User talk:Banes/Archive 13

My RfA

Hello Banes/Archive 13: Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 77/3/0. I hope I can perform at the standards expected for administrators. If I make any mistakes, or you need anything, please let me know. Prodego ^talk 01:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are...

...On my list of wikifriends: see my userpage! I know we haven't interacted directly. I saw you being active on Esperanza, discussing new ideas and doing the likes. Anyway: we dont need to interact to be friends! After all, a person once said: even if a person isn't your friend, if you want to be his friend, then he will be your friend--Exir Kamalabadi ^{Join Esperanza!} 13:32, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I didn't leave Wikipedia. China banned it, and I was struggling to make my proxy work.--Exir Kamalabadi ^{Join Esperanza!} 10:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching

Hi! While User:Titoxd is on a Wikibreak, he gave me permission to do some leg-work concerning Esperanza admin coaching. I was curious how your coaching with User:Gryffindor is going. If it is finished (or even if it isn't), would you be able to take on another coachee? Don't feel guilty if you don't have the time- I perfectly understand, and wouldn't want anyone feel overworked. Thanks for all your time! E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 04:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. I have assigned User:SFGiants as your coachee. Thanks for all your support of the admin coaching program, and let me know if you have any questions. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 05:43, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Newsletter #2

Barnstar Brigade
The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
Stress Alerts
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log)
The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the length of a block

Hi, Banes. I was doing some WP:AIV duty, and I came across this. You seem to have given a 48-hour block, and then changed your mind and re-blocked for a week. However, since you didn't unblock first, the shorter block is the one that is effective. If an admin blocks someone who is already blocked at the time of blocking, then regardless of which block was done first, the one that is due to expire first is the one that is effective. If you had made it one week, and then changed your mind and made it 48 hours, that would have worked, but it doesn't work the other way round, so you'll have to unblock and re-block if you still want it to be for a week. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 12:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Many thanks for the token of appreciation, which is in turn very much appreciated! Zaian 14:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, more or less pure Capetonian, as I'm sure my contributions show. However I'm out of town for a few months at the moment. Zaian 19:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching

You have been assigned to be my admin coach. I wonder what comes next. :) ςפקι Д Иτς ☺ ☻ 01:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So did it work? (Squidward)

So what was the upshot? Did Squidward stop, or what? Just curious. I haven't seen any George-Reeves-guy type stuff for a while. Herostratus 04:30, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A KISS Rfa Thanks

Thank you, I've been promoted. psch e mp | talk 01:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you!
Hello Banes/Archive 13. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- F a ng Aili ^說嗎?

User:209.221.115.5 block

Could you please review your block on this IP, as your much shorter block over-rides FireFox's. As its been blocked several times before and is a 'bad' vandal I'm requesting you unblock (;O) and then re-block for longer. Thanks.

Btw, how did your Wikibreak go? Was it enforced with power/connection trouble or voluntary? How's things on that front now? Cheers, Petros471 18:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So he did... I'm not sure why I couldn't see that, especially as it was only a couple of mins after the block. Weird cache or something. Glad you enjoyed your break. And yes I thought you'd noticed that (I wonder how...), thanks. Petros471 19:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block conflicts

Please check the block log of a suspected vandal before blocking them, as you may discover they have already been blocked. See, for example, 205.236.31.29 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), in which your block conflicted with mine. Thanks. --Cyde Weys 19:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BSB

Heya banes,

Did you notice I wrote a new paragraph on WP:BSB? I was trying to incorporate some things we discussed on the talk. Does it look okay to you?

Cheers, The Minist e r of War ^(Peace) 11:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gladyalikit! The Minist e r of War ^(Peace) 11:45, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Userpage Award

Banes,

I will be happy to step in for Gryffindor. I will have the finalst emailed to Rune_Welsh by 9pm UST.

Take care. (^'-')^ Covington 13:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Thanks for the clarification. (^'-')^ Covington 13:45, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter!

Please put all tasty Easter wishes here!

Here's hoping that if the bunny leaves you any beans they're this kind! ++Lar: t/c 15:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M ^o P-_ 05:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter! :D _-M ^o P-_ 05:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Admin Coaching

I'm not normally much of an IRC buff, but I'm willing to play along if you think it's a better way to set things up ;-) Sometime on a weekend might be best, I think; otherwise, the time zone difference means that I won't generally get off from work until the middle of the night your time. Any particular time that you would prefer?

Our nominal coachee seems to have gone inactive, though, which might make this a rather academic question. Kirill Lok s h in 18:29, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk Ex-Yugoslavia

Talk:Kosovo#2 Administrator for Ex-Yugoslavien articels in Wikipedia- The voice of Kosovar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.183.73.212 (talk • contribs) 03:39 18 April 2006 (UTC)

A tiny favour.

Hi there Banes, I hope I'm not bothering you too much; I was just wondering, if you have any spare time in your busy schedule, could you look at the Editor review page and try to maybe review me? I'm trying to find out how I can improve and how I'm viewed on Wikipedia. Much thanks! _-M ^o P-_ 04:31, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words! I try to keep my editing balanced, but I chat too much it seems; half of my edits are talking to other people :P But hopefully with the advice of yourself and others I can improve tenfold. Thanks again! _-M ^o P-_ 20:58, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment moved from userpage.

Thanks for the welcome. I'm sorry I didn't know there was a sandbox. I will use it from now on if I want to test something. Sorry, your welcome told me to sign with with 4 tildes, I forgot to do that. The Genesis 08:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry again, I didn't know I put that comment on the wrong page. I am working on an article called Black and Mild and I cited an article that states that they are the top selling cigar brand in the US. I have an other webpage that say's this besides the one I already cited. Should I cite the second one too? The Genesis 21:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I decided not to use the second source per your advice. The Genesis 01:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PS How did you get your signature thingy to have those colors? The Genesis 01:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IRC

RE:

<Banes> I'm off

<Banes> by folks

<Banes> bye!

|<-- Banes has left irc.freenode.net ("Chatzilla 0.9.69 [Firefox 1.5.0.2/2006030804]")

<JCarriker> bye!

I couldn't type fast enough. Just wanted you to know I wasn't annoying you. So, BYE! -JCarriker 14:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HTML

I don't understand HTML so what you told me just confused me, sorry. Could you explain it to me? The Genesis 00:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I have a request I would like you to please do for me. I created an article called Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. It needs to be moved to Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, my account says I'm blocked or that my username is too new, so I can not move it myself. Could you please move the article for me? The Genesis 02:27, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy April...a reply^^

Hey, Daniel...thanks for your note on my talk page at the beginning of this month. Sorry to not reply for such a long time...business has stolen me! No, hopefully I won't be doing any more exams until possibly this summer or even later...(as in a year). How are prospects coming to the possibility of you coming to America?

Also, I'm not sure if you noticed my comment in reply to your comment on my blog. I was so surprised to see your comment there...thanks! I'm working on a reply, but I just wanted to let you know I was blessed to see your opinion on music like that. It's something I believe strongly in (could you tell? very POV, eh?) and I was glad to see that you were inquiring about it, as well. God bless!--ViolinGirl^♪ 18:28, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the last exam I had was the one I failed, the one you knew about...too bad for you about the upcoming tests and stuff. Let me know, and I'll be praying. I might not reply right away, but I check over here anyway once or twice a week. 'Twould be great if your whole family could move here with you. Ok, have to run. Have a good weekend.--ViolinGirl^♪ 20:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AC ELections

Looks like so far you are winning. I Lov E Plankton 02:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Elections

I think you may just win.. if you're lucky. You deserve it, H ig hway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 22:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to congratulate you...

...for that wonderful WikiProject! (Barnstar_Brigade). --HolyRomanEmperor 10:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops

We cross-blocked 216.11.82.82 - mine is shorter, I will undo and reblock. KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:16, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody is attacking you

To all the people who accused us, do know that you revealed names of innocent people, so expect fire, geocities, will not be used,feel free to track ip, it will get you nowhee, that's not the point, feel free to file lawsuits, we are good at it. Banes shame on you, you did not help, only caused this problem with other scumbag administrators. Next website will be impossible to go. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.107.2.250 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, firstly, I have no intention of filing any lawsuits, nor have I attempted to track your library IP. There are better things to do, life is short. Secondly, I did not cause you to vandalize wikipedia as Squidward. And as for your hate sites, I am not that worked up about them, just a couple of geocities pages, so, I am not worrying right now about anybody attacking me. "Next website will be impossible to go" Having trouble? Regards -- Banez 07:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you're going to blame anyone here, blame me. I tracked your IP addresses (first the Comcast IP and secondly the library IPs), reported your vandalisms and will continue to do so. Why? ~~Because you have nothing better to do than vandalise~~ (No wait, that's not a personal attack) Because you have nothing better to do than vandalise.

I may be setting myself up as a target, but it'll take the negative attention away from Banes. You do know, that, randomly, inserting, commas, into a sentence looks silly, right? —

nath a nrd o tcom ^{(T • C • W)} 12:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol Nathan, watch out! You name will be up in caps too... -- Banez 12:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better me than you. Besides, what sort of made-up crap can he say about me? "nathanrdotcom lives in Canada. Canadians live in igloos"? Hah. —

nath a nrd o tcom ^{(T • C • W)} 23:22, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if it'd say Canada... Be nice to vandals Nathan! :P -- Banez 05:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~But they're so much fun to target!~~ Fair's fair, they target us..they can deal with a little of their own medicine too. :p Anyway, enjoy your break..or else ;) —

nath a nrd o tcom ^{(T • C • W)} 22:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza elections, Wikibreak, etc.

Banes,

I'm sorry to hear that you are withdrawing and taking a Wikibreak, but I understand that there are things that must be done in real life. I have honored your request, and have withdrawn you from the race. Take care, best of luck, and let me know if there's anything I can do for you in the future. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 05:51, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. My thoughts as I was reading that were "Oh, ****!!!", because I know you are an excellent Wikipedian and would be an ideal member of Esperanza's leadership. But there's always next election, right? :)... Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 06:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with real life! It's annoying how things always pop up in it and cause problems... ;) We will certainly miss you around Wikipedia and in Esperanza, hopefully you know by now that you would have done fantastically on the Advisory Council. But as Titoxd said, there is always next time! Good luck, and we'll see you around (hopefully). -- Nataly a 11:08, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to see you decide to withdraw... but you've got your priorities straight, hats off. Best wishes in your future endeavours and hope to see you active again soon... ++Lar: t/c 13:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck, and all the best in your real life. Hope to see you back soon! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 20:38, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh noes :( I voted for you too. You probably would've won! Anyway, I hope you enjoy your break. *gives you a truckload of cookies to eat on your break* — nath a nrd o tcom ^{(T • C • W)} 22:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good luck and take care for the next few months, mate. See you around soon. NSL E _(T+C) at 05:01 UTC (2006-04-27)
All the best for the future, good luck. I'm sorry to hear that you withdrawn from the elections especially when I voted for you. Come back soon. --Ter e nc e Ong 05:04, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You'll be sorely missed here, and we all look forward to your return. Until then, be sure to take care, okay? Oh, and have some chocolate and jelly beans too. :) Regards, Sango 123 (e) 20:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

greetings

I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce myself to some of the people here--Chapline R Vine^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 03:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Second (or third or fourth) that! Will be joining you too, am going on a wikibreak till June at least, and perhaps longer. Good luck in you RL endeavours & hope to see you on the flipside! Cheers, The Minist e r of War ^(Peace) 09:38, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]