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(Barnstar from User:Basar moved to awards page) Walton 19:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

HI

HI

M I WOULD LOVE TO IF U COULD BE MY MENTOR FOR MY ENGLISH PROJECT, ACTUALLY I FOUND U ON MY TEACHERS PAGE.... HOPE U CAN HELP ME THANKS A LOT ..

HOPE YOU CONTACT ME

THANKLS A LOT BYE

HI

HI

M I WOULD LOVE TO IF U COULD BE MY MENTOR FOR MY ENGLISH PROJECT, ACTUALLY I FOUND U ON MY TEACHERS PAGE.... HOPE U CAN HELP ME THANKS A LOT ..

HOPE YOU CONTACT ME

THANKLS A LOT BYE

User:SteveSims/Userboxes/Pimp

Hi,

I'm not arguing for the retention of this thing, because it's useless (and potentially offensive to non-Americans), but -- just so you don't have a heart attack if you ever visit Detroit! -- "pimpin'" is a significant (male) subculture within the African-American community over on this side of the pond. Glorified by hip-hop music, the main elements of the "lifestyle" are ostentatious dress and an open promotion of liberal (but strictly, proudly, heterosexual) sexual attitudes. While adherents attempt to imitate the "style" of pimps, they are almost never involved in actual prostitution (though they probably support the legalization thereof.) For a comparable reference to British culture, think of "mods vs. rockers". Import the rockers to 21st-century urban America, darken their skin, and this is what happens. ;) Again, this is only intended as a cross-cultural point of information. Best wishes, Xoloz 12:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

HI

thankS A LOT FIOR ANSEWRING ME.... I WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT U BYMAIL OR SOMETHING.... MAY I ASK U ANOTHER FAVOUR PLEASE???

OUR TEACHER SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT BY THE GROUP PAGE: PLEASE IF YOU ANSWER ME AGAIN, COMMUNICATE IN THAT PAGE...

THE DIRECTION IS

User: Thelmadatter

then click in group pages and then click in LOS_PANCAKES

THABKS A LOT LETS KEEP IN TOUCH... I WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE ALSO BY HOTMAIL OR YAHOOO

THANKS!!!

PD: MY TEACHER WANTS US TO SPEAK EN ENGLIS ONLY AND IF YOU WANT TO I COULD HELP U WITH SPANISH —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrianalima87 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Politics rule/U.S Senators

Hey. Thank you for !voting to keep Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Politics rule/U.S Senators. Not matter what the outcome is, I am pretty sure I am about to leave Misplaced Pages. Thank you again for you support above! Pat 14:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

It is a lot of that. My entire page was put up for deletion about 2 months ago, and it is obvious that no one appreciates the work I try to do. Pat 18:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

(Barnstar from Politics rule moved to awards page) Walton 19:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for you support

After that is done, I have decided to leave Misplaced Pages. Pat 19:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I saw the comments on Ryan's page. If I left, it would not be for that, although it gave me reason. It is among other reasons which I can only tell you via e-mail. I have decided, for now, to stay, but that could change. Thanks for your support.

P.S- I also am not made at Ryan. I hope, if I stay, he and I can become friends! Pat 19:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

JUst to warn you....I use her e-mail account. Mine is used for work. It is a weird screen name! LOL! Pat 19:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Did you get me e-mail? Pat 20:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: RfA

Almost. It's really hectic now, as I'm moving back down to school for the fall quarter this Friday, so I decided I'll wait until I'm settled there to do it. To be in the middle of it while moving would be crazy, and I'd be slow to respond to queries.  hmwith  talk 14:23, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I was about to ask about this...so now I don't have to. Hopefully we'll see it up soon. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 23:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Searching alternative weekly newspapers

Hi Walton and GRBerry. I'm noticing that many of the rapper and alternative type topics are unsourced. Many of these topics are covered in alternative weekly newspapers, but that sourced information does not seem to make its way into Misplaced Pages because people do not know to look for it and there is no easy way to search for it. Template:Search is a template I used every now and then. Would either of you guys know how to create a Template:Alternative newspaper search that searches one or more of the newspapers at List of alternative weekly newspapers? -- Jreferee 18:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Re RfA

(crosspost from my talk page) Thanks, I'll fill it out when I get the time (probably tomorrow) — although I have to say, if this AfD succeeds I suspect I'll withdraw it, since my idea of WP:N is obviously wildly at odds with The Misplaced Pages Consensus — iridescent (talk to me!) 19:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

A suggested read!

Hi Walton. Reading your essay per WT:RFA I was wondering if you've ever read Bio of a Space Tyrant by Piers Anthony. It may not be your cup of tea, but your essay (which I found personally very thought provoking and valuable) is similar to the political structure concepts embraced in that series of novels. If you ever get five minutes you might find it an interesting read. Very Best. Pedro |  Chat  20:32, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Dearest Walton One,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 96 supports, 1 oppose, and 3 neutrals. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm a new admin remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them. I would like to give a special shout out to Hirohisat, Wizardman, and Husond, for there original co-nominations. Thank you once again and good day.

Edit War Warning

This edit war has to do with one person using inaccurate statements to back his edits. Myself and several other contributors have been undoing his work that, despite our talking, he continues to do. Go look in the history for the template in question, the Intel iMac page, and the MacBook Pro pages. I understand that yes, you are and admin, but at least assess what's going on before dishing our your ultimatum. Butterfly0fdoom 23:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Quick Question

Just have a question. The edit wars pertaining to Macs all revolve around one user's insistence that the MacBook Pro and the iMac use the Santa Rosa platform (which requires an Intel processor, an Intel chipset, and an Intel wireless card, as stated in the Centrino article. Another user has found a website that took apart both the iMac and the MacBook Pro and revealed that neither has an Intel wireless chip, thus, according to the Centrino article, the iMac and the MacBook Pro do not use the Santa Rosa platform. He found a developer's page on Apple's website that says the MacBook Pro has Santa Rosa. However, another user has found numerous misprints in Apple's own official documents. User:GnuTurbo is the one that constantly adds references to Santa Rosa, while the rest of us are reverting his edits based on evidence we found. What exactly do we do? Butterfly0fdoom 03:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support at my RfA. Regards, Jogers (talk) 09:41, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I've been naughty

Hi Walton, or Mr. One -

I was asked to put up a listing for the company I currently work for on wiki; Celerant Consulting, which you have now deleted. I'm not complaining; merely wondering how to list it without it being considered a conflict of interest.

Clearly Wiki isn't another advertising medium, but there was little in what I put forward that seemed to break the rules; or so I thought. Can you let me know what I could do to make it acceptable? It seems many other companies and consultancies have similar entries so I'm intersted in noticing why this entry was deleted.

Many thanks,

Dan —Preceding unsigned comment added by UncleDanny (talk • contribs) 10:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Creative 22 Records

Please put Creative 22 Records wiki page back up —Preceding unsigned comment added by SPolgar (talk • contribs) 22:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Block comment

Hi there, rather than sparking a long discussion of this on somebody's RfA, could I ask you take this up with the blocking admin on their user talk page? All the best Tim Vickers 16:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I can see that point of view. I was just feeling sorry for Espresso addict, no worries! Tim Vickers 17:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Matthew Richardson

I saw your message on Jaranda's talk page; being the deleting adminsistrator, I have restored the RfA-criteria page. Acalamari 19:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Barneca RfA thank you spam

Walton, thank you for your support during my RfA, and for giving me the benefit of the doubt after the concerns that were brought up by other editors who you respect. I'll keep all of the comments in mind in the coming months, and will try again later, when I hope you'll find the decision much less difficult. In the mean time, if you see me doing something stupid, please let me know. See you around. --barneca (talk) 13:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The now-traditional RFA thank-spam

Dear Walton One,

Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 83 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutrals. No matter if you voted (I mean, "!voted") support or oppose, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm new, remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them, and if I do anything wrong, feel free to add to the permanent chorus of disapproval on my talk page. Special thanks to Walton and Dihydrogen Monoxide for nominating me.

Essjay

Hey Walton. On the RFA talk page, you wrote: "The RfB process is no more likely than the RfA process to weed out untrustworthy people, as demonstrated by Essjay". My question is: why do you think Essjay was untrustworthy? Yes, he lied about his credentials, but he didn't abuse his bureaucrat powers, and I think it was a right decision to make him a bureaucrat. Melsaran (talk) 11:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

He wasn't untrustworthy. He just told a massive and totally unacceptable lie. There is a difference. There's no evidence he ever abused CheckUser, and he certainly never abused bureaucratship. --Deskana (talk) 12:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Reply

No, not offended at all, just lazy. I've been fairly busy over the last few days and haven't had the time for serious thought on-wiki :)

In reply to the points you made...hmm. I agree with you about pseudoscience trolls (witness Adam Cuerden being forced to rescue Reflexology today), though these are often linked to nationalist editing (the continued POV-pushing on the pseudoscientific Out of India theory article by our Hindutva friends being a good example).

In reply to the rest of what you wrote: I want a lot more admins, I want these admins to contain infinitely more content specialists (particularly in humanities topics), and I want these admins to have greater powers to deal directly with POV-pushing. Current dispute resolution practices are unsatisfactory: 3O is nice but overly informal to deal with advanced trolling, largely ditto RFC (which can't cut off problems at source), Mediation is cumbersome and can largely be characterised thus:

• Holocaust denier - Hitler killed 0 Jews!

• Normal person - no, Hitler killed 6 million Jews.

• Mediator - compromise? Why don't we split the difference and say Hitler killed 3 million Jews?

Arbitration, meanwhile, is the process whereby after three months of tedious wikilawyering, the arbcom either puts everyone on revert parole or announces an amnesty for all due to the time delay.

Current processes, in essence, can't deal with the problem. If we vastly expand the admin corps to include most of the good-faith editors on the ground and give them the powers to cope, POV-pushing, be it along nationalist or pseudoscientific lines, should become far less of a problem.

Vandalism is not really a major issue at enwiki. Reliability is, and with improvements in the BLP area, a good deal of our reliability problems come from those who are solely to assert their point of view regardless of reason. Sysops are the people on the ground best equipped to deal with this menace: if we can't quite at the moment, we should be given the powers, and if we aren't competent to do so, expert, dedicated specialists who too often languish in the background should be fastracked. IMO, there's no other option. You have to take a stand eventually. There are limits to compromise. Cheers, Moreschi 19:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | 23:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Adoption request

Hi, I saw on the adoption page that you are currently accepting adoptees. Would you be willing to take me on? Thanks, Wstaffor 16:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking me on. Where would you suggest a new editor try to get involved, apart from simply editing articles? Wstaffor_talk 20:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

User:SPolgar/Creative 22 Records

Hi. When you restored the above page in userspace, you forgot to the remove the CSD tag, which put it right back in the CSD category. Natalie 17:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

No worries. I caught it before some overzealous person nuked it anyway. This sometimes happens when people restore articles, too. Natalie 13:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

R's RFA

Walton, aren't you being a tad dramatic here? Don't let an RfA drive you crazy, especially when it's not your RfA! Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 12:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I understand your concern but I guess... I also understand my concerns! I don't mean to minimize the work R has done for the project and I don't think it'd be good news for him to leave. In fact, my sole regret is that he would once again put himself into a position to get the heavy criticism that comes from an RfA. Pascal.Tesson 13:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

An essay

Hello Walton One, I was wondering; would you be willing to read my essay, User:Acalamari/RfA views, and comment about it on it's talk page? You've written a couple of essay regarding RfA yourself, and often have a lot to say about the problems of RfA, so I thought you'd be best person to go to ask to read it first. Thanks. Acalamari 18:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. It's okay, I didn't post it to WT:RFA yet because I wanted your opinion on it first before submitting it there. Acalamari 16:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Our beloved Leader

I saw your comment at DHMO's RfA about Prime Ministers. Knowing you have a similar take as I politically, please have a look at this sneaky bit of vandalism I reverted a while back. Pure class......! Pedro :  Chat  14:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I hope so too. I first voted a fair few years back (being old and crusty that I am) ..... it was a couple of years after one of our best ever leaders got stabbed in the back. Pedro :  Chat  14:16, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

MfD about Ro. Macedonia

Hi, I noticed you voted for deletion of the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_ROMacedonia. I'm sorry I noticed this thing a little bit late, please review my comments on the MfD page and also here: , I think we are going to make a big mistake if we delete a whole project because of the To do page dispute. I'm open for discussion. MatriX 22:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Kent State shootings in popular culture

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Kent State shootings in popular culture. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Artw 20:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd give you a barnstar, but I'm not sure which one....so here's a note instead.

I just saw your note here (I totally agree, we love her), and must also thank you for your endless support in all my RfAs. It means a lot to me...so thanks :)  — Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 04:26, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Kent State shootings in popular culture

I've awarded you a barnstar for this. It's well-deserved. Stifle (talk) 11:57, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:"Ouch, Walton. Ouch."

I assume you trust and respect Moreschi and Riana? What about Danny? Even if you don't respect him, you didn't have to phrase your response that way. Nishkid64 (talk) 15:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages has a new administrator!

Thanks, Walton One! Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed today with a unanimous 79/0/0 tally. It feels great to be appreciated, and I will try my best to meet everyone's expectations. If you have any advice or tips, feel free to pass them along, as I am sure that I will need them! Cheers, hmwith talk 21:08, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

On a personal note, thank you for the nom! =) Also, I appreciate everything that you have done to help me since I've been here. hmwith talk 21:08, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Bearian's RfA

Thank you for supporting my successful RfA, which passed 63 to 1. I really appreciate your comments about my work on Gabriel Murphy and editing work overall. It made me tear up. :-) Bearian 21:42, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :D

	Thanks Walton One
	I would like to thank you for your participation in my successful RfA, which passed with a tally of (44/10/5). Whether you supported, opposed or were neutral in my RfA, I appreciate your participation and I hope that we can continue to work together to build a stronger and better Misplaced Pages.
	Regards, nat 04:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

User:Walton monarchist89

Walton, you may care to create the account Walton monarchist89 (talk · contribs), to prevent possible impersonation. --Deskana (talk) 00:04, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, good idea; I saw it get created in the new user log. :) Acalamari 21:30, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

My dear Wikipedian Walton One,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 36 supports, 3 opposed, and 1 neutral. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, or even if you just stopped by to make a comment, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. Since I am a new admin, if you have any suggestions or concerns, feel free to inform me of them. Thank you and good day.

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Misplaced Pages namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi 22:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thank You Note from Jehochman

		Ready to swab the decks!
		Another motley scallawag has joined the crew. Thanks for your comments at my RFA. Arrrgh! - - Jehochman 05:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

De-adminship

Hi, Walton One. I thought you'd be interested in this new proposal regarding de-adminship. I think this could be the best proposal so far, if appeals to ArbCom were removed and the amount of support required for de-adminship were 25% instead of 75%. A.Z. 03:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

You are wise

You made a wise comment some months ago about the terrible effects of blocking good editors. One editor, you noted, was blocked and never returned again. Whoever blocked this person is guilty of vandalising wikipedia (in an indirect way, but still damaging).

Many administrators cease to edit wikipedia mainspace much. That's why the rest of wikipedia is so important.

I am an another example of what you mentioned. I was blocked for nothing but now I think I may come back. Polounit 03:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Seconded. I am not blocked but seeing the drama surrounding a few incidents recently (SevenOfDiamonds (flimsy circumstantial evidence), Melsaran (no published evidence, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain), and others which get away with so much and when they do get called out on it are reinstated quickly), it disheartens me greatly from participating in the project. I have been contributing off and on since 2004 but mostly recently has this place seem to become "BAN FIRST, IGNORE THE REGULARS!" place that I really no longer want to be associated with. You are one of the few people that I truly think that want this project to succeed no matter what and treats regulars and new people equally. Spryde 18:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Socratic Barnstar
		I am awarding you this barnstar because editors do matter, and you pointed out that fact very eloquently. Well said. IronGargoyle 03:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Unhelpful edits to Superintendent (education)

Hi Walton, sorry for the unhelpful edits I made to the above article. I realize now that the content was not written in a neutral tone.(And the bolding superintendent was unhelpful)--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 18:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

My (KWSN's) RFA

Thank you for supporting my recent (and successful!) RfA. It passed at at 55/17/6. Kwsn (Ni!) 01:29, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The Haunted Angel's RfA

I indented your struck neutral comment here so as not to show up as a double !vote for TangoBot (nevermind the incorrect edit summary saying "oppose"). — Dorftrottel⁠ 12:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: Politics rule

What do you want? A pointless RFCU with an arbitrary template slapped on it? Stop being so paranoid. -- John Reaves 00:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Ban user?

Is there any way to block/ban User:Giddee2? He constant creates articles violating and edits articles in violation of WP:Crystal Ball and it's getting tiresome, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Butterfly0fdoom (talk • contribs) 21:37, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Tally updates

In answer to the question you asked in an edit summary, the reason no one remembers to update the tally anymore is that the discussion section is in a separate edit window from the top of the RfA, so the tally numbers don't appear in front of the user when he or she is editing. Regards, Newyorkbrad 00:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

That's no excuse. Before the format change, I always voted on RfAs by pressing the edit button on the Discussion header, and subsequently made a second edit to update the tally. Failure to do so is simple laziness. :-) Walton 09:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

In Remembrance...

--nat 02:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

OhanaUnited's RfA

Thanks for voting at my RfA. Unfortunately, the result stands at 51 support, 21 oppose and 7 neutral which means that I did not succeed. As many expressed their appreciation of my works in featured portals during my RfA, I will fill up the vacuum position of director in featured portal candidates to maintain the standards of featured contents in addition to my active role in Good articles. Have a great day. OhanaUnited 04:07, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Gin Tonic

Haha! I love Gin Tonic, too! I even thought about including it there but thought it may be too much unnecessary detail. That stuff never gives you a hangover or any awkward spin on your mood. Projectile vomiting notwithstanding, in case you ever overdid it. But even so, it's not the kind of beverage I couldn't drink anymore after a bad experience (compare, in contrast, the combination of alternating between Jägermeister and beer). — Dorftrottel⁠ 12:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Dearest Walton One,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your consideration and kind words of support are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

Hm?

Seems you resigned for a lot of the reasons I did. Welcome to the former sysops' club. :p ~ Riana ⁂ 13:20, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

You were an admin for only a month? What happened? Archtransit (talk) 21:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for seeing some sense in the RfA that was filed for me. "Oh for God's sake, this Oppose is the most ridiculous I have ever seen. All of the essays cited in the oppose are not only perfectly acceptable and within the bounds of legitimate essay-writing, they are all precisely correct (especially the statements about how new users are intimidated by our masses of pointless rules). Nor do any of them qualify as "attacking other editors" in any meaningful sense." -h i s _{r e s e a r c h} 02:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Meh

Sorry to have you hand in your mop, but I'm glad that at least you'll still be around. I don't think you and I saw eye to eye on everything, but I always had immense respect for what you said.

If you ever need a quick admin action (let's ignore how that sounded), just gimme a shout. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, at least you're not leaving. Your input is allways valued and appreciated. Best of luck with the RL pressures! Pedro :  Chat  08:18, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Sad, sad day

Misplaced Pages is much poorer for your resignation, but Her Majesty Armed Forces and the Bar are both noble, rewarding callings. I should hope that the English curriculum for aspiring attorneys is more rigorous than that found in the United States (where preparation is sometimes comical), but I suspect your impressive intellect will still leave you much time to work within the project however you like.

On a related matter, your resignation has just brought the block of Melsaran to my attention; I am often the last to know of these sorts of things. Did you inquire regarding the evidence? Were you left unsure? Best wishes, Xoloz 17:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Forgive me for dropping in uninvited. I happened to see your comment on Xoloz's talk and I wanted to echo his thoughts above. It may not seem like it from your perspective, but from where I sit the power of any ruling elite at Misplaced Pages seems to slacken gradually with time. That's not to say there aren't incredibly frustrating moments where communication is not what it should be -- oh there are! -- but as months fade into years I believe things on whole are improving. You fought the good fight, and once life permits, I do hope you return to it. --JayHenry 02:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Sir, you have my respect for dedicating your time to wikipedia, and later to your country. While I agree with you to a degree that we have to work to keep editors, I also know of a few vandals who have created new ID's, and know that the law has to permit that, particularly if they resume problematic behavior. Several troublemakers are well-behaved in one field, although maybe not others, maybe even including myself. (Joke.) I've haven't always been on "your side" of issues, but I know that you have done your best by wikipedia, and that you have earned the thanks of all of us for it. If you find that you can contribute to content regarding the British military, of course, I think we would all be very appreciative, and if you don't have time, then you have all our hopes and prayers (if you find such acceptable) that your military duties give you some time off to relax. God save the queen. John Carter (talk) 22:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Thankyou for this. I know you didn't mean to be quite so brusque - things can easily me misinterpreted - but I appreciate the honesty with which your opinion was given. I've also read your userpage, and you seem like someone I could get on very well with - if you ever need a hand with anything, give me a shout. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 23:00, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankspam

User:Neranei/adminthanks

Something I wrote which you might like...

Perhaps I've come to my senses at last?? ;) Majorly (talk) 22:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA - thanks

Thank you for your support in my request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 38/1/0! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Misplaced Pages a better place. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 18:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks

...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank Acalamari and Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me.

And forgive me if I need a Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!)

Oxonians unite!

Hi there Walton! I'm at St John's (so not too far away...) and yes, I matriculated when I was 17. Although my 20th birthday was a few days ago - I should update my userpage! What are you doing? Took a sneeky peek at your user page... looks like you've been around a while? (Although I'll have to warn you not to talk Aussie politics with me... I'm somewhat overexcited about the new Labor government in my home country). Good to hear from you! Cricketgirl (talk) 13:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure - Facebook and Misplaced Pages are my two favourite procrastination techniques from the worksheet I'm supposed to be doing! We can carry on the political discussion over there... but I suspect you'd label me a "bleeding-heart liberal" with my "Say sorry to the Indigenous Australians" and "we are all boat people" ideas... Cricketgirl (talk) 14:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikidemocrat userbox

Is there one? —Ashley Y 04:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

James Arbuthnot

User:Vintagekits began a war yesterday by adding silly fact tags. I easily referenced the queried statements and asked Rockpocket to stop VK doing this (see User talk:Rockpocket). VK whinged a bit and added material which was unencyclopedic, wrongly attributed to Nicholas Soames poorly sourced and relating to a living person and not NPOV (as noted by Rockpocket). I reverted on those grounds. Giano put it back in because of my relationship to JA. So did Deus Ex Machina. I reverted both on grounds previously stated. Article now blocked 24 hours (right version) by Iridiscenti and Rockpocket. Please take over for me presumably on the talk page. Many thanks. - Kittybrewster ☎ 10:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Me warring? "silly fact tags"! - says it all.--Vintagekits 13:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Pseudo RfA

You have our trust! Go for it! J-ſtan_Contribs 04:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Although you may be good at what you do. I do find fault at you not standing by your word. "I will not do so without undergoing a further request for adminship". I was brought up to stand by what I say. And believe that others should do the same. Not standing by your word could give the thought of mistrust in your actions. Those are my feelings. --Jeanenawhitney 10:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Just want to add that that's also my view. There's nothing personal; I'm sure you were and could be again a good admin. But I do like to see promises kept. --Malleus Fatuorum 03:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikihelp

Hey, Walton. Could you please confirm it is you on Wikihelp. We have an unofficial policy (as discussed on IRC) that we should about the first 15 users who come along and can be trusted from the English Misplaced Pages, however the account with the username "Walton One" has never edited, so please could you confirm its you — then I will regrant you sysop status. Regards, --Qst 11:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections comments

Hello. This is regarding your recent comments on the candidate votes page for Deskana; unfortunately, the comments were too long for the main voting page, and should be placed on the voting talk page. The maximum length of comments on the voting page itself should be two short sentences. This determination was reached on prior consensus on the ArbCom Elections talk page. For your convenience, I have moved them appropriately, and have included a link from the vote page to the comment on the talk page - but feel free to edit my move to your preference. However, extended comments, like the ones you provided, are best placed on the talk page. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you. - ZZ ~ Evidence 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I ended up moving your comment at Raul654's voting page, as well. Same format as before, and feel free to edit the comment and your vote as you wish. Thanks, ZZ ~ Evidence 04:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Nom

Jeez. Can I just nom you so we can get those toolz back?! the_undertow 01:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry I left right after this. You know I back you up bro! the_undertow 20:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Keegan would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Keegan to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Walton One. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign 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. Keegan 01:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Arbcom Elections

Hi Walton. I noticed you changed your vote on my arbitration candidacy, citing my "controversial history". I'm just curious about what you're referring to by this. Rebecca (talk) 11:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Great success!

Click that-a-way to open your card! → → →

Dear Walton, Thank you for your participation in my request for adminship, which ended successfully with a final tally of (52/10/1). I was impressed by the thoughtful comments on both sides, and the RFA process in general. The extra buttons do look pretty snazzy, but I'll be careful not to overuse them. If you have advice to share or need assistance with anything, feel free to drop me a message or email. Thank you and good day! Cordially, — xDanielx /C\ 06:58, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Credits - This RFA thanks was inspired by Carlosguitar's RFA thanks and LaraLove's RFA thanks, which were both inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks, which was in turn inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

AfD

I have only just picked up on an AfD you wound up back in May for the article page Sir William Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet where there was no concensus at all for deletion, so the article page was left, correctly, in situ. However, almost immediately after that AfD was closed a few of the article's detractors continued their verbal attacks on the Talk Page and one of them, who was particularly opposed to the article, wiped it out. You may wish to review this as a monstrous abuse of process. It is interesting that this same user is now standing for election as an arbitrator on ArbComs. Thanks. David Lauder (talk) 13:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

re: To the opposers in my RfA

Hi, WaltonOne. Re: your comment on my talk page, I have taken another look at your RfA, and reconsidered my !vote. Unfortunately, my opinion has not changed. I'll try to elaborate on the RfA, as a comment under mine. Had you not declared that you would re-stand, I would have had no objections to a crat's re-sysopping you, despite my reservations brought on by Dmcdevit's oppose !vote. --Storkk (talk) 11:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Nevertheless, I do wish you good luck on your RfA. :-). --Storkk (talk) 13:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

My 2p at your RfA

Hiya walton. Re-reading my comment at your RfA it perhaps could be read wrongly so I'd better clarify. My "personal axe to grind" is reconfirmation RfA's and not you personally. As I'm sure (hope!) you are aware I have long respected you, and would never want any misundestanding between us. Best of luck buddy. Pedro :  Chat  14:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Looking at Elonka's RfA, You're still nicely high in the discretion range. It would however be pleasing to see some Neutral's switch to support. Clearly if it doesn't pass you will have my undoubted support in the future. Let's cross that bridge if we regrtfully come to it. Hopefully not. Cheers! Pedro :  Chat  15:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Adminship

Congratulations, you are now an administrator again! Please ensure that you are familiar with the latest guidance, 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. Warofdreams talk 12:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! Make sure you don't give them up again :) Redrocketboy 12:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, many congratulations. Your talents are much needed. Regards, David Lauder (talk) 12:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

And thanks for proving that not all admins who make themselves eligible for recall necessarily will lose the recall election. John Carter (talk) 14:28, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, Walton One, I am glad you are an admin again! :) Acalamari 17:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Blah Blah Blah. Good. Pedro :  Chat  23:33, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats and all, man. Take a deep breath now... it's over. Lara❤Love 13:20, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank god you're an admin again - it would NOT be the same without you. Thanks also for the offer - I think I'll be turning it down for now, because 1) I promised Riana that she could nom (heck, she emailed me with a "nooooooooo" subject line pointing to your diff :P) 2) JoshuaZ asked to co-nom, and I've said yes to that, 3) I promised both I'd be running next year. But if you want to throw in another co-nom, I'd be delighted. Although I should probably point out that I'll be voting next Australian election, and (on a two party preferred basis) I'll be voting for Rudd. If you still want to nom, give me a yell :) — Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:15, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Is this possible, I was nominated for Adminship, but declined, saying it was still to early, useing yours as a base you were here a year and failed so... F9T 20:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Nomination here - Not a convincing reason either F9T 20:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd like that, thank you vey much! F9T 20:48, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations

You proved me wrong once before, I look forward to you doing the same again. Hiding T 15:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Death yell

Hi, could you restore this to my user space? Thanks, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 04:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The Wessex Children

Dear Sir, you are cordially invited to join a discussion on this matter at WikiProject British Royalty. Yours in anticipation, DBD 16:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Rfb

Sorry about the typo on Evula's Rfb. !Typo!. Dustihowe  Talk  17:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Your question on EV's RFB is a bit misleading. Perhaps you just aren't in the know, but Goodshoped has not retired. He only retired the name. Lara❤Love 17:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Walton! I too, noticed the question on EVula's RfB, and I'm wondering if you were aware of Goodshopped's past? He was not a new editor, he had been editing since July, with a long history of inappropriate incivility, biting newcomers, baiting vandals, and multiple other disruptive issues. Various members of the community had tried time and again to explain policies and guidelines, he had been warned many times by editors, administrators, and even a bureaucrat about his editing. He had attempted two RfAs, and had not taken the constructive advice given during those, nor did he appear to take any advice given to him on his talk page. If you'd like to see my comments that I left at his last RfA, they can be found here.

EVula took the initiative of putting it in more firm words a couple weeks later, after Goodshopped had again been baiting the PeeWee vandal repeatedly (at one point, saying: "(hands all users on talk page a semi-automatic rifle) I'm off hunting for him.", to which more than one person explained that was inappropriate, and it was best to not bait vandals, and again directed him to read WP:DENY). EVula posted immediately to ANI to let other admins know about the block, and it was supported 100%. Everyone agreed it was an appropriate response for his uncalled for tagging of User:U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. as a sockpuppet of PeeWee. U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. left Misplaced Pages shortly after that, which is really unfortunate. Now, please understand that I am not posting all of this to disparage Goodshopped, but merely to explain that this was an ongoing, long term disruptive editor, and please know that I hold you in the highest regard, and I think that the question is valid on the RfB, but I also thought perhaps you'd like to have some background on the situation. Best regards, Ariel♥Gold 18:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Walton, I know that you support EVula's RfB, and that the question was not one intended badly at all, it is a valid question, especially since many folks may not know the history. I completely agree that community is highly important, and agree that if someone is contributing helpfully, while socializing, that's not a bad thing. I also agree that Goodshopped was harassed by the PeeWee vandal, but it should be noted that Goodshopped specifically "went after" him, making it a goal of sorts, to get him and bait him at every turn, and this is the very reason that we "RBI", WP:DFTT, and have WP:DENY, because nonconstructive editors very rarely react well in those situations. I agree with Isotope's comment on my talk page that Goodshopped likely had good intentions, but for whatever reasons, (your age theory is most likely correct) has not yet fully read and understood the underlying policies, despite many months of people explaining them to him. Thank you for understanding the spirit in which I left this message, as I actually debated for a good hour whether I should or not, but I did think it important to provide a little background on the issue in case you were unaware of the many chances, and warnings he'd had before EVula stepped in. And on a completely different topic, congratulations on your RfA! I'm not sure how I missed that, I'd have certainly commented if I'd seen it, but let me just say that I think the project will benefit from your promotion, well done! Ariel♥Gold 19:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Adopter

Hi Walton One,

I've started to clean up the Adopters' list. You appear to have changed username since you added yourself to the list but not updated your info there. In case you're still interested, can you kindly update your information? Or, if you're not interested any more, would you mind removing yourself? Thank you and happy editing, Snowolf 22:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)~~

The Colt (Supernatural) (2nd nomination)

Hi Walton One, just interested to know why you closed Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/The Colt (Supernatural) (2nd nomination) as no consensus? For the second AfD in a row (it was relisted by the closing admin last time) it has been judged as such despite the "keepers" being unable to answer the asserted policy and guideline violations. As you didn't comment on the decision, I thought I'd ask here. Cheers, Miremare 18:32, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the explanation. I'm not going to bother with DRV for such a small article - I was sure it was an open and shut case when I first nominated it, but I don't think it's worth devoting more time to. Cheers, Miremare 18:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Pssst...

Did you know your email link at the top is not working? lol. And hey, I wanted to let you know that I really think you're attitude about the project is awesome. I saw the comments you left at the GPMotorsports MfD, and while I commented the pages should be deleted, it was because this was an ongoing, persistent problem with this editor (who is a friend of Goodshopped's, by the way) and he'd been previously warned about the creation of such types of "projects", in fact, the last MfD warned that future creations of pages like that would result in deletion and possibly blocking. However, I completely agree with you that someone who does good work, even if it is a minority of their edits, shouldn't be berated for it. Heck, my talk page comments outnumber my mainspace edits by about 3000, lol. And I have a lot of userspace edits, because I design pages for folks, fix userpages, and do a lot of work in my own userspace. Community is extremely important, and I just wanted to thank you for posting what you did, to remind people who may sometimes forget. I realize everyone has different ideas of what "belongs" and what doesn't, but I think that fun, humor, and laughter is productive, especially in a voluntary setting such as this. So thanks. Seriously. Ariel♥Gold 22:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

MfD question

Walton, I read and very much appreciated your comments on the MfD for my still-in-construction essay. I can accept that perhaps a different title would be good (though WP:AA sounds really good...thinking future). I was wanting to ask for suggestions. What I don't want is something long or complicated, which is why I started up with the AA title: Simple, Direct. Two words would be great, but "Admin" needs to be one as I figure. Maybe three words. I have thought about it a bit and came up with nothing so far. As soon as I can come up with a better/decent title, I'll voluntarily move it and then del|userrequest the AA redirect page to take care of the MfD's main issue, the title. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you can provide and your insight on the page (you can be verbose anytime). VigilancePrime (talk) 02:41, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the support

Thanks for the support on the shop MfD it was quite difficult being one of the only ones consistantly arguing for the support side, Cheers! Sirkad_talk 22:43, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

An Administrator is I!

Adventurer! The Council has identified a number of strange occurrences (such as "vandals" and "articles for deletion") in the surrounding wilderness. The Council would check it out, but they have important Councily-type things. But never fear: brave adventurers known as "sysops" roam the lands!

Thank you for your support in my quest to become a sysop. Although I am now wielding the keys to my very own Bitchin' Meatcar, I promise to uphold the laws of the land, martini in hand, in a way that would make Saint Sneaky Pete proud. I will do my best to be a Jack of Several Trades (although I may be a Master of Nuns). I promise to Heart Canadia. And I will make it my goal to Make War, Not ... er, Wait, Never Mind.

I am glad to serve my guild, the League of Wikipedians. If I can be of any assistance, or you have any questions, suggestions, or criticisms in the future, please let me know. And if you are at a loss for what any of the above actually means, see this website.

Thanks again.

An Encyclopedia is We! - Revolving Bugbear 22:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my candidateship

Hi. I would like to thank you for supporting my Requests for adminship/Magioladitis. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Dear Walton One, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind support on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (72/19/6).

Now that I am a sysop, do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.

Thank you again and I look forward to editing alongside you in the future. — E 12:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. And I do love my Savage 10FP. Sorry your political situation doesn't allow you the privilege of having one yourself. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Walton One

Seth Finklestein DRV

I think this debate should be left open for a full five days for more comments. I'm less-than convinced there's a consensus to overturn. (Although I admit that my endorse edit-conflicted with you closure). Cool Hand Luke 23:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Dear friend, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve, and that 2008 is your best year yet! ~ Riana ⁂ 04:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Ron Paul Revolution

I withdrew my nomination. Who edited my comments to remove the withdrawal?--Goon Noot (talk) 01:56, 3 January 2008 (UTC) see?

Meetup

Hi there, I noticed you expressed interest in the Birmingham meetup last October. Just letting you know, another UK meetup is in planning stages, here. We need input on where and when we will meet so comments would be much appreciated. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 16:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Example of new users' pleas being ignored

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Motorola Modding –Pomte 05:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

recall debate in RFA, comment about your comments

Although it is easy to think of it as Corvus cornix being opposed to all RFA candidates who pledge to be listed on the recall category versus those opposed to Corvus cornix' opinion, it not necessarily 2 sides opposing each other.

I presume that Corvus cornix also agrees that administrators should act responsibly. Perhaps that's the common ground or existing consensus that is a start? Archtransit (talk) 16:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks card

Hello, Walton One, thank you for participating in my request for adminship, which closed successfully with 47 supports, 3 opposes, and 0 neutrals. I am glad that the community thinks it can trust me with these tools; I will try and use my new mop and bucket (or vacuum cleaner!) carefully. I would like to personally thank you for your large amount of constructive comments; in particular I think your assessment of the opposition was reasonable. I will add myself to CAT:AOR shortly; I hope I meet your expectations. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 18:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Walton One

→User:Monobi/a Mønobi 18:34, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: WP:EM

Walton - what draws contributors here, and what pushes them away? Valuable new editors come because they want to contribute to the goal of Misplaced Pages by adding content. These are the people we want to retain, and rather than focus on keeping all contributors we should pay attention to keeping the editors who actually support the goals of Misplaced Pages. So what keeps editors interested in content here? In my mind it is the ability to have an impact on the project and the presence of a like-minded community.

You say that some folks who don't contribute also do no harm, because their social activity does not impede the contributions of other editors. I disagree. We have a choice in how we construct this community - and I submit that the reason we have NOT#MYSPACE and other policies is not because people don't understand that keeping editors is important, but rather because the community does understand that a degree of community engineering is essential to supporting our goal. If we protect the proliferation of non-productive users and the changes to our community that result drive even one productive content writer away, then our community has failed its purpose.

15:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Nathann sc

I noticed that you made a comment at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:Nathann sc a few days ago protesting the deletion of that user's userpage. Since then, the user has made a number of confusing edits, primarily consisting of replacing words with thesaurus-esque synonyms that are inappropriate to the context of specific articles as well as sprinkling articles with commas incorrectly. The exemplar you provided as evidence that the user was attempting to become a good Wikipedian actually smacks of patent nonsense, and I've db-tagged it as such. What's more, another account has since started editing a very similar list of articles, making similar (or sometimes reinstating the same) changes but being more combative with attempts to revert the edits. Since you were the only person to speak in favor of keeping that userpage, I thought you should be kept informed of the user's progress (or lack thereof) in improving Misplaced Pages as opposed to using it as an alternative to MySpace. --Dachannien_Contrib 10:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Bluemarine's arbcom

Hi, you may want to check out Matt's RfC. I think someone best summed it up that too little was done (wikipedia guidelines on behavior/blocks) at first then too much happened all at once. There was some folks LGBT and others trying to add BLP-problematic items into his bio but others like myself trying to keep anything out that didn't belong there. At this writing there is still a whole blog-supported section which I feel should be removed until it is better referenced. You can also read through the 11 talk archive pages of that article and the talk pages of Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy to get a sense of what has transpired. Benjiboi 12:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, you offered to help at User talk:Bluemarine - if you are sure that you are uninvolved, I dont see a problem with that. Bluemarine has posted a lot of what I consider to be evidence onto Talk:Matt Sanchez; here is the changes. In order to try and keep the block parameters enforced, I have rolled this material back. Perhaps you would like to review and advise Matt, or take it to the Evidence page yourself? John Vandenberg (talk) 11:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Erased comments

Not sure what happened here. Lawrence Cohen

No worries, I figured it was something silly like that. :) Lawrence Cohen 20:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Your edit

It would be very good of you to restore my comment, which you erased here. Thanks and best, Badagnani (talk) 20:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration#Waterboarding

Please see the above link as I have requested arbitration for a dispute that you are involved in. Feel free to contribute there. Regards, henrik•talk 11:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)