User talk:BradBeattie/Archive3

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Contents 1 Image:Large format camera lens.jpg 2 Webcomic barnstar 3 Reply 4 Thank you 5 Contested WP:PRODs 6 Edit Conflicts 7 My Bad with Popups 8 Response to counter-vandalism 9 block 216.226.127.120 10 National dances? 11 Oh OK 12 User page 13 about my signature 14 Britannica/new article creation/etc 15 Admin coaching request pages 16 Thanks 17 Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can 18 Reverting my UserPage 19 Expert-subject 20 Re: Request for comments 21 Re: Webcomics barnstar 22 Hi.Are you Elnuko ? 23 Webcomic Lucy Lastique 24 Lethargic Lad 25 Adopt-a-user? 26 Hey! 27 Note 28 For future reference 29 Response to Help on Vandalism Warnings 30 WP:UPHTS 31 Rob Wilson 32 User talk:83.67.138.19 33 Xiexie 34 Thanks 35 Unsectioned comment 36 No problem :) 37 Thanks 38 Userpage 39 Platinum Grit

Image:Large format camera lens.jpg

Could you change the white background of Image:Large format camera lens.jpg to transparent, please? Thanks very much, --Gphoto^talk 14:04, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing. I'm on it! --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much! --Gphoto^talk 14:13, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Image as requested. It's uploaded as a PNG as JPEG doesn't support transparency. The edges might have a little harshness to them as the image I was working with wasn't really high-res. Still, it should be good enough. Anything else I can help you with? --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Nothing else right now. Thanks for being so fast and helpful! --Gphoto^talk 14:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Webcomic barnstar

<-- I think Mr. Noyes was talking about this, too. I see you did remove it from your user page. 204.50.64.129 19:11, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Just a quick note to apologise for the delay in my reply, at the time I looked to rely I noticed you'd been snapped up for coaching already (fast worker!) Do let me know if I can help in any way regardless :)  Glen  23:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I appreciate the reply though. I wouldn't mind any feedback you have on the work I'm doing. Am I making the most constructive use of my time? Is there something I should be focusing on more? Any suggestions would be the awesome. Thanks again. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded and I have been issued a shiny new mop. I browsed your photo gallery and the Eliica car is pretty cool. The speed they reached is impressive. -- Gogo Dodo 04:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Contested WP:PRODs

Please do not re-add a PROD tag after it has been removed. Once the tag has been removed (for any reason other than blanking vandalism), the page should go to WP:AFD as a contested WP:PROD. Thank you, Kusma (討論) 13:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Apologies. It was a quick reaction to the prod being removed with no edit summary. I see at WP:PROD#Conflicts that even in that case the prod should not be restored. It won't happen again. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 15:09, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

It is a common and understandable reaction. However, since the admin processing the expired PRODs will nominate the article at AFD instead of deleting it, it will only slow down deletion of the article. Perhaps you want to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wondermark. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 16:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Done and done. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 17:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit Conflicts

Dang, you just me to the punch on two reverts in about 5 minutes. I lost the edit conflicts to you at both Rosa Parks and Evolution. Keep up the good work  : ) Doc Tropics 16:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Heh. That's one of the advantages of building your own custom software to fight vandalism, I gather. I'm going to head to bed soon. Enjoy the hunt! --Brad Beattie (talk) 16:46, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

My Bad with Popups

Oops, sorry for the dolphin mistake. Sometimes I do jump the gun a little. Probably because I use a combo of VP, Vandal Fighter, and Popups. I forget where I'm at on occasion. Then there's the factor that need to be on secure pages on https://secure.wikimedia.org/ or I get involuntarily booted out of my account. That tends to make me a little twitchy. I'll be more careful. Thanks for the heads-up. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 03:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Response to counter-vandalism

what's this all aboot, eh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.195.249.9 (talk • contribs)

block 216.226.127.120

I've given a 3hour block but problem returns next level is 1 week. might be worth documenting this editors efforts and contacting the the college who say they'll deal with it. Gnangarra 14:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

National dances?

I saw the edit to your user page and created this. Not much, but it's something to start with. *shrugs* --Brad Beattie (talk) 15:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Very cool. Where'd you get the info? I'm offline for the next few hours. --Fang Aili ^talk 17:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Many google searches for the term "the national dance of". --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Cool.. I will have to work on that soon.

It's at List of national dances now. I'm working on adding sources. --Fang Aili ^talk 19:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, do you mind if I move some of your images to Commons? --Fang Aili ^talk 15:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

How about I move all of them? Gimme half an hour here. :) Actually, it's gonna take a while for me to do that. Probably longer than 30 minutes. Considering I have to head to bed soon, go nuts with what you want to move. It's all good. --Brad Beattie (talk) 16:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I haven't moved any of them, but may in the future. --Fang Aili ^talk 19:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh OK

Thanks for the information. 59.92.63.37 14:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

User page

Hi! I saw you are creating user pages, could you create one for me? Dvyjones 19:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Can do, but yours already looks nice. What do you want me to do to it? --Brad Beattie (talk) 01:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I want it like your page, but with my information (if you could copy some into a subpage (/new_page/ or something), I could change it to my info, and copy it to my main page... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dvyjones (talk • contribs) 13:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

Okay, I've copied the basic idea of my page over to yours. There's a difference in flow considering the number of userboxes you have. Personally, I prefer to just add myself to the categories and leave only a few user boxes. Take a look at the code in User:BradBeattie/Userboxes. It starts with userboxes, but also adds the categories. Anywho, that's a matter of personal taste. If there's anything else I can help you with, lemme know! :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 13:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

about my signature

hi! just received your PM, pardon me because english is only my second language, but i cant completely comprehend as to the link youve given. does it mean my signature is bothersome? may i kindly know why? cheers †Bloodpack† 14:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there! No worries, it's not bothersome. I was just concerned that the signature takes 3 lines code. If you could make it shorter like †Bloodpack†, that would be awesome. It's your choice, of course. Just a suggestion. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Britannica/new article creation/etc

Regarding our conversation the other day, I'm still looking for the project or page that is working on filling out our coverage of articles in Britannica. Meanwhile, I found Wikipedia:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Wikipedia, which is interesting. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 16:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Behold, Wikipedia:1911 Encyclopedia topics! Looks like this is actually done, and now needs verification/updating. There are lots of other redlinked article lists there too. --Fang Aili ^talk 16:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching request pages

Please comment here. Thanks! --Fang Aili ^talk 19:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Done and done. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 03:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user page. Best regards.--Húsönd 14:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Any time. Glad to be of service. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

Reverting my UserPage

I just wanted to thank you for reverting the blanking of my userpage. I've been busy in the real world and haven't been checking in much. Have a good one, and keep the vandals at bay! →Bobby← 19:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Expert-subject

Thanks. The explanation should still go onto the expert template (as boldly visible as reasonable), because I am not going to be the only one asking that... MadMaxDog 07:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Request for comments

Hey there Aeropagitica, a while back you provided some insightful comments on my RFA. If you have a moment, could you take a look at what I've been up to over the past while and provide any pointers where you see fit? Thanks. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 03:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Good afternoon Brad, or should I say konishiwa as you appear to be in Tokyo as I type this? I have reviewed your last five hundred edits in the user Talk and Wikipedia spaces, as they are the areas that I made a particular point of noting at your RfA. My particular concerns were to do with warning vandals and justifying your opinions on XfD discussions with reference to policies and guidelines. In the two months since your RfA took place, I can see that you have made substantial and successful attempts to communicate with vandals and to back your opinions up with policies. I really like editors who do this as it makes it easy for me and any other person to instantly review your reasoning in order to support you - no one has to redo your work as all of your working-out is included! On this basis, using your current performance as a baseline, I would have no problem in supporting you if you decide to go for another RfA in the New Year. Even if you don't, this is the sort of performance that new editors should be able to look at and use as a model for their own Wiki-careers. I hope that this information is useful to you. Regards and happy editing, (aeropagitica) 17:48, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Webcomics barnstar

Hi there. I'm R. Noyes, the creator of Cat Town, a website whose Wikipedia entry was deleted a few weeks back in a CfD you spearheaded. I'm not mad that the article was deleted. I took no part in its creation or maintenance, I kept out of the initial VfD to avoid a conflict of interest, and I haven't been active in Wikipedia for so long that I hadn't even known there was a second, much less third call for deletion of the article.

Frankly, I was initially flattered that someone took the time to write an article about a silly little thing I had done primarily to amuse myself and some friends, and I gave the author permission to include the logo picture in the article, but I really didn't feel it important enough for me to leap in and boldly defend should it come under fire (and besides, on Wikipedia, an author who boldly leaps in to defend something of hir own has pretty much lost the fight right there.) The project wasn't mainstream, I didn't advertise it, and honestly it's been inactive in over 7 months so techically it's not current anymore. I didn't feel offended by the first VfD, and when I read over the other two this evening, I didn't feel offended by them, either. I know Wikipedia policy is all bureaucracy and a squeakiest wheel competition besides, so why waste time and energy being a blowhard about it?

I am offended, however, in the barnstar you received from hahnch in honor of the article's deletion. How something can be deemed so insignificant yet garner Wikipedia's high accolade with an extremely POV and mean-spirited explanation upon its deletion is beyond me, but that's not the point. I'd probably have to take that up with hahnch. You seem to be a good and vigilant editor, you're doing your part to help make Wikipedia into what you think is a better place, and that's great, but displaying such an insulting note betrays your good faith and good intentions as an editor. I've received my fair share of angry email from people who didn't think Cat Town was funny, and I was never bothered by them -- to each his own, really. But for some reason, that barnstar hurt. It felt like I was watching two 5th graders gleefully gloating over a frog they'd just stomped on for no other reason than to stomp on a frog. Surely Wikipedia isn't helped by such mean-spirited jubilation, but again, perhaps that's something that's all hahnch's doing in the first place.

I'm not asking you to remove the barnstar, though I guess technically I could edit it out if I wanted to and you could put it back in and then we'd have a revert war and accomplish absolutely nothing except for hilariously snarky insults in our edit summary fields. It's your call, really. Please just keep in mind that on the Internet, especially on a public web site such as Wikipedia, your words and actions and the reactions to them can be seen by anybody and everybody. And that often there can be another person behind another monitor who, whether you know it or not, is directly affected by such actions. I just wanted to point that out and to, uh, thank you for ruining my dinner tonight.

Take care, and keep up the good fight, whatever you perceive it to be. Spatch 02:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. I'd like to apologize for the barnstar that was previously displayed on my user page. I had a habit of displaying any recognition that people presented me with there, but have since revised that policy. You are very much correct in that it wasn't charitable of Hahnchen to single out your comic and say such harsh things nor should I have blindly displayed the barnstar. It has been removed from my user page and will remain so.

In all truth, the nomination of Cat Town's article for deletion had no value judgement associated with it. I was looking through the web comics category looking to see if anything met the speedy deletion criteria "web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject." I'm sorry that the end result of that effort conveyed a sense of mean-spiritedness; that was never my intention. --Brad Beattie (talk) 15:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi.Are you Elnuko ?

Hi.Are you Elnuko ? If so why you're calling yourself proud canadian BradBeattie from Osaka? Is it magic trick or what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.5.206 (talk • contribs)

Webcomic Lucy Lastique

I'm the creator of this online comic ("Jaxtraw") and little surprised that it's been deleted. How are these things decided? The article's been there for some time, and a few people chose to edit it so presumably thought it in some sense worthy. I don't know what a comic has to be to be "notable"- is this a matter of personal preferences among editors? The comic itself has been running for over 5 years now, so it's hardly a flash in the pan, abandoned comic languishing in a corner of Keenspace or whatever they call it these days. Is it just because it's "adult"? I may be being overly defensive here, but I wonder if somebody just flicked past it checking all these many articles and presumed it's just some porn site, which is far from the truth.

If nothing else, as that rare thing, a webcomic supporting itself financially by readers' subscriptions, it's notable, surely? 82.71.30.178 20:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. It wouldn't have been deleted due to adult content as Wikipedia isn't censored. As far as I can see from my records, the article was deleted via WP:PROD as it didn't satisfy the criteria for notability set out in WP:WEB. Take a look at that article and if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer what I can. Cheers! --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Lethargic Lad

Hi - sorry for taking a while to reply. I really think that the creator should be notified, even if they do not appear to be currently editing - the template states that it should be done. However, either way, I think that this is not an uncontroversial deletion and so I would also be happy to remove the prod template on these grounds. There are lots of links to it, so I think that an AfD would be most appropriate for the article; perhaps it may be possible to get some more input to deciding whether it is notable or not. Warofdreams talk 22:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user?

Hey there, I see from your user page that you're looking for an adopter? I took a quick look at your edits and I certainly like the temperment I saw. If you'd like, I'd be more than willing to do the adopting. Lemme know. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 03:05, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Man, you're fast! I just put that up a few hours ago. But yes, that would be awesome. :3 I've been on RC patrol for a lot of the day, reverting and warning, contributing to AfDs and such. And thank you for offering to help a newbie out. Pumeleon^T 03:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Your response was equally fast. :) Could you create the page User:Pumeleon/Adopt-a-User? That way we can keep our conversations in one place much like my own User:BradBeattie/Admin coaching page. Sound good? --Brad Beattie (talk) 03:40, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. :3 Pumeleon^T 04:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'm back from Disney World. I'll be more in-contact and I will install Skype on this computer soon. Pumeleon^T 20:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey!

Please do not target one or more user's pages or talk pages for abuse or insults, unwarranted doctoring or blanking, as you did with User:Nianmi. It can be seen as vandalism and may get you blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

What the hell man, those were good edits about Nianmi. You don't even now him so how would you know what his interests are. He is my goddamn family so I know what he likes that's not vandalism. He knows everything that I put up on that page. I had asked him why he didn't put his interests up there and he said he was too lazy so I did it myself. He liked what I put up there and I can pull up the gmail conversations to prove that he knows what was up there. PUT IT BACK MOTHERFUCKER! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3rd Libra (talk • contribs)

Hi there 3rd Libra. I gather you can understand why I would have confused the edits as vandalism. If Nianmi logs in and reverts my changes, then it's all good and no permanent harm will have come to your edits. I would, however, as you to observe WP:CIVIL, one of the policies here in Wikipedia. Thank you. --Brad Beattie (talk) 14:49, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Note

I left my response to your comment on my page. (basically it was just an apology)--Datarkaman 21:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

For future reference

We often end up on opposite sides in AfDs, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately I have a temperamental streak and a tendency to take things personally, so in case I ever blow my top I wish to say, in advance, thank you for your work on Wikipedia. Your devotion to making the project better is admirable and your vandal-fighting, in particular, inspires awe.
By the way, you forgot "Accidental Centaurs" from your trophy wall. --Kizor 13:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey there, Kizor. I know we often end up on the opposite side of the fence when it comes to what we want to do to questionably notable articles, but we're certainly on the same team. I really do appreciate your efforts in the deletion discussions. Thank you for that. As for "The Accidental Centaurs", it's on the list under "The". Also, it's not really a trophy list; it's a way for me to see when a deleted article is recreated as happened for Kid Radd. --Brad Beattie (talk) 20:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's just the sentiment I was trying to get across. Thanks. It's good to hear that we maintain perspective when AfDs can traditionally be so antagonizing.
I see the comic is there now that you've pointed it out, too. I'm not a reader and had missed the "The."
As for the list, I really thought I'd foiled you in the Kid Radd AfD and couldn't resist... --Kizor 20:52, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Response to Help on Vandalism Warnings

Hey, thanks for the help -- I was trying to get maybe a tad too fancy on the new version of VandalProof. I appreciate the assist. ~~ Meeples (talk)(email) 00:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:UPHTS

I recently 'renovated' (Template:Smiley) the Trading Spaces page. Do you think it looks okay? (Also, I would be honored if you could sign my new signature book.) sign here • HAPPY HOLIDAYS! — s d 3 1 4 1 5 ^π 16:17, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Rob Wilson

Well, it was in the student newspaper, so as soon as i find that I'll reference it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.114.111 (talk • contribs)

User talk:83.67.138.19

I removed a comment from Talk:England. Why? Because I AM 'White43'!!! Forgot I wasn't logged in.

Now logged in as White43 - i can confirm I am the above.White43 22:25, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Xiexie

Thanks for keeping my page safe from those who have nothing better to do than deface it. :-) Heimstern Läufer 05:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user page. I (very) occasionally edit when not logged in, but it's not from that IP address. Happy editing! --Christopher Thomas 07:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Ditto here, thanks for catching Bigsteeve in the act. Tubezone 01:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Unsectioned comment

This Tubezone guy is deleting all my articles, despite having sourced them. Especially ones on Scotland (where I am from) and Wolves/Wolfdogs (which I own), I'd love to hear from him, but he seems to be stalking me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigsteeve (talk • contribs)

No problem :)

I've also whitelisted you with AVB so a) it shouldn't rv you again and b) anyone you revert is added to the blacklist :)

Do you ever come on the IRC channel?  Glen  04:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

thanks for fixing the vandalism to my user page! it seems someone doesn't like my opinions on Manatech - the same IP wiped that page clean as well. I appreciate it - nice too that you're a fellow canadian and a large format photographer to boot! True manna 07:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Userpage

Noticed that covers the top right corner (user/logout/prefs, etc) when I view your user page. Thought you'd want to know. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 08:02, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hrm. Seems to work fine with Firefox and Safari. What browser are you using, Tim? --Brad Beattie (talk) 08:08, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I use Firefox on Classic skin. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 08:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

See This screenshot. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 08:21, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I use Firefox on Classic skin. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 08:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

That's odd. On my Firefox it's vertically aligned with the article title. Hrm. Anywho, thanks for the heads up. --Brad Beattie (talk) 08:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Platinum Grit

Hey there! Saw that you put a npov notice on the Platinum Grit article. The talk page had nothing regarding this matter so I was confused about what you were refering to. I wrote much of the article and was wondering what exactly you thought needed work. -- The Real Zajac 04:23, 29 Dec 2006 (PST)

Heh. I took a look at the comic and couldn't recall why that went there. I suppose that's a lesson to leave more info on the talk pages when doing such things, eh? Lesson learned. I've removed the {{npov}} tag. --Brad Beattie (talk) 20:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)