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[edit] Re:My user page

After extensive discussion, a compromise has been reached-I can put what I want on my userpage, provided I agree to a disclaimer stating that my views do not reflect those of the community. The disclaimer is prominently displayed, as is the content I see fit to put on my userpage. Thanks for your concern, but like I said the matter has already been resolved. Cerebral Warrior 17:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

As I have already mentioned, the matter has been resolved already. Now, please let me return to editing instead of repeatedly questioning me about my userpage. Thanks. Cerebral Warrior 12:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flashman

I notice you reverted my edit re San Seriffe

For the purposes of American publication, Fraser created a fictional entry of the 1909 edition of Who's Who. This lists Flashman's laurels as: VC, KCB, KCIE; Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur; Congressional Medal of Honor; San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth, 4th Class.

I thought the first US edition was later 1970s but might be wrong. Any idea? BrainyBabe 17:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

You're quite welcome. Sharkface217 20:50, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cerebral Warrior

I've replied on my talk page. yandman 22:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

The script is part of the problem, but it's not all of it, as one can still manually strip each and every article of its date links regardless of their merits. If Hmains stuck to the examples you mentioned, actually judging each case on its merits, I'd be unlikely to have any concerns about his editing. I won't promise to stop reverting his edits until he can prove he is actually capable of doing so, but if he stops the shoot-on-sight mentality, I can't see any reason why I'd need to revert him at all. Rebecca 23:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I tried to follow your suggestion. The trouble is that Rebecca will never agree with any of your suggestons or similar ones made by other administrators and no one does anything about it. She had stated repeatedly that she will revert all delinking of dates no matter what anyone says. Will you do anything about it? Hmains 03:09, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

See User talk:Rebecca#Date linking yet again --Guinnog 03:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
ok; thanks for a beginning. Hmains 03:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AWB edits by User:Spellmaster

Do not understand the reason behind this edit to Botanic Gardens railway station. This is tagged as Typo fixing but all that appears to have happened is a reordering of items which does not appear to have had any effect on the article as displayed -- Stewart 18:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Virtual restraining order requested

have a recurring problem with Clintonesque partly because I reverted his first edit in Fallujah, due to the deletion of sourced text. From there on he has been completely uncivil, has openly accused me of hypocrisy [1]without an form of provocation. Furthermore in Fallujah’s article page he has made an excessive amount of reverts [2] and has seemingly claimed the article as his own, hostilely accosting any editor that opposes his view. Due to his personal attacks and 3rr violation I had placed a warning tag in his talk page, however now he places completely inappropriate pseudo-warnings on my page that are not official templates, but instead inserted spliced together text messages that come of as far more confrontational than a template. But look as one [3], Falsely accusing me of policy violations such as 3RR which I have come nowhere near violating (my greatest revert count for the any day being two edits on the same article.) and then placing warning tags accusing me of improperly removing the false warnings. Threatening me with vague consequences when I do so with such hostile phrases such as “This is your last warning” I have been an active Wikipedia user now for close to half a year and have overall gone about constructive edits, but this Wikistalking from a new user with a record of only POV edits is disrupting my normal Wikipedia habits; I found it difficult to work on a constructive expansion on the history of the Syrian desert while being badgered by harassing messages from him. I request that you take some action to stop the vandalism of my talk page, such as temporarily protecting my talk page. And that some action be taken to prevent his harassing edits. Thank you for taking the time to read this post.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Freepsbane (talk • contribs)

[edit] Response

Hi. Freepsbane asked me to look at your interactions with him and I see they have been less than cordial. The solution I propose is that both of you:

  1. Refrain from editing each others' talk pages for a month. Instead you may commmunicate through me, or any other admin who wants to get involved. This should be easy if you also both agree to
  2. Discuss any proposed changes in articles you have both edited in talk first and obtain consensus for those changes
  3. Refrain from edit-warring over the Fallujah article. I'd like you both to observe WP:1RR on that article please

Do you accept? I'm copying this to him as well. All the best, --Guinnog 00:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Acceptance

Your suggestions for resolving this are acceptable to me. Than you for your fair handling of this. Clintonesque 00:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Thanks for handling this issue. When you consider this problem resolved (probably pending the response of Freepsbane) I would request you to unprotect the Fallujah article. I originally asked for and was granted Full Protection because of the Edit War and the failure to discuss changes on the talk page. Observing WP:1RR will complete the corrective actions needed. Cheers.--Burzum 06:16, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter: Issue VI - November 2006

The November 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by grafikbot 21:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JamesAVD

Well, we've only just finished sorting out the CerebralWarrior mess (by the way I apologise for having made a compromise with him, I didn't know the consensus was so strongly against it), and now this comes up... Take a look at his contribs and the history of his talk page (blanked sockpuppet allegations). I think this user has something against the EU and is out to make a point. He's modified dozens of pages, and I fear that cleaning this up may take time. What's your opinion? yandman 14:35, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

You perhaps mean the sockpuppet allegations which the author subsequently (and immediately) struck out himslef? I have zero against the EU. My point is that those maps were a) non-standard b) potentially POV and c) had not generated any sort of discussion or consensus before being posted. Please assume good faith in future. Many thanks. JamesAVD 12:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Are you talking to me? If not, perhaps your message is better addressed to Yardman. --Guinnog 12:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. Sorry. Have done. JamesAVD 12:43, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something suspicious?

I think we need to check if Sarah and Guinnog are actually socks. They turn up on each others talk pages a lot and seem to agree a lot too. See, for instance ... [4] (KIDDING!) ++Lar: t/c 20:20, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Google robots crawl the User pages? !!

A Google Web Alert that I've had set for a few weeks

Google Web Alert for: "luis de la reguera"|"fernandez de la reguera"

just went off and pointed to the User page I set up, also a few weeks ago, to develop a new article about this subject. The link that Google sent out was "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CliffC/Luis_Fernandez_de_la_Reguera", but since then the page contains a completely different subject.

Should Wikipedia open user pages to Google's robots? That particular page (for example) is always a work in progress, and anyone who visits it from a Google link will probably be dismayed and/or confused. I've added a {{userpage}} tag to the page, but all in all this seems like a bad idea. --CliffC 01:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Me and User:Lar

Hi Guinnog, and thanks for your timely request(s) for Lar and I to stop. As to the stalking issue, well I'm sure everyone will make up their own mind (as Lar already has, apparently). RoscoHead 01:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. Just leave him alone for a while I think. There are plenty of other things to get on with that will contribute positively. In my case, sleep! --Guinnog 01:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More date links

It sounds fair to me. One way to get things moving along might be asking Hmains to justify the reasons for his most recent batch of edits. Many of these seemed to me to be unlikely candidates for delinking, particularly as most were of a historical nature, where there is a fair argument that they provide useful context. It thus seemed to me like Hmains was trying to shift the argument from "all date links must die!" to "I don't think this particularly date link is useful", but behaving in exactly the same manner - he doesn't seem to think any such link is useful, and behaves accordingly. Rebecca 03:58, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the vandal revert

Re [5]: Thanks for picking that up. I'm trying to convince this vandal to act in appropriate ways. But, I fear he will continue as before. His writing style in his personal attacks is actually quite humorous. I wish his creative efforts were directed towards positive efforts rather than negative ones. C'est la vie. --Durin 13:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. --Guinnog 14:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] blair-brown-mandy love triangle

hi -- i apologise for accusing you of censorship. yr points are all correct and i've been over-sensitive. cheers. jamaissur lemon or lime?

No problem. --Guinnog 15:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please comment (the Cerebral Warrior issue)

User_talk:Cerebral_Warrior#A_Proposal_by_crazyeddie crazyeddie 15:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't deleting - I was moving your comment and then responding to it. The lag from the responding part made it appear as if I deleted your comment. That's all. crazyeddie 16:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

My comment addressed who the burden-of-proof should be on. I started to add your blanket vote to the proceedings, then decided it was a bad idea. Could you give a closer look? One of the purposes of this proposal is to take a more nuanced look at the problem.... (By the way, your comment was moved to here) crazyeddie 17:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Making someone feel important is not necessarily a bad thing. Besides, I think the point will be made just how many people disagree with him. In turn, this might give an indication just how many people are looking for him to screw up again so they can haul him before ArbCom... crazyeddie 17:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, it looks like there is a simple majority against it. But the rules I cooked up did specify a 2/3rds against before we forced CW to remove something. Since this procedure of mine is completely ad hoc, it is rather unenforcable. But if you want to buck it, I'm not sure what the next step would be - a real RfC? ArbCom?

Oh, and about that misspelling thing - I personally rather like it when idiots announce themselves. crazyeddie 04:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pesky advertiser

Would you mind blocking User:Skinuteam? He's tried to create an article about his company, Skinu 4 times in the past hour, and I'm sick of checking up on him every 5 minutes. I've given him ample warning for this, both on his talk page and on the talk pages of the various attempts. Ta very much. yandman 16:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protected from recreation

It's no bother at all. Just put {{deleted}} on the otherwise empty page, and then protect it. See for example Bush is Hitler. Tom Harrison Talk 16:58, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for Interviewees

Hello,

I am a freelance writer working on an article about the subculture of people who use Wikipedia the way the rest of us use MySpace. So I’m looking to interview several Wikipedia “addicts” as well as people who, while they don’t consider themselves addicted, do spend a good amount of time on the site editing articles, patrolling for errors, seeking out false articles, fighting for changes they made to be kept in, and otherwise contributing to the site. If you are interested please email me at brianrhodges@gmail.com.

This offer is open to anybody else reading this, not just this particular user. But please, don’t come to me with if you’re hoping I’ll be exposing conspiracies or censorship issues amongst the wikipedia higher-ups. That’s not really what this article is about.

Thanks,

Brian68.39.158.205 22:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear on link policy

The heavy handed manner in which you deleted my external links left me with a really bad taste in my mouth regarding contributions. I'm a newbie, for sure, and I primarily spend my time building and writing my own website. But the pages to which I linked - mainly my own - were often as not better written and more thoroughly researched than the existing wiki. I was trying to share, and you called me a spammer - and treated me accordingly.

Even more, I am finding many links similar to (and/or less useful than) the ones you deleted - they were already there, and they remain as I write. Maybe I'm venting here, but I have to wonder if you even followed the links before you deleted them. --RandysRodeodotcom 00:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No Problem

No problem on the reverts. Btw, do you know what happened to the WR templates? Did they dissapear after discussion or something? Chris Kreider 15:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I think they were the templates used to warn vandals who removed the warnings from there own user page. Maybye I had a bran lapse and forgot what they were. If you dont know anything, that is cool. Chris Kreider 15:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!Chris Kreider 15:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your welcome

For [6], it's useful to get their attention. :-) - CobaltBlueTony 16:32, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

Sorry for the delay in jumping in. I saw some of your excellent work to date. I'll get stuff into it soon. David D. (Talk) 01:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Irish

Sorry. It's getting tiring anyway now as you can my shortening post length. --Merbabu 12:26, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Latest: User talk:86.17.246.29. I dont' know that it is a problem. Any thoughts? I find it hard not to reply. --Merbabu 04:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sir Guinnog...

hello mate u dropped me a message an i wann no how to send u a message back see you soon buddy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The bellend (talk • contribs) .

I have moved tis message from your userpage, mate. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
No worries. But I have a very long way to catch up to your maintenance of my pages! Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can you please lock Jeanine Pirro?

It's election day (8:30 am on the East coast) in the USA, and a brand-new user is changing the Jeanine Pirro article to indicate African descent and remove a link to a favorable NY Times article. I reverted it it once but now there's an anonymous user making changes as well. Can you lock this for the day (or until the polls close, haha) after reverting a ways back? I think Jeanine is a dope but right is right. I would guess there are other political figures on both sides of the aisle suffering dirty tricks at the moment. Not sure if you are in the right time zone for this... --CliffC 13:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I received your message[7] and I will be more than willing to follow your instructions. My apologies for the slow response, a real life strep infection kept me out for a bit. Once again thank you for your time. Freepsbane 00:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage Revert!

I can return the thanks for the reverts to userpage vandalism! Thanks and keep up the good work. Chris Kreider 03:16, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links to Monologue Search

Hi Guinnog!

I also sent this this message to Zapptastic for discussion so I hope you don't mind a little copy and pasting!

I received a communication from you regarding the addition of various external links to MonologueSearch.com. I honestly want to have Monologue Search used as a source for monologues on the internet! It is totally free and I'd love to see it start getting more exposure. This site is something that the theatre community desperately needs. How would you suggest we link information about the individual authors to Wikipedia? We are getting new monologue contributions every day and I'm hoping that we will increase our membership base and consequently, our database strength. I want this to be available to everyone. That's the whole reason we're doing this. Please give me some advice about the appropriate way to go about this. I see links to poetry and plays on the pages of these authors but I haven't found much on monologues (for audition purposes). I feel like this is a good deed undone. Any response would be greatly appreciated!

~ Justin / iamwaggle >> Here's my Talk Page Posted at 10:28PM on November 7, 2006 PST

Also, here's a little quote from the guidelines for external links that I thought applied to this situation:

"Many sites are commercial in nature. Although this provides motive to spam them on wiki pages, there is no problem with commercial sites that are useful references. Many major newspaper websites contain heavy advertisement, but they are nonetheless good references. In the end, the best criteria to consider is the content and relevancy."

[edit] apologies

Hi. I had assumed that the 'cunt hair' was vandalism and rolled it back. As you will have noticed, I quickly realized that it was not vandalism and reverted my roll-back. Sorry! Bucketsofg 02:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] THanks to you too

Same thanks goes back to you! Chris Kreider 13:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the note

I have put some new notes at the bottom of the discussion of Ad Hominem. Thanks again. - Jive

[edit] Image:NIrelandDerryFreeJM.jpg

Out of curiosity, do you know whether this was taken in the city of Derry/Londonderry or elsewhere in the county? I noticed someone changing the caption used for it in Northern Ireland to say it was taken in "Londonderry." Since WP:MOS recommends referring to the city as "Derry" and the county as "Londonderry," I'm not 100% sure which is appropriate. For now, I'm assuming it was taken in the city. Best, FreplySpang 17:22, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! FreplySpang 18:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article "linked to"

Hey Guinnog...
I was wondering if it is possible to see the articles a certain template is used on. For example, I have a template I made at User:StonedChipmunk/Templates/FirstWarning and I was wondering if it is being used (and what pages it is used on). Alternatively (or in conjunction to this question), how do you check the contributions made by a certain user? --StonedChipmunk 23:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits to my userpage

Yes I did edit it when I forgot to sign in, i probably make 5% of my edits while I'm not signed in, just quick stuff I remember etc. Thanks for the concern : ) Nick carson 11:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weird

So much for that i before e rule. Thanks for catching my errors. SWoods 12:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gahdammit

Your rollback keeps beating out popups, and I end up reverting you by accident. Jeez. :P – Chacor 14:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism reverts

As always, thanks for the vandalism reverts on my user page. I am popular - have you seen the latest WP:RfAr involving Steele and I? Fun... Best, Gwernol 20:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sex Pistols etc

Funnily, RandysRodeodotcom has a half page in this month's Uncut. Strange dark forces are at work here, I'd guess. - Coil00 01:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

To be honest I took him at face value at the time, but yeah, as it turns out, it was spam. And no, we weren't mentioned in the magazine. - Coil00 01:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tsar Bomba

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomba_Cara Tsar Bomba information User talk:84.10.9.157 12:55, 11 November 2006

[edit] Mistaken edit

FYI. [8] --Guinnog 10:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks for that. I did look at it for a few seconds, and it seemed like a typo. Now that I look at the overall article, it's obvious that the quote should be left alone. Sorry about that. Interesting article by the way: I'd heard of the ship of the same name, but I never knew the etymology of it, and never thought to look it up. Cheers, CmdrObot 15:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gday

G'day Mr Guinnog. I hope you didn't mind me making those edits to the sock page. I didn't really want to, but I feel it is becoming necessary to keep that going and up-to-date. I'm currently having problems with him trying to get Michael Ignatieff unprotected. So much for him leaving. 8-(Sarah Ewart (Talk) 18:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting my userpage, too. I didn't even notice I'd been vandalised those last few times. Thanks mate. By the way, I think any doubt that IP is Ottawaman went out the window with this [9] Sarah Ewart (Talk) 18:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting my page again earlier. I just sent you an email, if you're still around. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 15:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Got your reply, thanks, G. I think I've fixed it now, thank goodness, but I'm still clueless as to what was causing the problem. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 15:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandal

Vandal on 87.194.35.230 Jkvandeusen; moving pages to inappropriate names. See anaemia page now called C:// 89.240.114.89 19:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ref removal

Yes, that was a mistake. Thank you for catching it. :-) Dmcdevit·t 20:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page question: usage of templates

Hey Guinnog... since you seem to be on me like the plague (and I mean that in a good way - I couldn't think of better wording) I thought you would be a good person to ask about this:
My roommate always adds stuff to his userpage - and by stuff I mean templates. When I am curious and go looking around things like controversial topics (it's fun to see what people are arguing about nowadays) I always find his userpage on this list. Recently the number of things on his user page has been reduced, but so far he's determined to keep things up there. The most recent change I made was deleted templates such as the UnderConstruction template (because he never edits his page anyways) and things like Controversial (because it's a userpage). I also added some userboxes and moved some words around (which is what the 8 edits or so are that I made recently), but that is not really relevant. Some other users have removed things like sProtected and Proposed Deletion notices. My main question is: is it good practice to place all these templates on a userpage? (Right now there are 3 or so templates.) If it isn't I would really appreciate it if you told him because he won't listen to me (even though he lives, like, 4 feet away from me ;) ). --StonedChipmunk 16:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, it'd be great if you could reply to this on my talk page. --StonedChipmunk 16:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
It's not really a harm, it's just that I'm not sure that having these templates on a userpage is helpful to Wikipedia. (He told me he also wants an admin's opinion.) --StonedChipmunk 16:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Let me put it this way: in your opinion, from 1 to 10, where 1 is delete and 10 is keep, what should be done with them? --StonedChipmunk 16:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User advertising

I have noticed that user Jeff.arthur has used this name for an image "TreeNymphButterfly-JeffArthur-Snappyphotos-co-uk.jpg‎" and has repeatedly put external links to his own website with advertised sales. I have reverted four edits, but an administrator's monitoring would probably be helpful. User probably needs advise. 89.240.125.189 22:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I have put a factual message on his user talk page. 89.240.125.189 23:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rail maps

Sorry for the late reply - yes much better! On approach to Waverley you can actually see the points at the justion for the old branch down to Leith Central has been removed completely! Thanks/wangi 23:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goodbye

Thanks for your kind words and offers of help Guinnog. But I'm afraid even just popping in briefly for a private comment to someone generates so much nonsense, so I will just drop even trying to defend myself after a couple of goodbye posts. I have been accused of "disruption", "trolling", impersonation of others (I have no idea where that one came from), and even "vandalism" in one place. I hope Wikipedia will eventually fix itself, but I am obviously more than unwelcome to return here. I hope you keep up the good work and best of luck!--203.109.209.49 03:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC) (This IP is shared and not quite static, changes every few weeks, so please don't respond on the IP talk page)

May I suggest that you "signed in" as a user instead of being user:203.109.209.49. Your very own user name will then have a "secret" password and your edits will not be confused with other peoples edits, who might use the same IP address. Your edits will always be recognised as yours no matter what the IP address is. I might be worth trying this, before you say "goodbuy" the wiki forever, as you appear to be keen to improve the wiki. 89.240.125.189 10:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Er, sorry, that was User:Konstable. I am no longer using that account as people seem to hate me using it so much that I am in the process of being banned for it, or something, I've lost track of the nonsense long ago.--203.109.209.49 11:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I knew that of course. I wish there was some way I could help you to sort out the mess. For my part, as I said to you in email, you were a great editor and a great admin, and I would definitely take account of that in understanding whatever difficulties you are having with the project just now. If you want a suggestion, why not take an actual wikibreak until things are easier for you? I think what you are doing just now is only going to annoy people more and make it harder for you to come back and/or resume your adminship duties, should you want to at some time in the future. If there's anything you want to talk about privately, why not drop me an email? Please look after yourself and remember there are more important things than this. Very best wishes, --Guinnog 11:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Iain Banks articles

Hi,

I'm sorry if the article edits are demotivating you - that is about as far from my intention as it can be. I I ahve caused any problem I apologise. I will make a point of going back over them as soon as I can and have another look at the assessments, as you correctly point out am trying to work quickly, probably too quickly at times. By the way the stub class really means that the article can have more added to it (sometimes much more), it is not really a negative critic of what has already been done.

One the other points about the infobox additions they are mostly those agreed as part of the standard content for infoboxes for novel articles. If these are problematic we should look over the stardards and revise or enhance them. You are the first to have indicated a problem with some of these issues, so you "may" be alone in this, although of course that is not certain for sure. Just on of those issues, the media type "Paperback" for instance it is difficult to assign a clear grammatical rule to this as the words are not in used within a sentence where I quite agree they would be "paperback", however they are being used as isolated nouns.

Anyway on all these things and others please do keep editing and any problems we may have I'm sure can be worked out and resolved. Although I have clear opinions, you will find me quite flexible. Cheers. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Just going back through some of them now - and yes I appear to be having a "very" bad day. I have changed the assessments in some cases up to B-class. Also your latest observation I think you may be right - but do bear in mind that different parts of the wiki world seem to use the term differently. Anyhow criticism on this issue taken on board. It's people like you who keep people like me honest, thanks. And do lend a hand more with the project if you can; the more hands and different opinions the better we will do. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trolling on SA articles

Hi. I think it would be better for all concerned if we simply ignore the various trolls on these articles instead of engaging them time and again. Zunaid©Please rate me at Editor Review! 13:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IMO, User:64.59.200.43 should be blocked

User:64.59.200.43 has had several warnings and today is vandalizing Salvador Dali (but who isn't?) The Dali article has led me to some great sites, so thanks to those who put it together. --CliffC 18:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saddam Hussein article refusing to be reverted?

I've tried to revert that Saddam article vandalism several times but it refused to stick. Why is that? --Iriseyes 18:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spamming

Just a question on what is considered spamming, I am new to Wikipedia so forgive my ignorance. I recently added some pages to different articles and a few were labeled as spam. I think the websites I added were a good resource for the article, otherwise I would not have added it. My intentions when posting a website are not to get people to "buy something" but in fact it is to inform. If the websites that I add do sell a product are those websites considered spam? What are the links in the article based on when being judged whether they will be allowed on the page or edited out? Thanks. jaeysson

[edit] Re: User talk:76.168.210.190

Stealth admin strikes again. ;) I doubt you will, but lemme know if you need anything on that one. Luna Santin 22:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Attention to Gunninog, please

To Guinnog! It is very important that you just don't take out the article that I contributed to this site--please get in touch with me--either email or whatever is possible. I must explain something to you. I signed my last attempt--you have no idea how important it is to leave it there--if it is too long, feel free to edit it. I am new to this page. Please let's communicate. You have done great stuff on your site. My email is: mailg4@gmail.com 76.168.210.190 22:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thank you for dealing with this vandal User talk:85.210.236.17 vandal 85.210.xxx.xxx has been doing this type of vandalism for some time, I been working to revert his activities as well

[edit] Nice Edit Summaries

Love it: "puerile vandalism"- brings me back to 7th period latin :-) Pcbene 13:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dubble trubble

Good catch finding User:Trubbles. I added a quick note to your WP:ANI report. I don't think these are Maru, but in the end it doesn't really matter. We'll play whack-a-mole with them for a while and they'll slink away back to where they came from. Best as always, Gwernol 14:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks!
Thanks for your input on my (nearly recent) Request for adminship, which regretfully achived no consensus, with votes of 68/28/2. I am grateful for the input received, both positive and in opposition, and I'd like to thank you for your participation.
Georgewilliamherbert 05:19, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Defend each other

I've poked Lar, but I haven't had time to pursue it in depth yet. It might be good to get a few generally like-minded supporters of the idea together to start working on something... I'll follow up on this tomorrow. Georgewilliamherbert 06:04, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Having a few of us, so that we can keep prodding each other to keep making progress on it, would be useful. Glad to hear that you're in. Georgewilliamherbert 06:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I can prod, and read, and comment, if that would be helpful. But you both know how good I am at actually getting things done. This is a great idea though... ++Lar: t/c 06:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Re: Spell Checker, etc.

Hello Guinnog,

Welsh?

Could you tell me if Wikipedia has a spellchecking facilty - if so, how does it work please.

Seeing as your obviously an expert - does a 'perfect' article with lots of the more complex features exist so that I can learn from it rather than wade through all the advice pages?

Thanks for any help,

Rosser —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosser1954 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Thankyou for your tireless work, Guinnog.

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This is awarded to Guinnog for his amazing, prolific copyediting, for being a kind and loyal friend and for helping make the 'pedia that much nicer. Thankyou. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 15:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


P.S. I hope you don't mind, but I updated your edit count: 21162!! That's nearly 3 times mine and I've been here longer! Sarah Ewart (Talk) 15:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fluorine and my lack of brain power today

I apologize deeply, I think i just understood the message you sent me and I hope and pray to god I'm responding in the correct manner. I'm new to the wiki community, i've been using the wikipedia for a long time but I was never a member so to speak. Onto the flourine, Theodoregray.com is where i got my information, and this is the exact link: http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Samples/009.5/index.s12.html in the picture, as you will see, the sample is a brownish color. I would have put up a picture in the fluorine article but i haven't asked permission yet. Again, I apologize sincerely for my ignorance and I hope you can accept. BlackIvy88 17:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JavaScript Page Not Formatting

Guess who it is! (Hey Guinnog...) The JavaScript pages that I create turn out formatted incorrectly. Here are a few samples:
User:StonedChipmunk/usermessagechanger.js
User:StonedChipmunk/enhanceduserpage.js
User:StonedChipmunk/statuschanger.js
User:StonedChipmunk/monobook.js (this one is really bad)
Any ideas what is going wrong? (In turn, the bad formatting doesn't allow the scripts to run.) Oh, and it would be great if you could reply on my talk page since I've asked this question to a few Wikiscripters and don't feel like checking my watchlist. --StonedChipmunk 23:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your cork proposal

You wrote: "Now, my proposal was for Cork to point to the disambig page, with the city article at Cork (city)." How is that any different from the archived proposal (that failed) from a couple of weeks ago? --Serge 00:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, the previous straw poll was close (10 for, 13 against), and it seems that more people are involved this time, including a number of very experienced Wikipedians that were made aware of the issue by the ANI post, so it may be worth running it again and settling the matter once and for all (I hope!) - Samsara (talk • contribs) 00:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Exactly. I hope I made my reasoning for this clear on the article talk page. What is not an option is to keep fighting about it. We should be able to solve the problem between us I think. --Guinnog 00:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] kakariki talk page

Is that self advertising on the Talk:Kākāriki page by user 222.154.235.173? I am not sure what to do about it when it is on a talk page. 84.13.153.55 15:09, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rfc Seabhcan

Hello. There is Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Seabhcan on-going. I thought you might be intrested, as you have some "experience" from the past (gained while editing 7WTC article) about how does coediting articles with MONGO and "his team" look like. SalvNaut 18:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 203.87.210.230

I think that there might be a vandal on 203.87.210.230. ### 89.241.107.228 16:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Only one edit yesterday, hasn't edited since. Not a strong lead. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 17:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
82.110.188.61 Vandal found. ### 89.240.166.87 23:05, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 52nd Lowland, 6th Bn Royal Regiment of Scotland page

Guinnog,

Please forgive my unfamiliarity but I am only just learning how to use the finer points of Wikipedia today and have only today created an account.

I believe (unless I've made a mistake somehow) that you and I have been counter-editing the page on 6 SCOTS and changing each others' content. I am the Battalion's Unit Press Officer and as such am supposed to be the authoritative source for information :)

If I have got the right person and the right method of communication, please feel free to return contact.


T. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarpaulin (talk • contribs)

[edit] Hey

I found you as an author from bowls. At time I write some artikels about Bowls-Sport in german look de:Boule-Sport. The german artikel de:Bowls have qualati-Problems.I have many Information about Pétanque, the organsations of Bowls-Sport, some information of other french bowls sport, but no good informations of Bowls. My english is not perfect, so I can not easely translate the english artikel. Can you help? --Chauki (LRB) 08:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by Chauki (talk • contribs) Can you translate, the article ore part of the article in german?. Some question: I think bowls ist at first a single sport. Are there like in Pétanque, double and triple. Play women and men together? --Chauki 09:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blue letter bible advice

HI, the creator of Blue letter bible has asked my advice from time to time. Could you take a look, he seems concerned about NPOV. Thanks. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 20:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User_talk:Rebecca#Concerns

You previously posted concerns on User_talk:Rebecca. You may wish to add to User_talk:Rebecca#Concerns. -- Jreferee 22:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cork move!

Guinnog - Per most recent notes on WP:ANI and Talk:Cork [[Now Talk:Cork (city)), I had made my peace with the move proposal. However, the manner in which it was instrumented was improper, discourteous to the contributors, and recklessly disorganised. Given that you did not afford the rest of us the opportunity to help out, I hope that you are going to make good on your commitment and fix the thousands of links which are now incorrectly addressed! Guliolopez 19:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm certainly sorry you feel that way. I'm in the process of fixing the links just now. Best wishes, --Guinnog 19:14, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Let me know if you need help. My connection is slow, but it'll be some use, I'm sure. If there's a way we can split the job without getting in each other's way... - Samsara (talk • contribs) 19:21, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I'll do what I can and then let you know. I'm good for a couple more hours tonight anyway. --Guinnog 19:23, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Check out [10] for my progress. --Guinnog 19:38, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
This was an outrageous action to carry out in the absence of any consensus for doing so. Very high-handed and rude, nevermind against the principles of this project. zoney ♣ talk 21:24, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, as I said to Guliolopez, I'm sorry you think so. I think we had discussed it enough, and I think we had enough of a consensus to do this. --Guinnog 21:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I remain truly sorry that you were unhappy with the action I took. It reflected consensus as I saw it and I hope you will accept that I acted with the best interests of the encyclopedia we are writing together at heart. In changing 732 of the links (as I promised), I think I also added much valuable information to it. See Special:Contributions/Spellmaster and Image:Awbtrawlofcorkdone.jpg for details. Best wishes, --Guinnog 04:08, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

High five. —ptk✰fgs 22:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --Guinnog 04:08, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
A job well done ! I had a snoop over the what-links-here, and everything looked spiffy. The only other issue was that Cork City had been changed to a dab page. Given that the phrase "Cork City" on WP nearly always means the city, not Cork City F.C., I reverted it to a redirect after changing the links to Cork (city) to be on the safe side. I still think a lot of the links should be to County Cork, or to one of the many towns and villages nearby, but I only changed things when I was pretty sure it meant the county not the city. Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scottish Borders article

After a few weeks editing other articles, I've decided to come back to editing some of the Scottish ones for WikiProject Scotland. I'm still planning to make Scottish Borders a featured article. See the talk page of the Scottish Borders article for details. --SunStar Net 11:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: your offer of help!

Guinnog,

Many thanks for your reply to my plea last week. I have taken a few days to reply because I wanted to watch the 52nd Lowland Regiment entry, the original version of which was written by me nearly 2 years ago, on Wikipedia to see how it changed.

I understand entirely the policy to which you referred with regard to objectivity and distance from the subject and I have no intention of falsely 'bigging up' my unit. However, what have been trying to do is correct factual errors pertaining to the battalion as it is today.

On the few occasions I have attempted to do this, one or two other wikipedians have reintroduced inaccuracies that, whilst they might prefer or believe to be true, are not and have been getting a few people, including myself, in trouble!

So just now I'm not sure if there's any recourse to take. I cannot talk in this way with the main culprit as he is not a registered user and I'm just wondering whether I should just tell the people who keep asking me to ensure the article is correct that there's no way to do this and they shouldn't trust Wikipedia :-o

Many thanks for your time, it and your knowledge and opinion are appreciated.


T. Tarpaulin 22:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Van

Is than a vandyl on 204.131.165.130? ### 84.13.183.223 18:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Has been warned. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 18:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External threat to editor

Hey. Along the lines of "Defend Each Other", Solidpoint (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) made a threat of bodily harm to editor SWATJester in an external forum (See ANI thread [11]). It would appear that an indef block on Solidpoint for the threat is called for. I'm dropping this on a few admins talk's to try and resolve quickly, though it's on ANI now. Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 21:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)