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For the record, I find it fairly ridiculous that someone can be revealed as a plagarist and still pass RFA. It sends entirely the wrong message about what the community cares about (or perhaps the community has some pretty strange priorities). Regardless, you have tried to be pretty contrite about it and clean things up, which is a good thing. Keep in mind though that some of us will continue to check up on your contributions from time to time. ] 20:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC) For the record, I find it fairly ridiculous that someone can be revealed as a plagarist and still pass RFA. It sends entirely the wrong message about what the community cares about (or perhaps the community has some pretty strange priorities). Regardless, you have tried to be pretty contrite about it and clean things up, which is a good thing. Keep in mind though that some of us will continue to check up on your contributions from time to time. ] 20:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
: Sounds like Ryan is an ''ex''-plagiarist, in fairness. It's hardly fair to brand someone for life given that he's contrite and has done his best to make amends - ]<sup>]</sup> 20:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)


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See User talk:Elvispforlife and Special:Contributions/Elvispforlife and you welcomed him...

edit - nevermind, I fixed it. Af648 07:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA Nomination

Greetings Ryan Postlethwaite, welcome to Misplaced Pages. If you would like to nominate yourself as an admin or nominate someone else, please visit this page. Thanks!  Meteoroid »  01:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Majorly would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Majorly to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Ryan Postlethwaite. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
Above comment seems a little out of place, so I'll use this section. We're ready to go! Majorly (o rly?) 09:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I would more than support. – Chacor 09:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Excellent :) Majorly (o rly?) 09:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you guys for all the support it is very much appreciated, a few more tweeks and we'll be ready to go RyanPostlethwaite 19:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Going to put it on the main page then? Majorly (o rly?) 19:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Go on then :-S RyanPostlethwaite 19:56, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I've done it RyanPostlethwaite 20:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Wish I was on earlier to catch this nom! Best of luck to you, I believe you will definitely earn the tools ;).¤~Persian Poet Gal 01:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Red Rain

Could you open a peer review? I prefer to log in my comments there. Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, not a problem, got work now, so i'll open one when I get back, thanks for all your help RyanPostlethwaite 08:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm happy to do what I can, though it's not really my field. I see User:Worldtraveller has commented on the talk page. It might be worth contacting User:CrazyC83 who wrote filed a previous peer review on it and also the India and Meteorology Wikiprojects. --Cherry blossom tree 12:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if anyone has university contacts to find out if GC-MS has been done on the samples? Normally this would have been one of the first tests when something unusual like this turns up. The silly space spores story has run long enough, and it's time for the nonense to be grounded. Unfortunately a number of people who didn't know any better ended up believing it. I'm not sure that an April Fool will do much other than give yet more unwarranted publicity to the fringe astrobio community. Davy p 04:00, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Welcoming committee#Hey

Good evening (GMT time); hope you're well! I've read your above comment, so let me answer for the committee. User:The Transhumanist, User:Audacity, User:FrankB and myself were the four original users who both revamped the welcome page, and TT proposed a bot to do exactly what you were suggesting.

Unfortunately, it was rejected by the other WelCom Welcoming Agents; I still think it's a great idea, but there is simply no way we can go against the community consensus.

Hope this clears things up!

Kind regards,
anthonycfc 05:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Replied here RyanPostlethwaite 22:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

icon-based links

how do i place icon-based links to Wikia sites on WP articles? As this is different than placing a simple link, could you please clarify?--Rlakshmipriya 17:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Replied here RyanPostlethwaite 22:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
u've got me wrong.i can understand the usage of links.i need to know how i can place a link in the image form like an icon.--Rlakshmipriya 03:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

User:IMayBeTrailerTrash,ButILoveStarTrek

Thought you might find this one interesting. --Kukini 01:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Ended up being a troll. Go figure. --Kukini 01:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Blocked for trolling, and by looking at the contribs, the user is a probable sock puppet (Due to going straight to WP:AN/I with their first contrib). Asside of that, username wise, well, I count 36 characters, in my opinion its a bit long, even if coherant, I'm not sure how I'd go on WP:RFCN - this is why WP:U needs to be clearer, how would you go? Allow or Disallow? RyanPostlethwaite 01:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
You see, if we ever really had a discussion about what "extremely" is defined as, I think I would move us more towards 45 than 35. But, it seems that there are people who would rather have the power to decide what "extremely" means based on their own "common sense" despite the fact that not defining this allows them to vary their definitions based on how much they like or dislike another person. So much for rule of law and transparency in practices. Oh well...I have a feeling it will all work out eventually. --Kukini 01:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I definately agree, tomorrow I plan to go back to Misplaced Pages talk:Username policy and put in a propoer proposal, 45 letters seams fine to me, but maybe with the added statement, that 40-45 may be ambiguous and all usernames must comply with all the other requirements of WP:U RyanPostlethwaite 01:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for the welcome wagon, Charlie.NewuserNed 01:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, any questions, give me a shout here RyanPostlethwaite 01:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Apology accepted

Was your button finger a bit drunk too? LOL --SooperJoo 16:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

heh, no unfortunately not this time, sorry again RyanPostlethwaite 16:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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Vandalism

I can see people are allowed to vandalise my userpage without any correct response. Embargo 19:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi, Ryan. Just a quick note (I know you are busy right now with something ;)) - thanks for your support at my RfA. Much appreciated, and the very best of luck with yours. I'm sure it will be ok in the end. :) Bubba hotep 21:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Greetings

Hey Ryan, you might want to give this a look. Your input is valuable. NikoSilver 13:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:

No problem, your welcome :) Artaxiad 16:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Award time!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For twice reverting tests on my user page, and making such a neat job of it, I, Anthony, award you, Ryanpostlethwaite, the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.

Keep up the great work! anthonycfc 00:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Mr. Postlethwaite.

Thanks.

Thanks for the revert. :) Acalamari 21:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, glad I could help Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Heh - I think we're all watching each other here :) - Alison 21:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

for reverting that insightful and informative comment on my talk page! (and congrats on your soon-to-be adminship!) delldot talk 02:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!

Congrats on your successful RFA! :) Knew you'd make it. - Alison 20:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Cheers alison! I really can't believe it. I'm like a kid at christmas, theres all these new buttons to play with :) Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 20:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
It'll get old fast, trust me. – Steel 21:05, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, as Alison says, you are now an administrator. If you haven't already, now is the time to look at the Misplaced Pages:Administrators' how-to guide and Misplaced Pages:Administrators' reading list. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or at the Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard. Best wishes, Warofdreams talk 20:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations and happy mopping! — S.D. 21:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Congrats! Leebo /C 21:31, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, congratulations Ryan! Good luck with your new mop :) If you need some help, my talk page is always open. Majorly (o rly?) 21:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh by the way, you've taken Arjun01's place of being the newest user who is an admin... just thought I'd let you know. Majorly (o rly?) 22:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

From a regular old user who's seen you on RFCN, congrats! Philippe Beaudette 22:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations Ryan! Best of luck with the admin tools, and if you ever need any help, feel free to contact me. =) Nishkid64 22:25, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, I know you will use the tools well! Philip Gronowski 01:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! And thank you for reverting some vandalism to my talkpage. Seems I was far too busy at RfD to notice.... Ooops! WjBscribe 03:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

For the record, I find it fairly ridiculous that someone can be revealed as a plagarist and still pass RFA. It sends entirely the wrong message about what the community cares about (or perhaps the community has some pretty strange priorities). Regardless, you have tried to be pretty contrite about it and clean things up, which is a good thing. Keep in mind though that some of us will continue to check up on your contributions from time to time. Dragons flight 20:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like Ryan is an ex-plagiarist, in fairness. It's hardly fair to brand someone for life given that he's contrite and has done his best to make amends - Alison 20:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

reply

Short term block is {{subst:uw-block1}} while an indef block is {{subst:uw-block3}}. I believe block templates can be found with other warning templates at WP:UTM. Congrats on your RfA. :) IrishGuy 23:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, that helps a million! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 23:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

congrats!

Congratulations! I got a few seconds to check my wikipedia and wanted to congratulate you! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 04:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Congrats from me too, Ryan. If you need any help, give us a shout! :) Bubba hotep 11:21, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations on you successful nomination and good luck in all your future endeavors.:) ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 14:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your reassurance. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 18:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Excellent news to hear of your promotion :-)! Matthew 19:56, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Bravo! Use them wisely! Had I known you earlier than when we met, I'd have probably expressed opinion there too. NikoSilver 20:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA & me

Hey, congratulations one more time. Thanks for your note on my talk page, you asked if I was planning to run for admin soon. Well, for interest's sake, I ran in January under my old username of Budgiekiller (ask if you wish...) and failed - read it here. I would be happy to run again but suspect that, for one thing, renom after just two months would show an unhealthy desire for the mop! So, in short, yes I'll run for adminship in the future. But when, I don't know. But this is your party, so nice one, enjoy, congrats one last time and hope to bump into you many times in the near, middle and distant future. The Rambling Man 20:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support, more soon. Enjoy your new buttons! The Rambling Man 20:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)