User talk:Rodhullandemu/Archive/42

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Vegas

source. If he has played 5 minutes for St Helens, then he belongs in Category:St Helens RFC players. Perhaps you could chase up the person who deleted the valid information from the Johnny Vegas article without giving any reason and notify them that unexplained deletion of information is considered vandalism. I would do it but I've got a huge backlog on my watchlist to deal with. Also, please remember to sign your messages with 4 tildes, regards, King of the NorthEast 16:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for rerminding you to sign, I didn't realise that you were so experienced. King of the NorthEast 18:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I read your comment again, I didn't mean that the removal of the category was against policy I meant this removal of reliably sourced information from the encyclopaedia with no discussion, consensus or explaination wasn't right. The guy coming along and removing the tag acted in good faith, simply alerting me to the fact that valid information had been removed from the article. Regards, King of the NorthEast 20:24, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-Protection

Have you ever stopped and thought that maybe my userpage has never been vandalised because it is semi-protected? (I love entei (talk) 19:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC))

Page Protection

In regards to the Cunt page protection, I left a note here regarding my reasoning for the protection. But I do realize it is you have the article watchlisted, and are quite adept and quick at the reverts. If you were to request unprotection, I would support it, but I'm under the belief that the article is obviously more subject to childish vandalism than the majority of other articles, so leaving it open to any edit just seems a little, well, odd at times. I just thought I'd swing by to let you know I left my comment at the thread. Merry Christmas! Jmlk17 21:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

"The difference between Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins is that the former is creepy and the latter is a creep"

I wouldn't be so sure doubting Collins' creepiness - I finally got a hold of Seconds Out on Saturday night. I mean, sure, Willow Farm is an exercise in insanity, but that's no reason to include a maniacal laugh in it, Phil. Will ^(talk) 00:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

The "Phil" was referring to Collins, not you. My dad, as much of a 70s Genesis fan as I am (he always used to quote Battle of Epping Forest), also shares the opinion that Peter and Steve leaving ruined Genesis, and thusly doesn't own any albums after Wind & Wuthering (which wasn't that bad) - and to be fair, he has a point, as I tend to skip the post-Hackett albums more than the other albums when they appear on shuffle. With the description of Supper's Ready, i would've put either "suite", as that's how it's written on Atom Heart Mother, or "medley". We could aways cop out and call it "track" :p Will ^(talk) 01:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I forgot - Collins does sound weirder on Seconds Out than Peter on Archive and Foxtrot, especially with the "gorgeous as gesse" set of lines. And I just realised not so long ago that the correct lyric is "dad diddly office", not "dad diddly washing" :/ Will ^(talk) 01:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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WP:ANI: A Favour Please

Hey, i have left a message with the user, does this sound okay? Am i able to mark this incident as resolved, or are still wanting more action to be taken? Tiptoety ^talk 03:45, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, I will keep an eye on him and help guide him into the right direction if needed. Let me know if there is anything else that can be done regarding this incident. Cheers! Tiptoety ^talk 03:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Not sure

not sure if you've been notified of [1]DGG (talk) 19:06, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Jerusalem boogie to us, perhaps

In all seriousness, Inkscape, a lot of patience, a steady hand, and Google Maps open in the other tab. Will ^(talk) 01:54, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert!

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		Someone vandalized my Userspace! But a little angel came along and fixed it! Thank you! You can thank others by using {{subst:Vangel}}! Tiptoety talk 21:02, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Message on telugu wikipedia

This is regarding the message you left on telugu wikipedia [2] We could not understand what this all about. Can you explain? --Dunnob (talk) 03:14, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

• Sorted --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 03:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3

Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 05:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Elvis

As you have some experience with the Elvis Presley article and the problems discussed on the related talk page, could I possibly ask you for a short statement here. Thanks. Onefortyone (talk) 02:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Ive chilled.. ive got another fag on my back now.

probably wikipedia is full on computer fags.

you not included. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olirampling (talk • contribs) 12:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Desperately Unfunny Dan

Please see talk page on the article...or ignore, since you have reverted your own change.Kransky (talk) 13:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll ignore it, since we now have a reliable source: ourselves. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 13:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm

Don't know that [3]this edit was such a good idea. ^Avruchtalk 02:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I do, because I've seen it all before. I doubt if I'll be sued. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 03:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Your frustration is understandable, but they aren't terrorists - they're just bored kids, doing something they think is funny and irritating but harmless. They're largely correct, at least with regards to WP:AN/I or pages that are closely watched. There is an effectively unlimited number of unbanned IP addresses, so we will never be able to just 'kill 'em all'. Efficient reversion tools are the answer, or a re-evaluation of the idea of letting IPs edit. Either way, nothing is gained by taunting them. As for the guy who says he can just 'reboot his router'... Only the last part of an IP address is controlled by a router, so now that he's pointed it out the router range can be banned - problem solved. ^Avruchtalk 15:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Just an update

Hay, this is in reference to the article that was copied into the toranto star. I just checked their website, and it appears the writer is still working for them...but her articles are all her own now. No word on the donation, but I will imagine that somthing was contributed because the thought makes me smile. Coffeepusher (talk) 20:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Aphrodite's Child

No, there's no problem, now that I see that the band has an article and produced notable music. If the anonymous user who put the name in there had provided more information, I would not have deleted in the first place. Thanks for your message, and for clearing this up. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for letting me know, seems I was a little too bold for some, but all in good faith, there is no chance of the article being deleted. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 01:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep, fair enough, but somebody probably should close it. Random Fixer Of Things (talk) 01:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You may made a mistake

I was spell correcting articles yesterday and it seems you rollback one of my edits with out much of an explanation. The diff is here. If you see, I change that spelling because I look at multiple dictionaries such as dictionary.com and other such resources. Can you look at that edit you made closely to see if you made a mistake? PrestonH 05:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The Beatle IP

That IP user is an editor with the nickname "the Falsifier". Some of his edits are valid. But most have false information buried within his edits. His edit patterns resemble, or mimic, the edits of the "toy town vandal" who frequents many movie and TV shows relating to childrens entertainment. It is easier to simply revert him rather than try and prowl through and determine what small parts can be saved. Wiki admins User:KnowledgeofSelf and User:Wiki alf are both very familiar with this user and what he's about. Feel free to report to either of them if you cross paths with him. (although right now Alf is having local ISP troubles and is only online sporadically until he gets straightened out). Hope that helps Have a nice day. 156.34.210.254 (talk) 22:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem. He used to just frequent Kiss and Van Halen related articles.(occasionally The Police) Branching off into Beatle territory is a new realm for him. It isn;t always the 70.X range either. Sometimes it's 98.X and sometimes it's the 60.X range. Not all anon editors can be as perfect as me :D . If you spot him just let KoS know. I don't think he ever sleeps :D . 156.34.210.254 (talk) 22:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)