User talk:Amaraiel/Archive/2008

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Bold-Revert-Discuss Cycle

Amaraiel, just wanted to add my voice to encourage to keep contributing. Good pages are made that way by bold editors making well-intentioned changes, other well-intentioned editors boldly revising them, followed by more well-intentioned discussions to discover and resolve the core ideas behind the changes - see WP:BRD. Your merge proposal was indeed bold, which is good. With more experience, you would have known to pre-emptively describe your reasoning behind the tag on the talk page. I agree with others that you were, as a new editor, unfairly bitten in the process. However, please take it as a positive sign that other editors interpreted your use of a somewhat advanced feature (i.e. to merge articles) as an indication that you were a more experienced editor than may have been the case. Also, it's helpful to remember that 99%+ of the edits here are made in good faith - if something sounds borderline nasty, it's best to assume that the apparent nastiness is due to the medium and just adjust your mental filters to correct for it. Hope this helps - and I hope you keep contributing! Ronnotel 15:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Protection

Your user page says it is protected...but in actuality it isn't. Do you require protection? IrishGuy ^talk 02:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Don't bother with the template, and especially don't add it as a bluff before the page has actually been protected. It's better, I think, with this type of vandal, if he doesn't realize the page is protected and thus wastes his time trying to make an edit that won't go through. Waste his time like he wastes yours. --Dynaflow 02:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Template Removed. Thanks for the input. --Amaraiel 02:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Just a thought: Since you want to make a real contribution to Wikipedia; seem to have an natural, pugilistic loathing for vandals; and don't seem to mind becoming a target youself, you may want to join the Recent Changes Patrol once you feel comfortable enough with WP protocol to chase down vandals and spammers with efficiency and confidence. --Dynaflow 03:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I gave you a 48 hour protection on your user page. Hope it helps. IrishGuy ^talk 03:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

My first barnstar. I've moved it to my main page so it can party with the userboxes and Emperor Norton when I'm not looking. --Dynaflow 18:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

67.158.110.194

I'm sorry, but I'm not an admin. Report it here:Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and mention it's a school ip. School ip's can get extended bans, especially troublesome ones. HalfShadow 04:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks like they're a non-issue anyway:18:24, 8 May 2007 Alphachimp (Talk | contribs) blocked "67.158.110.194 (contribs)" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of September 2007.

Generally, just follow procedure: warn 'em, if they don't get the hint, report 'em once they get to level 4 or are long-timers, rinse and repeat. I generally base my actions on the situation: if it's constant or something really disgusting, I'll do a level 3 or 4 warning. I generally start with 2; most vandals know exactly what they're doing. HalfShadow 04:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. For really egregious stuff, even if it's a first edit by the account, I'll give them a 4im-level warning (the ones at the end of each line at WP:UWT. That way, the next person to catch them doing something stupid can just take them straight to AIV rather than dicking around with more templates. As our brilliant President says, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on ... shame on ... uh ... um ... Fuck it. *BLAM*" --Dynaflow 04:53, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I should add, though, that by "really egregious stuff," I don't mean replacing the entire article on UC Berkeley with the word "poop." That's child's play, literally. It's things like screwing up templates, attacking pages "behind the curtain" (stuff that the average public user or dilettante editor will never find, like ANI, AIV, the policy pages, etc.), subtle plants of disinformation on out-of-the-way articles, and other kinds of vandalism that betray an intimate knowledge of how WP works. Those are the most "dangerous" vandals, and the ones who should be blocked with all deliberate speed and prejudice. --Dynaflow babble 05:23, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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School IP Idea

I'd be willing to give it a shot. Sorry for the long delay in replying. Let me know on my talk page if you're still interested. CHeers, alphachimp 04:37, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

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SummerThunder

I was looking around peoples talk pages (bored out of my mind) and noticed talk of SummerThunder. Did he come back? --Amaraiel 04:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh, I know what you mean with the boredom bit. I've been working on reprogramming a database for work since about noon, and it's about 1:30 AM now (hooray for the privilege of telecommuting on Labor Day ... bleagh...). A bit of Wikimusement is most welcome.

SummerThunder has indeed been back, though he's been more focused lately on posting his screeds in articles related to the People's Republic of China than on screwing with articles in my usual domain. I've gotta say it again, I agree in general with the guy's politics (against the Chinese government's efforts to censor the web, wanting to spread the word about various abuses within the PRC, pointing out that it can be a slippery slope between contributing the encyclopedia and obsessive-compulsively letting it -- or anything else on the Internet -- take a huge chunk out of your IRL productivity, etc.). However, the way he promotes his views is just so obnoxious, strident, and uncompromising that I can't see any way he could make a net positive contribution here, barring some kind of Come to Zuul-type conversion experience.

SummerThunder's LTA page has recently been updated: Wikipedia:Long term abuse/SummerThunder. Peruse it if you'd like. If you see him at "work," remember -- just report and revert. Don't pick any fights with the guy. He seems to enjoy those.

It's good to see you back. I was wondering what had become of you. --Dynaflow babble 08:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Freenode

I rv'd some offtopic posts to the talk page at Freenode that you made, but to answer the question you posed, try another server before another port: http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php.en?net=freenode&submenu=days The port's less likely to have a real impact, if your ISP isn't doing naughty things. MrZaius^talk 22:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I just always seem to be in the right place at the right time.

Granted, that can be a blessing or a curse... HalfShadow 22:14, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

No. Just add the userbox to your page and you're considered 'a member'. HalfShadow 22:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

One Correction

Just change the User:Persian Poet Gal part in {{User:Persian Poet Gal/Status}} to your username and create the status page at User:Amaraiel/Status ;)...¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 03:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Too Nice

Hey. In my book, there's no such thing as too nice.  :) Better to AGF than to bite, right? Into The Fray ^T/C 03:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

CIHR-FM

I'm not the only one that's heard CIHR-FM in the Chatham area... [1] apparently even closer to me (in the tilbury area), where it starts to interfere with Toledo's WIOT-FM, also on 104.7 FM. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 03:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

September 2007

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to Template:Vandalism information. Thank you. I'm just using a standard template, but I mean this as a friendly notice. It's good to use edit summary, because it tells other people what you did and, if you ever get nominated to become an Admin, they would choose a person with a higher edit summary rate than a person with a low edit summary rate, if everything else was similar between the two noms. FastLizard4 (Talk•Links•Sign) 04:32, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle

I'm use TW with Firefox version 5.0 and it works fine. Wikipedia's about the only thing I use Firefox for, because it has compatibility issues with a lot of other sites, but it works great here. You also might want to make sure you have the most current version of Sun Java. That's the best advice I can give you --- I don't know/have Vista yet. Stuck in the stone age with lousy old XP. Cheers! Into The Fray ^T/C 05:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Hrrm. I've never had a problem with it. Does Firefox maybe have some Vista compatibility issues? Not sure. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. You're right, it is early. Or late, depending on your perspective. I'm off to bed. You have a good night. Into The Fray ^T/C 05:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Infobox help

After checking around, I think {{Infobox City}} might be the best fit. What do you think? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism Info

Good point. I like that one.

		The Special Barnstar
		For brightening up my day, I Politics rule award you the Special Barnstar. PatPolitics rule! 22:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Congrats, you deserve it for brighting up my day!=) Pat^{Politics rule!} 22:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Siggy Test

--<font="papyrus" font color="black">Amaraiel</font> 17:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Vegeta

Sorry about the reversions. TTN basically has a mentality that he will do what he wants and his will is consensus. He referenced a discussion as his backup which had no final resolution and was only him and another person basically saying this was what they wanted to do against two people who weren't in agreement. It gets annoying when you work hard on something for someone to just delete every last thing because he wants in that way but can't be bothered to correct the problems. I'll refrain for now.Darkwarriorblake 19:20, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

You might still want to give it some time...

Hey Amaraiel! Its very brave of you to take the plunge and try for adminship but I recommend you withdraw your nomination. The reasons why are the following might concern those at your RFA:

1. You just started using WP:AIV since September 6th (though I'm sure you are aware by now how the vandal dispatching procedure works, others may think you have just begun to understand the process)
2. You only have participated in one deletion discussion (the deletion process is one a admin candidate should be experienced in.
3. You have not participated much in policy discussions or the various admin noticeboards.

However, on the other hand, I see you are very familiar with how the CSD process works (which is a good thing), you are a highly civil user, your edit count is decent, you have been with the project for an adequate amount of time, and you seem to have very good judgment. Just work on the areas I mentioned and reapply sometime later, you'll pass for sure.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 21:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Matrix Dab

Hey - thanks very much for the offer - feel free :). ck lostsword•T•C 23:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Today

Just got home from work myself. Fairly busy in terms of vandals; nothing new there.  :) Into The Fray ^T/C 21:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

There have been some edits there [2], but nothing that appears ridiculous. The page is already protected, though. Into The Fray ^T/C 21:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Clovis West High School

Per Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools#What not to include, phone numbers should be left out. Thanks for catching this one. Caknuck 05:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

You did the right thing. Let me know if the user reverts the change once again and I'll direct them to the guideline so there's no confusion. Cheers, Caknuck 05:56, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you so much for the barnstar. It was very nice of you :) DBZROCKSIts over 9000!!! 19:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: AIV

I responded here because for some reason your talk page kept freezing my work computer. Into The Fray ^T/C 21:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hai,

I am a young wikipedian doing research in real life at Delhi University. The Karnataka work group is constantly vandalising my aticles for constructively editing the page on Mysore. They seem to be bigots of the Kannadachauvenist organisations. Please stop them or I'll have no option than to quit wikipedia. Problamatic users are KNM, Ganpti and Sarvagnya of the Karnataka workgroup...seemm to be sock puppets of the same individual.

Thanking you, PONDHEEPANKAR 15:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Delhi University.

Vandalism accusation

I resent being accused of vandalism in the article on Tiny Toon Adventures. I was CORRECTING vandalism. There are no such characters on the show as "Grubber" or "Count Him". Check the episode guides if you don't believe me. Obviously someone was playing an elaborate joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.126.72.183 (talk) 05:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Qwazywabbit. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that: you don't have at least 250 mainspace edits. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 01:45, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: You Opinion: Already something that shouldn't be here?

You can find some guidelines on episodes at WP:EPISODE. In that instance, I'd go for a prod, or better, just redirect the episodes to List_of_South_Park_episodes#Season_3:_1999_.E2.80.93_2000 for example. But please don't do it for only 1 or 2 episodes when you do something like that, do it for all the episodes of the series/season that don't meet WP:EPISODE. Cheers! -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:14, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

RE: Sexual Harassment Panda AFD

Doing so would be little different to deleting it, and the Sexual Harassment Panda link would probably get re-directed anyway, so I'm afraid I'd have to disagree with you on that one. ≈ The Haunted Angel 18:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Reply

No thanks necessary, my friend ^_^ ≈ The Haunted Angel 18:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it mate, we all make mistakes from time to time, and hell, I've made plenty on Wikipedia, including misunderstanding rules and such. Believe me, you don't look like a dumbass in the slightest, there's been many stupid things I've done on this site, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you don't make a mistake, you don't make anything :P ≈ The Haunted Angel Review Me! 18:38, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Saint Marys English School

It doesn't look like much, but it may be expanded into something useful. I tend to give schools the benefit of the doubt for a week or so to see if the article gets filled out before I tag it. Improbcat 14:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

79.66.23.125

I did a RDNS and TR. How did you find out that it's a school? I hit a firewall around the 10th hop or so.... --Amaraiel 14:37, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Whoops. I tagged the wrong IP. Was meant to tag 168.216.25.250 instead. Thanks for picking up my mistake. --  Netsnipe  ►  14:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Prayer request

Hello, I hope you are doing well. You posted a prayer request to Talk:California wildfires of October 2007. As a Wikipedia administrator, I have removed that post. Whilst we all share your concern for the people affected by these fires, the Talk page of the article is only for discussing improvements to the article. With hundreds of thousands of people affected by these events, we would be quickly overwhelmed if we allowed those sorts of messages. Thanks very much, Johntex\^talk 14:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I am glad you understand. I agree with you that we don't have to be so strict about these things as to appear as uncaring robots. If I saw a post that was 80-90% about improving the article but that closed with a word of prayer or statement of hope for the victims, I would personally leave such a post intact. Again, thanks for your understanding and your compassion for those affected. Johntex\^talk 14:44, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Plantations of Ireland

Can we stop these people messing around on this page? I think there is more than one vandal acting in tandem, what do you think?! Brequinda (talk) 13:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Slovenia

Hey buddy -this just shows you are an excellent wiki guard who is keen to protect from possible vandals. I was in the middle of retrieving the official redirect you weren't to know. I'm in the middle of sorting out the slovenian settlements into one category -most of them are one liners and villages are classes as cities and vice versa -it is a shambles. Hopefully the new SLovenia project I helped get up an running can do something about this quickly -keep up the good protection -you stab those vandals in the eye baby!! Saludos ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 13:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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