User talk:Hcheney/Archive 3
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Thanks. I'm deliberately taking things slowly, since quiet places need more time for people to notice things. Please take a look at the proposed admin policy and do whatever you think best with it. Jamesday 04:08, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Austria
Re: I doubt most citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would appreciate being called Austrian. --"DICK" CHENEY 00:46, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
- If they were German-speaking, like Kafka, and actually lived in Austria (the Hungarians lived in the Kingdom of Hungary, not in Austria, while Bohemia was simply an Austrian province) they would.
Admin nominations
Hi. Just a quick suggestion: Kingturtle isn't likely to change his mind about his policies. He's a respected editor and entitled to his opinion. He already knows that most Wikipedians don't agree with him. There's not much point in continuously bringing up the "country club" thing. You don't need to refute what he says, as people will be promoted anyway unless there are other objections. Isomorphic 12:58, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
Background check
I appreciate your mentioning it to me, although actually I had already seen it. The existence of the page is fine with me, I consider it a legitimate use of the user namespace, and I have no objections to the present content. However, I don't plan to link to it either, unless someone wants to know whether my credentials have been verified. Basically, I prefer to leave this as your independent project, rather than incorporating it into my campaign. That would feel too much like vouching for myself. It may not matter much, but I feel more comfortable that way. You may of course use it yourself as you see fit.
I can mention one minor quibble about the page - you say that you have never communicated with me "outside of Wikipedia or the Wikipedia IRC chatroom on freenode." Since I have never used IRC, the last part of the disclaimer is unnecessary, in my opinion. Though of course you would have to take my word for it that I don't use IRC, and that I don't use some IRC nickname other than my username. But I assume that nobody is using the IRC nickname of "Michael Snow", since I haven't been. --Michael Snow 17:49, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
Liberia
I just saw your comment to the anonymous user regarding Liberia... I'm not sure which of his edits were personal opinion, though. Am I missing something? Snowspinner 20:01, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
- Ah. I totally didn't even think about the factual inaccuracy of that. I was just looking for POV - not total inaccuracy. Thanks for clearing it up. Snowspinner 20:11, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Empire of Atlantium Talk Page
I removed comments from the above page that were self-promotional and wildly off-topic - ie pointing to an article on the subject of horse racing in Australia (!) Wik - as usual - has repeatedly reverted that deletion for no reason other than that he/she can. I do not intend to waste my time arguing with a (ab)user who is commonly acknowledged as a certifiable crackpot POV-pushing content-perverting vandal.--Gene_poole 23:30, 19 May 2004 (UTC)
While I think that what Gene_poole did was wrong and i am certainly less than enthralled about his edits, pov pushing of pure bullshit, and insulting comments, the fact is that when I asked him to stop, he did. If he acts up again with the same behavior, I would ensorse a request for comment, but until he does so, I can't. Danny 01:50, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
Hey Dick
I see you lived in New Jersey... I hope that we can work together to get some more articles up pertaning to the state. Keep up the great work! Mike 06:05, May 21, 2004 (UTC)
Salsa and learning project (http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444e1w/vokeng.htm)
Hello from Berlin, one of my best friends is from New Jersey as well! I saw you contributed to the salsa article and since I created wikibooks in english (http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Dancing:Salsa:Rueda_de_Casino) and german (http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Tanzen:_Salsa:_Rueda_de_Casino) for rueda de casino I wondered if you might want to add to it. I also saw that you have a french version of your page, so maybe you would be interested in a learning project I describe on my user page and that is discussed on my talk page? Please let me know what you think about it over there. Get-back-world-respect 12:27, 24 May 2004 (UTC)
Greetings Dick
Could you please change your name. It offends me that you would admire such an evil man enough that you would name yourself after him. Nevermind that he's one of the few solely responsible for the many deaths of our American Soldiers, let alone many innocent Iraqis.
What do you find so compelling about Dick Cheney that would cause you to bear his name with pride?
Have a nice day 219.88.219.37 02:35, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
I'll take a look. Unfortuantley, I lent someone my copy of Oliver North's autobiography, so I don't have access to it now. I'll try to see what I can do, though. 172 02:30, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
RfA
I've responded to your concern on RfA - basically, I just hit the page early in my Wikilife because it was linked to from RfA. It was a non-voting edit, and I think I made it under an IP, not even as a logged in user. Really, nothing to worry about. :) Snowspinner 03:12, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
- I appreciate the offer. I'll let you know in late July. Part of me would be very much amused to be nominated by both you and 172. :) In any case, would you mind noting that you're satisfied by my explanation on RfA on the page itself? Snowspinner 03:23, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
Warning
Please stop tampering with votes on the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship, or you may be blocked from editing. Thanks. JRR Trollkien (see warning) 15:28, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)
WP:RFA
(It's a bit of a long one. Reading every third word will not, I assure you, harm the comprehensibility of this rant in any way.)
I've taken the liberty of replying to your 9 Jun 2004, 17:09, post here, lest the WP:RFA article becomes too long. I assure you, I am very much serious about adminship, as can be deduced by the fact that it is specifically mentioned in my request. If it were the case that I am not serious, my request would have consisted of nothing but: "Wibble, wobble, wubble... Flob!" Complete sentences, to say nothing of English, is also a mark of my seriousness.
I was unaware of the 2%-3% statistic, but it does show that we run at the risk of cliques being formed. It should also be noted that while anthony (see warning) has every right to ask whatever he pleases, I have every right to wonder whether anthony (see warning) and associates have valid motives to oppose my nominations. Saying "this person is far too stubborn" is no reason to oppose adminship; "this person is far too stubborn and this will hurt his performances as an admin" is. You could say that given that this is WP:RFA, the latter implied by the former. Then again, I have my doubts - not at all surprising, since, not entirely unnaturally, I think I'll make a great admin, not to mention Emperor of the World.
You of course right that "good editor" does not equal "good admin". However, there are no secrets on Wikipedia, and my entire edit history, be it on Talk: pages or in the main article namespace, is revealed to you, if only you have a gazillion free hours. If indeed you require a one-paragraph summary of my qualifications, I can do little better than: "Itai is great!" (I was doing so good so far, wasn't I?) For my part, I am not overly anxious, for three reasons: (A) as I said elsewhere, if I managed 2000 edits so far, I'll manage 2000 more. (B) I try do defend myself as little as possible, albeit in far too many words. If I am voted against, let it be. (C) Even if I were to leave Wikipedia following these events - an event as unlikely as a cocaine addict giving up his addiction after having pricked his thumb with a needle - the encyclopedia would take very little damage.
So, all in all, vote as you see fit, judge as you see fit, live long and prosper. I'll probably continue to harbor some nasty suspicions regarding the motives of those who votes against me - once again, a cryptic message is no excuse, it is presumed performances as an admin that counts - but all will end come the deluge. And that makes me feel better. -- Itai 21:35, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Template talk:Europe#Poll: Which items should be listed?
I am confused by your votes to oppose Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, and vote to support Aland. Could you please explain here? Thanks. Pædia 14:54, 2004 Jun 14 (UTC)
My Beauracratship
Generally, I feel that Adminship should be for trusted members of the community (not people who came here a month ago with like 50 edits), but it shouldn't be an elite club of people (with like 10 members, like the developers). IF a user is a known troll and isn 't gaining too much respect in the community, then their vote shouldn't count quite as much as a respected user's vote. The reason I don't vote, is that I don't like voting about people who I don't know about. If there was a person there who I knew...I might vote (plus April and May, I wasn't on here too often). I hope this answers your questions. Ilyanep 19:07, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I think that if any experienced member who is known for making/editing articles well (who wants to) becomes a sysop, then this diversity can be achieved, but not to an extreme. While sysops should not be an elite, they should not be the majority of users on WP too. I do understand your concern for having that category of people being mostly sysops. Thank you for your support. Ilyanep 19:55, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Adminship
Thanks for your comment (posted from the famous Undisclosed Location, perhaps?). I am already an administrator - is that what you mean? Or is there some other level between sysop and programmer? - DavidWBrooks 16:35, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- No problem - it's nice to get a compliment. - DavidWBrooks 16:41, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)