User talk:Linuxbeak

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For earlier talk pages see the archives below:

Archive Number	Message Numbers	Dates	What's Inside
#0	1-50	13 Mar 05 - 13 Jun 05	My welcome from Gaurav, I meet Tony the Marine and Antonio, get yelled at a little, and become an admin
#1	51-100	13 Jun 05 - 27 Jul 05	Some random discussions, people thanking me for voting support on their RFAs, MARMOT shows up and becomes a pain (and gets banned), JarlaxleArtemis complains that I blocked him, and other goodies
#2	101-150	20 Jul 05 - 7 Sep 05	More random discussions, more of JarlaxleArtemis trying to place blame on me, Tony asks for my help, JarlaxleArtemis goes insane and starts impersonating me accross different wikis (and gets banned), SPUI reveals his love for me (o_O), and Essjay appoints me as a cardinal of the Protestant Church of Wikipedia.
#3	151-200	7 Sep 05 - 9 Nov 05	Even more user impersonation, arbitration stuff, I go lose my cool for a moment, administrative ordeals, Daniel Brandt goes on a personal crusade against Wikipedia (and gets banned), and other goodies
#4	201-250	9 Nov 05 - 12 Dec 05	Pigsonthewing acts weird, I let JarlaxleArtemis and MARMOT back into the community (gasp!), random admin stuff, try to defend admins who were wrongly labeled as pedophiles, get a moving Happy Birthday from Tony the Marine, and other goodies
#5	251-300	12 Dec 05 - 26 Dec 05	More stuff on the pedophilia fiasco, become a bureaucrat, get Christmas greetings, etc
#6	301-350	26 Dec 05 - 22 Feb 06	Lots of administrative and miscellaneous discussions, Happy New Year greetings from Tony and Antonio, RFA reform discussions (which raised a bunch of questions but answered none), and I go on a break for about a month
#7	351-400	22 Feb 06 - 23 Apr 06	I come back after a month-long break, lots of miscellaneous discussions, Easter greetings from Tony, Wikimedia and Wikimania stuff
#8	401-450	23 Apr 06 - 31 May 06	Insanity: HolyRomanEmperor's request for adminship explodes, I get yelled at for unblocking a couple of users, and Half-Life 2 gains featured article status
#9	451-500	31 May 06 - 1 Sep 06	I run for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees (and lose), get featured in the New York Times, and other assorted things
#10	451-478	1 Sep 06 - 19 Jan 2007	Messages up to time that I take a 10-month Wikibreak
#11	478-550	19 Jan 07 - ?	TBA

Gwoyeu Romatzyh (writing systems)

I was initially contacted about the Gwoyeu Romatzyh article by User:Ikiroid, who made some valuable suggestions. He also suggested you might be able to help in bringing the article up to GA or FA status. Not having heard back from him for a couple of weeks, I thought I'd establish contact with you directly.

I'd appreciate any comments you might have. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Myspace

Is this really you or just an impersonator? Just wondering. — MichaelLinnear 03:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Your monobook

Hi. I am not sure what caused the problem but your monobook page is categorized in Category:Egypt stubs. Please fix this. Thank you. --Meno25 08:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank You All

As you all know, some hacker cracked my password and I have been stripped of my admin powers. I can understand an admin. being blocked, but stripped of his powers without a fair hearing or consensus, I can't. I have stated that I changed my password and would like my powers back, however the chastizing going on in [[1]] has sadden me. It doesn't matter how many articles you have written, contributions you have made or how many years you have dedicated to making this project a credible one. A hacker, it seems has the power of making people consider you an untrustful person and turning some people in the community against you.

I have never abused of my powers and I have used Wikipedia as a medium to educate others. Yes, I have no regrets about having made so many contributions to the Pedia. I exhort all of my friends here to make sure that their passwords are strong ones so that you will not have to go through what I am going through.

I did promise some of my friends a couple of articles and as a good Marine I will keep my promise. To my friends here, Thank you for your friendship. Tony the Marine 00:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:800px-Metrocop GScott.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:800px-Metrocop GScott.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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voyage

Hi. I was just wondering if you might like to comment on the FAC of an article I have writte, Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne, considering you have experience of game articles from Half-Life. thanks if you do find the time to help out. Any critiques are always welcome. --Paaerduag 07:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

JtV

Who is Johnny the Vandal? His LTA page was deleted, and it was said that Mike Garcia had admitted to being him. Hephaestos said something about Johnny the Vandal, DenyRecognition, john@freeq.com, and Crass forming in 1976, when they really formed in 1977. I ontacted you, because you're an admin. So, who is this "Johnny"? ionas68224|talk|contribs|email 07:34, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Content cut from Half-Life 2

Content cut from Half-Life 2, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Content cut from Half-Life 2 satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Content cut from Half-Life 2 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Content cut from Half-Life 2 during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Cruftbane 13:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Hi Linuxbeak, welcome back. I don't think we interacted before you left, so I guess its "Hello" as well. I saw your message at WP:AN. Not much has manged in terms of crat work while you've been gone, though there is a new page Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations, where users can request to be renamed to an existing username. To qualify the requested username must have no edits, (or sometimes no GFDL signficant edits, e.g. reverted vandalism, adding "Hi, I'm Fred" to their userpage" - that sort of thing) and have existed for at least 6 months. The target account is emailed if possible and has a week to object. After a lot of requests when it was set up its pretty quiet now. Various people worked out some guidelines to present username change practice - they're at WP:CHUG if you want to read up on that. RfA still works (or doesn't, depending on one's perspective) in pretty much the same way. Hope this info is useful. WjBscribe 02:00, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

• I'd say the most significant policy change in recent times has been that Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons has become truly accepted as policy after some contentious battles. There are still disagreements over how it applies to particular cases, but that sort of issue you should be familiar with from plenty of other policies. RfA is still broken yet limping along - or not - depending upon your perspective. Wikipedia still is/is not run by a cabal, etc... The inclusionist/exclusionist debate continues unending. What has really changed is that citing sources has become more important, but this has been a gradual enough shift that it probably began before your departure. WP:CSD is probably worth reviewing before you begin acting in that area, the changes are generally minor but worth noting. GRBerry 02:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
  • One more; if we need to salt a page, we now use cascading protection to protect it fully deleted instead of putting a template on the page and protecting that. See Wikipedia:Protected titles. GRBerry 02:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

• Welcome back! Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Archives naturally has a bunch of stories covering the various goings-on over the past year and more. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:40, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

And single user login is still "just a couple of weeks away" – Gurch 11:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

• I agree with the above; welcome back Linuxbeak. :) Acalamari 02:23, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Rename archiving

Hi, just a note to say that the Bot that achives the rename requests looks for the templates {{done}} or {{not done}} to determine which archive to put the requests in. It was felt the words themselves can come up too easily in discussion ie. "when this is done", "if this is not done..." etc. WjBscribe 18:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the tip. Linuxbeak (The cake is a lie!) 19:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

roha

hi Alex - I'd like to bring this to your attention, as I see you have some experience dealing with the IP editor who says his name is Hans Rosenthal, aka ROHA. I'd like some wider input on this, beyond being told that his anti-Semitic comment directed at me should be removed and he should just be ignored. Nice to meet you, by the way. Thanks Tvoz |talk 07:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Rooftop.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Rooftop.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Esrever (talk) 08:26, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Civil Air Patrol

Hi Linuxbreak. You used to be active in the Civil Air Patrol article, and I need your help there. It has been moved to a new name that is entirely inaccurate, the edit history of the article has been left at a second redirect, and all of this was done completely without proposal or discussion. I think this needs to be reverted. I've brought this up at the new (and equally incorrect) talk page at Talk:United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 07:50, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Linuxbeak, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

 Idontknow610  (WANNA TALK??) 00: 21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I see someone beat me to it. Happy birthday, nonetheless. I'll eat some cake on your behalf. --Dvortygirl (talk) 06:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Adminship

Wishing Linuxbeak a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season - but with this full bag! -- Cat ^chi? 18:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Underconstruction

Template:Underconstruction has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 09:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

FAR of Civil Air Patrol

Civil Air Patrol has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.

Speedy deletion of Template:HitlerInfo

A tag has been placed on Template:HitlerInfo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{tranclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)