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			== a username from a Matrix movie is so "early 2000s" ==
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			I saw your {{diff\|Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard\|prev\|1136736052\|emotional outburst at BN}}. I want to remind you that adminship is about a toolset to help our community of editors. We need admins to block vandals, protect pages, and other sundry tasks. You cannot claim to have been demoted because you were never better than the rest of us to begin with, especially not on the basis of ]. The editing community resents admins like you who treat "teh bit" like ], which is why the community has made RfA and the rules regarding de-adminship more and more strict. Your behavior is why adminship is a big deal. It would be better for you to have pride in having served the community back in 2004, rather than complain you deserve lifetime merit on this website. Had you made your adminship about the toolset helping the community, you would still be active and contributing. That said, we do not expect that you are always available on this website forever. You have a life and you can leave this website without concerning yourself about a userright you stopped using. <span class="nowrap" style="font-family:copperplate gothic light;">] (])</span> 02:00, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
	Hey Mervo, did you know I was the person called sir mod steve on RS1? ] 07:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)<BR><BR>
			:I do not respect the kind of person who would post such a comment, and am surprised it was you, Chris. I hope it made you feel really good to write it, at least, so it isn't 100% worthless. Shame on you. --] (]) 17:34, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
	Nah I was only Mod for two weeks before the evil Rab set me up and made me get sacked from JaGex, I gave away a Magic Bow within 2 hours of them coming out. I worked with Andrew, Paul and Ian who were the original staff at Cambridge. ] 07:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
			:Rest assured that not everyone in the editing community shares {{U\|Chris troutman}}'s opinion. It's a good thing Chris is a '']'' because statements like this probably kill any chance they might have of becoming an admin themselves. I'm sympathetic to your opinion, Merovingian, but alas, I guess I'm in the minority on this issue. I think inactive admins are ''no big deal'', except for the few whose accounts have been hacked, and, we can deal with that. – ] (]) 18:15, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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			::Thanks from me as well since I didn't actually say thanks. In fact Merovingian, you supported my ] and ] of my ]. I'm sure I thanked you at the time. But I am not an admin/bureaucrat any longer and I am still editing here. Cheers. ''']'''<span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);">]</span> 17:47, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
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	<div style="align: center; padding: 1em; border: solid 4px #6A99B4; background-color: #EDF1E1;">] Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final <s>vote count</s> consensus of '''(82/1/0)''', which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please ]. Cheers! --]]]<sup><small>(])</small></sup> 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)</div>

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	More rather, Merv's cake. I've been using it in #wikipedia-en-vandalism for a joke, and Drini says you could <nowiki>{{copyvio}}</nowiki> me ''']]''' <sup>(<em>]</em>)</sup> 20:40, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
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	On your page for the Association for Inclusionists Wikipedians, why is Wikiliberal a dead link? Also, why are you listed as inactive on your user page. You seem to be very active. Thanks!--] 22:18, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

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			While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, ], should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages in its current form. Your comments are welcome at ].
	] Hey, Merovingian, I wanted to thank you for your support of my (unfortunately unsuccessful) ]. The final tally was 37/16/5, which fell short of the needed 75-80% for "consensus". I don't know if or when I'll go up for nomination again, but even if I don't, I will try not to betray the trust that you and 36 others were willing to place in me. Thanks for having faith in me... and happy editing! ] ] <font color="#00AA88">(])</font> 00:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi, just wanted to thank you for voting on my RFA, which went through with a count of (58/0/1), far better than I'd expected. I intend to take things slowly and start using the extra abilities gradually, but if there's anything I can do just leave a message. Cheers, ] (]) 13:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi Merovingian, thanks for your support in my (successful) RfA! –] 16:00, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

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	Greetings! You commented on the article ] when it was on ]. I've redone the article and hope to renominate it on FAC soon. But in the meantime, I'd be grateful for your comments on ] at ]. ] 21:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

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	I've found that the rollback tool is much more useful than I'd thought for vandalism patrol. In fact it makes that task so easy that I've been doing it more than before. On the other hand I've been surprised by how little the blocking tool is needed. Having done a significant amount of vandalism patrol I have still only blocked one solitary vandal. The great majority of addresses which send out a vandal edit do so only once. Those who do it more often usually stop after a warning or two. Only rarely is a block actually needed and in those cases someone usually beats me to it.

	As a side note I haven't retired from writing articles either. I'm still hoping to bring ] up to featured status but even though I've already performed more edits on it than on ] back in the day, a lot of work remains to be done. Community expectations for featured articles have gone up and so have my own ambitions. I'm currently waiting for a couple of books I ordered to arrive and then I may be able to make the final push.

	I'm trying my best to live up to the trust you showed in me by supporting my RFA. If ever you feel uncertain whether I'm using the admin tools in the best interests of the project, let me know. I am at any time willing to relinquish the mop and reapply for it to address concerns people have and ensure that I'm not using the admin tools without being trusted to do so. ] 22:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see ''']''' and ''']'''). As a result, '''] has been ammended''' twice (see for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the ] for more details). Also of note is the '''Valentines ball''' that will take place in on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, '''the spamlist has been dissolved''' - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

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	== Good luck! ==

	Hey Merovingian, I hear you. Junior year is making me cut back as well. It's a lot of pressure; SATs, college stuff, etc. Anyway, I figured I'd stop by and give you my regards. Good luck with everything! ''']]]''' 03:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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	Hi Merovingian, thanks for your support in my RFA, which succeeded. If I can ever improve or help in any way, please let me know! :) <span class="user-sig user-Quarl"><i>—] <sup>(])</sup> <small>] 11:37Z</small></i></span>

	== A ]-related vote ==

	===>''']''' Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -], ] 20:34, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

	== Please vote ==

	Hi. You voted in support of Alex Bakharev his previous RfA, and I just wanted to let you know that there's a second one at ]. --] 03:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


	== ] ==

	Hi, Merovingian - you left a nice welcome note on my talk page a couple of months ago, and I'm wondering if I can call on you now. An admin ] got another admin to protect the ] page after another high level Wikipedian (not sure if he's an admin) ] had made a plea for developing the page. I had already offered to address ]'s sourcing concerns on the Talk page. I feel like ] has some sort of emotional investment since he's using words like "fuck" and "stupid" in the edit summaries, and it's possibly because (according to his user page) he lives in an area that's dominated by Kaiser as an employer. I believe the Third Party admin who protected the page just saw what FYCTravis was making a request to a fellow admin, and he didn't check the Talk page for my request for help with the sourcing. Is there anything you can do to get this page unprotected again?

	I'd also like to remove the Peer Review request (I was told this was inappropriate by ] - and I put a request in the Delete queue tonight: just not sure if I formatted it properly) and the NPOV label (there are many POVs in play, but this label was placed by someone trying to devalue everyone else's opinion, and he hasn't been around for a few weeks. I believe the only appropriate label at this point is the "Cleanup" one. I would appreciate any help you can offer in dealing with all this. --] 09:04, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

	== ] ==
	Hi, Merovingian, you voted to undelete the ] article last year. The outcome of that VFD shelved the article until March 2006. However, the issue has come up again just shy of that date, the article is again undergoing a ]. Since last year, ] has been featured in many media outlets, including the ] and ]'s ]. Would you please vote again in favor of undeleting the article? --] 20:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

	== My RfA ==

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	== Please comment ==
	I recall that you had many of the more contentious userboxes (like me). Please comment on my counteroffer on the talk page of ]. --] 06:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

	== The user Siddiqui is a Vandal ==

	The use Siddiqui is doing VANDALISM by deleting the facts added by me, distorting the facts and the names of the places in the Article on Karachi. Please help disable this user. ] 23:13, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

	==AIW babel template==
	Adding this adds one to the category list under "u" for user. Do you know anyone who could fix this? Good luck on your other endeavors. Thanks. --] 00:00, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

	== Millionth topic pool ==

	I think you can make a credible claim to have won this pool. :) -<font color="#2000C0">]</font> (<font color="#00FF00">]</font>) 16:38, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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	Given your usage of ] on your user page, I thought you might be interested in knowing that I added him to a ] on the ]! ] 19:30, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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a username from a Matrix movie is so "early 2000s"

I saw your emotional outburst at BN. I want to remind you that adminship is about a toolset to help our community of editors. We need admins to block vandals, protect pages, and other sundry tasks. You cannot claim to have been demoted because you were never better than the rest of us to begin with, especially not on the basis of your joke of an RfA. The editing community resents admins like you who treat "teh bit" like a trophy, which is why the community has made RfA and the rules regarding de-adminship more and more strict. Your behavior is why adminship is a big deal. It would be better for you to have pride in having served the community back in 2004, rather than complain you deserve lifetime merit on this website. Had you made your adminship about the toolset helping the community, you would still be active and contributing. That said, we do not expect that you are always available on this website forever. You have a life and you can leave this website without concerning yourself about a userright you stopped using. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:00, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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Rest assured that not everyone in the editing community shares Chris troutman's opinion. It's a good thing Chris is a non serviam because statements like this probably kill any chance they might have of becoming an admin themselves. I'm sympathetic to your opinion, Merovingian, but alas, I guess I'm in the minority on this issue. I think inactive admins are no big deal, except for the few whose accounts have been hacked, and, we can deal with that. – wbm1058 (talk) 18:15, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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Just wanted you let you know that there are still people who remember the old days and when Misplaced Pages was a less formal and more fun place. There are still good things to do here and good times to be had here, with or without sysop rights. Andre🚐 02:24, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, me too. Thanks for the 18 years of contributions to the project, M. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks from me as well since I didn't actually say thanks. In fact Merovingian, you supported my RFA and 2 of my RFBs. I'm sure I thanked you at the time. But I am not an admin/bureaucrat any longer and I am still editing here. Cheers. Andre🚐 17:47, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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