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Your response

Actually, my real motives for asking the question, was because I havn't recieved any new messages recently, and I miss the little orange bar that says "You have a new message". Gherkin30 18:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add this just to see the new message icon, it is highly inappropriate and wll most likely confuse Wikipedians when they could be contributing in a worthwhile way instead of sending you messges just to see the orange new message bar. Kindest Regards - The Sunshine Man 18:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Response

I have read your message I have been aware and shall delete the articleif you think it shall be counted as advertising, I also don't have time to do this anyway and noticed there's a full wiki on SRB2 So I masewell delete it. Sprout7000

Hey

Thank you for your help really thanks. Hey can you give me your e-mail address i have one I will give it to you if you give yours to me. Thanks. --Abubblegum 16:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

AIV

Ah, sorry about that - usually I just put it at the top, but will keep it in mind in future :) ≈ The Haunted Angel 20:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Great! Just thought I'd better tell you politely, I thought you should know for the future. Cheers! The Sunshine Man 09:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Jhfireboy/Admin Opposer Thanks

Barnstar thanks

Hi TSM! Thank you so much for the barnstar. I really appreciate it. I noticed you're new to the 'pedia, so if you ever need any help or second opinion on any issue, I'll be glad to help. :-) See you around. —Anas ^talk? 17:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, your welcome for the Barnstar - it really is long overdue! Kindest regards. The Sunshine Man 17:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

My first Barnstar! Thanks a lot for it, I;m just trying to clean a lot of the graft that seems to pop up in the new and recent changes Wildthing61476 17:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Again your welcome! You deserve it.The Sunshine Man 17:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Baby goats jan 2007.jpg

I reverted your closure of this featured picture nomination and might revert others too. Unless this is an undeclared sockpuppet account you don't have the service time at WP:FPC to make those calls. ~ trialsanderrors 09:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I do not understand your comments on my user talk page, they seem uncivil, you are accusing me of sockpuppetry. Does it really matter whether I'm new or not, I closed a featured picture candidate which had been left not closed for much more than seven days and consensus was not in favour of promoting, you dont need to be an administrator to close candidates for feautred pictures, any users can do it. I shall re-close the nomination and again review the consensus and make a decision. Regards - The Sunshine Man 10:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet accounts are all undeclared secondary accounts, some are used against policy, others aren't, so there is no inherent accusation in pointing out that your contributions don't look like those of a typical new editor. But in either case, whether you have an alternative account or just started editing, you don't have the contribution record for the community to inspect, so trust in your decision making skills cannot be established. I recommend you participate in FPC discusions as an editor so that the community can judge your competence rather than just assert it yourself. ~ trialsanderrors 10:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't follow trialsanderrors statement at all. I don't believe there has ever been a service time requirement for WP:FPC. The closure was the "right" decision as there was no consensus for the image to be promoted. As long as it is closed properly, what does it matter? Which, by the way, {{fpc}} needs to be removed from the image pages.--PS2pcGAMER (talk) 10:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

If a closure goes against consensus, it can always be changed. I closed a FPC nom with the wrong decision before, someone brought it to my attention, I fixed it, no big deal. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 10:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

FirefoxRocks RfA

Haven't a clue why my edit reverted yours. It certainly wasn't intentional. -- LeCour^T:C 01:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, no hard feelings, I didnt mean to offend you and I've re-added my comments. Thanks a lot! Regards - The Sunshine Man 11:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Featured pictures

Hi, I noticed you've been closing some of the Featured Picture discussions. It seems that when you've been promoting the images, you've forgotten to update the count at the top of WP:FP. Could you please be sure to do that? That's not automatically updated by a bot or anything. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 16:18, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

My apologies, I must of missed that in the instructions, I thought it was automatic like the counter at the top of WP:GA, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Cheers! The Sunshine Man 16:21, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The FA count at the top of WP:GA isn't really automatic. It's only included from WP:FA, but that number is manually updated from what I can tell. And the GA count is also manually updated. It would be nice if we had a bot that does it, though. howcheng {chat} 17:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Would be much easier I agree, however when you go to edit WP:GA it transcludes information from a template about the number of GA's so I thought it was automatic.The Sunshine Man 17:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

helpme Response from Daysleeper47

I would very much appreciate at least a temporary protection from ip and new users on my user page. Cheers, --Daysleeper47 17:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Mountain of Madness

Hey, you haven't added the article to WP:GA. Also in your your review you used the GA failed template, but you passed on every criteria and added the GA banner, so it take it that you did actaully pass it. Gran² 21:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Age of Mythology GA

You mentioned here that it passed 5 of the 6 criteria. Just to clarify, does this mean that when we fix up the problems with the {{fact}} template, it will be GA ready? ~ G1ggy! _{Reply | Powderfinger!} 23:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you clarify this sometime soon? ~ G1ggy! _{Reply | Powderfinger!} 23:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:RFA

Hello, I've removed my neutral comments from your RfA and changed it to support, I was being to picky and I think you handled it really well. Good luck, The Sunshine Man 12:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Sunshine Man- as I said on the RFA page, I hadn't thought about it like that- XFD being more a place of discussion. I'll do as you said in future, and clarify more.

Cheers :) CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 00:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Closing of tomato nomination

Hi Sunshine Man,
Could you please provide your reasoning for a non promotion of here? I count them up as follows: Support - 15 votes, Oppose 5 votes, 3 weak opposes, which makes a supermajority by two support votes. Furthermore, some of the oppose votes were not reflective of the criteria set out in WP:FP?. --Fir0002 08:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Many of the votes were against it and many for it, the dont have to follow the criteria but many of the oppose comments were valid and saying about the texture of the image, I counted up 14 in support, 8 oppose, this is more than half opposing and therefore does not meet the required 2/3 approximately of support, it had more than 4 supports but a promotion did not seem in order, if you still day agree you could require a review and then consider re-nominating it later and see how it turns out, I dont mean to offend you but I was making a decision based on community consensus. Kind regards - The Sunshine Man 11:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think you quite understand the closing procedure. First, nominator's, even self nominator's, vote counts. Second the 2/3 supermajority is formed like this. Hence the "scores" are 15*1 = 15 for support. 5*2 + 3*1 = 10 + 3 = 13. Thus it has consensus by 2 support votes. Please make sure you understand procedures before committing yourself to the task of closing nominations, particularly those which aren't clear cut. Lastly, Wikipedia:Picture peer review is not for the funciton you described. It's a step lower than FPC where those unsure of themselves can put up photos for comment before submission to FPC - essentially it's there to weed out nominations which don't have a snowball's chance --Fir0002 07:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I do understand the closing procedure of FPC's, yes I am new here but I am still familiar with it, you may wish to contact User:MER-C as he/she is a regular FPC closer and see what he thinks, I dont want this to turn into a conflict and I do not want any negative feelings to be caused either.The Sunshine Man 09:35, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that will be necessary, see I too closed many nominations. Did you read the link I sent? Please do. That was were it was established that:

Support: 1 points
Weak support: 0.5 points
Neutral: 0 points
Weak oppose: -1 points
Oppose: -2 points

And if you add up the votes and the sum is equal to or greater than 0 you get a 2/3 supermajority. ]. Hence the "scores" are 15*1 = 15 for support. 5*2 + 3*1 = 10 + 3 = 13. And 15-13 is 2 (ie greater than 0 and a supermajority). Oh, make sure you read the comments below the above summary where it was discussed and agreed that strong supports/opposes did not count for any more than normal supports/oppose. I don't want it to turn into a conflict either, just point out a few things you should learn before closing noms! --Fir0002 10:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

My opinion is here. MER-C 12:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Bon Scott

In case it isn't on your watchlist, I thought I should tell you that I just addressed a question to you at Talk:Bon Scott. I'm keen to hear your response. Hesperian 12:29, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I've addressed your concerns which entailed only a few minutes of moving references around. I trust that you will respond as requested. —Moondyne 14:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, I have left comments on the article talk page and it seems the appropriate changes have been made to article (that was quick - and excellent) so the article now meets the good article criteria. Thanks! The Sunshine Man 15:34, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your review and the nice comments. Regards —Moondyne 01:01, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Per WP:WIAGA, 2b says "cites reliable sources for quotations and for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, preferably using inline citations for longer articles" (my emphasis). I still find it strange for you to be failing GAC's given that the article was (is) adequately referenced. It seems the issue is more a very minor one of style rather than missing content.

I don't wish to hound you as I can see that you are doing a great job helping with the backlog of GAC's and I really appreciate the work you do. But I would like to discuss this further if possible. —Moondyne 02:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Marcus dwayne dixon

I switched the tag on the article, seeing as it is a copy and paste from http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1073944821942 (not to mention a recreation). The thing is, he IS worthy enough of an article, being covering in numerous media outlets, that article just needs to be written to Wikipedia standards. Wildthing61476 16:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou!

Ooh, my first barnstar, how exciting! My pleasure for reverting the vandalism! --Samtheboy ^(t/c) 17:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome, you greatly deserve it! The Sunshine Man 18:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Renal Tubular Acidosis

Thanks for review, even if it failed GA-you failed it on factual accuracy with the comment Many statements in the first two sections are unsourced, just so I can fix the article-did you mean the first two paras of the intro, which are unsourced, or sections 1 and 2 (ie dRTA and pRTA)-which are fairly well sourced-if it's the latter, could you point out which bits I need to source better, if you've got a mo? ThanksFelixFelix ^talk 21:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Down and Dirty Duck

I have addressed the issues that have been brought up. Please take a look at the current revision and re-review its GA status. (Ibaranoff24 21:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC))

Some friendly advice

Sunshine Man, I hate to dampen your enthusiasm, but I strongly suggest that you stop closing debates and reviewing GAC's until you have some more experience. Many long term users will find it discourteous for their articles to be reviewed by an editor who has been here for less than a week and who cannot possibly fully understand all of the policies and guidelines we need to follow.

In the meantime, I suggest that you restrict yourself to editing articles and reverting vandalism and leave the other stuff to editors with broader experience. —Moondyne 09:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Seconded from the FPC corner!! --Fir0002 10:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

The way you are putting me aside just because I'm new is uncivil and unfair, you dont have to be a b'crat to know policy or make a fair decision, I'm going to comment on WP:ANI about this.The Sunshine Man 11:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

That reaction just reinforces my advice. You need to contribute in other areas for a while and build your experience before getting too involved in the more administrative tasks. I am sorry if you took my suggestion the wrong way but it was genuinely given in good faith. Of course you are free to complain to whoever you like, but I would expect the advice will be the same. —Moondyne 13:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Recent Events

Sunshine Man, I am sorry you have felt attacked or unwelcomed. Please no that that was not anyone's intent. You seem to be an eager, and potentially very helpful editor. There are some decisions on wikipedia which people look for someone to make who has more experience than you currently have. The reason for this is not because new users have no value to the project. Rather, it is because there are some things that can only be learned through experience. For example - a wide range of articles are submitted for GA status, and it takes some experience to learn to finesse the difference between a decent article and a GA. In particular, getting involved in writing articles is something that can only help. In writing articles, you learn all the things that go into a GA.

I hope that you will not leave the project, but will rather get involved with a WP:Wikiproject and work on providing content for the encyclopedia. With time, you will learn the policies better and elarn more about how articles are written, improved, and evaluated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Pastor David ^† 15:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I would like to echo David's comments. You are truly one of the most ambitious new contributors that I have ever met and I would hate to see you leave. It is disturbing the way people went about addressing their concerns to you. I disagree with you being asked not to close any FPC nominations. If consensus is clear and you close it that way, I don't see the issue. However, I do agree that it may be a good idea to stay away from the more contentious nominations, at least for a few weeks until you have a little more experience (and credibility, so to speak) under your belt. Determining consensus is a very difficult task and it is something that generates a lot of controversy anytime it is a close call. For example, one of the reasons that many "voters" at WP:RfA require that people have months of experience before becoming an admin is that admins have the power to determine consensus on WP:AfD, etc. It takes time to get a feel for the community as you often have to rely on intuition. Determining consensus isn't just about supermajority or any pre-determined formulas.

I'll give my two cents on two of your more recent contentious closures. I fully agree with the goat image not being promoted. I felt that the opposers had very valid objections. For the tomato nomination, I felt that image was technically very well done and if I were closing the nomination, I would have promoted it. The opposers just had a weaker rationale in this situation.

Anyway, I hope you don't leave for good. If you do return, you might want to consider another aspect of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has many various sub-cultures, so your experience might be different. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 07:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm happy to see that you are sticking around. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 10:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Press Pass

Greetings. I believe you accidentially mislabeled the Press Pass GA review; I have corrected it. If you believe my revision to be in error, please let me know. Thanks, --Xiaphias 06:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Things you seem to be missing

I can't spot one of these on your talk page:

Barnstar moved to my userpage with thanks...!

Also it seems kind of wrong not to have an 'official welcome', even though it probably is rather too late for you ;)

Hello, The Sunshine Man, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Cheers, Petros471 11:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

PS. I manged to get into a bit of bother as well, diving in a bit too deep into some things at the beginning. The great thing about this place though is that generally doesn't matter, as someone else will correct you and then (usually) forget about it :) Petros471 11:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Happy endings

Indeed, and welcome back (I truly mean that). I was worried when you blanked your page that you may have decided that enough was enough. Good people like you are what makes this a nice place to hang out so all I can say is: "see you round the 'pedia". —Moondyne 15:33, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and sing out if you need any help at any time. —Moondyne 15:33, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikilove

Hey its me9999 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Your welcome for the smile you are a really nice person and i thought you could use one. Thanks and Bye.--Hey its me9999 16:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

im ready =] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Duggie647 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

Images

Hi Sunshine! (if I may...)

I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X, but it's just as easy to do in The GIMP.

First, download the Dymo label font (GF Ordner Normal) - from here for instance.

Open a nice big transparent empty image. Add the text you want with a subtle gradient fill as it gives a nice 3D impression. Now draw a white box slightly smaller than the text and send it behind the text image. Merge the visible layers into one and rotate the result slightly. Apply a nice perspective shadow. Save as a PNG with alpha transparency. Upload to Wikipedia under a free licence. Done!

The result should look something like:

Hope this helps! ⋐⋑ REDVEЯS 17:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

It's just a gradient. Pick a colour you like, then a slightly darker version (reduce the luminance or brightness). The software can be made to do a gradual fill between the two. The font itself does the rest, being inverted so that the surrounding is dark and the letters clear (thus the white box to drop behind the text to fill the letters in). ⋐⋑ REDVEЯS 19:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

dude

i do

FPC

I'm a newbie over at Featured Picture Candidates, and I've closed one FPC so far. It took me about half of an hour, involved a really embaressing edit [1]], and I haven't done one since. Right now, Iapetus needs a close (promoted). I've been hesitating to do it because it just takes so long. I'm pretty sure absolutely everyone would be grateful and happy to see you close that as support. We, do, repeatedly, get huge backlogs on FPC, and it's because closing to promote is so much trouble. I don't think it's because finding consensus is usually difficult, so I think you could make a great contribution, in line with your extremely prolific and impressive contributions, by closing obvious nominations. I don't honestly know anything about seeing consensus in close nominations; I've yet to find a really clear policy on what a consensus means. I strongly suspect that people will only be comfortable with closers in close nominations if they know that closer. In other words, I suspect you have to contribute to voting before people will be comfortable with you closing close noms. I don't know if a self-proclaimed wiki-gnome will ever be known enough by the regular population of FPC to close contested noms. When people say slow down, they don't mean "slow down editing" they mean "do the uncontroversial work that needs to be done." I'm already impressed and intimidated by your contributions, so keep up the good work! Enuja 18:48, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Duggies Responces to help

Im so sorry. The Sunshine Man, and Yes im ready to learn =]Duggie647 19:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I do not Duggie647 00:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay i did the appointed task =] Duggie647 00:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Finished Duggie647 00:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Finished 20:55, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes i belive i do Duggie647 19:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes i belive im ready Duggie647 20:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Finished Duggie 15:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcomes of New Users

Sorry, I was having a brain-dead moment. I usually go to their talk pages but for some reason I only went to their user pages. Thanks for picking up the mistake. Jh fireboy I'm listening 22:45, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the review

Dear Sunshine Man, I feel indebted to you for your review of me and all the admonishion you gave. I have taken your advice about the mainspace edits, and I hope to get those up further. I also plan to continue what I am doing with DYK and creating articles, as well as assessment, just like you advised. So, once again, I thank you for you comments. Happy editing! —A • D ^Torque 23:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The games we play

Re: [2] and [3]. It would have been a lot less painful if you had declared that a few days ago. I recall that we did cross swords briefly a couple of weeks ago[4] and I wonder if that may have swayed your reaction and comment at AN/I.

I also feel that it is disingenuous of you to maintain your editor review with an opening of "... I have been here six days now and have made just over 600 edits" —Moondyne 08:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for finally being up front about it. I'm happy to put it behind me as I really do believe in the doctrine of assuming good faith. Have a good day. —Moondyne 13:24, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I do strongly think that you should immediately either close or rework your editor review page. —Moondyne 13:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

That's fine. —Moondyne 13:40, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:RfA?

Hi there The Sunshine Man. It's good to see you again. Sorry for being a little late in my reply, I was upgrading my system to Windows Vista and had a little difficulty finding drivers for my dial-up modem. Yes you heard me, dial-up, which is actually the reason I wasn't too enthusiastic for an RfA. You know what, let's do this! I am going back to Canada in 40 days, and I will have a reliable broadband connection waiting for me there. Yes, I think now is a good time for my RfA. I am really humbled by your altruism. Your messages always seem to brighten my day. :-) Thank you so much my friend, I truly appreciate it. —Anas ^talk? 12:41, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

You can write the nomination and create it now. I will get my answers ready and be waiting for you. That shouldn't take that long. ;-) Regards, Anas ^talk? 13:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I completely rewrote Faten Hamama's article and got it to GA status (planning to get to FA status in June or July). I wrote 7 articles which are all B-class and were featured on DYK. I've done a lot of map work recently; the only place to find the maps of the districts of Syria is here, in Wikipedia. I've created a lot of dynamic maps ({{Syria Labelled Map}} and all its governorates). I pretty much completely created and set up WikiProject Syria; I've done a lot of work with this Project (leave that for my questions). I've also done a lot of work with WP:FILM, writing many film-related articles and working with some of its members. You can also see my articles. Thanks! —Anas ^talk? 13:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Also worth mentioning is my periodic vandalism fighting. —Anas ^talk? 13:56, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it's worth mentioning, except not in details, especially that I've spent the last 6 weeks and some 2-3 K edits on the Project's work. ;-) Cheers, Anas ^talk? 14:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, you can go ahead and create it. ;-) I'll be away for 30 minutes. —Anas ^talk? 14:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Alright, but where will you paste your nomination statement? —Anas ^talk? 15:06, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

OK. I'll watch the page and add my answers. Thanks a lot! —Anas ^talk? 15:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Qst, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Seeing as you're such a newbie editor an' all ... :) Seriously - welcome back, dude. You were missed - Alison ☺ 15:59, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Your talk page

Protected for the next 3 hours. Hope you don't mind! Cheers, – Riana_ऋ 17:36, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good evening sir, I've been thinking for a few weeks who this sunshine man is, hadn't seen him before and he was popping up everywhere!!! A least I know who the real culprit is now! It's great to have you back, I was a bit worried that you would go away and never come back - but you have so it's all good! :-) Best of luck anyway, and as always, you know where to find me! Ryan Postlethwaite 17:36, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

AFD

I'm going to be honest it is my belief that all the pages that I have nominated for Afd (a whopping 2) have both placed at the bottom of the page. However I will put extra effort into doing so in the future. --St.daniel ^Talk 21:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser

Hi - an RFCU involving yourself has been filed here: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Molag Bal. Martinp23 21:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Just a quick note on the same subject - it confirms that you and Tellyaddict are one and the same, if that's any help to you. -- Nick ^t 00:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Help clean up article northumbria flying school

Hi The Sunshine Man, please help me to clean up my article Northumbria Flying School as a bot has done something to it. Cheers Steven130793 09:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Editor's Review Thanks

Dear ~~Tellyaddict~~The Sunshine Man,
Thank you for your participation in providing me with a critique in my recent editor's review, archived here. I read and take each person's comments very seriously, whether or not the content is critical or praiseworthy. I look forward to working with you in future Wikipedia projects.
-- Real96

Nitpicks

I've no doubt you are, and unless there's an allegation of wrongdoing, I don't see why I should demand proof of anything. Now if I may ask for a favor - could you add a link to your talk page in your signature? Thanks a lot. Xiner (talk) 14:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I think most people access user talk pages at least as often, and probably more often, than user pages. To have to get to a talk page via the user page seems one step too many. Xiner (talk) 15:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sure, no problem. Another question: on your user page it says you "became a Wikipedian on 2007-03-03", which would contradict your assertion of who you were. Some people may find that uncomfortable, especially if you're to go through RfA in the future. Xiner (talk) 15:16, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

re: UFA

Hey Telly..I didn't mean to add it on top and its just that with Twinkle all names reported gets added to the top..I'm sorry..----Cometstyles 15:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RFA, which passed with 53-1-0. I will put myself into the various tasks of a administrator immediately, and if I make any mistakes, feel free to shout at me or smack me in my head. Aquarius  talk 17:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Sunshine Man, thanks for your support in my RfA, which passed unopposed. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance. --Seattle Skier (talk) 19:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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Sorry about that, I'm using Twinkle to do my Username edits. Wildthing61476 17:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Sweet Tea Queens

Hi,

I have stricken your comment from the AfD -- G4 cannot apply, because DRV has overturned the prior deletions (and has also ruled that the content is substantially different in any case.) You might want to comment again, after reading the sources listed in the DRV. Best wishes, Xoloz 18:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course!

Of course I don't mind, dear Sunny Man! :) I've taken the liberty of messing a little with HTML code and made a greenish sig for you; I've stored it here. Try it, and let me know if that's ok! :) Have a beautiful day! Phaedriel - 21:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, The Sunshine Man. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that you have only been editing for fourteen days as of this juncture, and we have been instructed to blanket-decline any usersthat have not been editing for at least one full month.

Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Daniel 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I'm trying to look forward positively from my rfa and I'm curious as to what you meant when you said I needed more Xfd work. I do comment on IFD, MFD, and AFD when I see things that look interesting. Can you provide some guidance as to how I would meet your criteria? Nardman1 07:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. I hope I can keep my nose clean from now on, I'm trying. :P Nardman1 11:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

Made me smile. It's so bright and cheerful :) Living up to your name, I see! – Riana ⁂ 10:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

See you around

Belated congrats on your new user name. I hope you're doing fine. Best, It's been long since my last talk with Tellyaddict :) Miss you!. Pea ceNT 15:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

column widths

thanks for your help on this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Champions_League_broadcasters, but i tried everything to no joy. could you please find a way to readjust it to the following widths - Country-100px, Language-100px, Tuesday Night-200px, Wednesday Night-200px. trust me to try tables on my first article!!!--Htb50 20:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, indeed you are right, I have done the width properly, BUT according to the help article, wrapping of text should automatically occur, but it does not, thus causing the 'Tuesday Night' to be very much wider than desired. Is there anyway to manuelly inforce wrapping of text?--Htb50 21:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, I've realised what I was doind wrong and I've sorted it out. I've had the names seperate from the logos as sometimes they are hard to read. Thanks again:)--Htb50 12:54, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sure, why not!--Htb50 13:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, thats ok--Htb50 13:25, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

My RfA, a success

Hi The Sunshine Man. How are you doing today? My RfA just closed successfully, and I have received my new mop. I don't really know how to thank you! I was very humbled by your grand nomination statement, and am quite fortunate to have your support. I appreciate the time you have taken to nominate me and examine my contributions, and I hope I will not let your time be squandered. I will try my best not to let you or any of my supporters down. On a side note, I am really impressed with the excellent job you're doing here and I am positive I will see you mopping around soon; I will make sure of that. ;-) Thank you again, I am grateful. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. :-) —Anas ^talk? 15:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I definitely remember you from your old account. If you wouldn't have noted that, I wouldn't have known it was the same person! This is absolutely a new, better start for you. This is a small place, I'm sure we'll meet again. :-) Best of luck to you, my friend. Warmly, Anas ^talk? 18:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for the heads up. :-) —Anas ^talk? 16:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

uw-sandbox series

Hey Sunshine Man! I was looking through CAT:UWT and saw a uw-sandbox series. I think these templates are unneeded as a user doesn't really need a warning for this because a bot replaces it anyway. Since your old account was the creator, would you mind speedying them if you agree? --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 00:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind making them into a single use template? I don't think we need four warning for something like the sandbox. Also, maybe you can reword it to make it work with all sandboxes, and not just the main one. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Red Sux!) 23:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Done Thank you! — The Sunshine Man (a.k.a Tellyaddict) 16:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Who do I see!

Hi Sunshine man! Nice to see around the old good Tellyaddict ;-)

Good luck around and happy editing!

(Of course, if I can help you, drop me a line ;-))

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You are a sock puppet, and are a master wikiCriminal! Talk to me about this on my user page, Domgang 15:45, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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how to help please?

ok u no how you have those little box thingie's that say 'this user is a new page patroll officer' and stuff like that? well, i need to get a box, and the little code thingy for it is {{User WikiProject Dance}} but i don't know where to put it...can u help me?

--brilee-anne marie 18:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Put it on your userpage. Click your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen, to the left of "my talk". -N 18:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

"how to help please" feedback

thanx! i figured it out!*does happy dance* lol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by P-nut-buh-tuh (talk • contribs)

My RfA

Thanks for the comments you left regarding my RfA. I understand my user edits may not warrant approval for my request, however i am working on improving this and hopefully in the future when/if I do request again this will not be a factor. Wildthing61476 18:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Welcomes of users

Oops, it never occurred to me that this is an attack username. I mean, "lame" just means "boring" or "poor", it's not that bad, isn't it? :) Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I'll be more careful in the future ~ Best regards, PeaceNT 12:06, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

You're really kind. Have a beautiful day. :) PeaceNT 12:09, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Editing templates

Suggestion: make a copy in your user space, then you can test edits to your heart's content, and only roll them out from Development to Production when they are working. You're causing some issues with your template breaking, sorry. KillerChihuahua^?!? 14:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Former English

Hi, I reverted your edit to Paul Adcock as 'English former professional footballer' denotes what he is, an English person who used to play football professionally. The way you changed it ('former English professional footballer') makes it sound like he's not English anymore, but still a professional footballer. Hope that makes sense. WikiGull 15:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, it seemed to make more sense the way I changed it but I respect your opinion, I'll leave it. — The Sunshine Man (a.k.a Tellyaddict) 15:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

RE:

I got the idea from Persian Poet Gal, who said she used Adobe photoshop. (The entire discussion can be found here.) I used Microsoft Digital Image made a text-box with the font "Copperplate Gothic Bold", clicked on Effects → Gradient which led me to a window with an option on the left hand side that said "Choose a theme" or "Gradient". I clicked on Gradient and OK in the window that popped up saying "All objects will be flattened.....bla bla bla" and voila! I hope that wasn't too confusing. :) ~ Magnus animuM ≈ √∞ 18:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

A favour...

I was (falsely) accused of being a sock puppet. Could you please comment on this matter. The page is Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Imbilly. Thanks! -Billy227, Review my account!! ^{talk contribs sndbx usbx} 01:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Lydekker park

Cheers for the edit on Lydekker park - I didn't mean the "finally" to be critical so much as to try and emphasise the time that passed (11 years) between probate of the will and the park being opened to the public. Perhaps "eventually" would have been better. But the real reason for posting was to say I love what you did with your personalised userboxes on your userpage. Very neat. I may blatantly copy you one day if I can find the time... --Legis (talk - contributions) 17:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

My Rfa

Hello, Sunshine :) Thank you very much for your strong support in my recent Rfa, it succeeded! If you ever need a hand, please let me know. I hope to live up to your expectations. See you! PeaceNT 04:38, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit summary on CSD pages

Noted - will do, thanks. Gilesbennett 10:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

db-copyvio

I thought I did reference all instances of copyvio I've seen this morning - which one did I miss? Gilesbennett 11:42, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Aaah - failed to put in the url= bit. Apologies. Am getting there slowly...! Gilesbennett 11:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Admin coaching

I'll gladly help, if you want. I'm very satisfied of your will to learn. Michaelas¹⁰ 12:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Sunny Man :) I'd be glad to coach you - I'm already coaching Xcentaur, but I wouldn't mind coaching both of you at all. However, my internet connection's been wishy-washy lately, so I haven't been online as regularly as usual (Xcentaur knows... I haven't had the chance to get to his coaching page in a while!). If you wouldn't mind waiting, say, a week - or getting started with Michael, and then I'll help when I'm more active - that would be cool. Hope that's OK? Take care, Riana ⁂ 15:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

There we go. Michaelas¹⁰ 17:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Kind invite

File:Emerald society.jpg

You are invited to join the The Emerald society, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of fair use of images, community, and to keep articles "emerald" clean. Please visit the The group page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Don't delay---the first 25 members can recieve a special emerald award. Alphablast 16:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for joining. Please feel free to expand and improve. Alphablast 18:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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roger ailes

thank you for your comment,is the photo better now after the additions u suggested??thanks againGrandia01 16:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes thats fine, thank you for your image upload! The Sunshine Man 16:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

GAC

Hi, you certainly don't need my approval. But if you're looking for some reassurance of my support, then I am happy to give it. Good luck and happy editing! —Moondyne 13:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Great, I enjoyed it when I was reviewing them a few weeks back, thanks a lot. The Sunshine Man 13:52, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Advice...

Could you give me some advice?
You see, approximately two months ago, I put in an RFA, viewable here. It was unsuccessful. Now, I've gained much more experience, and I was thinking or putting in a second RFA. Do you think I should? If you could, please leave your answer on my talk page. Thanks! -Billy²²⁷, ^{review my account!! talk contribs sndbx usbx} 20:01, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

N Replied on your talk page as requested Hello, I strongly object to you going for RfA again, you say your other RfA was 2 months ago, it only ended about 15 days ago, I dont think you are ready for adminship yet, if I may - I would like to make a few suggestions for improvements:

Ready WP:CANVAS, you have been canvassing user talk pages asking for advice about whether you should go for RfA, this is generally frowned upon.
Help with maintenance and cleaning up articles and not just RC patrolling, yes this is vital to Wikipedias functioning but may users including myself see this as important and knowing how to do other things other than vandalism reverting.
May I ask why you made this edit to an article?
For an article as small as this which you tagged as unreferenced seems a little inappropriate, I think it would have been better if you'd actually referenced the article, its information is very minimal so this wouldn't take long.
Shorten down your sig, it is currently very long — is it really neccessary to have links to your userbox page and sandbox page in it, you could always link to them from your userpage.
Refrain from always asking users to reply on your talk page, many users like myself tend to reply on my talk page and find it rather annoying, sometimes you have to be a bit flexible and abide by other users talk page rules, if it says that comments will be replied to on that page, please dont ask them to reply on your talk page.

So please, do not attempt RfA until at least July 2007, I think you need more experience and definitely a higher edit count, I'd suggest at least 3000 with 1500-2000 to the main article space and some good talk/user talk/wikipedia talk communication edits. Kindest Regards

Thank you VERY much for your excellent suggestions. I'll be sure to follow your advice. Thanks again! -Billy²²⁷{{SUBST:^{review me! talk contribs}}} 21:07, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

You're very welcome! I definitely think you could be an admin in the future with some improvements. Also your RfA was definitely not two months ago, you wrote your statement at 17:13 9 May [2007]] and it was withdrew by an admin at approx 23:25 May 10 2007, also your sig seems to be displaying incorrectly - if you need a hand just give me a shout. Good luck! The Sunshine Man 21:11, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Done If you ever need any more reviews, just let me know.....

Your Review of Emmett Watson article

Thanks so much for reviewing and providing feedback for the article Emmett Watson. I'm not sure how to resolve the issue with the photograph--I emailed the photo editor at the Seattle PI to request a photo (and permission to use them) and he emailed me two photos along with permission to use them on Wikipedia. I still have that email. Can you let me know how I should proceeed? Thanks, --DHLister | Talk 22:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, images should provide links to where they came from so I think you should mention in the source:

That permission has been given for usage in Wikipedia.
A link to the website its from so if anyone wanted to check they could.

I think that it could definitely pass as a GA once the sub-sections have been made and once the reference section is cleaned up, then the image is almost there, it just needs a few minor adjustments, please feel free to renominate it when uyou think its been brought up to standard, or ask me if you wish and I'll do it. Kindest Regards The Sunshine Man 10:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, so much!

Beautiful as this sunshine is, it cannot compare to you, dear Sunshine Man!

My dearest Sunshine Man, I have no words to tell you how deeply your wonderful gift touched me, to the point that my eyes got a little wet. I don't think I deserve the title you've so graciously and kindly bestowed upon me, but in moments like this, it's best not to say anything but let the heart speak. You opened up yours to me, so it's only fair that I tell you, thank you, so much! This is the kind of gestures that I never, ever forget nor let go. Know that, although we had interacted before in a very pleasant manner, today, a new friendship has been born. You truly are a ray of wonderful sunshine. Love, Phaedriel - 16:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Iqu

It was a link to tablighi jamaat..because Thabligh is how it is pronounced not tabligh which is how it is in wikipedia..so if somebody searches for thabligh he/she will miss it ... Iqu 18:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

No, it will categorise into CAT:CSD, you should have made a redirect to the page, please remember to sign your post on talk pages by inserting ~~~. Thank you. The Sunshine Man 18:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

?

Whaddya mean?--Roxas 22:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)(I'm not kidding)(Nothing uncivil)

I mean comments like this which you left on a user talk page, I strongly suggest you read WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. Kindest Regards — The Sunshine Man 09:25, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

re: Is it Necessary?

Wha? Didn't see that coming. I probably subconsciously do it instead of using bold (or italic) text, not thinking that it's annoying anyone. Could you provide an example (preferably on my talk page)? As for the GA stuff, I apologise for this, it was probably just due to lazyness. Have a nice day! G1 gg y ! 23:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Done Replied on your talk page as requested. The Sunshine Man 09:37, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Done Okey dokey, I'll take it on board. Thanks. G1 gg y ! 23:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, your welcome! Its difficult with the oldid at first but once you've done it a couple of times, you'll find it really easy. Have a great day! The Sunshine Man 09:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Issues with Image:BerrySeal.svg

Sorry I was not able to fill my fair use rational in the < 2 minutes after uploading. I have done so now and hope this is satisfactory. If so I will move "warnings" from my talk page. Jerm 19:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

style="background: #BFD; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes2 table-yes2"| Good Yes, thats perfect, however under the fair use rationale you have a small amount of text showing which pages the image links to, this automatically added the Wikimedia software so you can remove that and the automatic one will update its self accordingly, thanks for your image uploads! The Sunshine Man 19:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Signatures

Yes, I know. I use twinkle and the script leaves a duplicate signature in warnings. I discovered this error, but I keep forgetting to remove the extra four tildes. I have since left a note in the TW talk page. By the way, there's an unclosed font code in your talk page instructions. :-) Cheers, Anas ^talk? 15:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I love your new user page. I noticed the changes earlier today, and I think it is one of the neatest I've ever seen. On the other hand, I have to be honest with you, I liked your old blue signature much more than this one. —Anas ^talk? 18:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Metcall GAC

Would you be willing to take a second look at Metcall — I've greatly expanded the "how the system works" section in response to the issues you raised.

I agree that it's a little heavy on staff roles (it originally began as an article on the job rather than the place, as part of a series on law enforcement support staff, before I realised that it needed an article on the place to make sense, and it made no sense keeping the job and the place as separate articles). Part of the problem was caused by the fact that the staff section had separate subsections relating to each job, making it appear longer than it actually is.

In all honesty, I think it's now expanded as far as it can go. As a very secretive program, there's not a lot of press coverage of it other than reprinted press releases which I've tried to avoid as non-neutral — if you follow the references, you'll see that most of the sources seem to have been dragged out grudgingly under the Freedom of Information Act. I absolutely agree about the lack of pictures, but unfortunately even the addresses of the other two centres are secret, I'm unable to find any public domain photographs of the inside of the buildings, and I don't see any useful purpose in repeat photos of the one rather nondescript building whose address is in the public domain (quite aside from the fact that "hanging round outside secret security installation taking photos" probably isn't good for anyone's health). If you've any suggestions as to how to improve it, I'd welcome them — I think it's a genuinely useful article given the lack of coverage elsewhere. (It isn't original research, but it does cobble together a lot of snippets that as far as I'm aware aren't collected anywhere else, to put together a picture of what the program is supposed to be doing and where it's succeeding/failing in doing so.) — iridescenti (talk to me!) 16:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Doing... I'm currently busy.... I'll take a look at it in a few hours, if you dont mind that is.... The Suns hine Man 16:41, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - no rush at all! Until today it was (virtually) untouched since January — iridescenti (talk to me!) 16:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking another look! As I say, I doubt it will go further unless/until a newspaper does a story on the place, but (aside from the sprawling A1 road (London)) it's probably the article I invested most time in getting right — iridescenti (talk to me!) 20:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving this message, I forget to tell you on this page! If you ever need any more good article reviews just leave me a message. Kindest Regards — The Sunshine Man 20:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

❤ ɱӑԀסԀÏƏ₭Ⓐ†Ǝ ✭ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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thanks for adopting me. i'm not a total newbie, but i do have some questions.

a. Do you actually have to do something to be part of a wikiproject? or do you just edit whatever is on that wikiproject page?

b. What is the difference between a wiki project and a portal? is someone assigned to edit the portal to change all the stuff that is different each day (such as featured image) or does it somehow do it automatically?

❤ ɱӑԀסԀÏƏ₭Ⓐ†Ǝ ✭ | User_talk:Maddiekate 22:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

lol, new question: why is my signature in a box? (up there)^

-- if you have time, there are more questions on my user page. ❤ ɱӑԀסԀÏƏ₭Ⓐ†Ǝ ✭ | ^talk 03:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I've left a note on your user talk page and created an adoptee sub-page, you can see the instructions on the page and ask any questions if you'd like and begin learning about Wikipedia. The Sunshine Man 12:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from Cecropia

Thanks for the heads-up, Sunshine Man. Rather than ask you to do, I just did it myself. :) -- Cecropia 00:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that! Happy editing! The Sunshine Man 08:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

re: Coaching

Aaargh, it completely slipped my mind! So sorry :( I'm just trying to clear a backlog right now, but expect some questions in about an hour's time. Start studying ;) Cheers, and sorry again, Riana ⁂ 12:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Replied on Riana's talk page. The Sunshine Man 12:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry! Deleting fair use violations is most absorbing :p You have a quick test there now, have a go at that while I come up with something new :) Riana ⁂ 13:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Yep, best to keep it in one place. Cheers, Riana ⁂ 13:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. Some of your answers to my vandalism test didn't seem right to me - I'll explain on greater detail there - which is why I think that a few more months might do you good. Anyway, I'd rather you had an easy time of it in a few months than a nerve-wracking RFA now, I like you too much to see you go through that! :) Take care, Riana ⁂ 12:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your help. I do know how to sign but I sometimes forget, I have not been on wikipedia long. Francisco Tevez 12:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thats fine! I'll assume good faith, thanks for your contributions. The Sunshine Man 12:52, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Tompkins Square Park Police Riot - Thank you

I really appreciate the note and the striking out. I was surprised by the strong oppose and the comment. I had tried to write the Tompkins riot article as NPOV as possible, so I was disheartened when the first comment was what you had wrote. It was a challenging historical episode to write, but one that had yet to be documented thoroughly. I wrote it a year ago, and time and Wikipedia's evolved standards have rendered some of the things I did with it (legal citation, single source) dated, but back then this was possibly one of the more heavily sourced articles. I think the topic, that the police (by their own admission) were responsible for a riot rubs some people the wrong way. My own prejudice writing the article was that I had no sympathy for the goals of the protesters (to allow the debauchery and hijacking of the park to continue) and no sympathy for the police response (which was caused by poor leadership, a hot summer, and New York City still in the midst of governing chaos). In the year since I wrote that, I've grown and matured a lot in how I edit and my writing style on Wikipedia. So, I really appreciate your actions today. It made me feel good. Best to you, and keep up the excellent work. --David Shankbone 13:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

My RFA

You supported my candidacy in my recently completed request for adminship. The debated ended 40/4/1 and I'm now an administrator. I'd just like to say thanks for taking the time to consider me, and thanks for the confidence in me. I hope your confidence in me proves to be justified.

Regards, WilyD

I've replied on your talk page, Congratulations! The Sunshine Man 14:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Coaching

I have just noticed you have this coaching section provided on part of your userpage. What is that all about? Francisco Tevez 15:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, Admin coaching is when a user pairs up with a coach(es) who is a Wikipedia administrator and they help them along the way if the "coachee" wants to be an admin or would like to learn, they ask questions and test their knowledge of policy and then give them constructive feedback and suggest areas to improve, for more info you can see Wikipedia:Admin coaching.

Kindest Regards
The Sunshine Man 18:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Jaffa Phonix

I added some references to Jaffa Phonix. --Eastmain 23:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

When I commented on the articles AfD debate I said it does not meet WP:BAND#Primary criterion, 1st point which band-related article have to meet in order to be notable, I still stick by my comment — happy editing. Kindest Regards --The Sunshine Man 09:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

My Page

Ha, thanks for the offer. I like the way you have your pages but I'm thinking of having a blue-ish color scheme. Thanks again ;) --Cadet hastings 15:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

So you'd like it like mine, is that what your saying? You'll have to select a colour for it (I suggest seeing the list of colors) and you'll have to tell me a brief outline of what you'd like on it and any graphics, leave a note when you've decided. The Sunshine Man 16:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Nevzorov

Excellent close. Consensus was clearly against my proposal. --Tony Sidaway 23:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that means a lot to me :-) I was going through the main AfD page looking for debates which could be closed early because consensus was clearly in favour of keep or speedy keep. Anyway, thanks again —

. --The Sunshine Man 08:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Question about Images.

I am going through the Digimon images and was wondering if I was adding the FUR correctly, I have currently only done three as I neglected to read the whole deletion comment, or more specifically, the do not remove this message part. The images I have done are Goldramon, Allomon and AeroVeedramon. Would you please check them. trainra 03:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry — I dont really understand what you mean by this, maybe you could ask someone else, I'm even unsure what FUR is, sorry again. Regards --The Sunshine Man 13:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:FURG, fair use rationale. I found about about this term because of the current Betacommand overhaul. -N 14:28, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Doing... Oh, fair use rationle templates, you'll have to provide links to the images which you uploaded. The Sunshine Man 14:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

The images were [5], [6] and [7]. I didn't upload them though, I am just trying to stop them getting deleted. Sorry for confusing you, thank you very much. trainra 07:18, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Usernames

It doesn't matter who reports usernames. Secretlondon 15:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Please leave new comments under a new section header to avoid confusion, I think it would be considered courteous not to remove a report left by another user and report exactly the same username at WP:UFA and move the original reporters comments to the bottom so it looks like you made the report and that the person who really made the report doesn't look like they just added extra info. The Sunshine Man 15:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Interest

This might interest you a lot..--Comet styles 16:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

I've replied on your talk page, whats next? The Sunshine Man 16:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Administrator Reedy Boy taking off!

Hello The Sunshine Man,

Thankyou for voting in my RfA. You will be pleased to know that it has been successful!! Meaning that I, Reedy Boy, am now an English Wikipedia Administrator.

It passed with a suprising 47/0/0, and I really am grateful of all your support, and I hope that I live up to your high expectations!

If there is anything I can do to help you out, please, do not hesitate to contact me!

Yours,

Reedy Boy 16:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi - I see you have recently created one or more new stub types. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it is otherwise correctly formatted, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 02:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, The Sunshine Man! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. «Snowolf ^{How can I help?}» 10:25, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for authorising me! The Sunshine Man 14:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Rugbyman 5000 would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Rugbyman 5000 to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Qst. 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.

Replied on your talk page, however I have declined the nomination as I'm definitely not ready for adminship just yet. The Sunshine Man 15:26, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Telly

Wouldn't you say that you may be a sock puppet. It's just, if you look up Mr. oompapa, then it says that you are a sock puppet of the puppeteer of Oompapa. Please get back to me. Christine118247 15:55, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Is =

Hello, with respect I think you should be careful when saying users are sockpuppets, I'm not offended at this because I can assure you I'm not a sockpuppet of User:Mr Oompapa, I made sure not to violate WP:SOCK when I decided to get a fresh start under this account. Kindest Regards --The Sunshine Man 16:03, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

inapropriate username

Popopopopopoppopopop is highly inapropriate for a username. report it please. Rugbyman 5000 16:02, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not a sockpuppet? whats that? Rugbyman 5000 16:07, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

your RfA

I've just speedied your RfA as you requested - hope you don't mind. Ryan Postlethwaite 16:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

YechielMan's RFA

Thank you for participating in either of my unsuccessful requests for adminship. Although the experience was frustrating, it showed me some mistakes I was making, and I hope to learn from those mistakes.

Please take a few minutes to read User:YechielMan/Other stuff/RFA review and advise me how to proceed. Best regards. Yechiel Man 21:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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Ergonomics ELs

I don't understand your criteria for deleting many of the external links, especially the professional societies. Could you please explain them a few at a time? -- Ronz 17:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I still don't understand your criteria for allowing some but not other professional societies. I've started a discussion: Talk:Ergonomics#Recent_External_links_cleanup. -- Ronz 17:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

RfB

Why thanks, but atm, I'm not sure I'd have the time for such work (with dev stuff and all). Voice-of-All 18:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

About the sandbox...

Hi there! As you can see here, I did not remove the header from the sandbox. It had already been removed by someone else and in fact I wasn't aware that the sandbox was supposed to have a header, so I simply erased something another user had written and left the page blank :P Teo64x 19:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies, I saw the edit summary of Blanked the page and thought you had blanked it, I should have been more careful. Again; apologies --The Sunshine Man 16:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA ...

Hi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was successful and I am now an admin. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 06:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Great, you deserve the tools! Have fun with them. Regards --The Sunshine Man 16:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Request

Hey, can you tidy up my userbox page. I can't seem to get them into a straight line going all the way down the page, see Here. Francisco Tevez 16:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

There you go, is that OK? The Sunshine Man 16:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind consideration. It is most appreciated, I will check to see how you done it so I remember in future. :)). Francisco Tevez 17:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

You welcome, if there is anything else I can help with then please tell me. Regards --The Sunshine Man 17:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Aare you doing adoption at the moment, as reading what it says on your sandbox? Francisco Tevez 17:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm not adopting at the moment, if you take a look at WP:ADOPT then you can see users who are available for adopting. Cheers --The Sunshine Man 15:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Your Db on Julia Tutweiler

The author blanked the page when you tagged this one. I was about to tag it as blanked when I saw the original from you. I'm not sure of the procedure from there. As an aside; Julia Tutweiler does have some notability, at least in Alabama. Cheers! --Stormbay 22:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Adminship

Thank you very much. I am really greatly appreciative of your compliments. I'll drop you a note when it's up and running. :-) Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 00:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

No you won't! :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh OK I won't, but my thanks very much still stands. :-) Will (aka Wimt) 01:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Was only joking TSM!! Why don't you go ahead now and add a nomination? It'll be up and running within the net couple of days. Ryan Postlethwaite 11:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Bcratbacklog

Template:Bcratbacklog has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 02:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: (User talk:ais523) TfD's

I deliberately didn't noinclude the {{tfd-inline}} tag. The notification that the template is up for TfD is needed to alert people who use the template that it's due to be deleted (much like putting {{subst:afd}} on an article). There are two TfD tags available precisely for this reason (one with block formatting ({{tfd}}) and one with inline formatting {{tfd-inline}}), so the tag can be added without unduly disrupting formatting. --ais523 13:44, 7 June 2007 (U T C)

Yes, but you should noinclude this because then it was inclusing the TfD deletion tag across several AfD pages and other pages, it does say at the top of the TfD page to noinclude it. Regards --The Sunshine Man 14:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Only if the template's meant to be substed, which this one wasn't (and then only because removing the TfD notice from the substed versions would be a pain). The inclusion of the deletion notice into the AfD pages where the template is used was deliberate, as I've explained above. --ais523 15:56, 7 June 2007 (U T C)

Yes, but this template was not meant to be substituted, even if it was meant to be subst'ed, the TfD tag would still have to be noincluded, you also forgot to add it to {{administrator}} when you nominate that for deletion. Regards --The Sunshine Man 15:59, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I think you may have misread my last comment; neither template was meant to be substed, so I didn't noinclude the TfD notice, on either {{administrator}} or {{good}} etc.. --ais523 16:16, 7 June 2007 (U T C)

Yes and another user had to add the noinclude tag because it made thousands of admin userpages go wrong. The Sunshine Man 16:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Broadwater Farm

If you're still available for WP:GA/Rs, could you take a look over Broadwater Farm and see if you think it'll pass or if not, what changes you think ought to be made? It's bugged me for at least a year that it redirected to Riot - it might be what the area's best known for, but it always seemed as silly to me as redirecting Hiroshima to Atomic bomb or David Beckham to Football. What I intended to be a short stub to fill the gap has somehow sprawled into IMO possibly the best article I've yet written. Incidentally, nominating it as a GAC within 2 minutes of creation isn't quite as arrogant as it looks - it's been sitting in userspace for some time being tweaked and poked so I'm more familiar with it that that time-lag would suggest — iridescenti (talk to me!) 16:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I am so fuckin sorry

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My rfa

Thanks for the co-nom etc. I think i needed more time to think about things and i was wondering if my one was a bit premature. I suppose i'm not experienced enough but there were other factors. Besides, the way thinks were going, consensus would not have been reached. Thanks anyway. Simply south 18:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

No problem, Glad to be a help Sir,Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 20:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Rfa

Just dropping by to say "thank you" for supporting me in my recent my RfA. I passed the vote, and am now an admin. It will take me some getting used to with the new tools, but I thank you again for the trust. Have a good one, and, as always, happy editing! Jmlk 1 7 05:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Dear Qst, thanks for your support in my recent RfA, it was, however, unsuccessful. I am not the type of editor to be disheartened by such a result, and have gained much experience. If you have anything to contribute by way of improvements or comments, please don’t hesitate to tell me.

I will run again. Until then, Cheers, Dfrg.msc 07:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)