User talk:Grandmasterka/Archive 12 (May-June, '07)

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[edit] Images

Hi Grandmasterka? Can you tell me where I can find images of Venice? My aim is to put them to my userpage. I.-P@zzo 16:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Grandmasterka, please, I need your help. I want to add beautiful images to my userpage. Can you give me some advices? I.-P@zzo 08:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi again! Thanks for your advices. I.-P@zzo 14:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia 2007

Hello GM. Is Wikimedia 2007 just like Wiki meeting? or something else? That's just my question. I hope you can respond in my talk pages. Cheers. Daniel 5127 06:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

If I go to Wikimedia, Will I see jimbo there? Daniel 5127 06:26, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:COI

Im new to Wikipedia. Im not too sure what the conflict of interest is, and, not sure that I created a blatant one. I would be happy to fix this. Juts let me know exactly what I should delete.

Thanks

James Reitano

[edit] Misunderstanding at Adminstrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Hello Grandmasterka. See my reply to your comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#The article HD DVD Code. I believe you misunderstood the Darkspots. Picaroon (Talk) 23:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert bot's work?

You may have thought that my talk pages was vandalized, but it wasn't. That was an archive bot doing his job... Thanks anyway...≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Why did you revert the archiving to my talk page? Fancy footwork 01:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Everyone... The bot was removing sections without archiving, see Shadow1's comment on Wikipedia:Bot requests. I rolled back all the bot's edits. Grand master ka 01:25, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure you did all of them, because I just did about 50 more (hopefully I did the right ones). Also, I've done the ones that couldn't be rolled back because ShadowBot had done 2 consecutive edits to the page. I reverted to last good revision. --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 01:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

No, i don't think there's anymore. I think I finished it. --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 01:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 01:53, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Also reverting bot

Thanks for wat you did,. i was all set to come on here and moan, until i read the above conversation. CheersThenthornthing 08:47, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mifflin Street Block Party

The only source I have is that blog, although the blog is the blog of a former Mayor of Madison. AdamBLang

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for speedily handling User:Fg3. Fg2 10:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Usernames for Deletion Edit Summary

No harm, no foul. Thank you for responding. Bullzeye^{Complaint Dept./Contribs)} 03:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carioca RFA

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (31/4/1), so I am now an administrator. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Muito obrigado! --Carioca 20:45, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletionist

Would you mind if I ask if you count yourself in the deletionist camp? Mathiastck 07:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unblocking a bot

Hello there! I've seen that you have blocked my bot, Tuonela because it was unapproved. That was absolutely correct, of course. But now the bot has been approved for trial (see here) so I felt like contacting you to have the block removed. I hope it's okay for me to leave a message in your talk page, since I can't use the e-mail feature. Thanks in advance :) Teo64x 16:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mojothemofo

Hi... Mofo is an abbreviation for motherfucker, and so prima facie profanity. Cheers. --Rrburke^(talk) 19:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm well aware of that... "Prima facie" profanity doesn't count with me, and "mofo" has a much better connotation than "motherfucker". Grand master ka 19:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow: prima facie, as a rough synonym for self-evident, is used to refer to evidence that is sufficient, if not rebutted, to prove a particular proposition or fact. How could prima facie or self-evident profanity not count? Moreover, notwithstanding its connotations, if abbreviations of the denotation motherfucker don't qualify as profanity, I'm not sure what's left that would. Cheers. --Rrburke^(talk) 19:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay... Well, it is not necessarily "self-evident", and connotations matter. Mofo is often used as an affectionate term and is not, in itself, profanity. And "abbreviations" are subjective. Should we block any username with "mf" in it? Grand master ka 19:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

By the same token, a number of friends of mine use a well-known racial epithet as a term of endearment, but I'm certain if they tried to place the word in their username, it would get tossed in a heartbeat. And it is self-evident that mofo is an abbreviation for motherfucker, isn't it? How is that subjective? Does it ever mean anything else? -- unlike mf, by contrast, which could be someone's initials, or at any rate is not a blatant violation, which is what WP:UAA is reserved for. Anyway, I'm not trying to make this into a whole big thing, it just surprised me that an abbreviation for motherfucker wouldn't be considered profanity when anything with "poop" gets yanked right away. --Rrburke^(talk) 19:59, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_names#Mojothemofo—Gaff ^ταλκ

There you go, use RFCN and see what the community thinks. I thought the account had to have edited to be posted there, but... Whatever works. It's out of my hands now. Grand master ka 20:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SHA-1

While looking at the category for Wikipedians with committed identities, I realized that you are using a SHA-1 hash. While SHA1 hashes are relatively secure, it is possible for them to be hacked. I advise that you try a SHA-512 hash. A calculator for SHA512 can be found here,[[1]]. While not required, this would further add to the seecurity of your account. Thank you for keeping Wikipedia safe. Remember to use a strong password!! - Hairchrm 02:48, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boxes on your User Page

Hi Grandmasterka! I was wondering how you add those little boxes of info about you to your user page. They are on the reight side of your userpage. Thanks, Vballbryan 22:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 05:12, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] After you blocked EdwinCasadoBaez [2]

He came back under another IP address 69.120.74.120 and 69.119.127.181 . Less than 2 hours later. [3] [4] . He has admitted to this and basically refuses to abide by the block. As well as stating that he will continue to vandalize [5] YoSoyGuapo 07:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] COI Templates.

Hi, I'm sending you a message because of your involvement with the Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_May_18#Template:COI_and_Template:COI2 discussion. The result of the TfD was no-consensus, but there was a significant expressed consensus for editing the templates to bring them into line with good practice. Unfortunately this has not happened, and the templates have been left pretty much in the state they were before the TfD. Would you like to assist in bringing these templates in line with good practice? --Barberio 16:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guess who is back

That is right! EdwinCasadoBaez! [6] A new report was made.. [7] He even blanked the page of your sockpuppet warning. [8] 64.131.205.111 06:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

also here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Santiago_de_los_Caballeros#great_Edits_Recently 64.131.205.111 08:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

can that IP address be blocked? 64.131.205.111 16:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I did that already, a while back. Is there another one to block? Grand master ka 18:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

he has several IP he uses 69.119.127.181 , 69.119.56.116 and 70.177.181.129 are the main culprits. 64.131.205.111 19:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

back again.. 7 more contributions after the 24 hour block of the IP address. 69.119.127.181 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) YoSoyGuapo 12:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

re. deletion of Ann Boddington page. You seem to have deleted it believing it was a memorial page. In fact, Ann Boddington was an important and well known person in Scarborough, Ontario. With the establishment of a scholastic prize in her name, I believe it is important for the various future recipients of the prize to be able to learn something about the person whose prize they are getting.

I admit that the first posting of the page is drawn heavily from a funerary tribute, but that is just the material I had on hand. I have asked others to flesh out the story based on their own knowledge of Ann's accomplishments.

I request that you reconsider the deletion and let Ann's many admirers put together a more complete biography of a truly remarkable woman.

[edit] White Dragon (England) pages

I saw your report on WP:ANI about the above referenced article. Though not highly tech savvy, I took some time to see if I could figure it out. I think I've solved it; and I entered it into the protected titles list. (You can see the solution when you look at the section in edit mode.)

Thanks for reverting the mess. — ERcheck (talk) 11:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ann Boddington

re.Ann Boddington - the article I submitted earlier today is not a copyright violation. It does not use anything that is not public information and it does not duplicate, or even rely on, the death notice. Nor is it a memorial. It is the first stab at a more detailed biography of an important local figure.

I'm sorry that I didn't accumulate all the relevant data myself before starting the article, but I thought the way Wikipedia operated was collaborative in nature. I keep alerting people to start filling in the details and you keep deleting the article before they can.

FYI: Ann was well known in scholarly circles, musical circles and political circles - and not just in Scarborough.

Please put the article back and stop assuming that you know who is important and who is not. :)

Your reply indicates you didn't even look at the article I posted. You described it as a death notice when it was written in the style used by other biographers. It started with her birth and moved chronologically through her life (more or less - subject to the constraints of staying on topic in each paragraph) ending with her death and the establishment of a prize in her name.

Again, I request that you put the article back up so her other admirers can add to it.

Thanks. I've put out the word again so it should be fleshed out quite a bit over the next week.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Garydale (talk • contribs).

[edit] You are testing my patience !!!

Why do you delete the image while I am preparing the copy-right statement? This is not the way one deals with others! --BF 17:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, but this is the worst possible answer one could expect: you delete without knowing what you are deleting! (Please forgive me, but I have simply lost my composure, being insulted twice for one and the same image.) I have no time to waste: this will become the third time that I will have uploaded the same image!!! --BF 17:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind messages; very much appreciated them. Wish you a good day. Kind regards, --BF 18:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ColScott

Hi. Can you give me a link to the discussion that you referenced in your edit summary at User:ColScott? (I don't question or care about him being banned ... but I think having that message there is an unnecessary provocation. We would be best served with a live + let live relationship with him.) --BigDT 18:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thx. --BigDT 19:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inspector A$$

Did you report him for suspected sockpuppetry? Looks like another SummerThunder (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) puppet. --Milton 01:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Alrighty, sounds good. Thanks much --Milton 01:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Domino's Pizza

Sorry about the good edits-- This was one of the most complicated spam to undo and I screwed up. Thanks for fixing my boo-boo. Coren 04:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:VandalHeart

I just created a username that was very quickly blocked. I understand why, and will continue to understand if the name is not unblocked, but if you would please check the talk page there, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you SteveIce 05:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. See my reply there. Grand master ka 06:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Please give me a link where I can find the babels. Thanks. B@ron A. D 14:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

For this edit and its summery. DES ^(talk) 05:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Skin

Hello. How can I make my skin on my userpage with colors? Melvin B. 08:29, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Please answer. It's very important for me. Melvin B. 15:11, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Italian Army Ranks

Just to let you know: user:Horemsa and his other socketpups have been identified as socketpups of Wikipedia:Long term abuse/Roitr. --noclador 08:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)