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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. [1] 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]
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