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Rosiestep (talk) 18:42, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello FlyingToaster, I've put up a preliminary nomination statement at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rosiestep, feel free to add your co-nom whenever you like. :) GlassCobra 20:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FlyingToaster, thanks, that'll be great. I've answered the 3 questions and am ready to move forward but, to be in compliance with WP:RFA/N#Warnings, I'm awaiting your co-nom before I transclude. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:46, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In response to this, the user was simply trolling. See the block log, if you want more info. Best regards, --Kanonkas :  Talk  23:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I just noticed that your talk page archives are misnumbered and /Archive 3 is actually the one with the oldest messages. I think you should fix this before MiszaBot filled /Archive 2 and starts mixing new threads from here with the oldest ones in the already existing Archive 3. If you already knew that, just ignore my message^^ Regards SoWhy 12:02, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FlyingToaster has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as FlyingToaster's Day! For being a valuable and experienced wikignome and one of our kindest, most civil users, enjoy being the star of the day, dear FlyingToaster! Signed, Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign)

--Dylan620 _{Efforts · Toolbox} 01:23, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm a day late, but congratulations. :) Acalamari 02:10, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have created the page to allow you to answer the questions now and to invite other people to co-nom you if you know anyone who has already signaled to be willing to do so. Since I am currently sitting in a university class, I'll write the nomination later this day (on my lunch break most likely), so you are good to go this evening (UTC). Regards SoWhy 07:24, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I wrote the nomination, hope you like it. Enjoy your day =) Regards SoWhy 12:04, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Co-nomination added: I hope you like what I wrote about you. :) I guess you're ready to go now? Acalamari 15:37, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, glad to see it's up: I'll get around to adding my actual support soon. As for my statement, it's 9:00am here where I live, so I hadn't long been up when I wrote it; I'm glad you like it though. ;) Acalamari 16:07, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is that a yes?

Yep I applied my custom signature to my preferences. Quick question. Can I find the tilde on my keyboard?

Thank you Soooo much for helping me out.

TheSavageNorwegian 20:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FlyingToaster, My RFA passed today at 75/2/1 and I wanted to give you special thanks, not only for co-nominating me, but for seeking me out, encouraging me, and supporting me through the process. Cheers! --Rosiestep (talk) 23:12, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Might you have a picture of your uniform? My own attire tends to be very casual when editing, and I've been wondering if that should change. If it has epaulettes, I'm in. ;) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LOL! Oh, I don't think that's "fool who can sit around and talk all day." Those things on the side of the head are probably really good at keeping people focused! And I like the mystic "W" at the end of the staff. But it would be better with epaulettes. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:05, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm astounded, at my sheer stupidity.

I was searching and searching my keyboard for the tilde and I didn't even see it tucked away under the Escape key. Sorry!

TheSavageNorwegian 20:09, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, um... thanks!

TheSavageNorwegian 20:46, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and with your permission, how do I change my adoption userbox to "adopted"?

TheSavageNorwegian 22:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very cool! Thanks!

TheSavageNorwegian 20:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on WP:100! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, my RFA was closed recently with a final tally of 75½/38/10. Though it didn't succeed, I wanted to thank you for your support and I hope I can count on it in the future. Even though it didn't pass, it had a nearly 2 to 1 ratio of support and I am quite encouraged by those results. I intend to review the support, oppose, and neutral !votes and see what I can do to address those concerns that were brought up and resubmit in a few months. If you would like to assist in my betterment and/or co-nominate me in the future, please let me know on my talk page. Special thanks go to Schmidt, MICHAEL Q., TomStar81, and henrik for their co-nominations and support. — BQZip01 — talk

That depends on whether you consider 65% to be a "vast majority". ;) But I'm happy to see that your RfA is going well so far. Everyking (talk) 20:42, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear FlyingToaster,

I have closed your recent RfA as successful per the consensus of the community. Congratulations, you are now a sysop! Please make sure you're aware of the Administrators' how-to guide and are aware of the items on the Administrators' reading list. Finally, please don't hesitate in contacting me if you need anything. Best of luck in your new position! —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 15:58, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks AD, I'll do my best! FlyingToaster 16:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I didn't even participate at your RfA, but congratulations! Best of luck with your new endeavors. :) Jamie^☆S93 16:02, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Congrats, Boriss.  GARDEN  16:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Congratulations! Best of luck, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Well done! Feel free to hit me up if you need a hand with anything, though I don't imagine you will. --GedUK  16:29, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Congrats! wadester16 | Talk→ 16:31, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Nice. Congratulations :-) You kept a clear head through the dramaz of RfA. Good luck with the tools, Killiondude (talk) 16:53, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks so much everyone - your support was what got me through the dramaz. :) FlyingToaster 16:57, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• May I also drop in to offer you my congratulations as well. I notice you got a wave of opposes at the end - good luck and prove that the closure was the right one! Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:12, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• A job well done, FT. Good luck with the mop! --Dylan620 _{Efforts · Toolbox} 18:24, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Congrats! Hopefully you'll make a great sysop. Pmlinediter  ^Talk 11:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Maybe a bit late, but sometimes pile-ons are good eh? ;). You certainly deserve this :). Don't let the mop get in the way of your great work - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 11:26, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on passing your RfA. Should you need help, I'll try to help you in any way I can, as will any other administrator you decide to ask for assistance or advice. If you need information on the admin interface, Wikipedia:New admin school is the place to go. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 16:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!! --Rosiestep (talk) 17:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats — looking forward to the thankspam — Athaenara ✉ 19:23, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha, I like the wikiwings. Best of luck in your new endeavors, FT. Congratulations. - Dank (push to talk) 23:12, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to undelete it. We both made the same mistake: not checking the history properly. I quickly reverted my CSD-tag, but I guess our edits crossed. Yintaɳ  21:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. First, contratulations on passing your RfA.

I wanted to note that restoring only one revision of an article is likely to separate the article from its attribution history, which is not allowed under our licensing. GFDL requires that we give credit to content contributors. The only thing that User:Grutness (whose edit was the sole you had restored in this article) had contributed was a template: [2]. I've restored the article's history so we comply with our licensing terms, which keeps us from infringing on the copyright of our own contributors. This is just a heads up for future. In this case, I've just reverted back to the pre-vandalism version. If you want to delete the advertisement altogether, the procedure is set out at Wikipedia:Selective deletion. I use this sometimes in obscuring particularly egregious copyright infringement, although under many circumstances reverting is sufficient.

Also, I have restored the talk page, since G8 no longer applies. This is a good idea not only in case there are conversations about the article that need to be retained but also to avoid wikiprojects having to duplicate project work, like rating articles. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:35, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Consider yourself vaccinated. :D Lucifer (Talk) 01:24, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First trout! Oof! Thanks Lucifer. :) FlyingToaster 01:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Maybe now you lot can come back to the crown? I think pledging yourself to some tyrannical, unfair system is about equal to being +sysopped. Ironholds (talk) 10:58, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck! Deb (talk) 11:25, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see you're fixing the </ div> that was left off the table. It's also shifting all later conversations to the right (an example). There's a misplaced </ span>, but that doesn't seem to be causing it. Any ideas? Shubinator (talk) 12:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll see if I can figure out what's doing it. Shubinator (talk) 12:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Still not exactly sure what's causing it, but putting a {{-}} at the end fixes it (unfortunately leaves a lot of white space too). I've fixed it at the example above, you can see if it works for you. Shubinator (talk) 12:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The indent stops anyway after a few lines - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 12:31, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There, that's all of them. No problem. Shubinator (talk) 12:36, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's caused by the left-floating image which is position-relatived a bit towards the top. For some reason, browsers seem to reserve the space where the floating toaster would normally be.
Tables FTW. :) Amalthea 13:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you messed this up a bit. Oh well. Here's your sysop trophy btw.

Stifle (talk) 13:38, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Now that the two toaster images are deleted, the thankspam doesn't display properly. You might want to upload placeholder images to fix that. On a side note, you should register User:Flying Toaster and redirect here. –xeno ^talk 15:58, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to give it. Dlohcierekim 12:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, very well deserved Spitfire^Tally-ho! 12:40, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Clear background2.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --the wub "?!" 13:12, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And File:Flyingtoaster star.gif too. the wub "?!" 13:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've speedily deleted both images under F9 - Unambiguous copyright infringement. You may have done the work to piece them together, yes, but that does not grant you the right to release the images under a new license. I'm dismayed to see such blatant ignorance of our Fair Use policy to be displayed by a new administrator, honestly. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:36, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, it was pretty blatant. The only reason I didn't speedy is to give a chance to clean up. Please be more careful in future Flying Toaster, I realise that one was uploaded a while back but you really should have known better than uploading the second one today. I suggest you read up on copyright and non-free content policy. the wub "?!" 15:11, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From what I understand of the image description, she drew them both herself, but they are clear derivatives. Not sure if the "parody" argument holds up. I'm sure if she drew flying toasters which looked a lot more unlike the AfterDark ones, she would be ok? –xeno ^talk 15:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be absolutely okay with it; they just looked exactly like the "modern" (almost a decade old now, heh) updates to the flying toasters module. (I'll try to find a better screenshot to compare against, though) EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know that there are clones of the Flying Toaster screensaver available as free downloads, and although they're copyrighted, they're not copyrighted by Berkeley Software and as far as I know Berkeley Software has no objection to their existence. (example) I am unfamiliar with the details of Wikimedia's copyright policy and therefore am not sure if this knowledge changes the situation in any way but I am offering it in the case that it might enable FT to bring back the banner or some variation of it that doesn't violate any copyrights. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 15:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a screenshot of the "modern" flying toasters module.[3] There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that it's a direct copy (specifically, compare File:Flyingtoaster star.gif to the large toaster in the bottom/middle of the image. EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:38, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it would appear so. –xeno ^talk 15:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From my knowledge of the screensaver and its history, I'd say if it's a copyvio of anything it's probably of the original screensaver from 1989, since I believe the "big" toaster in the modern image is just an exact copy of that original while the baby stuff is new. But I'm not disputing that the images were copypastes of a copyrighted screen saver, or arguing that the images shouldn't have been deleted; I'm just trying to search for a possible way forward that would lead to the re-creation of the images without violating any copyrights. Perhaps the best thing to would be to find out if there would be any possibility of deletion if she makes toaster images that don't much resemble the Berkeley originals. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 15:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Soap, on the page you linked to it says "Currently download links are not enabled by request of Vivendi". Vivendi is the company that now owns Berkeley Systems. Also see the lawsuit mentioned in After Dark. But even if they weren't actively enforcing their copyrights, we still have no excuse to violate them. the wub "?!" 15:49, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. I didn't realize Vivendi had anything to do with Sierra and/or Berkeley Systems. Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 15:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey everyone. Evula is right about that screenshot. To be honest, I did a lot of animation awhile ago and have had this image in my graphic asset collection for years - I actually thought I'd made it or most of it, and honestly didn't think it was a screenshot from anything. Certainly my version of Flying Toasters from the 90's looked much different! But Evula's link makes it really clear, so I can only apologize and say I'll (maybe) make a new one that's a real departure from anything published later. FlyingToaster 16:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I've been so self absorbed with my own problems, I didn't notice your entire adminship process until now! Conglagerations! (Intentional typo)

TheSavageNorwegian 13:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey FlyingToaster. Your /created list was brought to my attention and I was dismayed to see it contained non-notable BLPs. Three of them don't appear to be notable, thus have been nominated for deletion.

• Articles for deletion nomination of Jett Loe
• Articles for deletion nomination of Philip Morrow
• Articles for deletion nomination of Mike Beltzner

Regards, لennavecia 14:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Francis L. K. Hsu, was recently marked as a copyright violation. You didn't create the article and the plagiarism was there from the start, but it is your 7th-most-edited article. At least one other article you did create follows one of the sources "very closely". That's why I suggested getting feedback through DYK with a few articles. Gimmetrow 16:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]