User talk:Tangotango/September 2006

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Jarrah

I think the reverted vndl needs your notice SatuSuro 06:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for replying to the email

The autoblock is lifted, thanks for doing that, replying to the email, and at [[ villiage pump. I've had a rough night, I was recieving death threats from vandals, blocked myself in the melee, and then when they started creating impostor accounts got blocked again in the confusion. Sorry for getting you mixed up in this, and so you know I have no hard feelings about being blocked. DVD+ R/W 07:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Much appreciated, KarateLadyKarateLady 16:19, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Help

I dont think unsourced really covers it . I mean a large portion of that articial looks totally made up (Gnevin 16:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

Thanks for the help (Gnevin 16:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

Question..

Hi Tangotango, i'd just like to know how you revert edits if vandals delete everything in the article, like i saw the one on steve irwin, you wrote the edit summary as (Reverted edits by 219.79.213.3 (talk) to last version by CieloEstrellado), is there a quick way to do that, or do you have to do that manually =S, please help.

also, i'd like to know about uhh..vandalism templates..the ones with the stop hand pictures =P.

thanks, EmeZxX 12:29, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I reverted insults an anon added to your talk page

I'd just like to let you know that 202.162.108.103 added insults to your talk page and I reverted them. As you're an admin, it's up to you to warn and/or block the IP. In addition, please check Wikipedia:Requests for feedback more often. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 15:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help over at the help desk. I've filed a request to change my username. I want to do this because for the vast majority of my time here I've signed my posts as Mike, and I'd like my username to reflect that. - Mike 04:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Exaggerated Figures

Hi, Tangotango, could you please watch Turkish Army page, cause someone is trying to give disputed and highly exagerated figures. I reverted the table back to 30.08.2005 !(which seems more reliable) with some minor corrections. If the messy figures rise again, you would have an idea about what's going on, then we may call you for action. is it ok for you? e104421

Change to Template:RfA

As soon as all the bots are updated, RfA will have section headers, in the format "<includeonly><noin</includeonly><includeonly>clude></includeonly>====<includeonly></noin</includeonly><includeonly>clude></includeonly>'''Comments'''<includeonly><noin</includeonly><includeonly>clude></includeonly>====<includeonly></noin</includeonly><includeonly>clude></includeonly>", per consensus at WT:RFA. Please notify me when you've updated the code. Thanks, Rory096 19:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Sockpoppeting

Sorry, tangotango, the person with address 85.102.104.205 is a sockpuppet of the user Kachik, a banned user, who made a mess of the main equipment section as done before to Turkish Military related articles. You can compare his/her changes to Turkish Army article. For me sockpuppeting is obvious. e104421 6 September 2006, 20:03 (UTC)

Please explain

Hi,

You recently accused me of vandalising a page... you sent me a message threatening to ban me from Wikipedia. As I have never vandalised a page, could you please explain what I did that is not permitted? Thank you. Ayden161 08:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

RFA analysis

Regarding your excellent analysis pages here and here, might I suggest that your bot add the CSS style "white-space: nowrap;" to the entire table? The latter is display on the Bureaucrats' noticeboard in a rather ugly fashion because the stupid dates wrap. I have no idea whether the bot updates the contents or simply rewrites the entire table, else I would chance my arm and do it myself. in any case, I thought it only polite to consult with you as a first recourse. (Plus my knowledge of CSS does not extend to knowing whether that style directive is actually legitimate for an entire table, and I'd rather not make a prat of myself experimenting out where people can see me.) HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 13:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok I've gotta ask

What is Foi avisado? Also, I've noticed you use the same AO / AB thing as CSCWEM, and he tried to explain, but I'm slow. Will you explain it to me? DVD+ R/W 02:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Both make sense. Many thanks, DVD+ R/W 02:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Cheers

I was wondering what the page was for achiving. Just what I wanted!--HamedogTalk|@ 03:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Cross-namespace - what is?

Hello - what is a cross-namespace redirect? - Auroranorth 10:49, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Did you fix`the redirects? - Auroranorth 11:02, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Will the ability to get from one >[[WikiProject Redirect]] to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Redirect still be available? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Auroranorth (talk • contribs) 11:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
What will I do with the page WikiProject Redirect? I need to point it in the direction of WikiProject Redirect, but how?
Thanks a bunch!! Auroranorth. Are you an administrator already or are you just a very good Wikipedian?

BARNSTAR

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I hereby award Tangotango the Random Acts of Kindness barnstar for helping me with my new WikiProject, WikiProject Redirect's cross-namespace redirects and helping me understand namespaces. Auroranorth 12:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Compliments

That's OK! You deserve the barnstar! The reason I asked you whether you were an administrator was because I would have nominated you after looking at some of your edits ;) Did you know you are also featured on the Wikipedia Compliments page?

Auroranorth 12:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page

Hey there. I see you deleted the page Doyle Dykes earlier tonight on copyright infringement (and I didn't note at the time that it was a recreation of an earlier page; I tried to find the source of the copyvio and failed, myself, but I'm glad you caught it). It appears to have been recreated again at Doyle dykes, however, so you might want to take a look at that one if you have the opportunity. Cheers! Tony Fox (arf!) 06:58, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Would you explain to me your rationale for blocking User:TravelMug indefinitely?

Hi, in preparation for an RFA in the coming weeks, I'm trying to improve my understanding of an admin's duties.

I noticed that you blocked User:TravelMug indefinitely. A block of some sort was certainly in order given his serial vandalisms to articles related to the Yankees. However, I also noticed that, at about the same time, User:Konstable put a temporary block User:70.35.189.74. The amount and severity of vandalism seems to be about the same. The only thing I can think of to differentiate the two cases is that one was a logged-in user (User:TravelMug) and the other was anonymous IP.

Is this the reason for the two different block lengths or is there some other reason that I haven't figured out yet?

--Richard 07:05, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

J. Hunter Johnson

The bio page for J. Hunter Johnson listed published books he (I) authored. Does that not sufficiently assert importance or significance? -- JHunterJ 12:11, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Couldn't find what reference? The article had only one paragraph, which listed the books (for example, GURPS Monsters). Reading the article or checking "what links here" would have sufficed. "What links here" (which I just checked) also leads to this note on the nomintator's talk page: "Hi, I noticed that you tagged J. Hunter Johnson for speedy deletion, using the A7 reasoning. However, I don't think that A7 applies here. There is an assertion of notability in that he has worked on things important enough to be blue-linked in Wikipedia. If you think that this article should still be deleted, consider putting it up for AfD. Please feel free to add any questions or comments here or on my talk page. --- Deville (Talk) 17:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)"
The article's talk page also noted the violation of the autobiography guideline, but that wasn't in question this time. As I noted in the talk page after the speedy was placed, the nomination may have been in retaliation for my recent nomination of Steve O'Keefe (attorney). -- JHunterJ 12:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the restore (I didn't realize it was possible to restore deleted articles). I've placed a pointer to the more appropriate deletion steps on the second nominator's Talk page as well. -- JHunterJ 18:50, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

User talk:222.153.148.59

You may want to see what the above user did to your unblock denied comment. I would have reverted myself, per NPA, but i'm not sure that I'm allowed to, it not being my talk page. Cheers --Storkk 17:20, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for butting in here, this not being my talk page and all...I just noticed the situation and reverted the anon's edit. It's clearly revertable, not just under NPA, but also because it tries to put words into Tangotango's mouth, which is a big no-no and also a rather stupid thing to do if the user is actually interested in being ublocked :P -- Ferkelparade π 17:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing it out, Storkk, and thank you for reverting, Ferkelparade :) - Tangotango 02:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Whatredirectshere

Hi, I just noticed your Whatredirectshere tool at the Toolserver, and I've integrated it into the Vietnamese Wikipedia since I find it so useful. It would be nice, though, if the interface were localized for Wikipedias that use it, so feel free to use these translations into Vietnamese:

Source Code
Mã nguồn
This tool finds out which pages redirect to a given page.
Công cụ này liệt kê các trang đổi hướng đến trang chỉ định.
This query is slow much faster now!
Việc truy vấn vẫn chậm mới nhanh hơn lắm!
This tool will, at present, only give you the first 30 results. This may be fixed in the near future.
Công cụ này hiện chỉ liệt kê 30 kết quả đầu tiên. Vấn đề này có thể được giải quyết không lâu.
Queries for the English Wikipedia may return bogus results.
Các truy vấn về Wikipedia tiếng Anh có thể tìm thấy kết quả giả.
Please contact Tangotango if you see any anomalies with the data returned, or if you need help.
Xin hãy liên lạc với Tangotango nếu bạn thấy có gì bất thường trong kết quả hay nếu bạn cần giúp đỡ.
Title
Tên trang
Database
Cơ sở dữ liệu
Wiki-text
Mã nguồn wiki
Find redirects
Tìm kiếm
Error
Lỗi
Could not connect
Không có thể kết nối
Could not select
Không có thể lựa chọn
No pages appear to redirect to this page.
Hình như không có trang nào đổi hướng đến trang này.
The following pages redirect to
Các trang sau đổi hướng đến
Welcome
Hoan nghênh
Please enter valid values for all the fields and hit Find.
Xin hãy gõ giá trị hợp lệ vào các hộp và bấm Tìm kiếm.

Thanks for making this tool!

 – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 06:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've updated the URL. Here are the additional strings:

Could not connect to database server (Zedler may be down); Error was
Không có thể kết nối với máy phục vụ cơ sở dữ liệu (Zedler có thể tạm thời ngưng hoạt động); lỗi là
Could not select database (The database you selected may be non-existent); Error was
Không có thể chọn cơ sở dữ liệu (có thể là CSDL mà bạn đã chọn không tồn tại); lỗi là

And just for fun (no pressure to use these, of course):

Change
Đổi
Version 1.07
Phiên bản 1.07
Contact
Liên lạc
View source code
Xem mã nguồn
Translation by Minh Nguyễn
Do Nguyễn Xuân Minh dịch

 – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 17:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. I'd prefer "Minh Nguyễn" in English. Thanks. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 03:12, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd
04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Esperanza elections

Hi Tangotango! Sorry if no one has asked you this yet, but would Tangobot be able to update the tally and such at the September elections? You can either let me know or (if the answer is yes) just go ahead and start with the necessary processes. I tried to set up the applicable pages the same way they were set up last time, but if I screwed up somehow, feel free to delete them and start fresh. Thanks for your time, and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Cheers, EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 01:18, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Sure, no problem, glad to hear I did it right. :o) Thank YOU very much for setting up the bot to help us out. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 04:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

Sorry for bugging you, but is there any way to make Tangobot list the entries in order of position in the lead? Sorry, Highway Daytrippers 14:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, thought you had already started. Highway Daytrippers 14:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Oh just a point, is there any reason there are 6 people in the green, I know there are many people with 3 votes, but there is actually only 3 seats in total. Cheers, Highway Daytrippers 18:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
It's fine, I'm still redrafting my Blues composition. And staring into space, obviously. ;) Highway Daytrippers 18:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza elections...again

I was wondering if it was possible for TangoBot to specifically ignore that certain voters are discounted inelligable. In this case User:Ed is registered in Esperanza as User:Leroyencyclopediabrown(since he changed his name) and therefor his vote is valid, despite the fact that he is not on the members list. Thanks. Canadian-Bacon t c e 01:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

This appears to also be the case with User:Sean_gorter voting with the account User:S! Canadian-Bacon t c e 04:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I did have [[User:Freakofnurture]] appended to the end of his signature at one point in time, but he removed it with this edit [1]. I've asked permission from him to allow us to tag it on, but it's no big deal, I guess we can just tally one extra up at the end of the voting period if we really have to. Canadian-Bacon t c e 19:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm just now getting around to reading people's talk pages, I did my edits to make his vote not appear invalid, just do [[User:Username|&nbsp;]] to prevent anything even showing up. DemosDemon 19:35, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, hopefully this will be the last thing relating to the esperanza election. User User:Crazytales56297 is showing up as an invalid voter, but he is clearly on the voter list. I think it may have to do with the lowercase of his name on the list and in his signature. Thanks for all the help by the way. Canadian-Bacon t c e 15:12, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Monobook

Hi how are you? Thanks for the advice, its working now. Take care -- Imoeng 13:37, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Elections

Esperanza elections
Thanks for supporting me in the September Advisory Council Esperanza elections. Although I wasn't elected to the Advisory Council, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was shocked at the support, and was touched by it. Hopefully I will re-apply in March and try again for the job. Thanks again, Highway Daytrippers 23:46, 30 September 2006 (UTC)