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My dear Spebi

Sweetie, after a terrible day of sock hunting and mediation stuff, I've decided I'm far too tired to reply to you the way someone as special as you deserves. I'll hold my response for tomorrow, and you'll understand if I rather do it by email - some things are better said privately. I will tell you, thank you for being so special, and above all, for being so sweet. Talk to you tomorrow, my friend :) Love, Phaedriel - 08:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Reply to user:Seicer

No problem. The raids were perpetrated by Encyclopedia Dramatica (I would show you the link, but the entire site has been whitelisted). There are no verifiable or reliable sources for this. The many IP vandals (who come off of sites like 4Chan and 7Chan to engage the editors for spite) who have edited it want it included to make a statement. Not that I do not want it included, but I see no way that it could be added using a reliable (and credible) source. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 06:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

No prob, let me know if you have any other questions and etc. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 06:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for being bold

No need to apologise for being bold, if anything else is needed people can raise the issues again. Thanks for archiving! Cheers, Merzul 23:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, I have to disagree. Help:Archiving_a_talk_page says, "If possible it is better to archive talk pages during a lull in the discussion, as it is best to avoid archiving in the midst of an active discussion so that the full context of the discussion is together," and "you should leave current, ongoing discussions on the existing talk page." Archiving active discussions on a talk page is not helpful, and may force people to either move back some sections from the archive (as Merzul himself already did for one section,) or they may just undo the archiving entirely. Archiving a talk page for an article that is currently a featured article (as Atheism currently is) is the opposite of waiting for a "lull in the discussion." Many of the sections you had archived had received new comments just hours earlier. Next time I would recommend archiving only the conversations that appear to have stopped, and leave the ones that are currently active. Thanks. -- HiEv 00:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I apologise for my mistake. Long talk pages trigger the message at the top of the editing screen, and I do know how having a long talk page filled with old discussions can affect users viewing the page. I decided to archive, and the previous time I archived the page I received no comments on wrongly archiving active discussions, so I went ahead and archived. I hope you see this from my side and realise that I did not intend to archive active discussions, and my only intention was to archive and remove lagginess from the talk page. Thanks, –Sebi ~ 01:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Actually, you have received a comment for wrongly archiving active discussions before, as seen above in Premature archiving of Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. When you archive talk pages just be more careful about leaving active discussions and only archive the ones that are in a lull. Alternately, you could archive an active discussion and refactor it if you think it's gotten too long and complex to follow. I wasn't suggesting you did anything wrong on purpose, I'm just letting you know you need to be more careful in the future, especially when making large changes to pages. -- HiEv 03:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

RE: Orange bar

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Can you choose what you want to appear as your signature? Do I have to become a member to have one? Thanks

Australia Ad

Hi, I saw your Australia ad for that WikiProject. However, the ad encompasses the seal, which is under copyright. Because, of this fact, I am going to make a new banner for this project. Miranda 23:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Chaser's War comment

I was the one who edited my comment on the Chaser’s War talk page, to add more relevant info. I was using this computer and I forgot to login. I am aware of the policies, but the revision to the comment wasn't supposed to be malicious. My apologies. Chewbacca1010 03:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA :)

Thank you, Sebi, for commenting on my RfA, which closed successfully with a tally of 76/0/1! I hope I will meet your expectations, and be sure I will continue trying to be a good editor as well as a good administrator :) If I may be of any assistance to you in the future (or if you see me commit some grievous error :), please drop me a line on my Talk page.

Again, thank you, and happy editing! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:33, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

making articles

How do you make a new article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SVegerotX (talk • contribs).

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i want to know how to create the content in my page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.53.92.72 (talk • contribs).

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Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please know that editors do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on Habbo Hotel. If you create or edit an article, know that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Kai 06:41, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't believe I have owned the article in anyway – I have been contributing to the discussion on the talk page, and reverting edits that were silly. I don't believe that sort of behaviour is classed as owning the article. Please rethink about your actions in future. Regards, –Sebi ~ 11:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Spebi, Thank you for your comments at my RfA. Let me know if I can help you and feel free to let me know if I mess up anywhere. Cheers. Shyamal 03:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you...

...very much for you support and generous comments at my RFA. After that vote of confidence, I guess I'll have to cancel the wild blocking rampage I had planned and just go help with the backlogs :).--Kubigula (talk) 02:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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Reply from David Kendall

Thank you, Spebi.

I'll read the policies and guidelines. Meanwhile, I posted some suggestions on the "talk page" for Economic Democracy that I hope will be appropriate and useful. I guess I won't know until I read the policies and guidelines.

One question I have in advance, however. I notice most all of the other writers for Wikipedia tend to use abstract nick names. Is anonymity a preference or a necessity? Should I change my "name"?

Thanks again for the encouragement.

David Kendall 04:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, David. Anonymity is definitely a preference at Wikipedia. Many users tend to choose a username that they can edit under without people knowing who they are in real life. I, myself chose "Spebi" as it was a nickname a friend had given me, even though it is quite similar to my real life name.

If you are concerned about your username revealing your real life self to others online, it is possible to change your username from your current username to an online alias, which is entirely up to you, as long as it follows the username policy. This process is called "renaming a user" and "usurping a user" to a different user name. Renaming is renaming your user account (keeping contributions, everything else) to a user account that is currently non-existent. Usurpation is renaming your user account to an already existing account (as long as the target account gives consent).

See Wikipedia:Changing username and Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations for more information and requests for your user account to be changed.

After reading both my messages, you will probably think that Wikipedia is governed by alot of policies and guidelines, and those who violate will be blocked from editing. It is quite easy to follow the policies and guidelines, and there aren't that many of them. And if you do happen to break a policy or a guideline, Wikipedia will never block you from reading or simply viewing Wikipedia.

As per usual, if you do require any future assistance, don't hesitate to contact me again, and I will respond.

Thanks, +spebi ~ 05:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

SpebiBot

Hi again Betacommand. My other message to you got archived, and I doubt you will see it again. I'm writing to you to confirm if you are still working on the bot code for SpebiBot. The substing task has been approved, and the RfA tally task has not yet been approved. Thanks, +spebi ~ 07:14, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

yeah Im working on the subst bot, but the RFA function im not sure how to do that. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 15:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Tangotango gave me the code, although it is in PHP. Thanks again, +spebi ~ 06:41, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Im still working on it, Ive run into a few issues that im ironing out. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 02:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Query

Hello Spebi, I don't have any plans to add any new features to the RFA Analysis bot, so please feel free to create a bot to update the tally on the individual pages. Cheers, Tangotango (talk) 08:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Certainly, the code is now available on the Toolserver. Note that RFABot (internal name for Tangobot) is not written in Python, but in PHP. (Don't laugh :P) But it does use pywikipedia via a PHP-to-Python bridge to write to the wiki. Cheers, Tangotango (talk) 11:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Archiving help

Thanks! --ʇuǝɯɯoɔɐqǝɟ 08:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Image:Water drop animation enhanced small.gif

Hi Spebi/Archive. Thank you for your support and kind words in my RfA, which 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) 07:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
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Much thanks

Thank you for your guidance on my Wikipedia Editor Review, I want to take your advice, I'm sure it will help me a lot, thanks again. --♫Twinkler4♫ (Talk to me!) 23:35, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


Sunrise

Dude you have sent me a message asking me not to remove part of the 'sunrise' page. i was removing the part of the co-anchors about Lisa Wilkinson as she is now at rival 'today'. Also the fact that Samantha Arymatage is the new co-host doesnty need to be referneced as it is common knowledge. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.166.231.72 (talk • contribs).

It is not common knowledge. Millions of people read Wikipedia every single day, and probably more than 3 quarters of those millions have not heard of Sunrise, let alone Samantha Armytage. Do not remove it again. It is not harming anyone by being there – infact it is doing good for the encyclopedia. Sebi [talk] 11:22, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Poodle Hat Enhanced CD

Since there's a track listing, the section can be named 'Enhnced CD section/portion" Socby19 23:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)SocBy19

Thanks!

Thanks for the Barnstar. Peace. Spartan-James 15:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

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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) 18:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:Peer review

I posted my comment on the peer review page. Thanks. Hydrogen Iodide 06:28, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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Can you tell me how to upload a picture into an article? Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skibofilms (talk • contribs).

Rudeness

Is it just me, or did you completely revert my post on the habbo hotel talk page? I really don't know how that is justifiable as "experimentation", I just wanted to point out that anyone who thinks they don't exist should go look at it when the new raids occur on the 7th and the 12th. Your attitude on this whole subject is that of a nazi denying the holocaust. Please, please just tell me what I did to justify you taking that down so I don't put it back up in spite of you. Kernel5 16:09, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I did not find it offensive, just annoying that you reverted it. I have seen nearly all of the trolling taking place, and I tried to stay away from that. I didn't suggest that anyone put the first raids on the page, I just mentioned that a second and third raid is up and coming. I would also like to ask you to witness, first-hand, these raids, so that you can better understand what happened. The numerous pictures of the first ones should have been proof enough, but apparently not. Kernel5 06:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay, that much I'm clear with, it just seems that everyone who doesn't want it up there says that. There are plenty of pages out there that don't cite sources at all, and yet they are not removed from wikipedia. IMO I think someone has it out for ED and the raids, but that hasn't really mattered much for the past few months.

Also, thanks for putting that article back up.

Guidance, Suggestions?

Hello again, Spebi:

My recent edits to the Ethanol fuel article seem to be objectionable to at least one individual. I was hoping you might take a look, and provide a critique and/or suggestions for how I can improve. When you have time, please see the "Land Use", "Alternatives", and "Economics" sections of this article, along with the bottom of the discussion page for that article.

I'm not asking you to back or support any views I've presented. Rather, I hope you will let me know if my edits are appropriate and/or useful, according to Wikipedia guidelines and policies. I don't know whether or not "Johnfos" is a Wikipedia administrator. But I don't want to find myself butting heads with someone who might "block" me from any further editing. My general impression is that Johnfos will very likely object to nearly any content in his article that challenges the production of ethanol fuel.

Please let me know if I'm out of line, so I can adjust accordingly. Thanks again for your help.

David Kendall 19:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

About Habbo Hotel

Technically, the roots of Habbo Hotel are from both Hotelli Kultakala and Mobiles Disco and Hotelli Kultakala is Finnish Translation for Goldfish Hotel. Hotelli Kultakala was the basic concept of Habbo Hotel. Also in some hotels users call Tracks "TrakPaks". Thank you for your time in reviewing this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cheese223 (talk • contribs).

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If it would effect you that greatly, I'll look into it. But I really don't want to go through the hassle (that's the impression I get anyway) of renaming. Maybe one day... G1ggy Talk/Contribs 00:46, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

As someone who just changed through WP:USURP, it's not that big of a deal --Laugh! 00:53, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Hmm, I'm now considering changing to G just so I can make WP:SLG. G1ggy Talk/Contribs 03:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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Help?

Hi again, Spebi,

Now it seems I've done something BAD wrong. Please check the Jack Rasmus article, and provide some guidance if you would. Thank you. Sorry if I've made a mess. I'll do whatever is necessary to correct the error.

Thanks.

David Kendall 06:10, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Rasmus

The problems with the Jack Rasmus article is that it is most likely an embarrassment to Jack Rasmus, which I never intended. I have removed all text that I originally posted, and humbly request that the page itself be deleted. I apologize for posting the thing in the first place, and will write a formal letter of apology to Mr. Rasmus. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by David Kendall (talk • contribs).

Euthanasia: First Sentence

Hey Spebi --

I noticed you've been editing the euthanasia article a bit lately. If you're feeling ambitious, I'd really appreciate your opinion on the first sentence of that article. Time was, the sentence made sense, but a Crusader went and changed all that. Now it's a jumble of poor grammar, semicolons, and parentheses. I gave up, since the topic is too controversial for my taste, and I had trouble satisfying some of the more passionate editors. If you get the chance to check out the talk page, familiarize yourself with the debate, and throw in your 2c it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Kangaru99 23:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

fyi. this was the version i wanted:
Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ, eu, "good", θάνατος, thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the life of a terminally ill person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way, for the purpose of limiting suffering.
and this is the current incarnation:
Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ, eu, "good", θάνατος, thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the life of a person or animal with an incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or a possibly undignified death in a passive manner (i.e. removing a feeding tube or turning off respirators) for the purpose of limiting suffering, not to be confused with physician assisted suicide, which takes active means to end suffering (i.e. prescribing a lethal dose of morphine).
Thanks for your suggestions. I've taken both into account & I think the result is a better introductory sentence. Now we'll see if it's reverted, as it has been in the past. If I remember correctly, an editor felt that "terminally ill" was not a neutral phrase. Things went downhill from there. Ideally there won't be any objections this time -- if there are, I hope we can make all parties happy without compromising quality and coherence. Thanks again for your help. --Kangaru99 22:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Re....ply ;)

Does that mean I'll get a reply soon, my Aussie? ;) Phaedriel - 09:38, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


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You are voted for the Hexer - but you say oppose? Is this correct? Maybe I understand it not good enough... Marcus Cyron 12:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

RE: Guns N' Roses

Hi Spebi, in British English, 'Guns N' Roses are' is seen as correct and in American English it's 'Guns N' Roses is' (I don't know what is correct in Australian English'. Although I think 'Guns N' Roses is' is correct, it doesn't matter which is in the article but I reverted the edit as the rest of Guns N' Roses' article is written in American English. Neither 'is' nor 'are' are incorrect, but when editing articles it's best not to unnecessarily change it to your preferred style of English. Bucketheader 14:54, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

DerHexer's RfA

Hello Spebi. Regarding your comment Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DerHexer, you said "Strongly Oppose" under the Support section. However, from the description that followed, it sounds like you are indeed supporting DerHexer's RfA. I didn't want to correct it myself, but instead wanted to call it to your attention. Thanks, and enjoy the weekend! --HBow3 16:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, it appears someone already called it to your attention, but just as a reminder. --HBow3 16:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Oh. That's what I thought at first. I made me laugh. Thanks for the clarification. --HBow3 21:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

Sorry- I did not know there was such a big difference between "blocking" and "banning". I as unaware, that banning is only done by ArbCom or Jimbo. I will distinguish between the two from now, thanks for the info; --noclador 23:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)