User talk:Phaedriel/Archive 21

I want you to have this

I award/give you, Phaedriel, this graffiti art of my nickname for being quite possibly the sweetest Wikipedian ever.

I was going to give you a Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar, but you have 6 already. :) KOS | talk 23:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite the collection you're piling up there, young lady... and all deserved! ++Lar: t/c 01:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I can't believe you got 6 RAoK barnstars too. I award you your seventh RAoK barnstar so you're tied with me. ;p — Moe Epsilon 05:43 August 02 '06

My vote

[1] Hope this helps Phaedriel. — Moe Epsilon 05:43 August 02 '06

I'm not Phaedriel, (and will never be able to play her on TV, but..) Moe, that was a very thoughtful and heartfelt suppport. Well played. ++Lar: t/c 11:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree Image:Twogunhart.gif

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Twogunhart.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page to provide the necessary information on the source or licensing of this image (if you have any), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kevin_b_er 07:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, if you read your RfA you probably saw this comming. The image is being listed because of uncertain copyright status. 7/10 chance its not public domain in the united states. If you figure out when it was taken and published, let me know. I'm still trying to research into proper fair use policy on wikipedia, so I do not wish to place a potentionally false fair use rationale on the image. The need for the image to be linked in your RfA won't matter too much, because it will end before the PUI is acted upon. Best of luck. Kevin_b_er 07:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just a friendly note

No leaving barnstars, curses, words of advice, or other bits from me, just wishing you a nice day and hoping stress from all this doesn't get to you! Take care! *hugs* ~Kylu (u|t) 07:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who has been leaving cursewords? Banniate them!. As for your good luck stress stuff... easy for you to say, your RfA wasn't on the knife edge of success/fail the whole way like this one is... :P Er wait... wrong window. ++Lar: t/c 11:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me and the mop

Hi! Thanks for all the nice words, I'm really glad that people appreciate my work here. As for me and adminship, I actually had an RfA in June which was not successful (people didn't reach a consensus). The main concerns were my work being mainly on Bulgaria-related articles, whether I really needed the mop, and if my project namespace contributions were enough.

I do intend to nominate myself again in the future, and I'm thinking of doing this towards the end of this year. I'm currently working to address the concerns from my old RfA and I've recently been more active in the Wikipedia namespace (particularly at WP:FAR), I've also been actively countering vandalism and sockpuppetry (two cases in several days, both related to the Bulgaria article), so I hope people would take this in consideration during my next RfA. Of course, my general encylopedic contributions have not decreased even a bit! :) Todor →Bozhinov 14:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need help

I really need help. Can you give me some advice on how to gain some trust from other users, cheers —M in un ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 15:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Phaedriel

Hello Phaedriel, how nice of you to drop by! I'm doing quite fine, thanks....but how are you? My RFA is over, but you're still in the middle of yours! Even with so much support, I imagine there is still so much stress you are feeling! I hope it doesn't get you down! Don't worry about me, there are a lot of people who need a hug more than I do (including yourself) so here's a *hug* for you! Best of luck as an administrator Phaedriel, I know you'll be a great one! (*Hugs* again)

Oh, and I've been meaning to give you this too...kindness, encyclopedia work....you excel in so much, so here's an original barnstar for you.

		The Original Barnstar
		I give Phaedriel the original barnstar, mostly because she has succeeded in so many areas that no specific barnstar could cover everything she has done, so I hope this does the job. Best of luck as an admin!! The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 16:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 16:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Busy?

I don't mean to be rude, because I'm sure you're in 1000 places right now, but I have been waiting for help on the Tareyton article, especially on the whole sourcing templates, and new information, and it has disappointed me that I'm the only one who has touched it. I don't mean to make you feel bad or anything, but I was rather looking forward to the help. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 19:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have AIM? I have ideas about the Tareyton article and I think our editing will go smoother if I can talk to you in real time and cut out the talk page stuff. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can download MSN. My friend from Spain wants me to do that anyway, so I might as well just download the thing. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just add me. I'm haltermannews AT yahoo DOT com. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Snopake screaming

We chat very frequently on Google Talk and she's on most nights about half-eleven, and I was off last night after eleven. And I'm still waiting for you to add me to MSN! Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 20:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thank you thank you thank you

** BIG smooch ** ++Lar: t/c 20:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, go you!

Just a friendly note to congratulate you on your RfA becoming the most popular of all time. Woo! :) RandyWang (^raves/_{review me!}) 21:40, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Just wanted to let you know that the only reason I didn't vote for you was because you didn't need my vote. :) User:Zoe|(talk) 02:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:200

Congratulations, it appears you've made it to the list! And the second person ever! You're perhaps a big record breaker: not only did you make that list, but you've perhaps had the most nominators (I'm the 10th, and most recent, nominator), and plus the wackiest support message I could possibly vouch. I FREAKING LOVE YOU! —this is messedrocker (talk) 02:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've certainly got the wackiest support message under control, Messed... Now if we could only get P to raise her mood meter another 2 notches... :) ++Lar: t/c 14:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

Dear Phaedriel, your words are so flattering that I don't really know how to react. I certainly don't have any unpleasant experience with yourself and I don't hold you responsible for the climate of admin irresponsibility that has been reigning in Wikipedia last months. I usually vote for those editors who work in main space, while, checking your contributions, I see that you seem to spend most of your time talking with other editors. It's not a sufficient reason to oppose, to be sure. Therefore I shall retract my vote, though I believe that you would be promoted even without it. So accept my congratulations and please think twice before blocking prolific contributors :) P.S. I share your opinion that the absence of Izehar and Latinus is very deplorable. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 16:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Status meter improving...

only one more notch to go, dear Sharon.. PS: read your mail ++Lar: t/c 19:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep going! (And the though just crossed my mind…if you are the Queen of the World and I'm the King of the World, who's ruling? ;) Or do we have to "battle" each other? ;) Not literally of course…) $ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-T|ε|C|L-) 01:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roses

Just for you.--Dakota 02:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since you're floating on air at the moment....

File:Love message by n yfe.jpg

Here is something I saw on someone's page and thought of you. Sorry for making your talk page backlog worse! Hugs. ++Lar: t/c 03:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Ah, the first one here, after being so slow on the real RfA. It looks official now, and can I again say what a privilege it was to be able to nominate you, the new record-holder for RfA. It now sticks out in my User:Blnguyen/RfA as the lucky seventh (the RfA didn't need luck) RfA that I have nominated. Blnguyen | rant-line 03:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for taking so long yet again. I'm being rather anti-social these day?!?! I finally read of your feats in the Signpost just as I write this, which is unusual, since I normally read it immediately upon publication. I've been spending about all of my time for the last few days, reading up a lot of documentation submitted to me by a group of users warring on Indian religion pages, starting RfCs, and launching personal attacks on many article-fronts, etc - I've received about 80 messages in the last two days, all on serious "official business" so to speak. As a statistical pedant I've kept a count of how many messages I receive - there's a graph on my userpage and I received 65 messages in my first 5000 edits and in the 5000 since the RfA, I've received....1091. Perhaps it's better to return to the old days when I was a totally invisible nobody. Also I've noted that User:Blnguyen#Accusations is piling up nicely (with some of the entries and criticism nicely balancing out), although if you don't want the Atlantahawk entry there (which concerns yourself), I can remove it. And finally, I'll put my entries into the soundtrack soon, perhaps when I help fill up Category:Eurovision songs with the relevant stuff (my much maligned choice of listening). Perhaps, I'll get to do something other than act as a pseudo-arbitrator for Indian affairs, because the complaints seem to be piling up endlessly - but perhaps that is the price for getting more Indian supports on my RfA than even the Indian admins...maybe you'll get inundated soon....or perhaps someone got the impression that I am a eagle-eyed investigator...... Blnguyen | rant-line 06:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Taxman just closed it! Congratulations on adminship! You deserve it! All the best -- Samir धर्म 03:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, congradulations on receiving a long-deserved award! Be proud of yourself! Editor88 03:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Since I get the official one, here it is :) And an edit conflict to boot. Have fun using the new tools to make this a better project. Use them conservatively, especially at first, and re-read the relevant policy pages before acting. Other than that, have fun, and don't hesitate to let me or others know if you need help. - Taxman ^Talk 03:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too!! --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 03:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A huge congratulations to you, dear Sharon, on your new admin buttons and the record-breaking final tally on your RfA! :D Best of luck (you'll be a fantastic admin!), and we'll all be here to help should you ever need it. Cheers, Sango 123 03:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's one record that wasn't broken - Mindspillage received 299 support votes in her 2005/06 ArbCom campaign. Still, 271 supporting votes is a very impressive number, especially considering the fact that your overall support percentage is 96.10% (which, I'm sure, is something we don't see very often).

PS - Your supporting percentage of 96.10% is even higher than the highest ArbCom vote support percentage (92.24% by Filiocht in 2005/06). Editor88 03:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! You are an admin, good luck with the tools. Cheers! :D --Ter e nce Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 04:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! I wanted you to have the tools so much that I even bothered a bureaucrat to make sure that you got them. :o) I'm sure you'll use them wisely. Hugs, EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 04:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on adminship and the party going on haaaarrr. Yank sox 04:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations my dear friend and welcome to the mop and bucket crew, no one deserves it more than you.

--Dakota 04:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sharon - Congratulations on your shiny new buttons! Roger --rogerd 04:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CONGRATS!!!!! — Deckill e r 04:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. I knew you'd win. Congrats. *big hugs and a cuddle thrown in too, that is, if nobody gets jealous ;)* I can't offer you anything that everyone else hasn't thrown in though. Enjoy dem new buttons :D — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 04:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)}[reply]

Congrats...but we may need a recount since the vote was so close.--MONGO 06:43, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on becoming an administrator! --Tachikom a 07:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More well done spam, right here! :D --Andeh 09:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've got nothing to say that hasn't been said before, so how about I said it in another language? "Ich gratuliere dich! Ich glaube natürlich, dass du ein fantastische admin werden kann!" (Apologies for the faulty German. :) ) RandyWang (^raves/_{review me!}) 12:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Syrthiss 13:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Fannnn-tastic! Now you can help us all, with your mop! *Sigh*, how I wish I had a mop...--Tdxi an g 07:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NOW will you raise to the final notch?

Sweet! Sharon! You did it! I am so so so very happy for you and proud to have been one of your co noms. I can't think of anyone who more clearly deserves to have had the highest support total ever. You earned every one of those supports with your wonderful way here. All the best wishes in the world from me, and everyone else and you know you can count on me for help if you ever need it, not that you will. Well done, dearest. Now raise that meter to "queen of the world", or I'll do it for you, queen of Wikipedia... Now get busy, there are a lot of backlogs to get after! ++Lar: t/c 08:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Award

Sorry, but you have yet another message :)

Phaedriel, I'm afraid I have no great gift like the rest of these nice people here, so I hope my simple words will do. Congratulations on having the most successful RfA in the history of Wikipedia. You deserved every single kind word, well wish, and piece of prase that was given to you. I hope, you humble thing, that this will show you that it isn't just a select group of your friends who think the world of you. Our whole community think that you're wonderful, and you truely are! May you have all the success in your role of Admin, and may you continue to enjoy it for as long as this life permits. I'll talk to you more on MSN :) Great big hugs my friend, Th ε Halo ^Θ 13:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RFA spam

Nothing to say that's already been said... Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 14:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats :)

Wow, what a show of support!!! Congratulations! :) Srose (talk) 14:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well earned and well deserved! and may your moodmeter never fall below what it is now. -- Avi 15:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me three. - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Hope you use the mop and the flame-thrower with good sense and equanimity. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 15:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another...

...congrats added to this pile. :) It feels good to have New messages all day long, doesn't it? Misza 13 ^{T C} 15:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This page is 98 kilobytes long. This may be longer than is preferable; see article size. ;-) Misza 13 ^{T C} 19:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, now get to work

Congrats on being rightfully recognized for your good work and strong character. It is a good thing for the project that you are getting these new tools, Sharon - now quit reading your messages and get to work on admin stuff!!! Johntex\^talk 15:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another congratulating spam :)

You really have deserved the mop, bucket and keys for a long time. Use them well! (Now who's going to nominate you for bereaucratship?) ;) $ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-T|ε|C|L-) 18:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, Sharon! Yours has got to be one of the most overwhelmingly supported RfAs I have ever seen. :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 18:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Glad to see you finally getting the tools. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 18:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A GOOD YELL!! as you requested, with your extreme RfA thanks method!--Andeh 18:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NEXT TIME DON'T FORGET THE HEADER, sorry, I'm hyper. :) --Andeh 19:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you keep all your pages in your user space semi-protected, as admins always attract internet lunatics to their pages. 0.o --Andeh 21:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, please don't. Some admins and a bureaucrat have decided to leave Wikipedia due to the abuse they've received. If you really want to receive messages from anons or new users, some admins have created an extra page talk page for them and left a notice for them at the top of their talk page linking them to it. Hope I'm not scaring you..--Andeh 21:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Card ^_^

Many thanks for the beautiful card! — Deckill e r 19:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

YOU WIN

YOU WIN ON WHEELS! —this is messedrocker (talk) 20:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on becoming the second Wikipedia administrator in history to have 200+ support votes. You will be the best administrator ever. —this is messedrocker (talk) 20:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also

May I archive your talk page for you? Let me know on my talk page. —this is messedrocker (talk) 20:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about archiving everything up to the point where you started being piled on with the congratulation messages? That way, you still get to see the kind messages, and some poor kid with a 56k modem's Internet browser won't crash. —this is messedrocker (talk) 03:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I just got back from vacation, about... uh... I think 40 minutes ago (I went out to eat after leaving the airport). It was very beautiful up in Alaska, and I can't wait to upload all those photographs I took of the Tracy Arm fjord (among other things)! Anyways, after this message, I'll get to work on archiving your talk page. —this is messedrocker (talk) 03:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then. Your talk page is still big, but I cut it down from 113KB to 49KB — less than half. I can archive the thank-yous (perhaps to a special thank-you page?) once the excitement's died down. By the way, congratulations on adminship (again) and topping your happymeter. You should also check out Werdnabot's archiving feature. —this is messedrocker (talk) 03:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More congratulations

One of Ann's apple turnovers for Sharon, to celebrate her well-deserved success in her RfA

Dear Sharon, I just want to send you my warmest congratulations for your extremely well deserved and long overdue adminship. I want to thank you also for the lovely things you wrote about me when answering the questions (which took me completely by surprise)! We've never edited the same articles, as far as I know, but I've seen enough of your talk page posts to know that the average level of kindness among administrators has just gone up, and that's definitely something to celebrate. I hope your future here at Wikipedia will be long and happy. I know that for me, having you as a fellow admin is going to be a postitive experience. Congratulations again, and good luck with the mop! Cheers. AnnH ♫ 20:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see that my apple turnover has messed up your page, because it's bigger (deeper) than the amount I wrote, so it sticks out into the next section. I'd never want to mess up your page, knowing how beautiful you make it, so I'll write a few more lines. I want to say also that I saw Bratsche's remarks on your page a few days ago, and agreed with him. Also, regarding the image problems that were brought up at your RfA, I have to confess that I carelessly had a fair use image on my user page for a few months after I was made an admin — and didn't even notice. Thankfully, Durin removed it for me.

The preview button tells me that I've now written enough to ensure that the apple turnover stays in this section, so I'll just say once more how very, very pleased I am about your RfA. Having lost one of the nicest admins we ever had, it's comforting to get another with the same qualities. (Excuse the dangling participle!) AnnH ♫ 21:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the amount of text required depends on the width of the lines and the size of the fonts. So this extra bit should help all the people with really wide screens to enjoy this page just that little bit extra. Stephen B Streater 21:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another congrats

... and yet another thanks for the amazing card. You know, every adminitis-touched cell in my body itches to deliver a sermon on the evils of spam and the outrageousness of uploading customized bitmaps like that... and I can't do it! You make it work. Your message left me melted in that "aw shucks" state that you seem to manage to produce in so many Wikipedians across every segment of our little, fragmented society. Anyway: congrats on squeaking by in such a close RfA, and I can't wait to talk to you more in the future! —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 20:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My beautiful dear darling Sharon!

File:Day-old kittens.jpg

Seeing as no one gave you kittens for your birthday...

Congratulations, Sharon! You truly deserve this more than anyone else I know, and it gives me such a pleasure to congratulate you! You surely are the most wonderful user, and the community is so lucky (if a little unworthy... ;) ) to have such a wonderful admin as you. Loads of hugs and fondest wishes, Sergeant Snopake 22:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support with pile-on hugs (though I don't need a reason) I agree with the Sergeant completely. Wikipedia is better already now that you're an admin. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 00:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)}[reply]

Congrats

I realize you've got a million of these things already, but I had to say it: congrats on a victory that surprised no one. If you hadn't made it, people would have driven, flown or paddled to Florida to tear the servers apart. XD Good luck with all that lies ahead. We're in good hands. I just hope it's not too rough on you. Ryu Kaze 23:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Thank you, thank you!

The universe is yours! —Leave <edit>California</edit> to me! :P $ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-T|ε|C|L-) 00:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from Wikimania!

One more time... congratulations! wow. Nice card too. ++Lar: t/c 00:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not at WikiMania, but congrats from me too! Man, your "thank you for supporting me in my RfA" spamlist is going to take forever to get through. o.o;; *hugs* ~Kylu (u|t) 01:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

She seems to be making good progress on it though! ++Lar: t/c 03:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

Hey Phaedriel!

Congrats on the shiny new adminship, and thanks for the cute card. I didn't even know how to open the dang thing at first. It's sooo cool, though. Neat! Re: Spawn Man: I hope he gets back from WikiBreak soon, but I hope he enjoys his time over at Uncyclopedia; maybe there's a little less stress over there.

Anyway, congrats again; we all know you'll be a great admin. Happy editing! :) Firs.--Firsfron of Ronchester 00:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

Congrats on your succsessful RFA!!! I saw your acts of kindness and hard work throughout wiki and just had to support your RFA. Wiki needs more people like you ^_^. I am glad that you now consider me a friend, that is kind of you. :) Have a wonderful evening and congrats again on your RFA. Darthgriz 9 8 02:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]