User talk:Scott Gall

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia from a neighbour (I live at St Clair, so you're not the only Dunedinite here!).

I hope you like Wikipedia and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

By the way, you can use three tildes, like this: ~~~ to sign your name on talk and vote pages. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. [[User:Grutness|Grutness talk ]] 11:24, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

fill out a quick survey? +sj +

Okay, I've conducted a cursory search on "International dollar", and I can't find a single external reference to this anywhere, and there are none in the article itself. I suspect original research. Cites, please? --Calton 00:53, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

There were none, but the currency specifications matched that of the euro. Scott Gall 04:20, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion of vandalism to European Union

Hey, no problem. I hate vandals just as much as the next guy, so I revert them when and where I see them. Incidentally, this particular vandal appears to either be associated with a weird guy called Sollog or is perhaps the crazy kook himself. For details take a look at the Slashdot article on Sollogs' edit war with Wikipedia. It's the first time I've reverted any of the stuff related to this particular dispute though. Impi 22:18, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the links. They were interesting. Scott Gall 04:16, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Scott, you left a message for me about blanking pages. I wasn't blanking pages, I was merging a number of articles together. I think the larger article that was the target of the merge was "Decision model." 68.88.233.11 08:17, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Sorry about that. But you should have had an admin doing it. I can't trust anonymous users too much. Scott Gall 04:16, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "The St. Clair Massive"?

Thanks - I think... :) Grutness|hello? 13:05, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Scott

Welcome back, I know this is a bit late and you have been active for a while but I missed that. It is good to see you back and good to see the interesting contributions you are making. Keep up the good work. ping 08:27, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC) P.S. how do you know when you really do have new messages?

It will display "You have new messages" twice. Scott Gall 04:13, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Free encyclopedia

If you want me to put the netherlands wikipedia on www.wikipedia.org in the 50,000 article category, please translate "The free encyclopedia" into dutch →Raul654 09:53, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

"The free encyclopedia" in Dutch is "De vrije encyclopedie." Scott Gall 04:10, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] GFDL

You can't just tag someone else's image you downloaded off the internet as being GFDL when it isn't. Image:Showimage.jpg has now been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. -- Cyrius|✎ 06:04, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Scott Gall 04:08, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Missing leg syndrome

You really think cats have magical powers? RickK 06:50, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, I have to wonder what on earth you were thinking when you voted keep for the obvious vandalism article? Your pic above says "watch out vandals" and here you encouraged one. Poor form. DreamGuy 02:57, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about that. The article did have some elements of truth. I think vandals might be good for something (even if it's just reverting their own defacements of Wikipedia, which would be quite unlikely,) but I seriously doubt it. Scott Gall 04:02, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gdansk

Your vote and comments seem to be a bit confused. 1793 was the year it was annexed by Prussia, a German speaking state. The change to "Gdansk" happened in 1945, after World War II. Voting to call it Danzig from 1466 to 1793, when it was a largely German-speaking city in Poland, and to call it Gdansk from 1793 to 1945, when it was a largely German-speaking city in Prussia and a largely German-speaking free city, doesn't make very much sense. john k 14:38, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Then my history teacher was a fraud. Scott Gall 04:22, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] It's a wiki

And please don't edit this page, because an administrator will be on you very quickly. All edits to this page which are not mine, except for the awarding of barnstars, are vandalism.

This is actually untrue. An edit may be made to a user page without being vandalism, for example, fixing a spelling mistake. As for getting administrators on a user who edits your user page while not vandalising it, I fail to see what they would be punished for doing, exactly. You can freely ask users not to edit your user page, but it's probably best not to threaten them. - Vague | Rant 11:06, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)

OK then. I'll fix it up. After all, that's the whole point of a wiki, isn't it? Scott Gall 20:42, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Vague has a good point. By definition:

"The malicious and intentional destruction or defacing of property." Google

Any edit consisting of a comment, critisism, suggesting, etc... fails to fall in that category. On another topic, I, as many others most likely, may find many of your statements disturbing. I agree everyone has the right to their opinion, but so many on the first impression? I'm sure you mean no harm by any of it, as it's how you view the world with your personal experiences.

  • Your potato comment: *Laugh* That's funny!
  • By the way, Jews, not blacks, were the major target of Hitler.
    • So that's why Anne Frank was taken to a concentration camp, despite being a white. Scott Gall
  • Same language requirement: Talk about destruction of culture. There's conflict in your statements.
    • I'm thinking about taking over my own country and using a constructed language (in this case, Esperanto) as official. Scott Gall
  • Circumcision: Touchy subject, considering I'm Jewish. I'll agree with you as far as to say it should NOT be done for cosmetic purposes. Circumcision is like cutting off an infants fingers due to "future under finger-nail dirt."
    • I was going to make religious circumcision illegal but I won't now. I shouldn't be holding other peoples' religions against them. Scott Gall
  • Schools have not only the right to ban offensive things, but the responsibility to do so. School is for education, not "making a statement".
    • Hence the stuff being banned anyway. Scott Gall
  • A good admin (person) follows rules. Disagreement does not justify breaking of a rule. The correct route is to campaign for it's change.
    • Hence all the admins doing their own thing (and having everyone else do admins' work.) I still think admins should keep to their commitments to Wikipedia. :) Scott Gall 06:31, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • "My personal hate list [includes] The owners of competing wikis..." In a prior statement you said:
"13. I will have my own English-language wiki-based encyclopedia. And it will be better than Wikipedia ..."

I'll be surprised if this doesn't get deleted. Think: Constructive Criticism. I'm sorry you had to go through spinal meningitis, I did the same in fall of 1992 (at 23 years old). May an entity of your choosing, bless you in ways you desire.
:Guy M (talk) 18:30, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

I've been thinking about which one to remove. Some of my Wikinfo subpages actually praise Wikinfo. Scott Gall 07:57, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your User pages

Hi; I suggest you have a read through Wikipedia:User pages. As User:Vague Rant has indicated above, you come on too strong with your threats about people editing your User Page. I'd also encourage you to avoid making pages like User:Scott Gall/Gays are Wrong. This subpage is, of course, unrelated to writing an encyclopedia, but much more importantly, it would be very likely to offend others in the Wikipedia community — your page moves beyond personal opinion into hate speech, and I, for one, find it objectionable. I hope it's just a bad-taste joke. — Matt Crypto 18:30, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Oh dear. I'm off to fix that up. Scott Gall 20:45, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hiya. You really ought to clear up your user space a bit more. The servers are giving CPU time and storage space for an encyclopedia, not a collection of opinion pieces. Spend more time editing the article namespace. r3m0t talk 06:20, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

There's this place on Wikicities called Scratchpad. If more people comment on my overcrowded userspace, I'll consider moving my museum of vandalism over there. Scott Gall 09:17, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC) PS: You'd better keep an eye open, because I hear that some idiot pretending to be a university lecturer is getting all the New Zealand Wikipedians together for a huge vandalism bomb on Wikipedia Day, 2006. I definitely won't be doing that, and if I'm an admin by then, there will be a 36-hour block for anybody that I catch vandalising on Wikipedia Day (48 if they mess up my user space.)

[edit] Hi

Hi Scott, I read on your user page about the AS. If you ever need help dealing with the NTs, feel free to ask me, because I'd be glad to help out if I can. ;-) Best, SlimVirgin 04:43, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Hi. Your Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Scott Gall seems not to go through this time. Just as a note, you can retract your self nomination anytime, e.g. if the chances of passing are slim and you don't feel good about accumulating too many rejections. Personally I think that you have not yet enough experience on Wikipedia, and you should try again later when you have more experience/edits. Also, thanks for changing the you have new messages note on your page, which confused me every time i saw it. Happy editing, -- Chris 73 Talk 12:55, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] W. N. Colquitt

Nice article ;) Glad to see my clarification got the proverbial ball rolling over there, at least.—chris.lawson (talk) 05:41, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "I found your edit summary offensive"; "Please don't use the Lord's name in vain"

Wow, okay. I'll watch what I say, but frankly, if language like this offends you, then I hope for the sake of your virgin eyes you stay as far away from Wikipedia as possible; I hear rumors that "fuck", "shit", "Christ" and other similarly colorful expressions pepper the pages of this encyclopedia almost as pervasively as do factual errors and misinformation. 69.203.80.227 11:22, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Is that right? Scott Gall 11:24, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
God's honest truth. 69.203.80.227 11:35, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)


I just nominated you for adminship. If you accept, tell me here. Cheers, NazismIsntCool 10:53, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I got 2 replies on my talk page saying that I should wait until I have more edits in the article namespace before nominating you. I hear you failed one a month ago, and thank you for taking action to what some of the people said in their votes. Cheers, NazismIsntCool 21:41, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC) PS: Did you enjoy our practice edit war on Postman Pat? I pulled out because I was worried one of us might have breached WP:3RR.

Hi, I'm new here. I take it you already know my sister, User:NazismIsntCool. I was also born in Romania but I live in London now. Barely There 03:59, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] r00t

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I take it you want to have another try at nominating me for adminship. Go ahead if you want, but please do not use leet on my talk page. There is a policy statement at the top, if you missed it. Scott Gall 11:25, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)
Imi pare rău. I just wanted to show off my leet skills. I didn't see the policy - I've lost half of my peripheral vision and the doctors haven't figured out what's wrong with my eyes yet. At least I'm not completely blind. :-) Nazism isn't cool 11:31, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC) PS: Thanks for replying.
I think it's called retinitis pigmentosa. I've read about it somewhere. I accept the nomination for adminship. Scott Gall 11:43, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia is...

Scott, why do you think the next person who dares to do this type of vandalism will add the autism awareness ribbon and "Wikipedia is Autism" to the same pages the communism and fascism vandals have been going after? Barely There 10:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi there.

Hey, nice museum of vandalism you've got. Communism is Stupid 9 July 2005 13:42 (UTC) PS: I'm NazismIsntCool's mother. I take it you already know her.

[edit] RfA#Redwolf24

Hello, I would like to thank you for casting a vote at my RfA. Even though it wasn't support I'd like to thank you for taking time and voting anyway. With respect, Redwolf24 07:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Dorricott

Who is this and why isn't it a vanity page. BTW, you created it. Mrmcgibby 00:29, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Browse around this site. You'll find the answer. Scott Gall 04:16, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] hi

can you please help me with my Lisa Kushell article thanks@!!!Wiki brah 05:15, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hongi Hika

Hi, just chucked an article on the Hongi Hika stub you started - just letting you know in case you wanted to check it/be rude et C. feel free to change anything you don't like. Also in passing I notice your anti advertising stance - good on ya - I'm not too up on how Wikipedia works, but you may want to check out the New Zealand Natural page, which has more than a wiff of corporate self promotion. Cheers, Winston Wolfe.

[edit] Üserbøxen

The møøse wishes you welcome, and encourages you to utilize the red links on the Non ISO languages page to make lots and lots of userboxes called "yasm-x" (where YaSm stands for...well...you can guess, because I can't spell, and x stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and n). One day I might get around to making a "Welcome to Üserbøxen" template or something, but for now...welcome to Üserbøxen. (Though I see you've been dipping into the pot of many userboxes already, which is blatantly encouraged.) Cernen 08:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I have heard the term 'Home Nations'.

Scott, I have heard the term 'Home Nations' used in association with the recent Grand Slam rugby tour by the All Blacks to the British Isles.I have not heard it used anywhere else. - (Aidan Work 08:40, 30 December 2005 (UTC))

  • I had heard it a few times, especially during the Grand Slam tour, the most recent of which we won. Don't get your hopes up about next year because although we've only beaten all four Home Nations twice (the other one being in 1978,) there's a good chance we could do it a third time. Scott Gall 09:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC) PS: I've noticed a strange pattern - New Zealand only gets the Grand Slam in the same year as a Papal conclave, and the last four conclaves have all happened in the same year as a general election.

[edit] Hello

Hi there, I was going to fix up some spelling, but I decided against it as I'd of been tempted to help out with your user boxes too. You seems to have a few that contradict each other which is odd to say the least, and at least a couple repeat, do you want them repetition removed ? I saw you were diagnosed with AS, I was too, but not until I had left a few schools in my late teens, unfortunately. I am currently studying in Wanaka, New Zealand and was wondering if you wanted to talk some time. Also, should I fix the user boxes that repeat, what about the contradictions ? samh004 05:59, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Auckland meetup

Just to let you know that a meetup is planned in Auckland for the 25th of June (see Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland for more details), and that you are cordially invited. GeorgeStepanek\talk 00:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] AFD

As an AIW member please review Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of relationships with age disparity and please take a side. Help recruit others to review the list.

[edit] Punani

Looks like vandalism, smells like... (uh, nevermind). Could you take a look at the latest contribution to the disambiguation page for Punani? It seems like you originated the article Punani (slang) and so might be the best to judge. Thanks. Shenme 20:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punani

Looks like vandalism, smells like... (uh, nevermind). Could you take a look at the latest contribution to the disambiguation page for Punani? It seems like you originated the article Punani (slang) and so might be the best to judge. Thanks. Shenme 20:20, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Punani is not a tea made from the natural juices secreted from the vagina of a virgin. I've never heard of such a ridiculous thing. Scott Gall 04:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ka Panapana

Hi Scott - The reference to Ka Panapana has now been shifted out of Haka to the article Haka in popular culture so I have shifted your question to the talk page of that article. Cheers Kahuroa 06:06, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Scott Gall/Revenge Made Easy

I removed the category from your subpage. It's not really appropriate for user pages to be article categories. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 08:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Did you read the page? If so, did you like any of the pranks mentioned? Scott Gall 09:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Yep I read them and it reminded me of one we used to do. When we had the Honey bucket system we also had a thick plastic bag inside the pail. The trick was to put the bag (tied) into a pillow case and then onto the bed. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ladder of Certain Doom

I have removed the page a WP:OFFICE act because we were notified of copyright infringement. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Dannyisme 14:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] m:wikikids

I saw that you were involved in the wikikids project, (months ago that's true...) What happened with this project since that time ? Did people gave up for lack of people showing interest in it ? Or did it gave something ? I can see now on meta proposal for simple german, french or spanish, and think that wikikids would be better and meet some of these objectives. It has been change a bit and I hope that it will arise once, so would you have a look there ? I hope that you can give your point of view. Thanks ! Astirmays 18:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keratoconus

To answer your question placed on Image talk:Keratoconus1-800.jpg, yes the cornea can take on a cone shape, though it's hardly ever visible to anyone else without a close inspection. The disease is explained in the accompanying article, Keratoconus. Regards, — BillC talk 13:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moonies...

I happened on your page somehow and saw the massive mooninite image, and made this...

This user supports freeing Ignignokt from Gitmo.

Just wanted to share and give you credit for the inspiration. thanks - Denny 14:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Color photography

Hi there. In case you don't have the page watchlisted, I've replied to you and User:Cravenmonket's discussion here. — Rebelguys2 talk 15:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] is it okay

i added something to your steve irwin memorial is that okay63.164.225.201 20:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)medayugiohman

Of course it is. That's what a wiki is all about. 1001001001111100000 13:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC) PS: As long as it's not vandalism.

[edit] Indefinite blocking

Hello, Scott. I've looked over your past and present contributions and have decided to indefinitely block you. You've been warned previous times about your behavior and haven't done much to change your ways. I'm sorry this didn't work out for you. 1ne 05:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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