User talk:Ottava Rima: Difference between revisions

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a good end of the year.

If you have any problems, concerns, or just want to comment on my actions and behavior in general, please leave a message here, or if you would like to discuss things, my talk page and email is available for use. A watch page has been created that will list areas that I might have problems with and may need help with. - Ottava Rima

Begins tomorrow! at 0:00 (UTC) Some quick reminders and amendments This year a bot will be tallying the scores for the tournament. This bot will be run by ST47 and will count edits–at 0.1 points each (major edits only, see below)–and submissions at the scores listed in the tables. You must submit any work that you manage to promote in each period on your submissions page. Your page is located here. Rules and instructions are here for submitting. Due to the massive influx of Huggle users, and because this is a content contest rather than an editcountitis extravaganza, minor edits will be scored at only 0.01 points. If you are a Huggle user your edits must be marked as minor or you will be disqualified. If you are unsure, check your contributions. If you wish to drop out before the tournament begins, please do so as soon as possible, but not later than January 5. Most importantly, good luck! Happy New Years, Garden. and ayematthew 20 49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Delivered by neuro^(talk) for Garden and ayematthew at 20:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

God almighty! --Malleus Fatuorum 20:56, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is that what I THINK it is??? Good gods. Ealdgyth - Talk 20:59, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. I lost to San Marino in the qualifying rounds. Embarrassing.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My plan was to do exactly opposite of everyone else: do the same exact thing I do now and show how crappy other people are by failing miserably. XD Ottava Rima (talk) 21:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A bad plan, unlikely to impress the twelve-year-olds who now run this site. --Malleus Fatuorum 21:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hahaha. You wouldn't be surprised of the age of my competition. LMAO. I see myself as "the turtle" and they are baby rabbits. I think this competition with push me further in pushing more pages through FAC. Of course, I wont be lowering -my- standards first, so I will probably only get one per month or so. I have 5 sitting around needing to be polished, so that will be fun. I will call on you for the Queens English, and if you copyedit, find short comings, and the rest, I will definitely co nom you. : ) Ottava Rima (talk) 22:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! no stealing my copyeditor!! Guess I'll have to bribe him more... Ealdgyth - Talk 22:10, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have never accepted co noms for copyediting, and I never will. I'll be happy to be proved wrong about this latest badge collecting exercise though, but I won't be holding my breath. --Malleus Fatuorum 22:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malleus, you know my definition of "copyediting" is not the standard definition of copyediting as used around here. I need a secondary voice to look at it from another perspective, examine logic, grammar, language, syntax, MoS, structure, placement, etc. I also need a polisher, someone who can tighten language, and someone who can pefect the flow of a paragraph. You did all of this at Johnson and you proved that you are able to take my work and use a fine chisel to make a masterpiece. Also, I'm not going after any badges. I don't think there are any (and if there are, I don't want any). Ottava Rima (talk) 22:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Even with Johnson, I don't feel that there's very much of me in the article, and I still don't feel that I deserved to be listed as a co-nominator. Anyway, that's the past, let's look to the future! --Malleus Fatuorum 22:43, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LMAO, you had almost double the edits that I did, and if you compared the two linguistically, there was a huge difference. You short change yourself by a lot. : ) Ottava Rima (talk) 00:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm getting a bit worried about your apparently new-found empathy and reasonableness Ottava. You're not trying to prepare the ground for an assault on RfA in 2019 are you? :lol: --Malleus Fatuorum 00:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How did you know he asked me to be a co nom along with Jimbo? Though you missed the date by six years, 2025 seemed like a nice round figure--Wehwalt (talk) 00:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would be refeshing to see a voter go neutral or oppose with "try again in sixteen years time". :-) Probably not so refreshing fot Ottava though. :-( --Malleus Fatuorum 01:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I did use that joke with someone else (co-nom with Jimbo thing). Haha. I have enough admin duties to handle over at wikiversity. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great minds think alike!--Wehwalt (talk) 01:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support you Ottava, only because your RfA would be one of the most fun to read ever. Definitely a two-bucket popcorn event. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 16:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I saw. I'm going to start heavy work on this now; you might keep an eye and jump in when necessary. Obviously I would preffer to see you fully focus in on the page, but if not I understand where you are coming from re FAC stress. However, I would prefer if you, not me, made the co-nom when the time comes. Ceoil (talk) 17:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for raising a question about my statement, I've tried to clarify my perceptions of the issues.[1] Questions of etiquette and civility are clearly important, but in my view our primary aim is building an encyclopedia according to article content policies, and stamping out rudeness is a failure if it impedes our primary aim. Just my tuppenceworth. . . dave souza, talk 11:55, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just remember that my purpose is to treat and lighten things up a bit. What is with trench warfare if you can't have a Christmas with caroling? Even the worse problems need a little joy every once in a while. I like you, and I like KC. But I also like Elonka and some of the other people. I guess I am like Switzerland, sitting back, watching, and fretting because if everyone destroys themselves, who am I going to sell delicious chocolate and watches to? :( Ottava Rima (talk) 16:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You sell delicious watches? Sounds tasty! . dave souza, talk 17:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ROFLMAO. I need to rely on dashes to separate out items instead of that. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 17:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And an obscure reference to one of my favorite movies of all time, Joyeux Noël. Although, if you didn't see the movie, I know you're referring to the Christmas truce. However, let us not forget, the war continued for another year. My Swiss watch is beautiful. I can't believe they misspelled Rolex, imprinting it with Rofex. So much for that renowned Swiss quality. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 16:43, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When you finsh shaking up the AN, AN/I pages, ruffling the feathers of the DYK admins, and being irritably correct on every issue regarding WP pollicy, how's about we knock out a few poetry articles together, get some GA's, FA's, and encounter a whole new gaggle of editors to file frivolous complaints against you?:) Mrathel (talk) 17:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Haha! Yes. I am finishing up some stuff on Henry Fielding. However, I prefer to work on two article tasks at a time. I will work with you while I work on a novel task with Malleus (I tend to like to have one of each type, but no more than two at a time - of poetry, novel, short story, and theatre). I have quite a bit of stuff on Keats, and I should finish this and put it up towards FAC. If you want to help, it would be appreciated. What I am going to do is use that page for the epic as a whole, then have the two individual pages on the poems. The epic as a whole page would go to FAC definitely. There are a lot of Keats poems missing, along with some Blake, Wordsworth, Byron and Shelley missing. I also have Leigh Hunt that I am dying to work on. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 20:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 80 support, 2 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate all the comments I received and will endeavor to justify the trust the community has placed in me. R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:41, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiCup Newsletter

The WikiCup Newsletter Round I, Issue III - January 25, 2009 Archive before | Archive after Content leaders As of this newsletter, the following is a list of participants with the most: Featured articles Gary King and Juliancolton have both had 2 successful featured article nominations. Featured lists Scorpion0422 and Juliancolton have both had 1 successful featured list nomination. Featured topics Scorpion0422 has had 1 successful featured topic nomination, containing 6 articles. Featured pictures Durova has had 12 successful featured picture nominations. Featured sounds X! has had 2 successful featured sound nominations. Featured portals Sunderland06 has had 1 successful featured portal nomination. Good topics No participants have had a successful good topic nomination. Good articles Theleftorium and Juliancolton have both had 5 successful good article nominations. Did you know? items Candlewicke has had 24 successful "Did you know?" nominations. In the news items Spencer has had 6 successful "In the news" nominations. Biggest Jumps This week, the players with the biggest difference between their points last week, and their points this week are: Rank User LW TW D 1 Durova 320 462 142 2 Juliancolton 230 323 93 3 Shoemaker's Holiday 112 189 77 4 Theleftorium 197 262 65 5 Catalan 192 254 60 6 jj137 1 47 46 7 Sasata 92 134 42 8 Candlewicke 194 239 40 9 X! 69 105 36 10 Climie.ca 101 134 33 LW = Last Week's score, TW = This Week's score, D = Difference between last week and this week's scores A full list is located at User:Garden/WikiCup/Jumps From the Judges The content is continuing to pile in, it's great! Nothing significant this issue, but we currently have a straw poll going on regarding the point values of featured pictures, sounds, and lists. Garden., iMatthew // talk, 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. WikiCup At a Glance As of this newsletter, the WikiCup participants have collected a total of: 6 Featured articles 2 Featured lists 1 Featured topics 18 Featured pictures 4 Featured sounds 1 Featured portals 0 Good topics 31 Good articles 86 Did you know? items 10 In the news items Current leaders In this round of the WikiCup, the top three contestants from each pool will advance to the next round. As of this newsletter, the current pool leaders are: Pool A Catalan (254) Gary King (215) Spencer (150) Pool B Shoemaker's Holiday (189) Sceptre (35) Spittlespat (10) Pool C Candlewicke (250) Scorpion0422 (146) Steven Walling (29) Pool D 97198 (89) ThinkBlue (37) NapHit (31) Pool E Sasata (140) X! (105) Straight Edge PXK (9) Pool F Bedford (101) the_ed17 (40) RyanCross (32) Pool G Sunderland06 (107) Ceranthor (67) jj137 (50) Pool H Juliancolton (355) Tinucherian (71) Ottava Rima (28) Pool I Durova (462) Theleftorium (264) J Milburn (88) Pool J Climie.ca (135) Paxse (134) Useight (116) All scores are accurate as of the time the newsletter was sent out.

17:34, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I have asked for the Elonka matter to be handled as a full case, and copied over all comments. Please strike any comments no longer relevant. Thank you, Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:40, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I responded with a new set of comments. I will look to see if my old comments were taken over? Ottava Rima (talk) 20:52, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for expressing opinion on the RFA. I would like to know you thoughts on the following:

• I don't see anything in which this user would need admin tools to work in the areas that he wants

  In your view, why do you think that RM does not require admin intervention. And secondly, why a trusted user cannot get admin tools to help the community as and when needed?

• If we already have plenty of highly qualified people in an area, why do we need an unqualified member in the area?

  This does not allow new a person learn on the job, does it? It's like a quaint company policy of refusing to hire freshers.

=Nichalp «Talk»= 07:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]