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Not knowing what your schedule is, or how big your watchlist is .. I thought I'd point this out. I'll also mention it to the editor in question. — Ched : ? 13:25, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
words of reason and moderation with right bite
Thank you for speaking up with decency and humour, treating editors as living people, - repeating: you are an
awesome Wikipedian (16 October 2010)!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
A year ago, you were the seventeenth recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:11, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Aw, thank you for my awesome Barnstar ツ I'll definately be continuing to clean up behind what 28bot unearths. Y'all are my favorite bot, bot owner and admin. All the best. Fylbecatulous talk 17:22, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
I see that you blocked the account for block evasion. It probably doesn't matter, but I wonder if that stated reason is technically accurate. His use of IPs has been disruptive (not to mention obnoxious), but (based on my incomplete knowledge of the history) I don't believe he was evading a block, other than his own self-imposed block. -- Orlady ( talk) 18:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
{{ Did you know nominations/Ish Ledesma}}
Hi I would like to change my username. How can I do that ?
Best, Marek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marek Wagner ( talk • contribs) 13:41, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
On 26 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ish Ledesma, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Miami-based producer Ish Ledesma was the lead songwriter for two different one-hit wonder bands in the 1980s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ish Ledesma. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
re: your "Stupid question". One, nope, not stupid at ALL.
Hey, I saw that you oversaw the changes of a few user names today. I would appreciate it a lot if you could respond to my request. It's somewhat of a time-sensitive matter. I can further explain privately if you'd like, but simply changing the name should do. The sooner the better. Thanks!! Charles35 ( talk) 19:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Chop chop motherfucker (you will always be a little pre-admin to me, babe). TCO ( talk) 01:04, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
A fish egg is ever smaller than a {{ minnow}}.
In 20/20 hindsight the message to demiurge would have been better placed on their talk page; that way they could simply remove without the fuss that followed, and it would tend to lessen the involvement of the talk page owner. NE Ent 16:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Please understand that I am not trying to cause any Wikidrama. As I read the block length change that you made here [1] it says that it expires April 16th. That would seem to lengthen the block since this is March. If I am in error in my reading of this please disregard this message and my apologies for interrupting you editing day. MarnetteD | Talk 15:43, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey, 28bytes. I wanted to ask you about Gwickwire and WP:INVOLVED. The background first: I've been chatting with Gwickwire on IRC, trying to get him to calm down a bit about the whole scenario. (As an aside, I consider myself involved when it concerns him, due to some stuff I helped him with earlier as an admin, which may or may not be relevant.) I definitely think he's majorly overreacting, and so I've been trying to talk him down a bit. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned that I was thinking of writing a message like this to you, so I'm probably the admin he's talking about. He did ask me to open an ANI thread as a subheading under Demiurge's section, which I think is highlighting the issue here. Gwickwire's basis for suggesting that you're involved is that he and Demiurge form a group, and so when you blocked one half of the group, blocking the other half could be seen as an involved action. I don't fully agree with that, but I can kinda see where he's coming from, and I do think it might've been a bad move for you to block Gwickwire yourself. Perhaps more for avoiding the appearance of INVOLVED, rather involvement itself.
Anyway, I do think it would be a good idea for Gwickwire to stay away from Wikipedia for a while (and have told him so), but I'm not sure that keeping the block is the best way to do it. As you know (I don't mean to be lecturing you on this stuff, you know it better than I do, but it's just how I'm thinking about it), cooldown blocks aren't a thing; I unblocked another user on this basis earlier today. I would posit that your replies to Gwickwire are not the pinnacle of class, though he's also being kind of a dick too (and I've told him that, as well). With those replies, it just looks like maybe you're taking this a little personally? I dunno. I don't really know what action I'm asking you to take, if any. Like I say, I consider myself involved, so I'm not going to be doing anything on my own (including starting an ANI thread). I guess I'm just asking you to try to re-evaluate from a fresh perspective? Writ Keeper ( t + c) 19:21, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
I am wondering what would be the best article name for the Atari 2600 game Snoopy and the Red Baron. I thought you may help because you seem to like Atari stuff. The suggestions are below:
This template is just to verify the last title suggestion.
Even though the article is still up for review, I want it to have a very likely chance to pass. Tell me which thing you think is best, or if you have another title to add to the mess. The page for the article is here. Thanks!!! My dog is furry.- MgWd ( talk) 20:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)MgWd
Those of experienced in the dispute resolution areas of Wikipedia know that anything involving personal attacks / civility et. al. is just a huge muddle; last year's arbcom spent months trying to deal with it and gave us These violations of the community's standards of conduct are unevenly, and often ineffectively, enforced (Thanks guys!) Personally I'm ambivalent about the gwickwire block (neutral) but obviously the comments are somewhere in the great gray zone of Wikipedia drama, you're not "involved," and you're not acting with maliciousness. I am concerned that your responses to other editors on AN/I, and their talk pages, seem uncharacteristic of what I've observed the past; allowing yourself to get drawn into the drama isn't helpful to the project. At the risk of breaking "Ent rule #3 (thou shall not suck up to admins)," I'll note with WritKeeper, Ched, Dianna aware of the situation there's lots of admin talent on scene so perhaps a little real-life time wouldn't hurt. See also Other Duck. NE Ent 20:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar | |
I would like to apologize for my comment from yesterday in which I suggested that you should be blocked. In retrospect, it was not in any way beneficial and was based on incomplete information. I regret that you were hurt by my statement and hope that you will accept my apology. Sincerely, Automatic Strikeout ( T • C) 01:52, 12 March 2013 (UTC) |
Thank you, AutomaticStrikeout, and apology accepted. As Ched says, any time someone is willing to look at a situation with a fresh perspective and rethink their position, they have my respect. Cheers, 28bytes ( talk) 03:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Not knowing what your schedule is, or how big your watchlist is .. I thought I'd point this out. I'll also mention it to the editor in question. — Ched : ? 13:25, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
words of reason and moderation with right bite
Thank you for speaking up with decency and humour, treating editors as living people, - repeating: you are an
awesome Wikipedian (16 October 2010)!
-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 12:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
A year ago, you were the seventeenth recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style. -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 18:11, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Aw, thank you for my awesome Barnstar ツ I'll definately be continuing to clean up behind what 28bot unearths. Y'all are my favorite bot, bot owner and admin. All the best. Fylbecatulous talk 17:22, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
I see that you blocked the account for block evasion. It probably doesn't matter, but I wonder if that stated reason is technically accurate. His use of IPs has been disruptive (not to mention obnoxious), but (based on my incomplete knowledge of the history) I don't believe he was evading a block, other than his own self-imposed block. -- Orlady ( talk) 18:38, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
{{ Did you know nominations/Ish Ledesma}}
Hi I would like to change my username. How can I do that ?
Best, Marek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marek Wagner ( talk • contribs) 13:41, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
On 26 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ish Ledesma, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Miami-based producer Ish Ledesma was the lead songwriter for two different one-hit wonder bands in the 1980s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ish Ledesma. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
re: your "Stupid question". One, nope, not stupid at ALL.
Hey, I saw that you oversaw the changes of a few user names today. I would appreciate it a lot if you could respond to my request. It's somewhat of a time-sensitive matter. I can further explain privately if you'd like, but simply changing the name should do. The sooner the better. Thanks!! Charles35 ( talk) 19:48, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Chop chop motherfucker (you will always be a little pre-admin to me, babe). TCO ( talk) 01:04, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
A fish egg is ever smaller than a {{ minnow}}.
In 20/20 hindsight the message to demiurge would have been better placed on their talk page; that way they could simply remove without the fuss that followed, and it would tend to lessen the involvement of the talk page owner. NE Ent 16:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Please understand that I am not trying to cause any Wikidrama. As I read the block length change that you made here [1] it says that it expires April 16th. That would seem to lengthen the block since this is March. If I am in error in my reading of this please disregard this message and my apologies for interrupting you editing day. MarnetteD | Talk 15:43, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey, 28bytes. I wanted to ask you about Gwickwire and WP:INVOLVED. The background first: I've been chatting with Gwickwire on IRC, trying to get him to calm down a bit about the whole scenario. (As an aside, I consider myself involved when it concerns him, due to some stuff I helped him with earlier as an admin, which may or may not be relevant.) I definitely think he's majorly overreacting, and so I've been trying to talk him down a bit. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned that I was thinking of writing a message like this to you, so I'm probably the admin he's talking about. He did ask me to open an ANI thread as a subheading under Demiurge's section, which I think is highlighting the issue here. Gwickwire's basis for suggesting that you're involved is that he and Demiurge form a group, and so when you blocked one half of the group, blocking the other half could be seen as an involved action. I don't fully agree with that, but I can kinda see where he's coming from, and I do think it might've been a bad move for you to block Gwickwire yourself. Perhaps more for avoiding the appearance of INVOLVED, rather involvement itself.
Anyway, I do think it would be a good idea for Gwickwire to stay away from Wikipedia for a while (and have told him so), but I'm not sure that keeping the block is the best way to do it. As you know (I don't mean to be lecturing you on this stuff, you know it better than I do, but it's just how I'm thinking about it), cooldown blocks aren't a thing; I unblocked another user on this basis earlier today. I would posit that your replies to Gwickwire are not the pinnacle of class, though he's also being kind of a dick too (and I've told him that, as well). With those replies, it just looks like maybe you're taking this a little personally? I dunno. I don't really know what action I'm asking you to take, if any. Like I say, I consider myself involved, so I'm not going to be doing anything on my own (including starting an ANI thread). I guess I'm just asking you to try to re-evaluate from a fresh perspective? Writ Keeper ( t + c) 19:21, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
I am wondering what would be the best article name for the Atari 2600 game Snoopy and the Red Baron. I thought you may help because you seem to like Atari stuff. The suggestions are below:
This template is just to verify the last title suggestion.
Even though the article is still up for review, I want it to have a very likely chance to pass. Tell me which thing you think is best, or if you have another title to add to the mess. The page for the article is here. Thanks!!! My dog is furry.- MgWd ( talk) 20:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)MgWd
Those of experienced in the dispute resolution areas of Wikipedia know that anything involving personal attacks / civility et. al. is just a huge muddle; last year's arbcom spent months trying to deal with it and gave us These violations of the community's standards of conduct are unevenly, and often ineffectively, enforced (Thanks guys!) Personally I'm ambivalent about the gwickwire block (neutral) but obviously the comments are somewhere in the great gray zone of Wikipedia drama, you're not "involved," and you're not acting with maliciousness. I am concerned that your responses to other editors on AN/I, and their talk pages, seem uncharacteristic of what I've observed the past; allowing yourself to get drawn into the drama isn't helpful to the project. At the risk of breaking "Ent rule #3 (thou shall not suck up to admins)," I'll note with WritKeeper, Ched, Dianna aware of the situation there's lots of admin talent on scene so perhaps a little real-life time wouldn't hurt. See also Other Duck. NE Ent 20:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar | |
I would like to apologize for my comment from yesterday in which I suggested that you should be blocked. In retrospect, it was not in any way beneficial and was based on incomplete information. I regret that you were hurt by my statement and hope that you will accept my apology. Sincerely, Automatic Strikeout ( T • C) 01:52, 12 March 2013 (UTC) |
Thank you, AutomaticStrikeout, and apology accepted. As Ched says, any time someone is willing to look at a situation with a fresh perspective and rethink their position, they have my respect. Cheers, 28bytes ( talk) 03:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)