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Thank you for removing the vandalism about the Patriots cheating. I don't know when this kid will realize that it does not belong there! Thanks again! America69 (talk) 14:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• No problem. I suspect it's gonna continue until the Pats lose a couple in a row. It'll be a long couple of years :) Thanks Ψν^Psi_nu 15:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now that the courts have decided both of Mississippi's Senate elections will be held on the same day, I have opened a new discussion about merging the two articles.
Talk:United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2008#Merge 3
I have also opened a debate about potentially splititng the special election controversy section into it's own article. Talk:United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008#Split Controversy Section Please read over each debate and weigh them on their individual merits. The subjects are not necessarily linked to each other.--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. If you do have any questions, don't hesitate to ask on my talkpage. Best regards. Woody (talk) 10:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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{{helpme}} Could anyone find my edit count for me. I can't seem to get it. Thanks. America69 (talk) 02:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Go to Special:Preferences and look at the number next to "Number of edits". Also, new posts on a talk page go to the bottom, not the top, which is why I moved this. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 03:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's definitely where I'm leaning, yeah. Although, I was going to use just two colors no matter how slim the margin is, and the margin of the projection would be posted on the state (along with postal abbreviation and electoral vote total). This would be for all states. If I were to use gray for toss-up states, a certain range would have to be defined in order to determine what states should be colored gray. -- Fifty7 (talk) 22:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just finished putting together the new map, it'll be on the article soon. It's just two colors and the margins of projected victory are clearly presented with each state, so as to not misrepresent the information. -- Fifty7 (talk) 02:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It basically has to do with the fact that there's only been three polls in the past month in Florida, Rasmussen having McCain up 8 with a sample size of 500, ARG having Obama up 5 with a sample size of 600, and Quinnipiac having Obama up 4 with a sample size of 1453, all within a period of five days. The overall polling average has McCain at +1.1%, but just averaging all the polls doesn't make statistical sense. Silver's latest methodology is a bit more sensitive to trends and day-to-day developments, so Obama has a tiny lead in what is pretty much a virtual tie at the moment. -- Fifty7 (talk) 04:21, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Re [1]) Thanks, but it's best to indent duplicate votes rather than remove them completely. (Don't worry, I made this mistake before also). –xenocidic (talk) 14:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Typically you just need to add a colon after the #hash. –xenocidic (talk) 14:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Another tip: when replying to RFA comments, make sure you precede your ":" with a "#" (i.e. "#:") to ensure the numbering works properly. (See [2]). –xenocidic (talk) 20:17, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxen

You're getting lots of tips today! Did you know you don't have to copy the entire code for a userbox onto your page? You can just transclude it be using the code {{location of userbox here}}. For example, the most recent userbox you added to your page could've been added simply by adding {{User:LightSpectra/Userboxes/MT}} to your page. This should help keep your userpage less cluttered. –xenocidic (talk) 20:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! You might want to go re-find all those userboxen too and clean up your page code a bit. –xenocidic (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey thanks! =) cheers. –xenocidic (talk) 22:11, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New userpage

Pretty good but you might want to use tables to tame those userboxen. See my userboxen subpage for an example. –xenocidic (talk) 22:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Unfortunately, the CQ Politics page for the Michigan U.S. Senate race you linked is not the correct one. Once you confirm that the web page exists, you can insert the correct URL for the external link. Steelbeard1 (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, no problem. I don't even think we need to discuss something like that. Just delete it and go to the talk page if it gets re-added. Henrymrx (talk) 22:47, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, America69, for your support !vote at my RFA. I will be doing my best to make sure that your confidence has not been misplaced. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Could you do me a favor and review the United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008. I removed a polling part that included two candidates that have dropped out. Another editor reverted the edit. The point is , that with the candidated gone, why should it be kept there. It really serves no purpose. I came to you because you have been helpful to me in the past, and I was hoping you could look into this issue. Please respond on my talk page, as I am pasting what I put here on to there. Thank you so much. America69 (talk) 18:04, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Waiting for ResponseAmerica69 (talk) 18:04, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

as a self-confessed Canadian, I'm trying to stay as far away from any disputes regarding the U.S. elections as I can. However, I would gather they should be left in the table for historical reasons...the polls did occur, and there were results with respect to those candidates. make sense? –xenocidic (talk) 18:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the birthday wish! Now if only that cake was real... Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 06:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was , , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

Thanks for your early support - it was helpful to have some encouraging words!

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again!

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Thanks for the birthday wish. I really appreciate it. Chris (talk) 15:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - it closed while I was viewing the page (so I didn't notice until after I'd opposed)...... Dendodge .. Talk^Contribs 17:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Heh, basically you just have to create a user subpage. The easiest way to do it is to make a red link to User:America69/RfA criteria, write whatever you want in there and click save. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 19:40, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is not vandalism. That is just how i write in a stream of conciousness mode. I suggest you look at the entire corpus of my works, esp. those I wrote on court cases. Then I dare you to call me a mindless troll. Until then, please back off. JeanLatore (talk) 03:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, you write English like a non-native speaker. That "America" username you have must have been meant as irony or sarcasm. JeanLatore (talk) 03:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ah! In past comments you said you had a "close friend" that was autistic. I think that "close friend" is yourself. You are autistic just like me, no? I can tell from your typing that either you are austistic or foreign. (I am both). JeanLatore (talk) 03:34, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Rfa

Well, do i at least get some props for making you laugh hysterically? It is Saturday night after all...JeanLatore (talk) 03:41, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		Thank you for the support!
		America69, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 02:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed you've been jumping into RfAs extremely quickly and making votes almost immediately. In some cases, it looks like you've had to remove your vote rather quickly due to an error. It doesn't hurt to wait a bit, read everything, check out contribs, and make a vote a little bit later. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 19:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Although you can vote any way you want, you should be spending at last a minimal amount of time going through contribs to properly review that candidate, like Irid did for the last candidate. I'd go as far to see as making a personal policy for yourself that you won't vote on a candidate after reviewing them for at the very least 5-10 minutes, unless you are totally familiar with their contrib history. In a recent case you went from "Strong" support to oppose in the course of 2 minutes. Gwynand | Talk•Contribs 19:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you possibly email me at Ryanpostlethwaite [at] hotmail.com . I've got something I need to discuss with you. Thanks Ryan Postlethwaite 20:09, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:15, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar - there was really no need to, honestly. Just take my advice and go in peace ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 21:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks very much for your support at my RFA, which closed as successful. Well done also for being the first of many to "beat the Nom"! Take care, StephenBuxton (talk) 20:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey there, I just wanted to make an introduction and say "Hi!" -- since I don't believe we've ever spoken before. I've seen you in the AfD brawls and I've greatly enjoyed your cogent commentary. I wanted to let you know that I appreciate your input here. Keep up the fine work!

...here; thanks! :-)  Frank  |  talk  14:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just take a look at the history of my talk page [3]. This same guys constantly follows me around, puts crap on my talkpage, and reverts my edits on other articles. They've banned this guy on other IPs before but it seems like he is using a library or something so they need to ban the entire library. --Tocino 19:17, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right there he said it: "I don't agree with what he writes." He is stalking me because I am active on the International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence article. I have a pro-Serbia POV and he is probably a Kosovo Albanian so that is why he is talking me. --Tocino 19:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There he said it himself. POV. But I'm not a Kosovo Albanian, only a good man.