User talk:Acalamari/Archive Z

Sceptre's request for rollback

Quick note as an apology for crossing hairs with you in granting Sceptre's rollback: I took a look at the request on WP:RFR, and then executed the flagging before I'd seen your comment. Apologies again. ;) Anthøny 21:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't apologize. :) I'm responding there now. Acalamari 21:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

For granting rollback. And with < 200 edits! M♠ssing Ace 22:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome: edit count isn't a good measure of trust, however: I based my decision on your recent reverts, which looked good to me. Just remember that rollback should only be used to revert vandalism, and misuse or abuse of the tool can lead to it being taken away. For practice, you may want to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 22:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for your good faith in my edits so far. M♠ssing Ace 22:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Take care. Acalamari 22:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Greetings

Greetings Good Sir. Mayhaps if you have a spare moment, you might cast your eye of this discussion and consider opining if so moved? ;) Thank you kindly. Sarah 11:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. :) Acalamari 16:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

re: Question (Rollback)

Hi Acalamari, yes that would be rather useful, thank you. Bob talk 21:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) Just remember that rollback should only be used for reverting vandalism/blatant spam, and should not be used to revert good-faith edits, and is not for revert-warring either. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 21:25, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Bob talk 21:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 21:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Red sun rises...

Hi,

Do you know what's happening with this user? His/her recent contributions seem to be all page move vandalisms. --Ubardak (talk) 01:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

It's Grawp, the leading page-move vandal. He just hit my userspace, and the userspaces of a few other users. See the move log. Acalamari 01:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

It's probably not a good idea to salt the titles Grawp has used. He'll just move to other targets, so don't bother with the protection. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

In the past, Grawp titles have been protected: I just thought it was the proper thing to protect them. Acalamari 02:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I think I am still a bit confused. Is Red sun rises also Grawp or am I missing something obvious here? --Ubardak (talk) 02:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it's a sock of Grawp. For the past few months, Grawp has been creating socks to move loads of pages to titles like "HAGGER?" and the titles you saw today. Acalamari 02:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coach

Hey there Acalamari, I was wondering if you happen to be in the Admin Coaching business? My current admin coach and I (Rlevse) don't really seem to be online at the same time and not too much has happened since he and I got onboard the program together. What do ya think? Dusti^{complain/compliment} 03:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not listed in the program, but I have done coaching in the past. However, I currently have three coachess, and I'm not planning on taking anymore until those three have completed theirs. Acalamari 15:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

:(

I'm sorry you were vandalized recently. (For some reason the unpleasant edits show on my watchlist too, even when I don't have any of your userpages watchlisted). Why do bad things happen to good people? Cheer up and have a great day! --Eustress (talk) 04:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, it was a Grawp run. He hit the userspace of several users besides mine. Acalamari 15:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I should show you my watchlist. I took a screenshot. It was wallpapered with it. An entire run of Grawp stuff. I see a bunch of people move-protected their userpages in response. Enigma ^message 15:40, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Mine was a mess too: I had to remove all the Grawp-pages out of it from his moves. Acalamari 15:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, every few days I clean out my watchlist, and I see a few redlinked Grawp pages in there, from whenever his last spree was. Enigma ^message 15:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, that's okay: I'm not too bothered about the status indicator, so I can wait for the patch. :) Acalamari 17:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I see...

... that you got hit too, I figured I'd offer, if you're interested, to move-protect all of your subpages, if you'd like. SQL^{Query me!} 03:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

As I prefer not to protect my own pages, thanks for the offer of move-protecting all my subpages! I'd be happy for you to do that. Thanks. :) Acalamari 15:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

 Done SQL^{Query me!} 06:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey, btw, have you thought about archiving? :P SQL^{Query me!} 12:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for doing all that. :) Yes, I have thought about doing an archive soon: I just have a couple of things to sort out. :) Acalamari 15:31, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

for giving my sock rollback. Thingg^⊕⊗ 18:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Me too! ;) WhereisThingg^⊕⊗ 18:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Acalamari 18:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Spoof

Hey buddy, here's another one you can add to your list of admirers: Acalamari would like to see Natalie Erin's "Appalachian Trail". Quite the popular one aren't you! WilliamH (talk) 11:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for letting me know! :) Acalamari 15:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

can you move-protect my talk page?

Yesterday, I was forced to request semi-protection for my talk page. When Alison semi-protected it, she set an expiry time, so now my talk page is no longer move-protected. Can you indefinitely protect my talk page so that [move=sysop]? Thanks. J.delanoy^gabsanalyze 15:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

•  Done Acalamari 15:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

reverting my change

You reverted my change on User:MONGO. Seems obvious that he has left according to his talk page, unless he's being disingenuous and is seeking drama. I was hoping to simply let users know that he has left (according to his own words) so that they seek help elsewhere. Is this incorrect? Bigjake (talk) 20:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I was actually going to come to your talk page about this, but you beat me to that by coming here. :) Anyway, MONGO has been editing over the last two/three weeks, and also removed the template himself from his user page, obviously signaling that, while he's not as active as he was, he's not actually retiring. Since he's still editing, and removed the template himself, he can't really be considered retired. In addition, if someone's retired/ing, it's more courteous to let them place the template on their page(s), as not everyone wants the template on their page(s). I hope that helps. Acalamari 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ashley Tisdale

It looks like the talk page is being hammered by IP's with the rumor, so I think that should be protected. I also reported the IP who uploaded the picture to AIV as compromised; it looks like it's a bunch of 4channers doing for the lulz or something. Nate • (chatter) 00:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 Done for a week. Acalamari 01:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

a shiny

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Awarded for helping me out with admin-y things whenever I nagask you to. J.delanoygabsadds 01:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar. :) You're welcome for any help I can give you. :) Acalamari 01:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

my theoretical RFA conversation

It wasn't that far off from how Giggy's actually went... --barneca (talk) 02:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

It was still quite funny though. :) Acalamari 03:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

User:CanadianLinuxUser

Sigh. I'm sorry for bugging you, but I really need to say this to someone.

I don't know what to do. I left him a note on his talk page begging him to stay, and I left two notes on User:Neil's talk page asking him to reconsider his huggle ban. Nothing has worked. Several other users asked CLU to stay as well. CLU simply blanked his talk page. Neil removed CLU's huggle access with no warnings whatsoever. Look at the history of CLU's talk page for the conversation. I know that Neil was wrong, and honestly, if I were a sysop, I would re-instate CLU's huggle stuff, even at the risk of being accused of wheel-warring. There is no justification for such a massive punishment with no prior warning. None.

I'm sorry for ranting on and on, but it burns me that Neil was so flippant when CLU said he was leaving. CLU has more than 18000 contribs, and he is number three on the AIV history stats. Is it right to just say "bye" to someone like that and let them go? CLU was twice as fast as me, and, in proportion to how long he has been here, he has more AIV reports than anyone on Wikipedia. We, I cannot will not just stand by and watch him leave because one admin thinks he is all-powerful. And what is up with this post here? "Took away his toy"? That burns me too.

Can you help me, please? I don't want to see CLU leave, and there is nothing I can do to stop him or even to slow him down. I just don't know what to do... J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I struck the things that I said in anger, but I still stand by my position that Neil was overly harsh. I made far more mistakes when I started using huggle than he (CLU) did, and I was just nudged. I did almost the same thing CLU did a few days ago. (I'll try to find the diffs) I got nudged for edit warring. Why should CLU be treated differently? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Here are the reversions. Here is me realizing I was wrong and adding a ref. And finally, here is the nudge, if it interests you. I'm sorry, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong. I just don't want to see CLU leave. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

To begin with, CanadianLinuxUser should have been talked to before having the tool taken away from him: if I see someone misusing Huggle/rollback, I talk to them about it. Unfortunately, this decision varies from admin to admin: some are lenient, and try to talk first, with further misuse leading to revocation of the tool; while other admins remove the tool outright.

In CanadianLinuxUser's case, there's not really much I can do: if I re-instated his Huggle, that would only cause more drama: I would be overturning Neil's admin actions, and be going against consensus on CLU's talk page (Gwen Gale and Alison support the temporary removal), which would possibly lead to trouble at AN/I, and in addition, there's no way of knowing if CLU would come back even if Huggle was reinstated. We just have to hope that he calms down and decides to return. You could try encouraging him to stay, but whether he does is a different thing altogether.

I hope this helps: if it wasn't clear on anything or missed something, let me know. Acalamari 00:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

That's good, I really needed to hear that. Its just that, well, I don't know what opinion to take. On the one hand, CLU clearly violated policy and other admins definitely agree with the sanction. On the other hand, I don't think that such a prolific user should be sanctioned with no hint of a warning. And I have no idea how to reconcile those two facts in my own mind. Is my opinion flat-out wrong? Or is it just that I have a different opinion than other editors and admins have? Am I wrong to even get involved at all? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 00:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

You are entirely welcome to have your own opinions and views, and your opinions aren't "wrong" either. Plus, there's nothing wrong with you wanting to get involved in the situation with CLU if you think you can help. Acalamari 01:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm really grateful you were willing to listen to my rants and self-doubts. I guess you didn't expect to be asked to give psychiatric help when you became an admin! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Heh, no I didn't :), but I was happy to help you and I hope I actually did give you some help here. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 02:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Back

Hey Acalamari, thanks for the welcome back message! I'm still a little travel weary from 10 hours on Air Namibia's finest, but at least I have a weekend to recover before real life kicks in. Have a good weekend! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome! Have a good rest. :) Acalamari 20:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback request

Hi Acalamari, I notice you sometimes grant rollback requests. I spend much of my Wikipedia time reverting vandals and spammers, and having a tool more efficient would help. If you feel my edit history shows that I am a sufficiently experienced and responsible editor, I would appreciate having this tool enabled for my account. Thanks. I'll look here for a response. =Axlq 18:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Your reverts looked okay, so I've granted you rollback. Just remember, however, that rollback should only be used to revert obvious vandalism/spam, and should not be used to revert good-faith edits or to revert war with other users. Misuse will lead to the tool being revoked. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Best wishes. Acalamari 20:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I intend to use rollback only to revert multiple vandal edits in one action, or to revert vandalism that is happening too rapidly for the usual "undo" operation. For most cases, I prefer "undo" because I can tailor the edit summaries. =Axlq 20:51, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Good luck. Acalamari 20:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

My RFB

I have answered your question on my RFB. Sorry it took so long, I was out enjoying the finally good weather. Useight (talk) 02:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the response. Now see this. :) Hope you had a good time in the good weather. Best wishes. Acalamari 02:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

Thanks, Acalamari, for your thoughtful nomination statement in my recent RfA, which recently passed with 81 support and 1 neutral !votes. I appreciate all the support and constructive criticism offered in my RfA and I thank you for taking the time to also !vote in my nomination. I feel so honoured to be trusted by so many of you and please, if you have any advice, comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. I would also like to thank Rlevse and Nishkid64, for their nomination statements. Thank you again. AngelOfSadness talk 23:13, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Of course. :) You are very welcome for the nomination. :) Acalamari 23:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

RE:Question

Sure. Rollback would be wonderful addition which battle against vandals would be easier. Iam also aware of the consequence too. Don't worry i won't misuse them. --SkyWalker (talk) 06:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) Good luck. Acalamari 15:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Btw can you check this user edits Special:Contributions/ASNI00 most of the articles are not notable such Asni Rahman and H.A. Habib --SkyWalker (talk) 16:43, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Question

Hi. Thanks for asking. I've been looking for a way to revert multiple vandalism, so go ahead. Imperial Star Destroyer (talk) 07:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 15:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Spoof (another)

You're famous. :) Rudget (Help?) 19:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Haha, I was just about to inform Acalamari of yet another one of his 'admirers' - looks like someone beat me to it! :P WilliamH (talk) 19:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

*Rudget secretly creats squid account so William can report back*... Rudget (Help?) 19:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Whoever creates these accounts seems to have a thing with names. :) See my list. Acalamari 19:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

And I've not even been spoofed once (even after 1500 blocks...). What's the matter with these vandals. *weeps* · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks Acalamari. I figure that in the future I will want to use rollback sometimes, although so far the vandalism I have encountered has all been small stuff that was very easily remedied the normal way. Thank again and best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 15:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You're very welcome! :) Acalamari 16:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

re: your userpage

What I meant was, your page has basically no info about you outside of your wikilife. While I don't think that having info about users' non-wiki lives is a bad thing, I really liked reading your page the first time I saw it. I don't know if I would say the same thing about my own userpage if I were someone else. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 12:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! :) Acalamari 15:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:RFPP.

My apologies. ^{for being faster. ;)} · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry too ^{for being more notable :D} Acalamari 19:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I believe you have the wrong link, no? Here you go. ^{I again apologize, this time for being right—and somewhat "in your face," as well.} · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

You're definitely right about that! :) Acalamari 19:31, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

:) · AndonicO ^Engage. 19:33, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

re:Question (rollback)

Yes, please. That would be awesome (and very useful). I've thought about using Huggle, so this would be perfect! Thanks for asking. Skyezx ^(talk) 02:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) If you would like to view additional information and/or practice, you may want to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 02:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

My RFB

Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight (talk) 03:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, and thanks for the message. I'd actually been considering applying for rollback in the near future. If you feel comfortable I wouldn't mind having it. Of course I understand the need to only use it for vandalism.--Cube lurker (talk) 23:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) You're right that rollback should only be used to revert vandalism/spam, and as long as you understand that, you'll be fine. If you're interested in any practice or further reading, you may want to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck, and have fun! Acalamari 23:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, you too, and i'll make sure to do the reading before I use it.--Cube lurker (talk) 23:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

Are you still on, I noticed something that's out of my league, wanted to pass it on to an admin, but don't want to start a big deal on a noticeboard.--Cube lurker (talk) 01:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'll be logging off very shortly, as it's almost dinnertime here (7:00pm). I may be able to help if it's a quick and simple problem, but if it's anything too long, I won't be able to help you. Acalamari 02:00, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Not urgent, but had this diff on my watchlist. [[1]] Notice the user name and name of the notable person. The edit doesn't look too bad, but I believe there's a procedure to verify if you're really the person you say you are and other advice he needs about proper behavior around his own article if it's really him.--Cube lurker (talk) 02:03, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure which procedure that is, to be honest: I've not really dealt with this sort of thing that often, and I don't know the name of the particular procedure that verifies if a notable person is editing their own article (is it the people at WP:OTRS who do the verifying, maybe?). However, it would be start to place {{subst:uw-coi}} on his talk page, as that will give the person relevant information regarding conflict of interest. The person appears to be editing in good-faith for now, though. I apologize if I wasn't much help. Acalamari 02:22, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, think otrs is involved, but need to check. I should probably logout myself, late here. Doesn't look bad or high speed, think i'll sleep on it and do something tomorrow. Thanks.--Cube lurker (talk) 02:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

For the talkpage revert. I turn my back to do one google search for ten seconds and come back to find that IP at it again. :) AngelOfSadness talk 18:16, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) He's been blocked too: he didn't have a final warning, but he had been warned, and was being disruptive. Acalamari 18:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Well he was disruptive enough that he didn't need all four warnings. Now I must go off to CAT:CSD to keep it backlog free as I helped remove the backlog for about five minutes earlier :) AngelOfSadness talk 18:21, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. :) Acalamari 18:23, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Cheers again for the talkpages reverts. I'm guessing it was either a dynamic IP editor or a blocked user I have come in contact with in the past or it was just simply random talkpage comment blanking. Either way, thanks :) AngelOfSadness talk 18:29, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I think it was someone evading their block and being disruptive. I'll have to ask another admin about it. Acalamari 18:31, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of, they're back but you've already taken care of it :) But yes your suggestion seems like a high possibility AngelOfSadness talk 18:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. :D Acalamari 18:39, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually I think I first encountered this IP hopper at this revert and from then on I was one of their targets. Seeing as that was two days ago I'm guessing we'll see them again today. AngelOfSadness talk 18:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I wondered where I'd seen him before: I blocked that IP too. :D Acalamari 18:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Well then, great work! :). And now that's part 1 of the mystery solved :D AngelOfSadness talk 19:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Just blocked another now! :) Acalamari 19:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

I know I got caught in a block conflict with you. :) AngelOfSadness talk 19:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Leona Lewis image

Would you kindly inform said user what (s)he is doing wrong. ~ smb 17:27, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Done. Acalamari 20:16, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

84.134.126.213

He came to my talk page complaining about User:Tocini but in doing so also posted abusive comments to User:Jakezing's talk page. I warned him, but he reverted me, and this was not his first breach. I blocked him for 24 hours for that, since then he's been coming back IP-hopping. A pest, basically. --Rodhullandemu 18:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Funnily enough, I just blocked another one of his socks just now. Acalamari 18:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

That would be very helpful indeed. I will read WP:RBK carefully. Thankyou. ~ smb 21:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. For additional information, and also practice, you may wish to review Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 21:08, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Ta. ~ smb 23:16, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

late response to your e-mail

Hey Acalamari,

I know sent you an (very late - sorry :-() response to your e-mail. Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. :) Responded. Acalamari 22:14, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Protection

Thanks for protecting my userpage! :D Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 22:15, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 22:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

More spoofing

You're becoming more notable. :) Acalamari 02:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the laugh! I've now been covered by multiple sources spoofers independent of the subject; although I don't think they are reliable enough :) Not sure about the significance, perhaps the 20 deleted edits were creating a nice loving biography ;-) Cheers, EJF (talk) 09:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Grawp and create=sysop protection

Are you working from a mass list of talkpages? If so, I could run a script to do all the work in a few minutes. ;-) Maxim_(talk) 17:42, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I've just been using tabbed browsing to protect them all (Grawp's been known to log back into old accounts and troll his talk pages if they're not protected). If you could finish off with a script what I didn't do manually, I would be very grateful. Just don't forget that some talk/user pages still need deleting. Thank you. Acalamari 17:45, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Do you have the list of pages? Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 17:49, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I hope you won't take this the wrong way or take offense for me doing this, but I just went through your deletion log for when you closed the Grawp MfD in order to find the pages to protect, but rather than bugging you to do it all, I decided to attempt the protecting/deleting myself. There's no better list than your deletion log to find the pages. :D Acalamari 17:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I can work from that, too... ;-) Maxim_(talk) 17:55, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Excellent then: you'll find some 400-500 (maybe even more) pages in there related to recent Grawp-deletions, though I probably protected between a third to half of those. Thank you! Acalamari 17:58, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm working from User:Maxim/p, which will take 10–15 minutes. Maxim_(talk) 18:02, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

At least it'll be quicker than my tabbed browsing protecting. :) Acalamari 18:06, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Do you any other similar work to be done? I know you do a lot of such similar stuff. Maxim_(talk) 18:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! That saved me a load of time. :) As for similar work, no, I don't have anything like that to do for now. The only thing I can think of is when Grawp decides to hit again, and his talk pages/vandal titles need to be protected, but recently, other admins have been doing those tasks the moment Grawp strikes, rather than several hours later. In the event I do need 100+ protections/deletes doing, I'll know who to contact! Again, thanks Maxim! Acalamari 18:25, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

You're a sweetie

You're always so sweet to people Acalamari! You go way out of your way to make them feel good. It's awesome. delldot talk 21:30, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the compliments, Delldot! They mean a lot to me! :) Mmmm...those candies look nice! :) Acalamari 21:54, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Username question

Hi Rocksanddirt, I apologize if you've already been asked questions like this before, but is your username pronounced "rocks and dirt" or "rock sand dirt", or is it up to the interpretation of the reader? I'm just curious. Thanks. Acalamari 16:52, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

up to the readers interpretation, really....but I say rocks and dirt. (I'm a geologist, and so that's what I work with) --Rocksanddirt (talk) 16:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

That sound good to me: thanks for the response. :) Acalamari 16:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank You...

... for granting me rollback - I'll try and use it wisely! ;-)

Cheers, Leigh (talk) 22:01, 18 June 2008 (UTC).

You're welcome. :) Have fun. Acalamari 22:04, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

My notability

Congratulations. :) Welcome to the "been spoofed" club. Acalamari 22:12, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. It's nice to be considered important enough to be impersonated. You know, I've worked myself up from nothing, to a state of extreme poverty. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 23:30, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome for the notice. :) Acalamari 23:31, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

That comment is a Groucho Marx quote. A mathematically-include user pointed out that from 0 to any other level, be it extreme poverty or extreme wealth, is an infinite percentage increase. Especially if it's all in virtual dollars. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 01:03, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

joining the ranks of the admins

Thanks for your participation in my successful RfA. Now I’m off to do some fixin'... Pinkville (talk) 01:34, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Acalamari, thanks for granting the rollback. Shovon (talk) 18:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Acalamari 19:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Rfa thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA. The Rfa was successful with 64 Support and 1 Neutral. None of this would have happened without your support. I would also like to thank my nominator Wizardman and my sensei/co-nom bibliomaniac15--Lenticel (talk) 09:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

re:Question (Rollback)

I've been on a Wikibreak, but, yes I could use Rollback. Geeky Malloy 16:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) For additional information, and also practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 16:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Rfr

Thanks for giving me the Rollback facility, as I say, I will not use it very often...that is why I will never Rfa...thanks again. Seth Whales (talk) 19:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Don't worry about not using it that often: as long as you use it only to revert vandalism, and not to revert good-faith edits or to revert-war, you'll be fine. For practice, you may want to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 19:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Watchlist Notice

Thanks! Didn't even think about the shortcuts as I wrote out that notice, so good catch on your part. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 19:27, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) It was a simple fix. Acalamari 20:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Carrie Underwood article

Hey, I was wondering if you would be willing to collaborate with me and a few other users who are willing to help and transform the Carrie Underwood into a good article? Please reply on my talk page. Cheers. σмgнgσмg^(talk) 10:57, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I might be able to help, but I don't really know the GA criteria though. What would you like me to do? Acalamari 22:05, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:GA? and see, but it is simply improving the article's prose, structure and adding information whilst at the same time, deleting non-NPOV and trivial information. Of course, it also includes adding sources as well. I'll be glad to have you on board. Cheers. σмgнgσмg^(talk) 02:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)