User talk:Shizane/archive1

On the BOHS article

Why did you remove the "Prominent Alumni" section? From what I read on your userpage, you never have even come in close proximity to Southern California, so what business do you have editing BOHS's page?

Popups

When using popups to revert, please make sure that you fully revert vandalism. Sometimes a vandal makes several consecutive edits, so it's important to revert all of these edits, not just one (see [1]). -- Curps 18:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks! abakharev 05:17, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof

Well it could be a bug, but first check to make sure you are logging in using the following steps:

1. Open VandalProof
2. Wait for page to load
3. Set your username using File -> Set username
4. Click the logging into Wikipedia link under option 2 on the "Your log-in request failed" message
5. Log in with your Wikipedia username and password

Let me know if this isn't the problem. As for why I didn't leave a message, There is a bug in the auto-welcome function, so I need to leave a message manually. Since there were a lot of people requesting use, I just skipped it ;-) Prodego ^talk 18:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting vandalism done to my userpage, much appreciated. Yours, Philip Gronowski ^Contribs 21:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Baklava vandal 85.106.200.95 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

I've blocked your vandal for a 24 hour period. Thanks for the alert. -- Longhair 04:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thanks!

Any time. As far as I can tell you did nothing to him other than warn him, so why did he vandalize your page? You've got to wonder sometimes what these people are thinking. -- RattleMan 07:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to be a bitch

I decided to delete some of my infromation on my user page due to privacy concerns. I don't think that gives you the right to revert it!!! --Julien Deveraux 04:53, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

My apologies for being so terse in my online communication ...do you happen to know why wiki deleted some images i uploaded eons ago for articles I had written? i'm really upset that they did that b/c i can't get those back

Wikibreak

I hope you have a nice wikibreak, and that real life manages to not be too stressful! -- Natalya 10:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for watching my back :) --Geneb1955^Talk/_CVU 02:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks

Shizane/archive1, thank you for participating in my RfA. Unfortunately, a great number of oppose voters felt that I lacked experience, and a consensus was not reached (the final tally was 30/28/10). Perhaps I will try again in another few months when I have a few more edits under my belt. If I do, I hope I can count on your support. Thanks again! Cool3 talk 20:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (UTC)

My RfA

I know that you opposed my RfA but it passed anyway, and I hope I can show you that your fear was unwarranted.-- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 07:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My Thanks

I wanted to drop a brief note on your talk page (one admittedly not written to you only, but nevertheless truly meant) to thank you for your vote in my Request for Adminship, which concluded this evening. Even though it was unsuccessful, it did make clear to me some areas in which I can improve my contributions to Wikipedia, both in terms of the areas in which I can participate and the manner in which I can participate. I do plan on, at some point in the future (although, I think, not the near future), attempting the process again, and I hope you will consider participating in that voting process as well. If you wish in the future to offer any constructive criticism to me, or if I may assist you with anything, I hope you will not hesitate to contact me. Thanks again. — WCityMike ^(T | C)  ⇓ plz reply HERE  (why?) ⇓  04:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

A very sad thank you

Thank you for your vote in my recent RFA. At 43/43/14, I decided it was best to withdraw. I will wait until another time for an RFA. Thanks again, ILovePlankton 03:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks

Shizane/archive1, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold _talk^contribs 19:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there

Thanks for commenting on my RfA...it was greatly appreciated! --Osbus 21:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

"Vandalism"

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Do you even read summaries? Wikistress +10 for me! I removed it because - I AM DAMNED REPEATING THIS THE FOURTH TIME - it's like saying on the banana article that "some people add bananas to their cakes and bring them to weddings. Bananas are said to be delicious!" or on the Sun article that "many people tend to lay on beaches and tan themselves on the sun." ARGH. Caaptaain Caav.. OBVIOUS! Jesus Christ, Wikipedia needs less conservatism.. how stupid it is to mention that there "is clan-gaming among Counter-Strike players" like there isn't in any other online-game out there in that manner? Do articles like firearm have to exclusively mention how a projectile kills, and explain that how greatly a gun can be used in warfare, when it's just not obvious enough for the reader to look up on that information seperately? On the banana thing, you do know why it is too obvious to be included regarding cakes and sweets? Because it is mentioned that it is edible food, so is it mentioend that Counter-Strike: Source is an online videogame. --84.249.252.211 01:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Silicon_Optix

I added some justification for passing WP:CORP on this article. I'd appreciate it if you would be willing to take a another look at the article. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 17:34, 15 June 2006 (UTC)