User talk:Acalamari/Archive M

usernamehardblock

Hi Acalamari, I thought you should know I've just lifted the autoblock of User:Supernigger2000 after a very polite and reasonable unblock request describing how they chose the name in good faith. Whilst blatantly inappropriate, it didn't appear to be a hardblockable. Please let me know if I've missed something. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 10:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know, you'll probably still need to manually lift the autoblock so they can create a new username. Ryan Postlethwaite 10:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I've just checked and the autoblock has expired, that'll teach me to go prying :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 10:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :D

You're welcome! Glad you passed. :) Acalamari 16:31, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Your RfAs

Hey Acalamari...I was just reading through your RfAs today, and was really upset that I could never give you support in either (wasn't here for one, was on holidays for the other). If I had been around, you would've had an extra strong support from me :)  — Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 07:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the support! :) Don't worry about missing both my RfAs; two other users have commented about missing my second RfA, so don't feel left out or anything. :) 104/1/1 in my second RfA was definitely a surprise. :) Regarding your recent RfA, I do hope that you'll listen to concerns listed there, and try again (hopefully with nominators!) in a few months time. I'll be supporting for the fourth time in a row. :) Again, thanks. Acalamari 16:29, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, and look forward to it :)  — Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 07:44, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:Your old account name

Good Lord!!! Thank you, and sorry for the trouble. --Agüeybaná 12:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The trouble? :) Ha, ha, there wasn't any trouble. :) I was more concerned in case you had any problems with the block or anything. I suppose, however, you can say that that vandal must be a fan of you by the fact they created an account that was your old name! :) Acalamari 16:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed by this and this, the vandal that re-created the account Boricuaeddie is likely to be a Kate McAuliffe vandal. Since I go to the same school with the Kate McAuliffe vandal, I'll ask him if he was the one that re-created Boricuaeddie and created the six vandal "bots". NHRHS2010 ^Talk 22:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

The Kate McAuliffe vandal has created "BOT" names before (see here), and it wouldn't surprise me if that was the Kate McAuliffe vandal. That also means, however, that the user called "Ryulong Ryulong Ryulong Ryulong" is also the Kate McAuliffe vandal, as that vandal recreated the Boricuaeddia account. I also wonder if the Kate McAuliffe vandal was behind the vandalism and trolling to my user and talk page a few months ago, as well as to Phaedriel's and Natalie Erin's talk pages. Acalamari 22:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and I was not 100% sure whether User:Ryulong Ryulong Ryulong Ryulong is a Kate McAuliffe vandal or not, but it is very likely because of this and this. I'll talk with that vandal at school someday... NHRHS2010 ^Talk 22:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's either him, or someone copying him. :) Acalamari 22:35, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I found the troll from last April. It might be the Kate McAuliffe vandal, although I am not really sure, and don't listen to users that say that you have a crush on Alison, Natalie Erin, etc. I do not think that you have a crush on them. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 22:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Protection

Yet again it's taking too long for anything to get done at WP:RFPP. Could you please semi-protect Hinduism for a week? There's been a lot of IP vandalism lately. Thanks, —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 18:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for two weeks instead of one. Due to the large amount of vandalism, two weeks is more appropriate here than one. Acalamari 18:20, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Block

Thanks :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome; that was a quick-decision block too after an equally fast edit-scanning (not a habit, don't worry). Glad I was correct with that one. :) Acalamari 17:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Bearian's RfA

I just want to thank you (a bit late) for supporting my RfA, which passed 63 to 1. Thanks again, and I hope to do my best. Bearian 01:48, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support. :) Acalamari 01:49, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

stupid spoiled whore video playset south park image

why did you remove it, its much better than the other example of parody.Cholga^talK! 01:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

It was a fair-use image, rather than a free-use image, and there is no fair-use rationale that allows that image to be in the Paris Hilton article. Acalamari 01:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Unprotection of vandalism warning templates

ResolvedTemplates are no longer redirects, and they have been re-protected. Acalamari 02:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Please reverse the unprotection and redirection of these templates. They were fully protected per Wikipedia:High-risk templates to prevent vandalism, and to prevent summary redirection without consensus, thereby preserving their usability. John254 18:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, Acalamari, please exercise greater caution before acting on a single user's request to unprotect numerous high-risk templates. While said user was acting in good faith, the idea of redirecting these warnings has been discussed and rejected by the community. And even if there were consensus to turn them into redirects, the pages should remain protected (because they would continue to pose an enormous vandalism risk). —David Levy 19:21, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The redirecting of these templates is also messing up their use in my monobook. Very annoying. KOS | talk 19:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I've reversed the redirects, and also the unprotections of the templates I unprotected. Evidently this was a large error on my behalf, and I am deeply sorry for the trouble I have now caused. Acalamari 20:34, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it! We all make mistakes, and no real harm was done.  :-) —David Levy 20:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, all is well. Don't beat yourself up over it. :) KOS | talk 20:52, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

• Responses here: [1][2][3] Acalamari 02:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Fergie (singer)

I was a bit surprised to see this isn't a GA or anything, considering you've made 400+ edits to it. If you're up for a collaboration or something, and feel like getting a GA, I'm happy to help :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 03:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• pokes* :P Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 00:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

• Sorry Dihydrogen Monoxide, I should have responded earlier. Anyway, I don't think the article would qualify for GA at the moment; there's still some things that need sourcing and tidying up. I haven't worked on the article to get it to GA; I was just doing it to improve it overall. :) Fortunately, there are no edit wars on the page. If you can help source and improve the article and bring it to a GA, by all means: it'll be appreciated. However, I won't be doing much on the article for the next few days, as I won't be very active. Thanks. Acalamari 01:41, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Gah, I'm gonna have to get off soon, but yeah, I'll take a look and find some sources, and combined with your expert knowledge on the subject :) Erm...yeah :p Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 01:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll help when I can. :) Thanks! :) Acalamari 01:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Requesting unprotection for SummerSlam (2007)

Event has ended. No more speculation. --Aaru Bui ^DII 14:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

• Unprotected. :) I've left move-protection on for the time being. Acalamari 16:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Protection for dummies, please

Hello Acalamari. I haven't been visiting WP:RFPP often lately, but it seems that pages being protected are now always bearing expiration time. Until now I've refrained from setting an expiration time whenever I protect a page, simply because when the protection would expire the template wouldn't be automatically removed (thus announcing an inexistent protection). Since everybody is now setting an expiration time, could you please tell me if has a solution been finally found for the annoying standing-alone-templates? Best regards, Húsönd 23:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Naturally I ask this because I don't want to be the only admin protecting pages for all the eternity... Húsönd 23:56, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

The DumbBOT removes protection templates from non-protected pages. See here: if a page isn't protected, the bot removes it. :) Acalamari 00:02, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Great news, thanks! :-) Hopefully this bot will drop by your talk page shortly and remove my dumb inquiry before someone else sees it. :-) Regards, Húsönd 00:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah, don't worry: there was a time when I didn't realize a bot removed them. :) You're welcome for the help. Acalamari 00:11, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

You suck

damn you suck boy time to get a life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.90.233.67 (talk)

Oh, I have a life, don't worry. :) I don't edit Wikipedia all the time, and don't plan or want to either. I do have other things to do. Thanks for your concern though! Acalamari 16:18, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm seems this person might be right you do spend quite a bit of time here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.90.233.67 (talk) 08:44, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I haven't been on the internet for the last few days due to real life events. Acalamari 18:05, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Click there to open your card! → → →

My dear Wikipedian Acalamari,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 36 supports, 3 opposed, and 1 neutral. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, or even if you just stopped by to make a comment, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. Since I am a new admin, if you have any suggestions or concerns, feel free to inform me of them. Thank you and good day.

The Placebo Effect

Credits

This RFA thanks was inspired by The Random Editor, who in turn was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks. So unfortunately this is not entirely my own design.

This end the usual RFA thanks spam. You may return to your regular editing now.

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi^(t|c|b|cn) 01:30, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support. :) Acalamari 02:57, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thank You Note from Jehochman

		Ready to swab the deck!
		Another motley scallawag has joined the crew. Thanks for your comments at my RFA. Arrrgh! - - Jehochman Talk 02:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

		With thanks!
		Thanks for participating in my RfA, which closed successfuly. I leave you with a picture of the real Blood Red Sandman! Note his 'mop' is slightly deadlier than mine! - - Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 18:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the unprotection. :) -WarthogDemon 01:52, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Glad to help. Acalamari 01:52, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Vanessa Anne Hudgens

Thank you for the note, I'm perfectly fine with that change, I set the expiry out a bit to get it off the indef-protected list, but haven't really been following it much since. Happy editing, — xaosflux ^Talk 01:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad the note was appreciated. :) Acalamari 02:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...

Acalamario (talk · contribs · global contribs · logs · block log) Friend of yours? -- Gogo Dodo 03:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...another spoofer/parody of my username? No, I don't think that would have been created by anyone I know. :) Acalamari 17:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Hi Acalamari, thanks for the barnstar! --Kyoko 08:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

You're very welcome for the Barnstar. You deserve it! :) Acalamari 18:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Longer term block needed

Thanks, apropos :http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ARequests_for_page_protection&diff=159645554&oldid=159644842 ! IP edits are still overwhelmingly spam. How 'bout a year long partial protection? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvey (talk • contribs) 08:58, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

An email

Greetings my friend. Just a heads up that you have a Wikipedia email. No hurry for a reply or anything; just letting you know. Enjoy your holiday. Cheers, Sarah 12:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello Sarah, I've responded to your E-mail! After being away for four days, I've had a bunch of people to respond to! Acalamari 22:57, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Flower

Can you do a routine soft protect on Flower when you get a moment--it's just that cycle of the moon again, it seems. Thanks. KP Botany 00:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a week. I would have done it sooner, except that I wasn't active at the time. :) Acalamari 17:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Laughing Joker, sockpuppeteer?

Hey there. I'm messaging you about this because you happen to be the individual who indefinitely banned the suspected sockpuppeteer Laughing Joker. It seems to me that the puppetry has continued. I was originally typing this on another editor's talk page, but I assumed you might be more familiar with possible solutions, so I'm pasting it here. Hopefully, you'll check this soon enough from an available internet access point (enjoy your vacation).

There are multiple users who are persistently changing this text on Mary (mother of Jesus):

People who are neither Christian nor Muslim generally doubt that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. In the second century, the polemicist Celsus (recorded in Origen's Contra Celsum 1.28-32) claimed that Mary had relations with a Roman soldier and then married Joseph who protected her from the harsh Jewish laws of the time which would have sentenced her to death by stoning for such an act.

To something along these lines (some edits change one or more aspects of it, but this is the general "outcome" which seems apparent):

Many generally doubt that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus. In the second century, the polemicist Celsus (recorded in Origen's Contra Celsum 1.28-32) stated that Mary had in fact had sex with a Roman soldier, then married Joseph who protected her from being stoned to death.

The problem with these changes are numerous. First, it is clear that "many" is misleading term, and its replacement has not been supported by any sort of source. The original phrasing isn't perfect, but it's much more accurate. Secondly, this user has an obsession with specifying the term "had sex", for whatever reason. It should be noted that "had sex" is no more specific than "had relations", and additionally, the latter phrasing more accurately depicts the biblical claim quoted in the sentence prior to the text shown above (additionally, an earlier section already details this, stating clearly that Jesus was claimed to be an illegitimate child by Celsus- therefore making this paragraph somewhat redundant as it is). Maybe the individual gets a rise out of the change to "had sex"; I'm not in favor of censorship, but the usage here of "had sex" seems entirely unnecessary. As for the latter change, it has only been made once or twice, and is simply an inferior, less informative phrasing.

These changes have been made numerous times by 3 different users. Looking at the history, it would appear that this person is cycling between accounts to revert changes to his/her preferred version. It should be noted that there seems to be some cohesion between the usernames, as the changes occur consecutively (and always regarding this section); for example, when I'd explained my reversion of an anonymous user, one of the other users subsequently responded directly by incorporating both terms in a sloppy manner (again, the obsession with this terminology, I don't understand). Again, this example isn't strong in and of itself, but when considering the edit history on the page, it begins to look suspicious.

Two of the users, User:Joker828 and User:CptHowdy, were already suspected sock puppets of User:Laughing Joker. User:JokersWild1, the most persistent editor, seems to fit the bill as well (and as such, I've placed a suspected sockpuppet tag on his/her page). Looking at the edit history of these accounts makes it rather clear that they are, likely to be the same user, and at the very least, are working together unusually closely:

• Laughing Joker: Intelligent design, Creationism, Mary (mother of Jesus)
• Joker828: Creationism, Mary (mother of Jesus)
• CptHowdy: Intelligent design, Creationism, Mary (mother of Jesus)
• JokersWild1: Intelligent design, Mary (mother of Jesus)
• 97.82.225.246: Creationism, Mary (mother of Jesus)

Now, it seems rather clear to me that Laughing Joker is at it with more puppets. Again, I'm posting this here, because of your own familiarity with the puppeteer, at least in that you banned him/her indefinitely. Do you think that this is sufficient information to bring up a case?--C.Logan 02:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Just a note that I started a sockpuppet case concerning the above users yesterday at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Laughing Joker. Another case was also later opened by another user at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/97.82.225.246. These also seem to involve the same users. Thanks. Tbo ¹⁵⁷(talk) (review) 16:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Picaroon (t) 21:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Acalamari 23:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Dear Acalamari, ______ __ __ __ /\__ _\/\ \ /\ \ /\ \ \/_/\ \/\ \ \___ __ ___\ \ \/'\ __ __ ___ __ __\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _ `\ /'__`\ /' _ `\ \ , < /\ \/\ \ / __`\/\ \/\ \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \_\.\_/\ \/\ \ \ \\`\\ \ \_\ \/\ \_\ \ \ \_\ \\ \_\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \__/.\_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\/`____ \ \____/\ \____/ \/\_\ \/_/ \/_/\/_/\/__/\/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/`/___/> \/___/ \/___/ \/_/ /\___/ \/__/ For your contribution to My RfA, which passed with 8000 Supports, 2 Neutrals and no opposes. The standards and dedication of the English Wikipeidan Administrators is excellent and I am privileged to stand among them. Thankyou for putting you trust in me, I'll not see it abused. And now, I will dance naked around a fire. Party at my place! Cheers! Dfrg.msc 08:57, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support. :) Acalamari 18:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Ral315's talk page message

I saw your message on Ral315's talk page. It's good to see an honest admin concerned with transparency! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you so much for semi-protecting my userpage. Hopefully the vandalism won't spread onto my talkpage :D AngelOfSadness talk 19:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) When you want the page to be unprotected, just ask. :) Acalamari 19:16, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Will do :D AngelOfSadness talk 19:18, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

There appears to be a dynamic IP now vandalising my talkpage with personal attacks. Any advice as I think it's they're third IP address in the last ten minutes, the first two got blocked but it seems that this vandal is relentless. AngelOfSadness talk 19:23, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

The IP has been blocked. If they come back using another IP, they can be blocked on-sight as an obvious IP-sock. Acalamari 19:25, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

What's the proper procedure to request a block in this case? I ask since I watch this page, and also because when User:SchuminWeb was being abused by IP-socks, I tried reporting it at ARV and one of my reports got declined. Feel free to reply here, I'll watch for it. Thanks. --Clubjuggle ^T/C 19:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Before I was an admin and dealing with socks like this, I would normally ask an administrator familiar with the case to block the vandals. An AIV report would be rejected. Acalamari 19:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

OK cool. As long as I don't have to resort to getting the talkpage protected aswell, or is that even possible for talkpages?. Anyway thank you soo soo much again. :D AngelOfSadness talk 19:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's that bad yet. If there was more vandalism edits than reverts in a minute well then maybe. But they're currently every few minutes which is not so bad.:D AngelOfSadness talk 19:35, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Abuse reports/67.212.12.67. If any new IPs crop up, please add them there. --Clubjuggle ^T/C 19:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Down syndrome semi-protection

Thank you, sir :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Acalamari 02:04, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Flower

Thanks. Usually I check to see if you're on-line, but have been busy. Way busy. KP Botany 02:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Glad to help. Don't worry, I was on vacation. Acalamari 02:09, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Hi Acalamari, thanks for the compliment! :) --Kyoko 15:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I meant to say this earlier, but again, you're welcome. :) Acalamari 01:52, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Hee hee

I actually noticed that immediately upon reverting the user's blanking of Alison's page, and that is the exact reason I removed all of Alison's various subpages that were transcluded to that editor's userpage, while it is fine to copy someone's usepage design, copying their confirmed identity, contributions, etc., is not really appropriate, lol. Thanks for blocking the user. Ariel♥Gold 22:16, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I've just unblocked. See their talk page. Acalamari 22:18, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Interesting, I wondered when I reverted the first blanking, if it wasn't just a mistake, that the editor accidentally blanked Alison's page while trying to copy the design, but then the editor did it again, so, I understood your actions. Time shall tell, I guess! Ariel♥Gold 22:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe I was too hasty with that block. Unfortunately, Alison gets trolled almost daily, and vandals have copied her user page before, so I thought this was a vandal doing just that when instead, it was more likely someone who made a good-faith error. Acalamari 22:26, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't be hard on yourself, I've reverted Alison's page sooo many times, I realize it is frequently hit, and when it is done twice in a row, and warnings given, it is reasonable to make the assumption that it was intentional. In this case, we were wrong, and I think it is great that you took the time to listen to the editor, and then welcome them after unblocking, and I too issued an apology on my own behalf, as well as explained the reasoning behind my removing Alison's personal information from the editor's userpage so they understand it. I think we're probably dealing with a young girl, who is just unfamiliar with Wikipedia, and I think you handled it quite well. I give you a Gold star! :o) Ariel♥Gold 22:32, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiThanks

You're a very kind person, ArielGold, thank you. :) Acalamari 22:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

No need to thank me, I realize that I've not had the pleasure of actually getting to talk to you before, I don't think, but of course I've seen you around, and I highly respect you as an administrator, you are always reasonable, kind, and helpful. And this issue we ran into just proves that even more. ~*Smile*~ Ariel♥Gold 22:40, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. :) Oh, and regarding speaking to me before, see this archive. :) Thanks for helping out with Irishforever16 as well. Acalamari 22:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL Shows me how good my memory is! ~*Giggle*~ Well, you get off easy, every time I come to you I'm thanking you instead of bugging you with an issue I need admin help on! lol. Ariel♥Gold 22:50, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Irishforever16 appears to be fine now. :) Acalamari 22:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Could you see about getting her removed from the BL? IRC is still showing her on that list. :o) Ariel♥Gold 23:31, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Which blacklist is that? Acalamari 23:34, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Hrmm, not sure which one auto-adds it, since ClueBot didn't revert her, I'm not sure how she got on the list, actually, but she's on the one that MiszaBot is running in #cvn-wp-en. I'm in #wikipedia-en-help and the other channel. Ariel♥Gold 23:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

If that's an IRC blacklist, I won't be able to help you, as I don't use IRC. A administrator with IRC capabilities, such as Ryan Postlethwaite or Alison would be needed for this. Acalamari 23:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I got Cobi to fix it :) [19:59] #cvn-wp-en: <+MiszaBot> Removed Irishforever16 from flagged user Thanks dear! Ariel♥Gold 23:59, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Excellent. :) Acalamari 00:01, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

congratulations!

Yes, Arielgold is right, I am young. and naive:-) I would just like to thank you for taking the time to listen to my side of the story. I will remember that forever! You did what you were supposed to do giving the situation and I COMPLETELY understand the thinking behind your actions. Do not feel bad at all. Thanks again:-) Oh, and congrats on the gold star. Those things seem pretty major from what I've seen so far.:-)Irishforever16 22:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Irishforever16, I'm glad you're not upset or anything. I really hope you won't be scared off by this incident, and will instead stay here and contribute. Oh, and don't worry about being young, I'm only 16. :) Acalamari 22:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

WOW I AM HONORED!

Thank you soooooooooooo much for the wikicookie! I didn't know you could give people awards except for the goldstar! I am truly honored that a real administrator gave me a wikicookie! I can't wait to tell my mom! Thanks! Are regular people( not admin.) allowed to give out awards? because I would give you a pink star. ( If they exist) PInk is my favorite color. Just wondering and again, THANKS!Irishforever16 22:50, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Anyone can give out awards, not just administrators. :) It's always best to be bold when giving out awards to people. I don't know if there is a pink star anywhere, but you can look at some of the awards by going to Wikipedia: Barnstars and Wikipedia:Personal user awards. I hope that helps. :) Acalamari 22:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

wow, you seem older!

You seem to be more mature and I thought you were an adult! I have been told that I act too old for my age but it comes with being an only child and your parents are the only ones you talk to at home. I guess I started talking like them. I showed my mom the wikicookie and she said it was cute. And yeah, I'm 15. I was wondering if there is a way to get those userbox thingies to be pink and my background to be pink. I like allison's page, i just would like for it to be pink. Thanks!Irishforever16 22:54, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not very good at designing user pages, but asking Alison herself to help you might be a good idea. Maybe ArielGold will be able to help you with that as well. :) Acalamari 23:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to intrude, but wow that was random. :) *Cremepuff222* 22:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha! :) Acalamari 23:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

how do you get the award to your page?

I found the perfect award for you. It's a niceness to newcomer award I just can't figure out how to get it on your page( lol). Could you tell me how to " give it to you?" Wow if I did this with presents at christmas I'd get beat up. lol. Irishforever16 23:02, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

lets see if this works

attempt #3 ( you can delete my previous attempts)

		The Original Barnstar
		Awarded for being a HUGE help and for being open minded. Irishforever16 23:19, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar! :) I've removed your two previous attempts in accordance with your request. By the way, you don't have to start a new section everytime you respond; when you want to respond to someone, rather can creating a new section, you can click on the "edit" button next to each section. :) Acalamari 23:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Ohh... right. Sorry bout that! I am so excited to start contributing to wikipedia. Do you know of a place where I can find these so called " userboxes" I can't find them anywhere. Thanks for all your time and patience, I really appreciate it!Irishforever16 23:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't apologize, I was a new user almost a year ago. Wikipedia:Userboxes is the place! :) Acalamari 23:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

ohh thanks! and I have one more quick question. is there a faster way to reply to yu rather than clicking on your page, clicking discussion, and clicking edit? It just seems like there must be an easier way. Just wondering. Thanks for all you time and support. Hopefully in a year I will develop into an amazing wikipedian like you and Arielgold. Just a dream of mine:-) Irishforever16 23:33, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't know of any faster way to respond other than either watchlisting my user and talk page for easier access to those pages, or going into your recent contributions and clicking on "User talk:Acalamari". The other way would be to add a link to my user and talk page from your user or talk page if you wanted. Acalamari 23:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

how do you add a link from my page to yours because I would like that. It would make things so much easier. Or maybe I'm just being a sissy.Either way, it would be nice to have a link. Could you make link or explain how to do it? If yu don;t have time it's okIrishforever16 23:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC).

In a variety of ways: for three examples, you could add [[User talk:Acalamari]] or [[User talk:ArielGold]] to your user/talk page, or, if you prefer, something like {{user|Acalamari}} or {{user|ArielGold}}, or {{admin|Acalamari}}. Acalamari 23:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Happy Wiki Birthday!

Happy Wiki Birthday, to you! ♫ ♪ Happy Wiki Birthday, to youuuuu, Happy Wiki Birthday, ♪ dear Acalamariiiiii, ♫ ♪ ♫ Happy Wiki Birthday, to youuuuuuu ♫ ♪ ♫ (and many more....) One year ago today, Wikipedia was blessed to have you join the community. Thank you for all you do, and cheers to your first anniversary! Ariel♥Gold 02:04, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Acalamari 02:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I concur with Ariel, happy, happy, anniversary! We are truly blessed to have you around! I hope you'll be here for many years to come. Love, Neranei (talk) 02:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Love, Neranei (talk) 02:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, the calendar says the 19th, who counts hours? Milk that anniversary for all its worth! Break out the bubbly, and let's have a party! Ariel♥Gold 02:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Fried calamari for Acalamari
		Here is a treat for your Wiki-birthday. It has been one year since you joined Wikipedia! Happy Wiki user creation anniversary! I had fried calamari today for dinner because I knew that that today, October 19, is your user creation anniversary, and I was thinking about you, so I went to a restaurant and had fried calamari there. I am the one who uploaded the picture of the fried calamari on your left. I took a picture of that fried calamari. NHRHS2010 Talk 22:51, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Acalamari 22:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Like I said before, I was thinking about you so I went into a restaurant and had fried calamari there to think about your anniversary. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 22:55, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at my userpage and see what I put there. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 23:01, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha! Thanks! :) Acalamari 23:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Aww, that's really nice! Happy anniversary again, dear Acalamari! Love, Neranei (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you again. :) Acalamari 23:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Happy wiki birthday and I wish you many more :D AngelOfSadness talk 23:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words. :) Acalamari 23:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

*huggles* YAY! Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 23:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you to you. :) Acalamari 23:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

ZOMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY! XD *Cremepuff222* 21:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Ha, ha, thanks for the Wiki-birthday greeting! :) Acalamari 21:41, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was a bit late... *Cremepuff222* 21:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Realm of Nauga Resurrection

Realm of Nauga had been roundfiled, but now appears to have risen from the dead somehow, sans infobox. I'm curious as to the rationale. Is it normal for articles to pop in and out of existence like this? D. Brodale 02:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I was the administrator who deleted the page, and I had an E-mail from the creator, who said they wanted to improve it. I restored the page for them to give them a chance to improve the article. Acalamari 02:17, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Gotcha. So, in case improvements aren't made to address the original concerns, it has to go through AfD given its run-through as a speedy? D. Brodale 02:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it will have to go through AfD. Also, the original speedy was changed to a prod, and I answered that prod. Even so, AfD will be the place to go to re-nominate it for deletion, though I hope the creator will be given a good amount of time to improve the article first. Acalamari 02:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm in no rush to renom for deletion, but will be watching for improvement in the meantime. Thanks for the answers. D. Brodale 03:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad to help. :) Acalamari 03:03, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Just for satirical purposes...

I thought it might be nice to inform you that a new user has been from editing because of the name. Click the link to see. You might find it rather funny.  :) Rudget _{Contributions} 15:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That's now the ninth spoofer of my username. :) Acalamari 16:35, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for voting in my RfA by the way. Rudget _{Contributions}

You're welcome, but I suggest you avoiding thanking people for their participation in your RfA before it's over; some people oppose for before-closing RfA thanks. It's best to wait until the RfA is over to give out thanks. Acalamari 17:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

The Crucible

Thank you for protecting this page. Cheers, JNW 00:05, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for my protection of that article. :) Acalamari 01:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Knock, knock

Hey there, Acalamari. I'm afraid to say you've got an impersonator over at the Spanish WP :( Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

It must be my week: I've had three spoofers here recently and now and impersonator on another Wiki! As Ryan Postlethwaite said, I'm "Mr. Popular". :) Acalamari 15:59, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Popular indeed :) I've asked for a block over there, and will have a look at their username change procedure (my Spanish is terrible; if yours is decent, you can have a look yourself here). Fvasconcellos (t·c) 16:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, now indefblocked. I've asked the blocking admin about renaming (if you're interested, of course!) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 16:50, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, would you mind asking them to change the name for me please? I would ask it myself, but I only know about two or three words of Spanish! Acalamari 17:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Acalamari 18:47, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Anytime. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 19:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

(dedent) OK, I'm back with news :) Just follow the instructions in the inline comment. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll do that. :) Acalamari 20:47, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

OK. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:21, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed it is, señor bibliotecario ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 22:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:

I'm not an expert on rangeblocks, but would one of those suffice in this situation? —[[Animum | talk]] 17:33, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it would: about three or four IPs are used to vandalize, and blocking the range may shut out good editors. Acalamari 17:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thanks, Archive M! Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was a success, and I look forward to getting started! Hiberniantears 18:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support! I am glad you passed your RfA! Acalamari 18:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info

Thanks! I thought I had to sign it. Good to know! Oh, and My userpage thing is all fixed. It looks quite nice mostly due to ArielGold(♥), she's such a sweetie:-)Irish♥forever^{(and lovin' it)} 18:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Yooo hoooo, Are you around?

I got an issue, need an admin! (See? Told you you had been lucky I hadn't been coming to you for anything but thanks, lol) Ariel♥Gold 18:59, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

What do you need? :) Acalamari 19:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Please see here, User:Cmon england is a sockpuppet of User:Ln of x, who trolls FisherQueen's page nearly daily, as well as does some icky stuff to a variety of articles. See here for info, known troll, Isotope23 or Philippe usually catches the person, but I don't think they are around. Anyway, the person thrives on attention, so we don't reply, don't comment, we just remove the comments, and one of the admins blocks them. Can you block them indef please? And I'll let Queen know of the latest. The editor already hit all three of our pages, I see, lol Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ln of x Ariel♥Gold 19:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

~*Curtsey*~ Thank you dear! Ariel♥Gold 19:09, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

I was just coming around to say "sock blocked" when you had already responded. :) In fact, I am familiar with this sockpuppeteer: I've blocked a few of their other socks, and even had my talk page trolled by one. Acalamari 19:11, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

My userpage

Thanks for reverting a non-me edit; but that user had recently vandalised my userpage and decided to change the number in my user vandalised template. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 22:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. The vandal has been blocked. :) Acalamari 22:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That's the second time in 10 minutes...I'm a bit frazzled. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 22:45, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Just wanted to thank you for protecting the pages for me, I know I was asking a lot on the "Request for Page Protection" page.. I usually don't ask for much all at once.... :)-BlueAmethyst .:*:. 23:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, though I did decline one, as there hadn't been much vandalism for about a week. With making requests at requests for page protection, there is no limit to how many you can request at any one time. :) One user either yesterday or the day before requested over 10 pages at once. :) Acalamari 23:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

That's fine about the one article, I didn't really think it would be protected. It's great that there isn't a limit, but ten pages? Wow, that's amazing. I guess that person likes to request pages a lot....-BlueAmethyst .:*:. 00:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I think that person requested over ten pages because a load of IPs were all vandalizing a group of articles. :) Acalamari 01:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

That makes sense.-BlueAmethyst .:*:. 03:13, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

What Vandalism are you talking about? I don't do anything bad.

Sincerely, Rockies9987 18:03, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Your edits here to User:Icairns were vandalism, and now you are trolling it seems. Acalamari 18:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)