User talk:GlassCobra/Archive 6

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Archives Archive 1: April 26, 2007 - August 27, 2007 Archive 2: August 25, 2007 - September 16, 2007 Archive 3: September 17, 2007 - October 16, 2007 Archive 4: October 17, 2007 - November 5, 2007 Archive 5: November 5, 2007 - November 13, 2007 Archive 6: November 14, 2007 - November 23, 2007 Archive 7: November 24, 2007 - December 12, 2007 Archive 8: December 13, 2007 - January 3, 2008 Archive 9: January 3, 2008 - January 26, 2008 Archive 10: January 26, 2008 - February 13, 2008 Archive 11: February 13, 2008 - February 27, 2008 Archive 12: February 27, 2008 - March 17, 2008 Archive 13: March 17, 2008 - April 6, 2008 Archive 14: April 7, 2008 - April 28, 2008 Archive 15: April 29, 2008 - June 8, 2008

November 14, 2007 - November 23, 2007

im sorry

glasscobra i am so sorry i did not mean to cause anybody harm please forgive me i really did not mean to. please i am begging you to forgive me. your's truely the dork. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.204.122 (talk) 00:24, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

please

are you going to forgive me Glasscobra? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.204.122 (talk) 00:30, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Question

Just making sure, but sometimes I see vandals who are clearly vandalizing and their intent is clearly just to vandalize, but the vandalism is not severe enough to give the "only warning" template. Is it okay to skip some warning levels, for instance skipping level 1 and beginning with a level 2 "caution" warning, or going straight from a level 1 warning to a level 3 warning? I've seen this happen occasionally and I just want to clarify if it is allowed (within reasonable use, of course). Thanks! :) — NovaDog — (contribs) 00:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankspam

User:Neranei/adminthanks

Last aired date on Ed, Edd n Eddy

This is ridiculous. That field has been edited all day long. Is there any way to block editing a field or infobox without blocking the whole page? It would be a shame to have to protect the page over this one silly field. -- Elaich ^talk 03:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

You're everywhere

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I see your contributions constantly on my watchlist and IRC. So I think you deserve this! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 07:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha ha - Great minds think alike. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 07:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Ray Charles fix

Many thanks for your help. Captmike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captmike (talk • contribs) 15:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Only a warning?

I just felt that if there were ever a case for indef w/o warning, this was it. No biggie, though. If it works, it's all the same, I guess. Regards, K. Scott Bailey 15:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Afternoon :) !

Wotcha my man. Yes the might clan McPedro are all fine. How's it going with those shiny new buttons ? Pedro :  Chat  16:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the wife was not happy. But it's part of the ride on wiki. If I didn't want it vandalised I didn't have to put it there. It's my personal reminder of why I volunteer time here, and if people are petty enough to deface it that's their look out. Accounting4Taste blocked the offending editor, with consensus gained at ANI for the block. The day I start getting offended by crap like that is the day I hand in the tools and reture from my account - which I have no intention of doing. Far too much work to be done before then! Pedro :  Chat  16:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Shiny Thing

Thank you!!! Pedro :  Chat  16:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

HOTTIE

I do stand by the close, although you may always take it to DRV if you wish. I'd advise against that: the debate is essentially one of the "this is funny"/"no, it isn't, it's offensive" variety. Numbers are irrelevant once a certain level of opposition is reached: if this page makes a large fraction of the community uncomfortable, keep the peace by moving the page, but retaining the article. If it were merely one or two stragglers or newbies opposing this, that would be one thing -- however, with the number of established voices on both sides, this is the only reasonable outcome.

As to its location, I don't care which user has it. I do think it is a bit silly to assert WP:OWNership of the thing, and I'm not sure why you mind in whose userspace it ends up, but you are welcome to work that out with EVula yourself. Best wishes, Xoloz 16:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I do have a concern about this page. Looking at "What links here", WP:HOTTIE seems to being quoted in AfD discussions. Those can be picked on by outside interests - press, article subjects etc. and would paint the project in a pretty bad light. This is prob a testament to the humour of the page, but the joke having been made, perhaps the page could stay deleted? WjBscribe 17:29, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, the page itself is now in userspace, so anyone (wiki-editor or outside journalist) who considered the page as a guideline of any sort would be wrong. There are certainly many essays that could cause difficulty for Wikipedia if they were misperceived as policy. On the other hand, I'm not sure how prevalent the "WP:" -> User: redirects are. Perhaps they are intended, even under R2, to be disallowed, and perhaps this is wise. Xoloz 19:45, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Copycat

Thanks for nailing that little !@#$@#. It's a child whose original username was User:Znznzn, who's been popping up with sockpuppets vandalizing me, Pedro -- he said some disgraceful things about the picture of Pedro's son -- and a couple of other people. I'm about ready to track down his IP and phone his mother... (well, perhaps not yet, but I'm about ready to talk to his service provider). That's one young man that's going to get a spanking when his mom finds out the !@#$# he's been up to. Accounting4Taste 18:35, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

In connection with this, do you know how to find an IP number from a user name? I'm curious about what part of what country this young vandal is from, and who his service provider is. I'm not intending to do anything, I'm just wondering what the tools might be. Accounting4Taste 18:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I thought that (the Checkuser request) might be the case, I went and read up on that this morning. I was just wondering if there was some way of attaching a WHOIS search to a username, but I guess not. I'm not going to go as far as the Checkuser -- YET. Another couple of sockpuppets' worth of annoyance and I will. You're right, though, it is creepy... the little nuisance is quoting dialogue from one of the "Saw" films. I wonder if he knows just how serious this could be? I mean, in Canada, it's sufficiently serious that he could go to jail for "uttering threats". I don't know what the laws are in the States. But I bet he would have some 'splainin' to do to his mommy if his entire family found itself permanently without Internet service as a result of complaining to his service provider about vandalism. Accounting4Taste 19:37, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Quite right, I'm definitely well in advance of the time that such action will be required; as I said, it will be another few sockpuppets from now. But since I've become an admin, one thing that has bugged me is that I seem to be constantly looking up policies and procedures of which I had no idea before being handed the mop... I'm determined to be better prepared for the future, not just in this situation but in all of them. (Because I hate feeling foolish.) Forewarned is forearmed!! BTW, you might be wary of this kid's attempts with respect to your own self in the near future -- this is how he seems to pick his victims, by whoever crossed him last. A word to the wise... So, other than this, are we having fun yet? LOL Accounting4Taste 22:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Golly, I'm sure glad that that got cleared up. Imagine, having a roommate that would do that sort of thing while you were on vacation in Europe. Kind of makes you lose faith in human nature, doesn't it? It's a good thing we're all so credulous and believe this means everything will stop now, so I guess I'll just accept that no further foul-mouthed sockpuppets will crop up and I won't have to track down his service provider, or call his mommy, or anything like that. Good thing that explanation came along that completely forestalled the necessity to do anything like that, and just at the right time, too. Mighty good thing. Accounting4Taste 23:05, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For that revert. I've blocked the IP too; that IP was an IP sock of a person who keeps harassing both me and another user. Acalamari 19:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

It's a 24 hour block though; he'll probably be back with another IP either tomorrow or the day after. I did a WHOIS on the IP before blocking, and that IP originates from the same place as his other IP socks. Acalamari 19:59, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

how did i vandalize?

How did I vandalize?

check the artists webpage he is an artist and I added him to the list of Mancini names with a page for his biography which was also deleted. I would appreciate it if you would restore both things that were deleted.

Instead of being rude and going ahead and deleting people, perhaps you should do the proactive thing and reach out to a user and try and correct any problems with the posting before deleting pages that they have added.

Please clarify —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommiesox (talk • contribs) 20:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

As you requested

I fixed it. It wasn't closed, so it was including everything else in the page. Also, I moved it to be on the left other left (lol), just as the old one was, and I nuked the white background so it blends in to the page. You like? Ariel♥Gold 00:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

fyi

• the random who keeps removing Kanye West's mother from Deaths in 2007 is at it again. just to let you know since i noticed yr final warning on the user's talk page. best, tomasz. 16:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Please explain

Please explain to me why you blocked my account and delted my last entry. Here's proof from a major reliable source (New Yor Times) that what I said was true: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/sports/baseball/15cnd-bonds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin I was on as pnanni —Preceding unsigned comment added by Temporarie2 (talk) 02:05, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

--TeaDrinker 05:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Request for Comment about Problem

Hi GlassCobra, can you please take a look this discussion in reference to images that were uploaded from WWII in Color website, the copyright status is in question and there have been many users who are part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft who are upset about the Wiki Policy about image licensing WP:IUP. Thank you! -TabooTikiGod 06:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks & regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

How do you know cows don't fly?

Wisham Beamon is a genius. I happen to know him myself. There is no proof that cows don't fly. Starwarsrulez (talk) 01:14, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I have a liable source, it is http://www.space.com/news/moooncow_exhibit_000511.html. Starwarsrulez (talk) 01:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Answ

HD Question

I answered there, but try deleting your cookies. That should do it. - Rjd0060 (talk) 02:15, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Ultrasound?

I am a retired Ultrasonoigrapher. A ct (computed tomography, a slice of a 3D view)presented on a monitor screen. Did you want to know where to get an ultrasound machine repaired? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlangley1 (talk • contribs)

Your question , of course. It was something like this: "..what is a ct sono...." and "...help me find how to repair an ultrasound machine..." Sorry if I misunderstood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlangley1 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, I must have read someone else's question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlangley1 (talk • contribs)

Overhyperlinkification

I took out the "American" link from RHCP because some Wikipedia articles are so heavily linked that they're near-impossible to read. You put it back with the comment "…but still useful". How so? I can't imagine a reader of that page thinking, "Hmm, 'American'. I wonder what that means?" That way madness lies. Hey ho. Do what you like to RHCP. It's not something to get upset about, but I do wonder whether we overdo the linking sometimes. Patrick Neylan (talk) 00:07, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

IRC idling...

Damnit - I thought you were online! You should really stop with annoying idling! :PDihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 02:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Just pmd you now (and I did last time too)...I guess we're just not lucky. Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 07:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Minor Jedi AFD

Only a couple of the keep arguments were based in policy or guidelines; the others used arguments like WP:PAPER, WP:SAL (which is just a guideline on how to write standalone lists), and WP:ILIKEIT that aren't reasons to keep anything. The series being notable also doesn't transfer notability to every single character in it (notability isn't inherited), hence my decision to delete. --Coredesat 19:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Future films

Can I ask you why you are declining the deletion of a number of articles about unproduced projects? The notability guidelines for films clearly reflects that stand-alone articles for such films are not warranted. This is because of the uncertainty of the film industry -- projects are often announced and developed, but a minority of them are actually produced. Is there a reason why such often non-notable items are not deleted? Films with well-covered development histories are placed at broader articles, like Spider-Man 4. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 22:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I will see about merging or taking it to AfD. I was just hoping for a clearer explanation for each decline of the proposed deletion generally based on WP:NF. I have to disagree, though, that because a big-name actor is signed warrants keeping the article. I keep an eye on future films to watch a project progress beyond development, and not very many do. I'm not opposed to mentioning the attachment in the actors' articles, it's just that a whole article about the film isn't warranted based on a contract that can easily be reneged in the film industry. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 22:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries, then. :) Glad to hear your feedback; it helps. It'd be nice if projects did come to fruition as soon as the dotted line is signed, but as I've sadly learned in keeping an eye on projects with RSS feeds and Google Alerts, there's a lot more factors at stake, especially writing as signified by the recent strike. (Expect less films in 2009 -- the ones to be released in 2008 are generally already in production.) Happy editing! —Erik (talk • contrib) - 22:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

futon

hey glass cobra,

hope you're well.

just wondering why you've cut the futon wiki page down to a mere discopgraphy? ( your edit on the 14th nov 2007)

before there was bit of history about the band etc etc

could you let me know please..

cheers

jordi (Email address removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.116.249 (talk • contribs)

Yahoo! Groups as external links

Hi,

Thanks for writng.

Sorry that the links were of a bother to you.

It seems to me, however, that Wikipedia policy does not just "automatically" ban these types of links.

It seems to me that Wikipedia allows the these types of links as long as they are under the following applicable exception (which, they clearly are):

"Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject."

Please let me know if you feel these links are not related to "the subject of the article" and, if so, how or why that would be.

Thanks.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by AllPeople (talk • contribs)

Hey!

I want to talk to you on IRC tomorrow... 3 PM sounds fine?

nick: eloel

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.192.231 (talk • contribs)

You have mail

Re: My retirement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kscottbailey (talk • contribs)

Nice

I like how you just broke the RfA talk page. Haha! the_undertow ^talk 06:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

That's pretty funny. Once I deleted AfD. Not an article, but actually AfD itself. These thing happen. the_undertow ^talk 06:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I was closing a discussion and deleting the article. I tried to get cute, so instead of using the delete button, i right clicked it and opened a new tab. I was trying to multitask, you see. However, for some reason it opened AfD instead of the article, and I deleted it. I went to finish closing but AfD was a RED LINK. Can you imagine the panic attack I had? the_undertow ^talk 06:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Giggy

User_talk:Dihydrogen_Monoxide/Archive/September_2007#User_talk:Giggy - But meh...redirected now... Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 08:33, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Nothing florid, nothing fancy. Just thanks: for the compliments, for the t-shirt, and for the support. I'll try to wield the Mop-and-Bucket with grace and humility. --Orange Mike 04:18, 20 November 2007 (UTC) (do those t-shirts come in orange?)

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Back

Cheers dude. It was positive commments by people like yourself that made me realise I was being churlish. I'm working hard to try to avoid that kind of unfortunate situation again. Thanks for your kind words, they really do mean a lot. Pedro :  Chat  14:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: The Pee Wee Herman vandal

Hi GlassCobra. Many thanks for that. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 20:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

With pleasure!!! Cheers TigerShark (talk) 20:37, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you block them for what they did in Bongwarrior's userpage?

If so, you were mistaken to block that user. He/she even stated that what they were doing was not vandalism. To block a user for anything other than vandalsim is against the policies, not to mention just plain unfair. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I did actually, and I still don't see why it was vandalism. We all have users we would like for them to just "go away and don't come back", and I'm sure that that user isn't the only one who'd like for some manual of style guidelines to either change or be dropped all together. I don't think you should block someone just for voicing their opinions on Wikipedia. If I confessed right now to you that I think that policies like: no crystal-balling, no fancruft and no images of minor characters in shows should all be dropped and forgotten, would you block me? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 21:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you're right about my grasp, or maybe I've already grasped it the best I ever could. My problem seems to be that I follow what vandalizers say when they put in comments and say what they're saying isn't vandalism. At least, with requests they make, I don't see it as vandalism. Warning them that I'll claw them if they don't shape up is the closest I get to being strict with them; you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 23:35, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I must be unique in my POV's, then. I'm afraid that's all I have left to say on the matter. (Waves her hand to signal the discussion is at an end.) Wilhelmina Will (talk) 23:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Your reverts at Talk:Monolithic kernel

Thanks for attempting to curtail this guy's personal attacks. Doubtless you have seem his repeated insistence on re-adding them. He continually shifts IP addresses within the same /16 (which was rangeblocked for 3 hours earlier by User:KnowledgeOfSelf. This user has made it clear at User Talk:Mayalld, User Talk:KnowledgOfSelf and Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets#User:74.13.29.56 that he intends to continue to add personal attacks. He is determined that he will insult whoever he likes. I am at a loss to find a solution that will prevent his continued personal attacks (we surely can't block a /16 from anonymous editing for an extended period). Your thoughts would be very welcome, Thanks! Mayalld (talk) 22:59, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you! - Jeeny ^(talk) 23:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Why

My messages were 100% accurate, and I don't find them disruptive. Are you just being a biggot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.98.7.53 (talk) 01:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, GlassCobra

Just a quick heads up that your adoptee is a bit busy lately :/ I'm not leaving Wikipedia or anything, it's just real life ;) I should be mostly back in a week or so, God willing of course. Cheers, — NovaDog — (contribs) 02:50, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

74.13.50.175 (talk · contribs)

Heya Mr. Cobra, about this guy, he has a ssp case currently ongoing, and he like to drop his connection and get a new IP address. His M.O. is to add insulting comments, and then undo the reverts of them. Only thing that's worked for me was a range block of 74.13.0.0/16 so just a heads up. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 04:30, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahh I see my comment was redundant. Oh well. Happy editing. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 05:19, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

A belated Thanks...

Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my userpage (5th Nov.). Cheers and happy editing. Lectonar (talk) 18:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the smile

I appreciate the kindness... Mr Which^??? 19:32, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting vandalism on my user page; a week ago, but I just noticed it now. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Redirect

It is a doppleganger account. I had this guy creating a lot of sock account using my name so I made sure I had both the upper case g and lower case g accounts so they couldn't be used for nefarious aims. :) IrishGuy ^talk 01:59, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

MidSun Junior High School

Noticed that you had joined in reverting the repeated vandalism here, thanks!

You may wish to take a look at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/B.Croskery, as this is part of a wider sockfarm vandalism spree.

Cheers Mayalld (talk) 10:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Theodore Theodorsen and his theory

I posted this mans theory of relativity for his son Ted Theodorsen. I was notified by his son (72yrs. old)of the deletion of his fathers work. I just want a little help in understanding your background in the mathematics field. And why obscure people with no knowledge of the subject can vanquish this mans work. It is like I am sucked into a vortex of conformity and there is no escape. Before this deletion, was the information verified? I wrote on the discussion page (I guess a little late). Theodore theodorsen and his theory was published by "GALILEAN ELECTRODYNAMICS" Vol 6. no 4 July/August 1995. Editor and publisher Howard C. Hayden, Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3046.

Is this enough info for you to repost the article? There is no copyright on any of the information that was supplied in the article.

In fact, to make sure that I made no mistakes in the mathematics. I made them images. I was going to ask one of the math guys in wiki math to supply the conversions of all the info.

Please reconsider it's deletion.

Thank you GPA (talk) 17:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your fast response

is there a way for you as an admin to help?

As you can tell I am not the best at this wiki stuff.

Can you prevent the deletion of the Article for a while?

I don't just want to do it. I want to go thru the correct channels

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaccolla (talk • contribs) 18:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Heymann

How do I invoke the Haymann Standard. The article that I posted is vital for the diversity of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaccolla (talk • contribs) 19:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)