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Hi GP! In the spring training game last Sunday, the Phillies did beat us 5-3. Oh well, it's only spring training. Watching the game now on MSN HD, Comcast Channel 4 or 247 (HD). Also, I declined the article by the IP who requested you review it. Can you please explain to them why? Thanks. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail03:41, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The sun'll come out tomorrow, so ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow. But tonight, tonight, I'm going to bed. But tomorrow is only a day away! GoPhightins!03:44, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Ok. Good night. I'm not tired (yet). Actually, that's the wrong game. The Phillies are kicking our butt. 7-0 top of the fourth, wait 10-0 now. I don't know, but sounds like the mercy rule is coming up. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail03:51, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Make it a 14-3 loss for the Orioles. Looks like we both aren't too happy about our teams' performances today. M's lost 5-10. ZappaOMati04:02, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Wow. In that case, I'm about to go to bed as well. Crazy staying up until 2 AM (UTC -4 or EDT). Eastern Daylight time? Whatever. Good night. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail06:12, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Sure, I might as well hit the hay as well. It's almost 11:30 PM here, and being a heavy sleeper, I don't wanna miss NASCAR tomorrow. ZappaOMati06:26, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Baseball player Good Article criteria
Hey, Go Phightins! I'm trying to get started at WP:BASEBALL and I'm wondering what exactly a baseball player's page should have to become a Good Article? Is there a certain GA I should model any articles I edit off of? Is there a page that lists some kind of criteria? I'm originally from WP:USRD, so I'm guessing the criteria is just a bit different. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks. TCN7JM23:52, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I am unaware of any baseball-specific criteria, but generally, most articles have a three paragraph lead, a summation of their childhood and high school baseball careers, a section on their minor league careers, and then about one paragraph for every two or so big league seasons, followed by a personal life section that's a paragraph or two. Some articles have a "player profile" or "scouting report" section. A baseball FA example would be Derek Jeter, a GA example that I wrote would be Jim Thome which I am working to take to FA. Some other baseball GA examples include Albert Pujols and Ivan Rodriguez. I hope this helps. Regards, GoPhightins!00:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
As an outside editor, I have moved that this RFC/U be closed. If you wish to comment on the Motion to close, please do so here. Fladrif (talk) 14:41, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Tom! You are in luck! I am just finishing up about three adoptees, so I will be taking new users very soon. I would estimate that within the next two weeks I will be looking to fill about two slots, and you can have one of them. I will post a link on your talk page when I am ready. Thanks for your interest! GoPhightins!19:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
It just came to me...thought it was amusing and hadn't changed my quote in more than a week, so I figured what the heck. Happy to brighten your day. GoPhightins!01:12, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Speaking of adoption, when I want to create the final exam, do I just follow the instructions at User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Final? Or are you still working on it. I'm confused. How can the page not be created, but the questions are preloaded? Do you have to give me a link to User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Final before I proceed. I haven't created it yet, I'm just wondering. Also, sorry for overwhelming you with qustions. Just take your time. I have all the time in the world because I'm on spring break. Yay! ~~JHUbal2713:34, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi!! I have been stalking your pages for quite a while and found that you got two posts open for Adoptees, and if you don't mind, I'd like to budge into that spot. I think I've made you an offer you can't refuse (or will you)??? The Wikimon (talk) 14:25, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Sure. I run my adoption course on pretty much a first-come, first-served basis, so you and Tom can have the two open spots. I'll let you know when I'm ready. GoPhightins!14:28, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank You. I'm free for the spring as well. Oh and before I forget I wanted to send a Barnstar to you, like it did to all my friends on Wikipedia for all the help I got... Load time of WP is soo slow I just can't stand it, so I'm sending it when works faster... The Wikimon (talk) 14:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello The Wikimon! I was just as impatient as you to be adopted. Right now, I'm one of the people who is holding you up, unfortunately. These are links to other adoptees pages (including mine). Feel free to stalk them, I do it all the time.
Sir,
You are really awesome,a valuable asset to Wikipedia!!I am greatly honored if you adopt me.Looking forward to the adoption.Uncletomwood (talk) 15:22, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Arlen Specter
Sorry about that; I'd been on wikibreak for a few days due to an abundance of tasks in real life. I'm beginning the review presently. dci | TALK 23:24, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Johncheverly
Hi Go Phightins! It looks like Johncheverly is finished with his practical exam? Do you agree? I think he forgot to replace Not done with Done? ~~JHUbal2701:13, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
All right JHUbal, follow directions here to create your exam page, and go for it. Good luck. You must have it completed by one week from when you start it, but for your and Tazer's information, I will be out of town from Friday at around 5 PM to Sunday around 2 PM next weekend, so I will not be able to assist in the grading process until then. Good luck. GoPhightins!16:46, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
Your AfD vote on Lauren Simonetti
Hello sir - Tonight I noticed that your weak delete vote had been changed to keep at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lauren Simonetti when an editor was adding his own keep vote. I undid that edit to restore your vote. I don't hang out at AfD (except for when I write ill-conceived articles :) ), so I'm not sure of the protocol. I left a note on the user's talk page and I figured you would see the revert on your watchlist. I just wasn't sure whether this was a random thing or if an editor was giving you a hard time specifically. EricEnfermeroHowdy!05:12, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Morning Eric, no big deal. Thanks for the revert. That account is rather suspicious...Mongo88? Someone impersonating User:MONGO I imagine. Anyway, happy Easter to you. GoPhightins!11:00, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
For being such a wonderful Wikipedian (and surprised you aren't an Admin, and thus my barnstar - for inspiration!) and helping out a lot!!! I hope you always continue to work here... BTW can you review this if you have the time??? Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Expeditionary Economics My first baby on WP and hopefully will go on to become an article... Don't bother if you don't have time... And before I forget HAPPY EASTER!!! The Wikimon (talk) 13:43, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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Just Saying Hello
Hey! I just wanted to let you know that I've heard from one of your adoptees (they posted on my talk page), and it seems as though you're keeping quite busy! I hope that all is well, and let me know if you need help with any menial or tedious tasks. Happy Easter (regardless of your religion, I hope it's a good day)! --Jackson Peebles (talk) 17:42, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Haven't seen you in a while, Jackson. Yes, my adoption course is going pretty well. My first graduate, Tazerdadog, is helping me out a little bit...as a matter of fact he is running someone through the course with me just peering over the shoulder for JHUbal. I trust you enough that if you wanted to try to run someone through the course, perhaps Tom, with me just peering over your shoulder and commenting if I feel necessary, I think that would work. If you are looking for more menial, non-cognitive function requiring tasks, you could copy-paste tests onto adoptees' pages when they indicate they're ready. Whatever you feel comfortable doing, I am fine with. Both you and Tazer definitely are probably ready to adopt on your own if you wanted to, but I am more than happy to have some assistance. Happy Easter to you as well...I have no qualms about releasing my Christianity (see my userbox on the userpage). Anyway, whatever you want to do is fine by me. Thanks for dropping by! GoPhightins!19:39, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello Go Phightins! One of your future adoptees, The Wikimon has called me a role model on my talk page. I'm shocked! In that case...If I've been doing a good job in the adoption course and graduate...can I...maybe...run him through the course? Do you think I'm ready to adopt under close supervision (I.e. you)? It seems like something I'd be interested in doing. After all, I do need practice in the adopt-a-user program. Please remember, don't judge me by my age. (My favorite little essay.) Thanks. ~~JHUbal2708:26, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
For the last few days, I have been contemplating what if anything I was going to do on-wiki as an April Fools joke. I thought about blanking my talk page and my user page and slapping a retired template on for a few hours, I thought about opening up an SPI that implicates just about all of my Wiki-Friends, I thought about nominating some article for deletion, but at the end of the day, none of those would do much good, and I would spend time carrying them out that I could be spending trying to get my first featured article, Jim Thome (which if anyone wants to help, I would greatly appreciate, but anyway, back to this rousing soliloquy). So until next year when hopefully I will come up with something creative, I thought I would instead pose a question to my stalkers of whom I am sure there are at least one or two whom I have not alienated in the last few days (more than I can say about those with whom I interact in real life, but again, that's interrupting my terrific monologue). Here's the question: what is the best April Fools joke/prank that you have ever played on someone you know in real life? I look forward to some humorous responses. It's still Easter here in the states, so Happy Easter to all, but looking forward to tomorrow, good luck on any April Fools jokes you may be planning. Your resident lovable cynic, GoPhightins!01:47, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
A couple of years ago I successfully convinced my dad that President Bush had been assassinated, otherwise I have a pretty poor history with them. When I was in first grade, I tricked my neighbors by telling them I was moving, about a month later, my parents informed me that we really were. I was incredibly mad at myself because I thought it was my fault due to the April Fools joke. RyanVesey01:50, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
One time, I convinced my neighbor to hand me $5 after I threatened them using a painted Nerf gun, but I had to give it back when they threatened to call the cops. It was definitely a painful spanking I got afterwards. ZappaOMati02:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
When I was a teenager, my mother was driving me to high school. My younger brothers were in the car for some reason, and at this difficult turn (because of vegetation it's hard to see), just as my mother eased into the intersection, my youngest brother and myself at the same time, without any coordination, shouted "Look out" at my mother. No one was coming. She nearly flipped the car. It was April Fool's Day.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:09, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Some interesting stories. Personally, I find them more humorous than starting bogus sockpuppet investigations, but to each his own. Keep the stories coming, I am enjoying myself reading them! GoPhightins!02:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
April Fools Jokes:
CSD's your user and talk pages as a nonexistent user
Years ago I worked for the census. As one of the managers it was my job to open the office in the early A.M. We started long before the other offices in the bldg. We had the whole floor so people were use to getting off the elevator on the 4th floor (8 story bldg.) into a small foyer with a table, some plants, chairs, pictures. (light stuff). Each floor had a slightly different decor. One April Fools I switched stuff from floor to floor and rearranged the pictures and lamps, etc. and, most important, changed the name on the wall to the Accounting firm up on 6. Mass confusion as people who were coming out of the elevator were bumping into people that were going "down" to what they thought was the fourth floor. ```Buster Seven Talk13:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
[1] Ring a bell? It's shenanigans like that from the past several seasons that make me crazy. The only worse team to root for would be the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS and anyone who roots for them either deserves a major care package or a one way ticket to an insane asylum. GoPhightins!19:18, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for contacting Geoff. I suspect our emails to him crossed. FWIW, you have exactly the qualities we need in an admin. Let me know if you ever consider it.
Back in the day, there wasn't a WMF process for dealing with threats of violence and it was left to the community. There were only a small crew of us who would contact law enforcement. It takes courage like yours to keep this place safe.
I have been getting several suggestions lately regarding adminship, maybe I oughta consider it :) I have given it some thought and am looking probably to run in the fall. Anyway, this is the man we're looking for as far as their legal counsel. I think Dirtlawyer1 had a good suggestion that a call between him and Geoff might be a good idea. GoPhightins!20:44, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello Go Phightins! I have spoke with Nerdfighter about his interest in adoption. Unfortunately, he told me he would like to stop. Details can be found here. Thanks. ~~JHUbal2705:20, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
I had a feeling it'd eventually end up that way; oh well, consensus becomes really simple really fast! I am out of town this weekend, so I will be unable to post the banner until late Sunday afternoon (eastern time). GoPhightins!19:21, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm travelling too. Maybe Fri/Sat, maybe Sta/Sun. The fact that its just us simplifies as you say. I'm sure one of us will get to it by Monday. TC. ```Buster Seven Talk20:32, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks Buster! I figured this is something where my skills can help; I can't write code for bots, I can't do templates, I can't troubleshoot problems with code, but I do have a working knowledge of the policies and how to do the kind of editing that students will want to do, so I may as well contribute somewhere. GoPhightins!01:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
