User talk:MaxSem/Archive/March-October 2007

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[edit] Bonny

Haha, I figured he'd do something like that. :-) Please keep an eye on Cluj-Napoca for new socks, thanks. Khoikhoi 08:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I want Džugašvili for the prison

Thanks for your answer on User talk:Ldingley#do you know something? concerning the nice photo of Josef. So I assume, that 1. I could copy this picture to commons (as I will use it in about two other wikis) and that 2. notice ”... shows that JVS was searched for criminal activities since the beginning of 1900's...” under the thumb would be right? Thanks, -jkb- 14:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely right. MaxSem 14:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

thx; btw, I have here the 4 toms of The Bulletin of the Opposition by the Monad Pres/Pathfinder Press, N.Y. 1973, which is a reprint of Бюлетнь оппозиции by Trockij 1929-1941, so if you would need something so tell me. -jkb- 15:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB

Hi, there are several versions of this sofware:

  • Download x86 version
  • Download x64 version
  • Download IA64 version

Which one of them should be downloaded. --Sa.vakilian(t-c) 09:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Depends on which PC do you have (x86, I guess). MaxSem 10:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
AMD Athlon 64 processor. --Sa.vakilian(t-c) 10:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
And Windows? Press Widows+Break keys, and look out if it is 64 bit version, otherwise download x86. MaxSem 10:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jib

From this post, I have come to admire the cut of your jib. -- Jreferee 14:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#Regarding notability of Football (soccer) players

Hi, seeing you have been involved in previous Afd debates on the subject I invite you to contribute to this discussion to clarify certain issues about football player notability. I think clearer guidelines are needed to avoid repeated inappropriate nominations for deletion and time consuming discussions. Cheers! StephP 20:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers.

- Michael Billington (talk) 11:15, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent successful RfA. --Anthony.bradbury 21:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB bug

Please see Subst Bug; not quite sure how to fix it. I could just have it replace the < and > symbols, but that would be pointless if there's an underlying problem. —METS501 (talk) 16:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{awbrev}}

Hey Max, Dont know if you saw, there is now {{awbsvn}} and {{awbrev}} which give rev 996.

Just something to make the devs lives easier ;)

Reedy Boy 19:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Donations to AWB

Hi Max, Can you change your donation options for the AWB project here?

Thinking if anyone wants to donate, it can be passed onto the wikimedia foundation

Cheers

Reedy Boy 20:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. MaxSem 20:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks =) Reedy Boy 20:39, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#Expand_all_for_category_trees

Hi Max, Just in case you missed it (Reedy Boy bumped it off the top of the history with a post about something about else :)) I asked u some questions at the above location. Cheers mate. --kingboyk 16:37, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hi! I read your review on my editor review and I'd like to thank you for taking your time! =D Regarding my signature, I'll try get that shortened as much as possible. I just like the way it looks :P. And I will definitely try to get on to the forums and start working on improving specific articles too. As for the vandal mistakes, I belive I haven't made one since that incident, so I may be improving. Anyway, thanks again! --RazorICE 09:07, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I hope this is a better signature: --RazorICE 09:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The da Vinci Barnstar
For the on-going hard work, time and effort you put into AutoWikiBrowser. Its much apperciated! Without your expertise, AWB wouldnt be able to continue forward at such a rate! =) Reedy Boy 20:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks from me ac well for all your hard work :) Martinp23 20:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Ditto, you da man! --kingboyk 20:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Querying the dump with SQL

Thank you for you answer here. Please guide me in dump querying with SQL. Mashiah 22:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


Once again. There are two lists in the query: disambiguations and chronological articles. Am I right these lists can be constructed querying the database (are there category related fields)? Mashiah 22:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

See m:Dumps. MaxSem 07:00, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, it looks like there is no other way and I have to have a deep trip into this. Unfortunately all the mechanisms working with dump cannot provide an actual result and there will be some obsolete data usually making wikipedians angry =(. Mashiah 12:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Favourite Classic Cars

Was My Favourite Classic Cars a worthy page to have redirect to Classic Cars? Or did I accidently put the deletion tag on the classic cars page rather than the vandal one? Sorry for any possible inconvenience... --Vince 08:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

You've tagged the vandalised and pagemoved page for speedy deletion. Later I moved it back, nominated resulting redirect for deletion and updated the link on your talk page. MaxSem 08:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Engineering

Sorry, I reverted to the vandalised version. MaxSem 09:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Ah, OK. Sorry for the warning then. --76.202.59.116 09:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Cheers! MaxSem 09:55, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main page patch

I don't have an account over on Bugzilla, so I thought I've comment here: if people can't delete the Main Page, it might be difficult to delete/oversight libellous edits, which I believe is done by deleting the page and restoring all revisions except the offending one. That might be what Brion was getting at on the Bugzilla thread? Carcharoth 14:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Probably, he prefers things to be as flexible as possible. But my patch didn't block it from page moves and changes of MediaWiki:Mainpage. Now this request is closed as WONTFIX and I think it was too hasty. MaxSem 14:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
He was probably also thinking it might snowball, and we would end up with hundreds of "don't delete" pages, which is not very wiki-like. But anyway, thanks for the thoughts. Carcharoth 14:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:First times

Your deletion proposal is not correct. Complete it or return on your steps--Gp 1980 18:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

It was completed one minute before your post. MaxSem 18:10, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:67.168.48.106#April 2007

Thanks for the edit conflict. ;) 1netwothree... 07:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Héhé:) MaxSem 07:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
It's nice to not be the only person who's reverting vandalism to that page. 1netwothree... 07:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] C Праздником!

Image:Red-flag-on-Reichstag, another angle, no smoke..jpg
НАШЕ ДЕЛО ПРАВОЕ — МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ
-Kuban Cossack

[edit] WikiDiff Version

Hi Max, Can you cast your eyes over Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#IAutoWikiBrowser.WikiDiffVersion for me?

See if you can sort the c++ bits?

Thanks


Reedy Boy 21:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. MaxSem 17:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Typos.

I set it to filter out non-mainspace edits but that one still stayed. It seemed not to remove WP:xxx articles. Also redirects from a mainspace article to a talk-page result in editing that page. ~~ AVTN T CV A 13:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I typed in common typos like "commited". ~~ AVTN T CV A 13:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA

Mets501 would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Mets501 to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MaxSem/Archive. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

—METS501 (talk) 16:05, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bobby Robson

Hi there. Thanks for tidying up for me. --Dweller 16:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IRC

Hey Max, If your online can you come on IRC please/

Need some help/advice

Thanks =)


Reedy Boy 20:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're an Admin!

It is my pleasure to inform you that you are now an admin. Congratulations. You can feel free to do everything you're supposed to do and nothing you're not supposed to do. 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 19:48, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Cecropia! MaxSem 23:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Well done on getting your stripe in the Royal Corps of En-wiki :) Martinp23 19:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed! Congratulations. ~EdBoy[c] 20:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:
  1. Remember you will always protect the wrong version.
  2. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5)
  3. Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll.
  4. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block.
  5. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology.
  6. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.
KillerChihuahua?!?
DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

Thank you friends, I'm really touched:) MaxSem 23:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. Best of luck with the tools, and congratulations!--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 00:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yay!

Congratulations on your landslide victory! Now you can edit the AWB checkpage :-) —METS501 (talk) 04:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Horay!
Horay!
Yeah, I'm a little bit late but Congratulation's. You've earned the trust of the Wikipedia community, good work; and, for the future, good luck. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 09:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
"Your mop, sir."
"Your mop, sir."
It's never too late for congratulations. Well done MaxSem on your flawless request for adminship. I hereby present you with the customary mop and bucket :-). Harryboyles 10:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry I missed your nom; I would have fully supported it. Anyway, congrats!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 22:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, congratulations MaxSem! Somehow, I must've missed your RfA closure so sorry for the late congrats. Good luck with the tools, brother. —Anas talk? 21:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I know I'm late as well but I did want to say congrats, as well. Keep up the great work! -- Seed 2.0 21:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you friends, I'm really touched:) MaxSem 23:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Thanks!

No problem as a steward (and for that matter, a ru.wikipedia sysop) can definitely put up with all of the BS that you'll inevitably receive as an admin. Thanks, ~ ΜΛGиυs ΛΠIмυМ ≈ √∞ 21:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Ya. Good luck. You're a cross-border superstar. Thank you for all you're doing for our project. -- Y not? 22:03, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes congratulations from me too. I'm very sure that you will be a great asset as an administrator. Thanks for the note. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 22:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
You're very welcome! :) You had unanimous support, which was brilliant. Nice one! Acalamari 22:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Of course! I was more than happy to support, and I had no reservations about doing so. Best of luck, and we all know you will do well. Jmlk17 22:08, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations, It was a pleasure to support your RfA Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 23:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Congrats... You may want to read Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 23:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you friends, I'm really touched:) MaxSem 23:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Glad you are an admin, when I helped you out with some Javascript (fake rollback?) a while ago I was quite shocked when I realized it was a Steward who needed JS rollback. :) If you have any questions (not that you will), feel free to ask me. Prodego talk 00:47, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations, Max. Best of luck! PeaceNT 01:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Congrats Yonatan talk 02:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations Max, it's great to have you as an administrator here, and we appreciate all of your hard work across all the projects. -- Samir 06:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Congrats on your new and shiny mop and bucket! :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 12:59, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Q4U

Thanks for your rapid attention to my report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. I have some questions that I left on the talk page; I would appreciate if you could take a look at those. -- Adrian Lozano 13:25, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Replied on that page. MaxSem 13:34, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The After Effect

No problem, I was trying to fix my monobook.js so I can AFD it more easily and then forgot all about it. Yonatan talk 16:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Max's Day!

MaxSem has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Max's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Max!

Love,
Phaedriel
00:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Dear Max, I'm so happy that you enjoyed the little surprise :) I know we haven't interacted much, and even sorrier that I completely missed your RfA, but I know you're a wonderful, hard working and kind person, and that's more than enough to respect you and appreciate you wholeheartedly. I wish this is but the beginning of a friendship, which would be an honor and a pleasure to me. Even more so when you're already watching over me and my userpage like a hawk - thank you so much for that! ;) Love - das vydanya, dear Max! :) Phaedriel - 20:47, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thankyou

so much for fixing my user talk page! Breakfast100 17:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

And I thank you as well for reverting my talk page, and your quick and comprehensive actions to other articles targeted by the user. Kablammo 18:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much. Agtaz 03:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LearnScope

I was frustrated and disappointed that you chose to delete our page LearnScope without discussion and contact. LearnScope is an educational program with international interest. The site purely sought to answer queries regarding its scope and priorities and would have grown to include links to valuable e-learning sites and spaces Robynjay 12:29, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Please read our policies on notability, neutral point of view, conflict of interest and finally the relevant criteria for speedy deletion. If you would like to create a Wikipedia article, please make sure that it: a) asserts notability b) is neutral enough not to look like spam. If you disagree with deletion, you could request a review. However, overturning would be extremely unlikely in this particular case. MaxSem 18:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

I Angelbo award you this anti Vandal Barnstar for your swift reaction to block vandals.
I Angelbo award you this anti Vandal Barnstar for your swift reaction to block vandals.

-Angelbo Talk / Contribs 11:28, 29 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Ksaravanakumar

Hey bro .. no problem u rejected my application for awb, I expected this either ... could you suggest me a less powerful tool in this genre .. I'm just lookig for basic editing of some of my articles .. feel free to delete this message once U go thru it .. cheers Saravana Kumar K 18:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB Application

Hi, I need AWB for my bot, which im hoping to be up and running soon,not for me, can you accept the request please? ACBestMy ContributionsAutograph Book 06:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Please give me link to your bot's approval. MaxSem 06:47, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HermesBot

Bot account of Wikihermit. Approved for trial. Thanks! Wikihermit(Speak) £ 03:44, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Gnome-globe.svg

You recently deleted this image on the grounds that a duplicate commons image exists, but I could find no such image. Commons[1] contains only a description page, but no actual image. Could you please explain where the image is so that I may fix Template:Globalize? Thanks. Ninja! 14:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

It's some kind of techlnical problem - if the developers don't fix it shortly, I'll restore it. MaxSem 14:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I fixed it myself. MaxSem 14:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello MaxSem,

Thankyou for voting in my RfA. You will be pleased to know that it has been successful!! Meaning that I, Reedy Boy, am now an English Wikipedia Administrator.

It passed with a suprising 47/0/0, and I really am grateful of all your support, and I hope that I live up to your high expectations!

If there is anything I can do to help you out, please, do not hesitate to contact me!

Yours,
Reedy Boy 16:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrongful deletion?

> 09:51, 3 June 2007 MaxSem (Talk | contribs) deleted "User:Sandmanwaves" (Expired PROD, concern was: This user page seems to be a blog, social networking profile or a personal webpage. The user concerned has made few (if any) encyclopedic contributions and is very unlikely to do so in the f)

Didn't read the notice I put on the page before you deleted it, did you? The account has made few wikipedia edits because that is a separate account that I don't want associated with my *personal* information (for example what university I attend). It was a PRIVACY issue.

Well, doesn't look like I can go back so oh well. Please be more careful in the future.  :Shrug: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.119.27.185 (talk • contribs)

If you can tell me what page it was, i can restore the page for you. Reedy Boy 19:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NowCommons and {{missing image}}

Regarding this edit, would you mind putting a link in the template to the location where what sort of technical problems require the temporary postponement of image deletion? Thanks. howcheng {chat} 19:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe that is to do with the major outages we had this morning. Cant see any reason why it cant be reverted. Reedy Boy 19:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I am wondering if you are going to be providing any expalantion on the talk page as to why the {{missing image}} template has been temporaraly suspended [2]. I am sure there is a very valid reason, it would just be nice to have a bit more information then a terse edit summary of "temporary disabled". Also the change seems to make reference to commons images, but the template deals with missing images. Thanks.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 01:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I just came here to ask the same question. --- RockMFR 18:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry if my hasty edits created a mess, but I announced it on AN[3] before leaving. MaxSem 13:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Emnx (2nd)

Looks like a pretty obvious case of block evasion with a new sock. Do I need to get a new checkuser? IPSOS (talk) 01:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it has been sorted out while I was away. MaxSem 13:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unjustly accused

I was unjustly accused of vandalism. I added true statements, backed by references, to the article on Philadelphia magazine. Yet I was accused of vandalism. To me, this is Wikipedia attemped to hide truth. I looked up the def of vandalism on Wikipedia, and what I added/changed was not vandalism at all. Please advise. Alfred Legrand 22:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Trophy.png

commons:Image:Trophy.png is tagged with commons:Template:No source. --Iamunknown 20:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB Question

Is there anyway to use AWB to change external links to places like Wikibooks to interwiki links? For example, would I be able to turn user page to user page? [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/user:Wikihermit user page] to [[wikibooks:user:Wikihermit|user page]]. I've tried this [4] but I can't get it to work. Thanks! Wikihermit (Talk • HermesBot) 00:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

This requires regular expressions. I've seen your feature request and will try to implement it. MaxSem 06:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the regex. Where do I place them within AWB? It doesn't seem to work under (2) Set Options --> Find and replace --> Normal. Thanks! --~ Wikihermit (HermesBot) 19:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emnx again

See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Emnx (3rd). IPSOS (talk) 03:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Wikiboxatgmail

Your decline request is ridiculous. Are you plea bargaining with this user? Does he need to show you that he is going to work on articles? Does he have to propose new changes to articles? This project has only voluntary users, and he will contribute when he wants it, there are no compulsions and no conditions. From where did get the authority to place users under probation? You are biting newbies and discouraging them from actively contributing on Wikipedia. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 11:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sir Nicholas, keep it cool. I don't feel comfortable unblocking the user who stated that he will continue the violations with zero useful contributions and no assertion of good intentions. If you don't like such approach, feel free to TfD this. MaxSem 17:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
That template is not to be used in the absence of consensus. Anyway, good day to you. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 07:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi there

Thanks for fixing up Wikisource tonight. While you still have the sysop bit, can you add full prot to high-risk templates that were hit tonight? (like Template:Click - that's a biggie, and Template:Process_header , etc). Thanks again - Alison ☺ 10:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Ooops, I noticed your message only after I removed my rights on Wikisource. I asked Pathoschild to protect them. MaxSem 10:52, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
No problem. And thanks for doing the cleanup :) - Alison ☺ 10:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deco Da Man unblock

Thanks for giving User:Deco Da Man another chance. I'll keep an eye on him. --Yksin 21:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Do you think you could...

fill me in on exactly what happened today? I see some socks got blocked, seems I got tagged as a sock and then untagged. Various reports and other waving occurred. As you extended Emnx's block, I figure you could tell me where to look, so many verts and reverts I'm not sure I should waste time looking at any of it. Gonna edit instead. IPSOS (talk) 01:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Nothing terrible, the socks simply attempted to tag you and GlassFET as each other's socks. Just ignore it. MaxSem 05:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Great, thanks. IPSOS (talk) 12:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for reviewing, and mostly approving, my block appeal. This was all a big mistake that was caused by me making a silly decision without thinking of it's consequences. I will not abuse my second chance and will learn Wikipedia's policys and guidlines. Thank you once again for your doings.

Thank you,
Deco Da Man {talk} 09:54, 15 June 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Brittany Andrews

You state on the Brittany Andrews talk page that Wikipedia has permission to use her MySpace biography. A few questions:

1. Has it been confirmed that the page here is indeed that of Brittany? Given how easy it is to create fakes on MySpace I'm rather cautious.

2. Does this permission extend to the pictures found on the page? If so, what license would be used if they were to be added to Wikipedia?

Thanks! Tabercil 22:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

1) Yes, beyond all reasonable doubt 2) No, we can't use the images, only text. MaxSem 05:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Tabercil 07:26, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for removing insults

Thank you for removing insults from my talk page. I've been working at WP:COIN, and sometimes the COI editors who get caught become very spiteful. Jehochman Talk 13:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Autoblock lifting

Thanks for the speedy assist. DreamGuy 19:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deco Da Man again

Just wondering if you could again take a look at Deco Da Man (talk • contribs • count). Ryulong has blocked him indefinitely this time on the basis that he has made no edits outside user space for four days and for using Wikipedia as a social networking site. Given the number of edits involved, this block seems unduly harsh. Thanks. --Yksin 16:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coldmachine page protected?

I see you protected this page but had you seen this recent discussion on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and the reason Coldmachine made the edit. See also Coldmachine's talk page for his discussion with Dcooper who alerted him to the fact that a non-admin was denying an unblock request. Coldmachine clearly wanted an experienced Admin to fulfill that role.

overquoting from WP:AN removed

--217.41.217.24 12:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I have pretty enough experience with administarative work on Wikipedia, and being a steward, I know how checkuser works. The results of AN discussion are inconclusive, and blocked users should not revert unblock declines like that anyway. Without knowledge of checkuser details, no admin should undo such blocks based on one-word result from the person who performed the check. MaxSem 12:53, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


No disrespect to your status was intended.
My thoughts were :-
I merely wanted to check you were fully aware of the background.
The review was not carried out by an admin.
Coldmachine reverted the tag so that an admin could review it?
I wrote to you because I thought the non-admin review was wrong and
I felt that Coldmachine was right to revert it so that it could be properly reviewed by an admin.
--217.41.217.24 13:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Believe me, I'm fully aware of the Emnx case. MaxSem 13:42, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Then you'll be aware of the edit history comparison between Arthana and Coldmachine which proves their innocence then?--217.41.217.24 14:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I've seen it, and it's no less conclusive than the evidence of contrary. That's why I didn't unblock Coldmachine, and will not unblock him in future, also I don't know just how much likely the checkuser results are. MaxSem 14:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Did you see this response to the alleged confession by Arthana

I added a speedy delete tag and whilst editing the page another editor removed it. I was in the middle of adding a note to state that as the Author Coldmachine had blanked the page I was placing the tag as that was clearly his intention (taken together with the statement on his user page). Therefore in order to add an explanation I added a blank and put a note in the edit history. :::In my haste I typed

(I am not Emnx I am Coldmachine I added speedy delete because THE AUTHOR blanked the page and wanted the process stopped.)
or this regarding their respective ISPs
A likely checkuser result is not conclusive. However, it is likely that two users in the UK would use BT the UK's largest ISP . . . so is it likely that all five million are sock puppets. In fact Coldmachine put on his talk page he uses Orange - Orange rent space on BT Servers. Search google for "orange broadband on BT Servers" - first result "I will not be able to connect to Orange Internet Broadband until the "BT Server" in my area is no longer down." another "Was told the problem was that I was on BT servers".

--217.41.217.24 14:28, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Please contact a checkuser. There is nothing I can do. MaxSem 14:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Presumably you've seen Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mandrake of Oxford (third nomination). IPSOS is involved in the voting. In previous listings etc. IPSOS and GlassFET were accused of being a meatpuppet and having a COI. If this is to be a clean decision both IPSOS and GlassFET should be disqualified from participation. Also please note that GlassFET posted a holiday notice and stopped editing . . . IPSOS also stopped a couple of days after and has just started editing again no doubt just before GlassFET comes back to add another merge/keep vote. PLEASE look at the history and tactics of these two. They work together all the time! If nothing else, given all the controversy, over Mandrake of Oxford don't allow them to vote as they were just as much of the problem as alleged sockpuppets.--86.131.32.150 23:59, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lamborghini Diablo article

Listen, the only proper pics for these articles are in my opinion the offical pictures of automobili Lamborghini. The pictures posted now are of a very poor quality.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.204.152.83 (talk • contribs)

Please read up our policy on this matter. You are prohibited from using copyrighted images where a free alternative is possible, whether you like it or not. Also, please stop using sockpuppets and anon IPs, things like that are not tolerated here. MaxSem 16:00, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] inappropriate default values

After Midnight thinks my "you seem to be saying that since there is no solution, there must not be a problem either" comment to you was "snippy and dismissive", and an attack. As far as I'm concerned, it was snippy, but it was certainly not an attack. Either way, I am sorry if I caused offence or brought down the tone of the discussion. I appreciate the effort you guys put in to maintaining and improving AWB, and don't mean to take your efforts for granted or make your work unpleasant. Hesperian 03:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Everything's OK, I wasn't offended. MaxSem 07:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] another sock

If you haven't seen it, here is another one of the set User:Frederick Rashid Biggleoskess 2007. Thanks! --Slp1 11:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked. MaxSem 11:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Close of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Welcome Home (CBS Television Network)

I believe you were incorrect in closing the afd for Welcome Home (CBS Television Network) as delete. The discussion indicated no consensus -- less than half the !votes were for delete. There's a set of several articles on CBS slogans, and they should all be listed together so a proper decision can be made. I was just waiting for this one to close before making that nomination. I'd like the article undeleted so it can be evaluated along with the rest in a new nomination that figures out a solution for all of them. Ichibani utc 23:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to DRV it, then. Consensus is not vote-counting. MaxSem 08:10, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I mentioned the number only because a minority is not likely to indicate a group consensus. All I ask is that it be undeleted when I nominate the rest of List of CBS slogans so it can receive a better, more determinate discussion. To save the hassle of DRV, would you be willing to do that? Ichibani utc 02:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Sounds good. MaxSem 05:49, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dear Max

My dear Max, I just dropped something at your mail. Plase, take your time :) Love you, Phaedriel - 09:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB losing session fix

What exactly did you do to make sure AWB doesn't edit as an anon? Did you have it check if the user is still logged in every x minutes? And could you maybe release another beta version. It seems there have been a lot of changes that I think are important. --(Review Me) R you talking to me?Contribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 18:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I check it on every page load. Another beta... not sure, maybe in a couple of days, but it's possible that we'll release 4.0 without it. MaxSem 18:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please block vandal who exposes privacy on yi.wiki

[5]. joel.m h=was found in checkuser to own this name which exposes my private identety [6] he was allready blocked but unblocked this night again please do your job and breblock him [7]--זלמן לייב 11:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Please send all such requests to Meta. MaxSem 11:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
It is there already[8] on the irc steward channel nobody wants to act--זלמן לייב 11:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking

Regarding this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PANONIAN#Blocked First, let say that I have no intentions to avoid Wiki rules, but since I already have dynamic ip adress that you cannot block I created a temporary account only because it allows me to talk with you here (with blocked ip I can edit only my own talk page and I cannot defend myself succesfully like that). Of course, I have no intentions to edit articles with this new temporary account and I will respect fully my 72 hours block. However, I do not think that blocking was justified and fair. I want to ask you to tell me what exactly I done wrong in my edits. The "edit-wars" that you mentioned in which I was involved were my attempts to "clean" these articles (and I wrotte 90% of most of them) from POV-pushing, trolling and bad faith edits (as I explained on talk pages of all these articles) - the only place where I did not explained this on the talk page is Ahtum article, but the issue is disscussed on Talk:Sermon (ruler) since the same issue is in question there. In another words, please tell me what exactly you think that I done wrong, so we can discuss it here or on my talk page and if I was really wrong I will accept my punishment and I will not behave like this any more, but if I was not wrong in my edits, I demand official apology from you - I believe that would be fair enough. User:PANONIAN

I'ts very easy: don't revert without discussing, and NEVER revert too much. See unblock decline by another admin. MaxSem 13:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emad Khorasani

Nice try about prod but presence on google and putting the information you find in the article are two different things. The article as written, as I said in my prod, simply acknowledges he exists. And simply existing isn't notable. If you want this article to stay, then improve it significantly and improve it fast since the consensous so far on AFD is to delete. Postcard Cathy 22:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB's Recursive category loader thingy...

I've added a potential fix - rev 1398/rev 1399

Not sure which as i think i didnt save it completed before i commited the first. And it reports different binary files, so you cant actually view a diff..

I've added a list of categories visited, and if the loop has already visited that category, it wont visit it again. Hopefully reducing some of the un-necessary server load that comes from loading categories multiple times!!

Needs testing, gonna create some test cats later to check it!

Reedy Boy 16:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User_talk:Coldmachine

Hi, can you please unblock my talk page now that my account has been unblocked by Jimbo? I thought I'd ask direct rather than submit a request for unprotection: is that right? If I need to do a request for unprotection just let me know and I can go do that. Thanks. ColdmachineTalk 20:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi MaxSem, not to worry, I'm guessing you're away since it's been a few days so I submitted an unprotection request which was dealt with by another admin. Best. ColdmachineTalk 23:38, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rev 1385

rev 1385 - I don't really follow what you've done there (and it's late...) Were you fixing things, or turning stuff off? Some of the edits look a bit peculiar...

Basic log writing is now working - was a trivial error that Sam could have fixed... Uploading I'm working on. Log tab and skipping seem to have broken since I've been away; dunno if r1385 had anything to do with it or not (probably not). Profiles is visually quite nice but the error handling and logic are very flaky. I'll try and point Sam in the right direction on that; have debugged some of it already. --kingboyk 00:53, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Steve, was discussed first. Unfortunately, you've broken lots of things while adding functionality related to your plugin, and then vanished for some time w/o fixing it. So I had to fix at least basic functionality, and I wasn't ready to get logging to work without knowledge of Kingbotk. Sorry if it caused any inconvenience. MaxSem 13:48, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Log tab & skipping worked in .2.0 - may help identify changes which broke it?

I dunno what you folks have been up to since I was away, but I have a binary of 3.9.2.0, and skipping and log tab (saved/ignored) all work as designed [binaries and settings file for testing can be supplied if you need]. The only thing not working then that I had anything to do with was logging to file, which I've now fixed in the svn version (except for uploads, which I'm working on).

See Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev#SVN. --kingboyk 02:03, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

rev 1358 and rev 1359. I don't think it's acceptable to break a feature to fix another, and certainly not acceptable to break the work of others (myself and Mets) without even informing them! --kingboyk 13:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unblocking

Thank you for responding so promptly to my unblock request! :) -- SilentAria talk 09:39, 20 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Blocked mee???

heyyy what´s wrong with u?????? why you block me and why you erased MY PICTURES?? my pictures are mine not some other one, if i put it is just because they´re MINE i toke my pictures and them i umppload it to wikipedia u can not bock me like this ,,, you have to splain me why you did it,,,, answer me please!!!!!!!!!!

migssant19 talk August 22, 9:02am (Dominican Republic) —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 13:03, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

First you write that you've found 'em on some site, then tag as PD-self. We both know that they're not yours. Wikipedia welcomes all contributions, but copyright violations do not belong here. MaxSem 15:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


Very sorry with you but only two of my pictures are taked from an other website, the others pics are MINE and you can´t say that it is not because u don´t know me and you havent see it in a website so you have no reazon to block me and to erase my pictures also you erase one that i mede in my computer [the one that shoes the destinations] this one i made in my computer all others are taked by me or by my father so they´re mine what mote explains i have to give to u so you can understand it???!!!!!! migssant19 talk August 22, 00:33 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't buy this. You've already been indef-blocked, but still did not learn your lesson. MaxSem 05:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
I know this user from dealing with him before. I personally think he had a bad start, because he had trouble understanding the policies and US copyright law (it isn't exactly easy). I had begun coaching him on this, until I got distracted by real life, but I think he was beginning to understand what was and wasn't allowed and that he did indeed have a legal right to upload at least some of the images used. Do you think there is a possibility of releasing the block for a period of probation, or is it a hopeless case in your opinion? --Pekaje 12:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
He uploaded loads of watermarked images as his own. I don't know if this could be considered ignorance, or he simply does not care about copyrights, but it was his second indefinitely-blocked account and if you still believe that Migssant can learn not to call other people's work his own - I suggest you to start a discussion at ANI, as I don't feel confident to unblock. MaxSem 13:50, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rev 1588

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev#Expand_edit_box

Any ideas?

Reedy Boy 19:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Broken Hyperlinks

Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#Broken_hyperlinks

Any chance of you implementing that whilst you are sorting the general fixes?


=)

Keep up the good work!

Reedy Boy 22:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll look at it;) MaxSem 10:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:RoboMaxCyberSem

just to let you know, template:PD-Mexico-NIP is no longer a "good template", as the website changed licenses more than a year ago to a not compatible with wikipedia one. -- drini [meta:] [commons:] 03:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks) MaxSem 10:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I spy with my little eye...

An Ikea Stool!! :D

We had 3 of those till we got rid of them

Haha


Reedy Boy 19:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Nah, even worse: they aren't from ikea, just some crap woth 2-3 quid in your money;) MaxSem 09:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Thats all they were worth from ikea ;) Reedy Boy 09:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Daddy Kindsoul

I had no idea User:Daddy Kindsoul was on revert parole. If I had, I would have reported this revert he performed just this morning straight away. It's good to know that people are as sick of this troll as I am. - PeeJay 16:06, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Karen O

What's wrong with the sort order? If so, shouldn't you have changed it rather than remove? Wwwhatsup 18:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

After discussion. I've changed it back. O is, for all public purposes, her surname. Respond on Talk:Karen_O please. Wwwhatsup 17:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CFD Plugin

Hi Max, Hope your ok,

I presume your busy with work again...?

If you read this sometime soon, would you mind looking over Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Dev#Multi_Image_delete.2FReplace... for me?

Was wondering if you wrote the CFD plugin (i thought you did...)? And if there was a reason for it being seperate - ie like a plugin sample?

Thanks

Reedy Boy 13:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Community de-sysopping process proposed

MaxSem, I invite you to comment on this thread. We need perspective from a steward. Thanks! - Jehochman Talk 15:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome Back :)

Good to see you back again Max =)

Work been really busy?

Reedy Boy 13:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Sam, I'm still quite busy and I'm still unsure if I'll be able to edit regularly this year. I'll try not to get lost for a long periods of time though. MaxSem 17:12, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thats good. Even if you can just chip in now and again to help us with AWB, it is really appreciated :). I hope your work is paying you well ;) Reedy Boy 18:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help with user who created Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Yesterday user Kathryncoluzzi created a page entitled Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a open letter to complain about not receiving information on her husband who has been missing. I tagged the article for speedy deletion (as CSD G10 a personal attack against the Secretary of Defense) and you deleted it since an open letter is outside of Wikipedia's scope. When she realized that the article had been deleted she contacted me begging me to reconsider and saying that I was unfit for Wikipedia because I would not let her publish her "article." I replied by explaining my positions(and refered her to WP:NOT#OR informed her that that I am not a sysop and that I did not make the decision to delete and told her to contact you if she wanted to discus it anymore. She then contacted me again and repeated that I was unfit for Wikipedia and told me to call her (which I have no intent to do) she also recreated the page with the same message with her cell phone number (the page has since been redirected to Robert Gates.) Please help me out here by either talking to her. TonyBallioni 19:29, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Done, I wrote her my explanations. MaxSem 19:46, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This case

Dear MaxSem, After seeing your comments at the User:Lahiru_k s talk page , I have decided to write to you regarding the block.As some one who is studying about networking and has some knowledge about how the DHCP works,and some one who has used Sri Lankas ONLY ADSL provider SL telecom, please let me to add my input here.If you take a look at the wikipedian article it clearly states ,In current practice, an IP address is less likely to be an identifier ! And it has explained the reason for it too.One of it is due to technologies such as:Dynamic assignment. Even the wikipedia article contrary blocking admins decision.The only ADSL provider in SL is SL telecom and they allocate IPs dynamically. And if you know about DHCP, then you would know its highly possible to have same IPs at different times.Go through their edits and IPs, then you would see many IP addresses. go through yours,if you are using a static IP,then there will be only 1.(If you still don't believe me ask any of you friends who has any basic knowledge about networking/DHCP).I have said similar thing in the SSP page and havent got any reply yet. I am humbly asking you to, look at the contributions of the editors.Look at the timing of the editing.Its quite clear that these two persons,(netmonger and LahiruK) are not the same people.And if they keep blocking people for this, then sadly there will be no editors from SL. And I am not sure,whether this is what great people who built this expected..The true essence of free-encyclopaedia where everyone could edit has been hurt by this decision.And to let it stay hurt, is probably the greatest damage we could do for wikipedia,at least to my knowledge.Thank you.Iwazaki 会話。討論 13:33, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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And could you please take a look at this.This actually is a good proof how the IPs are dynamically allocated and how this alone should not be used to(as the wikipedia articile) identify the users. Hope this would help to make justice to the blocked users.thank you Iwazaki 会話。討論 14:53, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Iwazaki, I'm an IT professional myself and you don't need to explain me such basics. If that SSP case were only about IPs, fine. But there are also loads of behaviourial evidence, that's why I feel it completely uncomfortable about fulfilling his unblock request. Also, let me remind you that you're suspected in this case too and such fierce defence makes it really suspicious. MaxSem 16:10, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Well, not only me,all the SL editors are suspects!! Which made me think the whole SSP is highly suspicious made of bad faith and solely on the purpose of get ridding of all the SL based editors. And If you carefully read the SSP, you would realise there are NO evidence against me and many others, and many allegations he made are in fact totally false.
And considering the behaviour evidence, could you please show me how Lahiru_k disrupt wikipedia ? He has done many good edits and though he was blocked before for sock puppeting (which was also based on wrong assumptions).he has never engaged in any thing close to sock puppeting at all since then. If you really consider behaviour problems,we have people blatantly violating, WP:COI,we have people who disrupt all the SL related articles with false information, why don't you extend the block to them ??!!
MaxSem, The blocking admin has clearly made a mistake regarding IPs. And since you are a computer expert, I am not going to waste ur time by saying same thing over and over. The whole block is based on having similar IPs. And this is possible even according to the wikipedia article. I have shown u the evidences.If they keep blocking people for this, there will be no editors from SL. IS that what wikipedia expect ? Isn't this a discrimination against a poor country like SL, where people tend to edit from there schools(kaushinis case,she goes to same school like Lahiru_k), and IPs are dynamically allocated ? I sincerely hope this would end soon, and justice prevail. Thank you very much. Iwazaki 会話。討論 00:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
let me add one more thing, I would fiercely defend any innocent person,regardless of their country or religion or race.Iwazaki 会話。討論 00:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hi MaxSem, Deleted article

Insert non-formatted text hereHi Max, I am new Wiki supplier/editor and did not know about the strict rules. I did edit it, I went for lunch, kept on making it neutral, but then you just deleted 2 hours of work. Why can not an email go out beforehand so we know the exact time for deletion. Now I have to start from scratch. Not very encouraging. Wikipedi.org did NOT have any information on one of the larges building companies in the world before, so I felt I added value. I do however have a copyright back ground....that might have caused it to look bad in your eyes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki10peter (talk • contribs)

That article had two major problems: 1) it was written by someone who has connections with its subject and therefore, 2) it was unacceptably biased and looked much like an advertisement. According to our policy, writing artciles in conflict of interest is frowned upon, if your company is notable, someone will write an article on it sometime. By the way, speaking of notability, the article had no reliable, third-party sources to back up its claims and establish notability. MaxSem 18:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)