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Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers!   | explains it all ® 

 Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion, Lucky. Use it for the good! ;-)  (talk) 02:02, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations from me too, Lucky, you're one of the most deserving I've ever seen.  Best wishes,  (talk) 

And more congrats from me! As I said on your RfA, it's about time, too. And I'm thrilled to see you decide to stay after all.  (spill yours?) 

 Stay? 
 ·   Talk 02:41, August 10, 2005 (UTC)]]
Lucky: 

I saw what all went on today while I was out (why do all these things always happen while I am offline?) and I just wanted to drop by and leave a note for you. I hope that the restoration of your pages, and your promotion is a sign that you're still with us. I'd hate to see an excellent contributor lost. If there's anything I can do for you, let me know.   ·   Talk 02:02, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I echo Essjay's sentiments. Of course, Lucky didn't exactly ask for me to undelete his talk page, I'm sure it was in all of our best interests ) Congratulations on your promotion. Now go fix the 'Pedia and let's move past this whole fiasco! ·t 02:15, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks be to God, you're still with us! I agree with Joy (below); I was on pins and needles waiting to see if you were going to stay. Now that you have, have an award!   ·   Talk 02:41, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Il n'y a pas de quoi. I'm glad to have been of help, and I assure you, if I need any, I'll be coming your way. I'm honored to be able to proclaim that now you're a trollslayer too!   ·   Talk 05:23, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

 Yes, please do stay. 

Although I added my oppose vote to your RFA after you had already been promoted (though I didn't know that then), I am happy that you were promoted. If that can convince you to stay, that's a great win for Wikipedia. —  
I am truly beyond words.  Thank you for your support!  I promise that I won't let you down. -  
I'm glad you see it that way! And I'm certain you will err on the side of caution now that you're an admin. —  
I am so very very happy for you!  Congratulations! I've been on pins and needles.   (talk) 02:22, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

 Congrats! Wow! 

Congrats, Lucky! That must have been hard for you: three bureaucrats, numerous deletions, threats, and postings. I don't think I would stay after four bad RfAs. Well, now you've got the prize. I know we haven't worked much together here on Wikipedia, but I've seen your work all over the place. Here's a mop; welcome to the topp-sekrit cabal! Cheers, talk 5 pillars 02:27, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Congrats and hang around 
There's some cool old folks coming back, and things are a bit choppy while