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Hi JohnSmith5000100!! We want to invite you to play The Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive game that can help you become a great contributor to Wikipedia. It's a fun interstellar journey, and you'll learn how to edit Wikipedia in about an hour. We hope to see you there! Come play The Wikipedia Adventure This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 19:46, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

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Hello, I'm Redrose64. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Which page was it?JohnSmith5000100 (talk) 22:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Any of the three edits that you made to Attack of the Cybermen. This is not a regeneration story: it happened in The Caves of Androzani. Please also stop messing with Template:Regeneration stories - having been reverted once, you should not continually re-add the contentious content, but discuss it, either at Template talk:Regeneration stories, or WT:WHO (the latter has a larger audience). --Redrose64 (talk) 23:41, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Sorry:( JohnSmith5000100 (talk) 16:13, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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--thanks and cheers, Ocaasi 20:27, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

[[1]]..is here, looked like it was a draft of some kind that accidently got into article space. However, I seem to have fouled up the page move...sorryTheLongTone (talk) 22:44, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically detected that an edit performed by you may have introduced errors in referencing. It is as follows:

• On the List of Doctor Who serials by setting/sanbox page, your edit caused a broken reference name (help). (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:24, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello JohnSmith5000100 and thanks for submitting your RFA. While I applaud enthusiasm, I'm afraid you do not yet possess sufficient knowledge/experience for the community to have confidence in your readiness to become an admin. You may find the following advice helpful. If you have not done so already, please read:

• Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship
• The administrator policy page
• The admin reading list.

A few thoughts:

• Generally, It has been my experience that it takes at least 5,000 edits in a variety of areas to learn policy and guidelines well enough to attempt adminship. Also, nominees returning after an unsuccessful RfA should wait at least another 6 months before trying again. Nominees need to show the ability to contribute a number of significant edits to build the encyclopedia.
• The Admin tools allow the user to block and unblock other editors, delete and undelete pages and protect and unprotect pages. Nominees will therefore do well to gain experience and familiarity with such areas as WP:AIV, WP:AFD, WP:CSD, Wikipedia:Protection policy, and WP:BLOCK to learn when to do these things.
• Adminship inevitably leads one to 1) need to explain clearly the reasons for one's decisions, 2) need to review one's decisions and change one's mind when it is reasonable to do so, 3) need to review one's decisions and stand firm when it is reasonable to do so, 4) need to negotiate a compromise. Admins need a familiarity with dispute resolution. The ability to communicate clearly is essential.
• Article building is the raison d'être of Wikipedia. I recommend significant participation in WP:GA or WP:FA as the surest way to gain article building experience. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful.
• I recommend taking part in RfA discussions to help learn from the experiences of others. Many nominees have found it helpful to obtain an Editor Review before submitting their RfA. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy editing.
• For that, I have just closed your request for adminship and suggest you try again in at least another six months.

For anything, please do not hesitate to contact me. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I do not think the less of you. I was merely doing an experiment to see what it was like, as there are few RfAs, and none current.that annoying guy who shows up sometimes because... you know, bored (talk)

You could've asked existing administrators what it was like. I don't doubt you did this without any bad intentions, but sometimes it can get ugly.--Jasper Deng (talk) 05:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

I prefer to experience moral, ethical, safe thigs firsthand.104.32.214.184 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 05:16, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I wasn't signed in.that annoying guy who shows up sometimes because... you know, bored (talk)

Hello, don't be tired. Just edit and edit till you get more practice. Our some users, like Koavf with over 1.4 million edits, have never run an RfA. So just don't think that RfA is a necessary one. Just gain more practice and come back for your second RfA after 2000(at least) edits. Better luck and happy editing.!! The herald 14:33, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

I'm on Twitter now!that annoying guy who shows up sometimes because... you know, bored (talk)

Hi ! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

-- 23:27, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 (UTC)

--that annoying guy who shows up sometimes because... you know, bored (talk) 00:54, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

I have just archived this page.--that annoying guy who shows up sometimes because... you know, bored (talk) 00:54, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

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