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“Dog” The Teddy Bear

Statement

As many of you know, I need a wikibreak from time to time. This one was 5 days. Many thanks to all who offered their support an encouragement. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:20, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

As ever, good to see you back and hope all is well. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:27, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm fine. Thanks for asking. Part of what I did was review what I think of the roles of various wiki entities/users/etc. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:29, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Sounds boring, yet at the same time scintillating. Dabomb87 (talk) 19:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Any conclusions? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Discover how much simple wiki sucks? :) iMatthew  at 19:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

If I ever edited simple wiki, it was only to seal my SUL account. Some of what I was pondering is quite interesting, but I'm not finalized my thoughts so spilling it now would be premature. But I will say my view on one major issue has changed. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:52, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, only edit there was creating your userpage. In any event, welcome back! –Juliancolton |  20:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I now have 3 edits there by updating my user page. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:17, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Very glad to see you back. Tasos (Dr.K. logos 20:22, 5 July 2009 (UTC))

Just agreeing with those above, again. Nice to have you back. - Rjd0060 (talk) 20:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

• Strong support - per Rjd0060. Glad you're back :D J.delanoy_adds 21:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Woot! ++ Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:19, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Arthur Rose Eldred GA Sweeps: On Hold

I have reviewed Arthur Rose Eldred for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since you are a main contributor of the article (determined based on this tool), I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 22:36, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Already saw it, will work it. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:37, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Looks good. Good job addressing the issues so quickly. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 01:22, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Boyce Building

I was going to take some pictures today and found my camera is out of order (again). It also seems that my extended warranty company may be out of business. I have to do some more checking tomorrow.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:21, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for trying. Let me know if it works out. — Rlevse • Talk • 10:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

huh?

I don't know what you mean by the message you left on my talk page, namely "You have failed to respond to my queries. You need to contact myself or arbom immediately." What message do you mean? I have received no queries from you at all. Does it have something to do with this? Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 21:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Re on your talk page, keep it there. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Ping

See e-mail. –Juliancolton |  22:15, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind, just saw your response. –Juliancolton |  22:15, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikiholic

And you know you're a chemistry nerd when you see "wikihol" and try to work out its chemical structure. —harej (talk) (cool!) 01:31, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Good one, adding it. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:37, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Ayutthaya Kingdom

Sorry for the late reply. I have been an inactive Wikipedian for a while since no job. I will see if I can do to improve Ayutthaya Kingdom article. I will ask Thai Wikipedians as well to see if they can make significant contributes.

Thank you for your word too. --Manop - TH (talk) 18:05, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

"Awesome Wikipedian"

Thanks very much Rlevse! It's been properly immortalized on my user page. =) Steven Walling (talk) 06:13, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXIV

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter Round III, Issue 6 - July 12, 2009 Archive before | Archive after Pool leaders In this round of the WikiCup, the top contestant from each pool, along with four wildcards, will advance to the next round. The pool leaders are: Pool A Sasata (505) Pool B Ottava Rima (592) Pool C Candlewicke (380) Pool D Theleftorium (666) Wildcard leaders Scorpion0422 (584) Shoemaker's Holiday (493) Mitchazenia (443) Juliancolton (261) For a full guide see Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/History/2009/Full All scores are accurate as of iMatthew  at 18:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC) Content Leaders As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants in this round with the most: Featured articles Juliancolton (1) Scorpion0422 (1) Shoemaker's Holiday (1) the_ed17 (1) Featured lists Scorpion0422 (5) Featured topics Nobody Featured pictures Shoemaker's Holiday (11) Featured sounds Nobody Featured portals Shoemaker's Holiday (2) Good topics Scorpion0422 (2) Theleftorium (2) Good articles Theleftorium (13) Did you know? items Ottava Rima (26) In the news items Candlewicke (21) For Round 1 stats, see Newsletter 10. For Round 2 stats, see Newsletter 18. WikiCup At a Glance As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a Round 3 total of: 4 Featured articles 13 Featured lists 0 Featured topics 14 Featured pictures 0 Featured sounds 4 Featured portal 3 Good topic 48 Good articles 74 Did you know? items 21 In the news items This combines with the Round 1 totals and the Round 2 totals to make a grand total of: 29 Featured articles 60 Featured lists 3 Featured topics 189 Featured pictures 24 Featured sounds 6 Featured portal 6 Good topics 250 Good articles 521 Did you know? items 103 In the news items Biggest Jumps The difference between each contestant's point total from last week, and their point total from this week are: Rank User LF TF D 1 Shoemaker's Holiday 36 493 457 2 Ottava Rima 241 592 351 3 Scorpion0422 389 584 195 4 Theleftorium 518 666 148 5 Gary King 17 150 113 6 Mitchazenia 160 290 130 7 Sasata 442 505 63 8 Rlevse 109 143 34 9 Wrestlinglover 228 248 20 10 ThinkBlue 206 219 13 LF = Last Week's score, TF = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores This was generated from this diff. From the Judges There were a few mistakes in last weeks' newsletter. Apologies about that. In regards to the competition, a few of you shot up in points this week. Very, very impressive. However, now that some have shot up to the top, others of you have to work even harder to catch up! There are about 3 weeks left in the round, so if you're behind, now is really the time to start nominating content, so that it can count for this round. If you wait too long, we won't be able to hold off the round while your content is being reviewed. Per this tiny poll, the remainder of the competition has been altered.. sorry!! The changes being made are as follows: "We will be combining the last three rounds. Round 4 will now last from August through September, with 8 contestants. On September 1st, however, we will eliminate the bottom four contestants. The top four contestants will continue the round with the same score. Then, one person will win out of the remaining four on September 30th." You can also see this change to the main WikiCup page. Lastly, we'd like to welcome back Shoemaker's Holiday into the competition! 'weburiedoursecretsinthegarden, iMatthew  at, and The Helpful One If you don't wish to receive this newsletter in the future, remove your name from this list. If you are not a participant, but would still like to receive this newsletter, feel free to add your name to the list. --EdwardsBot (talk) 18:51, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

funny you should say that....

re this:

We should all quit arbcom, then the community can fix everything themselves and can't bitch at us. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

funny you should mention that, as I was just about to post over at Casliber's page with a similar sort of idea. I'm sure you're aware that your seats on the committee are held open if you decide just to 'leave' the committee (wikibreak, whatever - a la newyorkbrad, coren, etc. etc.) - it might be a bit political for your tastes, but if you are indeed a bit disgusted at the vibe / treatment at the 'management' end of the project, a resignation would be a strong statement....

either ways... interesting times.. hope you're well. Privatemusings (talk) 21:56, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm SERIOUSLY considering. And arbcom should resign enmasse. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:57, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I reckon you should quit in a heartbeat if you're either no longer finding value in your contributions (enjoying it, having fun, finding it rewarding etc.) or if you you feel that the overhead in making your positive contribution is too high a price (too much shit, not enough beer - that sort of thing) - either ways, best wishes in your decision making. Privatemusings (talk) 22:02, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Do not bait him.--Caspian blue 22:20, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh god no... :-( J.delanoy_adds 22:26, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I wont' matter one bit. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:28, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

No, you're elected by the community, so please reconsider the decision.--Caspian blue 22:40, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

If you didn't matter, we won't urge you to reconsider. You should not resign over anything like this, you really shouldn't... Regards SoWhy 22:43, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Respectfully Rlevse, I think this is dumb. You can't coerce the community into acceptance of that which they do not want. Arbcom is a thankless task for which you will make no friends and plenty of enemies, but I'd hope the people that run for it know that, and put it aside for the greater good. I hope you will continue to do so and reconsider. --Joopercoopers (talk) 23:12, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

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iMatthew  at 22:34, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh dear.

We've butted heads, but I have never been under the impression that you were anything but an enormous asset to ArbCom. Please reconsider kowtowing to the T&P crowd. → ROUX ₪ 23:10, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

What is T&P? ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:12, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I think it's 'torch and pitchfork crowd' - but I'm not sure where the crowd is? Anywhoo... seems roux hopes Rlev will rejoin arbcom. Privatemusings (talk) 23:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't that group chasing you not too long ago Private? Or was that a different crowd? It gets hard to keep track sometimes. This is about the advisory council idea? A link would be good. I think anything that expedites the onerous Arbcom process and that makes it more transparent is a good thing. I also think a committee to resolve content disptues would be helpful. Mixing behavior and content together as if they're the same thing is needlessly problematic. The Ayn Rand Arbcom was basically over the word "philosopher". Seems like an awful lot of time and drama for something that should be possible to sort out among reasonable adults in the community. It's also a problem that their sanctions are punitive, as that goes against our basic philosophy. Anyway, cheerios! I'm available to serve on Arbcom if you need me and I support capital punishment. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:59, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

• Grrrrrrrr... Randy, not only is it the absolutely wrong thing to do... It isn't even original! Get yer arse back there pronto, and bring the Herring Mop Kid with you!!! LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:30, 11 July 2009 (UTC)