User talk:FireFox/Archive/July 2006

This is a talk page archive for FireFox. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.

Contents 1 Sirus 2 BB7_Michael.jpg 3 Impersonators 4 RFA thanks 5 IRC 6 Block of User:Osieer 7 WP:ESP/UPA note 8 Esperanza elections report 9 Yay, I'm on your friends list! 10 Cute 11 User:Neo222 12 Hellow. 13 How?????? 14 Unacceptable speedy keep 15 General Tojo 16 Page deletion 17 subst:templates 18 Bots with AWB 19 Bot marking edits as non-minor 20 Re: Unacceptable speedy keep 21 Deprecated 22 Re: Subst:'ing 23 Thanks FireFox 24 Esperanza elections 25 Thanks 26 Many thanks, congratulations, and looking forward to it! 27 Signpost updated for July 10th 28 Your victory 29 Italy is crowned World champions 30 AWB Edits 31 Your user page sure is pretty 32 Subst:'ing 33 block request 34 Nikki Grahame 35 Vandilization of political website 36 Signpost updated for July 17th 37 Lew Wallace 38 Not seen you around recently! 39 About your user page... 40 User:Misza13's pile! 41 Categories 42 User page fix 43 User:General Tojo back with some new sockpuppets 44 your edit to Big Brother series 7 45 Signpost updated for July 24th 46 appeal your deletion of 2022 FIFA World Cup 47 Sonnenberg 48 Popularity 49 Purple star 50 Re:Friends. 51 Thanks 52 Oi, Spiderman, NO! 53 Thanks. 54 Blocked from editing 55 Thank you very much 56 Category:Clay County,Texas edit wasn't a test 57 Award 58 Thanks from Yanksox 59 Highway's RfA 60 Languages 61 Happy First Edit Day! 62 Featured article 63 Happy wiki-birthday 64 Signature Question 65 Thanks 66 Thanks son! 67 Happy edit day! 68 MFD? 69 3RR Warning 70 Deal or No Deal UK Version

[edit] Sirus

Hey. I came across the page Sirus. After checking through its history it has something to do with religion (something I'm not very educated on) but at the moment it has been going through an uncanny amount of vandalism that has slipped under the radar of other users. Seeing as I'm not quite the person to be dealing with this because I wouldn't have a clue how to rewrite it after I reverted it could you possibly find somebody who knows more about the topic? Cheers. Normy132 03:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, fair enough. Thanks for that. Normy132 01:49, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BB7_Michael.jpg

It dosen't qualify as a TV screensoht. I'll change the tag. Je suis desolé. --Jboyle4eva 15:06, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, wasn't aware of that. You better delete it then as it's copyright infringment. Apologies once again. --Jboyle4eva 15:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Impersonators

Why are there soo many people out there trying 2 impersonate and be mean to you or are they all the same person? I feel sorry for you Jam01 07:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA thanks

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Where (talk • contribs).

[edit] IRC

Sorry, it cut me off and I can't get back in! Good luck with the elections, though, but doesn't look like you'll need it! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm using Opera and it prompted me to change my name anyway, but still won't let me back in! Damn, I'm so thirsty too, I'd even except a salt-water!

Not particularly good (read:terrible) with IRC, how do you ghost exactly?

EDIT: Pretty off-topic, what are your views on welcoming IP and registered users? (See my talk page if you're interested/have time!).

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:36, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the IRC aid! I'll give it a go if I get back in....EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. And with anon users, personally I would only welcome them if they were making good edits. If they were vandalism, the "welcome" is kind of included in {{test}}. With registered users, I have been known to welcome many at a time without them having any edits, and if I see a non-new user without a welcome, I will normally go along and welcome them. Except, of course, they are vandalising, in which case I will either give them a stern telling off (welcome included), or block them, depending on the rate of vandalism etc ;) — FireFox 13:44, 03 July '06

Same here: I think I found that particular user in the sandbox. Unluckily the edits I checked missed the vandal-like edits (the really obvious ones, too!), but nonetheless I still feel they deserved a welcome: I did an IP whois and the IP may be used by more than one person.

Thanks for your thoughts!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Block of User:Osieer

You just blocked this user. If you look at the edit history of User:Jaunio, you'll find they match, making it likely they are sockpuppets. Perhaps you should check, and block the latter too. Thanks. -- Ec5618 09:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ESP/UPA note

[edit] Esperanza elections report

Thanks for the heads-up. :) It was an issue with the case of the first character of the username; I've now fixed it. If you notice any other anomalies, please feel free to give me another shout. Cheers, Tangotango 14:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yay, I'm on your friends list!

Just noticed that I've been added at some point to your friend's list! Thanks :) —Xyrael _{/ 16:24, 4 July 2006 (UTC)}

[edit] Cute

Ah, that's just so cute!! Sergeant Snopake 17:48, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Neo222

Maybe you ought to semi-protect User:Neo222, since it seems to be getting flooded with IP vandalism. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 19:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hellow.

Hellow, FireFox. May I put my ID in your friends list? Because I want to be your friends in Wikipedia. Right now, I have 6 friends include User:Moe Epsilon. AHh, I remember that I awarded you pretty Barn-star before 2 months ago. Anyways, I want to be your Wikifriends. Cheers~~!! *~Daniel~* 20:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. *~Daniel~* 20:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How??????

How did you know who nominated whom before everyone else??? -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

That's quite scary actually :-S -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Please tell us how you know this information? --Alex9891 (talk) 19:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Come on now, you really do have to tell me! --Alex9891 (talk) 19:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Stop doing that! -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 19:48, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unacceptable speedy keep

You speedy kept Gay Nigger Association of America, depriving me of my right to comment. But not only me! Around half of all Wikipedia accounts have been opened since the last proper debate on the article. Do you propose that debate on the matter should be confined to those who signed up in 2005 or earlier forever? If you do, could you please explain which Wikipedia policy supports this kind of oligarchic practice? Cloachland 02:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General Tojo

A user you blocked recently, General Tojo, continues to use multiple sockpuppets and has now begun threatening to revert particular editors' edits. I don't know what, if anything, can be done about this but I wanted to bring it your attention. --ElKevbo 14:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page deletion

Hey, FireFox, can you delete the France page so that I can move France on Wheels! back to it? The normal method of reversion doesn't seem to work on this one. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 19:05, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] subst:templates

Thanks for the reminder, started doing it a few days ago. :) --Andeh 11:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

You know people at WP:AIV can use subst vandal template, e.g. {{subst:vandal|some random user}} makes - some random user (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log). But I guess they don't use this method as it's much easier to do it the other way.--Andeh 11:17, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ohh I see, your FFBot is getting mad at me. Good thing bots don't have feelings. :)--Andeh 12:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

As I thought. Maybe it should give an automated message if it finds 10 or so in a row? Wish I could write a bot.--Andeh 12:31, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bots with AWB

Hey I'm wondering how your bot works with AWB, if it's not a secret. Did you edit the AWB code or is it some external program? I am thinking of writing something to help unicodifying, mainly to help with New Zealand topics (a lot of Māori terms and place names all over the place).--Konstable 10:51, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I was just here to comment about your bot too, it's very busy! Can you show me how to clone it so I can get another one going? e.g FFBot2. --Andeh 15:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

It sounds dreadfully complicated. Do you run it on the same PC you use to edit? :(--Andeh 16:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I created AP.BOT, which category does your bot work off? Thanks for assistance. :)--Andeh 16:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah never mind, I am 100% newbie using AWB. It's probably best I experiment with it myself otherwise I'd be bugging you all day.--Andeh 16:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot marking edits as non-minor

Any chance you could have FFBot mark edits as minor? I got some complaints about my bot whenever I was running my edits as major. A lot of editors (me included) choose to remove minor edits from their recent changes list. Bots not marking edits as minor really screw things up. Thanks. Alphachimp ^talk 16:06, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

They don't hide (and get the little "b" next to their edits) until you get the bot flag. I got mine after my 1 week trial. BTW, I approve of what your bot is doing. Good idea. Let me know if you want any help (Alphachimpbot is very bored). Alphachimp ^talk 16:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I put in a request. Maybe this'll help a bit. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 16:39, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Quick question: how do you remove the non-usertalk pages from the list? For my cleanup bot, I just click the "remove non-mainspace" option in the file menu. But, obviously, user talk is not mainspace. Do you have some quick and easy way of doing it? Alphachimp ^talk 16:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Unacceptable speedy keep

The article has already had 17 previous AfDs, the last of which was a matter of weeks ago. As a side note, I removed a fair use image from your userpage, as it can only be used in articles without being a copyright problem. — FireFox 10:09, 05 July '06

The last discussion which was allowed to run its course was in July last year so your comment is a repeat of your two-fingered salute to democracy and openness. Cloachland 17:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

It appeared as another bad faith nomination, same as the last 10, 11, 12 AfD it's had. — FireFox 17:40, 08 July '06

That's a spurious response. You can't know that, and nor can the others who closed them all. It seems to me that a group of you have simply decided that anyone who disagrees with you is not entitled to an opinion. Cloachland 17:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

That's your opinion. — FireFox 17:49, 08 July '06

The evidence is overwhelming. You need to take a good look at yourself. You really have a brass neck. Cloachland 17:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm not going to bother replying to any more incivility. — FireFox 17:51, 08 July '06

I want to know how I can make a formal complaint about your shameless conduct. You should be banned from Wikipedia in my opinion. Cloachland 17:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deprecated

Re: FFBot's change, I think the correct word is deprecated. Depreciate is something else. I appreciate your efforts. Cheers, Cleduc 19:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Subst:'ing

Re: your messages, thanks for the advice, and sorry about the lack of subst:'ing and the inappropriate welcome. I wasn't sure about that username, but it seemed more random than unacceptable. I'll wait to leave a welcome next time I see a questionable name. - Tapir Terrific 19:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks FireFox

Hi there. I would like to thank you very much for your vote in the Esperanza Elections, your trust in me was appreciated and I hope I will be able to live up to your expectations. And congratulations! I look forward to serving on the assembly with you and the others. Thanks again! Regards -- Banes 10:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza elections

Congratulations! Serve Esperanza well. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats, and well done; you deserve it. Orane (talk • cont.) 15:43, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Mazel tov! -- Where 16:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

A huge congratulations on being elected into the Esperanza Council! :D Cheers, Sango123 17:06, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Well done for gaining your seat on the Eseperanza council, and thanks for your vote in my (failed) campaign to stand on the Esperanza council. I apologise for not returning the favour, but you got it anyway - well done! Hopefully we will one day be council members together. Until then, adios! Kingfisherswift 15:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Glad you made it!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 15:55, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Many thanks, congratulations, and looking forward to it!

FireFox, first off, thank you so much for your support in the Esperanza Elections. From a much more dedicated user than I, it really means a lot. Secondly, congratulations on (as expected) doing fantastically in the elections - I am truly looking foward to working with you! -- Natalya 02:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost updated for July 10th

Volume 2, Issue 28	10 July 2006	About the Signpost

Reuters tracks evolution of Ken Lay's death on Wikipedia	Creating stable versions using existing software proposed
Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages	News and Notes: Blocking changes, privacy policy update
Wikipedia in the News	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report On Lengthy Litigation

Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list.

Signpost delivered by: RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 04:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your victory

Don't even mention it FireFox ;) I know that you'll make a really great council member, and one that should lead Esperanza well. It was a privilege voting you into 'office', and I must also thank you for voting for me. I felt amazingly grateful that you had the confidence in me to honour my humble attempts with a vote. Once again, thank you so much my friend, and many, many congratulations!

Yours, The Halo (talk) 10:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Italy is crowned World champions

Sorry, but I don't think this are good English. ;o)  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk   21:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I didn't intend to be sarcastic or patronising. I'm sorry if I've offended you.  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk   17:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AWB Edits

I've been trying to set up AWB to subst talk page templates, but I'm running into a ton of issues, enough that I can't think of it as reliable. My biggest issue is that I am coming up with tons of nowiki'ed and templates used in conversation. How do you deal with these? Alphachimp ^talk 02:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Apparently he's not dealing perfectly with them, either. [1] Note that technically, the name inside the comment shouldn't have been substed. Not a life-threatening bug, and the template was fixed later, just another heads up. Femto 12:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your user page sure is pretty

Compliments on your aesthetically pleasing user page. I quite fancy doing mine up now. Any tips? Celardore^Talk 21:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Subst:'ing

Heya, I recently got my bot approved for Unicodifying articles and for substing, I've done a lot of Unicodification so I thought I would give Subst:'ing a ago. I know you and Alphachimp are already working on this so I thought I would check with you. I had a quick look through and I think I would start with the test templates and then move onto the other warning templates - 3RR, spam, blank, vw, verror, so on.--Konstable 13:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] block request

Could you please block 150.101.174.182 for repeated vandalism on Iguana thanks Lycaon 07:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. --Lorian^T_C 08:20, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

thanks, will do Lycaon 16:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikki Grahame

hey, nikki is gone, she was wonderufll and will have a brilliant career outside of BB better than jades or chantelles, she is no longer a house mate and deserves her own page. Aarandir 19:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

please reply quickly Aarandir 19:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

please...i beg of you! reply pleast 82.11.12.186 13:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Nikki is not notable and doesn't deserve an article to herself just because you think she's great. --Lorian^T_C 13:17, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

nikki is not notable... there seems to be something wrong with the claim for some reason, i put it to you more than half the country know who nikki is. and she will have a fantastic career out of BB82.11.12.186 13:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

i hate to work with probabity, but she will most certainly have a brillaint career outside BB which will be better than jades. Aarandir 13:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

"more than half the country know who nikki is"^{[citation needed]}

"she will have a fantastic career out of BB" You don't know that, if she does, then fine she can have her own artcile, but at the moment, no. --Lorian^T_C 14:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandilization of political website

I have noticed a clear vandilization of this webpage: Maryland U.S. Senate election, 2006 by Fearwig. It is so bad that even the Democratic poll numbes have been changed, each by a few points. Also, Michael Steele was added in the first paragraph, which I deleted. On a Wikipedia article about Daniel_Vovak Fearwig at one point deleted all mention of my wig, then reverted it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DanielVovak (talk • contribs).

• Poll numbers were changed in accordance to the poll results, to include all registered democrats and not just those listed "certain to vote". You can find this out by reading the edit history notes. I thought the portion of your page referring to your wig was vandalism--by someone else--then realized my error... as you can see, again, if you read the edit history. Additionally, you probably shouldn't be involved in editing this article or any related to it since you are in fact a candidate in the race (however symbolic your efforts may be), and since your account was created for the sole purpose of editing information relevant to the race (as one can see from your contributions list). You are turning out to be as interesting a character as your website (and wig gimmick) would indicate, but you're acting somewhat paranoid, if not totally disruptive, on Wikipedia. Fearwig 14:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost updated for July 17th

Volume 2, Issue 29	17 July 2006	About the Signpost

Library of Congress, Holocaust Museum negotiate with Wikimedia	Issue of article subjects requesting deletion taken up
Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages	News and Notes: Blocking changes, single login
Wikipedia in the News	Features and admins
The Report On Lengthy Litigation

Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View	RSS Shortcut : WP:SIGN

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. --Michael Snow 05:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lew Wallace

Hello,

You are right re: Lew Wallace's reported stomach cancer. I was actually suspicious of the source since cancer diagnosis didn't really exist at the time of his death. I believe to maintain the credibility & accuracy needed in Wiki, I will remove the data from the article. Thanks for calling me on it.

Regards,

Michael David 01:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not seen you around recently!

Hi FireFox, haven't seen you around for a while so thought I'd pop by. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Not running in the userpage awards then? Although you may have run last time...EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I got nominated this time, but was considering self-nomination for a bit of fun anyway. Trying to find a decent article to cleanup at the moment. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About your user page...

I really enjoyed your user page, so I thought that this barnstar was apporpriate!! Hope you like it! Thε Halo ^Θ 18:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

[edit] Categories

Hello,

I have a question for you regarding Wiki Categories. If a person’s cause of death is, say, stomach cancer, I know to include the Category ‘Stomach cancer’ to their Article. Should I not also add the Main Category, ‘Cancer deaths’? If I do not add this main Category, the person in question would not be included in this main list, and, therefore, what is the purpose of having this main Category list. This is a question that has been bothering me for some time in Wiki, and I have gotten into some disputes with others who say both Categories do not belong in the same article – that including the Main Category, 'Cancer deaths' is redundant. What are your thoughts on this?

Regards,

Michael David 12:42, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

I went to the link you gave me. There I found this: "An article should usually not be in both a category and its subcategory… except when the article defines a category as well as being in a higher category, e.g. Ohio is in both Category:U.S. states and Category:Ohio." In the case of cancer, 'Cancer deaths' and 'Death from stomach cancer'.

Therefore, I shall continue to include both categories in the same Article. It just didn’t make good sense not to.

To me Categories are there to help make researching a subject easier; they generate lists I can work from. I don't want to have to call up a zillion separate lists to, for example, find all persons who died from cancer. (As morbid as this sounds, someone's got to do it).

Thank you, again,

Be healthy,

Michael David 13:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page fix

Thanks for the revert! Tijuana Brass^¡Épa! 15:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:General Tojo back with some new sockpuppets

Based on the subject and style of their recent edits, as well as their contribution history, I am quite sure that the following users are sockpuppets of User:General Tojo, who you blocked indefinitely some time ago. As you may know, this user has a history of using sockpuppets, and has threatened to keep coming back indefinitely under an endless series of puppets.

user:Jan Akkerman. user:Physio, user:88.106.172.134

KarlBunker 15:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your edit to Big Brother series 7

I intend to investigate whether you have broken any rules relating to your authority as an administrator in making changes to a page on which you appear to have placed a temporary edit restriction. Rest assured, that if I find that you have, I will persue this strenuously through a complaint and arbitration process. If this was not you, or you have not breached rules, I apologise in advance, but something looks fishy to me. leaky_caldron 19:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Big Brother nominations table (UK series 7). you mean you've done this to several articles? In the words of the song by The Police, "I'll be watching you"! leaky_caldron 20:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

you knew precisely which article I meant. I find it reprehensible when someone with authority abuses it for their own benefit. If you have inadvertently done this, I suggest to revert immediately. If, as an administrator, you can make personal edits to a page you have placed under temporary restriction, can you please show me where that is expressly permitted? leaky_caldron 20:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I think you have breached both parts of the following policy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_protected_pages#policy

Your reply and consequent actions will determine how far I need to take this leaky_caldron 20:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

the policy seems clear:

1 Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice. 2 Do not protect a page on which you are involved in an edit dispute (Category:Conflicts).

can you confirm that you are certain that you have not breached the first of these? You did edit the page, as an administrator, while under protection. leaky_caldron 20:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

For the benefit of your friend, how is sending messages to and from a user page disrupting Wikipedia? leaky_caldron 20:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

for the record, I know it was NOT you who placed the edit block on the page. I also know that you are an administrator. I also can see that you edited the article while it was under protection. I have read the policy summarised above (Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.)

What more do you suggest I need to be aware of? Incidentally, it was the premature and poor quality of the edit, politely commented on by another contributor, that I was concerned about. leaky_caldron 20:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Gee thanks. A massive four words between my version, and someone elses... I don't know what you expect me to do or say. — FireFox 21:01, 23 July '06

the poor quality of your edit (Grammar, tense and the fact that it reports something that has not yet happend) says everything about your concern for accuracy and quality, and seems to demonstrate your desire to flex your administrator powers while ordinary contributors stand by and watch leaky_caldron 21:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

you could simply accept that you've breached the administrators's rules on editing protected pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#editing and attempt to be a little less enthusiastic about your pet topic. Remember that other people wish to read facts - not speculation leaky_caldron 21:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I will go down the Wikipedia:Requests for comment route relating to your breach of Admin powers for editing a protected article if I get support from other contributors leaky_caldron 21:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Uh, what? They are nominating and being evicted in their pairs. That is a fact. --Lorian^T_C 21:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you please specify which edit exactly you consider an abuse? Thank you. Misza13 ^{T C} 20:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signpost updated for July 24th

Volume 2, Issue 30	24 July 2006	About the Signpost

From the editor: Special report, writers wanted
Another country reportedly blocks Wikipedia	School files suit against anonymous user(s)
Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages	Wikipedia featured in The New Yorker
Election officials named to handle vote for board seat	Report from the German Wikipedia
News and Notes: Biographies of living persons, milestones	Wikipedia in the News
Features and admins	The Report On Lengthy Litigation

Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View	RSS Shortcut : WP:SIGN

You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. --Michael Snow 04:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] appeal your deletion of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Impossible to gather what logic you applied to this decision. Was it just a case of adding up the votes or did you even bother to read the arguments? Do you operate a slash and burn approach to all your wikipedia contributions ? This may sound like it's uncivil but I assure you it is not. Can you please take a step back and just think for a moment about what you have done. It makes no sense whatsoever to simply dispense with a factual article and you offer no explanation. Just like the guy who is annoyed with you about your Big Brother antics, I too will pursue this. Palx 07:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sonnenberg

So now we have two Sonnenberg pages ... the one I wrote (with the proper title -- it's "Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion ..." not "Sonnenberg Mansion and Gardens", and the one you insist on reverting. I've cleaned up the article, fixed grammar, organized it better, added a couple of additional bits of information that were not there before. How is this a violation of Wiki rules? (For example, let's say "The United States of America" page was originally written as "America, United States of". Woudn't we want to correct the header?) So now, what? Do I propse a merge of the two pages? Your response respectfully requested. CPAScott 11:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, by deleting the page I created, you wiped out all of my new edits and improvements.

OK, I understand based on your response on my page, but I question whether I'm savvy enough to understand how to download and operate the MediaWiki software. It is not an executable file and seems to require more technical knowledge that the average layman has. I'll do some quick research in the MediaWiki FAQ first, but I might need to request that someone with more technical skill do this for me. Is there a mechanism to request such actions? CPAScott 11:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

FireFox, I understand now. Mission accomplished. Can you return my modifications to the article now? Gracias. CPAScott 13:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Popularity

Wow, you must have a lot of WikiFriends, can you tell me how you becamse such a popular user, cheers —Minun ^Spiderman 19:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Purple star

We seem to take this in our stride and treat it as if it's part and parcel of the role, even though it really shouldn't have to be. What's that well known quote - "my only regret is not being able to reach over the internet and choke people"... :) --Alf ^melmac 21:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

In a related matter, don't you think you shoukd semi-protect your user page? --Lorian^T_C 22:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Friends.

That you're an admin. That said, I never italicised Where. Will ^{(Take me down to the Paradise City)} 14:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the timely reversion of that vandalism to my userpage. I really couldn't resist putting the warning below after your testing time. --Alf ^melmac 23:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oi, Spiderman, NO!

[edit] Thanks.

Thanks for reverting my little vandal friend. I wonder why people always attack my sexual orientation (and never get it right - bi isn't gay, and it doesn't mean ..etc.). People see what they want to see and attack that :\ — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 22:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)}

[edit] Blocked from editing

Hi, I've just got a message saying I am blocked from editing because my IP has been used by use "EccentricRichard". This is ironic because I wasn't trying to edit anything anyway and secondly because I'm not EccentricRichard (ER). My user name is Warsatugger, although you may call me Chris. Unlike ER who apparently lives in Surrey, I live in Slovakia. I've only ever editied a page about Robert Mugabe, and haven't done that for a couple of months so would be grateful if you unblocked me. All very curious. Thanks, Chris. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Warsawtugger (talk • contribs).

Thanks for sorting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Warsawtugger (talk • contribs).

[edit] Thank you very much

Hi. Thanks for protecting the 2002 Gujarat Violence article. I was having a lot of trouble fending off the POV and racist bigotry. Now, hopefully a civilized discussion will take place. Much appreciated.Netaji 12:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Clay County,Texas edit wasn't a test

My Category:Clay County,Texas edit wasn't a test. It's incorrectly spelled, and the correctly spelled Category:Clay County, Texas already exists. The only page in the improperly spelled cat was already in the correctly spelled cat. I'm trying to list it on WP:CFD, but WP is slow right now. 24.241.227.201 13:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I feel that you have worked really hard to make Wikipedia a good place.So I award you this barnstar. Hmrox 14:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks from Yanksox

Hey, FireFox/Archive/July 2006, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 07:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highway's RfA

[edit] Languages

Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Pass this on! Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 19:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, FireFox/Archive/July 2006, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Jrcoga!^{Insert something here} 00:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

	HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY!	from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE
	Wishing FireFox/Archive/July 2006 a very Happy First Edit Day! Have a fantastic day! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee

Michael 03:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Amazing to think that all the stars above are in the same place as when you started; so much else all around has changed and moved on. --Alf ^melmac 07:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

	HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY!	from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE
	Wishing FireFox/Archive/July 2006 a very Happy First Edit Day! Have a fantastic day! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee

David Mestel^(Talk) 08:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I was just browsing the 'pedia and came across this. So, I thought I'd say Hi and wish you too. So, Hello and a Happy First Edit Day. Hope you continue your wonderful effort on Wikipedia. Cheers! Jayant,17 Years,India • contribs 09:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article

FireFox, will you help me get Ice cream to featured article status?? --TheM62Manchester 07:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy wiki-birthday

I wish you a very happy wiki-birthday! --Bhadani 11:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature Question

I like your current sig. How do you make the date appear in a slightly different format? Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 14:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. That might be hard to get used to. Out of interest, btw, do you think my current sig is any good? (Or do you have any suggestions?) alphaChimp ^laudare 15:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I want to give you a personal thank you for being the very first person to support my successful RfA. It is nice to know I am trusted by so many people I haven't ever really met. I hope to live up to what seems to me to be the high bar of 84 supports that I received. Please let me know if at any time you feel I'm not making it over.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 18:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks son!

KOS | talk 20:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy edit day!

	HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY!	from the BIRTHDAYCOMMITTEE*
	Wishing FireFox/Archive/July 2006 a very Happy First Edit Day! Have a fantastic day! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee

Hope you had a great day. I would have posted it on time, but was on holiday! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 16:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

No problem! Any stale cake left? EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 16:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh, yes, help yourself.

If I suddenly stop editing it's because I've got food poisoning! Talking of food... :) EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 17:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MFD?

I came across this page whilst RCPing, but can't decide whether it's a candidate for MFD or not- the user's only edits seem to be to the page itself, and it reads more like an article than a talk page.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Regards,

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 17:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I would say it could be worth MfD'ing – it might end up getting speedied, but I don't see why not. That's what MfD is there for :) — FireFox (talk) 17:23, 31 July '06

OK, thanks. Always good to get another opinion! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 17:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR Warning

You warned me for reverting. I accept this, I did not realize. I am sorry. I cam across a cabal of people who think they own the big brother australia page and keep reverting my pertinent information for no reason. Please do not block me. I am giving up now. I will let them have thier little run of the palace. Do not worry. I wont even bother.--0000001 17:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Nobody owns any articles, but I'm sorry if I in any way discouraged you from editing Wikipedia articles in future. I explained my reason for reverting your edit in the edit summary, and have left a message on your talk page further explaining my actions. —JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 17:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deal or No Deal UK Version

I think the 86.129.x.x series is being used for vandalism and to avoid being permanently blocked. --Targetter 23:29, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

The above is a talk page archive for FireFox. Please do not edit this page. To leave a message, please see the current talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.