User talk:Khukri/archive5

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[edit] Sorry to bother ye

Hi again, it's me. I was just wondering on what basis you can delete people's comments on a discussion page. At least you had the decency to notify me before removing my material but some haven't. I think it was classified as a "Rant" and deleted. Still, i was wondering if you could point me to the freedom of speech section here. Thanks again for your help. Spite & Malice 11:45, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Depending on if the article was deleted then the talk goes with as an orphaned talk page. It depends on what you did or wrote, if it was on topic, and if it was on article talk space or user talk space. Give me an example, look in the history and paste me the link and I'll let you know. BUT just so you know I will not second guess other editors or admins. Cheers ^Khukri 11:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

No worries. Best not to cause trouble btwixt admins. Ta anyhow. Spite & Malice 12:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an admin, but if you're sure. As I said any probs in future you know where I am. ^Khukri 12:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I got your message

Don't worry, your message wasn't spam. I'll keep tabs on the project and watch it. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, contribs, odometer) 21:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Hi there; the edit which you pick up, and which as you say I corrected, was of course just a typo generated in the white-heat of composition!--Anthony.bradbury 10:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry realised that, you'll be fine. Good luck ^Khukri 11:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copyright warnings

Hey! I wanted to have your input on the copyright series. I really have no clue on how to insert it into the uw system since there are only 2 levels. Do you have an idea? -- lucasbfr ^talk 11:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I tried to give you a shout on IRC last night, I'm away until the end of the week, going up north to Caen. I'm wondering why don't just go single issue as it is on a par with pinfo and legal. You might want to read here as well. Give me a shout next week. ^Khukri 08:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Erf I was sure I replied :). I think a single template might either not be strong enough, or bite more than necessary. But on the other hand, I hate starting a slide towards 23 level templates... So I tend to agree with you on second thoughts. Well I'll try to do something later this week (there is no urge anyway :)). Bon séjour à Caen ! -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Qxz's retirement

Do you know why Qxz retired? (This is a real question, not a gossip one.)  ~Steptrip 01:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

To be perfectly honest I'm not entirely sure. I've had a look through his contribs and those he interacted with about 10:30 yesterday morning. I have a few ideas but not enough to want to write them down, as that would unfair and speculation can be often more damaging than the truth. I've kept an eye on his comments as he's deleted posts to his talk page, and can only hope he cools down, as no matter what he thinks he was handy to have around on the templates, and certainly some of us thought his and Aza's ad banners were something fresh round here. Sorry I can't give you any more info. Regards ^Khukri 08:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent successful RfA.--Anthony.bradbury 10:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edit to Template:Uw-block3

Hi, the recent edit that you've reverted was actually a grammar fixture. Please be more careful of your revert. — zero » 18:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Before making mass changes to the uw- series of warnings, please read through WP:UW and more importantly WP:UTM, indefinitely blocked is not grammatically incorrect, and if you look through all the previous permanent block they are worded the same. Your images changes are good and well seen, but please discuss the image size changes on again WP:UTM as you have now put the images out of sync with the rest of the uw- system. And on a side note I would suggest you take care on leaving edit summaries like please read policies and guidelines to established editors, as this could be misconstrude and might not come across as good faith. Regards ^Khukri 18:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Your icon changes

Hi, you recently changed the icon parameter to the vandalism series of warnings. Could you please explain how the change differs from the current optional icon parser (I'm not a scripting guru)? Also can you let me know if you are going to add it to the other 100 odd uw templates please, as this series is now out of sync with the rest of the temaplates? Many thanks ^Khukri 07:38, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I can explain. I was looking at the code, and saw that for the current parameter, you'd have to add "{{template|icon=[[Image:example.png|25px|left]]}}" to change the icon. But with the new parser function I added, all you'd have to do then is "{{template|icon=example.png}}", which is much easier. Do you understand? --AAA! ^(AAAA) 07:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

The icon code isn't for changing the icon, it was simply requested by a couple of editors to disable it i.e. {{subst:uw-test1|icon=}}. Please read here (hidden amongst it all). If you are suggesting that we can change the icon for any symbol we chose I'd rather this went through WP:UTM, as this has potential problems in trying to maintain a harmonised system. ^Khukri 07:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, okay. I thought it was for changing icons, but I could see i was wrong. Anyway, I'll go and revert my edits to its previous state. Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. --AAA! ^(AAAA) 07:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, and I think it's an idea with merit as it gives the issuing editors greater flexibility. But for now I think it should stay on the back burner until the uw- series is finished, and we have a complete instruction manual for all the warnings, as they are becoming quite complicated. Anyhoo cheers again ^Khukri 07:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. Where do I sign up? --AAA! ^(AAAA) 08:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:UW is the project (where you can sign up) that organised the whole rationalisation shebang in the first place, started with all the multi level warnings, and we are currently killing off the last of the single issue templates. If you look here WP:UW/Overview this was the proposed redirects plan that was scrapped after too many editors decided they preferred the old system, but it still gives a good overview of the status of what needs to be done. You really need to read through all the talk pages for an idea of the work that's been done so far. WP:UTM is the day to day frontpage of the templates, this is where Joe Blow comes in for questions as to which templates to issue when an editor does blah blah. My next plan is to harmonise the few image warnings, then merge to WP:UW into WP:UTM but that still a way off in the future. Anyway more the merrier and sign up. ^Khukri 08:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Look at this diff. Did I do the right thing here? --AAA! ^(AAAA) 08:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Yea but I wouldn't do the re-directs yet, as you'll get someone screaming it's their favorite warning, etc. We're going to leave the redirects for a while (quite a while in fact) most probably run the two systems in parallel and eventually once more editors tweak the uw- warnings to exactly how the community wants them, then the old ones will become superflous and will gradually die a long slow and hopefully not so painful death. Oh you can reply here, I have your page on my watchlist instead of having a disjointed conversation, though I will copy it over to mine to keep things tidy. I know call me a tidy nut..... ^Khukri 08:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image Size

You probably didn't know that you did this since your probably replaced the icons with AWB but: On uw-copyright and uw-pinfo, you made the icons 25px, as you probably did for all the ones you replaced. However, I had previously made both a lot bigger because they are serious violations. The first can cause trouble for Wikipedia and the second can cause a lot of trouble for editors. So, I've changed them back. Please discuss below if you don't agree. Thanks! --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 15:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

OK cheers for that, I'm doing a mass tidy on all the single issues at the mo. Tell you what it grabbed my attention when I looked here just now. I personally think its really overkill and if they're going to ignore the instructions then they'll ignore the godzilla sized image. Dunno, wanna bring it up on WP:UTM? cheers ^Khukri 15:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I recently left a uw-copyright warning for someone and it struck me as a bit too much for a first warning, even for something as serious as copyright violation. I think a bit bigger than normal would be fine.--Kubigula (talk) 16:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

What about 40px same as the block symbols? ^Khukri 16:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it should be big because copyvio's can cause major problems for the Wikimedia Foundation. Pinfo can risk someone's life (sometimes). --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 16:19, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Discussion moved over to WT:UW

[edit] RFC templates

Overview entries completed as best I could understand what was required. The "rfc-xxx" templates redirect to the original template names, since those are in use by the rfc crowd (and therefore should not be deleted). Should I strike through the original names in this case, just to indicate no further changes needed? -- Ben ^TALK/_HIST 18:14, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Welcome back by the way ;). How was Caen? -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Good, was actually further north at a mates place in Saint Marie du Mont. Plenty of calvados, but trying to play golf in with a hoolie blowing off the English channel is a bit difficult ;). I'm knocking off a few more of the single issues at the mo, I'll look at your copyright temp this evening. Cheers ^Khukri 13:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

As long the Calva is not what was preventing you from playing golf ;). Beware of that template, it is quite ugly! -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

For the copyright you may wanna give User:Centrx a shout, off the top of my head he's one that know a bit about the subject. If you have a look at the single issues here, I'm thinking about making all the notices (down below) all have a similar start such as Hello. or Thank you for not screwing up wiki too much or somthing along those lines. The welcome to wikipedia's I think I'll remove. Whaddya think. ^Khukri 13:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Single Use Templates

Thanks for creating all those new templates! We're going to have to do something about the cut and paste move one though. As of now, it requires two parameters. So, either we give it a special templates notice, or we change it to just "from [article]". --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 14:54, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome. I'd noticed that, but couldn't think of a way of banging it into one. For now I think those that use it, have an idea how templates work, and will notice which parameters go where, but your right I think it's going to have to be a one off. It's be nice to keep the both from and to part of the next but in the end for the sake of expediency I think it'll go as you just to from article. With the exception of tilde (which I'll sort later) all of them have the standard 1 = article 2 = extra commentary. cheers ^Khukri 15:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

You can also add a named parameter (to have 1=Article1, 2=Comment, from=Article2 for example). I am toying with the idea with uw-copyright at the moment (to add a link to the page that was ripped off) -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:34, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Give that man a star, by Jove I think he's got it! I'll mod it to exactly that this evenin. ^Khukri 16:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

The only issue in this case is documentation... I don't know how to organize the template page to add the information about the last parameter :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 12:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I've rigged it so that if someone doesn't understand it they'll just get where they copied from. Have to say quite chuffed with it to be honest as I'm shit at scripting. I think Teckwiz hit the nail on the head might have to do a seperate one, or just copy the single templates notice to it, and edit it directly. ^Khukri 13:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

We forgot a 3rr block message. --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 19:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I was bored, I did it: {{uw-3rrblock}}. -- lucasbfr ^talk 22:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

That's going to need a separate notice also :). --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 22:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA prod

Just to let you know, I haven't had chance yet to follow up on the RfA prod idea, I've had 2 stressfull days at work, but I plan to work on it monday and tuesday (when I'm supposed to be doing revision!), as I said, it may be a longish process to get it certified, but the minute I do, I'll let you know. Let me know if you want a nom whilst we're waiting ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rfa

This implies that rollback is special to Administrators only. It's not explicit - is there any difference between 1-click rollback and any other kind? (If any other kind exists)  Sʟυмgυм • т • c  23:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB guru needed

Hey, I checked some random templates, and it seems that if a lot are implementing the {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{1|}}}|[[:{{{1}}}]]|an article}} (subst=subst:) thingie, very few to none of them are implementing the same trick on the second parameter. I was quite surprised to be honest. You know AWB much more than I do, so if you want to replace the {{{2|Thank you.}}} into {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}} that would be great! (yeah that's ugly but the output is nicer) -- lucasbfr ^talk 12:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

If you don't mind mate I'll leave it for the weekend. I have a board tomorrow for my position at CERN to make it permanent. So just practicing for that at the mo, and am a bit stressed, but have no fear I'll sort it. ^Khukri 15:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Good luck! -- lucasbfr ^talk 06:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

First of all, thanks for the AWB sorting ;). So, did your interview go well? As a side note, I don't know if you remember proposing nominating me for adminship a few months back. I gave it some thoughts and I think now might be a good time to consider it again (User:W.marsh proposed to nominate me yesterday). So I wanted to know what you thought about it, in the light of the WP:UW project, and if of course you might be willing to co nominate me. Of course, you're not obligated to do so, but I would be honored ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your message

May 2007

1. Thank you for your message on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject user warnings. I was feeling rather defensive, but you put that to rest quite effectively. :) —{admin} Pathoschild 21:50:28, 04 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice fluffy icon there, not a problem at all ;) ^Khukri 22:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User warning templates

Thanks for your reminder; I was previously unaware of the discussion you mentioned. Sorry for any trouble I may have caused. — Wenli 23:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lucasbfr's RFA

Why, of course not! :-) I am going to write a nom either today or during the weekend. Once I've finished it, I'll inform you so you may add your co-nom. Or, vice versa if you write the nom first. Best regards, Húsönd 17:00, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA prod

just to let you know, the RfA prod idea's on limbo at the minute - consensus is stuck :-( however....... I did offer you that nom in a normal RfA, so let me know whenever you wish to take it. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

It may do, the 'crats seam to like it! If it's OK with you, can we crack on with the normal RfA? I checked your contribs, edit count this afternoon and think you'll be fine and in need of the mop ASAP! I haven't got enough connection to write a nom tonight, so is it OK if I write one tomorrow? Ryan Postlethwaite 21:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA nom

I say accept the nom, then transclude at will! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Simply

Thanks! I would take down my wiki-vacation banner but I still don't have a lot of time to contribute lately. :) -- Renesis (talk) 20:18, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RFA, which passed with 53-1-0. I will put myself into the various tasks of a administrator immediately, and if I make any mistakes, feel free to shout at me or smack me in my head.

Good luck on your RFA too! Aquarius • talk 03:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Khukri/statuschanger.js

This page is a broken redirect to User:Khukri/statuschanger, and it's showing up on the broken redirects list. Do you want it retained, or should it be deleted? --ais523 10:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] uw-delete

It shows. But really, that's probably a good thing. If an American had written the uw series they'd probably be full of car horns and all start of with "You jackass". Natalie 15:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{uw-uaa}}

Hey! Cheers for moving the above template to the standard form, any chance you can take a look at it and suggest any changes? Ryan Postlethwaite 00:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulation

I just wanted to congratulate you for your probable successful nomination. I think the consensus won't be hard to check ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 23:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

• Yayy!!! Congratulations indeed. Welcome to admin-hell :) - Alison ☺ 23:48, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
• I'm outraged that this passed, whoever that drunken nominator is should be shot - congratulations!!! :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 23:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
• Welcome to the neighborhood of the Mop! Georgewilliamherbert 01:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're an Admin!

Congratulations, you are now an administrator - the first time I've "pushed the button" to grant admin rights in over a year! :) I'm so rusty, I borrowed the form of this "congrats" from Warofdreams. Anyway, if you haven't already, now is the time look through the Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide and Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Best wishes and good luck, Cecropia 00:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

Wield me! Wield me!

Hello Khukri, congratulations on your successful RFA. Use your new tools wisely. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 02:02, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Khukri to self: "I have to ask ---- to protect these user warnings. I have to remind myself to protect these warnings." Congrats! --TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 02:46, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Khukri, belated congratulations. You should've been one a very long time ago ;) I'm sure you'll do great things. Good luck with it! – Riana ⁂ 05:12, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I wish to just thank everyone who supported me on my recent RfA which passed. To be given such support with some extremely flattering comments have made me realise that there is a fantastic community spirit out there. Even though many of us sit in the background plodding away, it shows that my/our work has been recognised and I am grateful for the trust that has been placed in me for the future. As always any problems, ideas or general screwups I'm always open to suggestions. All the best Khukri 16:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I Didn't?

Hey Khukri...I was just looking at your RFA when I noticed that I didn't support you. I remember seeing your RFA on the main page, and I thought I !voted but I guess I didn't and my mind is playing tricks on me. Well, here's a post RFA support that doesn't really mean anything (but it's the thought that counts :)). --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 17:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Support of any kind any time is always good. No worries. ^Khukri 17:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:84.78.113.127

An only warning IS a final warning. He had 2 bot warnings and an only warning on 15 April that next time he'd be blocked. It's a static IP, meaning the normal rules applying to anons don't apply. Nardman1 21:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

With a month gone by since the last warning who knows what has happened behind that IP. Unfortunately last warnings do not have an indefinate life span, and we have to AGF. They have a warning now, if the head pops above the parapet with the same sort of vandalism have no fear it will get blocked. Cheers ^Khukri 21:14, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

They've continuously edited THE SAME ARTICLE since November. Only one article. I respectfully disagree, but it will do no good to fight this. Nardman1 21:16, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I re-listed it and it got blocked for a month. Thanks anyway. Nardman1 21:22, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

This is what I was going to post to you before but edit conflicted you jumped the gun, and reposted. ^Khukri 21:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

I did take note of that before I removed your request at AIV. I fully understand your position, but we have to assume the moral high ground, and give them a warning they are going to be blocked for their actions. Looking at their edit pattern unless we go for a permanent block by the time they come back their normal block would have expired anyway. They have the last warning their again, if they come back in a short term then we go for a normal block, if they come back again in a month or more then we'll have to look a permanent or long term block. Cheers ^Khukri 21:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

For future note from {{uw-aiv}}: However, administrators are generally only able to block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. ^Khukri 21:57, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:K

If you ever wanted to become "K", this is why you can't :). Well...maybe the crats would let it slide since it's so long ago. --R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's go Yankees!) 00:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks a lot

For everything, starting with WP:UW to your recent nomination! I'll of course annoy you with stupid requests since you are waaaaay more experienced. I'm already starting to have headaches in the "should I delete or not" part, it's much easier to tag stuff for deletion knowing that someone will double check. On the other hand I'm starting to see the need for the speedy deletion message (I have some ideas ;)).

Well, to be honest I still ponders (?) whether or not I'll still talk to you, since you achieved getting 7 more votes than I did ;). Cheers -- lucasbfr ^talk 15:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:195.173.86.10

No problem. It seems someone else has dealt with it. - Dudesleeper · Talk 17:54, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Your AVI report

Thanks for getting back to me on my page. Unfortunately, we disagree on the issue of him committing vandalism only once.

1. [1] - This is nonsense in my opinion.
2. [2] - Two nonsense articles the person created.
3. [3] - Deliberate vandalism, as we've both agreed.

Maybe the user was experimenting if we assume good faith. You're right though, in that the user hasn't been given a final warning. I've given the user this final warning due to the two nonsense article creations and one page blank, so then he knows the situation now. If he signs and commits more vandalism acts, admins can then feel free to take action. Thanks for your time and enlightening me more on Wikipedia's procedures on dealing with vandals - the admin board for vandalism is under-utilized in my opinion. LuciferMorgan 10:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

OK no probs, the second one the edit would have been deleted when the article was. First one I don't know enough about the subject and again it would be opinion. The final warning's now in place, any probs in the next day or so bang another AIV report in and a block will be issued. cheers ^Khukri 10:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pigsonthewing (talk · contribs)

I see that Pigsonthewing has been engaged in extensive edit-warring at Sutton Coldfield. I think I should draw your attention to this. He was banned from wiki for a year, and then banned from making more than one revert per week for a further year after that. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 11:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Cheers for the heads up, they've both past 3rr on this anyway, but have both back down for now. I've removed the warning he issued and I'm keeping an eye on both of them. They've taken it to the talk page, and will warn and block if they continue. Cheers ^Khukri 11:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the tip

I didn't quite understand the purpose of "subst"--this helps. Thanks! Freshacconci 13:47, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Same thing from me. Thanks for the tip, I will use subst in future (I knew about it, but sometimes forget to use it). Zaian 08:13, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding User talk:65.13.58.108

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. The ip in question vandalized Belen Jesuit notable alumni on May 17, 18, 20, and 21.Callelinea 15:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I saw that, but I cannot instigate a block unless a final warning has been issued recently and they vandalise afterwards. It could be a shared IP but the two most recents edits unless I'm mistaken are not vandalism. If I put a block in place now, it's a bit too late after the event and I could be penalising someone else, sorry. Cheers ^Khukri 15:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

65.13.58.108 he vandalized again.. at Belen Jesuit and christipher culumbus hight school at the notable alumni..Callelinea 13:56, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you please give him a final warning? thanks..Callelinea 16:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

• I just gave them their final warning. I notice, though, that they've only been warned once before. It's okay for any other editor to warn someone about their behaviour; you don't have to be an admin! :) - Alison ☺ 16:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

  I just clicked send on the warning, and you beat me to. ^Khukri 16:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

  Heh - quick on the draw :) - Alison ☺ 17:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks to both of you. Now how do I send a warning in the future? I had no idea I could send one. Callelinea 17:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

There are a whole series of warning templates you can use to warn people. If you read WP:WARN, you can see a comprehensive list of them, including how to use them. Basically, you type, {{subst:uw-test1|some article}} - ~~~~, with the correct article name (optional). This will give you something like this;

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with the page some article on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. - Alison ☺ 17:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)</nowiki>

Feel free to delete this, Khukri :-) You don't have to be an admin to warn folks. You can also welcome people in the same manner with the {{welcome}} template - Alison ☺ 17:14, 23 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,[[4]]. 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 02:55, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blake Vining

Hi, if you read Seattle_Seahawks#Current_depth_chart and click on Blake Vining, all you get is a page with zero content which must not even be created in the future.

I don't know anything about sports, so please explain to me why Vining is the only player from this chart who must not have his own article—not now, not in the future.

All the best, <KF> 21:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I've no problems removing the protection, but what it needs is someone who does know about sport to explain why he is notable. It's been deleted by two concurring admins, nominated for speedy by two different editors, and as far as I can see has no-one tried to put a stop to this by ascertaining notability. Because he is member of a renowned team IMHO doesn't make him notable, but I can be persuaded. Cheers ^Khukri 09:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cassidy Janson

I have no problem with deleting the article, when I looked at it originally, it said she was going to be taking on the role of Elphaba soon, now it says she will be primary backup. That's not notability, so if you want to delete it, then I have no objections. Corvus cornix

OK thanks, deleted. ^Khukri 20:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finger Lickin' Records

Hi Khurki. From a google cache of the Wikipedia article, it appears there used to be a more appropriate version of this article. I can't revert back to it because it was deleted, but wondered if you, as an admin, could restore it (so we get the history for GFDL)? -- Siobhan Hansa 18:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring (and the barnstar!) -- Siobhan Hansa 19:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. It's flattering that people like yourself think I would be suitable. I have been approached a couple of times, but honestly you all get so much hassle and the whole RfA thing is so nasty that at the moment I'd rather be a plain old editor and leave that to others! I do appreciate the work you admins do - always at the beck and call of others and often thankless and messy. -- Siobhan Hansa 11:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Giorgos Efrem

Can you explain why you felt the need to delete the Giorgos Efrem wiki entry?

You say "Youth player, not part of senior squad" How could you possibly know this when he hasn't even properly joined the new club? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RedZinc (talk • contribs)

That was the nominating editor who wrote that. And you have already answered my question for why I agreed and deleted it. If he has not properly joined the new club, has not played, is not part of the senior squad, in what way is he notable? In what way is he different from the millions of other youngsters who have signed for reserve or jnr football sides around the world, or played school boy representative football or been an aspiring player at any other sport rugby, basketball, etc. When you can demonstrate this notability then I (or you can try another admin) might change our minds. Also please sign your posts with ~~~~, as I have written above I will delete non signed posts. ^Khukri 14:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Zacpierre

Hi... I think this vandalism was actually a response to the final warning. They occurred in the same minute. --Rrburke^(talk) 14:36, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

S'ok, Anas indefinately blocked him anyway, so no probs. Cheers ^Khukri 14:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User warning about personal info

Hi Khukri
Thank you for your swift response to delete personal info from the edit hisotry of the article Naperville Central High School. Is there a user warning template that covers both vandalism and publishing of other peoples personal info? All I could find was {{uw-pinfo}}, which looks like it only is concerned about users with a wiki account. The reason I ask is it is not the first time that I see people add personal info and unfit comments about poeple in school articles.

Best regards
Mads Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 08:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding this question here I thought you used some kind of WP:OVERSIGHT to delete the edit history
Mads Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 08:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

All just a bit weird, as I put on WP:AN, to remove pinfo and then not dish out a warning was just a bit bizarre that's all. {{pinfo}} isn't just geared to logged in users but to anonymous IP's as well and if I had personally seen the pinfo posted I would have most probably issued the block, with or without a final warning. Unfortunately because I don't have access to the history I couldn't issue the warning or the block. Just a pointer for your future use if you want to post a link to a template it's not necessary to do all the stuff with the nowiki, you can just type {{tl|uw-pinfo}}. Any further problems don't hesitate to give me a shout. Cheers ^Khukri 11:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I will remeber that. Acording to the block log, the blcoking admin is Blnguyen, who also has WP:OVERSIGHT, so I think it would be a fair guess, to hold him resposible for deleting the edits. Mads Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 11:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

You did it a while ago thanks for the help with the article Invasion of Machurucuto. Carlitos 00:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My AIV Report

I reported 71.49.180.197 cause he had a final warning then he had a page reverted by a bot then he vandalized Avian Flu, Thus vandalizing after his final warning. Oysterguitarist 14:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

May I just point you to the text at the top of WP:AIV vandalized after a recent last warning. I'm sorry but 2 and a half weeks ago isn't recent, and with it being a anonymous IP there's a high chance the person vandalising isn't the same as before. We must be seen to follow out own rules. Trust me I know vandalism is a pain in the proverbial but if administrators start blocking at will without following our own rules, then there will be all sorts of accusations of impropriety. Cheers ^Khukri 14:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I did not realize that the final warning was given two weeks ago. I did not read the other warning dates. Sorry for the troubles. Oysterguitarist 14:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My IP has been blocked

I have been blocked from editing pages. The problem, it turns out, is because my IP address has been blocked by you. I don't know what I've done to get myself blocked so if you respond and help get this problem sorted out it would be much appreciated. Free Thinker 21:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

What's the IP? ^Khukri 21:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The IP is User talk:84.203.232.226 Free Thinker 21:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry about my last post

I appologise for any inconveniance my last post RE:My IP has been blocked may have caused. After talking to my dad it turns out various other people also use our broadband connection. I can assure you that I didn't cause the vandalism myself and any changes made by me will be made under my user name. Free Thinker 21:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, as you are a logged in user you should be able to avoid the block, as we can trace who you are and put another block in place if needs be. If you look here the block was issued for continually deleting article information, after a final warning. As it was a first time the block was only issued for 31 hours which will run out today around 23:00 (UTC), but for repeated offenses the block lengths do go up quite rapidly. Normally as a logged in user you should be able to edit. I suggest you follow the instructions on the {{autoblock}} page, which should resolve your issues. Any further problems don't hesitate to give me a shout. ^Khukri 07:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsense pages

Is there a warning we give to users who have made nonsense pages. Cause when a user makes a page with nonsense i only put a {{db-nonsense}} on the page but i never give them a warning cause i don't have a warning to give them. Cheers Oysterguitarist 23:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The db nonsense template has one warning written shown on the bottom that you can use, {{nonsensepages}}, or if you got to WP:UTM which lists all the warnings, the uw-create series of warnings can also be used. Cheers ^Khukri 06:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the links. I am still trying to read/find all the wikipedia pages that have information i could use fight vandalism, spam, and other things i don't know about (yet). Cheers oysterguitarist ~Talk 13:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Recently i was on RC Patrol when i undid a users talk page (User talk:Mochajava97‎) mistaking it for vandalism because it was blanked. When i went to give a warning i found it was blanked by the user who's talk page it was. I appologized on the current version. They have not noticed yet. I was wondering if you could help me by undoing what i did. I just don't want a conflict to start from my mistake. Thank you.

oysterguitarist~Talk 00:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

S'ok you did the right thing left a message. I'll blank it now for you so as to be how the editor wanted their page. They don't have many recent edits so whether they notice or not is another matter. Cheers ^Khukri 06:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that for me i was going to fix it myself except iwas not sure if i should so i came to you. I am going to try to not make mistakes like that again. Cheers oysterguitarist~Talk 13:05, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

S'ok we all make them, so long as you admit to them, then there is rarely any harm done. All the best ^Khukri 16:04, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help

You might not be able to answer this but, I am a user at tab wiki [[5]] we are having trouble with spamming vandaism and sockpuppets there is an overwhelming amount of them. That would be fine cause an admin would usually take care of that but there are no admins that have been going on. where could this be reported i was thinking meta wiki but i don't know. If you can't answer this that's ok. Cheers oysterguitarist~Talk 05:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Unless it's part of the wikimedia foundation, I don't see what they can do. My advice would be to find out who started the wiki, and try and get control of it, or find if there are any stewards or bureaucrats. Sry can't be of more help. ^Khukri 15:32, 11 June 2007 (UTC)