User talk:Animum/Archives/2007/April

...!

!!! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

IP

May I ask why? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 02:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it is. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 02:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm literally hysterical!! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 02:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

• Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from 3 apples high, which you proposed for deletion, because its deletion has previously been contested or viewed as controversial. Proposed deletion is not for controversial deletions. For this reason, it is best not to propose deletion of articles that have previously been de-{{prod}}ed, even by the article creator, or which have previously been listed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article, but feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Oo7565 07:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

your welcomeOo7565 17:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Protection of User:Jimbo Wales

Wouldn't semi-protection be a more feasible option? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Steptrip (talk • contribs) 20:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

Not when established users (and even sysops) are vandalising a page. —David Levy 20:40, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Steptrip, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar in apprechiation of your excellant vandalism work. Keep it up! > Kamope < 01:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome. And I did see the section of the quilt; thanks for adding to it :) I also seen stuff like that on articles too. Btw, earlier after I warned a user for vandalizing, he messed with my sig by doing this to it! > Kamope < 01:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Your userpage looks great! > Kamope < 01:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Do you have it? > Kamope < 01:38, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Xiner

LOL, we freaked for a second, until Cremepuff222 had an epiphany:

While typing this message, I just had a sudden thought: isn't it April Fool's Day, UTC time?? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

He is so evil. --Theunicyclegirl (talk, review me!) 00:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

He definitely deserves a place there. --Theunicyclegirl (talk, review me!)

User page

Well, actually I copied my userpage from AndonicO, not the other way around. Sorry. :/ You can ask hiim if you like. However, I will say that your userpage looks quite nice. :) Captain panda In vino veritas 00:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, it's a lot easier to just delete your user page and replace the last version in the same place. Xiner (talk) 23:24, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. 185 edits - that's actually not too bad. Xiner (talk) 23:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Anytime. Xiner (talk) 23:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Yay!

whoopie! That's cool! I have to get off now, though. Sorry! Chiefsfan364 (talk) 22:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Odd coincidence

You know what?? Chiefsfan's real-life mother had surgery today also!! She had her gall bladder removed. What was your surgery for? I hope you have a speedy recovery! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

That's lovely... (I'm being sarcastic, of course). I'm lucky to have inherited near-perfect teeth from my mother, so I've never had a tooth removed, and I'm probably not getting braces. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:37, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I found a link on Fan's talk page, so I've already seen it. I though that your assignment choices were pretty good, I'm considering adding to my assignment page. I haven't formatted it yet, as I'm planning a graphics competition later for my adoptees. The coolest design will be used on the page, and the winner will also receive a nifty prize (such as a condo, speedboat, or maybe even a presidential office! ;) ). I got the idea from Xiner's page. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Ummm, hello? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 01:03, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Please look at my talk page. What are those .css thingies that you are working on? Are they similar to .js's? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 01:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Look at the message above that comment. I'm now proceeding to vote... --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 01:12, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Yepperz. You may respond, but I'm not going to. I'm programming something fairly important in "real life." Bye! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 01:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

VandalSniper

You've been approved to use VandalSniper. Please let me know if you have any problems getting it working. --Chris (talk) 12:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome

You're welcome for helping you out way back when. Thanks for the thank-you. NickelShoe (Talk) 16:58, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Program

It's a program that tracks someone's income and expenses. It doesn't sound like a big deal to create, but after each run, variables that store the data were deleted, so I had to save the variables to an external file, then load them again on run. Then, I had to keep my arrays and everything organized. The user can also add dates, amounts, and descriptions of the incomes/expenses, so keeping everything where it was supposed to was hard. Would you like to see the coding for it? It's written in VB, so it shouldn't be too hard to understand. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I too downloaded perl, but whenever I run the program, it flashes on the screen for about half a second, then it disappears. Should I post the code in my sandbox? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Here you go. Did I mention that I made it all by myself (my dad's job involves programming)? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

He's a computer system analyst, which basically means he goes through programs and tries to make them as efficient as possible. He also writes programs for a local hospital so that they can keep track of patient records and the such. The program isn't too complicated, it's just formatted oddly on the "Wikisoftware". --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Surgery

_ _ _ _     _ _ _ _  _ _ _    _ _           _ _   _ _ _ _    _          _          _
| _ _ _ |  /  _ _ _||_   _|   \   \        /   / /  _ _ _|  | |        | |        | |
| |        |  |        | |     \   \  /\  /   / |  |_ _ _   | |        | |        | |
| | _ _ _  |  |_ _ _   | |      \   \/  \/   /  |   _ _ _|  | |        | |        |_|
| |_ _   | |  _ _ _ |  | |       \    /\    /   |  |        | |        | |  
| \ _ |  | | |_ _ _ _  | |        \  /  \  /    |  |_ _ _   | |_ _ _   | |_ _ _    _
|__ _ _ _| \_ _ _ _ _| |_|         \/    \/      \_ _ _ _|  |_ _ _ _|  |_ _ _ _|  |_|

I made this one for you, due to the fact that you are recovering from surgery. Please make like it says. :-) Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:17, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

=)

Yeah! Its cool! But it does look rather familiar... I am applying for vandalproof, but I need more mainspace edits. I guess having only about sixty doesn't count for much. Now, who is the one that told me I need more mainspace edits... Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

One Question

How can I make my 60 or so mainspace edits be worth more than twice what they are? Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Gotta get off. Sorry! Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Huh?

I feel really dumb. I am confused about the whole revert vandalism thing. I already had the monobook thing added in, but I couldn't figure out what it does. Oh, I also purged the cache. How would I find a vandalised article? Chiefsfan364 (talk) 22:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Admin Coaching

Erm, yeah, I guess so. At least those criteria don't mention anything about admin coaching. The admin coaching program and the adopt-a-user program may have similarities, but they're not the same, so they don't interfere with each other I guess. Regards, Húsönd 00:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure! :-) You may wish to create a subpage for your coaching program, perhaps similar to Dgies'. I shall peruse your contributions and make all sorts of comments just as if you were under a current RFA. Also, when in doubt, feel free to ask me about it. The areas where I'm particularly experienced are vandalfight, page protection, WP:AFD and WP:CSD. Best regards, Húsönd 00:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I think I did it right...

Sorry I took so long to respond. I had church. Well, I reverted vandalism but not in the correct way. Here is the article Bow Wow —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chiefsfan364 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

Before

Before I do that, I would like to give you this:

		The Wikicookie
		Steptrip, I hereby award you a wikicookie, for excellent work on reverting vandalism and helping newcomers like me get out on the right foot. Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

DARN IT

My timer for being on the computer just went off. Sorry! I guess I'll talk to you later! Chiefsfan364 (talk) 01:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB

Hi Steptrip, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. See you around! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 03:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

???

What's this? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know the stupid computer won't let me see it. If it did, I might be able to tell you. Lover of the sand 21:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I just tried again and it said it was "blocked indefinately", so it won't let me. Lover of the sand 21:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

oh, ok. I'll have to look at it later, though, because the computer is in the living room and my parent is behind me and I don't want to be kicked off of here 4ever. Thanks!

*Lover of the sand 22:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)*

ps- can you tell me how to set up an autograph book please???????????

Re:WP:JOTD

You seem to know a lot of about "_______ of the day" so I'm going to ask you: Has there ever been a Wikiproject Joke of the day? I wouldn't be surprised if it suffered the same death as Espersnza.  ~Steptrip 02:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Judging by this google search, I'd say no. But if the pages were deleted, they probably wouldn't show up on the search. --Tewy 03:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Was MOTD ever deleted?  ~Steptrip 14:08, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, this is the history of motto of the day:

1. Wikipedia:Official Wikipedia motto (redirect page)
2. Wikipedia:Mottos' Committee (redirect page)
3. Wikipedia:Motto of the day

If you check the page histories, you can see when pages were to the new names, etc. This might also help you see what has been redirected to Wikipedia:Motto of the day. --Tewy 02:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

This may be a bit personal, but did most of these WP edits come from MOTD?  ~Steptrip 03:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I used an extensive number of edits moving obsolete subpages around, discussing what needed done, and doing other tasks needed to organize and revive MotD. A lot of the edits are also for Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. The tables at the bottom of your link show where I've been most frequent. --Tewy 21:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Why do you ask? --Tewy 21:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Your NPWatcher Application

Dear Steptrip,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

Snowolf ^(talk) _CON ^COI - 16:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Sprotect

I didn't quite follow what you were asking, but I think you can add whatever symbol you want, bearing in mind that someone might revert you. :-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Zero tolerance...

Just wondering, with reference to User talk:65.93.57.175, don't you think a test4im is a little bit aggressive for a first ever offence? Surely it might just have the effect of aggravating the user even more? And especially in this case, where the user appeared not to be a mindless vandal but someone with a point to make.. perhaps telling them why what they did is unacceptable, rather than a stop hand and one very snappy sentence, might be the way forward... LibLord 22:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

The user has since vandalised a further two times, so should you wish to get them blocked you can now. LibLord 22:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I got quite confused after I reverted that and went to post a warning myself. You've been doing great anti-vandal work, but... just that one warning ;) --Auto^{(talk / contribs)} 23:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

(reply to comment on my user page) that's understandable... I've really wanted to make a {{uw-bitchslap}} myself... back to being civil for me! --Auto^{(talk / contribs)} 23:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

You should come join the #wikipedia WP:IRC channel. --Auto^{(talk / contribs)} 00:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

May I suggest something then?

Why not try utilizing the <noinclude> tag? it saves the problem of people copying wholesale (as they would to impersonate) and yet lets people manually copy things without having to remove the trap (which could be hard for someone new to wikimarkup). -M^ask? 00:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Comment on User talk:Majorly

Which comment? This one?

"Ah well, better luck next time. Thank you for volunteering to serve anyways."

Not sure what that has to do with me going on RfA... Anyways, yes, I will be on RfA, as soon as Nishkid recovers from his surgury. · AO ^Talk 14:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, okay. RyGuy offered to co-nominate, whenever Nishkid returns. · AO ^Talk 14:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Just because the others he nominated passed doesn't mean I will... In this case, I think it's better to be pessimistic. :-) I'll review you later today. · AO ^Talk 15:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

There was a study (don't think it was really a study) that proved beyond doubt that optimists and pessimists are the same thing, because they both believe that life couldn't be better. :-) I'll start looking at your contribs now by the way. · AO ^Talk 16:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Mine is true. ;-) · AO ^Talk 16:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. · AO ^Talk 17:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you should remove the "including idiots" part in your status. Remember that vandals aren't idiots, just bored. · AO ^Talk 12:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Random

Where has you table of contents gone? Simply south 11:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, i was meaning your talk page. And what reversion on MOTD? Simply south 15:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I've just had a look and i think you are getting me mixed up with User:Chrishy man. Simply south 16:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

OK no worries. Simply south 16:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re : Your deletion of 3 apples high

{{deletedpage}} is meant for articles that have been repeatedly creating in a short-span of time (e.g. 24 hours). If the article is posted again in future, it can be speedy deleted under criteria G4 without going through AfD. Simply tag the article with {{deleteagain}}. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 15:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Proposed Archival Solution

Since practically no one has been at MOTD in the past few days besides you and I, I figured that I should make the proposal on your talk page. Should I set up MiszaBot II to automatically archive all MOTD talk pages? Also, should images (e.g. ) be used in votes on nominations? If either one should be done, please inform me, and I will gladly do it.  ~Steptrip 14:36, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can see, MiszaBot II wouldn't help very much, because the nominations have to be decided on before they can be archived. All the bot would do is cut and paste the decided nominations to the current archive. Deciding on mottos, adding them to the approved page, and scheduling is the real work. As for the voting icons, I strongly oppose the idea because they would use even more server space than is already being taken up by the giant nominations page and its archives. This might help explain other opinions on the issue. --Tewy 18:19, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I was talking about the archival of discussions at WT:MOTD and talk subpages at MOTD, not the archival of nominations, and as for the images in votes, they would make it easier when closing a nomination (kind of like what Vanderdecken, Fir0002, and I do at WP:FPC).  ~Steptrip 18:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

(I'll continue this discussion of automatic archival on the Motd talk page.) The images aren't necessary to close nominations because (1) the closer should actually take the time to read the comments—not just perform a head count—to determine consensus, (2) a bold Support or Oppose stands out from the other text enough as it is, and (3) the bold Support or Oppose comes first in the comment, so a closer can easily get a rough idea of the consensus by scanning the left side of the page. --Tewy 18:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Admin Coaching

Hi again Steptrip. I've just reviewed your past 500 contributions and everything seems alright (or did you want me to comment on some particular contributions?). I've focused mostly on your vandalfight, you've been doing a good job and warning the vandals adequately. What tool do you use btw? Regards, Húsönd 18:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like an interesting idea, although I've just checked the parameters and I'm not sure if Image:Symbol opinion vote.svg is the best choice for weak support/oppose positions... :-/ --Húsönd 18:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you edit Template:RFPP, you'll see many images of the kind and some of their applications.--Húsönd 02:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes I can but I'll leave that for tomorrow coz it's almost 4:00am where I live and I'm off to bed now. :-) Yawny regards, Húsönd 02:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

MOTD

Oh wow, sorry about that. I really was a little too "vandal crazy" last night. If you see my contribs, I tried to do alot of vandal reverts. I think there were like there page blankers. And thanks for the MOTD support ;) Chrishyman 20:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I honestly don't get the vandal tools, so I use nothing but the recent changes special page. Chrishyman 20:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I know, it is very hard xD Chrishyman 20:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I got Lupin Anit-Vandal tool now (other wasn't FF compatible). Mucho easier! Chrishyman 04:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Essjay Impersonators

You recently reported the usernames that impersonates User:Essjay on WP:AIV. However, these usernames has already been blocked in the past. Amos Han ^Talk 23:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

{{Indef}} is for users who are indefinitely blocked. Amos Han ^Talk 23:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

{{Indef}} is used for indefinitely blocked users. However, users who got blocked a long time ago usually doesn't get {{Indef}} Amos Han ^Talk 00:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and many (not all) indef blocked users have {{IndefBlocked}} on their user (and talk) page. Amos Han ^Talk 00:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

FYI, if you aren't aware, you can check whether a user has been blocked (currently or in the past) by clicking on their user contribtions and then clicking on "block log." Hope that helps if you didn't already know. Newyorkbrad 16:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Your voting template

Hi, I noticed you're using a voting template at WP:FPC like me. Could you consider reducing the image size from 20px to 15px? 20px kind of breaks up the layout of the paragraphs a bit (it's taller than the line of text it's inserted in). If you want, you can just copy the code straight out of my templates (User:Vanderdecken/Support, User:Vanderdecken/Oppose, User:Vanderdecken/Neutral) or use them yourself. Remember to subst: them if you aren't already. See you around. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 09:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

It should be perfectly acceptable. Don't worry, I stole them from Fir0002 in the first place! It's a good idea, I believe it helps the admins tot up votes more easily - just count the number of green and red circles. All I type for mine is {{subst:User:Vanderdecken/Support}} which outputs Support. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 13:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Support: Damn you! —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 16:11, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the code above (edit to see), I think you should definitely include a subst=subst: parameter in that template - four lines of seemingly opposing votes in edit view really isn't handy. And I never really stopped contributing I just... forgot to visit there very often. I'll go back and have another look. I think I just got tired out after I revived the whole thing for a second time. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 09:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah... hard experience has taught me to randomly subst anything I can anyway. :P And yes, I was involved in the initial revival, then I became completely stagnant and I revived it again on my own. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 08:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Please redo your signiture on my autograph page By fixing your sig with 3 tides ( ~~~ ) WikiMan53 (talk) (click here)

PS: Make sure you fix it on the same number. No hard feelings. Any questions respond on MY talkpage.

Actually, the do not click here link doesn't work when I click on it WikiMan53 (talk) (click here) 15:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Can you please vote on this MFD? WikiMan53 (talk) (click here) 15:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Do you know when the mfd will be finished? WikiMan53 (talk) (click here) 15:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

That Box

The box up there that says "Leave me a message" or something...may I use it for my talk page? Squeak

Over the river, and through the woods...to editing Wikipedia I go! Squeak

Hi. You know, that would be a great Motto for Motd, although I'm not sure about the links, what do you think? Thanks. – AstroHurricane001^{(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)(+sign here+How's my editing?)} 23:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Vote symbols

Please stop using vote symbols. The template equivalent has been deleted many, many times, so using the images themselves or transcluding a user subpage is circumventing the consensus of the TfD. Thank you. Picaroon 20:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

There have been several, I think; take a look at the deletion log of {{Support}}. The objections are that decisions on Wikipedia are made via consensus, not raw voting, and that using these symbols forces things which are supposed to have some semblance of discussions into the mold of votes. In reality, voting is only used occasionally, on large scale things like ArbCom elections, WP:ATT/P, and so on, where lengthy discussion is impractical. Thanks for agreeing not to use them. Picaroon 20:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks a lot. And thanks for your support as well. :) --soum (0_o) 20:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:the motto

Hi. Unfortunately I already posted it :( . However, I like yours a little better :) , so you can post it as an edit underneath the original one if you haven't already done so, and hopefully this isn't a problem. Thanks. – AstroHurricane001^{(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)(+sign here+How's my editing?)} 23:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Update

Heads-up! The sky is fixed for Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/US Capitol 2. Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 13:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't talking about that! =) I mean the lines in the sky are fixed. Don't worry about the whole UK featured pic thing, it wasn't that big of a deal. ;) Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 20:30, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but you might have to purge the page. =) Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 20:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Admin Coaching

I've been thinking about some questions for your coaching, but I'm apparently out of fresh ideas for questions. So I was going to suggest Dgies' coaching questions, but would you be able to copy+paste them to your subpage without reading his answers? :-) Húsönd 15:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I took the liberty of adding the questions from my AC page to User:Steptrip/Coach so you don't need to see my answers too much. —dgies^t_c 20:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Heh, I hope that you didn't go mad on me suggesting the questions to be plagiarized. :-) Well, IQ tests aren't that reliable but the last one I did said that my IQ was 160 indeed. Which doesn't mean that I'm a genius, but I do come up with all kinds of ways to squirm out of responsibilities, (plagiarizing questions, for instance). ;-) Regards, Húsönd 01:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

It was a neat program with tens of questions that you have to answer in an hour. I can look up its name when I get back to Lisbon if you want. Regards, Húsönd 01:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I was just doing that. :-) Húsönd 01:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle

I couldn't help but notice that you've been having Twinkle problems.. I don't suppose you've managed to sort it out have you? I'm having a similar problem, I've totally disabled norton, all manner of popup blockers etc. and done that ctrl+shirt+R thing.. but no new tabs/buttons/whatever (don't actually know what is *meant* to happen..) ..anyway just wondered if you'd had any success. LibLord 15:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello

I know toughmonster11. Is that where you found the link to his/her page? Chiefsfan (drop me a line) 23:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiHumor

Ha, ha! I was expecting some Easter vandalism today..., quite humorous. I guess the possibiliy of a couple good laughs is just another reason to RC patrol. Happy Easter! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I had seen that block thing, I found the Essjay one humorous. What exactly did you mean by the includi thing? --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The article 1333 in Ireland

Please remove the deletion threat. The article is a stub and is there so that it can be added to by others with an interest in developing this large series of articles covering Years in Ireland which I have been adding. It may be an obscure subject to you, but that is no reason for deletion. Please see it in the larger context of Wiki development on Irish history and remove the deletion threatArdfern 08:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Userbox, RfA

Yes, I saw that way to do it on the Wikibreak template, but I wasn't entirely sure on how to do it.

For the RfA, well, I think I already explained to you the past mishap..., so I'll just leave it at that.

The reason I'm trying to cut back on my talking on Wikipedia is because of a comment you posted somewhere (I looked for it, but couldn't find it) saying that the person to whom you were referring needed to get his or her mainspace edit count higher than all other edit count areas (did that make sense?) before he or she put up his or her RfA.

Lastly, I think that in a few months' time, you'll surely be ready for an RfA. Considering how often you're on, and your RC patrol and mainspace editting, I'm sure many people will find yousuitable for the job.

Hope my comments weren't too confusing. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 17:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Username

Was that you requesting a name change on meta? Prodego ^talk 03:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Just making sure no one is impersonating you. Thanks for the response. Prodego ^talk 19:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Questions

Well you did fix Q#19, but Q#10 is still vague and worrying... :-/ Húsönd 08:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Steptrip. Thanks a lot for your support in my RfA, I have just been promoted. J Milburn 16:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link

Thanks for the link to RFCU. I filled out the forms, hopefully correctly. Spylab 23:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Your signature

I'm sure you've already been told this, but your signature is pretty long. The current version (below) is over 300 characters:

 ~Steptrip

If you can reduce it to something more like 200 characters by using a single color, font, or link, I think that users participating in discussions will greatly appreciate it. Thanks. --Tewy 02:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Wow, you seem to be displeased with both of our signatures, even though they comply with policy, however, I have removed some unnecessary parameters and a hyperlink.  ~Steptrip 23:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I like how you removed the link to the tilde, as that wasn't very noticable. If I may make a suggestion, I would remove the custom font face, like so:

 ~Steptrip

(Code):

 <b><font color="#D2691E">''~''</font>[[User:Steptrip|<span style="color:#FF0000;">St</span><span style="color:#FFD700;">ep</span>]][[User talk:Steptrip|<span style="color:#7CFC00;">tr</span><span style="color:#00FFFF;">ip</span>]]</b>

Or have less color variety:

 ~Steptrip

(Code):

 <b>~<font face="Vivaldi" size="3">[[User:Steptrip|<span style="color:#00BFFF;">Step</span>]][[User talk:Steptrip|<span style="color:#7CFC00;">trip</span>]]</font></b>

Try playing around with it to shorten it as much as possible, keeping in mind Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing your signature. A long signature can become a big problem because other users reading the code to add their own comment will find it harder to follow the actual discussion. Thanks for your understanding. --Tewy 02:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you just subst'ing a template? Also, I've created a template that puts links in a box at the bottom of a person's talk page, on a random note.  ~Steptrip 23:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

The four tilde (~~~~) way of adding your signature is probably the best. Copy the code to Special:Preferences, and check the "Raw signature" box, if that's not what you do already. --Tewy 02:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I was talking about the messages you gave me and Cremepuff when I said, "Are you just subst'ing some template?" Also, when I was talking about templates, I was referring to {{Usertalk footer}} (I do use the 4 tilde way, as well).  ~Steptrip 23:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The wording is about the same because I left the two messages at about the same time, but I didn't use a template. --Tewy 23:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

finally!

I undid the edit. Should I warn them now?

just click on the image and do history. Chiefsfan (drop me a line) 22:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. At long last

Sorry Steptrip, I've been rather busy. Tomorrow I'll review your answers with adequate time and attention. Regards, Húsönd 02:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

April, thank you very much for your support in my successful RfA. I am thankful and humbled by the trust that the community has placed in me, and I welcome any comments, questions or complaints that you may have. Again, thank you for your support, and happy editing! Hemlock Martinis 22:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hi. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Nom

Yes, I do. >Radiant< 09:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Lisa Daniels

Hi, I just saw your post on Jimbo's page on this issue I had raised on March 25th. While I have absolutely no intention to restart the debate (which I consider long resolved), I would like to clarify my role in it, since there seems to be some confusion regarding it in your post ("Instead of bringing this matter, which seems to have resolved itself, onto Jimbo's talk page, you should have just asked alphachimp to apologize on his or yours. He is human (contradictory to his name), and as such, he will make mistakes. If you would not have blasted his character in this manner"). To wit:

• I did bring up the issue on Alphachimps page and request him to undo the block twice before taking it to Jimbo's page. (See discussion here under section "Lisa Daniels" )
• I have made my arguments from bringing the discussion to Jimbo's page in my original post there and also on Alphachimp's page, so I won't repeat them here. As far as I am concerned the issue was resolved, once the community looked into the issue and decided that the block without warning was unwarranted and my last post on the topic was on March 26th. (See User_talk:LisaDaniels#Blocked). I have not even been following the discussion since then, hence I saw your post a week late.
• I never "blasted alphachimp's character", nor was he ever uncivil to me. While, clearly, we have different POV on this particular issue, we both support each others' right to hold the respective opinion without any personal acrimony. See in particular my last post on Alphachimp's page linked above, as well as comments on Jimbo's page itself ("I hope it is clear that I am not attempting to defend reporter Lisa Daniels original actions (I myself am conflicted about that) or even complaining specifically against Alphachimp (since I believe he acted out of sincere conviction, and his views are probably shared by many others)."; "To be frank, I'll be hesitant to propose any action like blocking etc against Alphachimp", "As I have said before, I completely concur that this isn't/shouldn't be about Alphachimp.")

Hope that paints a more accurate picture of the issue for you. Regards. Abecedare 21:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, it was easy to see that this was just a matter of misunderstanding and not ill-intention. I myself was surprised to see that the discussion had not been archived till now and wondered what new points had been raised lately - that's the only reason I even happened to come across your posting. Cheers. Abecedare 00:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, none at all ! Thanks for your prompt and effusive reply. Abecedare 00:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Ha, ha! I've had some complaints about mine too, but I haven't gotten around to changing it yet... (yours looks fine by the way). Thanks for the template too, I'll add that to my userpage. Sorry I haven't been on lately, track season's started, and this is the only athletic I ever participate in (and I must say, I'm doing pretty well this year!). I guess I might talk later this evening, as I've homework and the such. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

MOTD

Hello Steptrip. How does the motto (You can do it!) get picked? Thanks Harrison-HB4026 02:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Your new sig

I know you didn't ask me, but it gives me a headache! Could you find more complimentary colours, if you're going for a multicolour theme. As an example, see User:Radiant's current sig. --Dweller 15:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

New username?

Hello, Magnus animum. Are you the same person as Steptrip? *Cremepuff222* 22:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Why, thank you, Mr. Magnus animum, formerly known as Steptrip. I thought that before you said you were going to change it to King of Spades... *Cremepuff222* 23:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay. It does sound pretty cool, though it's not as cool as that HUGE smilie that you put on my talk page (I'm kidding, of course...)! Nice signature, too. May I ask why you decided to change your username? *Cremepuff222* 01:03, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Steptrip

Hello. I like your new username. When you change a username, however, the old username becomes available to be registered, so I've registered User:Steptrip for you to prevent impersonation and e-mailed the login information to you. Cheers! WODUP 03:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Sig

Much better! --Dweller 08:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Proposed Baptist group

There now is a proposed project to deal specifically with articles relating to Baptists at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Baptists. If you would be interested in joining such a group, please indicate as much by adding your name there. Thank you. John Carter 19:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Your question about Werdna on the help desk

I read in your edit summary here that you said Werdna sent you an e-mail explaining why he left. Would you mind forwarding it to me (using Special:Emailuser/Veinor)? If Werdna doesn't want to make it public or prefers that I contact them myself, that's fine, of course. Veinor ^{(talk to me)} 01:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I sent you my e-mail address. Veinor ^{(talk to me)} 01:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

"Bad" links

I noticed you were removing "bad" links from the Scotch whisky, and this seemed to be removing or redirecting all the red links. But red links aren't bad, in fact they are how Wikipedia grows. Clearly some things are too trivial for their own articles, but otherwise links should mostly be left. But don't take my word for it, please see this in the Wikipedia Manual Of Style. Thanks! Notinasnaid 07:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Quilt

Sure, you can make a request a the AntiVandalBot's requests page, but the vandals seem to be targeting for my talk page instead of of my userpage right now. —Kamope (talk) 20:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that you changed your name and I like your signature :) —Kamope (talk) 21:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikihumor

Take a look at this edit before the article is deleted (I couldn't resist fixing it). *Cremepuff222* 00:16, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I am, but I usually prefer not to answer questions as most frown upon me for doing so. I've never been in a spelling bee, but I participated in a math bee a couple of weeks ago, in which I got third place individually, as well as team wise. There were 170 students from 35ish schools participating. Don't mean to brag any further, but I was also in a track meet last night, in which our team placed 2nd out of eight schools. I scored 16 of he 99 points we got. I'm done bragging now. :P *Cremepuff222* 00:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

That's exciting. *Cremepuff222* 01:51, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I was a little bored... ;) *Cremepuff222* 01:56, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

URGENT

Steptrip Mangus Animum What is with that? :-), I will not be able to be on Wiki for a while. Do not be alarmed if it is a couple weeks or more, so if my assignment is past the due date by say, a month, do not bite my head off. ₌₎ I may lose an arm and a leg for typing this now. Cheers, and happy editing! Chiefsfan (Reply) 02:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

That box at the bottom is SO helpful! Thanks! Chiefsfan (Reply) 02:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks

--Umedard Talk 16:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

A new template!

Remember that template you showed me that generated a random quote (though it wasn't entirely random...)? I've made a template that grabs one of the mottoes from the scedule page for the current month; you can try it at User:Cremepuff222/RandomMotto. In the future, when there are more mottoes to choose from, I'll make the month and year from which the motto is taken from random too. Any changes are welcome! *Cremepuff222* 00:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

A new award!

		The Cool Grapes Barnstar
		For being nearly as cool as grapes, I hereby award Magnus animum with the amazing cool grape barnstar! *Cremepuff222* 00:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

A Medley of Replies

Well, I've already stated earlier that you're welcome to edit it. Second, the award is on a subpage! Just go to User:Cremepuff222/Grape Award. *Cremepuff222* 00:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I fixed your clock. *Cremepuff222* 00:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Did you figure out how to do that by yourself? Or did you get it from a different template? And what's with pi?? *Cremepuff222* 01:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Summer of '69

Why did you revert my Wikilink to the sex position?--NSX-Racer 01:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Scratchpad

Hi Magnus Animium. Please feel free to use my new scratchpad for experimenting. Harrison-HB4026 09:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

TeckWiz's RFA

Hey Steptrip (well you were during my RFA :) ). Thanks for supporting my unsuccessful RFA this week . It seems we both got name changes after my RFA :) I'm now known simply as User:R. I hope to keep helping and improving Wikipedia alongside you. --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's go Yankees!) 15:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Randomness

Hi Gurch. I've (well not me, rather Tewy) found a way to improve the "randomness" factor in {{Qxz-ads}}. Replace {{#switch:{{#expr:({{#time:s}} mod 38)}} with {{#switch:({{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 38)}}. I just wanted to gain your consent, since, after all, you created the template. ~ Magnus animum _{(aka Steptrip)} 16:33, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I've done it myself. I don't really care what it uses, but the wikitext you suggest above would break the template (there's no #expr), and I don't want to be pestered by complaints – Gurch 16:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

There's the parser function {{#expr:}}. ~ Magnus animum 16:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I know that. What I mean is, the code you told me to replace it with – {{#switch:({{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 38)}} – didn't include an #expr:, and so wouldn't work. Thanks – Gurch 17:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Admin Coach

Steptrip, you changed your username?! Alright, I'll review the answers asap. :-) Regards, Húsönd 23:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Thank you for your nomination. I accept. bibliomaniac15 00:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your very nice nomination statement. By the way, I'm not that prolific in MOTD. :) bibliomaniac15 02:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:

Please go ahead and do that!! I was going to, but I didn't know how to. Thank you very much! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 22:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Totally ok with me. I was in the middle of editing it to add you and their was an edit conflict. Thanks! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 22:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I understand making images similar, but what do you mean by no squares illuminated? Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 00:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok I understand. I actually have one already made. I'll upload it in a sec. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 00:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Baselevels.jpg]] Here you go! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to fix the images real fast. I'll let you know when I'm done. I'm going to increase the quality. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I've changed the images. You can see them at user:wikihermit/Gallery. The only difference for the file name is that updated is on the end of all of them ie lowlevelsupdated or generallevelsupdated. The images look alot better now. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you update the system to use the new images? Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 02:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be working right... Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Its not updating with WP:DEFCON. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 01:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Its still not working properly. Its not updating with WP:DEFCON and it isn't displaying comments. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 23:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 23:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Re. Admin Coach

Yes, you may have socks for that kind of purposes. On your sock account user page you shall declare that it is a sock of yours used only for purposes where it is allowed. Regards, Húsönd 23:50, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Alexis Bledel edit

Just getting back to you now, sorry about the revert it was somewhat reflexive and not intentional. Glad you caught my screw up. Smeggysmeg 15:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

• If you look at the article's [history] you'll see my edit was an attempt to revert it back to prior to the vandalism, but apparently had been looking at an old page and ended up not reverting it far back enough. Sorry for your misunderstanding. If you would like, you could look at my other edits, and what has otherwise been a lack of mistakes, and either accept that I made a simple mistake or continue to give me a hard time. Smeggysmeg 23:34, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Why were you surprised?

Why was that surprising to you? --Theunicyclegirl (talk, review me!) 19:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Coaching

Hello Steptrip Magnus. This request you made denotes that you might need more preparation with protection requests. I suggest that you start monitoring WP:RPP in order to familiarize with the circumstances under which the protection requests are approved or declined. Regards, Húsönd 01:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I mischecked a box in the twinkleprotect.js edit window which set the request to "full protection" instead of the "semi-protection" that I wanted. ~ Magnus animum _{(aka Steptrip)} 01:19, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Still, this article did not justify semi-protection. It is not uncommon for users to request one kind of protection and the administrator decides another kind. If this article required semi-protection then the admin would semi-protect it even if you had asked for full protection. So you see, you should really have a closer look at the requests placed there. Back to work! :-) Regards, Húsönd 01:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I always like when users are kind and friendly. :-) Everything is well and works well when people are nice. Húsönd 01:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Template:Randomquote

Do you mind if I add a few of my favorite quotes? - Mtmelendez ^{(Talk|UB|Home)} 01:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Coding on RfA pages

How is say the edit count done? Do i need a Wikipedia:Tool or is it okay just to copy it across from "Wannabe Kate"? Secondly, is the timing roughly 5 days and 15 mins after they have accepeted their nom? Simply south 20:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Well that as an example. Simply south 20:43, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

I like your page! How did you get all those pictures and stuff on it? Mine is kinda bland. Letthegoodtimesroll <3 23:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Question...

How do you insert a quote from WikiQuotes? Just wondering... Thanks! Letthegoodtimesroll <3 23:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

response

A quote from WikiQuote...is there a certain way to do that? Letthegoodtimesroll <3 23:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Signature

It looks acceptable. The last three links look pretty cool! *Cremepuff222* 01:48, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

That means that it is arresting, arrestive, conspicuous, curious, distinguished, exceptional, famous, fat, gilt-edged, gnarly, greatest, important, impressive, marked, miraculous, momentous, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, odd, outstanding, peculiar, phenomenal, pre-eminent, primo, prominent, rare, salient, signal, significant, singular, smashing, solid, splash, strange, striking, super, surprising, ten, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unordinary, unusual, unwonted, weighty, wicked, wonderful, world class, and zero cool!! (sorry, I'm a bit tired because I just got back from a track meet, at which I ran over a mile with a total time of about 6:20...). *Cremepuff222* 01:53, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Sig

I think it's great! Slightly hard to read with that shade of green (maybe try this one instead), but very useful. I find it very convenient when somebody put a link to their talk and contributions in their sig, saves useless clicking here and there. And I got the name Vanderdecken from the mythological captain of The Flying Dutchman. His name was Captain Vanderdecken (which means literally 'on the deck' in Dutch), and I just liked the sound of it. I use it everywhere on the internet - find a user account somewhere under Vanderdecken and it's probably me. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 15:41, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

About 2/3 way down the output. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

User_talk:DcPimp

The user blanked his own talkpage, something thats perfectly acceptable, and yet you reverted it citing vandalism. This is not warranted, please watch the automatic edit summaries. -M^ask? 20:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

What he said. I was going to bring this up myself, but I guess I got beat to it. --DcPimp 20:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Err, didnt find it because its User_talk:DcPimp and I mispelled it. My bad :) -M^ask? 20:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh. My bad. Sorry to bother you. --DcPimp 20:40, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Editin'

Can I help you with your parody? It so happens that I memorized White and Nerdy, and I edit too much. bibliomaniac15 23:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

How'd you guess I play violin? bibliomaniac15 23:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

VP userlist

Yes, I can, but the list looks Ok, and I can connect fine. Make sure you have version 1.36, old versions will trigger this error. Prodego ^talk 03:47, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. Prodego ^talk 01:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

I've left some comments at your editor review. Walton ^{Need some help?} 13:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Motd Archival

Remember to archive nominations to the top of the current archive to maintain chronological order. --Tewy 20:52, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I'll have a look and try to clean it up. --Tewy 20:55, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. Feel free to check for errors on my part, as that was a big reordering. --Tewy 22:33, 29 April 2007 (UTC)