they just show the character interaction animations to the voice artists who came up with Simlish phrases to match them. --81.158.147.41 (talk) 12:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah, well, it should have been sourced when you made the edit. That way, people now where it is coming from. Just add that source to the article and you'll be good. Thanks, Ryan†Cross (talk) 13:01, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

IRC

Please join ASAP. SwirlBoy39 22:32, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, connection is down. :( I'll try later. Thanks, Ryan†Cross (talk) 22:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Try www.java.freenode.net SwirlBoy39 22:35, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't. I'm busy anyway. Like I said, I'll try later. And this better not be because I (weak) opposed your RfA. :/ -- Ryan†Cross (talk) 22:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

A bit off topic, but Chatzilla works best (as a Firefox add-on, if you have it). You don't have to open up a new program or anything, and clicking IRC links instantly connects you to the IRC chat room.--TBC 23:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Green Day

You're going to have a tough time getting it up to VGA status, since most of the related topics are currently redlinks. I'll help out to the best of my ability, though.--TBC 23:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandal Fighting

Thanks! I normally don't do vandal fighting - I usually just simplify, add references, and other things like that. But the recent changes AJAX tool makes it easy, and I want to get some closure on vandals. Especially when edits like this happen after I revert vandals. By the way, if that IP vandalizes again, could you please add it to WP:VIP? I guess we just get waves of vandalism every once in a while. Anyways, I'm turning in for the night. Keep fighting the good fight! Staeiou (talk) 05:06, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Email

You haz email :) Cheers, Razorflame 01:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

You haz more email :). Cheers, Razorflame 02:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Independence Day table on EN

I noticed you been spreading my "Happy Independence Day" table on en. I don't mind it but be careful as I'm banned on there and they might mistake you for me.--  † ChristianMan16  00:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Format

Hey, nice user page, quite unique! Minor Contributer (talk) 11:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, thanks. I decided to do something simple, and I ended up with the current design. Nice that you like it. :-) I admire it myself also. -- RyanCross (talk) 19:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

accessdate

The correct format for using accessdate in cite templates is yyyy-mm-dd (2008-08-11). -- Creol(talk) 06:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I just reverted my edits since I did something wrong with the referencing. But all I did was get the year, month and date out of order. Creol, do you mind taking a look at this? It may need some tweaking, so help would be delighted. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 06:52, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Wow, Thanks very much! I just try to stick to "Its nice to be nice" and all that :) Thanks again! Grant Kennedy ^(talk) 08:21, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Reply to email

Thanks for the email. While I believe that I should wait until the 3 month mark, I believe that even though I might have a bit better chance for success in the future (the 3 month mark), I believe that it is not all that big enough of a difference to make a difference. Cheers, Razorflame 01:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I understand. I would be happy to nominate you in exactly around one month from today (that's when I hit the three month mark :-) ). I hope that would be okay with you. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 01:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I believe that that would be too late.  :) Thank you for the offer :) Cheers, Razorflame 01:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

You have an e-mail from me ;) — American Eagle (talk) 17:35, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Go MLB

Hey, I'm a Baseball Fan, Too! 70.179.114.40 (talk) 22:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

Would you mind redesigning my userpage? I see that you're part of a Userpage Design Project on ENWP and my userpage is old, designed by a retired user long ago.

I'd be happy to give you any info needed (colours, boarders etc) and am fine with waiting until you're ready. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 22:13, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

O noaz, Gwib wants a new user page design? :O Sure, just tell me what you like it too look like in details (and if you want, we can chat it over at facebook :D). Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 22:18, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Lol "noaz" :P. I'll turn chat on. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 22:19, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Right, as for colours I don't really mind as long as they go together. I like the idea of a two-column userpage (like my one ATM or like w:User:Phaedriel). I love the idea of tabs (like w:User:Jossi) but am not interested in a header. I wouldn't mind incorporating the ad I have for the Wikiproject into the userpage (you can change the colours if necessary). Need anything else, ask. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 22:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

p.s. For tabs, small like Jossi's. Matching colours if possible. With something like Userpage - Awards - Milestones - Wikiproject. Keep userboxes, quotes and pictures on same page. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 22:36, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For the obvious. --Gwib -(talk)- 20:49, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

"For the obvious"? That will look pretty vague on my user page, but okay. And your welcome. :) -- RyanCross (talk) 21:06, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Meh, you left a little userbox on my page so hopefully people will get it. Will be on Simple Wikiquote now, taking a break here. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 21:13, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you redesign my userpage too? Falcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 14:41, Monday August 18 2008 (UTC)

Please??? ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 12:37, Sunday August 24 2008 (UTC)

Please...

...review me.--  † ChristianMan16  19:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Archive

Please archive my RfA. It's withdrawn. --  Da Punk '08  talk  06:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh - and please undelete User:Da Punk '95/Coaching. --  Da Punk '08  talk  06:06, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Very well, but the archive seems to be fully protected and can only be edited by administrators. Ask one of them, because I think you think I'm an admin, and I'm not. :P And for the record, you never really had an RfA, as you never added it to WP:RfA as a template. :P -- RyanCross (talk) 06:08, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I did. I removed it. --  Da Punk '08  talk  06:09, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, oh. :P Well, American Eagle did it for you... but I can't archive it since it's fully protected. And like I said, I'm not an admin. Heh, pretty funny how you thought I was one. :P -- RyanCross (talk) 06:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

He UD'd but not archive. --  Da Punk '08  talk  06:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Closing PVGA and PGAs

Can anyone close PVGAs and PGAs? Because I'll close powderfinger with WP:SNOW as it's got one oppose, seven supports and ends tommorow. F S M 22:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it has no opposes. ;) Chenzw striked his out. I'm pretty sure non-admins can close them. I've seen Razorflame do it once, and there shouldn't be any difference with you closing it. Good luck! -- Ryan†Test (talk) 22:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Alphabetical Lists in Categories

Hi RyanCross, Help needed! I have added a category to some pages I have been working on. On the category page the list is in alphabetical order, but my entries are under first name order, and other peoples are in surname order. How do I fix it? The page is http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_criminals - my entries are for Ben Hall, John Gilbert and Ned Kelly. Peterdownunder (talk) 08:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have no clue at all on how to fix that... though I might look around it. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 18:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll butt in here with the answer. Use {{BD|1837|1865|Hall, Ben}} for Ben Hall. This will give you the 1837 Births , 1865 deaths categories, and also sort it by surname. I have done that one, but the rest still need sorted. You can leave out the death date, but you still need to put in the | for example {{BD|1837||Hall, Ben}} If you need any more help, give me a shout! Kennedy ^(talk) 08:08, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done see here

Simple form of "criticized" and "thrived"

Hi, do you know what will be the simple form of "criticized" and "thrived"? This is about the article Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany. --Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not too sure about "thrived", but the best thing I can think of when writing a simple form of "criticized" is instead saying something like, "saying what is wrong with something". For example: In a sentence, it should look like, "He said what is wrong with her", instead of, "He criticized her". Sounds good? -- RyanCross (talk) 19:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Thrive --> increase? Got better/bigger? More of? --Gwib ^-(talk)- 19:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that is good idea, I have changed the word "criticized" per above and used "got better" instead of "thrive". --Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 03:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Great to hear it! And thanks for the help Gwib. ;) -- RyanCross (talk) 06:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

Good Morning/Day/Evening/Night! (pick up to three) - I hear you are good with userpages. I'm not looking for a full reworking, but I was wondering if you could fix the top part of my userpage, with my two images, and the welcome sign. I put it in a table, but it looks fugly, I couldn't get them to line up otherwise. Any ideas? There's a barnstar in it for you :) Cheers! Kennedy ^(talk) 08:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC) - Never mind, I think I got it :) Kennedy ^(talk) 10:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Make me one too StaticFalcon 17:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

You may want to re-phrase that. Ask nicely. ;) Kennedy ^(talk) 10:37, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Alrighty then, thanks for asking anyway. :-) StaticFalcon, please do no keep asking me to redesign your user page, as I was already going to reply to your first message but I have a limited of time on Wikipedia due to real life. But since you retired, I'm can't really redesign your user page. And you only retired because two people didn't think you would be a good admin. That doesn't mean people don't want you were and that your not good. Though, I believe you can be a great contributer! You just haven't shown it just yet. But like I said, since you retired, there's no use in redesigning your main page if you've "left". And again, you can be a really good contributer! You just haven't shown in yet. ;) Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 00:52, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way why can't IP users have user pages (StaticFalcon's new IP 72.80.182.6 (talk) 20:01, 27 August 2008 (UTC))

Not sure. I'm not even sure if they have one. Never seen one either. -- RyanCross (talk) 01:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

I used to have one but they deleted it 2 times. 67.189.185.73 (talk) 01:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Wondering...

I'm going to borrow your userpage :) If you don't want me to I can change back :)--R^NB_SIG 22:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Hah, no problem, go ahead. :-) For some reason, most of the recent threads on my talk page are about user pages... well, just don't edit your user page too much now. Wikipedia is not a myspace. ;) Thanks! -- RyanCross (talk) 00:52, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of user pages, what do you think of mine? I created it myself, so it's probably not perfect. But I didn't copy anything from anybody else, and I didn't steal Gwib's tab design. I created it via here (somewhat, very altered) and other things I've created on Test Wikipedia. Anyway, it took a while, what do you think? — AE (talk) 02:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. I see blue is your favored color in most places. :-) Though, don't you think there are too many tabs? Looks a bit squished, IMO. -- RyanCross (talk) 03:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Cause and effect

Recently, you "cleaned up" to section headings in the article Asperger Syndrome. It took me a while to notice the problem that you had created. You changed "What causes Asperger Sydrome?" to Causes, and "How does Asperger Syndrome affect a person?" to Affects.

No. The second sentence cannot possibly be summed up in the word "affects". You are plainly confusing the word "affect" which is a verb, with the word "effect" which is a noun. You can talk about "cause and effect" but you can't talk about "cause and affect".

The question "How does Asperger Syndrome affect a person?" can be translated in a single word as "Symptoms". But this is not Simple English. However, I will use it, and reinstate the question as well! Amandajm (talk) 07:53, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I made that edit almost two months ago. Well, your version is much better than the one I made back then. Thanks for the note. -- RyanCross (talk) 01:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

NewMessages

Hello, RyanCross. You have new messages at The Flying Spaghetti Monster's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

also now that I'm unretired can you redesign my userpage. Please if you say yes make it at StaticFalcon/Userpage2. StaticFalcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 18:52, Saturday August 30 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but no, I'm busy as it is. You asked me at en.wikipedia before you were blocked, and people looked at you as a "myspacer". Here, I think you still have a bit of WP:MYSPACE on you. If you show you are dedicated to Wikipedia's content, and it more in the mainspace making quality edits, then I'll happy redesign your user page. :) Your doing good so far, but just continue what your doing... oh, and try not to edit your user page so often. Okay? -- RyanCross (talk) 18:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

*sadness* Falcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 18:57, Saturday August 30 2008 (UTC)

Hello, RyanCross. You have new messages at Gwib's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Falcon  Shock me!  21:38, Saturday August 30 2008 (UTC)

Hello, RyanCross. You have new messages at Gwib's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

StaticFalcon  Give me a SHOUT!  21:44, Saturday August 30 2008 (UTC)

I'm bored so can you give me an article to edit or create or do you wanna just chat? Static  Electrify My Thoughts  01:26, Sunday August 31 2008 (UTC)

Hm, how about helping me create the red links in the article Green Day? That'll be a good thing to do. Create as many as you want. I'll watch how you do. Oh, and don't forgot to add {{stub}} tags to the articles you create that seem short! :) -- RyanCross (talk) 01:30, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

OK! Static  Electrify My Thoughts  01:32, Sunday August 31 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I think since American Eagle nominated the article for deletion you just added to WP:RFD, he should create the RfD page. Oh, and if you make a mistake while creating the red links in Green Day, have no fear, I'll fix it! :) -- RyanCross (talk) 01:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I setteld it out with AE and I made a mistake? StaticFalcon  Give me a SHOUT!  01:55, Sunday August 31 2008 (UTC)

Nope, your doing just fine. :) Just bold the first word of the article's title is all you have to remember. Cheers! -- RyanCross (talk) 02:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

OK. Static  Blah!  15:20, Sunday August 31 2008 (UTC)

Hey anything you need my help with? StaticFalcon  Give me a SHOUT!  00:28, Monday September 1 2008 (UTC)

Re:Review

Will do. Give me a little time to have a look at your contribs etc. Promise I will review you. If in 7 days I haven't. Remind me. :) Kennedy ^(talk) 23:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, any comments on this? Kennedy ^(talk) 23:30, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did notice that, I compared stats here:

• StaticFalcon
• Kennedy
• You

The results are quite noticeable. I will work on that. Thanks for the back-up too, much appreciated :) Kennedy ^(talk) 23:43, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Green Day

Hey there. I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I'm trying to get the article Green Day I expanded from this to the article's current state to WP:GA status. I was hoping if you could help me copyedit and simplify the article, along with helping me create the red links in the article. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 08:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello! Green Day and rock music in general is not really my strong point - I will have a look at it though, do some spell checks etc... Will see what I can do. Regards Kennedy ^(talk) 10:03, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Green Day and rock music isn't my strong point either, but I still edit it! :P The least you can do would be creating the red links in the article based off of en.wikipedia's articles but just simplified. Maybe you can do that? Its rather easy, actually. :) -- RyanCross (talk) 10:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes not to worry, I can do that. I'm a little busy with things like SPL and Scottish First Division etc, but I will do what I can :) Kennedy ^(talk) 10:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for your help. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

PVGA and .Hack

Thanks for rewriting .hack, I didn't know it was real, :D. Anyway can you look over Jupiter and vote on it at PVGA as its only got two days left and two votes. Cheers. FSM ^Noodly? 10:29, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Here's a tip: If you don't know if an article is real or not, check en.wikipedia and Google. They usually show some useful things. ;) And I've participated in the PVGA, though, I just couldn't support. Nice article though. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Looked like it was failing there, so I closed the request and moved it to PGA. If it doesn't pass that... Anyway can you vote there please if it's not too much trouble. Cheers. FSM ^Noodly? 10:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Eh, I think I'll wait on this one. I would just like others to comment first, just so I can get some other opinions on it first which would be able to help me decide my !vote. Hope that's okay. :-) Cheers, RyanCross (talk) 10:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Heads up

You've been nominated. Microchip 17:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

You have a non-urgent e-mail. ;} -- American Eagle (talk) 22:54, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for bothering you with the RfA thing. Please forgive me. Falcon  Shock me!  23:29, Monday September 1 2008 (UTC)

No problem. In the future, just remember to ask for permission first. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 23:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

OK I'll take a wikibreak and think about what I did. Falcon  Shock me!  23:31, Monday September 1 2008 (UTC)

You don't have to. All you have to do is move on and continue from it. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 23:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I was gonna retire again but I decided to just cool off. Static  Electrify My Thoughts  23:36, Monday September 1 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm probably going to have an RfA in a few weeks. And it wasn't a "boneheaded" move at all. I'm okay with it, so no need to take a break because of it. Well, I guess you won't be participating because of your break until October. Have fun, RyanCross (talk) 23:38, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

OK but I might log in as one of my Public accounts for your RfA. 67.189.185.73 (talk) 23:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

here's my WIKIBREAK account. StaticCross _{(StaticFalcon's WikiBreak Account!}) 00:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm starting to feel left out of this 'you have mail' cabal... all I get is spam... lol. mC⁸ 08:28, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Green Day

Have at it! Good luck :-) —Giggy 05:42, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah, you've finished creating the red-links. I was just about to help you! :) - I did create one article, and only found one two typos! Well done! Kennedy ^(talk) 08:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Review

I have also made some comments at your review :) Keep up the good work!

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For all your hard work, I, Kennedy, am proud to award you this lovely (albeit green) barnstar! *applause* Kennedy (talk) 08:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I was also wondering, (sorry for all the posts here) if you could leave some comments on my review? Kennedy ^(talk) 15:28, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar, Kennedy. :-) I've replied on my editor review page. And of course! I'll be happy to review you. It says in big bold text anyway at WP:ER, "When asking for a review, please consider reviewing another editor." But just like you did, it will have to take me some time to make a proper review. But because of real life events, I'm not exactly sure when I'll be able to make my review, but it should be within this month. -- RyanCross (talk) 00:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries. :) Kennedy ^(talk) 08:01, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Please review me. Plus you need my help for anything? StaticFalcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 02:18, Thursday September 4 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but I don't need help with anything right now. :-) And my last review on you on your other account hasn't really changed much. So just stick with that for now. Thanks for asking! -- RyanCross (talk) 01:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

HUH? Static ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 20:24, Friday September 5 2008 (UTC)

Any help needed? Falcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 00:48, Sunday September 7 2008 (UTC)

SPL

Hi, I have done a bit of work on the SPL article, and was wondering if you could have a look through it. I am looking for it to be a GA. Thanks Kennedy ^(talk) 10:57, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

E-mail

You have one. -- American Eagle (talk) 02:49, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

One from me too. :-) Giggy (talk) 14:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

RE:Closing RfDs

The one I closed was easier simply to redirect; it was a duplicate, so could probably have been QD'd for housekeeping. Therefore, as it wouldn't actually require a deletion, there wasn't much point in keeping it open. Wrong place, you see? Microchip • talk 11:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC) Please reply here or at User talk:Microchip08; not Nanochip (as I never check that).

Good job

Hey just wanted to let you know that the Baseball page looks great. I know you mentioned it earlier but can you participate here? Thanks, --CPacker (talk) 06:13, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Ya I saw that, keep after those vandals!.--CPacker (talk) 06:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have given my comments here. Minor or Prime 08:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Baseball

Its official! Baseball is not American, its British: link to BBC News

Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.

A diary that documents a game being played in Guildford in 1755 has been verified by Surrey History Centre.

:D Kennedy ^(talk) 15:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was Australian! :P Giggy (talk) 04:24, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

About your PVGA, I also think you ought to add in interwiki links, if there are any to be added. I just don't really believe that only EN and Simple Wikipedia have articles on "Baseball Uniform". Perhaps there are more? Minor or Prime 10:23, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

VGA criteria says it needs at least one interwiki link. There is only one out there. If there were more, the bots would have added it. But like I said, VGA requires at least one interwiki link. -- RyanCross (talk) 10:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

The bots know what interwiki links to create? How do they think on thier own? Minor or Prime 10:28, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

They are programmed that way I guess. I'm not an expert on bots. Maybe reading en:WP:BOT might help? -- RyanCross (talk) 10:31, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I just thought there ought to be more bots. Minor or Prime 10:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Question re: "complex" template

Hi. Only came to SimpleWP today accidentally but think its great. Just done my second edit - Underwater. Noticed that you had tagged it "complex". I have two requests (though they are not at all urgent): (1) Can you have a quick look at the page comparison before my first edit and the page as it is now and just tell me briefly if I'm on the right track with editing in Simple? (2) Could the template be removed or does the article need more work? (I guess I'm really only asking one question!). thanks Glen Dillon (talk) 09:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Let's take a look, shall we? This edit looks fine to me. Much simpler than before. I simplified it further and then removed the {{complex}} tag. You did good as a newcomer to simple. Nice work! :-) Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 09:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

J League

Just regarding this - The J League is the Japanese league, the SPL template only lists Scottish teams etc. I've removed it so it doesn't confuse. :) Kennedy ^(talk) 20:40, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Heh, whoops, wrong article. No problem. Cheers, RyanCross (talk) 20:42, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Categories

Ok, will do!--CPacker (talk) 07:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Review

Forgot to actually thank you for your comments at my review. You gave me some good pointers, thanks :) Kennedy ^(talk) 13:14, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Administrator

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. Chenzw  Talk  07:21, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, Ryan. cassandra (talk) 07:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Your T-Shirt!

Thank you to you both. I'll do my best. Oh, and thank you for the shirt. :-) I'll be sure to remember to re-read our policies over. Again, thank you. -- RyanCross (talk) 07:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Well done... congratulations... yay... <insert greeting of your choice here>. Sweepstake for time it takes to 'crat? My vote: 13 and a half months. Microchip • talk 08:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)Proving that adminship is a trophy, after all...

Eh, thanks Microchip. :-) Uh, I don't really want the admin trophy, since I basically said in my RfA, adminship in not a trophy! I never knew an image like that existed... Anyway, I don't know about bureaucratship. I can do well with just being an administrator for now. :-) Yours, RyanCross (talk) 08:34, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, there's still time. And I didn't know either, until I searched... good luck, well done. Microchip • talk 09:05, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

You've got the world in the palm of your hand. Grats! --Gwib ^-(talk)-

Heh, thank you Gwib. That should really be a Wikipedia globe instead of the the world! But hey, it works. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 09:20, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Lolz. h4x0r!

I hereby bestow the Tabs Of Power onto thee.

I hereby bestow the Tabs of Power onto thee. Microchip • talk 09:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

nudge. --Gwib ^-(talk)- 09:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

(@Gwib)  Done. :-) (@Mircochip08) Thanks! Just one question. How did you get "RyanCr..." on the top-right corner of that image?? -- RyanCross (talk) 09:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I iz special. Anyways, surely the question you should be asking is "How did Microchip08 manage to get hold of a screenshot of adminstrator tabs without actually being an admin? :P. BTW, I've discovered admin tools wiki (but that's not how, as I'm not a sysop on that either).... Enjoy. Microchip • talk 09:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, exactly the question I was thinking of. What a mystery... -- RyanCross (talk) 09:53, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

A mystery involving http://localhost , http://mediawiki.org , Special:CreateAccount, Special:Userrights, copy and pasting and one single print screen. Microchip • talk 09:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

(un)Congratumalations! :) Now to delete the main page... Kennedy ^(talk) 11:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Main Page is too ambitious, try deleting the AN first (for genuine reasons!). I did that yesterday and the day before yesterday. Chenzw  Talk  11:10, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Nah, I'll let the Main Page alone. Maybe I should delete WP:ST? Has a much larger history. ;-) Anyways, thank you, Kennedy. -- RyanCross (talk) 19:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

My congratulations too. Sorry I didn't participate - I've been quite busy, but enjoy the tools. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:43, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, and no problem at all. I've been a but busy myself. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 19:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

RYAN!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *huggles* Sebb ^Talk 11:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Uh, well, I'm not sure what to say to that. Erm, thanks? :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 19:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, well done and enjoy yourself! :) - tholly ^--Talk-- 11:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, and I will. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 19:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice job. I knew you would do it. But why #2 and not the one I nominated you for? StaticFalcon ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 19:10, Sunday September 21 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Static! I was waiting until I hit the 3 month mark. When you nominated me, I was at about 2.5 months. It's because WP:CFA suggests that a candidate for adminship should be at least 3 months old as preferred. -- RyanCross (talk) 19:16, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Anyway do you think I'll make it sometime soon? Static ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 19:17, Sunday September 21 2008 (UTC)

Uh, I think the best person to judge that is you. ;-) I still think you have a lot to learn, even just the basics, but that's only what I think. Just remember that adminship is no big deal, and it shouldn't be a primary goal for anyone. Articles should be much higher goals. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 19:23, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

OK. Well Mr.Admin, have you checked out WP:SIMPLE TALK yet? Static ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 19:25, Sunday September 21 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I'll see if I can comment. -- RyanCross (talk) 19:37, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

OK. ^{-=Electrify My Thoughts=-} 19:40, Sunday September 21 2008 (UTC)

<-- Congrats, Ryan. You deserve it! -- American Eagle (talk) 02:30, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, American Eagle. :-) -- RyanCross (talk) 02:44, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Congrats Ryan. Sorry I wasn't able to participate =) Xeno (talk) 18:18, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Xenocidic! =) -- RyanCross (talk) 00:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ryan. Congrats... :)Andycjp (talk) 02:05, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Andy. :) This section is getting pretty long... – RyanCross (talk) 02:10, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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