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[edit] Lady Abahai

that´s the same thing I would like to ask you? according to Wikipedia naming convention, it is perfectly fine to use titles for the persons name if it helps with the identification. what exactly is "Abahai" alone supposed to mean to the lay person? a car? a god? a person? Lady Abahai as the title reflects the content of the article much better, wouldn´t you agree? you can look it up under [1]

"Courtesy titles (also referred to as an honorific prefix)² such as Lord or Lady differ from full titles because unlike full titles they are included as part of the personal name, often from birth. As such, they should be included in the article title if a person if universally recognised with it and their name is unrecognisable without it. For example, the late nineteenth century British politician Lord Frederick Cavendish was always known by that form of name, never simply Frederick Cavendish. Using the latter form would produce a name that would be unrecognisable to anyone searching for a page on Cavendish. Similarly, Lady Gregory, the Irish playwright, is more recognisable to readers than Augusta Gregory."

maybe we can find a way to work this out... looking forward to your comments, cheers Antares911 22:32, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

well see that´s the thing. what would the chinese name for "Lady" be in that case? i´ll give you an example. Lady Murasaki Shikibu is listed as Murasaki Shikibu. sometimes they call her Lady Murasaki Shikibu, which would be wrong though, since the Shikibu is already the title. but either the Shikibu is listed, or the Lady, you cannot simply call her Murasaki, just like Abahai. and i said, what i posted to you about the Wikipedia rules on naming "Lady" and "Sir". but it has to be reflected somehow in the heading. i´m trying to get the rules straight here because there is tons of confusion on non-european names and nobility and royalty, looking forward to your thoughts

[2] cheers Antares911 00:10, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] your welcome message

hey mel!

I love your welcome message. imho, you should change it into a template dude, dude :) it's much easier to put something like Template:Mel-welcome than trying to find it in user pages :) Project2501a 23:30, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PS: Ever thought about archiving? ^_^

Mel, what's the name of the template, please? i could only find the html code for it. thank you. Project2501a 23:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
{{User talk:Mel Etitis/Wel}}, User talk:Mel Etitis/Archive 1, User talk:Mel Etitis/Archive 2... But maybe it really is time for User talk:Mel Etitis/Archive 14.
Who I am? User:JRM. What the hell I'm doing here? Never mind that now. JRM · Talk 23:46, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)
so, the cabal IS TRUE! :D you're following me around telling me i shouldn't be here and i shouldn't be there! OMFG, RFC/RFAr! CABAL! CABAL! CABAL! You won't get away with it! *SURROUDS YOU WITH RED NULL POINTERS!* *rotfl* >:D Project2501a 23:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Heavens... my talk page has become an Ionesco play. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 23:57, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] mel, are you...

by any chance an alumnus of bls? or just interested?

Muchosucko 10:35, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jihad article

Same problems again after article has been unprotected. Anon IPs/enviroknot persist certain disputed sections should be added. See edit history. Call to re-protect. Thanks.--Anonymous editor 00:05, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RFM?

Hi there! By [3], might I suggest that you and Grace request mediation? I believe there's some new mediation in the works, per 2005. Also there's WP:TINMC. As a side point, I agree with you on the EnviroKabong-is-a-sock issue. Yours, Radiant_>|< 12:08, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

Since I ran into you anyway... could you please take a quick look at the latest WP:AN/3RR entry? I'd block him myself except that I'm heavily involved in discussion with him. But he's rather persistent and it's getting annoying. Yours, Radiant_>|< 12:10, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lady Abahai

hi there Mel Etitis, actually that was a typo-mistake, it should have been Lady Abahai, i tried to change it back but it was too late, sorry about that. in any case, can we agree on that? was is the procedure on renaming in that case? we go to the adminstrator? as far as I know, if a renaming is quite clear, then it can be done by the user, does not always have to be done by the administrator? Antares911 14:37, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So long as there's no disagreement, and the renaming is in keeping with Wikipedia guidelines, anyone can do it — but, first, if there is disagreement (as in this case) the discussion should be concluded before either side unliaterally makes the move, and secondly, the move must be done properly. That includes checking what links to the old article-title, making sure that there are no double redirects, etc. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Another look?

I am insvolved in a POV dispute with a rather odd user, who does not take bold editing gracefully, on Democratic peace theory (See: Talk:Democratic peace theory#Disputes. For example, he regards The People's Republic of China renounced her alliance with the Soviet Union in 1961, thereafter creating a third, much smaller bloc of her own. as a POV statement. Am I mad? Am I overreacting? I would appreciate it if you would come take a look.

The present text of the page is the other guy's; I am preparing a clean text of what I want to say on the page elsewhere, but this is a lot of work. My past edits are mostly justified on the Talk page, and I have included a link to a version of the page I was much happier with. Septentrionalis 17:13, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for having a look; if you are interested, I just posted my revision. The Rummel material needs to be shorted drastically, on both sides; but I don't see how to do that until the war ends. (I have made a request of Mediation, but nothing has happened yet, except Ultramarine arguing that only criticism in poli-sci journals counts. Septentrionalis 19:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ttc

please, when defending edits which label people "fringe scientists" without attributing or any basis in objective fact, please look at yourself in the mirror and say, "that was a good faith edit," without spitting up. Ungtss 18:18, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More Wikipedia abuse from Stephen Signorelli & Alexander Cain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Duggan

The article was originally written by Alexander Cain under the "The Lone Stranger" trolling pseudonym, and edited by Stephen "TruthCrusader" Signorelli. The article is almost completely fictional (the Derek Duggan that wrestles for ACW-Utah actually *is* named "Derek Duggan" and is the son of "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, and ACW-Utah is *not* a "backyard wrestling" promotion), and (like the article on ACW-Utah that was removed) was created specifically to insult and libel both myself and the Utah professional wrestling community. - Chadbryant 18:37, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


I keep repeating over and over I am NOT the person you keep screaming about. I would appreciate it if you stopped doing this and keep your flame wars confined to usenet. The verification of Derek Bennett's real name has already been done by the admins and your personal opinions cannot change this FACT. TruthCrusader

Deny your identity all you like; it's been proven. Put the word "fact" in caps all you like; it still doesn't make your lies true. I know the man personally, and his name most definitely isn't "Derek Bennett". I suggest you stick to subjects you are actually informed about. Hell, I'm sure the article on Samantha Geimer could be spiffed up a bit - hop to it! - Chadbryant 21:28, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Impeccable judgement

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Hi Mel: Just this very morning I was mediating upon how our impeccable judgement has led us to editing Thomas the Tank Engine articles.—Theo (Talk) 19:03, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I did not mean to draw blood. Take one of these and come back in a week … —Theo (Talk) 21:48, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re:Dorgon

I suggest that instead of smply reverting it back to checking you suggest what is wrong, without substatively changing the article the english seems perfectly acceptable to me having checked it several times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John-Nash (talk • contribs) 23:53, 22 Jun 2005

Mel

Appreciate that you may want to have done it yourself, if you'd left a comment to that effect I would have left alone, I found the english to be quaint but readable, clearly YMMV, as a new user I'm still finding my way.

--John-Nash 23:13, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Iam Vaikunda Raja, a new editor to wikipedia.Being new Iam not so familier with the regulations. I was warned for vandalism,by you and Iam disappointed and the request from me is, kindly review my articles and give me hints to follow.- Vaikunda Raja

[edit] Help a noob

Hi Mel, as we had a little exchange over content for Dorgan which was useful, I wondered if you would peer review my changes to Caelifera to see if you thought I was heading in the right direction to be a useful contributor

Thanks

John --John-Nash 15:19, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe I made a wrong call here?

Recently I removed a link from Indiana Jones. The reason was that I followed the link and didn't think it especially relevant to the article.

However, the original poster disagrees with me. Since I'm not here to unjustly remove other contributions due to my personal biases, but still have my doubts about the link, I figured a second opinion is needed.

What do you think? Shinobu 18:03, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Indiana Jones

Hi -

You removed my link from the Indiana Jones page. You stated that the site did not seem related, but the entire site is dedicated to archaeology so I am not sure why there is no connection?

User:Rjoebrandon

I'm just an editor, and sometimes I make mistakes when editing. After all, I'm only human. And sometimes I make a call which I perhaps should have left to someone else.
Therefore, I will leave a copy of this message, and your message, on the talk page of an admin.
When I get his answer, I'll implement whatever he suggests.
Yours sincerly,
Shinobu 18:03, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Categories for deletion

Please visit Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2005_June_21#Category:Localities_with_numerals_in_their_names. Wavelength 20:39, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment on that page. Wavelength 01:59, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request for article protection

Mel, I would like you to check out the vandalism that has been occurring on the Hajj article. Perhaps it should be protected until this vandal editor: 195.93.21.7 has ceased his repetitive vandalism. See edit history [4] for more information. Thanks. --Anonymous editor 21:15, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

In response to your previous message: Thank you. I will keep my eyes open for any further problems on the article and let you know about them. I appreciate your help. Thanks. --Anonymous editor 22:55, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nomination

I understand; no worries. I didn't want to say too much on that page, but I did see quite a bit of POV pushing, though by no means the worst, and a lot of reverting. In fact, I blocked him recently for a 3RR violation, then unblocked him early because it was possibly just an error, but it was an error made in the context of constant reverts. Now that Yuber's under an injunction, EnviroKainKabong should back off, which may mean normal editing can resume on those pages. SlimVirgin (talk) 22:35, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Upper Dicker

I agree with you after all, Mel, the item Upper Dicker shouldn't be there in the article. Not because there is no such place, but it doesn't really mean anything. A dicker is some kind of bargain or barter, so what? It isn't amusing, nor really that unusual, unless one wants to refer to German Dicker which means a obese man. Somehow I don't think that was intended. I have taken it out, if that's all right with you. Dieter Simon 00:50, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] removal of

On List of interesting or unusual place names, I do not understand the reasoning behind the removal of this name "Upper Dicker", as there is clearly a place named this.. [5]. I did not enter them, but see reverts for other names anons have added, that were of existant places. There was no discussion on some of these on the talk page, and seems like a very unfair and/or bias rv practice. I would completely understand if the place did not exist, but as far as any of them being offensive, its not like the anon named the location, and its just a name. As far as the name not seemingy to be funny, there are plenty of places that are just closely related to other words and/or meanings, which are included; a few examples of such: (Assawoman, Virginia; Belchertown, Massachusetts; Brest, France; Cattewater, Devon, England) In each of those examples, the names are just close spellings and are just inferred as humorous. To disclude "Upper Dicker" just because you personally do not find it funny, is not a valid reason, and more on the point of discouraging other anons from participating. If at the very least, I think any rv for these reasons should be placed on the talk page of the article, other editors should not have to track down personal reasons on individual talk pages. I do not mean to be offensive or demeaning. Thanks.

cc:User talk:Dieter Simon
<>Who?¿? 01:07, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for replying. It's not clear to me why this is either interesting or unusual, but I removed it because it was given as "Upper Dicker Village, South Easte England", which was clearly wrong, being vague and misspelt. Mel Etitis
I just assumed it was a play on words, as in penis/dick, to be blunt, same as Assawoman. I think it would be helpful, in the future, to at least put the reason on the talk page, or in the comments of the edit, just with this particular article. As it is an unusual list to begin with. Thanks again. <>Who?¿? 07:55, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Appeal to Google

I completely agree to your argument against google. I myself had a page deleted on the grounds of a google count. When I argued effectively against it and without a retort, the reasoning mysteriously changed to a simple lack of noteriety and the page was deleted none the less. This is nonsense.

Aubin 02:19, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Military of Pakistan

Would you be interested in discussions on this (Talk:Military of Pakistan) particular page?--PrinceA 00:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] belated thanks

Thanks for supporting my RFA nearly a month ago. Unfortunately a sad event occurred at that time in my family, and I have not been able to participate in Wikipedia as much as I would like. I hope to get back to active contribution soon. Thanks again! FreplySpang (talk) 01:48, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] So you've never told me...

  • Why did you move Tsushima Islands... Nanshu was apparently pretty P.O.'d.

Just stumbled over: (In Jesus Talk, as if you forgot.) "--That's Mr Christ-- Someone has slapped a move notice on the article (without the courtesy of discussing it, or even mentioning it, here), on the grounds that Jesus' full name was "Jesus Christ" (! I'm surprised that he forgot to add his middle initial, "H."). I don't imagine that it will go though, but those who are interested might want to go to the Proposed Moves page in order to register their votes and comments. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:30, 31 May 2005 (UTC) " I was just poking around under the hood of 'conflict resolution'. I think things are settling some. Baru may be a real asset, insofar as factual data is concerned. See the little chat I had with him about taking on my paragraph — I've got a busy weekend planned. Going to be blistering hot too, a nice change from last weeks cold. btw - saw your user page for the first time today, love the garden photo.

Regarding the Vote on the proposed Move: 'Tusshima Islands' ---> 'Tsushima Island'

I count 5 Support and 3 Oppose, with one explicit abstention, and a number of implicit ones. Can somebody please check my count and sign after me that you have done so. Thanks. User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 05:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) /
Well this would be a good Baseball score, but I wish it had been more clear cut. The last vote was Philip Baird Shearer 17:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC), or nearly five days ago as I write this just at 05:00 (UTC).
  • I don't know the formal process (or indeed, whether this was an informal process), but I believe such voting ends after five days to vote, or 24 hours after the last vote, so I expect the process is finished. Anybody care to change their vote in the interests of Unamininty and Amicabilty?
  • Who takes action, when? In 12 hours it will be five days since the last vote.

User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 05:09, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) (We also need to confer by email on MT)

[edit] Mel

Thanks for looking into the 3RR violation I posted. This user has also been using other IP's and as I just posted in the 3RR, may have also vandalized my user page last month as well...anyway, thanks for looking into this. What's the next step?--MONGO 12:51, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nevermind...with comments as out of place as this "I might add that people editing from accounts used primarily for disruption are in no position to attack anons for being difficult to take seriously" [[6]] there is zero chance I could expect you to be anything other than disruptive.--MONGO 13:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As quoted above, I consider your comment to be a personal attack and as mentioned in the 3RR, this person may be operating as a vandal as shown on my user page history. I do not utilize my account for purposes of disruption as you stated...though I may have started off life in Wikipedia being uncultured to the standards, I dwell in the GWB article with the sole attitude that this article needs help. I most definitely belief that the article is strongly biased to the left and by the definitions of American politics, I am a centrist, so imagine what a true conservative might think about it. I have worked hard, perhaps not always in the best faith, to create a more neutral article there and have endured more than my fair share of ridicule and condescending commentary from others. I would expect that you could have just stated that you didn't see any 3RR violation and leave it at that. That you decided instead to utilize the wording you did elicits nothing from me but disappointment.--MONGO 13:43, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bush edit war

I went to post a comment on the 3RR noticeboard page about MONGO and 172 and I got an edit conflict message. I looked and you'd said everything I'd planned to say, only a bit more temperately. (Well, I tossed in a link to not biting the newbies, too.) Nice job! JamesMLane 13:00, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hey! I thought Most of you Brits didn't like our Pres., and you're defending him! Bless your limeflavored steak and kidneys! LOL FrankB

... Why not mend fences*, and urge the other nays to join you, as a peace offering... to fix the cultural bridge so to speak. Especially as will speak ... (See EM!)

We're entertaining today, so I got to get going. Give it some thought.

User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 19:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) (Wish I could CC myself to see how this presents!)

^* Is that Americanism understood? Western — one could aquire a few thousand in a neighbors unbranded cattle via a break in a fence. So fixing it was a neighborly thing to do out in the great expanses where your neighbor might not see the breach for half a year or more.

On the above, the carot worked to show the asterisk, but what's the proper metacharacter in Wiki-Markup Language... or better yet a link to same!

[edit] Edit by overbearing deletion

Please atempt to fix my work rather than large deletion. TTLightningRod 17:53, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You're not new here. I will however place my editable work in the talk:aetherometry page. Please consider helping integrate my attempt at reducing conflict on that topic. The inclusion of those headings are important external psychological aspects of aetheromety, as well included components of the field itself. This is a neutral 3rd party "peer review" of the conflict, namely mine. TTLightningRod 18:17, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I see you retained plasma cosmology to external links. Thank you, and my apologies for using the word "total". TTLightningRod 18:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Please see my response in talk:aetherometry (just a few seconds more to place it there) TTLightningRod 18:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Anon IP Vandal/POV pusher

Hello Mel. Please check out the constant POV pushing and vandalism by anon IP 65.8.47.137 going on in the Islam article. Please ban this user. He/she has also violated 3rr but more seriously he/she is vandalizing article/giving no reason for his/her edits. Check edit history [[7]]. Thanks a lot. --Anonymous editor 05:57, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Again?

That was a collabrative work by a number of people. A begining. An attempt to build something in a constructive way, ballanced, and NPOV. A way for any number of people to add a word here, change the order of something there. YOU DELETE ALL. TTLightningRod 14:40, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Many articles begin as a simple layout of headings, ideas and notes for what should be placed where, and an option for people to re-order the TOC before discussion moves on. In a way, what you seem to have suggested, is that some-kind of complete, fully formed article should have appeared all at once, (impossible). A collaboration was taking place..... your total deletion of the entire TOC, was not necessary. Please consider commenting in the talk page about what you thought of as worthy of such action. Or return the calm work of other people. Thank you. TTLightningRod

[edit] user Sinu S linkbuilding

Hi, User Sinu S seems to be just adding links to his own site. Classic link building work. We need to revert. Shaji K V

[edit] Please check up Wayanad

Please check the amount of links hez been dropping in on Wayanad. Shaji K V

[edit] Thanks.

Thanks for your help. --Anonymous editor 17:10, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

  • My you do get around - Where ever do you find the time? I'm amazed! "3 June 2005

14:29 ElKabong removes the sockpuppet template from the userpage of Enviroknot, calling Mel Etitis a "fucking vandal". This links ElKabong to Enviroknot, completing the sockpuppet triangle.[28] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AEnviroknot&diff=14641772&oldid=14639445) " (evidence of socket puppetry... I was reading Tans page and he was evidently feeling like leaving. I'm still trying to figure best thing to do with him, so was seeing what he'd Posted on Slim Virgins talk. But I keep stumbling over you or references to your actions in the oddest places! I have to smile — don't know how you do it!) Hats off to YOU! FrankB User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 01:57, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ===Sorry===

I just want to apologize that the whole "flame war" thing has spilled over to Wiki. I know you do a lot of work and don't really have time to deal with it all. I honestly do not know what Mr.Bryant's problem is, nor do I care. I do appreciate the help that you have given me with my other articles, thank you. TruthCrusader

Re: Working through my emails... I'll Assume You haven't posted my response to Tan, then, and since were both up, take care of my own dirty laundry. Most of the emails were humor, so need no attention save having a break! The POV of that other arty — probably needs some work — I was trading emails with one of the other editors on that last evening to my delight — save neither of us could go off and fix things :(

  • Have to deal with car service center ASAP, so will be missing for next few hours at least. User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 28 June 2005 11:37 (UTC)

[edit] Courtland Mead

Hi, thanks for helping me with the Courtland Mead page! can you tell me were i might find a Courtland Mead biography on the net? User:Agent003

[edit] Royal Oak Station

Unfortunately I don't have enough information to fill up the article like Metrotown Station has been filled. I put in the section divisions to make it remotely look similar to Metrotown Station, as I was using it as a basis. Carson Lam 28 June 2005 16:46 (UTC)

  • Leave it, and I'll revert when I actually start copy editting. I didn't realize how late it was getting and have to play taxi-Dad twice this afternoon, and get my office A/C to service, plus do some yard chores before thunderstorms this evening.

More interested in properly keeping history with Archieved talks, which I presume requires admin talent. Please direct me or straighten me out. User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 28 June 2005 18:02 (UTC)

[edit] Democratic peace theory

Thank you for your trouble.

The article is now caught in an revert war on what structure it is to have . I have created a discussion section here: Talk:Democratic_peace_theory#Which_Structure.3F_a_discussion. Please comment; the opinion of someone who (like many readers) doesn't know much about the subject would be valuable. Both versions say roughly the same things, but in a different order. Septentrionalis 28 June 2005 23:42 (UTC)

And please edit the invitation to discussion if you see some way to improve it. Septentrionalis

[edit] what?

Adnan Oktar When adding categories, make them consistent with existing categories; in this case, you omitted the name, so that the alphabetical order would have been wrong. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 28 June 2005 13:25 (UTC) ...... your message about Adnan Oktar anonymously copied here at 02:55, 29 June 29 2005 by JuanMuslim

I've answered this at User talk:JuanMuslim. -- Hoary June 29, 2005 03:33 (UTC)

Re: I've only just discovered that it was your edit that I reverted. I reverted it because the "copyedit" and "merge" templates had been removed, and because it didn't seem as though any editing was actually being done. If I'd realised that it was you, I'd have asked first... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 28 June 2005 17:48 (UTC)

Peculiar — you left your note on the Talk page at precisely the same time that I left the above comment. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 28 June 2005 17:57 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fabartus"

  • LOL - Hey I'm old and slow, and you'd be slow working on this keyboard if you were here.

All my fault, I was working two computers at once and wanted to check their IP addresses for some old stuff I did months ago before 'comitment' as I call it. (Why does THAT word sound soooo bad to us males? <G>) So I logged out, and evidently forgot to log back in.

  • Also wrote a couple messages in there somewhere, plus composition time. Hey - it adds up. Then had to revise and extend on T:TI when I realized how late it actually was. You did pull the trigger pretty quick though — I wasn't that distracted by side trips — what happens if I'm editing, and you revert? Or can you tell an edit is in progress? I had the talk window open for a bit, I think. I thought I'd held the Arty edit until (and while) I posted the Talk...
  • I guess I posted both then went back to fix it up with the time window comment.
  • As it is, I've got to get up early and I'm not going to get far, as I'm tired tonight. I'll just polish some of the rough stuff, and tell Radiant! to hold off checking me. So no harm, no foul. (As they say in street Basketball). Did you get anywhere on matching IPs with Users? ala MT? Don't forget to point me on how to move or should I say, archieve talk pages! I'd have to guess I need a move request to preserve the History alongside the archieved page? Plus just keep the part you want in the new page, Yes? Then it takes an Admin. Is there such a thing as a duty Admin, is that the help Desk? You got to remember, this is all still pretty new to me!
  • I just saw a demonstration (previewing the above) of what may have happened, evidently a window opened before logging in, or one that you tell to log you off, keeps that attribute, even if you then open another window and/or log in. (I usually auto-login, but for playing with the IP — must have been this window as my signature just came up as an IP, yet I was doing some category adds earlier and stubbed one article as me and my signature, ergo, the signature is a property of the window context and temp files. QED!
  • btw - It's bedtime now, I started this nearly three hours back, and I didn't even get over to the page, save to see Tan posted another determination to place the Korean table in the Arty — which stopped me cold. If its gonna revert, why bother? :( Disgust!!! — Now I have to wonder if he's just defiant, or playing with half a deck! I thought I'd gotten through! And I thought I was a stubborn teen!

Cheers! User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB 29 June 2005 05:10 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Hello Mel. More clear vandalism by 69.174.192.67 (talk · contribs) on the Muhammad article. I am sure you know how to deal with this. Thank you. --Anonymous editor June 29, 2005 18:08 (UTC)

More vandalism from same user on Islam article. I have a feeling he isn't going to stop until he's blocked. --Anonymous editor June 29, 2005 18:29 (UTC)

[edit] Nice Block

Good work Mel. You and Slim: awesome admins! Thanks. --Anonymous editor June 29, 2005 18:42 (UTC)

Yes, sorry we had a block conflict. I checked the blocklog before I did it, and there was nothing there, but you must have been in the process already. Also, I overwrote your thing on his talk page without meaning to, because we had an edit conflict, and apparently there's an edit-conflict bug in 1.5 that causes the previous edit to be overwritten even if you don't want it to be, so feel free to restore your post to him. Actually, I'll go back and do it myself.
He had the cheek to cast aspersions on Slim's good name! [8] SlimVirgin (talk) June 29, 2005 18:46 (UTC)
LOL!! Sadly true. One word about the other and he'd been blocked from here to eternity. SlimVirgin (talk) June 29, 2005 18:54 (UTC)

[edit] Gert Holstege

I notice that you deleted this, calling it 'nonsense'. I would urge you to revist this decision, having taken a look before it was deleted, it looked as though it was baddly written, but far from nonsense. Yiddish2 29 June 2005 19:33 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your kind words about the RfA

Seems to me I remember some line from FDR about how he considered it a badge of honor to be opposed by some of his more rabid opponents. That having been said, my tact sometimes needs work, and I'm glad to have gotten the good feedback on this that I did. I appreciate the comments you made on the RfA page very much. Peace, BrandonYusufToropov 29 June 2005 20:40 (UTC)

[edit] Have you Noticed

  • That interarticle links like: Project Kids Section do not seem to be functional with the new software? Is there an upper number on the page indexing? This one is about #91, IIRC. Should I report this as a bug? User:Fabartus || Talkto_FrankB