I'm catching up after a busy couple of days. To save cluttering up the list with a whole stack of little posts, in no particular order:
1: Various comments in several threads re shouting on talk pages and in edit summaries, mostly to do with "Communist state" (which is now, by the way, in excellent shape - pending destructive reverts, of course) by Mav and others. I agree. "Vandalisim" is not the appropriate term to use here. In this connection, a semi-apology from Fred. Thankyou Fred. Apology accepted. (At least I am taking it as an apology, and on that basis I'll say no more about the matter, just look forward to working with you on other entries in the future).
2: sonyalebrun@hotmail.com: Hacker attack at Wikipedia. MyRedDice saved his picture onto a public computer & other wonderful related stuff. Best laugh I've had in ages. Thankyou Jimbo for sharing that with us.
3: Various nominations for admin status: Kingturtle, Someone Else, Abe Sokolov, Minesweeper, Slrubenstein, Hephaestos, and several others as well. I second (fifth, ninth? whatever) the nominations. There were one or two names I didn't recognise (I probably work on different specialties much of the time), but I trust the consensus here. Mav (and others) wouldn't have suggested them if they were not good people. Did anyone nominate Jimfbleak and Arpingstone yet? If not, we should. They are both careful, hardworking contributors, with level heads and a proven record of solid contribuions.
Tony Wilson (Tannin)