User talk:49TL/Archive/February 2006

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My RfA

I really appreciate your support for my admin nomination, especially with me being a relatively new user. Cheers, OhNo itsJamie ^Talk 04:15, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For great justice!

		An Award
		For blocking Congress for a week, I award you the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar. Wear it with pride.

Alph a x ^τεχ 07:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And you might be interested to see this ;) --Alf ^melmac 03:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you FireFox, for your kind support of my Rfa, and for keeping the fact that I'm Willy to yourself :D ! Should you ever need any help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask! All the best Banez 18:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen this?

Hey FireFox I was just reviewing my block log to see if over my time as an admin I had made any questionable blocks to try and learn from them..Anyway I saw this user I blocked had a red name that is now blue... the talk page as well....[1] LOL Hope you get a laugh. I do have a question for you. Do you think the scores section or any section in the UPA project is hard to understand? What about the template I spammed you with is it easy to understand? Thanks KnowledgeOf Self | talk 01:29, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Did you invent this userpagelayout? A lot of users copy it! --{{subst:user|4836.03}} 12:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PS, whats your name? --{{subst:user|4836.03}} 12:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA Thanks!

Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final ~~vote count~~ consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --P e ruvianLlama^(spit) 05:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedia vs 'Encyclopedia'

82.143.162.72 17:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)Whoever put the quotation marks around the word 'encyclopedia' in the Wikipedia entry seems to be improving the article, and does not seem to deserve having their edits undone. Wikipedia is more of a message board. I would describe any self-appointed profession in quotes. For example, the people who write the articles for the BNP's website are 'journalists' in quotes rather than simply journalists, a practice also noticed in the media. I would suggest the quotes should go back again.[reply]

Calling Wikipedia an encyclopedia is after all like calling the internet community of Lovely (cf. the BBC's website) a country, rather than a 'country'.

82.143.162.72 17:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)Re. your reason for removing them: If they were put back but outside the square brackets (so the link wasn't broken), could they stay put?[reply]

Blocking

Hi there FireFox. I've blocked a few of the PhilWelch vandals (I now see that the page has been protected), since his IP kept changing, I carried on the warnings and blocked on sight. Now, is that against policy? I'm a newbie admin, I think its ok, but not entirely sure. Thanks Banez 17:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wonders if admin rogueness is a good thing. Thanks for the info, I'll try to be a little more conservative with my blocks...Thanks Banez 17:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:MGScricket.png

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:MGScricket.png. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Soothing R 19:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. There is no source for the image. Have you created the image, did you take it from a website? The image description page is not clear about this. It has a short description on what it depics, it has a license...it perfectly follows the guidelines on those things. However, there's no source on the page. As Wikipedia:Uploading images states; the summary should include "brief description of what the image is, its source, and what license you are uploading it under". Otherwise..cya on IRC.

Soothing R 19:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unless that the photographer for that Maidstonian-magazine doesn't want you to upload this picture, yeah, sure, remove the tag.

Soothing R 20:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Userarchive head

I created this template based on your archive message, which was the following:

<div class=toc><center>'''This is a talk page archive for [[User:FireFox|FireFox]]. Please do not edit this page directly. If you want to leave a message, please leave it [[User talk:FireFox|here]].'''<center></div>

No, I'm not wikistalking you (just incase you might think that). I was looking at the recent changes under only the user namespace. The Neokid - Wikihalo Guiding Director talk 13:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Self-bio frenzy

I just discovered a rather big lump of biographies on a non-notable/hoax/writing about himself-guy, rather than tagging them all for deletion (I don't have time to watch every move he makes, like removing the speedy deletion notes), could you just delete everything User:Cameronwerner and 85.212.23.185 has edited?

~~O bli (Talk) 14:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)~~[reply]

Nevermind, someone else was already on the job O bli (Talk) 14:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pokemon?

I've noticed you've been contributing to Pokemon articles. Why is this? Why not join WP:PCP?--XenoN e on (converse) 17:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User Page award

Congratulations, 49TL/Archive/February 2006! Your user page has been nominated for the Esperanza User Page Award! Five judges will look over your user page and award it 1-10 points in four categories:

Attractiveness: general layout, considering colour scheme and/or use of tables if applicable
Usefulness: links to subpages or editing aids, helpful information
Interesting-ness: quirky, unique, captivating, or funny content
General niceness: at the judges' discretion

But first, you must be chosen as a finalist. If your user page is chosen as one of the five finalists, you'll have the chance to win an award created just for having a great user page!

More information can be found on this page.

smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:18, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

Erm... Just so you know, your signature links to User:Firefox, not User:FireFox. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 15:44, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New vandalisms from 199.247.128.250

I'm not sure what's standard operating procedure here. 199.247.128.250 seems to drop by about once a month or so to make minor juvenile vandalisms. You're apparently the last admin to warn him/her, on 25 January 2006. Several more vandalisms from this IP address have appeared since then. Please let me know on my Talk page if I should handle cases like this differently in the future. -- Writtenonsand 03:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your helpful response ("When a certain IP address is vandalising currently, you should report it at WP:AIV.") (I'm repeating it here in case it's helpful to others with similar problems.) -- Writtenonsand 23:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to report a user

Hello! I've seen you are the one who tagged an anonymus user as a vandal and blocked him from editing, though he's just deleted the half of the Tupac page today. He is the one under the User:12.26.6.2 IP address. I hope you have plenty of options to take care of the problem.Lajbi 15:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for trying

Thanks for the clown. This is why I'm sad but thanks for trying though... SWD316 ^{talk to m}^e 21:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal watching

Well done - you've beaten me to it several times. BTW, do you use CryptoDerk's Vandal Fighter?--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 17:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A reply would be vaguely polite.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 17:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please reply.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 18:04, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I reminded you was that you edited after receiving the message, thus effectively ignoring it.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 18:07, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It would be polite to, yes.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 18:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

10 000

Congrats on your 10 000th edit. I made my 10 000th too 5 days ago :). --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 21:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fir€fox et al.

I don't know if you're aware of it, but there's like a dozen variations of your name being created, I think he's up to something... O bli (Talk) 14:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, cool man, you beat Jimmy Wales and Linuxbeak on number of impostors :) O bli (Talk) 14:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Cel es tianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

Hello FireFox

Good morning friend! I'm trying to figure out what happened to an image that disappeared and I thought that the deleted images have history, don't they? talk to +MATIA 10:19, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Valentine's day

Thanks for the message FireFox. Happy Valentine's to you too.--Ali K 11:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Firefox

I have to say as a fellow firefox fan its good to see another and its also good to see the "adopt firefox" image I have it on my userpage and have done for a while. I have applied to join as a member of the Esperanza. Good work on the look of your userpage too. - Mike Beckham 13:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that was the case about the elections and happy valentines day back. - Mike Beckham 14:05, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Valentines day

) Thanks, and you too. --Phroziac _. o º^{O (♥♥♥♥ chocolate!)} 14:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup note

Hi. Thank you for doing clean up in articles. However, I would like to note that doing an edit for the sake of putting categories on separate lines, like here is, I believe, not that urgent. It also obscures one's watchlist, which causes more work when tracking articles. I would suggest that the AWB framework be used only for more substantial edits, and that the edit summary used be more relevant, indicating the specific task done in the given article. Wonder what you think, you can reply here. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 19:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would prefer to reply here, if that's ok with you. About AWB then... I don't know if you use/have ever used AWB before, but changing the edit summary for each individual edit takes a long time and is very tedious. When you select to cleanup a certain category of articles, you don't know exactly what you're going to be cleaning up for every individual article. AWB is, amongst other things, designed to "perfect" articles, making sure that the Manual of Style is followed closely. So, if two category's are included on the same line, AWB is designed to correct this in accordance with the Manual of Style, as far as I am aware. If you want to ask about this more in general, or to ask why AWB is designed to correct minor edits like that, then I suggest you leave a message on the talk page of here, so the developer(s) of the browser will be able to answer your query, and much better than I just did. Thanks! — FireFox ♥ T ♥ 20:01, 14 February 2006

I tried to say that it is not worth the trouble modifying articles for edits like inserting a newline between categories, which has no effect on the page layout. That is to say, if you do decide to use AWB on a given article, I think it should be if you saw a typo, or wanted to fix a missspelling; meaning something which will make a difference in how the article looks like, and then it is fine if it fixes other things along the way. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 21:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I will comment at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 21:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Valentinian

	May your Valentine be warm!
	ℬastique▼^parℓer♥^voir♑ 20:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<3

Happy Valentine's Day, FireFox! And nice new signature, by the way. :D Sango 123 (talk) 20:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

Sometimes when extra vertical blank space (more than one line) separates paragraphs in an article, I delete the extra ones. But a blank line between a section heading and the first paragraph of the section does not alter the appearance of the article and does make it easier for the editor to read. I don't think you should be spending effort on deleting those. Michael Hardy 21:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

I am sorry to see a jackass vandalising your page over and over :( Mike Beckham 13:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh I see you temp blocked him :) Mike Beckham 13:54, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attention!

Attention:
You have returned to vandalising Wikipedia after being previously blocked. This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia, for an extended period of time.

Soothing R 16:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, just kidding, just showing off my new template ;).

Soothing R 16:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

what?

How am I using that article to advertise? I'm changing things to be more factual, citing sources etc. I don't need any more advertising for my website, I get plenty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LegalCondom (talk • contribs)

Awww...

Thanks! I hope your Valentine's Day (in retrospect! ;)) was wonderful, too. How are you doing?--ViolinGirl^♪ 12:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I agree...V'day wasn't that different for me, either...but made a little nicer by your ~~pretty~~, er, "handsome" signature for the day. (You only kept it one day, right? It was nice.) Personally speaking, school is making me feel like I'm doing a juggling act (with violin practice), with another CLEP exam this Thursday...but other than that, I'm not drowning yet. :) Ah, well...see you around!--ViolinGirl^♪ 18:55, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's a wonderful idea (new sig. for each holiday). Yes, I completely agree w/your opinion about school tomorrow. I'm beginning to realize how LAZY I am...*rolls eyes* Yeah...I'll let you know how my "test thingy" goes. :P Have a nice day!--ViolinGirl^♪ 19:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok.

Clearly you're an idiot, I was posting a reference because people were asking for them in the talk section. If I were advertising my website I wouldn't be doing it at wikipedia.

You should ban any use of the word condom, it's really bad, don't you know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LegalCondom (talk • contribs)

RFA Thanks!

Thank you!
Hello 49TL/Archive/February 2006, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux ^Talk

Jimbo's page

I'm on Firefox, but can only see question marks. What's your settings? NSL E _(T+C) at 11:40 UTC (2006-02-17) 11:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR warning User_talk:172.202.52.107

You are in danger of violating the three revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing.
-- 217.67.22.142 12:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:User_The_Neokid_Logo.png

Hi FireFox. I was wondering whether you could do me a favor and delete this image? Don't worry - I created it. It needs deletion becuase I have recently created a Commons account and have uploaded the image there instead. Thanks. The Neokid talk 18:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Nice userpage by the way. No wonder you were a nominee for that award thingy. The Neokid talk 18:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your vandalism warning template?

What's the name of your warning template (as on User_talk:203.122.209.160)? I like that exclaimation mark... O bli (Talk) 17:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and you can block him too if you want, he just vandalized again O bli (Talk) 17:15, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you!

Hi 49TL/Archive/February 2006. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support.

Soothing R 20:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I can edit now. Thanks again! I seem to be becoming semi-reliant on you. By the way, I have been looking through your edits etc. (I am trying to learn how to become a better Wikipedian!) and suddenly a bright light shone in my eyes and a voice spoke to me. Just kidding. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that you need a nice cup of tea. However, the ceremony takes a while! The Neokid talk 15:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza mail

Thanks for the note. If you have looked at my user page, though, you might spy that I'm tough on misuse of English; you spelt "amended" with 2 "M"'s...

I was also pleasantly surprised upon my return to Wikipedia that my user page had been nominated for the User Page Award and is down to the last 5... What exactly warrants a good user page, as compared with User:Mailer diablo or User:Smurrayinchester, it looks very plain! haz _(user talk)^e 20:37, 19 February 2006

My RfA

Thanks for your vote

My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future.
Martyman - 09:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for your support of my request for adminship. I'm delighted that the RfA ultimately succeeded with a final consensus of 52/1/0, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any comments regarding my editing, or I can help you at any point in the future, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Again, thank you!

_└^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 11:04, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you for supporting me in my successful RFA. The admin tools will definitely be useful for dealing with vandalism more swiftly. Please drop a note on my talk page, should you have questions about any of my actions. --Aude (talk | contribs) 01:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your change to my talk page

Remember to mark your edits as minor only when they genuinely are (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). "The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'." .

Ok. Bad example, but it really should've been a minor edit (since you changed all of one letter)Sceptr e ^(Talk) 22:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advisory Council article/home page

I am buliding a page for the EsperanzaAdvisory Council. I would like your help on it (you're a member of the council), and encourage others to help as well. It is located at:Wikipedia:Esperanza/Advisory Council. ;) --Wiki eZach| talk 02:17, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PringleBarnstar of Good Humour

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		With no authority invested in me whatsoever, I hereby award this ~~Pringle~~ Barnstar of Good Humour to FireFox for keeping me laughing. Alf ^melmac 20:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment

Please comment on my counteroffer on the talk page of Doc's userbox proposal. --Dragon695 06:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Warning message

I'm curious as to why you replaced my warning message with one of your own. And thanks for blocking the guy. Peace. Chuck 11:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My bad...I was looking at two different but very similar IPs...sorry for the mistake. Chuck 11:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking of 61.69.165.181

Sorry, I blocked near enough the same time as you for 61.69.165.181. I have changed the block to 24 hours. --Thorpe | talk 11:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Messages

Heard you weren't getting enough, so here's another. --pgk^(talk) 11:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with pgk --Alf ^melmac 11:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the support Alf, it's appreciated. --pgk^(talk) 11:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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