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== Image Deletion ==
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Hello there! I was just wondering if you could delete ] image for me, please. As far as I know, the Wikiglobe isn't licensed under GDFL, so you can't use it in other images; and since this one was uploaded to Commons, I came to you seeking help (as you're a Commons admin). Thanks again, ] ] 23:35, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break.
:Hm, no can't delete outright; the tag should be changed to Copyright to Wikimedia, though, as all images that use our copyrighted logos have to be copyrighted to us (law, not policy). The Foundation hasn't gotten around to creating a policy on who can and who can't use our logos on our projects, so there is no way to say "this isn't allowed" or "this is allowed." You can, however, list it for deletion, and mention that it's an unsanctioned derivative. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 00:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page).
== A little question about your userpage ==


I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better.
Hi, I see you are one of the most experienced users of wikipedia. I've noticed the icons you've put to you're userpage (actually, I have done something like that in my own) and ask you something: Would you please tell me how to make an image to link to an article?
Thank you —] <small>(]/])</small> 00:27, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


:It's in the code that's used to create them; check out ]. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 00:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC) With love to all who have been my friends here, <span style="font-family: Verdana">] ]</span> 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


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== Delete an audio file ==
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Hi, Essjay,


:''Talk page history: , ''
I was wondering if you could delete ]. I want to reupload it. For some reason, it doesn't show up that it's on the server here. I mean, I can go to the page, and view that I did in fact upload an audio file title ''Pride and Prejudice, chapter 44.ogg'', but I cannot access it (I'm uploading these to use on Wikisource) or stream it. I can't figure out what the problem is, but I can upload other audio files. I think if what Commons currently has gets deleted, I can upload it again and have it work. Thanks.—<font style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold">]</font> <sup><font style="color: #FF0000; font-size: small; text-decoration: none">]</font></sup> 02:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:I didn't know that this redirected to Misplaced Pages. The image in question is on Commons.—<font style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold">]</font> <sup><font style="color: #FF0000; font-size: small; text-decoration: none">]</font></sup> 13:27, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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:The problems fixed (don't know how). So you don't need to delete the file. Sometimes I hate computers...—<font style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold">]</font> <sup><font style="color: #FF0000; font-size: small; text-decoration: none">]</font></sup> 13:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay! <tt>:D</tt> <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 00:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

=="Please do not. . . ."==
''<nowiki><!-- Please do not edit above this line. --></nowiki>:'' oh dear, so I can't add another "c" to "sucessful" (sic). -- ] 04:13, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

:Assuming you mean on this page, you're welcome to change it, you'll just have to do it on the page where the text actually appears; if you notice, the page header for this page is done via transclusion of other pages, and so you can't actually change that text by editing this page. The notice is there to keep people from editing the transclusion, which would cause the page header to disappear. You can find the page header text ]. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 00:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== Mediators... ==

I would like to volunteer to serve as a mediator here at Misplaced Pages. I understand that there is a shortage of such, and would like to help. Are you the person I should contact to volunteer my time? ] 17:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

:You'll have to put up a request on ]. Read through some of the old cases and old nominations before listing yourself to get a feel for what we do and what the other committee members look for when considering applicants. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 00:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== Blocking policy proposal==

]

Just for those who need a bit of a laugh. <tt>;)</tt> <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 01:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
* What's the difference, time-wise, between "till pigs fly" and "till hell freezes over"? ]]<sup>(] - ])</sup> 01:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

**Approximately 42.4 seconds. You see, the wind gusts from all those pigs taking off is what cools things off down there. <tt>;)</tt> <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 03:55, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== ping ==

See your Commons talk page. ] <small>(])</small> 01:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks! I left a suggestion about how to go about writing a good welcome message, and I'll let the Wikiquotians know about the bot. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 03:57, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==You've been truffled by Charlie==
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Charlie has given you some of ] famous ]! Chocolate truffles taste good, help moods, promote ] and hopefully make your day better. {{#if: Thanks for the Barnstar! It really means alot coming from you Essjay! | Charlie also wanted to give you this message: Thanks for the Barnstar! It really means alot coming from you Essjay!|}}

Hope you find the truffles to be tasty, and make sure you enjoy them with a nice tall glass of milk (they're rich)!
--]<font color="green">]</font><sup>( <nowiki>|</nowiki> ] <nowiki>|</nowiki> ] )</sup> 02:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
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:You're welcome, you deserved it! <runs away with the chocolates and hides> <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 03:57, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==I wanna do somethin==
Hi Essjay,
I took a look at your user page for the first time today and i was like omg :O :P, what awesome work u;ve done,
*Admin on MetaWiki
*Beauracrat on ? (sorry! :P)
*Checkuser
*Sysop on enwiki_p
*Mediation Committee

Thats just awesome ;) Well Done.
Now i don't mean to be envious or anything.. but what 'things' as such can norm's like me do; such as Esperanza and RC Patrol, but is there anything else..? Also, What's the deal with the Mediation Committee, do u have to be a sysop or anything to be in it?
Thanks, --] 04:13, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:Check the cleanup categories. The needing-wikifying categories are a fertile source of easy work, and there are tons of things listed in the village pump. --] ] ] 04:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I swear...Am I the only one getting the "new messages" bar when someone posts here? Is there a committee somewhere that has all posts to my talk page outputting to an IRC channel? <tt>:p</tt>

On the serious side:

*You forgot Commons and Wikiquote, too. <tt>;)</tt>
*Bureaucrat here on en.wiki

Thanks, I do my best.

You can do a lot of things; anything that doesn't specifically require having restricted permissions (like blocking or deleting) can be done by any user. They're always looking for people to do cleanup and reference checking, as well as things like copyright problems.

As for the Mediation Committee, you don't have to be an admin, but the committee members tend to look for people who have a lot of demonstrated experience in dispute resolution, and have a great deal of community trust. Reading through the nomination archives is a good way to get a feel for what they look for. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 04:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==The Middle East Conflict Man==

He's got another obvious sock/meat/whatever - <span class="plainlinks">] (] &bull; ] &bull; &bull; ] &bull; )</span>. I told him when ] came along that if another appeared, I'd block him indefinitely (which was met with the usual strong protest, and of course by "strong" I mean "you fucking" and by "protest" I mean "idiot"). However since you're checking the IPs I'm not sure how to proceed. My reading of says that if it's obvious that someone's sockpuppeting (on which we both agree) it doesn't matter if they managed to line up their open proxies beforehand, and I don't think it's a violation of AGF to say that TMECM is clearly going to end up banned here as he was on two other Wikipedias. Still, do you want me to extend the block now or wait for the results of your checks? --]<sup>]</sup> 07:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:I would tend to agree; when you start using socks, it's time for an indefblock. Go ahead and block him indef, and if someone wants to argue it, they can raise it on ANI or file Arbitration and try to make the argument that he's an asset to the community. I'll get the IPs and block them if I can. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 07:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

::Thanks. I've blocked indefinitely and asked for review on ]. --]<sup>]</sup> 09:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== Range block ==

Have I intruded on your range block? /? A registered user, ], was asking for an unblock. -] 09:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:Nope, that wasn't a rangeblock; if it were a rangeblock, it would have been x.x.x.0/24. <tt>:)</tt> <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 09:50, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

::With a bit more digging, I came across an archived check: ]. You might want to have a look and compare that with whatever investigation you undertook. <span style="font-family: Verdana">] <font color="#7b68ee">(<small>] • ]</small>)</font></span> 09:53, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

==Recent copyvio uploads==
See ]. :: Ofcourse his uploads were recent. See his uploads till 22 May 2006 and uploads till 21 May 2006
] 10:17, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 17:05, 18 October 2023


R E T I R E D
This user is no longer active on Misplaced Pages.

My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break.

I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page).

I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better.

With love to all who have been my friends here, Essjay (Talk) 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


Talk page history: last revision before departure, messages left after departure