User talk:Tonywalton/Sep-Nov-2006

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[edit] Thanks

I suspected that there might be a better way to change the name of an article when I looked in to how to delete the old one. I had just found it, when I got your message. Bear475 19:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thank you for the quick phisical correction ;-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Teferi (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Ishtarlay District

Wow that was quick! Thanks for noticing - I'll put it right! Skinsmoke 10:44, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trashment Day

Yes, that was definitely a speedy -- it's gone, thanks. NawlinWiki 16:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sword of Embers

Yes, someone else had already clued me on the prod thing. I already changed it to prod. I also got a lovely email from a person that could ONLY be the article authir (based on the level of literacy displayed). --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 16:37, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ALLBUS

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your interest and for editing the article about the German General Social Survey. Unfortunately, a larger amount of possibly improving text got lost, because we have been working at the same time. That's history - even though quite a few people are interested in this project all over the world. The already existing article about U.S. GSS might give more information about the concept of the General Social Surveys.

The enforced title of the present GGSS article is now German General Social Survey. This is a secondary name. The proper name of this project is ALLBUS. That's what most people would be searching for. You wouldn't change Volkswagen into People's Car - even though that would been at least a translation.

All the best,

http://www.gesis.org/en/data_service/allbus/index.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricky Bulon (talk • contribs)


[edit] Microloan Foundation

Thanks very much Tony (and Mangojuice) for dealing with the issues on this article. The resolution and protocol explanations are much appreciated. Still getting used to how it all works but looking forwarded to contributing in the future!

Cheers The Mill 13:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Sorry

For replacing you speedy tag with mine--I clicked the save button twice, my (same) tag replaced yours after the edit conflict.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maori

You're absolutely correct. I've given him an "assignment" to try and expand a current article. Still, I don't want to just "hold his hand" if, after all this time, he's still doing weird edits. Thankfully, he isn't malicious. Just a bit unclear on the concept.  :) See you 'round the wiki. Always a pleasure to hear from you. - Lucky 6.9 02:17, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Spam Reader

Thanks for note! I've added some references proved article notability. Have a good day. - Alrubin 07 November 17:07 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No attack template

When you tag a page for speedy deletion {{db-g10}} it gives you a reccomended template to put on the users talk page. I dont remeber what it is, i just copy and paste it when i mark pages for speedy like that! Hope that helped. Chris Kreider 12:11, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chrisjj's silly error

Thanks for cleaning up after me Tony. You wrote... 'rm test template. Per the contribution record this is an experienced editor!)'... Hmm, not experienced enough apparently :-(

I got totally confused as I haven't done much on Wikipedia recently and have been using different wiki software at work where 'user' pages form part of the main structure. Doh! Chris Jefferies 12:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome and Tests - Lethaniol

Point taken - I saw you moving the info - so thanks - will do better next time - Cheers Lethaniol 18:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bus Wars

Oh, yes! Episedos! I forgot to include that on the AfD. I don't know whether it's just the day I've had today (caught up with spam and copyvio instead of straightforward vandalism and non-notability) but that just tickled me. I would leave the author a "bravo" note, however I feel it would encourage them to make a fourth season or - heavens forbid - recreate the article! Cheers. Bubba hotep 22:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks

Hey dude, thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. Tractorkingsfan 12:19, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brahma

Hi there once more; I didn't make a comment, other than prodding the article on Temples of Brahma, but in fact I have seen temples to Brahma; not in India, although for all I know they exist, but on Bali, which as you may know is over 90% Hindu.

I see your vandal count is now in double figures; my count has reached 31. You need to get out out there and annoy the vandals more!--Anthony.bradbury 12:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OOps :)

Yes, I did... thanks for catching that! --SB_Johnny|talk|books 12:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Yup, sometimes you just can't have enough coffee before trying to make userspace pages :). In case you were wondering, it was for making an RfA thank-you note, as follows:

[edit] Thanks for your input!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|talk|books 13:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking

Dude why the hell did you try to blcok me!!!!Sonic34 19:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC) Anomyus

[edit] Just SU

I don't care just shut your trap. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonic34 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Color Old Lace

Thank you for editing the article on the color Old Lace with me. I have been creating dozens of color articles for Wikipedia. I wanted to ask you, how do I download those two templates you have to the right of your talk page that say This user is a native speaker of English and This user is an Aquarius (I am an Aquarius also)?Keraunos 14:21, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. The reason I began creating the color article for Old Lace is so that, just for fun, I could put color swatches for the colors Arsenic (which I also created tonight) and Old Lace at the end of the article on the film Arsenic and Old Lace. Best wishes to you. Keraunos 14:21, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering, how is it that you happened to go to the article on the color Old Lace right after I started creating it? Do you have some kind of detection system that detects when new articles are being created? Do you get paid for being an editor of Wikipedia?Keraunos 14:31, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Since you worked at Sun Microsystems you know a lot about computers. I was wondering, how difficult would it be for Wikipedia to put a counter on each article so that if you write an article, you would know how many people have visited it within a period of time? Is there any realistic possibility that this could be done anytime soon?Keraunos 14:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Web Colors

What year were the original 17 web colors invented? I assume it would be approximately in 1981 when the IBM PC first came out. (John Draper, who wrote the first word processing program for the IBM PC, is a friend of mine whom I have known for many years.) Would 1981 be the exact year they first were invented? (To see the 17 original web colors, go to the bottom of the article on Purple, most of which I wrote.) Keraunos 16:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

My second question about computer colors is, when were the numerous X11 colors shown in the web colors article invented? I assume it was in the early 1990s when the world wide web first came into use, but do you know the exact year? Was there a certain person who invented them and decided what their formulae would be? Keraunos 16:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] X11 Color Names

I have two more questions.

1. If the HTML color list of short list of the original 16 colors came out in 1997, what was the exact year the long list of X11 web colors came out?

2. There is a table in the X11 color names article showing where the X11 and HTML colors differ. It shows the X11 green, purple, and maroon colors as brighter than the darker colors in HTML. However, in the long list of web colors (which I assume are supposed to be the X11 colors), they show both greens (the dark green [HTML green] as web color green and the bright green [X11 green--real green] as the web color lime [I deal with this difference in the article on green, most of which I wrote]), but they only show the darker HTML purple and the darker HTML maroon on the web color list, but the brighter purple of the X11 list and the brighter maroon of the X11 list are not shown at all on the web color list. Why is that?

Thank you and best wishes, Keraunos 18:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I just entered the X11 purple as Vivid Purple in my purple article, which I distinguish from HTML purple which I call Royal Purple. Go to Purple. Yours, Keraunos 18:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Violin String Organization

True, this word is a neologism, but it has quickly spread in common parlance in Finland, far outside the IT business. The word does not appear in dictionaries, but everyone understands what it means.Suviljan 12:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UCCF revert

I'm not sure why you restored the {{db-atk}} tag on there. The attack page as tagged by Quendus was inappropriately tagged in the first place as a glance at the edit history shows that the attack page as tagged is simple vandalism of a good article that should have been cured by reversion, not deletion. (And yeah, I often forget to check the history as well). I've detagged it as reverted to the last good version. Tonywalton  | Talk 13:06, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing this! I reverted at the same time as you. As my revert removed the tag, I restored it with {{hangon}}, since I assumed Quendus had a reason for the tag. I am not an admin, so I am not supposed to remove speedy delete tags, only contest them. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm not an admin either, but your understanding of speedy delete tags seems to differ from mine. My understanding is that if an article is inappropriately tagged anyone may remove the tag (and if an article on CAT:CSD can be salvaged then there's nothing wrong with salvaging it (by adding content or references, perhaps) then removing the tag. {{db-meta}} mentions only "pages that you have created yourself". {{hangon}} is a convenience to "hold" an article from immediate deletion while a rationale is put together as to why it shouldn't be deleted (not too relevant at the moment as the backlog of speedy deletions is such that things are taking a day to disappear). And ultimately, of course, WP:IAR may apply :-) Tonywalton  | Talk 13:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
WP:IAR only helps when I understand the rules to ignore–I wasn't aware that any user could remove a speedy delete tag, but I couldn't anyway as I wondered if the tagger knew the rules better than I did, or had actually intended to request the attack to be excised from history. I did use {{hangon}} to write a rationale on the talk page. Thanks again for the help, and thanks for the extra info. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:36, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please delete.

Tony,

Your anti-vandalism bot has reverted Designs of the Time to the wrong version and did not take into account changes that were made.

As it is I made a mistake with the title (correct usage of capitalisation in the title is lower case "t" for "time") and moved the content to the correctly titled page Designs of the time. Please delete the page Designs of the time

Thanks

Stephen

[edit] Thomas and Friends comment

Just showing off to myself that I've finally figured out how to do "hidden" comments really :-) ChrisTheDude 21:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please

Since you are familiar with them, can you please add Wiki Brah and Maoririder to the "list of users banned by the community" here WP:List_of_banned_users in order to help admins in case any sockpuppet or new issues arise in regard to them? Thanks. Adam Nicholson 03:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] CBeebies songs

Looks very good, although don't forget that Ms Alexander's name (despite the pronunciation) is actually spelt Eva. I didn't know that bit about the original segmentation of the day - that must have been dropped before my little mini-Dude came along :-) Might it also be worth mentioning Sid's (very annoying) "Sid Says" song? I know it's used randomly rather than at a set time each day, but it does crop up quite often...... ChrisTheDude 12:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: "The local time at the Wikipedia servers"

Something's telling lies. Your userpage reads "The local time at the Wikipedia servers is 17:43 on Friday 17 November, 2006". I thought the servers lived in sunny Florida, where it's more like 12:43, not damp old England. Is that the local time per my browser in moist London, perhaps? Cheers, Tonywalton  | Talk 17:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The WP servers are set at GMT or UTC rather than Florida time, GMT-5 or EST. You should also notice the same thing on timestamps made on Project pages and User Talk pages. Regards, (aeropagitica) 17:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Off t'pub? Have one for me, please! (aeropagitica) 18:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infectious disease dynamics

Hi, Tony. I wonder a little if the editor of this non-article actually meant to write a sensible article and hit the wrong button. I will get back to him and explain procedures. Cheers.--Anthony.bradbury 23:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

He's a newby - we're supposed to be kind to them. I have left a welcome and a little advice on his talk page.--Anthony.bradbury 23:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I was actually a bit kinder than that; {{empty-warn}} is a bit intimidating. I used free-text.--Anthony.bradbury 23:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I was not intentionally criticising you, or indeed him. As I know you know, if you dive into wiki without learning how to do it, you can finish up in all sorts of messes. I hope he will read, and learn from, the welcome page. PS have you noticed WP:ADOPT? I feel that this might interest you. If not, tell me to mind my own business!--Anthony.bradbury 23:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted entry

Hi Tony. I'm sorry, maybe I'm a bit dense, but could you please let me know the reason you deleted the "boss monkey" entry? I put a lot of work into that entry, and I can't figure out why it was unacceptable.

Thanks for your time,

Chimpy2006.


[edit] sorry i'm new

hi tony. thanks for your message, i apologise for the poor quality of the page i'm a newbie, but im afraid i dont have time to do it all at once, you could say it is a hobby, i am going to try to add a little info each night if i have time.

thanks for your time Dave in bicester


[edit] List of Kotak's International Products

Hi Tony, The article that I had put up by the name Kotak International Products can be deleted. I actully wanted to change the title of the article but couldn't figure out how to do it. Hence I've created another page called List of Kotak's International offerenings. Unfortunately even this has been marked for speedy deletion. I have marked a hang on on that as the article is only for information purpose and does not even mention a contact number. Wiki also has an article on List of google products. I am new so am just learning the ropes. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonal31 (talk • contribs)

[edit] happy Turkey Day!!!!!

I wish you a very merry Thanksgiving! Hope you and your family have a magnificent day! So, what are you thankful for? Hooray and happy gormandiziŋ! --Randfan please talk talk to me!
Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!
Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!
Have a great day! Please respond on my talk page (the red "fan" link in my signature). Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

Cheers! :) —Randfan!! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

[edit] STOP PUTTIN THE TEMPLATE ON MY ARTICLE!

cn u plz stop addin tht template at the the top of my article its gettin annoyin if u wanna delete it go ahed cos if u do ur deletin sumfin thts real go on the youtube link thatll prove it

Mil Falcon 17:05, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

well thx a lot ur probly a spurs fan i h8 u now go back to slum area of north london

Mil Falcon 17:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Page deleted as unencyclopaedic/empty, along with We Love You Arsenal. User's talkpage was vprotected so I couldn't respond there (talkpage now unprotected - thanks, Majorly). For the record I am not a Spurs fan. Tonywalton  | Talk 17:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

y did u say i vandalised we love u arsenal i made the article i dint vandalise it u must h8 arsenal cos theyre real u deleted em purely cos u dnt like em

Mil Falcon 18:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

do u by ne chance hav a son caled elliot?

Mil Falcon 22:41, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sorry

my apologies for the andy kaier article. and thank you for the suggestions. Xcrunner149 18:58, 24 November 2006 (UTC) (sorry again, i'm new and i just figured out how to sign.)

[edit] Tsoukalas article.

Tony, while I appreciate your volunteering efforts in wikipedia -as such efforts have made this colaborative encyclopedia what some of us like, enjoy and find very useful- I nevertheless cannot see why you've taken such a keen interest in mediating or at least playing the advocatus diaboli in the very minor issue of greek hooligan/football fan/idiot Takis Tsoukalas. And while I, as a stranger, am in no position to tell you what a lamentable waist of your personal time this is, I am indeed perplexed as to how you 've come to be interested and involved in an issue you are obviously uninformed about and that doesn't even marginally touch upon any of your interests, not even by mere happenstance. 195.134.69.112 01:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

This is referring to my keep vote and my subsequent arguments in favour of "keep" here.
There's no point in replying to an anon on their talkpage, whose IP may well be something differnt now. I would say that my arguments have to do with the policies of Wikipedia, specifically the guildelines in WP:BIO and WP:N. Whether I have any deep knowledge of who's who in Greek football is immaterial (and in fact the anon has no way of knowing whether I am "uninformed" about the "issue" or not, seeming to base this judgement upon "anyone who disagrees with me must have no idea what they're talking about"). Perhaps the anon should consider the WP:NPOV policy and what WP:BIAS means. Tonywalton  | Talk 11:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

My choice to be a user and contributor to this encyclopedia without an alias and anonymously is not what is in question here. As long as wikipedia finds this acceptable I consider your not replying to me but in third person as "the anon" very impolite behaviour and aimed at diverting attention from the content of what I am saying. The fact of the matter is that you don't lack deep knowledge of the issues involved, but that you lack any knowledge whatsoever. Which far from being immaterial, is actually crucial in applying the policies of wikipedia that you so fervently claim you are. No guideline can be properly applied if one does not have any appreciation of the issues at hand, and that is obvious in your replies in the discussion. I have not, as you have accused me -as means of divertion again- positioned myself on the points at hand, that's the truth, and I can't help your paranoia if you consider me to be someone with which you are already involved in debate about this issue. My problem is with having someone who is very apparently completely oblivious of the actualities of the whole affair involve himself with it, and with such utterly foundless conviction and sense of duty. I wouldn't go applying wikipedia policies to a subarticle on say mandarin chinese because I have absolutely no personal knowledge of the language, nor would any sensible person in a similar situation. I don't see why you think you can do so, and, what is worse, how you show no appreciation at all about the peculiarity of your situation, instead thinking that you can be more conveincing by refering to my person as "the anon". Still all this, is very consistent with your misguided arrogance, as demonstrated with your behaviour here, and with your notion that you can somehow dictate wikipedia law to something as alien to you as a greek soccer fan on a minor local television channel. That makes one wonder which is more abusmal, your ignorance here, or your arrogance. If this behaviour wasn't as extremely laughable and ludicrous as it is, it would be very lamentale. 195.134.69.112 01:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I feel that this conversation, such as it is, has pretty much reached its natural end. I do note that Jimbo Wales is of the opinion that anons, like this one, "do not have the same civil rights as registered users", and I tend to agree with that. As such I'm happy to abrogate this anon's civil rights by ignoring it in future. Tonywalton  | Talk 01:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I tend to think, along with everyone else, that "conversations" involve those that unlike yourself make direct reference to the person they are talking to, and adress what he or she are saying. Your little display of offensive psychosis here is not even funny anymore, instead it's nothing short of pathetic. Keep taking those meds, and spending time at the asylum's computer facility and, who knows, maybe at some point, you might take a stroll out of your door step and join the rest of humanity. Love your wikkan pentacle btw on your user page, just noticed it, lol, enjoy your broom ride waving that magic wand around...pathetic. 195.134.69.220 23:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:Authorise username

I just realized I'm dumb, heh. :p I was looking too hard, and turned it into two words, somehow. Will ask on IRC to guage a quick consensus, and act appropriately. Luna Santin 11:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, the tricks our minds can work on us. I should get some sleep, soon. Mindset on IRC seems to be "keep an eye on them to wait and see if they turn out to be an idiot/vandal, first, and block as normal if they do." Or something like that, anyway. I'll bookmark their contribs to check back later. Let me know if you catch them doing anything evil. Luna Santin 11:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Drmspeedy

Hello! I think the revision of the tag that you placed on my talk page seems reasonable. Anything that can convey information in a clear and concise way is an improvement. I have also expressed my opinion on the template's talk page. Thank you! --NMChico24 23:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff lawless brown

It's {{db-nonsense}}, not {{nonsense}}. JChap2007 01:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

for the *  :) NawlinWiki 02:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)