User talk:Acalamari/Archive 029

Request for Rollback

I would like to request the ability to rollback articles. I keep a close eye on many articles that are often vandalized, such as the Kid Rock article, and I wish there was an easier way to remove the vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RandorXeus (talk • contribs)

Rollback granted. Just remember that rollback should only be used to revert obvious vandalism, and that misuse of the tool, either by reverting good-faith edits or revert-warring with rollback, can lead to its removal. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 15:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I never did thank you for granting me that. So, Thanks! It has helped me to clean up lots of Vandalism. RandorXeus (talk) 14:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Acalamari 21:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi buddy

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

--Efe (talk) 11:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the smile! :) Acalamari 15:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Always welcome. --Efe (talk) 23:49, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

UpDown Problem

Could you please look into a user with a god complex? See UpDown's edits to Lady Nicholas Windsor, Lady Rose Gilman, Samuel Preston (singer), My Family and many other television series. Thanks. 4.248.76.248 (talk) 15:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

What do you want me to do about it? Acalamari 15:33, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Requesting assistance

May I ask for your help again? :) There is a BLP problem with Warren Kinsella and thought I’d ask a few opinions. Warren Kinsella himself appears to have objected to the article (see evidence here) and seems to have written an explanation of his objections on my talk page. There is also a small related discussion at Talk:Warren Kinsella. I’d like to simply remove all material that has been objected to, as I strongly suspect the article over-represents criticism of Kinsella, but I’m not the best person to ask so I think a few other non-involved opinions are needed. I've protected the page due to an edit war that was occurring over this issue. If you'd like to look into this, hopefully a formal approach won't be needed. Okiefromokla ^questions? 19:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't often deal with BLP issues like this, but I can give some advice. For one thing, even though you'd like to remove all the material that's been objected to, you should not unilaterally remove it: you're the admin who fully-protected the page, and you shouldn't take sides in a dispute, or even make any changes to the article without discussion first, for it would be inappropriate for you to do so. You should push the discussion on the talk page further rather than make content changes here. Acalamari 23:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course, I would never take sides. My concern was the potential for an obvious BLP violation, which was my suspicion but seems more likely now that Kinsella himself has claimed the information is false. If that were the case, it would be appropriate for me to step in on the basis of a BLP violation. But given my lack of experience with BLP issues, I would never feel comfortable doing that. Sadly, I don't have high hopes for editors on that page to resolve the issue. They virtually ignored my requests for discussion both before and after protection, so if reverts continue when I lift protection in a few days, I may have no choice but to issue a block or two. Thanks for checking things out for me. Okiefromokla ^questions? 00:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't suggesting you were taking sides: it was just a general notice. :) If things don't sort themselves out on this issue, then I'd suggest taking this to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard, where users there will be able to intervene. I see you've contaced Moreschi about this: good idea. From my knowledge of him, he's experienced with BLPs. Acalamari 00:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: RfC

Well, the way I see it, it would go in the admin section if there's an degree of misconduct involving the administrative tools. While the misuse of tools was slight in Elonka's case, I could see it going in that section. Granted, I could also see merging the two sections and saying to have an explicit description if it involves admin tools. Wizardman 22:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Wizardman, for your response. That helped a lot. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:20, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Alleged misuse of tools.  :) --Elonka 14:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Reminder about Asian people

You are receiving this message because you are listed as the protecting admin for Asian people. The page has been semiprotected for longer than 2 months without an expiry date set. Because Wikipedia relies on contributers to make the encyclopedia, I'm asking you to review your decision and either

• Unprotect the page if protection is no longer needed, or
• set a reasonable expiry date for the protection instead of leaving it on forever

I hope that you will do one of the two in order to reduce the backlog of pages that have been semiprotected for very long period of time. If there are other pages you have also protected, I will try not to give more reminder, but I hope that you will double check your protection log to pick up and pages you might have forgotten. Thank you. -Royalguard11(T) 20:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC) Why am I receiving this message?

I'd been an admin for less than a month when doing that protection, and I had forgotten about it in all fairness. I've set it to expire in a week. Acalamari 20:07, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Unhappiness

Acalamari, we've gotten along well. I am sorry to disagree with you about that recall. However, I just had to do it, considering the intense pressure that has been exerted against me in an attempt to silence my criticism (see my talk page). It's just not something I can abide. Sorry for any consternation caused. Jehochman ^Talk 20:16, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I can assure you that my disagreement with the recall is not a mark against you in any way whatsoever: I'm not a grudge-bearer, and as such, I don't hold a grudge against you or any one else who supports the recall. Holding different opinions is a good thing. Even though I nominated Elonka in her last RfA, me harboring grudges against those who may not think she's suitable for adminship is detrimental to feelings, and as a result, not productive for the project. There really is no need for you to apologize to me, but I do respect and appreciate the gesture. With my current opinion, for now I believe that the recall is pre-mature, as I'd like the RfC to run its course and see how that goes, but that does not mean that I would oppose all recalls, though I strongly hope it doesn't come to a recall that I would have to support, and I do hope that things sort themselves out and we can go back to editing articles. I apologize if any of my words upset you at all during this process: that was not my intention. Acalamari 20:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Revert

Hello. Please explain. Many thanks, Mathsci (talk) 23:25, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed this, and I apologize immediately for it. I wasn't even aware I'd reverted your edit until someone had reverted mine, and I'm embarrassed that I pressed the wrong button. Again, I apologize for that: I have several tabs open at the moment, and was most likely going too fast. Very, very sorry. Acalamari 23:27, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem at all. I'm over here in France on a hot, hot night, so a little dopey myself :-) Bonne nuit. Mathsci (talk) 23:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your understanding. I think I need to take a break. Acalamari 23:31, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Please Help!

Can you help me become an Administrador? ICarly0246 (talk) 21:53, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Based on your current standing, you don't have a snowball's chance of receiving Administrator status. --GSK (talk) 21:58, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I've left a message on ICarly0246's talk page about this, giving them advice, and urging them not to run for adminship. There is no way an RfA for tham would pass at this stage. Acalamari 22:06, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Template:Seal (musician)

Thank you for your message on my talk page! :) Europe22 (talk) 22:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Keep up the good work. Acalamari 22:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback Privileges

Hello! I'm currently requested at Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions#Current_requests and I was wondering if you'd take the time to consider my request for Rollback privileges. Thanks! preschooler@heart 09:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

It seems Moreschi got to it before I did. :) Acalamari 15:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Spellings

Hi! I'm not intending to make a fuss about your recent edit to [Natalie Coughlin]] where you changed the spelling of "medallist" to "medalist" but would just like to point out that the two spellings are regional variants and that UK English would prefer the former spelling to the latter. Since the subject of the article is from the USA it would perhaps be churlish of me to revert the edit; however, it does seem to be an extremely minor edit and perhaps not worth the effort you put into making it, just as it is not worth my effort in reverting it? I've read WP:SPELLING, BTW, and am aware that - for example - the US Congressional Medal of Honor should not be spelled "Honour", but in this instance perhaps a re-write would have resolved the situation more neutrally, eg: "Kirsty Coventry, the eventual winner of the silver medal". Cheers and no offence intended Sitush (talk) 16:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I honestly wasn't aware that "medallist" was the UK spelling, and actually thought it was just a common typo instead (such as "mispelled" and "misspelled"). I'm very aware of the differences between American and English spelling, but obviously that was one variant that escaped me. :) Feel free to revert my edit or better still, reword the content as you see fit. Thanks. Acalamari 16:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm not immune to tpos and seplling errors. Fully appreciate that you might not have been aware and am grateful for your considered response. I think that I will try to re-write in order to avoid future readers perceiving a necessity to edit for this issue. Thanks. Sitush (talk) 17:00, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, I did go ahead and add your suggestion, though you're more than welcome to improve it. Thanks for your civility and understanding as well: that helps a lot. Acalamari 17:03, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I see no need to make further amendments and thank you for instigating my suggestion. Just for your info, here's the rundown on LL versus L in English spelling. Confusing! Sitush (talk) 17:50, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Glad to know that we're all satisfied with the result. :) Thanks! Acalamari 17:56, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I just sent an e-mail

Hey again. I have just sent you an email about my Guestbook page about it getting deleted (with a copy sent to my E-mail address). I also forgot to mention that for the protection of my talk page archives, I should have requested them to be fully move-protected (I don't want Grawp moving my talk archives!), but still semi protected. SchfiftyThree 19:46, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I have changed the protection level of your archives and responded to your E-mail. :) Acalamari 23:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Question

Since you seem to be an experienced editor and administrator, and you do very good work, I was hoping that you might answer a question for me. One of the main pages that I work on is Piedmont College, mainly because I'm a student there. One of the things that I have been working on in my spare time is a history of Piedmont. So far it is over 10,500 characters (I have more to write, and then lots of editing for grammar and such). My question is would it be better to add it to the Piedmont College article, or should I start a new History of Piedmont College Article? What would be your recommendation?

Thanks RandorXeus (talk) 14:33, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

You may do whichever you think is better: I, however, would add it to the Piedmont College article first, and if it becomes too long for that one, create a new article if it becomes necessary to do so. Be bold! Acalamari 21:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I never did thank you for your input, so thanks! The article ended up being nearly the same length as the original, so I decided to make it its own page. And thank you most of all for the BE BOLD link. For some reason, that page really inspires me. RandorXeus (talk) 05:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Acalamari 17:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

A question on Rollback.

I was wondering, you have told users that you grant Rollback not to use it to revert GF edits. Why so? I apparently made GF edits to numerous Harry Potter articles, and a specific user had no regrets to normally undo my contributions. Why is/do you consider Rollback exempt from such use? Thanks for reading, hope you can reply soon. A Prodigy^Talk 19:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The rollback feature was designed to quickly revert edits that are either vandalistic in nature or spam. Good faith edits, even if they contain typos or mistakes, are not vandalism, and if they need to be reverted, they should be done so with an explanation: rollback gives no explanation, apart from "Reverted edits by (user) to last version by (reverter)", which is unhelpful. If certain users are reverting your edits using regular undo, and not explaining why, then that's technically abuse of the undo feature, for if using the undo feature to revert a non-vandalism edit, the default edit summary should be replaced with a descriptive edit summary: the regular summary implies that the reverted edit was vandalism. Overall, deliberately using rollback to revert any non-vandalism edit is abuse of the tool, and can lead to it being removed from someone's account. I hope this helps. Thanks. Acalamari 21:30, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 09:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Assistance

Would you mind flexing your admin powers/knowledge. Another admin deleted an article twice, the second time which I believe was not justified. Article was Duty to God Award and is now at User:Eustress/Duty to God Award. See conversation at User_talk:Tanthalas39#Duty_to_God_Award and at User_talk:Tanthalas39#Speedy deletion of Duty to God. If I'm in error, then I'd like to know, but as far as I can see I'm trying to do things correctly. Thank you for your consideration! --Eustress (talk) 22:40, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Eustress, sorry for not getting back to you sooner. The article you mention is now in the mainspace, after being discussed on Tanthalas39's talk page. Now that this has happened, is there anything I can do? Thanks. Acalamari 15:35, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I know, but...

I just thought this image would draw a bit more attention to my plea.

I know how undesired unsolicited requests can be, and I can guess how many of those requests you receive regularly. But, I know few people who would take an interest in this request. May be Kyoko or Miranda would, but one is currently unavailable and the other is unavailable to my my pleas. Therefore, please, can you take a look at the article on Whale tail? Serious issues and concerns were raised on the talkpage, including crappy copy, over-reffing, unduly weighted, biased, non-neutral and more. Let me know what should be done, and, if possible, lend a hand to improve the copy. Since the demise of The League it has become really difficult to find a copyeditor here. Peaople would come and mumble and grumble about the copy, leaving the editors not exactly on top of their English dumbfounded, but would hardly ever move a finger to improve it. *Sigh*. Would you, please, at least take a look and comment? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 12:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I'll help where I can with this article. I'm not very active at the moment (weekend at the moment, other real-life happenings), so I'm not doing a lot of editing, but I might be able to do a little bit. Is that okay for now? Acalamari 21:02, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks. I'll also try to work on my own, at least some. Let's see. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 10:57, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

I haven't left any comments on the talk page, as I think they do a good job already with stating what's wrong with the article, but I have done some small formatting fixes and removed some unsourced/irrelevant information for now. Acalamari 21:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Acalamari, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA. I've seen you around as well, and have been uniformly impressed. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 19:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

JGHowes

Promoted. Thanks for the nudge! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, but thanks for closing the RfA. :) Acalamari 17:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank you

Acalamari/Archive 029, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes ^talk - 19 August 2008

rollback

Hi yes, that would be good thanks. Can't promise how much I'll do, but it would certainly be useful when I do. (I'm an admin at cy: by the way). Regards, — Alan^✉ 17:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. Just remember to only use it to revert vandalism/spam, and remember to not worry about how much you use the tool: whether you use rollback once a day or once a week, as long as it's used correctly then it's a benefit for the project. :) Good luck. Acalamari 17:52, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, I'm pretty clear about the policy for using it. — Alan^✉ 17:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course: you're welcome! Acalamari 17:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for allowing that permission request for me. I promise not to misuse it! Cheers, lunchscale (talk) 20:35, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 20:37, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Wow, thanks so much for the barnstar. It's great to be appreciated every once and again. Useight (talk) 21:23, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I like letting people know that their work is appreciated, and in this case, it was your ability to constantly remain civil that I wanted to reward. Acalamari 21:25, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

E-mail

Hey there Acalamari, I have responded to your e-mail. Cheers, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:23, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's almost dinnertime where I live, but I had enough time to respond. :) Acalamari 02:36, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing the underlining problem on my talk page. PiCo (talk) 06:48, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome: a comment had been removed earlier on (see this), leaving a stray piece of formatting remaining. I fixed it here. Acalamari 23:39, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Rihanna's picture

Hi, I noticed that you reverted a new picture of Rihanna yesterday (it wasn't me, by the way), and coincidentally enough, I have plans to update the picture (without violating any copyrights or policies, which is probably why you reverted it). Thought I'd give you a heads up on it. Please let me know on my talk page if it's alright. --Crackthewhip775 (talk) 20:06, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I reverted it because I seriously doubt it's a free image. If you update the image, remember that it should be a free image only, and not fair-use. Thanks. Acalamari 01:44, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, there's a revert war going on that page right now. There's a new picture up there that I reverted (but then I decided to undo my own revert because I wasn't sure about the picture myself) and other people reverted (and changed the picture) before me. It's bananas. --Crackthewhip775 (talk) 02:09, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

If I can jump in, I'm helping Crackthewhip as their adopter, and I'll be honest, the whole fair-use/free image issue at times is beyond me as well. (I've seen enough debate on AN/I to make head spin on it alone). Wildthing61476 (talk) 04:09, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Transclude

Yes, I'm happy with it. Everyking (talk) 19:24, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Everyking RfA

In your nom of Everyking you wrote ...as Everyking is a former administrator, he made over 1,300 in his 2+ year time as a sysop. Should that be over 1,300 sysop actions? EJF (talk) 19:43, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I will correct that. Thank you. Acalamari 20:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Beautiful nomination statement, Acalamari. (I remember co-nomming Gwen with you, of course!) Here's hoping the process remains calm, kind, focused, and sane. Antandrus (talk) 19:48, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Antandrus! That means very, very much to me. I appreciate the compliments. I was honored to have nominated Gwen Gale alongisde you: she's been a wonderful admin. Acalamari 20:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I feel happy to land on your page. I just read your "nomination statement" of Everyking (and, will read view points of others too ... in the meanwhile I felt like complimenting you. I fully endorse the views of Antandrus . --Bhadani (talk) 15:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the compliment. It was very nice to be logged in for a couple of minutes to find the friendly orange bar light up with a kind message followed. :) Thanks. Acalamari 15:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words, and thanks for the nomination. I'm disappointed, but not discouraged by the outcome. Everyking (talk) 20:42, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Granting rollback

I dunno if you're still in the business of granting users rollback if they meet the set standards for being granted rollback, but I hope you are. If so, I'd like you to consider granting me rollback rights so I can be a more efficient reverter and be able to use Huggle to revert vandalism. I understand that rollback is only to be used in cases of obvious vandalism, not misguided edits made in good faith. Also, if given rollback, I intend to first make test edits in Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. I hope you consider my request. Thanks in advance, Calor (talk) 04:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) Thanks for your understanding of the tool. Good luck. Acalamari 15:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) Calor (talk) 16:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 16:33, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

RFC: Clarifying "notable single"

As a frequent contributor to articles related to music, you are invited to review this RfC and comment, if you see fit! Best regards, --Winger84 (talk) 18:08, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification! I might contribute to it when I have a bit less on my plate. :) Thank you. Acalamari 18:18, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

Hi,

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You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Wikipedia:Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

Addbot (talk) 19:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I actually live in the United States, so it's unlikely that I'll be able to contribute to that conference or attend any meetups in the United Kingdom. Acalamari 20:29, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

RFA decision

Acalamari - I found a variety of the opposing comments vague, some unhelpfully inflammatory, and a few altogether irrelevant. There was an extreme poverty of diffs and not too many anecdotes of actual interactions. This is very disappointing, and if (as everyone seems to think) there is a 'problem' with RFA, this kind of laziness must be part of it; but nevertheless none of my misgivings amounted to anything concrete, so I wasn't able, for instance, to make a clear list of votes I wished to discount, in order then to recalculate the percentage of support. The only comment I was willing to ignore altogether was #21 in the oppose section, which gave no reason at all.

So I had to evaluate the numbers more or less as they stood. 66% is too low for a promotion without concrete doubt about some of the opposition. I would have been more comfortable acting on my dissatisfaction with the opposition had there been 70% support or more. I hope this explanation is specific enough. — Dan | talk 19:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

That's a reasonable explanation, and I thank you for it. I wasn't challenging your decision, rather, since it was a major RFA, I was simply curious to know what your evaluation was. Thank you for providing your answer. Best wishes. Acalamari 19:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks -- American Eagle (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Test

Just maintaining a few things on my alternate-account, the signature being one. Nothing to worry about. :) Bellatrix Kerrigan 22:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

All done. Acalamari 23:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which succeeded with 71 support, 14 oppose, and 5 neutral. Thanks for your participation. I hope I serve you well!

--Smashville^BONK! 23:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Joe Jonas

Can you please re-protect the Joe Jonas article? Since the most recent protection expired there has been nothing but vandalism, most of it quite heinous. JBsupreme (talk) 23:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll do it when I log back into my main account. Bellatrix Kerrigan 23:37, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. Acalamari 23:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rollback

Rollback would probably be useful; thanks! Nousernamesleft (talk) 00:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) Good luck! Acalamari 01:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Non-free image question

At one time, you removed a non-free fair use image I had placed in an article. This edit. Using your example, I started tagging and removing such images from articles, but I am running into much opposition. Take a look at the images at House (TV series) and see what you think. I need a clear explanation as to what is allowed and what isn't. Asher196 (talk) 02:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, yes, I meant to inform you of that removal. Anyway, I would remove those images in that list on the House article: there's no need for so many fair-use images (especially no need for so many non-free pictures of living people, which aren't allowed anyway), and free-use can be found to replace them. I'm about to go offline now, so if you have further questions I'll have to answer them later. Thanks in advance. Acalamari 02:20, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

If you look at the talk page for the House article, you will find a debate raging on the issue, and an admin that seems to disagree with you, at least from my interpretation. Asher196 (talk) 02:28, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I am the admin in question, and I actually agree with Acalamari entirely. Kevin (talk) 04:03, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I just want to be clear; what is the policy on non-free images of living people? You seem to say that they are not allowed, yet I find them everywhere. Any attempt to tag them as replaceable (and thus not allowed) is met with a lot of resistance. What are the circumstances that they would be acceptable? Asher196 (talk) 19:22, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Non-free content#Unacceptable use, in images, number 12: "Pictures of people still alive, groups still active, and buildings still standing; provided that taking a new free picture as a replacement (which is almost always considered possible) would serve the same encyclopedic purpose as the non-free image. This includes non-free promotional images." From my interpretation and understanding of the fair-use policy, if a person is living then a free image can be found, and therefore, nearly all fair-use images of living people are replaceable. The only exception is the following, which is said underneath the above text: "However, for some retired or disbanded groups, or retired individuals whose notability rests in large part on their earlier visual appearance, a new picture may not serve the same purpose as an image taken during their career, in which case the use would be acceptable." I do not believe that anyone in the House article would come under that.

Unfortunately, image-work is a difficult part of the encyclopedia to work in. Few people understand image policies (I myself have a basic knowledge of the image policy, and only work in parts where I have knowledge of it), and as a result, there are a lot of disputes in the image-area, which lead to image-workers getting driven away from their work. You're not the only person "encountering resistance" when dealing with images, yet to my knowledge, you're not doing anything wrong by removing non-free images of living people in articles where the subject is a living person. Acalamari 20:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank You.

I would just like to express my feelings of gratitude, for your approval of my use of the rollback feature. I have not been on Wikipedia for a great deal of time I admit, but it does brighten me up knowing that high ranking users do indeed trust me with such powers. Thanks again, I promise I will not let you or anyone else down. Regards, A Prodigy ~In Pursuit of Perfection~ 18:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) You've been on Wikipedia for roughly a month-and-a-half or so, which is more than enough time to grant someone with rollback. As long as you use it to revert vandalism, and don't use rollback to revert good-faith edits or to revert-war, then you'll have nothing to worry about. Good luck. Acalamari 18:49, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello! I just wanted to pass along my thanks for your support in my RfA from earlier this week. I hope I did not disappoint you. I am going on Wikibreak and I will let you know when or if I am back on the site -- I am trying to take time away to clear my thoughts and refocus on this and other priorities. Be well. Ecoleetage (talk) 04:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

e-mail

Hey Acalamari. :) I've just sent you an e-mail. Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:53, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. You do have a reply as well. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:57, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Back to you. :) Acalamari 01:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

And back again. :) —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the fast reply, you have one too. :) —αἰτίας •discussion• 00:11, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Another one. :) —αἰτίας •discussion• 17:23, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

I am greatful for your decision. Best wishes and many thanks! Wii Wiki (talk) 18:35, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 18:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello Acalamari and many thanks for having confidence in me ! Europe22 (talk) 21:21, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 01:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Retired...again :-(

I read your e-mail response that you sent me today, and I've somehow resolved this situation again. These people need me! I will just have to work on the stuff I need to as said on my RfA. I've even made a short list on those things, which are consensus building, deletion discussions, and even answering RfA questions more clearly. I understand how you're not an RfA coach anymore, but hopefully this will work out sometime within the next three months, though. Man, I just think that every time I say that I'm retired on my userpage, I always restore it afterwards (plus, doing that wouldn't set a good example of an administrator by the way). Regards, SchfiftyThree 22:15, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad you haven't gone. You are a valuable contributor, and you should stay. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 01:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Questions

Hey, Acalamari, I've got two questions about the AfD process, I hope you can explain me.

1. Sometimes people say: "Delete and salt". What does the salt mean?
2. Sometimes they say: "Snowball delete". What do the snowballs mean?

Thanks in advance, --Anna Lincoln (talk) 08:46, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

SchfiftyThree and Sarah answered on my talk page, thanks. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 07:31, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, I noticed you gave roll back rights to The Prodigy. I was wondering if I could have rollback rights as well. I revert vandalism often.    Juthani1   ^tcs 22:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello Juthani1, sorry for the late response to your request for rollback. I have granted it, but please remember that rollback should only be used to revert vandalism/spam, and that misuse/abuse of the tool, either by reverting good-faith edits or revert-warring, can lead to its removal: if there is doubt in your mind about an edit that needs reverting, then use undo to revert it rather than rollback. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 18:08, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

I noticed you gave rollback rights to User:Miguel.mateo and I have some concerns I thought you might want to look at. The user does not seem to be abusing the tools but I believe they are misusing it, making reverts that might be fine in normal circumstances but which rollback is not really intended for. Of his last few uses (in the past week or so) a few instances stand out where what is being reverted is clearly not vandalism and his revert may have benefited from a manual edit summary. Examples: [1],[2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. Please note there are several "good uses" as well and a few that are more borderline - likely on test edits. I just thought since you granted the tool you might want to discuss the situation with the user who I do not think has any ill intent. Guest9999 (talk) 13:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Guest9999, sorry for a late response: I've been on a break for the last few weeks, and only logged in again today. As for the rollback rights of Miguel.mateo, as the edits you mentioned happened a few weeks ago now, I'll leave any warning for the moment. However, that user's recent reverts seem to be okay, but if anything resumes, I'll let them know. Thanks for the note. Acalamari 16:42, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Second opinion?

Hi Acalamari!

Around a week or two ago, I received a request from a user for rollback access. At that time, he had not done a lot of vandal-fighting, but what he had done was good. I suggested that he do some more, and come back in a little while. He asked me today if he could have rollback. I looked at his contribs, and his reversions are nearly all good, but I'm not 100% sure if I should give him it or not. I'm leaning towards yes, but if you could give me your opinion, I would really appreciate it.

Here's a few links.... XF Law (talk · contribs · count · logs · page moves · block log)

Thanks! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy, sorry for a late response to this, I've been on a break the last few weeks. While this user now has rollback anyway, I would have said yes to granting the request. Best wishes. Acalamari 16:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

It's no problem at all. If I had actually looked at your contribs before posting, I would have noticed you were on break. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 16:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Month's absence

Hope you're okay whatever you're doing in life. Caulde 19:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Acalamari, you're badly missed! I really hope you'll be back soon. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 19:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Let me add my voice to the choir. I've been away myself, and it never occured to me that you wouldn't be around when I got back! Hope we'll all see you again soon, Kafka Liz (talk) 19:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Acalamari, you're badly missed! . You are the True Wizard and Whizkid of Wikipedia.Hope everything is fine and U come back.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

• Hi everyone, thanks for the concern! Don't worry, there's no trouble where I am: I was just on a break for a few weeks: I needed to take a rest, and well, I took one. :) I was planning to wait for a bit longer to return, but after checking my E-mail and finding some nice messages, and then looking at my talk page and seeing the kind people above, I decided to come back sooner. :) Thanks to all for your kindness. Acalamari 16:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Glad to see ya back. Chrislk02 ^{Chris Kreider} 16:21, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm so glad to see you back. :) Hope you enjoyed your time off. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Belatedly glad to see you back. :) Kafka Liz (talk) 15:30, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Well next time you decide to have a "break", leave a message on your page so we know your OK :) I like everyone else was starting to get worried, in fact had you waited a while longer i myself was going to add you to the Missing Wikipedians list. Best 211.30.12.197 (talk) 05:18, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking out for me. :) Acalamari 16:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)