User:Kevin12xd/Archive 3
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Apology
[edit]Sorry, I was asked to do this and didn't realize I was doing anything wrong. I will remove the links. thanks for letting me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.29.157 (talk) 02:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- No problem. Next time, please be careful with your edits. Cheers, Kevin12xd... | speak up | take a peek | email me 02:06, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
| Thanks for reverting vandalism at my user talk page. IP editors hurt sometimes. TBrandley 02:17, 20 December 2012 (UTC) |
- Thanks. I do a lot of anti-vandal work, but I've never been rewarded like this! Cheers! Kevin12xd... | speak up | take a peek | email me 02:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Christina Crawford
[edit]Your recent edit on Christina Crawford was not good. You deleted re-writen information in Indepedent circuit section. You undo the correct url that was added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.87.15.88 (talk) 02:39, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- You are mistaken. I reverted your edit because it was made in good-faith but it was unhelpful. Please do not be the one to tell me if me edit was not good. I did not delete re-written information. I did not "undo the correct url that was added". Please add relevant posts to my talkpage, and sign your posts with four tildes. Kevin12xd... | speak up | take a peek | email me 02:46, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- As far as the section header is concerned it's the IP that's correct... per WP:HEADING, headings should be in sentence case, not title case (thus "Independent circuit (2012-present)" is correct, "Independent Circuit (2012-Present)" is not). Watch out for an accidental WP:3RR violation as well - discussion is always better than reversion in cases like this. Yunshui 雲水 23:51, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
| You deserve this one too. And you already have beat me couple of times with Huggle. :-) Widr (talk) 05:37, 20 December 2012 (UTC) |
Arby's Update
[edit]Hey Kevin,
Having some problems making an update to the arby's page - can you help me out?
Thanks, Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.166.63.40 (talk) 21:03, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Chris, first of all, remember to sign your posts with four tildes, and sure. What would you like? Kevin12xd... | speak up | take a peek | email me 21:05, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
I believe this biographical entry does not conform to the Wikipedia standards. Specifically, it appears that the subject sees to it that negative material is quickly removed from the entry. More specifically, it is an easily verifiable fact that many members of the Orthodox Jewish community perceive this individual to be a bigot, and his blog to be highly offensive. While the Wikipedia entry does acknoledge that he is hated by many in this commnunity, it does not acknowledge the aformentioned perception. The Wikipedia guidelines are pretty clear in stating that the subject of a biographical entry does not have the right to manage the content to remove negative factual material. While it is not a fact that this fellow is a bigot, it is a fact that many in the community upon which he focuses his blog perceive him to be so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vandenhoogenband (talk • contribs) 21:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
- It's a shame you've been blocked for being a vandal. :]. Well, have fun elsewhere. Your username violated the username policy as well. Cheers, I guess. Kevin12xd... | speak up | take a peek | email me 23:43, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas Kevin! |
| I'm off on my hols tomorrow, so here's wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. See you in 2013! Yunshui 雲水 23:57, 20 December 2012 (UTC) |
Merry Christmas!/Hanukkah!/Whatever!
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Have a Merry Whatever |
| Since it's the supposed end of the world, thought I'd send you this now. Have a Merry Whatever Kevin! §haun 9∞76 ༆ 01:36, 22 December 2012 (UTC) |
Congratulations from STiki!
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The Anti-Vandalism + STiki Barnstar
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Congratulations, Kevin12xd! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (talk) 04:24, 22 December 2012 (UTC) |
Rollback
[edit]Hi Kevin. I've removed rollback from your account, for the reasons outlined at this page. Basically, I see you've made quite a few mistakes when reverting at high speeds (see Yunshui's talk page for details), such as reintroducing some serious BLP vandalism at Rudy Duthil. In addition, Yunshui seemed to grant you the permission without being aware that you'd already had your request declined at WP:RFPERM. And one of the most serious issues: this is not how we treat good faith newcomers, see WP:Don't bite the newcomers. Feel free to request again at WP:RFPERM once you have a bit more experience in handling vandalism. - Kingpin13 (talk) 13:56, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Kingpin, I have reviewed my mistakes and taken a look at this page. I sincerely apologize for my mistakes-clearly I had not been very careful with Huggle. I would like a chance to prove myself; that I can be capable of slowing down, and being accurate rather than fast. I strongly feel that I should be given another chance with the Rollback tool. I find Huggle to be very efficient and time-saving, but I clearly went a little overboard. I can indeed slow down with the use of tools like these and STiki. I hope you can give me another chance with Rollback. Cheers, and Merry Christmas, Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 17:41, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- It's a good sign that you recognise your mistakes. However, the fact that you are re-requesting rollback immediately doesn't indicate to me that you are actually slowing down, I would encourage you to be patient and build up slowly. You will get a second chance to prove yourself, but bear in mind you only just had your first chance (and you were lucky to get that, considering that Yunshui was apparently unaware that your request was declined at RFPERM). I'm not going to grant you rollback again so soon after the incidents I mention above. You are of course free to request at RFPERM again at any time, and get a second opinion. But I would guess most other administrators would take the same view as me: that it is too soon to be re-requesting. My advice would be to wait a couple of months, and work with slower tools like UNDO and Twinkle before "jumping in at the deep end" - it is possible to prove that you are capable of slowing down and being accurate without using rollback (instead using UNDO etc.), and this is the path that most editors would take before requesting it. - Kingpin13 (talk) 18:25, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Kevin; hope you're enjoying your holiday. I may have been over-hasty in adding rollback to your account, and I'm sorry if it's removal has disappointed you. I'd suggest you follow Kingpin's advice and stick to Twinkle for the time being; put another request in at WP:PERM in a month or two and do some nice steady reverting until then. Yunshui 雲水 11:40, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Lolcat for you
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Fylbecatulous talk haz givn u Lolcat! Lolcatz promot teh WikiLovez and hoapfully thiz one tuk away ur sadz. Spredd teh WikiLovez by givin sumone else Lolcat, or if tey hav one, give a cheezburgr for teh Lolcat 2 snak on!
Hi Kevin, hope this gives you a bit of a giggle. Happy Christmas and continue on with the good fight. Fylbecatulous talk 14:17, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Spredd teh goudnez of Lolcats to all cheezburgr buddiez by addin {{subst:Lolcat}} to their talk paj wit frendli messuj to all!
The Bugle: Issue LXXXI, December 2012
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Regarding Template:Vandalism information
[edit]Hi Kevin! I noticed that you recently edited Template:Vandalism information. I would like to know if you would be supportive of a bot that does this automatically. If you are, it would be nice if you would look over its BRFA. It's a Fox! (Talk to me?) 22:11, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
- Commented at BRFA. Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 03:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
- Answered your question at the BRFA. It's a Fox! (Talk to me?) 03:09, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The No Spam Barnstar |
| Thank you for fighting against spam on Wikipedia! Chevroletfan123 (talk) 11:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC) |
Confused
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In this edit: [1], the user posted a WikiLove message after:
I stated I was semi-retired
I have not fought any spam before
and the user has just been unblocked for vandalism. I don't know what to make out of this. Cheers, Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 20:36, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it, some people just like playing with the WikiLove button. You can blank it from your talk page if you don't want it. I once warned a new user for vandalism on his first edit: his next four edits were to give me three barnstars and then ask me to make him an admin. JohnCD (talk) 20:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks!
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You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Mkdwtalk 22:10, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
71.173.139.161 (talk) 06:35, 18 January 2013 (UTC)I said that it is approximately 50% more expensive for NON E-Z Pass users. This information, along with the toll values that I updated, is consistent with the official webpage. I updated the tolls because the amounts previously there applied to a only small portion of the road (between I-370 and MD 97), while the longer segment between MD 97 and I-95 was not reflected at all in the previous toll values. Anyway, I did appreciate your criticism of my edit, but I was frustrated to find that you undid it even though the information was accurate. Before undoing someone's edits, I think it would be a good idea to make sure that the edits are ACTUALLY incorrect. Thanks.
71.173.139.161 (talk) 05:37, 20 January 2013 (UTC)I am convinced that I am correct. The sentence states the toll amounts for different times of day, and then points out that those rates are for E-Z Pass users, and finally that "others" will be subject to tolls that are 50% higher. In this context, "others" certainly refers to NON E-Z Pass users. I can agree that the word "others" may be a bit ambiguous, but that sentence has absolutely no insinuation that E-Z Pass users pay MORE; that would definitely be a misinterpretation. Here is the sentence in question: "The tolls along the full length of the road (between I-370 and I-95) vary by time of day, ranging from $1.60 overnight to $3.20 in off-peak daytime, and $4 at rush hour (for E-ZPass users; for others toll rates will be approximately 50% higher)"
{{helpme}}
Hello. I was wondering how, when I CSD tag pages, to get TW to create a CSD log and fill it out. Cheers! Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 02:17, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
- It should be a checkbox or something in your twinkle preferences, if you go to WP:TWINKLE there's a link to the prefs, under CSD tab see if there's a checkbox or field or something to enable it. gwickwiretalkedits 03:13, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
Talkback
[edit]Message added 00:32, 21 January 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 00:32, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
re Closet Land
The movie is bases most of its suspense and thrill in the fact that the viewer doesn't have much idea of what is going on. I feel the article tells too much about the movie without warning the viewer. I don't care enough to argue about it, but I do not understand and am upset that you labeled my edit vandalism on the edit page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolvir (talk • contribs) 10:15, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- Kolvir, I see how your edit could have been made in good faith. But it didn't help, as you probably know. This is an encyclopedia; don't worry if it's a spoiler. With the minimal info that I had about your edit, or the reasons behind it, I was indeed correct in labelling it as vandalism. Please be careful. Cheers, Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 23:22, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
That is total BS. It is not vandalism, look up the definition of the term. If you have minimal info about an edit, it means you don't know if it is vandalism, perhaps shouldn't edit it, and are being a jerk by labeling it so. Ignore all rules doesn't mean you have to misrepresent others edits. Get a life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kolvir (talk • contribs) 10:28, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- Kolvir, watch it. I have left you a warning about your personal attack. Wikipedia has ZERO TOLERANCE for personal attacks. As I have explained to you earlier, you were incorrect in replacing the text with "spoiler alert". Perhaps I was being overzealous in tagging it as vandalism, as Yunshui had explained. But your edit didn't help, and you need to realize that you can't apply IAR to your personal attack. Thank you. Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 21:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Not everybody is a vandal!
[edit]Hi Kevin, welcome back, and a belated Happy New Year to you. I notice that you're getting stuck in with STiki, which is all well and good, but you seem to be a little over keen to slap the "vandalism" tag on your reverts, and that's not so good. A number of your recent reverts using STiki have labelled good faith edits as vandalism - remember, vandalism is a deliberate attempt to compromise the encyclopedia. Many editors, especially newer ones, make unconstructive edits simply because they are not aware of all Wikipedia's policies and guidelines; these edits, whilst they may damage Wikipedia, are not vandalism. If you are in any doubt whatsoever over an editor's motivation, please assume good faith and revert them normally, rather than tagging their edits as vandalism. Such errors on your part don't help your future ambitions for rollback and/or adminship; and could result in your STiki rights being revoked as well.
Sorry to make my first message of 2013 such a downer. I know that you are working with the best of intentions, but your zeal seems to be outweighing your judgement more often than it should. I'd suggest you slow down with the anti-vandal work for a time, and concentrate on other areas of Wikipedia for a while - make 2013 the year you got three DYK articles onto the Main Page, or created a Good Article from scratch, or participated in fifty AFD discussions, or reviewed fifty AFC submissions, or participated in move discussions, or helped resolve disputes (or graduated from adoption school...). There's more to Wikipedia than vandal-spanking, even for the most enthusiastic STiki operator. All the best, Yunshui 雲水 10:31, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
Non-constructive edits?
[edit]Hi - I'm new to editing on Wikipedia so please forgive my missteps. I simply wanted to update the upper management listed on our company page. It's severely out-of-date. I tried to read through policies, but I'm sure you can understand it is slightly daunting to someone just wanted to switch out a few names. If there is a different way to go about it, please let me know! Thanks so much! Also, Im still figuring out these User Talks, signatures, timestamps, etc. Sorry if this is all wrong. Nora --Noravilla (talk) 17:54, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I'm sorry-you don't seem to have made any edits. But good luck in Wikipedia! All the best, Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 23:18, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi Nora, make sure you have a look at the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. It might provide some useful information for you. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:26, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hey Callanecc,
Although this is unrelated, I was wondering when to use the TPS template. Cheers, Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 02:28, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- There isn't really a specific time when it should be used. Basically use it whenever you feel it's important to distinguish yourself from the person who's talk page it is. Really I didn't need to use it above, but since Nora is a new user it might help her understand how stuff works a bit. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
I DID make edits, but they were removed for being "non-constructive", whatever that means. I'm pretty good with coding and know my way around the internet very well, but man Wikipedia is confusing. I just want to update my company page. Our upper management is completely different now and annoyed this hasn't been done. From what I've gathered, if I add something I just have to make sure I can reference it? I really do appreciate you both helping. Noravilla (talk) 17:46, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion contested: Duy Tan University
[edit]Hello Kevin12xd, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Duy Tan University, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 06:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue LXXXII, January 2013
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Reviewer
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Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges. A full list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on will be at Special:StablePages.
Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.
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—Tom Morris (talk) 20:04, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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Not sure whether or not you're old enough to drink in your jurisdiction, but either way, I'm raising this (sadly entirely fictitious) glass in honour of you getting your rollback rights back and picking up reviewer rights as well. Congratulations! Yunshui 雲水 20:09, 23 January 2013 (UTC) |
Hi Kevin, I'm sorry that my post didn't appear constructive to you. Consistency would then imply that other items should also be removed from the "Medical Fetishism" list. I honestly think that Tampons would be viewed as far more of a Medical Fetish item than a Menstrual Cup would? Just my opinion been expressed from very specific knowledge of the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.133.119.128 (talk) 00:31, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hello User,
I have no prior knowledge of the subject - therefore in this predicament you are the expert. Focusing on the discussion at hand, I would disagree that a menstrual cup would be viewed as less of a medical fetish item as tampons would. Tampons are applied to a genital area, which does not make it fall into the category of "fetish". Unfortunately, I may have committed a minor error on my part that issued a warning to you. I did mean to revert your edit, but not issue you a warning. For my error I apologize, but I'm glad you asked when you disagreed with another editor. I will remove your warning. Cheers! Kevin12xd (talk) (contribs) 00:40, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you Kevin. For you to broaden your knowledge of the subject, I can refer you to other online articles which can confirm that the insertion of tampons is very much considered a "fetish" subject - if used by males! Refer to entries for "Menophilia" - where menstrual blood, tampons, etc are turned into a fetish. Your statement that tampons are "applied to a genital area" should then be exactly the same as for menstrual cups - for they too are "applied to a genital area", so there shouldn't really be any distinction between whether one belongs on the 'fetish' page or not based solely on your judgement criteria of whether or not they are "applied to a genital area". Do a search on Google for "Tampon Fetish" and do another for "Menstrual Cup Fetish" - I guarantee you that you will find pages of results for tampons and probably none for menstrual cups. Now that you are further informed about the subject, I urge you to consider reversing my edit's rollback please. Thank you
Your attempt nominating Yunshui for RfB
[edit]Hi Kevin, I undid your nomination at RfB since it was improperly formatted. Additionally, you should ask Yunshui first if they wanted to be nominated, and after they accept it will be transcluded to the main RfA page. Legoktm (talk) 20:53, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Kevin. Sorry if my response last night seemed a bit snappy. I'm flattered that you think I'd make a good beuaro buraue beuareau crat-thing, but an RfB really isn't something to randomly spring on people. For the sake of comparison, when I ran for RfA I was discussing the requirements with my eventual nominator for a good six months beforehand, taking care to make sure that I was genuinely ready to take on the duties of an administrator, that I understood all the relevent policies and that I had a good grasp of how the admin tools should be used. Right now, I don't believe I'm anywhere near capable of serving competently as a buraeu bourau oh ffs crat: I don't yet have enough experience in establishing consensus to be a reliable arbiter of RfA discussions, and whilst I'm fairly au fait with the username policy, I don't feel I've done enough work in account creation for the community to trust me with rename rights. Plus I know next-to-nothing about bot operation, so I'd be downright useless at BAG. It's also worth remembering that, like adminship, being a buraeu beauraeu bureaucrat (YES!) is nothing special; just extra tools and with them, extra responsibility - it doesn't endow one with any additional authority or kudos. I might consider taking the RfB route in a year or two, but right now, whilst I'm grateful for the vote of confidence, it's really not a good idea. Yunshui 雲水 08:01, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, and regarding your other questions: I'm in the UK, so my timezone's about four hours ahead of yours (and bedtime for me is around 10pm; I need all the beauty sleep I can get), and whilst most folk on the internet assume I must be Chinese or Japanese from my username, I fill in my ethnicity on official forms as "White British". Yunshui 雲水 08:05, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
PERM
[edit]Hi Kevin. Your enthusiasm is appreciated but please note that PERM is not an RfA style vote for candidates, and that non admin comments from new and/or inexperienced users are rarely, if ever, helpful. Admins will do all the necessary research before deciding to accord or deny requests for user rights. You may also want to do something about the aggressive edit notice on the top of this talk page - generally at Wikipedia we try to be welcoming and WP:AGF, rather than automatically assume the worstis coming. Happy editing, and if you need help with anything any time, don't hesitate to ask me :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)