User talk:ADNghiem501/archive 1

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, ADNghiem501/archive 1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ADNghiem501 (talkcontribs) .

[edit] Page

I noticed you doing that, thank you. Mad Jack O'Lantern 06:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unblock

I was only trying to add updating page from Meta to Help:Edit summary [1]. Please unblock. -- ADNghiem501 20:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

In addition, I was going to restore interwikis to that page. I didn't vandalise that page. Sorry. -- ADNghiem501 20:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

See [2] at Meta. The latest update was edited by Locke Cole. -- ADNghiem501 21:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

You were blocked by Curps for the following reason (see our blocking policy): "Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "ADNghiem501". The reason given for ADNghiem501's block is: "vandalism"."

Your IP address is 4.246.24.108.

I agree; I couldn't find any vandalism by this account, so I've unblocked you. User:dbenbenn 16:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the block, it shouldn't have happened, you did remove interwiki links in that edit but it shouldn't have resulted in a block. -- Curps 17:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copied from User talk:Curps#Unblocked User:ADNghiem501:

You blocked User:ADNghiem501 yesterday, citing "vandalism". That appears to be a mistake; I couldn't find any vandalism. The user asked me to unblock, so I did. Just thought you'd want to know (in case there's something I missed). User:dbenbenn 16:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Looks like that was a mistake, related to his Help:Edit summary edit which removed interwiki links. [3] -- Curps 17:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
I only replaced with the latest content which I took a copy from Meta. When I deleted the previous content before this, the interwikis were removed and I was going to restore them immediately. It's a waste of my time for 1 day since you blocked me. During the block I couldn't edit anything except my own talk page. Note I sent you an e-mail yesterday, but later, I contact User:dbenbenn at the Wikimedia Commons regarding this subject above. -- ADNghiem501 17:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting inappropriate usernames

I've noticed you removed my CSD from 5 users' namespace pages, whose names are inappropriate or offensive, including libels, but not too similar to existing user(s). Users for having inappropriate usernames often have no edit contribs and deliberately have chosen to attack other editors rather than to disparage them. Some redlinked usernames like these have not been tagged. It's better to delete such usernames, since I see User:Pathoschild has deleted them alot. See his deletion log. I just wanted to inform you that I'm desiring to put them for speedy deletion. But why are there no reasons to delete them? -- ADNghiem501 08:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I removed the tag because, for one, it is not a WP:CSD. Also, just deleting the userpage won't do anything to the account; the account will still exist (and if the account were deleted, which is a very hard thing to do in itself, it would actually just open that username up to being created by some vandal again). The users are blocked on sight anyway. While Pathoschild does delete them (with WP:DENY), most admins do not, and putting them in CAT:CSD just clogs it up. --Rory096 08:29, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Indeed, the category is for pages matching the official criteria for speedy deletion; DenyRecognition is not such a criteria. // [admin] Pathoschild (talk/map) 01:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your "leave the picture alone"

right on! DyslexicEditor 08:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

You're not an admin, so I'm questioning you- Why should that WoW-related image stay on Jimbo's page? Why would that NOT be vandalism? --Shultz IV 14:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
See according to DyslexicEditor, the image was there for a long time. Its removal is vandalism and you have NO right to take something off other people's pages. If they aren't admins, they have the right to do something that is mistaken and not meant to be vandalism. -- ADNghiem501 23:32, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:-

I see you are fixing a lot of user pages with this template. It doesn't matter to me, but I am curious why this formatting fix matters to you? And why not subst: it? (Respond here so others can see your answers too) NoSeptember talk 01:36, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'll use subst: instead of {{-}}. Is this way going to work anyway? -- ADNghiem501 01:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
{{subst:-}} should work fine. The real question is why the compelling need to fix these pages, it makes the page take up more space visually and these users could do the fix if they preferred it. NoSeptember talk 01:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I was only intending to separate any bottom section something was placed to a belonging section at the top. I was also watching Curps's talk page, which Moe Epsilon placed his picture of himself on it. Tell everyone to change subst this template right now. -- ADNghiem501 01:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I was just curious, it doesn't matter to me, but seems a lot of effort for you and who knows how others feel about your fiddling with their talk pages. NoSeptember talk 02:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes it was ok to remove those {{-}}'s please in the future, dont just edit peoples talk pages except to leave a message... its probably better just to be like "Hi i'm writing to let you know of a new template:- which changes margins...blahblahblah..." than to just paste in a bunch of stuff (which i get the feeling most people will think worthless)  ALKIVAR 02:27, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
OK! But I got edit conflict just after you left your message here. -- ADNghiem501 02:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Help:Edit summary

Hi. The text at the bottom of all pages coming from Meta says quite clearly "You are welcome to copy the exact wikitext from the master page at Meta and paste it into this page at any time". It also says "Copies of this page on other projects, for other languages see Meta".

The text is designed to be an exact copy, so users (and bots) can easily copy and paste the text without having to worry about making changes specifically for their project. There are two templates associated with these pages, which automatically display when the page is viewed. Template:Ph:Edit summary is the main one for the edit summary page. I will paste the links there, surrounded by <includeonly> tags. If this doesn't work I will delete them, based on the fact Help:Edit summary is meant to be an exact copy and links to other languages exist on Meta. Thanks. -- Gareth Aus 05:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Well it works. If you intend to create interlanguage links, please use the templates (with <includeonly> tags) in the future. Thanks. -- Gareth Aus 05:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Return to Wikipedia

Welcome back! -- ADNghiem501 23:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Don't subst Template:WoW

Thanks for the note; my more recent catches have not included "subst" but I knew some earlier ones probably did. Anyway, can you find where the old category was tagged for deletion? I've looked through the CFD archives and I must have missed it. RadioKirk (u|t|c) 13:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 May 13#Categories_starting_Wikipedia:. -- ADNghiem501 19:15, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Got it, thank you. :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 19:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Got it also, was informed of it the awhile back. The edit you cited is over a month old (May 14) and I never subst now when I block (WoW). Thank you:)--Dakota ~ 23:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your old userpage

Why not redirect it to here? -- 69.145.123.171 Hello! Thursday, June 22, 2006, 20:30 (UTC)

Leave it the way it is. I like it. My old account is inactive, so I don't include my e-mail address on it anymore. And I can't send a password to my e-mail inbox either. I made a password complicated so that I won't remember it. Thanks. -- ADNghiem501 21:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection notices

I'll admit that I've never paid enough attention to the difference between {protect} and {vprotect}. It appears that you're right. Thanks for the tip. Cheers, -Will Beback 01:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Good enough. -- ADNghiem501 01:56, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my page. It's been attacked repeatedly, presumably by the same guy who goes after Biff Rose. As the Wikipedia turns... -Will Beback 01:58, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
You've used {{Vprotected}} on that page several times before, if you'd remember. Check the page history of Biff Rose. -- ADNghiem501 02:04, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Those pages have been protected too many times to remember. ;) I've never seen a more determined and single-minded vandal. -Will Beback 05:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fill Your Heart

Wow, that was a masterpiece of linking.
At this point I am more interested in getting rid of the vandal than the vandalism (which can always be corrected later). The best way to make him go away is to shut him away from the only article he cares about. However, since two of you have pointed it out, I've reverted the song article back to the last non-vandal version. Thanks again for your help. -Will Beback 09:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Archive 3/4 controversy

I am sorry that I mislead you. :) Mad Jack 06:06, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

No prob. -- ADNghiem501 06:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: vandalism at Wikispecies

You're correct; I did not make the account or "contribute" therefrom. You'll also notice certain errors in language common with that editor that I would never make. ;) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 12:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

(Edit conflict)All contributions of the impersonator consists of "Nanook/Nookdog rules! ~~~~". What does this mean? Who stole your username? His account was indefinitely blocked and all his edits were thoroughly reverted by User:Jon Harald Søby at Wikispecies. I posted a note on the impostor's userpage there. By the way, I have your userpage on my watchlist that your edit summary says "add disclaimer", given explanation of your username there doesn't belong to you. -- ADNghiem501 00:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Myrtone

"Is there a reason why you unblocked him if you feel the block is inappropriate?" Well, yeah, specifically, I felt the block was inappropriate. Ashibaka tock 23:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I think he's been blocked several times for disruption. I was unaware of why he was trying to contact me via e-mail, however if I didn't get in touch with his edits at Template:UsernameBlocked. I never tried to inform others about this consequence. You might want to leave me a more explanation here that I don't interfere him. -- ADNghiem501 00:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the user was looking for someone, not me. [4]. -- ADNghiem501 00:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:BetacommandBot

reguarding the edit summary i was subst'ing templates with AWB and some of those templates had usernames for a required field of the template. instead of worring about how to incorperate the username into the change ie {{imposter|Willy on Wheels}} to {{subst:imposter|Willy on Wheels}} i just left the |username}} alone and edited the first part the edit summary like

{{impostor-m => {{subst:Impostor-m
{{attackuser-m => {{subst:attackuser-m


was automaticly created by AWB because i was using the find and replace for the first part of the template code to avoid the issues with the username. hope this takes care of your concern. Betacommand 04:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Would the edit summaries be better like:
{{impostor-m... => {{subst:Impostor-m...
{{attackuser-m... => {{subst:Attackuser-m...
in case they are thought to be missing }} rather than remaining part of your edit summaries above which don't include |username}}? -- ADNghiem501 05:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


that cant be done the summary is auto created from my find and replace code Betacommand 05:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Bot

thanks for catching it there is no need to ever block my bot because as soon as there is a message on its talk page it automaticly stops untill i review it. if there is anything i can do for you let me know, or if you have sugestions dont hesatate to let me know. Thanks Betacommand 07:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

How is the bot able to stop editing? I don't know whatever an action it can stop anytime. Or, do Makemi and I leave a message on the talk page that causes it stop running? -- ADNghiem501 07:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

it is a built in safety, as soon as it detects a new message it stops running and forces me to read it before it continues editing Betacommand 07:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] spelling error

Thanks for letting me know. I hope all of those 823 links weren't from my sig mis-spell. Fixed now. --Geneb1955Talk/CVU 02:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:SockpuppetProven

Apologies for reverting it; anyhow, I've copied my version into my own sandbox. Sorry about that. --TheM62Manchester 06:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Erik Christy Sutherland

In regards to your change of the speedy template on Erik Christy Sutherland: This is a reposting of an article named Ecs999 which was also speedied and protected. . Both articles were created by the now indefinitely blocked User:Southgate21. The reason for the users block was it was being used as a vandalism-only account. Thus this page is eligible for speedy deletion. I have reverted to the speedy template. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if you have any questions or comments. Cheers! --omtay38 05:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

AHA! I didn't know you could do that with that speedy template! If i did I would have done it in the first place. Sorry for the confusion. --omtay38 05:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
First, I copied the reason text from the db-repost template, then replaced that template with db template so that I could paste it to a parameter in order to modify it to include the name of a reposted, deleted page which you mentioned. -- ADNghiem501 05:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Willy on Wheels

Apologies for creating it; feel free to delete it; it was just for testing purposes. --TheM62Manchester 22:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Hang on... -- ADNghiem501 22:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
It should be deleted speedily. --TheM62Manchester 22:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I've just left an explanation on its talk page. -- ADNghiem501 23:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Stewart (disambiguation)

Thanks for fixing my silly typo on Ian Stewart (disambiguation). I should have prviewed before saving :( --BrownHairedGirl 09:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abu Badali RfA

Hi, RfA's shouldn't be listed at the main page until the nominated user has accepted the nomination (and often, aren't moved over until they have had time to finish answering the basic questions also). I've therefore taken the liberty of removing it from the main RfA page. JoshuaZ 22:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, I agree. I didn't know that. Thanks. -- ADNghiem501 22:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punctuation

Please fix placing a comma after the word Grand Canyon on your user page. -- ADNghiem501 08:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for being for so observant. How is it though, that you noticed it?.--Dakota 12:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Primetime

Thanks for the heads-up. -- Avi 13:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Yes, he does that a lot. A lot of his typical behavior is written up at WP:NCV. I must have blocked a couple hundred of his sockpuppets in the last year or so. Funny thing is, if he'd just be a good editor, I'd leave him alone, but he can never go on for long without turning into a revert warrior and vandal again. Antandrus (talk) 03:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the rvv!

➨ ЯEDVERS awards this Barnstar to ADNghiem501 for anti-vandalism work that makes Wikipedia better for everyone.
ЯEDVERS awards this Barnstar to ADNghiem501 for anti-vandalism work that makes Wikipedia better for everyone.


[edit] Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Mangan

I think editing people comments in closed AfD's is probably a bad idea (even if you are making them better). I just noticed this in an article I put up for AfD. Hope it's not too rude, just thought in case it wasn't by accident I should warn you for next time. Rex the first talk | contribs 08:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Not only that I edited the page above, I was fixing the broken links on many pages that linked to them. The name of these links that I attempted to orphan before they were last recreated is Notability. Most of such edits I made were marked as "minor". -- ADNghiem501 01:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reminding me to change all the links on my userpages to point to the moved versions. And double thanks for doing some of those yourself. :) Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dumbass

I thought I'd ask you whether there is any history behind this vandalism-prone, "soft redirect" to Wiktionary before nominating it for deletion. There don't appear to be any sources that would produce a good article under this name. savidan(talk) (e@) 20:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

There's nothing else other than the only word or definition at Wiktionary. Dumbass was nominated for deletion last year (see here). It has been deleted many times for recreation, including redirects. It is a compound word of dumb and ass. Dumbass can only be found at Wiktionary. There's no article here for this that exists. What was the specific reason of anything that you wished to inform me about? -- ADNghiem501 00:32, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the help on the RfA boxes. NawlinWiki 11:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Undeleted

I met your request. alphaChimp laudare 02:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I did see that. -- ADNghiem501 02:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lebedev

I was looking through the Mikhail Lebedev page and it seems to be vanity and non-notable to me. First of all, there is hardly any information about him on Google. Then, none of the publications seem to be news-worthy and notable. Finally, the scientist does not have many 1st author publications and seems to be non-important in his field. If you agree with me, can you please help me nominate Mikhail Lebedev for deletion? --GoOdCoNtEnT 08:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Why did you post this subject to my talk page? -- ADNghiem501 08:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
(edit conflict done by Glen S) Sorry about that. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion for information on instructions. I don't edit this article. -- ADNghiem501 09:31, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh my God Thank you!!!

Wow! That's fantastic thank you so so much! As you may have noticed I still hadnt completed the move from months ago when I changed from Stollery --> GIen let alone the move today, thank you thank you thank you!!! If you ever need anything please yell out, and thanks again! Glen S 09:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Ah good question. Basically, cut a long story short, there was an error in the database when doing the name change that meant my contributions moved over, but my new username was actually not created. As such my sysop privs were retained by my GIen account. Then, make matters worse some smart ass saw my name change application and registered Glen S! That wasn't a problem as the 'crat just named changed them to You've been Pwned2 (or similar) but I needed a developer to fix the database problem and merge the two names. As it happens all the devs were away on vacation (just my luck lol) however finally one merged the two accounts (all their contribs, logs and my sysop edits - deletes and such that dont show in contribs) and fixed the error. Phew! :) - Glen 09:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content disputes are not vandalism

Referring to good faith edits as vandalism is thought of as a personal attack [5] See the talk page for discussion on the matter instead of direct removal. Ansell 07:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Also note that you are bordering on WP:3RR for Stingray. Please think about your edits and discuss them in future. Ansell 07:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Your four reverts so far...
Oh sorry for my mistakes, I was trying to remove Steve Irwin information from the Stingray article because it's irrelevant. There was nothing in that article that I thought of as a personal attack. Just misreading the difference of versions. -- ADNghiem501 07:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC) (restore after edit conflict)
I must stop reverting the Stingray article more than four times, so that I don't violate the WP:3RR. I'll keep a promise not to do it. -- ADNghiem501 07:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. My reference to personal attacks was about your edit summary here Ansell 08:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
However if someone added something about Steve Irwin's death to the article I mentioned above, it might not be vandalism, IMO. -- ADNghiem501 08:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Ah OK, just popped over to warn you about 3RR but seems you're aware of that :) Excellent. --kingboyk 08:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Ansell: Just like you said that content disputes aren't vandalism, personal attacks are not, too. See "What vandalism is not". -- ADNghiem501 10:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for correcting some of my mistakes

Thanks, much appreciated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mirjay (talkcontribs) on 4:13, Septemper 11, 2006 (UTC)

What mistakes? How did you meet me anyway? -- ADNghiem501 03:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Kinu

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page here... it is certainly appreciated! --Kinu t/c 14:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wik sock requires blocking

Harvardy is a known Wik sock that's currently being used to post talk comments and vandalise micronation and Empire of Atlantium in contravention to Jimbo's permanent ban. --125.253.33.65 03:54, 6 November 2006 (UTC)