User talk:Ryan Postlethwaite/archive9

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Contents 1 Email 2 Your blanking of User talk:KP Botany 3 Right thing. 4 Done with Wikibreak 5 User:Tfdgdgdfgdfgdtghte45hy4etyg45yregtryg4r5gtn 6 please explain 6.1 Your edit to User:Charles Matthews 7 Stay away from my talk page and my user page 8 Well done 9 Order 10 Dropping you a note 11 To the rescue! 12 Message from Smaug123 13 Boink! 14 :-) 15 User:DarkFalls 16 Input 17 Re: Your Comment on SirFozzie's RfA 18 Thanks 19 The Wild Beasts 20 Deletion review 21 Pictures 22 Question 23 IRC cloak request 24 Needed. 25 Admin coaching essay 26 I owe you BIG TIME 27 You said if I ever needed help, give you a shout 28 Please help me!!! 29 Just to let you know 30 Thanks... 31 My RfA Nomination 32 Haven't handed one of these out in a while ;) 33 Good call 34 User:Ryan Postlethwaite/blocked 35 WP:AIV & my report 36 your arrogance is striking 37 ROFL 38 How does it feel? 39 Wikipedia:Deletion review/Daniel Brandt 2 40 The Real Ryan Postlethwaite 41 CSD AutoReason 42 You've got mail 43 Thanks! 44 Roger Royle 45 Edit War II 46 Manchester meetup 47 Smile 48 Question 49 Editor review 50 Thanks for the RfA nomination 51 Matt 52 Hi There. 53 A very recent edit 54 Also. 55 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jreferee 2 56 Semi-Protect Water 57 An E-mail 58 Privacy / security issues 59 Thank you, dear Ryan! 60 RFA withdrawl 61 :( 62 sick 63 User:Acalamari 64 Gordon Brown 65 Your evidence - missing link 66 RFA thanks 67 Thank 68 Thanks 69 Pwned 70 Oh damn son! 71 Opinion on a template 72 Hehe 73 Happy Ryan's Day! 74 Not an insinuation at all,. actually... 75 RFA nom 76 DYK 77 Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Acalamari 2 78 User:VanTucky 79 Copt and User:Kemet59 80 Redoing the insult 81 Comment 82 Thanks RobslethCop! 83 RFA thanks 84 User:Trumpetband 85 I'm Better 86 E-mail 87 My RfA 88 Abusive language 89 My recent RfB 90 My RFA 91 WP:RFA/ACL 2 92 My RFA 93 My shoulder 94 Ha 95 Weasel king of swords 96 RFA 97 Move protection 98 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Qst 99 Test messages

Email

Hey Ryan, at your earliest convenience would you mind checking your email? Thanks, Metros 19:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, half way through it! Ryan Postlethwaite 19:50, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

You have an e-mail from me also. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's Go Yankees!) 23:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Did you receive the e-mail? --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's Go Yankees!) 21:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry R, I missed that, I've just checked it and replied. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Your blanking of User talk:KP Botany

Good grief, this is exactly the kind of thing that pissed off KP Botany in the first place. I don't think KP is entirely in the right and could have handled the situation better but things like one editor blanking another editor's talk page are starting to make me think KP has a point. I would suggest letting KP and the other editor work it out, with the help of a third party admin if necessary, and stay out of it. Otherwise you're just pouring fuel on the fire. MrDarwin 17:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry you feel that way, but using ones talk page as a platform to make personal attacks and then having it protected is totally unacceptable, hence why I blanked it. I would urge KP Botany to drop the matter, and I will do the minute the talk page is unprotected. She's obviously very upset by this matter, but prolonging it is only causing her more distress - that still does not give her the right to make personal attacks. Ryan Postlethwaite 17:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Right thing.

As you know, I'm not an administrator. Would you mind reviewing Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Saint Joesphs Soup Kitchen and see if my action was correct? Acalamari 18:04, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Good close if you ask me, you didn't close the page then tag it for speedy deletion (which would have been the wrong thing to do). It looks like Wafulz simply overlooked closing down the debate. There's nothing wrong with what you've done - Well done! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Phew, Chrislk02 also came to my talk page saying that was fine. I just remembered from a few months ago when people didn't like me declining unblocks (I haven't declined any unblocks for months), and I didn't want a repeat of an incident like that. Acalamari 18:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, declining unblocks is slightly different - that's best left to an admin, you were just clearing up an admin mistake this time! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Done with Wikibreak

Hooza! I'm glad you're finally back. :) *Cremepuff222* 19:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Tfdgdgdfgdfgdtghte45hy4etyg45yregtryg4r5gtn

Here we go again. If this user name does not exist, why do they have a user page? Corvus cornix 21:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Check the user log for account creation in situations like that. If it is not an account nom it for speedy deletion. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 21:44, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

They don't anymore, whoever created it simply created it in a random userspace - trust me, the user does not exist, check Special:Listusers if you don't believe me. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Another admin deleted it. Never mind. Corvus cornix 21:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

please explain

Your edit to User:Charles Matthews

This edit to another users userpage is completely unacceptable, in this case, it ammounts to severe trolling, please refrain from making edits like this again or you will be blocked. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Why is this unacceptable? It is the truth. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 23:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Stay away from my talk page and my user page

Stay off of my talk page and my user page--I am tired of you and your gang of friends ganging up and attacking me. KP Botany 23:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but please drop it, I'm not ganging up on you, I really don't have any opinion on your dispute with Chrislk02, but please refrain from making personal attacks in your userspace. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Well done

		The Special Barnstar
		For assuming good faith and trying to help Flameviper, even though he utterly abused your good faith in the end and it didn't work out. Keep it up. – Chacor 02:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

(I'd have given "Random Acts of Kindness" but it probably wasn't really a "random act" ;)) – Chacor 02:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Order

Dropping you a note

		The Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience
		I was quite honest when I said that I was willing to trust you with handling the Flameviper situation. Even though you, myself, and several others were willing to give him another chance, it turns out that he was obviously unreformed, and will most likely never fully understand Wikipedia's policies. You, however, have shown commendable dedication to WP:AGF, both in your personal belief at his redemption and your well-reasoned arguing for the aforementioned (and ill-fated) "final chance" that convinced several otherwise skeptical admins, myself included. The description for this award states it may be awarded to "an editor who has shown extraordinary patience in the face of toil or turmoil". The lacking here was all on Flameviper's part, not yours; as a result, I'm proud to present you with this award. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

To the rescue!

Of course, Mr. Postlethwaite! I'll do it right away... if you promise not to lick my legs after I'm done ;) Phaedriel - 10:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

That's a bit of harsh request, go on then, I'll refrain (just this once!) Ryan Postlethwaite 10:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Done! :) I've taken the liberty of moving all your awards to a subpage for easier management of your many well-deserved awards in the future. Hope this helps :) btw, isn't email time yet...? :( Love! Phaedriel - 10:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Message from Smaug123

Thanks, Ryan Postlethwaite! I didn't realise I had been vandalised.

No problem. Ryan Postlethwaite 13:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Boink!

You've got mail, sweetie! :) Love, Phaedriel - 20:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

 :-)

User:DarkFalls

Thanks for the revert... Cheers. --Dark Falls ^talk 10:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Input

Can I get your opinion on something? Dandywho322 appears to have made a series of one sentence stubs about Hardy Boys books. They seem like the kind of single sentence blurb that might be taken straight from the book jacket and therefore a copyvio. Would you mind taking a look at them? Thanks. IrishGuy ^talk 14:54, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm on it now. Ryan Postlethwaite 14:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmmmm, this is a tough one, I've googled them all and can't find any online copyright infringements, but if it's the blub, then it wouldn't be online. I think the best way to deal with this is to delete them all under A1 - no context (I've already don't this for 2 of them). Ryan Postlethwaite 15:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

That would be my reccomendation. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 15:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

And......they're gone. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your Comment on SirFozzie's RfA

You might want to double check that SirFozzie as an admin thing ;) It looks like my Request for Admin has closed successfully at (58/8/2). I consider it my duty to try to live up to the trust that you and others have shown in me. SirFozzie 17:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your attempt at reverting vandalism on my talk page, although it missed the target a bit :-D I like your userpage pic, btw!! hee hee --BorgQueen 20:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, yeah, I've just had to do some sucking up to John, it's ok though - we're friends again! My userpage pic is shocking! Ryan Postlethwaite 20:28, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

The Wild Beasts

I just added more references to The Wild Beasts. There still may be some information from those references that could be added to the article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 21:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, I haven't had chance recently with exams and what not to add to the article, I'll get right onto it over the next few days, thanks a lot for your help. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:11, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Wikipedians by language. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Angr 21:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:00, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Pictures

Haha, there's still at user:hmwith/pictures, but I didn't think that anyone would notice or even care that they were now gone. There's actually still a link to them on my userpage in the Who do you resemble? section.  hmwith  talk 22:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Phew, that's my favourite wikipedia page! Ryan Postlethwaite 22:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, thanks!  hmwith  talk 22:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I sent you a friend request on Facebook. I'm allowed to "stalk", right? That's what happens when you use your full name, I suppose. Don't judge me.  hmwith  talk 23:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Ohhhhh, I'm excited now :-) You can stalk me all you want ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 23:14, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hey, Ryan. I have a quick question. I can't get the pictures (Image:53logo.jpg and Image:0608072126b.jpg) to show up in the infobox for Fifth Third Field (Toledo). Can you get them to work? I can't figure out the problem. Thanks in advance!  hmwith  talk 14:31, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. Riana got it.  hmwith  talk 15:44, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am Ryanpostlethwait on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/Ryan-Postlethwaite. Thanks. --Ryan Postlethwaite 17:56, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

1. Oppose. User doesn't show actual need for the IRC tools. Two weeks of chatting is too little time, tho I may support in the future. Besides, I don't want to share Ryan with anybody. Phaedriel - 18:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

   Ohhh, does this mean we're officially "wiki-lovers"?! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:19, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

• Sorry to borther you so called Wiki-Lovers but What is a IRC Cloak?Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 18:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, wikipedia has it's set of chat channels based on IRC (internet relay chat) where many users discuss the goings on of wikipedia in these chat rooms. Actually, a lot of decisions are discussed here before actions are taken on wiki (in my opinion, everything should be discussed in the open environment of wikipedia itself, but it doesn't always happen like that). Anyone is free to join the channels (although the admin channel is for admins only, likewise a couple of other groups have their own channel), but the main one for en.wiki is Wikipedia-en. When I chat, I use the nickname Ryanpostlethwait but my IP address is also visable, an IRC cloak basically covers up my IP address so makes chatting more private (in a similar way that on wiki, although our IP's that we edit from are stored by the servers, no-one can see them unless they are a checkuser), hope that explains things! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I knew what was IRC was but thank you for explaining IRC Cloak! :)Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 19:02, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

<grin> Ryan, you're definitely "marrying up" with that one. Phaedriel is wayyyy too good for you. Phaedriel, don't do it... don't forget he's a lecherous little tyke - check the photo on his user page for proof! /me enjoys stirring the pot a little. - Philippe | Talk 22:45, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Needed.

I saw you post on AN/I. Would you mind taking a look at what I posted there near the bottom? Acalamari 00:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I still don't know why he won't discuss his edits. Acalamari 00:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Admin coaching essay

Hey. Would it be okay if I did my next essay on WP:PROT or maybe WP:BLOCK? I think I'd like to start dipping my hands into some more "admin-ish" tasks. *Cremepuff222* 01:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I owe you BIG TIME

Thank you for blocking Klyptzm! He was Vandlizeing my page like crazy and I was geting tired of him THANKS AGAIN!!! Your a good help!--Manny Ribera 07:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You said if I ever needed help, give you a shout

I'm 99% sure I've spotted another JBSockpuppet who's hidden under the radar for 10 days with a lot of edits.. any chance I could forward you some evidence and see what you think? SirFozzie 22:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalising my userpage?! Ha! Send the evidence this way and I'll take a look. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

You have an email, Sir! SirFozzie 22:38, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Just sifting through the info as we speak. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm hesitant to block this one, can you file a checkuser or shall I do it? Ryan Postlethwaite 22:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser's no good, already been done. all that it's linked to is an account that made one db-bio edit (a JB speciality, and who would speedy delete an article with their first and so far only edit?), and no sign of proxyhood. SirFozzie 23:02, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Well in that case, leave it with me, I'm absolutely shattered tonight so I'm not concentrating. Tomorrow after work, I'll go though both users contribs with a toothcomb and see if I can spot similarities (I just don't want to block on a hunch). Ryan Postlethwaite 23:05, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Cool. Grab yourself a couple more beers from over at my talk page, you might need em! :D SirFozzie 23:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I think I'll need them for this one!! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I think you had a litte too much beer.:) Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 23:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Ha, actually, I've been sober for a couple of days Arnon, I'm getting the shakes! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh man not good not good, Run!:)Arnon Chaffin (I'm listening!) 23:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Considering the context here I think my comments on the checkuser should also be taken into account. –– Lid^(Talk) 10:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

No need for any further investigation. Account is blocked, thanks to the sterling work of one particular editor *beams with pride* One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 15:28, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Please help me!!!

I have this problem with this user his names Klyptzm he got me real angry! He Vandlized my page for the 3rd time and removed your block warning he has been causeing problems with me and other users! Please if you can and may please block him for a week or so so he can calm down and learn form his mistakes please! Well it is up to you how and when and how long he gets blocked but i'm asking PLEASE HELP! I really need your help at this moment--Manny Ribera 16:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know

Not sure if you saw, but I've upped a block on WP:AN/I#JJH1992.C2.A0.28talk.C2.A0.C2.B7_contribs.29

It's not that I don't trust your judgement, but this user has been doing the same exact thing to the same exact pages since I first got pulled in to deal with it a few months ago, and several times came off a block only to do it all over again. And this was after a lengthy full page protection on the articles in question.

Well... you see my point. It's not that I don't trust your judgement, it's that you had no way of knowing just how persistent of a vandal (because that's what it is after as much edit warring as he's done) this fellow is. Adam Cuerden ^talk 18:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I'd seen it on his talk page. I'm not aware of the full history of the user and it's hard to get a full picture flicking through the contribs. I saw the block log when blocking and I was erring on the side of caution because I've never interacted with the fellow, but I trust your judgement that a month block is required here, let's just hope when he returns he can work a bit more constructively and take concerns on board better (although that seems unlikely to be honest....) Ryan Postlethwaite 18:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Afraid you're probably right. Ah, well. Just didn't want to go behind your back with the change, as I do rather respect your judgement. Adam Cuerden ^talk 18:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for standing up in ANI and in that userpage for my widely-accredited, globally-recognized, famous, glorious, exquisite and immaculate image! ;-) NikoSilver 13:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem, I was glad to defend such an acclaimed wikipedian :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 19:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA Nomination

Hello. Thank you for deleting my nomination. I had already asked Húsönd to delete the page, but I guess you beat him to the punch :-). Happy editing! Yours sincerely, Eddie 19:36, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

That's what happens when I hijack Husonds talk page :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 19:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ryan,

Is there any news regarding the K2 Network entry? I hope finals went well!

Regards,

Xandamere 19:44, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Haven't handed one of these out in a while ;)

Get some sleep! :) Riana ⁂ 23:58, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Haha! I'm trying my hardest to sleep already :-( I hope you'll be getting resysopped soon (and best of luck with the exams if your still doing them!) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Just got resysopped today - found it really hard to do the things I do without sysop tools :) The exams are still ongoing but the physics-y stuff is outta the way, so I'm relaxing a bit more! As for sleep... er... count these! :) Riana ⁂ 00:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

zzzzzzz! Ryan Postlethwaite 00:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Am always glad to help :) Riana ⁂ 00:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Good call

Thanks for taking that bold step. I think its a good call. Regards, Navou 03:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Ryan Postlethwaite/blocked

Um...it's very funny, but I'm worried about feeding the trolls. You should consult User:Phaedriel, who has her own set of vandalism warnings tinged with good humor. YechielMan 03:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Aw, it's just a joke. Ryan's not going to actually hand that out... though I for one would laugh if you did :) Riana ⁂ 03:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I used it once, just to try it out! But now, it's going to kept for humerous purposes only - I might bring it out if there's a really naughty troll that needs to be pissed off, but until then, it can stay in it's box! Don't worry - it's not going to be my standard block message! Ryan Postlethwaite 03:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV & my report

the IP that I reported is an m:pywikipedia bot and is not approved. Only approved bots should be operating. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 03:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

your arrogance is striking

how is saying the verifiable truth inflammatory? What does it has to do with "civilty parole"? Are people on civilty parole less allowed to say the verifiable truth? Secondly: What does it have to do with warnings? I can warn you not to block me, and if you do it again, I can block you? Ahh, no I cannot, because you belong to the first-class wikipedians that have superior rights while I am only a secondly class wikipedian, without those special rights. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 11:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Tobias, you edited a fellow users talk page in an attempt to defame them - that's incivil. Just get on with editing some articles, your campaigning against your arbitration case isn't doing you any favours. You need to let it drop now, it's not going to be overturned. Ryan Postlethwaite 17:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

you switched from inflammatory to defaming. So then: what is defaming if I say the verifiable truth about him? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 13:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

ROFL

Ryan, what did I tell you? GDonato (talk) 15:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice Block Notice Ryan :-).Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 19:24, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh - excellent! Of course, there's just one thing wrong ;) - Alison ☺ 19:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Mind you, I like the idea of a vandal being asked to drink Bud... vile stuff! Flyguy649^talk_contribs 22:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Cruel and unusual punishment, I say! - Alison ☺ 23:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

How does it feel?

How does it feel to have people think that you blocked a respected (cough cough) editor? Oh and BTW don't give Manny all the credit he/she had nothing to do with it. 202.156.66.110 10:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I have unblocked Manny as you have been inactive for quite some time. Although understandably it looks like 69.. added the fake block, but it was 202.. and 69 re-instated it in an understandable revert/editconflict. 69 is Manny, while 202 is on the opposite side of the planet. Agathoclea 10:55, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

No no you got it all wrong! I added that Blocked thing on Klyptzm because it was on his page and he deleted it, So I thought Klyptzm was really blocked by Ryan so I added his block thing back on after he deleted it because I thought he was trying to avode critics from users or somthing. But to tell you the truth I really wished Klyptzm was really blocked. Hes a jerk somtimes but sometimes he can be nice....Sometimes but not at all always rare...But he always makes fun of peoples Edits, deletes his warning tampletes and vandlizes people pages it seems hes paranoid because of Butterrum last year...--Manny Ribera 11:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

It's alright i'm just glad this was cleared up otherwise I whould of been blocked because of a mistake.--Manny Ribera 18:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Daniel Brandt 2

Let me be the first to say thank you for stepping forward to handle such a difficult task. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 04:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

While I expected that the deletion/merge/whatever would be endorsed, giving that endorsing it had broader support and given the changing spirit of BLP policies, I was extremely disappointed by the closing summary. It basically dismisses all the opposition as "comments from the parties wishing to overturn the AfD result that still attempt to show that Daniel Brandt is notable". This ignored the many comments pointing out that there was no consensus for a merge, that the merge made no sense as because it was redirecting a person's name to one of his projects, etc. --Itub 12:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you feel that way, but that's the impression that I got from reading through the debate. If you have read the summary fully, you will also notice that I pointed out that overturning parties also failed to show how there was no consensus, and failed to respect that this was a middleground merge that attempted to keep both sides happy. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I think I overreacted. Yesterday was a bad day. Time to move on... --Itub 05:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for closing Wikipedia:Deletion review/Daniel Brandt 2. --JWSchmidt 03:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

The Real Ryan Postlethwaite

Oh no...it seems a vandal has shown your real identity! :) --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 00:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC) (it's one of the funniest vandalisms I've seen in a long time).

You should keep that version on the subpage. It IS hilarious. Anyways, I replied via e-mail. Evilclown93_(talk) 13:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Wow, my secrets out! It certainly gave me a chuckle when I saw that! Ryan Postlethwaite 19:29, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

CSD AutoReason

I was informed earlier today about a bug in IE6. I've since fixed it per the suggestion and IE6 is working fine again. Just thought I'd let my spamlist know that they need to purge their local cache (Ctrl+F5 on most browsers) to get the latest version of the script. Regards, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 16:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

You've got mail

You've got mail. --Evilclown93_(talk) 16:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks as always for reverting vandalism on my userpage, it is greatly appreciated. --TeaDrinker 20:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Roger Royle

Regarding your post about Roger Royle's retirement, am leaving a message pointing you to BBC's Press office at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/radio2/roger_royle.shtml hope that helps.

Edit War II

Hi Ryan, R.K.Z again. Listen, we got a major edit war in the Family Guy "Meet The Quagmires article, an editor is maitaining a vice grip on how the article should be displayed. He is constantly removing the "Cultural Referecnes", yet does'nt seem to bother doing the same with the other FG episodes that list the same things. He's also putting other editors down citing "procedures" and "examples". Lock the article so neither an editor, vet or new, can touch it until we sort out this problem.

Dr. R.KZ. 04:26 267h May 2007

Update: Well, as far as I can tell, our troll of an editor is being blasted pretty much by almost everybody incolved in the article, and a reader has expressed he cannot learn anything from the reverts this editor made. What was his response? "If you don't like it, leave Wikipedia"

Yes, he told a concerned reader who could'nt find any information that HE COULD TAKE A FLYING LEAP, how professional is THAT?

I suggest you tell him to back off and leave the FG articles alone. All of them, and even temp or perma-ban him if he keeps reverting the "Cultural References". He's clearly unprofessional

Dr. R.KZ. 15:31 28th May 2007

Update: Lock all FG episodes to protect the "Cultural References" from being deleted by Homefill

Dr. R.KZ. 21:07 28th May 2007

Manchester meetup

I'd like to come up. How would you like me to give you my number or similar?

Smile

Question

Are you related to Rachel Postlethwaite? Rockstar (^T/_C) 19:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

Hey Ryan, I have been cleaning out the backlog at ER, and I came across this, and I'm not sure how to respond... would you take a look please? Thank you, cheers! --wpktsfs 02:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the RfA nomination

It appears to be ready. Would you mind seeing if I left anything out (other than my signature). Thanks! -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 23:00, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Matt

What happened, did Matt revert some edit he made or something? Or do you not know?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:09, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, but if the IP continues, I'll block it - it's harrassement. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:10, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Who on earth is Matthew Fenton? I see to recall a User:Matthew reverting a alteration I tried to make with the main actor template and was quite rude about it but I am certianly not fighting with anyone -I'd forgotten about it? Who is he and why on earth would anyone ever think of blocking me? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 23:12, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

It's User:Matthew, he's not even an admin, I'm not sure what he's done, but I think the IP just targetted everyone who he could, so no need to worry - your not getting blocked. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:15, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. He seemed to have spammed quite a bit of people.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 23:12, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Heh. He actually tried to warn Tony Sidaway to stay out of a fight because the other person has some admin friends. That's something like warning a colonel of marines that his opponent is in a street gang... :-) --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 23:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Haha, I'm sure Tony is quivering in his boots - it's probably for the IP's own good that he's blocked now! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:19, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi There.

FYI - I am trying to edit again! Some things have come up in the real world that make it difficult, but I'll still be on every now and then. I recently wrote an article that talks about page protection. Anyway just wanted to give you an update. --Trumpetband ^{What is happening to Wikipedia?} 23:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

A very recent edit

Hmmmm... :) Acalamari 00:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

What would Adele say about that?! Thanks for the revert btw, much appreciated. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Both Wimt and I reverted an edit on your user page. Anyway, you've reverted my user page several times and I need to pay you back. :) Acalamari 00:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

You might want to take a look at this for some comical userpage vandalism. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Ha, ha! I saw that, and in fact, I tried to revert it but Chrislk02 beat me to it. Acalamari 00:33, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Also.

I just realized that I have seen your username before. I do not appreciate your past personal attacks against me [1], and question if you are engaging me in good faith on the RFA page having now re-read your remarks in hindsight. Italiavivi 00:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I actually forgot about that, it is nothing to do with me questioning your oppose. That was all in the past, let bygones be bygones. although I never personally attacked you as you seem to think. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:25, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

To deny the attack of comments like "the above user is just one of those who have their own agenda on wikipedia and are not willing to listen to complaints or critisism" or stating refusal to work with other established editors in good faith (because I am not new?) is pretty impressive. I have a hard time "letting bygones be bygones" when you amend your c'est la vie without any sincere form of apology. Italiavivi 00:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but the only incivil character here is you. Upon further reflection, it seems that it was not a misunderstanding, the problem here is you and your inability to act with a community spirit. Ryan Postlethwaite 01:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

What rank hypocrisy. "Community spirit" says someone who made such personal attacks, impugns character, and openly states an unwillingness to work with other long-standing editors. I am sorry to see a sysop so clearly abandon WP:AGF. Italiavivi 02:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I work with all users, I love doing it, unless they are here to get into battles with other editors, unfortunately, you fall into this category. Ryan Postlethwaite 08:00, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

You refuse to work with others without having ever even spoken with them. As far as "why am I here," am I to understand that you are a mind-reader or in possession of a crystal ball? I doubt I am, and suspect you are simply attacking those who have opposed your wiki-friends' actions in the past. Italiavivi 13:31, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jreferee 2

Calm, please, calm. He's at 46 supports to 1 oppose, that's a landslide. There is absolutely no reason for suspecting he won't pass.... except that there have been cases where overly violent nitpicking of each and every oppose by the nominee or supporters have actually led more people to oppose (because it became clear that there were issues with combativeness, or 'clique'ishness, etc.). You said that it was a newbie mistake once, that's enough, it convinced most people, it doesn't have to convince everyone. Don't be "shocked", don't panic. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 00:57, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not shocked (so I won't panic!) - I'm just angry. I can't believe some people take into account contribs of a candidate that are from when he was a month old when commenting. It saddens me because it shows that people don't look for reasons to support a candidate, they look for reasons to oppose. I'm not doing to get this RfA to pass, I'm doing it because the rationales of some people really get to me, especially in this case. I said this in an RfA the other day, we're a community trying to work together - we should start acting like one. Ryan Postlethwaite 01:10, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Semi-Protect Water

Hi, I would like to know why water doesn't qualify for semi-protect. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 07:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, as I said, it's a high profile page, a lot of users will look at the page and then edit it. We are the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, so we try our hardest to keep our high profile pages unprotected. We have to expect some vandalism to water due to the vast number of hits it gets. Simply put, unless there is a serious vandalism problem with the article, it's best not to protect it - in this particular case, 6 hits a day does not constitue a serious problem. Ryan Postlethwaite 07:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

An E-mail

I have sent one. Acalamari 15:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Privacy / security issues

Ryan, you may also be interested in this thread. One user proposed "real names only", to which I replied along the lines of a possible "forced commitment scheme", or maybe a key-list or clearnames vs. usernames (stored on a secure Wikia-server, e.g.). I freely admit that I have no clue as to potential legal consequences for the foundation, but it sounds like a good way to cut down on cruft-producers and kooks. It could also stop COI violations of any kind. —AldeBaer (c) 18:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, had a quick scan through - I'm tired at the moment ( :-( ) so I'll comment on it later :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 19:09, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, dear Ryan!

Thank you for all that you have done! How much love resides therein! All one's gifts are never gone: Not seen, perhaps, but stored within. Kindness is an inner sun. Your unspent heart a message sends Of grace and sacrifice hard-won Upon which happiness depends! Thank you so much, dear Ryan! Love, Phaedriel 05:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

My sweet dear Ryan, thank you so much for your kind and warms words, which mean the world to me. I've had a draft of an email to you at my mailbox for days and days... and I can't see the moment to finish it! :) I promise it's a matter of hours, not days... cross my heart! Love you, Phaedriel - 05:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA withdrawl

Yeah, I'm sorry too, I opposed but that was certainly without prejudice. Give it a few more months, get clued up on policy (I'd suggest hanging out around a few AfD's), then I am positive you will make a fine admin. Ryan Postlethwaite 12:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. I obviously missed a bit of policy on the substitution thing, and my lack of main space contribs was causing issues for others. Never mind, no big deal and all that! I much appreciate all the feedback. Pedro |  Chat  12:52, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

 :(

You must be going through hard times, and I hope they improve soon. *Cremepuff222* 19:29, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem; you deserve it. Here's another one: :) *Cremepuff222* 22:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

sick

I Don't Know how to say it, but Seth's Very Sick. He sounded like he needed to go to the hospital on the phone! I Hope he gets better. Bananaman1137 23:19, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

That is Not True, My Name is Ty Brush. and I'm his best friend.

Whatever, unless you stop using this aacount seth your going to see me hit that block button again. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

You just don't want to understand the fact that Seth has friends outside of wikipedia. Bananaman1137 23:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Troll somewhere else tonight seth, I'm not in the mood. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Acalamari

Ryan; I just nominated this user for RfA. Now please do not take this the wrong way; given that he had one no consensus RfA three months ago, and one aborted one a few days ago which he declined because he already knew that I wanted to nominate him, I labelled my nomination Wikipedia:Requests for admin/Acalamari 3. Why was I wrong?--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Tony. Basically, when someone declines an RfA nomination we delete it. It's simply so there's no prejudice against the candidate because Wikipedia:Requests for admin/Acalamari 3 sounds worse than Wikipedia:Requests for admin/Acalamari 2 (It implies he's failed 2 previous RfA's). I moved 3 to 2 because we should always use the next number for an RfA page, as 2 wasn't there anymore, I moved the new nom to 2. Hope that explains. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Gordon Brown

Ryan, I would at least semi-protect. There will be an increase in vandalism when he becomes Prime Minister in a few hours. Tom 10:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

My concern is that today this will be a very high profile page, in a similar way to the featured article, it is often best to let non-autoconfirmed users edit it - maybe revert, block, ignore? I'll have a quick think about it. Ryan Postlethwaite 10:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

No, semi for a couple/few days- BLP issues etc. may arise and I'm also concerned about the possible nuber of vandalisms. GDonato (talk) 15:01, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I've left it there for the moment, still not happy about it though. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Your evidence - missing link

Hi, Ryan. You gave evidence in Charlotte's ArbCom case, quoting Charlotte's statement that a checkuser had blocked all her IPs, but you didn't give a link. I believe this is the link you are looking for. I haven't added it, because I don't want to tamper with your evidence. Cheers. ElinorD (talk) 17:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much - I didn't realise I'd missed it off. I'll pop over and add it now, cheers :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 17:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

		Thank you for your support and comments at my RfA
		Hi Ryan, It still amazes me that otherwise "anonymous" editors take the time to place !votes and comments on RfAs. Whilst I would have normally thanked you at the time of you leaving your message, the importance of my not appearing to be canvassing prevented me from so doing. Now that everything has progressed successfully I can finally thank you. I intend to uphold a style of good adminship and will welcome your further comments at any time in the future, even if they are in the form of admonishment. I will be happy to help as an admin wherever and whenever I can --VS talk 22:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank

you! ~ Wikihermit 23:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

No probs. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:57, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For protecting my userpage. : ) --Evilclown93_(talk) 01:08, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

No probs, I was thinking of doing it yesterday but didn't want to step on your toes. Ryan Postlethwaite 01:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Pwned

Thanks for the tip, though someone beat you to it. [2] ;) -01:26, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah well, at least we're on top of things ;-) Good report by the way - happy editing! Ryan Postlethwaite 01:28, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh damn son!

Oh man, beat you to the punch with WarthogDemon on the UAA page information! What what!!! Naw, I'm just teasing man...hope all's well, and I think you said you were graduating soon; so I hope that went well, and see you around man! Jmlk17 01:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Hehe - you're just too quick! Degree went crap - but I can still do the Masters I wanted to do so I don't really care! It's just going to mean I'll have to cut back on wiki next year :-S. Thanks for the note. Ryan Postlethwaite 01:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Opinion on a template

Hi Ryan, I don't have much experience with discussion re: templates. I've come across {{AIV}} a couple of times. It's an example of rubbing salt in the wounds of users that are about to get blocked (to paraphrase you from Pedro's recent RfA). The user who created it is on vacation until June 30, so I haven't discussed it with him. I imagine there are editors who like using this template and find it useful. Perhaps a TfD? Thanks in advance, Flyguy649^talk_contribs 03:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

And.... Listed for TfD! Ryan Postlethwaite 11:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Flyguy649^talk_contribs 11:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Hehe

[3] Loved the edit summary ;) I even made an account that would have gotten reported by the bot, but it didn't. Riana (talk) 21:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I did try everything......Added {{Userlinks|example}} to try and kick start it. God damn it, why didn't that work? I guess I better go back to bot school!! Ryan Postlethwaite 21:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't know, frustrating though! Have to do things old-school style... the block didn't work either, apparently... Riana (talk) 21:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Get a bot flag! GDonato (talk) 21:34, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

But first learn how to spell indefinite and this "someone" business simply will not do- you're a rubbish bot, you're fired. We want the old one back! ;-) GDonato (talk) 21:36, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

And I was just about to go and ask a 'crat for a bot flag Ryan cries Ryan Postlethwaite 21:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

First you were a regular flesh-and-blood editor, now you're a bot... are you Wikipedia's first cyborg editor? EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Me thinks so, I'm considering a name change to PossBot - it's more inline with my current work! Ryan Postlethwaite 21:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

That would get you banned in rfcn. NikoSilver 21:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

No it wouldn't, because users should recognise that I have an ability to act as both human editor and a bot - many users see me as the perfect wikipedian :-) :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 21:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Or the perfect Frankenstein? NikoSilver 21:58, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Could be time for another one of Niko's infamous "Image compromise attempts" :-) - Alison ☺ 22:01, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I think we should take this one to the WP:RM (before we start the inquisition that is). NikoSilver 22:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Ryan, I'm a much better bot than you, admit it GDonato (talk) 22:07, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Frankenthwaite has a certain ring to it, no? :) - Alison ☺ 22:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

lol - nice pic. Is this the wrong moment to point out that Frankenstein was the creator not the monster? ;-) WjBscribe 22:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Awesome!! - Alison ☺ 22:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC) (and yes, WJB, knew that!)

Desperately trying to outwit what made me spill my drink...Since we're into portmanteaus, how about "Ryan RobstlethCop"? NikoSilver 22:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hahahahahahah!!!!!! That is brilliant Niko!!!! Probably the best thing I've seen in my time here! Ryan Postlethwaite 22:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

In the sequel we can equip him with an iron tongue, or even more iron limbs. Any special requests? NikoSilver 23:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmmmm, although wikipedia isn't censored, I think we'd get banned for the only request that I'd have!! I like the iron tongue idea - I'm sure Adele will like it even more! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:02, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Why banned? Were you thinking of adding one of these? (Sheesh! I definitely need specialized help for thinking that...) NikoSilver 12:30, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Happy Ryan's Day!

Ryan Postlethwaite has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Ryan's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Ryan! Love, Phaedriel 01:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Excellent! You deserve this! Acalamari 01:37, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

What he said! Yours sincerely, Eddie 03:21, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Dear Ryan, I'm so glad you liked your little gift; but I disagree with you, you totally deserve it! ;) At last I found the time to write you a long email, like I wanted for weeks, so I'll continue at your mailbox. Enjoy your day, sweetie! :) Love, Phaedriel - 10:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Hooray for Ryan! bibliomaniac15 ^{BUY NOW!} 22:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Not an insinuation at all,. actually...

Having seen The Sunshine Man's answers, I actually think it's pretty unequivocal that he had no idea what he was talking about. Wouldn't it be far better for a user who wants to be an admin to learn policy on their own through example and reading things like XfDs, policies, and guidelines instead of guessing, getting a yes/no, and then getting a correct answer they can then regurgitate on an RFA so they can "prove" they know what it means to be an admin? You may see it as a tool; I see it a crutch and an excuse not to become more conversant with policy on one's own. MSJapan 12:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

You will see a link to my admin coachee page here - User:Ryan_Postlethwaite/Admin_coaching/Cremepuff222/Tasks, what I do is let him create his own thoughts and idea's, but guide him to important area's that he should know as an administrator. He writes a different essay each week, on a core issue such as WP:N or WP:BLP - I don't tell him what to write, I just tell him the area to do the essay on. Wouldn't you agree that this may help a user look at depth into key area's of wikipedia without me holding his hand? You go back to TSM having no idea what he is talking about, I disagree, he knows how this place works - he has just been a little misguided in a few area's - that's where an admin coach can help pick up on mistakes ealier than a full blown RfA would, it simply prepares users for adminship better. Some users can pick it up themselves, others need guidance, but with that guidance, they can still make excellent admins in the long run. Ryan Postlethwaite 12:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I did go over the page you linked to quite carefully, and as a considered response, I would say I'm still mixed on the value of coaching, and here's why (bearing in mind I'm using "coachee" in general terms, but based on what I've seen thus far for TSM and Cremepuff): for the AfD listings, when there were ten votes before the coachee's vote, I honestly was unable to tell whether or not it was original reasoning or parroting of earlier votes. Original reasoning was clearer when the coachee's vote was second or third, so clearly there could be some improvement to the AfD coaching process to guarantee actual thought about policies, leading to a better indication of understanding. I mean, if 10 people say OR, and then I say OR, a third party only has my word to decide whether I thought of that on my own, or just followed the crowd.

I see a similar problem with the policy essays - you're saying "write about this policy", and the majority of the essays are simply a summary of that policy. I don't know about you, but I certainly haven't memorized WP:N, so is the coachee simply synthesizing and summarizing, especially when there are applicability missteps or omissions in the "original thought"-type sections, or does the coachee really understand the policy? I think a better way to go about this is to really put some infrastructure into this, and have some testbed AfDs to see what coachees do with a practical application of policy without a cushion of other voters.

My concern is that it does not seem possible at the moment, using this particular process, to ascertain whether the coachee is retaining (which is the ideal goal) or regurgitating (which is what it seems like from the limited examples). Obviously, we want admins who know (or can find) policies, and can apply them properly, not just admins who know the answers to the general questions that may come up on an RfA. I suppose the principle of coaching is sound, but I think the fundamental questions that I see show that there's still room for improvement in practice. MSJapan 14:21, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA nom

Thanks and I accept, will I note the acceptance on the RfA page now or wait until nearer the time it goes live? GDonato (talk) 18:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Fill out your answers, then just before you transclude it, accept it - Best of luck! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. GDonato (talk) 18:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 28 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carlos Morales Troncoso, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 18:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Acalamari 2

Maybe I really did want to support the user because he'll go on a deletion spree...o.0

Hehe, thanks for catching the mistake. :) Nishkid64 (talk) 18:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

It gave me a little chuckle! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

User:VanTucky

Hi,

There is a case of incivility which I hope you can help out with. I've never reported incivility before, so I'm not sure of the process. But here is the diff.

This user has been extremely combative and rude since he hit the Controversy in parapsychology page and talk page, and the Parapsychology talk page.

Thanks! Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 19:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

User warned for incivility. You can give a warning yourself, but it's often better to let a neutral party take a look - I looked, didn't like so I warned. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I already warned him several times, just not on his talk page. Thanks for your help! (: Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 19:58, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Copt and User:Kemet59

Hi,

I noticed that you created the category for this report so I guess you are looking into it? I'm not one of the regular editors of Copt, but I put it on my watchlist a couple of weeks ago when there was some trouble that got reported on WP:AN/I. Looked like pretty obvious sockpuppetry to me to I figured it would be better for me to report it as an uninvolved observer. These things get so messy when one of the regular editors reports it. Do you think I need to request a checkuser? IPSOS (talk) 21:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

There's no need to request a CheckUser just yet - it seems obvious at the minute that the accounts are the same - so we can just keep on blocking. If it gets any more serious, let me know, because we could try and request an IP check to block the underlying IP's. I'm not actually involved in the case - I just blocked one of the users and saw the suspected sock puppet tag being added later. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Cool. I will just continue to keep an eye on it, then. IPSOS (talk) 21:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

As I said, if you need any advice if it get's any worse, I'm more than happy to give a neutral view :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 21:52, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Redoing the insult

Now User:VanTucky has made his uncivil behavior against me only, by crossing out the incivility originally leveled at both myself and Nealparr.[4]

To me, this looks like repeating the insult, since he could have done nothing or crossed out the incivility. What's your suggestion? Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 23:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I can see your point, but there's not much we can really do about it - he struck out his original comments about an editor but not yours, it's not adding any extra incivility - just simply not removing his original comments about you. I think the best thing to do would just remain civil yourself - he's been warned - and if there's any further comments, he will be blocked (but I hope there will be nothing further). Ryan Postlethwaite 00:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Yeah, he probably won't do any more. He could be a good editor, he's certainly got a lot of energy. Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 04:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

my suggestion is "Get over it, it's an internet site" 91.84.51.91 00:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment

Perhaps you should spend less of your time being an online Nazi and do some work. Some of us actually have to support your less-than-keen attitude to work. We actually pay for it. So stop dicking around on wikipedia and do your college work. 91.84.51.91 00:02, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Calm down sir, I didn't remove your post from Talk:Gordon Brown last time - we had our little disucssion with your other IP address and I left it at that - no need for the personal attacks. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:04, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

No, "someone" removed it. I stick by my comment that if I'm paying tax money for your education, you need to do some more time studying. Love S 91.84.51.91 00:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone did, not me! I spend enough time studying thank you! ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I hope so mate, cause it looks like you spend a lot of time looking at Wikipedia. If you think it's ever going to take the place of a proper Encyclopaedia you're much mistaken, and our money is best spent elsewhere. It's nothing personal by the way, I just think you're a bit of a Floridan sycophant who should be spending their time elsewhere. Love S 91.84.51.91 00:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh and if you want to know why I called you a Nazi, it's cause you removed my comment on a Discussion page. I don't edit or vandalise proper pages, I just try to stimulate discussion. And when I see it removed, I just think of fascists. Love Steve 91.84.51.91 00:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

PPS hope your house is still dry :)

I spend my free time editing this amazing encyclopedia :-) The reason why I removed your comment was because the talk page of an article is for discussing the article - not for discussing the man and his merits - that's what a forum is for. Thanks for the concern about my house, it's dryish, but I've had my window open so my rooms all wet :-S Ah well, I guess I'll survive. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm not a fascist, I'm pretty much down to earth - if you create an account and get to know me, you'll probably see I'm a bit of a laugh (See the rest of this talk page). Ryan Postlethwaite 00:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks RobslethCop!

Nice to see you policing my neighborhood. Cheers! NikoSilver 09:44, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Hi Ryan. Thank you for your unwavering support and willingness to tie your reputation so closely to my actions by nominating me admin. My RfA passed with 95 support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral !votes. It means a lot to me to have your individual support and the collective support of so many others. I truly will strive to carry myself at a level representing the trust bestowed in me as I use the mop to address the never-ending drips of discontent in need of caretaker assistance. Jreferee (Talk) 06:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Trumpetband

Ryan, I'm sorry. I indefblocked User:Trumpetband as a proven sock of User:Bfissa. For a hint of why, check and compare their latest userpages (esp. Bfissa's deleted one). Basically identical. However, it was checkuser proven. I'm sorry, as I know Trumpetband was adopted by you :( By the way, they were my impostor from last week, too, and there was another one in waiting, also blocked. Not the nicest thing to deal with before going on break - Alison ☺ 08:41, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

C'est la vie...... Ryan Postlethwaite 19:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm Better

Hey, I'm Back.

Ty (Bananaman1137) told me you were harassing himAccusing him of being me, but that's not possible because I'm Me And He's Him and he's not me and I'm not him unless you got drunk again ant then you'd be juhfghfhjfhgf and stuff.

—Remember, the Edit will be with you, always. (Sethdoe92) ^{(drop me a line)} 18:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

Hi Ryan. I see you haven't been online recently. Just letting you know you have e-mail. --(Review Me) R ^{you talking to me?}Contribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 20:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Abusive language

Hey Ryan, See Talk:Catahoula Leopard Dog#Photos returned to see content. He seems to have a God-like complex and when asked questions resorts to abusive language. VanTucky has been warned previously. Thanks and good luck in your final year in pharmacology. --Chuck Noles1984 21:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfB

Thank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community.

I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Hi Ryan, just a quick note to say thanks for participating my request for adminship. It was successful and I now have some shiny new buttons. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Happy editing, mattbr 09:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFA/ACL 2

Hello Ryan, thanks for the strong support in my RfA. The final tally was 104/1/1. I hope I can still rely on help from you if and when I need it. Acalamari 21:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks for your support on my RFA. It failed this time, but I'll be working on suggestions from those who voted and will give it another try a few months down the road. Hiberniantears 14:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

My shoulder

Just wanted to point you towards my clarification on Magnus' user page. I've always been a fan of yours; I intended no hard feelings by that comment, which I probably should have reworded. Jouster  (whisper) 17:35, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

There's certainly no hard feelings at my end - I just wanted to make sure that you knew I wasn't trying to have a bitch at you - I can see both points of view to be honest, and I hope you come to some agreement (I won't be participating in further discussion as I don't have a clue about coding!!). All the best, Ryan Postlethwaite 17:57, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Ha

I'm going to have to give myself a mini mop for cleaning up after you admins ;-) ~ Wikihermit 18:12, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, I saw that - thanks for sorting out, I guess I've obviously just worked to hard today! Ryan Postlethwaite 18:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Weasel king of swords

Okay, I should have blocked that user immediately then. I thought the vandalism looked familiar; replacing your picture with Osama and then a fat person. Acalamari 18:38, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

It was just obvious to me he wasn't around to do any good, I'm fairly sure he is a sock. The best advice I can give in your situation is just give them the standard warnings and block after that. It's good you're not doing anything that could be seen as controversial already. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I haven't performed any blocks yet; I've only done a load of deletions, lowering CSD and CAT:TEMP; as well as deleting the user/talk pages of the troll that bugged me (the pages were listed in CAT:TEMP, and had been there for a while). I did a test semi-protection on one of my sub-pages, but I haven't mastered protection timers yet; I'm not totally sure what to do with setting timers. Acalamari 18:45, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, for expiry time, you simply type how long the protection is going to last. E.g. 24 hours, 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month - just type it! I tend to protect pages for a couple of days in a first instance and protect for longer after that. If you leave the expiry time blank, if protects it infinitely. The same goes for length of blocks, but I generally use the drop down menu that allows a block length particular block length from a list to be selected. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, so if I need to protect a page for a 3 hours, I just type in "3 hours"? I didn't think you were supposed to do that, that's why I wasn't sure. Acalamari 18:50, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Yup, that's exactly how you do it. All numbers should be fully numbers, e.g. 90 minutes not 1.5 hours. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks; that's simpler than I thought. Acalamari 18:53, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

RFA

You may wish to know that my RfA has passed at 46/1/0. Thank you for your nomination. GDonato (talk) 22:37, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Move protection

Do you still want your user page protected, or should I unprotect it? Acalamari 00:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Yup, leave it move protected - I can't see any valid reason why someone would wish to move my userpage. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

To change it do "Ryan Postlethwaite on Wheels"? :) Okay then. I think I'll do the same with mine. Thanks for the teaching. Acalamari 00:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Qst

I took too long to leave the message. I think he closed it while I was editing just the question section... Either way, it was open when I went into it. I was called away from my desk, and had to wait to hit the save page button. Mildy embarassing... thanks for the revert, as I did not want to appear to be piling on the poor guy. Hiberniantears 18:23, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see, that's what I was concerned about - RfA's can be tough on users, and it's best to drop it the minute one fails - I can see it was just a mistake though. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Test messages

Please undo this. Last I checked, most users supported leaving the old test messages alone, as many users preferred them. -- Ned Scott 23:05, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, I see, I was just being bold - will revert then. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, ok. Thank you. -- Ned Scott 23:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually Ned, would you mind if we saw how the discussion goes that you just started? I think it would be better to get a full input before we revert. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't it have been better to have gotten input before making it a redirect, on that same logic? -- Ned Scott 23:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it would have, especially given the fact that this idea already was discussed and rejected. In fairness, I assume that Ryan didn't realize that. —David Levy 23:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I didn't realise that at all - let's discuss it now though and gain a consensus on what we do next. The old test warnings seem redundant. uw-test does a more professional job. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:26, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Some of us strongly disagree with that opinion (and feel that the new templates look far less professional). Given the fact that these aren't used in articles, there really isn't any harm in having more than one set; vandal warnings needn't be uniform in appearance. —David Levy 23:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC)