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Mr. Alf!

Haven't seen you for a while, hope all is well! I'm looking forward to editing again but am not sure what yet ;-) Let me know if you need any help somewhere! Kind regards, JoanneB 08:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Dag Joanne! :) I can't thinks of anything that needs particular work, although a recent article I did and caught some typos on yesterday was Siege of Oxford.--Alf ^melmac 09:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Goedenavond! ;) I'll just wait and see what I come across then :-) Interesting read, that article! --JoanneB 17:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I particularly like the bit in the 'second siege' when my next door neighbour gets a cannonball land against their hall wall :D --Alf ^melmac 17:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Ohhh that's splendid to hear Joanne, even though I'm a fortnight or so late in saying so. Now Mr. Alf, did you ever listen to that Mountain song? I wonder, I really do. :D KOS | talk 00:34, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm too tired to think of anything witty pops. See ya for breakfast?--Alf ^melmac 00:36, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Mayhap, I imagine I'll be a little more active around here, for the time being. I washed your blanky for you, now you can sleep my son, now you can sleep! KOS | talk 00:37, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back!

You were missed during your absence. Glad to see your name popping up in the RC box again. Have an ever so nice day! 156.34.212.88 15:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

And it was a lovely break - a whole month off (think that won't happen again too soon though)!!--Alf ^melmac 15:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

While I have your attention... both the Jimmy Page and Davey Graham articles are having their ref'd negatives deleted by fanboy editors who hate the idea that their idols may have done something naughty in their heyday. Could you look in to see that the balance is maintained. One POV deleting another POV is OK... but a POV can't delete referenced content which... in both cases... is whats happening. Discospinster has assisted some on the Graham article but the fanboy there is still at at. 156.34.212.88 17:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you kind Sir! The JP fanboy went and got himself placed on a forced Wiki-break. The "Davey-boy" floats from number to number...ROTTEN ANONS!!!! :D so he can't be pegged down and given the anchor. It's nice to have another set of eyes keeping watch on it. He'll be back after the prot expires. G'night! 156.34.212.88 23:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:

You are welcome :) ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 12:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Eye movement

What a coincidence: a friend emailed me that very link a few minutes ago, and I came in to add it to the links at the bottom of the article. Thank you! Tony 15:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

You're most welcome.--Alf ^melmac 16:07, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

It's official

Today must be "Anti-Wiggles Day"??? I thought we agreed a while ago that maybe vandalising The Wiggles wasn't going to be a punishable offence? It's also "Anti-16th Century Explorers Day". Fun eh? 156.34.142.110 17:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandalising Wiggles is not usually, I'm just a bit intolerant of misinformation-merchants today, they were farily warned however. And what has poor ol' Henry ever done to anybody - except keel haul a few of those who prolly righteously deserved it :) --Alf ^melmac 17:09, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I find myself being a guardian of Les french.which totally infuriates my inner Scotsman Canadians hold Jacks Cartier and Sammy "the Champ" Champlain in high regard for their "discovery" of us :D. We also hail John Cabot, Martin Frobisher and Erik the Red too. and ol' Hank When there is an attack on the frenchmen pages I usually step up to defend their honour since their countrymen are waving white flags and running in the other direction..... did I say that???...:D It's not Canada... it's Ka-Na-Ta !!! :-D . 156.34.142.110 17:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I do like a good chuckle in the morning. I take it the inner Scotsman doesn't hold much with the Auld Alliance then, though being English through and through I can't fault your characterisation :D--Alf ^melmac 08:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

The Wiggles is one of my pet projects; the vandalism that occurs there is unbelievable. I tried to get it protected, but the administrator declined my request because "vandalism is low-frequency and being reverted very quickly." I guess there are too many of us looking out for those pesky vandals. I'm glad for that, since it's certain that kids read it. Maybe Capt. Feathersword will do something, or at least the version of The Friendly Pirate that DeNiro plays in Stardust. --Figureskatingfan 21:13, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the article seems wierdly attractive for some reason, it appears to a favourite early pit-stop for of a couple of very persistent vandals who float around various ips to boot.--Alf ^melmac 08:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Dude, it kinda creeps me out. It reminds me of the pervert who attended Wiggles concerts to photograph little girls. It's cool that there are people who are looking out for it. We must protect our children! ;) --Figureskatingfan 02:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmm I wish you hadn't told me that shivers and makes a weirded out face I hope the tea will take the taste away goes off to make a cup of tea --Alf ^melmac 09:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

My daily question

I was reading the Little Walter article. (a random pick) I was immediately shocked by the utter oozing of POV cruft in the second paragraph of the article.it's REALLY shitty!... pardon my adjectiviciousness I clicked on edit to attempt a sheening but discover... buried in the "edit this page" someone has added some <!--Hidden --> text with some mild rants and demandments concerning the articles content... which I will assume is a naighty no-no. I backed out of edit(CLUCK) and reviewed the articles edit history. It seemed to be edited fairly frequently by some repeating IP ranges. No real edit wars. But someone does have some invested 'editor interest' in it. Just wondering what your take on it may be. I could be bold and just blank out the offending goo but don't want to intrude on a debate that may be ongoing and nasty or ongoing and somewhat civil(and just using the wrong techniques) wadaya think? 156.34.219.222 02:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It's a pain in the ass but my first move would be to go through and remove the comments to the talk page, attributing the editor, as per this diff it looks to be two sections(?) which there may or may not be some merit in keeping the stuff, but it's all talk page material. On the upside, it does have the unrefernced tag which to anyone sensible says 'be prepared for all of this to ne totally rubbish...'--Alf ^melmac 09:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind... was passing through your talk page to say hello. I did some clean up on the article. I brought over the hidden comments to the article's discussion page and removed POV to the best of my knowledge. I hope it's satisfactory, Alf and Libs! Scarian^Talk 11:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

No complaints from me...I actually forgot I had asked the question :D Thanks! And Alf thanks for your comment as well. 156.34.142.110 12:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, the irony!

Someone commented that I bear a passing resemblance to a character from The Shield. Not having ever watched this one, I decided to have a look for the character to find out his real name. Wikipedia is one of the few sites I can access from work nowadays, but imagine the irony of this. I still didn't know what he looked like! A ridiculous situation, but I had to laugh. Hope you are well, Alf. – B.hotep ^u/_t• 18:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

What a suprise, no picture of any sort :s --Alf ^melmac 09:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

What star sign are you?

Can you tell me what your star sign is? Because I'm a Libra. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rory666 (talk • contribs) 21:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

According to western astrologers I was born in Pisces (Libra rising), according to eastern astrology I'm a (wood) dragon.--Alf ^melmac 09:49, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay... --Rory666 21:32, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

The return of "the falsifier" vandal

98.195.31.40 (talk · contribs) is at it again. Very busy tonight. 156.34.234.163 01:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Are you saying that User:98.195.31.40 is a vandal?--Rory666 08:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd say at the old miniformation game again judging by this edit.--Alf ^melmac 08:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

User is blocked already the log shows the following; 01:58, 15 September 2007 Spike Wilbury blocked "98.195.31.40" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 3 months (inserting misinformation).--Alf ^melmac 08:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Was that a vandal????? Was that a serious question? Oh.... and Alf.... Aaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh with meat to go please :D 156.34.234.163 18:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

If User:98.195.31.40 is a vandal, does he deserve to be blocked for 3 months?--Rory666 21:01, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The recent 3 month block is consistent with the increasing length of blocks the ip has had, so I'd say it was fine.--Alf ^melmac 21:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I just saw the ip's user talk page and he has about 15-20 blocks. Yikes!--Rory666 20:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Guess what... I need your help

An editor has been trying(for quite a while) to add an improperly licensed/sourced image to the Richie Sambora article. This was the original attempt. [[Image:Richie main plz.jpg]]. Now all of a sudden... the image gets added again... only this time its called [[Image:Richie Sambora O2.jpg]] . And this time it's been dropped onto Commons by a user named "JoannaRudd" who, as you can guess, has never contributed anything to Commons before. The first one claims the source is "richierocksmyworld" whatever that is? And the second one claims self-made. The dubious origins of this leads me to thinks that something shady may be afoot. Perhaps you could draw the attention of one of your Commons comrades to look further into this and see that nothing smells with Sambora(other than his music... did I say that? :D ) 156.34.221.39 23:35, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

PS I brought the admin who did the 98.X block last night up to date on just who that was(or maybe who it was?) and requested that he chip in... should that particular editor re-emerge under a different IP.... and you or CambridgeBayWeather(I pick on yous twos since you're the only ones familiar with him) aren't around.(AiV can ge useless so I never bother reporting him over there). Ran into an "anti-anon" admin this eve... sigh ... why can't they all be as good as you good Sir? Have a nice day. 156.34.221.39 01:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Karl198

Hi there, Many thanks for blocking this user, and for the revert on my talk page. Regards, --Stephen Burnett 16:59, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I would say "my pleasure", but I rather they'd taken heed and just stopped :) --Alf ^melmac 17:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

So here's a question...

Can a consensus be established/proved/supported... based on the edit history of the article itself? Say, for instance... a minority of people try and add a small token of cruftness to an article... But the edit history of the article clearly shows that a whopping abundance of the articles regular editors do not want the tiny token of cruftness added to the article. Can that overwhelming number of rv's in the articles edit history be used to create/promote a consensus view for the way that article is to be maintained? 156.34.217.216 17:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I guess you're asking about flags and a particular admin who used an edit summary of 'take it to talk to seek consensus'. In this instance I'd count up in the last n months n people put it in n people took it out, note this on the talk page alongside a verbose outline (like all the peeps are English, no other confusion on locations so no real need to emphasise locality) and leave it at that. Having said that I abandoned an article yesterday on which I am sick and tired of trying to get editors to see sense on, last version I saw was still vandalised, but I've cut my attachment to it, resigning myself to allowing the crap to creep in, I'll stay saner that way.--Alf ^melmac 06:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

An overwhelimg number of anti-crufty-icony-thingy edits could be compiled pretty easily I think. Next time it rears its little rectangular head I shall take off my shoes n socks and commence to counting up the totals. I've walked away from many articles for the sake of my own gulliver. In the battle of sanity vs Wiki... sanity always wins. 156.34.218.58 10:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

When you're not too busy... The "My idol has never done drugs" IP has returned to the Kimmy Page article again. His last edit was to remove all the references added to the "naughty" section and replace it with a version from back in June. Tsk, Tsk and for shame. 156.34.142.110 19:22, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank ye!... you're fast! 156.34.142.110 19:26, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

If memory serves, those cites checked out, so any further "problems" regarding them should be taken to talk. Thanks.--Alf ^melmac 19:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

A different kind of question

An infrequent IP stuffed a db-copyvio} tag on the Hard rock page. I tried to look at the page the article was supposedly copied from but it does not load fully for me. The test loads and, after a brief read I couldn't find any dupe text so I rm'd the tag as trolling. A second read showed that there was one little paragraph(the one about "confusion" is hard rock heavy metal, is heavy metal hard rock yang yang yang...) and noticed there was a similarity. That external webpage seems to be someone's sort of homemade music essay. It is an absolutely ATROSHISH writing and if it were a Wiki article it would ben hacked and tagged to death. It is my thinking that any dupe of text is probably a reverse copy-vio with the external page author(an 8 year old girl??? :D ) likely lifting the Wiki content to his/her own page. Like I said I can't get the whole page to load so I can't see anymore that the text itself(which should have been written in crayon :D ). When you get the chance could you peruse and see what you think. Thanks. 156.34.208.227 10:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Reverse-copy (no-vio though) is highly likely, or the one paragraph opener of that section was based on that site, but it's not word for word and it's distinct facts that are similar, so I wouldn't be bothered by it. One can copyright the writing, one can't copyright the facts.--Alf ^melmac 09:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Serafin

Hello, it's incredible that you've kept an eye on Nicolaus Copernicus for so many months now. A big thanks for that. If you encounter further sockpuppetry by Serafin, you can report it at User:Luna Santin/Sockwatch/Serafin. Sciurinæ 20:06, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, the page I was referring to as having given up hope on is, in fact, that very page: the sentences are continually mashed without a thought for their meaning, just to allow nationalists to swing him from German to Polish all the time. No-one appears to be supporting the few neutrally minded people who have made genuine attempts at middle ground on the talk so I've added it to my fuck-it-I-don't-give-a-fuck list.--Alf ^melmac 14:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

"where the bloody hell are ya?"

as above, dont mind the quote. --Ali K 08:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm in my trousers, see you soon then.--Alf ^melmac 08:49, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

LOL rofl, Ive got some new crayons for you! --Ali K 08:55, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Alf wonders if the yellows will still taste as good

Ali think they will, and that is good because she is allerigic to yellow food colouring

Hey, long time no speak

I haven't requested any assistance from you in quite a while. Just so's ya thought I was not drifting around I thought I would hit you up for an opinion/solution/intervention. A Led Zep fansite-type webmaster hes been quite active lately trying to add his webpage to LZ related articles. He appears as a different IP everyday so they're hard to catch. rotten anons!!! :D It's hardly worth DMOZ'ing every single LZ page. This fansite'r is fairly busy and expands his linking well beyond EN-Wiki. I've seen it in many different languages. Hard to watch them all. I thought it might be worth handing it off to Mr Shadowbot to auto-turf it whenever it shows up? This is the fansite link [1]. Your thoughts?... is it worth blacklisting? Can it be "cross-country" BL'd? 156.34.142.110 16:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm the "ghost" you're looking for: I'm in Wiki Italy as Luketheduke so I'm not hard to "catch". My different IP are not my choice is the provider itself. If you've anything to say, please let me know. About the site I'm trying to let the people know about, it's easy to explain. I'm a Led Zep collector since many years and to my knowledge I never found a LZ discography useful for a collector. I found hundreds of site and list of illegal items (= bootlegs) but never a good one for official releases. So, after almost three years of hard working I collected enough knowledge to start one. I've been in contact with the biggest and well known LZ collectors worldwide so they give me a strong support. Now that the site is in a good starting point I decided to start promoting = let the people know about it because there'll be more to do about additions, corrections and more. My work is about worldwide discographies of albums, singles, cd and cds of LZ plus each member activity. Before "promoting" I signed to wiki italy and I did what I've to: understand. I read the wiki rules first more than once, in different languages too, and I've seen that there are different interpretations of what is an acceptable link and what is not. I'm pretty sure that most of the "generalist" sites included are not acceptable because they are not updated, they do sell items (even illegal) and are 100% commercial, they are not a plus for such a "pedia" like wiki. You can find those sites using any search engine ... Anywaym, the last word about my LZ discography is only one: it's unique! there's nothing on the web and also on books!!! so, is it important or interesting to a LZ newbie or a completist? Ok, if you've that knowledge and you understand what's interesting or not to a LZ fan, ok you're the master: c'mon kill me. It doesn't matter, you know the rules better than what it's written and you know what is ok or not but don't say that it's what the readers want or they are looking for. Sorry about this wasting of time, I thought this was the right place to share my knowledge and my passion. Thanks Luke
p.s. I'm still waiting for an answer ... and I still consider unbelievable that my site is "commercial" and on the other hand, acceptable a link (well, several links) from Discogs !!!

'92 Tour EP

Hi there. I notice that you started the article for Motorhead's '92 Tour EP. One thing that I couldn't get from the article was whether the tracks on the EP were live versions or whether they are the same recordings that can be found on the studio albums. Do you know either way? Technohead1980 21:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, I see if I can find out.--Alf ^melmac 22:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. Were you not able to find out about that EP? Technohead1980 23:31, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

No I just got overtaken by other things and forgot all about it. I'll email Alan Burridge.--Alf ^melmac 05:42, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, cool. Keep me posted. Technohead1980 12:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Nope, I won't, I found it. Will make the appropriate edit.--Alf ^melmac 22:37, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Bastards

Yes, there is a need for move. The term as plural for bastard is far more used than the discussion of this album. TheBlazikenMaster 12:53, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense, there would be much more confusion finding anything your way round. It was not marked for a move, nor did you fix any of the any broken links you created (just go check "what links here").--Alf ^melmac 15:09, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You're right, I will make a REAL discussion on this in the future, like the sound of that? TheBlazikenMaster 16:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Or fix what you break (there are over 100 pages that were afected).--Alf ^melmac 16:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Attention dear Alf!

I (and numerous other users) have been spammed by an anon offering a "proposal". We have been asked to contact him on a mobile phone. Of course it's a scam! User:81.105.14.60 - Your call on what to do. A quick look through his contributions will show that he has made the same offer of proposal to lots of other different users. In my own little "proposal" he said he lived in Bedfordshire too. Thank Wiki for I.P. trackers :-D He lives in Camberley miles away from Bedfordshire. It smells awfully fishy, Alf. Anyway, up to you! Take care and thanks! Scarian^Talk 08:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Told to stop or be blocked. Thanks.--Alf ^melmac 13:54, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers Alf. Appreciate it. Scarian^Talk 14:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I am the user you are referring to, and as per comments left on my talk page, it is not spam - and I don't live in Camberly. As per http://whois.domaintools.com/81.105.14.60 you can see it reports United Kingdom Camberley Ntl Infrastructure - Luton. Note LUTON, the main AP around these parts. This was obviously an oversight you on your part, so I naturally forgive you. Below that it shows my reverse DNS as being cpc2-bedn1-0-0-cust571.lutn.cable.ntl.com. bedn refers to Bedford. My project is not spam, I require an experienced wikipedia, something I am not, to help me with a project. Cheers 81.105.14.60 23:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I said you are spamming talk pages which you are. Wikipedia is it's own project in and of itself, not a recruiting ground. If you're unable to clearly state easily what you want, I'll continue to view it at spam.--Alf ^melmac 06:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

KOS coughs and urges Alfie to take a peek while at work! Canada and weapons of mass destruction We all need a good laugh at work Alfie do we not? KOS | talk 01:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Not one to eavesdrop or anything... but I would like to remind all of an often overlooked fact. CDN military strength is only 1/10th the size of our U.S. neighbour's... and why is this ratio maintained?... because... in the unlikely event of a war between us... being outnumbered 10 to 1 means they will get a fair fight :D. Have a nice day! 156.34.230.78 02:15, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha ha ha, gotta love them mounties. KOS | talk 02:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Aw damn that would've been made so much more funnier if he actually was a bipolar mountie. Dang. Haha, funny though. Scarian^Talk 07:40, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

An editor struggling with WP:ENGVAR

Spotted an editor with WP:ENGVAR troubles. Since I am CDN which means I speak a variation of both en-GB and en-US I cannot place a valid arguement in either direction other than Wikipedia concensus for groups of GB origin.. "ARE" groups and not "IS" groups. Could you mediate over this if you 'ave a sec'. It could span across hundreds of articles if the "IS" crowd suddenly rebels against the "ARE" crowd. Wiki doesn't have enough battles... it needs more :D. 156.34.142.110 19:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Personnel are on the case.--Alf ^melmac 07:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I are grateful that you is on the case :D . 156.34.218.130 10:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

"The anon's suggestion is a hypercorrection, and should be avoided." is a hypercorrection :D . I will take 20 vandals over 1 anti-anon editor any day on Wikipedia. I made my bed, I will sleep in it I guess. I are taking a break. I am heading out to Australia and New Zealand for a couple of weeks. Aussie's is good at languages y'know. Kiwis is good at 'em too. :D 156.34.142.110 20:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

remember that time..

When you showed steve and I that really long song, and we couldn't hear the song, only you? It went like this.. "Hey Ali, you'll love this bit!!" .. *Alf singing* "Did you like that??" *steve and ali* "Alf, we can only hear you, not music..." *Alf sings again* "This bit is great too!!" XD --Ali K 09:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I remember it well :) --Alf ^melmac 18:54, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

What's the letter of the day? --Ali K 12:34, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

THREE!! :) --Alf ^melmac 17:08, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Uh Alfie, three is a number. God your messed up! ;) Q KOS | talk 23:14, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you watching this?

This little edit war here between Natalie and "172" has been going on for a few days. This English/British thing doesn't just happen here it spans across lots of articles. It's a very touchy subject with many editors. Whose right and wrong in this. I've never quite followed the "he was born/raised in England... but his parents weren't" so he's not "English" he's British" It almost looks like some sort of ethnic cleansing the way some editors go at each other on other articles. Explain this to me... if you have the time that is. I would really like to know. For us... if a family moves to Canada from.. say... Botswana... and the become Canuck citizenry... and then they have children... those children are officially Canucks. This whole British/English?-Great Britain/United Kingdom?... what rules apply? "Libs" 156.34.142.110 14:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

The Manual of Style (biographies) point three states about including nationality - "In the normal case this will mean the country of which the person is a citizen or national, or was a citizen when the person became notable. Ethnicity should generally not be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability." So using this, technically England should be used (being the country) as Britain refers to the island :s --Alf ^melmac 16:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

PS This feller, Niaz bd (talk · contribs), keeps rudely rubbin' his Twinkle Toes all over my talk page. Any chance he can have that tool removed from his use until he learns how to use it? :D. Have a nice day. 156.34.142.110 15:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd suggest leaving them a note asking if this was just a mistake, as Scarian was obviously archiving the page talk, and if so, to be more careful in future.--Alf ^melmac 16:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Back onto my original topic I see Sir Nicky de Mimsy involved(and taking a definite side with his revert) There are a slew of AOL editors(editor?) who have pushed this Ethnic title war on for a very long time. I am guessing there is a Wiki article that would explain it all to me. Maybe I should take the time to sit down and read this encyclopedia every now and then eh? :D . 156.34.142.110 15:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

This subject came in April (eeeeeeeeeep tricky, stay away, stay away) I think I came down on the side of British, at least in my own opinion, was largely more preferable. "British band" is nicely alliterative to boot.--Alf ^melmac 16:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

My memory is completely F**k'd up!. I vaguely remember that conversation... barely. I notice that Natalie quotes s specific act that says British is accurate and not English. Sorry for bringing up auld nightmares. Me thinks it's time to walk away from Wiki (since I can't remember what I am doing anyways :D ) I shall head out to the cottage... sit by the lake with an extremely huge cauldron of Antinori and review. It'll be my other IP range... catch me if you can :D. 156.34.142.110 16:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Oi, Sir Alf my son, who really really really needs a fur cut

I have great news son, your father, (that'd be me!) has beaten the antivandalbot (that'd be ClueBot) that's on RC patrol in the vandalism channel on IRC! [2] Oh it made my day! I've also passed the 2000+ blocks and 15000+ edit milestones. Just thought I'd catch you up, since you moved out of the hole in the ground I used to let you sleep in. You know, you left your blanky in it, along with some very moldy biscuits, and all the grey crayons you wouldn't eat. KOS | talk 16:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

O^O Ooo cool! :D could you forward the blanky and the mouldy biscuits, they're probably ripe enough now, you can keep the grey crayons, I still think they taste like tarmac.--Alf ^melmac 16:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

The blanky is on it's way, but a skunk ate the biscuits, but no worry, papa will get you some new ones!

Enjoy

New images on Motorhead articles

The new pics on the MO_head articles are very good! A nice addition... way overdue. If you look at our contributors website you will notice he has all kinds of interesting images in his gallery. He has a fascination with "valley hair" :D . I want to make it known that... in my personal opinion( and yes, I know, personal opinions have NO PLACE in Wikipedia)... the picture of Lemmy with the smoke hanging out of his mouth is one of the best pictures, of ANYBODY, here on Wiki. I will now return my opinion switch to the appropriate OFF position and return to my 'post-thanksgiving' work overload. Have a nice day! 156.34.142.110 13:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Florida Atlantic University

I noticed you were one of the primary contributors to the Oriel College, Oxford article. I'm having Florida Atlantic University undergo a peer review before taking it to WP:FAC. Since you are familiar with the process I was wondering if you would mind taking a look at the article? If so, please go here to offer any advice/suggestions.

Thanks, KnightLago 01:16, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I dont understand

I receieved this message. "Well I suppose it saves hunting around for a spoon when you need to stir you tea... Please don't vandalise though." and i don't' know what i "vandalised" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.125.236 (talk) 06:01, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

An old edit - this one :) maybe you're on a shared computer, or your IP has changed?.--Alf ^melmac 22:49, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I might be new to this editing business, but was it their use of "his" in an inappropriate context which was at fault? "His cock his huge" is totally unacceptable and a blocking offence, beggar the context of the message! ;) – B.hotep ^u/_t• 22:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Hindeed, habsolutely hintolerable hediting :) --Alf ^melmac 22:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

You and User:KOS

Are YOU related to KOS??--Rory666 08:42, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I dunno are we Alfie? :P KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 22:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I dunno are we pops, erm I mean KOS? coughs and attempts to look innocent Not directly genetically related, I think winks at pops KOS  :) --Alf ^melmac 22:53, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Alf is my older than me, furry alien son. I adopted him, along with Shanel though she has abandoned us. :( Oh and Alfie you could never pull of the innocent look, so stop trying! Q-3-Joint-Kramit KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC) KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

And here we go again ;) --Ali K 01:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

By the sounds of it you are. I'll check back later...--Rory666 05:31, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Grrr! It's a joke! --Rory666 10:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

:D --Alf ^melmac 10:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

They are blood brothers... when I say "blood brothers", I mean "blood sugar brothers". When I say "blood sugar brothers", I mean "blood sugar from the fond indulgence of sweet confectionary products, including but not limited to cookies and doughnuts brothers". When I say... you get the gist. :) – B.hotep ^u/_t• 21:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

B.hotep, what are you talking about? Hmmm... --Rory666 20:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Random nonsense - oh lulz :D --Alf ^melmac 20:26, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

O.K.--Rory666 20:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Buddhistness

Are you a Buddhist?--Rory666 20:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I try to practice Zen (so yes, I guess I am). My recommended belief systems are Agnosticism, Discordianism, Zen and the Tao, joining the the one true religion, or becoming a loyal subject of the Emperor (see User:Wiki alf/Recommended). Agnoticism is pretty much a given (and doesn't in essence conflict with Buddhism), Zen and the Tao I do take seriously, Discordianism because I highly respect (the late) Robert Anton Wilson, and along with the other two (which are fun to boot), because they help make sure one doesn't get too stuck in any one world perspective (reality tunnel).--Alf ^melmac 20:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

PS If the question is more "why have you a buddhist flag on your user page?" that is because of the appalling situation in Burma, I don't feel like having the picture of the day (which is what normally occupies the space) whilst this continues.--Alf ^melmac 20:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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