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Me too! But what was up with Empire? It's the only one of his books I actually failed to make it through. Also, what are your thougts on this comic?? delldot on a public computer talk 23:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
[1] The son of a bitch Bot is trying to piss me off again. :-/ I put the autocat=no thing in the template, but he still won't stop. Could you take a look at it for me? You're the status template whiz after all.-- Koji † Dude (C) 01:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
You have obviously discovered that I am young. I use my real name everywhere, but yes, i'll stop. StewieGriffin! • Talk 14:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
This is my radio show, however, I am looking for 10 second sound files, commenting on Wikipedia. If you could get me one done in the next 10 mins (little time, i know!), I can have it in today's broadcast. StewieGriffin! • Talk 15:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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There you go... It's got your comment in.
I am thinking of an extended show. Would you be interested in a minute slot to talk about Wikipedia (not news; as that's my job)? StewieGriffin! • Talk 16:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Copied from my talk page for reference: (Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Mets501&curid=3957872&diff=216504948&oldid=216283261) That one you were asking Mets about is taller than the rest, is this any better? You could consider tweaking the userbox heights directly, but this may affect other users. If you display userboxen in a vertical format, perhaps utilizing {{ userboxtop}}/{{ userboxbottom}}, then the height will not be an issue. xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 23:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
← No problem =) I used to be a fairly staunch advocate of not using Firefox either, but once you get used to it, it's really hard to go back to IE. P.S. I think I found the problem, you had an extraneous row statement here. Better now? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 00:16, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Now look at what you've done. [2] You didn't close the message box right! You messed up my whole dramatic response.-- Koji † Dude (C) 03:06, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I dunno if I really deserve a barnstar just for trying to follow policies, but yes, it would have been easier to blow past that questionable bit without stopping, so thanks for recognizing my effort. Jclemens ( talk) 03:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, my name on XBL is chrislk05. I should have added you last night. Yea, you can copy my userpage design. I however did not design it, it was designed by User:Phaedriel. I am sure she would not have a problem with that at all (she has been gone for quite some time now on an extended wiki break. I am sure much of the community hopes she returns). Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 13:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
When it was being discussed in the IRC chan, the question was asked if it was at ANI and the answer was not yet. No one brought the existing thread to my attention and I've not been on ANI in a few, so I was not aware of its existence (the current thread, that is). I attempted to archive the thread I started, as there was already the ongoing thread regarding the block, that Pilotguy failed to mention he'd posted to, but I ECed four times, so I just let it go. :p Lara ❤ Love 03:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Is the reason my staus is not working due to the shutdown of soxbot V ? Prom3th3an ( talk) 13:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC) My reply here.
Thanks for the heads-up re SoxBot. I have installed Qui however I keep getting a spurious error We encountered an unknown status. Please blank your Special:MyPage:/Status page. which pops up every time I go to a new page even though User:Nancy/Status is empty. Any ideas? nancy (talk) 14:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Did you get it sorted? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 19:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
do you know how to change the color of an infobox, or do you know someone who can? Mr. Green Hit Me Up Userboxes 15:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I cannot record on Radio Wikipedia today. Could you do the 3 min show, if you have time, please? StewieGriffin! • Talk 16:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
BTW. since you are so enthusiastic, if you have some design ideas about what would make Qui look better and more usable, I more than welcome them. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [3]) I guess so. Sure looks like it, anyway. Useight ( talk) 22:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjB scribe 01:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, look! I buried my congrats in the garden that be your talk page! Well, congrats. I'm sure you'll hate with passion love being an admin.
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I don't know you, but congrats on your new adminship! -- Justpassin ( talk) 01:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
You've got a slight typing error in this section, where you have "Wisdom89 was an early was an early strong supporter". Useight ( talk) 02:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Between the possibly divisive connotations of xenocidic vs. Xeno, I think I'd go with your current name. Just my opinion though. Congrats btw. dorftrottel ( talk) 04:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Lol at your summary: "While Naerii was initially unconvinced, they later deleted the entire oppose discussion and switched to support, citing a popular Eminem song in the edit summary as the justification for this change." - it makes me sound so crazy when written formally like that! I just realised that my concerns were kind of petty, and seeing as I supported Evula in her recent RFB even after seeing her mention somewhere that she hasn't written much in the articlespace I figured it would be hypocritical not to support you for admin. It's nice that you're taking opposes into account rather than taking a stance of "well I've passed now, I can forget all that crap", though. My exams are over soon (in 6 hours as a matter of fact :o) so if you need any help writing articles over the summer I'd be glad to assist (personally I'm going to be writing some boring history stuffs). Improving an article to GA or FA can be pretty daunting on your own, so I'd be happy to help out if you like :)
And the edit summary was just me pissing about I guess; I rarely if ever use edit summaries and when I do remember I can never think of anything to say, so sometimes I just quote whatever I happen to be listening to at the time (how embarassing to admit that I listen to Eminem :(). Congrats on passing your RfA. naerii - talk 04:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xenocidic, I hope you weren't offended/put off by my switch (seemingly at the last minute) to a weak oppose. Nothing personal of course. I do think you're a strong contributor/editor, but after revisiting the discussion, the CSD tagging took me somewhat aback. I swayed back and forth about it for a while before changing my !vote. I think you'll make a good admin though, just as long as you don't bite the newbies by tagging an A7 as an attack page : ) Wisdom89 ( T / C) 04:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Congrats on your RFA, When you find your feet let me know as 2 coaches are better than one and i'd be honoured to have you aboard once more. I have only known you for a short time, but your kindness, approachability, knowlege and did I mention kindness? makes me proud to be a Wikipedian and makes you one of the best new admins ever :) «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 12:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the mop. Now it's time to see if what they say is true: "be careful what you wish for, for you will surely get it..." I was especially interested because your RfA was the first one for an editor that I actually knew before seeing the RfA. Wikipedia needs more like you - see you around! Frank | talk 11:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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here. Took me a moment to get it and realise I still had the test account on my automatic watchlist -- but that was great. Thanks for the morning laugh and congrats. TravellingCari the Busy Bee 13:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on your successful RFA! If you need anything or have any questions or want a 2nd opinion, feel free to drop me a line any time!. Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 16:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats!!!!I new you would pass!!!!
Mr. Green
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Yeah, well, there's only like
one person on Wikipedia who I think possibly deserves to be an admin more than you and now you are one. Also, great idea with RfA analysis page. Maybe I'll get a chance sometime to stealcopy that idea sometime. As for your other idea, I dunno man. I
still make mistakes with CSD tagging (though this one was a result of misunderstanding how Twinkle works) and that definitely would not help me very much, especially considering my lack of CSD participation was a major factor in the failure of my rfa. (that, along with my boneheaded answers to the questions....) Anyway, I think I should probably wait until late June at the absolute earliest before trying again. Either way, I don't really need the tools to do what I do (though me having them might make some of the guys at AIV happier.....) and if I do need an admin for something like a move-over-redirect, I know exactly who to ask ;) so it's no big deal if I don't have the tools. Not to say I wouldn't like to have them, I would, but I'm basically saying that I can still make good (even great....well... ;) ) contributions to Wikipedia without them. So yeah. Congrats on your Rfa (again). It's really cool you passed it. Anyway, talk to you later.
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I missed your RFA!, Here's my after-the-fact support, and congrats on the mop. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 00:37, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Three cheers and a tiger for your successful RfA! Ecoleetage ( talk) 02:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting your adminship. I'd write something more meaningful if I had more time, but this is all for now. StaticGull Talk 17:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I can't remember what the encounter was. But it must have been good :). Congrats again, have a good day. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 17:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
For some reason I put this on my own talk page. Grats on the RFA again :). <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 06:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Congradulations! {{subst:smile}} Hope you have a wonderful time on wikipedia as an admin, hope to see ya around- Cheers, :) B jacob ( talk) 19:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on becoming a Admin. Electrical Vandilize Me 13:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
can you help me with something? Wikieditor 222 01:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the note on my talkpage. Could you please explain (in layman's terms) what is wrong with my status thingy? Congrats on becoming an admin too! = ) -- Cameron ( T| C) 09:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, still up for delivering the June issue? 74 clicks this time. ( Guyinblack25 talk 16:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC))
Hey, I saw you on the adopter list, you still adopting? Dave the Rave 16:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Hi!
I've recently (June 1st) made some contributions to the Beyond Good & Evil (video game) page which were subsequently rolled back by you. I'd like to understand what exactly caused the rollback. Your comment on the rollback indicates 'spam'; however, I'd like to contest that qualification of the edits I made. The exact edits I made were as follows:
1) corrected improper grammar in the Reception section 2) added a reference to the game scoring top placement in a "Top 25 Video Game Heroes of All Time" article. 3) updated the Series Development to correctly reflect the recent confirmation of Beyond Good and Evil 2 (the previous version of the text spoke about this as non-confimed event, with the actual confirmation being simply tacked on at the end, which created an inconsistency) 4) added a reference to a review of the game at GameLemon.com
Of these, edits 1 and 3 (at the very least) have absolutely nothing to do with spam. These edits did not include any links at all, and simply corrected grammar and corrected outdated information. I am at a loss to understand why these were not deemed an improvement to the article.
As for edits 2 and 4, I can conceivably understand the spam designation since these two edits did include outside links to GameLemon.com, a site where I serve as Editor-in-Chief. Even in these cases however, please note that I did not just blindly add links. I added a reference to a professionally written and presented review of the game, which should be perfectly acceptable for adding to the table of reviews already present (from IGN, GameSpy, and the like), unless there are some special qualifications of which review sources are eligible to be listed there that I am not aware of.
The other edit (#2 above) refers to an article where the main character of the game was listed in one of the top positions in a Top 25 Video Game Heroes of All Time editorial, which is certainly relevant to the 'Reception' discussion. It's instructive to point out that the said article was a Top article on Digg.com with over 1200 diggs and hundreds of user comments, as well as enjoying broad popularity on several other large news and gaming sites - so it can in no way be construed as irrelevant, niche, or 'spam'. Myself and the rest of the GameLemon editorial team fully stand behind the integrity of our content, and if you take some time to peruse the said article, I am sure you'll recognize its high level of quality and relevance to the discussion here. While it would be silly to deny that creating broader exposure for my site was one of my goals in making these particular edits, I am sure you'd agree that this alone is not a reason to disqualify this content as long as its actually valuable and relevant, which I strongly believe it is. I am fully aware that all external links on Wikipedia include the 'no-follow' attribute, so I am not doing this to try to boost Google PageRank or anything of the sort.
In light of the above, I'd appreciate if you'd take a few minutes to offer your thoughts on the matter. I recognize that I am new to Wikipedia, so I certainly contend that there may be aspects of the Wikipedia code of conduct that I have not yet grasped; if that is indeed so, I'd appreciate according clarfications on the subject.
thanks for your time,
Vaga koleso ( talk) 05:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to be adopted, please. I notice you have offered on my page and I would like to take you up on it; however, I notice that you have many adoptees and I do not want to overburden you.-- Noxia ( talk) 13:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Based on the 68.217.248.180's last edit summary, I think he's about ready for a long block. Also, he gave what looks to be a real phone number in an edit summary earlier, that'll probably have to be deleted. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 15:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [4]) Hi! Sorry to step on your toes, but I go after personal attackers right away. It's perfectly OK for you to block someone who's vandalized your userpage, assuming the proper warnings have been previously given (or if it's one of our periodic serial vandals, see Wikipedia:Long term abuse. And, speaking of serial vandals, you should protect your user page and talk page against moves -- there's no reason for anyone but you to be moving those. Welcome to the team! NawlinWiki ( talk) 15:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I guess you submitted a request for oversight? Gary King ( talk) 17:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
...I have to ask. :) I've still got your talkpage on my watchlist in case further discussion comes up about CSD issues, and I've several times noticed you indicating "refactor reply". Being curious, I've peaked in to see that in fact you're just replying. (So far as I can tell.) Since refactoring a reply has such a specific meaning on Wikipedia, I just have to ask how you're using that term. Feel free to not tell me if it's some special fancy secret inside code. :D
While I'm here, how's it all going with the new admin stuff? Feel like you're getting the hang of things? :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
←If you add a sign-up section or make a userbox, I'm right there. Otherwise, I'm afraid my wit may not be up to the task. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
I, Chrislk02 award you this anti-vandalism barnstar for reverting the vandalistic edits to my userpace! The hard work is much appreciated! Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 17:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC) |
For repairing vandalism to my user page. -- John ( talk) 17:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, to usurp the user name to someone else. I love bureaucracy. 86.66.199.41 ( talk) 21:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you can use Template:AIV instead of typing out comments in full. Gary King ( talk) 21:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
(copied from Keeper's talk for posterity's sake) Hey Keeper, do you mind taking a quick look at the blocks I performed today and make sure everything is in order? Especially the 3 month IP blocks (they had previously received 1-monthers) and the most recent indef for vandalism-only. Thanks, xenocidic ( talk) 21:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
As an aside (you're doing great as far as I can tell as an admin), you may want to add the block/delete/protect logs to your userpage. It's not only a quick reference for yourself, it lets others see and link to your admin actions quickly and easily. See this section of my userpage for an example that you are welcome to copy (obviously changing it to your username). It's what I used to quickly link to your action logs. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm setting up my adoptees page (for when i'm ready to adopt) and i was wondering if I could pilfer a certain table from your Adoptees page? «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 02:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Iam glad i have helped. Make sure you don't misuse it :)-- SkyWalker ( talk) 03:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [5]) No. :) . My trick is this; if you have tabbed browsing, open up a new tab with the users Special:Contributions. Then just refresh that tab every minute or so to see if they make another bad edit. That any help? I see you're going nice and slow at AIV - good stuff! It's too easy to whack the hammer. Pedro : Chat 13:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't quite sure what to do about this user, some constructive edits in the past, but pretty much vandalism only these days. I dropped a 24 hour, as they've not been blocked in the past. xenocidic ( talk) 14:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [6]) Yes, I did offer to nominate you, but you passed anyway, so I am very happy to hear that. Hope all goes well in the future. Cheers! - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 14:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I appreciated your kind words. I decided to return and give it another go. Thanks for your support and friendship. Ecoleetage ( talk) 15:32, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Xenocidic, and thank you for your recent participation in my RfA, which was closed per WP:NOTNOW after reaching a vote tally of 5/15/2. While I am disappointed in the outcome, I understand that it - as well as the comments left by yourself and others - was in the best interests of Wikipedia at this time. I plan to take everything that was written to heart and improve myself here on Wikipedia with a goal of perhaps accepting a nomination again in the future, should someone choose to nominate me. As a way of gathering further feedback, I have created a page in my user space for other editors to leave comments about things that they might have observed during my RfA and to continue my "education process," as it may be considered. If you would like to contribute to that page, it may be found here. Again, thank you for participating and I appreciate your comments! -- InDeBiz1 ( talk) 18:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [7]) heh. yeah, I took your advice. (you big important admin now....) So far, no one has said anything about it, so I guess it's ok. (And I'm willing to bet there's a message about my incorrect tagging of image talk pages waiting for me right now......¬_¬) Also, are you aware you just broke one of the most important principles of Wikipedia??! YOU ARE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE BOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE DE-SYSOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND BANNED FOR 75 YEARS!!!!!!1!!!!!!1111!!!!11 (YEEESSSS!!! I've always wanted to use the caps-lock button on Wikipedia and I just did!!!!) ..... What are you looking at me for? I'm just making my comments more interesting...... *cries* Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 18:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Just so you know, I had no affiliation with the creation of the above page. Congrats on the RfA. StewieGriffin! • Talk 19:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother, but I don't understand something. The IP vandal I reported earlier was given a final warning on his talk page not to disrupt the site at 20:41 at 27 May 2008. However, he did two more pieces of vandalism, at 20:55 on 27 May 2008 and 17:25 on 29 May 2008. Why is he being allowed to get away with that? Is there a statute of limitation? Thanks for clarifying that point. Ecoleetage ( talk) 19:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Understood. I got a lot to learn. Thanks! Ecoleetage ( talk) 19:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I just took a look at what your contributions today -- this may be a wild guess, but are you really the Energizer Bunny? Whoa, you've been quite active as an Admin. And for that, please accept this token of my appreciation:
The Purple Barnstar | ||
Because like this barnstar, you stand out vibrantly and brilliantly! Ecoleetage ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC) |
Be well! Ecoleetage ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Why are you reverting every single one of my deletions? — Nuclear Vacuum 22:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Didn't know about the Thingyan page, or i'd have redirected it there myself! Thanks, Shoombooly ( talk) 22:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [9]) I saw your note about the page being returned so I could continue working on it. Thanks! -- 99.238.247.128 ( talk) 23:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
...message above was me - got logged out again! Anyway, thanks for the help! - -- Drumbug1 ( talk) 23:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
You are an admin and know what's going on. I'll just let it go. The jargon thing on the page should be enough so it doesn't really need to be deleted I guess. Regards -- Npnunda ( talk) 00:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I found this page and noticed it had been moved ages ago to a random name. Would you move it back? Thanks. Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 02:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I think those edits might actually be constructive (except the one that added all the question marks). I didn't believe it at first, but being the responsible admin I am, I did a google search and...there seems to be some credence to the claim. =) xenocidic ( talk) 02:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I am still learning, so please explain. How best to proceed with this issue? I and others have attempted to contact in every way, and user is non-responsive. How is removal of neutral verified content a content dispute and not vandalism, particularly when user has used various IPs, used the minor edit label, and has not responded to communications? Zoticogrillo ( talk) 03:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, that dude was one annoying motherf- Sexy Sea Bassist 14:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you think the soft redirect might be a better idea? If someone made the mistake once it's possible it could happen again. xenocidic ( talk) 15:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Please See adopter) this page regarding my concerns about (unnamed adopter) being an adopter «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 08:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Had to revert you there, feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Also, the article clearly fails WP:BIO. Ban Ray 19:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
For your note. Though impractical, in reaction to certain types of vandalism I confess to a wish for lifetime bans. Cheers, JNW ( talk) 20:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
vandalism-only accounts don't need warnings the way IPs do. Look at the contribs. Enigma message 20:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [10]) Silly me, I assumed you guys actually looked at what the vandals were up to, rather than relying on some automated process. The warning templates are too wordy. Bluntness is called for in these cases. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I notice you liked my linking of my replies via "My reply here" enough to use it yourself. Jauerback now does it too. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :) P.S. - Your talk page appears to have become really busy recently. Useight ( talk) 00:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I just read the above comments, If you ever want me to co-adopt a user with you I would feel more than happy to. «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 11:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, What do you think of my new userpage design? «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 14:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the good work. I'd created a redirect that seemed sensible, but the article on the person who directs has more sparse information than I'd remembered on his activities in recent years. Thank-you! John Nevard ( talk) 15:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Bugbear, as you may know, Prom was my adoptee before he entered admin coaching. I was curious if you would mind me coming on board as an "assistant admin coach" (not co-coach, as I'm still green in terms of admin age). He has expressed a willingness to have me on board here. Let me know... Thanks! xenocidic (talk) 13:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [11]) Yes. When you tag a page for speedy-deletion under G10, Huggle replaces the content of the page with "{{ db-g10}}" instead of just adding the tag at the top of the page. I always thought it was a nice touch... Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 17:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment on my RFA. I might consider Admin Coaching, I might not. I will figure it out in a week or so. :) Thanks again. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xenocidic, first congrats on your recent successful RfA. I notice you marked this incident posted on ANI, as resolved. It might have been good to have asked me about this before posting there. I'm afraid that the user posting claims that the subject of an article has committed incest is a very clear breach of WP:BLP. The editor concerned is now under the impression that my warning was unjustified. I realize that you did not say that at ANI, but that's what User:Myheartinchile is now claiming. Its not a big deal, but I'd hate to have this user believe that this kind of defamatory edit was being endorsed by an admin. Best, Gwernol 01:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw where you deleted this page due to improper page moves. Apparently the same user is moving the pages around again and I can't keep track of what's what. Could you take a look? Thanks! TN‑ X- Man 02:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
And thanks to you for your note and your thoughtful response to RfA comments. Congratulations and good luck with the adminship! -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for finishing my CSD so quickly! Arienh4 (Talk) 13:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi xeno - just wanted to say that I've enjoyed your reports on FritzpollBot very much because they were balanced and informative. I shall definitely be watchlisting the Radio Wikipedia page to check out new reports by you and Stewie. Fritzpoll ( talk) 14:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
as i'm a new anon ip, i will try to ask you the following:
recently on the UFO article, there seems to be the case of sockpuppets:
the admin User:Kwamikagami (aka kwami) seems to be the puppet master of User:ScienceApologist. they always agree with one another, always support one another, always protect one another and always use the same or very similair writing style. so i thought that maybe i can find another neutral admin who checks these two as kwami seems to abuse his admin rights to push the POV of SA and himself. if you feel uncomfortable doing so, please contact one of your admin colleagues and let them do the job. thx in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.84.19.26 ( talk) 16:10, June 10, 2008 (UTC)
User:Spittlespat would like me to adopt him.I don't know if you think I'm ready, but I will co-adopt if I have to. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
← Might be a good idea. Thanks for the note Gwynand, I was a little tied up (see the section above) to delve deeper into the issue =). While you talk page stalkers are here, why not help me improve my page on the subject? ;> xenocidic ( talk) 18:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
why shouldn't I put up my mormon userbox? It's the only userbox I have do You guys think people will hate me just beacuse I am a mormon I'm sure lots of wiki users have the mormon userbox.-- Spittlespat ( talk) 18:45, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
how do I make a light green bakcground?-- Spittlespat ( talk) 18:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Put A userbox that says the user plays the piano and this user plays runescape. OK? Since you adopted me you are ok to put that on my userpage (put the userboxes on my userpage the piano one and the runescape one)-- Spittlespat ( talk) 19:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
go to my userpage!-- Spittlespat ( talk) 20:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
just out if interest, what does your name mean? I won't likely come back to this page so ANSWER ON MY TALK!!!11!ONE!
It seems to mean 'I kill strangers'. Wait...I'm a stranger to you!
SAVE ME LORD! AGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-- Editor510 drop us a line, mate 19:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. That SSP noticeboard is a genuine study in frustration. That User:CodyBestFoods is an obvious sock of a banned user, right down to the edit patterns and name creation. I've been trying to get the doggoned noticeboard to work for me, but I just can't. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 19:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
What's "stale" about my report on User_talk:65.254.6.98? — Largo Plazo ( talk) 20:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about removing that section, at first glance it seemed it was just another POV section that sometimes slips into articles; I hadn't looked at CoD 4 in a while, and the new CoD game announcement reminded me. I've been making awkward edits like that all day, I must need a break. Thanks for correcting me, hope it was no trouble. -- Comandante {Talk} 21:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I totally just ripped off your dashboard. Friggin sweet. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
← I got dem linked too, but from here. xenocidic ( talk) 18:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for responding to my request for help -- I just updated my talk page with the following question:
Regarding valid acceptable references and sourcing for new articles that are IT related, are articles and reports from industry-leading analysts (such as Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research, etc.) considered valid?
Thanks for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmorgan ( talk • contribs) 18:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for replying! I did read the document you suggested, but I just can't tell from what's there... thing is, if analyst sources are not acceptable, I don't want to write the article, or take up anyone's time reviewing it, since analyst reports are the only credible source I can find for the emerging technology I want to cover.
Elmorgan ( talk) 19:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Compare the changes to the titles to the links to the Numberjacks website and you'll see he/she repeatedly changes them so they are incorrect. I reported the vandalism as soon as I saw it. It went stale as he/she doesn't seem to attack elsewhere. If the vandalism contines I'll request semi-protection. Bevo74 ( talk) 21:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
{{WP:TPS/userbox|stalkee=yes}} I decided to add a new userbox to my userbox page (currently hidden) :) «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l» (talk) 07:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I see that you don't consider User:Icantstayaway's contributions vandalism. As far as I can see the user is repeatedly adding unsourced content to articles about living people, despite having been warned about this. May I ask you to reconsider? -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 10:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
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See 1 and 2. They are at the very least editing from the same location, and it is highly probable that they are the same person. The Hybrid 13:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [13]) This one stumped me for a while, but then I noticed you were using the {{ Userbox}} template. I have encountered that in the past and for some reason it always seems to have major issues with doing what you want it to do. (no clue why) I "hardcoded" the userbox and it seems to align fine now. Gotta tell you man, doing that felt like old times.... *sniff* ;) Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 14:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this editor's only edits today are those two to a talk page. The AIV was concerning the edit late last night, as indicated. (Incidentally, couldn't we at least get you a less crappy t-shirt or a nicer mop?) - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 15:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
for the help.I posted it at th village pump, but idk how well it'll work... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 17:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
For your dashboard, it looks like other people are starting to copy it to their own userspace. Would you like to make the page transcludable (that's a mouthful) so others can just transclude it to a page of their choice? Or perhaps the page can be modulized so people can pick-and-choose what they want to appear on their own version of the dashboard. Gary King ( talk) 19:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [14]) No, I haven't], but now that I just did, I see it as a very reasonable explanation for what occurred. Enigma message 00:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight ( talk) 03:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for your help thing you set up on my page if i need help i will contact you Thanks. ( Icantstayaway ( talk) 08:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)).
hi xenocidic, i apologise for the rather abusive and somewhat insulting behaviour. i didn't originally create the page 'Callum Stroud' but i know who did and they told me to look at it. i came on to look at and to my slight annoyment, it had been deleted. As i did not know the content of this page, i don't know how oit violated the rules of Wikipedia. i was annoyed at not being able to read what my friend had put about me and thought i would leave a message to show my annoyment. i realise that it was immature and irresponsible.please do not block me. i will now delete the page and ensure it doesn't happen again. many thanks, Stroudi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stroudi ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
darn you beat me to him.... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
What did I do wrong....it looks ugly.... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:50, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello is this where you wanted me to let you know that I have finished (roughly) my piece on Raymond Griffiths? Ellerdch ( talk) 18:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
I need to know where a bomb from Japan landed in in America.It did not explode for a couple years after it landed.I think it may have been in Hawaii but I'm not sure. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [15]) There doesn't appear to have been a consensus, just a few changes made by Link as he promoted his position on the subject. The title "hand held versions" is too vague, as there's plans for a "Cell phone versions" article as well (which would also fall under hand held games). And merging those two articles would make it too large. Game Boy versions is the best fit in this case and I have to take any proposal from Link to the Past with a grain of salt as I've encountered him many times making over zealous changes that few or no one agrees with. In the end it's still a case by case idea, I believe that sorting by system instead of type is better given the amount of broad-based DDR articles there are and will be. -- AeronPrometheus ( talk) 18:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to get the "immediate requests" box to update when there are current requests for rollback? I think the requests get filled relatively quickly, so maybe unnecessary/moot as most admins that grant userrrights watchlist the RFR page. Just a thought though, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [16]) Sorry - I just had it restored with {{ db-author}} still on it. I have the text copied now, so yes, feel free to delete it. Thanks, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the defence of my CSD patrolling on my talk page Fritzpoll ( talk) 23:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I've seen on Tan and Keeper's page something about an admin dashboard. If it's not complicated, can you show me how to use it? It sounds useful. TravellingCari the Busy Bee 02:03, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xenocidic,
Are you interested in helping me Founder a "Trainig Wiki" for adoptees (and adopters), admin coaching/ers to be able to try out various things (including admin tools) in an enviroment that is based entirely on Wikipedia (with appropriate Attribution).
This wiki will also be used for testing media wiki extentions that could be implemented in all the wikimedia foundation projects, but thats up to thwem we can only provide feedback on the extention page..
You may say "this idea has already been done", well you could not be more from the truthe. Ive seen the most common wiki that attempt's to give users experiance with the tools, but this wiki is noway similar to wikipedia (i mean they're not even running the same version or templates etc to try)
Have a think about it and get back to me «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l» (talk) 10:32, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [17]) Thanks! The code was so straightforward that this has inspired me to consider embarking on tweaking other things in scripts to my liking. (It sounds like you had a similar experience with your modification) Never done JavaScript before, but it just looks like a pretty basic C++-style language with duck-typing.
Kinda funny that there was >5k of hand-wringing over that issue, and it literally was like a single line of code to change the script so that Kelly wouldn't have that problem in the future. ha ha ha... -- Jaysweet ( talk) 14:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just thought I'd say a little hello – and congratulate you on your adminship! Hope you guys have been taking good care of the GTA IV article, it would appear that I haven't even taken the time to buy and play it yet! And since that one was actually the only article I was editing on a regular basis, I'm almost on a wikibreak now, only editing when I spot something a do better in less than 30 seconds, heh. nut how's it hangin' for you, got plenty of work to do as an administrator, huh? — Emil K. ( talk| contribs) 00:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you were named an administrator even though I have only dealt with you a little. Congratulations. Chris ( talk) 18:35, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking the user I stopped from further vandalizization. Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk) 02:46, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for taking care of my request on the request page. I am sorry, but I have not ever tried to recieve adminship. I hope I get in, but it's not crucial. I'll just stay an experienced user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance with Talk:Pablo Picasso Dbiel ( Talk) 03:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Is using "move" to create an article talk page archive considered acceptable? If not, could you post a notice stating so at User talk:Koavf as this is his primary method of creating archives and he was the one who created the problem that you helped fix. Thank you again Dbiel ( Talk) 03:56, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for notifying me! Which status thingy are you using? I have been using the manual one but I am getting rather fed up with it! -- Cameron ( T| C) 14:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Since you just became a admin you proboly don't have as much time anymore.I was wondering if you would like me to take your userbox requests off your hands. I'm pretty sure I could handle any requests. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [18]) KK. I'll put in a request now. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 18:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [19]) Why? On my talk, you made the claim "Cutting and pasting is typically preferable to page-move archiving." Where did you get this information? WP:ARCHIVE gives the pros and cons of both, and I personally prefer page moving. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 20:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
I need some help on it, mainly getting the automatted process working again, but also changing this to how yours is with the dot. It right now takes up too much room and is sometimes hard to read.— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 02:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Just saying hello. How are you? :) -- UberVash ( talk) 21:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Seems to be editing less and less. Have you talked to him lately? Dusti SPEAK!! 00:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your assistance and reverting the archive Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus/Archive 6created using move and moving it back to Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus Dbiel ( Talk) 13:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for all your work, expecially for starting the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Proposal to discourage pagemove archiving Dbiel ( Talk) 19:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification. Ty 00:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Anny....I don't know what to do with this article.Shouldn't it be a disambiguation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob696 ( talk • contribs) 4:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Also, do you know what I did wrong for my comitted idedtity template? Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Did I miss something? That IP you just blocked hadn't edited in nine days, and I had tagged as such... Tan | 39 17:42, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Awww....you removed the WikiGoon...he's a newly discovered fauna of Wikipedia, shouldn't he be listed too? (Don't worry - I didn't put him back in, nor will I :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon ( talk • contribs) 18:41, June 17, 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! Just a quick thanks for suppressing the admin section for me (I was unaware this option was available, though I admit I did not look. I've been keeping an eye on your talk page for a while now (can't remember why), but you seem like a good bloke -- Keep up the good work. — Relyimah ( t- c- e) 20:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to figure out what was going on there, both of you confused me!!! Unfortunatley, the IP came back, thought I would tell you since you gave the warning. Dusti SPEAK!! 23:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [20]) You're right. I probaly shoulf NOT add text like I did. I have since removed it. I just figured since you're allowed to have boxes that state you support a canidate, I thought you could add something like I did. Thanks for telling me. -- Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk) 01:47, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hmm, good to know that the bot can still handle the threads. Perhaps I'll give it a try one of these days. Useight ( talk) 15:33, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Looking through random articles, I become interested in Edison's Conquest of Mars (nothing to do really with the point of this), so I look it up on Barnes & Noble's site. There, I see a passing reference to Catch-22, and in turn look up the plot here. I eventually find this and this.
Basically, there's an article for every character in the book, no matter how obscure, and I have no idea why all of this wasn't condensed onto the list of characters page in more succinct descriptions. Since overlooked stuff like this irritates me (enough to post this here at almost 2 AM), I am considering putting all of the character articles in an AfD: none of them assert notability or have sources, and since when do we need an article for every character in a book? Sure, I could just start up a merge discussion, but I doubt that would work; I don't even want to take on the task of a merge like that, so I don't see why anyone else would want to, unless a sizable group of editors got together and did it all at once. Even if there is a merge, most of the less important character articles should be deleted rather than become redirects, which is a lot of deletions.
Anyway, I know something should be done about this, but I don't even know where to begin. Is it even possible to put so many articles up for deletion at once? I'm just at a loss of how to handle the matter (I hesitated before posting this and thought of ignoring it, but hey, it's 2 AM so why not?). -- Comandante {Talk} 05:50, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Using Sparknotes, I believe I've weeded out the lesser characters. Here I've altered the template to contain only the major characters, which either are notable enough for their own articles or just enough to not warrant deletion. These are mainly notable becuase they personally affect the main character, John Yossarian, or represent the significant failings of the military bureacracy in relation to Yossarian's squadron and thus impact the plot. I'll start getting to some of the active editors and begin merging the lesser notable characters to the main list; found a spare hour or two in my schedule today. -- Comandante {Talk} 18:35, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xenocidic, I believe an account you have blocked (Nigel321) might be part of a vandalizing sock farm. I've filed an RFCU here, in case you want to comment. Thanks, R. Baley ( talk) 17:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
As a gamer, can I get you to drop in and give an outside opinion at Talk:List_of_songs_in_Rock_Band#Offspring_DLC where there is a discussion on whether DLC announcements from the artists themselves count as reliable sources Vs. announcements by the games publishers. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 18:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking that IP user who presumably took exception to an agreement made towards a move on a Wikiproject page! Bobo . 13:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Good evening. This message has been addressed to you because you happened to be around at the time. I wish to add the moniker "Lex Orwell" to the proposition section of this article on the basis of this, but I am biased as all hell and as such wish for an outsider's opinion. Don't consider yourself under any obligation to answer. -- Kiz o r 13:07, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The proposed law has been nicknamed "Lex Orwell", in reference to the book [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]] by [[George Orwell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4158509.ece|title=Swedish revolt over 'Big Brother' law|date=2008-06-17|accessdate=2008-06-19|publisher=TimesOnline|author=Roger Boyes}}</ref>
Just wanted to give you a heads-up that I partially reverted User talk:68.13.151.71 as this vandal is correct that WP:USER gives this IP the right to remove (almost all) messages at will from his or her own talk page. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 14:07, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Actually the issue was rehashed several months ago at WP:VPP, and the clear consensus was that both registered and anonymous editors have the same rights under WP:USER. In fact, the "policy does not prohibit users, including both registered and anonymous users, from removing comments from their own talk pages" part of WP:BLANKING was explicitly updated in the hope that it would permanently resolve exactly these sorts of issues.
While I share no love for the jerk behind this IP address (indeed two of this IP's three most recent blocks were from me), I do not see how the project is benefited by we-in-the-admin-community reverting this talk page to the version we like when the anonymous editor in question is actually following WP:USER. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 15:27, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
You blocked 165.166.21.126 moments before I clicked the block button. I guess I'm a little slow first thing in the morning. Useight ( talk) 14:16, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
[22]. The second line.Second question.I don't know what she's asking me to do. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:18, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I'll reply here. I would like to use Futura or Gill Sans as the font. UNI| SOUTH 17:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ali'i wasn't closed right on time. It's not that big of a deal, though; the closing time is just the earliest it can be closed, not the exact moment that it will be closed. !votes are still valid after the scheduled ending time. (you mentioned that there was an oppose placed after the closing time, but just take a look at the numbers: that one oppose wasn't what killed that RfA)
And to answer your question of "crats, wru", I was on my lunch break. Please keep in mind that we are all volunteers. If I were getting paid to be a bureaucrat, I assure you, I would have made sure that I was by my computer when the RfA was scheduled to end. But I'm not, so it wasn't as important to me as, say, eating and then getting back to my day job.
Also, please don't add {{ Closing}} to RfAs.RfAs aren't something that editors and admins can close; with very few exceptions, they should only be closed by bureaucrats, so right off the bat, the template is inaccurate. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
← Thanks then, I guess! I'll need to be filled in. Thanks also, for taking care of that issue below. G11 is something I still stay away from. xenocidic ( talk) 20:44, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Could you please review my speedy deletion nomination of Seventysomething (term)? Thanks. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 19:00, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Would you also mind reviewing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hangar9 Sundowner? I will close the AfD pending deletion. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 19:16, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, Cenarium Talk 00:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [23]) Yes. This product has been reviewed by various independent magazines and it is an absalute icon in the model flying world. Propeller driven ( talk) 10:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [24]) You were the one who told User:82.201.17.136, "Although vandalizing articles on occasions that are days or weeks apart from each other sometimes prevents editors from being blocked, your continued vandalism constitutes a long term pattern of abuse. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia." (emphasis yours) And in response they vandalized again. How does the fact that it happened 5 hours ago, rather than 5 minutes, make any difference as to whether they should be blocked? Kevin Forsyth ( talk) 12:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
There should be a block reason just "with extreme prejudice" - works for me :) Cheers -- Herby talk thyme 12:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
User:Electrical Experiment/Thankyou -- Electrical Experiment 14:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [25]) Thanks, i only want to stop vandalism and revert pages, yet i didnt know how to do it until now. Thanks a bunch. And i do have twinkle, yet how do i use it?
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:14, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
oh, yeah see i dont have firefox, just ie so. I have to revert the manual way. Oh well. And i cant install it either, so.
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:17, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Great, thanks. And just to make sure i dont mess up, how do i undo? —Preceding
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I have within 10 minutes fully reverted pages & sent out warnings to the users of 3 vandalized pages! Im so happy, im a true member of the anti-vandaluism unit. :) Thanks so much buddy.
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I want you to check out this page and tell me what we should do with it. Walter Willison -Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if instead of waiting 4 days, if you could please promote me to the Established Users group. I am one ( in reality, not yet in wiki tho) but i dont want to wait. I hate having to write the kapitcha's all the time. Please? Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 03:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
-Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 11:28, June 20, 2008
I have reverted a good number of pages now, and i get the hang of it. Can you please allow me to use it now? If so, thanks. IUf not, im still reverting anyway, just thought Rollback might make it easier. Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 16:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey buddy. Ive been baking this for a while, and i feel right to give it to you. Im sure that you are hungry. {{subst:cookie}}. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 02:20, June 20, 2008 (UTC)
Do you know if i can get an award? Like, the enthusiam barnstar or something? I just need something to put in my Awards page. I have reverted 20 edits by now, and ive helped a couple of users out at the help desk. Plus, im not even established yet! So, can i get an award for that? Please? Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 17:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [26]) Yeah, I like the simplicity of it, I guess. I find it insane to split up archives into so many pages, to be honest. I hope my user page and my talk page both make it blatantly obvious that I prefer to keep things simple when I can :p Gary King ( talk) 04:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I need help with modifying the Status Top script so that it is like what I currently have, meaning, the: in, busy, out, and wikibreak links like what I have now.— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 06:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Also, in this section, there is no edit link at the top. How did you do that?— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 08:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to request the assistance and intervention of an administrator, please. Thank you. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 14:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC))
(Re [27]) I moved it there because of a conversation with Scorpion0422, planning to work on the list. I've completely forgotten, and I'm not planning to work on the list anymore. Sorry for the confusion. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw your name, I liked it. (That should be obvious) Xeno Cre8or Talk to me! 18:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Are we supposed to archive IP talk pages? I thought we could just delete the warnings, no? · AndonicO Engage. 20:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my userpage. NuclearWarfare ( talk) 01:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC) |
(Re [28]) Thanks. I was meaning to do that, but I didn't know what I should do, so I just removed it. Thanks again!! America69 ( talk) 14:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
So sorry I didn't get back to you, I have just spent too much tme on editing and not on discussion. Yes I would like to get adopted by you please, and primarily require help in articles relating to video games, etc. My Main interest is seeing how I can help get articles to atleast GA status. Thanks. By the way, is it possible to opt out of the adoption? Like midway or something? Thanks again.
JTBX ( talk) 14:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [29]) I already know about links, I just needed to know how to put those words under the words in the superscripted format. And i am currently working on reducing my signature, so. But thanks anyway, and please let me know how to put the words under the other words. thx, - me (im still working on my signature) —Preceding comment was added at 20:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you look it up for me and then tell me please? Ive reduced my signature. I am the7 Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, and lust pride hows that? —Preceding comment was added at 20:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
K, well hows this? I am the7 Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride Can i have the code now? I have enough room for 50 characters. —Preceding comment was added at 21:03, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
well, can i please have the code then anyway? ( its allrite, ive been editing pages before i asked this ) . —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
It wont let me, becuz there is something wrong with the HTML tags. I cant figure out what it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:41, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
kk, thanks. but about the thing you gave me, all it does is put the words within the words before it. I am experimenting rite now to get it below. But, any tips? —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
mmk, now this is ticking me off. I have now made that signature, 7Deadl Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride, but it wont let me use it. Where the heck is there a error? I have scanned it again and agai n and i cant find a flaw. So, i wanna use that as my raw signature, but the stupid thing wont let me. Please find out what is wrong,. thx 7Deadl Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 22:00, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [30]) Your saying you dont want me to create any pages to wikipedia anymore? Why? What did i do? Am i blocked or something?
7Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 22:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Shes going crazy on me. Really, i didnt do anything wrong, and look at my talk page (bottom). Can you tell her to calm down and relax a bit please (she protected her page, semi)? I dont want to have an admin mad at me. Thanks,
7Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 19:26, June 24, 2008 (UTC)
As you've been dealing with him as well, do you have any thoughts about whether this is a good-faith editor going wildly astray or yet another 4chan troll? Having been sucked into about three simultaneous flamewars today, none of which involved me, I'm aware that my AGF levels are lower than usual so I don't really want to start blocking myself. – iride scent 23:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Im unblocked now. The7 DeadlySins 01:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
1. In Wiktionary, is there still admins and the samne rules as wikipedia? Because i am REALLY good with words, and im creating an account for there too. And 2. I made a page for my sandbox. The edits i make there, will they count against me if i make a lot of them? (ie disruptive editing). Because i still need to test things out, and i almost got blocked for that :(.
The7 DeadlySins —Preceding comment was added at 01:38, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Im in the wiktionary, and there is alot of words they missed that i know. They dont even have myopathy. How sad. But, im here to save the day!
The7 DeadlySins 01:53, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [31]) Thanks for all the tips you have given me today. That should help me so I don't have to keep copying and pasting everything to my page!! Thanks again. America69 ( talk) 22:05, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
For giving me all these tips, I hereby award you this barnstar. America69 ( talk) 22:10, 24 June 2008 (UTC) |
What do you think of my new Userpage? America69 ( talk) 22:36, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of User:Willknowles. I can't stand vandals especially those who do useless, lame, vulgar attacks on others... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiefhuggybear ( talk • contribs) 23:16, June 24, 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible to change this edit so it is registered from my user-name instead of the IP number? If so, feel free to do the deed at your convenience. Thanks! mdf ( talk) 01:35, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Another one in the drawer – iride scent 02:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Relevant to an article or not? As in explaining in-depth on a vg article, with sources included, about a glitch that can be taken advantage of during gameplay or a glitch that renders the game unplayable. Just curious... -- Comandante {Talk} 02:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the status thingy on my userpage...just noticed the change!, Best wishes -- Badgernet ( talk) 13:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Xenocidic, This may be too early, but if possible, I would love the Rollback feature added to my account. I have been using Twinkle a bit, but I would rather have the feature on my account. You've blocked a few IPs that I have reported (if that goes for anything :P). Anyway, tell me when to reapply if you can't give it to me now, or whatever.
DavidWS ( talk) 19:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your reply---after I request rollback on the RFR page. User:Tivedshambo added rollback to my account. Sorry for requesting it in two different places, I was just thinking I might as well put it on the "official" request page. DavidWS ( talk) 17:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [32]) If they're not being used, feel free to delete them. I'll tag the rest once they're moved. Thanks for doing this. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 17:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
The IP I just reported from Best Buy is a display machine. It hasn't been warned often so got off with a 1 day block. 198.22.123.103 is the machine right next to it on the same display table. It's been blocked for 6 months. What's the difference here? DarkAudit ( talk) 18:40, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Im sure you understand most of Wikinews policy (as they are similar to Wikipedia) but here is the Wikinews welcome message anyway, delivered to your Wikipedia talk page as Wikipedia is your home project:
Xenocidic, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
Our key policies - if you read anything, read these!
Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews:
There are always things to do on Wikinews:
By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler| or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Anonymous101 ( talk) 19:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Now my message page is being stupid but I just wanted to thank you for your help with the chess article. I tried it thru Firefox and you're right- it worked just fine. Thanx again! Lyzyrd ( talk) 20:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [33]) I can take a look at the discussion, but it might be a day or two until I have time to go through it. Other than the posting on the Village Pump, has the discussion been publicized anywhere? -- ☑ SamuelWantman 00:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't wanna be the guy who brings this up, but I also don't want to see it turn into a big deal. Is this supposed to be, y'know, a counter-support for Kurt? Like a parody or something? (I'll admit I have a moderate case of paranoia, so it's probably meh brain getting all jittery. I'm drawing a bad conclusion, but I can't really help it)-- Koji † Dude (C) 00:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a note -- I saw your response at User talk:Dynotech, and in general requests to change username when the username was the issue don't need to be discussed with the blocking admin. Username blocks are normally intended to be non-judgemental of the user, only the name, so if they agree to change name they should be allowed to. (It is worth checking that there wasn't another reason for the block, such as vandalism or spamming. Sometimes people get blocked with the username block template when they really should be blocked for other reasons like {{ test7}} or {{ spamusername}}.) Anyway, just a friendly note, hope it helps. Mango juice talk 13:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [34]) i also visit About.com which I believe has very valuable information (that is MY opinion only) and it is "plastered" with sponsored links. Are "sponcored links" the same as google ads by wikipedia standards? or does wikipedia believe that ANY site with these types of ads, regardless of the information, research or contribution of user desired information is not worthy of being noted?
Ok, maybe I am being ironic, sorry! but I feel that its kina dumb, I mean even wikipedia asks for money, i personally have a blog (with no ads on it) but its for personal expression only, and i don't put links on wikipedia to it.
personally I felt that Wikipedia should be a source of unbiased, uncensored information as long as there is no advertising (spamming) or garbage. but lets face it, the bios of Warren Bennis, Robin Sharma (books wise), and many others is basic PR. yet it seems to be no problem because people (including myself) are interested. and FYI, i never even heard of Warren Bennis (and many others) before going to the leadership gurus site, but i did appreciate the article on wikipedia about him.
the links i was placing was to a "LIST" of people you already have on wikipedia, PR for them or not, they are on wikipedia already (you can always take them off if you want, that is not my place). and whether the site has google ads or not, personally i don't care, i just like to know stuff like this, and thought others might too. also the idea of voting honestly is turn-on. i have heard about 6 of these guys speak (only one do i know personally, and he is not on wikipedia), some are boring some are exciting
so what do i do now, stand by the sidelines and let people tell me what i can and cannot do? what is right and what is wrong? or should i stand my ground and fight for what i believe in - freedom of information and expression, and the desire to give value to others? and keep on trying to give what i feel is valuable, and that would include an article on Arthur Carmazzi who personally think is a great man (but then again, that is my opinion).
can you please give me some real guidance and not just blow me off like some of the others.
Marcie
202.169.237.30 ( talk) 07:56, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
hi Xenocidic
i got my account. i am passionate about Psychology and how to lead people. i have really learned a lot from these gurus, there books, articles, websites... i want to make a difference. i am still young and have a lot to learn and do in my life, knowledge is hobby and i want to share it. so how? honestly i don't do lots of research and dig deep into stuff myself, thats why i come here and other sites where the research has already been done. for example http://leadershipnow.com it is a commercial site, but it has sooo much great information in it. and it was voted #1 leadership blog of the year in 2008, wouldn't that be something others may be interested in?
in this day and age it is very difficult to separate anything valuable from commercialism, simply because much of the reason people come up with the good stuff is to make money. i personally think that John Maxwell's rank on number 1 is spot on, i heard him speak and the guy is truly a master, but the links go to his commercial AND religious websites. Who says he is the number one, don't know but i do believe. commercial status should that have any relevance in my desire to go to his commercial site to get info.
and in about.com, again, sooo much valuable information. do you know how much time it takes to find these things? it would be so nice if wikipedia could acknowledge that its followers, like me, could go to find lots of information. much of the criteria set seems to be related to historical fact. but new gurus like Maxwell still get the PR and commercial benefit without violation??? not that i am against it, i appreciate the links. just don't think there should be double standards.
as for the 1000 people voting on the bad leader on the leadershipgurus site, now you are being ironic, tisk tisk. i am guessing you read the criteria - http://www.leadershipgurus.net/leadership_award.html
also, what about proven methods like Directive Communication psychology, wildly used in asia, but not in ammerica where most of the wiki editors are, so they don't think its valid because they don't read asian newpapers and media. and they don't even want to look at the proof. i had a bad experience with this.
oh, by the way, i am living in asia, where are you?
also, what does Xenocidic mean?
sorry i rambled. what do you think i should do now?
Hotmarcie ( talk) 05:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xeno
submitted to the link you suggested.
beside that, what else can i do. i know a but most of what i know is not my own, it is someone elses ideas like Maxwell or Blanchard...
oh, and you name, not sure if that's good, i mean its strong and all, but what if aliens are not really invading and it just looks like it, then wouldn't it be bad to destroy them? i remember this really old black and white movie, don't remember the name, but it had this giant robot that was like the police for the universe. only remember the earth was saved because the alien got a message to the robot "klitu barata nicto" - do you know that movie? kinda makes you think.
anyway have a chipper day :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotmarcie ( talk • contribs) 12:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, just wondering what your opinion is for a length of time to attempt discussion with a user about a (possibly) inappropriate username? Haven't really done this before, and I would guess that whoever does eventually block would use their judgement, but would like a bit of a ball-park figure for time before I recommend RFCN. Cheers — Relyimah ( t- c- e) 23:36, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [35]) Thanks, and will upload to commons. By any chance, would you like to do a segment for the show? S.G. and I are looking for people do do new segments and I think you would have pretty good one. If interested, just drop me a line on my talk page. Red Thunder 13:22, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Please view Wikipedia:Radio_Wikipedia#Calender which details reporter's days. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:11, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Just passing by and thought I'd point it out: you spelt Calendar wrong.-- Koji † Dude (C) 20:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Xenocidic, I, StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen, have redesigned the Radio Wikipedia main page. You may be interested in Wikipedia:Radio_Wikipedia#Staff, as it details Who Reports When? and the current staff. I am sure you already know our uploading instructions, but that is there too. Just so you know:
And before you reserve Tuesday, we have a new instruction. Anyway, Thanks and I look forward to your episode. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 21:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC) PS: I understand you know this, but remember a 3 Minute Show is the max. PPS: I would also like to say, we won't use a system like X, RT, SG, X,... instead users will just reserve episodes the previous day.
Sorry to trouble you again, but another question (not article related): is there anything to prevent me from getting most of my user pages semi-protected at WP:RFP? I haven't really had anyone vandalize my pages except once or twice a while back, but I don't want my watchlist cluttered by my own user pages and I prefer excess caution over unpreparedness. In other words, is it possible to ask for semi-protection for some of my user pages when there isn't really a serious reason to? -- Comandante {Talk} 21:28, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
The Guidance Barnstar | ||
For readily and willingly helping a certain user with several trivial matters. -- Comandante {Talk} 00:01, 28 June 2008 (UTC) |
Hi! I was just wondering how do you put the little sub-cattogories down at the bottom of articles? Also how do you put pictures on wiki if they aren't already on there? And 1 last thing, how do you get those boxes in the top right hand corners of articles? Yzzug ( talk) 22:01, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! I just took a look at it (now that I'm getting the swing of things) and am loving it immensely! :-) Xavexgoem ( talk) 06:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
nice ;-) Tan | 39 21:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [37]) Thanks for the offer, it'll mainly mean CSD G6'ing redirects, but if I userfy a batch of them could I just leave the links here for you to nuke when you've got a moment? Thanks again. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 15:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Xenocidic? Really? Exactly who does that mean you wish to kill at the moment? The Evil Spartan ( talk) 06:20, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. On the template issue, perhaps you can help with my nomination of Template:Rpotd. I am somewhat at a loss with what to do with that mess, so the TfD nom was sortof a default action. Any advice would be great. Or you can go ahead and speedy the mess with a bulk tool. =) Thanks. -- Thetrick ( talk) 15:25, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
The Guidance Barnstar | ||
For kind and patient helping a dumb user with nothing but basic and stupid questions. -- ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko ( talk) 15:50, 29 June 2008 (UTC) |
(Re [38]/ [39]) Thanks very much, I think it's working now!! —— RyanLupin • (talk) 23:39, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey. Can you semi-protect my userpage? it gets heavy IP vandalism. Acalamari did it before, but it seems to have worn off. Shapiros10 contact me My work 14:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I just tagged this article with a speedy as the author requested it be deleted. Please see the talk page. If you did and still decline it then that's cool, i just wanted to check that you see the deletion request. Ged UK ( talk) 15:10, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
I swear when I looked at the article history none of that stuff was there, especially not the previous G7 noms... that's the only reason I put the CSD tag on it. Is there anything that can cause the history to be "hidden"? I have no idea what happened... Livitup ( talk) 16:43, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
You know what, never mind... I think I was looking at the article talk page history. :) Livitup ( talk) 16:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [40]) Great, thanks! I was using {{ rollbackgiven}} which was okay, but generally better for people who didn't know when they were getting it. :) Thanks again, PeterSymonds (talk) 15:42, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
...why it's harder to set up a fan page here than it is on MySpace. Notice the account holder now says he's J.J.'s webmaster, not J.J. himself; but wants to be unblocked so he can set up his client's profile here just like he has for Facebook and MySpace. You want to do the declination honors this time, so he can see that we're all working from the same manual? -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you created this template using bascially the exact same code as my template here. Next time, please ask or tell the person whose code you are copying. I don't mind that you use it, but it is always best to ask first! :) Malinaccier ( talk) 19:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [41]) Good point, and thanks for the template. Quite a few of the users seemed either inactive completely, or not active enough to warrant contacting, but I suppose it's only polite. However, if they were created back in 2005/6 it can probably be assumed that they've been forgotten about. I suppose I'm just impatient and past experience tells me that I'm unlikely to get a response :P. Thanks anyway and I'll try contacting people and see what kind of response I get. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 21:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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Me too! But what was up with Empire? It's the only one of his books I actually failed to make it through. Also, what are your thougts on this comic?? delldot on a public computer talk 23:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
[1] The son of a bitch Bot is trying to piss me off again. :-/ I put the autocat=no thing in the template, but he still won't stop. Could you take a look at it for me? You're the status template whiz after all.-- Koji † Dude (C) 01:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
You have obviously discovered that I am young. I use my real name everywhere, but yes, i'll stop. StewieGriffin! • Talk 14:50, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
This is my radio show, however, I am looking for 10 second sound files, commenting on Wikipedia. If you could get me one done in the next 10 mins (little time, i know!), I can have it in today's broadcast. StewieGriffin! • Talk 15:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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There you go... It's got your comment in.
I am thinking of an extended show. Would you be interested in a minute slot to talk about Wikipedia (not news; as that's my job)? StewieGriffin! • Talk 16:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Copied from my talk page for reference: (Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Mets501&curid=3957872&diff=216504948&oldid=216283261) That one you were asking Mets about is taller than the rest, is this any better? You could consider tweaking the userbox heights directly, but this may affect other users. If you display userboxen in a vertical format, perhaps utilizing {{ userboxtop}}/{{ userboxbottom}}, then the height will not be an issue. xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 23:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
← No problem =) I used to be a fairly staunch advocate of not using Firefox either, but once you get used to it, it's really hard to go back to IE. P.S. I think I found the problem, you had an extraneous row statement here. Better now? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 00:16, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Now look at what you've done. [2] You didn't close the message box right! You messed up my whole dramatic response.-- Koji † Dude (C) 03:06, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I dunno if I really deserve a barnstar just for trying to follow policies, but yes, it would have been easier to blow past that questionable bit without stopping, so thanks for recognizing my effort. Jclemens ( talk) 03:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, my name on XBL is chrislk05. I should have added you last night. Yea, you can copy my userpage design. I however did not design it, it was designed by User:Phaedriel. I am sure she would not have a problem with that at all (she has been gone for quite some time now on an extended wiki break. I am sure much of the community hopes she returns). Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 13:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
When it was being discussed in the IRC chan, the question was asked if it was at ANI and the answer was not yet. No one brought the existing thread to my attention and I've not been on ANI in a few, so I was not aware of its existence (the current thread, that is). I attempted to archive the thread I started, as there was already the ongoing thread regarding the block, that Pilotguy failed to mention he'd posted to, but I ECed four times, so I just let it go. :p Lara ❤ Love 03:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Is the reason my staus is not working due to the shutdown of soxbot V ? Prom3th3an ( talk) 13:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC) My reply here.
Thanks for the heads-up re SoxBot. I have installed Qui however I keep getting a spurious error We encountered an unknown status. Please blank your Special:MyPage:/Status page. which pops up every time I go to a new page even though User:Nancy/Status is empty. Any ideas? nancy (talk) 14:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Did you get it sorted? xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 19:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
do you know how to change the color of an infobox, or do you know someone who can? Mr. Green Hit Me Up Userboxes 15:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I cannot record on Radio Wikipedia today. Could you do the 3 min show, if you have time, please? StewieGriffin! • Talk 16:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
BTW. since you are so enthusiastic, if you have some design ideas about what would make Qui look better and more usable, I more than welcome them. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [3]) I guess so. Sure looks like it, anyway. Useight ( talk) 22:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjB scribe 01:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, look! I buried my congrats in the garden that be your talk page! Well, congrats. I'm sure you'll hate with passion love being an admin.
weburiedoursecretsinthegarden
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I don't know you, but congrats on your new adminship! -- Justpassin ( talk) 01:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
You've got a slight typing error in this section, where you have "Wisdom89 was an early was an early strong supporter". Useight ( talk) 02:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Between the possibly divisive connotations of xenocidic vs. Xeno, I think I'd go with your current name. Just my opinion though. Congrats btw. dorftrottel ( talk) 04:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Lol at your summary: "While Naerii was initially unconvinced, they later deleted the entire oppose discussion and switched to support, citing a popular Eminem song in the edit summary as the justification for this change." - it makes me sound so crazy when written formally like that! I just realised that my concerns were kind of petty, and seeing as I supported Evula in her recent RFB even after seeing her mention somewhere that she hasn't written much in the articlespace I figured it would be hypocritical not to support you for admin. It's nice that you're taking opposes into account rather than taking a stance of "well I've passed now, I can forget all that crap", though. My exams are over soon (in 6 hours as a matter of fact :o) so if you need any help writing articles over the summer I'd be glad to assist (personally I'm going to be writing some boring history stuffs). Improving an article to GA or FA can be pretty daunting on your own, so I'd be happy to help out if you like :)
And the edit summary was just me pissing about I guess; I rarely if ever use edit summaries and when I do remember I can never think of anything to say, so sometimes I just quote whatever I happen to be listening to at the time (how embarassing to admit that I listen to Eminem :(). Congrats on passing your RfA. naerii - talk 04:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xenocidic, I hope you weren't offended/put off by my switch (seemingly at the last minute) to a weak oppose. Nothing personal of course. I do think you're a strong contributor/editor, but after revisiting the discussion, the CSD tagging took me somewhat aback. I swayed back and forth about it for a while before changing my !vote. I think you'll make a good admin though, just as long as you don't bite the newbies by tagging an A7 as an attack page : ) Wisdom89 ( T / C) 04:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Congrats on your RFA, When you find your feet let me know as 2 coaches are better than one and i'd be honoured to have you aboard once more. I have only known you for a short time, but your kindness, approachability, knowlege and did I mention kindness? makes me proud to be a Wikipedian and makes you one of the best new admins ever :) «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 12:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the mop. Now it's time to see if what they say is true: "be careful what you wish for, for you will surely get it..." I was especially interested because your RfA was the first one for an editor that I actually knew before seeing the RfA. Wikipedia needs more like you - see you around! Frank | talk 11:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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here. Took me a moment to get it and realise I still had the test account on my automatic watchlist -- but that was great. Thanks for the morning laugh and congrats. TravellingCari the Busy Bee 13:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on your successful RFA! If you need anything or have any questions or want a 2nd opinion, feel free to drop me a line any time!. Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 16:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats!!!!I new you would pass!!!!
Mr. Green
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WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
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Yeah, well, there's only like
one person on Wikipedia who I think possibly deserves to be an admin more than you and now you are one. Also, great idea with RfA analysis page. Maybe I'll get a chance sometime to stealcopy that idea sometime. As for your other idea, I dunno man. I
still make mistakes with CSD tagging (though this one was a result of misunderstanding how Twinkle works) and that definitely would not help me very much, especially considering my lack of CSD participation was a major factor in the failure of my rfa. (that, along with my boneheaded answers to the questions....) Anyway, I think I should probably wait until late June at the absolute earliest before trying again. Either way, I don't really need the tools to do what I do (though me having them might make some of the guys at AIV happier.....) and if I do need an admin for something like a move-over-redirect, I know exactly who to ask ;) so it's no big deal if I don't have the tools. Not to say I wouldn't like to have them, I would, but I'm basically saying that I can still make good (even great....well... ;) ) contributions to Wikipedia without them. So yeah. Congrats on your Rfa (again). It's really cool you passed it. Anyway, talk to you later.
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I missed your RFA!, Here's my after-the-fact support, and congrats on the mop. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 00:37, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Three cheers and a tiger for your successful RfA! Ecoleetage ( talk) 02:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting your adminship. I'd write something more meaningful if I had more time, but this is all for now. StaticGull Talk 17:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I can't remember what the encounter was. But it must have been good :). Congrats again, have a good day. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 17:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
For some reason I put this on my own talk page. Grats on the RFA again :). <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 06:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Congradulations! {{subst:smile}} Hope you have a wonderful time on wikipedia as an admin, hope to see ya around- Cheers, :) B jacob ( talk) 19:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on becoming a Admin. Electrical Vandilize Me 13:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
can you help me with something? Wikieditor 222 01:16, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the note on my talkpage. Could you please explain (in layman's terms) what is wrong with my status thingy? Congrats on becoming an admin too! = ) -- Cameron ( T| C) 09:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, still up for delivering the June issue? 74 clicks this time. ( Guyinblack25 talk 16:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC))
Hey, I saw you on the adopter list, you still adopting? Dave the Rave 16:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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Hi!
I've recently (June 1st) made some contributions to the Beyond Good & Evil (video game) page which were subsequently rolled back by you. I'd like to understand what exactly caused the rollback. Your comment on the rollback indicates 'spam'; however, I'd like to contest that qualification of the edits I made. The exact edits I made were as follows:
1) corrected improper grammar in the Reception section 2) added a reference to the game scoring top placement in a "Top 25 Video Game Heroes of All Time" article. 3) updated the Series Development to correctly reflect the recent confirmation of Beyond Good and Evil 2 (the previous version of the text spoke about this as non-confimed event, with the actual confirmation being simply tacked on at the end, which created an inconsistency) 4) added a reference to a review of the game at GameLemon.com
Of these, edits 1 and 3 (at the very least) have absolutely nothing to do with spam. These edits did not include any links at all, and simply corrected grammar and corrected outdated information. I am at a loss to understand why these were not deemed an improvement to the article.
As for edits 2 and 4, I can conceivably understand the spam designation since these two edits did include outside links to GameLemon.com, a site where I serve as Editor-in-Chief. Even in these cases however, please note that I did not just blindly add links. I added a reference to a professionally written and presented review of the game, which should be perfectly acceptable for adding to the table of reviews already present (from IGN, GameSpy, and the like), unless there are some special qualifications of which review sources are eligible to be listed there that I am not aware of.
The other edit (#2 above) refers to an article where the main character of the game was listed in one of the top positions in a Top 25 Video Game Heroes of All Time editorial, which is certainly relevant to the 'Reception' discussion. It's instructive to point out that the said article was a Top article on Digg.com with over 1200 diggs and hundreds of user comments, as well as enjoying broad popularity on several other large news and gaming sites - so it can in no way be construed as irrelevant, niche, or 'spam'. Myself and the rest of the GameLemon editorial team fully stand behind the integrity of our content, and if you take some time to peruse the said article, I am sure you'll recognize its high level of quality and relevance to the discussion here. While it would be silly to deny that creating broader exposure for my site was one of my goals in making these particular edits, I am sure you'd agree that this alone is not a reason to disqualify this content as long as its actually valuable and relevant, which I strongly believe it is. I am fully aware that all external links on Wikipedia include the 'no-follow' attribute, so I am not doing this to try to boost Google PageRank or anything of the sort.
In light of the above, I'd appreciate if you'd take a few minutes to offer your thoughts on the matter. I recognize that I am new to Wikipedia, so I certainly contend that there may be aspects of the Wikipedia code of conduct that I have not yet grasped; if that is indeed so, I'd appreciate according clarfications on the subject.
thanks for your time,
Vaga koleso ( talk) 05:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to be adopted, please. I notice you have offered on my page and I would like to take you up on it; however, I notice that you have many adoptees and I do not want to overburden you.-- Noxia ( talk) 13:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Based on the 68.217.248.180's last edit summary, I think he's about ready for a long block. Also, he gave what looks to be a real phone number in an edit summary earlier, that'll probably have to be deleted. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 15:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [4]) Hi! Sorry to step on your toes, but I go after personal attackers right away. It's perfectly OK for you to block someone who's vandalized your userpage, assuming the proper warnings have been previously given (or if it's one of our periodic serial vandals, see Wikipedia:Long term abuse. And, speaking of serial vandals, you should protect your user page and talk page against moves -- there's no reason for anyone but you to be moving those. Welcome to the team! NawlinWiki ( talk) 15:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I guess you submitted a request for oversight? Gary King ( talk) 17:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
...I have to ask. :) I've still got your talkpage on my watchlist in case further discussion comes up about CSD issues, and I've several times noticed you indicating "refactor reply". Being curious, I've peaked in to see that in fact you're just replying. (So far as I can tell.) Since refactoring a reply has such a specific meaning on Wikipedia, I just have to ask how you're using that term. Feel free to not tell me if it's some special fancy secret inside code. :D
While I'm here, how's it all going with the new admin stuff? Feel like you're getting the hang of things? :) -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
←If you add a sign-up section or make a userbox, I'm right there. Otherwise, I'm afraid my wit may not be up to the task. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
I, Chrislk02 award you this anti-vandalism barnstar for reverting the vandalistic edits to my userpace! The hard work is much appreciated! Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 17:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC) |
For repairing vandalism to my user page. -- John ( talk) 17:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, to usurp the user name to someone else. I love bureaucracy. 86.66.199.41 ( talk) 21:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you can use Template:AIV instead of typing out comments in full. Gary King ( talk) 21:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
(copied from Keeper's talk for posterity's sake) Hey Keeper, do you mind taking a quick look at the blocks I performed today and make sure everything is in order? Especially the 3 month IP blocks (they had previously received 1-monthers) and the most recent indef for vandalism-only. Thanks, xenocidic ( talk) 21:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
As an aside (you're doing great as far as I can tell as an admin), you may want to add the block/delete/protect logs to your userpage. It's not only a quick reference for yourself, it lets others see and link to your admin actions quickly and easily. See this section of my userpage for an example that you are welcome to copy (obviously changing it to your username). It's what I used to quickly link to your action logs. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm setting up my adoptees page (for when i'm ready to adopt) and i was wondering if I could pilfer a certain table from your Adoptees page? «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 02:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Iam glad i have helped. Make sure you don't misuse it :)-- SkyWalker ( talk) 03:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [5]) No. :) . My trick is this; if you have tabbed browsing, open up a new tab with the users Special:Contributions. Then just refresh that tab every minute or so to see if they make another bad edit. That any help? I see you're going nice and slow at AIV - good stuff! It's too easy to whack the hammer. Pedro : Chat 13:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't quite sure what to do about this user, some constructive edits in the past, but pretty much vandalism only these days. I dropped a 24 hour, as they've not been blocked in the past. xenocidic ( talk) 14:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [6]) Yes, I did offer to nominate you, but you passed anyway, so I am very happy to hear that. Hope all goes well in the future. Cheers! - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 14:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I appreciated your kind words. I decided to return and give it another go. Thanks for your support and friendship. Ecoleetage ( talk) 15:32, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Xenocidic, and thank you for your recent participation in my RfA, which was closed per WP:NOTNOW after reaching a vote tally of 5/15/2. While I am disappointed in the outcome, I understand that it - as well as the comments left by yourself and others - was in the best interests of Wikipedia at this time. I plan to take everything that was written to heart and improve myself here on Wikipedia with a goal of perhaps accepting a nomination again in the future, should someone choose to nominate me. As a way of gathering further feedback, I have created a page in my user space for other editors to leave comments about things that they might have observed during my RfA and to continue my "education process," as it may be considered. If you would like to contribute to that page, it may be found here. Again, thank you for participating and I appreciate your comments! -- InDeBiz1 ( talk) 18:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [7]) heh. yeah, I took your advice. (you big important admin now....) So far, no one has said anything about it, so I guess it's ok. (And I'm willing to bet there's a message about my incorrect tagging of image talk pages waiting for me right now......¬_¬) Also, are you aware you just broke one of the most important principles of Wikipedia??! YOU ARE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE BOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE DE-SYSOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND BANNED FOR 75 YEARS!!!!!!1!!!!!!1111!!!!11 (YEEESSSS!!! I've always wanted to use the caps-lock button on Wikipedia and I just did!!!!) ..... What are you looking at me for? I'm just making my comments more interesting...... *cries* Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 18:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Just so you know, I had no affiliation with the creation of the above page. Congrats on the RfA. StewieGriffin! • Talk 19:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother, but I don't understand something. The IP vandal I reported earlier was given a final warning on his talk page not to disrupt the site at 20:41 at 27 May 2008. However, he did two more pieces of vandalism, at 20:55 on 27 May 2008 and 17:25 on 29 May 2008. Why is he being allowed to get away with that? Is there a statute of limitation? Thanks for clarifying that point. Ecoleetage ( talk) 19:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Understood. I got a lot to learn. Thanks! Ecoleetage ( talk) 19:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I just took a look at what your contributions today -- this may be a wild guess, but are you really the Energizer Bunny? Whoa, you've been quite active as an Admin. And for that, please accept this token of my appreciation:
The Purple Barnstar | ||
Because like this barnstar, you stand out vibrantly and brilliantly! Ecoleetage ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC) |
Be well! Ecoleetage ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Why are you reverting every single one of my deletions? — Nuclear Vacuum 22:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Didn't know about the Thingyan page, or i'd have redirected it there myself! Thanks, Shoombooly ( talk) 22:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [9]) I saw your note about the page being returned so I could continue working on it. Thanks! -- 99.238.247.128 ( talk) 23:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
...message above was me - got logged out again! Anyway, thanks for the help! - -- Drumbug1 ( talk) 23:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
You are an admin and know what's going on. I'll just let it go. The jargon thing on the page should be enough so it doesn't really need to be deleted I guess. Regards -- Npnunda ( talk) 00:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I found this page and noticed it had been moved ages ago to a random name. Would you move it back? Thanks. Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 02:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I think those edits might actually be constructive (except the one that added all the question marks). I didn't believe it at first, but being the responsible admin I am, I did a google search and...there seems to be some credence to the claim. =) xenocidic ( talk) 02:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I am still learning, so please explain. How best to proceed with this issue? I and others have attempted to contact in every way, and user is non-responsive. How is removal of neutral verified content a content dispute and not vandalism, particularly when user has used various IPs, used the minor edit label, and has not responded to communications? Zoticogrillo ( talk) 03:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, that dude was one annoying motherf- Sexy Sea Bassist 14:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you think the soft redirect might be a better idea? If someone made the mistake once it's possible it could happen again. xenocidic ( talk) 15:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Please See adopter) this page regarding my concerns about (unnamed adopter) being an adopter «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 08:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Had to revert you there, feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Also, the article clearly fails WP:BIO. Ban Ray 19:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
For your note. Though impractical, in reaction to certain types of vandalism I confess to a wish for lifetime bans. Cheers, JNW ( talk) 20:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
vandalism-only accounts don't need warnings the way IPs do. Look at the contribs. Enigma message 20:24, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [10]) Silly me, I assumed you guys actually looked at what the vandals were up to, rather than relying on some automated process. The warning templates are too wordy. Bluntness is called for in these cases. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I notice you liked my linking of my replies via "My reply here" enough to use it yourself. Jauerback now does it too. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :) P.S. - Your talk page appears to have become really busy recently. Useight ( talk) 00:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I just read the above comments, If you ever want me to co-adopt a user with you I would feel more than happy to. «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 11:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, What do you think of my new userpage design? «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™ |l» 14:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the good work. I'd created a redirect that seemed sensible, but the article on the person who directs has more sparse information than I'd remembered on his activities in recent years. Thank-you! John Nevard ( talk) 15:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Bugbear, as you may know, Prom was my adoptee before he entered admin coaching. I was curious if you would mind me coming on board as an "assistant admin coach" (not co-coach, as I'm still green in terms of admin age). He has expressed a willingness to have me on board here. Let me know... Thanks! xenocidic (talk) 13:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [11]) Yes. When you tag a page for speedy-deletion under G10, Huggle replaces the content of the page with "{{ db-g10}}" instead of just adding the tag at the top of the page. I always thought it was a nice touch... Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 17:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment on my RFA. I might consider Admin Coaching, I might not. I will figure it out in a week or so. :) Thanks again. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xenocidic, first congrats on your recent successful RfA. I notice you marked this incident posted on ANI, as resolved. It might have been good to have asked me about this before posting there. I'm afraid that the user posting claims that the subject of an article has committed incest is a very clear breach of WP:BLP. The editor concerned is now under the impression that my warning was unjustified. I realize that you did not say that at ANI, but that's what User:Myheartinchile is now claiming. Its not a big deal, but I'd hate to have this user believe that this kind of defamatory edit was being endorsed by an admin. Best, Gwernol 01:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw where you deleted this page due to improper page moves. Apparently the same user is moving the pages around again and I can't keep track of what's what. Could you take a look? Thanks! TN‑ X- Man 02:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
And thanks to you for your note and your thoughtful response to RfA comments. Congratulations and good luck with the adminship! -- jbmurray ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for finishing my CSD so quickly! Arienh4 (Talk) 13:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi xeno - just wanted to say that I've enjoyed your reports on FritzpollBot very much because they were balanced and informative. I shall definitely be watchlisting the Radio Wikipedia page to check out new reports by you and Stewie. Fritzpoll ( talk) 14:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
as i'm a new anon ip, i will try to ask you the following:
recently on the UFO article, there seems to be the case of sockpuppets:
the admin User:Kwamikagami (aka kwami) seems to be the puppet master of User:ScienceApologist. they always agree with one another, always support one another, always protect one another and always use the same or very similair writing style. so i thought that maybe i can find another neutral admin who checks these two as kwami seems to abuse his admin rights to push the POV of SA and himself. if you feel uncomfortable doing so, please contact one of your admin colleagues and let them do the job. thx in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.84.19.26 ( talk) 16:10, June 10, 2008 (UTC)
User:Spittlespat would like me to adopt him.I don't know if you think I'm ready, but I will co-adopt if I have to. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
← Might be a good idea. Thanks for the note Gwynand, I was a little tied up (see the section above) to delve deeper into the issue =). While you talk page stalkers are here, why not help me improve my page on the subject? ;> xenocidic ( talk) 18:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
why shouldn't I put up my mormon userbox? It's the only userbox I have do You guys think people will hate me just beacuse I am a mormon I'm sure lots of wiki users have the mormon userbox.-- Spittlespat ( talk) 18:45, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
how do I make a light green bakcground?-- Spittlespat ( talk) 18:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Put A userbox that says the user plays the piano and this user plays runescape. OK? Since you adopted me you are ok to put that on my userpage (put the userboxes on my userpage the piano one and the runescape one)-- Spittlespat ( talk) 19:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
go to my userpage!-- Spittlespat ( talk) 20:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
just out if interest, what does your name mean? I won't likely come back to this page so ANSWER ON MY TALK!!!11!ONE!
It seems to mean 'I kill strangers'. Wait...I'm a stranger to you!
SAVE ME LORD! AGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-- Editor510 drop us a line, mate 19:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. That SSP noticeboard is a genuine study in frustration. That User:CodyBestFoods is an obvious sock of a banned user, right down to the edit patterns and name creation. I've been trying to get the doggoned noticeboard to work for me, but I just can't. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 19:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
What's "stale" about my report on User_talk:65.254.6.98? — Largo Plazo ( talk) 20:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about removing that section, at first glance it seemed it was just another POV section that sometimes slips into articles; I hadn't looked at CoD 4 in a while, and the new CoD game announcement reminded me. I've been making awkward edits like that all day, I must need a break. Thanks for correcting me, hope it was no trouble. -- Comandante {Talk} 21:01, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I totally just ripped off your dashboard. Friggin sweet. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:53, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
← I got dem linked too, but from here. xenocidic ( talk) 18:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for responding to my request for help -- I just updated my talk page with the following question:
Regarding valid acceptable references and sourcing for new articles that are IT related, are articles and reports from industry-leading analysts (such as Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research, etc.) considered valid?
Thanks for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmorgan ( talk • contribs) 18:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for replying! I did read the document you suggested, but I just can't tell from what's there... thing is, if analyst sources are not acceptable, I don't want to write the article, or take up anyone's time reviewing it, since analyst reports are the only credible source I can find for the emerging technology I want to cover.
Elmorgan ( talk) 19:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Compare the changes to the titles to the links to the Numberjacks website and you'll see he/she repeatedly changes them so they are incorrect. I reported the vandalism as soon as I saw it. It went stale as he/she doesn't seem to attack elsewhere. If the vandalism contines I'll request semi-protection. Bevo74 ( talk) 21:07, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
{{WP:TPS/userbox|stalkee=yes}} I decided to add a new userbox to my userbox page (currently hidden) :) «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l» (talk) 07:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I see that you don't consider User:Icantstayaway's contributions vandalism. As far as I can see the user is repeatedly adding unsourced content to articles about living people, despite having been warned about this. May I ask you to reconsider? -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 10:35, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
{{
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See 1 and 2. They are at the very least editing from the same location, and it is highly probable that they are the same person. The Hybrid 13:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [13]) This one stumped me for a while, but then I noticed you were using the {{ Userbox}} template. I have encountered that in the past and for some reason it always seems to have major issues with doing what you want it to do. (no clue why) I "hardcoded" the userbox and it seems to align fine now. Gotta tell you man, doing that felt like old times.... *sniff* ;) Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 14:00, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this editor's only edits today are those two to a talk page. The AIV was concerning the edit late last night, as indicated. (Incidentally, couldn't we at least get you a less crappy t-shirt or a nicer mop?) - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 15:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
for the help.I posted it at th village pump, but idk how well it'll work... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 17:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
For your dashboard, it looks like other people are starting to copy it to their own userspace. Would you like to make the page transcludable (that's a mouthful) so others can just transclude it to a page of their choice? Or perhaps the page can be modulized so people can pick-and-choose what they want to appear on their own version of the dashboard. Gary King ( talk) 19:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [14]) No, I haven't], but now that I just did, I see it as a very reasonable explanation for what occurred. Enigma message 00:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight ( talk) 03:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for your help thing you set up on my page if i need help i will contact you Thanks. ( Icantstayaway ( talk) 08:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)).
hi xenocidic, i apologise for the rather abusive and somewhat insulting behaviour. i didn't originally create the page 'Callum Stroud' but i know who did and they told me to look at it. i came on to look at and to my slight annoyment, it had been deleted. As i did not know the content of this page, i don't know how oit violated the rules of Wikipedia. i was annoyed at not being able to read what my friend had put about me and thought i would leave a message to show my annoyment. i realise that it was immature and irresponsible.please do not block me. i will now delete the page and ensure it doesn't happen again. many thanks, Stroudi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stroudi ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
darn you beat me to him.... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
What did I do wrong....it looks ugly.... Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:50, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello is this where you wanted me to let you know that I have finished (roughly) my piece on Raymond Griffiths? Ellerdch ( talk) 18:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
I need to know where a bomb from Japan landed in in America.It did not explode for a couple years after it landed.I think it may have been in Hawaii but I'm not sure. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [15]) There doesn't appear to have been a consensus, just a few changes made by Link as he promoted his position on the subject. The title "hand held versions" is too vague, as there's plans for a "Cell phone versions" article as well (which would also fall under hand held games). And merging those two articles would make it too large. Game Boy versions is the best fit in this case and I have to take any proposal from Link to the Past with a grain of salt as I've encountered him many times making over zealous changes that few or no one agrees with. In the end it's still a case by case idea, I believe that sorting by system instead of type is better given the amount of broad-based DDR articles there are and will be. -- AeronPrometheus ( talk) 18:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way to get the "immediate requests" box to update when there are current requests for rollback? I think the requests get filled relatively quickly, so maybe unnecessary/moot as most admins that grant userrrights watchlist the RFR page. Just a thought though, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [16]) Sorry - I just had it restored with {{ db-author}} still on it. I have the text copied now, so yes, feel free to delete it. Thanks, « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 23:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the defence of my CSD patrolling on my talk page Fritzpoll ( talk) 23:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xeno, I've seen on Tan and Keeper's page something about an admin dashboard. If it's not complicated, can you show me how to use it? It sounds useful. TravellingCari the Busy Bee 02:03, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xenocidic,
Are you interested in helping me Founder a "Trainig Wiki" for adoptees (and adopters), admin coaching/ers to be able to try out various things (including admin tools) in an enviroment that is based entirely on Wikipedia (with appropriate Attribution).
This wiki will also be used for testing media wiki extentions that could be implemented in all the wikimedia foundation projects, but thats up to thwem we can only provide feedback on the extention page..
You may say "this idea has already been done", well you could not be more from the truthe. Ive seen the most common wiki that attempt's to give users experiance with the tools, but this wiki is noway similar to wikipedia (i mean they're not even running the same version or templates etc to try)
Have a think about it and get back to me «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l» (talk) 10:32, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [17]) Thanks! The code was so straightforward that this has inspired me to consider embarking on tweaking other things in scripts to my liking. (It sounds like you had a similar experience with your modification) Never done JavaScript before, but it just looks like a pretty basic C++-style language with duck-typing.
Kinda funny that there was >5k of hand-wringing over that issue, and it literally was like a single line of code to change the script so that Kelly wouldn't have that problem in the future. ha ha ha... -- Jaysweet ( talk) 14:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just thought I'd say a little hello – and congratulate you on your adminship! Hope you guys have been taking good care of the GTA IV article, it would appear that I haven't even taken the time to buy and play it yet! And since that one was actually the only article I was editing on a regular basis, I'm almost on a wikibreak now, only editing when I spot something a do better in less than 30 seconds, heh. nut how's it hangin' for you, got plenty of work to do as an administrator, huh? — Emil K. ( talk| contribs) 00:36, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you were named an administrator even though I have only dealt with you a little. Congratulations. Chris ( talk) 18:35, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking the user I stopped from further vandalizization. Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk) 02:46, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for taking care of my request on the request page. I am sorry, but I have not ever tried to recieve adminship. I hope I get in, but it's not crucial. I'll just stay an experienced user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance with Talk:Pablo Picasso Dbiel ( Talk) 03:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Is using "move" to create an article talk page archive considered acceptable? If not, could you post a notice stating so at User talk:Koavf as this is his primary method of creating archives and he was the one who created the problem that you helped fix. Thank you again Dbiel ( Talk) 03:56, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for notifying me! Which status thingy are you using? I have been using the manual one but I am getting rather fed up with it! -- Cameron ( T| C) 14:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Since you just became a admin you proboly don't have as much time anymore.I was wondering if you would like me to take your userbox requests off your hands. I'm pretty sure I could handle any requests. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [18]) KK. I'll put in a request now. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 18:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [19]) Why? On my talk, you made the claim "Cutting and pasting is typically preferable to page-move archiving." Where did you get this information? WP:ARCHIVE gives the pros and cons of both, and I personally prefer page moving. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 20:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
I need some help on it, mainly getting the automatted process working again, but also changing this to how yours is with the dot. It right now takes up too much room and is sometimes hard to read.— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 02:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Just saying hello. How are you? :) -- UberVash ( talk) 21:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Seems to be editing less and less. Have you talked to him lately? Dusti SPEAK!! 00:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your assistance and reverting the archive Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus/Archive 6created using move and moving it back to Talk:Nicolaus Copernicus Dbiel ( Talk) 13:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for all your work, expecially for starting the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Proposal to discourage pagemove archiving Dbiel ( Talk) 19:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification. Ty 00:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Anny....I don't know what to do with this article.Shouldn't it be a disambiguation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob696 ( talk • contribs) 4:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Also, do you know what I did wrong for my comitted idedtity template? Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 18:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Did I miss something? That IP you just blocked hadn't edited in nine days, and I had tagged as such... Tan | 39 17:42, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Awww....you removed the WikiGoon...he's a newly discovered fauna of Wikipedia, shouldn't he be listed too? (Don't worry - I didn't put him back in, nor will I :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon ( talk • contribs) 18:41, June 17, 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! Just a quick thanks for suppressing the admin section for me (I was unaware this option was available, though I admit I did not look. I've been keeping an eye on your talk page for a while now (can't remember why), but you seem like a good bloke -- Keep up the good work. — Relyimah ( t- c- e) 20:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to figure out what was going on there, both of you confused me!!! Unfortunatley, the IP came back, thought I would tell you since you gave the warning. Dusti SPEAK!! 23:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [20]) You're right. I probaly shoulf NOT add text like I did. I have since removed it. I just figured since you're allowed to have boxes that state you support a canidate, I thought you could add something like I did. Thanks for telling me. -- Cedarvale1965-08 ( talk) 01:47, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hmm, good to know that the bot can still handle the threads. Perhaps I'll give it a try one of these days. Useight ( talk) 15:33, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Looking through random articles, I become interested in Edison's Conquest of Mars (nothing to do really with the point of this), so I look it up on Barnes & Noble's site. There, I see a passing reference to Catch-22, and in turn look up the plot here. I eventually find this and this.
Basically, there's an article for every character in the book, no matter how obscure, and I have no idea why all of this wasn't condensed onto the list of characters page in more succinct descriptions. Since overlooked stuff like this irritates me (enough to post this here at almost 2 AM), I am considering putting all of the character articles in an AfD: none of them assert notability or have sources, and since when do we need an article for every character in a book? Sure, I could just start up a merge discussion, but I doubt that would work; I don't even want to take on the task of a merge like that, so I don't see why anyone else would want to, unless a sizable group of editors got together and did it all at once. Even if there is a merge, most of the less important character articles should be deleted rather than become redirects, which is a lot of deletions.
Anyway, I know something should be done about this, but I don't even know where to begin. Is it even possible to put so many articles up for deletion at once? I'm just at a loss of how to handle the matter (I hesitated before posting this and thought of ignoring it, but hey, it's 2 AM so why not?). -- Comandante {Talk} 05:50, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Using Sparknotes, I believe I've weeded out the lesser characters. Here I've altered the template to contain only the major characters, which either are notable enough for their own articles or just enough to not warrant deletion. These are mainly notable becuase they personally affect the main character, John Yossarian, or represent the significant failings of the military bureacracy in relation to Yossarian's squadron and thus impact the plot. I'll start getting to some of the active editors and begin merging the lesser notable characters to the main list; found a spare hour or two in my schedule today. -- Comandante {Talk} 18:35, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xenocidic, I believe an account you have blocked (Nigel321) might be part of a vandalizing sock farm. I've filed an RFCU here, in case you want to comment. Thanks, R. Baley ( talk) 17:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
As a gamer, can I get you to drop in and give an outside opinion at Talk:List_of_songs_in_Rock_Band#Offspring_DLC where there is a discussion on whether DLC announcements from the artists themselves count as reliable sources Vs. announcements by the games publishers. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 18:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking that IP user who presumably took exception to an agreement made towards a move on a Wikiproject page! Bobo . 13:42, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Good evening. This message has been addressed to you because you happened to be around at the time. I wish to add the moniker "Lex Orwell" to the proposition section of this article on the basis of this, but I am biased as all hell and as such wish for an outsider's opinion. Don't consider yourself under any obligation to answer. -- Kiz o r 13:07, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The proposed law has been nicknamed "Lex Orwell", in reference to the book [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]] by [[George Orwell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4158509.ece|title=Swedish revolt over 'Big Brother' law|date=2008-06-17|accessdate=2008-06-19|publisher=TimesOnline|author=Roger Boyes}}</ref>
Just wanted to give you a heads-up that I partially reverted User talk:68.13.151.71 as this vandal is correct that WP:USER gives this IP the right to remove (almost all) messages at will from his or her own talk page. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 14:07, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Actually the issue was rehashed several months ago at WP:VPP, and the clear consensus was that both registered and anonymous editors have the same rights under WP:USER. In fact, the "policy does not prohibit users, including both registered and anonymous users, from removing comments from their own talk pages" part of WP:BLANKING was explicitly updated in the hope that it would permanently resolve exactly these sorts of issues.
While I share no love for the jerk behind this IP address (indeed two of this IP's three most recent blocks were from me), I do not see how the project is benefited by we-in-the-admin-community reverting this talk page to the version we like when the anonymous editor in question is actually following WP:USER. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 15:27, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
You blocked 165.166.21.126 moments before I clicked the block button. I guess I'm a little slow first thing in the morning. Useight ( talk) 14:16, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
[22]. The second line.Second question.I don't know what she's asking me to do. Mr. Green Hit Me Up About Me 16:18, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I'll reply here. I would like to use Futura or Gill Sans as the font. UNI| SOUTH 17:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ali'i wasn't closed right on time. It's not that big of a deal, though; the closing time is just the earliest it can be closed, not the exact moment that it will be closed. !votes are still valid after the scheduled ending time. (you mentioned that there was an oppose placed after the closing time, but just take a look at the numbers: that one oppose wasn't what killed that RfA)
And to answer your question of "crats, wru", I was on my lunch break. Please keep in mind that we are all volunteers. If I were getting paid to be a bureaucrat, I assure you, I would have made sure that I was by my computer when the RfA was scheduled to end. But I'm not, so it wasn't as important to me as, say, eating and then getting back to my day job.
Also, please don't add {{ Closing}} to RfAs.RfAs aren't something that editors and admins can close; with very few exceptions, they should only be closed by bureaucrats, so right off the bat, the template is inaccurate. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
← Thanks then, I guess! I'll need to be filled in. Thanks also, for taking care of that issue below. G11 is something I still stay away from. xenocidic ( talk) 20:44, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Could you please review my speedy deletion nomination of Seventysomething (term)? Thanks. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 19:00, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Would you also mind reviewing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hangar9 Sundowner? I will close the AfD pending deletion. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 19:16, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, Cenarium Talk 00:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [23]) Yes. This product has been reviewed by various independent magazines and it is an absalute icon in the model flying world. Propeller driven ( talk) 10:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [24]) You were the one who told User:82.201.17.136, "Although vandalizing articles on occasions that are days or weeks apart from each other sometimes prevents editors from being blocked, your continued vandalism constitutes a long term pattern of abuse. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia." (emphasis yours) And in response they vandalized again. How does the fact that it happened 5 hours ago, rather than 5 minutes, make any difference as to whether they should be blocked? Kevin Forsyth ( talk) 12:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
There should be a block reason just "with extreme prejudice" - works for me :) Cheers -- Herby talk thyme 12:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
User:Electrical Experiment/Thankyou -- Electrical Experiment 14:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [25]) Thanks, i only want to stop vandalism and revert pages, yet i didnt know how to do it until now. Thanks a bunch. And i do have twinkle, yet how do i use it?
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:14, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
oh, yeah see i dont have firefox, just ie so. I have to revert the manual way. Oh well. And i cant install it either, so.
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:17, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Great, thanks. And just to make sure i dont mess up, how do i undo? —Preceding
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I have within 10 minutes fully reverted pages & sent out warnings to the users of 3 vandalized pages! Im so happy, im a true member of the anti-vandaluism unit. :) Thanks so much buddy.
Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 02:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I want you to check out this page and tell me what we should do with it. Walter Willison -Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if instead of waiting 4 days, if you could please promote me to the Established Users group. I am one ( in reality, not yet in wiki tho) but i dont want to wait. I hate having to write the kapitcha's all the time. Please? Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 03:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
-Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 11:28, June 20, 2008
I have reverted a good number of pages now, and i get the hang of it. Can you please allow me to use it now? If so, thanks. IUf not, im still reverting anyway, just thought Rollback might make it easier. Tratos the Great —Preceding comment was added at 16:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey buddy. Ive been baking this for a while, and i feel right to give it to you. Im sure that you are hungry. {{subst:cookie}}. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 02:20, June 20, 2008 (UTC)
Do you know if i can get an award? Like, the enthusiam barnstar or something? I just need something to put in my Awards page. I have reverted 20 edits by now, and ive helped a couple of users out at the help desk. Plus, im not even established yet! So, can i get an award for that? Please? Tratos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tratos the Great ( talk • contribs) 17:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [26]) Yeah, I like the simplicity of it, I guess. I find it insane to split up archives into so many pages, to be honest. I hope my user page and my talk page both make it blatantly obvious that I prefer to keep things simple when I can :p Gary King ( talk) 04:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I need help with modifying the Status Top script so that it is like what I currently have, meaning, the: in, busy, out, and wikibreak links like what I have now.— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 06:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Also, in this section, there is no edit link at the top. How did you do that?— Dæ dαlus T@lk / Improve Contribs 08:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to request the assistance and intervention of an administrator, please. Thank you. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 14:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC))
(Re [27]) I moved it there because of a conversation with Scorpion0422, planning to work on the list. I've completely forgotten, and I'm not planning to work on the list anymore. Sorry for the confusion. « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 16:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw your name, I liked it. (That should be obvious) Xeno Cre8or Talk to me! 18:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Are we supposed to archive IP talk pages? I thought we could just delete the warnings, no? · AndonicO Engage. 20:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my userpage. NuclearWarfare ( talk) 01:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC) |
(Re [28]) Thanks. I was meaning to do that, but I didn't know what I should do, so I just removed it. Thanks again!! America69 ( talk) 14:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
So sorry I didn't get back to you, I have just spent too much tme on editing and not on discussion. Yes I would like to get adopted by you please, and primarily require help in articles relating to video games, etc. My Main interest is seeing how I can help get articles to atleast GA status. Thanks. By the way, is it possible to opt out of the adoption? Like midway or something? Thanks again.
JTBX ( talk) 14:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [29]) I already know about links, I just needed to know how to put those words under the words in the superscripted format. And i am currently working on reducing my signature, so. But thanks anyway, and please let me know how to put the words under the other words. thx, - me (im still working on my signature) —Preceding comment was added at 20:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you look it up for me and then tell me please? Ive reduced my signature. I am the7 Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, and lust pride hows that? —Preceding comment was added at 20:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
K, well hows this? I am the7 Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride Can i have the code now? I have enough room for 50 characters. —Preceding comment was added at 21:03, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
well, can i please have the code then anyway? ( its allrite, ive been editing pages before i asked this ) . —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
It wont let me, becuz there is something wrong with the HTML tags. I cant figure out what it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:41, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
kk, thanks. but about the thing you gave me, all it does is put the words within the words before it. I am experimenting rite now to get it below. But, any tips? —Preceding unsigned comment added by IaM7DeadlySins ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
mmk, now this is ticking me off. I have now made that signature, 7Deadl Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride, but it wont let me use it. Where the heck is there a error? I have scanned it again and agai n and i cant find a flaw. So, i wanna use that as my raw signature, but the stupid thing wont let me. Please find out what is wrong,. thx 7Deadl Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 22:00, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [30]) Your saying you dont want me to create any pages to wikipedia anymore? Why? What did i do? Am i blocked or something?
7Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 22:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Shes going crazy on me. Really, i didnt do anything wrong, and look at my talk page (bottom). Can you tell her to calm down and relax a bit please (she protected her page, semi)? I dont want to have an admin mad at me. Thanks,
7Deadly Sins greed, gluttony, and wrath envy, sloth, lust and pride —Preceding comment was added at 19:26, June 24, 2008 (UTC)
As you've been dealing with him as well, do you have any thoughts about whether this is a good-faith editor going wildly astray or yet another 4chan troll? Having been sucked into about three simultaneous flamewars today, none of which involved me, I'm aware that my AGF levels are lower than usual so I don't really want to start blocking myself. – iride scent 23:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Im unblocked now. The7 DeadlySins 01:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
1. In Wiktionary, is there still admins and the samne rules as wikipedia? Because i am REALLY good with words, and im creating an account for there too. And 2. I made a page for my sandbox. The edits i make there, will they count against me if i make a lot of them? (ie disruptive editing). Because i still need to test things out, and i almost got blocked for that :(.
The7 DeadlySins —Preceding comment was added at 01:38, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Im in the wiktionary, and there is alot of words they missed that i know. They dont even have myopathy. How sad. But, im here to save the day!
The7 DeadlySins 01:53, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [31]) Thanks for all the tips you have given me today. That should help me so I don't have to keep copying and pasting everything to my page!! Thanks again. America69 ( talk) 22:05, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
For giving me all these tips, I hereby award you this barnstar. America69 ( talk) 22:10, 24 June 2008 (UTC) |
What do you think of my new Userpage? America69 ( talk) 22:36, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of User:Willknowles. I can't stand vandals especially those who do useless, lame, vulgar attacks on others... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiefhuggybear ( talk • contribs) 23:16, June 24, 2008 (UTC)
Is it possible to change this edit so it is registered from my user-name instead of the IP number? If so, feel free to do the deed at your convenience. Thanks! mdf ( talk) 01:35, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Another one in the drawer – iride scent 02:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Relevant to an article or not? As in explaining in-depth on a vg article, with sources included, about a glitch that can be taken advantage of during gameplay or a glitch that renders the game unplayable. Just curious... -- Comandante {Talk} 02:25, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the status thingy on my userpage...just noticed the change!, Best wishes -- Badgernet ( talk) 13:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Xenocidic, This may be too early, but if possible, I would love the Rollback feature added to my account. I have been using Twinkle a bit, but I would rather have the feature on my account. You've blocked a few IPs that I have reported (if that goes for anything :P). Anyway, tell me when to reapply if you can't give it to me now, or whatever.
DavidWS ( talk) 19:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I saw your reply---after I request rollback on the RFR page. User:Tivedshambo added rollback to my account. Sorry for requesting it in two different places, I was just thinking I might as well put it on the "official" request page. DavidWS ( talk) 17:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [32]) If they're not being used, feel free to delete them. I'll tag the rest once they're moved. Thanks for doing this. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 17:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
The IP I just reported from Best Buy is a display machine. It hasn't been warned often so got off with a 1 day block. 198.22.123.103 is the machine right next to it on the same display table. It's been blocked for 6 months. What's the difference here? DarkAudit ( talk) 18:40, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Im sure you understand most of Wikinews policy (as they are similar to Wikipedia) but here is the Wikinews welcome message anyway, delivered to your Wikipedia talk page as Wikipedia is your home project:
Xenocidic, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
Our key policies - if you read anything, read these!
Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews:
There are always things to do on Wikinews:
By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler| or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Anonymous101 ( talk) 19:12, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Now my message page is being stupid but I just wanted to thank you for your help with the chess article. I tried it thru Firefox and you're right- it worked just fine. Thanx again! Lyzyrd ( talk) 20:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [33]) I can take a look at the discussion, but it might be a day or two until I have time to go through it. Other than the posting on the Village Pump, has the discussion been publicized anywhere? -- ☑ SamuelWantman 00:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't wanna be the guy who brings this up, but I also don't want to see it turn into a big deal. Is this supposed to be, y'know, a counter-support for Kurt? Like a parody or something? (I'll admit I have a moderate case of paranoia, so it's probably meh brain getting all jittery. I'm drawing a bad conclusion, but I can't really help it)-- Koji † Dude (C) 00:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a note -- I saw your response at User talk:Dynotech, and in general requests to change username when the username was the issue don't need to be discussed with the blocking admin. Username blocks are normally intended to be non-judgemental of the user, only the name, so if they agree to change name they should be allowed to. (It is worth checking that there wasn't another reason for the block, such as vandalism or spamming. Sometimes people get blocked with the username block template when they really should be blocked for other reasons like {{ test7}} or {{ spamusername}}.) Anyway, just a friendly note, hope it helps. Mango juice talk 13:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [34]) i also visit About.com which I believe has very valuable information (that is MY opinion only) and it is "plastered" with sponsored links. Are "sponcored links" the same as google ads by wikipedia standards? or does wikipedia believe that ANY site with these types of ads, regardless of the information, research or contribution of user desired information is not worthy of being noted?
Ok, maybe I am being ironic, sorry! but I feel that its kina dumb, I mean even wikipedia asks for money, i personally have a blog (with no ads on it) but its for personal expression only, and i don't put links on wikipedia to it.
personally I felt that Wikipedia should be a source of unbiased, uncensored information as long as there is no advertising (spamming) or garbage. but lets face it, the bios of Warren Bennis, Robin Sharma (books wise), and many others is basic PR. yet it seems to be no problem because people (including myself) are interested. and FYI, i never even heard of Warren Bennis (and many others) before going to the leadership gurus site, but i did appreciate the article on wikipedia about him.
the links i was placing was to a "LIST" of people you already have on wikipedia, PR for them or not, they are on wikipedia already (you can always take them off if you want, that is not my place). and whether the site has google ads or not, personally i don't care, i just like to know stuff like this, and thought others might too. also the idea of voting honestly is turn-on. i have heard about 6 of these guys speak (only one do i know personally, and he is not on wikipedia), some are boring some are exciting
so what do i do now, stand by the sidelines and let people tell me what i can and cannot do? what is right and what is wrong? or should i stand my ground and fight for what i believe in - freedom of information and expression, and the desire to give value to others? and keep on trying to give what i feel is valuable, and that would include an article on Arthur Carmazzi who personally think is a great man (but then again, that is my opinion).
can you please give me some real guidance and not just blow me off like some of the others.
Marcie
202.169.237.30 ( talk) 07:56, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
hi Xenocidic
i got my account. i am passionate about Psychology and how to lead people. i have really learned a lot from these gurus, there books, articles, websites... i want to make a difference. i am still young and have a lot to learn and do in my life, knowledge is hobby and i want to share it. so how? honestly i don't do lots of research and dig deep into stuff myself, thats why i come here and other sites where the research has already been done. for example http://leadershipnow.com it is a commercial site, but it has sooo much great information in it. and it was voted #1 leadership blog of the year in 2008, wouldn't that be something others may be interested in?
in this day and age it is very difficult to separate anything valuable from commercialism, simply because much of the reason people come up with the good stuff is to make money. i personally think that John Maxwell's rank on number 1 is spot on, i heard him speak and the guy is truly a master, but the links go to his commercial AND religious websites. Who says he is the number one, don't know but i do believe. commercial status should that have any relevance in my desire to go to his commercial site to get info.
and in about.com, again, sooo much valuable information. do you know how much time it takes to find these things? it would be so nice if wikipedia could acknowledge that its followers, like me, could go to find lots of information. much of the criteria set seems to be related to historical fact. but new gurus like Maxwell still get the PR and commercial benefit without violation??? not that i am against it, i appreciate the links. just don't think there should be double standards.
as for the 1000 people voting on the bad leader on the leadershipgurus site, now you are being ironic, tisk tisk. i am guessing you read the criteria - http://www.leadershipgurus.net/leadership_award.html
also, what about proven methods like Directive Communication psychology, wildly used in asia, but not in ammerica where most of the wiki editors are, so they don't think its valid because they don't read asian newpapers and media. and they don't even want to look at the proof. i had a bad experience with this.
oh, by the way, i am living in asia, where are you?
also, what does Xenocidic mean?
sorry i rambled. what do you think i should do now?
Hotmarcie ( talk) 05:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Xeno
submitted to the link you suggested.
beside that, what else can i do. i know a but most of what i know is not my own, it is someone elses ideas like Maxwell or Blanchard...
oh, and you name, not sure if that's good, i mean its strong and all, but what if aliens are not really invading and it just looks like it, then wouldn't it be bad to destroy them? i remember this really old black and white movie, don't remember the name, but it had this giant robot that was like the police for the universe. only remember the earth was saved because the alien got a message to the robot "klitu barata nicto" - do you know that movie? kinda makes you think.
anyway have a chipper day :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotmarcie ( talk • contribs) 12:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Xeno, just wondering what your opinion is for a length of time to attempt discussion with a user about a (possibly) inappropriate username? Haven't really done this before, and I would guess that whoever does eventually block would use their judgement, but would like a bit of a ball-park figure for time before I recommend RFCN. Cheers — Relyimah ( t- c- e) 23:36, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [35]) Thanks, and will upload to commons. By any chance, would you like to do a segment for the show? S.G. and I are looking for people do do new segments and I think you would have pretty good one. If interested, just drop me a line on my talk page. Red Thunder 13:22, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Please view Wikipedia:Radio_Wikipedia#Calender which details reporter's days. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:11, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Just passing by and thought I'd point it out: you spelt Calendar wrong.-- Koji † Dude (C) 20:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Xenocidic, I, StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen, have redesigned the Radio Wikipedia main page. You may be interested in Wikipedia:Radio_Wikipedia#Staff, as it details Who Reports When? and the current staff. I am sure you already know our uploading instructions, but that is there too. Just so you know:
And before you reserve Tuesday, we have a new instruction. Anyway, Thanks and I look forward to your episode. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 21:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC) PS: I understand you know this, but remember a 3 Minute Show is the max. PPS: I would also like to say, we won't use a system like X, RT, SG, X,... instead users will just reserve episodes the previous day.
Sorry to trouble you again, but another question (not article related): is there anything to prevent me from getting most of my user pages semi-protected at WP:RFP? I haven't really had anyone vandalize my pages except once or twice a while back, but I don't want my watchlist cluttered by my own user pages and I prefer excess caution over unpreparedness. In other words, is it possible to ask for semi-protection for some of my user pages when there isn't really a serious reason to? -- Comandante {Talk} 21:28, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
The Guidance Barnstar | ||
For readily and willingly helping a certain user with several trivial matters. -- Comandante {Talk} 00:01, 28 June 2008 (UTC) |
Hi! I was just wondering how do you put the little sub-cattogories down at the bottom of articles? Also how do you put pictures on wiki if they aren't already on there? And 1 last thing, how do you get those boxes in the top right hand corners of articles? Yzzug ( talk) 22:01, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! I just took a look at it (now that I'm getting the swing of things) and am loving it immensely! :-) Xavexgoem ( talk) 06:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
nice ;-) Tan | 39 21:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [37]) Thanks for the offer, it'll mainly mean CSD G6'ing redirects, but if I userfy a batch of them could I just leave the links here for you to nuke when you've got a moment? Thanks again. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 15:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Xenocidic? Really? Exactly who does that mean you wish to kill at the moment? The Evil Spartan ( talk) 06:20, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. On the template issue, perhaps you can help with my nomination of Template:Rpotd. I am somewhat at a loss with what to do with that mess, so the TfD nom was sortof a default action. Any advice would be great. Or you can go ahead and speedy the mess with a bulk tool. =) Thanks. -- Thetrick ( talk) 15:25, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
The Guidance Barnstar | ||
For kind and patient helping a dumb user with nothing but basic and stupid questions. -- ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko ( talk) 15:50, 29 June 2008 (UTC) |
(Re [38]/ [39]) Thanks very much, I think it's working now!! —— RyanLupin • (talk) 23:39, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey. Can you semi-protect my userpage? it gets heavy IP vandalism. Acalamari did it before, but it seems to have worn off. Shapiros10 contact me My work 14:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I just tagged this article with a speedy as the author requested it be deleted. Please see the talk page. If you did and still decline it then that's cool, i just wanted to check that you see the deletion request. Ged UK ( talk) 15:10, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
I swear when I looked at the article history none of that stuff was there, especially not the previous G7 noms... that's the only reason I put the CSD tag on it. Is there anything that can cause the history to be "hidden"? I have no idea what happened... Livitup ( talk) 16:43, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
You know what, never mind... I think I was looking at the article talk page history. :) Livitup ( talk) 16:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [40]) Great, thanks! I was using {{ rollbackgiven}} which was okay, but generally better for people who didn't know when they were getting it. :) Thanks again, PeterSymonds (talk) 15:42, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
...why it's harder to set up a fan page here than it is on MySpace. Notice the account holder now says he's J.J.'s webmaster, not J.J. himself; but wants to be unblocked so he can set up his client's profile here just like he has for Facebook and MySpace. You want to do the declination honors this time, so he can see that we're all working from the same manual? -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, you created this template using bascially the exact same code as my template here. Next time, please ask or tell the person whose code you are copying. I don't mind that you use it, but it is always best to ask first! :) Malinaccier ( talk) 19:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
(Re [41]) Good point, and thanks for the template. Quite a few of the users seemed either inactive completely, or not active enough to warrant contacting, but I suppose it's only polite. However, if they were created back in 2005/6 it can probably be assumed that they've been forgotten about. I suppose I'm just impatient and past experience tells me that I'm unlikely to get a response :P. Thanks anyway and I'll try contacting people and see what kind of response I get. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 21:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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