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No-one seems to have welcomed you yet. Here we are:
Welcome to Wikipedia!
Welcome to Wikipedia, 49TL/Archive/All! I'm Celestianpower. I noticed that you were new and/or have yet to receive any messages so I just thought I'd pop in to say "hello". Hello. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it's so big but we won't bite so Be Bold and get what you know down in microchips! If you do make a mistake, that's fine, we'll assume good faith and just correct you: it'll take a few seconds maximum! Here, however, are a few links to get you started:
There are lots of policies and guidelines to get to grips with but they all make your life easier and your stay more fun in the long run. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or add {{helpme}} to your userpage - someone will come very, very quickly to your aid. Please be sure to sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, along with a link to your user page. This way, others know when you left a message and how to find you. It's easier than having to type out your name, right? ;)
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For your good eye in spotting non-english articles and listing them where they belong, I hereby award you this Working Man's Barnstar Dunemaire18:35, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there, FireFox. In such situations you should use the {{db|WHATEVER}} template, replacing WHATEVER with the reason you feel the article should be deleted, in your example the reason would be vandalism. Articles with this template are pooled at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, which admins check constantly, analyzing and deleting articles in a time span which may vary from a minute to half-an-hour. Only use this template in extreme cases though, see WP:CSD. Cheers. --Sn0wflake14:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Where is the Big Brother house in the UK? In Australia, it is located in isolated bush near a theme park. Nadia's visit to our house has got me thinking about your version. --Commander Keane 12:16, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I´m the person was proposed the article. The copyrighted personal page that appears is my own personal web. The publication of the article is permissed for me (the vicepresident of the association and webmaster of the copyraighted web).
The Association was the first tourist group in Nizhny Novgorod after the city closed status.
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Hi, Thanks for the bit you put into my user talk section, but wouldn't it have made more sense to do it when I first signed up for wikipedia, as opposed to now - almost 5 months later...? Possibly put it into the registration process to stop you having to visit everyone's page and putting the same text in again and again. Or better yet, put it in one central location, and then drop a link into everyone's talk page... just some ideas...--ric_man02:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Fox, and thanks for your support of my RfA. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - ulayiti(talk)16:03, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the support on my RfA. I was very pleasantly surprised to see so much support throughout the week. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes with the new buttons. Thanks again! -Splash23:43, 9 September 2005 (UTC) (PS, it never ceases to amaze me that actually managed to be the first to try your username! You have an excellent choice of browser.)[reply]
Well, not so strange I would say but interesting. I'm bound to meet someone with my interests someday but I diodn't think that it would be on Wikipedia!!! By the way, how do you like my new signature? Consider joining WP:ESP... --Celestianpowerhablamé17:03, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, your new signature is very nice. I have been doing Spanish for just over 4 years now, I really enjoy speaking it and I'm (apparently) quite good for my age. What about you? I've looked at WP:ESP and I've signed myself up: I'll have a go :) FireFoxTCE17:38, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It's easily preferable to French (I dropped it a year back) and I've been told I'm quite good at it too. I've been told I'll walk an A* ... which is nice.
Do you fancy trading spaces? There's a note about it on the WP:ESP page. I think it'd be fun - it's where we redesign totally eachothers userspace, then the person uses that design for a week before reverting back to their original design, if they want. Do you want a go? --Celestianpowerhablamé17:55, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I'm up for it, athough I may have to wait til tommorow to start on yours if that's ok. You can do mine tonight if you want though. Lol, I still do French but I find it much harder and a lot more boring. What year are you in at school? (I've just had to redesign my signature 'cos I've just realised it messes up some of the formatting - grr) FireFoxTC18:07, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also in yr 11. Well I edited html to make the date small and blue, and it's worked for about a week now, but your comment: "It's easily preferable to French..." has turned blue :( ah well, it needed redesigning anyway - now its got a link to WP:ESP :) FireFoxTC18:22, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well it's triple science, and on top of the above I am doing Italian, Music and ICT. I take my maths GCSE in January - help! ¿Y tú? FireFoxTC18:30, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Estudio la musica, la informática, la cocina, los artes (muy aburrido), el español, las matematicas, las ciencias (double) y el inglés. Tomé las statisticas en Junio y voy a tomar mis exámenes de matematicas en Noviembre. --Celestianpowerhablamé18:38, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
En música, toco el teclado - ¡no puedo tocar algo más! I'm currently in the middle of my maths coursework (E-totals) - ¡es aburridísimo! FireFoxTC18:46, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Si no tocas el teclado algo más, ¿Qué sobre sus funcionamientos?
Sorry - I didn't get the last bit: ¿Qué sobre sus funcionamientos? - I'm a bit rusty lol... Yeah, E totals (aka "Magic E") - its our statistics coursework. I'm going off the computer now, I'll leave a message for you tomorrow after school. FireFoxTC19:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nah - my fault. Qué sobre tus = what about your. I couldn't think of the word for performances so I just google-translated it. I shouldn't do that really. It makes you incomprehencable.
Well I do all my perfomances on keyboard (or using Sibelius on the computer). I'm in music at school atm anyway - can't wait to see my new design! FireFoxTC10:24, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah - but if you don't play keyboard anymore, how can you?
Ah, it seems you misunderstood (probably my fault) When I said "no puedo tocar algo más" I meant "I don't play anything else". Lol I've only just come home from school, I'll get to work on yours right away :) FireFoxTC16:18, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work you two. I found the experience not only fun but also de-stressing, hope you did too. Recommend one of you update the WP:ESP page with the results.
Fox-- Thank you for your support in my RfA. I hope you are not supporting a lost cause - my RfA, not me personally (I am definitely not a lost cause). :-) I don't have any nice flowers for you like some other people who are thankful, but I do appreciate your support. --Lord Voldemort(Dark Mark)16:58, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
==Who's RfA== Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --Who's mop?¿? 20:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Ah, my first ever spam mass produced and mailed to the spamlist. Well first of all let me re-state that we have an irc channel, #wp-esperanza, and its been rather empty, so I'd appreciate it if you come, even if you just idle about. Now, the evil polls have closed, and I left a justification note for running the evil polls. Nothing has really changed, but at least I have somewhat of a consensus. I hope to figure out a way to overturn my power to JCarriker somehow, I'll figure out a way :-) Meanwhile, I've been busy reforming the mediation system where I am the chairman now, er, acting chairman. Enjoy your spam, with extra vikings. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the Barnstar Phil - much appreciated. I make all these little edits while I wait for a Big Idea to germinate - trouble is I've been fifty plus years awaiting, and no big idea has come by yet :-(
Bob aka Linuxlad13:26, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Phil, much appreciated. By the way I like how you've set your user name to appear with all those colours. Very cool! Wikiwoohoo18:25, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, FireFox, for the barnstar. Nice to be recognized. Welcome to Wikipedia... seems like you haven't been here for too long but have still done quite a bit of good work. If you need any help translating Sp, Fr, or It articles I can give you a hand. Since you're so interested in languages, I highly recommend starting on Chinese as soon as possible for (a) the advantage gained by having a longer period of study compared to peers who'll probably begin only at university (b) the fact that over 1.4 billion people speak it or other dialects (c) the special ability you will gain in learning a language few Westerners even master, (d) a gateway into an amazing culture/literature. Thanks again --Dpr18:31, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the Barnstar. It was most kind of you to award me that and I look forward to working with you in Wikipedia...and I'll translate that into Spanish to help you practice: Gracias para el Barnstar. Era la mayoría de las clases de usted concederme que y la mirada delantera a trabajar con usted en Wikipedia.--MONGO18:47, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for my first Barnstar. We can all learn to be more communicative to those that do well and not to be completely focused on those that do not. GrikaⓉ19:02, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, thank you for my first barnstar! Very kind of you! Ah, y la traducción de arriba es pura basura... si quiere practicar su español, sepa que yo lo hablo fluidamente. :) --Fibonacci19:06, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to thank you for supporting my RfA. Unfortunately, it did not reach the required level of support and failed. Apparently, some didn't feel that I had participated enough outside the article namespace. I may try again in a few months. Thanks again. --Rogerd21:42, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello spam list, look at this. Essjay is the new leader of Esperanza, and I'm interested in seeing how he runs it. I'm busy doing other work... Please comment at that talk page there. I will still probably run the spamlist though. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:57, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Our new admin general, Essjay, has set the date for the advisory committee elections, that date being October 7th. By UTC it is October 5th right now. So see WP:ESP/E for voting in two days, and add yourself to the list if you're interested in running. On a personal note, I'm considering running, as I only resigned as admin general because of time. I'm sure I could help out on the advisory committee... Anywho, watchlist that page, and be sure to read the voting method too. Regards, Redwolf24 (talk) 01:08, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ! Thanks for the barnstar... although I'm not sure what exactly I've done to deserve this one! I'm just a dilettante, plugging away at things that interest me... but then, I suppose that's what makes up this place! —Josiah Rowe18:57, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"What did I do?" he says - well, you're a Wikipedian, and everyone deserves rewarding when they have done good work! FireFox18:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, you've reported copyright infringements to WP:CP in the last week, a new measure was recently passed to allow the speedy deltion of new pages that are cut and paste copyvios. Please follow these instructions if you come across this type of copyvio. Thanks. --nixie00:11, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Blatant copyright infringements may now be "speedied"
If an article and all its revisions are unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider and there is no assertion of permission, ownership or fair use and none seems likely, and the article is less than 48 hours old, it may be speedily deleted. See CSD A8 for full conditions.
After notifying the uploading editor by using wording similar to:
{{nothanks-sd|pg=page name|url=url of source}} -- ~~~~
Would you be horribly offended if I chganged my userpage so that it is halfway inbetween your version and mine? I like your revision a lot and a lot of it I will keep. However, I think there's currently a lot of whitespace that needs elimination. Please don't take this as an insult of your design as there is lots In really like. --Celestianpowerhablamé17:16, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well I'd love to tell you but to be totally truthful with you, I've forgotten that. It is coming up for 2 years now since I gave up with the account. I remember coming back from a business trip, and finding that I had forgotten my password. I didn't know what to do about it so left it and gave up on Wikipedia. In August I got chatting with a friend and Wikipedia popped up in the conversation. I resolved with myself I would give it another go and here I am. All I remember of my old user name was it began with Grant (my name) and had about four randomly chosen numbers after it. The latter though is very unclear. Sorry about that. I've found Wikiwoohoo much easier to remember (I have another friend absolutely obsessed with shouting "WOOHOO!" and I've written my username and password on a scrap of paper by the PC screen. Wikiwoohoo19:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ! Hey, thank you for your vote on Esperanza. I don't know what the outcome will be and I don't know what I did to earn your support, but I was very surprised and happy. thanks alot and all the best... Gryffindor20:10, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I hope you're well. I wanted to thank you for awarding me a 'barnstar.' What exactly are they, though? :)
As well, I do not presume to do or be more or less than anyone else, but I'm curious about the distinction between a minor star and a major one. I am not necessarily vane, but I think I've made some rather 'major' contributions too, including:
holding vote and, consequently, working on inclusion of HDI in country infoboxes/template
uploads of numerous accurate (or moreso than previous), unique flags, maps, and other images (e.g., Greek letters)
editions to 'Canada'-related articles, including 'mediation' and information provision for Canada's name
Dear FireFox: Thank you very much for your support on my RfA! I am most honoured by the trust that has been placed in me by yourself and other members of the Wikipedia community. I promise to only use my administrative privileges to assist the community in doing good work, and also to be calm, considerate and careful in working to make Wikipedia a better place. I look forward to working with you in the future on Wikipedia! Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk)(e-mail)(cabal)01:58, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot ! B-T-W What's your opinion on using the country flag templates (like Belgium) in articles, I tend to use those only in tables, infoboxes and lists Bart l07:56, 8 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Thanks for catching the vandalism to my user page! I guess RC Patrol is a good way to attact unwanted attention, I appreciate you catching it! Regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 16:59, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey FireFox, I just wanted to pop in to thank you for electing me to the Advisory Committee! I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to do yet, but I trust that Essjay will be a good leader. See ya around! Acetic'Acid20:48, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello there FireFox, I just wanted to thank you for your vote of confidence. Even though I didn't make, it's not the end of the world and I really appreciate the trust you have given to me. Thanks again and I wish you all the best... Gryffindor21:58, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.
On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.
Ah, the best of them all, my friend FireFox. Thank you very much for your support - my bid (as you probably know) went swimmingly. I couldn't have asked for a better one. Thank you very much and I just hope I don't mess up! See you on IRC and Yahoo soon... --Celestianpowerhablamé12:44, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to say thank you for your support of my admin nomination. I look forward to the time when our Wikipedia paths, blended in amity, cross once again. —WaywardTalk05:24, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I bestow the PSI Award to polite, courteous, and helpful users. It is to be used in good mental health!Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. I seem to be rather popular with the vandals these days. Here is a Psi Award. Use in good mental health and to combat wiki-stress. Thanks again! Psy guy(talk)16:19, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to make sure that I take the time to thank everyone who voted in my RfA, and verify that they don't have any concerns over my experience, neutrality, etc. If you have a problem, please drop a line on my talk page and I will answer it as best as I can. Again, thank you. --tomf688{talk}14:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been removed or reverted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks."
that's the message i got from you. i have no idea what it means, or what it refers to, or if i am even the correct recipient. you have a strangely self-assured tone for somebody who hasn't made it clear what in god's name you're talking about, so maybe i am not the intended recipient.
i've never performed any "tests." recently i've added comments to a few DISCUSSION pages, about critical issues relating to whatever subject at hand. i added to the DISCUSSION pages, not the main articles, because of the problem that i described: certain individuals erase content not based on its merit or its relevance for an encyclopedic entry, but based on their own taste or distaste with the facts presented. in this case, i didn't think i'd be "treading" on even the most neurotic wiki-stewards, since i was.... discussing..... on the discussion page.
so with that in mind, i have to assume that your message is nothing but a trumpeting of the fact that you disapprove of my additions to the "discussions" and rather than confront those elements on their own terms, you've deleted them altogether.
this might surprise you, but the last time i actually edited an ARTICLE, a moderator messaged me to compliment my contributions and suggested that i make a registered account.
so with that in mind, i think you're out of line, and i'd like to know what you deleted and why you did it. (on another note, your use of the term "our" in "our encyclopedia" seems to have excluded me, and seems to miss-- or maybe malign-- the fact that it's as much mine as it is yours.)
i don't have a static IP, so you should say what you have to say here. (preceding unsigned comment by 128.119.232.206 (talk • contribs) )
"Sferrier"s link to the talk-page definitely pointed to your page. Sorry for the mixup. I don't know if he intentionally misdirected his link or not. When I saw that Sferrier's link pointed to "FireFox" (your page), I figured that he had two accounts, one named Sferrier and one named Firefox. So I went ahead with my communique.
Thank you for replying yourself, and for not deleting my (rather large) addition to your page, thereby allowing me to easily recover my text and send it to a more appropriate place or at least send it in a new direction.
Although that link at the bottom isn't the actual link that led me here. In his private message to me, he linked to you.
I have replied more fully on my own talk page, however please know that the link you see there from the FireFox user is his signature on text that he added to my discussion page. Such signatures (as you will see at the end of this comment) is considered part of the Wikipedia guidelines.
Hi FireFox. I noticed a comment you made on someone's page about blanking, and I assume you are using the monobook with some of the automated template actions...because you repeated a mistake I was making for a while. If you've hit the + to edit a new section on the page, and then hit the template for say {{blanking}} then it sooooooorta puts the template message in, but also turns it into something like ====={{blanking}}===== (makes it bold and weird).
I didn't check to see if it was an isolated accident or more common in your edit history, so just wanted to give you a heads up if you didn't know of that interaction. :)
ps - yes, I've been watching that editor who goes up and down the year pages (I'm assuming its a bot) removing links, adding links, etc. I've suggested on the admin noticeboard that this user and another who does similar things be watched very closely, but it was dismissed.
Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd(?!?)18:06, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the hint, although I don't have a website of my own. I was trying to share material, and help . That's it.--Maral7918:30, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I see you use a Welcome template... it can be seen on Sferrier's talk page. I was wondering, is it alright if I use that template myself to welcome new users? What is the template's name? I can't seem to find any decent welcome templates. Thanks. Deskana10:54, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Thanks for reverting the vandalism that went on at my User page.
Looking at the history of your user page, I'm amazed to see how often it gets vandalised, and how many rude comments people replace it with. Yet looking at your User talk page, you seem to be relatively popular. :-) I guess with popularity comes hatred, no matter what you do...
One thing I would like to comment on, though, is that your edit count appears to include all edits from all namespaces. You seem to edit User talk pages much more than articles, and User and Wikipedia pages added together also amount to as much as article edits; are you sure you're not betraying yourself by using that figure as your edit count, especially because every time you update your edit count, counts as another edit? I realise I've used all namespace edits in my own edit count before, but now that I've come across this handy edit counter that breaks it down into namespace, I've reduced it to just my article-namespace edits. — Timwi13:24, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Now that the voting has officially closed, I would like to thank you very much for supporting my candidacy for adminstrator and as of 18:36, 28 October 2005 (UTC) I am an administrator. I will make sure to use the additional power judiciously and I welcome any comments you may have. --Reflex Reaction19:44, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I normally see you around in RC patrol alot and I noticed you are not a admin yet. Want me to nominate you for it when I get the chance probaly tonight my time as Im editing very little after Hurricane Wilma took out the lights and still off :( --JAranda | watz sup17:48, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello FireFox, I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page while I was gone (that vandal had been bugging me when I started here; guess he/she has resurfaced.) I'll be waiting for your RfA ;-). RobertT | @ | C02:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Ironically, I happened to be looking at your RfA when you pinged me. I'm sorry my vote was lost in the move, I don't know why that was, but it seems you'll do quite well. Congratulations, and I look forward to seeing quality admin work from you. ËvilphoenixBurn!21:38, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I would of nominated you. but I missed out. You are doing so well. I think you have almost broken the record for most support. I dont think you will have trouble after a bit of time as an admin becoming a beuractrat. --☺Adam1213☺Talk+|WWW08:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I see you're one of the increasingly large number of users keeping a close eye on the above IP and it's constant vandalism by what I suspect is only a small group of kids. The warnings don't seem to be doing anything, as they wouldn't to kids! Two things occur to me:
1) The 1,200 pupils couldn't be editing at the same time. The school will probably have only a few computers (say 100 or so) to which the children won't have access all the time. A minor point I know!
2) What would be the objections by other Wikipedians to a total ban on the IP address, do you think? Setting up an account on Wikipedia takes only a moment and any legitimate editors (I notice there are a few at this address) could set up their own account with ease. I'm sure teachers, non-idiotic pupils and the like would understand. Coyote-3722:11, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
firefox you rfa has done so so so well... I hope that some time I can get one through. Maybe you should put on your user page the other user and get them to put you... --Adam1213Talk+18:04, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent Request for Adminship. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia. Physchim62 (talk·contribs)
Thank you for your support on my RfA. I will use my new abilities with the common interest in mind. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Yes, I know I'm jumping the gun a bit, but voting time is up, and I don't think there's any doubt regarding the outcome of your RfA. Hope to see you on RC Patrol tonight with your new admin tools! Owen×☎18:33, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have promoted you to adminship. Congradulations. Please familiarize yourself with the relavant policies when exercising your admin powers. →Raul65407:11, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for supporting my rather contentious request for adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to do a little dance here *DANCES*. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future, and thanks once again! ALKIVAR™07:46, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy16:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats on the RfA! Just dropped in to check messages and saw the good news. I am sure that you will make and excellent admin. If I can get my Internet issues workded out maybe I can congratulate you "in person" on IRC tonight. (It is now 2pm for me.) Got to go. Catch you later. -- Psy guy(talk)18:58, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
More congrats! I've counted about 25 times in the past 10 days alone when my attempt at an RVV has come to nothing because you've got there in milliseconds... wait: that means I've voted to make you even quicker! Damn! I object! ;o) ➨ ❝REDVERS❞21:32, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats on becoming an Admin. I reiterate, I really thought you were one. Good job. I give you this Reversion barnstar to commemorate your promotion! Orane(t)(c)(@)22:09, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm very selective about whom I vote for, therefore I rarely vote. However, when I spot a Wikipedian whom I believe is devoted and dedicated to the project plus, has the potential of becoming a great Admin. then I'm there to give him or her my full support. If I can ever be of any help, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Tony the Marine02:29, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef:: Leave a tip —14:42, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I am a journalist trying to create a comprehensive guide to Cincinnati media. This is not promotional material for my organization! I am attempting to create something to allow more open local access to media and to help people contact their local media.
Man, I tried to revert your userpage before you got there, but you beat me to the punch! :( I was also going to edit that vandal meter except I have no idea where the number is to change. Mo0[talk] 19:56, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reverting my user page, and for blocking that IP. All I did was vote on one AfD and I've been vandalized more than the whole time I've been here. Anyway, thanks again. Chick Bowen03:16, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yesterday I had submitted an article on myself, and noticed it was deleted saying it was an attack page.
I'm admittedly completely ignorant towards how exactly Wiki works, though I used it as a base for general knowledge and common opinion almost on a daily basis. There was a defenition of "blame" that I'm currently posting at work, which lends itself towards failure of management in the workplace. Simply brilliant.
So, the next question is, can that article on myself be restored? I worded it just right and was quite proud of it's poise. Is there a way to verify this isn't an inflamitory statement and is actually being made by the author himself?
I'd greatly like to know for all accounts.
Please, if you wish, I'll check back here, but I can be reached at:
...since you appear to be a moderator/administrator of some kind.
This user is indeed a returning vandal; he's been attacking my user page, talk page, and other articles for months now. His IPs may have changed, but it's still the same person from the same ISP. Nufy821:41, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to draw your attention to rajput page.
I have created the document from a list of 61 books which are mentioned
in the references section. Authors have done extensive research in the field of history and then published these books. Muslims and some users like zora/gothean are accusing me of hindutva POV/anti muslim and I have repeatedly asked these muslims and self proclaimed moderators,on the talk page, to point out historically incorrect statements in the article. No one has come forth. Yet they revert my edits. When I ask them for citations they remain quiet.
Also it seems providing references is meaningless here. What seems to be working is how many people one has on there side. i.e what matters on wikipedia is outshouting the other.
Now they are accusing me of impersonating others.
Can you keep an eye out on the rajput page and help prevent the vandalism of Zora/Taaoo/Wisesabre/Supersaiyan?
Thanks for supporting my RfA. It recently closed with final tally of 51/1/2. I sincerely appreciate it and I hope I can live up to your expectations. I will try my best to be a good administrator. If you ever need anything, just let me know. Thanks! -- Psy guy(talk)05:43, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, Firefox! Thanks for your vote of support on my nomination to become an administrator. I passed, and my floor rag has since been bestowed upon me. Please let me know if you need me to help with anything in particular! —BrianSmithson16:09, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Shivraj Singh is not letting me remove these comments
I find the claim by mohammedans that Shivraj is using multiple pseudonyms to strengthen his postion totally distasteful. But it also shows that these mohammedans are now at their wits end. They do not have any logical arguments left so they are down to levelling level foul charges. Shame on all these pakis!!! Keep the flag flying Shiv. Sisodia
FYI, I removed several vandalistic (and sometimes more racist) attacks by "Sisodia" on the Rajput and Urdu talk pages, and blocked his anonymous IP for 24 hrs, but I left this comment and another because they weren't vandalism. Sisodia, for his part, says that he's only "defending" himself against people who have edited his writing. kwami20:22, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The final outcome was (17/17/4) meaning that it failed, if you have any advice on how I can be a better editor or administrator please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again for your support. JtkieferT | @ | C ----- 20:26, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest fixing your signature by adding three </font></font></font> because those font tags have not been closed... It's coloring things other than your signature blue... -- WB00:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening, FireFox. I noticed that you closed a recent AFD discussion. In the future, when you close the discussion, please always use subst: in front of the {{vt}} and {{vb}} commands. Subst: makes some of the important warnings and instructions for future readers visible. Thanks. Rossami [[User talk:Rossami|(talk)]] 01:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The signature problem seems to have something to do with recent changes in wp's software. You can either use </font> or remove (for the time being) the colours, if you haven't already done so. Take care!
ps if you find out what was the reason for that (apart from signatures it affected div and I don't know what else) leave me a message (I'm really curious about this one) +MATIA☎12:37, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's just the problem with the </font>. Did you change anything to your signature recently Firefox? Anyway, it's good that new MediaWiki is "forcing" people to close their open tags. (If MW is doing that). -- WB15:23, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No, I haven't changed it for at least a week or two and I've had no problems. It seems as if many people are having the same problem. I have changed my sig now, it seems to be "compatible"... let's just see what happens :) FireFox™17:20, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strange indeed. But it's a good practice to close the tags anyway. You might try the Bugzilla if you're really wondering about this problem. -- WB18:10, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The problems were caused when the devs were forced to disable HTML Tidy. HTML Tidy had previously been causing a good deal of invalid HTML to display correctly. While it was down this invalid HTML caused all sorts of problems. More info can be found on WP:AN. Canderson721:23, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Here, I'll try an easy fix up method. I suggest you put the "Code" below as your signature in the "my preferences" option, which will result in:
Thanks for supporting me for adminship. The RfA passed today. I look forward to working with you to make Wikipedia a better place. --Nlu04:18, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Regards, JoanneB14:03, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I am now an administrator and would like to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was very surprised at the number of votes and amount of and kind comments that I gathered. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I mess up in the use of my new powers. --GraemeL(talk)14:34, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I really appreciate your support on my RfA. I have your barnstar you gave me on my userpage BTW. I'll do all I can to ensure that you know that you made the right choice by supporting me. Thanks again!--MONGO04:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I was just highlighting how rubbish this place has got. I feel quite sorry for you people who try to plug every hole, it must be very boring, and the information you are protecting is usually incorrect and always biased. If you really enjoy doing this, why don't you go and write a proper encyclopedia? If you just like reverting vandalism, why don't you become a policeman? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I presume it is your bot running in #wikpedia-en-vandalism (19:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)) - There is a fault with the "userparse" thing or whatever it is called. For example: [[Special:Log/newusers]]: Warning! "[[User:Dothackangel]]" has a nick containing the flag word: "hack" Block: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Blockip&ip= As you can see the link doesn't go to the right destination. Thanks, --FireFox19:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The above is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
This is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Done. See Image:FireFox-edits.png. Your use of edit summaries is 85% overall, 97.4% over last 500 edits. Your average # of edits per day is 40.48. If you stopped using Wikipedia, I estimate it would take 8.3 days for the uncontrollable urges and tremors to go away, assuming appropriate treatment. Without treatment, you're likely to end up being a homeless bag man sitting just outside the property line of your local Wal-Mart with a sign that reads "will code xhtml for food". --Durin20:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry it was honestly an accident >_<
if you look at this link, near the bottom, you'll see I actually added new content as well as deleting the rest
-What I actually did was click to edit one section.... but i have no idea why it deleted everything BUT that section :/ browser problem i guess...
Hi there FireFox, it's Moe Epsilon. I hope you didn't take anything personally on the Esperanza talk page earlier today when we were talking about the Stressbusters and everything. Sorry if you did. — Moeε02:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a ton for your support on my rfa, the final tally was 50-0-0; I'll try and live up to the expectations of others and do my best in maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia. btw, your signature is really cool. --Gurubrahma14:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, FireFox, for your support in my RfA - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412T02:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)<--note new "admin gold" sig :-D[reply]
FireFox, thanks for your support on my RfA. The final count was 46/0/0. I hope I'll live up to your faith in me in my use of the mop and bucket. Please accept this wikithanks as a token of my gratitude ;) Kudos on all those worthy projects you're involved in. --bainer (talk) 23:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jarandawat's sup03:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yet Another RFA Thank You Note to clutter up your talk page...
Just writing a quick note to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. My goal as an admin is to never give you a reason to regret supporting my RFA. And thanks for the compliment on my sig. I think it's pretty spiffy myself. =)
Thanks. ^_^ (I do intend on giving better support thanks, but since I dislike copy-and-paste messages it'll take me a while to get down to your page.) On a related note, my tally should be 23/0/0 since Izehar voted twice. ;) // Pathoschild08:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it didn't actually take all that long. ;) Thanks a lot for your support on my request for adminship; it passed with 23/0/0 (plus one duplicate support and an oppose from a vandal IP). I'll do my best to exceed your full expectations. // Pathoschild09:02, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've been trying to clear out the issues with npov from humanism for a few days now and there is some resistance in the form of one person. why have you intervened on behalf of the only person? if you follow his edit trail, you'll come to see that although that several of us, 3 people, have agreed that we need to be inclusive of Catholic humanists, and other forms of humanism. there is a long discussion of the changes and their justification in the talk section. I need an accurate and neutral article on humanism for my class to read in the spring, and currently, the article isn't accurate. --Buridan13:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
ok, it isn't my fault, but it does appear as if two administrators just jumped into the fray and reverted my edits, bleh, appearances can be deceiving. --Buridan13:25, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
As the Coast Guard lists them as lights rather than lighthouses, and most other articles on the subject use light rather than lighthouse, I was trying to keep things consistent. If there is a consensus on always using lighthouse, please point me to it. Otherwise, I would appreciate it if you did not move articles I have just created without checking with me. -- Dalbury(Talk)13:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I don't quite understand why you reverted my changes. I actually spent a great deal of time rewriting the article. I'm trying to improve many of the article related to Oregon Politicans. Please explain why you reverted. Davidpdx14:06, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine..I would caution you against reverting article when they are being worked on however. I was in the process of fixing my own error. It certainly wasn't vandalism, but a legitimate edit. There was also another editor working on it at the same time. Between the three of it, there was lots of confusion. Davidpdx14:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello FireFox. I do not know whether this is the kind of question I should be asking, but what kind of things do you have to do to become an administrator? I have been told that administrator privileges can be very useful to an active CVU member, like me (and you). Please reply -- The Neokid19:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC).[reply]
I award this Barnstar of Diligence Award to FireFox for his many contributions both to Wikipedia articles, fighting vandalism on Wikipedia and to a number of Wikipedia communities. From The Neokid.
I have been looking at what you have done on Wikipedia and have decided to award you this Barnstar for your great effort!
This is mainly concerning your edits. Im not bitching at you, snarling, being aggressive or cold, but the edits your making to Alternative Metal are leading me, and several others watching them, further down the path of believing the article needs to be merged. Might i recommend to you, that even though you have been here a long time, that you not let your passion for the article take over your sense of writing. Many of the edits your making are filling out the history. Thats good, really good, except its the history of Nu Metal in general. Also, many of the edits are coming off as unencylopedic, or POV. Things such as 'metallish alternativish bands' over 'sungenre'? That some what says unecnyclopedic and POV.
I do seriously think you could make this article better. In the mean time, i suggest you chalk up a temp page and make revisions there, or, do it on a word document before you save anything direct to the article, so things like this can be discussed and a consensus reached.
Otherwise, go for it, but seriously, you need to start correcting the problems with the article, as at the minute, you seem to be furthering them. Leyasu08:11, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think you got the wrong person. If you look at the edit history of Alternative Metal, you will see that I do not appear in it. I think the user you want is AJ Ramirez (talk·contribs). The only association I have with that user is that I weclomed him back in September. Please make sure you get the right person next time, you got me worried! All the best, FireFox09:35, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies. I chased the link his profile gave to his supposed User Talk page. It came here so i assumed AJ Ramierz was a seperate profile. Please dont take what i said to heart. Apologies for the inaccuracy and i hope this has caused no animosity between us. Leyasu11:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, fellow Esperanzians! This is just a friendly reminder that elections for Administrator General and two advisory council positions have just begun. Voting will last until Friday, December 30, so make sure you exercise your right to vote! Also, I'm pleased to announce the creation of the Esperanza mailing list. I urge all members to join; see Wikipedia:Esperanza/Contact for more information. All you need to do is email me and I will activate your account. This will be a great way to relax, stay in touch, and hear important announcements. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?)
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Gee. Thanks. Now that I have a Barnstar, can I ask a little favor? Could you ask User:Geni to unlock the User:Amorrow page? I am Andrew Morrow. The Elizabeth Morgan article, which I wrote, was a very upsetting thing to create and in late July it was hijacked and butchered and I wrote the some message I should not have.
When I was boy in Boy Scouts, I once left my tag on the board at the lake at Boy Scout camp. You know, the one to show that you are swimming there. Of course, they started to search the lake and the camp, looking for me. When they found me, the punishment was several hours of cleaning seaweed out of the roped off swimming area. I had to do my punishment in public, but once punishment was over, that was it.
My ex-wife, a physician, took my only child, my daughter, away from me when she was only three weeks old. Needless to say, that kind of punishment never really ends. That is part of the reason why I care so much about the Elizabeth Morgan story. I was hoping it would only take up one page, but I now see that it is better that it take up the full three pages at Wikipedia that it deserves. Of course, nobody involved in the July indicent thought that way: they just butchered the article of all of its references, and then I got upset and wrote a bad thing. Also, my daughter's name is also A. Morrow and I would like to think that if she ever Google'd "amorrow", that Geni's narrow characterization of me would not be the first thing she sees.
The page does not appeared locked to you because you are an admin now. Try using a non-admin account or log out and try anonymously. -- Fplay18:09, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Gee thanks! In 1.5 years of daily edits this is the first.No reason needed, just nice to be recognized. Positive way to start off my new blank talk page also. --Stbalbach18:00, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I will...thanks. I promise I won't bother you again for a while today...I've got to finish writing my Christmas letters! Thanks again...--ViolinGirl♪20:38, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for any help.
The message left was "blocked indefinitely because it is either inappropriate or too similar to an existing username" with a fake "signed" by yourself.
Do you think I should maybe bring this up with the administrators as a group on the special board thing or can you handle this yourself? I'm not sure on the procedures - This didn't fool me but I am angry that people are doing this kind of thing.. --Mistress Selina Kyle22:11, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Something that's EXTREMELY suspect is although I only mentioned that he is likely to be User:Automnial on your and Linuxbeak's talk pages yet almost immediately he made a message on my talk page saying to "cease baseless accusations of me having a vandalous sockpuppet" or some tripe....
You also mentioned it in the edit summary you used. If you want to make baseless allegantions against me, go ahead, but you're going to be proved entirely wrong if a sockcheck is done. And I'm adding this to the list of personal attacks you've done so far. Apologies to FireFox for posting this hear, but I can't let utter lies stand. --Kiand22:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
and no of course it doesn't work, anyone can just use a proxy to evade the ban, your a fcking dumbass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.125.153 (talk • contribs)
I made a mistake at the admin intervention page, and noticed immediately. To my surprise, you happened to notice faster than I did, and fixed it even faster.
Seen your reference about your sig. having problems. I have found a bug that does indeed mess up your sig., causing people to be falsely accused of being sockpuppets, and have reported this matter. Cheers.Martial Law01:40, 20 December 2005 (UTC):)[reply]
I have found some kind of glitch that can mess up your online signature, causing someone to be falsely declared to be a sockpuppet. This has been posted on WP:AN as well. Other people has also reported the existance of this bug. This is the glitch: You sign on as Martial Law, the sig looks like this:123.233.567.45. Have been told that this is a known bug. You enable Cookies, clean out your browser caches, which I've done, and yet this bug still exists.Martial Law22:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!
Hi FireFox, thanks for your support on my recent RFA. Although I did not make admin, I'm very happy you decided to support me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. — Moeε04:25, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
any administrators who are involved in the dispute must not edit this page whilst it is protected
um, yes? you realize that I stepped in as an admin, just like you, and protected the article a few days ago? And that I have no opinion on facts about Rajputs? My involvement is confined to the attempt to teach the troll faction some basic WP rules. I am glad for your intervention, please keep watching the page, I was beginning to feel a little burnt out and in need of backup. dab(ᛏ)11:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You deleted Kung hei fat choi simply because someone put a speedy tag on it without looking at the discussions around it. The criteria for speedy deletes on redirects [4] didn't apply to that article. Please verify speedy deletes. SchmuckyTheCat20:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah so someone already told this to me... I'm just a dumb slashdotter trying out the Wikipedia. Didn't realize it was so territorial what with y'all peeing all over my carpet. Don't get your skirt out of whack, settle down, have a beer. We're just here from Slashdot to look around.
Judging by the number of hilarious edits on the page in question... I'd say my comment ain't far off the mark.
So are you saying you think my dialog with you is Strawberries?
That seems awfully rude. I thought you weren't supposed to "bite the n00bs"?
I asked a legitmate question, your rules and regulations don't permit you to just ignore me as such, or revert my comments. How am I supposed to learn the ropes if y'all revert me instead of talk to me?
While I care nothing for the article Boppers Cafe and it would have been deleted in any case, I see nothing in WP:CSD justifying its speedy deletion. CSD A7 (non-notable individuals or groups) does not cover instututions, corporations, businesses, buildings, or the like. Please be careful not to assume A7 covers more than it does. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 01:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
soo, Firefox, what are your plans for Rajput? We cannot wait for peace to break out in South Asia before unprotecting. My take on the situation is that we have several users prepared for civil debate, viz. Taaoo (talk·contribs), ImpuMozhi (talk·contribs), AMbroodEY (talk·contribs), Wisesabre (talk·contribs), with varying grasp of civility, but they represent both camps and I think they could work together. The only users showing complete obstinance are DPSingh (talk·contribs), Ss india (talk·contribs), Shivraj Singh (talk·contribs) plus their assorted IPs. SS and DP are hopeless cases, but Shivraj has his light moments, and he could possibly reform if the environment was better. If we can agree on a zero tolerance policy for trolling, PA and removal of sourced statements (immediate blocks), I do think the users mentioned could get some work done. You would, however, have to babysit the article, and take the abuse from the trolls you block. dab(ᛏ)09:52, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
why do you think I am involved with the article? The trolls claim I have a "muslim pov", but they're trolls. I do not pretend to have knowledge on the topic, let alone a pov. I am involved as an admin, with getting the discussion back on track, just like you are. You'll find the trolls will claim you are "involved" soon enough, if you dare insist that Muslims should be allowed to edit Wikipedia just like Hindus. dab(ᛏ)12:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted for purely technical reasons, removal ("blanking") of the npov tags and of references. I implored them to add their material, but they didn't listen. I repeatedly stated that I consider it possible that their points are valid, but their edits are in violation of policy (sources, removals). I am thus only involved as far as policy is concerned. This has gone on for too long now, and I do think deliberate trolling should be met with blocks for disruption now. However, as long as you are watching the article, I will leave it to you, and I'll take a well-deserved break from this sad mess. dab(ᛏ)13:25, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I note that you have blocked wisesabre for 24 hrs -- certainly deserved; but is nothing to be said about Those Others who revert the page a dozen times a day without self-declaring those actions to be reverts?? Your promptness in acting on that complaint will only reinforce their apparent belief of you being their comrade-in-arms. In this connection, may I bring to your attention the following message, which I had left on some other admin's page a few days ago? No action then ensued, but I am hoping for some further promptness from you. Perhaps I should also clarify, given the state of matters here, that I am actually of the same broad "identity group" as Bachmann's opponents, but cannot abide them....here is my message, dealing with your recent correspondent:
Could you take a view on this, this and the Talk:Rajput page in general? That user's discourse is in general informed by this orientation; the futility of engaging with him is arguably indicated by this, this and other such. I am anxious to see something done, since I hold the views expressed by him in the second paragraph here!! The said gentleman (sic), whose ascertainable contributions to WP began on 08/Dec/05, has filed a complaint alleging bias and incivility by Dbachmann (talk·contribs); do you think you could express a view on that complaint page? In that connection, reference to the contribution records of Shivraj Singh (talk·contribs) and Ss india (talk·contribs) may be useful. Regards, ImpuMozhi05:32, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I managed to add and correct some of the styles on the list of styles incorporated into Jeet Kune DO but Only 20 of the 26+4 styles are given,please can you help me find the remaining styles.
Ashida Kim page is constantly vandalised by someone named John PEterson Lloyd who keeps changing IP addresses he claimed that the image was copyright removed on 14:32, 18 December 2005 by 220.247.231.218 (Image is copyright) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Felbeast (talk • contribs)
I just noticed, through a coincidental circumstance, that you deleted I Like Anime as a speedy delete, and cited A7 as your criteria.
Thing is, A7 only applies to biographical articles about individual people (or, now, quasi-biographical articles about bands and clubs). Even with the new expansion of its scope, it still does not cover "things". And as near as I can figure I Like Anime was an article about a "thing" rather than a person or a group of persons.
You may wish to restore the article and list it on AfD. There is a group of folks out there who seek any erroneous speedy deletion as a justification to cry for the complete dismantling of the speedy deletion process. AfD is generally the safer route.
Re-instated previous page deletion (nn-bio). Notable author, another editor and myself have done substantial work in creating a viable article. Dunno who the anon editor is, but the work is excellent & verifiable. Just FYI - Ali-oops✍00:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the note. I think I've figured out what I was doing wrong; I was putting the username in the User box at the block log, which doesn't show anything (versus the Title box). Crazy stuff, eh? Anyway, thanks again for setting me straight (and for not being too harsh about it). Happy edits! Deltabeignet20:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I HAVE QUESTION!!!! IF WIKI IS IN THE NOW THEN WHAT WHEN IF NEVER?? I MEAN ARE WE IN THE ARTICLE OF THE EDIT OR DO WE JUST TAKE A TROUBLE IN??? I DON'T GET THE SCREEN WITH ERASE IF...BUT YES, NO???? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE THX!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 172.139.71.5221:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you are unsure of something, search for it on Wikipedia's help section. Wikipedia is also in other languages, so maybe contributing to the Wikipedia in your native language would be the most helpfull of you. Leyasu01:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Can you explain why you used your admin rollback tools on this edit? If you can avoid using admin tools except for fighting vandalism, that would be appreciated. Cheers, [[Sam Korn]]20:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Think about it like this: protection powers are on account of being an admin, deletion powers are on account of being an admin, blocking powers are on account of being an admin. Rollback powers are also on account of being an admin. You would not expect to use any of the other tools except due to vandalism (3RR and ArbCom blocks being the obvious exceptions), so there's no reason that rollback powers are anything different. On top of that, it's a matter of courtesy: you can explain why the revert was needed in the edit summary. It wasn't obvious exactly why you were reverting on that page, so an edit summary would have been helpful. Cheers, [[Sam Korn]]20:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's not generally a good idea to put that you're younger than 18 on a userpage. You get talked down to and insulted on account of it. It used to be there, till I pruned my page extensively a month ago. I just assume everyone to be male unless told otherwise, and still sometimes I forget then... Cheers, [[Sam Korn]]22:18, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for quickly reverting the vandalism over at TV.com. I noticed on your user page that you live near Maidstone. Well, I live in Ashford and so I will just mention that you are probably the nearest Wikipedian to me and near the same age. --Thorpe22:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
(reply) I was just contributing over at Requests for adminship and have seen some good people up for nomination, one I know from another project. I think back in spring or summer I nominated myself for adminship but I was turned down mainly for not putting in edit summaries. I usually put them in now so hopefully people will see I have improved. I wouldn't mind becoming an administrator since that'll be a great achievement for me ever here. I have been joined since January and you in July? So, you are newer here and are already an admin. Do you think I have the potential to be one then? --Thorpe22:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just realised you left another message on my talk page which I just mentioned here. If I get put up for nomination you'll support me then? --Thorpe22:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
(reply) Thanks. I don't think I'll nominate myself because I did that last time. You are welcome to nominate me if you want. You will definitely get my respect and friendship. --Thorpe22:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to add me to MSN Messenger. That's why I have the e-mail address on my user page so anyone can chat to me about Wikipedia and other stuff. --Thorpe22:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
regarding the unrelated junk (anons chanting Sanskrit battle hymns and the like), may I suggest you run a tight ship and roll it back? It is impossible have a discussion in this hubbub. Thank you for looking after the page, in any case. dab(ᛏ)14:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about adding an already blocked user to Administrator Intervention against Vandalism. I'll be sure to check the user's block log from now on; I was simply thrown off because the Willy on Wheels template hadn't been added to the user page, nor had the name been added to the list at Wikipedia:Long term abuse/Willy on Wheels. I've since done both of these things. Let me know if I should post such suspected sockpuppets somewhere else next time, and thanks for your diligent watching of the Admin. intervention page. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!)17:44, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The name that Raja called Suryabandhu was an abuse, so is what DPS has called Raja in his recent post. DPS' addition can easily be deleted, but what would you do with Raja's comments which is repeated more than once. Tintin17:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
re the 1 week block, DPS is of course a troll, and a 1 week block is justified based on his recent behaviour, taken together; blocking just for a personal attack otoh is difficult to justify, especially without warning, and especially seeing that he was reacting to another, weaker, PA which went unpunished. I would suggest you review your precise blocking reasons (or maybe consider issuing another, shorter, block to the other party), and/or post the block on AN/I for review; otherwise, I have little doubt that you will be counted as a "jihadist" soon, just like me :) dab(ᛏ)19:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I do not understand. Suryabandhu was called "bandar" i.e a monkey couple of times and nobody warned/blocked User:Supersaiyan. And Digivjay did ask you specifically Firefox what are you going to do about it. Since you did not do anything he replied back. Either ban both for similar terms or unban both. Same yardstick has to be applied. Shivraj Singh20:34, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I dont have pride in any of your ancestors suryabhandar, I have it in mine. The Hindu and Muslim ones, because both fought stubborn oppressors everytime and won effectively. But I dont think youre very happy about your ancestors being colonialised by the Mughals and then the British leige lords. If you are then that's a strange pride ;) - Raja
The words used by DPS translate to "son of a swine"; when offered to a muslim, the insult is especially grievous. I can affirm that "monkey" has no cultural flavour beyond what is understood in English -- its approximates to 'clown' rather than 'SOB'. ImpuMozhi19:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
FireFox, We are all watching what action do you take againt user Raja. Also, trolls are vandalizing DPS talk page; even making fun of him now that he can't defend himself. I still have faith in you, but watching warily. -- sisodia 211.226.231.24421:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Tch tch, my vulpine friend, how rapidly you have fallen in the esteem of the primeval Troop! Well, as consolation, perhaps I could likewise ('warily' and gratuitously) make you an offer -- you may return to civil society if, like a worthy admin, you recognize trolls when they dance on your page and with warrior-like bravery take rectificatory action. ImpuMozhi19:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Since I can't vote, can I at least ask questions to the possible canidates? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikizach (talk • contribs) 12:56, 27 December 2005
Hey just dropping by to say hi... its really great work you are doing on the Rajput article. So you live at Maidstone.. i've lived at Rochester. Best luck for your GCSEs man!
अमेय आरयन AMbroodEY18:11, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Only possible on friday as I cannot do anything. Net con the bot runs on is unstable due to a variety of problems ranging from power faliures to god knows what. We should campaign so that the bot runs on a wikipedia server :P --Cool CatTalk|@20:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No but I am attempting a remote dekstop which I so far havent been successfull. It sometimes works some time does not depends how much the computer I am using the one the bots running and all the ones inbetween feel like. --Cool CatTalk|@20:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
On Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes/Delete requests you listed a couple of entries as "Not redundant". Although their "What links here" did show one or two entries, they were actually already fixed. The "What links here" is a little dodgey, to get rid of the entries they needed a blank save (null edit, where you save a page without changing it). --Commander Keane22:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have researched and edited before on Wikipedia not using a username. I have had a lot of expierence with computers, and that helps with these kinds of programs. I also get this stuff much faster than many others. So my awnser is no, but I have used this site many times before.
When voting on WP:FAC and supporting articles please remember to include a reason for your vote. Just saying 'Support' will probably mean your vote will be discounted or ignored when the final decision is made on wether an article becomes featured or not. Thanks! — Wackymacs16:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This page is about the Rajput people - the valiant people of the region which today is called Rajasthan, who gained their popularity and respect, because of their bravery, opposition to invaders and upholding of Dharma. The discussion on whether only these people are Kshatriyas or whether the space can be shared with other fighter communities of Hindu fold like Yadavs, Jats, Gurjars etc. is of religious domain. Here, we should consider only Hindu Rajput community, as commonly understood, and leave out other people.
Discussion of Rajputs as a 'race' or 'tribe' etc. is futile. There is no scholarly agreed view on the descent of the these people. It is assumed that they were feudatories of Gurjara-Prathihara kingdom, and started on their own upon the disintegration of the kingdom. Their great saga begins only in mid-late first millenium CE and their military accomplishments have been covered in detail.
I understand that there might be some Mohamedans today, who were once Rajput, but post-conversion they are just Mohamedans. They've lost their caste on account of their failure to defend the dharma and capitulating in front of the enemy (Sufi conversion and other tales, notwithstanding). Even if we skip the religious angle, the argument of Muslim Rajput does not have any credibility from practical POV also. The children born to converts were not known as Rajputs but as Muslims. People who insist on putting Mohamedans in this space should provide reference of some great king, feudatory etc. who went about as Rajput even after conversion. Going by the slippery logic, even Jehangir would be Rajput, since he was born to Rajput mother. But, History as told by Mughal chroniclers, records him as only Turk (or Tork, as it goes in Persian).
My request to you is not to allow this page to be vandalized by these people. Especially, when now there is a Wiki page on Muslim Rajputs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Rajputs). People are welcome to post their blinkered History there.
Thanks for your encouraging welcome message and kind words! I'm still new to the forum, still finding my way around :-) I would like to apologise for the oversight of not signing my name, will take care next time. I just saw the arbitration issue and jumped to the conclusion that there is a jury oput there to decide the Historicity of Muslim claims to Rajputhood, and more importantly, whether such claims will be entertained on the page. I believe, you are looking at the dispute in some other capacity, so please ignore my earlier comment. I have no intention of influencing you, one way or the other :-)
for me as he is a sockpuppet of a vandal that has been vandalizing all day and yesterday at my talk page and Chadbryant's user page. — Moeε17:10, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
First, let me congratulate you on becaoming a member of the new Advisory Council. I would like to arrange a meeting with the Advisory Council in IRC either on Saturday or Sunday and wondered when it would be possible (taking time zones into account). Please could you respond on my talk page as soon as possible. Thank you. --Celestianpowerháblame20:59, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support in the EsperanzaElection. I was unsuccessful in the end of the election but I would like to thank you for having confidence in me to be a future admin general/ advisory council member. — Moeε23:09, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for voting for me in the Esperanza elections. I've been appointed to the Advisory Committee, thanks to your show of confidence in me. I'll do my best to make you proud, but please feel free to ask me for help at any time or to give me tips as to what you would like to do. Thanks for being an active member of Esperanza! I'll see you around. Titoxd(?!? - help us)00:35, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations on being elected on esperanza advisory committee! Since I am now a member I thought I should congratulate our small government for being elected. :) --a.n.o.n.y.mt18:48, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't use a bot to remove spaces from heading wikitext; eg don't change "== AWB ==" to "==AWB==". The former form is much more readable for editors; there is no reason to expend resources making this change. —MichaelZ. 2005-12-31 19:30 Z
It only does that on "see also" and "external links" sections, as it makes it easier to fix other minor problems in these sections, I'll make it so it doesnt do that soon. thanks Martin11:25, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm an admin now just to let you know. Is it ok to delete my user subpages at any time without giving notice by the way? Also, does this count for deletion my own images? --Thorpe | talk02:36, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please remember to list each protection, such as List of social networking sites you make at WP:PP, since it makes it much easier to keep track. You might consider unsprotecting this one since the anon is clearly now editing around it, and it restricts other, innocent editors unnecessarily in the meantime. -Splashtalk03:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. I came over to thank you, and yours was being vandalized at that moment. My computer was too slow to help you, but thanks for reverting mine!--ViolinGirl♪21:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Firefox, i've finished the experimental structure for making a reformed version of NPA through the ideas of Esperanza as a whole, I was wondering what you thought about my process for it, as well as the idea overall. karmafist08:40, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Firefox! Hopefully it can become a first step towards real reform in the policy process everywhere on WP. Please add anything you'd like to that, the seed of that is my idea, but all of the bark, branches and leaves will come from Esperanza as a whole. karmafist11:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing, there are two reasons actually. Although it is an acronym, it does not really fit the albeit vague definition of internet slang. That, and it does not return any hits on Google that I can find, so it appears to be an extremely non-notable acronym as well. Best regards, Hall Monitor18:27, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I just wanted to ask your opinion about something. 81.240.202.11 has been making some useful additions to List of Academy Award winning movies, but this user has also added an to many pages in a format that doesn't seem to be useful to pages such as Pulp Fiction, Kramer vs. Kramer, and L.A. Confidential. The image is set at the top of the page, is left-aligned, and is not explained, but beside that, there are categories to describe things like that. I left a note on his talk page, and he has since stopped adding the images, but he also hasn't responded, so I'm asking you for your opinion on the matter. Thanks, JHMM13 (T | C) 20:28, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've never even got the same page twice in a row, never mind 3 times (Have you ever got the same random page three times in a row was the 1002pt question)...
Greetings, FireFox! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. Your support means a lot to me! If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! —Nightstallion(?)07:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Firefox, just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for the prompt support vote in my RfA! Will do me level best to be a good admin...anything I can do for you at any time, please do let me know! Regards, Babajobu21:03, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for your Extreme Furry Foxy Support on Wheels! on my request for adminiship, I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. --Alfmelmac08:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The final outcome was (80/3/0), so I am now an administrator. I was flattered by the level of support and the comments, so I'm under real pressure not to disappoint, thus if you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as an admin then please leave me a note --pgk(talk)10:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there FireFox, I was wondering if the above user, Qwertysoup (talk·contribs), was either a vandal or a very clueless newbie? If you look at his contributions, one of his most recent edits was nominating himself for adminship. I'm thinking he's a clueless newbie considering his only edits are edits to the sandbox and Wikipedia:Hangman. But I suggested also vandal as a description because of this edit. I also think he's just editing as this is a forum on some website rather than an encyclopedia. Instead of making contributions to articles, which he has only made 4 article edits, he is just self-promoting himself. Could you look into this? — Moeε01:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I did have myself a good laugh. I don't think he should be blocked for over-experimenting with Wikipedia but the removal of his fake Wikipediaholic test score and deletion of his very early RFA would be nice. :-) — Moeε20:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs200021:32, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PS I understand I have you to thank for the format of the above box - ruthlessly stolen and amended to suit my needs. Sorry about that.
Hey there! I just noticed that there is a teenage wikipedians category. I thought you might want to put your name on the list. The template for you to put on your userpage is [[Category:Teenage Wikipedians|Your name]] :) --Ali K14:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for supporting me on my successful RfA! It passed with a final tally of 40/9/1. If there's anything I can do to help, just ask! Sceptre(Talk)
Hi! Seeing as i have a brand new barn star, thanks to you, i am going to put it on my userpage. May i ask the reason, or just leave it as a barnstar from Firefox? :) --Ali K06:04, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
for reverting vandalim to my userpage. When you're not busy, mind leaving a message with any ideas why I can't keep connected to an IRC channel? I don't have a firewall or anything like that stopping it, I don't know what's wrong. Have a feeling it has something to do with the nick? Any suggestions would be appreciated. --ViolinGirl♪02:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, am I grateful for your help. I'll have someone watch when I get disconnected. That would probably help. It's SO annoying! What's an excess flood? It could be the internet connection, my router is pretty touchy. But, I'm not sure, since once I finally get connected (and stay connected), I usually can stay connected for a long time. And, I do use ChatZilla, so no hope there. :) I have registered my nickname, as well as I could tell to from the directions I got. That was a very confusing procedure, but I think I've got it. :) I talked for 45 minutes to a ChatZilla expert and they couldn't figure it out either, thinking it probably had something to do with freenode or maybe the channel? A final note is that it always says "no mode" at the top. Tito told me that was unusual. Anyway...if that inspires you to any more solution ideas, let me know, but nonetheless, thanks, and maybe I'll try the ChatZilla person again to see if they can dream up any other reasons why I'm having this problemo. :) Cheers!--ViolinGirl♪15:56, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You archive in groups of 10 so there's never more than 20 messages? ;) LOL
Hi, I've had an email from Adrian Appleyard, administrator of BigFooty. He is telling me someone has created the account User:Adrian Appleyard pretending to be him. How would we get this user to change his username to something other than Adrian Appleyard, or perhaps giving the real Adrian a right to use his username? Rogerthat05:09, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the discussion on the Cfd page, I would ask you to reconsider your vote. CoolCat acted unilaterally and beyond his authority, without any kind of discussion or even a comment to those of us who are members of CVU. Please also see the discussion on the CVU Talk page. I appreciate your time. --nihon08:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't support the Wikipedia Review, but I do browse there, because they do manage to point out some actions or break some stories. However, one of the things I did spot reported there was a block on the Username Jimbo Jones. Now, I understand why users would be blocked for impersonation or having an outright offensive username, however, I don't see why Jimbo Jones would be blocked. He obviously isn't impersonating Jimbo Wales, it's a character off the Simpsons. I know that it'd be pretty irrelevent now, as even if you unblocked him, I doubt he'd return. I'm not likely to create a sock account with the word "Jimbo" in, but I think people should be allowed to. - Hahnchen15:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You may not remember, but you gave Petros471 a barnstar a while ago. Well, I have just nominated Petros471 for an RfA. No reply yet, but just thought you might want to put forward what you think.
I'm not bothered by it, just curious. Why did the vandal write "commander keane <3 ali K". It's unlikely that they knew Ali_K was my sister, were you talking to them about her and me?--Commander Keane13:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There appear to be two vandals who are removing information regarding Peter F Paul that is all documented and verified. Links to corroborating documents and photos have been removed and replaced with half truths and material omissions. These people continue to replace facts that have been posted with assertions they have no direct knowledge of and can not document. All efforts to correct this page have resulted in threats to be blocked from making the corrections. Please review the hgistory of these changes and designate a mediator to resolve this before a wikipedia war is declared. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Franklyn2 (talk • contribs)
Unfortunately, it failed to reach consensus. Nonetheless, it proved an opportunity to establish contacts and cooperation with many supportive editors, which will be beneficial to editing Wikipedia in the future. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters (t@)
This user continually vandalizes and gets test4 templates but is not being blocked, can you block him for 24 hours? — Moeε00:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
hey firefox, not sure if this is the proper way to ask, but i was curious about the map change on the us civil war and red/blue state pages. i believed my map was historically correct (regard to territories, slave states) and used an appropriate color scheme both inoffensive and in line with public perception of the history (blue, gray etc.). i am a bit confused by the new map (kansas is pink? nevada became a state after the civil war). i have not revised the articles because i don't want to get into a useless revision war and because i'd like to learn why the change was made.
thanks, ampersand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ampersand (talk • contribs)
Thank you for your support during my RfA! The community has decided to make me an administrator, and there's work to be done. I look forward to seeing you around the project in the future, and if you see me do anything dumb, let me know right away! Regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 23:40, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An anonymous user User:65.122.236.133 continues to revert this page to a version with a large hopelessly political-POV paragraph. While this user made a few statements on the talk page (and one, I believe, from an IP in the same range: User:65.122.232.3), the user continues to ignore pleas from User:Applejuicefool and myself to follow the WP:NPOV guidelines (see talk page). I was about to post a violation of the 3RR rule, except that the first of the 4 reverts was from the other IP address that's in the same range, so I can't say with 100% certainty (maybe 99%) that it's the same user. Thoughts on how to handle this? OhNoitsJamieTalk18:24, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and posted the notice on the 3RR noticeboard. I'm not an admin (and it looks like my RFa is about to fail) so I can't block them myself. OhNoitsJamieTalk18:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.
In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)
Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpowerháblame16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply] Message delivered by Rune.welsh using AWB. If you wish to receive no further messages of this ilk, please sign your name here.
Its kind of funny, if you look up the admin's page, one of the people who is putting temp bans on the IP is a 15yr old. Its nice to see that the house has been stopped by him. And they say youths can't do anything right.
Following discussions on IRC, 15 year old Wikipedia administrator FireFox blocked the U.S. House of Representatives to Wikipedia for 1 week while the issue is discussed.
Hi Firefox. I know you're an admin, so I was wondering if you could help out.
An anon user (69.233.11.34) has been repeatedly vandalizing the Tony Stewart page. Nothing major, mind you but enough to cause disruption.
I, along with another user have left about four warnings on his/her talk page, yet they continue to vandalize that page. I've issued a final warning, but as I am not an admin, I can do nothing to block this user. If you could assist this situation in someway, it'd be appreciated.
Thanks in advance. --D-Day 17:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi FireFox, I have now got my area. What do I do now? I am a clueless newbie! lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by WELCOME PEOPLE (talk • contribs)
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Thank you FireFox, for your kind support of my Rfa, and for keeping the fact that I'm Willy to yourself :D ! Should you ever need any help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask! All the best Banez18:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey FireFox I was just reviewing my block log to see if over my time as an admin I had made any questionable blocks to try and learn from them..Anyway I saw this user I blocked had a red name that is now blue... the talk page as well....[9] LOL Hope you get a laugh. I do have a question for you. Do you think the scores section or any section in the UPA project is hard to understand? What about the template I spammed you with is it easy to understand? Thanks KnowledgeOfSelf | talk01:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama(spit)05:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
82.143.162.7217:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)Whoever put the quotation marks around the word 'encyclopedia' in the Wikipedia entry seems to be improving the article, and does not seem to deserve having their edits undone. Wikipedia is more of a message board. I would describe any self-appointed profession in quotes. For example, the people who write the articles for the BNP's website are 'journalists' in quotes rather than simply journalists, a practice also noticed in the media. I would suggest the quotes should go back again.[reply]
Calling Wikipedia an encyclopedia is after all like calling the internet community of Lovely (cf. the BBC's website) a country, rather than a 'country'.
82.143.162.7217:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)Re. your reason for removing them: If they were put back but outside the square brackets (so the link wasn't broken), could they stay put?[reply]
Hi there FireFox. I've blocked a few of the PhilWelch vandals (I now see that the page has been protected), since his IP kept changing, I carried on the warnings and blocked on sight. Now, is that against policy? I'm a newbie admin, I think its ok, but not entirely sure. Thanks Banez17:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wonders if admin rogueness is a good thing. Thanks for the info, I'll try to be a little more conservative with my blocks...Thanks Banez17:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for uploading Image:MGScricket.png. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.
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If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. SoothingR19:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. There is no source for the image. Have you created the image, did you take it from a website? The image description page is not clear about this. It has a short description on what it depics, it has a license...it perfectly follows the guidelines on those things. However, there's no source on the page. As Wikipedia:Uploading images states; the summary should include "brief description of what the image is, its source, and what license you are uploading it under". Otherwise..cya on IRC.SoothingR19:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Unless that the photographer for that Maidstonian-magazine doesn't want you to upload this picture, yeah, sure, remove the tag.SoothingR20:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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No, I'm not wikistalking you (just incase you might think that). I was looking at the recent changes under only the user namespace. The Neokid - Wikihalo Guiding Directortalk13:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just discovered a rather big lump of biographies on a non-notable/hoax/writing about himself-guy, rather than tagging them all for deletion (I don't have time to watch every move he makes, like removing the speedy deletion notes), could you just delete everything User:Cameronwerner and 85.212.23.185 has edited?
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General niceness: at the judges' discretion
But first, you must be chosen as a finalist. If your user page is chosen as one of the five finalists, you'll have the chance to win an award created just for having a great user page!
I'm not sure what's standard operating procedure here. 199.247.128.250 seems to drop by about once a month or so to make minor juvenile vandalisms. You're apparently the last admin to warn him/her, on 25 January 2006. Several more vandalisms from this IP address have appeared since then. Please let me know on my Talk page if I should handle cases like this differently in the future. -- Writtenonsand03:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your helpful response ("When a certain IP address is vandalising currently, you should report it at WP:AIV.") (I'm repeating it here in case it's helpful to others with similar problems.) -- Writtenonsand23:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I've seen you are the one who tagged an anonymus user as a vandal and blocked him from editing, though he's just deleted the half of the Tupac page today. He is the one under the User:12.26.6.2 IP address. I hope you have plenty of options to take care of the problem.Lajbi15:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".
The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.
Good morning friend! I'm trying to figure out what happened to an image that disappeared and I thought that the deleted images have history, don't they? talk to+MATIA10:19, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have to say as a fellow firefox fan its good to see another and its also good to see the "adopt firefox" image I have it on my userpage and have done for a while. I have applied to join as a member of the Esperanza. Good work on the look of your userpage too. - Mike Beckham13:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Thank you for doing clean up in articles. However, I would like to note that doing an edit for the sake of putting categories on separate lines, like here is, I believe, not that urgent. It also obscures one's watchlist, which causes more work when tracking articles. I would suggest that the AWB framework be used only for more substantial edits, and that the edit summary used be more relevant, indicating the specific task done in the given article. Wonder what you think, you can reply here. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 19:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would prefer to reply here, if that's ok with you. About AWB then... I don't know if you use/have ever used AWB before, but changing the edit summary for each individual edit takes a long time and is very tedious. When you select to cleanup a certain category of articles, you don't know exactly what you're going to be cleaning up for every individual article. AWB is, amongst other things, designed to "perfect" articles, making sure that the Manual of Style is followed closely. So, if two category's are included on the same line, AWB is designed to correct this in accordance with the Manual of Style, as far as I am aware. If you want to ask about this more in general, or to ask why AWB is designed to correct minor edits like that, then I suggest you leave a message on the talk page of here, so the developer(s) of the browser will be able to answer your query, and much better than I just did. Thanks! — FireFox ♥ T ♥ 20:01, 14 February 2006
I tried to say that it is not worth the trouble modifying articles for edits like inserting a newline between categories, which has no effect on the page layout. That is to say, if you do decide to use AWB on a given article, I think it should be if you saw a typo, or wanted to fix a missspelling; meaning something which will make a difference in how the article looks like, and then it is fine if it fixes other things along the way. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 21:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sometimes when extra vertical blank space (more than one line) separates paragraphs in an article, I delete the extra ones. But a blank line between a section heading and the first paragraph of the section does not alter the appearance of the article and does make it easier for the editor to read. I don't think you should be spending effort on deleting those. Michael Hardy21:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Attention: You have returned to vandalising Wikipedia after being previously blocked. This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia, for an extended period of time.
How am I using that article to advertise? I'm changing things to be more factual, citing sources etc. I don't need any more advertising for my website, I get plenty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LegalCondom (talk • contribs)
Yeah, I agree...V'day wasn't that different for me, either...but made a little nicer by your pretty, er, "handsome" signature for the day. (You only kept it one day, right? It was nice.) Personally speaking, school is making me feel like I'm doing a juggling act (with violin practice), with another CLEP exam this Thursday...but other than that, I'm not drowning yet. :) Ah, well...see you around!--ViolinGirl♪18:55, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's a wonderful idea (new sig. for each holiday). Yes, I completely agree w/your opinion about school tomorrow. I'm beginning to realize how LAZY I am...*rolls eyes* Yeah...I'll let you know how my "test thingy" goes. :P Have a nice day!--ViolinGirl♪19:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly you're an idiot, I was posting a reference because people were asking for them in the talk section. If I were advertising my website I wouldn't be doing it at wikipedia.
You should ban any use of the word condom, it's really bad, don't you know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LegalCondom (talk • contribs)
Thank you! Hello 49TL/Archive/All, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosfluxTalk
Hi FireFox. I was wondering whether you could do me a favor and delete this image? Don't worry - I created it. It needs deletion becuase I have recently created a Commons account and have uploaded the image there instead. Thanks. The Neokidtalk18:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!Thank you!
Hi 49TL/Archive/All. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. SoothingR20:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can edit now. Thanks again! I seem to be becoming semi-reliant on you. By the way, I have been looking through your edits etc. (I am trying to learn how to become a better Wikipedian!) and suddenly a bright light shone in my eyes and a voice spoke to me. Just kidding. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that you need a nice cup of tea. However, the ceremony takes a while! The Neokidtalk15:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the note. If you have looked at my user page, though, you might spy that I'm tough on misuse of English; you spelt "amended" with 2 "M"'s...
I was also pleasantly surprised upon my return to Wikipedia that my user page had been nominated for the User Page Award and is down to the last 5... What exactly warrants a good user page, as compared with User:Mailer diablo or User:Smurrayinchester, it looks very plain! haz(user talk)e20:37, 19 February 2006
Thank you for your support of my request for adminship. I'm delighted that the RfA ultimately succeeded with a final consensus of 52/1/0, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any comments regarding my editing, or I can help you at any point in the future, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Again, thank you!
Thank you for supporting me in my successful RFA. The admin tools will definitely be useful for dealing with vandalism more swiftly. Please drop a note on my talk page, should you have questions about any of my actions. --Aude (talk | contribs) 01:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Remember to mark your edits as minor only when they genuinely are (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). "The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'." .
With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message...
Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)(Talk)02:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
With no authority invested in me whatsoever, I hereby award this Pringle Barnstar of Good Humour to FireFox for keeping me laughing. Alfmelmac20:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious as to why you replaced my warning message with one of your own. And thanks for blocking the guy. Peace. Chuck11:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The above is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
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I've just registered with Wikipedia and so I'm new to all of this. I have noticed that in in 'Personal tools' menu my username name is crossed out. I've also noticed when I have a made a couple of small amendments to pages my username also appears as crossed out.
What have I done to create this ... and what to do to correct it?
I just want to thank you, Firefox, for welcoming me to Wikipedia. Though I've been using Wikipedia for several years, I'm still unfamiliar with HTML instructions. Could I trouble you to drop by at my Talk page and give me some hints on how to set up my userpage? Also, could you suggest some stuff like userboxes that I could put on my userpage? Thanks. Omni ND00:35, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations, 49TL/Archive/All! Your user page has been nominated for the Esperanza User Page Award! Five judges will look over your user page and award it 1-10 points in four categories:
Attractiveness: general layout, considering colour scheme and/or use of tables if applicable
Usefulness: links to subpages or editing aids, helpful information
Interesting-ness: quirky, unique, captivating, or funny content
General niceness: at the judges' discretion
But first, you must be chosen as a finalist. If your user page is chosen as one of the five finalists, you'll have the chance to win an award created just for having a great user page!
Thanks for your support in my RFA. The final vote count was (66/2/3), so I am now an administrator. Please let me know if at any stage you need help, or if you have comments on how I am doing as an admin. Have a nice day! Stifle17:02, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
To me, a welcome should mean something. It should mean that hi, I'm going to watch out for you, and in a way, watch over you. Half guardian angle, half conscience. Not wiki stalking, checking contributions or anything, but at least watchlisting the talk page, to interviene in case the person gets into, or starts causing trouble. In a small way, it is, or should be, about an experienced person taking some responsibility for a (potential) newbie. But maybe that's just me. Regards, Ben Aveling17:55, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd just like to say that, having noticed your age, I don't think that your parents would approve of you being rude and unpleasant on Wikipedia, and blocking left, right and centre. I know mine certainly wouldn't. Also, don't you have any GCSEs to be getting on with? Coursework can be quite hard, even if it is copied and pasted from Wikipedia.
If I find that you haven't got permission to block me, I'll tell your mummy and daddy, who might give you a chocolate ban. Sorry, permission is a long word for a young person. It means that you are allowed to do something, if you've got permission.--User:TheDoctor10 (talk) 18:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In reply to your second "last warning", I must inform you that if you can't understand the concept of something being last, then you'll probably fail GCSE English, if you're taking that.--User:TheDoctor10 (talk) 18:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Firefox, I noticed you blocked User:Aiden for 3RR, but I don't see where the violation has occured. Would you take a look again? I think maybe you've mistaken him for someone else? Also, 48-hours would be a bit excessive for someone who has no previous record of this kind of violation. --MPerel ( talk | contrib)16:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I see the violation at Islam now also. Well, the two articles really involve the same people on the same disputed topic. I actually disagree with Aiden's edits in both those places, but still, this is his first offense and my experience with him is that this is not his usual behavior. So, for a first-time block, I hope you do consider reducing the time. Of course if he returns to edit warring, the longer block would be warranted next time. Thanks for your consideration. --MPerel ( talk | contrib)17:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm leaving this macrophage, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there... Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :)
Hey 49TL/Archive/All, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller04:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Firefox, Would you mind taking a look at Aiden's talk page. He was unblocked but then went home and seems to still be blocked when he tried to log in. I'm not sure what the problem is. Thanks for your help! --MPerel ( talk | contrib)10:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi FireFox. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. Emphatic apologies for the spam. ×Meegs07:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your support in my RfA. It passed, with a final tally of 62/0/1. I'm touched by all the kind comments it attracted, and hope I'll be of some use with the new tools. You know where I am if you need to shout at me. Flowerparty?15:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
this is intellectualayla i really dont know how to use wikipedia thanks for the welcome i cant believe youre 15 im almost 14 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Intellectualayla (talk • contribs)
It looks like we're both fighting this same persistant vandal. Do you know what it is with them and this film, Effection: Hellraiser, that they keep adding all over the place? Dismas|(talk)20:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you.
Are you the mediator of Wikipedia? The co-ordinator for new members?Who founded it? I can't find an article to answer my question.
I have been writing and editing article for Wikipedia for years, and was a trifle annoyed when you changed it so that you had to be a member to write new articles. Anyway, don't worry if you haven't time to answer my post.
Where will i find the answer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by B04de1clg (talk • contribs)
I have filed an RFC concerning an administrator's reversal of several blocks without discussion. This may be of particular interest to you as some of the blocks were ones set by you. Regards. — Mar. 12, '06 [15:10] <freakofnurxture|talk>
I am the author of the original content and original article on Wikipedia concerning this closed religious society, and I am the only authorized webmaster for the Original Keetoowah Society website at www.keetoowahsociety.org
This "Waya Sahoni" person is a noted wiki disrupter named Jeffrey Vernon Merkey
Merkey is a non-member of The Original Keetoowah Society who is attempting to control all content on this article.
Merkey claims to have been born near Oklahoma City, on "Cherokee lands" when the only "lands" the Cherokee Nation actually owns is the Arkansas Riverbed and a few acres around the Tribal Complex in Tahlequah. The Nation has a jurisdictional area of several counties in Northeast Oklahoma.
Merkey is a peyote user who lives in Utah and claims to be postng from Texas. The use of Peyote is part of Cherokee religious culture.
The Original Keetoowah Society is a closed religious society, of which "Waya Sahoni" is not a member. One must be born into the Original Keetoowah Society to be a member of that society. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueotter (talk • contribs)
This user is writing in second person with a counter culture organization which is not Federally recognized. His materials fail WP:RS and his website lacks academic credentials from either the Cherokee Nation or the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. This person is posting WP:NPA and reverting edits to outlandish "Hopi" indian materials which are outside of the Cherokee culture. I am also not Jeff. This User:blueotter is a persistent vandal and POV pusher in that article. Waya sahoni21:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest you both try and sort it out on your own talk pages... arguing with yourselves on my talk page isn't going to get you very far. Thanks, — FireFox • T[21:15, 12 March 2006]
WikiThanksThanks for supporting my RFA. I really appreciated the show of support and all the kind words from so many great Wikipedians. I hope I live up to them! -- Vary | Talk17:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for participating in my RfA. It passed with a final tally of 98/13/10, just two short of making WP:100. If you need my help with anything, don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA. While the nomination failed, I was rather expecting it due to the big lapse between registration and recent edits. Anywho, if you have any suggestions as to how I could improve so as to hopefully succeed next time, please let me know! Thanks! —akghettotalk07:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello from an Indian wikipedian. I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March2006. By the way, I have been around here for about a year, including being an administrator from 18th September 2005. I request you to kindly do me the favor of providing me your valuable comments and suggestions on my contributions, activities and behavior pattern. I shall be awaiting your free and frank opinion, which you are most welcome to give here. Thanks. --Bhadani06:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for supporting my RFA. I appreciated the show of support and all the kind words. If there's ever anything I can do to help with my new administrator status, please don't hesitate to contact me. --Myles Long14:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i would like to know if anyonehas any information on pallion primary school
i am doing a scrap book about the school as it is closing this summer after 99 yr. ive been in touch with national archives, and local studies but no one seems to know anything. any pics or anything no matter how small will be much appreciatedTitanicful20:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello if u read this i will hep i used to go there [email protected]
REPLY HERE IF U DO!!!
Hello, monsieur. I just wanted to bring to your attention a certain IP; 209.133.140.27, to be exact. Despite a few warnings, some which came from yourself, this user continues to vandalise; maybe a block or stern warning? Anyway, thanks for helping! -MoP21:04, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks. :) Is it ok if I come to admins such as yourself to report vandalism? As I can't really do much by myself other than post notices and revert. -MoP21:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I, too, have more vandalism to report; this person, supposedly a sockpuppet of a User:Squid (or Squad), keeps making personal attacks, even after being warned. -MoP22:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your support on my recent RfA, which I am pleased to say passed with a final tally of 80/1/1. If you ever need any help, or if I mess something up as an admin, please let me know.
my sister is having problems with her pc. everytime she tries to play her media player or nero smartstart an error message comes up
internal error 2356.data1.cab
or bad or missing windows aspi32.dll
a few weeks before this, her son who thinks he knows everything about pc's (knows nothing) started to delete items on pc but cant remember what. she tried to put installation disk in recommended by a friend to reinstall all her drivers but the disk didnt kick in. any ideas.Titanicful10:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know, when the next block of nominations and judges are completed, I'll be doing the spamming, so there will be no need for you to :) [10] Cheers, — FireFox • T[18:54, 20 March 2006]
Sure, no problem. I was just concerned that the messages weren't going out. ({{upanudge}} might help you out.) haz(user talk)20:21, 20 March 2006
I see we have the same person vandalising us. He/She/It keeps changing IP addresses mainly because they keep getting blocked. So it's obviously a skoolie. So what did you do to feel their wrath? Heh. Wrath. I called them a diva because they're having a tantrum because of a table that appears in the Eternals page. Random, huh.
I'm not exactly sure if it qualifies as fair use on a user page, might be a copyright issue and something to take a look at. Cheers! -- Tawker07:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's that one day of the year when you feel special for just being you. Have a great day, FireFox. Best Wishes, --Ali K00:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for voting on my RfA. It passed with a consensus to promote of 45/7/1. To those of you concerned about the fact that I am a relative newcomer, I encourage you to poke me with a sharp stick if I make a mistake. Or better yet, let me know on my talk page, and I'll do my best to fix it. Makemi05:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for supporting me in my recent RfA, which passed with a final tally of 56/1/0. I thank you for your confidence in my abilities. If you ever need anything or find that I have made an error, please let me know on my talk page. — Scm83xhook 'em21:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
FireFox, you are not welcome to my talk page anymore. Any messages from you I will ignore. Also, I saw recent vandalism on the page Battle of the Little Bighorn. Could you temporarily protect that page for me to deal with that? This message is from Brendenhull22:15, 25 March 2006 (UTC).[reply]
There you go, in my sleep deprived, amnesiac state I even forgot to sign my birdy wishes. Thanks Nath for addding {{unsigned}} grr makes me feel like an IP-hit-and-run mechant. (Coughs) . --Alfmelmac09:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My belated birthday wishes, happy birthday to you! Hope you will like the cake. :P I almost forgotten about it. :( I hope you had a good birthday yesterday, have a year filled with happiness ahead of you. Please accept my apologies. --Terence Ong14:03, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was just dropping by to say the Esperanza newsletter you're sending out is really neat... I totally forgot to check our calendar for birthdays! Happy belated birthday :) Ashibakatock18:26, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
The Stress alertsprogram aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka05:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks 49TL/Archive/All, thank you you so much for supporting my RfA, which passed successfully 49/6/3. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have taken people's suggestions to heart. I will do my best to live up to people's expectations. If I can ever make any improvements or help out in any way, please feel free to let me know! Thanks again for your much appreciated support.
I'm alright thank you kind sir, how are you? — FireFox • T[20:40, 27 March 2006]
At a state of confusion, getting worn out by endless pov debates by people who compit behaviour that would get me blocked in ten seconds and the ten seconds is only because of the lag between admin and wikipedia servers. Also quite lonely since my removal from #wikipedia-en-vandalism. I begun to think essjay as an egomaniac which probably is bad judgement on my part due to the ongoing neural shock. It is really rare for a founder to be booted off of the enviorment he created. --Cool CatTalk|@20:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was actualy curious if anyone cared my ejection from the channel. I dont want to pester angela if people hate me (a gereal fashion these days). Also I am having a difficult time on wikipedia due to a number of people and would appriciate any help. --Cool CatTalk|@21:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Do you feel like looking for nominees for the current contest? We already have the judges but still need something to judge! -- RuneWelsh | ταλκ13:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
49TL/Archive/All, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path.
The above is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
This is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
I was looking at the Muhammad article, and on the dicussion page it has been said that the article has been taken off the good article list. Could you look into this, and tell me why? Maybe i could contribute to getting it back onto the good article lits as i think it certainly is very good.
Thanks four time, Aadamh (my keyboard doesnt do those swigily lines for sum reason) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aadamh (talk • contribs)
Hi FireFox. I wanted to ask your permission to use your RFA thanks to thank the supporters of my RFA regardless of the final outcome. I found it while searching the userspace for a thanks template, and I liked yours. The draft of the template is here. Just let me know if I can use it after the RFA ends.
Hey FireFox, just a reminder, please remember to update the tally after voting. It isn't much, but it helps a bit in the counting. Thanks, --Jay(Reply)20:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How about we have anyone who wants their userpage improved add a template or something? I have a basic model, created in one of my usersubpages under {{User:Ikiroid/PimpMyPage}}:
Hello 49TL/Archive/All: Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 77/3/0. I hope I can perform at the standards expected for administrators. If I make any mistakes, or you need anything, please let me know. Prodegotalk01:16, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi FireFox. Just a quick note to thank you for your support in my RfA, which recently passed 62/13/6. I will do my very best live up to this new responsibility and to serve the community, but please let me know if I make any mistakes or if you have any feedback at all on my actions. Finally, if there is anything that I can assist you with - please don't hesitate to ask. Cheers TigerShark03:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Before blocking 82.194.62.23 in future please note:
Attention:
This IP address, 82.194.62.23, is registered to BATELCO (ISP owned by Bahrain Telecommunications Company) and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking. In the event of vandalism from this address, efforts will be made to contact BATELCO (ISP owned by Bahrain Telecommunications Company) to report abuse.
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this need not necessarily be the IP address of your machine. In many cases, it turns out to be the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. Such proxies are shared among a huge number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular machine. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself.
It looks like it timed out, and in re-getting the pages, it used an old version. I think this is a pretty bug, but I will address it when I get a sec. joshbuddytalk18:20, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Firefox. My username is JediCarlos and my IP address is 158.97.80.160. I added the
Trivia section and at least one other user besides me
has added information to this Section as can be
seen in 06:17, 4 April 2006 Matharvest m (→Trivia - formatting). Any idea why the Trivia
section is being deleted? Is there anything we can do about it so the Trivia section does not
get deleted again?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.97.52.43 (talk • contribs)
Hello Firefox. My username is JediCarlos. Ericorbit left me this message:
Hello JediCarlos. Regarding the Prince page, there is currently a question about whether the trivia section has relevence to that article. Please do not re-add that section without first contributing to the Prince Discussion page. Thanks. -- eo 18:15, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I replied Ericorbit with this message:
Hello Ericorbit. My username is JediCarlos. I have read the message you sent me and I would like to know if you can help me since I don't know how I can contribute to the Prince Discussion page to talk about the Trivia Section. Do I need to create a new section? Any advice you can give me? Thanks!
I would like to know Firefox if I am doing the things correctly. Thanks!
I've been faked! Third time this week! (User:Swiftoak is a nogood gay ass inuit nerd). Can yuo block him. Thanks Swiftoak20:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi JediCarlos, I assume you know how to view a discussion page (the "discussion" tab located at the top of any article). Once there, you can edit a discussion page the same way you would edit any other article... put your text below the part you want to respond to. Just make sure you sign any comments you make with four tildes 158.97.52.4320:42, 5 April 2006 (UTC) and this will automatically append your name to the comments so people know who left it. You may also want to check the "history" tab to look at the "edit summary" text that people use when editing a page. With regard to Prince, there was a question about the validity of the "trivia" section as the contents seemed rather vague and need further explanation. This is why your addition was repeatedly removed - as you kept adding it without contributing to the coversation. Feel free to leave any comments there and all editors can come to a conclusion about the trivia. -- eo 20:28, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have a question Firefox. Before I proceed as Ericorbit has told me, I guess I need to wait
until the block for username JediCarlos and/or IP address 158.97.80.160 expires 18:14, 6 April 2006 right? Thanks
Thanks for the warning to Orcsun. But I'm afraid he wrote another page about me under a different login (but I suspect the IP should be the same). It was Softia, now has been deleted. I doubt that he will stop any time soon.--Konstable11:43, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Firefox. I would like to add the following information to the Official sites subsection of
the External links section in the Prince article:
www.emale.com Now links to NPG Music Club - Prince's official site, but originally it had another information. This webpage is mentioned in the song Emale from CD number 2 of the Album Emancipation (1996).
Is it ok if I do this? Waiting for your response before doing so. Thanks!
Hello Firefox. I would like to add the following information
Love 4 One Another Now links to NPG Music Club - Prince's official site, but originally it said in its main webpage: welcome to the playground of the new power generation: the definitive place of gathering 4 all who love life, love God, lovesexy...a place where music, poetry and positive vibes can be shared freely without fear of retribution and every page offers a new awakening...a collective conscience of unity, love and truth so great every human will want 2 join. This site is the bginning of a webwide effort 2 change the vibration of the world...love 4 one another, the ticket... live, the ride... dig if u will a venture inside.
Again, I guess it is ok if I do this and waiting for your response before doing so. Thanks!
I see your point of view. But domain names npgmusicclub.com and love4oneanother.com have different administrative and technical contacts in the WHOIS database. Originally this webpages had different information (including www.emale.com) and I saw when they were linked to npgmusicclub.com so my point of view is that they should be included since originally they were different webpages.
What do you think of this explanation? Waiting for your response. Thanks!
I understand. I am going to add it now and wait to see what happens. If another user deletes it, then I will try the Prince Discussion Page and not add it again until we get a consensus.
I will ask for your help Firefox to see how to reach a verdict though. Could you help me with that? Waiting for your response. Thanks!
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Hello Firefox. Just letting you know that I will add the following information to the Official sites subsection of the External links section in the Prince article:
1 800 NEW FUNK Now links to the NPG Retail Store, but originally it existed as an independent webpage. Here you can buy many Prince related stuff.
I believe that there is a page that needs addressing. It discusses bypassing certain registries on Windows Genuine Advantage and it gives explicit details. I don't think that Wikipedia needs the reputation of showing how to hack windows. Please consider deleting the circumvention section and keeping them from starting it up again. The site can be found here, Windows Genuine Advantage. thanks -- Damien Vryce
Good Morning Firefox. Even though the website www.paisleyparkstudios.com is already mentioned in the section Purple Reign: 1982-1993 of the Prince article, it is my best opinion that this link should also be mentioned and included in the Official sites subsection of the External links section of the article; something like this:
Paisley Park Studios Opened in 1987 by Prince. The website was created on November 1999.
I would like to know your opinion. Waiting for response. Thanks!
Your talk page has somehow been added to my watch list, apparently as a result of whatever you did to reverse the unauthorized move of Jimbo's name in other languages page. I'm not complaining, but thought you'd want to know of this possible bug. The vandal's talk page was also added to my watch list, and possibly others'. Coyoty19:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, I see what happened! When the vandal redirected Jimbo's name page to his talk page, his talk page and user page got transfered to my watchlist. When he then redirected your user page to his, your user page got transfered to my watchlist as well. Coyoty01:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. You gave this guy a warning the other day and he is still at it. He vandalized Nuclear Reactions twice today. Being a newbie I don't know how/don't have authority to block anybody, nor do I know the "proper authorities," so I'm telling you. --MrFizyx20:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, FireFox! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma(討論)02:39, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, what did I did in Saw 3? I put some trivia notes to the Saw 3 page and that's it. A person BEFORE me erased the dedication to Greg Hoffman and I EDITED it to put that back. I also put some trivia notes in the Saw 3 page. Why can't I put trivia notes. I mean I could put it in any other article but not Saw 3? Why? I won't edit until you let me so what will you say? Cigammagicwizard14:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You said stop vandilizing. Well I added a castmember who is in this movie. I found another castmemeber again. So are you mistaking me for someone else? Cigammagicwizard14:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a quick way to add the edit summary for vandalism or do you have to type it in manually if you're not an admin?—GH16:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So what should I do should I need to revert a page now that I've inserted the code into the monobook?—GH16:20, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Does the script revert an edit by an ip to the previous edit by another ip? It doesn't seem to function if the previous edit was done by an ip instead of a User.—GH18:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have a page : DALMO. Its very new , and i want to make it 'professional' like the other pages to meet wikipedia standards, and improve wikipedia as a whole. I need to make a contents page for different sections of the article and would also like to rename the article as ' Daru-Al-Moameneen' and make it possible so that if someone types 'DALMO' then wikipedia will redirect the person to the Daru-Al-Moameneen' page. Thank you for your help in advance.
...for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 58/2/0. If you have any comments, or for some reason need any new-admin help, please let me know here. Sorry about the boilerplate. Regards, ProhibitOnions22:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Bit of a tricky situation about the article PS3Forums. If you go to the article for deletion page you will no what I am on about! Do you think I am correct about this article being used to increase popularity to the site (and in my opinion it sounds like an advertisment)? Just wanted your thoughts on it as I have you down as a good Wikipedian. Plus, do you know what happens to "Keep" votes from users who have registered an account just to support the PS3 Forums? --Thorpe | talk23:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Hello 49TL/Archive/All. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- Fang Aili說嗎?
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donkey punch (third nomination)
Just curious, but you closed this as a speedy keep 21 minutes after it opened. That seems rash, so I thought I'd ask why, as no explanation was given. Steve blocktalk21:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Are we discussing Adolf Hitler? Thought not. Moving on, you still reckon 21 minutes is a fair crack at the whip? I'm also concerned you don't feel that you should explain such a speedy decision when you make it. How many afd's an article has should never really become a bar to having one more. Steve blocktalk21:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
One of the votes was by a main contributor to the page who was also engaged in a revert war with the nominator, so I hope you'll agree that can be discounted, which leaves two speedy keep comments, coming in 10 minutes after the page was nominated. I wouldn't close that as a speedy close on the first day, let alone after 20 minutes. I'm concerned you don't feel the amount of time an article has been listed at afd matters, because that can lead to admin abuse and gaming the system. I can't se any reason how you can state there was an obvious consensus in a debate that had been open 21 minutes. Say the first three votes had read speedy delete. Would you have closed it delete? I'm also concerned you don't seem to see an issue with not explaining the speedy close. I'm also puzzled you see it as a bad faith nom, in the first sentence the nominator outlines three policies the article may breach. That's not a bad faith nomination. Steve blocktalk21:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate you are going to bed, I probably should too, but whilst it is fresh in mind, what I was trying to get across is this: you closed without explanation after 21 minutes without explanation. That seemed rash to me, so I asked you why. I still think 21 minutes is way too soon to be closing a deletion debate, and I'm a little troubled, if you'll forgive me for saying so, that you don't think you need to explain a close of that rapidity. I wasn't looking for the reopening of the debate, as much as wanting to point out that I felt a reason should have been given by the closing admin. I hope that clarifies things on my end better, and I apologise for not being clearer on that from the off. I think the Adolf Hitler thing just got up my nose, I can't see how it is at all relevant, and I apologise if I let that colour my tone. Steve blocktalk22:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, you're quite right, I've seen speedy's on just one vote before. The difference was, this didn't look a speedy to me. And speedy delete's are easier to understand, because a reason is given in the deletion, a speedy keep is harder to understand if no reason is given. See to me, that this article may violate three policies and has had two deletion debates already makes it contentious and perhaps not a speedy keep. But that's me. Like I say, I think I was more thrown by the 21 minutes and the lack of a reason, because it didn't look a no-brainer. Steve blocktalk22:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Aye, seems a good plan. Apologies once again, and take it easy. Next time I come round here shooting my mouth off, feel free to ignore me. Steve blocktalk18:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm shortening his block to sixteen and a half hours. I don't like that phrase either but realistically, people do that all the time pointing to that meta policy and they never get reprimanded for it. To be more consistent with other users' consequences I'm shortening the block. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA. I really didn't think people appreciate my work here that much, but it's nice to see you do: my Request was closed with 66 supports and 4 opposes. I'll do my best not to turn your confidence down. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. --Dijxtra11:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Add the HTML under "Nickname", for example: — [[User:GHe|GH]] ([[User_talk:GHe|talk]]) would look like this: —GH (talk)
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Aministrators and there should be a log of discussion or an RfA. Also, by locking the talk page, there is no way for the user to request an {{unblock}}. I think a permanent ban is out of order and there should be avenues for him to appeal. --Tbeatty00:43, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Everyone else seems to have stolen all the good Easter pictures and stuff, but I wish you a Happy Easter all the same.— FireFox • T[15:51, 16 April 2006]
"If you wish to make useful contributions, we encourage you to create a new account." (from User talk:Bb1230)
Isn't that just encouraging someone to sock puppet to avoid a block? (Maybe I'm missing something about the situation. ---J.Smith10:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I dunno... Isn't it expressly against the rules to create a new account to evade a block... even if your suddenly a saint? ---J.Smith10:47, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Arn't people who are indef blocked people we've decided as a community that we don't want to edit here? And also, isn't this completely side-stepping the {{unblock}} request procedure? This strikes me a terrible thing to suggest to blocked people. "It doesnt matter that your blocked. Our enforcement means nothing. Just make a new account." ---J.Smith10:57, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you don't mind but from you user page I noticed you have a status for online/offline. I have copied this idea for my user page but have modified it. Did you come up with this? --Thorpe | talk13:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My name is on the Esperanza members list, but not on the eligible voters list. As far I know, the requirements for both are the same. Could you please fix this, or if this my error, could you please inform me on how to get on the eligebile voters list.
Hi Firefox. By the time I realised I had forgotten to set the block to indefinite it had already been fixed; I guess this is one of those less haste more speed things :). Anyway, thanks for sorting that out for me. Rje19:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I used to be a spammer, but I have changed my ways, and I have joined esperanza. May my IP address, which is [email protected], please be unbanned from the IRC Channel #wikipedia-esperanza? -sahanx
Hello Evan, just thought I would let you know that I was leaving Wikipedia, but before I left, I finally got a picture of thyself onto Wikipedia. (I know great timing for me to post a picture of myself, right?) This is my final gift to my friends. Later! PS. Try not to laugh to hard at my ugly mug ok? Moeε15:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks: I was just looking up how to get rid of that eejit on the E Humperdink pages, and you beat me to it. Hmmm, from Kent and looking up Englebert: were you also singing The Last Waltz in th Rainham end on Saturday? Kevin McE09:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, FireFox. Good job. You did very hard work to fight with vandalism. Today, There have been many vandalisms on some articles. So, I'm so sorry that I could not give you Barn-Star because I don't know how to give you star.
Daniel5127, 01:05, 2 May 2006(UTC)
Thanks you for your message. Firefox.. This is the barnstar for your good work.
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Hi FireFox, This is the barn-star for your good work. For fighting with vandalisms.... Keep doing good work to fight with vandalism.Daniel5127, 11:59, 3 May 2006(UTC).
Isn't it weird how some people have nothing better to do than leave messages on other peoples' Talk pages just out of boredom or to see if it elicits a response?
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Hey dude i see you got GCSEs comin up too, they suck, hey I was tryin to put a vandalise dowacky box on my page to, but I cant get the thing to go where I want it, its there in the code, but its not on the page, could you do me a favour and put it where I want it (where it is in the code, under the vandalise header) cheers man. PhilcTECI17:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Could I make you aware of User:OneSixOne, who has taken to persistantly removing a particular picture from the Michael Jackson page, possibly with the sole view of starting an edit war. Could you please take some degree of action? Cheers.--Crestville18:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the message :). Yes, good luck to you too - I know you'll do well. I also know that you'll do a lot more revision than me - there's always something better to do :P. Anyway, good luck, --Celestianpowerháblame07:13, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:21, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I hope you do not find this message in the least bit offencive, it is intended as a well-meaning critique.
I e-mailed you an abbreviated version of this message, but received no reply. I don’t normally like to complain, but regardless I am, to say the least, disappointed with the way you handled this situation.
Obviously, I am well aware why I was blocked and I apologise for that, I didn't realise the rules on bad language were so strict and I will make every effort not to blow a fuse in future.
Firstly I would like to protest for being blocked for "unprovoked attacks". This is clearly not the case. Having removed the image on two or three occasions (which was restored by a number of users), I think OneSixOne then contacted me through his unsigned log-in address encouraging me to "go to war over" over the dispute. When challenged to provide a reason for his actions, the user simply mimicked what I had said in a further attempt to provoke me. He continued to remove the image after I issued a reasonable, well meaning comment on the Michael Jackson Talk Page. Frankly, I consider the continued and unjustified removal of the image provocation enough, without the above.
I realise my talk page records a few conflicts, but I can assure you I do not use bad language (or "personal attacks") without justification. I do find it hard to maintain my temper when a vandal is interfering with my work and clearly trying to annoy me. It is not even as if I flew off the handle in this particular case. When I have done before and, where clearly provoked, I have received a polite but stern warning. I always make a point of apologising once the issue has been resolved. In fact I came to you in order to end the situation before it came to more aggressive words being exchanged, but I'll deal with that below.
Secondly, I would like to protest against the way you employed your status as admin (at least in this instance). I realise to raise the issue of "respect for ones elders" is somewhat tempestuous, but at the very least I would thank you not to talk down to me as I would not do the same to you. Of course I am aware that the issue I came to you with in the first place was childish, but if it weren't for childish users like OneSixOne, we wouldn't need admin.
While I accept my use of language was contrary to some admins policy (though I regret I cannot accept childish - I'm Northern for Compo, Foggy & Clegg's sake!) the matter still stands that I came to you, an admin, with a genuine problem and you have taken no steps to resolve that problem. I understand the nature of the complaint was somewhat childish, but then I'm not the one removing the picture am I? To criticise - and indeed punish - me for attempting to correct the situation is a shocking misuse of the powers that were bestowed upon you in good faith.
A similar misuse of powers occurred in a transaction between us yesterday, where I attempted to remove the block notice. I was unaware that I was not free to remove message from my own Talk Page, and believed a vandal was behind the restorations. When I looked into the matter further I discovered that it was you and that rather than explain what you were doing and why you would rather I left your post, you chose to simply threaten me with blocking again. I did not even discover this threat until another user pointed out your reasoning. Frankly, prior to this I was prepared to remove the note a third time and would presumably have been blocked.
You also failed to block OneSixOne for his "personal attack" on me, which appears a bit hypocritical. He also removed the picture again. This IS vandalism and should be dealt with.
All in all I would like to apologise for my part in these regrettable proceedings (so for I an tell, the use of the word "cunt", and trying to resolve a situation involving vandalism), but I would urge you to consider your own role and the role of OneSixOne (vandalism, provocation, "personal attacks").
I hope we can resolve this situation. I intend full well to work my way onto your "Wikipedians I like" list and, for what it's worth, good luck with your exams. Cheers--Crestville13:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I got the message of the 3 Revert rule. Does this also place user:'9cds' in this position too?
He insists on reverting ALL of my updates to the page as if it were his own. If you read Mine and 9cds talk pages, please can you evaluate the situation.
It is all about Big brother pictures... He has added the wrong logo and insisted that I am in the wrong when it is quite clear which is the official logo from the official big brother website http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother and whether I can add the pictures of the contestants, which is perfectly viable according to the rules on their site for this:- http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/about/fan-rules.html
Ever since I touched the page, and created another page in ignorance which he removed and redirected to his... I saw that he hadnt added any of the material that I had on the merged pages... I tried adding them in addition to his page and he said they were irrelevent and removed them.
I am in a battle with this guy that I don't even know because he thinks that the page is his to rule and accept and deny people's legit changes.
He has nominated all of my files for deleteion as well!
If you could please do something about him, that would be great.
Yeah, I think I'd throw it away. Or flog it on E-bay. Whoever gets it will just be totally bemused.
That gay feller is awful! what was it he did last night? Threw a paddy and then sed its coz he was doing a bit of theater! That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! How is anyone supposed to know he's going to randomly burst into "a bit of theather"? and whats theatrical about diving on some poor lass and scratching her? And he said he was the "leading lady". lol, what a prat. The tourettes man is quite nice though, and the chinese manc lass, who I thought would get right under me skin.--Crestville18:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless of when an AfD starts, it can be closed at any time to an administrator's descretion. On this AfD we had a concensus to delete (with some speedy votes) and so it was closed early, and the article deleted. Thanks, — FireFox (UTC) 21:24, 27 May '06
I'll have to ask how you came to the conclusion regarding your close on Pat Price. It appears straight votecounting was taken into affect rather than the arguments presented, many of which (such as three who claimed that there wasn't anything verifiable about him in defiance of evidence to the contrary, and one who cited a non-policy, non-guideline, non-sensical essay in his justification, which makes no sense given who he is. Given that he's mentioned in 25 books on remote viewing and appears to, in fact, be a notable crank and meets our standard guidelines, I'm just curious as to your rationale, thanks. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 13:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If I had closed purely on votecounting, it would probably have been closed no consensus, with 6 deletes against 4 keeps. The AfD had already been relisted, and had therefore been open 10 days and needed closing. I read through the discussion and came to my 'conclusion' of deleting based on the information given by everybody, including you, and coming to my own desision. I don't really know how to explain the closure of an AfD - I closed it how I did because that seemed the most sensible thing to do. — FireFox 13:38, 28 May '06
I don't mind that you closed it, I am simply curious as to how you came to the delete decision. Since you admit that straight vote counting would have gotten a no consensus, and (at least by my view) not much was offered in terms of a reason to delete, I'm simply wondering what you used as a sensible interpretation. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 13:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What made "delete" the most appropriate? I ask the question because i'm sure that there was a thought process going on regarding the close when you did it. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 14:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There is a user User:Johnsurname who has vandlised articles and I myself warned him he has now vandlised my userpage and a while ago had the tag "You will be blocked" anyway you can intervine and do something about this situation? It would be apreciated. Mike Beckham09:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Examples:
1 (Removed Warning notices then makes comments about my warnings)
Thank you for experimenting with the page Time travel on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you for your understanding. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Rsm9983317:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
sorry, not sure what you mean. could you be more specific, so that I don't repeat any possible mistakes made? thanks! Have a great weekRsm9983317:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Who exactly is the warning from? Last time I checked, Xyrael originally posted it, not you. Not to sound rude or anything, but unless you asked or told them to post a warning on my talk page, I'd rather you didn't get involved, otherwise you're going to confuse me. --JDtalkemail17:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to confuse, my aim was to act as a neutral third party in the debate, and to (hopefully and with good faith) illustrate that more than one person is against you. Hope that cleared things up, and thanks for querying civily. --XyraelT17:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I already know more than one person is "against me", but you don't need to make a point of it. Nothing I said was meant to be uncivil, but if that's the way it's all being received why doesn't the person on the receiving end actually try to sort it all out, rather than continually post warnings on my page? --JDtalkemail17:23, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think that might have been me! Seems to be my edit was the one that done it. I was trying to add housemate images, but for ages I was getting edit conflicts.
Is it worth trying again? Celardore16:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I did it on the table and the chronology page admittedly I got the column width a bit wrong on the table. And when I was editing the nomination twist bit on the table I too had the page preprepared which is why the table looked messed up afterwards as I had to revert all of the extra parts I had put on Sezer's row. -- JAB[T][C]20:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the tip I usually would but I heard it on the show and thought I might forget it but yeah I'll remember that in future. Cheers. -- JAB[T][C]20:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
pgk and I both indef'd Griffjam, you had blocked for 1 month, just wanted to make sure there was no rationale for a less than indef block -- Tawker19:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your vote in my recent RFA. At 43/43/14, I decided it was best to withdraw. I will wait until another time for an RFA. Thanks again, ILovePlankton03:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I picked your name at random from the list of admins, and have come to ask you to please delete a page, so I may move another in its place. Here is what happened: the page SBC (1984-2005) should be replaced by the page SBC Communications, as there was never nother SBC (destroying the need to give the dates in the title.) So, because both articles are identical, and I want credit for creating the original article (SBC (1984-2005)), could you please delete the page SBC Communications so I can move (SBC (1984-2005)) into its place? Thanks a lot. Please leave any questions you may have about this on my talk page. aido200220:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I know you can't remove votes. But tell me this: has anyone ever called it spam to put something likt that on a talk page? I've seen it done, and nobody was angry. If a vote says something that is liebel, it should be removed. aido200220:48, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
*hugs* Thanks FireFox. ;p Yeah, the new messages thing went skyrocketing after I copied one of a users page and put it on mine. Copycats. ;-) Cheers! The Kingof Kings21:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Is going to pop-up everytime you leave a message on a users' page, that wouldn't be good. I've seen people, good users too, blocked for signatures shorter than this. Could you please consider it? I don't want to see you blocked. -- from The Kingof Kings04:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank goodness it was a test. ;) Although, it would have been really cool to have an alternating signature by the day, it really was ingenious. If I alternated my signature everyday, I wouldn't only change the color, I would change the name, one day "The King of Kings", the next ..who knows? ;-) -- from The Kingof Kings18:28, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cool more time to spend with Wikipedia past exams, eh? ;-) Darn, a month of worrying for exams, you got more guts than me. ;-) What a coincidence, I got out in mid-May too. But my school had to be a dick and made us take exams during our final days. Our technical last day was May 12, and we finished exams on May 19. It sucked studying for all those exams at one time :( But the good thing is I got an A on the one of them (I'm a B-C student so for me that was good). ;) All the best with your exams. Oh and thanks. -- from The Kingof Kings18:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not to add insult to injury, but the dot (•) doesn't pick up well on some computers. One time I added the dot and it looked like an HTML code or something. But your signature is special believe me. ;-) -- from The Kingof Kings19:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thats almost perfect. :P Could I make the suggestion of making it into one big userspace template and just using the template to sign with? -- from The Kingof Kings19:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really know how to explain it, but maybe I'll give it a go. ;-) Ya know how you susbt all the templates and it turns out to be this one massive block of text? Well, maybe instead of making a sig, make a userspace template sig (I think thats what you're doing), but when that is finished, make another userspace template to place the signature in to condence the sixe of the sig on talk pages. Did any of that make sense? -- from The Kingof Kings20:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it not being checked was one of the problems you had. The FireFox/Sig2 has the template FireFox/Sig in it so when it subst's, it only leaves the second template which contains the sig. The problem I got first the template not substituting right and then the timestamp thing. The thing with the Current date and everything was confusing :-(
Another important thing is now you only have to type three ~~~ to make your sig and timestamp.
If you type in three tiles it should turn out like this:
Make sure not to merge or delete User:FireFox/Sig2 or User:FireFox/Sig.' Hey, I even got the daily rotating sig in. ;-) The only potential problem I see arriving from this the template inside the template will never get substitiued, which would be a lot of links after a while, but I guess thats a problem for the future. ;-) Hope this helps -- from The Kingof Kings21:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I took me another hour, but I got the exact way Haza has his signature. I had to restart your other sig subpages though. Now it substitutes it and everything is great! (Although, I still like my original idea with the template inside a template :()
Copy and paste the following, lengthy code to the nickname box on My preferences:
Sorry for making your talk page long width-wise. ;-) But, this is neat. I finally was able to do this kind thing (assistance to an user, not only a user but admin), that was actually of use. ;-)
You basically don't need User:FireFox/Sig anymore because all you need is the code in your signature box and the other subpages and you'll be fine.
If you type three ~~~ it should turn out like this now:
That's how some found my site; I even sign my Usenet Posts with that full name.
Do some research before you bother sending me any bullshit.
Or do I have to say bullpoopie here?
You could go after this entire database as being unreliable here and there;
admins will never admit their failures because they control the power, but.
I am a watch dog, I don't need this, I can web master; I can write articles
on the outside.
--G-Spot12:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh ban the link to the Scroogle Scraper, and on the personal User Page too.
That's sensable, millions of other searches are not, even massive ad searches like Yahoo and Google and Pay-Per-Inclusions as well no doubt.
Mass Market is fine I guess, I am defending not attacking just in case it needs spelling out. --G-Spot12:36, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cults have been described as groups where criticism of the Leaders (or Administrators in this case)
or Group can not be criticized. That seems to exist here, especially with the smap policy.
Still this must bring some suspicion to Wikipedia itself, who possibly breaks it's own rules, by picking on Wikipedia Watch am I right?
--G-Spot 15:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi 49TL/Archive/All, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I will like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong(talk | contribs)14:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you deleted the article ฅนตัดหญ้า. I don't have anything to do with the article, but I wanted to let you know that it's in Thai, and the Thai Wikipedia has an article under the same name at th:ฅนตัดหญ้า. I can't read Thai, but you might consider restoring the article and asking someone who reads Thai to translate it. Or you could post a message on the author's talk page asking him or her to try to translate it into English or find someone willing to translate the article. TruthbringerToronto18:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm fine, I've gotten back into action onto Wikipedia after having to leave after Tropical Storm Alberto, *sighs, this was supposed to be my vacation* Glad your sig is still holding up. ;-) — The Kingof Kings19:58, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, My area was one of the hardest hit :( Thankfully anything that bad could have happened passed me, barely. The worst I ever got was during Hurricane Jeanne of 2004, my shed blown away, it sucked. Surpringly, the only thing that blew away was the shed, nothing inside of it. :D I sorta laughed at the shed flying in the air, but then I started to realize I had to leave my house to go pick up the stuff during the middle of the storm. :( — The Kingof Kings20:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that Tsunami was no joke. :( The only thing I can do when it affects me it try to laugh it off sometimes, but sometimes gets to a point where I can't. — The Kingof Kings20:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I was wondering if you would like to be a designer in this project. You would be perfect for it, so leave me a message on your thoughts on my talk page. Thetruthbelow03:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In all truth I'd rather the template were in use, but if all of one people think it shouldn't be used, then you may as well delete it. And as for 9cds's comment, why should he post on my talk page when I asked him not to unless it was necessary, and when it's likely to cause arguments or whatever? --JDtalkemail15:44, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say that anybody owned any pages, but if I'm not allowed to delete anything on my talk page that I don't want on there, then how am I supposed to not have him talk to me? ---JDtalkemail15:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You say that ignoring people is "very bad etiquette and is severely frowned at", but when I complain to 9cds about ignoring me, I get personal attack and incivility warnings. --JDtalkemail15:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't seem uncivil; he managed to have the time to reply to other peoples' messages. And how does that message verge on a personal attack? --JDtalkemail16:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If my post "appeared" uncivil, which I don't actually see how, then I can understand why he didn't reply to the post; but that doesn't change the fact that he chose not to reply to my original post. --JDtalkemail16:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't assume you were going to, and I didn't assume you did. I'm assuming there isn't a good reason for his not replying to my original message, and I couldn't care less, as long as I don't have to reply to any of his in future. --JDtalkemail16:46, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Can something be done about the constant reversions of the Buzz Out Loud article. I removed a bunch of unessary links which were not needed and possibly spam and 2 anoymnous users (perhaps 1 under 2 ips) keep reverting it? Can something be done perhaps semi-protection? - Mike Beckham23:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Are you able to delete images I have uploaded at my request? If so, could you delete this one please? It's not being used on the article I uploaded it for, as I managed to upload a better one. --JDtalkemail07:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
9cds and I are having another argument on Talk:Big Brother Australia series 6. I don't know if you want to get involved, or if you would even stay impartial or whatever, but he's insistent that the removal of the table on the article's main page must be. Could you try mediate it or whatever please? I'm trying my best to "stay civil", as you all keep putting it. --JDtalkemail19:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for voting! Hello 49TL/Archive/All, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RfA. I am pleased to inform you that it passed with a final tally of (119/1/3), into the WP:100, so I have now been cleared for adminship and will soon be soaring above the clouds. I was overjoyed, shocked, and humbled by the tally, and, most importantly, all the support. Thank you. If there is ever anything you need, you know where you can find me. Take care.
Re accidental deletion (as per User_talk:David_McCormick#Edit_to_.5B.5BGeoff_Hurst.5D.5D): Whoops, definitely accidental. Odd, I normally check afterwards too, but I must have been in a rush for some reason. Apologies, and will try to be more careful. (Question: Is the usual practice in discussions such as this to reply on your own talk page, under the comment written by the other person (as I first did), or to reply like this on the other person's talk page? I'm still a newbie really.) Thanks. David McCormick17:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.
As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.
Well, I've just been lurking around for a few years, usually while not logged in. :P Finally decided to fix up my page. Anyway, hello! :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefox (talk • contribs)
Hey. I don't think we have talked before but I'd like to ask you a question. I understand you a member of Esperanza. I'm interested in joining but I'm unsure of what exactly I could do to help the project. I understand that it is about helping the community but in what way could I do this? Normy13207:56, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I am just posting to say good luck to you in the upcoming Esperanza elections, and I shall enjoy campaigning against you - you are a worthy opponent, as it were! All the best, and may the best man/woman/thing win! Kingfisherswift16:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings; I left this note on the AfD discussion page for the University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike. "I would also like to hereby ask an administrator for advice on what to do if (when) DSJ2 nominates this article for deletion a third time without providing any new reasons, for I am sad to report that I expect this to happen. Thanks!" Universitytruth13:09, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, thanks much for the speedy reply. So we can send a user himself to deletion review? Cool. I'll be ready for that discussion, should it come up. Best wishes, Universitytruth13:18, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey. I came across the page Sirus. After checking through its history it has something to do with religion (something I'm not very educated on) but at the moment it has been going through an uncanny amount of vandalism that has slipped under the radar of other users. Seeing as I'm not quite the person to be dealing with this because I wouldn't have a clue how to rewrite it after I reverted it could you possibly find somebody who knows more about the topic? Cheers. Normy13203:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why are there soo many people out there trying 2 impersonate and be mean to you or are they all the same person? I feel sorry for you Jam0107:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. And with anon users, personally I would only welcome them if they were making good edits. If they were vandalism, the "welcome" is kind of included in {{test}}. With registered users, I have been known to welcome many at a time without them having any edits, and if I see a non-new user without a welcome, I will normally go along and welcome them. Except, of course, they are vandalising, in which case I will either give them a stern telling off (welcome included), or block them, depending on the rate of vandalism etc ;) — FireFox 13:44, 03 July '06
Same here: I think I found that particular user in the sandbox. Unluckily the edits I checked missed the vandal-like edits (the really obvious ones, too!), but nonetheless I still feel they deserved a welcome: I did an IP whois and the IP may be used by more than one person.
You just blocked this user. If you look at the edit history of User:Jaunio, you'll find they match, making it likely they are sockpuppets. Perhaps you should check, and block the latter too. Thanks. -- Ec561809:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings, FireFox. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Fir0002 for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.
Thanks for the heads-up. :) It was an issue with the case of the first character of the username; I've now fixed it. If you notice any other anomalies, please feel free to give me another shout. Cheers, Tangotango14:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hellow, FireFox. May I put my ID in your friends list? Because I want to be your friends in Wikipedia. Right now, I have 6 friends include User:Moe Epsilon. AHh, I remember that I awarded you pretty Barn-star before 2 months ago. Anyways, I want to be your Wikifriends. Cheers~~!! *~Daniel~*20:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You speedy kept Gay Nigger Association of America, depriving me of my right to comment. But not only me! Around half of all Wikipedia accounts have been opened since the last proper debate on the article. Do you propose that debate on the matter should be confined to those who signed up in 2005 or earlier forever? If you do, could you please explain which Wikipedia policy supports this kind of oligarchic practice? Cloachland02:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey I'm wondering how your bot works with AWB, if it's not a secret. Did you edit the AWB code or is it some external program? I am thinking of writing something to help unicodifying, mainly to help with New Zealand topics (a lot of Māori terms and place names all over the place).--Konstable10:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was just here to comment about your bot too, it's very busy! Can you show me how to clone it so I can get another one going? e.g FFBot2. --Andeh15:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ah never mind, I am 100% newbie using AWB. It's probably best I experiment with it myself otherwise I'd be bugging you all day.--Andeh16:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you could have FFBot mark edits as minor? I got some complaints about my bot whenever I was running my edits as major. A lot of editors (me included) choose to remove minor edits from their recent changes list. Bots not marking edits as minor really screw things up. Thanks.
Alphachimptalk16:06, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
They don't hide (and get the little "b" next to their edits) until you get the bot flag. I got mine after my 1 week trial. BTW, I approve of what your bot is doing. Good idea. Let me know if you want any help (Alphachimpbot is very bored). Alphachimptalk16:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Quick question: how do you remove the non-usertalk pages from the list? For my cleanup bot, I just click the "remove non-mainspace" option in the file menu. But, obviously, user talk is not mainspace. Do you have some quick and easy way of doing it? Alphachimptalk16:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article has already had 17 previous AfDs, the last of which was a matter of weeks ago. As a side note, I removed a fair use image from your userpage, as it can only be used in articles without being a copyright problem. — FireFox 10:09, 05 July '06
The last discussion which was allowed to run its course was in July last year so your comment is a repeat of your two-fingered salute to democracy and openness. Cloachland17:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It appeared as another bad faith nomination, same as the last 10, 11, 12 AfD it's had. — FireFox 17:40, 08 July '06
That's a spurious response. You can't know that, and nor can the others who closed them all. It seems to me that a group of you have simply decided that anyone who disagrees with you is not entitled to an opinion. Cloachland17:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, but I'm not going to bother replying to any more incivility. — FireFox 17:51, 08 July '06
I want to know how I can make a formal complaint about your shameless conduct. You should be banned from Wikipedia in my opinion. Cloachland17:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Re: yourmessages, thanks for the advice, and sorry about the lack of subst:'ing and the inappropriate welcome. I wasn't sure about that username, but it seemed more random than unacceptable. I'll wait to leave a welcome next time I see a questionable name. - Tapir Terrific19:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I would like to thank you very much for your vote in the Esperanza Elections, your trust in me was appreciated and I hope I will be able to live up to your expectations. And congratulations! I look forward to serving on the assembly with you and the others. Thanks again! Regards -- Banes10:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well done for gaining your seat on the Eseperanza council, and thanks for your vote in my (failed) campaign to stand on the Esperanza council. I apologise for not returning the favour, but you got it anyway - well done! Hopefully we will one day be council members together. Until then, adios! Kingfisherswift15:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
FireFox, first off, thank you so much for your support in the Esperanza Elections. From a much more dedicated user than I, it really means a lot. Secondly, congratulations on (as expected) doing fantastically in the elections - I am truly looking foward to working with you! -- Natalya02:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't even mention it FireFox ;) I know that you'll make a really great council member, and one that should lead Esperanza well. It was a privilege voting you into 'office', and I must also thank you for voting for me. I felt amazingly grateful that you had the confidence in me to honour my humble attempts with a vote.
Once again, thank you so much my friend, and many, many congratulations!
I've been trying to set up AWB to subst talk page templates, but I'm running into a ton of issues, enough that I can't think of it as reliable. My biggest issue is that I am coming up with tons of nowiki'ed and templates used in conversation. How do you deal with these? Alphachimptalk02:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently he's not dealing perfectly with them, either. [12] Note that technically, the name inside the comment shouldn't have been substed. Not a life-threatening bug, and the template was fixed later, just another heads up. Femto12:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Heya, I recently got my bot approved for Unicodifying articles and for substing, I've done a lot of Unicodification so I thought I would give Subst:'ing a ago. I know you and Alphachimp are already working on this so I thought I would check with you. I had a quick look through and I think I would start with the test templates and then move onto the other warning templates - 3RR, spam, blank, vw, verror, so on.--Konstable13:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
hey, nikki is gone, she was wonderufll and will have a brilliant career outside of BB better than jades or chantelles, she is no longer a house mate and deserves her own page. Aarandir19:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
nikki is not notable... there seems to be something wrong with the claim for some reason, i put it to you more than half the country know who nikki is. and she will have a fantastic career out of BB82.11.12.18613:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i hate to work with probabity, but she will most certainly have a brillaint career outside BB which will be better than jades. Aarandir13:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"more than half the country know who nikki is"[citation needed]
"she will have a fantastic career out of BB" You don't know that, if she does, then fine she can have her own artcile, but at the moment, no. --LorianTC14:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed a clear vandilization of this webpage: Maryland U.S. Senate election, 2006 by Fearwig. It is so bad that even the Democratic poll numbes have been changed, each by a few points. Also, Michael Steele was added in the first paragraph, which I deleted. On a Wikipedia article about Daniel_Vovak Fearwig at one point deleted all mention of my wig, then reverted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DanielVovak (talk • contribs)
Poll numbers were changed in accordance to the poll results, to include all registered democrats and not just those listed "certain to vote". You can find this out by reading the edit history notes. I thought the portion of your page referring to your wig was vandalism--by someone else--then realized my error... as you can see, again, if you read the edit history. Additionally, you probably shouldn't be involved in editing this article or any related to it since you are in fact a candidate in the race (however symbolic your efforts may be), and since your account was created for the sole purpose of editing information relevant to the race (as one can see from your contributions list). You are turning out to be as interesting a character as your website (and wig gimmick) would indicate, but you're acting somewhat paranoid, if not totally disruptive, on Wikipedia. Fearwig14:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You are right re: Lew Wallace's reported stomach cancer. I was actually suspicious of the source since cancer diagnosis didn't really exist at the time of his death. I believe to maintain the credibility & accuracy needed in Wiki, I will remove the data from the article. Thanks for calling me on it.
Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing!
NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.
I have a question for you regarding Wiki Categories. If a person’s cause of death is, say, stomach cancer, I know to include the Category ‘Stomach cancer’ to their Article. Should I not also add the Main Category, ‘Cancer deaths’? If I do not add this main Category, the person in question would not be included in this main list, and, therefore, what is the purpose of having this main Category list. This is a question that has been bothering me for some time in Wiki, and I have gotten into some disputes with others who say both Categories do not belong in the same article – that including the Main Category, 'Cancer deaths' is redundant. What are your thoughts on this?
I went to the link you gave me. There I found this: "An article should usually not be in both a category and its subcategory… except when the article defines a category as well as being in a higher category, e.g. Ohio is in both Category:U.S. states and Category:Ohio." In the case of cancer, 'Cancer deaths' and 'Death from stomach cancer'.
Therefore, I shall continue to include both categories in the same Article. It just didn’t make good sense not to.
To me Categories are there to help make researching a subject easier; they generate lists I can work from. I don't want to have to call up a zillion separate lists to, for example, find all persons who died from cancer. (As morbid as this sounds, someone's got to do it).
Based on the subject and style of their recent edits, as well as their contribution history, I am quite sure that the following users are sockpuppets of User:General Tojo, who you blocked indefinitely some time ago. As you may know, this user has a history of using sockpuppets, and has threatened to keep coming back indefinitely under an endless series of puppets.
I intend to investigate whether you have broken any rules relating to your authority as an administrator in making changes to a page on which you appear to have placed a temporary edit restriction. Rest assured, that if I find that you have, I will persue this strenuously through a complaint and arbitration process. If this was not you, or you have not breached rules, I apologise in advance, but something looks fishy to me. leaky_caldron19:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Big Brother nominations table (UK series 7). you mean you've done this to several articles? In the words of the song by The Police, "I'll be watching you"! leaky_caldron20:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
you knew precisely which article I meant. I find it reprehensible when someone with authority abuses it for their own benefit. If you have inadvertently done this, I suggest to revert immediately. If, as an administrator, you can make personal edits to a page you have placed under temporary restriction, can you please show me where that is expressly permitted? leaky_caldron20:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think you have breached both parts of the following policy:
1 Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.
2 Do not protect a page on which you are involved in an edit dispute (Category:Conflicts).
can you confirm that you are certain that you have not breached the first of these? You did edit the page, as an administrator, while under protection. leaky_caldron20:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
for the record, I know it was NOT you who placed the edit block on the page. I also know that you are an administrator. I also can see that you edited the article while it was under protection. I have read the policy summarised above (Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.)
What more do you suggest I need to be aware of? Incidentally, it was the premature and poor quality of the edit, politely commented on by another contributor, that I was concerned about. leaky_caldron20:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Gee thanks. A massive four words between my version, and someone elses... I don't know what you expect me to do or say. — FireFox 21:01, 23 July '06
the poor quality of your edit (Grammar, tense and the fact that it reports something that has not yet happend) says everything about your concern for accuracy and quality, and seems to demonstrate your desire to flex your administrator powers while ordinary contributors stand by and watch leaky_caldron21:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Impossible to gather what logic you applied to this decision. Was it just a case of adding up the votes or did you even bother to read the arguments? Do you operate a slash and burn approach to all your wikipedia contributions ? This may sound like it's uncivil but I assure you it is not. Can you please take a step back and just think for a moment about what you have done. It makes no sense whatsoever to simply dispense with a factual article and you offer no explanation. Just like the guy who is annoyed with you about your Big Brother antics, I too will pursue this. Palx07:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So now we have two Sonnenberg pages ... the one I wrote (with the proper title -- it's "Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion ..." not "Sonnenberg Mansion and Gardens", and the one you insist on reverting. I've cleaned up the article, fixed grammar, organized it better, added a couple of additional bits of information that were not there before. How is this a violation of Wiki rules? (For example, let's say "The United States of America" page was originally written as "America, United States of". Woudn't we want to correct the header?) So now, what? Do I propse a merge of the two pages? Your response respectfully requested. CPAScott11:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and by the way, by deleting the page I created, you wiped out all of my new edits and improvements.
OK, I understand based on your response on my page, but I question whether I'm savvy enough to understand how to download and operate the MediaWiki software. It is not an executable file and seems to require more technical knowledge that the average layman has. I'll do some quick research in the MediaWiki FAQ first, but I might need to request that someone with more technical skill do this for me. Is there a mechanism to request such actions? CPAScott11:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Purple Star given to Wikipedians who have been hurt by others, for example by having their user pages vandalised, being mistakenly blocked (for too long, or affected by range blocks), being personally attacked, etc. We seem to take this in our stride and treat it as if it's part and parcel of the role, even though it really shouldn't have to be. What's that well known quote - "my only regret is not being able to reach over the internet and choke people"... :) --Alfmelmac21:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the timely reversion of that vandalism to my userpage. I really couldn't resist putting the warning below after your testing time. --Alfmelmac23:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for reverting my little vandal friend. I wonder why people always attack my sexual orientation (and never get it right - bi isn't gay, and it doesn't mean ..etc.). People see what they want to see and attack that :\ — Nathan(talk)/ 22:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I've just got a message saying I am blocked from editing because my IP has been used by use "EccentricRichard". This is ironic because I wasn't trying to edit anything anyway and secondly because I'm not EccentricRichard (ER). My user name is Warsatugger, although you may call me Chris. Unlike ER who apparently lives in Surrey, I live in Slovakia. I've only ever editied a page about Robert Mugabe, and haven't done that for a couple of months so would be grateful if you unblocked me. All very curious.
Thanks, Chris. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Warsawtugger (talk • contribs)
Hi. Thanks for protecting the 2002 Gujarat Violence article. I was having a lot of trouble fending off the POV and racist bigotry. Now, hopefully a civilized discussion will take place. Much appreciated.Netaji12:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, FireFox/Archive/July 2006, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7...
I am now an admin!!!
I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox07:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Flower power!Request for Adminship
Thank you for contributing to my my request for adminship. Although I wasn't promoted to admin status, with a withdrawn vote count of 14/27/14, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was pleasantly suprised at the support, and was touched by it. I will also work harder on preventing disputes and keeping cool under stress. Hopefully I will re-apply soon and try again for the mop. Thanks again, HighwayReturn to Oz...13:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Pass this on! Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah19:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Amazing to think that all the stars above are in the same place as when you started; so much else all around has changed and moved on. --Alfmelmac07:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I was just browsing the 'pedia and came across this. So, I thought I'd say Hi and wish you too. So, Hello and a Happy First Edit Day. Hope you continue your wonderful effort on Wikipedia. Cheers! Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs09:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I want to give you a personal thank you for being the very first person to support my successful RfA. It is nice to know I am trusted by so many people I haven't ever really met. I hope to live up to what seems to me to be the high bar of 84 supports that I received. Please let me know if at any time you feel I'm not making it over.—WAvegetarian•(talk)18:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I award you, FireFox, this Random Acts of Kindness award for helping me with my monobook for the 4th time. I believe it is the 4th might be the 5th but who is counting? KOS | talk20:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I came across this page whilst RCPing, but can't decide whether it's a candidate for MFD or not- the user's only edits seem to be to the page itself, and it reads more like an article than a talk page.
I would say it could be worth MfD'ing – it might end up getting speedied, but I don't see why not. That's what MfD is there for :) — FireFox (talk) 17:23, 31 July '06
You warned me for reverting. I accept this, I did not realize. I am sorry. I cam across a cabal of people who think they own the big brother australia page and keep reverting my pertinent information for no reason. Please do not block me. I am giving up now. I will let them have thier little run of the palace. Do not worry. I wont even bother.--000000117:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody owns any articles, but I'm sorry if I in any way discouraged you from editing Wikipedia articles in future. I explained my reason for reverting your edit in the edit summary, and have left a message on your talk page further explaining my actions. —JD[don't talk|email] 17:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The above is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
This is a talk page archive for Xy7. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Thanks for reverting recent vandalisms to my userpage. This seems to be a problem with one specific person at sympatico.ca - the IPs are dynamic. I doubt anything can be done but this is really annoying - the vandal seems to post more and more offensive stuff as time passes (the recent suicide one notwithstanding). Thanks. — Nathan(talk)/ 15:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I award you, FireFox, this graffiti thingy of my nickname for helping me with my monobook for the umpteenth time.KOS | talk18:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you have time, could you take a read through Mountsorrel and make any changes you think it needs? I recently expanded it but I'm still not happy with some sections.
I got a message you blocked my IP because someone else created a user name similar to mine, yet my IP was blocked too!!! What's the deal? Thomas Anderson19:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You were blocked by FireFox for the following reason (see our blocking policy):
Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Can't sleep, I'm becoming a woman". The reason given for Can't sleep, I'm becoming a woman's block is: "
Your username (Thomas_Anderson) has been blocked indefinitely because it is either inappropriate or too similar to an existing username
(cur) (last) 06:19, 2006 June 13 FireFox (Talk | contribs) (→Search Engines other than Google - remove some site links in violation of WP:UP, WP:SPAM, and probably WP:EL)
(cur) (last) 06:18, 2006 June 13 FireFox (Talk | contribs) (→Queries - remove some site links in violation of WP:UP, WP:SPAM, and probably WP:EL)]
Bug fixed. It was supposed to only ask to delete if the vandal is the only contributor thought it was mising the check to stop if from doing that when another admin rolled-back first. Its fixed now. Thanks.Voice-of-All07:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. ViridaeTalk15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again FireFox, Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. Actually, you were the last support vote before it closed :). You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page.
I'm having a bad controversy with him (see my talk page here, then look at the bottom). Should he be blocked for personal attacks or any some other kind of issues? --Bigtop19:41, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There was a load priority issue cause the defaults to override the custom values. Thanks for pointing this out. I've updated the instructions[13] with a working method to customize them. You should probably make the script an SRC inclusion again though, so it gets updated automatically.Voice-of-All22:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again :). The move-revert script is fixed now. The problem was the addition of Talk|block links. It should be more stable now if the site changes (though the worst that can happen is it won't do anything).Voice-of-All19:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to start this by saying I mean no ills to Bigtop at all. I have three questions. First, why were my previous comments rolled back by User:Lorian 'to prevent vandalism'? Second, may I please be taken off whatever probationary status I have been put on? Third, if I have made any inflammatory remarks, please point them out, as I have not noticed anything that is either a personal attack or a disruptive comment.
I would greatly appreciate it if this post were not rolled back or deleted, and that an expedient reply is given when possible. --Oreo Priest02:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you don't mind me borrowing some elements of your page for my own... let me know If and how you would like to get credit for them on my page. aido200207:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for that, for fixing it all up and updating it for me. I am already seeing the benefits, it's great. All is working just fine. :) Thanks again -- Banes11:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for that mistaken {{usernameblock}} tag. I only applied it on the grounds of 'Heaven' being in the name. I hope that block doesn't count against me if I'm ever nominated
for RFA!!
I would like to know if you can help me with some articles; I wish to get Lancashire to featured status, so I'm taking it to peer review - feel free to comment! --TheM62Manchester11:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
TheM62Manchester has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!
Oh noes, I decided to have a bit of lay in and I missed you get there! Sheesh, well you'll have to have some of the cake I made with the ingredients you gave me yesterday. I couldn't open the chocolate packet so I used strawberries from my garden instead. --Alfmelmac16:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've just noticed that the icons in your Admin section were mixed up slightly, with Delete and Stop being exchanged. It has been fixed. --NetRolller 3D13:48, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed my userpage being vandalized by a (suspected) Willy on Wheels account, which would also be proof that im a good editor (yay). I noticed you reverted it so I would just like tro say thanks, cheers —MinunSpiderman • Review Me14:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I like the way your userpage looks. How can I set mine up according to a similar template? Also, you keep beating me to the punch on these early morning vandals! Good goin'
Ashwinr14:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I missed this one. Have a look at the code I used here, and then here, and that should help you get started if you still want to. — FireFox(talk)16:52, 11 August '06
Sorry! Forgot to check that, the template was on the talk page, and it should be on the user page only. I must have moved it without checking. Removed it now. ><Richard0612UW16:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
that a user you previously warned, User:12.151.120.81 has added racist vandalism to the Skrewdriver article, which i have reverted. i'm not well up enough on wiki policy to know how to instigate a ban (which i feel is deserved, looking at his edit history), but i have a feeling you might. thanks --Kaini19:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to say that I greatly enjoy your RfA standards. I think there is such a thing as having far too few edits or being far too new, but I really hate when people immediately discredit a candidate simply because of editcountitis, or simply because they haven't been a main contributor to a featured article, or for some other reason that largely avoids who the editor actually is and how they are trying to improve WP. To be fair, I'm not an admin, so I don't have in-depth knowledge of all of the tools you guys have as admins, but I think basing your opinions on how they'd use these tools is perhaps the best criteria I've seen yet. -- Kicking22220:54, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
advertising?? advertising what exactly???? they are facts for fans... all i want to do is share the news... i beleve this is one of the greatest site on the net.... but this whole thing is putting me off the place all i wanna do is add to it...nothing else.
Hi, My name is 'YourCousin'. I have been blocked by RYULONG and his admin buddies. I was VOTE 16 on the OPPOSE list and his #3 supporter(Mr Lefty) deleted my vote after 90seconds (look for yourself)... This guy is totally crooked and a real wiki-bully! I have been censored (LOOK AT THE NOMINATION HISTORY)and would appeal to you to PLEASE read my entry which they deleted... this was vote 15:
Strong oppose I am repasting this as it was just CROSSED OUT by RYULONG SUPPORTER #3, MrLefty. THIS IS A VALID VOTE AND ENTRY, PLEASE READ IT AND DON't JUST TRY TO SILENCE IT!
This user(RYULONG) and I had a dispute about a controversial Jeremy Clarkson quote that involved INCEST. I deleted the passage noting that it was too controversial to remain with NO SOURCE. Ryulong insisted that it stayed claiming that 'HE PROBABLY SAID IT' and 'IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING' he would say. After a short editing war, I decided to start a TOPIC on the discussion page so that we could sort it out. RYULONG repeatedly deleted my topic more than 6 times until finally, he had an admin friend block my username for a week. I returned with a sockpuppet and attempted to open the discussion again only to have it constantly and repeatedly deleted.
Please look at RYULONG's discussion page history as well as the discussion page history at Jeremy Clarkson and I am confident that you will see that not only did he attempt to thwart my fair introduction of a topic onto the discussion page, but also tried to insist on keeping a Jeremy Clarkson quote on the page that tunred out to be TOTALLY INNACCURATE. He was stating that when you introduce a quote to an article, it is not the contributor's responsibility to CITE the SOURCE of the quote, but rather it is up to the editors to prove that the subject DID NOT SAY the quote.
I may have lost it and personally attacked this person even telling him to F.O., I may have used sockpuppets to have the page corrected (as it has been and is now)... But this is a bona fide crooked bully. Do not make this bully Admin please. Just look at the pages and you will see that everything I have said is true and the truth has NO holes. he is not concerned about the factuality of an article, he is more concerned about getting his way and having his input in it! He was very, very determined to have the INCEST remarks left INACCURATE and INTACT. The ACTUAL quote is now on the page and has a SOURCE. This is factual. --YourOtherCousin 17:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting the disruptive and offensive edits to my talk page. You fixed it before I even saw it :) -Brian1979 (talk·contribs)
Thought I'd ask you since you're the one who blocked him....Seeing as Mr. User 194. etc has been blocked three times since July 17, I was wondering, how many times does a user have to be blocked before he or she is blocked for good? - Brian1979 (talk·contribs)
Thanks for blocking that vandal, 100110100, for failing to respect Wikipedia rules. I was trying to reason with him/her but was getting nowhere. --Coolcaesar16:57, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for blocking and reverting User:Mblitray, I am the person to which he was referring, needless to say, despite all the attacks I've taken on this site, that was absolutely unbelievable, not to mention scary, that someone could hate me that much. Now with his second account in ten minutes. Anyways, thanks. -- pm_shef20:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for "fixing my fix." I thought that the "number signs" (#) were what was messing it up and that they corresponded to the tally numbers, hence didn't belong in front of non-tally paragraphs. Obviously not the case. Is there a style page where I can read up on this? Newyorkbrad17:18, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. The key piece of information (not readily obvious from the help page but discovered through trial-and-error) is that a line beginning "#:" (number plus colon) does not augment the tally. Newyorkbrad17:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. I don't actually think there is any specific page regarding the #: feature, I think I discovered it through trial and error too, not that long ago. — FireFox(talk)18:03, 6 August '06
I was referring to this edit. For the future, to tag an article as 'biased', just put {{NPOV}} at the top of the page. — FireFox(talk)18:41, 6 August '06
Sweet thanks for clearing that up ... wasn't sure how to tag it, am new to this, my mistake and apologies, wasn't intentional vandalism 222.155.12.6218:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dear FireFox, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Dear Firefox, this is the perfect opportunity to finally speak to one another after reading your words for months and months. I am sure that we'll be able to talk often, and trust me, it'd be my pleasure. Both your contributions and, most important your warm way to deal with others made me notice you long, long ago; and being supported by a person I look up to, like you, meant the world to me. I sincerely hope this is but the beginning of a friendship, and such thought fills me with joy. Please take good care, and I hope to talk to you again real soon! :) With a big hug, your friend,
I thought you loved me FireFox :'( Just because I'm numbers, and night darkness, you have a vendette against me? --24.51.88.920:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC) <3 LD[reply]
If you read the discussion page you'll see the sections I removed are considered innapropriate vandalism by the vast majority of editors. I have merely returned the article to how it was pre-vandalism 81.79.139.5310:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the discussion page, except there was no discussion. I don't see any consensus for removing the sections. — FireFox(talk)10:38, 8 August '06
In that case you are alone among those who have contacted me in not seeing that the majority believe these sections are innapropriate. After explaining my reasons to those moderators who have reverted my edits they responded by saying
"I did read the Talk:Anarchism page, but what I saw was an unsigned statement with no responses from anyone else. There was a section above your statement with a discussion of the topic, but you weren't a participant in that discussion (again, sign your posts), so I sniffed 'vandal' and that's why I reverted.
The content of the article is up to the group, not me. If you feel there's consensus for your edits, go for it. I'm here to stop the vandals, not good faith editors, and I hope you can see how easily one can be confused for the other. Thanks again for the message, and happy editing - Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 10:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
and
"I see it now, I'll stop reverting. Sorry for the inconvenience! ~ Butros (Talk) 09:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
A large portion of the discussion page is devoted to the issue of what to do with these sections and only one person thinks they are appropriate, therefore I would be very grateful if you would revert the article to how it was after my last edit (as other users will just assume I'm a vandal and revert my edits yet again if I do it myself). This way the article will be more informative, accurate and representative of the majority of editors opinions. Thank you.
I'm not getting involved in this edit dispute. — FireFox(talk)10:51, 8 August '06
I never actually reverted you, I doubt I have ever edited the page anyway. If you look at the page history I have not reverted you once – all I did is warn you against 3RR. — FireFox(talk)11:11, 8 August '06
Hello. I'd like to you please re-evaluate my RfA, as it seems your neutral vote was based largely on my answers to the questions. These answers have since been revised, and the RfA is to be closed soon. Thanks! -- Rmrfstar11:43, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I thank you for your support and I'll be looking for it in my next RfA! :)
Since you're the admin that protected the page, I wanted to let you know that current editing is taking place at 2002 Gujarat violence/2006 revision as of 20:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC).
Thank you for participating in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (32/31/5) which no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank you again for your support and to keep an eye out for me within the next 3 months. Also, please be so kind as to drop by my suggestions page for my next RfA :) SynergeticMaggot21:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, better luck next time. — FireFox(talk)10:08, 11 August '06
Hey FireFox, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I've decided to semi-protect it as the actual content is transcluded from a different page and reverting vandalism on the page is just a nuisance for all the RC patrollers out there. Cheers, Tangotango12:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! :) — FireFox(talk)12:57, 11 August '06
Your new user page looks great! I wanted to let you know I borrowed your old format for my current user page. Based on an earlier reply in here I thought it would be OK. - Meersan16:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, that's completely fine :) However I can't take full credit for this design – I got the idea from Banes's userpage, which was designed by Sango123. I'm glad you like it though! — FireFox(talk)16:49, 11 August '06
Looks great. :) I don't mind at all, since my userpage wasn't exactly...uh...entirely my work. :P And after you fixed my monobook, it's not like I can complain even if I'd want to. Cheers -- Banes16:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...and ask the questions now that I ask others on IRC and Skype when I offer to do one: What are your favourite colours, and what's the exact spelling and capitalisation of your preferred choice of username (and I know the latter sounds mad, but people sometimes say things like "but can it be 'ZaRnIwOoP', because my username is 'Clom'" after I've done it! >:o) ➨ ЯEDVERS19:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I thought you might find this page an interesting addition to your Sorenstam page:
[removed]. if so,I hope you'll add it to external links. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.53.59 (talk • contribs)
It's not my article (see WP:OWN) – all I did is fixed a typo anyway, I know nothing about the subject. Please feel free to be bold and add it yourself. — FireFox(talk)12:11, 12 August '06
Was an idef block really nesecary? I mean, he vandalized 3 times and got 2 warnings. True, he vandalized Jimbo's page, but I think idefinitly blocking him was going a little too far.--KojiDude22:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Vandalism accounts (ones which have become apparent to have only been created for vandalising Wikipedia) are nearly always indefinitely blocked, so no, I don't think it was going too far. — FireFox(talk)10:06, 13 August '06
Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom‽‽‽⁂04:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, congratulations! — FireFox(talk)10:07, 13 August '06
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I award you this Minor Barnstar in recognition of all the small, yet valuable edits you make to Wikipedia. Keep up the fantastic work. Daniel.Bryant11:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well excuse me but it is a nominations table. Also it does not matter what series 6 had - this is series 7. Also that wasn't much of a concensus, just two people. Aren't we here to improve not to just copy? It should say no nominations as that is the twist (even though there isn't according to your comment). It could then be removed on the final day, but as I said it is a nominations table, not a results table. I don't expect much will come of this, but that is my opinion of it. --Alextalk here16:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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As an administrator you should have sufficient awareness of policy to know that for a statement which is so serious it must be totally verifiable. Yet you are content with half a line in a tabloid article from a publication with a verifiable track record of fabrication. You clearly have not read, or understood WP:V and I find your attitude towards mental health unacceptable as well as immature. You are condoning a gang attack on my edits by various other contributors, which in itself is against editing policy.
If you see fit to use your admin. powers against me I will refer the matter for arbitration. You have no entitlement to edit controversial articles in which you are also involved in admin. issues and if one of your cohorts exercises their powers it will still be seen as your handiwork leaky_caldron21:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry what? Maybe you would consider trying to explain again? "Attitude towards mental health"? "Condoning a gang attack"? "Cohorts"? I'm merely warning you against breaking the three revert rule – surely you would have been even more angry if someone had blocked you without warning you first? Well there's your warning. — FireFox(talk)21:23, 14 August 2006
except you've supported the reverts by your own actions - totally disregarding relevant policy WP:V. thanks for the warning - it's noted. Now I suggest you read up on some policy leaky_caldron21:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Supported the reverts by my own actions? I'm allowed to have an opinion on what should and shouldn't be in an article – administrators aren't just there to deal with vandalism, we do edit articles too... — FireFox(talk)21:30, 14 August 2006
I haven't abused my admin privilages. We've been here before, with you threatening arbitration against me but it never happened, probably because you realised you had nothing to hold against me? I haven't done anything wrong this time either. I'm going to bed because I'm tired, once again, of having to reply in a conversation which isn't getting anywhere. — FireFox(talk)21:41, 14 August 2006
How do I get the picture to fit the space (i.e. not have any white margin the way it shows now), and how do I get the link in the info space to show up as white also? Thanks again!
--Wspencer11(talk to me...)16:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Missing in action. "Please look after this fox. Thank you." Property of missing Wikipedian FireFox
Hey FireFox. What happened??? Why did you delete your userpage and talk page?? Please don't tell me you're leaving :'( Please don't leave. Wikipedia won't be the same without you. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|)16:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, I knew that, I just got them mixed up, I guess :( I had them both on my watchlist and figured that people had hit the wrong page. Stupid of me. FireFox, what happened? --JoanneB16:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Only the talk was undeleted, the userpage was recreated by me as a redirect to this page because the potential number of red-links would have been high. — Moe Epsilon 17:16 August 16 '06
Oh my... this is no good at all! I really hope you have not left Wikipedia, or that you are planning on coming back. Good luck, I hope all is well... :\ -- Natalya20:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Come on, can't you let us know what happened/why (email if not here)? Then we might be able to do something more useful than saying "you'll be missed :(" and "come back or else!" Petros47118:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
DON'T LEAVE!wE ALL AT WIKIPEDI [WORLDWIDE] LOVE YOU.WHAT ARE YA GONNA DO?COMIT SUICIDE?MY POINT IS, WIKIPEDIA REALLY NEEDS YOU AND WANTS YA TO STAY.ARE YOU STRESSED OR SOMETHING?TALK TO SOME1.--Cute 1 4 u23:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I shall take a stance completely contrary to the above. As someone who's left previously, I think everyone needs a good break from Wikipedia once in a while. Take it, and then maybe make edits under a second account if you're abandoning this one. Underlying point is, have a good break, and I hope to see you back, but regardless, good luck. Chacor11:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto. You'll certainly be missed (as is pretty obvious from this page!), but I hope you have a good break. Hopefully you'll return soon refreshed and revived as FireFox 2.0 :-) the wub"?!"13:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings, FireFox. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Buchanan-Hermit for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.
You recently reverted this article, probably because it was a blanking. Un actuality, I believe it was the wide scale removal of highly POV material--non-encyclopedic theories rather than sourced facts. Went ahead and removed it myself. This is in response to a request at OTRS (ref 2006081710005152). Thanks. Bastique▼parlervoir20:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comment. I think that the excerpt I posted there is fair use, isn't it? It was only a short excerpt from the article. Anyway, my intention for putting it on the talk page was that someone else would be able to re-write it. Apart from doing nothing, is there a correct way to upload fragments of this type? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardNeill (talk • contribs)
I'll be moving to Connecticut tomorrow along with my family. I'll be leaving Wikipedia for a while until everything gets set up at our new home. It all depends on my Internet access, but I'll be seeing you in a week or two. Bye! --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 01:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
New house! Always good fun :) Hope the move goes well. — FireFox(talk)20:10, 25 August 2006
I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here:
I believe FF is back per the message on this userpage. FF, I'm glad you're back. You may not know me but I know you; you frequently edit-conflict me out in reverting vandalism! :P I'm sure it's true for a lot of other editors, too. Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better. :) Srose(talk)19:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back. We've been experiencing some very heavy AOL vandalism over the last two days at around 0800 utc, so you couldn't have come back at a better time. MER-C10:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks everyone. — FireFox(talk)10:51, 26 August 2006
Thank you all. — FireFox(talk)19:19, 26 August 2006
Kcab Emoclew (because spelling it forwards seemed repetative). :D Glad to see you back! And congrats on the good news about the GCSEs, that must be a big relief! -- Natalya00:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Natalya, and yes, it is :) — FireFox(talk)10:36, 29 August 2006
Might I suggest semi-protecting your sig page? I put mine on RFPP, and you may not have thought of it - if you get vandalised, it could be really nasty. Hope that helps you, and thanks yet againfor the support :) —Xyrael / 11:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, yes, good idea. Thanks :) — FireFox(talk)11:40, 26 August 2006
Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki12:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)talkcontribs[reply]
No problem, congratulations. By the way, it seems you forgot your closing |} on all your messages :( — FireFox(talk)12:04, 26 August 2006
Something tells me 11 is greater than 10 ;) but yeah, you stand a good chance of getting more A*s than me, good luck and enjoy all those exams next year (hehe :P) — FireFox(talk)20:52, 28 August 2006
I did, but anyone at our school who did the double award instead did another subject too, so everyone ended up doing the same. — FireFox(talk)09:45, 29 August 2006
Hello, Firefox: I'm writing in support of AnneCr, who has been temporarily blocked (apparently by you). I would like to appeal that block. The user whose unhelpful edits (unbalanced content, obvious agenda) she reverted was himself blocked yesterday for over a dozen reverts.
The fact that he was blocked makes it clear that someone in the Wikipedia hierarchy thought -- as several of us who have worked on the Spencer article do -- that reversions of his material were justifiable. I would suggest that blocking a user for correcting edits that were enough of a nuisance to get the offender blocked is punishing the wrong party. The 3RR, I believe, is in place to prevent abuse, not to delay its correction.
Can you please provide specific diff links as to why AnneCr shouldn't be blocked, and supporting your other claims. Thanks, — FireFox(talk)20:16, 27 August 2006
Sure. If you look at the History tab for the Spencer article, there were six reverts under her name during the period of August 26. But these were reverts of the rapid-fire nuisance reverts of "Reza1," who, again, reverted the article at least 12 times under that name, and possibly more under his IP address. And vandalism overrides the 3RR. If you go to Reza's Talkpage, you'll see he was blocked for 24 hours as 20:41 GMT yesterday. Dy-no-miite20:28, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I will take your word for it and assume good faith on this occasion. Unblocked. — FireFox(talk)20:33, 27 August 2006
Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke (talk)17:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have just recieved a message of u in ymy useer chat about my IP why is it a bad thing?????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talk • contribs)
You blanked this page so you recieved a warning for it. — FireFox(talk)19:59, 28 August 2006
Sorry but wat du u mean blanked i was adding a comment as far as i know then a message come up about double editing ????????????????????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talk • contribs)
Double editing? I don't understand what you mean by that. Check the link above, you blanked half the article. — FireFox(talk)20:02, 28 August 2006
i looked at the link and i can see wat u mean but im positive i didnt do it and i apologise if i did but when i submitted my edit it came up that whilst i had been making sumbody else had also med an edit resulting in doubleediting im confused did i do something wrong ??????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.225.189 (talk • contribs)
Don't worry about it, I can tell now that the edit wasn't in bad faith. — FireFox(talk)20:05, 28 August 2006
I can think of about a million things that are luckier than being married to either of them! — FireFox(talk)21:38, 28 August 2006
I'm going to agree with FireFox on that. I would marry Paris Hilton rather than a look alike. Then again, I'm gay, so it won't matter. Geoking6602:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I've reblocked the above user (ZIN(talk·contribs·deleted contribs·logs·filter log·block user·block log)) indefinitely. New user pops up and all they do is tag is blocked user names, makes me suspicious. There's no encyclopedic edits so, I hope you agree, no reason not to block :) I've blocked from account creation too. Let's see if the active block list throws up any autoblocks now - my guess is that it will. Please message me on my talk if you disagree with this blocking. --kingboyk12:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah when I blocked him the first time there was at least one autoblock that came up. The only reason I unblocked before is because I mistook it for vandalism and I was unsure about keeping him blocked, but I agree with your block now, yes :) — FireFox(talk)12:55, 29 August 2006
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Thank you very much for your support on my recent Request for Adminship. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns raised by the opposing !voters before running again. If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to leave it at my talk page. Thanks!
why are you taking down the info i am working on puting his comany info in he was at one time in with enron and healthsouth and he is the one who put up the money to help start healthsouth at age 19 and was in the water company with enron he had to file CH7 and loss it all lived in a tent for over a year and is back on top of life and making big $$
I am not taking down the information. The article was put up for AfD by Brianyoumans, and the AfD tag was subsequently removed twice by an anonymous user, so I restored the tag. User:Brianyoumans is the person to ask why the article is up for deletion. Thanks, — FireFox(talk)16:49, 29 August 2006
I saw a trail of vandalism by 64.12.116.198 an AOL port, and saw your UserPage had been vandalised - again! But you got there before me. Look after yourself, and best regards! - Trident1317:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, just my usual fan club popping by to pay me a visit... — FireFox(talk)17:22, 29 August 2006
Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog14:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}[reply]
Mmmm beeeeeer. Congrats. — FireFox(talk)14:45, 30 August 2006
I was wondering why you put back the article on Esmie Tseng. As a friend of hers, I feel (and she agrees) that her private business doesn't belong on wikipedia. I understand that she's sort of a public figure, and that people will be curious. I don't know if you read the article on her in the Pitch, but it was vicious.
She doesn't want this publicity, she told me in her last letter. Please take it down out of respect to her wishes.
-Lacy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onlylivingirlinnewyork (talk • contribs)
Hi Lacy. Unfortunately due to Wikipedia policy we can't just remove an article just like that because of personal reasons. If you strongly think the article should be deleted, you should request at WP:AFD, but we warned that the article will probably not be deleted without a valid reason. Thanks, — FireFox(talk)13:30, 31 August 2006
Hi, FireFox, I see you're back. I realized that when I saw that you blocked my school's IP address for vandalism, lol. SoaP15:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, see you around. — FireFox(talk)15:27, 31 August 2006
Thank you for reverting vandalism to my userpage! I've never been vandalized before this week, but I've now been hit three times, apparently by different users. Comes and goes, I guess. --Ginkgo100talk · e@20:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
:) No problem! — FireFox(talk)20:50, 31 August 2006
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You are the second person to block my IP address in 1 minute...not bad. I'm sorry if that sounded rude, its just that today I have been blocked 8 times, out of an innumberable amount of times I have been blocked throughout the summer. Could this be reversed ASAP, because I was about to add something important to an article.
There's always been something good on your user page (for when I am incredibly bored), but I think this design is the best yet. Although I would swap the first two fox photos round. Nice work. Come over to simple some time if you ever get bored. Archer711:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) and I might come over and visit at some point, yeah. — FireFox(talk)11:49, 02 September 2006
I'm sorry I was just trying to avoid unnecessary pictures on the Madrid article. I tried to tell the guy who was posting them to stop but he didn't listen. Anyways, I neither knew I couldn't edit my own 'my talk' page warnings... sorry again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jortegag (talk • contribs)
No problem. Instead of removing messages from your talk page you're strongly advised to archive them instead, which is fully acceptable. — FireFox(talk)12:47, 02 September 2006
I noticed you removed your request to join the bot approvals group, hope I didn't annoy as you are a nice person.--Andeh13:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, can you update FFbot so it uses the new format of by-date templates, as they now have optional parameters, e.g. {{Wikify|September 2006}} rather than {{Wikify-date|September 2006}}, though the old ones do still work. Also, it's best to update all the by-date tags at once (as AWB does automatically), this saves editting each article multiple times to update each by-date category. thanks Martin19:24, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah it looks good, but a lot of hard work. Especially with my five subjects, it's going to be a lot of work :( Oh well, it'll be worth it in the future. — FireFox(talk)09:51, 04 September 2006
Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia.
With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you.
Your Bot "FFBot" changed my category from Category:UK Wikipedians to Category:British Wikipedians while in my case this is true it is not generally true? an not what I wanted
The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (Plus a few Islands) Britian is Just England, Scotland, and Wales, and none of the islands - If you've been changing all of these you will have just annoyed all the Wikipeadians in Northern Island! (and probably a few in the Islands?) Jaster07:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I understand what the difference is between the UK and Britain :) However, I didn't make the decision – the categories were changed as result of a discussion here. Please feel free (and this is to anyone else who has the same query) to rename the category to something more suitable for you, personally, but bare in mind Category:UK Wikipedians has been deleted. Thanks, — FireFox(talk)09:58, 04 September 2006
Err... It looks like "Category:UK Wikipedians" has been replaced by "Category:Wikipedians in the United Kingdom" so I am using that instead. The link points to the summary of the discussion but not to any reasoning, do you know where this is ...? Jaster12:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't, sorry. — FireFox(talk)12:37, 04 September 2006
Hi FireFox, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter(talk)09:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations. — FireFox(talk)09:59, 04 September 2006
Hi firefox, i heard you're one of the best members in esperanza, so i'd just like to know a bit more about the special signature with the little green letter in it =P. - EmeZxX14:08, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Michael. Well, many 'Esperanzians' choose to have their signature with a green e (or another letter if they don't have an e). The 'e' normally links to Wikipedia:Esperanza itself: [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]], or links to a user subpage, such as [[User:EmeZxX/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]] which will show as e. On the user subpage, people normally put the template {{greene}}, you can see that in action here. I trust you know how to change your signature (in preferences), so feel free to try it out! I hope I've answered your question, but if not (or if you have any other questions), feel free to ask! — FireFox(talk)14:30, 04 September 2006
I'm seeking a little advice. I've noticed two lesser known and spam ridden articles that are idential and have marked them (hopefully correctly) for merging. they are Acoustic branding and Sound branding. However the Anon IP 80.171.10.208 who is adding spam links has removed the spam-cleanup and the merge tags twice already. can you tell me what I should do next rather than adding them again over and over if this continues? thanks for your time --Timdew14:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, firstly be sure that you don't break the three revert rule. The best thing to do would be to try and discuss it with the anon user, either through the two talk pages or on his own user talk page. The external links still need cutting down majorly though, there is far too much nonsense there. — FireFox(talk)14:15, 05 September 2006
thanks I will tackle the spam once he stops adding it so we don't get into an edit war and I'll post a message on his talk page and wait to see what happens. thanks for your advice--Timdew14:19, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. — FireFox(talk)14:21, 05 September 2006
Thanks, Firefox, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 16:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, well done, I'm sure you'll do fine. — FireFox(talk)16:48, 05 September 2006
Unless you can provide sources for the correct spelling in this specific case, the article shouldn't be moved. Plus, a copy and paste move is not the correct way to move the article. Please use the "move" tab in future to prevent splitting histories. — FireFox(talk)17:52, 06 September 2006
Yeah that is me - I thought I would create an account on all remaining Sister Projects before someone decides to come along and steal my username ;) Thanks all the same, — FireFox(talk)16:27, 07 September 2006
im nominated for system operator (sysop) or admin
vote for me please!
vote here i love wikipedia and would love it if you voted for me so i can continue to contribute and help out even more!
Qrc200616:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Firefox,
Would appreciate so much a review of Space Science. Tried to clean it up per your request. Just got a revert from an "Uncle G" apparently who believes "animals on other planets" are science fiction. Wish he had deleted the offending parts rather the whole thing. Protozoa are technically ANIMALS (up to 1990 when another Kingdom was given to them) and as you know they are looking for microbe life on Mars and Moon and Asteroid, so TECHNICALLY we are Scientifically Looking For animals!! Thanks so much. Mike Hooten [email protected]— Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.166.38 (talk • contribs)
It looks fine as it is, in my opinion. And please sign your posts, it makes my life a whole lot easier. — FireFox(talk)16:28, 12 September 2006
Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.
Thank you, FireFox, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. By the way, that's one nice graphic on your talk page! —this is messedrocker(talk)21:24, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations. Redvers made the FireFox graphic, so unfortunately I can't take the credit for it :P — FireFox(talk)16:28, 15 September 2006
Hi FireFox, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful last Wednesday with a unanimous support of (47/0/0). I will do my best to help keep Wikipedia clean, green and vandal free. Once again, thank you! --Konstable14:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for participating in my RfA. Consensus to promote was reached, and I am now an administrator. I'll be using the tools cautiously at first, and everyone should feel welcome to peer over my shoulder and make sure I'm not doing anything foolish. --RobthTalk04:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Fire Fox, I need an informal mediator between Uncle G and i, Mlhooten on the Space Sciences revert. Would appreciate it if you would mediate informally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal you will see the Space Science mediators request at the bottom.
Thanks
Mike Hooten mlhootenATgmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mlhooten (talk • contribs)
It's probably best if you leave it to someone who knows what they're talking about, and the mediation process etc. — FireFox(talk)17:12, 17 September 2006
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September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
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The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
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On RFCU, you said: "I used User:Voice of All's javascript to compare the two accounts' editing patterns and found that". Which tool were you referring too? =- Mgm|(talk)23:20, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it is this javascript, although not all of it. The actual "compare contribs" section is about 3/4 of the way down the page. — FireFox(talk)11:04, 23 September 2006
Already sorted, but please take requests like these to WP:AIV in the future please, it'll be a lot more quicker to get them sorted out that way. — FireFox(talk)10:07, 24 September 2006
Hi. There's a rumor going around that you're the person to talk to about IRC. I guess I need to get registered? I'm in #vandalism-en-wp as Wknight94 and I've set up an e-mail address and a backup nickname of Wknight94b (not feeling real creative lately). Please advise. Thanks! :) —Wknight94 (talk) 17:57, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You'll need to join #vcn-request and I'll sort it out from there. =) — FireFox(talk)18:00, 24 September 2006
You're banned? I wasn't aware. I can't do anything about it unless someone explains the situation to me, i.e. who banned you and why? — FireFox(talk)18:57, 24 September 2006
I will need far more information than that if you want me to sort it out I'm afraid. Including your hostmark, previous username, the reason for banning... — FireFox(talk)20:29, 24 September 2006
You would be correct in that assumption... I hope I have not misinformed you! :) I guess I could say the same, and be amazed that (I assume, but then again, we all know what happens when assuming takes place) your real name is not FireFox, but then I would just sound silly. -- Natalya19:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It is a proper name, just not my proper name. :) Don't worry though, I don't think anyone knows my actual proper name, so you're not out of the loop. -- Natalya21:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just enter your name here, if you meet the membership requirements. Additionally, you need a time stamp in your sig :) Cheers, — FireFox(talk)16:28, 29 September 2006
It's been handled by someone else. Please take further block requests to WP:AIV for a faster response. Thanks, — FireFox(talk)16:18, 06 October 2006
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Hey there. I'm leaving you this message as you were a part of making the article Big Brother (UK series 7) and I've had the crazy idea of trying to get it to featured status, or at least a good article. I've made a peer review page, and comments there for improving would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you see I have left anyone out could you message them as well? Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 11:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, good luck. — FireFox(talk)16:18, 06 October 2006
I was just looking at your userpage and was wondering: you say you are doing both A level ICT and A level Computing. What's the difference between the two? Laïka18:16, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Computing involves things like programming, and the technical side of computers e.g. how different pieces of hardware work, and creating an application using programming language. ICT is more application/office type things, e.g designing websites, spreadsheets and databases. --Alex (Talk) 18:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams202021:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please delete Image:Faysaliahtower.jpg. I had uploaded it by mistake when choosing the file (I confused it with another image on my desktop :/). Thanks in advance mate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anas Salloum (talk • contribs)
I see looking at the WikiProject user warnings page, that you are a participant in this project. I have recently started an undertaking to harmonise all user page warnings and templates. For this I would like your assistance. I have listed a number of ideas on the project template page here as a first draft. I fully appreciate that as with most editors and admins, that you are fairly busy. Therefore I am not looking for anyone to carry out the actual work, I am willing to do that myself, with help from a number of other RC Patrollers who have come forward. But what I am looking for is your invaluable input, on the draft ideas and also to suggest other ways you believe we may improve the templates. I do however require the services of a couple of administrators to put into effect some of the new templates, as they are currently protected. Please take 5 mins to look through the new templates page, and both the project and templates talk pages and leave any ideas or suggestions that you may have. Best regards Khukri(talk . contribs)09:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belatedthank you for all of your kind words.
I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we?
Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be.
"This article has been removed due to its dullness. We apologize for our lack of creativity." is 100% accurate. I apologize for not opposing the boring piece before it was chosen, as do many others. 67.62.134.21016:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Apology accepted. — FireFox (talk) 16:14, 25 October 2006
Hi, FireFox, seeing that you are a good friend of his, I would like you to co-nominate him for admin HERE!
It's sort of like a mass co-nomination, almost like a petition to let Moe-Epsilon become admin, so even just your bare signature would be okay. ¿¡ExirKamalabadi?!Join Esperanza!23:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like I was too late. — FireFox (talk) 21:15, 29 October 2006
Just wondering, what programming language are you learning in AS Computing? I'm learning VB .NET, but I can't say I'm too happy about it... Archer713:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Pascal :) It's quite easy actually, or at least I'm finding it easy. — FireFox (talk) 17:54, 30 October 2006
Damn! I've done VB for two years as a hobby, yet I'm forced to re-learn! I'd love Pascal... works on Linux too I think... Archer718:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.
Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
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Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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I hope you have a great day and continue to contribute to Wikipedia for many more wonderful years to come! Enjoy your day! Jam0107:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oooh thanks. And, erm, thanks for reminding me too... I kinda forgot! — FireFox (talk) 18:04, 08 November 2006
Could you please temporarily block me from editing from today to 16 November? I think I'm a wikipediholic, and I have exams next week, as I have very little self discipline. ~ EmeZxX ` 09:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!
In the Crazy article users have added songs which are titled "Crazy" only. I agree with them. Since I want to add the songs "Let's Go Crazy" and "Crazy You" by Prince & "(You Drive Me) Crazy" by Britney Spears but since the titles of these songs have other words besides "Crazy" I made a "See also" section in the article. The "See also" section was deleted by user "Fritz Saalfeld"; I wrote in the user's talk page my reasons for adding a "See also" section and the user replied in my talk page his point of view. Could you please give me your opinion about this? Thanks!
You may not remember me, but you were involved in an article dispute a year ago, where your help was much appreciated. I hope you are well. I have a big request for your fair and honest aid. I am currently dealing with a POV'ist on the Tanoli article. He is persistently revert warring to the point I have let this article remain POV even though it has very wierd and unsourced, uncited info (as opposed to the cited and sourced info I initially wrote the article with!). Problem is that he is now trying to revert war on the main page of Janjua where the Tanoli are mentioned as a minor sub tribe. I agree that Tanoli is a now not ethnically linked to Janjuas but there is a portion that claims it (as we Janjuas likewise also acknowledge them) as a paternally linked tribe. He's very stubborn and now becoming quite abusive with personal attacks which are beginning to escalate. Can you help on the Janjua discussion page please? I'm approaching you with a good faith that if I am asked to concede anything, I will gladly accept your opinion/action where offered.--Raja23:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You may or may not be aware of the Wikipedia Weekly podcast, which is now approaching its eighth weekly episode, on which I'm a regular presenter. This episode, we'd like to cover the Esperanza dispute now that the dust has had time to settle, and would very much like for you to come on the show to talk to us about it. We'll also be inviting a few other representatives of Esperanza, and User:Robth to provide an opposing view.
All that would be required are a microphone, a reasonably fast internet connection, and a free copy of Skype. We'll likely be recording at around 1500 UTC on Saturday, although feel free to suggest an alternative time if this wouldn't suit you. You can also join us in #wikipediaweekly on FreeNode prior to the podcast. Thanks for your time, and I hope you can join us on the weekend. :) Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 00:53, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No mic, sorry. — FireFox (talk) 17:06, 30 November 2006
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Hey son, we haven't talked in a while, so I wanted to drop by and see how you've been, and to ask how Maid Stone is going :P. Anyhow, I miss the chats on IRC, hope to talk to you soon. KOS | talk19:32, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
*wave* =) I'm fine, how are you? I might be on IRC soon, during the Christmas Holidays... I've just been very busy with school and everything at the moment. — FireFox (talk) 19:28, 02 December 2006
It's been a long time since I operated the bot, it's not set up to do that sort of stuff at the moment :( sorry. — FireFox (talk) 19:28, 02 December 2006
Hello FireFox, you welcomed me to the Wikipedia a while back and told me to leave a message if I had any concerns. I have come across a page that I feel is probably a hoax. The author has added some references in response to the hoax tagged (which was removed by the auther), but the information is dubious at best. Since you are more experienced, can you please take a look at Michael Muldoon or suggest what steps I should take? Thanks, Shadowin22:54, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind. I contact someone on MySpace from that area and asked them if a Muldoon played for Ardboe. Sure, enough there had been. Some of the claims seem to be a little strange and outlandish, but I guess it's all within the realm of possibility. Perhaps I was too hotheaded and should have contacted people in the region before questioning the veracity of the article. I'll keep this in mind in the future because the contributor thought I had a vendetta to have it deleted. - Shadowin00:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article Gay Nigger Association of America, which you improperly speedy kept, denying hundreds of thousands of users the chance to have their say, has now been deleted with the endorsment of Jimmy Wales himself. I hope you will reflect on your conduct and resolve not to deny users a chance to express their legitimate opinion in the future. Cloachland01:57, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The AfD I speedy closed last time was merely weeks after the previous one. That was months ago. I am not here to argue with you, even if you try your utmost hardest to pick one. — FireFox (talk) 18:06, 13 December 2006
Hi Firefox, I've been doing more WP edits lately and need some help. I wonder if you could suggest what should be done with this band article. The article is a mess and the bulk of it (the biography section) was lifted straight from the band's web site (the section header even says so). It's probably a candidate for AfD but I don't want to get people too upset if I can help it. Should I add a copyvio tag? I don't know if it is actually violating the band's copyright, or if they would even care; they're probably happy to have the publicity. I'm beginning to add NPOV, copyedit, advert tags etc. to articles when I think it's appropriate. Is there some tag which means basically "this article is a pile o' crap"; i.e. flags articles of poor quality? I'm not even sure if the article is coherent enough to be described as POV (or advertising); it's just cruft. I could delete the biography section and probably start an edit war or nominate the article for AfD. I would be grateful for your suggestions. MarkBrooks13:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If it's copied straight from a website, it's a copyright violation. Either blank the article and replace with the copyvio tag, or remove the copied bits and leave the rest (assuming not all of it was copied). Hope this helps. — FireFox (talk) 18:08, 13 December 2006
You have put yourself as interested in helping out atWikiProject on user warnings. We are now at a stage where we are creating the new templates and are wondering if you are still interested? If so please visit the overview page and choose a warning type you wish to work on. There is a base template available here, which you can copy and use to get you started. Have a look through the redirects and see what old templates are affected and incorporate them into the the new system. Anyway, any questions please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri(talk . contribs)08:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Don't overdose on the chocolate, no wait, do overdose on the chocolate, the later regrets are worth it! Have a very merry Christmas and enjoy the New Year.--Alfmelmac00:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, hope you had a good one. — FireFox (talk) 11:43, 26 December 2006
I spotted an error on the 308th Bombardment Wing article. It should be titled "308th Bombardment Group". The 308th Bombardment WING was an organization in the 5th Air Force that fought from New Guinea to the Philippines. My father was in the 308th BW in WWII so I caught the error. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.106.165.92 (talk) 02:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Who's Kevin? I see now, I think you meant to leave this message here instead. Thanks, — FireFox (talk) 11:10, 30 December 2006
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Hey FireFox, although Esperanza is done with, I wanted to thank you for all the hard work you put into it, making it a great place for all. We can still hold the sense of community within ourselves, and I know you do that anyway. Many thanks, and I look forward to seeing you around Wikipedia post-Esperanza. Happy Holidays! -- Natalya04:02, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Everything is fine with it, I think I got all your personal stuff out while keeping the warnings the same as you use, however, even though I set false to each of the types of pages I don't wish to watch, it is still setting them as watched, is there another line I can't spot which is setting talk pages to watched, my watchlist is already big enough ;) --Alfmelmac18:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. I'm not quite sure. I wasn't aware my monobook automatically watched certain pages for me... like what, for example? — FireFox 18:43, 13 January 2007
All talk pages that any of the messages are put on; the lines in the monobook are written like -
which should not end up being watched, the "false" in that place should uncheck the box, maybe it's a caching problem and it'll go away after a full clear out and reboot.--Alfmelmac18:53, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Odd. My monobook doesn't add anything to my watchlist automatically. Strange... — FireFox 19:11, 13 January 2007
While the topic is out there, FireFox my "talk messages" are gone, do you think you could take a look at my monobook and see if you spot an error or anything like that? I'd appreciate it very much as always. KOS | talk20:02, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
AH KOS!! You have just mentioned the reason I changed my monobook.js to start with, the messages tabs had disappeared and I couldn't find anyone who knew who'd changed what had affected it!--Alfmelmac20:09, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Um... I had the problem of for some reason, when the tabs appear too far to the right of the screen, they disappear. I don't know why, so I just had to put up with it :( — FireFox 20:22, 13 January 2007
Oh yes, I checked my default settings and (ahem) <blushes> I have watchlisted all pages I create, which includes anon and new user talk pages, where I was seeing what I thought was a problem (ahem) <blushes more> --Alfmelmac20:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Noticed on the Priestley page that you expressed that a world title solely refers to World Championships. I see the logic of the statement as the World Championship is undoubtedly the premier event in both camps. I also feel, however, that the tournaments that start with "World" (ie Matchplay, Grand Prix, Masters) are also world titles in terms of both stature and definition.
I have nothing concrete for such an assertion although I've often read in darts players autobiographies of certain players' world title successes who have never won a world championship (ie Alan Warriner, Rod Harrington; Bobby George's books also refers to his News of the World wins as "world titles" (something I disagree with). I've also heard the likes of Waddell refer to the likes of Lloyd and Harrington and refer to their world titles (ie "of all his (Harringtons) world titles, the 1998 matchplay at Blackpool was his best.")
At best, I feel its a moot point. Referring to non-World Championship events as world titles may be a technically incorrect colloqualism, but then - if they aren't to be considered as world titles - why is there inconsistency in the names of the major events (ie Desert Classic, Darts League, World Grand Prix, Premier League, World Matchplay etc).
Looking at the contributions you've made on most of the darts-related pages, you obviously know more about darts than me and I'm not saying your interpretation's wrong. I feel that any authority on the subject (ie from the BDO or PDC) would be welcome nonetheless.
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Hello. I've been tasked with updating my company's pages on Wikipedia. In doing so, I'm getting notes about copyright infringement. How can I say that we approve the use of our own materials? Does this happen to other organizations and companies? Thanks! Karencohick21:27, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay well, it's a bit of a grey area I'm afraid. If you're up for a bit of reading, see Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ – basically, it's not a good idea to copy text directly from websites because it can be seen as a copyright violation. The best thing to do would be to re-write the information in your own words and submit that instead. That way, the article (or part of the article) is safe from potentially being deleted because of copyright issues. Hope this answers your question. — FireFox 21:32, 30 January 2007
I just want to make sure I understand completely. Even though, my organization says it's ok to publish our information here and will provide whatever is necessary to ensure that, I still have to rewrite all the information? Is there a way to maybe atribute all of it or some of it instead? Perhaps using footnotes for some of the information that is less easy to rewrite - facts, data, research? Karencohick22:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If your organisation clarifies on their website that the contents of the website can be used freely, or explicitly state the text can be used on Wikipedia, then I see no reason why this should be a problem :) However if other editors cannot find proof that your organisation allows the direct 'publishing' of your information on this site, I cannot guarantee that it will be accepted. — FireFox 21:50, 30 January 2007
Ok I can look into that. For data points and specific breast cancer facts, how do attribute them? I'm not sure I can rewrite those without losing their meaning and credibility.Karencohick22:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you give me an example of one of two of these facts that you're referring to? Thanks. — FireFox 21:27, 31 January 2007
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I know you have banned a user called 'Tinylittletom'
He has already used a new account 'A mysterious stranger' and '194.106.39.211' to insult me on my homepage. I have already put the homepage back to normal.
Please can you stop this troubled kid
I have tried the link but I've found it too complicated
I'd rather wait for you to delete him
Dear Mr. Murray,
I would like to email you privately about a wikipedia article that you are monitoring.
Please email me off the wiki.
Thank you
CabbageFairy21:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)Cabbagefairy[reply]
Erm... confused... I'm not "Mr Murray". — FireFox 17:04, 05 February 2007
I'm a new member of Wikipedia. You're well known and know a lot about Wikipedia, so I have a question for you. Do you put in links in your signature with the usual "a href" command or something else? ygugsa295 04:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
This page should help :) Basically, [[User:FireFox]] will create a link to User:FireFox. Hope this helps, — FireFox 17:44, 06 February 2007
Dear Mr. Murray,
I have sent you a couple emails and just figured out how to use your talk page. As I indicated I am rather new to editing Wikipedia, usually I use it as a reference. In fact, I was inspired to name my company after reading a Wikipedia article...
Anyway, I have nominated the Bruce McMahan biographical stub for deletion for the third time. I know this is a highly contested stub, and I was getting rather tired of the way the discussion was going -- a lot of partisanship out there.... I have posted my arguments for the deletion, namely that the original newspaper articles constitute the worst kind of yellow journalism and for Wikipedia to rely on them as sources weakens Wikipedia as a source... as a journalist and an academic the reliability of my sources matters to me.... obviously you must consider my analysis yourself and see what you think. I have read all the guidelines and done my best.
You should know that I have no immediate plans to publish my research; I have simply posted the rough draft of the findings I have on one case. (I am conducting a long term research project on the viral spin effect of the internet adds to print media that will take at least two years to complete). The Mcmahan case is one example of several cases I am following; now that I have made a personal contribution I will probably not be able to use it in my final research, but it seemed important enough to make some kind of statement.
CabbageFairy22:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Cabbagefairy[reply]
Wrong page again :) Leave your message here, I'm not Mr Murray :) Thanks, — FireFox 22:07, 12 February 2007
I have found that '200.122.151.210' has been editing pages and adding rude words into them.
I have checked most of his contributions and none have been useful.
He only made two edits and he wasn't warned for either of them, so I won't be blocking him. Next time, please take it to WP:AIV. Thanks, — FireFox 10:58, 14 February 2007
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You questioned my knowledge, actually, it is you whom I question. I am VERY familiar with the disorder and the research. I am challenging your article as it is full of confirmation bias against Morgellons disease. To make an assumption that I have no knowledge of this disorder is just exemplary of the kind of junk scholarship that all of you have contributed to this article.
I would say to you that your resume as an aviator does not lead to credibility to me as a researcher. As a master's and doctoral level student who has research in my credential, I do have the 100 hours of graduate work backing up my scholarship. Do you??
What I don't like very clearly is the mumbo-jumbo and the rhethoric that is specifically designed to slander MRF and those who are undertaking Morgellons research. I will from now on flood your space with article after article after article of nematode and genetic splicing research which is what researchers who are studying Morgellons are looking into, and as a member of a research team looking into Morgellons, YES, I am qualified to speak about it.
I challenge your whole article because it is slanted and biased and when people try to put in comments that balance your article or even improve it's writing, it is deleted because it does not meet your confirmation bias against Morgellons.
What I am going to suggest to the owner's of all researchers currently actively researching Morgellons of which I am associated with is that they flood your article with scholarship and then demand that you scholarly, with a graduate degree or other PROOF, counter their scholarship. Otherwise, this is a junk encyclopedia. I have challenged the fallacious talk here and I am going to request that the article be scrubbed. Seriously... scrubbed and if it is not scrubbed, I will request that Wikipedia flag it seriously to note that it does not provide actual scholarship but just a bunch of arm chair opinions.
Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace template issue. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers Khukri10:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, 49TL/Archive/All! Hope you're having a wonderful birthday! Don't eat all the chocolate too fast...As a matter of fact, would you save me some?:) From (not)(listening) and the Wikipedia Birthday Committee.
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It made me laugh more than anything else... and pity the people who have too much time on their hands to create accounts like that. That was over a year ago now anyway! — FireFox 21:14, 03 April 2007
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Me cogió totalmente por sorpresa, cuando te busqué y encontré que tu indentidad había cambiado. Llevo muchísimo tiempo sin hablar contigo (pues, no he estado por Wikipedia nada hasta la supresión de Esperanza), y echo de menos este aspecto social (las luchas, no mucho). Pues, ¿qué asignaturas estudias ahora? De hecho, no recordé oyendo los resultados de tus GCSEs. Es posible que haya olvidado, pero...
De todas maneras, estoy estudiando filosofía y ética, matematicas, música y español. Empezaré con clases alemanas el año próximo. Estoy preocupado por el examen de filosofía y ética especialmente: tengo que recordar mucha información, y solamente tendré una hora y media para escribir tres ensayos :S.
Para empeorar las cosas (o mejorarlas, depende de tu punto de vista), voy a España mañana para una semana. Espero poder repasar eficazmente. Lo dudo, personalmente.
¡No, no, no! Es ridículo decir que vas a dejar de estudiar español - ¡es la asignatura más interesante, útil y divertido del mundo! Asimismo, de lo que yo puedo recordar, eres fenomenal hacerlo. Sería una parodia si dejaras de estudiarlo. ¿Por qué no quieres hacer español? ¿No lo disfrutas?
Hmm yes I see where you're coming from; it was a while ago when I first started using it, before the "account creation blocked" became an option. I'll have a look at changing it a bit later. — Xy7 11:57, 23 May 2007
Both issues are now sorted. — Xy7 20:55, 26 May 2007
You left a 'Welcome to Wikipedia' message on my userpage with the commandment that I "be bold!" I'm curious as to the impetus behind this behest. Are you asking that we post controversial information? Do you suggest that it is acceptable to post true, but personal information about public, living figures? Are you suggesting that we publish oft-thought but seldom-mentioned extreme thoughts about major political figures? Should we create entries about seeming non-issues, like the greater social implications of by-the-book policies for employees in the fastfood industry? What do *you* mean by "be bold," and to what extent is "boldness" actually allowed in the world of Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.234.73.45 (talk • contribs)
Please see this text. [You left your last message as an anonymous user - what's your username?] — Xy7 20:12, 26 May 2007
I'm afraid not, not yet :( Haven't got any for a week though, so I thought I'd get rid of the notice ...was taking up too much room on my user page, to be honest :) — Xy7 19:58, 30 May 2007
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Just wanted to say hello, and i have. Ah... remember the old days when we were bickering like the right ol' couple. Hows life treating you? Aarandir08:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh hehe, sorry. Just editing an auto-warn script I found, and testing to see if it works :) — Xy7 12:39, 13 June 200
I imagined as much. How are you doing (I wonder if one could still call you FireFox?) Any chance of getting on IRC? KOS | talk12:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe you can call me FireFox if you wish. Not sure about IRC, haven't been on for ages, but I might come on for a bit later. Anyway I'm doing fine thanks, how are you lot all doing? — Xy7 12:53, 13 June 2007
Alf informs Xy7-Fox (in front of KOS) that he's pretty hungry. Alf looks at KOS, looks at the empty kitchen, looks back at KOS and raises his eyebrows at him, twice, then suddenly remembers and says: Social Services Pa! --Alfmelmac17:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry Alf, I found a cake :) — Xy7 17:26, 17 June 2007
Now here's me being left out in the dark *again*. I thought FF had disappeared off the wiki-radar and here he is. Hrm. Ali runs and jumps Xy7 hoping for lots of huggles
Hey FireFox, the monobook you created for me stopped working, I've been using Alf's in the mean time, but I don't much care for his test templates, (no offense Alfie), on the other hand I do really love everything else on Alf's monobook so I'd like to keep it. Is there a way you could import the test meassages from the monobook you made for me, add them to the monobook I have now? Hope this doesn't confuse you cause it is confusing me. And yes I still have no clue how to fix it myself I always end up pooping it up. :( KOS | talk23:36, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder if you could give me a link to the version of your monobook that you want the test messages importing from? Thanks :) — Xy7 13:57, 23 June 2007
No problem (to both Fram and KOS) :) — Xy7 17:34, 23 June 2007
Hmm sadly "test1-3" do not work, nor does "test1a-4a", the rest are in fine working order, if you have the time could you take a gander? KOS | talk19:20, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, can I just ask why you removed Neck snap from Candice's move list. She performs it all the time.. lots of times against Victoria on Raw.... she even used it to defend her title against Melina at the Great American Bash, AND she used it on Raw last night against Melina. She's done neck snap more times than other moves on her list, such as headscissors takedown, so it should really be there.
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to many pages in a format that doesn't seem to be useful to pages such as Pulp Fiction, Kramer vs. Kramer, and L.A. Confidential. The image is set at the top of the page, is left-aligned, and is not explained, but beside that, there are categories to describe things like that. I left a note on his talk page, and he has since stopped adding the images, but he also hasn't responded, so I'm asking you for your opinion on the matter. Thanks, JHMM13 (T | C) 
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Happy Easter/Have a good Passover/Have a nice day...or this bunny will eat you :) Where (talk) 15:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Just happy Easter wishes (or whatever it is that you celebrate) from a fellow Esperanza member to another. (Hope you didn't mind me turning the gifts into a little gallery—if you don't, you can just revert it) :) —Mirlen 18:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
