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WP:AIV

Regarding the user you reported on AIV. This particular user has not vandalised since a last few days and it is always better to leave a {{bv}} warning before putting the {{test4}} warning on his page. Such reports only help to clog up the page and the administrators are generally hesititant to make blocks based on a single warning. Many other users will skip to warn the user if they see a {{test4}} warning on their page. I hope you will understand. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 10:55, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll take care of it

Just leave the school vandal to me. I'm used to people like that. That, and I have nothing better to do at the moment.--Vercalos 04:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all the reverting you do! I'll revert it if i see it there, it's this new tool I found. Have a look at Lupin's page and look at the anti vandal tool there, if you're interested in things like that! CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 04:32, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I just wish there was a User watchlist, where you could watch user contributions the way you watch articles

Funny thing. He called me gay, and it's not something I particularly take offense to.--Vercalos 04:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I know what you mean about the user contribs. oh well, at least the watched page shows up easily though. I've already reverted 2 of his edits to that page, it seems like you've reverted more... he just isn't stopping. CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 04:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

He's been blocked. Now he's blanking his talk page of the warnings he's recieved.--Vercalos 04:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

That was quick- didn't have as many vandalism edits of a lot of I.P.'s i've reported. Good though... no more vandalism from that end. CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 04:45, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

He's been blocked. Now he's blanking his talk page of the warnings he's recieved.--Vercalos 04:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help in corralling this one, CattleGirl... --JFreeman ^(talk) 04:48, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

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Niwot High School

I'm really glad someone else reverted the nonsense on that page this time! Those kids were starting to quiz me about whether I was working for the school because I kept yanking their scribbles. I tried to explain to them on the talk page that they do not in fact have the right to scribble whatever they like on "their" page. As far as I can tell, I was wasting my time. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 06:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, it's been in my watchlist for some time, but after they've vandalised it you've always been the first to revert it- well done on that! CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 06:36, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

N9NE Group

this is my first few contributions...i will try my best to improve the content...pls bear with me...thanks for the speedy comments, i was still working on it when i saw the comments...you may check back on this and comment, and will do more in the next couple of days...Chickville 08:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome! Sorry about that, the only reason I reverted it was because it was starting to look a bit more of an advertisement, however, it has some good content in there, so keep it up! Feel free to contact me on my talk page if you have any enquiries- CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 08:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Is it possible for you to give me feedback on this? Thanks. - Chickville 05:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Definitely! You seem to be doing very well on this article, but there's a few things to work on-

• Firstly, you need to reword some things to make it sound like less of an advertisement- for example, the Ghostbar section at the moment reads: Ghostbar - With the futuristic venue atop the new W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences Tower in downtown Dallas, the bar has a unique "ghostdeck," a 100-square-foot deck built entirely of glass with a see-through floor. You could change it to say 'the Ghostbar, situated on top of the W Dallas Victory Hotel is a unique, 100 foot square deck built entirely of glass'. Also, you can add a few sections about the history of the company, and maybe some large events that may have happened in the past.
• Also try to remove/rephrase statements like this: ' Founded in 1999, the company own and operate contemporary American steakhouses and innovator of hip and sexy nightlife venues in these cities.' For this one, you can rephrase it to say something more like: 'Founded in 1999, the company own and operate contemporary American steakhouses, and are one of the first venues of this kind in these cities'

Just rephrase things like that, and there's some links in the templates at the top of the page that can help you as well. Other than that, it's a good article with a lot of potential- keep it up! Happy to help- CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 07:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the speedy reply. will work on your suggestions. - Chickville 07:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi! I haven't really worked much on the article N9NE lately, but can you re-check for feedback? Thanks. I will spare time for it soon...Chickville 22:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to become an admin

Hi. I'd like to become an admin, and I've been editing for 4 months with around 900 edits, and a lot more each day. Although I probably won't be applying for adminship for a while now, for there is a likely chance that it will fail (not enought mainspace edits, not enough experience for most users voting) I'd like to know what else I can do to a) 'help' Wikipedia more and b) increase my chances of a successful RFA. I've been doing as many admin-like duties as possible lately- the other day I cleared up most of [[Category: Articles to be merged since January 2006|this backlog/category]] and soon I'll be starting on more, as well as participating in more AFD's. Lately I've been getting into more and more vandal reverting, however I'd like to know what other admin-like duties I could do in the meantime that could also possible help me with an RFA in the future, and generally what other things I could do to help expand and 'monitor' (I'm assuming you know what i mean- reverting, wikifying) Wikipedia more. I've got an editor review up as well for the more non-admin type edits I've been doing. Thanks, your comments are appreciated, and I hope I learn a lot from here- CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 08:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

First things first: since this page is most likely to be deleted, an alternate and different approach that I've set up which you may find useful is the Virtual classroom. I've been busy inviting some of the most prolific editors of Wikipedia to describe their methods, and some very interesting tips have been posted already. Come by and take a look. Interiot and Rich Farmbrough have been kind enough to help get things started by describing how they work on Wikipedia.

There are two basic ways to look at the goal of attaining adminship:

1. Wikipedia needs more admins badly and so therefore seek adminship as soon as you think you can pass RfA. Think in terms of Wikipedia's needs.
2. Don't fret it. Ambition makes other Wikipedian's suspicious/nervous. Just focus on Wikipedia. When the time comes for you to become an admin, the community will let you know. Don't seek it, it will come to you when you are truly ready.

There are many administrative things you can do without being an admin. You don't have to wait until you are an admin to start getting involved with administrative duties, and enjoying some of the toys admins get to use...

The Vandalism department for instance has tools which provide the rollback feature which admins enjoy having.

Editors in good standing are encouraged to get their feet wet in administrative chores such as closing deletion discussions: see Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions.

The Wikipedia:Department directory has a section on editorial departments, which in turn has sections on writing projects and maintenance projects.

If it's advanced techniques you'd like to learn, the Wikipedia:Tip of the day schedule and tip library have many.

I hope this is enough to get you started. And hope to see you soon at the Virtual classroom.  The Transhumanist   12:43, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

== Re:You've got mail

I've responded to your post at the Virtual classroom.  The Transhumanist   22:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

United States

You didn't happen to come to the United States recently on a cattle tour did you? Dukemeiser 01:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't, but I think one of my friends might have, she won a prize which involved cattle tours... CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 03:06, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Our farm recently hosted a group of Angus cattlemen and women from Australia (sponsored by Genex) and I would be interested to know if you knew anyone that went. Recognize anyone? You can email me at tony 'at' hooverangus 'dot' com if you know anyone. That would be really neat! Thanks- Dukemeiser 03:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I do, and I replied to your e-mail address. CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 06:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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We've moved on to our second lesson in the Virtual classroom, though each lesson is continuous so we may see more additions to the interface share and compare as well.

To help keep track of what's going on, here's a template you can place at the top of your userpage or talk page:

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Your message

Hi, i just reverted your changes to Tumbleweeds, as they seemed to be vandalism- not written seriously, and also putting down a lot of the characters. If you have any questions, please talk to me on my talk page. Thanks-- CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 02:30, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I would like to point out that the actual descriptions of the Tumbleweeds characters (at www.tumbleweeds.com) are written in much the same style I used---I was trying to paraphrase T.K. Ryan's own words without using them directly. As I understand it, using Ryan's own phrasing would constitute copyright violation, but paraphrasis is allowed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Technomad (talk • contribs) .

That's fine, but the reason I reverted the changes was that the entry was not written in an encyclopedic manner- for example 'The Sheriff is the town lawman. He is assisted by a deputy named "Knuckles," who is incredibly stupid.' However if you rephrased this, it would be fine, as well as maybe putting in some comments about why the Sheriff is notable, etc. Other than that, the edits do have potential, I just think that you need to rephrase them and perhaps expand them a little. CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 02:56, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Regen Tate Peterson

Hi Cattlegirl. You tagged the above page as CSD G1. I would disagree. While it is definitely a candidate for speedy deletion, my guess is that it is an autobiography by a twelve year old, and not the ramblings of a lunatic. Because it might be quite an ego deflater for this kid to see his article dismissed as nonsense, and because this really is just a vanity page, I'd have tagged it A7 (Unremarkable people, etc). I left a welcome and an explanation of notability on his(?) talk page. Cheers, Denni ^talk 02:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I'll definitely keep it in mind- CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 02:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

howd you know!

howd you know i was writing nonsense??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.35.111.151 (talk • contribs) .

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Thanks

Hi CattleGirl. Thank you for signing in my autograph book. By the way, how did you come across it? ;-) | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 12:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and you're welcome! LOL one of those 'follow the links and where the heck am I games'... :) CattleGirl ^{talk | e@ | review me!} 09:09, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad the links work; now I have another very valuable signature of a Wikipedian. By the way, I often get fooled by my own joke on my own page! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 11:40, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Farewell

Hey all, Its really a great joy for me to be a part of you all and to work with you all. Well I really do not know what to say. I was almost in tears when I got to know this. A big thanks to all of my friends. I am gonna miss you. I really hope you go and see.rencin24

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nick Vujicic

I thinks this australian based person can be edited by you more than me.I hope you do something about this too.Nick Vujicic Thanks. rencin24