User talk:Flyguy649/Archive 3
Thanks, but
I really do appreciate your attempt to stuff the ballot box, but I think I might pass even without your second non-vote. -FisherQueen (Talk) 05:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- LOL! Yeah, I'm glad I re-checked my !vote. Sorry 'bout that! Flyguy649talkcontribs 05:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:15, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- Ooooo! I didn't know about those buttons! Congrats again. Flyguy649talkcontribs 18:16, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Anthony Appleyard
- Personal attacks against others have been removed from this section.
Hey man, I was creating/editing a legitimate page on wiki, and this Anthony Appleyard deleted it! WTF!!!!!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wroehl (talk • contribs) 20:04, July 2, 2007 (UTC)
- I rather doubt the legitimancy of the page. Why not ask why it was deleted, and if unhappy, you can request a deletion review at WP:DRV. Flyguy649talkcontribs 20:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Who is [he] anyways? And who the hell do you think you are? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wroehl (talk • contribs) 20:09, July 2, 2007 (UTC)
- We're all editors trying to make a better encyclopedia. If an article is unencyclopedic, or doesn't meet the qualifications for notability,it'll get deleted. Now be civil, and sign your posts. Flyguy649talkcontribs 20:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for that outbust dude. I lost my cool there for a second. [removed] Peace man.
~wroehl July 2,2007
- Please what was the page that you are referring to? Anthony Appleyard 21:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- My reply is here. A misunderstanding occurred, I believe. Flyguy649talkcontribs 05:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
My recent RfB
Thank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community.
I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Rosecore
yup. I managed to catch it! Pascal.Tesson 06:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
adminship
Say, looking at your userpage, it feels like you are at least vaguely interested in becoming an admin. Did you ever think of applying? From the little bit I've seen from you, you could be a pretty good candidate. Pascal.Tesson 06:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- Not that I want to insist, but did you read the above question? I'm thinking you might have been blinded by the signpost below. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 03:55, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for asking, and sorry I didn't get back to you right away. I saw it earlier, but I wanted to think on it. Then I started catching up on all the latest RfAs and RfBs and got distracted. Although I used to not be interested in it, I've changed my mind. I am interested in being an admin. However, I am also writing up my PhD thesis right now (I should have finished it already!), so I'd want to wait at least a couple of weeks. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- He he he... My oh my... I'm getting such a clear mental picture. Guy needs to write thesis. Guy is just so freakin' fed up with his thesis. Guy edits Wikipedia instead. Guy feels bad because really, he should be writing his thesis. But then again, just soooo fed up with that damn thesis. But then again, he should have finished it already.
- He he he, sorry but I can't resist, brings back so much memories... Say, out of curiosity what is your thesis about? Pascal.Tesson 04:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- LOL. Something like that! ;) I've studied the Drosophila melanogaster homologues of two proteins involved (or ostensibly involved) in membrane/vesicular trafficking. Hopefully, the thesis is about that. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oh and perhaps more related to the topic: if you're in the final stages of writing your thesis, the last thing you need is the distraction of an RfA. But when you're ready, let me know: I'd have to go over your contribs a bit to be 100% comfortable but I'd like to nominate you. Pascal.Tesson 04:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks very much! I have a six week window between when my defense is set up and my defense; I hope to get to that six week window in a couple of weeks. Of course my supervisor is picking a lousy time to go on vacation, but it's not like it snuck up on me. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Best of luck with all of that. I know how tough the last stretch can be (and now I have students going through the same nightmare...) The advantage that you have is that when you get too frustrated you can just whack a fly. :-) Pascal.Tesson 04:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks very much! I have a six week window between when my defense is set up and my defense; I hope to get to that six week window in a couple of weeks. Of course my supervisor is picking a lousy time to go on vacation, but it's not like it snuck up on me. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks very much for asking, and sorry I didn't get back to you right away. I saw it earlier, but I wanted to think on it. Then I started catching up on all the latest RfAs and RfBs and got distracted. Although I used to not be interested in it, I've changed my mind. I am interested in being an admin. However, I am also writing up my PhD thesis right now (I should have finished it already!), so I'd want to wait at least a couple of weeks. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Consider dropping me a line if you consider running sometime, I'd be delighted to nominate/co-nominate you :) ~ Riana ⁂ 05:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
AFDs
Thanks. I remember seeing that now that you mention it, but old habits are had to break! -Nv8200p talk 03:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
- I made an attempt to correct my mistakes - Thansk again Nv8200p talk 04:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Duplicated comment
- The comment that you just restored at WP:ANI was actually still there [1], so it was duplicated. I removed the duplication [2]. Please revert if you feel I was in error. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:44, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
My mistake ... in my haste to get Zscout's comment back in, I must not have seen that AuburnPilot had put it in. Deleting comments on ANI--not exactly the smartest thing to do ... Blueboy96 04:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks, I don't know how to do a lot of this stuff.[3] But it is much better to just remove the AfD and not waste folks time once the issue is settled. KP Botany 07:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Chuck E. Cheese - the nightmare!
Ok, I've cut down that nightmare history section. It needs a lot of work still...I'm tempted to put it into bullets...and I haven't touched the other sections yet. I'll get rid of duplicate character sections. I don't have any other huge changes, so we can work on this thing together / simultaneously! :) --130.63.128.248 17:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- Looks much better so far. I'll tackle it later. Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, I've exhausted myself! All the links need fixing or changing pretty much, I don't know what to do with the "shows" section, and I'm not sure if there's a better way to write or organize the history. Also, the text around the images seems quite messy, but I'm not sure what to do about that. So she's all yours! I'll keep glancing at it over the next couple days to see how it's going...good luck!! --130.63.128.248 18:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion
Thanks for catching my mistake...I'm still learning; think I fixed it, cheers! Lipsticked Pig 06:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
User page revert
No problem, happy editing! --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 07:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry
- re:spamming complaint to entire ArbCom and Jimbo. I left the user a note.
I am sorry. Thanks for correcting me. I am new so if I make a mistake, please correct me. RaviJames 08:03, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
- I will try to be civil. You said that the administrators are promoted from the Wikipedia community by way of a discussion. Really? I have made some changes in the past as an anonymous user. I can make some important changes in many articles. I will try to understand the rules of the Wikipedia. Can I be an administrator someday? Please reply. RaviJames 08:48, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
No more personal attacks
Sorry about the personal attacks. I don't like to say something bad. All I am saying is Hemlock Martinis blocked my account User:R-1441 based on poor evidence. I just want to unblock my account. You are correct. From now on, I will try to make my point without any personal attacks. Thank you. Ravi. RaviJames 04:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Please do. And please also respect what many others have stated. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- I will respect what many others have stated. I just want to make positive contributions. And, thanks for correcting me. Ravi. RaviJames 05:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks mate for your reverts. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 07:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Any time! She's a pest! Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- "The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, "Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses." She's got a baseball bat and yelling, "You want a piece of me?" By Robin Williams. One day she will get tired. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 08:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
68.89.190.233
is a sock of Mariam83. Flyguy649 talk contribs 08:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Cheers - saves me chasing him all over the 'pedia! Pedro | Chat 08:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
is a sock of Mariam83 (talk · contribs). She is on a spree and any similar vandalism should be reported to WP:AIV immediately. See also WP:ANI#Harassment and more disruptions from socks of User:Mariam83. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Gotcha. I'll be on the lookout for more. Gscshoyru 14:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Duly noted. Thanks for the heads-up. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
re: AfD for United States Civil Flag
I removed this entry from the AfD log as no afd had yet been started. Please follow all the instructions at WP:AFD#How to list pages for deletion. Steps 2 and 3 appear in the box that will be on the article's page after you add the {{subst:Afd1}} tag. Regards, Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I'm a little slow. Jgassens 18:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- No worries! We all start somewhere! Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- When is a decision reached on the fate of the article? It's been up there for almost 9 days. Jgassens 13:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- It's been closed as delete, and deleted. see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Civil Flag. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- When is a decision reached on the fate of the article? It's been up there for almost 9 days. Jgassens 13:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- No worries! We all start somewhere! Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:56, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Apologies
- User is deleting tons of pages
Sorry Fly Guy, I apologise greatly for my perceived vandalism, I'm merely attempting to make amends for my previous acts but no one wishes to accept them? :( I'm very sad about this. You understand don't you? Apologiesarenice 20:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- "I vandalise with regrets?" Please. Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:18, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, too
Funny that others get a welcome message but I didn't. Maybe a beef farmer runs the welcome department?
There's another potential beef farmer on WP:AN/I that tried to bite my head off, Jersey something was the name.HappyFarmerofAsparagus 20:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
for reverting the vandalism on my user page, its much appreciated.--Jac16888 21:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Anytime! Flyguy649 talk contribs 21:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Editing
Please read discussion page for Budapest regarding the name of the city, this guy already clashed with everyone else, stop his running. Squash Racket 22:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- I proposed a solution. I believe user:Reginmund is running against consensus on this. Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I replied, but believe me that's the best I can offer. This 'discussion' between Reginmund and the Hungarian community will surface again if you leave it like that. The article is too important. Squash Racket 22:28, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- I replied as well. I have to go off-wiki for a bit. I'll check back later. Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Now he won't leave alone my talk page. What to do now with that gentleman? Squash Racket 22:56, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, Onorem solved it. Squash Racket 23:18, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
He started again. How can I avoid him as you advised? Squash Racket 23:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Creation of New Article
hi there, I was wondering if I can have a little advice, I'm going to do a major rewrite and addition to the Houston Fire Department article, including a history. Since I have access to some information to the deaths of all of the deaths and circumstances (cited of course), I also wonder if it would be possible to start up another article titled "Firefighter deaths in the United States" attached to a "firefighter" article, which I plan (eventually) to have an americanized view of from the main article. Considering this is going to be a major undertaking, I was hoping to be able to do the various articles without them having to be AFD'ed within minutes of their creation. Do you think those pages would be worth doing?--Hourick 01:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
- I hope I understand you right. There is a page on firefighter deaths, which currently is a redirect to firefighter. But it once had a stub-length article that was apparently a copyright violation (see here and the talk page). I'd be concerned if your new article were to be on every single firefighter who has died. I don't think that would pass the requirements. A more generic article on deaths of firefighters, perhaps even a rewrite of Firefighter deaths, might be more appropriate. That's only my opinion. You may want to goto Portal:Fire or peruse the articles in Category:Firefighting and see if there is anyone who contributes more to firefighting articles and ask them; there doesn't seem to be a Firefighting wikiproject. Another idea is to ask for opinions on Talk:Firefighter. Rather than writing from scratch, you may want to start out adding a section to the Firefighter page and later split it out to its own article. Also if you're going to write an article, it's probably better to write it in a user sandbox (e.g. User:Hourick/Sandbox2 -- you can click on the redlink and make it), and then move it to the article name when it's done. That way it won't get nominated for deletion while it's in progress, and you could also solicit opinions of others as you write. Also, if you haven't already, you should probably look at Wikipedia:Your first article, Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles, Wikipedia:The perfect article, and pages linked to therein. I hope that helps! Regards, Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:20, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I might have been TOO clear on what i wanted to do. The "Memorial" page would be totally different and it would contain only those that had died on duty, but I think you might be right on the notability. I Will go ahead and throw it over to someone more closely associated with the Firefighters.
The "american" history of firefighter is something that I will definitely need help on. My other current project (in my sandbox) is the history of the Houston Fire Department. I do appreciate that info, though! --Hourick 00:58, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Bucharest is 'Paris of the East'
One more thing: on the page Bucharest you can read it is 'Paris of the East'. That is not surprising, I grew up hearing that all the time. But using it for a neighboring country's capital, Budapest is a bit strange. In fact, most Hungarians would find that pretty offensive after the Treaty of Trianon which was a disaster to this country. Squash Racket 07:49, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, gave you answers on the discussion page for Budapest. Squash Racket 17:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Is there any real authority on WP who can decide in these questions? A Scottish teenager decides on all questions regarding Budapest, a city of two million? The only way you can get him out of the way is an organized 'attack'? He can do whatever he wants against one person. Squash Racket 06:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- It's called consensus. If there's no consensus to add something, it's not added. I've seen three people (you, Dr. K, and myself) against the Paris of the East thing, and one for. I'd say there's not compelling argument to include the information, so why add it? Especially since "Paris of the East" seems to be such a ubiquitous nickname. It's almost notable if a city is not the Paris of the East. Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry again on the bolding issue. I'm just tired of getting long answers from Reginmund so we forget about anything said earlier. Squash Racket 06:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Again, no worries! You did it, I reverted, I explained, we move on. Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:41, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
'It is my preference that we work this out on the talk page'? You mean the Budapest talk page, right? Squash Racket 07:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Correct. Budapest talk page, that way it is open. Flyguy649 talk contribs 13:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't agree with #3, but if there is a concensus, I will respect it. Please make the changes in the article. Squash Racket 14:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
OK, but would you mind doing those little changes in the article yourself? It's better if not me or Reginmund do it. Squash Racket 14:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Adding long comments to copyvio articles
Your choice. I have no problem doing it, though it's one less thing for me to do if others start doing it. For a longer comment, see my reply here. - TexasAndroid 15:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
It's my first AfD
I moved slowly at first... I didn't want to screw it up. But I guess I moved too slowly and thus... screwed it up. Jgassens 17:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank You
Sorry you must think i am terribly rude, i thank you for reporting the Impersonator, please accept this -
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Reporting an impersonator of me Chaza93 19:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC) |
- Not rude at all! I have Riana's page watched, and I saw your comment. I just figured I could have it dealt with quickly seeing as Riana wasn't online. If this should happen again, just report directly to WP:AIV. There's no need to give warnings for this type of blatant disruption. And thank you for the Barnstar... very kind! Cheers! Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- Does an experienced user such as yourself, have any advice for an administrator hopeful like me Chaza93 19:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry i just read your banner at the top, and i would be happy to nominate you as an administrator, i fell that you would do extremely well with it all. Chaza93 19:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- OK, drop me a line when you are ready, I am ready at any point Chaza93 19:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry i just read your banner at the top, and i would be happy to nominate you as an administrator, i fell that you would do extremely well with it all. Chaza93 19:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
- Does an experienced user such as yourself, have any advice for an administrator hopeful like me Chaza93 19:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank You
Thank You for reverting vandalism on my talk page. Sorry if this is a little late. Yamaka122 ...:) 01:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
so sorry :(
sorry I edited Percy Weasley. I.D. my sister made me do it and she said bad things about percy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.250.42.223 (talk • contribs) 06:35, July 16, 2007 (UTC)
The blanking
I do apologize. I patrol the recent changes with popups, and when I saw "Blanked the page", I instantly reverted it. Sorry. Savie Kumara 06:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
View comments
Helllo! I hope you are feeling great. I would like to have your opinion with regards to my comments here. Your opinion would be valuable here. --Siva1979Talk to me 05:01, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- (The problem was with missing noinclude tags in a template 05:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC))
Welcomes
How come you post welcome notes to new users' talk pages? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.127.53.63 (talk • contribs) 05:30, July 19, 2007 (UTC)
- I personally don't, except rarely. It can be helpful in some cases, as welcome messages have lots of useful links. See Wikipedia:Welcoming committee for more. Flyguy649 talk contribs 05:41, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
acceptable abbreviations
Hi Flyguy649. I am curious why km needs to be spelled out in full. 58.174.27.116 08:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
- See MOS:NUM. Basically the Manual of Style suggests spelling unit names in full except where they are in parentheses. Eg 1.6 kilometres (1 mi). Also the first instance of each unit in an article should be wikilinked. Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Did you see my note on ANI regarding A. Shakespeare?
There was some weirdness regarding her and the Sarah Goldberg account a few weeks ago for the same thing. MSJapan 16:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
- She had put on User:Sarah Goldberg's page something about SG being her brother. The whole thing was a bit strange... Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfA
Thank you for participating in My RfA which closed successfully. I am honored and truly more than a little humbled by the support of so many members of the community. It's more than a bit of a lift to see comments on my behalf by so many people that I respect.
On a personal note, I very much appreciate your early support! - Philippe | Talk 18:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Re:that username
- re: WP:UAA report on user:Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!. After a few comments at WP:UAA, I left one at AD's talk page.
I'm not too fussed about it - its up to an admin to close that: whatever they make of it is fine with me. Cheers, -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 03:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Surveilance video of Brazil plane Crash
I haven't heard any news media mention about the possible explosion on be airplane before it ran off the runway. The Reuters video clearly shows a fairly large flash indicative of an explosion. I hope the investigators have not overlooked this evidence. I just want to raise it to their attention. I don't know how to raise the question to the media nor to the investigators. I was hoping that mentioning it in Wikipedia would get the proper attention into the matter. Please help me and let me know how I could do this. Can the video by Reuters be considered a source? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matt agl (talk • contribs) 04:04, July 22, 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know where you could take it. Perhaps the investigation team directly? I imagine, though that they are looking carefully at these videos. It's a huge advantage to have visual evidence almost up to the crash. Good luck! Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
list of castles in Canada
I answered you on my talk page. Any questions, let me know. Thanks Rarelibra 16:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Replied at User_talk:Rarelibra#List_of_castles_in_Canada. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
re:The White Cat - Ned Scott business
Thank you for saying that![4] It's most definitely tiring to keep on reading about this. Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- It's a sad day when I'm a voice of reason *rolls eyes* — Moe ε 20:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that this user had posted a comment on my page and you reverted it. I also saw the warning this guy was given on his talk page. Is this guy just randomly vandalizing or something? Bella Swan(Talk!) 20:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Well, luckily, he picked the wrong person to vandalize with spoilers. I've been finished the book for 2 days now but have been re-reading it.....thanks anyway! Bella Swan(Talk!) 21:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I am very sorry that my bot updated an old version of 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. That should not happen! I have added the bad edit to an already existing bug report about undetected edit conflicts for the pywikipediabot framework. Byrial 21:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Some reverts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mos3591 This user is currently on irc.gamesurge.net as: maL|MoS_-!~phenombdk@mos3591.user.gamesurge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ICAPTCHA (talk • contribs) 05:18, July 25, 2007 (UTC)
IPA
Sorry about my mistakes, I'm not very familiar with how the IPA works but I noticed that they were missing from those articles so I decided to try to put them myself. Thanks for the help. In Toronto when you put a "(t)" what does that mean? Is there a certain symbol I should put? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anthonyd3ca (talk • contribs) 07:12, July 25, 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
I left {{tilde}} on the user's talk page.
Thank you for the advice.Ioloroberts 15:20, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I ran into you because of this edit on a page I watch -- I urge you to be careful of the language you use in the future. If you haven't already, you may wish to check out the welcome page. Have fun here! Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- He was a friend of mine. Was an injoke. Apologies Ioloroberts 15:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- Humour/sarcasm in short informal written communication, like what often is used on-wiki, doesn't always come across, especially to outside readers. Anyway, no worries. Cheers! Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- He was a friend of mine. Was an injoke. Apologies Ioloroberts 15:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't actually have any idea who this guy is. I don't know where this 'friend' thing came from; I've never heard of this guy before, and he's only existed a day as it is. I'm just saying I have no idea what he's talking about, that's all. HalfShadow 22:35, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Ahhh, well darn, looks like she's probably missed.
- was about a message left at user:Persian Poet Gal's talk page
I will look back again at her stuff, I perused her changes, trying to find the secret. I found where she put it in, but it says "putting it back", so, I'm not sure. From the code, it looks like somehow it gets your status, but I can't figure it out and I'm not a programmer, so I may just have to forget about having that cute little thing on my page ;) Thank you for letting me know! Ariel♥Gold 21:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm changing the article actually to be an independent article of it's own. It should look considerably different after a little work. UnclePaco 03:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- can you help me create a soapbox? UnclePaco 04:40, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- To make a new user subpage, such as a sandbox, just add the name of it after a slash following your user name, like this User:UnclePaco/Sandbox. Just click on the redlink and start editing. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thank you for excellent help
Thanks for the help on my query. Are you aware that Oetzi had some interesting anomalies -- RH- blood, no third molar, longer second toe. Interesting combination apparently found more often in the Tyrolean Alps region? Because there is speculation that the Archer was also from that region, is it a leap to wonder if Oetzi also had the odd joint in his feet, or that the Archer may have been missing the third molar? Again, thanks for the links and the help. Weaver137 18:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware. There may be more info at one of the sites I linked to, but I don't recall anything specifically being mentioned. It was interesting to research! Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for telling me about making edits without signing in. Whenever I do that, I always change it as soon as I can. It usually only happens when I am on a different computer than my usual and forget to sign in. --Gbgg89 20:49, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Great minds think alike
Well done :) Andre (talk) 02:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes thank you both, I forgot to strike out my support. T Rex | talk 03:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
WP:RD/S thread
- re: User:TripleBatteryLife's addition of this
Why are you against freedom of speech? Is it because you can't answer the question? That is censorship a violation of the bill of rights. So in other words I am not able to participate unless I agree with evolution narrow minded theories of earth only evolution? Is that what it is .. As for soapbox.. why did you not remove the others threads? I was doing nothing more then they were. Sounds like a dictatorship! Stalin used to say " If we want your opinion we'll tell you what it is! " Tell me what I have to do to be able to participate without being censored.
(copy of 3RR warning I left at the user's talk page removed)
THE REASON: there were more than 3 reverts was because someone keeps removing anything they don't happen to believe in .. (an emotional rather than objective response).
Tell me what I have to do to be able to participate (as the others do) without being censored? Censorship is a form of dictatorship (what would abe lincoln say? ) .—The preceding unsigned comment was added by TripleBatteryLife (talk • contribs) 15:16, August 2, 2007 (UTC)
- Freedom of speech does not apply to Wikipedia. It is a private foundation. That said, your addition was soapboxing, although you did ask questions. Why not take out the rhetoric (or at least tone it down)? Also, the thread you're trying to add already exists up the page here. I guess you started that thread as an anonymous IP. I suggest asking your further questions at the end of that thread. As for the three reversion warning, it was to advise you that you were edit warring, which is blockable. I meant it to draw your attention to this and to hopefully get you to rephrase your query into a more acceptable format. Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Aye
Personally, I reckon they're brothers at different schools, who keep in touch to troll us. Could be completely wrong, but something like that seems about it. That's probably the killer diff. The interplay between the two can no longer be denied. Cheers, Moreschi Talk 16:09, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I just realised I should have used {{db-g5}} instead of the g3 I used . Should I bother or just leave it (for AfD)? The relevant info is at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Grumpyrob, and the user appears to be banned as he has been indefinitely blocked as of July 23. Thanks, Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Was the article created while the dood was banned? If not you could probably tag it for notability or just PROD it instead. Whatever you are comfortable with. the_undertow talk 07:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, it was created August 6, 2007 as a POV fork of another article, Plastic pressure pipe systems, which has a much longer history (Created Nov 16, 2006). The creator of Industrial plastic pipe systems was indef blocked on July 23 for abusing multiple accounts per the first checkuser above. The socks were identified in a second checkuser, also found in the same link. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- I c you are correct in your assertion. You should G5 it, as originally intended. Your know your procedure pretty well. C ya. the_undertow talk 08:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for getting back to me. I should point out that the POV detective work was done by MSJapan, who nominated the page for AfD, and not me. I'm just the guy that applied the wrong speedy deletion template! ;) -that's what I get for not double checking the CSD page before tagging. Anyway, someone else has since deleted the page under CSD-G5. Thanks again! Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:01, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- I c you are correct in your assertion. You should G5 it, as originally intended. Your know your procedure pretty well. C ya. the_undertow talk 08:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, it was created August 6, 2007 as a POV fork of another article, Plastic pressure pipe systems, which has a much longer history (Created Nov 16, 2006). The creator of Industrial plastic pipe systems was indef blocked on July 23 for abusing multiple accounts per the first checkuser above. The socks were identified in a second checkuser, also found in the same link. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Flyguy649! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Daniel→♦ 05:34, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- I restored the AfD notice from the above article following a request at user talk:Irishguy
Thank you for doing this. I did not realise it was that simple. Bearian 17:13, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
thanks for the suggestion. I'll get to work on making the template now. Do you tihnk one should be made to tag the actual posts? -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Done - template made. Tell me what you think. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your great additions. Excellent. There is nothing to improve. You seem to be a natural. :) So - how about a corresponding tag used to tag the posts themselves? Or would this be superfluous? -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 02:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ok.
matter resolved - I will make a note on the WT:AN page. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 02:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- Be warned: the Australian cabal will have no hesitations in conquering this Canadian Cabal you speak of!! :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 02:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ok.
- Thanks for your great additions. Excellent. There is nothing to improve. You seem to be a natural. :) So - how about a corresponding tag used to tag the posts themselves? Or would this be superfluous? -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 02:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the input
I see you recently commented on the decision of "blocking" the user Fakefrenchboy, I feel rather deflated now after striving for experience in sorting inapt names from good ones. Do you think I should remove the template suggestion blockation? Thanks. Onnaghar tl | co | @ 19:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, that would be a good idea. I suggest also putting a note in the Edit Summary when you remove the {{uw-block}} that it was given in error. And don't beat yourself up over this! We all made/make mistakes... it's what you do once they are pointed out. Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. Onnaghar tl | co | @ 19:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
LOL I was just doing that :D
- re: moving a warning from a userpage to a user talk page
You beat me to it! Ariel♥Gold 04:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'll go with something about great minds thinking alike... ;) Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hee hee hee. Thanks, I appreciate it! Ariel♥Gold 04:08, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
TortureIsWrong → BushpigsGoneWild?
I am curious why you think these two are the same person[5]. If so then a block is needed. ((1 == 2) ? (('Stop') : ('Go')) 14:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
I knew their was a move tab because I had an account before but I stoped using it and don't remember the password or even account name. I thought maybe they got rid of the button or something. Thanks again!--Palindrome7 17:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Help
I had a slight battle with this address today: 208.38.83.116 (talk · contribs) over some links and advertisement looking article. The anon seemed to become more cooperative after I gave her some warnings and advice. Yet, the article still does not convince me. The anon seems to be moving in the right direction but I wanted someone with more experience to take a look. The article is CarTech. Take a look at the history and at the anons talk page. Thank you. Feel free to respond here. I will check. I am mainly concerned with being too harsh or too lenient. Sorry if you do not have time or if this is annoying. Ciao Brusegadi 21:33, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- I think it's an acceptable stub now, although some of the earlier versions weren't. It claims notability and isn't speediable. The IP seems to have heeded your warnings about spamming. I suggest watching it for a while and seeing where it goes. If it gets bad continually, you can take it to Wikipedia:Request for comment#Request comment on articles. Or if you're not sure, you can always take it there now. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:00, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Nudge
It's rather minor and I'd change it myself, but the page is protected.. Ahem - when can we change this? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 16:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
- Good luck with that! Looking forward to it :) ~ Riana ⁂ 16:27, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
- re: Cut-and-paste move
Hey all, the name of the pub is Tom's Hardware without the word Guide. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fornoman (talk • contribs) 17:00, August 17, 2007 (UTC)
- Replied on your talk page. Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:07, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks to you for doing such a bang-up job on getting that organized! It rocks, seriously. And I've talked to Vid, who let me know what to do, and I've also watched how i has been doing it. The way I understand this (and correct me if I've got it wrong) is that basically we are linking to an old revision of the page that shows the closed report, and then simply removing the report from the RFCN page (it isn't actually being pasted anywhere as an archive, correct)? Then adding the decision, and the date (Although it says the date isn't required? I see it on the page, so wondering if it gets added automatically). Anyway, I'll be happy to do them as I see them, just let me know if I bungle something! Ariel♥Gold 03:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Reply at ArielGold's talk page. Flyguy649 talk contribs 03:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hrmm, I'm using a different expanded toolbox thingie, I'm going to have to figure out which picture is "perm link" lol. But yeah that method is actually easier than the cut/paste to archive page method. Really excellently done! Ariel♥Gold 03:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Doh, yeah I know that link on the left, I was thinking you meant the toolbar above the edit box, lol. Just thump me when I'm stupid, sometimes it helps! Ariel♥Gold 04:15, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hrmm, I'm using a different expanded toolbox thingie, I'm going to have to figure out which picture is "perm link" lol. But yeah that method is actually easier than the cut/paste to archive page method. Really excellently done! Ariel♥Gold 03:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, that's what I planned on doing. I'm not really bothered, I don't think the editor was directing his comments at me, I wasn't the one that closed it, but the editor said it had only been up for half hour, and it was up there for three, so that's why I pointed that out. As for the "heat", I stay away from that. I respect the opinions offered, and I've said my thoughts, so I see no point in hashing it over. I think the decision was fair, so when it is closed I'll simply change the perm. link. No biggie! I do think your idea of a "time" limit/amount was a good one, and that will help in the future. Ariel♥Gold 15:16, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Guess I was wrong, looks like that editors beef was with me archiving it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Vid specifically say to archive them once they're closed? Ariel♥Gold 16:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
My Page
........Ta! Pedro | Chat 13:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- I see you beat me to WP:AIV - there's a third IP I think as well. Joy, joy, joy, got to love it! Pedro | Chat 13:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Welcome. I'm flying one warning and then straight to AIV on these now - just reported a fourth to the list ! Pedro | Chat 13:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I guess the WP:AGF is out the wondow on this now - He's clearly hopping IP's. Block on site I guess (if we had the flipping buttons to do it!) Pedro | Chat 13:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Welcome. I'm flying one warning and then straight to AIV on these now - just reported a fourth to the list ! Pedro | Chat 13:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm vaguely amused and even slightly honoured :) On another topic, I've had your RfA watchlisted for some time now. Nudge nudge. Just say OK below and I'm sure there will be a queue to nominate you. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! Riana nudged me similarly yesterday, and Pascal.Tesson offered last month. I'm trying to finish up my thesis, and I don't want this to be a distraction right now. I'm thinking September 1 or so. Cheers, Flyguy649 talk contribs 21:45, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Great work
Great work on the RFCN archives. Something we all knew should be done but didn't bother to – going ahead and doing it is just the right attitude. Thanks, GDonato, 17:28, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
RE: Simpsons image
Aww, nuts. Oh well. I'll just ask my fiancee to draw one of us. She is an amazing artist! Cheers Flyguy, SGGH speak! 11:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Well
We did have people arguing for Wikipedia:No amendments to policy may be made during the superbowl... >Radiant< 12:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Doh!
Hee hee thanks, I was thinking it, it just didn't seem to make it from my brain to my fingers, lol. I've been awake for 26+ hours, so hey. Ariel♥Gold 07:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Not a big deal! I've only been up for 20 hours... btw, I added a suggestion to WT:RFCN#Archiving suggestion. And I'm off to bed. Honest! Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Night night FG
Sweet dreams! Ariel♥Gold 07:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Night night FG
You've got......
.....mail sir! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:10, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Re:Non-Latin character names
I will keep that in mind, thank you. Bushcarrot Talk Please Sign! 19:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Psssst
Saw the Sandpit get played in again, lol. Please let me know what you think of my proposal here. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 01:55, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, I left a comment there. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
How many chapters left?
Sooooooo... How's that thesis coming along? he he he... As you may have noticed, yesterday was the first time in over a year that there were actually no active RfAs which, as we all know, is one pretty sure sign of imminent apocalypse. So I figured I'd ask again about considering adminship. You'll see, RfA is a lot of fun. Pascal.Tesson 20:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- lol! I'm feeling a bit hunted... see this, this and this. In all seriousness, around September 1. Cheers! Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:31, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- We know where you live. Any further resistance to becoming an admin and something unfortunate will happen to your horse (or in your case, we might go for the severed head of your favorite fly!). :-) Pascal.Tesson 21:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- But there have been so many over the years. Which to choose....? Flyguy649 talk contribs 21:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- We know where you live. Any further resistance to becoming an admin and something unfortunate will happen to your horse (or in your case, we might go for the severed head of your favorite fly!). :-) Pascal.Tesson 21:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - good idea
Good idea. Hope we can get some good feedback now, and that the temp will come into use. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Greek first name query
Thanks for backing me up on the Kaya vs. Kaia query. Writing [ay] rather than [ai] when transcribing the sound of /I/ in Hebrew drives me wild. Translator colleagues have vaguely attributed this practice to Francophone influence, though I'm not convinced. I have only the barest rudimentary awareness of the Greek language, so won't deign to pronounce upon its transliterations or transcriptions into Latin alphabet. Just tryin' t' do m'job, man. -- Cheers, Deborahjay 19:22, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. Part of the problem is that how the word is written will affect how English readers will pronounce it. I prefer it be pronounced correctly. But there is a standard transliteration for different letters into English, which is more correct for Ancient Greek than for Modern Greek, in my humble opinion. And now for the disclaimer, I'm not a trained translator/transcriber. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:27, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for catching my mistake on the (now-undone) block of User:Fourdee... Georgewilliamherbert 07:34, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:36, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism
Hi. I just discovered omeone vandalized my user page a long time ago and I would like the vandalism deleted. How do I do that? Theandra 05:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Replied at User_talk:Theandra#Removing_vandalism_from_your_userpage. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 05:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Durham Cricket
Hi there - I nominated Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence for deletion in good faith, as to me it does seem completely non-notable. However, I know absolutely nothing whatsoever about cricket (well, not quite true - I know that a bat and ball are involved...). As two people have pointed out that "...officially first class ... is automatically notable", I'm guessing there's something in it. I wonder if you could point me to the relevant policy - I'll then withdraw the nomination. Cheers, TheIslander 17:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- OK, fair enough. Someone else entirely has also pointed it out now, so there's no doubt you're all right. Sorry about the confusion. Cheers, TheIslander 18:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm, never seen the attraction of cricket myself. Went to an all-boys grammar school for sixth-form, and pretty much all that was ever discussed during breaks was cricket. Didn't understand a word, didn't find it particularly interesting. Still, thanks very much for your kind words ;) TheIslander 19:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Adam Air
That's OK - I can't complain since the article is in desperate need of full overhaul, and since it's kinda been "my" (I apreciate I don't own anything, but I did almost all of it) show from five hours after it disapeared from radar onwards, I really should do it - but as yet haven't. BTW, I see you do a lot of aviation accident/incident stuff - maybe you'd like to join the Aviation accident task force? Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 15:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- I've joined up. Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Great! Since the article has potential to go very far - I'd like to see it featured sometime - I might try and arrange for the task force to collaborate on the article, and see if we can sort it out as a group. The biggest problem isnt working out what needs done, the biggest problem is in how much of it there is. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 15:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your message in User talk:Peterwhy. However, I have never edited the article Air China Flight 120, and the article doesn't seem to exist. So may I know what's going on? PeterCX&Talk 17:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Replied at user's talk page. The article was China Airlines Flight 120. Left a diff. Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
IRC cloak request
I am Flyguy649 on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/Flyguy649. Thanks. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:02, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Test template
It's a TEST template for a reason. No pages linked to it, let me test it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nosseta (talk • contribs) 01:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- This editor(Nosseta) and the one below (Knosseta) used a test template to vandalise template:Creationism2, and Krighter1, who vandalised this page are all the same editor. All are now blocked. Flyguy649 talk contribs 02:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Recent Edits
These edits are not disruptive but legitimate improvements to the articles/templates in question. Surely you can see that creationism demands such a template. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knosseta (talk • contribs) 02:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you! :)
Thank you, my friend! :) You have the (doubtful!) privilege of beingthe recipient of my last message before going to bed for a while... geez, we have so much to catch up! :) I hope to see you around a lot, it's truly wonderful to see I haven't been forgotten in these last 3 weeks... time really flies, doesn't it? Love you, Phaedriel - 05:37, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- Sleep well! Flyguy649 talk contribs 05:41, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
RfA
I'm happy to see you've come to your senses. :-) How do you want to work this out though? I know I'm not the only one who offered to nominate you (although I do have a good success rate). I can write the nomination, write a co-nomination, or just sit back and support once it's up, just let me know. Not that I think it matters much: you're an outstanding candidate and you'd breeze through this if willy on wheels nominated you. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 05:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hey you were not supposed to notice! Don't worry about filling in your bit: you can take all the time you like before transcluding it on the RfA page. By the way, I do intend to write a more detailed nom than what I currently have up there. As for the co-nom, Riana's a very sound choice. Pascal.Tesson 06:22, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- There you go. I think my streak of RfA nominations without a single oppose is going to stay alive. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 06:58, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh just in case you're missing info about the process, here's the official template.
- There you go. I think my streak of RfA nominations without a single oppose is going to stay alive. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 06:58, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- I was just about to ask if I could nom you myself when I saw this, hehe. Permission to add a co-nom before you transclude it? :) Wizardman 22:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- The page "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Flyguy649" has been added to your watchlist, which will list edits to this page and its associated talk page.
Ariel♥Gold 00:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Best of luck. Can't wait to have one more slave to the backlogs. Pascal.Tesson 03:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- You big slacker - get the RFA up so that we can support it. :) Spartaz Humbug! 05:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- I recently discovered you as a user and have supported your RFA. Good luck on receiving your administrator wings, which seems likely! Archtrain 15:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
- You big slacker - get the RFA up so that we can support it. :) Spartaz Humbug! 05:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Best of luck. Can't wait to have one more slave to the backlogs. Pascal.Tesson 03:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- The page "Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Flyguy649" has been added to your watchlist, which will list edits to this page and its associated talk page.
Vandalism.
i know the ropes. i was just bored, and decided to piss someone off. w00t. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike5193 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Backyardigans episode: Who Goes There?
I saw roughly half of it (they must have run a new episode early because of the holiday, because today's 'early' episode was A Giant Problem) and gave a rough synopsis here (I'm Qwerty (yeah, yeah, it's a throwaway name. Sue me.)). Technically, there's enough information there for an entry (everything but the catchphrase), but Jalopy (assuming that isn't you) doesn't sound too sure about the title. Should we wait until the episodes start showing 'officially'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HalfShadow (talk • contribs) 16:24, September 4, 2007
- I didn't catch it, but I heard all about it from the family. The episode sounded good! I think it might be an idea to wait at least until we could reference something. It won't hurt to wait a few days. But if you want to, go ahead and add it. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:32, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- No, I think I'll wait until they start showing; it's only another four days anyawy. They're probably going to start with Secret Spy, but right after that should be the new stuff. At worst, we just leave what's already there hidden until it shows 'officially', de-hide it and add to it. HalfShadow 17:36, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds good! It's a bit silly, but I'm looking forward to the next DVD on Sept 18. Secret of Snow was an excellent episode. I haven't seen the other two, but they sound fun. Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:41, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Prepare for some personality reversal with A Giant Problem: Uniqua is a grumbly bitch and Tasha is all rainbows and teddy bears. Also: Rocket wands. That's all I'm saying. HalfShadow 18:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- lol! Looking forward to it. Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Prepare for some personality reversal with A Giant Problem: Uniqua is a grumbly bitch and Tasha is all rainbows and teddy bears. Also: Rocket wands. That's all I'm saying. HalfShadow 18:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds good! It's a bit silly, but I'm looking forward to the next DVD on Sept 18. Secret of Snow was an excellent episode. I haven't seen the other two, but they sound fun. Flyguy649 talk contribs 17:41, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- No, I think I'll wait until they start showing; it's only another four days anyawy. They're probably going to start with Secret Spy, but right after that should be the new stuff. At worst, we just leave what's already there hidden until it shows 'officially', de-hide it and add to it. HalfShadow 17:36, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Québécois
I'm an admin reverting vandalism. Bearcat 18:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- Replied. Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
- No worries. He's got this really weird mix of content dispute (Quebec-as-nation-because-Charles-Taylor-said-so) and vandalism ("Gaybecker", reference removal) going on right now on a bunch of articles, so it can be hard to sort out what's going on. Bearcat 19:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
RS1900 - Support!
Hello Flyguy649. How are you? I looked at your contributions and I think you have done a great job. I will support you. Thank you. RS1900 04:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Budapest
And also good luck for your nomination! I don't know if I may vote, guess not yet... Squash Racket 15:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Not that an additional vote really matters as I see things going there... Squash Racket 15:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
In proper "Ariel Style"
You may have noticed I did not pile on support immediately, and please do not think that this is in any way suggesting that I didn't intend to support you, as I hope you know I would. I do this with almost all RfAs, for two reasons: First, to research on my own, and second, to see if there are any issues that are brought up in the first few days, to which I could possibly respond. As you know, there have been none, and so, in the "Ariel Style", I have now added my verbose support of your impending promotion, and I fully believe that your RfA will be successful. I look forward to congratulating you on the 11th. Ariel♥Gold 19:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- I had just read it. Thanks very much! And I do appreciate that you took the time to look through my past. That's why I don't comment on very many RfAs, because I feel that I should take some time to evaluate the candidate. Cheers! Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Silly Flyguy
, I just read your comment, lol, it is nothing imminent, so no worries about watchlisting, lol. Ariel♥Gold 19:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- It's just in case I forget to look when it comes to that in the future. Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- Silly Flyguy
Ausgleich renamed
Can you please tell me how to see the links to a certain phrase? I'd like to change Ausgleich to the new official English title in the articles, but can not find the necessary links. Squash Racket 07:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Ausgleich currently redirects to Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. Apparently this is a result of discussion at Talk:Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867#Requested move where there was overwhelming consensus to use this name. The move was done 00:34, August 16, 2007 by user:TKD. Does tha answer your question? Let me know! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 13:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- I'd like to change Ausgleich to the new name in existing articles. I just don't know how to find those articles that have the phrase Ausgleich in them.
- I know there is a redirect, but it would be nicer to change those internal links to the new one. Literally: 'you can find the phrase Ausgleich in the following articles:...' Can I get a list like that? Squash Racket 16:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- I'd like to change Ausgleich to the new name in existing articles. I just don't know how to find those articles that have the phrase Ausgleich in them.
- Ah, I knew I was missing something! Try the search tool using the Mediawiki option. It should find articles with the term (I found 88). When you make the changes, you may want to make a quick note in the edit summary that it's per the article name change. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Now that's what we are talking about! Thanks. Of course I always mention that in the edit summaries. I just got tired of finding these randomly. Squash Racket 16:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- lol! You've got a lot of work to do!! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Now that's what we are talking about! Thanks. Of course I always mention that in the edit summaries. I just got tired of finding these randomly. Squash Racket 16:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Some people warned that it resembles Anschluss a bit, has a real bad vibe while it was a relatively peaceful process. I'll change it in the most important articles. But I may need that tool anyway, that's why I asked. Squash Racket 17:17, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Thai Airways vandal
The way I see it, arrange for the accounts to be blocked indefinitely (if not done already) and request at the same time an extension of the anon's block for sockpupetry, as well. Or, you could just wait until your RfA concludes and do it yourself ;-). Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 15:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think enough of us have the pages watchlisted that we should be able to spot any socks quickly. If any of the stuff gets reverted by this person while blocked, go immediately to AIV. I hope the person realizes that the jig is up. Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. Although my real concern is instead this will trigger a desperate reaction to try and miraculously save the hoax... hope not. "This is his last dance..." ;-). Nah, nothing as extreme as Jason (song's subject), hopefuly just the block will do it. ;-D Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 16:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- That was my first Lordi experience. Thanks! Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Your welcome! The Alice Cooper original is good, too, but much lighter... Oh dear. I seem to have hijacked this discusion a little! Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 16:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Sure, no problem! I'm going to log off for a while now, though, so see you some time... May do some more work on Flight 574 upon my return. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 16:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- Your welcome! The Alice Cooper original is good, too, but much lighter... Oh dear. I seem to have hijacked this discusion a little! Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 16:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- That was my first Lordi experience. Thanks! Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Agreed. Although my real concern is instead this will trigger a desperate reaction to try and miraculously save the hoax... hope not. "This is his last dance..." ;-). Nah, nothing as extreme as Jason (song's subject), hopefuly just the block will do it. ;-D Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 16:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- (Unindent) Right. Will try to be on sometime within the next few hours. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 17:01, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Backyardigans
'Who Goes There?' I was expecting it to be; the early showing was something special for the Labor Day holiday. HalfShadow —Preceding unsigned comment added by HalfShadow (talk • contribs) 22:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I know (I'm Qwerty there, too and created the topic on their board about the lack of synopses), but I wouldn't feel like I was doing my job if I didn't at least report what I'd seen. Pisses me right off, too. If the afternoon episode is a season one or two episode, I'm going to physically kill someone, because I'll have to get up at 6 AM to keep the episode list up to date. I don't think I did that bad for a synopsis, really, considering I only saw half of it. HalfShadow 13:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
The 'p' usernames
Hi Flyguy! ArielGold recommended you personally as a go-to guy for some insight into the whole poop/pee username reporting debate (which I think you've been a part of at least a little). Basically, I've been told I made incorrect reports at both UAA and RFCN (see user talk pages of secretlondon and rspeer for the opposing views, and of course WT:UAA for the lengthy discussion). As a good faith contributor, it distresses me that I'm being told I'm doing the wrong thing, and I'd like to do the right thing. I have no desire to place reports incorrectly, but as Rspeer said directly that I was misusing UAA, you can imagine my hesitance at reporting User:Pooopy there: no doubt he'd say it was borderline. However RFCN said that was wrong. Any advice of any kind? Poems, songs and dances to cheer me up? I'll take whatever ya got! :P ~Eliz81(C) 22:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- I admit I was a bit surprised to see Poopy at RFCN, but reading through everything, I see where you're coming from. And obviously you're reporting in good faith. You seem to be caught in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. As you can see from your various conversations at WT:UAA, and Rspers' talk page, there is some variation in opinion on which usernames are allowed, which are blatant, and which need discussion. There's no argument at the blatant and acceptable ends, but the middle is somewhat variable. As you know, there's more room at RFCN for discussion. But then you run into different editors and how verbose they are. Some will give you a couple of sentences whether they think it's blatant or not. Others will give a terse opinion, which comes across as being harsh even if that's not what's meant. (It's a problem with the on-line written medium.)
- My take is that while it is possible that not all Poo and Pee names are UAA types, most are disruptive and will need to be blocked at some point. I guess this is where Rspeer argues that if the account is not yet contributing, then you can go with {{usernameconcern}} or a custom note on their talk page, or RFCN. I'd say that if they are contributing, then they should go to to UAA. If you think the name may fall into the grey area, take it to RFCN.
- Btw, I'm actually singing and dancing while I'm writing this! ;) Try not to feel stressed over everything. You're trying to help the project, after all! Anyway, let me know where you'd like clarification. It's late here, and I'm afraid this isn't as coherent as I'd like it to be. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- ~*~Ariel's ears are burning!!~*~ "But then you run into different editors and how verbose they are" (~*~Cough~*~)
Ariel♥Gold 04:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- I was including myself in that! ;) And it's not a bad thing. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hee hee, most of the time it is great. It is especially helpful, as you mentioned, because the medium of text is hard to "hear" intentions, so it helps with clarification. But, the downside is, sometimes people won't read "long posts", and just skip them, lol. Ariel♥Gold 04:16, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- OMG the song and dance totally worked! Awesome :) Let me tell you what is the greatest cure for wikistress... talk to your non-involved irl friends about it. It puts everything in such perspective. My friends were *dying* laughing tonight when I told them about the poop/pee debate, and were incredulous that I had even cared. And thanks for sound advice and a solid interpretation of what's going on. ~Eliz81(C) 07:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- And as a random aside, one weird thing about it all is that I actually got a barnstar for my reporting names to UAA, and then ended up with a warning about misuse! I'm definitely optimistic that with any disagreement on here, as long as your heart's in the right place it'll be ok in the end. ~Eliz81(C) 08:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- Also look at the messenger. I see and understand Rspeer's point of view, but I don't always agree with it. If you look at the now closed discussion of Pee in the pool, you see that many other people advocated blocking and were surprised that it went to RFCN. Rspeer is trying to change things somewhat and discussion of things is good way to do that. You're getting caught up in that.
- Another thing I'll say is that Wikipedia is a big place. If you are finding that there are too many sources of irritation in one part of it, edit somewhere else for a short time. I've found that that helps! Flyguy649 talk contribs 12:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- I also agree with what Until said on your page. Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- And as a random aside, one weird thing about it all is that I actually got a barnstar for my reporting names to UAA, and then ended up with a warning about misuse! I'm definitely optimistic that with any disagreement on here, as long as your heart's in the right place it'll be ok in the end. ~Eliz81(C) 08:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- OMG the song and dance totally worked! Awesome :) Let me tell you what is the greatest cure for wikistress... talk to your non-involved irl friends about it. It puts everything in such perspective. My friends were *dying* laughing tonight when I told them about the poop/pee debate, and were incredulous that I had even cared. And thanks for sound advice and a solid interpretation of what's going on. ~Eliz81(C) 07:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hee hee, most of the time it is great. It is especially helpful, as you mentioned, because the medium of text is hard to "hear" intentions, so it helps with clarification. But, the downside is, sometimes people won't read "long posts", and just skip them, lol. Ariel♥Gold 04:16, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- I was including myself in that! ;) And it's not a bad thing. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
- ~*~Ariel's ears are burning!!~*~ "But then you run into different editors and how verbose they are" (~*~Cough~*~)
Congratulations
I suppose you'll be getting the proverbial bit any minute now. Have fun with that mop. Your sysoping is good news for Wikipedia (and hopefully not bad news for your thesis) Pascal.Tesson 03:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations on your RfA, which I'm sure will be closed soon, with 100% support! You deserve it, dear! |
Ariel♥Gold 03:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- I second that. You'll make an excellent admin. Too bad you didn't reach WP:100, I was hoping. Although 87 unanimous supports is highly impressive. Congratulations. i said 03:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, everyone! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for having my back and fixing my talk page, dear! Ariel♥Gold 05:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Might as well swing on by and say congrats! Very happy for you, and as soon as a 'crat closes it, you can get to work! :) As always, there are DOZENS of fellow admins to help you if you need help getting started with all the crap. Jmlk17 06:15, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yay, congratulations! Take it easy at first and feel free to ask for any help, although I'm sure you'll be whizzing through it all :) Good luck, and congrats again! ~ Riana ⁂ 06:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I must echo the views here. Congratulations, I'm sure you'll make a great admin. Not such good news for the Thai Airways guy above, though. ;-) Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 06:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Your RFA is closed. Welcome to Hell. How long will you be staying in Hotel Hell sir? Nah, just kidding. Have fun with your new tools :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your support, everyone! I have deleted my first page (ok, it was a user subpage) and wikipedia is still running. All is well! Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats! So I'll probably be the last and slowest to do so. I like to comment (a recent bad habit of mine - before my own RfA I only participated once) but never really follow-through to see how they turn out. I'm glad yours was successful. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 04:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your support, everyone! I have deleted my first page (ok, it was a user subpage) and wikipedia is still running. All is well! Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Joy!
Marlith T/C has wished you well! Joy promotes WikiLove and hopefully this little bit has helped make your day better. Spread the WikiJoy by sharing the joy someone else, Try to brighten the day of as many people as you can! Keep up the great editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Joy message}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Marlith T/C 04:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Your RfA was successful
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Janitor%27s_bucket_with_mop.jpg/220px-Janitor%27s_bucket_with_mop.jpg)
Congratulations, your RfA was successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Good luck. --Deskana (talky) 07:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Alright!! :) *passes Flyguy mop and bucket* congratulations you admin you! ~Eliz81(C) 07:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations Flyguy!--Dali-Llama 07:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- (ec) Rock on! Now get to admin work :P --Hirohisat Kiwi 07:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yay! There ya go, Flyguy, now don't you get too busy to answer silly questions, because you're one of my favorite "go to" guys for them!
Ariel♥Gold 07:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh and erm I edited your talk banner for you! 0:) ~Eliz81(C) 07:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! I was going to get to that. Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats again Flyguy. I'm looking forward to see your logs overflow with sensible blocks, intelligent deletions, and wise protections. Cheers -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! I was going to get to that. Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh and erm I edited your talk banner for you! 0:) ~Eliz81(C) 07:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yay! There ya go, Flyguy, now don't you get too busy to answer silly questions, because you're one of my favorite "go to" guys for them!
- (ec) Rock on! Now get to admin work :P --Hirohisat Kiwi 07:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations Flyguy!--Dali-Llama 07:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hurrah! Well done. You know where to go if you need any help. Best Spartaz Humbug! 20:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't even know you were running, congrats. ((1 == 2) ? (('Stop') : ('Go')) 20:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats, dear Flyguy! I can't believe nobody has gifted you one of these, tho - time to solve that, and enjoy it! Love, Phaedriel - 21:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- From me as well. Looks like you passed with flying colors :) (badum-bump!) *thank you, thank you*
- Well, I'm sure you'll do swimmingly (no pun intended, I promise), but if I can ever be of assistance, please let me know. May you wield the mop and bucket righteously :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats, dear Flyguy! I can't believe nobody has gifted you one of these, tho - time to solve that, and enjoy it! Love, Phaedriel - 21:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't even know you were running, congrats. ((1 == 2) ? (('Stop') : ('Go')) 20:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
It was my pleasure to support your RfA, I'm sure you'll be a great admin! Congratulations! faithless (speak) 05:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations, and I have no doubt that you will become one of many trusted administrators soon enough. And thanks for offering, I thought it was just another automated message! :) Looking forward to see your name more and more in different areas, Sebi [talk] 05:51, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Wahoo! You made it! Great for you. Yamakiri 10:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
And... (drumroll please) for your first official action...
(Aside from deleting your sandbox, that is)... I bring you Darkfirehacker (talk · contribs). Self-admitted hacker, as stated on user page. Account created in 2006, and only the userpage edit to brag about hacking abilities, and the upload of a deleted image: Image:Darkfirehacked.png. No blocks. So, there ya go! (Thinly disguised question: Would it be appropriate to CSD the userpage? Would it be appropriate to block the user even though he hasn't edited, just on the basis of the userpage admissions? And yes, lol these are my genuine questions, I'm honestly curious how this sort of thing is dealt with). ~*~ Hugs ~*~ Ariel♥Gold 08:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- He's inactive, and he says he's hacking greyhat, msn accts and forums. I'm watching him. The username is questionable. Per my statement at my RfA, I'm going to go slowly here and ask a second opinion. Flyguy649 talk contribs 13:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- User:Ryan Postlethwaite agreed that the name should be blocked. Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
... on screwing up...
Sure, I'll let you know but I'm not too worried. Not sure you've noticed but Ryan has set up Wikipedia:New admin school which I think is a great way to experiment the tools. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 15:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Looks like you were right about the new episodes.
Today's early episode was a season one. I'll keep an eye on it for the rest of the week just to verify (I hate missing new information), and I should be able to tidy up the episode entry when the episode re-shows on Saturday. HalfShadow 21:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- New information? Come on, you're watching it because it's a great show! Flyguy649 talk contribs 21:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well yeah, but I like knowing things other people don't, either. When I post an episode synopsis, the fact that I saw this months before anyone else makes me feel a special sort of useful. It's like knowing where someone buried a treasure without having to get the map first like everyone else...HalfShadow 21:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Images
I understand you know a thing or two about this place. Can you point me to the help page that deals with the formatting of images? I take pictures, but I have a real tough time getting the images to show up properly. Thanks. Sunshine ҈ 00:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I've done very little with images. User:EVula does a lot, as does User:Until(1 == 2), I think. You can look at Help:Contents/Images and media, but it seems pretty general. I didn't go through all the pages, though. Your images are great, though! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 03:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Comment
Hi dear, i brought an issue to my attention, could you take a peek here pretty pretty please? Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 03:31, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Exactly what I thought too, would you think it appropriate for RFCN? Ariel♥Gold 03:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Just saw your comment on the user's talk page, so I'll trust your capable hands, let me know what they decide, if you get a chance, so I know for future reference. Thanks dear! Ariel♥Gold 03:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, can you clarify this: "I want to talk to a bureaucrat about an atypical usurpation. Have sunshine create a dummy username and usurp User:Sunshine, and then have User:Sunshine redirect to User:(splat) with a hatnote." I need to know what a "hatnote" is, and what a "dummy username" would be, in other words, this one user would have three usernames? I'm sorry, I'm just confused, lol. Ariel♥Gold 04:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Will clarify in a minute. Looking stuff up. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- He doesnt need to create a user, he would just need to create a userpage with the redirect. i said 04:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think you're allowed to create a userpage for a username that isn't yours. Although that would be the simplest solution. User:҈ would "squat" at User:Sunshine and put a redirect there. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think you can. Almost positive for this scenario. i said 04:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I, do you have a link handy? I'll look in the meantime. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think you can. Almost positive for this scenario. i said 04:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think you're allowed to create a userpage for a username that isn't yours. Although that would be the simplest solution. User:҈ would "squat" at User:Sunshine and put a redirect there. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- He doesnt need to create a user, he would just need to create a userpage with the redirect. i said 04:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Will clarify in a minute. Looking stuff up. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, can you clarify this: "I want to talk to a bureaucrat about an atypical usurpation. Have sunshine create a dummy username and usurp User:Sunshine, and then have User:Sunshine redirect to User:(splat) with a hatnote." I need to know what a "hatnote" is, and what a "dummy username" would be, in other words, this one user would have three usernames? I'm sorry, I'm just confused, lol. Ariel♥Gold 04:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Just saw your comment on the user's talk page, so I'll trust your capable hands, let me know what they decide, if you get a chance, so I know for future reference. Thanks dear! Ariel♥Gold 03:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
← What about allowing this user to just take the Sunshine name? Would that be a viable option? I mean, I don't see a valid reason for the user to want to keep that character as a username, they could put it on their page, in their sig, wherever, without disrupting others, so I'm a bit unclear what the user's concerns are. Ariel♥Gold 04:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I guess that would be better. It would still require an usurpation, though. It may fly. Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Here. Look halfway down the page. And I the bureaucrats may not allow a usurpation for such a new user, I seriously doubt they would if he wont use it; thats the reason there is a length requirement. i said 04:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oops. That link was to prove non latin characters, but not letters in another language, have been blocked. i said 04:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Let's continue all discussion at [[[Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/User names]]. We can move the earlier stuff there later. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oops. That link was to prove non latin characters, but not letters in another language, have been blocked. i said 04:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
section break
I hope you don't mind that I was the one who placed the report. I just figured if anyone should "get in trouble" for it, it should be me, since I was the one that i asked to help with this, and it was I who basically started this going, by asking you, and posting on the user's page after i had the long discussion. I'd rather this come down on me, than on you right now. I hope you don't feel I was out of line. Ariel♥Gold 05:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Not at all! It was obvious after a minute or two at the talk page at RFCN that that was the best venue for it. Flyguy649 talk contribs 05:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Just curious, how would you "grade" how that situation was handled, by myself, and all those involved? Ariel♥Gold 06:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think centralizing the discussion to one talk page would have been a good idea earlier. It was fragmented which led to some duplication, which may have made things look rather like we were in a tizzy. Otherwise, the "username" was a problem and we were figuring out what to do. I think your suggestion of RFCN earlier would have been better than the waiting I suggested. I'd never seen an odd character before. Actually, thinking about it, just urging the user to consider a name-change earlier might have worked -- although probably not. Live and learn, I guess. Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:10, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, honestly I at first thought, send this to RFCN, but then I sat and thought about it, reviewing WP:U and I couldn't find a valid argument backed by policy, so I suggested the talk page perhaps, but didn't suggest it very strongly. I guess I don't mind fragmented discussions, because that didn't bother me, lol (it gave me something to do!) But either way, the user wasn't happy at all, if you look at the request for name change, and I honestly tried really hard to make sure nothing we said came across as being mean, or bite-y, so I feel sort of bad that the user was upset about it, and resentful of us. ~*Sigh*~ Until there is a clear delineation in the policy regarding non-language characters (specifically stating not related to any language, not just non-English characters) this will end up being the way things go, no clear policy, so it depends on the cooperation of the user in question, I guess. Ariel♥Gold 06:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think we were bitey. It was unexpected for them. The user came here to ask a question and three hours later had a new username. As for the policy, that's why I brought it up on the olicy talk page. I don't think people ever imagined someone would want a symbol as a name. It is not a letter in any script! And I think we could have blocked it anyway - it was a problem name with no legitamate reason for being like that. Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, well I learn something new every single day here, so I guess I can slack off for the rest of today, huh?
I'm glad that you think things went in the right direction (after the initial fragmentation) and resolved itself in a way that may not have been ideal for the user, but was the best thing to do considering the situation. Thank you again, as always, for being here for me to bend your ear! Ariel♥Gold 06:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! And now for bed. It's only 2:50 after all! Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, well I learn something new every single day here, so I guess I can slack off for the rest of today, huh?
- I don't think we were bitey. It was unexpected for them. The user came here to ask a question and three hours later had a new username. As for the policy, that's why I brought it up on the olicy talk page. I don't think people ever imagined someone would want a symbol as a name. It is not a letter in any script! And I think we could have blocked it anyway - it was a problem name with no legitamate reason for being like that. Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, honestly I at first thought, send this to RFCN, but then I sat and thought about it, reviewing WP:U and I couldn't find a valid argument backed by policy, so I suggested the talk page perhaps, but didn't suggest it very strongly. I guess I don't mind fragmented discussions, because that didn't bother me, lol (it gave me something to do!) But either way, the user wasn't happy at all, if you look at the request for name change, and I honestly tried really hard to make sure nothing we said came across as being mean, or bite-y, so I feel sort of bad that the user was upset about it, and resentful of us. ~*Sigh*~ Until there is a clear delineation in the policy regarding non-language characters (specifically stating not related to any language, not just non-English characters) this will end up being the way things go, no clear policy, so it depends on the cooperation of the user in question, I guess. Ariel♥Gold 06:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think centralizing the discussion to one talk page would have been a good idea earlier. It was fragmented which led to some duplication, which may have made things look rather like we were in a tizzy. Otherwise, the "username" was a problem and we were figuring out what to do. I think your suggestion of RFCN earlier would have been better than the waiting I suggested. I'd never seen an odd character before. Actually, thinking about it, just urging the user to consider a name-change earlier might have worked -- although probably not. Live and learn, I guess. Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:10, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Just curious, how would you "grade" how that situation was handled, by myself, and all those involved? Ariel♥Gold 06:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulation!
Hello Flyguy! How are you? Congratulation! I think you will do a great job as an administrator. Good luck! RS1900 06:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I see you warned this guy, but he is an obvious sock of user:Homo erectus3000, so I have blocked him indefinitely. So keep on the look out for "Homoerectus..." - he is obviously around. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 06:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. I was suspicious of the name but it wasn't one I was familiar with. I saw that you blocked. Thanks!! Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- No worries. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 06:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Soeharto/Suharto
I moved the page because the discussion on the talk page clearly stated that 'Soeharto' is the man's official name, and is used as such by the Indonesian media. Who are we to decide to change the spelling of somebody's name? I couldn't use a sinple 'MOVE' as the 'Soeharto' page already existed as a redirect. hence , i have taken great care to fix all teh links and names first offline before i made the move. I will revert your edits as i believe they are not correct and i have taken utmost care to execute this move properly —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtl1969 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- OK will request the move at the address you gave. Mtl1969 20:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Username Blocks
I'm not sure where the distinction between a Username Hard Blocked and a Username Blocked is, but I think that, as a new admin, your best bet is to consult other sysops on the matter. (I am not an admin.) — Rickyrab | Talk 21:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- You're welcome! — Rickyrab | Talk 21:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think a block just blocks the name, a hardblock blocks the name and IP, and prevents further accounts. That's just a guess, though. HalfShadow 22:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- That's right. and nice comment at that one page ;) -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, admittedly if she were good looking, you could probably see God, but really: heroine? Oy. HalfShadow 22:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- That's right. and nice comment at that one page ;) -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think a block just blocks the name, a hardblock blocks the name and IP, and prevents further accounts. That's just a guess, though. HalfShadow 22:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
220.245.131.209
That user has had lots final warnings. Is good faith to being applied ad infinitum ? Albion moonlight 11:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- IPs generally don't get blocked for long periods of time as the addresses can be re-assigned. The previous 1 month block on July 19 is rather longer than I've seen. I'm watching the IP and will block for longer if necessary. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 13:48, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks: Albion moonlight 09:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
congrats
Hello Flyguy649, you're welcome, and congratulations on your new mop! --Kyoko 13:53, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Protection of my userpage
Thank you, sir. Most appreciated. Liquidfinale 15:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Your RfA
You're welcome for the strong support! You're a user who we definitely needed to have as an administrator. Good luck! Acalamari 17:18, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
The ultimate April Fool's joke:
I'm an admin on this site:Project Rockstar. Basicaly I keep an eye on the kids, make sure nobody is cheating, answer help questions, etcetera. We like having fun though. A couple of Aprils ago (I think it was 2004), all the other admins and I created 'newbie' accounts just to cause a little havoc in the forums (nothing nasty, just something to keep the kids busy with). I played along for a bit and then came up with this great idea: there are random events your bands get -some are good, some are bad- and I came up with a whopper. I deleted all my bands, gave up a lot of my money and then came onto the forums with my false 'newbie' account screaming and hollering about how the game screwed me over.
Then I posted the 'event' text stating that all my bands have decided that I don't have what it takes to be a good manager and they all quit and sued me for the time I wasted on them. For a minute, I didn't think anyone was going to fall for it, but they took a look at my account, noted that I had far more money that I would have if I'd just started and that my bands were, in fact, gone.
An hour later, half the people were terrified that this was a real event and they might be next. Even now, there are people who believe the event was real. HalfShadow 19:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- lol!! You did this on April Fools and they fell for it? Awesome! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:03, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
- It was a combination of perfect wording and kicking them in the paranoia; I worded it in such a way that it looked like a perfectly legitimate event. I was actually surprised it went so well. HalfShadow 20:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
re
That's great you became an admin...when i saw you're RfA I was stumped because I thought "did he get de-sysoped?" I thought you were an admin! Anyway, congrats! Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 21:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
You deleted My entry
Why did you delete my entry about Patrick Finn. I am Patrick Finn! I made that because I was bored at work. I am going to make it again and I don't want you to delete it because I am not attacking anyone but myself.
-AP07373 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ap07373 (talk • contribs) 12:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- No. If you continue to recreate it, I, FlyGuy, or someone else will SALT it. It is a violation of Wikipedia policy of large. See WP:NOT. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 12:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- I urge you not to recreate the article, as Anonymous Dissident said. I think you should look at Wikipedia's guideles for creating your first article and policies on biographies of living people and notability requirements for biographies. Note also that autobiographies are strongly discouraged. We're trying to write a serious encyclopedia; your article wasn't serious. If you'd like that type of thing, there's always Myspace or a personal website. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok well be prepared to have my post deleted every day because this website is a joke and has false material all over it. Ban my account I'll just make a new one from a different IP. If I can't make a bio for myself that for the most part is true, well thats just ridiculous. So, keep checking for that profile.
Good day, AP07373 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ap07373 (talk • contribs) 14:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
A page creation question
Thank you for the thank you for supporting your RfA. It wasn't a particularly hard decision given your contribution to Wikipedia.
You said to let you know if there were questions, so here is one. Recently a page called The Daily Grind was deleted via AfD. There is a disambiguation page called Daily Grind and it would be useful to redirect "The Daily Grind" to it. The question - is it appropriate to create the redirect even though this will effectively hide the warning about recreating a deleted page and the link to the deletion discussion?
I assume it is appropriate because otherwise the page name is permanently quarantined. But its always worth asking around before acting. Any views? Euryalus 12:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Done I also put a hidden note about the deletion -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 16:58, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Expert?
I'd hardly call myself an expert, dear Flyguy, nor I'd call that my brightest moment at Wikipedia ever, but thank you so much for your kind words nonetheless... and for watching my back over there as well! ;) Have a wonderful weekend, Phaedriel - 21:44, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
RFA Thanks
Dearest Flyguy649,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 96 supports, 1 oppose, and 3 neutrals. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm a new admin remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them. I would like to give a special shout out to Hirohisat, Wizardman, and Husond, for there original co-nominations. Thank you once again and good day.
Credits
This RFA thanks was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks. So unfortunatly this is not entirely my own design.
You're welcome! I'm still new at this, but drop me a note if you need a hand! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 23:47, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Taking up on a offer...
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Smiley.svg/62px-Smiley.svg.png)
Sebi [talk] has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! 01:37, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Done -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- That was a huge review....nice work! Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 08:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 08:21, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- That was a huge review....nice work! Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 08:17, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Just curious
Just curious why you reverted your own edits to User:Cas't sleep clown will eat me so that it has the copy of Can't sleep's userpage again. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 07:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Because he's tired? Needs some pizza? Was distracted by the TV?
Ariel♥Gold 07:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- I goofed. I added something to the page, didn't like it, and used rollback forgetting that it would revert all my changes. Thanks for letting me know! Cheers. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- New Admin Goofs! News at 11! :) (And who do I report a stalker to? ;) ) — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 07:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- (Oh, she stalks me too. Shh!!! The walls have ears.) -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
You know how the saying goes: You only stalk the ones you like! Ariel♥Gold 07:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- (Oh, she stalks me too. Shh!!! The walls have ears.) -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 07:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- New Admin Goofs! News at 11! :) (And who do I report a stalker to? ;) ) — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 07:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for telling me about that reverting your own article means request for deletion, i shall keep that in mind Sgtlion 08:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Subst
Care to explain further what you meant because to be honest I don't understand a word of what you left on my talk page. I'd love to chat and learn some things =) Tyler Warren 09:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Much clearer =) I ar smarterer Tyler Warren 09:37, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
User:Single16+Sections
Hey Flyguy. Via the unblock-en-l mailing list I've been dealing with User:Alexis+kate who was blocked as a sockpuppet of User:Joestella, confirmed by this RFCU. After receiving another email from this person today, I noticed that you had speedied Joestella's (renamed earlier today as User talk:Single16+Sections) talk pages as CSD U1. This user has a history of disruption, which includes edit warring and sockpuppetry, as shown by the checkuser results and the history of his talk page which included a variety of warnings. The guideline How do I delete my user and user talk pages? says that we don't usually delete talk pages unless there are extraordinary circumstances. I personally don't think it is good idea to delete the talk pages in Joestella's circumstances due to the fact that he has just recently been caught using sockpuppets abusively (using socks to make multiple votes on AfDs, to avoid blocks, etc). When you deleted these pages, he had just had his account renamed and the redirect on the original account, Joestella, was deleted about four hours before you deleted the talk page. This means that the account would look like a new account to non-admins doing RC and NP patrol and they would have started from scratch with a welcome message and level one warnings. I understand that this user was editing under their real name and I don't really object to deleting his pages if he really was leaving, but if we delete the pages as requested, the account should be indefinitely blocked so he cannot come back and quietly resume editing with their past misbehaviour hidden by use of a rename and U1. Anyway, I've blocked the account and left a note in the log saying that if they want the account unblocked, their talk page should be restored because it contains a record of warnings, misbehaviour, etc, but I just wanted to point out to you that deleting talk pages really isn't done unless there are extraordinary circumstances and if we do decide to do it, the account should be blocked indefinitely as well so that people don't use a rename and U1 to discard the record of their bad behaviour. Cheers, Sarah 15:21, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing it out. I meant to restore it right after deleting it because it seemed odd, but I got distracted; I have restored it now. I appreciated the links. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, thanks for that, Flyguy. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Regards, Sarah 22:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Fixed entry for new Backyardigans episode:
List_of_Backyardigans_episodes#Blazing_Paddles
Not sure what the genre was: sounded kind of country/rock. HalfShadow 19:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- We thought it was like Bhangra. Indian music of some sort. It was a neat episode. And I remebered to tape it this week. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 22:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Could be; I'm not really good with genres. It sounds like about three different things, and it sounds pretty modern, whatever it is. HalfShadow 22:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- You still got it right, but I take notes. Damn, I'm too thorough for my own good. Tasha seemed to offer the snack, but they went into Uniqua's house at the end. HalfShadow 13:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Delete User
Thanks for deleting that user! I've seen you around constantly, and your username pops up quite a bit when I revert and when I browse articles, therefore you obviously are a prolific contributor! See you around. Phgao 12:41, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I think the username was meant to be witty. "The Good/Intelligent Scheisser" or something. But Scheisser is Scheisser.... and the one contribution suggested the username was promotional to one of the two websites. See you around. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 12:49, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
"Wittering" is my page, and will be until you or someone else comes up with a better rival page. I don't want to have to be constantly changing it back to my version, which I have done about fifty times in the past couple of hours after "weirdos" change it to the rubbish old version. And by the way, it's all statement of fact, if it was fiction I'd have posted it on uncyclopedia. Seriously consider who I've hurt with this article before claiming I have wronged. I hope you conclude that the article is harmless, if not, then look at the first edition of the page and tell me honestly whether it's better or worse than my copy.--ArielRaven 13:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269
Thanks for the reminder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonchygeez (talk • contribs) 06:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Regarding your offer of help
Hi, I would like to ask a favor (you said I could :P!). Would you consider protecting the Charles Darwin page, as it is subject to frequent vandalism (check history). I am about to put a request in at WP:RFPP, but I'm sure this would be faster. Cheers! --Benchat 06:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- I'm going to decline, since there's only been two incidents of IP vandalism in the past 48 hours. There was more on the 14th, but there isn't ongoing vandalism tight now. If it picks up, feel free to go to WP:RFPP as I'm about to go to bed. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 06:22, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I believe this page was a copyright violation, as we can see from the edit history over at wiktionary. [6]. Kappa 14:44, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- It was, but it was transwikied. Short dictionary definitions of terms like this are hard to define in other terms. I've gone and tweaked it. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
voodoo
i didnt think that was disruptive i just put voodoo is sweet? wtf is wrong with that —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slavetrade1234 (talk • contribs) 18:32, September 17, 2007
Okay...
Consider this sort of a "training session" for me or something, but advise me on the following names, please? One, Two and Three. Like, are any of them something you'd think to RFCN? Are any obvious but I'm just missing it? Is the first one borderline too long/confusing/etc. ? Thanks my dear! Ariel♥Gold 18:33, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, it's only my opinion, but here goes:
- RFCN. It's a bit borderline, FAP x5, but fairly distinctive. I'd be happier with Fap x5, though.
- RFCN, but I'd probably allow. He's obviously not a real-life assassin. He's bragging about his pwnage of people online. Some people would would block, I guess.
- UAA, its an attack name, but RFCN is ok by me. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hrmmm... Well, I don't want to spam RFCN, but I'll report the third if you're sure it won't be sent out saying "oh maybe they're talking about themselves, lol" (I've seen that happen, that's why I really wondered about that one) Or, better yet, you could put those shiny new buttons to use on the third one, lol. I am leaning towards not even RFCNing the second, I really agree that it isn't a clear issue, and that's sort of "interpreting" WP:U a bit too far. The first one... gah, I'm torn, I think it is utterly ridiculous, and the intent of making that kind of name is really not productive, he'd have to know how hard it would be to type, but it doesn't violate the length limit... so eh. I don't know. (Which is why I came here, right? You are all wise, you are all knowing, I defer to your decisions!)
Ariel♥Gold 18:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- No.3 is going to get the treatment right now (I had a phone call). And by the way, the shiny buttons are between the history and move tabs. Oh, I agree. No.1 is a silly name and I don't see the point of it. You can probably count on one hand the percentage of such accounts that contribute positively. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, one down, second one I think I'll ignore, and I think I'm going to choose to watch the first one for a bit, see if the editor contributes, and then go from there, what do you think of that plan? Ariel♥Gold 18:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Riana just enlightened me about the meaning of FAP. A sound apparently, so I'll block. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- A sound? How is that a violation? lol. Ariel♥Gold 19:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Well, let's just say it falls under WP:U#Profane. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:16, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- A sound? How is that a violation? lol. Ariel♥Gold 19:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Riana just enlightened me about the meaning of FAP. A sound apparently, so I'll block. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, one down, second one I think I'll ignore, and I think I'm going to choose to watch the first one for a bit, see if the editor contributes, and then go from there, what do you think of that plan? Ariel♥Gold 18:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- No.3 is going to get the treatment right now (I had a phone call). And by the way, the shiny buttons are between the history and move tabs. Oh, I agree. No.1 is a silly name and I don't see the point of it. You can probably count on one hand the percentage of such accounts that contribute positively. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Hrmmm... Well, I don't want to spam RFCN, but I'll report the third if you're sure it won't be sent out saying "oh maybe they're talking about themselves, lol" (I've seen that happen, that's why I really wondered about that one) Or, better yet, you could put those shiny new buttons to use on the third one, lol. I am leaning towards not even RFCNing the second, I really agree that it isn't a clear issue, and that's sort of "interpreting" WP:U a bit too far. The first one... gah, I'm torn, I think it is utterly ridiculous, and the intent of making that kind of name is really not productive, he'd have to know how hard it would be to type, but it doesn't violate the length limit... so eh. I don't know. (Which is why I came here, right? You are all wise, you are all knowing, I defer to your decisions!)
RFA
Congratulations on your successful RFA. I supported you by writing "Support Excellent contributor. Has earned his administrator wings. Archtrain 15:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC) " I happened to see your name moments ago and checked. Sure enough, you did win! I share your interest in aviation. Archtrain 23:38, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Name change
Everytime I edited, I got irritated with my own name. My name change request was recently approved so I am now Archtransit, not Archtrain. I didn't want too drastic a change, just to get rid of the train part. Archtransit 15:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Nice! Yeah, you don't want to be irritated every time you see the name. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
hey!!
You know who dis is —Preceding unsigned comment added by DymondBaby (talk • contribs) 23:51, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Uhh.. no, actually. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 23:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
What?? DymondBaby 23:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)DymondBabyDymondBaby 23:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Me agian!!??
how does this whole thing work with creating a page and sending messages or whatever. I just got into this!! 9-17-07 DymondBaby 00:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)DymondBabyDymondBaby 00:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
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Is this ok?
Is this username ok? You just blocked my original name "Internet Response Unit of the Republic of One (population 1).Republic of One 18:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yes! I like it quite a bit. It's very unique. You can customise your signature using the preferences link at the top of the page. Clike "Use raw signature" and add text. An example is
[[User:Republic of One|]] [[User talk:Republic of One|(population 1)]]
, which will look like "Republic of One (population 1)". -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
User talk page problem
Something is wrong with User talk:Internet Response Office of the Republic of One (population 1), he edited it with some weird HTML code, and none of the things are showing up, including your block message and his responses. I can't figure out how to fix it. Any ideas? Ariel♥Gold 18:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think I fixed it earlier. I added nowiki tags around the policy. It lloks like crap now, but at least it's legible. I think he copied and pasted from the edit screen and there was unclosed html doo-dad. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:13, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- McSpeedy! You did that so fast, lol thanks. Ariel♥Gold 18:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I couldn't figure out why my block warning wasn't there, and decided to use brute force to fix the problem. I've now removed the whole bit and linked wp:u directly. Irrelevant, probably. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Probably, but it does look prettier now! (And isn't that what's important?)
Hee hee, Ariel♥Gold 18:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Probably, but it does look prettier now! (And isn't that what's important?)
- Yeah, I couldn't figure out why my block warning wasn't there, and decided to use brute force to fix the problem. I've now removed the whole bit and linked wp:u directly. Irrelevant, probably. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- McSpeedy! You did that so fast, lol thanks. Ariel♥Gold 18:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!!
Thank you ever so much on the tips because I probably would have been more lost than before, once I figure how to do that or need more help with it, I'll let you know!!! Hey tell me somethings about you, you don't have to if you don't want to! Thanks again!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DymondBaby (talk • contribs) 23:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what is the approved style (I didn't move it to the current page), but I've no objections if you want to move it. Jimfbleak 07:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Greek Interwiki
Hello there! I noticed that the interwiki for your greek user page isn't working, you might want to change it from gr: ... to el: .... ! That should do the trick. Take care --Alaniaris 14:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Seems to be related to User:Meeting Notes For CURA and User:SSHRC Community-University Research, which you've already deleted/blocked. --Calton | Talk 14:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll take a look. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 14:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Hugh Sottovagina
Thanks! This would make a good double-featured article with Leck mich im Arsch. NawlinWiki 18:37, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
transclusion
I know wikipedia is not censored, but is it that applies only to main space, not to user talk? im not sure, because of your comment. also in article list of sex positions they used noinclude tags, with some html comment, saying to see somewhere else for reason, noticed yesday, give a look at article's code. I should remove those i think. Lara_bran 03:44, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- That was for featured list thing. That is no longer featured, so i removed noincludes, first time i saw include tags in main space. Bye. Lara_bran 05:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks anyways.. I later noticed his contributions, he reported me in admin intervention against vandalism :D :O. Nice day. Lara_bran 16:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
MCOTW
JFW | T@lk 11:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Question about username policy
Hi. I hope not to seem too annoying and im sorry if I am annoying you but you seem to be experienced with inappropriate usernames so could you please explain what kinds of names should be reported to WP:UAA and what kind of names should be reported to WP:RFCN. I am currently trying to develop a better understanding of wikipedia policy and your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Tbo 157(talk) (review) 20:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Not a problem at all! UAA is for blatantly wrong names, including very long names, confusing names, ones dealing with swearing, and promotional ones. RFCN is for names that you think might be a problem, but you're not sure. There is considerable "grey are" with respect to usernames. What I think is blatant, you might think is mild. Promotional names can be hard. Just because they're the same name as a website or company doesn't mean they are associated with them. That's why it's usually a good idea to wait for contributions before dealing with theses types of names. Mind you, depending on the admin, some may block the name without waiting for contributions. And if it's the name of a well-known company, I'd probably block without contributions, too. You may want to read through the talk pages and talk archives of WP:U and WP:RFCN to get an idea of the grey area. See also the current username discussion archive at WP:RFCN. It's linked just above where you report names. Cheers, -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply. I have read those before and from my past experiences in participation in these activities many users have different opinions, as you mentioned. But it is nice to know your opinion. Thaks very much. :) Tbo 157(talk) (review) 20:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Garbage Trek
You've got a better ear for this than I do, any chance you could narrow down what type of funk it was when it shows again on Saturday? It strikes me that Funk was used way back in The Yeti, and they don't generally repeat specific music types. It's definately a type of funk; any chance on making more of a specification? HalfShadow 03:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- I've got Blazing Paddles and Garbage Trek on tape. I'm not really sure what type of funk it is, but I suspect I'll see it again before the weekend ;) . I'll try to narrow it down. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- It's just I've never even heard of Bhangra before, so clearly you have greater musical knowledge than I do. Granted, this is clearly a subgenre of funk, and subgenres are kind of tricky.
Seen A Giant Problem yet? Rocket wands. HalfShadow 15:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- I'm going to wait until the natives come home later. And I'll try to nail down the style of funk later on. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Once Treeehouse gets their synopsis system back up, there shouldn't be any further issue: they generally have the music type included. Oh and Super Secret Super spy is apparently actually showing today. Not that it matters to you, of course: [7] About time, too. HalfShadow 15:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think it may be jazz funk. Listen to this. HalfShadow 19:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Once Treeehouse gets their synopsis system back up, there shouldn't be any further issue: they generally have the music type included. Oh and Super Secret Super spy is apparently actually showing today. Not that it matters to you, of course: [7] About time, too. HalfShadow 15:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Notability?
Gears of Resistance is very notable. Just because they have not sold 50,000 albums does not make them unnotable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorenr11 (talk • contribs) 20:50, September 21, 2007
- On user's talk.-- Flyguy649 talk contribs 01:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Blocking new users
Hello, I'm the guy you blocked earlier with a shiny new account. I've looked at the list of acceptable usernames and I concede that you have me on the very last point; however, I also feel that you could perhaps have remembered the WP:AGF policy. As a new user I was unaware of the apparently rather strict policy regarding usernames and to block me outright without any attempt to contact me and explain seemed unnecessarily harsh. Shinigami27 01:02, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Apologies for that. You have to realise that we get dozens of blatant, trolling usernames like user:Weejockpoopongmcplop all the time from serial abusers. They have nothing better to do than repeatedly create silly names. I saw your name and assumed that was it was. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 01:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 23:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Added synopsis for Fly_Girl
As usual, I'm not entirely sure of the music genre, so I've left it blank. HalfShadow 15:49, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- I just saw that you added it. I was away all weekend and a power failure made my VCR (yes, not TiVo for me) forget to tape the new episode. I'll have to wait until Saturday... if I remember! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- I believe I've narrowed down the specific music type for Garbage Trek. Check that topic on this page. HalfShadow 15:55, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Welcome back!
Glad you're back! Ariel♥Gold 16:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! I went camping. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Ohhh fun fun, one of the last chances for decent weather, I imagine. Did you have fun? Catch any fish or anything fun like that? lol. Ariel♥Gold 18:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Weather was great, although cold Sunday morning. No fishing (no license or equipment), just some hiking and relaxation out of the city. It wasn't too busy, either. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:37, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage!--Diniz (talk) 18:26, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Right back at you! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Images Deleted
My apologies. I didn't realize you could tag images with G7. I will do that in the future. shoy 03:04, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
about axiolabs
why i can not make the info about this company in wikipedia??? is it something illegal ??? i want to make a company profiles is it something wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arusnac (talk • contribs) 12:02, September 27, 2007
- Well, I deleted it the first time because you had blanked the page, which is taken to mean that you are requesting deletion. The second time, the content was a verbatim copyright violation of http://www.axiolabs.com/en/news-and-pr/about-us/. Wikipedia can not contain copyright material, so the article was deleted. You are welcome to write an article that is not a copyright violation. I suggest you read the suggestions for your first article and links therein. You can also work on the article in a personal sandbox, eg. User:Arusnac/Sandbox (click on the red link to start editing), and move it to Axiolabs when the article is completed. Regards, -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 03:54, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
OK thank you very much i will do it right now and for sure we will get new info for this company thx