User talk:JLaTondre/Archive 2

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Blanking

Hey, from your message, it shounds like your accusing me of being a vandal, thats not the case. The Uruguay rugby team, was already blank, someone created it and set up a redirect to the Uruguay union, which is a different thing.

So, true, I should have added a stub notice, but they way it was, was wrong. They are different subjects entirely, so removing the redirect was a good move, in my opinion. Cvene64 06:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I did not accuse you of being a vandal. There is actually a vandal template for blanking which I specifically did not use. Removing the redirect was not a good move as the link I provided in my note to you indicated. There are ways of resolving issues like this that does not leave someone at a blank page. Listing an incorrect redirect for deletion is easy. See the other link I gave you. If you need help listing it, let me know. -- JLaTondre 15:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay. I do not have the time to list anything right now, alternatively, leave the redirect, I will write the page in a couple of days if I can. Cvene64 15:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I regret not having followed the protocol. But, Judicial Process as a redirect to Civil Procedure was highly unjustifiable. Legal process can be considered suitable for the moment. I will soon be writing an article on the concerned subject. --Andy123(talk) 06:35, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good. -- JLaTondre 15:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Page

sorry lol, i wanted to change the link to it so it would be Follow Your Heart (Nikki Webster album) but i had no idear how move article but i know now. :) —This unsigned comment was added by Lillygirl (talk • contribs) .

Everyone here can always learn something new. Please sign your posts, though. -- JLaTondre 15:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Page Blanking

On 14-Mar, you blanked Arizona and Eastern Railway. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. I've reverted it to the previous version. If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits. If you believe the page should be deleted, please follow the deletion procedures. If you believe different content should go there, please create a stub. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 04:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

If it was blanked, that was my mistake. It was supposed to redirect to Arizona Eastern Railway. The railroad does not exist with the "and" in its name. I will place the redirect back in. Rhallanger 12:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

We all make mistakes. Thanks for redirecting it to the right place. -- JLaTondre 15:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your notification.. I did indeed blank The Bishop´s Avenue, a page that I had created. It was a duplicate and there were crosslinks. I´ve never deleted anything previously and I thought someone like you would find me out....et voilá IsarSteve 08:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

What is wrong with every one

i am probably gonna get a lot of bitchin because of this but, why is it that everyone freaks out over some one screwing around? this is not a very acurate source either. i have found major errors and i know other people who have as well. WHy do you all take this so seroiusly? Is this your life? Is this like your favorite thing to do? What is wrong with all of you?Dogblue 22:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)dogblue

Re: Blanking Neighbours Briggs

Hello there,

OK, so I may not have done the right thing by blanking the page Neighbours Briggs. But Neighbours Briggs isn't a real TV show. This is why I blanked the page originally & why I have moved that that page be deleted.

Thewiikione 05:30, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Blanking is not the same as deleting. Blanking leaves the article & it's history present. If it's a hoax, it should be deleted so that it's actually gone. Using prod was a better solution. However, when you marked it for deletion, you didn't provide a reason. Instead of {{prod}}, it's better to put {{prod|your reason}}. You did add {{hoax}} as well so that does help, but it's always good to make it clear why you think something should be deleted as some people put the burden of proof on the person doing the nomination and will vote keep if reasons are not provided. -- JLaTondre 10:55, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Little Johnny Taylor

You recently left a note on my page castigating me for blanking the redirect from Little Johnny Taylor to Johnnie Taylor. I have followed your advice and listed the redirect on the RfD page, stating the reason for the redirection was that the two are different people. However, I need to ask why you didn't just list the redirect on RfD rather than reverting my blanking as all you did was readmit incorrect information into Wikipedia, which (I'm sure you would agree) can't be good for the project. --Roisterer 08:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Castigating? I'm sorry you felt that way. It was meant to be informative. As for why I didn't list it, I have no idea if they are the same person or not. The creator obviously thought they were. You disagree. That's the point of deletion review - to get community agreement on the right answer. Since you are the one who wants it deleted, it's up to you to make the case for deletion. -- JLaTondre 11:26, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:RFD

Regarding "IIndiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis":
Oops, my bad, I speedied it as an implausible typo (created by pagemove error) and forgot to say so. I got sidetracked trying to figure out why the hell the target article had an &emdash; instead of a hyphen. — Mar. 30, '06 [12:39] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Eh... messed up again. That's what happens when I only drop in every couple weeks to fix the backlog. — Apr. 2, '06 [16:29] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Actually in cases like that, I'd recommend {{db|tagged for 3 1/2 months and nobody's noticed, extremely unlikely to be useful!}}. — Apr. 2, '06 [16:37] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Special:Shortpages

I know you've been working on them. So have I. Letting you know, I've gone though #50 and I am done` for the night. Would appreciate note on my talk page if/when you do another chunk. Pain in the neck that that page doesn't instantly update. Can we change that? Who designed that excellent process? Thanks. - the.crazy.russian τ/ç/ë 05:18, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Responded as requested. -- JLaTondre 17:03, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I do all of the same except leave messages on talk pages except in a few cases. Maybe I should starts. Thanks again. - the.crazy.russian τ/ç/ë 17:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Computers in postmodernity

No worries, I figured out what you meant after a while. Question: do you think I could just nominate it to be speedied per WP:SNOW or should I really AFD it? Mikker ^(...) 03:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Responded on Mikkerpikker's talk page. -- JLaTondre 03:55, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Button Mashing

Sorry about that, I was trying to get Buttom mashing to replace the title Scrubs, which sounded very unencyclopedic, but I dont think I figured it out. How would you move the page if Button mashing already exists? Thanks much! Mike Judgesurreal777 03:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

My appolgies. I somehow missed this comment. If you want to flip the article and redirect names, you can list it at Wikipedia:Requested moves (follow the instructions on that page). If there is no disagreement, an administrator will take care of it. Let me know if you need help. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 13:05, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Page blanking

Hey dude, for the Hemingway article I just wanted to add a photo. I didn;t blank the page--Nick Dillinger 06:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

This diff [1] shows that it did get blanked by you. That can happen by accident which is why my note included the line 'If this was the result of a broken edit, you may wish to make the correct edits." Thanks. -- JLaTondre 12:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Where are you up to with Shortpages, JL? - the.crazy.russian τ ç ë 17:15, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Real life is awesome. Well, I did about ten more and now I am wrapping up until Saturday night. See ya. - the.crazy.russian τ ç ë 19:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Automated spelling fixes

Alright then, I stopped any and all upcoming processes intending to correct spelling, and my bot will shortly officially remove spelling correction from the list of his functions. —MESSEDROCKER (talk) 21:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok...

Well I did blank a false redirect after unsuccesfully trying to find the right page to redirect to. It was a accident and I do edit summaries when required and dont need tips. Thanks and Contact ME if you need anything ;) Mike Beckham 04:20, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

The fact that you blanked it instead of sending it to RfD does show that you needed the tip about blanking. The fact that you called the editor who made the redirect an "idiot" in your summary shows that you needed the tip about WP:CIVIL. The fact that you have replaced my message on your talk page with "Read and removed due to it being a moronic message" shows that you still need the tip about WP:CIVIL. Mistakes happen - we all make them. Please learn from yours. -- JLaTondre 12:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

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09 January

Done. Johnleemk | Talk 12:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: RfD

Thanks so much for your reminder. :-D — Instantnood 14:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:NPOVUW

Thanks for doing all the dirty work! You missed one, but I caught it. *shrug* Again, thanks! Johnleemk | Talk 18:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Gambotto redirecdts

hi, These are valid redirects and, I suppose, don't cause any great harm but I feel they are unncessary. The Giancarlo_Gambotto → Gambotto → Antonella Gambotto-Burke seems particularly pointless. Dlyons493 Talk 19:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

The double redirect should be fixed if kept. I meant to make a note of that and forgot. I've added that, thanks. I'll agree that the redirects probably won't be used much, but in general, the votes on RfD error towards keeping redirects if there is a chance that someone might type it in while looking for a page. If you read over the RfD page, you'll see even more unlikely ones being kept. -- JLaTondre 21:51, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

AfD

I saw you contributed to the Ohad Shem-Tov (talk) page, which I have proposed to be deleted, feel free to join in the debate here! C mon 21:09, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I wasn't quite sure what to do about that page when I found it vandalized as I know little about Israeli politics. I was hoping the disputed tag might bring in some serious editors. -- JLaTondre 21:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Abasin and Nuristan (Pakistan)

Hi JLA..thanks for your comments..I was actually hoping to merge those two articles with the main one that is Pakhtunkhwa..essentially the other two (abasin and nuristan) are duplicates of Pakhtunkhwa thanks --Zak 03:18, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

You don't need AfD to do a merge. You can edit the article to be kept to add any unique information and then redirect to the duplicate to it. You might wish to tag them for merger and discuss it on the articles' talk page first if you think there might be controversy. See Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages for more information. If you have questions let me know. -- JLaTondre 03:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Question about SP2 RfD closure

Hi J,

I'm wondering how my SP2 deletion request was closed so early and why. I thought it had to stay for one week or so. Furthermore, we have 2 votes: one for deletion (mine), one for redirect. How could the result be "redirect"? --Gennaro Prota ^(talk) 06:38, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The result was not "redirect". It was converted to a disambig page. If a redirect can have multiple meanings, then it should not be a redirect and should be a disambig instead. Ignoring the Service pack and Windows XP entries, there are still other valid meanings for SP2. Therefore, it needs to be a disambig page. The inclusion of the Service pack and Windows XP entries on the disambig page then becomes an article content issue and no longer an issue for RfD. Early closings of RfD discussions happen when the answer is obvious per policy (speedy deletes, speedy keeps, disambig). The same as with all other deletion processes. Let me know if you have further questions... -- JLaTondre 13:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, I understand now, and know something more about Wikipedia policies :). "Redirect" was a lapsus linguae (actually, lapsus digitorum :)), I meant "disambig", of course. Thank you very much for your work. --Gennaro Prota ^(talk) 23:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

For a second, I got too trigger-happy and plopped a warning on you. I guess I should stop fighting vandalism while deprived of sleep. Anyway, sorry again. Mopper ^Speak! 20:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Mistakes happen. -- JLaTondre 20:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

C-Nut

Well he has been arsing around on other pages, even when others have complained. The message was between him and myself - you weren't the subject at all. John Smith's 22:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Understood. My point was that there are established ways of handling these types of issues. It is better to stick with those and maintain the higher ground. -- JLaTondre 00:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Blanking Steven Woolley

The page needs to be merged and redirected to Stephen Woolley. I was trying to do this but must have messed up.Piersmasterson 09:39, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I have taken care of it. You might want to check if I missed anything. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 02:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Sathy

JLaTondre..they r both different persons..only there is information about the son in the fahers page..so it has to be a soft redirect ...thanks any way, i feel it should be appropriate for a soft redirect what do u say...start a discussion? --Sathy 05:10, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

RFD's

I appreciate your help at Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion, and I've noticed you've located a lot of redirects that got tagged but never listed. In the future, feel free to revert unexplained or frivolous taggings rather than listing them. In particular, I'm referring to straightforward speedy keeps such as [[Bio-diesel]] → [[Biodiesel]]. Rather than being bound and chained to process, you might do better to use your own instinct, especially in the absence of any plausible rationale for deletion, at least until such time as you get reverted, or receive a complaint on your talk page, then go ahead, assume good faith and list it. — May. 18, '06 [05:51] <freak|talk>

RfD Closures

Hey, thanks for the note. I don't know how I missed that. Johnleemk | Talk 12:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Damn, I need to stop doing these RfD closes on autopilot. Thanks again. Johnleemk | Talk 05:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

target{|t}ing

Concise OED says v tr targeted, targeting, or Brit targetted, targetting. 81.104.165.184 20:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

People of Elizabethan Ireland

Thanks for recatting so many articles.--Shtove 21:19, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Raine Island

Dude,

Raine Island. Queensland was blanked because of the typo. It should be Raine Island, Queensland (note the comma)

Now we have 2 Raine ISlands.

I think the first should be deleted. lease arrange its deletion. Peter

Why was Liancourt Rocks moved to Dokudo?

Liancourt Rocks is a topic that South Korea is discussing as Japan. South Korea insists on Dokuto. Japan insists on Takeshima. This topic became Liancourt Rocks from a neutral viewpoint. Please explain the reason why you adopted the insistence of South Korea. Liancourt Rocks is a name to prevent the edit battle by a lot of articles.　Please explain the reason why you denied Liancourt Rocks. The edit battle will start by a lot of scenes if you do not make the Japanese and the South Korean consented.

--Kamosuke 11:09, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure how clearer I could have written my closure statement & edit summary. I suggest people actually read what I wrote. The RFD closure for Liancourt Rocks is unrelated to what should be the correct name of the article. RFD is simply the wrong place for this. If you want the page moved, follow the directions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. As I had nothing to do with the rename, you will have to ask your other questions to those involved. Please make use of page histories and user contributions instead of making assumptions. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 13:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Please look at the length of Talk. TalkPage of Liancourt Rocks has the long discussion. As a result, South Korea and Japan agreed with Liancourt Rocks. I regret that you restarted the edit battle of South Korea and Japan.　--Kamosuke 14:50, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

As I said, please make use of page histories and user contributions instead of making assumptions. I did not start anything. I am not the one who renamed it and I am not the one who nominated the redirect for deletion. My only involvement has been to close a misguided redirect deletion request. RFD was not the place to bring this argument. Saying "this is not the place to fight, go fight over there" is not the same as picking a side in the fight. I have made no statement regarding what is the correct title and, not having been involved, I don't really have an opinion. -- JLaTondre 15:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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RfD

I did make a mistake. Thank you for correcting it. Loom91 07:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:User Page Revert

No problem. I was amazed there was just one thing on CAT:CSD, and when I checked it out it was your user page. I gave the vandal a test2 message for that and the nonsense page he created (which you had just put the nonsense template back on to). I wonder if he'll be after my page next... ;) Timrem 00:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Moving my RfD

Thanks for moving my vote. You're right; I placed it under the wrong heading. - Richardcavell 22:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Torero

I blanked this page. Thank you for fixing it. I was trying to move the artile Matador there, but unsuccessfully. Can you help with that? Thanks--Counsel 01:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You'll need to list it at Wikipedia:Requested moves. An adminstrator has to do the move since the redirect page will need to be deleted. Switches like that are required to be listed for discussion to ensure people are in agreement. Let me know if you have other questions! -- JLaTondre 01:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Herbert George Welch

What I am trying to do is move the article Herbert Welch to Herbert George Welch, which is the same person (his full name). It wouldn't let me move, since H.G.W. was already a page (a redirect). Perhaps you could help me?? Thanks!! Pastorwayne 12:56, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You'll need to list it at Wikipedia:Requested moves. An adminstrator has to do the move since the redirect page will need to be deleted. Switches like that are required to be listed for discussion to ensure people are in agreement. Let me know if you have other questions! -- JLaTondre 17:34, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

About Us

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Hello! I am an unremarkable self-appointed volunteer scholar with no true scholarly credentials or real success in life. Like many in my sordid little semi-anonymous cyber world, I proudly serve this website.

Here is what a true scholarly and trusted authority says about me and my ilk:

“I think it’s exactly the right price,” said Michael Ross, senior vice president of corporate development at Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. in Chicago. Major articles in Britannica are signed by the author; all articles are vetted by an experienced team of editors and scholars. The libraries that pay $1,500 for a set of bound volumes or the family that pays $60 a year for an Internet subscription are buying confidence as well as information. … Ross admits to reading and enjoying Wikipedia, and has even gotten ideas there for future Britannica articles. But the absence of traditional editorial controls makes Wikipedia unsuited to serious research. “How do they know it’s accurate?” Ross asks. “People can put down anything.”.. Feel free to stop by often and make your own comments on our work! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.14 (talk • contribs) 04:01, 5 June 2006 Removed from User:JLaTondre and moved here by Moe Epsilon. Unsigned template inserted by myself. Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 04:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Norsecore page blanking

Hi, sorry about the page blanking with the Norsecore article. I didn't realize that that qualified as page blanking since the the only thing on the page was a redirect to "Grindcore." I'll write a stub for Norsecore, since I don't know too much about it, but I do know that redirecting to Grindcore is incorrect. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Karpsmom (talk • contribs) .

Deleted Redirect on Gary Hinman.

You apparently think I should not have removed an inaccurate re-direct from Gay Hinman to Charles Manson. Do you mistakenly think they are the same person? If you'd like to write an article on Gary Hinman, feel free to do so, rather than putting re-directs back in that are incorrect. You having put this re-direct back in is somewhat like putting in a re-direct from Lauren Bacall to Humphrey Bogart. People with something in common, perhaps, but not the same person, and not meriting a re-direct, rather only a reference. Cheers! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ejteltschik (talk • contribs) .

Blanking a page is not the same as deleting. If you think this redirect is invalid, then nominate for deletion per the directions I provided. While Gary Hinman is not the same person as Charles Manson, Gary Hinman is discussed at the Charles Manson page. Redirects are not used simply when two items are the same. They are also used when a topic does not have it's own article, but is discussed in another article. Gary Hinman fits that model. -- JLaTondre 13:16, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Bagyo + Baguio + Typhoons

Hi, I really don't know what to do with this entry, Baguio, as it is incorrect. Original author who wrote the stub and divided it from the entry Baguio City has already been challenged to present proof of validity but has still not come up with anything. I have already suggested that he develop the entry in bagyo. His main assertion is "Baguio (spelled bagyo in Filipino) is the local name given to any typhoon...", local name being the primary bone of contention. The word Baguio as a translation of bagyo is not used locally in the Philippines, either by textbooks or the PAGASA national weather bureau. Please advise. --Haldamir 23:27, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I don't have a recommendation for you as I don't know the topic well enough. You may want to visit Portal:Philippines and query one of the folks who have edited there. They might be able to help. -- JLaTondre 00:33, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Page blanking

I apologise and suddenly thought about the deletion process today. So thanks for doing that. Lummie 14:04, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. -- JLaTondre 14:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Mary Davies

Evening, thanks for your message re Mary Davies. I defer to you better judgement. I shall never again edit the page and Mary Davies will forever remain the Duke of Westminster.

Nigel45 22:03, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

You seem to be confused by what I said. I'm not advocating that the redirect be kept. I'm saying blanking it is not the right thing to do. I've provided suggestions for appropriate ways to deal with this. I'm not sure why you just don't utilize one of those. Also, please make sure you leave your comments on an user's talk page and on the user page. -- JLaTondre 00:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Reverting my edits to RfD 3 revert rule

My bad. I don't know how I didn't notice it was closed. I was just so frustrated that what seemed to me a perfectly valid redirect had been put up for deletion (after all, I was trying to find the relevant article), that I hastily added my opinion without noticing! Cheers. David L Rattigan 22:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. That closure was a bit unusual as it spanned quite a few redirects at once. -- JLaTondre 23:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Open task for buddhism

Sorry about that. I've already discovered that there is wiki project page for Buddhism which contain open task for buddhism. My error. Vapour

RfD

It made sense... I deleted the redirect but I think I waited to long and the ID was off when I edited the section and I didn't look... thanks for fixing my mistake. gren グレン 23:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

RfD

Hi, thanks, yeah sorry about that. I was doing to many things at once when I added my comment (tabbed browsing is an awful thing to get used to). Yes I did mean to vote for the above entry, and am fully aware about not modifying closed entries. Sorry about the mistake, but many thanks for correcting it and letting me know. --Wisden17 00:06, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

PROD

Thanks for the reminder. I did realize that the edit summary incorrected identified the tag, about two seconds too late. I've reviewed the procedures and criteria, so this won't happen again. -Fsotrain09 14:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Special:Shortpages

Hey. I got AWB and substed all the {{wi}} articles. I also added long comment tags to all multi-deleted protected articles, since I am now a sysop. Therefore we now have - you guess it - 1000 pure pages of short articles, the vast majority of which require immediate attention. Congratulations! :) :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know whether to praise you or curse you. :-) That makes it much more useful, but it also makes it much more work. I'm starting at the end and working my way back. I'll figure I'll see more new stuff that way. Thanks for doing the work. It's definitely beneficial. -- JLaTondre 23:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Reply from haha169

thnx for the redirecting advice. I've got the hang of it now, see. redirected to haha169

Ready?

Drop a note, and I'll draft it... - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• After you answer the questions and accept, please adjust the date/time and list it at WP:RFA. Good luck! - CrazyRussian talk/email 06:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I answered the questions and listed it. No matter how it goes, I'm thankful for the confidence you have in me and the praise you gave in your nomination statement. Sorry it took a couple of days to respond, but you picked the one time I was offline. :-) Thanks again! -- JLaTondre 01:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
    • 's ok! Did you take a long weekend trip? Come to think of it, I don't even know if you're American! :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:05, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
      • Yes, I'm an American. Unfortunately, nothing so fun as a long weekend. I just ran out of time, but I'm enjoying the day off today. -- JLaTondre 13:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

So you were nominated by a commie, huh? That is fitting for a scumbag like you because you and those you are associated with are wiki-Stalinists! Thought you might find this link very interesting [[3]]. -JLaFuckYOU

blanking Atherinidae

Yes, I did blank the Atherinidae redirect. I could not see the point of redirecting a family of fish to an article on a cut of meat. There is no connection - if you think there is a connection could you please let me in on the secret  :-) GrahamBould 13:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Blanking is not the same as deleting. As I said in my note, "If you believe the redirect should be deleted, please follow the redirect portion of the deletion procedures" If you believe an article should be written instead of the redirect, please write a stub. There are appropriate ways of dealing with issues like this. Blanking is not one. Also, in future, please be sure to place discussion a person's talk page and not their user page. -- JLaTondre 13:37, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverting pageblanking

I just tagged several pages as {{db-blanked}} before I saw those pages, so (because original author blanked these pages too in a similar manner) I thought they wanted them deleted. Anyway, I added those pages to my watchlist after listing them for prod, so I saw your correction immediately and of course agreed with it. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion, next time I'll check their contributions - somehow it just didn't occur to me that they'd do a cut-and-paste move. Thanks again. --Zoz (t) 16:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Most times it's a single author so it doesn't really matter. -- JLaTondre 20:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Robert Adams, Jr.

Hello,

Thank you for fixing the re-direct on the Robert Adams, Jr. Article. As you can see from its History Page I struggled with it. I'm still trying to get a handle on some of the techincal elements of editing in Wikipedia. I'll get there (hopefully without crashing the entire site).

Regards,

Michael David 21:43, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. If you have questions, let me know. -- JLaTondre 01:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Grunion

I am not sure what happened, but in your recent edit [4] of the grunion article, a chuck of text was deleted at the end of the article. I've restored the deleted text. Does you browser have any problems with large articles? ^BlankVerse 10:16, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Ugh, I think I get hit by the Google toolbar bug. I thought I had been pretty careful in watching for that, but it looks liked I missed it. Time to disable the toolbar and go back to the mozdev version. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll double check my other edits last night. -- JLaTondre 11:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

College Football Project

" Hello! "

Thank you for contributions. I noticed that you have edited a College football related article. You may be interested to know that there is a college football WikiProject which you can join and help us edit Wikipedia’s college football articles. If you have any questions just ask at the College football WikiProject. Again, Thank you for your help and we hope to see you there soon!

Congrats

Congrats on the successful RfA! Isopropyl 00:57, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Impressive speed :) But definitely congrats, JLaTondre. After a very impressive showing of comunity support in your RfA, you're our newest admin. Be conservative with the new tools, especially at first, and re-read the relevant policies before acting. Otherwise have fun using the tools to make this a better place, and don't hesitate to ask if you need anything. - Taxman ^Talk 01:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

MAZEL TOV! - CrazyRougeian talk/email 01:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the mop! Yanksox 02:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks all! I appreciate the vote of confidence that the RFA participants gave me and your congratulations as well. I'm going to skip spamming everyone's talk page, but my thanks do include everyone involved. -- JLaTondre 11:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Page Blanking

Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you. Esaborio 02:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Worthy use of your new admin powers

Congratulations on your recent granting of admin powers. I would like to draw your attention to a worthy use of those powers - the closing of copyvio reports listed on WP:CP. As you'll see there are many tens of such reports that need dealing with each day, and the backlog is barely being kept under control despite a couple of us spending lots of time working on them. The process is pretty easy and sorting a few only takes a little time and with a group of people helping, we can keep the backlog under control easily - just review the article & the source to ensure it is a copy, and then delete. Any help would certainly be appreciated - any questions, ask away. Kcordina ^Talk 09:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)