User talk:Tide rolls/Archive 25

Ping

Thanks for the revert to my userpage. User's now requesting unblock by threatening to sue the WMF. Over to you :) sonia^♫♪ 23:41, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that user was blocked before I could get the button pushed. I'm not seeing a bright future ahead for them. More's the pity. Tiderolls 23:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

I had no idea that Kevin and Rod were worth that much money. I'm asking for a raise. Tiderolls 23:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Considering I don't even have the tools, I feel quite special. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:00, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

The "have a nice day" on the end did it for me. (Kevin, stop stalking me :P) sonia^♫♪ 00:02, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Wait...Kevin's not an admin? zOMG!!!1! Tiderolls 00:03, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I apparently am a good at confusing people. I hath confused an administator! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:07, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Hate to rain on yer parade. Yer not the first and I'm betting yer not the last :) Tiderolls 00:10, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

True. Darn, I really can't fool anyone above this level since it's a much smaller usergroup. I have lost purpose here so I guess it's onto Encyclopedia Dramatica I go! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Prediction: you will get very bored there very soon. Tiderolls 00:27, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, this site is way more dramatic in many ways. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:18, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Question

When does my warning wear off? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.133.146 (talk) 00:19, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't know exactly. Why do you ask? Tiderolls 00:21, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm one of the good guys, I think...

Well, I think am. =) [1] Perhaps HG just got confused with the timing of my last revert. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:14, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you're one of the good guys*sigh* Sorry for the slip and thanks for your patience. Tiderolls 00:20, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Re your message: No worries. No harm done. Just thought I'd poke at ya. =) At least you didn't block me. ;) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:23, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, yeah. I can't wait until the first time that happens. And you know it's gonna.... Tiderolls 00:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Re your message: Yup, it's on Commons. I rev/del'ed all of the edits, not because of just the photo, but of the caption text used, too. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:15, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks for the help, GogoDodo. Tiderolls 09:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for going to the trouble of cleaning up all that mess on my userpages .Herostratus (talk) 01:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

No trouble at all. I appreciate your coming here to let me know it was ok to butt in. See ya 'round Tiderolls 09:14, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

		The Userpage Shield
		The Userpage Shield Barnstar, awarded to Tide rolls for stalwartly protecting our home pages from vandals and visgoths! Herostratus (talk) 03:17, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for reverting some edits on my userpage, and blocking the vandal. I'm just a magnet for sockpuppets these days, I'm afraid. :) o0pandora0o (talk) 23:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Funeral

Sir, why did you remove my discussion about the comedic skills of our anonymous friend? Yours in reverence, the most sacred and invisible cult of Nmatavka (talk) 19:35, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

My edit summary was was worded clearly, I believe. Tiderolls 19:37, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

I was, in fact, discussing matters relating to article improvement, namely whether irreverent humour should be allowed in an article relating to death. Yours irreverently, the most colossal and enormous goons of Nmatavka (talk) 19:44, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

No, you weren't. You were trolling, as you are here. Now, please find something constructive to do or find another place to play. Regards Tiderolls 19:45, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

And you, sir, are an [redacted]. Yours intelligently, the Greater Einstein-Bayesian Theory of Nmatavka (talk) 19:49, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism on Holland

Hi Tide rolls, nice job on the reverts, I know the people in real life, and infact they we're being stupid and saying they we're 2 different countries, I was just too slow to revert, shall I yell at them in school tommorow? :P --Lcawte/WebCoder11 (^Ta_lk) 21:09, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Nah....don't let on/wiki stuff carry over off/wiki. Just silliness....no harm other than distracting folks that want to read the articles. See ya 'round Tiderolls 21:14, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Eastern Shore Stamp Club

Hello, I am trying to recreate a page I deleted. It's for the Eastern Shore Stamp Club in Salisbury, Maryland. I am asking for permission to continue. Thanks. (Kyep (talk) 23:25, 13 July 2010 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyep (talk • contribs) 23:24, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

You do not need anyone's permission. It is advisable that you first acquaint yourself with certain policies and guidelines. This will help your article withstand the scrutiny of Wikpedia's editors. You can discover how ro write your first article by clicking here. You can discover if your subject is notable by reading here. Adding sources to support your article is mandatory; help can be found by clicking here. If you have questions please ask. Good luck Tiderolls 23:31, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

James Cameron Name Change

It was constructive. It was my belief that he had changed his name as of yesterday. I apologize if that information was false. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.86.57 (talk) 15:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

why you removed my last editing

why did you removed my last, it was 100% true —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.160.251 (talk) 16:27, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

You just reverted an edit I made. I thought it was by someone called cluebot, but then there was a message from you about "vandalism". You are the third person to revert this perfectly valid addition. The button I hit on your page indicated that you are open to discussion, but why you threw a vandalism charge against me is puzzling as well as irritating. I said I wouldn't be back because of the childish and dishonest responses from others. I hope you are not like them. The term "pussy pelmet" is widely used in the UK, and I thought in the US as well. Others censored this because they thought it was poor taste. Even if it is poor taste (I wouldn't argue the point) it is a widely used term. I was correcting the article when it said "pelmet" was used as slang for a microskirt. Even without referral to any other source, "pussy pelmet" is a obviously the more complete slang, "pelmet" on it's own means ... well, pelmet - for curtains.

I will change it back.

Thank you. 87.115.114.91 (talk) 20:08, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

• Pussy pelmet...I'm having this deja-vu feeling... Drmies (talk) 20:08, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

First, "pussy pelmet" is not widely used in the U.S. Second, "poor taste" is not (generally) a standard used to judge exclusion on Wikipedia. Third, the term "vandalism" was included in the templated message I left on your talk page due to the fact that there had been previous messages left there. If you had engaged in discussion before proceeding with your editing, then the wording would not have escalated. I most likely will not revert the inclusion of you content again, but I would advise you of the notability standard that Wikipedia requires. If several editors take issue with your content it may be an indication of the content's relevance. Regards Tiderolls 20:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

I was merely expressing a thought, not a claim about US usage. I completely agree with you about "poor taste" this was exactly the point I was making with the other two children. Google results were discussed, and despite this the "spin" was still forthcoming to deny this usage. I'm guessing you've spent as little time on this response as you did on copying the ill-judge previous and inaccurate accusations of vandalism.

I have to say I'm really surprised at the low quality of everyone I've interacted with on Wikipedia in the two or three contributions I have made to this excellent sounding project. I guess "crowd sourcing" is really like thos e god-awful "reality" talent shows, were the disfunctionaly self-deluding put themselves forward as the next superstar. It seems to me in this brief, and really I don't want to come back, encounter that if the denziens I've encountered are typical, then God help us all. 87.115.114.91 (talk) 20:31, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you in our community. Your edits aren't so much vandalism in themselves--what's disruptive is the persistence with which you try to insert this information, where obviously you're the only who thinks it's relevant. I think there's a half a dozen editors so far who have removed that information, and that is important: Wikipedia is a community, and people must play by the rules. Some of those rules are found on Wikipedia:Five pillars; you might be interested in the fourth. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 20:39, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit conflicts can be wonderful things. Drmies' post kept me from leaving a quite snippy and sarcasm filled diatribe...thank you, Drmies :) My reply was a less temperant version of the message you see above. Please take it to heart. Tiderolls 20:46, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

• What a rare moment! I'm usually the bitch. Are you excited yet, Tide? It'll be September before you know it... Drmies (talk) 22:50, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

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The Japanese guy

That user's been causing quite a lot of disruption here, with his Japanese editing and Japan supernationalism (he censored and edited some info about Japan that would make it look bad). Should we block him? TEK (talk • e-mail) 18:54, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm willing to wait and see. I agree that it appears disruptive. I would understand any block at this point, but I'm hoping for a turnaround. See ya 'round Tiderolls 18:56, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

It turns out that User:Daniel Case just blocked him for "Disruptive editing: Refusal to discuss in English". TEK (talk • e-mail) 18:56, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

It was bound to happen. Tiderolls 18:58, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

The block's only for a day though, so we'll have to see tomorrow. If he keeps up with this I would suggest you block him indefinitely. Unfortunately, I don't have administrator privileges... TEK (talk • e-mail) 18:59, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Protect his talk page. Now. TEK (talk • e-mail)

User:Kww has left them a message in Japanese. Let's see if that helps at all. Tiderolls 19:03, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Apparently not, since he is still trying to argue in Japanese, accompanied by machine translation. He claims that he uses machine translation English here, so I left him a note about how machine translation is bad quality. (==") TEK (talk • e-mail) 19:08, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Maybe we should just block him permanently, protect his talk page, and get it all over with.

Contributions from 大和屋敷

His contributions don't scream bad faith at me, even though they seem to be a bit dicey. Certainly a nationalistic perspective, but not unreasonably so. I don't think it matters: his English level is too primitive to contribute effectively. I'm also a little concerned that he has made no effort to reply to me directly, even though I'm the only one in the conversation that can understand him.—Kww(talk) 20:12, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I share your concern regarding their lack of response to you. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Tiderolls 22:12, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Delete

Can you delete my userpage? and re ad this picture: [2], I don't want that comment in the history. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 23:34, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I believe these edits qualify as purely disruptive and have rev/del'd them as such. I hope this works for you. Regards Tiderolls 23:46, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Great, thank you. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 23:46, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Travis henry

it's true that mr. henry serves with a mr. neal from ohnson city, tn, i know this for fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.7.135.248 (talk) 00:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

And when that fact can be supported by a reliable source and passes the community's concept of notability I hope you return to add it into the article. Regards Tiderolls 00:33, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I have the links proving they're in the same prison and a link proving that Matt Neal did what he did. is that enough to post a sentence saying they serve together? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.7.135.248 (talk) 00:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't determine whether cited content is appropriate. That is a community decision. My opinion would be that the fact is not notable, but that's just one opinion. Tiderolls 00:52, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks! TFOWR 12:39, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Trouted

Just kidding, I think you're doing a great job. :) Tommy! [message] 00:36, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm not opposed to trouting...honestly. I'm not immune to boneheaded stunts. I just hope to god no one is looking when it happens :/ Tiderolls 00:39, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh stop that. Tommy! [message] 00:50, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Okie dokie. Tiderolls 00:52, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

NCDane

Hi,
You previously warned NCDane about deletion of Cyrillic text: "I do not want to block you as you have stopped doing this after a final warning. However, you have stated that you will not stop. If you resume this activity, I will block you."[3]
However, NCDane has since returned to this habit - although just twice so far (one Russian[4], one Arabic[5]).
I feel frustrated; NCDane has made some positive contributions too, but somebody still has to follow them round undoing half the edits, and the tone of various comments[6] does not offer much hope for the future. Would it be appropriate to warn, guide, block, ignore, ...?
Have fun,
bobrayner (talk) 01:06, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I've blocked the user to prevent further disruption. Thanks for your help in watching over the project. See ya 'round Tiderolls 03:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

The vandal(s) writing about a pastor on a variety of different pages using mulitple IPs

You've been catching a lot of the vandalizing insertions about a certain pastor on a variety of articles (Serial Killer, for instance). They/He/She seems to be changing IPs (either intentionally or unintentionally) after or 2-3 vandalism attacks, but its clearly all the same info since it's the same info on all of these pages. I have never reported vandalism that stretches across accounts before; what is the normal way to do that? I also don't know anything about IP addresses, so I don't even know what's involved in determining a range that they're operating from. Should this go right to WP:ANI?Qwyrxian (talk) 05:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I've made a report to the Incidents notice board. I fear that at this hour we will just have to slog on as best we can. Any ideas you may have are welcome. Thanks for the help. Tiderolls 05:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Sock puppetry report? Ocean Shores Formerly TEK (talk • e-mail) 13:14, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

The way the IPs were hopping after just one or two edits tells me that an SPI would not help much. Even if you could get an investigation started. Just sayin' Tiderolls 15:19, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Signature

(talk page stalker) Hey TEK/Ocean Shores, I don't think you're supposed to have big text in your signature. dffgd talk·edits —Preceding undated comment added 13:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC).

Well, the font would look as if it's on small text without the big. Ocean Shores Formerly TEK (talk • e-mail) 13:38, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

It's still obviously bigger than the normal text, and that makes the line bigger. dffgd talk·edits 13:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

OK. I understand. But still, what difference is there, really, between that and those who have superscripts and/or subscripts? Ocean Shores Formerly TEK (talk • e-mail) 13:49, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure. WP:SIG says to "be sparing" with super/subscript text, but to "avoid" big text. dffgd talk·edits 13:53, 6 August 2010

There. I've changed my signature. Hopefully Tiderolls won't mind my copycatting. Ocean Shores (Formerly TEK) 17:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) That looks good :) dffgd talk·edits 17:07, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I borrowed mine from another user, so I'm not gonna make a scene. Tiderolls 17:47, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Heh, who was it? :) dffgd talk·edits 17:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

You taxed my memory on that one. It was Hereford. Tiderolls 19:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)