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You may see this on your watchlist, but take a look at Camp Half-Blood Book One. It's being considered for deletion. The article does seem a bit premature... - PrincessofLlyr (talk) 19:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Airplaneman, its been a while since our last chat. Did you know that I created a B-class article when the event happened five days ago. Also, if I could get it to GA status it would be my first, but I have ran in to problems such as adding commas (I am truely horrible at placing them) and fixing prose. Would you try to help me in your free time? Thank You. --Nascar1996 23:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll certainly fix it; just give me a few days. Congrats on your article work! —Airplaneman— 01:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank You --Nascar1996 19:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Great in general; I've tweaked the first paragraph or two. Some things to think about: not everyone knows what the top 35 rule or Happy Hour are. Maybe you could provide a short explanation or a link? I can't find anything on Wikipedia detailing these rules, though. —Airplaneman— 23:09, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I might have to remove the sentences about the 35 point rule where I couldn't find anything either. I will rewrite the sentence with Happy Hour like this All practice sessions including Happy Hour (final practice) were televised on SPEED. --Nascar1996 01:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I know you are proud of the articles created by you (I am too), but I'm not sure how GA reviewers will like User:Nascar1996/create. They might call it owning the article. Just a heads-up, —Airplaneman ✈—22:07, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

P.S. You can always list articles created on your userpage. —Airplaneman ✈—22:07, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I already have them on my user page and that template is for that if the article is wrote up for deletion they won't have to look through the history but just look on the talk page. It was a long time ago since that copy thing on my talk page was created (still this month though).--Nascar1996 22:18, 27 March 2010 (UTC) It also just says created the article and not owns the article. --Nascar1996 22:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I understand; it's just some (not including me) might not think of it that way. —Airplaneman ✈— 22:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Well it might happen, but it would be uncalled for. --Nascar1996 22:28, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Can you review nominated good articles? --Nascar1996 20:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yea, anyone can. I've reviewed 3 myself. I try to review as many as I nominate. Airplaneman ✈ 20:32, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Can you review and tell me whats wrong (if anything) with the 2010 Food City 500 article?--Nascar1996 20:33, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Airplaneman ✈ 20:37, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Nascar1996 20:38, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   Well, I need to copyedit it still... Airplaneman ✈ 20:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

   This marks the end of a long streak of sellout seats at the track, as there were at least 138,000 attended the race. - What is the capacity of the track? Airplaneman ✈ 20:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

   160,000 Nascar1996 02:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

   Can you add that, so it says something like This marks the end of a long streak of sellout seats at the track, which can seat up to 160,000; only 138,000 attended the race.  ? Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 02:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes Nascar1996 02:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   On first sight, fine, although a wider variety of sources would be nice (right now it's just NASCAR and a couple others; I know they're hard to find). Airplaneman ✈20:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

2. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

   I'm still neutral here. Maybe you could look for some other featured NASCAR race articles and see what they have? Some more info (there's already a nice amount) couldn't hurt. Airplaneman ✈ 21:00, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

3. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

   Good here. Airplaneman ✈ 21:00, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

4. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

   Good here. Airplaneman ✈ 20:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

5. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b(appropriate use with suitable captions):

   The fair use rationale have not been added to File:Food City 500.JPG Airplaneman ✈ 20:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

    Done Airplaneman ✈ 21:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

   The fair-use rationale only covered Food City 500. I have added another one that covers 2010 Food City 500. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE(✉ message • changes) 23:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

6. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Okay so you are nuetral, right? --Nascar1996 20:42, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Be patient, I haven't even started yet! :) Airplaneman ✈ 20:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, sorry I thought the review above was it; my fault. --Nascar1996 20:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

First the fair-use rationale is on the photo above and secondly the article has 10 different media outlets. --Nascar1996 21:11, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

OK, marking as OK. :) Airplaneman ✈ 21:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Are you neutral? (if you're not finished please do not reply until you are) Thank You. --Nascar1996 21:24, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I still need to read through it and copyedit, which may take a few days. You might want to look at WP:WIAGA for the time being.Airplaneman ✈ 21:27, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes sir, will do. --Nascar1996 21:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

The article is nominated and what do you mean by copyedit? --Nascar1996 01:23, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

See copyedit. Good luck; I'll see what I can do to help. It might take a few weeks for a review. Airplaneman ✈ 01:25, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I though it would, but I might be able to ask someone to do it. --Nascar1996 01:27, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

(*talk page stalker*) I did a quick read over the article and cleaned up a few things. For the most part it looked good. One sentence confused me a bit, possibly because I'm not a Nascar person. Under "Practices and Qualifying", the first sentence, "the practice also had some cautions which included Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson spinning out of the turn" needs clarification. Was there a caution because of something Kyle Busch did and then because Jimmie Johnson spun out of turn, or because they both spun out (at separate times)? And before Airplaneman asks, I'm not reviewing it because I feel biased. PrincessofLlyr (talk) 01:25, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

It was seperate times, would a video work for clarification? --Nascar1996 02:10, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it would work as a source. You need to explain it in writing as well, though. Airplaneman ✈ 02:15, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Will you go over that sentence, I reworded the sentence. Nascar1996 02:16, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that works! PrincessofLlyr (talk) 02:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

What do you think, will the article will pass or fail. --Nascar1996 22:45, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

We'll see what the reviewer says. Not to get your hopes up or anything, but I think it's GA quality. The reviewer will bring up some interesting points, though, which you should follow. Airplaneman ✈ 23:22, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, what could the interesting points be about? --Nascar1996 23:23, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Also is the floating button supposed to be offline? --Nascar1996 23:25, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Anything, really: prose and style, content, referencing, etc., but it looks good to me :). As I said, I'll give it a copyedit sooner or later! The floating button on the top right? Yea, it says "offline". Airplaneman ✈ 23:27, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I thought it would be that, but I want to be sure that I was right. About your floating button shouldn't it be online or around?--Nascar1996 23:29, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Would you like to see my user page's new look? Soon I may get a new signature. --Nascar1996 01:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes. That look familiar ;). I recommend you don't put where you live (exactly) and especially where you go to school, since you already have your birth date in your username. See WP:KID and WP:YOUNG. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 02:21, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't think it matters but instead I will change it to the county instead of city to go by WP guide lines. Thanks for telling me.--Nascar1996 02:32, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

I still urge you to remove where you go to school. Please :)? Airplaneman ✈ 02:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I think the article will pass. It looks great! NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message •changes) 02:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me Airplaneman, but an editor said that there's a lot of passive tense in the race section using the form "At/By/On lap XXX" This had been the biggest problem in the article before copyediting but it has gotten a LOT better. You can tell it was written by the same person at the same time. This is why I usually take a look at an article many different times - to get a varied mindset which produces varied sentence structure on 2010 Food City 500. I would like to hear some advice how to fix it from you. Thanks.--Nascar1996 15:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll take a look. Airplaneman ✈ 03:05, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Dear Airplaneman,

I think there are some problems, still, with the article about Branko Mikasinovich, although you edited it in the end. You also redirected it from the old article and the old one was removed. But it somehow appeared again. Here is the link:

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko_Mikasinovich

This one is listed under SIMPLE English Wikipedia, although it was removed after you redirected it. Why this old article appeared, I don’t know. Why it says that it is written in English not easy for everybody to understand, I don’t know either.

Why the article edited by you, now has on its top that it is an orphan article, I don’t know. I think I sent more links (we should review the old messages), still, this is not a collection of links.

I wanted to check if somebody is interfering with your, our work? Is this something malicious by unauthorized people, some misunderstanding or who knows what?

This is the link to the article edited and fixed by you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko_Mikasinovich

Thanks, Mountlovcen8 (talk) 23:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Nice to meet you. I edited it last December and don't even remember doing so. I was probably patrolling new pages or something and wikified it, as I do with tons of other articles...

What old article are you talking about? Someone probably just copied and pasted the article to Simple, which is not ideal. That's why the tag's there; they want you to make the prose simpler to understand. That's the point of Simple English Wikipedia - simple English. I highly doubt that something malicious is going on. Furthermore, everyone is allowed to edit, and therefore nobody is unauthorized. Please assume good faith - you can always look at the article's history (click on the "history" tab on top of it) to see who has edited and what they changed.

As for the article being an orphan, it's not how many links it has (that's a dead end) but how many other articles link to it. Click on the link on the notice box to see how many articles currently link to it. Hope this helps, —Airplaneman— 01:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/TB Just a note: You might be interested in this Unicode symbol for your signature: ✈ mono 00:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Neat find, Mono. I think Airplaneman will like it. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg •changes) 22:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

iDo! —Airplaneman ✈— 22:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

More messages...--mono 23:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Just a friendly note on Kay Kelly. Instead of deleting the page, I took a minute to rewrite it. (Pretty much a quick and dirty job, as I need to get off the computer. After just one more edit... *grin*). If you still think it needs to go, feel free to take it to AfD. Cheers!--Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:21, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. If you think it's notable, it's fine with me. I'll see what I can add. —Airplaneman ✈— 22:24, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Airplaneman. I notice you're on the Wikifying Project. When I started wikifying a few weeks ago I assumed I was to remove the wikify tags after I did all I could, mostly wikilinking and de-orphaning. I realized after removing three tags that it's better if someone more experienced decide to remove them. Could you look at Mule Newspaper, Two Dollar Radio and Mud Gas Separator to see if the wikify tags should have stayed? Thanks. Slightsmile (talk) 02:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile

Nice to meet you, Slightsmile. I'll take a look and give some feedback:

• Your changes to Mud Gas separator look great! The images could be smaller though; see WP:FILE. I've changed that.
• Your changes to Two Dollar Radio look good; remember, having no links in the article is a dead end, whereas having no links from other articles is an orphan. I've fixed up Two Dollar Radio. Try the links in the problem boxes (if you haven't yet); they help show you what's wrong.
• Your work on Mule Newspaper is also good, but again, it's just linkage. You also need to consider layout and wiki-markup (explained below). My fixes.

For tips on how to wikify, WP:WIKI gives some tips. Wikifying is not just about adding links, but also about formatting andmarkpup. As you can see, you need to bold the name of the subject in the intro. Another thing is learning by watching; that's what I did. Although I'm not anywhere close to perfect, you can see my and other users' changes and learn from those. Another very useful resource is the manual of style.

You changes are extremely minor; this is a matter of preference but maybe try combining them (use the "preview" button. Tired of reloading all the time? I use WikiEd, which can be found in the "gadgets" section of your preferences) or marking them as minor. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions :). Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 18:23, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help! There's so much to learn. It's a good idea to see how others do it. I did know orphans means not linking in but I didn't know articles with no links out were called dead ends. It's true my focus is on linking in and linking out, so until I get up to speed on formatting and markup I'll just leave the tags alone. Regarding possible orphans, is there a way to see how many articles link into a specific article? Slightsmile (talk) 22:26, 28 March 2010 (UTC)Slightsmile

Sounds good! There should be a toolbar on the left called "toolbox". Under that should be a link saying "what links here". Click on that, and it'll show you. Also, when you sign, you don't have to manually type out your name; just put four ~. Regards, Airplaneman ✈ 00:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Airplaneman! I wanted to thank you for helping me on Mono's talk page. Feel free to leave me comments or tips on contributions that I make. Also, I wanted to make you jealous. Purdue University's (where I go) flight program is among the best in the world and we were also the first university to have an airport, offer a bachelor's degree in aviation, and give credit for flight training. Thanks again! VerballyInsane^t|c 21:32, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry, I don't want to be a pilot. I am just a fan of airplanes! :). I was glad I could help, Airplaneman ✈ 21:40, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't mean I can't try. :p VerballyInsane^t|c21:43, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I like words, too... Airplaneman ✈ 21:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

*confused* VerballyInsane^t|c22:12, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Thought that would happen. I'm not very good at making jokes, you see... Airplaneman ✈ 22:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I doubt it. I just miss things a lot. >< Although words are pretty awesometacularful (especially made-up ones). VerballyInsane^t|c 22:49, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I must say, I'm lucky that my adoptees are good! I know you have some unruly ones...--mono 00:12, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Lucky... *jealous face made* Airplaneman ✈ 00:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that, too, mono. I bet it's 'cause his name starts with an A, so he's near the top of the list. VerballyInsane^t|c 00:26, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

That sounds logical. That's what I think it is as well. Airplaneman ✈ 00:27, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Whip 'em into shape! VerballyInsane^t|c00:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not on the list; never got around to it. lol.--mono 00:42, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

You're quick at gettin' to people who need someone, anyhow. VerballyInsane^t|c 00:48, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I use this category and look for the "good ones" that I can make great editors out of. Note: Just got 6,000 edits! YAY!--mono 00:53, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, yay! I feel special! VerballyInsane^t|c00:55, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

You are... see you tomorrow!--mono 00:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

I think all Wikipedians (the good ones, anyway) are special, as they have decided to take a considerable amount of time from their lives and help a free encyclopedia :). @ mono - 50 more edits to 17,000 :p Airplaneman ✈ 02:09, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

%Wikipedians- True; I agree. %Edits- Not to have WP:EDITCOUNTITIS, but only 11,000 edits to go for me!--mono 16:45, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

hii,,, Airplaneman!!

thanks a lot for ur Information!!

sry, i was busy and couldn`t reply

never mind ......

if i encountered any prob.

sure i would ask u !!

Thanking u once again ,,,,

Dragon booster.

Dragon Booster (talk) —Precedingundated comment added 17:22, 30 March 2010 (UTC).

ur welcome ;). don't 4get 2 sign ur cmts :) w/4 tildes, like this: ~~~~. Happy editing! Airplaneman ✈ 23:32, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Airplaneman,

Thank you so much for your edits on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Abbiejoy81/Vox_Lumiere. Those were very helpful to me. I didn't realize the star key created bullet points. Good to know! I went ahead and added an info box like you suggested and posted The Vox Lumiere page into the main space as a new page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Lumiere. I see I should request a move or re-direct for my rough draft page. I visited the page for Requested Moves and copied the formatting that it suggests to paste at the bottom of the page, but what would the "NewName" be? Would it be "Vox_Lumiere"? Thanks again for your help. I greatly appreciate having someone to guide me through this new process. Abbiejoy81(talk) 18:10, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Great to see it's now an article! Actually, you can just ask for speedy deletion of your draft, since it looks like it is the same as the main space article. Next time, you can just click the "move" button to move the page instead of copying and pasting; just remove the "User:Abbiejoy81/" part of the name (next time) and it will be moved; a redirect will automatically be created. For this instance, just tag the page with{{db-u1|Now in the mainspace}} and an administrator will come by and delete it. They know because the page is added to thecategory for speedy deletions, which is patrolled regularly.

I will go ahead and add some categories to the page; they are at the very bottom in that gray bar. Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 23:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

i would like to update the Claims to be the fastest-growing religion article. Currently, the latest data goes from the year 2000 to 2005. However, i'd like to see it updated to the year 2005-2010. but i'm not familiar with editing complicated layout boxes as in the above statistics.

help pleaseJigglyfidders (talk) 17:13, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Sure; I'm busy now but will see what I can do. If you can find reliable sources, go for it, although I highly doubt 2010 statistics are out yet (we are only 1/4 of the way through the year...) Would it not be prudent to wait until 2011 to update so as to adhere to the current five-year update?Airplaneman ✈ 23:53, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks, better a year later than never :) -- sk8er5000 ^yeah? 03:37, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Looks good!--mono 05:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi airplaneman, I was visiting Tame Iti page in saw something that was incorrect and had no citation so tried to edit it but have no idea what I am doing so no doubt triggered some auto response from you. Could you please help out, the info is wrong and will find no reference to it anywhere on line because it didn't happen. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by118.93.179.99 (talk) 16:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. You revision. I will remove it, as it looks like a BLP violation. Next time, fill out an edit summary in the little box below the main edit pane so I know what you're doing. Instead of striking the content, just remove it, but please explain it. Thanks, and happy editing! Airplaneman ✈ 16:16, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Odd... It works fine for me. Have you tried in different web browsers? Or try going back to the code before my edit. -Kingpin¹³ (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Airplaneman! I'd like to invite you to join the 39 Clues Task Force. We work on improving 39 Clues articles and would appreciate your help. Just add your name to the list of members to join! Cheers! mono 01:53, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

You could've just moved it from User:Airplaneman/39 Clues Task Force... but that's a small detail. Joined! Airplaneman ✈ 02:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

OK, we need to add a parameter for 39 Clues to {{NovelsWikiProject}}, the assessment template. Not sure how... Airplaneman ✈ 02:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Full-protected, however, I already got that! Just add {{NovelsWikiProject|class=|importance=|39clues=yes}} to the article's talkpage.--mono 02:32, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Great! Airplaneman ✈ 02:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

--mono 04:51, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy Easter to you, too :). I've reduced the size a bit. Airplaneman ✈ 04:56, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!--mono 05:04, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I returned the Notability tag to Air Assault Task Force because the sources are still not reliable nor do they indicate any sort of notability. The sources are blogs and PRs. Dethlock99 (talk) 17:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

i need help adding stuff 2 this page i recently made, this has notability and i added the charts it topped but the page just looks really bland.can u tell me wat i need, heres the link [1] --TheDeathKingTheGodfather 21:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)--TheDeathKingTheGodfather 21:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)--TheDeathKingTheGodfather 21:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I made some fixes. For a short-term goal, expand it to look something like this. In the long run, it should look something like this if you can find enough info. For now, add some more info, backed up by reliable sources, and consider using the {{Cite}} template, which you can turn on the tool to use it easily in your preferences, under the "gadgets" section. Happy editing, Airplaneman ✈ 22:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I suggest you use your default sig for now or add links to at least your user talk page in the current one. No need to sign thrice :).Airplaneman ✈ 22:43, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

thanx airplane--TheDeathKingTheGodfather 22:59, 8 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedeathking (talk • contribs)

i havent got any other accounts, but these guys seem to be harrasing me at wikipedia. Seems people hate me both in real life and online *crying*Jigglyfidders (talk) 23:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Don't let it get to you :). What do you think about my performance as an adopter (plz be frank)? Airplaneman ✈ 23:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

your performance? i have not seen you around here man. You decided to be a stranger, so i said okay to myself.Jigglyfidders(talk) 23:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)]

I meant, how am I doing as your adopter? Am I good/bad/lame/ etc.? Airplaneman ✈ 23:31, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

you are lame because i haven't seen you aroundJigglyfidders (talk) 05:33, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Surprisingly, I have a life, too. So you're saying I should be more involved in helping you? I'm considering developing a classroom for my adoptees. What do you think? Airplaneman ✈ 20:33, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

hey, i've started learning my way around here. i even became a major contributor at a similar website to this after learning my technique here. im okay with a classrom

as for the disruptive editing. Im just learning about this place and testing my limits. thats all. no big deal really. i just needed somebody to put me in my place firmly and i have learnt my lesson. as a jobless young man with nothing to do, i don't mind editing here anyway. keeps me away from the streets where i live. hit me back if you have any good info Jigglyfidders (talk) 20:59, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Great to hear that; before testing your limits next time, read the policies and guidelines in the welcome template at the top of your talk page. That's a good place to start. I'll be busy the next few months, but I'll try to set up a classroom. When you feel like it, and before testing more limits, also read the links in User:Airplaneman/W. Ask me anything about them; I'll do my best to answer. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 22:14, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

i didn't mean to do disruptive editing. are you trying to say that you have never been given a warning when you were new here? The fact of the matter is, an administrator will always have the upperhand in this conversation. If i had been an administrator the roles would have been reversed, you see what i mean? you are never going to get the same neutral points of view from different editors are you? by the way, im still learningJigglyfidders (talk) 22:33, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, no, I was never warned. I did edit once under an IP address when I was a little kid when this encyclopedia was newer, and I was warned. Never again was I warned. But that's not the point; if you were an administrator, you wouldn't be making the edits you had been making. I amtrying to provie a neutral point of view. Different editors involved will not have a neutral point of view. I looked at the info and ref you added to Azerbaijan, and the warning given was justified; I saw not mention of the fact you added in the ref you provided; that is the kind of editing that needs to stop. Otherwise, your contributions are valued. Not everyone takes the time to try and help improve a free encyclopedia on their own time. Airplaneman ✈22:46, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

allright then. you are probably a quic learner then. it doesn't help that i've been out of school for a while so.... but anyway, do administrators get paid for doing this stuff or are they all simply a bunch of bored old hags? (no offense administrators)Jigglyfidders (talk) 23:02, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Neither. They are volunteers like the rest of us; they are just experienced and trusted enough to be handed extra tools to help maintain the site; seeWP:ADMIN and WP:RFA. Airplaneman ✈ 23:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

by the way, these guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Unitarian_Bahaism need some input i thinkJigglyfidders (talk) 23:10, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I think User:Stillwaterising has got it settled. Airplaneman ✈ 00:06, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

btw, why dont you become an administrator? you sound pretty well roundedJigglyfidders (talk) 23:17, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Airplaneman. Maybe in a few more years... Airplaneman ✈ 00:06, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Maybe a couple months?--mono 23:54, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, i just sent the following message to deconstructis.

• "== Baha'i is Abrahamic ==

This is an abrahamic religion, so why shouldn't it be mentioned. it has enough followers, with some figures as high as 8 million. they are widespread and are the 2nd fastest growing religion in the world, with indications it will take over Judaism as the worlds 6th largest religion by the 1930s. There is no undue weight whatsoever as you are suggesting in my opinion, and im not even a Baha'i."

what do you think?Jigglyfidders (talk) 18:32, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

could you contribute to the argument please? baha'i should be added to the 3 pictures as an undisputed member of the Abrahamic religions and also changed to 4 primary faiths.Jigglyfidders (talk) 18:40, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

←(talk page stalker) @Airplaneman- If you'd like to copy my classroom, go ahead! It's here.--mono 23:53, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I didn't think people would take it so literally but thanks :D It made me chuckle, kindest regards, Lefty101 (talk) 09:40, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Heh, no problem. Nice to meet you! Airplaneman ✈ 16:38, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I have temporarily removed that RFA because of this open issue as I think it will be distracting.  7  01:46, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me, Airplaneman ✈ 01:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Not to mention the state that the self-nom was in, plus the fact that the user only has 56 edits.  7  01:57, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Not sure he was ready to go live. Also, it's been pulled due to another matter. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 01:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah, should've asked first. Will do next time. Airplaneman ✈ 01:49, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I've tagged the RfA with CSD G3 as a hoax. ~NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message •changes) 01:56, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)@NSD WP:CSD might not be the best for non-articles, NSD. I would let an admin know; however, I say: whatever works!

@Airplaneman- you may want to look @ WP:39/CC. Currently on The 39 Clues; btw it seems WP:PJTF has ground to a halt. Anything up?

#Randomness/@Airplaneman- At my editor review, (which I'm having partially or fully deleted), you met Codedon, who was blocked perWP:TROLL, unblocked, then re-blocked after these: [2][3] [4]

Cheers, mono 00:24, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm just trying to keep up with the vandals for PJ articles. Most who joined just joined for the sake of joining, not article work. PrincessofLlyr's on semi-wikibreak and I'm on to other things, so the soonest I can seeThe Battle of the Labyrinth as a GA is this summer. As for CSD, I think it can apply for any namespace. I'm getting busy as well (finals approaching way too fast). I'm sorry about what Codedon did; so is life, sadly. Glad you didn't let him shut you down; the show must go on :). My troublesome adoptee was indeffed not too long ago. Anyways, glad you're back. I joined WP Google! Airplaneman ✈ 00:33, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! My rl is crazy now; I took the break because I needed to catch up and due to Codedon. I don't have finals, however... Go figure!--mono 00:39, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

1 david wood a christian apologetic. 2 sam shamoun another christian i tried myself but they deleted it cool.Jigglyfidders (talk) 19:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

(tps here) Note that both individuals are associated with Answering-Islam, a debatably notable site which has no article (deleted by AfD here). There are no Google News hits for David Wood and only one for Sam Shamoun ( here) and few Google hits outside their website.PrincessofLlyr (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

(repeating from my talk page) Jigglyfidders it seems that some people have looked for refs and found nothing significant on those people. Unless you can come up with reasonable sources of their importance they don't deserve an article. From what PrincessofLlyr is saying it seems there is almost nothing about the these people available. Time to look for other topics for an article. It is possible to do substantial serious work but not doing something about them. Smkolins (talk) 23:33, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello Airplaneman. Quite a moniker.

Um...I'm not "wiki savvy"...but through haphazard sleuthing I found that you may be one of the people that edited the very humble wiki page on me.

Now, I didn't post that wiki and honestly I wouldn't care if I weren't up there. But seeing as I seem to have very little control over this stuff, I might as well make sure the info that is out there is correct.

Anyhoo, I apologize if I'm wrong but it seems you might have been the chap who made the edit that says I was born in 1954, which is news to me. So, unless I was in some sort of coma during the 18 years of living I apparently did before I thought I was born (which would really suck because it would have meant I was alive during the 60's but couldn't partake in all the free love, rock 'n' roll and drugs) you're getting it from the horses mouth, that I was NOT born in 1954 but was in fact cast out unto this troubled but beautiful world in the year of 1972.

Again, I was born in 1972 not 1954.

So, I'm asking you if you could please change that to the correct date. And while your at it, perhaps you could explain to me how I could change or add stuff to my wiki. I tried but failed miserably. All I could see was a little scrap of html coding on the "edit page" and not much else. It might as well have been Greek.

Sincerely, and with much gratitude,

Jason Michas —Preceding unsigned comment added by24.80.246.15 (talk) 19:05, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

It's been changed by a friend of mine :). I did not add your birth date, by the way. I just did some formatting. If you'd like, you can create a username and I'll try to show you around as best I can; for now, I'll put some links on your talk page for you to look at (hopefully they'll help). Wikipedia is in wiki format, not full-blown html, but I agree it's confusing at first. Feel free to ask away. Thanks for telling me about your birth date! If you can, try finding a reference for it. Regards, Airplaneman ✈ 21:17, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Links: editing policy, Wikipedia:How to edit a page. Just press "edit" and start typing, really. I learned through trial and error, and used the preview button to see what worked and what didn't. Airplaneman ✈ 21:21, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

On a side note, I saw your comment "quite a moniker". I'm just wondering, is that good or bad :)? (Please be honest, I'd like to know :). I just typed out a random name two years ago having to do with something I liked and still like) Airplaneman ✈ 21:23, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to review my GA nom for LYNX Rapid Transit Services. I have addressed your comments, and please feel to let me know if anything else needs to be amended or clarified. Thanks again! Patriarca12 (talk) 02:45, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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So I noticed that not much is happening at Novels and elections never took place. Do you want to see if we can get stuff rolling? I too would help coordinate if you would like, these next two weeks are kindof crazy, but I would be willing to help after. I have been doing task force stuff for a while. Sadads (talk) 19:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, nice to meet you Sadads! This is a great idea, although I'm going to be busy the next few weeks as well. I think I can start in June - how does that sound? Airplaneman ✈ 20:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Perfect, I will look around at who else is active, and get together a list starting in a week or two, I will give you the link when it starts to come together. Sadads (talk) 02:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good! Airplaneman ✈ 02:53, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

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As I'm concluding the study related to the NICE user script, I'd like to ask you some questions over the phone about your experiences with and ideas about Wikipedia. The questions will be related to how you interact with new editors and the way you communicate when reverting. This chat should take about 45 minutes to an hour. If you are interested or need more details, please let me know. --EpochFail^(talk|work)15:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)You can ask me too, (email might be better, phone would work) as I like NICE and have some ideas. Whatever works, ℳøℕø01:55, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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