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I have restored the in-universe tag at Meredith Grey. Wikipedia states that tags should be taken down by the person putting them up, not by anyone who comes along to disagree. Kindly remember that Wikipedia does not "belong" to certain people. There is no "ownership" of certain articles. Wikipedia is a place where everyone gets to make edits and put up tags when appropriate, which it is in this case.Catherinejarvis (talk) 18:27, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Since when does "Wikipedia state that tags should be taken down by the person putting them up"??? It most certainly does not. Anyone who believes that the policies/issues that the tags refer to have been fixed/do not currently exist can remove the tags (✉→BWilkins←✎) 23:35, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
I am having a little bit of a dispute here regarding the notability of the article I wrote in my userspace. I have dug up 46 sources to support the article of varying quality, and am kind of exasperated at this point. Can you tell me if this article is notable per WP:Fringe, and if I should:
1)Move it to articlespace and ride it out (I don't think this is a good idea, but I really don't know at this point)
2)Start a new RfC to assess notability (I'd need to figure out the nuts and bolts in that case)
49ers all the way baby! I wouldn't normally have edited at all during the super bowl, but I gave up on 'em. It appears I gave up too soon. If they come back, it'll be a new record. A team has never come back from more than a 10 point deficit to win the super bowl. RyanVesey02:37, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
(edit conflict) If memory serves, you are originally from somewhere in the midwest but are currently in college at Penn. So may I ask, how did you become a 49ers fan? I have paid about as little attention to this NFL season as I can ever remember, at least partially due to the Eagles' "terribleness", so I am really not rooting. I'm actually contemplating going to sleep prior to it being over. GoPhightins!02:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Who'd have thought last year at this time that of the Phillies, Eagles, and Penn State, Penn State would far and away have the best season... GoPhightins!02:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
I could've died when he missed that first field goal... I'm a Vikings fan and the 49ers knocked the Packers out of the playoffs, so that's reason number one. I also like the Kaepernick story. Finally, I've tended to root for the Steelers in the majority of games they play so I've never been a fan of the Ravens. I've got a complex ranking system of football teams in my head; although, I couldn't really tell you what it is around the center. I'll always root for the vikings, and I'll never root for the Cowboys unless they play the Packers, other than that it shifts around a bit. It's a shame about the Eagles too, in the past, I tended to root for the Giants over the Eagles, but I'd root for them otherwise. Since I've gotten to school, I've tended to rank the Eagles higher, but they were disappointing this season, almost like the Vikings last year. RyanVesey02:53, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
I found myself rooting for Cincinnati often times this season for some unknown reason. Three years ago, while watching a bowl game, I told a few friends that then Nevada-QB Kaepernick was going to be a decent NFL QB and was laughed out of the room. I get the last laugh. Ha..........ha...... yawn ha. GoPhightins!02:57, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Incomplete. Sorry Ryan, looks like the first falls just short, though the play does look like a defensive pass interference IMO. ZappaOMati03:35, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Not defensive pass interference, but I agree with the younger Harbough that there was some defensive holding. Gahhh. RyanVesey03:48, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Go Phightins! in relation to your edit summary comment dissappear and dissappointed are probably my two most misspelled words. RyanVesey17:08, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
The memory hole is as described in George Orwell's novel and in the Wikipedia article about it. Please don't go butchering other people's user pages, whatever you may think of the people who wrote the user pages or the people they mention and their future potential. You are not in charge of anyone's memory hole. If the person wanted to make that change to their userpage, they would have done it before they left.
A suggestion is that you spend your memory hole time, instead, in working on pages that either are articles, or might one day be articles. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:34, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey Demiurge, might I remind you that nobody owns their userpage. Go Phightins! did something that is honestly for the better. I highly doubt that AS wants that user (not to be named) on their list if they're blocked and banned. Your revert was uncalled for, and not based in any policy. Please self revert unless AS specifically states they don't want it. Don't go around pushing your preference on others (Go Phightins! clearly has a different view than you) gwickwiretalkedits21:45, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
When ASO added it, I was under the impression that he added it just so he didn't have to tell Curtaintoad no. That's the exact reason why I don't keep such lists. RyanVesey21:50, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
There was an interaction between ASO and Curtaintoad that I read (which is probably in ASO's tp archives) during which Curtaintoad did something between politely ask and beg requesting that ASO did, though it seemed he did so grudgingly. GoPhightins!22:34, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
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They're all watching your talk, so they'll figure out that your under adoption and leave you a message if necessary. You can certainly edit your userpage. I don't want you changing the status of articles, but you're welcome to improve articles, just not discuss them so long as you don't violate any of those terms. GoPhightins!22:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
RfA: thank you for your support
Phightins, I wanted to quickly thank you for your support during my RfA. Assuming I survive the final 24 hours of RfA comments, I hope I can be service to you whenever you need admin assistance in the future. Warm regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:00, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm hoping you hang on; your RfA is reminding me of the Phillies the last few season champion, great, good, uh oh...I still think you'll hang on and I still think my Phillies will hang on, but if either doesn't, they'll still have my wholehearted support in all my endeavors. Count on getting some pings in July once speculative trade info. comes...I always end up going 10 rounds with IPs over unsourced speculation. I'll give Bagumba a break and bug you instead. -- Good luck! GoPhightins!01:59, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Well, that's that, Phightins. I thank you for your strong support throughout. Given the margin of about ten votes, I have no one to blame but myself. My request (polite and appropriate, I thought) to remove the obvious canvassing notices appears to have caused at least that many people to vote against me. I should have known better. I hope you were not disappointed with my performance. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:12, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
All right, but you may not move them into mainspace without express permission from another user. I will be closely monitoring your other contributions during adoption. GoPhightins!00:16, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Why can't I help promote articles to GA Status or nominate it to GA Status? I really want to earn the Coaster Star and the Good Article barnstar so is there anyway's I can do that? --Starship9000 (talk) 14:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
talk page stalker I'm sorry S9000, but your agreement does not permit that. The answer to your question is that you do not have enough knowledge of the criteria, and to be honest, neither do I. Only a few articles make the cut. I'll take a look at the article, but most likely, it will not meet the good article criteria. Please wikilink the article like this: [[Article name]], so I can get to it. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail01:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Socialists and capitalists
Are you still going at the OR/Synthesis angle on question 3 of your test? If you are, I don't think "You find an article that asserts that socialists are more likely to get cancer than capitalists, but capitalists are more likely to get diabetes than socialists. Can you include this information anywhere on Wikipedia?" is a very good question. It is information that is unlikely to be true, and I would presume that a source asserting this is unreliable. Sticking closer to Worms original, you could say something like "You find a reliable article that says Americans are more likely to get diabetes than British people and British people are more likely to get cancer than Americans. You find another reliable article that says Americans are Capitalists and British people are Socialists. Can you include information that says Capitalists are more likely to get diabetes and socialists are more likely to get cancer anywhere on Wikipedia?" On another note, considering the poor response to the test and yet another article rating request by Starship, I think it's time to talk to an administrator about giving him an extended break. Perhaps he'd agree to a self imposed one year break so an administrator can add a wikibreak enforcer and it wouldn't go on his block log. This was done in the past with YouReallyCan [1]. RyanVesey23:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey Ryan, thanks for bringing that question up. I had something I was going to change it to about a week ago, but I never did, and now I forgot what I was going to change it to anyway. You're right that it's a rather poorly worded question. I will change it when I'm back on my computer (gotta love XP and Internet Explorer 6 or 7, but that's all I will have access to until tomorrow afternoon). As for Starship, I am going to give him one last shot; User:Tazerdadog, one of my former adoptees, left a message on his adoption page to expand upon his answers. If he doesn't, I will probably chat with Kudpung via email to figure something else out, but I doubt he's going to agree to a self-imposed anything. A while ago, Writ Keeper was working on some js code that would prevent an editor from editing, but not be a formal block (at least if I understood what he was saying...I was just tp stalking)... perhaps something like that would work. I don't know. Thanks as always for stopping by. GoPhightins!23:48, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
That must've been my talk page, it's the same code used by YRC and I had used it on myself for a weekend so I could write a paper. I made an error so Writ fixed it. Hopefully Starship expands adequately, right now I see him as a less disruptive Dannyboy1209 (I tried to run through an adoption program with him on his talk page while he was blocked, we finally had to dump it). RyanVesey00:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Go Phightins! I am JHUbal27 and you are probably familiar with me already. I don't feel that I am an experienced editor because I didn't actually read the guidelines. Yes, I do review AFC submissions and patrol new pages, but I want to become a more productive editor. I feel I am starting too fast by being a Teahouse host, etc., and need to actually learn the hard way and be familiar with the guidelines. Your rigorous lessons might help me out. I saw you can only adopt one user after another user finishes, but can I please take a place in line for adoption? Please follow up. Thank you. JHUbal27Roar!00:24, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey Jhubal! I will be happy to take you on as an adoptee; I can have multiple adoptees at the same time, it's just that I am already spread a little thin. Give me a few days and I'll set something up. If after a week or two I haven't contacted you, please leave me a friendly reminder as I probably just forgot. GoPhightins!02:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Go Phightins! Do you think Jackson Peebles is doing his final exam or not? Or are you waiting for Starships9000 to be adopted by you? I'm sorry for bothering you, but I'm just excited. Please reply. Thanks. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail22:15, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm waiting on Starship for an answer. If he says no, then it's all you (I can handle up to three adoptees at once and right now I have Jackson, Johncheverly, and possibly Starship). If Starship accepts, then as soon as Jackson, who has been MIA for almost a week, takes the final you can start. I don't want to stretch myself too thin. GoPhightins!22:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Sorry for not keeping Anne's page linked. Also, Clockery is inactive? Really? You mean not going to your adoption school at least every two weeks. I see. Oh, man, I'm already bothering you. I'm addicted to Wikipedia. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail00:50, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Well, it's been longer than that since Clockery's been around, the pages are still there if they want them. Anne talked to me a few weeks ago saying she was coming back. Anyway, no problem...I appreciate enthusiasm. GoPhightins!00:55, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
I don't want to seem like I'm rushing Jackson Peebles. I probably should just be patient and do other things on Wikipedia. Happy Valentine's Day! JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail01:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
Was just reading through the Talk page and noticed this - sorry for any inconveniences that I may have caused, but, as you can see, I've been a bit out of it for a wee bit. Hopefully that's a good excuse, though I really do apologize for the random, unexplained delay. --Jackson Peebles (talk) 06:19, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
talk page stalker As a graduate of Go Phightins!'s adoption school I can try to run you through it if you would like. While I have nowhere near the experience of Go Phightins!, I still feel that you could get something out of it. Tazerdadog (talk) 23:02, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Here's an idea! Why don't I set it up in my school, and I "staff it out" (as if I were a college professor using a teaching assistant) to Tazerdadog...he can run you through lessons and tests and grade you, and I'll peer over his shoulder and chime in if I feel necessary and either of you can ask me questions. That way, Tazer gets guided practice in adopting, and JHUbal gets to start sooner and have two people as resources. GoPhightins!23:26, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
That sounds like a great idea! Thanks Tazerdadog and Go Phightins! I still do not know why I am a teenager and addicted to Wikipedia. I guess I'll check out your adoption school when I get a chance. Thanks again. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail00:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
You haven't even answered the first question and the answers to the others have little explanation. I'm telling you right now that if I graded it now you would probably get about a 30%. GoPhightins!19:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Re: My adoption page
Hi Go Phightins! I answered the follow-up questions for the lesson one test. I think I'm ready for the lesson two test. Can you please post it, as Tazerdadog is not available? Thanks. I bet these lessons are going to get a lot harder, but I'm ready for them. JHUbal27•Talk•E-mail20:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you so much for all of your hard work in adopting me. I really learned a lot throughout the process (so much that I am now finally confident enough to run the Education Program course that we have in mind), and I also feel as though I now finally have an editor who I truly trust to go to if I ever have any additional questions. You did an absolutely fantastic job, and I hope that I lived up to your expectations! Jackson Peebles (talk) 04:13, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
As with any gift, however digital it may be, I do have a question; do you think that I am ready to re-apply for a Reviewer account? Can I have one of those nifty "adopted by" userboxes from you to strengthen my case? --Jackson Peebles (talk) 06:22, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey - even I have to admit that the Pirates have just ab.so.lute.ly /sucked/ for like what? .. about 20 years now? Kinda makes me miss the 70s. But they had a few bright spots last year, so hopefully they'll build on that this year. But if they fail, then I gotta root for the /other/ PA team. :) — Ched : ? 14:58, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Future
You asked me, "What are your future plans on Wikipedia? In what areas do you want to work?" That's interesting, because I really do find Wikipedia to be an incredibly worthy project. I've donated at times, but it still never ceases to amaze me that the encyclopedia exists without advertising. As poor as I am, though (I'm a student), I've found that the best way that I can contribute is in the encyclopedia. While I lack expert knowledge of topics, I can certainly fix grammar and formatting issues, and now that I have a mentor, I can ask questions if I don't know how to fix something rather than just tagging it. More fun, however, I can rollback vandalism, the single largest barrier that I feel gets in the way of our credibility. Finally, as a Course Instructor, which I should begin, soon, I will be able to expand the knowledge of how to edit Wikipedia productively to a wider array of younger students - I definitely think there's a learning curve to Wikipedia, but once you're in, you're in!
I will probably be applying for Reviewer and/or Rollback rights sometime soon, and I'll notify you using Talkback when I do to try to garner some support!
Thank you once again for all your help, and I fully anticipate repeatedly contacting you with numerous questions in the future! Your adoption program makes a world of difference and is very selfless of you! --Jackson Peebles (talk) 17:57, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Wherever I go on Wikipedia, I always come across you helping other people. You make Wikipedia a better place and I think you deserve some more recognition for it. You are awesome! Cheers, — -dainomite21:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm flattered. While it's always nice to get barnstars, some mean more to me than others, and this is one of the most meaningful ones I've received in a long time. Thank you and you keep up your good work as well! GoPhightins!21:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Holy toledo that was a quick response. Hehe no problem, I have no qualms giving some much deserved wikilove, especially when I think it's due. Take care, — -dainomite21:12, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Johnny, I assume the offer you're discussing is an offer to adopt you through WP:ADOPT. I suggest you add yourself to Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. I can't really take a new adoptee right now as I already have two adoptees and have another one starting soon. I don't want to stretch myself too thin. I am, however, always available to answer any questions you may have either here or over at the Teahouse. GoPhightins!01:42, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Phightins, this is a fellow host of the Teahouse- Ajayupai95... I have already put up my name for maitre d(hope my spelling is right) on the Teahouse Calendar but it doesn't appear so on the Teahouse... Can you please assist me to become a maitre d'... I'm really interested in helping out at Teahouse and hope that I can be of use!! Thanks Ajayupai95 (talk) 13:05, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
