User talk:Spebi/Archive/16

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Contents 1 FA 2 Do you mind? 3 RE: ATGD 4 Copy of a deleted page? 5 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 6 BRC 7 Arnold Schwarzenegger 8 Brisbane Meetup Skype Call 9 Nom 10 Just curious. 11 The Office (U.S. season 3) 12 Requesting undo of Prod (Frïs Vodka) 13 You forgot to block 14 Remember User:Nass Gonzales? 15 Silverchair 16 Battlestations (board game) 17 User:Davkal 18 MfD nomination of Portal:Powderfinger 19 Re:Scary Movie Film Series 20 Need your expertise 21 Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/IP check/Archive 22 Bernstar! 23 archiving 24 Mainspace 25 Template deletions 26 Archiving old AfDs 27 Page deletion needed 28 Suggestion regarding the FA wall 29 Jimbo's Eyes 30 Challenge 31 RFCU 32 Message to you from Kermanshahi 33 User talk:Noobhaterz1234 34 Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Riana/Bureaucrat discussion 35 My request for bureaucratship 36 textured backgrounds

FA

I saw that the number of FAs listed on the WP:ALM project wall and those listed in the project FA-class category didn't match. That usually means an article got promoted, but after a bit of comparing I noticed Wilco is missing from the wall. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Done. Spebi 23:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Well played on the ALMFA template. It will certainly make updating the wall easier (which I've been avoiding), which must be a good thing. CloudNine (talk) 23:51, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

'Tis, it should be much easier to maintain now. Spebi 00:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you think you could pop onto #wikimedia-au at some stage. Brisbane 09 Q&A is running. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 03:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Do you mind?

If I use your talk page background layout? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 00:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Nope, not at all :) I didn't make it, I borrowed it a while ago from User talk:Chris huh, with a few modifications. Spebi 00:57, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: ATGD

Blame Giggy for it, he told me to - but yes, I should have read up on it though. Thanks again buddy. — E ^talk 11:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Copy of a deleted page?

I was wondering if you'd be able to furnish me with a copy of an article that was deleted in January 2007. The article in question was Degrassi's 40 Go There-ist Moments on The-N. If it is possible, would you be able to put it in my sandbox at User:Matthewedwards/Sandbox/go there. I promise I won't restore the page, I'd just like to see what was included, because I'm trying to overhaul the Degrassi-related articles. Thanks -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 02:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

The article was first deleted in November 2006 as a result of an AfD. After that it looks like it was created as a redirect to an inexistent title and later speedy deleted. I can provide you with the contents of the article (the version deleted in the AfD). Are you willing to improve it with intent to later put it back in the main article space? If you are just willing to view the deleted text, another form would perhaps be more appropriate. I've e-mailed the contents to you. Cheers, Spebi 09:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hm, it hasn't arrived yet. How long do emails through Wikipedia usually take? I have no idea of my intent yet, not without seeing it. If it can be expanded on, then maybe I would. I would probably work what's there into List of Degrassi: The Next Generation miniseries episodes, or the main Degrassi: The Next Generation article. If it's just a stub then probably not, but from what I gathered from the deletion log it did list each of the 40 moments. -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 23:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

They take the same length as normal e-mails take to send. You may not have the e-mail you use regularly set as the e-mail address in your preferences, and so by sending the e-mail through the Wikipedia e-mail interface, I've sent it to the address set in your preferences. The article itself does appear to be a list of the 40 moments, however, it appears those who commented in the AfD debate were not under the impression that the list was the actual "40 Go There-ist Moments on The-N"; many were under the impression it was the creators' who decided what episodes would appear on this list. Apologies in regards to the late reply, I've had other offline matters at hand. Cheers, Spebi 06:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

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BRC

C'mon...you know you wanna. :P GlassCobra 10:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

- TRANSMISSION ENDS -

*continues to express loyalty for other cabals* ;) Spebi 10:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

So does Daniel, but he joined. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 10:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

If Proposition 6:01 b, section 4.5 c of the 2008 Geographical Cabals Excluded Act passes when current members of their Honorable, the Bathrobe Cabal cast their Honorable, votes, I shall consider joining the Honorable, Bathrobe Cabal. Spebi 10:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Please protect this page. You forgot to protect it. The Evil Spartan (talk) 20:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Done now. Spebi 05:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Brisbane Meetup Skype Call

Hi Spebi/Archive. You have listed your name as a possible candidate for the Brisbane Wiki-Meetup Skype Call. Please note that it will begin between 12 - 12.20pm AEST (UTC+10) if there is Internet access available. If you wish, you may add me, the conference call organiser, to Skype - e.wikimedia is my username. Thanks. — E ^talk 08:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

 :( At least you heard my sexy voice :) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 07:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and Across the Great Divide Tour should have caps, as per every other tour article. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Nom

{http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADlohcierekim&diff=190128514&oldid=190119879 Silliy me. Almost years of RfA's, and I always thought "nom" referred to the person nominated.] People even complain of the nom's sig. Will do. Cheers, Dlohcierekim Deleted? 14:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Just curious.

Just wondering why you created User:FabriceMarie and then welcomed xem. I would guess you were making the account for someone, but I'm just curious. --Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 05:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

There is a mailing list, unblock-en-l, which blocked users can make unblock requests and request accounts and administrators can respond to the requests. As a result of such a request, I have created an account for this person and left them a welcome message, giving them links to pages that they might find useful. Spebi 05:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, i see. Thanks for satiating my curiousity. Happy editing, Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 05:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

The Office (U.S. season 3)

It appears your concerns at The Office (U.S. season 3) were answered. Could you take a second look and make necessary comments on the nom. page. Thanks, Crzycheetah 20:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Requesting undo of Prod (Frïs Vodka)

I checked deletion log, not there, went to DumbBot (Prod summary) found it in archive on Dec 8. I see the justification for deletion was simply "advertising". This was not designed as advertisement or marketing for a brand of vodka, I simply considered it to be a notable vodka (one of only two mass produced brands from Denmark, as opposed to the several dozens from say, Russia) and this is written in a way that should be in line with other articles on brands of vodka. Check my user page & history for more information / justification that this was never intended as such. Sorry I missed when it was under Prod review. Bsharkey (talk) 00:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I deleted Frïs Vodka (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) because its proposed deletion tag was in place for a period of 5 days, and the deletion was left uncontested. I did not take any part in proposing the deletion at all, I just carried out the deletion, however, I have restored the article in accordance with the Wikipedia:Proposed deletion policy. Looking at the article now, it does not appear to be advertising at all, however, if it is listed at Articles for deletion be prepared to back up claims of notability. Cheers, Spebi 05:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

You forgot to block

Hi, on Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Beh-nam you forgot to block Multani Khan (talk · contribs). Also if you may block these other 2 names being used by the same vandal, KhostiPakhtoon (talk · contribs) and PokhtonBoy (talk · contribs) thanks.--ZmaGhurnStaKona (talk) 08:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Remember User:Nass Gonzales?

I suspect either one of these users are socks of this person:

• User:Dudeduckdick
• User:Burutikbutikun
• User:Gerald Gonzalez

See also the Gerald Gonzalez article, especially the "Groups" section. --Howard the Duck 10:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

May I add another sock for this person? (User:Clarkianpimentel) -Danngarcia (talk) 12:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

If you believe there are more sockpuppets, file a suspected sockpuppets report or file a new RFCU request. Spebi 04:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Silverchair

Looking to give this the Powderfinger treatment. Any comments? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 09:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps. Spebi 04:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Battlestations (board game)

You started the page about Battlestations (board game) right? then why was is deleted? DataBas (talk) 11:11, 15 February 2008 (UTC).

Hi. I didn't start the page, Tentac (talk · contribs) did. A proposed deletion (PROD) tag was placed on it, and according to policy, if there were no objections to the deletion, the page will be deleted after 5 days. The reason was "Written in second person--does not state notability", and the tag was placed by Zginder (talk · contribs) on November 19, 2007. After the 5 days passed, I deleted the page. However, I can restore the page for you, but be prepared to defend the article should it be listed at Articles for deletion for the same reasons the article was proposed to be deleted in the first place. Cheers, Spebi 22:20, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Davkal

You missed one: [1] User:OoohLimehouse --Nealparr ^{(talk to me)} 18:40, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Powderfinger

Portal:Powderfinger, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Powderfinger and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Powderfinger during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Cenarium (talk) 22:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for this automatic template, I'll remember to modify it when the creator is a regular. As you asked, I've responded on my talk page. Cenarium (talk) 02:22, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Scary Movie Film Series

Im sorry, I was unaware of that. I just saw a majority of keep, but It wont happen again. Thanks.--TrUCo⁹31¹ 16:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Need your expertise

Could you do the {{cite web}} --> {{cite news}} thingy on Bernard Fanning (you know, that one that came up on the PF FAC or something). dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Doing now. Spebi 04:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a million. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 07:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/IP check/Archive

Brilliant idea! -- lucasbfr ^talk 16:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) It'll definitely help with finding old IP check cases now. Spebi 06:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Bernstar!

		The Bernstar
		You have been awarded this bernstar in recognition of your contributions to the work of WikiProject Powderfinger, with respect to your great work on Powderfinger, which is now a Featured Article! Thank you! dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 07:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Lol! Thanks ;) Spebi 07:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

All Linca's work. :) With the Bernie FAC, I'm not sure what to do about Philanthropy. In Powderfinger it doesn't go in the history section, but in its own...however, Bernie's is too short to go in a L2 section, and I can't really work out what else to do with it. Any ideas? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 23:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Powderfinger's philanthropy consists of charity concerts and the ATGD tour, which have a lot of information about them, and so it requires its own section. Bernie differs, and the only philanthropic acts he has done were the ones that Powderfinger did, so unless we can dig up some more acts or large donations, or solo performances at charity concerts that we can add, the info should be merged into Music career (in chronological order) or just be removed at all. I'm attempting the lead as we speak, btw :) Cheers, Spebi 23:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Mostly PF stuff...there's brief mention of some other things (detention centres, A Just Australia, whatnot). If you want to move it go ahead, I prefer it where it is now. But meh. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 23:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

archiving

Hello, Spebi, you achieved the unfinished case Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/2008FromKawasaki too hasty. I added more info and still confirmed sock are not blocked yet. The checkuser's result just two days ago. Please relist it and block the confirmed socks. And you also missed so many accounts when you recorded about the case on the achieve file. Thanks. --Appletrees (talk) 11:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

It seemed like the appropriate time to archive, however, I think it would be better if you just filed a new request, as the one you proposed appears to be very different and unrelated to the results of the 22 February checkuser on 2008FromKawasaki. As for the accounts missed, I only list the accounts involved when requests are first filed (i.e., the ones above "Code letter"). Cheers, Spebi 05:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

No, you didn't even block the confirmed the sock. They abusively used socks and impersonated me. You archived it without blocking them unlike your usual clerking. Besides, I'm the reporter and the listed people in groups are included in my original report at the second request. The newly added people are related to poll fraud and all related to Japanese 2channel meatpuppetry. --Appletrees (talk) 10:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I have blocked Applletree for impersonation of you and Cvcc as an abusive sockpuppet of Koreakorea1 per checkuser evidence. I really don't see any reason to not just create a new request; you obviously have a lot of evidence that I think, for better organisation and maintenance, should be placed in a new request. It's not hard to put together another case. Sometimes you can add a small extra request to the end of an existing request, but in this situation it appears that a new request is warranted. Spebi 04:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Mainspace

Should've opposed your RfA. :) Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 05:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Haha, no I think all the extra workload I gained from the RfA was what distracted me from article writing in the first place :) Spebi 05:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Template deletions

You deleted the templates (OpposeVote) and (SupportVote) as duplicates of (Support) and (Oppose) but those templates do not appear to exist. So, I don't get it. Can you explain? Avruch ^T 04:04, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I deleted those as duplicates because {{Oppose}} and {{Support}} were both deleted in this TfD from June 2005 (however, I'm quite sure that they have been deleted in another TfD in later times) and so they qualify for deletion under WP:CSD#G4. Perhaps duplicate wasn't the right word to have been used... sorry for any confusion caused. Spebi 04:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, does G4 really apply to similar content deleted two and a half years ago? Avruch ^T 04:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure does. The templates I deleted were exactly the same to the ones in the TfD (with the exception of {{NeutralVote}}, which I think used a different grey icon). The community has decided as a whole multiple times that voting templates with icons are unnecessary and should not be used, so it looks like they will stay deleted if this goes to DRV. Spebi 04:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Archiving old AfDs

Hi. :) I notice that you removed February 21 from Articles for deletion/Old but evidently forgot to archive it at Wikipedia:Archived delete debates. I'm sure this was a one-off oversight, and I've taken care of it, but on the very off chance that you'd forgotten this step is necessary in general, I wanted to point it out. :) Thanks. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I knew the process wasn't that simple. Thanks for that, I'll remember to do that in future :) Spebi 23:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Page deletion needed

Hi Spebi,

I don't know if you remember me. You helped me last summer when I first started editing on Wikipedia. In any case, I've made a mistake, and I'm trying to take steps to prevent it from becoming fatal. I hope you can help.

Over the past couple of months, I've been assisting a couple of gentlemen to write revisions for the article on "Social Credit". As they are not familiar with editing on Wikipedia, I suggesed they write their revisions in a text editor, and then I would help them post the changes. Last week, they sent me their changes, and I created a "Sandbox" page, where we could all to edit it together. Then yesterday, I received an email from one of them stating that he's been banned from editing Wikipedia. After checking Wikipedia guidelines, I asked him to verify. While he hasn't provided and details as to why he's been banned, he confirms that he's been banned until January 2009.

Meanwhile, I am now aware that editing Wikipedia on behalf of someone who has been banned places me at risk of losing my own editing privileges. Therefore, I have placed a tag at the top of our Sandbox page, requesting that it be deleted. Please tell me, have I handled this appropriately, and are there any further precautions I need to take? Most importantly, have I avoided getting myself "banned" or "blocked"?

Thanks for any help you can provide. David Kendall (talk) 20:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I've sent an e-mail to you via Wikipedia's e-mail function regarding this message. Cheers, Spebi 23:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion regarding the FA wall

I just wanted to point out that the Alternative music FA wall is cluttered again. I also have a simple suggestion that could reduce your work in shifting all that text whenever new FAs come in. Maybe if you had the left side column longer than the right side by around 5-6 entries then whenever a new FA came in, it would be easier for an editor to add a new FA entry to the wall correctly and also you would need to shift text around only once in a month or so. What do you think? Thanks, indopug (talk) 13:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a great idea :) I've been meaning to find a better solution for displaying the FAs for a while now. Thanks for that, I'll have a go at implementing it later. Spebi 04:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Jimbo's Eyes

Oh god...that's so making me want to donate...NOT! dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Challenge

Here's a challenge as I recall you liked playing around with user pages, can you make one with a torn, old-parchment like border and a beige, mildly textured and stained background, on which the text can be set in Ye Old Englishe so as it looks like some 15th century document or something? That'd be cool and I'd use it on my talk page....Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

PS: Yeah, those eyes are pretty freaky.Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll definitely make an attempt, however, I don't think I can guarantee any overly positive results ;) I have an idea in mind, hopefully, it should work out fine. Cheers, Spebi 04:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Anything you'd some up with I'd be impressed....can't wait. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, it was just a thought...Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

RFCU

Brrr, these eyes creep me out... Just a note since I've seen that you often don't move the cases in the main RFCU page: There's a handy script from Voice of All that allows to do it easily (as well as archiving). I'm not sure it still works, I am using a tweaked version (I can't remember why). Thanks for your help by the way ;) -- lucasbfr ^talk 15:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I usually do move them from the main page, although I haven't done any archiving at all recently. I've added the script anyway, thanks :) Spebi 21:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Message to you from Kermanshahi

I see you had tagged all those accounts as Sockpuppets for Kermanshahi... However I am not the sockpuppeteer and do not have any involvement in this scandal. Twice I have been accused and both times I was not found guilty and was unbanned. I've been on wikipedia for over 1 year now and have made over 4100 constructive edits. I inted to carry on editing and have been doing so quietly, please do not involve me in this. Also you can easily see that I am a different person, geographic locations might be close but IP's are different, I edit completely different subjects, have a totally different style, ect.

Note: I do not intend to sound angry, but considering this is typed you can not see how I am saying this... So I just say it here, I am just requesting you too not involve me.:) Ceers! The Honorable Kermanshahi (talk) 19:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

My apologies, all has been fixed now. The request was filed under your name, however, evidence linking the sockpuppets to you or Mrlob came up as stale, and so it was not possible to compare the accounts to you or Mrlob. The tags have been fixed up now. Sorry about all this. Spebi 21:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Noobhaterz1234

Out of interest, am I, as the blocking admin, allowed to decline the request for unblock when (as with the above) it's so clearly a vandalism only account, and their request shows no merit whatsoever? Or should I leave it to another admin? _GB^T/C 22:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, valid unblock requests should generally be left up to another administrator to review, however, as the request in this situation is totally invalid it is fine to revert it (declining probably isn't the best option) as I have done. Use your judgement to determine what is an invalid, bad-faith unblock request and what is not. Cheers, Spebi 22:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Riana/Bureaucrat discussion

Regarding this, I'm glad you picked up on that—I originally had it as "it", but settled on "the text", so as to prevent any confusion: "it" could possibly be misinterpreted as "the decision"—"The final decision was not to promote. Please do not modify it"—hence my further clarification :) AGK (contact) 22:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I realised all this just a few seconds after I made the original change. Thanks :) Spebi 22:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Got Daniel's note about proxy voting for Wikimedia AU, I'll get in touch with you later if need be! :) ~ Riana ⁂ 11:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

textured backgrounds

Another, simpler idea, Is it possible to make textured backgrounds in wikicode to overlay text over? Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Entirely possible. Unfortunately, the software disables using the background-image: parameter when styling with CSS, although you can use a z-index (an object with a higher z-index appears on top of other objects with a lower z-index) to position it just behind the text for a textured look. Spebi (talk) 06:03, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Does that make the page massively memory heavy or anything? Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I guess it would make the whole page load a bit slower, particularly if you prefer to archive only when there is a full moon, or when you reach 100 items on the table of contents. I personally, speaking from a point of view of a person who isn't highly knowledgeable in the area of server strain, don't think a tiled background would be ideal. Although we aren't really meant to worry about server performances, I think this would be in the interest of everyone who visits your talk page. I have an alternative idea which might work, I'll talk more about it when I don't have to log out in a matter of minutes. Cheers, Spebi (talk) 06:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)