User talk:Dryman

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Creating Articles w/ Categories

Good work creating new articles. When you create things, it helps tremendously to assign them to an accurate category (see WP:CG for info). If you're really not sure about categories, at least assign your new articles a stub category (see WP:SC for info). By assigning a category, you help make sure your new articles don't get lost as 'orphans' that are not associated with related topics. Feco

RfA thanks

Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'm dryguy.

Hey Mr. Dryman! Nice userid! dryguy 03:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean

Thanks for the support. It was successful, dontchaknow. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA message

		My RfA video message
		Stephen B Streater 08:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dryman

Hey Dryman, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your very kind comments and support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:39, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA!

Atlant 16:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's been a week now that I've been an administrator and I'd like to take this moment to once again thank everyone who supported my RfA, and to let you all know that I don't think I've screwed anything up yet so I hope I'm living up to everyone's expectations for me. But if I ever fall short of those expectations, I'd certainly welcome folks telling me about it!

Atlant 14:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Hi Dryman, and thanks for your participation at the recent RfA, which did not succeed. For those of you who expressed their support, your kind words and your trust are sincerely appreciated. For those who were opposed --especially those who offered their constructive criticism-- please accept this message as assurance that equally sincere efforts, aimed at enhancing the quality and accuracy of representations within the Wikipedia, will continue. Striving for improved collaboration and consensus will also continue, with all of your insights in mind, while applying NPOV ideals as fairly and reasonably as possible. Ombudsman 05:40, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA posted

Letting you know, I just posted the RfA subpage Thank you for the very flattering and impressively thorough nomination statement! Opabinia regalis 04:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure! Congrats on the near-unanimous success and thanks for your continuing hard work; you've been responsible for much material I found really worthwhile. Dryman 21:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stopping by post-promotion to say thank you again. I'm glad you found my contributions useful and I hope that continues to be the case! :) Opabinia regalis 03:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hello Dryman. I wanted to thank you with flowers (well, flower) for taking the time to participate in my RfA, which was successful. I'm very grateful for your support and thoughtful comment. I assure you I'll continue to serve the project to the very best of my ability and strive to use the admin tools in a wise and fair manner. Please do let me know if I can be of assistance and especially if you spot me making an error in future. Many thanks once again. Yours, Rockpocket 06:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shiny new buttons

Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use.

~ trialsanderrors 06:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know

On 18 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Laura Callahan, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 10:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Shchekochikhin and Sergei Yushenkov

Thank you! Then I will try to add more stuff.Biophys 22:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks again for help. I am busy at work. Please tell me if you have any specific questions or requests abut these people. Biophys 17:42, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I understood that regional departments (or subdivisions) of Liberal Russia were registerd at the same day in 55 different regions of Russia (and they were waiting for a final decision in 10 more regions). But the party as whole was registered earlier (as I wrote). After murder of Yushenkov, this party was in a very bad shape, because this all was about a person, not about a political platform. Next chairman of this part was Rybkin who was one of presidential candidates during last presidential elections. But he was kidnapped by FSB, probably druged, and kept somewere for a few days and suddenly appeared making contradictory statesments (most newspapers wrote that he is a clown and probably escaped from his wife). So he had to withdraw his candidacy. Biophys 20:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I made a few important changes about Yuri Shchekochikhin, and also in the article about Yevgeny Adamov.Biophys 17:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, first famous Russion politician assassinated during preparation of the Putin's coup was Galina Starovoitova. She was the strongest proponent of lustration in Russia. The stub about her is so bad! Maybe I can extend it to explain for what reason she was killed.Biophys 19:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Galina Starovoitova

Thank you for help. I finished first draft about Galina Starovoitova. She was a very interesting and prominent figure with fate remarkably similar to that of Sergei Yushenkov. Could you please edit this article a little?Biophys 19:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, especially for providing good links! It helped me to make improvements. Now the article is ready (I think). This is terrible: Starovoitova was killed just two days after the public presentation by Litvinenko and others that FSB has began political assassinations.Biophys 02:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

David Ruben RfA

Dryman, thank you for your support in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. I am delighted by the result and a little daunted by the scope of additional responsibilities; I shall be cautious in my use of the new tools. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience; for this I shall welcome your feedback. Again, many thanks for supporting my RfA, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 04:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Height and intelligence for deletion

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Anthony de Jasay

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A tag has been placed on Anthony de Jasay requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.dejasay.org/bio.asp. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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