User talk:Acalamari/Archive 035

Gratz on 2 years!

Wishing Acalamari/Archive 035 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! SparksBoy (talk) 00:54, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, the anniversary was on July 4th, but thanks for thinking of me! ;) Acalamari 00:58, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Rollback Request - and a question

Thanks for the approval. I'll probably wear out the button jsut on those Kelly Clarkson pages haha. That reminds me.. have you seen the GA REVIEW on the talk page (and I got a message as well), I added as many citations tot he best sources available (leaving out social networks), but some citiations jsut can't be given as the info is old and sort of off the net now, or they are in video's and such on blogs, youtube, etc.. which im trying not to use as referances at all, make articles look rather poor. any suggestions with these almsot impossible to find citiations of actually true statements? i'm stumped on many of them on Kelly Clarkson .. p.s. I can't use my own referances, I know Clarkson and ehr friends, can't cite whats said dirfectly..haha.. but it is why I have a particular interest in the articles and keeping them rumor free and factual Alankc (talk) 19:21, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome! I'm sure you'll use the tool well.

Regarding Kelly Clarkson herself, I think the first thing to do would be to remove anything from her article that is hard to source but also trivial and not really worth mentioning if it can't be sourced that easily. I admit I haven't read through the article much recently (which I should do, due to her songs being back on the charts again and there's high activity on her page), so I'll have to do that soon. As for the bad sources you mentioned, as far as I'm aware, there is no ban on YouTube links, but if you use them, you'll have to make sure that the video on the site is not a copyright violation (note I have not done this before). With blogs, it may be worth reading them in case they link to anything useful, which they sometimes do, but I'd be careful with them, for as you said, blogs shouldn't be used as sources.

As for knowing Kelly herself, it's a shame anything you've spoken to her about personally can't be used: unfortunately, it counts as "original research" unless it's mentioned elsewhere. Ah well. Acalamari 19:34, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

yes, that's the problems there, the original research thing, and, I can't reveal certain things that haven't happened yet, priviledged information of sorts. I'd love to get rid of her personal live in the beginning of the article since it has nothing to do with ehr career at all, but it would just be added back constantly. Her fans are relentless (as you noticed from all the vandals and such on her articles). I can actually identify each one of them and where they come from online. Clarkson used to psot on her own fansites, she stopped doing it a few years ago, but many of them still hold on to that direct cocntact they used to have, and think they know all there is to know about the girl.. it's sad in a fan-stalkerish kind of way. Alankc (talk) 19:42, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Battlefield

		The Editor's Barnstar
		awarded for constructive and quality assurance editing on numerous articles but espcially for recent contributions to Battlefield and and on-going maintainance of Nicole Scherzinger Lil-unique1 (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Opinion/mediate

Dear User, you have made many constructive edits, please can you add your opinion to the following discussion. thanks (Lil-unique1 (talk) 22:34, 30 July 2009 (UTC))

Hey Lil-unique1, it looks like some other editors have weighed in there before I could participate. Thanks. Acalamari 23:50, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

[1] I didn't realize that there was such a right! :) LittleMountain5 18:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! It's been out for just over a month. I'm surprised you didn't have it until now, as you often create articles. Acalamari 19:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Requesting Copy of Recently Deleted Article

Hi Acalamari - recently, User: Aitias deleted an article of mine. I went to his user page to request a copy of it be sent to me so that I may revise and hopefully move back to the main article space in time. I noticed that you deleted his user page and I thought that he may not be checking his discussion board. I would like to request a copy of Integration Point be sent to me so that I may work on it further. Thanks Jmiles1107 (talk) 13:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

It's now on User:Jmiles1107/Integration Point for you. Bear in mind, however, that you'll need to bring the page to Wikipedia:Deletion review before moving it to article-space again, and I should note that there will have to be significant improvement to the article before even bringing it to deletion review. Thanks. Acalamari 15:04, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your helpJmiles1107 (talk) 18:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Accidental Rollback (Reply)

Don't worry, it's all good. :)   JJ (talk) 00:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks, this should prove useful. ☀ Mehrunes Dagon 00:32, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 01:56, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Opinion/WP:3o

Hello please could you briefly add your opinion to: Talk:Flirt (album)#Article Redirect. Thank you (Lil-unique1 (talk) 12:34, 9 August 2009 (UTC))

Ali Bongo Ondimba

Hello Acalamari, I have become a huge fan of your's. My name is Inge Alia Bongo, I am the current legal and official wife of Ali Bongo Ondimba. I would like to eliminate the editing by asking you to build my wikipedia page sadly, if u find this to be a conflict of interest, please allow me to provide proof of our current marital status in hopes of avoiding future conflict. Thanks a million! ibo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abmuse (talk • contribs) 20:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi there Abmuse; I'm not sure how I can help you here. First off, I currently have no way of knowing if your account (Abmuse) actually belongs to Inge Alia Bongo (I should inform you that we occasionally do have people who pretend to be a notable individual, and they have to be blocked; as such, I hope you'll appreciate my concern about that). Secondly, African politicians and their families is not my area of expertise, and Ali Bongo Ondimba was a page that I applied semi-protection to, rather than expand or change the content in any way.

I am happy to answer any further questions, or direct you to someone else if I'm unable to answer them.

On a last note, thank you for the compliment at the beginning of your post. Best. Acalamari 23:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

My fix at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Aitias 2

Hello Acalamari, sorry for that mistake. I've found the case in the new Signpost and I fixed that comment presuming that I'm fixing Signpost. A scatterbrained edit. Have reverted myself immediatelly. --Vejvančický (talk) 15:06, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi Vejvančický, I'm not sure why you're apologizing: you made a fix to the RfC, and then reverted yourself, but when I reviewed your edit, I noticed that the fix you made was an improvement to the text I had written. As such, I decided to restore your fix, as it had improved the text: it was a good edit. Thanks. Acalamari 15:12, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

This was the reason: Please do not modify it. (at the top of that page). --Vejvančický (talk) 15:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

I think that notice is aimed more at discouraging changing of the wording in a way that the intended meaning is changed as a result, rather than correcting errors. What you did was fine, so I don't consider it a big issue whatsoever. ;) Thanks again. Acalamari 15:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Pussycat Dolls Article Changes

Hello as a major/regular contributor to the article it would be appreciated if you could voice your opinion regarding some proposed changed to resolve issues which have been tagged. find the proposals at: Talk:Pussycat Dolls#IMPORTANT AUG 2009 - Article Changes (Lil-unique1 (talk) 19:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC))

Flo Rida image

I removed it because it's taking up space and it's way to old. Rihanna Knowles (talk) 12:36, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Neither of those are valid reasons to remove an image: if it's taking up space, it can be re-arranged to fit in an article, and age of the image isn't relevant either: it's a free image, and can be used. Acalamari 02:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't care about valid explanation. The photo was removed from the article before way before you visited Flo Rida's page. Now ignore it's removal and leave it alone. Rihanna Knowles (talk) 3:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Nobody "owns" pages (see WP:OWN), and one person's opinon does not decide how an article is written, formatted, etc. As you seem unwilling to discuss, as judged by this edit, I shall start a discussion on the talk page for the opinions of other editors. Acalamari 17:14, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:

Not as much as it is a pleasure to see yours on my talk page. How are you doing? — neuro^(talk) 22:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC) wasn't sure if I should reply here or at my talk, oh well

Yeah, hope to see you around too. Hopefully both events will occur at the same time, for optimal efficiency. :) — neuro^(talk) 23:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Friendly post

I shall provide. :) Cheers, Amalthea 13:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Whee! Thanks so much, Amalthea! It's appreciated. :D Acalamari 15:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MacMed

Hi Acalamari. I'm really puzzled by the wide support at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MacMed. I don't think it makes much sense for me to whine about it on the RfA itself but perhaps you can explain it to me. People routinely oppose candidates who have participated in admin-related areas and have made mistakes. Ok, fair enough. But MacMed has no experience. Not at XfD, not in images, not at AIV, not in any admin area that I can see. He has no real experience in content contribution. No experience with on-wiki conflict. Sure, he recently got superficially involved in MedCab but he's more of a bystander for the moment. People call him clueful and knowledgeable but despite an extensive look at his contribs, I still have no idea how people can make that call with such confidence. Of course, there's no evidence that he's clueless, uncivil and dumb but this is true of most editors and true of most human beings. Are you supporting as a matter of "death to the edit-count"-principle because you know he'll fail anyway? Is he a popular guy on IRC? Did I miss the one area where he has made such a great impression that his inexperience in virtually all admin-areas becomes irrelevant? I'm just baffled. Pascal.Tesson (talk) 19:29, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Pascal.Tesson! I won't speak for other people who have supported that request, but my own support on that RfA was based on the following factors (IRC wasn't one of them, as I don't use it, and for the record, I haven't ever interacted with MacMed as far as I know. Also, some of my reasons for supporting were based on my own opinions on RfA): (1). I am relatively impressed with MacMed's conduct on that RfA, as he seems to be handling himself well despite what I think have been some unfair comments on that page. (2). I liked the responses to question 4 and to question 6 (yours! :D). (3). I normally refrain from commenting in RfAs like that (a long time ago I used to support SNOW requests just to give them encouragement, but ultimately stopped doing that), but in this case, I didn't mind adding my support to the candidacy for "encouragement" reasons, as MacMed clearly isn't going to pass. (4) MacMed appears to welcome criticism. (5) This reason wasn't the candidate's doing, but I wanted to get my piece in about WP:NOTNOW (which I also did once at WT:RFA), which is an essay I think is often applied incorrectly at RfAs, and I think it is being misused on MacMed's candidacy (though not by you: I re-read your oppose, and it didn't cite WP:NOTNOW, but instead contained valid reasons to oppose MacMed and gave him advice on what he can do to improve, not an "Oppose - WP:NOTNOW", followed by disappearing from the RfA altogether. I believe that your oppose is high in quality.)

I hope this makes sense. I'll be happy to answer further questions if I left anything unclear. Thanks for stopping by! Acalamari 22:13, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I copied my question on the talk page of WJBscribe who also answered, somewhat along the same lines. Now I've just written an extensive reply to him and I'm too lazy to do the same for you! For the most part, I'd probably be making the same points so here is (yeah yeah yeah it's lame) a cut and paste from what I wrote to WJBscribe. Of course, the whole thing will probably make more sense if you first look at his comments on User talk:WJBscribe.

Thanks for the response. Like I explained in my oppose (and recently at WT:RFA), I'm equally wary of the current RfA trends given the dwindling admin corps. On the other hand, I still very much believe in the necessity of vetting candidates even if the process is, to put it mildly, not exactly ideal. Regarding your last point, I sometimes think we'd be better off sysoping just about anybody who asks (like we do for rollback) and then get an efficient system for desysoping those who do break the wiki. After all, the overwhelming majority of editors who've been around for 3-4 months with sustained activity consists of decent, dedicated people with no intention of abusing admin tools or breaking the wiki and all in all, I think we'd be better off with an army of admins who mess up in good faith than with our current exclusive club of people who have wiggled their way through the increasingly absurd hurdles of RfA. One might argue that RfA's selectiveness guarantees quality but of course all evidence indicates that this isn't the case: we've routinely sysoped people who eventually went bonkers.

What bothers me about MacMed's RfA is that people are ready to support a candidate that they have no way of evaluating when they regularly shoot down candidates that they can evaluate. It's an absurd way to push back against rising standards at RfA and it's almost an invitation for prospective admins to not get involved in any admin-work before RfA. We're better off defending candidates who, despite an overall positive record and baggage of experience, are being discarded for mistakes or inexperience in this or that admin-area. I tried to do that in Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Chamal N though I kind of lost my cool. A better example is Newyorkbrad's defense of both Chamal N and Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Until It Sleeps 3. But backing people we essentially know nothing about? That just seems like a bad idea that could backfire. We have to invite people to act and think responsibly at RfA: do your own research, weigh the pluses and minuses, leave aside personal grudges or wiki-political considerations and tell us if you believe it will do more good than harm to sysop candidate X. But supporting a candidate who has no experience just perpetuates the idea that a good candidate is one that you can't pounce on for this or that screw up. Pascal.Tesson (talk) 00:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Gaelen S. rollback

Hi Acalamari!
Since you were the administrator who granted Gaelen S. (talk · contribs) rollback, I thought you should be aware of this. Regards, decltype (talk) 06:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello Decltype! Looking at them, I think both reverts were mistakes, rather than actual abuse, but to be sure I looked at several of Gaelen S.' reverts, and they all looked fine. Thanks for letting me know, and thanks for kindly informing Gaelen S. of those two errors. Best. Acalamari 14:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, having checked most of the edits they have done since, there is a load of good reverts. Still, I do think that edits such as [2] should not be reverted without a summary. But these seem to be the exception rather than the rule, so I too feel that no further action is necessary at this point. Regards, decltype (talk) 21:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look some of his reverts over the next couple of days. I think he'll be okay but I can double-check for a little bit to be sure. Thanks again. Acalamari 21:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Gaelen S.

If you have any insight into this user's history could you comment on a thread concerning them? WP:AN#User:Gaelen S.. Thanks,--David - (Wikipedia Vandal Fighter). 21:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

This is exactly what Decltype was discussing with me above, and we agreed that despite a few errors, the vast majority of his reverts were good, and I said that I'm going to watch Gaelen S. over the next few days to make sure his rollbacks are a net benefit and that the amount of errors don't increase. I was hoping to settle this in a peaceful manner here rather than have it fought out on the dramaboards. Acalamari 22:17, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Please know that I have nothing ageist the user or you. I been helping User:Gaelen S. out. I just wanted it to be check out by other users. I hope your not taking this the wrong way. --David - (Wikipedia Vandal Fighter). 22:38, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

My rollback request

Thank you for granting me rollback! I hope it will help me revert vandalism quicker. Dogposter 22:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Admin's Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		I'm giving you this Admin's Barnstar because your doing a good job. Everyone has there bad days. You did nothing wrong--David - (Wikipedia Vandal Fighter). 00:51, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the barnstar, D climacus, and thanks more so for your understanding. :) Best. Acalamari 01:54, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Updating

Besides WP:FORMER, I think there is a list somewhere in NoSeptember's project that needs updating. MBisanz ^talk 02:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Phew, for a second I thought I'd done something wrong there! :\ Which page is that one? Thanks. Acalamari 02:04, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Actually I think I got it: User:NoSeptember/Desysop. I've updated it with the new RfA. Thanks. Acalamari 02:13, 4 September 2009

Ahh good, thanks. MBisanz ^talk 02:15, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Happy to help. Acalamari 02:17, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Shakira

Hello Acalamari. Sorry if you mistook my comment for trolling, but Sharika really does sound like Frank Oz. I know what I'm talking about. I have a degree in music. <3 193.178.95.4 (talk) 08:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi 193.178.95.4, in turn I'm sorry if my regarding your comment as trolling came as surprising or not very nice. In fairness, when comparing her to Frank Oz, I assumed it was someone comparing her to Yoda. That being, said, I should note that talk pages are for discussing the status of the article and how to improve it, rather than what the subject is. Thanks. Acalamari 15:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

"Salting" and policy

Hi there. I've recently encountered the technique of "salting" as used by admins, and found the relevant admin guide page you started on the topic. However, there doesn't seem to be an accompanying policy page (as, for example, Wikipedia:New_admin_school/Protecting references Wikipedia:Protection policy).

Could you please point me to the policy page, or, if there isn't one, would you consider opening discussion as to what the policy should be? -Kieran (talk) 05:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey there Kierano, the part regarding salting I found in the protection policy is Wikipedia:Protection policy#Creation protection, which isn't very long. The page used beforehand was this old revision of another page. If you think the create-protection policy on the current protection policy page needs to be expanded, there doesn't need to be a huge announcement about it: a discussion can be started on Wikipedia talk:Protection policy. Hope this helps. Thanks. Acalamari 15:48, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your response - the policy seems perfectly reasonable. I see also that Template:Pp-create links to the relevant policy on salted pages as well as to deletion review, so I don't see any need for change. Thanks again. -Kieran (talk) 23:49, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

That's fine: I'm glad I could help. Best. Acalamari 23:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Kaya Jones

Hi Acalamari, could you or another admin. please keep an eye on Kaya Jones? A number of edits there seem to come from Jones' manager Phil Stamper or from Jones herself. Thanks.--Design (talk) 12:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

On my watchlist. Acalamari 15:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, Acalamari. You have new messages at Casliber's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody^{My talk} 03:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, A Nobody! Acalamari 15:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Online

Hey, I was semi-around at the moment. I saw your message. Then, my computer froze and I just shut it and gave up, because I had to head out anyway. What was up? hmwitht 04:40, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I just look at the Pages created on the Edit Counter (Soxred93's tools). I was shocked that I created 109 pages on Wikipedia Already.

• (37 redirect) & (73 pages).
• So, Thank you for the Autoreviewer rights.--David | ^Talk 06:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 14:48, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback Removal

Hey, can you remove rollback from my account? I'm retiring, and I don't wish to have it. Glacier Wolf

Done: sorry to see you go. You are welcome back at any time. Best of luck. Acalamari 01:45, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

I just can't do it. I have no clue if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I might as well embrace my little problem. Can I get teh rollbackz plz? _{Apologies for my suckish lolcat.} Glacier Wolf 20:47, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Since Acalamari hasn't edited for a while I figured I might as well do it for him. Regards, decltype (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back Glacier Wolf, and thanks Decltype! Acalamari 21:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Acalamari: Are you really a guy? I always thought you were a woman. :P Glacier Wolf 21:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep. :D Acalamari 21:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey Glacier Wolf see Wikipedia:Wikipediholic and welcome back :) Gwen Gale (talk) 21:55, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

note

thank you for caring re: my loss. DS (talk) 12:48, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome. Acalamari 15:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Invisible Barnstar
		For superlative talk page lurking, and for being a good sport about the subject. :) Durova319 02:00, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Durova. ;) Acalamari 02:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you...

Thank you for the Autoreviewer bit. Sv1xv (talk) 00:27, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 01:58, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Simon Cowell

Hi!

An editor enquired at this article about its (15 month) semi-protection, and whether it could be lifted. I noticed the reason for the protection, and realise lifting protection may not necessarily be desirable, given the vandal and the content they regularly add.

Is this the case, or could protection be removed?

Thanks for your consideration (blimey, that sounds wrong, but "thanks for your help" doesn't seem to be right either!)

Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 20:10, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello TFOWR! I'd actually forgotten about that protection until now, but if there's hardly any vandalism to the page with the semi-protection on, I'd say it can be lifted. However, my concern is the fact it's a BLP, and I know that people are less inclined to lift semi-protection on those at the moment. Nevertheless, I won't object to the protection being lifted, but I suggest requesting unprotection at requests for page protection to get another opinion, though I will remove the protection myself if you want me to. I do suggest that if you request unprotection there, remember to mention that you spoke to me first, otherwise you'll be told to talk to the protecting admin. :\ Best. Acalamari 20:21, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks! I'm still a little reticent but I suppose if the problem returns it's a relatively simple matter to re-protect. I'll request un-protection, but continue keeping an eye on the article. Cheers! TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 12:55, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Requested. I suppose "suck it and see" is a sensible approach, since protection can be reapplied. Thanks again for your help! Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 13:04, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Thanks for replying on iMatthew's RfA. I didn't mean to make it seem like I was badgering your vote or anything, merely curious as I disagreed. Thanks for the clarification. Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat  20:24, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. For the record, I did not consider your nor Ottava's responses to be badgering: both of you had valid questions regarding part of my oppose and wanted clarification (and you were both civil and reasonable), and I was happy to expand to explain where I was coming from. Thanks for the note. Best. Acalamari 20:30, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Wes Straub

My article on Wes Straub was flagged by User:Durova for speedy deletion with the following reason:

Fails WP:MUSIC. Dubious assertions of notability, such as claiming to have played at the Burning Man festival. Burning Man has no signed acts.

It may have appeared to be dubious to the user, however it was cited ([3]), and I have no reason to believe it was untrue. I was unable to defend my page before it was deleted. Can you please restore my page or at least open its deletion back up for debate? Thanks!--mattofwashington (talk) 05:08, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Restored to User:Mattofwashington/Wes Straub. Bear in mine you'll have to improve the article there first before moving it back to an article, otherwise it'll get deleted again. Best. Acalamari 17:42, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Great, thanks! I'm going to remove his performance at Burning Man, but I don't know what else needs to be changed. Suggestions? I would gladly add more to the article but there just isn't a whole lot of info on him right now.--mattofwashington (talk) 02:06, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Her Name is Nicole

For a while now i've been working on a version of the article to get permission from administrators for the album. I do personally believe that as an unreleased album there is now enough information of a credible nature. However before doing so i am seeking experienced editors opinions. If the page shouldn't be reopened can i intergrate the information into Nicole Scherzinger?

Here is the final draft for what i am proposing. (Lil-unique1 (talk) 00:16, 22 September 2009 (UTC))

Hi Lil-unique1, you don't need any editor's permission to create an article. However, I noticed that the article was deleted as a result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Her Name Is Nicole, and as such, you'll have to take the article to Wikipedia:Deletion review to overturn the deletion: the opinions of editors you ask for help are insufficient reasons to overturn the deletion unless you go to deletion review. If you list it there, you should explain why you think it should be restored and do what you did here and link to your improved version. Hope that helps. Best. Acalamari 00:27, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity...

...have you considered running for 'cratship? --Dylan620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 01:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dylan620, thanks for asking. I ran for bureaucratship in February/March of 2008, but withdrew it after only a few hours (opposition had rapidly built up based on less than a year's worth of adminship). I have had nomination offers in the last few months, but I have turned them all down, and I'll explain what my three major reason for not running are: (1) except for RfA, I am uninvolved in bureaucrat areas. While I believe that "need" is an irrelevant reason for actually opposing candidates, I personally do not need the bureaucrat tools for now. (2) This year me and a couple other editors were involved in a long-term dispute (for lack of a better term) with an admin who we felt was unsuited for adminship, and while that person is no longer an admin, I suspect it will be a few more months before the dust from that settles (bear in mind that several members of the community believe that potential bureaucrats should be dispute-free for several months to a year before running for RfB, and since RfBs need so much support, a small amount of people can sink a candidacy). (3) I have personal issues in real-life to deal with that are pretty stressful, and at this point, I don't need the extra stress of an RfB. This all being said, I do appreciate and thank you for asking me about bureaucratship, and I do appreciate your trust (I assume that's the case here, if not, sorry for the assumption), especially since in our past interactions together it's mainly been me commenting on your actions, rather than a friendly chat or something like that. However, I hope that changes in the future and we can have many positive interactions instead. Best. Acalamari 02:07, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

I do think you'd make a fine crat, Acalamari. :) I'm off tho spend the remainder of my night helping out at DYK (I've become active there since our last interaction). Cheers, Dylan620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 02:15, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Dylan620, and good luck at DYK. ;) Best. Acalamari 14:51, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity...

Why did you revert my edits? I've already made users aware that someone at this school is making vandalizing edits. 199.254.212.44 (talk) 15:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC) 15:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

My revert here? The edit I reverted was vandalism, or at the very least, unconstructive. Thanks. Acalamari 16:25, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello. I wish to become a rollbacker. Is this the right place? Dy yol (talk) 17:30, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback granted. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam/blatantly unconstructive edits, and that using it to revert anything else (by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with) can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, depending on the admin. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 19:19, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I will take extra care when I use it. I'm well aware that it is only used to revert obvious vandalism. Thanks again.Dy yol (talk) 19:45, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 19:47, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Ashley Tisdale

Change the photo and please write the article good, because I am fan of Ashley and I won't stop until I get this that the Ashley's Bio on wikipedia is correct. Because you're so wrong.

And Also, why you don't write ashley's voice range? so many famous have it. So Why??

And her movies from 2010 I don't see it. 2010 Teen Witch as Louise Miller and 2010 Untilted Project (also is a movie).

If you don't know nothing about Ashley, Don't write her biography and don't change the correction.

I won't Stop until It's Alright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashleytspain (talk • contribs) 10:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you decided to comment here: I can't remember the last time I edited the Ashley Tisdale article, and I think I've edited Template:Ashley Tisdale more recently than her actual article. Besides, the edits I've made to her article have been to fix formatting problems, to revert vandalism, or to revert unsourced edits (all of which I did months ago), not to add to or do any major changes to the content. Acalamari 15:09, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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Cheers for the user talkpage revert. :) AngelOfSadness talk 19:18, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy to help! ;) Acalamari 19:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

hey there. i have been fighting vandalism and i was hoping to begin to use huggle to do so i have read up on it and believe that it would make me a heck of a lot more efficient. could you please re-evaluate me for rollback? i would very much appreciate it. Posted By Alex Waelde (talk) 17:41, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi there AlexWaelde! Yes, you have improved greatly since I last evaluated you, and based on your recent reverts, I have granted rollback rights to your account in accordance with your request. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam/blatantly unconstructive edits, and that using it to revert anything else (by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with) can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, depending on the admin. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck, and thanks for taking my advice! Acalamari 20:18, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

• I appreciate your prompt response and the granting of rollback ability. i may require your help again soon if some of the users i've been warning do not stop as they are almost to block level. speak with you again soon. Posted By Alex Waelde (talk) 20:21, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

• is blocking a privilege i can work up to or is that exclusively for administrators? also i need to report Homeskillet9876521 for vandalism he has been given max warnings and is to block level now i have posted his name on admin intervention against vandalism aswell. Posted By Alex Waelde (talk) 21:34, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
  • I've blocked the vandal you reported, as nearly all of their edits are vandalism and two other users agreed with your report. As for your question about the blocking tool, unfortunately, that tool is only available for administrators, and while there have been suggestions to make that a tool available to non-admins, many users are against the idea of someone who hasn't been voted on by the community having the ability to block people. To get the block button, you would have to file a request at WP:RFA to gain adminship, but I strongly recommend not running for adminship at this time: you need a lot more experience with things other than vandal-fighting, and sadly, people who focus purely on fighting vandalism are often heavily opposed for not having experienced with other things. Best. Acalamari 21:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

• • • What would you say is a good way for me to get involved without just doing vandalism patrol? i agree with you when you say i'm not ready for administration, i'm still too new. could you give me some examples/pointers? Posted By Alex Waelde (talk) 03:15, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

WrestleMania XXIV

• 19:18, 9 June 2008 Acalamari protected WrestleMania XXIV ‎ (Recent vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

That was 16 months ago. I'd like to review this to see if semiprotection is still necessary. This is part of my large scale review of all longstanding indefinite semiprotections. Please see the discussion I have started at Talk:WrestleMania XXIV. --TS 19:50, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello Tony Sidaway! There's no need to discuss the protection on the talk page: I had a look at the page history, and there haven't been many edits to the page recently. I can lift the protection I did back then now it you like. Best. Acalamari 20:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Block Requested

IP Address has recieved final warn. pushing through to you as to not violate 3 revert rule. please restore page and block. thanks. Posted By Alex Waelde (talk) 08:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The vandalism has stopped for now, but there's no need to worry about WP:3RR when removing vandalism edits such as this and this. See the "exceptions" section of WP:3RR.  Frank  |  talk  13:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi AlexWaelde, I was offline when you reported this here (asleep), so I missed this post then: you would have had better luck reporting this AIV, and it's often better to report vandals there than to individual admins. As Frank says, the vandal has stopped, so it's pointless me blocking the vandal now (it would have been pointless blocking them when I logged in a few hours ago for the first time today). As Frank also says, you don't need to worry about 3RR when reverting vandalism: it comes under the exemptions, and besides, it would be unproductive blocking people who revert vandals more than three times. Thank you to you, Frank, for responding to this. Best. Acalamari 22:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Test 2

Same with what I wrote here. Just maintaining some things on my alternate account (like updating the watchlist) and changing the signature (and testing it here to see what it looks like) to make the account more obvious that it's mine. Thanks. Acalamari (from Bellatrix Kerrigan) 00:01, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

• All done. Acalamari 00:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Nicole Scherzinger

Hello, I thought that the image of her I put on was better than that one of her swinging her arms up, you can hardlym tell who she is on that one. It's the same with the rest of the dolls, the only images of them are ones live in concert, look at the one on Ashley Roberts' page, you can hardly tell it's her. Cheers--David (talk) 10:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, I've changed the image and moved the other one, does it look alright? I've heard the dolls are set to do a third album, that's all I know though, do you know anymore? Cheers--David (talk) 19:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Elizabeth Taylor semiprotection

• 22:48, 25 June 2008 Acalamari protected Elizabeth Taylor ‎ (Likely target due to event [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

Hi, reviewing semiprotections I noticed this one, which is the only entry in the log for that article. Can this be undone now? --TS 17:55, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I will admit that I more reluctant to unprotect BLPs than non-BLPs (and I'll note I protected that article due to death rumors that got thrown around at the time), but I'm not going to object to it being unprotected should you feel that unprotection is worth testing. Feel free to request unprotection. Best. Acalamari 18:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

See also Talk:Christina Ricci. I've been discussing possibly unprotecting this, and there is a little interest in going ahead, but I got the protecting admin wrong and didn't notify you before. You semiprotected it June 14, 2008.--TS 04:50, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Done. Christina Ricci seems to hardly have been edited recently, but I'd like more input on unprotecting Elizabth Taylor first. I'll start a discussion on the talk page. Best. Acalamari 15:21, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

What are your thoughts on this?

23:51, 1 July 2008 Acalamari protected Zac Efron ‎ (Heavy vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

There was quite a bit of vandalism but it was probably from one or two nutcases. I think it may be worth checking to see if they've gone away. --TS 10:02, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...I've found every time that a major High School Musical article gets unprotected, it gets hit with masses of vandalism. I'm not sure about this one either, so I've started a discussion on the talk page for other opinions (note I'm not dismissing nor ignoring your posts and opinions here, it's that I'm not a watcher of the articles you've listed, and responses from poeple who watch those articles are useful). Thanks also for commenting on Talk:Elizabeth Taylor as well. Acalamari 21:31, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry, I think going to the talk page is just fine. I usually do so myself but for some I think a more personal approach to the administrator is better than my usually fairly anonymous note telling him about a discussion on the talk page. You do have personal knowledge relating to these protections and that's the kind of information I need to get before just jumping in and announcing a review that might not, for one reason or another, really be merited. --TS 22:46, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of nicknames of pro wrestlers

Hi. An editor suggested that this AFD be closed and the article speedied under the G12 criteria, however does that cover user-created webpages with made up content? Any insight you can provide on this would be appreciated. ArcAngel (talk) 21:30, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello ArcAngel! I would say yes, it could have been speedied rather than sent to AfD, as the site the content came from is likely to have been copyrighted, and therefore, the content is a copyvio. However, as for speedying it now, I'm not so sure, as there do appear to be a couple of keep votes on the AfD, and I don't know if articles can still be speedied when there are keep votes (AfD is not a place where I am a regular). Hope this helps in the future. Acalamari 21:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Judgement Request

in regards to thise user page are they violating wiki's policy of no advertisements Spam Policy? please advise since this is a talk page and i am not sure if it would be appropriate for me to warn the user thanks.
>>>> Posted By Alex Waelde (Leave Me A Messgae) 07:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I happened to see this post and have speedily deleted the talk page as blatant advertising/spam (CSD G11). Gwen Gale (talk) 10:13, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you AlexWaelde for finding it, and thank you Gwen for deleting it! Acalamari 15:02, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Rollback request

Thanks for your approval. I'll be sure to use it well! Darry2385 (talk) 18:33, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 18:37, 18 October 2009 (UTC)