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Contents 1 AFD of The Dakotas 2 Congrats 3 Thanks 4 GA nomination Texas 5 Impersonator 6 WikiProject Omaha 7 New Project 8 Happy Holidays 9 Thanks! 10 ??? 11 Socks 12 Vandal 142 13 WP:HAU 14 Vandalism 15 Vandalism 16 WP:RFA? 17 My talkpage 18 image problem 19 :-) 20 Anti-Catholicism 21 kids 22 WP:HAU

[edit] AFD of The Dakotas

The Dakotas is up for deltion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Dakotas (2nd nomination). Spiesr (talk) 19:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll drop by and see what's up. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 20:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

		The Resilent Barstar
		Thanks for making edits to improve the quality of Articles and for your outstanding contributions. Dwilso 00:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the recommendation of Breach. It was an excellent movie and I'm glad that they got the real Eric O'Neill to keep the story true to life. The only drawback to the movie was Chris Cooper's makeup. It was distracting since he appeared to have lipstick on through the entire film. Overall, a very good movie! Thanks again, Dismas|^(talk) 03:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. My favorite scene was "No, your name is Clerk...". What a great way to introduce a character. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA nomination Texas

I think i cleaned most everything up. All we need to do is find citations for These. Then I think we can renominateOldag07 (talk) 02:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't be too hard to pass next time, it's really close to GA status now. Even if it doesn't pass right away, it'll be a hold; I can't imagine it would be another quickfail. Great work on the article over the past few months, by the way. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:32, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Impersonator

Just wanted to let you know that I blocked an impersonator of you and deleted the transclusion of userpage/user talk page they created. Cheers,¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 05:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I had been putting off creating a couple doppelganger accounts, maybe it's time I did so. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 15:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Omaha

Hey AlexiusHoratius. Since you've contributed so much to the article about Omaha, I want to invite you to join me in founding Wikipedia:WikiProject Omaha. According to the guidelines there should be at least five people interested in the in project before launching it, and you would be one of the five most active editors throughout the 100s of Omaha-related articles. Please reply on talk page whether or not you're interested. Thanks. • Freechild'sup? 06:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

With support from a number of editors, WikiProject Omaha is now live. Feel free to add your name to the list of editors and to add one of the spiffy templates to your user page. There is a list of open tasks and a resource list you can contribute to or help with, as well! Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to working with you to make WikiProject Omaha a success. • Freechild'sup? 17:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 02:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll stop in and update my information sometime soon. Good idea, by the way. It looks like it could be a very useful page. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 06:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Holidays

[edit] Thanks!

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my user page! Catgut (talk) 22:38, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! AlexiusHoratius (talk) 23:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ???

I DID CITE MY SOURCE! I EVEN USED A TEXTUAL CITATION!Maolain (talk) 23:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

My comment was about your first addition, where you didn't cite your source properly. You did source it the second time, but that was after my comment to your post. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 23:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I sourced the first one and the second the same...Maolain (talk) 00:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

This was your first addition to the article, (I'm assuming that you were the IP that made that edit before you registered your account) you didn't really cite it properly because you didn't provide a way of verifying the information, but like I said, it looks like you did it right the next time, so I had no issue with that. I was just trying to explain why your information had been removed, as you had sounded confused about it on the article's talk page. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 00:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Socks

Thatcher has confirmed the accounts and added a couple of others. All are blocked, but I only put a 1 week block on Assassin of Joy (talk · contribs) with a strong warning. Any further misuse will result in an indef, but I thought it useful to give an incentive to behave. Your opinion is welcome, as you've been the principal victim in this matter. Acroterion _(talk) 14:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Responded at User talk:Acroterion. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 15:58, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal 142

You probably already know but vandal 142.26.27.50 probably became vandal 142.26.27.159. He/she recently vandalized article BELGIUM.--Buster7 (talk) 05:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the article's history, the most recent vandalism has been taken care of. As neither IP has edited in at least the last couple weeks, I'm not sure what else we can do about it. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 07:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello again. The Highly Active Users project has gone through a complete revamping per popular demand. We believe this new format will make it easier for new editors to find assistance. However, with the new format, I must again ask you to verify your information on this page. I attempted to translate the data from the old version to the new, but with the extensive changes, I may have made some errors. Thanks again. Useight (talk) 03:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

im sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.249.106.120 (talk) 18:24, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

That's OK, just don't do it again, and use the Sandbox if you want to make test edits. Thanks. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 18:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

In case you don't notice, you need to take that reverse of vandalism to Norway back to an earlier version by Icewedge 193.90.175.26! Hope that helps... Nortonius (talk) 20:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

That's what I did. I didn't just revert one of the vandal's edits, I rolled them back to the last version by 193. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 20:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok! I must have jumped in before you'd finished - there were still a couple of odd full stops and a semicolon there when I looked - nice one. Nortonius (talk) 20:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry if I sounded a bit abrupt with my first response. I think you may have misunderstood the standard edit summary when rollback is used. It reverts all of the vandal's consecutive edits in a single edit, not just one of the vandal's edits. So in this case, my one revert to Norway wiped out all of the vandal's edits and went back to the last version by 193. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 21:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Yup, I'm sure you're right - it must've been seeing the odd punctuation plus the words "last edit" in the summary, combined to make me put my foot in it - no worries! :o) Nortonius (talk) 21:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RFA?

Why are you not an adminstrator? I think you have what it takes. -- Qaddosh|^talk|contribs 02:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... Could you give me a few days to mull it over? AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:06, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

No rush. It's just that I have seen your name come up in a lot of page histories with a lot of very good contributions. You seem to me to be someone who deserves adminship. -- Qaddosh|^talk|contribs 04:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, I've thought about it for a bit, and I'd rather wait a little while, maybe a few months, before attempting something like this. I do appreciate the thought, though. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 05:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

No rush at all. -- Qaddosh|^talk|contribs 05:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My talkpage

Hi. Just a quick thank-you for reverting the vandalism on my talkpage by Aghalee2008. Good luck dealing with him... Olaf Davis | Talk 15:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

The user has now been blocked. As you might imagine, I was not too happy with their contributions, especially the one to your talk page. I'm just glad I was online when this stuff was going on. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 15:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] image problem

Thanks for fixing the image on the article. I tried to fix the tag on teh image, but I'm not sure I've done the right thing - will you look at the Betsy Atkins image and tell me if I've fixed it correctly? Thanks!Orlo1234 (talk) 16:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Although I knew how to fix the image, I don't really have that much experience in dealing with attribution of this kind. It looks like you may need to put in a bit more information on who gave you permission, and where you found the photo, if it is off the internet, etc. Someone who knows more about image policy than I do may see your question at WP:New contributor's help page and answer it there in the next day or so, or you could ask someone who has indicated image policy knowledge at WP:Highly Active Users (just click on a continent and then find someone who has checked the 'image' entry in the table). AlexiusHoratius (talk) 16:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

You may also want to post the question at WP:MCQ. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 17:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit]  :-)

Got a vandal on your user page! :-) -- ScaldingHotSoup ^(talk) 03:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, did not see that error - fixing it now! Thanks for the catch!-- ScaldingHotSoup ^(talk) 03:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 03:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-Catholicism

In my opinion the webpage entitled "Anti-Catholicism" is not neutral based, it makes no mention of the IRA murder squads that attempted to ethnically cleanse the protestant people of Ulster. I myself have lost friends and family members and when i edited the page to show the true side of the troubles my input was deleted but yet it is ok for Bloody Sunday to be paraded as the "massacre" of unarmed civillians but the massacre of Protestants attending worship is to be deleted. How is that fair sir? i did not use too many references because i did not realise that i had to because so much of the information has been taken from other wiki pages and some of it is Oral tradition within the Orange Order and so who can i attribute the quote to? The information given in that document is largely false and yet anything i corrected was deleted...lenny murphy was charged with the deaths of four people one of whom was protestant but yet that wiki page says he killed "an estimated thirty Catholics, between 1972 and 1982" and that the victims "were killed for no other reason than their religious affiliation" which is clearly incorrect considering protestants were killed by the group as well as Roman Catholics! not only that but Lenny Murphy is described as Physcopathic which is also a lie as he was not found to be afflicted with a personality disorder at his trial. the page says that mass-goers were prevented from attending mass by Loyalist paramilitaries which is untrue as it was a protest by the people of harryville in ballymeana not loyalist paramilitaries and i find it amazing to see that this is not backed up by a reference but yet is allowed to stay on the page! No mention is given to the Protestant places of worship being destroyed but worst of all is the story of "the attack on St Matthew's church by Loyalists on the night of 27 June 1970 when the Provisional IRA, led by Billy McKee repelled the attack with the death of at least four Loyalists and one PIRA member" which is complete fallacy wikipedia itself says that the loyalists after an attack on an orange parade by the PIRA decided to attack the Short Strand Area and upon hearing this billy mckee took up position in the chapels's tower as a sniper picking off the so called loyalists as they stood on the streets below! thus we see that there was no attack on Saint Matthew's Chapel as the writer would have us believe but instead a PIRA gunman sniping from a chapel's bell tower!and for that information you can read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McKee and also you can read Jim Cuisack/Henry Mcdonalds book entitled "UVF" for the story of Mckee as the sniper

ANTI-CATHOLICISM is nothing more than a pro republican page and is not neutral in any sense of the word and i am shocked that wikipedia would delete the truth in support of propaganda and to delete the names of the victims of the "Military wing of the Roman Catholic Church" (wikiquote Ian Paisley) is disgusting and shows a complete disrespect for the dead, and this page goes left the way it is can only strive to create divisions and open old wounds, imagine if this page was published in a newspaper? imagine the outcry! even its title is wrong it is a page about Anti-ROMAN-Catholicism not Anti-Catholicism....as has been taught in Protestant Churches through the years Rome is nothing but a wolf in sheeps clothing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sword of the Lord and Gideon (talk • contribs) 21:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

While you may in fact be correct in believing that some of the article is not without bias, I reverted your edit for two reasons: First, it was completely unsourced (putting someone's name as a reference doesn't really count). Second, describing a Catholic church as a "Romish temple", describing Protestants as "true Biblical Christians" and comments such as "...cuddling up to Rome is of course unscriptural", among other comments, is not neutral. If you feel that there is information that needs to be added to the article, then go to the article's talk page and discuss it with other editors, and then find reputable sources that back up your addition. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 22:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] kids

Kids are awsome.Kids should have school only on saturdays and sundays no wait only on Saturday because some kids have church. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.143.185 (talk) 17:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 17:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

That..... was.... profound. 24.253.229.85 (talk) 04:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

O....K. AlexiusHoratius (talk) 06:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

This has been the most interesting conversation. It kind of gives me hope to know that not all Wikipedians are prudes. :) 24.253.229.85 (talk) 06:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)