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[edit] Annie Oakley

Hi Icairns,
I take it you've been keeping an eye on edits by 65.96.4.111. His/her deletion of "b. Phoebe Ann Mosey" didn't make sense and I appreciate your revert of that. However, you simultaneously reverted his/her second edit added to an as yet unnamed media references section: "In Legends of the Hidden Temple, one of the artifacts was the Leopard Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley." That children's TV show Wiki article does list the cloak, and the cloak also has numerous web references. Perhaps you should restore that latter as a good edit. • Motivation? Speculatively, this is 65.96.4.111's childish game to make you either partly wrong or have to work harder to separate vandalism from his/her valid edits. If 65.96.4.111 persists with this game, you may be aware that there is a page to report complex pattern forms of vandalism, which group judgment would help avoid a you vs. 65.96.4.111 grudge. Milo 02:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I've partially reverted this item - this time with context, which the original version was missing. Ian Cairns 07:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Geronimo Geronimo Geronimo (GGG) appears to be the same user as User:65.96.4.111. GGG re-reverted the context that you added to the good faith edit, though this time there was no vandalism (thanks to my previous edit summary "complex vandalism alert"?). The problem with the good faith edit is that it is trivia that doesn't fit with the list of actors and performances of AO. Even that would be ok in its own section, except that there is currently an anti-trivia movement at WP. Someone else may eventually remove it for that reason. Seems to me that the best option is to wait. If GGG/65.96.4.111 gets banned, or gets into an edit war at AO, then revisit the content. Milo 04:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AVG Anti-Virus - thanks

Thanks for the quick fix, and better wording. I didn't want to go out on a limb and declare someone else's future software to be free. --CliffC 05:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AIV

Would you mind taking a look at this? It's been sitting stale for nearly an hour and a half now. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 00:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Pat, This has now been dealt with. Thanks for raising it. Ian Cairns 01:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Yup, thanks for responding. :) Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 01:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the userpage vandalism revert

Thanks very much for the userpage vandalism revert. :) It was my first. :o GeorgeBills 11:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

You're most welcome. Ian Cairns 19:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sunshaper / Weida (copied from email)

Hey, I have been auto-blocked. Can you lift the block for me? Regards, Weida

Please refer to the message on your User talk page. Ian Cairns 07:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 70.182.0.190

Hey. 70.182.0.190 did have a last warning. Other users just piled on more warnings instead of reporting him. See User talk:70.182.0.190. No reason not to block? Thanks, Prolog 15:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

The last final (level 4) warning was on Oct 25 - over a fortnight ago. Since then the IP went back to level 2 and was last seen on level 3 warnings. Although there was vandalism today, it was not enough for me to block the IP on sight. I would have liked to see a recent Level 4 and then subsequent vandalism after that Level 4 before taking stronger action. Thanks, Ian Cairns 15:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why Did You Revert My Edit To Halifax!?!?!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!08:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)08:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)~~

Apologies - I clicked on the wrong link. Please sign your comments on other people's talk pages. Ian Cairns 08:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Apologies, In my rage, I must have forgot to complete my signature.100110100 08:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Annie Oakley

Hi Icairns,
I take it you've been keeping an eye on edits by 65.96.4.111. His/her deletion of "b. Phoebe Ann Mosey" didn't make sense and I appreciate your revert of that. However, you simultaneously reverted his/her second edit added to an as yet unnamed media references section: "In Legends of the Hidden Temple, one of the artifacts was the Leopard Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley." That children's TV show Wiki article does list the cloak, and the cloak also has numerous web references. Perhaps you should restore that latter as a good edit. • Motivation? Speculatively, this is 65.96.4.111's childish game to make you either partly wrong or have to work harder to separate vandalism from his/her valid edits. If 65.96.4.111 persists with this game, you may be aware that there is a page to report complex pattern forms of vandalism, which group judgment would help avoid a you vs. 65.96.4.111 grudge. Milo 02:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I've partially reverted this item - this time with context, which the original version was missing. Ian Cairns 07:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Geronimo Geronimo Geronimo (GGG) appears to be the same user as User:65.96.4.111. GGG re-reverted the context that you added to the good faith edit, though this time there was no vandalism (thanks to my previous edit summary "complex vandalism alert"?). The problem with the good faith edit is that it is trivia that doesn't fit with the list of actors and performances of AO. Even that would be ok in its own section, except that there is currently an anti-trivia movement at WP. Someone else may eventually remove it for that reason. Seems to me that the best option is to wait. If GGG/65.96.4.111 gets banned, or gets into an edit war at AO, then revisit the content. Milo 04:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AVG Anti-Virus - thanks

Thanks for the quick fix, and better wording. I didn't want to go out on a limb and declare someone else's future software to be free. --CliffC 05:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AIV

Would you mind taking a look at this? It's been sitting stale for nearly an hour and a half now. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 00:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Pat, This has now been dealt with. Thanks for raising it. Ian Cairns 01:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Yup, thanks for responding. :) Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 01:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the userpage vandalism revert

Thanks very much for the userpage vandalism revert. :) It was my first. :o GeorgeBills 11:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

You're most welcome. Ian Cairns 19:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sunshaper / Weida (copied from email)

Hey, I have been auto-blocked. Can you lift the block for me? Regards, Weida

Please refer to the message on your User talk page. Ian Cairns 07:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 70.182.0.190

Hey. 70.182.0.190 did have a last warning. Other users just piled on more warnings instead of reporting him. See User talk:70.182.0.190. No reason not to block? Thanks, Prolog 15:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

The last final (level 4) warning was on Oct 25 - over a fortnight ago. Since then the IP went back to level 2 and was last seen on level 3 warnings. Although there was vandalism today, it was not enough for me to block the IP on sight. I would have liked to see a recent Level 4 and then subsequent vandalism after that Level 4 before taking stronger action. Thanks, Ian Cairns 15:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why Did You Revert My Edit To Halifax!?!?!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!08:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)08:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)~~

Apologies - I clicked on the wrong link. Please sign your comments on other people's talk pages. Ian Cairns 08:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Apologies, In my rage, I must have forgot to complete my signature.100110100 08:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Athlone

Not sure whose page I should be posting my reply on, so I covered the angles! Ian, I understand the deletion of my "edit". Unfortunately while I know for certain the climate data for Athlone is incorrect, I don't know a source of any correct data. User talk:Sarah777 (Sarah777 02:20, 19 November 2006 (UTC))

Go on. I'll ask. How do you know the data is incorrect if you don't know the correct data? Ian Cairns 02:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Or put it another way. The existing data has a source - Yahoo! weather - maybe right, maybe wrong, but cited and verifiable. If you can provide an alternative verifiable source - then you can be bold and replace the data with your new values. But Wikipedia needs to know where the replacement data is coming from. Otherwise, there could be suggestions that any new data is unverifiable - and that data will probably be reverted until its verifiable source can be identified. Ian Cairns 02:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow! That's quick. The average Max in July and August (23c) and average Min. in January (-3c) are well beyond the Irish range. Rainfall figures look OK. My guess is the data are based on some climate model that Yahoo accessed and not on recorded data. (Sarah777 02:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC))

It's like you read that Little-Haywains-Hamlet-on-Tyne has an average July max. of 33c and average January min of -10c. But could you insert the correct figures; with references?! (Sarah777 02:40, 19 November 2006 (UTC))

I looked on Google and there was one other source - which had different data. But I've no way of knowing which was the correct data. Yahoo! ought to be citable... Perhaps you can identify the best source? Ian Cairns 02:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Ian, the data at [1] (scroll down to graph, put mouse over temp bar to read the figures) seem to be correct. It appears several weather services on the web use Knock Airport data for Athlone.Knock is sixty miles NW of Athlone on an exposed hilltop and has a cooler and much wetter and windier climate. No other source I've found has figures like Yahoo - which, as I said, I guess is the product of a model. (Sarah777 14:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC))

Fine. Go for it. You can now substantiate / cite your editing. I appreciate that little WP editing is cited, as it ought to be, but you were going to knock out a cited source. Fine if it's replaced by an alternative sourced citation.BW, Ian Cairns 14:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A satisfied customer emails...

why do you have to block me for a week? Don't be fascist, don't go on a power trip, I understand that you hold a policing position as far as wikipedia goes but what the hell, seriously its not that severe. Honestly, i've made worse edits than that one, yet you have to step in and ban me for a week. I HOPE ALL YOUR FUCKING CHILDREN DIE !!!!!! <notorious ejc> - rescued from my spam folder and transcribed by Ian Cairns 20:31, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invalid username

Hi - have posted a reply on my talk page. Cheers. --Oscarthecat 22:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Singapore / Starhub block

On Nov 9th you blocked a shared IP address at Singapore's Starhub ISP 218.186.9.2 (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log). Prior blocks of the address had used anon-only and account creation allowed; yours on first inspection doesn't appear to have. Would you consider changing this to an anon-only block? We recieved a collateral damage complaint to the unblock-en-l mailing list.

Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert 22:25, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

No problems. Thanks for raising this. Ian Cairns 22:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I've just checked and another admin beat me to this 10 mins ago. Ian Cairns 22:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A25 road

Hi! Just a quick note to let you know that the prod appears to be related to the one I put on Norwood Road. In fact it is an identical comment. Would you have any objections to me removing it? Regan123 03:56, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem at all. I can't see the logic of these particular prods. Thanks, Ian Cairns 07:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Angry Bahraini"

Hi, the anon 89.148.41.143 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • block user • block log) that User:Zora reported on WP:AIV is a repeat offender who has been on a harassment campaign against her, mechanistically and blindly reverting edits by her - always with a new dynamic IP of course. Given the repeat nature and the obvious malicious intent (these reverts are all done blindly and totally without regard to content), I don't think there's any need for warnings. If he strikes again and you see him on AIV, I'd suggest just blocking on sight. Thanks! Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've suggested Zora takes this to WP:ANI as well. Ian Cairns 10:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Ah, sorry I didn't notice you were already discussing it on Zora's page. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 194.154.22.54

Hi there, did you block 194.154.22.54 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • block user • block log) anon-only? It has history of collateral damage. Personally I'd go for >1 month. Thanks/wangi 11:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello Wangi. You are obviously more experienced with this user and I have no problem with you un/reblocking on that basis. I'll be back there in a few minutes. Thanks, Ian Cairns 11:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Apologies - our blocks / unblocks clashed. Hopefully, my overwrite is still OK with you? Let me know if not. Thanks, Ian Cairns 11:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Aye, should be good. Thanks/wangi 11:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why?

With all due respect, why did you block me from entering the nobel physics prize page? please respond as soon as you can. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rapigan (talk • contribs).

I am investigating - but I do not remember blocking your username. Please supply details (and sign your name afterwards). Ian Cairns 18:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Ref Special:Contributions/Rapigan, I can see no attempt to edit Nobel Prize pages.
I can confirm that your username has never been blocked
Is it possible that someone else is sharing your IP address and they have vandalised, causing your IP address to be blocked, and catching your username in the collateral damage? If so, let me know and I'll investigate further. Please sign your reply/replies. Ian Cairns 19:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Mabey...but thank you very much anyway. -Rapigan

[edit] Categories named after politicians

Please note that Category:Categories named after politicians is not redundant with filing such a category in a country-specific category. In fact, that type of categorization is explicitly required on categories named directly for an individual person. Bearcat 08:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that - and apologies for the delay in replying. As far as I see this, there are two parallel category hierarchies being used, for example: Category: Politicians and Category: Categories named after Politicians but there are several examples. Both are self-evidently categories - the former fits into an extensive hierarchy and has huge numbers of articles and sub-categories; the latter 'meta' category is either a pleonastic tautology or a tautological pleonasm, and contains very few articles or subcategories. By splitting categories into one or the other of the two hierarchies, but not both, we are ensuring that we have no one complete / comprehensive hierarchy. I was 'bold editing' one of these smaller 'meta' categories to ensure Wikipedia had one usable complete hierarchy - Wiki users are not going to check both hierarchies. Perhaps I am missing some deep understanding here. Ian Cairns 09:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

The Khan Beshov Award
Given to Icairns, for there contribution to Khan Beshov's page. —Intergr8;φ 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Many thansk for this - but all I did was to dab a link and add a category... Are you sure this was worth a barnstar?? Thanks again, Ian Cairns 09:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

Thank you for reverting my userpage Natasha 22:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

You are most welcome. BW Ian Cairns 09:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Categories named after religious figures

Why was this deleted? It appears to have been in use, and I can't find any evidence of it being on CFD. It also parallels various categories in Category:Categories named after people. Mairi 03:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Apologies for the delay in replying - due to recent absence. I've moved this discussion here to follow the previous discussion. As you will see, I considered the Category: x and Category: Categories names after x as broadly comparable and duplicate. My bold editing involved moving articles back to the more complete category hierarchy instead of leaving subcats and articles in one of two similar categories. I have no propblem if you wish to reinstate the category. However, all these categories needs better context to explain why subcats / articles go in one category but not in the other. These similar categories also need cross-linking. Ian Cairns 01:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message Blanking

Shotwell is doing exactly the same thing!!!--Tony X Liu 19:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I can see him reverting your vandalism. Can you indicate where he is blanking messages? Ian Cairns 19:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 72.144.120.153

While this user's edits may appear to be content dispute, they are in actuality vandalism. In the user's second edit, he/she made a noticeable bit of vandalism by cutting off one end of a heading, and most recently changed the character's age from initial 15 to 12. The little regards to spelling/capitalization is also a dead giveaway. The information being added is nothing more than a random assortment of cards. --Benten 19:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. Did you try opening up a line of discussion before +test4 ? I'll monitor for a while, Thanks. Ian Cairns 19:45, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I will now, but I didn't see it as necessary given the very obvious nature of the edits. Likely, the user will just continue to vandalize though. --Benten 19:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] dab mercury

Hello multilinguist! I just noticed the small change you put into "Decay scheme". What is the meaning of "dab"?HPaul 07:12, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello Hpaul. 'dab' is short for 'disambiguate' though I'm not sure which language it comes from...  :-)) In this case, if you look at Mercury, you'll notice multiple meanings, and I wanted "Decay scheme" to point at the correct 'sub-'meaning rather than the general page. HTH, Ian Cairns 09:58, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Do you want to deal with 138.217.174.99

Seeing as he vandalised your User Page and you gave him his last warning do you want to deal with him or should I? I have never been the type to block someone... --An Apple a day keeps -The Doctor- Away.. Or does it! (talk)(contribs) 04:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for dealing with that. He's now blocked. Some people can't see a warning in front of their face. BW, Ian Cairns 07:22, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An anon user writes...

I AM TELLING THE TRUTH...... I AM A CHRISTIAN........ I FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.....

I AM 14 YEARS OLD.

May you please unblock my IP 72.177.68.38. It is a school IP and it is shared by multiple users. Its a home school. Me and my seven brothers and sisters are home schooled, the <email> is my uncle, he very smart with computers!!! We are supposed to use Wikipedia and the internet for educational purposes.

We just want to start over and start a new leaf!! On the weekends we edit Wikipedia and surf the internet. That Bobabiba character is my older sister, I told my mom that she is causing trouble on the internet durning school time (8:30-5:00), my mom "banned" her from using the internet.

May you please unblock my IP 72.177.68.38. PLEASE ITS ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS. DO NOT UNBLOCK THIS IP. JUST DON'T. ANYONE WHO THINKS TO UNBLOCK THE IP: JUST DON'T. IF YOU REALLY REALLY FEEL LIKE UNBLOCKING THE IP, CHECK WITH DMMCDEVIT AND THEN DON'T.</large> Syrthiss 15:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

How come one person is opposing your idea..

I noticed that user: JzG an admin wrote a rude and disrespectful message on my talk page.

See multiple threads on admin noticeboards and talk to Dmcdevit. Bobabobobo, what part of "fuck off" are you having trouble understanding? You are not welcome here. Not at all, not in the least, not even slightly. Go away, please. Guy ( Help!) 15:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I also noticed that my IP has not vandalized.

PRIVATE

O.k. that Bobabobabab is my sister Grace, she was a "good" editor. She loves anime, Yu-Gi-OH and Pokemon. So she was trying to improve the Pokemon episode lists by uploading alot of fair use Pokemon images, she also was creating seperate episode pages, but the conflict started when A Man in Black opposed the images via discussion on the Pok¨¦mon Collaborative Project and change the template which included the images, so Grace created sock puppets to keep the images on the template, which User: Ryulong got involved.

Which Grace and Ryulong became enemies:

Subject Re: Wikipedia e-mail Sent Date 11-15-2006 11:03:02 PM From Ryulong <> add to black list add to white list add to Address Book To "Aywana Tokiwana" <>

Listen. I don't care if you are 13, or whatever. Stop vandalizing my page at the Japanese Wikipedia. It's your own fucking fault for impersonating me TWICE and I got my user name changed to the one that I should have had in the first place. Go edit Bulbapedia. I couldn't care less what you do over there. If you want, bring up your ban to the ArbCom at the English Wikipedia, but then all you can edit is your case. Just LEAVE ME ALONE YOU GOD DAMN CHILD.

   * 15:04, 3 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Image:ScreenshotPokemonEpi63.JPG (top)
   * 13:18, 3 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:43, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:38, 2 October 2006 ( hist) (diff) Fear Factor Phony
   * 00:37, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Battle Pyramid Again! VS Registeel!
   * 00:37, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:37, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Wikipedia talk:Pok¨¦mon Collaborative Project/Archive 7 ( ¡úPok¨¦num template.)
   * 00:36, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) User talk:A Man In Black ( ¡úEPISODE IMAGES fair use rationale )
   * 00:34, 2 October 2006 ( hist) (diff) Fear Factor Phony (RV every episode list has seperte pages for the episode look at the Simpsons, Prison Break, etc)
   * 00:33, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes (RV every episode list has seperte pages for the episode look at the Simpsons, Prison Break, etc)
   * 00:32, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Battle Pyramid Again! VS Registeel! (RV every episode list has seperte pages for the episode look at the Simpsons, Prison Break, etc)
   * 00:31, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:30, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:29, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Battle Pyramid Again! VS Registeel!
   * 00:28, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:27, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:26, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:23, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 00:23, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Battle Pyramid Again! VS Registeel!
   * 00:18, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Battle Pyramid Again! VS Registeel!
   * 00:12, 2 October 2006 ( hist) ( diff) Template:Yugiohepisode (RV)
   * 00:11, 2 October 2006 ( hist) (diff ) User talk:A Man In Black ( ¡úEPISODE IMAGES fair use rationale)
   * 12:10, 29 September 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon episodes (http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_bb/)
   * 12:08, 29 September 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon Advanced Generation episodes (RV; back with images)
   * 12:06, 29 September 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Diamond and Pearl episodes
   * 11:53, 29 September 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon Original Series episodes (RV)
   * 11:49, 29 September 2006 ( hist) ( diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Battle Frontier episodes
   * 03:12, 29 September 2006 ( hist) (diff) List of Pok¨¦mon: Diamond and Pearl episodes

I hope this will give a "Whats going on".

PLEASE UNBLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE ADMINS ARE BEING BUTTS! I AM A CHILD YOU ARE NOT GOING WITH THE "GO EASY ON KIDS"

(end of email)

Hello. I'm at a loss why tyhe above edits are schooltime necessities. Never mind. I checked with User talk:72.177.68.38 and - wow! - you certainly have caused a stir. Please refer to the admins / sysops who blocked you. I'm sure they have given due consideration to your situation. Good luck with pulling it all together. Proving you will behave differently in future will be difficult. Ian Cairns 01:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Enlighter1

The 404 blitz is only incidental, the edits prior to that give it away that it is Enlighter1. The 404 blitz in itself is against policy as dead links are normally not removed. In this case the editor has a vendetta against Reuters. see here for background. Agathoclea 21:48, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I thought there was a Wiki project / clean-up weeding out old / broken web links? I agree that the previous Reuters edits were totally unacceptable, but I can't fault removing bad links until I check your allegation that it is against Wiki policy. Thanks again, Ian Cairns 21:52, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Just been reading up and the relevant info is at Wikipedia:Dead external links. While something needs to be done about dead links deleting them without replacing with the relevant info just because you have an aversion against the site in question is at least a violation of WP:POINT. The user in question was indef banned his persistant vandalism some month back and has since been a valuable contributor to wikipedia by helping us find a lot of open proxies and otherwise compromised machines. Warning Sarcasm! Agathoclea 14:35, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Reading, Berkshire

Hi Ian, thanks for doing that. Waggers 09:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] unblock request- temp2

hi, its temp, my comp. wont let me log in, but temp2, whom i know in real life, is requesting to come back and actually edit and change username. could you please unblock him? thanks. also get my computer to work woudl be nice :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.23.104.243 (talk • contribs).

Hello Temp. It's usual to sign your name on comments added to Talk pages using ~~~~ - but you weren't signed in, so none of your edits were attributed to you. I blocked Temp2 some time back when the username was brought to the attention of the sysops as unacceptable, and I thought it was confusing - see WP:U - as I would do with your username Temp. The problem lies with the edit history of your contributions where your edits look like temporary edits, which don't exist. Could I politely suggest that you and your close namesake consider using alternative names? Thanks, Ian Cairns 19:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Have you considered using the {{unblock|reason}} tag on your userpage? This will get another sysop to review my original decision to see whether I was being fair or paranoid. Thanks, Ian Cairns 19:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Maiwand

Can you tell me what "i~5 wounded or missing" means? (I'm guessing it's a typo for either 815 or 915, but I'd also like to make sure the number of casualties add up—cf. first paragraph.) Robert K S 18:44, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello Robert K-S. Hmm. It appears as though I copied corrupted text from one (inappropriate) article to the other (more appropriate) article without fully proofreading. I've now gone to the named URL to locate substantiated figures. Are these adequate or do you have better (substantiated) figures? Sorry about that. Ian Cairns 19:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
But cf. first paragraph. How do "21 officers and 948 soldiers killed, 8 officers and 169 men wounded" add up to "1,123 British and Indian soldiers", and how does "a reliable estimate of Afghan casualties is 3,000" gibe with "over 7,000 Afghan warriors"? Robert K S 20:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I spotted that - that's why my edit was sourced. The Infobox is unsourced as far as I can tell. However, whoever produced these figures can see where I obtained my figures. I'm no expert on this battle - I simply tidied up poorly-edited articles. Would you be happy if I adjusted the Infobox numbers to agree with the Googled source? Do you have any source that a) agrees with the Infobox numbers b) supports some other figure? Feel free to edit this yourself. Ian Cairns 20:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy New Year

Hi Ian.

Just noticed your reversion of Hungerford back to my previous edit, and realised I hadn't come across any of your edits recently; perhaps because I don't edit 'local' topics as much as I used. Anyway it is good to see you are still around. Can I wish you and Linda a belated Happy New Year. -- Chris j wood 17:24, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Hiya Chris - Good to hear from you. I seem to spend a lot of time on Wikipedia maintenance chores nowadays and checking for vandalism - so I'm not often in "Berkshire". Many thanks for your best wishes and the same of course to yourself for the New Year! Ian Cairns 22:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Support for renaming the user language categories?

I noticed that some time ago you asked whether the user language categories like Category:User en should be renamed. I've proposed just such a renaming at Wikipedia:User categories for discussion#Category:User en - please feel free to weigh in if you have an opinion on the matter. :-) Tim Pierce 03:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 70.105.210.36

Thanks for blocking him. Now I don't have to wait for the PA notice board. Cheers, -- The Hybrid 12:00, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

You're most welcome. He needs to learn to act responsibly within WP. Ian Cairns 12:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not blocked IP

This IP: 41.204.243.2 is suspected sockpupet of previously blocked user SummerThunder which may be blocked without final warning afaik. 00:08, 7 January 2007 Icairns (Talk | contribs) (→User-reported - 41.204.243.2 - no final warning - prerequisite - remove from this list) ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 00:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification - this wasn't in the original AIV listing. Ian Cairns 00:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I can't make the connection between this Nigerian IP address and the Chinese activity of SummerThunder. It doesn't appear in the list of suspected sockpuppets. Please feel free to re-list this IP to see whether another sysop will take a different line. Thanks, Ian Cairns 00:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
I've got this suspection from Someguy0830 when I was asking why he was reverting this IP edits. These edits are minor and that makes vandalism more complex and hard to discover. Between list of Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_SummerThunder are ones from Australia, Nederland etc. He probably uses anonymizers or open proxies and the suspection comes from the similarity of his edits. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 01:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
But anyway it is just a hypothesis only. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 01:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PatPeter

  • OK, you may remember me or may not, you came to my attention after I finally noticed someone other than me edited my userpage and A) Thank you. B) Your user page is astounding(!!!), I am trying to learn web page design from looking at Wikipedia pages and yours is just amazing (I have no clue how to make boxes, colors, anything) so according to the top of yours I guess thank you for helping me and I hope to speak to you soon. (I do not know how to link my name without two saves, and I do not want to spam your history) PatPeter 04:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for posting on my talk page, I now remembered I also wanted to tell people on My Rules list that conversations should go talk page to talk page (thus upon login one is notified)
Annnyway, I do not know why but whoever posted that information about U of Exeter A) did not post his or her name and B) was not me :P (I love this emote). I can hardly make infoboxes and usually just steal and try to edit them (lookat my user page, its a mess). PatPeter 18:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism revert

Thanks for dealing with the vandalism to User:Tompw/featured topics‎. I was wondering why the page kept timing out when I tried to view it... then I saw on my watchlist that you'd removed 1,129,886bytes of vandalism! Thanks :-) Tompw (talk) 23:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello Tompw. No problem. It took me a little while to find out that I needed to delete it from the history page - since I couldn't find the rollback amongst all the vandalism... Ian Cairns 23:48, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Persian Gulf vs Arabian Gulf

You may have noticed that your edit to Persian Gulf has been reverted [2]. The same editors reverting sourced content in the Persian Gulf article have decided to revert all my recent edits to Iran-related articles (namely Arvand Free Zone and Ethnic minorities in Iran, after I made a case for the inclusion of Arabian Gulf as an alternative name (they had never previously edited these articles, so I assume that they are just going through my recent contributions). This has resulted in the removal of legitimate tags, updated wikilinks and my attempts to ensure NPOV. If you look at the reversions, you'll see that this is just vindictive vandalism rather than an attempt to improve articles and there has been no attempt to engage in dialogue on the talk pages. As a result, I believe that my reversions are legitimate attempts to stop vandalism and as such do not breach 3RR. I would appreciate your input in order to mediate a solution, if any can be found.--الأهواز | Hamid | Ahwaz 14:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


Hi, just so you know, the issue of alternative names has been previously discussed at Talk:Persian_Gulf#Protection and the majority of the editors had agreed that the naming issues should be throroughly discussed at its own section Persian_Gulf#Naming_dispute, and not in the lead, because of the controversial nature of the subject. --Mardavich 15:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


Hi Ian (by email)

I hope you're doing well. I just wanted to tell you that the edit you reverted on Persian Gulf wasn't simple vandalism. The issue of including the political name "Arabian Gulf" in the lead is very controversial nad has been discussed at Persian Gullf's talk page for a long time now. The majority of the editors had previously reached a consensus that the naming issue shouldn't be mentioned in the lead, and be instead throroughly discussed and examined at its own section Persian_Gulf#Naming_dispute, because of the controversial nature of the subject. The issue is still under discussion, but the person who who tried to forcefully include the name Arabian Gulf in the lead today was User:Ahwaz who has a history of disruption and POV waring, as you can see from his block log: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Ahwaz

Best Regards Mardavich

Thank you for your input regarding that article. We really need neutral users there. Please have a look here :[3] Jidan 19:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to you all for taking the trouble to comment. I reverted the deletion of a sourced edit setting out both names. In my experience in several countries bordering the south of the body of water, 25 years ago, the English name was Arabian Gulf. The name Persian Gulf was not generally used. The later paragraph does not provide this balance. This usage, whether current or historical, was real and should be mentioned early on in this article, particularly when supported by an independent source, as it was. Ian Cairns 07:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. Well, you were in Arab countries some of which do use the name Arabian Gulf, even in English. However, this is an international wikipedia, not an Arab wikipedia. In English language, and outside a few Arab countries, Persian Gulf is the only common name and the only one sanctioned by the United Nations as the legitimate name of the waterway. To include Arabian Gulf at the introduction would mean that both names are equally legitimate and as frequently used, and that's simply not the case. I do agree that name Arabian Gulf does deserve a mention in the article, and it's already mentioned and examined in the naming section, anything more is giving undo weight. As for Britannica, it's a tertiary source, the article alerady uses primary and secondary sources, which should be given priority over tertiary ones, exmaining the name, its history and the controvesy suurending it. We don't have to copy Britannica in style and content, it's just another tertiary source. --Mardavich 18:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - but I disagree. In those Arabian countries, the English-language term was Arabian Gulf - possibly a translation from the local arabic - but it was the only term used. As an English Wikipedia, it is important that this usage is given due (not necessarily equal) prominence. If there is a controversy over the name then it is important that WP:NPOV holds - and both usages should be described / qualified, and NOT deferred to a later paragraph where it can be pretended that one version isn't really used. The English language uses both terms, depending on the local country. There are several partisans / participants who believe that, if they say this often and loud enough, then all the 'other' usage will never have happened. This isn't reality. Ian Cairns 23:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - but I have to disagree with you. In many Arab countries, it's illegal to use any name other than Arabian Gulf which is why it's the only term used. But we don't live in an Arab country, or by their laws, Arab countries hold only 3.6% of the World's population, and not every Arab uses the term Arabian Gulf. I think, as many other editors do, that this controversial and political usage is already given its due prominence in the naming section. Putting it on equal footing with the commonly used and the internationally accepted name -- Persian Gulf, is giving undo weight. --Mardavich 00:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - but please re-read my reply above. It shouldn't matter to the Intro one bit whether the term is legal or illegal in any particular country or all countries (although this is a valid aspect of the topic that should be described). What matters is that the English language has a valid and proper usage of the term 'Arabian Gulf' (in some countries) and that this usage is properly sourced (it was) in an English language encyclopedia (regardless of what some people and some countries would like). It is encyclopedic to include such usage in an encyclopedia. I did not suggest equal footing - as you have replied - I said "due (but not necessarily equal) prominence" - this is the opposite of burying the usage just because someone does not like to see it.
We all live in different countries, with different customs and laws. We have come together to build an English language encyclopedia which is the superset of all the knowledge in this language. I have no opinion of what the arabic Wikipedia has to say on this - I am concerned what the English Wikipedia says and doesn't say. Ian Cairns 08:12, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I, and many other editors, are of the opinion that the controversial term has already been given its due prominence in the appropriate section of the article, and putting it the intro is giving undo weight and putting it on equal footing with the widely accepted and commonly used name. --Mardavich 08:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ascot railway station

Hi there. I see you started the Ascot railway station article. I just posted to the talk page querying the station layout description. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Cordless Larry 20:09, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Monobook problem

I posted this at VP, but maybe you will see it faster here. Check this diff. This was the the update ABCD did on January 11 (most likely the day ABCD noticed his monobook was broken, and fixed it). -- ReyBrujo 03:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for this! Much appreciated. Ian Cairns 10:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A satisfied customer writes...

[edit] aight nerd

you suck. fin. 1337N355 16:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC) P.S. get a life nerd! do something other than edit wiki all day! get laid! get a hobby!

[edit] Hello

Regarding the article Ash (near Sandwich) - you have edited, have you got any green idea about the origin of the name?

Eliko 23:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello Eliko. I'm afraid all I did was copyedit the stubs. I'm not aware of the origin of this village. Sorry. Ian Cairns 00:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You are using obsolete user warning templates

FYI: Templates like {{test}} are deprecated. They might be deleted at any time. The replacements are listed at WP:UWT. Will (Talk - contribs) 23:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A troll writes...

[edit] My plans

I intend to troll wikipedia, not vandalise it. I was just warming up, sorry about the (pretty minor) destruction. A very helpful little gnome 10:20, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I can't tell the difference between your trolling and your vandalism. Never mind, since another admin permanently banned you, it's all hypothetical now? Ian Cairns 11:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You are using obsolete user warning templates

FYI: Templates like {{test}} are deprecated. They might be deleted at any time. The replacements are listed at WP:UWT. Will (Talk - contribs) 23:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A troll writes...

[edit] My plans

I intend to troll wikipedia, not vandalise it. I was just warming up, sorry about the (pretty minor) destruction. A very helpful little gnome 10:20, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I can't tell the difference between your trolling and your vandalism. Never mind, since another admin permanently banned you, it's all hypothetical now? Ian Cairns 11:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pima Community College

Ian, I added an explanation on Talk:Pima Community College as to why it's currently being targetted (several times now). See also my talk page for more on this stuff. --Kynn 06:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for that. The background is much appreciated. Ian Cairns 09:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Ian, I am wondering if there is currently a need for further debate on the issue of the college's entry. I have added a section addressing the arguments for deletion to the talk page, but I am unsure as to whether the page should be considered as under a {{prod}}} call for deletion or not. Can you please read what I've written there and advise me on the status of the page? Thanks. --Kynn 19:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

Hey there.

Thanks for the editing help. I'm in the middle of a lot of projects lately and any help is .. well, help.

Thanks, again.

-Jeremy Lueck. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.135.170.22 (talk) 06:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

You're most welcome. However, despite lookijng good (better?), I'm not sure that Spatial Relativity Theory is worth keeping for the moment, and I expect someone will ask to delete it. BW, Ian Cairns 07:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category : Units of viscosity

I have nominated the Category:Units of viscosity for deletion. Since you created the category, your views on this are invited. Thank you. -Myth (Talk) 06:49, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for highlighting the proposal here. I'm naturally sad that the structure of category:Units of measure has been unpicked by these recent mergers and will be unpicked further by the deletion proposal. I have commented to this extent - but will not stand in the way of the Wiki consensus. Ian Cairns 20:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A victim of the education system writes...

[edit] Hi

Sup nigga, You blocked me one time too many. I'm just sitting here with my homies ravin' and you blocked me biatch. I'm gonna blow your 'ed off lark innit geez.

Thanks Man

Me

PS: Nice picture.

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