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Hello, Rob Church! Thanks for the kind words. As for Mind Benders, all you have to do is to click the "Answer this question" link below each question, type in a subject heading (something like "Rob's answer"), and type your answer and explanation in. Right now, all but two questions have been answered correctly, so when you submit your answer, you will automatically be able to view the correct response (other people's answers). Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:47, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
Please do no vandalise the Natalee Holloway page. This is your official warning. The next time you do it, you will be permabanned. (Unsigned comment by BunkyBoopy.
Thanks for nabbing the page vandal. I instituted a 2 hr block on him (the homophobia suggests a male vandal) because he's using an AOL IP, and we get into a world of pain if we block for long on any of those. Geogre 21:25, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
I have signed the RfAr myself and made some very minor changes to wording. Since the changes were to the section you signed, I am bringing them to your attention so that you may remove them if you feel they change the meaning of the statement in such a way that it no longer reflects your views. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:56, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
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Hey, Rob,
Thanks for your support on my RFA. Yours was the last vote, which I'm sure is important somehow. :) kmccoy (talk) 23:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi Robchurch, I was not testing Media when you removed it. I was wikifying and reformatting the article and was about to preview the changes, when all of a sudden, it disappeared and I was wondering what happened after I spend a considerate amount of time, trying to get the alignment right. As a matter of fact, new as I am to Wikipedia, I have contributed 5 articles and had edited more than 20 articles so far. Anyway, thanks for your message. PM Poon 05:25, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
No problem, Robchurch. I was just trying to give my two-cents worth. As you can see, I am a registered member and not a vandal, LOL. PM Poon 14:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Dear Rob,
Firstly, may I thank you very much for your generous awards on my talk page - and since you don't have any barnstars yet yourself, I thought I would return the complement!
Barnstars moved to user page.
All the best,
NicholasTurnbull 02:05, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Please do not place speedy delete tags on articles which do not meet the criteria, such as Saginaw Valley Lutheran High School. Kappa 05:04, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Robchurch. I didn't realize that even registered members vandalized! Anyway, did my attempt to improve the article smacks like vandalism? PM Poon 06:27, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Well, you're not an admin (yet), I guess, so I can't quite give you the new award, but I highly recommend it for those administrators who are true Rouge Administrators. The way I figure it, a Rouge Administrator is the sort who oppresses people who can't spell well enough or take enough time in writing articles to proofread what they've done. In other words, I am proud enough to be a Rouge Administrator that I came up with the following badge. Geogre 03:00, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, would you please be patient with me read this through? Thanks. ^^;;
I don't hate you. You did something stupid yesterday, imo, true, and yes, I was very angry. I got angrier yet when I considered maybe you'd try the same with Ed Poor.
I'd like to tell you now that I'm not angry at you anymore. I'd like to explain how so. I hope you'll read on, so I can explain why.
Now when you're angry at a person, you shout at them, because you care for them, and you're concerned about their behaviour. At some point you can get so angry you go right past that point, and you grow really really quiet on that person. I don't know why for sure. Maybe it's a natural instinct, so as not to tip them off to your impending revenge or so?
I got really quiet on you for a little while there.
But then Nicholas told me you're still fairly new. That did change matters.
I knew that what you'd done was A Bad Idea, and I was still angry, but less so, and I grew concerned. Like what if I didn't say anything to you, and you'd try something like that again? You might get yourself hurt. And I was still pretty worried if you'd try that kind of stuff on folks like Ed Poor. That, and while I'd come back from "the sharpening of knives", I was still pretty much in "high dudgeon".
So I decided to give you a mighty telling off. To put the "Fear Of God" in you. And by gum, that's what I did. And I hope it DID put the Fear Of God in you. (And that's all I'll say about the matter here, I shan't dredge it up further.) But maybe it put the Fear Of Kim in you too. :-(
The latter is an unintended consequence. :-( I probably said a few things more strongly than I intended to as well.
Anyway: here's some things you should know:
I told you off, and that's the end of it. I don't mind if you're angry or hate me for it, because I think I did the right thing. I hope you're not too angry back at me, but I don't know how I can help it if you are.
Thanks for reading this far.
If you'd like to do a postmortem or debriefing, I reccomend talking with NicholasT or Mindspillage, or someone you respect (and get that person to talk with Nicholas, Mindspillage, and/or me too). If you feel daring, you might even try contacting me on irc again too, I shan't bite your head off (a second time, at least).
Thank you for your time.
-- Kim Bruning 11:48, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I never had any discussions with A Link to the Past, just deleted a blanking as I would delete any other form of vandalism I came across. If someone else talked with Link, please ask them about it. Pukachu 18:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I will do my best to serve the Wikipedia community as an administrator. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:32, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I am concerned that last night's discussion was unworthwhile and am hesitant to participate in further such discussions. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:09, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
You left the follow edit comment: "Removed sockpuppet accusation as it is unfounded and placed by Dreamguy who causes hassle for anyone editing Vampire)". This is absolutely false. The charges were fully described and considered substantial by several people who placed the tag there besides myself. And your description of what is happening on the Vampire page is completely false, the only people I cause any "hassle" for (which is really just me trying to follow normal conflict resolution procedures while being attacked by peopple who clearly are not operating in good faith) are ones who do not work toward consensus at all and are trying to make false claims about why certain edits were made in the past... Many of them are clearly linked to sockpuppets (several of which were outright proven by IP trace and later admission of those involved). I think you are simply glimpsing at the situation and then taking the word of a couple of troublemaking editors (many of whom are currently blocked for proven bad behavior elsewhere) as if they had merit instead of taking the time to figure out what's really going on. DreamGuy 23:35, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
Robchurch: I happen to be "66.201.16.24" -- I am not vandalising the page in question; the fact of the matter is that I submitted an article on Cervantes, which I later decided to withdraw. I was intent on deleting all versions of my article found in the "history" page.
Thank you for voting to support my RFA. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. -- malathion talk 07:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA! :) Very much appreciated.
Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.
Func( t, c, e, ) 18:44, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Click the PR request. :3 -- A Link to the Past 22:29, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
I have now opened a new account in my other name Dore chakravarty. I am not sure whether it is correct? I could not get my password for my old name Dore chakravarthy.Probably my earlier actions were assumed as vandalism for my not observing some rules which were not clear to me as a new comer.Hence this new log in, in another name of mine for this purpose only.Please help me.
-- Dore chakravarty 23:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Anyone who gets their user talk vandalised can't be all tooooo bad, I guess... :-/ Kim Bruning 01:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[1] The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, thanks, i think i mentioned you [wink] on
Talk:Jack Black (disambiguation). [big smile]
--
Jerzy·
t 21:10, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
_ _ [Sigh] I write like that too often, sorry. Yes, good, absolutely.
_ _ "Mentioning you" meant that you were the tireless relinker that i was waiting for (but believing that they would have to be a bot-master; early in my WP career, i pretty much burned out in the effort to hand re-lk everything that lk'd to
Battery.)
_ _ I didn't anticipate yr thoroughness, so i was planning to add the results of my own less rigorous survey (i considered many as, from their titles, obviously meaning him, and visited only the rest, mostly the names of people); my goal was to ensure & document that every article still lk'd to
Jack Black as of today could be re-lk'd to the actor by a bot w/o further attention, so only new ones would need inspection. You've brought us, quickly, to the stage of routine maint: anything left (non-articles don't generally count) is easy to spot as new, so getting newcomers unlk'd from the rdr is now light work.
_ _ Sorry i was obtuse.
--
Jerzy·
t 22:56, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
I noticed you placed a {{Cleanup-date|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} tag on the article above. Just so you know, I'm working my way through List of pinup artists creating articles on all the mid-century artists that don't already have one. In support of that, I use a template in my userspace that, for technical reasons, leaves a small amount of cleanup to be done. I always do the cleanup right away, so if you should happen to see me creating more articles, you probably won't need to do any cleanup if you wait a bit. Of course, if you want to contribute to the effort, I'd love the help. I think I've got about 80 artists to go, give or take... :-)
Ken talk| contribs 01:15, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
It wasn't vandalism, I was piping the link so that his username appears under "R" in the user category rather than under "U". I actually do it all the time to people's user pages, it's just that this time I didn't leave a message explaining what I did. -- Francs2000 | Talk 01:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. You have to find out WHICH ACCOUNT it's a sockpuppet OF!!! Sockpuppet'R'Us 01:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rfgdxm
Turnabout is fair play.
Please do not automatically assume I was making a VfD nomination in bad faith. In fact, the criteria for deletion clearly state that a hoax article =must= come before VfD, no matter how transparently fraudulent it is. Some administrators might make a long stretch and speedy it as vandalism, but that is really playing outside the rule book. I would suggest you review the criteria for deletion before you take another administrator to task for following procedures.
I refer you to this comment posted by Rossami on the speedy delete talk page: "I understand your concern. I also think that these "jokes" are a form of vandalism and that they harm the Wikipedia. Unfortunately, I think that allowing any admin to speedy-delete them immediately would do even greater harm. Five days on VfD (okay, 10-15 with the backlog) is not too high a price to pay for the articles which we do rescue. The VfD tag itself serves as a very clear notice to any reader who finds the article in the meantime that this is a page not yet to be trusted. Rossami (talk) 02:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)"
Denni ☯ 01:27, 2005 August 15 (UTC)
I try to avoid reverting edits that were clearly made in good faith, but in this case there were just too many mistakes. I know reading the entire Wikipedia:Manual of Style or all revisions of the article is a bit much, so I'll try to explain a few things here: The format we use for people who are still alive is (born [full date]), not ([year] - ). The GNU GPL is by far the most frequently used free software license — there's plenty of evidence for that (freshmeat and sourceforge, for starters). The part about "being paid for around half of the speeches he gives" came from RMS himself ( here), so that's about as good as a source can get. I'm not sure whether "a.k.a." is good style, but I don't see any evidence that he is "more commonly known as RMS" – as a matter of fact, I'm convinced that's not the case. Rl 13:25, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob, thank you for keeping my user page clean. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:29, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Lakitu Yay! A Link to the Past (talk) 22:54, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Not sure what I am doing now is correct in referring this question to you at this page. Please excuse me. How can my write up on Thermal Power Stations can become an article in wiki? I have gone through the list of categories 1 and find that ther is no category as above. What next I have to do is not clear to me. Can u please guide me as my write up is still in my discussion page. [ [2]]
-- Dore chakravarty 23:59, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks you very much for the quick reply. It was very informative. Shall try to follow. However being a newcomer may face some hurdles. Thanks once again.
-- Dore chakravarty 08:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
As suggested added a new page under article. Removed old page. Request checking whether it complies all your regulations. Trying to add some more links. Sorry for troubling you.
-- Dore chakravarty 03:14, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
on *:start:{ gload -h Computer " $+ $mididir $+ \computer.acs" ghide Computer }
on ^$*:HOTLINK:/[\{\}\[\]]{2}/:#,?,=:{ return }
on *:HOTLINK:*:#,?,=:{ tokenize 32 $remove($1, ,, · ) if ($regex($hotline,(.*\[\[(.*? $+ $1 $+ .*?)(\|.*)?\]\].*|.*(\{\{.*? $+ $1 $+ .*?)\}\}.*))) { set %wikiprocessvar $gettok($regml(2),1,124) set %talkvar $replace($gettok(%wikiprocessvar,1,124),_,$chr(32)) if ($chr(123) isin %talkvar) { set %talkvar Accessing template $remove(%talkvar, {{) $+ , stand by... } else if (Image: isin %talkvar) { set %talkvar Accessing %talkvar $+ , stand by... } else { set %talkvar Accessing article %talkvar $+ , stand by... } gtalk -l computer %talkvar url -n %wiki-uopt $+( http://,$iif(%wiki-lang,$ifmatch,en),.wikipedia.org/wiki/,$replace(%wikiprocessvar,{{,Template:,$chr(32),_)) } }
-- Cool Cat My Talk 12:49, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to see if there is support for userfying this page as a way of resolving the dispute between Cool Cat and the rest of us. Let me know what you think, on the talk page. Thanks! JesseW 18:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
FilePile is once more up for deletion. Your input would be appreciated. -- tranquileye 12:56:44, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
Just to let you know you tagged the article for VfD and transcluded the subpage, but forgot to create the subpage itself giving reasons for nomination. I've done this on your behalf and guessed at the reason; perhaps if you'd care to comment? Rob Church Talk | Desk 02:39, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
You helped chase down that vandalbot! :-) Kim Bruning 18:58, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, thanks! appreciate it! and keep up the good work yourself... it's making the Wiki a nicer place for all of us. :-) Antandrus (talk) 19:26, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Come back on IRC. Our vandalbot friend is back. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 00:26, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
I sterbinski 00:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob, please see Wikipedia:Account suspensions and Requests for comment/I sterbinski. -- Uncle Ed 11:03, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
I saved the artcle in TWO parts. But i find that the search indicates my USER Name and not the name of my artcle Thermal Power Station Cannot make out how? I have done something wrong. Can you please explain where I have gone wrong? Sorry to trouble u frequently. -- Dore chakravarty 02:02, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Could you explain why you are currently reverting against personal attacks revertion on Talk:Bogdanov Affair ? -- YBM 03:42, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Oh no, im so sorry i didnt mean to hack into wikipedia. Im very sorry please tell the authoriteis to not come to my house please my mom is here, im SO SORRY for haxxing your gibson, it was accidental and i dunno how i did it plzz help!
Thanks a lot. I would prefer to keep the article that I have made in two parts. Can u get at these artcles? or you want me to send them to u? If so how? Totally helpless.ink given to assist you please. [ [3]]
-- Dore chakravarty 04:04, 28 August 2005 (UTC) -- 222.153.156.22 04:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
I acknowledge the fact that I used the rollback button, but I see this as a reversion, and not an invocation of my abilities. That's why I only did it once. -- Merovingian (t) (c) 15:44, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for helping out with the article on Anouk! I ran into the stub somewhere and saw that someone asked for a translation from Dutch. And next thing I knew, my sometimes awkward translation was transformed into something quite readable, thank you! :-) -- JoanneB 17:35, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
'Negigible' is an adjective. Therefore, I am not sure as to whether it should have its own category on WP/. 'Negligibility' is a noun and maybe this is what the category should be with 'negligible' linking to it. I am willing to be persuaded otherwise. Light current 19:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I do agree with you that these are better placed on Wikionary. But I was waiting for you to suggest it! ;-) Light current 19:56, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi what do you want me to cleanup on Death_and_the_Maiden_song? Am I allowed to upload a MIDI file to put it more in context?
please respond
neilgravir
Hi there. I noticed you edited the newly created Sun-Pat article recently. I would like to know how you "added a little more info" by removing some of the information that was there, and not adding any in your edit at all. I would also like to know why you removed the UK-stub tag, as it is relevant. Furthermore, the edits to the "External link" heading were incorrect. The word "link" should be in lowercase, in line with other articles, and it should not be pluralised when there is only one link present. In view of this, I have reverted your edits. -- Daniel Lawrence 20:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Shakespeare was born in china, i have proof !!! ;-()
Thanks very much for recovering the old article and sending it to me. Shall now try as suggested and report.What about the User page shown under THERMAL POWER STATIONS. Can it be deleted? If so can u delete as it is useless.
-- 222.153.156.22 21:47, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
-- 222.153.156.22 21:49, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
I would like to thank you for telling me what I was doing in the manner that you did. I have been making alot of mistakes with this site in the past. I guess I'll just have to be more careful next time.
BB
Well, you know, I haven't seen you around often. What types of articles do you edit? (I've only seen you on IRC) -- WikiFan04 Talk 18:16, 28 Aug 2005 (CDT)
Above is my note under User twice. Do not know why it did not print my name. Any how I have saved my reedited artcle Part one and saved in the artcle as suggested. Please see whether it has the reqired results in articles. Advise also how to remove the User artcle in my name and also suggest how to save my second PartTwo now. I do not want to meddle doing experiments and waste your precious time as well. Thnking once again, -- Dore chakravarty 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC) -- Dore chakravarty 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Dear Rob,
Thank you so much for the work you did on "Tobacco Worm". I have since learned that the Tobacco worm and the Tomatoe worm are different species. I have changed the name of the suggested article from "Tobacco Worm" to "Tomatoe Worm" and added a few words from my own knowlege. I see that you are a young man doing good things. God bless you. I am an old man, (87) and trying to keep going. Please dress up "Tomatoe Worm" when you get a chance.
Sincerely Alison Phillips <phillipsacp@comcast.net>
You might want to go back and read the content you reverted into Anglo-Saxons - [ diff]. -- GraemeL (talk) 16:09, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Greetings! I noticed you changed the caption under the image of the Weasley family photo to say that it does not include Charles Weasley. It's been a little while since I've seen that film, so I can't remember the scene in which that photo is shown. But I'm a little confused--there are 9 people in the photo (and nine Weasleys), so if Charles Weasley isn't in it, who is the 9th person? GinaDana 16:47, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Since you voted in the VfD on Lara language, I'd like to urge you to check out the Wikipedia:Conlangs/Votes page, where an attempt is made to create general criteria for inclusion of constructed languages. The trouble is that the discussion seems to be dominated by conlang enthusiasts, with a rather limited grasp of the concept of notability, as generally defined on Wikipedia. In my opinion, for a language to be notable it needs to have an impact on the world outside the home of its creator (i.e. having a significant and verifiable number of fluent speakers and/or being the subject of a rather extensive professional discussion, preferrably in printed media). However, the vote might very well end up with any language with X number of words, or even "a unique script"(!), being deemed worthy of a Wikipedia article. If this sounds like a bad idea to you, please take a look at the vote. / Alarm 17:12, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob:
I hope you don't mind I stole your signature template to create mine. I just like its simplicity and functionality... :) Thanks!
-- Sebastian Kessel Talk 20:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, just giving credit when credit is due. :) -- Sebastian Kessel Talk 22:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind welcome, Robchurch. As you may have noted from my user: page, I've actually been around Wikipedia for a while, just never particularly active; too many other fish to fry to devote the time that I'd need to to make a heavy-weight contirubtion, so I controbute where I feel I have unique input, which places are few and far between ;-).
Anyway, thanks again;
Cori.schlegel 04:33, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert on my user page! Wikipedianinthehouse 04:47, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support on my RFA. Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 04:54, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
Thermal Power Station Now I have saved my reedited artcle Part one and saved in the artcle as suggested. Please see whether it has the reqired results in articles. Advise also how to remove the User artcle in my name and also suggest how to save my second PartTwo now. I do not want to meddle doing experiments and waste your precious time as well. Today I have added another article on Deaerator [ [4]].I have not seen my name in the article list on Thermal Power Stations so far. Can you please identify where I have gone wrong? Can only bank your help please. Thnking once again. -- 222.153.156.22 03:27, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your suggestions. I have to learn a lot more as suggested. One point to be seen here is that the article Thermal Power Station now existing gives only the theoretical background and not the actual one in a utility, as mine. However to avoid repetition of title (WIKI indicated no paper exists) I suggest mine to be as UTILITY POWER PLANT (AS EXISTING).Cannot refer to particular Model of any maker because it may mean advertising theirs. I will see how to improve the get up Manual of Style. On deaerator article also it has been commented as stub by somebody else and I shall look into it. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HELPING ME.
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Hello, Rob Church! Thanks for the kind words. As for Mind Benders, all you have to do is to click the "Answer this question" link below each question, type in a subject heading (something like "Rob's answer"), and type your answer and explanation in. Right now, all but two questions have been answered correctly, so when you submit your answer, you will automatically be able to view the correct response (other people's answers). Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:47, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
Please do no vandalise the Natalee Holloway page. This is your official warning. The next time you do it, you will be permabanned. (Unsigned comment by BunkyBoopy.
Thanks for nabbing the page vandal. I instituted a 2 hr block on him (the homophobia suggests a male vandal) because he's using an AOL IP, and we get into a world of pain if we block for long on any of those. Geogre 21:25, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
I have signed the RfAr myself and made some very minor changes to wording. Since the changes were to the section you signed, I am bringing them to your attention so that you may remove them if you feel they change the meaning of the statement in such a way that it no longer reflects your views. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:56, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
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Hey, Rob,
Thanks for your support on my RFA. Yours was the last vote, which I'm sure is important somehow. :) kmccoy (talk) 23:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi Robchurch, I was not testing Media when you removed it. I was wikifying and reformatting the article and was about to preview the changes, when all of a sudden, it disappeared and I was wondering what happened after I spend a considerate amount of time, trying to get the alignment right. As a matter of fact, new as I am to Wikipedia, I have contributed 5 articles and had edited more than 20 articles so far. Anyway, thanks for your message. PM Poon 05:25, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
No problem, Robchurch. I was just trying to give my two-cents worth. As you can see, I am a registered member and not a vandal, LOL. PM Poon 14:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Dear Rob,
Firstly, may I thank you very much for your generous awards on my talk page - and since you don't have any barnstars yet yourself, I thought I would return the complement!
Barnstars moved to user page.
All the best,
NicholasTurnbull 02:05, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Please do not place speedy delete tags on articles which do not meet the criteria, such as Saginaw Valley Lutheran High School. Kappa 05:04, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, Robchurch. I didn't realize that even registered members vandalized! Anyway, did my attempt to improve the article smacks like vandalism? PM Poon 06:27, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Well, you're not an admin (yet), I guess, so I can't quite give you the new award, but I highly recommend it for those administrators who are true Rouge Administrators. The way I figure it, a Rouge Administrator is the sort who oppresses people who can't spell well enough or take enough time in writing articles to proofread what they've done. In other words, I am proud enough to be a Rouge Administrator that I came up with the following badge. Geogre 03:00, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, would you please be patient with me read this through? Thanks. ^^;;
I don't hate you. You did something stupid yesterday, imo, true, and yes, I was very angry. I got angrier yet when I considered maybe you'd try the same with Ed Poor.
I'd like to tell you now that I'm not angry at you anymore. I'd like to explain how so. I hope you'll read on, so I can explain why.
Now when you're angry at a person, you shout at them, because you care for them, and you're concerned about their behaviour. At some point you can get so angry you go right past that point, and you grow really really quiet on that person. I don't know why for sure. Maybe it's a natural instinct, so as not to tip them off to your impending revenge or so?
I got really quiet on you for a little while there.
But then Nicholas told me you're still fairly new. That did change matters.
I knew that what you'd done was A Bad Idea, and I was still angry, but less so, and I grew concerned. Like what if I didn't say anything to you, and you'd try something like that again? You might get yourself hurt. And I was still pretty worried if you'd try that kind of stuff on folks like Ed Poor. That, and while I'd come back from "the sharpening of knives", I was still pretty much in "high dudgeon".
So I decided to give you a mighty telling off. To put the "Fear Of God" in you. And by gum, that's what I did. And I hope it DID put the Fear Of God in you. (And that's all I'll say about the matter here, I shan't dredge it up further.) But maybe it put the Fear Of Kim in you too. :-(
The latter is an unintended consequence. :-( I probably said a few things more strongly than I intended to as well.
Anyway: here's some things you should know:
I told you off, and that's the end of it. I don't mind if you're angry or hate me for it, because I think I did the right thing. I hope you're not too angry back at me, but I don't know how I can help it if you are.
Thanks for reading this far.
If you'd like to do a postmortem or debriefing, I reccomend talking with NicholasT or Mindspillage, or someone you respect (and get that person to talk with Nicholas, Mindspillage, and/or me too). If you feel daring, you might even try contacting me on irc again too, I shan't bite your head off (a second time, at least).
Thank you for your time.
-- Kim Bruning 11:48, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I never had any discussions with A Link to the Past, just deleted a blanking as I would delete any other form of vandalism I came across. If someone else talked with Link, please ask them about it. Pukachu 18:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I will do my best to serve the Wikipedia community as an administrator. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:32, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I am concerned that last night's discussion was unworthwhile and am hesitant to participate in further such discussions. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:09, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
You left the follow edit comment: "Removed sockpuppet accusation as it is unfounded and placed by Dreamguy who causes hassle for anyone editing Vampire)". This is absolutely false. The charges were fully described and considered substantial by several people who placed the tag there besides myself. And your description of what is happening on the Vampire page is completely false, the only people I cause any "hassle" for (which is really just me trying to follow normal conflict resolution procedures while being attacked by peopple who clearly are not operating in good faith) are ones who do not work toward consensus at all and are trying to make false claims about why certain edits were made in the past... Many of them are clearly linked to sockpuppets (several of which were outright proven by IP trace and later admission of those involved). I think you are simply glimpsing at the situation and then taking the word of a couple of troublemaking editors (many of whom are currently blocked for proven bad behavior elsewhere) as if they had merit instead of taking the time to figure out what's really going on. DreamGuy 23:35, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
Robchurch: I happen to be "66.201.16.24" -- I am not vandalising the page in question; the fact of the matter is that I submitted an article on Cervantes, which I later decided to withdraw. I was intent on deleting all versions of my article found in the "history" page.
Thank you for voting to support my RFA. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. -- malathion talk 07:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA! :) Very much appreciated.
Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.
Func( t, c, e, ) 18:44, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Click the PR request. :3 -- A Link to the Past 22:29, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
I have now opened a new account in my other name Dore chakravarty. I am not sure whether it is correct? I could not get my password for my old name Dore chakravarthy.Probably my earlier actions were assumed as vandalism for my not observing some rules which were not clear to me as a new comer.Hence this new log in, in another name of mine for this purpose only.Please help me.
-- Dore chakravarty 23:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Anyone who gets their user talk vandalised can't be all tooooo bad, I guess... :-/ Kim Bruning 01:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[1] The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, thanks, i think i mentioned you [wink] on
Talk:Jack Black (disambiguation). [big smile]
--
Jerzy·
t 21:10, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
_ _ [Sigh] I write like that too often, sorry. Yes, good, absolutely.
_ _ "Mentioning you" meant that you were the tireless relinker that i was waiting for (but believing that they would have to be a bot-master; early in my WP career, i pretty much burned out in the effort to hand re-lk everything that lk'd to
Battery.)
_ _ I didn't anticipate yr thoroughness, so i was planning to add the results of my own less rigorous survey (i considered many as, from their titles, obviously meaning him, and visited only the rest, mostly the names of people); my goal was to ensure & document that every article still lk'd to
Jack Black as of today could be re-lk'd to the actor by a bot w/o further attention, so only new ones would need inspection. You've brought us, quickly, to the stage of routine maint: anything left (non-articles don't generally count) is easy to spot as new, so getting newcomers unlk'd from the rdr is now light work.
_ _ Sorry i was obtuse.
--
Jerzy·
t 22:56, 2005 August 11 (UTC)
I noticed you placed a {{Cleanup-date|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} tag on the article above. Just so you know, I'm working my way through List of pinup artists creating articles on all the mid-century artists that don't already have one. In support of that, I use a template in my userspace that, for technical reasons, leaves a small amount of cleanup to be done. I always do the cleanup right away, so if you should happen to see me creating more articles, you probably won't need to do any cleanup if you wait a bit. Of course, if you want to contribute to the effort, I'd love the help. I think I've got about 80 artists to go, give or take... :-)
Ken talk| contribs 01:15, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
It wasn't vandalism, I was piping the link so that his username appears under "R" in the user category rather than under "U". I actually do it all the time to people's user pages, it's just that this time I didn't leave a message explaining what I did. -- Francs2000 | Talk 01:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. You have to find out WHICH ACCOUNT it's a sockpuppet OF!!! Sockpuppet'R'Us 01:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rfgdxm
Turnabout is fair play.
Please do not automatically assume I was making a VfD nomination in bad faith. In fact, the criteria for deletion clearly state that a hoax article =must= come before VfD, no matter how transparently fraudulent it is. Some administrators might make a long stretch and speedy it as vandalism, but that is really playing outside the rule book. I would suggest you review the criteria for deletion before you take another administrator to task for following procedures.
I refer you to this comment posted by Rossami on the speedy delete talk page: "I understand your concern. I also think that these "jokes" are a form of vandalism and that they harm the Wikipedia. Unfortunately, I think that allowing any admin to speedy-delete them immediately would do even greater harm. Five days on VfD (okay, 10-15 with the backlog) is not too high a price to pay for the articles which we do rescue. The VfD tag itself serves as a very clear notice to any reader who finds the article in the meantime that this is a page not yet to be trusted. Rossami (talk) 02:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)"
Denni ☯ 01:27, 2005 August 15 (UTC)
I try to avoid reverting edits that were clearly made in good faith, but in this case there were just too many mistakes. I know reading the entire Wikipedia:Manual of Style or all revisions of the article is a bit much, so I'll try to explain a few things here: The format we use for people who are still alive is (born [full date]), not ([year] - ). The GNU GPL is by far the most frequently used free software license — there's plenty of evidence for that (freshmeat and sourceforge, for starters). The part about "being paid for around half of the speeches he gives" came from RMS himself ( here), so that's about as good as a source can get. I'm not sure whether "a.k.a." is good style, but I don't see any evidence that he is "more commonly known as RMS" – as a matter of fact, I'm convinced that's not the case. Rl 13:25, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob, thank you for keeping my user page clean. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:29, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Talk:Lakitu Yay! A Link to the Past (talk) 22:54, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Not sure what I am doing now is correct in referring this question to you at this page. Please excuse me. How can my write up on Thermal Power Stations can become an article in wiki? I have gone through the list of categories 1 and find that ther is no category as above. What next I have to do is not clear to me. Can u please guide me as my write up is still in my discussion page. [ [2]]
-- Dore chakravarty 23:59, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks you very much for the quick reply. It was very informative. Shall try to follow. However being a newcomer may face some hurdles. Thanks once again.
-- Dore chakravarty 08:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
As suggested added a new page under article. Removed old page. Request checking whether it complies all your regulations. Trying to add some more links. Sorry for troubling you.
-- Dore chakravarty 03:14, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
on *:start:{ gload -h Computer " $+ $mididir $+ \computer.acs" ghide Computer }
on ^$*:HOTLINK:/[\{\}\[\]]{2}/:#,?,=:{ return }
on *:HOTLINK:*:#,?,=:{ tokenize 32 $remove($1, ,, · ) if ($regex($hotline,(.*\[\[(.*? $+ $1 $+ .*?)(\|.*)?\]\].*|.*(\{\{.*? $+ $1 $+ .*?)\}\}.*))) { set %wikiprocessvar $gettok($regml(2),1,124) set %talkvar $replace($gettok(%wikiprocessvar,1,124),_,$chr(32)) if ($chr(123) isin %talkvar) { set %talkvar Accessing template $remove(%talkvar, {{) $+ , stand by... } else if (Image: isin %talkvar) { set %talkvar Accessing %talkvar $+ , stand by... } else { set %talkvar Accessing article %talkvar $+ , stand by... } gtalk -l computer %talkvar url -n %wiki-uopt $+( http://,$iif(%wiki-lang,$ifmatch,en),.wikipedia.org/wiki/,$replace(%wikiprocessvar,{{,Template:,$chr(32),_)) } }
-- Cool Cat My Talk 12:49, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to see if there is support for userfying this page as a way of resolving the dispute between Cool Cat and the rest of us. Let me know what you think, on the talk page. Thanks! JesseW 18:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
FilePile is once more up for deletion. Your input would be appreciated. -- tranquileye 12:56:44, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
Just to let you know you tagged the article for VfD and transcluded the subpage, but forgot to create the subpage itself giving reasons for nomination. I've done this on your behalf and guessed at the reason; perhaps if you'd care to comment? Rob Church Talk | Desk 02:39, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
You helped chase down that vandalbot! :-) Kim Bruning 18:58, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, thanks! appreciate it! and keep up the good work yourself... it's making the Wiki a nicer place for all of us. :-) Antandrus (talk) 19:26, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Come back on IRC. Our vandalbot friend is back. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 00:26, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
I sterbinski 00:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob, please see Wikipedia:Account suspensions and Requests for comment/I sterbinski. -- Uncle Ed 11:03, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
I saved the artcle in TWO parts. But i find that the search indicates my USER Name and not the name of my artcle Thermal Power Station Cannot make out how? I have done something wrong. Can you please explain where I have gone wrong? Sorry to trouble u frequently. -- Dore chakravarty 02:02, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Could you explain why you are currently reverting against personal attacks revertion on Talk:Bogdanov Affair ? -- YBM 03:42, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Oh no, im so sorry i didnt mean to hack into wikipedia. Im very sorry please tell the authoriteis to not come to my house please my mom is here, im SO SORRY for haxxing your gibson, it was accidental and i dunno how i did it plzz help!
Thanks a lot. I would prefer to keep the article that I have made in two parts. Can u get at these artcles? or you want me to send them to u? If so how? Totally helpless.ink given to assist you please. [ [3]]
-- Dore chakravarty 04:04, 28 August 2005 (UTC) -- 222.153.156.22 04:20, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
I acknowledge the fact that I used the rollback button, but I see this as a reversion, and not an invocation of my abilities. That's why I only did it once. -- Merovingian (t) (c) 15:44, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for helping out with the article on Anouk! I ran into the stub somewhere and saw that someone asked for a translation from Dutch. And next thing I knew, my sometimes awkward translation was transformed into something quite readable, thank you! :-) -- JoanneB 17:35, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
'Negigible' is an adjective. Therefore, I am not sure as to whether it should have its own category on WP/. 'Negligibility' is a noun and maybe this is what the category should be with 'negligible' linking to it. I am willing to be persuaded otherwise. Light current 19:44, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I do agree with you that these are better placed on Wikionary. But I was waiting for you to suggest it! ;-) Light current 19:56, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi what do you want me to cleanup on Death_and_the_Maiden_song? Am I allowed to upload a MIDI file to put it more in context?
please respond
neilgravir
Hi there. I noticed you edited the newly created Sun-Pat article recently. I would like to know how you "added a little more info" by removing some of the information that was there, and not adding any in your edit at all. I would also like to know why you removed the UK-stub tag, as it is relevant. Furthermore, the edits to the "External link" heading were incorrect. The word "link" should be in lowercase, in line with other articles, and it should not be pluralised when there is only one link present. In view of this, I have reverted your edits. -- Daniel Lawrence 20:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Shakespeare was born in china, i have proof !!! ;-()
Thanks very much for recovering the old article and sending it to me. Shall now try as suggested and report.What about the User page shown under THERMAL POWER STATIONS. Can it be deleted? If so can u delete as it is useless.
-- 222.153.156.22 21:47, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
-- 222.153.156.22 21:49, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
I would like to thank you for telling me what I was doing in the manner that you did. I have been making alot of mistakes with this site in the past. I guess I'll just have to be more careful next time.
BB
Well, you know, I haven't seen you around often. What types of articles do you edit? (I've only seen you on IRC) -- WikiFan04 Talk 18:16, 28 Aug 2005 (CDT)
Above is my note under User twice. Do not know why it did not print my name. Any how I have saved my reedited artcle Part one and saved in the artcle as suggested. Please see whether it has the reqired results in articles. Advise also how to remove the User artcle in my name and also suggest how to save my second PartTwo now. I do not want to meddle doing experiments and waste your precious time as well. Thnking once again, -- Dore chakravarty 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC) -- Dore chakravarty 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Dear Rob,
Thank you so much for the work you did on "Tobacco Worm". I have since learned that the Tobacco worm and the Tomatoe worm are different species. I have changed the name of the suggested article from "Tobacco Worm" to "Tomatoe Worm" and added a few words from my own knowlege. I see that you are a young man doing good things. God bless you. I am an old man, (87) and trying to keep going. Please dress up "Tomatoe Worm" when you get a chance.
Sincerely Alison Phillips <phillipsacp@comcast.net>
You might want to go back and read the content you reverted into Anglo-Saxons - [ diff]. -- GraemeL (talk) 16:09, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Greetings! I noticed you changed the caption under the image of the Weasley family photo to say that it does not include Charles Weasley. It's been a little while since I've seen that film, so I can't remember the scene in which that photo is shown. But I'm a little confused--there are 9 people in the photo (and nine Weasleys), so if Charles Weasley isn't in it, who is the 9th person? GinaDana 16:47, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Since you voted in the VfD on Lara language, I'd like to urge you to check out the Wikipedia:Conlangs/Votes page, where an attempt is made to create general criteria for inclusion of constructed languages. The trouble is that the discussion seems to be dominated by conlang enthusiasts, with a rather limited grasp of the concept of notability, as generally defined on Wikipedia. In my opinion, for a language to be notable it needs to have an impact on the world outside the home of its creator (i.e. having a significant and verifiable number of fluent speakers and/or being the subject of a rather extensive professional discussion, preferrably in printed media). However, the vote might very well end up with any language with X number of words, or even "a unique script"(!), being deemed worthy of a Wikipedia article. If this sounds like a bad idea to you, please take a look at the vote. / Alarm 17:12, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Rob:
I hope you don't mind I stole your signature template to create mine. I just like its simplicity and functionality... :) Thanks!
-- Sebastian Kessel Talk 20:11, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Hey, just giving credit when credit is due. :) -- Sebastian Kessel Talk 22:04, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind welcome, Robchurch. As you may have noted from my user: page, I've actually been around Wikipedia for a while, just never particularly active; too many other fish to fry to devote the time that I'd need to to make a heavy-weight contirubtion, so I controbute where I feel I have unique input, which places are few and far between ;-).
Anyway, thanks again;
Cori.schlegel 04:33, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert on my user page! Wikipedianinthehouse 04:47, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support on my RFA. Jtkiefer T | @ | C ----- 04:54, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
Thermal Power Station Now I have saved my reedited artcle Part one and saved in the artcle as suggested. Please see whether it has the reqired results in articles. Advise also how to remove the User artcle in my name and also suggest how to save my second PartTwo now. I do not want to meddle doing experiments and waste your precious time as well. Today I have added another article on Deaerator [ [4]].I have not seen my name in the article list on Thermal Power Stations so far. Can you please identify where I have gone wrong? Can only bank your help please. Thnking once again. -- 222.153.156.22 03:27, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your suggestions. I have to learn a lot more as suggested. One point to be seen here is that the article Thermal Power Station now existing gives only the theoretical background and not the actual one in a utility, as mine. However to avoid repetition of title (WIKI indicated no paper exists) I suggest mine to be as UTILITY POWER PLANT (AS EXISTING).Cannot refer to particular Model of any maker because it may mean advertising theirs. I will see how to improve the get up Manual of Style. On deaerator article also it has been commented as stub by somebody else and I shall look into it. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HELPING ME.