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imogiri

G'day from a wet part of oztraylia, your bot thingy descended upon the above name. I am very curious as to what the bot thingy is interested in. I have dabbled with te article at times and wondered what might be specifically the fault it might hone in on?? would appreciate a response! SatuSuro 10:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I actually didn't tag the page. Alphachimpbot completes the simple and repetitive task of converting cleanup links to month-specific cleanup links. The actual tag was issued by Fortunecookie 289 here. That being said, I'll offer my opinion. The article does not appear to match the standard Wikipedia articles. Although the content appears to be there, it's format is generally non-consistent with a featured article (See Stuyvesant High School (a featured article) to see what I mean). I hope that helps. I've appended the wikify tab also. This comment is posted on both of our talk pages. --Alphachimp ^talk 21:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, it helps. It will take time to fix from my perspective, and I must say there was less of an intention to be a feature article,as opposed to being closer to a list with a spearate article as a proper article! Oh well so easy to get distracted on the way! Thanks again. SatuSuro 08:04, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

dispute

thank you for your time --Bonafide.hustla 23:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

It's no problem. --Alphachimp ^talk 03:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Template

I've just fixed some of your mistakes, so I figured I would give you a quick heads up. Cleanup and wikify categories are not {{cleanup|Date-June 2006}} or {{wikify|Date-June 2006}}. Instead, they are {{cleanup-date|June 2006}} and {{wikify-date|June 2006}}. I found this here and here. It'd be more convenient if you responded on my talk page. Regards, --Alphachimp ^talk 07:25, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. There seems to be a bit of ambiguity over this. I previously used {{cleanup-date|June 2006}} but I noticed that someone changed it to {{cleanup|Date-June 2006}} so ever since I have used the latter thinking it was correct. Anyway at least I now know which is correct, thanks for letting me know. Forbsey 07:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a really easy mistake to make. I've fixed every one btw. Thanks for your good work and consicentious reply. Regards, --Alphachimp ^talk 07:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Your user page

I don't know if you know this already, but your user page seems to render improperly in Internet Explorer. The pic of the chimpanzee floats over some of your text, leaving half the page basically hidden. Maybe you don't care, I don't know, but I just thought I'd mention it. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 19:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. I used the same formatting as User:Jimbo Wales. Trouble is, he doesn't have the same problem. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for telling me though. Regards, --Alphachimp ^talk 21:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I have just checked, and it seems fine in IE at present - however the boxes lack their curved edges (but that is a firefox non-standard feature, so you can't properly get that working in IE). Ian¹³/t 15:07, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Royd Moor Wind Farm

You reverted my changes on the Royd Moor Wind Farm page. Why was this??

I added an image from my own collection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgrest (talk • contribs)

Sorry. My mistake. Thing is, it wasn't vandalism. Please sign your comments on talk pages. --Alphachimp ^talk 21:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment at WP:NYCS

I'm not really sure what you mean by saying that your comments were "dumb," but if you really want to remove them, it's your call. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 03:20, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 03:22, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

second depression

TEST??????????WAGHT TEST.this was no test,not vandalism aither,i bet you don't even try to read it.Yes speling is bad,but the article is so thin,and overtaged,tha you can't do the dificult at this stage of it's development.Read the "In the tabloids" section,is pathetic.-87.64.19.208 05:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I understand your frustration in my reversion of your edits. To be honest, there was no warning/statement for what I wanted to say to you. I did read your contributtions. I wanted to tell you that the spelling and grammar in your contributions were so bad (sorry, but it's true) that they were basically insalvageable. Still, it was not vandalism, and perhaps the implications of my change were inproper. I have reverted my removal and added a cleanup and copyedit tag. I would suggest that you work on improving the spelling and grammar, as they are a total disaster. --Alphachimp ^talk 06:22, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

bold text

Just a heads up, if you want to remove bold text, you should just remove the font, not the word itself. By taking out entire words you are leaving nonsense sentences that look like vandalism. --Arctic Gnome 16:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you give me an example? I think I know what you mean, but I'd like to see for myself. Alphachimp ^talk 17:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. I understand what you mean. I've been trying to go through Wikipedia and remove accidental clicks of Bold Text. In the process, though, I accidentally removed bold text that was actually use legitimately. Most of the time I went back and fixed the mistake immediately, but I guess that I missed the Canada article. Sorry about that. Trust me, though, it wasn't vandalism. Alphachimp ^talk 17:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

thanks! :)

... for reverting vandalism to my article.

— Adrian~enwiki (talk) 19:04, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion review for Arbor View High School

Please be aware that this discussion has closed and is now being reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2006_June_29#Arbor View High School. Silensor 22:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you a Stuy student/alum, if you don't mind my asking? - CrazyRussian talk/email 00:25, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

And I emailed you. See you. - CrazyRussian talk/email 00:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

your message

Actually, I was reverting an incorrect usage - it was originally placed in parentheses, not brackets. However, the editor who inserted the tag fixed it just as I was reverting, so both his tags were acidentally reverted. --Krich (talk) 23:24, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

response to request

The sites that I listed aren't my own but those that I found during extensive research. I apologize for creating links to websites; I didn't know that such a ruling existed here. Corrections will be made as soon as possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.79.177.209 (talk • contribs)

I certainly respect that you took the time to contact me. Your changes were already reverted...you don't have to change it any more. --Alphachimp ^talk 00:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad you took the time to consider my candidacy, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Let me know at my talk page if I can help you with any admin-related tasks, or simply if you have any comments on my performance as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 23:06, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comments re: Masturbation

hey i was just adding some more info to it that is all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.42.95.219 (talk • contribs)

Hey i was adding to the page sorry if you didn't like it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darkness88 (talk • contribs)

Your edits basically destroyed the page. Other than adding a random image (which did not function), you made a statement that "masturbation fro women is fingering" (or very similar). In context, your comments and the associated formatting changes were entirely innapropriate, and were summarily reverted. Let me know if you have any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 02:57, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Edwin Black

Thanks for reverting the talk page blank on Edwin Black. An anonymous user keeps doing this and removing the necessary {{cleanup-tone}} on the page. Could you please help me watch this page? --Grouse 10:04, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

It's on the watchlist. Thanks for the heads up. Alphachimp ^talk 14:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

thanks

thanks for the message. I am trying to add my photo here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Pavlovska , but I don`t know how to put it on a right side of the text. Can u please help me? And, please tell me your opinion about that page. Maja Pavlovska —Preceding unsigned comment added by Majabobi (talk • contribs)

Click Alt+U and upload your photo. Be sure that you are licensed to use it, or it'll be deleted. Alphachimp ^talk 15:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Revert to my talk page

Hi! I removed that warning because it is from a fellow who has been leveling personal attacks at me for weeks now, and I consider it to be absolutely baseless. Plus I saw it already. BenBurch 15:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

You still cannot remove it. Append a note to the end of the edit describing the issue in question. Alphachimp ^talk 15:31, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

So why did you revert it this time. I left the warning intact. BenBurch 15:35, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Animereadabouter2: I am the creator of the metromix aritcle you were editing your edits were fine but I am not adding filth to wikipedia an encyclopedia should have everything on every given subject.

• Ben has removed the warning by "archiving" his talk page. Is this proper? He has also been making threats on other sites to editors regarding getting them banned from Wikipedia, because he knows an admin who will "do anything" he says. "I could have had you banned, and an admin even asked me if I wanted you banned... And as it happens the Admin is somebody I know from the bartcopnation chat room, and have known for many years now, and who would do anything I asked him to do." Is there any way to censure this guy?Crockspot 18:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I have posted a warning on BenBurch's talk page about making bad faith edits. He is clearly making bad faith edits to the Democratic Underground article to bolster his argument to remove the section, by populating it with a half dozen or more blogs that do not meet the criteria. Just thought you'd like to know. Crockspot 05:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Manners

Please use manners and common courtesy when reprimanding users. You last message was very rude and inconsiderate. Miss Manners and Heloise books are a good start. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.33.132.19 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Note that this IP has been on a string of vandalism recently. If you please, delete this comment. —Centrx→talk • 21:12, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Weekly AWB spellcheck changes

This is the first weekly message and I would like to thank Alphachimp for being the only one signed up at User:Mboverload/AWB/spamlist =D.

I have done some major changes, I estimate 25 lines of new replacements and two line removals due to small problems. I have also added a new ability: English-check. It only has 4 entries right now, and I have already cleaned up all the ones I could find, but it should come in handy while you're just surfing around.

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Might I ask why you removed the Afd tag from this article? [1] The debate is not closed.--John Lake 00:40, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I missed it because of the other subst'ed template. Thanks for pointing out the error. I have corrected it. Alphachimp ^talk 00:42, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey thanks for telling me.--John Lake 00:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA

I accept. --mboverload@ 01:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Can you post it on the RfA page if I don't figure this out? =D --mboverload@ 02:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Deleting?

Hi Alphachimp, would u like to explain me what`s wrong with this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Pavlovska

actually why it`s written this message:

"This page may be a user page mistakenly created as an article. Because Wikipedia is an effort to create an encyclopedia, its content is restricted to materials that are appropriate for an encyclopedia, in which case this page may qualify for deletion as a vanity page. If the creator of this page is a new user, and would like to keep this information posted on Wikipedia, the information in this article can be transferred to the User page of their account. If you feel the page is notable, please discuss the matter on its talk page."

I didn`t have intention to make a user page, but an article, cause all the details mentioned there are right, and Maja is a famous painter and song writer in Macedonia. I just wanted to help.

I hope to hear from u soon...

Thanks... --Majabobi 18:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

The page does not properly assert the notability of Maja Pavlovska. The similarity between the name of the page and your username, as well as your statement that you wanted to upload "your" photo, probably led the editor placing the tag to believe that you were writing a vanity page. I would suggest editing the article to say more about the notability of Pavlovska. Hope that helps. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 20:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA support

Thank you for your support in my RfA! It's really nice to see some encouragement. :) – Mipadi 19:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Haha, it's my pleasure to support someone who is qualified. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

User Photo

I, Alphachimp, approve of your photo (the one of the animal) at the computer. I may even use it for my talk page. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 07:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm rather proud of my amazing photgraphic skills. (not really).Blnguyen | rant-line 07:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your message.

As a new contributor, I appreciate your greeting. I've been really enjoying my time helping with articles. Has anyone ever suggested adding a "hits" counter to articles? It would be fun to see how many people read an article that one's written.

Cheers,

BmikeSci 08:43, 7 July 2006 (UTC)BMIKESCI

Thanks for the nice response! Actually, a lot of people have asked that question. Rather than trying to seem really smart by copying and pasting it, I'll just show you this section to Wikipedia's Technical FAQ. Hope that helps! I have copied this message on both of our talk pages. It would be more convenient if you responded on mine. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 11:43, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Subst

Thanks for the the link to the templates, had been searching for them. I had been thinking all templates had to be subst but evidently not. Thanks again for the info.--John Lake 23:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. =) Thanks again for your hard work. Alphachimp ^talk 23:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Alpha, thank you. I mean really, thank you for your comments and willingness to co-nom me for an RfA. However, I have to respectfully decline, mainly since I believe I can improve myself and become a better Wikipedian. Thank you again, Alpha, I am flattered. :) Yanksox 23:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure bud. Feel free to get back to me if you ever want a nom. Alphachimp ^talk 23:34, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup tag

Please note that it is never appropriate to substitute a cleanup tag.

Could you tell me which particular article you are referring to -- has I have done hundreds of tagging in the wikify backlog in the last few days and I have already been using the source you referred me to? As far as I know, I have never substituted a tag. In fact, I don't know quite what you mean. KarenAnn 00:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah. The message is somewhat of a generic one. You didn't subst a cleanup tag, but you used a badly formed one. Check it out here. I have a bot that changes {{cleanup}} to the month-specific tags, but tags spelled wrong or subst'ed sort of screw it up. So yeah, thanks for your contributions. You got my generic message, and I hope that I didn't offend you. Hope that answers your question. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 12:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for info. I noticed a bot going around putting dates on cleanup tags. I think I was trying to copy what the bot did so it wouldn't have so much to do and got it wrong. But I see there is a template with date that I can use. So, thanks again. KarenAnn 12:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Account disabled

Hi, somehow my account was disabled. Now I can nolonger work on the George W. Bush article. I setup a new account with my old user name, but I'm confused by what happened here.

I don't know if you can help, but I would appreciate it if you could explain what might have happened.

Thank you,

BMIKESCI 01:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)BMIKESCI

I'm a little bit confused. Was this your original account name? Please reply on my talk page. Alphachimp ^talk 12:35, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Northenglish!

Hi there! Thank you for voting on my recent request for adminship, which did not succeed by a vote of 3/14/3. Not to worry, though; I am far from disappointed. The vast majority of the votes, even those in opposition, were quite positive. To be honest, I was not expecting it to succeed, and nominated myself on a bold spur-of-the-moment decision. Apparently, I'm not quite as experienced as I thought I was--I was sure I registered in February rather than April--but never fear! Emc² said it best: "Besides, you don't need to be a sysop to write good articles." I'll just continue doing what I'm doing, and perhaps I'll see you again in three months' time. -- Northenglish (talk) -- 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey

If my article is deleted - where and how can I make a wiki elsewhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ASOGMaverick (talk • contribs)

I think that you mean Wikipedia article. A wiki is an entire site, like Wikipedia. I would suggest providing some valid assertion of the notability of the topic in question. Alphachimp ^talk 17:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Bot marking edits as non-minor

Bot edits are actually default set to hide in recent changes anyway, but the bot is now marking all edits as minor. Thanks, — FireFox 16:08, 08 July '06

They don't hide (and get the little "b" next to their edits) until you get the bot flag. I got mine after my 1 week trial. BTW, I approve of what your bot is doing. Good idea. Let me know if you want any help (Alphachimpbot is very bored). Alphachimp ^talk 16:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah well I meant they hide automatically once you've got the flag :) Feel free to help out with the subst:'ing if you want. There are thousands of unsubst:'d warning and welcome templates out there :P Thanks, — FireFox 16:15, 08 July '06

I put in a request. Maybe this'll help a bit. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 16:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Should get the work done a lot quicker and a lot more efficiently, for example if one of us goes away on holiday or something :) Thanks, — FireFox 16:42, 08 July '06

Quick question: how do you remove the non-usertalk pages from the list? For my cleanup bot, I just click the "remove non-mainspace" option in the file menu. But, obviously, user talk is not mainspace. Do you have some quick and easy way of doing it? Alphachimp ^talk 16:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Sort alphabetically, which will group all the user talk pages together. Then select all the other pages and delete. — FireFox 16:48, 08 July '06

account disabled

Thank you for replying. I was trying to get an edit put into the George W. Bush article. Then my account disappeared. When I tried to log back it, I was told that BMIKESCI did not exist. So I created a new account with the same account name. I've lost the privledge to edit the George W. Bush article however. Also I can nolonger work on the Ken Lay account. I'm not sure what to think about this. Anyway, thank you for replying.

BMIKESCI 22:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)BMIKESCI

Sig

lol see Wikipedia:Rouge admin - CrazyRougeian talk/email 02:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Cliche

This is I think by now a cliche, but - I thought you were an admin. I see from the fact that you've added yourself to NA that you're not, but you've indicated you would like to be one, in which case I'd be happy to nom if you wish. Tyrenius 02:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow. I'm so flattered. Thanks a lot. I've thought a lot about it, and I think that I'd like to hold off for a bit while longer, just to get more experience here on Wikipedia. But yeah, thanks so much. Alphachimp ^talk 02:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I totally forgot to mention, congrats on your successful nom. I think I was going to post on your talk page, but I forgot. Alphachimp ^talk 02:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support! OK, keep me posted on any RfA or if someone else noms you.... Tyrenius 06:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Mboverload's RfA

I am very concerned that Mboverload may not be getting treated fairly. See the comment I added below Cyde's on the RfA page --A. B. 04:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

All I can say is, "Wow." I'm shocked that that did not come out in the discussion. Alphachimp ^talk 05:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

It's even more disgraceful than I initially thought -- see the noticeboard discussion. This is such a hatchet job. It's especially impressive that Mboverload stayed assertive but very civil in these discussion in the face of really nasty provocation; that made me upgrade my support to "strong". I'm concerned that so many of the nay votes would have been yes votes had they been aware of this. I don't know the rules -- I know Mboverload (with whom I've had very little contact in the past, btw) can't contact others -- can we? Otherwise, many will never read my links unless someone lets them know about this. Unfortunately it's 1 a.m. here and I must turn in. Ideas?--A. B. 05:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

It's 1 here too. I don't think there's really anything we can do...this nomination. Let's contact mboverload and see what he wants to do about it. Next nomination we'll have a bit more to say. Alphachimp ^talk 05:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Temple of Nod

This AfD was amended to include Orca aircraft, a related fictional unit to the article in question. Please comment that you do or do not support the deletion of this article is as well, as your comments to the discussion were before this was added. Kevin_b_er 05:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

done. Thanks. Alphachimp ^talk 05:46, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

User - 216.160.236.24

Hi, I was unsure where to report this guy. I know you're against vandalism, so maybe you can sort it out. He vandalised this page (Link is to the comparison between my revision and his vandalised one), as well as this page. Where do I report him? And is there a way to ban him from editing pages? Double Dash 20:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

You report them to WP:AIV after they have already been issued t1-t4 warnings. I'm only showing 2 edits for him, which is rarely enough to merit a ban. Let me know if you have any further questions. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 20:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Clean-up Template

Thanks. but I'm not sure how I improperly used the template? I got it on the Wikipedia template page, and thus, apparently incorrectly, assumed that it was properly formatted. Sorry- I submitted several "clean up" templates today, and am not sure which you are referring to. Laura. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurajunedziuban (talk • contribs)

No worries. I'm not trying to chide you, I'm just telling you what the correct version is. I am refering to these 2 edits. As you probably already know, cleanup is tagged as {{cleanup}}. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 23:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks much for the help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurajunedziuban (talk • contribs)

My pleasure. Alphachimp ^talk 23:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Question

If you have a moment: please take a look at an edit I did earlier today on the Sing-Sing pages. Initially, I just tagged it for references/clean-up, but the more I looked at it, the more it became apparent that it was a straight "review" and had almost no facts in it. So I deleted almost the entire thing in the hopes that someone better equipped with facts than myself will come along and add to it. Was this the proper thing to do or should I have not deleted the entire thing? If you don't have the time, no problem. I'm learning, and don't want to needlessly delete other's work. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurajunedziuban (talk • contribs)

I think that you did the right thing. It's good that you're sensitive about "deleting" their edits (a lot of people wouldn't take that too kindly, but those edits appeared to be copied, not OR), but realize that they can be always "reverted" from the page history. The article clearly violated WP:NOR. So yeah, you were fine. By the way, please sign your comments using ~~~~. Regards,Alphachimp ^talk 23:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comment

hello i m editing a page of "Gangaridae".Is it ok?please help improving it by using the Wiki formatting wherever needed.any suggestions?thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nawab of dhaka (talk • contribs)

SPAM

You reported my article on PESA as SPAM. I'm VERY new to wikipedia and don't want to violate any rules. PESA is a legit associsation. How do I create an article that does not come across as SPAM. Can you help me? Adamhersh 01:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)AdamHersh

I really hope that this does not make me seem like a jerk trying to "bite newcomers". In its current form, the article seems to violate WP:WEB. True, eBay is a notable site, but it seems to me that a sellers' association is not notable in its current form. Anyway, to creat the page, you removed a good redirect to another page. As you are a member of the association, one might jump to the conclusion that it is in violation of WP:SPAM. This comment is mirrored on both of our talk pages, although it might be more convenient if you either: a) expressed your arguments on the AfD page or b) responded on my talk page. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 01:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I'm kind of starting to get the hang of this. I appreciate your help and now understand a lot more. OK, so PESA has been mentioned in many publications, held chairty events that have raised thousands of dollars for charity, and is recognized by most major internet analysts. A simple Google search will show you how established the organization is

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=PESA+ebay

How can I write my best defense? Also, how did you know I was an eBay seller so quickly?

Adamhersh 01:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)AdamHersh

Because I considered buying your posters several times (I have a great memory for that kind of stuff), but I thought that your shipping and handling was too much =). I notice when people have feedback over 10,000. Anyway, I would focus on explaining why the article meets the WP:WEB guideline and is not just spam. You can edit the article to attempt to bring it into standards if you would like (for instance, removing any POV). Alphachimp ^talk 01:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

How is my new defense?Adamhersh 01:22, 11 July 2006 (UTC)AdamHersh

I would suggest indenting the comment and placing it after my suggestion with a new signature. Other than that, though, it's fine. (Let me know if you would like me to do that for you.) You should link to your google search in the AfD. Alphachimp ^talk 01:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

How is it now? It seems like I'm fighting to keep this alive. IS it always like this? Why are SO MANY people critical? Will Wikipedia definitley pull it down? Thanks for your help! If you pick a poster from my site I'll send it to you free of charge for all this. 70.19.43.251 20:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)AdamHersh

I really do appreciate the offer. I'm pretty sure that the article will be removed at the current rate. Wikipedians really don't like it when they see someone come by and create an article about a business of which they are a part. Most of the time, these creations are just drive-by postings of some corporate material. Wikipedians really don't like it when they feel that the organization is not notable. I see that you've done a considerable amount of research into the policies surrounding the proposed deletion. As it is right now, I think that you will probably lose the article. I would suggest saving it in your userspace (I'll show you how if you'd like) and possibly writing something much, much shorter (people have trouble objecting to 2 sentences) sometime down the line (think 1-2 months). Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 01:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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Just to let you know, I've answered the questions you posted on my RfA. Thanks for asking them! :) ~Kylu (u|t) 05:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Just saw them...I've supported you. Have a great day! Alphachimp ^talk 11:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For all your help!! Laura June 13:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Another Question

Hi: I added a note to possibly split an article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Svenonius

Can you make any other suggestions as to how to fix this article? It seems that others have also suggested this, but it has not happened? I'm not sure the best way to start on this. Laura June 15:12, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I checked out the article. A huge section was copyvio from here. I am removing the offending sections. As it is right now, the article really confuses me. I would suggest that someone rewrite the article from a WP:NPOV that is a little more open and available to people that aren't critics.

Why do you want to split the article? Alphachimp ^talk 01:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Weekly AWB spellcheck changes - V3

Good news! There are now 4 people on my spellcheck spamlist =D. Sorry I'm late, it's supposed to be delivered on Sundays.
This is a good week for you guys, I made a MASSIVE update, the list has pretty much doubled in size! It deals with most typofixing that starts with "A". This was very hard work but when/if I complete it it will be amazing.

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Need Help

hello i have made an article on Gangaridae.But the page does not show up when i search for it on the web.It says no article by that name on Wiki.Whats the prob?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nawab of dhaka (talk • contribs)

check you contributions here (or via the link at the top right). Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 05:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comments

How could you possible omit the famous alums/residents of Dillon Hall? You obviously have never stepped foot in the hall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.41.134.21 (talk • contribs)

No I haven't set foot there. Check out WP:VANITY for some general guidelines regarding placing friends or associates in Wikipedia articles. Let me know if you have any further questions. It would be better if you responded on my userpage. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

hey

hey whats wrong with my velociraptor edit. Is it not in the right section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.23.4 (talk • contribs)

You added a random fact from Jurassic Park. It didn't really fit....so yeah I guess it wasn't really vandalism. My apologies. Alphachimp ^talk 06:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Split

I did not necessarily want to split it- I just thought there was a ton of irrelevant "bio" information from other band memebers, etc. I don't know that much about the band - just thought the article was a mess and was confused. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurajunedziuban (talk • contribs)

I guess I removed all of that with my little copyvio edit. By the way, you should sign your comments in talk with ~~~~. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:35, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

haha

haha alright i cant pull a fast one on you apparently. sorry for the trouble man, i took a screen shot of it so im happy. have a good evening —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.23.4 (talk • contribs)

yeah, you too. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

IAF addition

IAF (Israeli Air Force) wikipidia page misses the fact that its pilots also had to face PAF Pakistan Airforce Pilots in air-to-air combat. The end result of what came out of these dogfight is a historical fact and recorded in books, available on internet and also a part of official PAF hisotry.

This is the reason that I want to add detail on this, but which get reverted everytime. Regards

Sorry, I'm a little busy right now. Could you possibly supply me with a link to the revert. As I remember, the edit seemed pretty biased, but my memory could be failing me. Alphachimp ^talk 18:51, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: AWB Edits

How are you bringing the lists of pages up? Are you using "what links here", clicking "Incl. only" and typing "Template:Test" for example? — FireFox 10:10, 12 July '06

Links

How do I link things in my article? I plan on adding more to it for you see I am a soldier in this unit and served with them in Iraq. I love wikipedia by the way, it is long overdue on the net that we had such a responsitory of knowledge and the fact that its interactive makes it even better.

Christian

check out the links provided in the message at the top of the article. I really am not familiar enough with adding links to provide you with any prescient advice. Sorry about that. feel free to ask me any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 18:52, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Again. Laura June 14:11, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message

Thanks for ur help !

it was reali useful :)

No problem. My pleasure. Alphachimp ^talk 18:50, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks much!

Laura June 19:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Yup. Word. Alphachimp ^talk 20:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Subst'ing welcome template

Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to do that from now on. --Merovingian {T C @} 05:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Arthur Rubin question you posed

"What is a semi-vandal?" Is that a loaded question? The user is attempting in my view, to define the difference between using rollback for blatant vandals and not in content dispute cases. I assume there is a point to the question though, even if I cannot see it myself. Ansell 08:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I've never actually heard the term before. I'm interested in his reasoning behind classifying a user as a semi-vandal. I also wanted to know what he felt made an edit have no value (I think this is important). I really didn't have any "motives" behind asking the question. Did it come out wrong? Sorry if this is confusing. I just woke up. ;) Alphachimp ^talk 11:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed it. It wasn't intended as an attack, but I realize it could be misinterpretted. Alphachimp ^talk 11:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thats cool. I didn't mean to attack you either. I probably sounded a bit harsh on my statement above :) Just wanted to get an answer to the question of sorts before I voted on the RfA myself. Getting an answer from the questioner isn't exactly the standard method... I now woke up to that myself! Ansell 22:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

haha. And I just got back from work. I looked back at the question and was confused reading it, so it wasn't worth asking. Thanks for getting back to me. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 23:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

PESA

Did you erase the PESA article? I can't find wither of them now?66.65.74.181 11:00, 13 July 2006 (UTC)AdamHersh

No I didn't. I really have no idea what happened, but I was able to get one of your versions back. The other one is completely gone, I can't find it. Alphachimp ^talk 11:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Can you put whatever you can back. I worked really hard on that and finally got another KEEP besides my own. Thanks for your help.

I've tried, but somehow, through a combination of redirects and page moves, I've lost the version you were working on. I really just don't get it. I don't know what to say, this is so strange. Alphachimp ^talk 18:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

About the photos...

I don't know if cell phone pictures are appropriate, since they seem grainy and of lesser quality, compared to full-blown cameras. Pacific Coast Highway ^{(blah • lol, internet)} 00:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Unknown User

You recently reverted a vandalism edit made by 24.13.86.175 to the New Trier High School article. You should investigate this user's other contributions because I believe the other edits he has made are also instnaces of vandalism.--Dekkanar 01:59, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

He's on my black list. Thanks. Alphachimp ^talk 02:01, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Subst'n

I've actually been pretty good as of late, I still slip up at times. Thanks! Yanksox 02:12, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Jeffrey Johson

Hi Alpha, as I explained on the discussion page, Jeffrey Johnson is a signifigant musician in Western MA, birthplace of bands such as Sonic Youth, Pixies, Dinosaur Junior and others. There is a revival of independant musicians, Jeff has opened for bands such as Apollo Sunshine and Scary Monsters. Also notable is a revival of the reknown of the department he was involved with. I believe a page for him is not frivolous. Thanks.

--Siokaos 02:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I assume good faith, but you're gonna have to put a notability assertion in the article. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 02:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Shortest Userpage Comment EVER!!111

:( —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.43.34.242 (talk • contribs) .

Thank you for your comment. I agree. Alphachimp ^talk 02:57, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hey. I just wanted to thank you for cleaning up that vandalism on my userpage yesterday. I appreciate it. --Tuspm ^{Talk | Contribs | E-Mail Me} 12:54, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Please stop the bot and fix issues before continuing

Hi,

Refering to this edit by your bot, is there any use of substituting templates that are commented out. It only adds extra load on the server. Please stop and run only after fixing the issues. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 14:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I am dealing with this issue. Thanks for the heads up. As comment is double posted, comment is moved to archive page. Bot stopped. Alphachimp ^talk 14:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I did see what good it achieved, but I was also sure that had the never existed, the bot would have still edited the page. A simple way to make sure it does the right thing is to check if it encounters a "-->" before a "<!--" in the section concerned. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 15:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, but the list is compiled by me manually going through with a list of transcluded templates. Almost all of the pages on the list have a problem that can be fixed by the bot (although it skips a few). Alphachimp ^talk 15:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

The issue was fixed by AWB in their newest release. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Alphachimp ^talk 19:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

alpha phi alpha

I noticed you updated the Alpha Phi Alpha page and thought maybe you are a member. There is a Userbox created for Alpha members.

To add yourself to this list, add the following standalone userbox to your userpage: {{User Alpha Phi Alpha}}<br /><br /><br />

Using this code:

{{User Alpha Phi Alpha}} {{Userboxtop}} {{User Alpha Phi Alpha}} {{Userboxbottom}}

Alternatively, you can add the userbox as part of a vertical collection of userboxes (as seen to the right) using this code:

{{Userboxtop}}
{{User Alpha Phi Alpha}}
{{Userboxbottom}}

If you want to add yourself to the list, but don't want the userbox, just insert the following on your user page:

[[Category:Alphachimp/Archive 4|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]

The user who made the changes vandalized changes to Alpha Phi Alpha is bobbydoop and/or mikeandike. I think its they are the same person. you can view their personal talk pages and the talk within Alpha Phi Alpha to see the level of vandalism on Alpha and other web sites. The version he reverted is one he created over 4-5 months ago. The Alpha Phi Alpha article is scheduled as the featured article for July 25, and I think that's why bobbydoop has reappeared to ensure readers see his vandalized version. Ccson 02:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I have nowiki'ed the box to prevent it from putting me incorrectly on the list of frat members. Nice boxes though. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 07:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comment

I am a novice at editing Wikipedia - and I am sure I have made some errors - However user MOTOR has run a campaign against the article David Firth - he has tried to get it deleted twice - however on both occassions it was shown that this is a notable article. He insted turned his attention to removing all information from the article. Please refer to the discussion and history. With this amount of action on the article somehow it remains a stub... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.45.158 (talk • contribs) .

You still posted an afd notice on his user page. Afd does not belong there. Alphachimp ^talk 18:43, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

What....?

What in the hell are you talking about? Brandon03 03:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm refering to this edit to your usertalk. It seemed extremely uncivil (calling people "assholes"), even though it wasn't directed to a specific editor. Why did you make a new account? Alphachimp ^talk 03:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Untitled Comment

Thank you very much ^-^ Spirou 03:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Welcome! Alphachimp ^talk 03:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: What....?

The "asshole" I was refering to was myself. (Take a joke)

I created a new userpage because my previous two (User:Brando03 and User:The Br3 were blocked by that faggot JDoorjam after an edit dispute over the Courier Journal. I hate my current user name, User:Sirrom nodnarb yerffej because I sound like a greedy jew or arab.

You're ignoring me.) I did User:Tapir Terrific doggy style 04:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah. Sorry about that. I'm not sure that it is allowed to come back after you have been blocked for other usernames. I actually think the username with the name backwards is pretty cool, so I probably would have kept it. I really don't like those descriptions of Jews and Arabs. You really shouldn't talk about people that way. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 04:23, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

AFDs

Hi please don't close delete AFDs unless your an admin, even if you placed an speedy in the article afterwards. Thanks Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 03:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know there was anything wrong with doing it. Check here. Alphachimp ^talk 03:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

• Yea but still the template db-afd is for if an admin closes an AFD as delete and forgets to delete the article. The problem with closing delete and close call AFDs is that it makes people belive that you are an admin, which you aren't. Thanks Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 03:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Whatever. That wasn't my understanding of what it was saying...perhaps you could rewrite that section of the document to clarify. Anyway, I was just trying to help out with the backlog. I won't do that anymore. Alphachimp ^talk 04:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Yea I understand. Thanks for helping out. Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 04:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Out of interest, was my decision correct? Alphachimp ^talk 04:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

• Yea, I would have closed it as delete. Thanks Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 04:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Francs2000

Did you hear that User:Francs2000 got swallowed by a Wale? I did User:Tapir Terrific doggy style 04:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Um...ok. By the way, this edit is entirely innapropriate. Please stop. Alphachimp ^talk 04:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello Alphachimp/Archive 4, and thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 06:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: User Page

Alphachimp wrote:

I just wanted to tell you that I borrowed a lot of the formatting from your userpage on my page. I hope that you don't mind. I really stink at applying the formatting for a userpage. You are credited for it in the corner. Thanks and Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 23:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. You're not the first person to borrow the design; I'm glad you like it, and thanks for crediting me – Gurch 09:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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Vandalism

Alphachimp,

Recently, some likely vandalism occured on the mainspace and talk pages for the article New Trier High School. I would appreciate it if you could take the time to revert the edits made by unknown user 69.218.177.35. Thank you very much for your help.--Dekkanar 14:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I have http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Trier_High_School&diff=64120960&oldid=64115704 reverted] the changes. You too can revert vandalism (same as me, seriously). Check here. Alphachimp ^talk 14:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. I had previously been under the impression that reverting was an admin privelege. I will simply revert vandalism I see on my own in the future.--Dekkanar 15:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahhhhhhhh! What happened to your arm? Glad I could help you, by the way. Alphachimp ^talk 15:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, the caption is accurate. I fell off of a bicycle. For an explanation, you should check out External Fixation for details.--Dekkanar 15:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re : Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PESA

Done. Apologies for missing the other article out in error. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 15:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: My "Standards"

The standards seem very reasonable. I just question whether or not we need any more sets of adminship standards floating around wikipedia. Alphachimp ^talk 15:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I created the standards a month ago. And the point I'm trying to make is that I think about these things when deciding whether to support or oppose and not just apply them rigidly. -- joturner 16:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Ace & Aqua

How would you know its non-existant ? Have you checked my blog lately about my short? Have you ever even thought about going to the website?

Steve

It's not notable both in the sense that it is a flash animation and that the article does not assert notability. It's not existant because it hasn't come out yet, and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (WP:NOT). Let me know if you have any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 19:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

sleep deprivation photo

You guessed OK. I am and the phto is not. What is needed is a clip from a movie but I don't know of any with free (C). --Jclerman 17:17, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: GrendelKhan's RfA

I got the impression you misinterpreted what I meant regarding the statement about people having lives outside Wikipedia. From GrendelKhan's RfA:

While I do think that an explanation is in order, I think that this is a bit of an overreaction. People really do have lives outside of Wikipedia, and I think that administrators with them are significantly more balanced. Alphachimp ^talk 18:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll strike out my vote, and wait for the answer. I wasn't trying to say that admins shouldn't have lives (of course not). What I was saying was that that could easily explain several weeks or a couple months of inactivity. But this is a year. Certainly there are explanations for a year of inactivity, but I would hardly consider it explanable by simply "people have lives". Anyway, I'll await Grendelkhan's answer. -- joturner 18:53, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

-- joturner 19:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the comment, man. This proves that somebody IS coming to my page excellent! And what If i create a subpage with just userboxes AND keep the ones on my userpage? then they couln'dt make a subpage 'cause I'd alerady have one. Scrumshus 19:20, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Sleep deprivation - etology

Why did you remove my photo from this article? I'm not a medical expert, but I thought that it was somewhat representative of the issue. Alphachimp talk 14:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you clarify what you meant by the comment you left on my user talk page. I suspect there is some translation or language difference at play here. Alphachimp talk 19:16, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

1. I am an expert. 2. The image is not representative. To show the etology one would need a movie clip, not a static image. --Jclerman 19:26, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

OOPS! Ethology (not Etiology) --Jclerman 19:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Haha. It's OK. I've deleted the picture. Alphachimp ^talk 23:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming with VP

I appreciate the reference material

My pleasure. Alphachimp ^talk 23:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Alphachimp! Thanks for reverting some vandalism on my userpage yesterday. See you around! - Tapir Terrific 20:50, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thanks for taking time to give your opinion on my RfA. I can work on all of the constructive criticism given before I consider RfA again. I hope to see you around Wikipedia. Thanks! Abcdefghijklm 21:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

mboverload’s AWB Typofix update – version 0.0.4

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Important Update - removes entries that make incorrect replacements – must have update

500 lines of new code, of which include at least 1,500 different possible matches, probably more! I’m up to “d” in the words to replace. Even after I get to Z (a few months) there will be a lot more to do because there are more varieties of each word to replace. One line can match 10 or more different variations of each word, so saying that I added 500 lines does NOT mean 500 new words – It’s more!

I now have a Sourceforge.net project!
DOWNLOAD NOW! --mboverload@

This comment will allow Werdnabot to archive this section. Alphachimp ^talk 06:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comment

Please fix whatever the administrator said was wrong. I have no clue about this. I am an author, engineer, and sometimes inventor. This interface is way too frustrating for me!

Thank you.

Richard B. Johnson

I have no clue what you're talking about. Could you give me a link or something? Thanks, Alphachimp ^talk 05:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!

Greetings, Alphachimp. Just a quick note to thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of (67/0/0)! Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have suggestions or requests - either of an admin nature or otherwise! :) Wknight94 (Talk | contribs) 03:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Cleanup Templates

Re: your message: Sorry about that, and thanks for letting me know. - Tapir Terrific 15:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Cleanup Templates

Re: your message: Sorry about that, and thanks for letting me know. - Tapir Terrific 15:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin? (Title by me)

Mr. Alphachimp I will nominate you for administratorship but please tell me about yourself~~-Animereadabouter2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Animereadabouter2 (talk • contribs)

I sincerely appreciate your offer and am *very* flattered. I'd like to hold off for a bit longer, but I: a) will contact you if I ever have an RfA, b) encourage you to participate in my editor review. Thank you so much again!. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 00:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

AWB Edits

Could you possibly mark them as minor? They're cluttering my recent changes. Also, you might want to consider applying for a WP:BOT account if you plan on editing quickly. That being said, I think you're doing something really good. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 00:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll mark 'em as minor, it's just a bit of a pain, 'cause it's not built into AWB, so I have to change my profile settings each time. Thanks for the note. --Firsfron of Ronchester 00:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

It is built in. Go to GENERAL --> check MARK ALL AS MINOR. That should work in the latest version. Alphachimp ^talk 00:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. --Firsfron of Ronchester 00:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment

Well -- sometimes the AOL/IP blocks got so heavy it was better to laugh than cry. New programming seems actually to be improving the situation by leaps and bounds. Hurrah! Best wishes and thanks for supporting the ESA article. WBardwin 01:43, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

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Re: AWB Edits

Re: [2]

The white spaces, i dont think there is anything i can do about this manually is there? Other than request that AWB turn this into 1 line..

Or is there a trick to it?

The title, yeah, i will look at that!

Thanks

Reedy Boy 08:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Go to SET OPTIONS --> deselect APPLY GENERAL FIXES. Tada: No Whitespace Moves. Alphachimp ^talk 11:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Cheers. Does this change anything else? Or for that matter, not change anything else? Or is it just to do with things such as this? Reedy Boy 11:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Quick note - feel free to delete when done reading

Note that the replace list is actually updated daily - sometimes many times a day - to fix problems and add new words. These problems can be important.

Please check for a new version each and every time you use AWB. Add a bookmark to the top of your favorites. That will ensure you always have the best, most complete, bug-free version. Or you can get the same exact version I'm using at that second by using Subversion. You get to see how I work, change, and develop the list, edit by edit, since it shows you the differences between versions. All old versions of the list can be shown so you can see the progress the list has made. If you need any help setting this up, it's actually really easy, I'd be glad to help you out.

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This edit applies a timestamp. Alphachimp ^talk 11:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Yanksox

It will go live this weekend. You expressed interest in a co-nom. The draft nom is here: User:Crzrussian/Sandbox. - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Neutral POV

Hi Alphachimp, my edit to the Canada's Next Top Model (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canada's_Next_Top_Model&diff=next&oldid=64152352) was reverted. I think this edit should not have been reverted as the original version was clearly non-neutral.

Rather than matter-of-factly presenting what contestant Brandi actually stated during the show proper (that she believed the contest winner should be someone who was born in the country), the original text clearly inserted snide editorial interpretations ("greater sense of entitlement", someone who had the "accident" to have been born in the country, "photos and runway skills be damned") that do not represent what Brandi's articulated position. Whether or not the original author agreed with Brandi's perception, it is not adhering to the Wikipedia neutral point of view to put words in Brandi's mouth in order to hold her position in ridicule.

I believe you are right. Sorry for the revert. Alphachimp ^talk 23:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

AFDs?

I'm curious: if you're not an admin, how do you have authority to delete? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diezba (talk • contribs)

I don't have the delete privilege assigned to my account. What are you talking about? Alphachimp ^talk 03:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

On Wikification. Thanks for the "nevermind" -- I try to stay in compliance with Wikipolicies, and contribute in a useful way; I was very confused by the "Wikify" tag. I can understand the debate on AFD for Beta Upsilon Chi (and I think it will ultimately be agreed that the article should be kept), but I couldn't see how it was Wikikosher.

OK, let me know if you have any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 23:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Advice on citing

Thanks for your note and helps on the page on Nenagh I was editing.

I am aware that much of what I have added has no source noted. I have added a {{fact}} tag where I felt I could provide them and will get around to adding the sources over the next while.

However some of what I added is based on what I can only refer to as local knowledge - ie I am from the town and am familiar with for example the connection of the 3 Olympians with the name of the local Athletic club. How should I cite this or should I just leave it?

Thanks

Gramscis cousin 17:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

According to WP:SOURCE, you should only cite credible Third-Party sources. That being said, I think that you are fine with just adding it. If you have any other sources (e.g. books, letters, etc.), you could cite them, but I would not avoid adding something to wikipedia just because I could not source it. I hope that that answers your question. Feel free to contact me if you need any further clarification or have any other questions. Welcome! Alphachimp ^talk 23:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Godawful Pink RfA Thanks Banner Thingy!

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u|t) 20:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support! (Am I allowed to offer a banana in thanks?) ~Kylu (u|t) 20:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Sure. Yummy. =D Alphachimp ^talk 23:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

*offers bunches of bananas* ~Kylu (u|t) 00:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hypocritical

I wrote an article on our company detailing who we are and what we do entitled MediaMiser. It was actually the same format as another article I came across on Wikipedia on another corporation. It was deleted being cited as promotional content.

Now I’m noticing some inconsistencies seeing as how there is an article on Microsoft, their current products, and upcoming products like Vista.

I wrote the article hoping to link it to media analysis, since our site is a large information resource, and number one provider of media analysis in Canada.

If someone is trying to find out about a corporation’s background, what they do, and produce I don’t see why it would be a violation. This site is supposed to be an information resource.

Legally corporations hold the same rights as a person, and there are several articles detailing people from race car drivers to celebrities Wikipedia.

If Microsoft is allowed to have a wiki so should we, popularity should have nothing to do with deletion policy. Take a look at the wiki on Nike, it has an entire section devoted to all their ad campaigns.

It's pretty hypocritical to refuse content from a small corporation, while letting large corporations run rampant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.42.98.121 (talk • contribs)

I'm really sorry for your frustration. I realize that it is difficult generating publicity for a smaller company, and understand the ease of adding an article to Wikipedia. That being said, I don't think that your article ([3], retrieved from google cache) met the requirements of WP:CORP. Microsoft and Nike have a high level of notability. They're international corporations (note that one of the requirements of WP:CORP is being the subject of multiple published reports) and are used in stock indices. As I said, I'm sorry for your frustration, but you have to understand that Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Feel free to contact me with any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 23:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

token sucking

Actually, I never heard of it until Randy Kennedy's article, but it's in The New York Times and everything in the NYT is the Gospel Truth, right? ;-) But as far as the token clerks are concerned, all they could really do since the '70s or so was call a cop, but I think token sucking was near the bottom of their priorities. The article characterized token suckers as "guys on their last legs," i.e., druggies and homeless (not "street urchins"--ain't no Oliver Twist situation). In that context, it doesn't seem as far-fetched. -- Cecropia 01:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Hypocritical

Sorry didn't mean to come across sounding frustrated before. I actually enjoy these discussions. I just think that wikis should be an information resource available on any organization. Just as there are several low prominence non-profit organizations listed there should be organizations from all sectors.

That being said it should only be information in a neutral form. No marketing terms, or fluff, just facts.

I understand why they would enact a policy to leave small corporations out, because many engage in this type of promoting.

My previous article contains only facts, and no opinion. If I were to have written “This amazing company, with an A-list of clients…” then by all means I would endorse removing a wiki like that, it’s shameless promoting.

It’s pretty disappointing when large organizations are using their wikis as a promotions tool for their latest sponsorship or ad campaign and no one decides to remove that content. It’s equally as bad as the promoting I talked about before.

I think these rules are disproportionate, and could be managed better.

Remove the sites and information engaged in promoting, and leave the sites that reflect hard facts. This includes removal of promotions materials from large corporations’ wikis.

Let me know what you think.

I think you are mixing up what a "Wiki" is. A wiki is not the individual article, it is the site as a whole. So, if you say that someone started their own Wiki, it would be something analagous to me starting alphachimppedia.org (which would be awesome, btw). Don't worry about sounding frustrated or not. I can honestly say that I would be frustrated if someone deleted an article that I had created. Wikipedia tries not to be an indiscriminate collection of information. I could not, for instance, make up an article about myself, because I do not have sufficient notability to appear in my own article. The same goes for all relatively small organizations (unless there is some incredible redeeming factor that justifies a separate article). I respect that your article was purely factual. It was not, however, purely notable.

As for large corporations engaging in promotion of their goods and services through Wikipedia: Wikipedia is unique in that any user operating in good faith (e.g. not a vandal) can edit the content of an article. It also has a NPOV (Neutral Point of View) policy. You are welcome to change anything that you appear to be blatant advertising. Can you give any examples of what you are talking about? Alphachimp ^talk 03:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Thanks for reverting the recent vandalism to my userpage. Fabricationary 02:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Signed Vandal Comments

I am not using VP. What is your problem??? 71.143.19.196 02:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Alpha, what rule is it that prevents me from editing your comments? Give me a break! 71.143.19.196 02:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

It appears you are not an administrator or otherwise empowered to screw with my page. Therefore, I'll ask you to stop or I'll report.

Please stop. Thanks. Alphachimp ^talk 03:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD

Hi! I've recently put the article Dub Piece up for deletion, on thr gorunds that it's non-notable, and most probably created by the same people who created the videos. I'd appreciate your vote on the matter, either way (of course), at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dub Piece. Thanks! HawkerTyphoon 02:53, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely. I'll check it out within the next hour. Vandal activity is a little high right now =). Alphachimp ^talk 02:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou kitten. I think that it's on the road for a deletion, however, it's 5am, and I'm really sodding tired. World of Warcraft is not for the faint of heart. Goodnight, soldier. The Navy salutes you. HawkerTyphoon 03:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

I did not vandalize the website. I merely took off an image that is NOT suppose to be published for public eyes. Please read your "brain". Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.57.232.228 (talk • contribs)

Um, OK. Thanks. Alphachimp ^talk 04:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Unlicensed Image

Why must you include this image on the site? It is not licensed to be displayed on any public websites. The organization has permitted this image to be displayed anywhere.

The image is licensed. Check out the licensing box. Alphachimp ^talk 04:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Revert?

Are you a member of Alpha Phi Alpha? Because if so, you would realize that displaying this image is offensive to all members and the organization itself. If this image is to remain on this site, I have no other option than to report it to the national headquarters of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. Thank you for your time and good night.

You are welcome to do so. Alphachimp ^talk 04:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:Cleanup-comics-date

I've just now made a per-month version of the {{cleanup-comics}} tag that was cluttering up the Category:Wikipedia cleanup cat; now your bot can simply change cleanup-comics to cleanup-comics-date, same as it does with the normal cleanup tag. Hope to see the cleanup cat fully empty in a few hours... ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Now made: Template:Comics-tense-date and Template:CleanupConfusing now works either way, due to the magic of ParserFunctions (hm, I suppose I could merge the two comics ones now, too; I'll save that for a later time). I ain't touching SPUI's little template-o'-trolling; I don't care about highway articles, SPUI is an idiot and a massively skilled waster of time, and all that rolled together - let someone else(i.e. the ArbCom (again)) squash him. But you should be able to remove all the others now. JesseW, the juggling janitor 07:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

VandalSniper

I've approved your VandalSniper application. Please let me know if you have any trouble setting it up. --Chris (talk) 11:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I can't say I've tried it in Knoppix. I suppose it depends if your copy of Knoppix has the required dependencies. --Chris (talk) 11:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Bus connex

I'm working on adding bus connections to the Flushing Line. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 15:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Date Bot

Well, we could have members compile a list of articles that need dates changed in addition to the cleanup templates. Blackjack48 22:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh I see. I looked at the bot's edits and it's actually already doing what I thought it should do. Thanks anyway. :-) --Blackjack48 00:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Meaning of this

What the heck were you trying to across to me??? I just got here and I am learning the ways around.

Qho

This comment establishes a timestamp. I have responded on your usertalk. Alphachimp ^talk 00:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA:Lambertman

I was reverting a false vote. When you reverted my revert, you reverted to a version from an anon who had removed a vote and entered a false vote. Unfortunately, I'm on dial-up, and by the time I hit 'save page', two more people (including you) had voted, making it appear I was reverting your vote (I wasn't: I was only reverting the false vote).--Firsfron of Ronchester 04:57, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Commenting about an entry and then having some implication that I am engaged in trickery

I am wondering what happens when an implicit accusation that I have been involved in trickery of some sort is made. For the record, I have not been. There is an entry called Thingbox which I have commented on as it is being marked for deletion. I argued that it should be kept, and now I see someone has made accusations about all those wanting the site kept being engaged in "sockpuppetry". This is not true in my case. I have one account on wikipedia, and I have made contributions in other areas (including reversing and expanding the Haslington entry after some people re-wrote it cliaming that it was a "kingdom" and they and their friends ran it!"). Neither have I been "ordered" in any way to contribute to this discussion about Thingbox.

I would like your advice about this. ddstretch 10:26, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you clarify what you are talking about on my talk page? Alphachimp ^talk 11:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, OK, I see. I can't look right now, but I'll check it out later today. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 11:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I look forward to your comments. ddstretch 22:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I've reviewed the AfD and it seems pretty obvious to me that that was somewhat of a baseless accusation. A lot of times, when an established user sees a spate of new users voting in an afd (a new user is usually characterized by an unfamiliar username and a red link to their userpage), he assumes that it is an instance of sockpuppetry. I really wouldn't worry about this too much, unless a formal accusation is leveled against you at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. Anyway, feel free to contact me with any further questions and Welcome to Wikipedia! Alphachimp ^talk 23:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review and reply. I appreciate it. Thanks also for the welcome to wikipedia! ddstretch 08:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC) Sorry to come back to you, but there is a continued issue of a rather "highhanded" attitude that some people are taking towards myself (and may be others). As Anon writes below, there is an issue of accusations being made, and being continued to be made, based on suppositions about the past behaviours of other people (not the people having the accusations made against them in this instance) just because, for example, I had a long break from my initial use and contributions to wikipedia. The whole experience has been off-putting, and, I might suggest, detrimental to the image of wikipedia. Instead, I am now accused of wikilawyering. I think these kinds of accusations need some response, though I suspect each response is likely to be viewed by some as being some sort of "failing" on the part of those who feel that their characters or behaviours have been unfairly criticized and that responses are needed. It is in this way that unsubstantiated accusations can continue to be made and be unchallenged. It is all very sad. ddstretch 12:58, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Templates

I noticed that you recently applied an improperly formatted cleanup template. I have fixed the template, but felt I should tell you that it needed to be replaced. You can find a list of properly formatted cleanup templates here. Please note that it is never appropriate to substitute a cleanup tag.

Thank you very much for your contributions to Wikipedia. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.Regards, Alphachimp talk 00:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Crud, don't usually! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Archives

Having that archive section at the bottom is really screwing things up. Try to post a new message and see what happens. I would suggest moving the box to the top. Alphachimp talk 00:24, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Uh, can you describe this more clearly? EDIT: I think I know what you're talking about now, but that hasn't been there for a while: certainly before you came to post on the page. Odd! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 12:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Headings

Great job so far with the bus connections; I just noticed that the heading you use is "Bus Connections". As per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)#Capitalization, it should really be "Bus connections". Just letting you know. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 13:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:I thought you were talking to me

Cleanup Templates

I noticed that you recently applied an improperly formatted cleanup template. I have fixed the template, but felt I should tell you that it needed to be replaced. You can find a list of properly formatted cleanup templates here. Please note that it is never appropriate to substitute a cleanup tag.

Thank you very much for your contributions to Wikipedia. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.Regards, Alphachimp talk 00:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC) That was on my comment to Evc. so I thought you were talking to me. It must have been because I did not put a heading on my comment so yours appeared on mine.

Qho 14:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps. He's fixed the page. Alphachimp ^talk 14:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree and I will go and check his archives. Qho 14:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah he has. I just left a message there. Either way, the message wasn't for you, so don't worry. Alphachimp ^talk 14:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay thats done

Now that My Archive A is set up what do I do with the rest of the stuff? Do I delete all the discussion on my original page? Also I started 2 others Archive B and Archive C.

--Qho 14:56, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Subst'ing

See what you mean about the confusion! I think we have a mutual friend in FireFox: small world, huh? EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 15:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Signing my name

My apologies for that; I was going to, but I remembered too late. Thanks for the reminder. OneWeirdDude 18:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Alpha

Dear Alpha, I must tell you I am completely impressed by the incredible levels of activity you've been consistently demonstrating since months ago, as well as your quick grasp of policy - wow!. Tho I'm positive I'm not original in the least, I must let it out of my system and say it, you are SO clearly great admin material, that it almost blinds me to watch at your contribs! ;) Needless to say, when the day comes for you to go for adminship (which is right around the corner, I bet), you can easily count on an enthusiastic "yay" from me. But above everything else, the main reason why I decided to drop by was to tell you that I value your humane approach to the project - now that, is way harder to find, and for that, not only you have my admiration, but my wholehearted gratitude as well. Too many times we see stressful and regretable situations that could have been easily solved with just a little good will - and at times like that, I hope others would follow your example. Finally, I am rather puzzled that nobody has seen fit to throw one of these shuriken at you yet - perhaps I can solve that? ;) (or, I can just present it to you in a velvet box instead - what do you prefer? ;) Keep it up, my dear Alpha, and should you ever need my help, or if you just feel like talking, you know where to find me, right? Big hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 19:56, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Anon writes

I think you have elided away from the point, User:alphachimp, or at least as far as the events are significant to me.

The objector made a direct accusation without supplying any supporting evidence. As I know that several of the contributors to the AfD page are distinct carbon-based humanoids, he has libeled them all. Furthermore, he has brought the discussion to a halt by libelling any subsequent contributor who opposes deletion. I am not, by using a legal term, advising a legal remedy -- that way madness and bankruptcy lie! I am simply pointing out that there is a reason in law why it is wrongful to make false accusations and I would ask you to point me to the appropriate rememdy within Wikipedia for an unsupported accusation against fellow contributors.

A bun-fight on the AfD page is not a satisfactory remedy.

User:GWO must either present evidence to support his claim or retract it. How do I invoke this challenge?

The objector's posting was directly responsible for my NOT putting forward a new argument in favour of retention. What am I to do to prevent being subject to this 'prior restraint' which he has invoked?

FYI - the original posting:

   * Delete, nn website indulging in shocking sock puppetry. -- GWO

May I also clarify my motivations:

it is not 'offence' or 'indignation' at having been bullied out of an AfD. It is the fact that the actions of a contributor on an AfD page have been highly disruptive to the editing process.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.164.244 (talk • contribs) 23:31, July 19, 2006 (UTC)

Knoppix problems

Hi -- I don't mean to nose into your business, but could you give me a little background on your DHCP problems? Maybe I could make a suggestion. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 16:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Miller Jones

What's up, This is Miller Jones aka Ridin' Dirty. What is wrong with the Aztek article?

This edit applies a timestamp. I have replied on your usertalk. Alphachimp ^talk 01:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Delete/Restore

The delete/restore was to remove one edit that used edit summary vandalism, certainly was nothing against you! — xaosflux ^Talk 00:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

You are no admin

This is not vandalism, fight the real vandalism. You are also not an admin, so go to someone else.--Disclaimer5 03:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

I hope that my time here at wikipedia will be beneficial for all of the users. Thanks again for the welcome, and I hope to work with you sometime in the future. Sirwilliam 04:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Quick Question

I noticed that you properly removed the vandal I reported here. I'm a little bit confused, though, because his contribs have disappeared. I could swear that this user made 5 or 6 edits with extremely abusive edit summaries. Is it possible that an admin hid his changes? Am I missing something here...?

Thanks and Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 05:32, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello! I looked for the username and variations in spelling and layout but found nothing. Two things that I can think of to cause this; we both spelt the username incorrectly and missed it or a bureaucrat deleted the user account. My spelling may not be up to much - could you check the user account again, please?  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  05:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I got it. I've been having a lot of trouble reporting users with VP. His real name was Mr. Starchy did not create the sockpuppets!, but I removed the "s!" in my report (when I was removing an extra section of text added by VP.) Anyway, looks like we figured that out. Thanks for getting back to me. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 05:43, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, already blocked earlier this morning, it seems. I have placed a {{sockblock}} on the userpage to make this clear. Regards,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  05:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Howards' Way

Not vandalising, removing material that does not belong to Wikipedia. Back off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.4.48 (talk • contribs)

Comment adds timestamp. Alphachimp ^talk 18:50, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment Left without Sectioning

I think your major revision on Back-to-back life sentences just isn't very good... sorry, but that's my opinion. Maybe we could get a second opinion from another user on the issue. Dan 18:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

You are certainly welcome to that opinion. I would welcome a second opinion. Alphachimp ^talk 18:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Page Protection Tag

Hey, I noticed that you applied a protection tag to this page I speedied as a 3rd recreation, but you didn't actually protect the page. Figured I'd tell you. Alphachimp ^talk 18:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks, now done.  (aeropagitica)  (talk) 

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Misza13 (talk • contribs) 05:09, July 22, 2006

User page vandalism

Hey Alphachimp. You are very welcome. The vandal has now been blocked. Best, Gwernol 20:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Mystery: Cleanup Tag in Sagrada Familia Article.

Hello, Alphachimp. Apparently last 18 July 2006 your Alphachimpbot tool re-added, for no apparent reason, a cleanup tag to the Sagrada Familia article.

Last February user UrbaneLegend politely asked: "Could the person who tagged this article for cleanup please say why. Templates are useless by themselves. Furthermore, the page looks fine to me." ... He/she got no answer, so he/she went on to remove the tag on March.

Now (July 2006) the cleanup tag is back again, apparently thanks to your bot. I agree with user UrbaneLegend: the article looks fine to me, too. I wonder, what needs to be cleaned up? I find it interesting and informative, with no language problems, no mistakes, no useless info. Perhaps you could teach us about what has been found wrong in the article?

Regards, AVM 00:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't usually comment on what was wrong with the article, but I can comment on what my bot did. My bot only sorts articles for cleanup that have already been flagged by another user. In this edit, an IP address flags the article for cleanup. The next day, my bot changes the tag to the updated version here. You can watch it all transpire in the article history here. I'm fully convinced that there is nothing wrong with my bot's operation. Feel free to contact me with any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 01:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! After studying/following your response, I noticed the article's title was misspelled, so I decided to move it, and experimentally removed the cleanup tag. Let's see what happens next. AVM 01:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments related to GraalOnline

Help!! Article Constantly being Vandalized!

The GraalOnline article is constantly being vandalized by its administration in an attempt to remove any information on an Unofficial Forums created by members and also any criticism towards them.

We have made several attempts to discuss this, but Stefan and Unixmad the administrators of the game, keep vandalizing it.

I have attempted to post a neutrality template in order to get them to try and DISCUSS removing what the players have written, but they persist. The neutrality of this article is HEAVILY threatened now as most players are growing tired of having to change every little thing they do.

I would appreciate it if you could step in and remind them that this is not their website or their game and they can not censor out things they do not want readers to read.

Thanks so much!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Warcaptain (talk • contribs)

I would agree that there is a good bit of edit warring going on at GraalOnline. I would suggest bringing the case before the mediation cabal. I would caution that, although it is good to include criticism of articles, it is generally a bad idea to put things in that are not notable. It's also a bad idea to engage in edit or wheel warring. I've restored my welcome message. It is considered back practice to remove messages from your talk page. feel free to get back with me with any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 21:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

About User:Graal_unixmad

Did you ever look at why i have reverted the GraalOnline article ? I have reverted the Criticism section because User:Warcaptain keep reverting to a version containing personal attacks against me. Is it allowed on wikipedia to put such text ? "GraalOnline's manager, Stéphane Portha, is viewed by critics as a harsh individual" Also me and lot of others have discussed the Criticism section on the discussion page and it have been decided to not put personal attacks neither advertise the User:Warcaptain private forum (UGCC) on an article about the online game Graalonline. I have also open a Request for Comment about the Criticism section and User:Warcaptain have even not make a statements about the dispute.

Also you warn me when User:Warcaptain have reverted the article 5 times today.

Graal unixmad 02:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Warcaptain

User:Warcaptain have already received a 3RR Violation and also final warning for making personal Attacks but he again revert the page to a very old version with personal attack, false information and advertising for User:Warcaptain personal forum.

Me (The manager and creator of the game), the technical staff including Stefan Knorr the technical director, lot of players have written the article and are discussing how to improve it but people like this User:Warcaptain are ruining all our work and are using wikipedia for revange because they have been banned from the game for cheating or not respecting the rule !

We have followed all wikipedia rules, one by one including lot of discussion, mediation, request for comment and all we get is a warning from you for reverting the article to the state it was !

Do you think it is really fair ?

Graal unixmad 02:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:Graal_unixmad

Can you please remove the warning you have put on my talk page, i have modified the GraalOnline web page because User:Warcaptain have vandalized it. It's not fair at all that this warning stay on my talk page when i am respecting all wikipedia rules, i have spend a good part of my week-end studying wikipedia rules and help writing the Graalonline article Graal unixmad 03:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

GraalOnline article

Hello.

You will notice that unixmad and Bingolice share very similar speech patterns. I believe this user has two accounts to escape the 3RR.

User:Bingolice Di4gram 03:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Warcaptain have modified my talk page with a 4 level warning when i have not changed anything since 2 hours

User:Warcaptain have added a level of warning on my personal page when i have not modified anything since 2 hours

[[User:Warcaptain have declared war to the GraalOnline article and to me. He have been warned a few time for reverting articles. Lastly he have added a level of warning to my User_talk:Graal_unixmad when i have not modified anything. Something should be done to stop this.

I also ask mediation to be done on the GraalOnline web page.

Thanks for your Help.

Graal unixmad 03:53, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm adding yet another section to your talk page about the GraalOnline article...

Sorry, but I was just wondering would you like to give your views on what happened as a second mediator once we have got all the statements? Killfest2 ^(Talk) 04:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Woman

Sir why is it that you feel that the changes I made are not acceptable. Children do use this, and the first thing they see when they log on to do a report on women is a naked women. We need to put a diagram first and not a naked women. I mean wow at least give them a warning or something. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NaldoOfThePlains (talk • contribs)

Thank you for your attempts to improve Wikipedia. However, I would like to remind you that Wikipedia is not censored for minors, not even for profanity or pornography. You are welcome to remove clearly offensive material or inappropriate obscenities if they were added as vandalism, but please do not remove/censor profanities or remove/disclaim sexually explicit material or links that are relevant to the article. In the meantime, please be bold and continue contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you!

I'm sorry, I sympathize with your concerns, but your edits are NOT acceptable. Alphachimp ^talk 02:33, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Great point however...

I mean, do you feel the need to put the naked women first. If you truly sympethize with my concerns,you(with all the respect you have shown me)would say "You know what it is true that the diagram Naldo placed served the same purpose as that nude woman." In fact, if you look at the bottom of the page you would be pleased to find many images of nude women. A person can merely take the diagram which you can see and simply switch that image for the other. So you see, no one needs to remove the original image we simply place it with all the other pictures at th bottom and place the diagram at the top. Think of it this way, say that woman was your daughter and her photo was in the pedia. Would you not be offended that everyone was gawking at her. But guess what sir, someone is that womans father and we must treat this as if that man was in the room with us as we view this content. I leave it at that sir, you seem quite sensible, so I'll leave it to your heart to decide the issue. But yes, sir, you do make a point, the image is not against any rule in wikipedia, it should just be a moral rule that all men should follow. Thank you.

Clearing up some facts

Unfortunatley not only was the ip shared but the user account as well. Please excuse some immature vandalism and i take blame for leaving my laptop notebook unattended. Thank you--Yasha I 05:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Michael-Jackson-With-Kids.jpg

Is there really nothing that can be done when an AOL user runs all over the place misbehaving? -Seidenstud 06:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

The "What links here" method is exactly what I've been using too.... And, alas, it's time me for to sleep as well. -Seidenstud 06:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it'll be fine. I'm sure there are lots of attentive editors in many different time zones.... -Seidenstud 06:45, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:NYCS

Sounds good. I'll join and take more subway pics. I recently took a crappy one of the 175th st A station as well as the Columbus Circle entrance, but neither was good enough to upload. But when I remember to pack my camera, I do like taking pics of stations and other stuff. -Seidenstud 06:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Weekly AWB spellcheck changes - 0.0.8 and uberness

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• I have a cool new logo, too!
• Bill Gates has offered me $1.3 million in venture capital. I'll be taking him up on that offer.
• Important notice: It has been brought to my attention that several users were unable to open the zip files because they were "corrupted". They weren't corrupted, just using a compression style different than the crappy extractor built in to XP uses. From now all all releases will be checked against the XP extractor. Sorry guys.
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Comments from Yasha I

I user a router so the ip is the same with 23 people so technically it is a shared ip.--Yasha I 17:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Um, no, it's not. It's only a shared ip if it's an ip. Alphachimp ^talk 17:45, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Belated thanks.

I was somewhat remiss in not thanking you earlier, but thanks for the barnstar. I'm glad we got a good article out of the process, even if it was somewhat nerve-wracking at the time. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 21:12, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

not vandalism

hey alphachimp- sorry to bother you, but i do have an issue with your revert to TJ1234's page. hes a friend of mine, and the fruit-fucker is an inside joke. youll notice that the picture is also on my page. if i revert it, will this lead to me being blocked? please get back to me. Benji64 03:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

there you go--->User:TJ1234. Benji64 03:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

In Response to a Pull Out

Okay, if you really think so then I shall pull out. Shall I just put the delete template there or is there some special thing I must do? Chad1m 04:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

• No, I think you're right. I appreciate your honesty and I'll come back in time. You may remove if it you please. =) Chad1m 04:34, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Get your userboxen

I use mboverload's RegExTypoFix

{{Template:User regextypofix}} --mboverload@ 06:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

STOP IGGY

The STOP IGGY website is a legitimate addition to the Michael Ignatieff page - it is an Opponent Site to his candidacy for Liberal Party leader, and has previously been labelled as such, until someone removed the label. It is rude and incorrect of you to call this website "personal advertising". If this line of logic were to be upheld, then any webpages pretaining to Ignatieff's candidacy should also have been taken down by you - including his official campaign website, which surely falls under the category of "personal advertising". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.131.70.118 (talk • contribs)

Alphachimp HELPME!!!!!!

This person keeps going on over a dispute of which I already tried to settle but he continues on and on and on and on and....well you get the point. Please help. --Qho 16:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

This was my apology to him.....

HEY

I AM SORRY BUT I DID NOT MEAN WHAT ALL I SAID.

CAN I HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND SHAKE?

AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT PLEASE ADD YOUR ACCOUNT TO MY FRIEND LIST.

--Qho 23:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

And this was his response...

I still don't understand what the problem was. Of course you don't expect me to just say "oh, it's nothing" after making such obvious threats by suggesting you supposedly know my identity. The only resolution i can accept at this moment for this vehement attacks is a face to face meeting to iron out this problem (that should not be a problem for you as you seem very eager to that). however, current circumstances render this meeting very unlikely to occur in the near future and even it will, i'm afraid you won't survive it. And also i would like to know if you would be that brave if i'd be standing next to you as you type, pluck your teeth and use them to enhance your keyboard. -- 89.32.1.82 11:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

ALong with many other comments

Please respond on my talk page.

I wouldn't really worry about it. He's been blocked. Admins clearly know about his incivility. With any further action on his part, simply report it per their suggestions above. As I said, it's not work getting too concerned about. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 21:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Response

I am a college professor and I am trying to have our class create a link to Christ Cruthcer by providing the content on one of his texts Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes....please dont mess with the page...this is a class project I am ghaving them do and every time you mess with the page you will be messing with their work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Litclass (talk • contribs) 04:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you!

Wikipedia is not free hosting. I'm sorry, but if you want that, you're going to have to set up your own wiki. Alphachimp ^talk 04:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes

• Thx for the comment on my page, us new WP's can always use some guidance. I left my note over there, still struggling a bit with the best way to talk. All here, all there, both, dunno. Be interesting to see how this all pans out. Good luck. -- MrDolomite | Talk 04:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Haha, no problem. =D Alphachimp ^talk 04:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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Knoppix/VandalSniper

Hi -- sorry to bother you, I was just wondering if you'd had any more luck with your network problems in Knoppix. Sorry if I was convoluted or tiring in my responses (or insultingly over-simplifying; I've become anal about "keeping it simple, stupid"). Obviously, I'm still stumped on what the exact problem is. I still think it's either an issue of the DHCP server not sending back all the needed info for a good route, or an issue with buggy hacked Linux wireless drivers. (Your router is wireless, right?)
I hope this hasn't completely turned you off to trying out VS, as it really seems pretty handy, if you're still interested. The setup guide on my talk page does work for me, so if you happen to get the networking running, give it a go and let me know how things turn out. Please feel free to try these steps sometime and drop me a line if you have more problems (or feel free not to). Have a good one, and keep up the great countervandalism efforts. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 04:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if you could help me with a few things

I didn't really know who to ask and you seemed like the right person since you have been here for a while and have made a good deal of contributions. Actually this is quite random, but it seems everytime I sign my posts it says "Creating is harder than deleting" I have no idea why it does this. Can you please help me. I would like it to just say my name or better yet, look like your name when you sign. Could you please help me. Thanks :) Creating a harder than deleting 06:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Good questions. I actually wondered about this for a couple of months when I first came here. You need to go into the "my preferences" menu and select "raw signature". The space above is open for your sig code, using standard wiki markup (that might be, by the way, why your sig says creating is harder than deleting. Anyway, here's my sig:

[[User:Alphachimp|<span style="color:DarkSlateGray">'''Alphachimp'''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Alphachimp|'''<span style="color:Black">talk</span>''']]}

If you want to have the same sig (I copied it from others, btw), you can just copy that, changing it to:

[[User:Valoem|<span style="color:DarkSlateGray">'''Valoem'''</span>]] ^{[[User talk:Alphachimp|'''<span style="color:Black">talk</span>''']]}

I actually followed a tutorial on how to do this. You can find it here. A great list of colors is here. I hope that helps. Feel free to get back to me with any further questions. Alphachimp ^talk 06:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot for your help. I am a bit confused though. Does you sig appear that way when you type ~~~~ or you do have to manually copy and paste that code you sent me? =] Valoem ^talk

  All you have to do is type ~~~~ it'll put in the sig (if you copied it into the sig line and selected raw sig) and the time and date stamp. Now you should change the color scheme =D Alphachimp ^talk 06:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Test Valoem ^talk 06:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• HOORAY it works thanks a lot. Sorry for wasting so much space on your page =P. Valoem ^talk 06:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah, it's no waste. I wish someone had helped me with that. Alphachimp ^talk 06:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Dungeon Majesty

You're fast.--Crossmr 07:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I've actually got a script. Nite, Alphachimp ^talk 07:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

That's slick. Thanks for pointing that out.--Crossmr 07:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Ha!

LOL @ this edit! Nice job  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 13:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Editing Wishes

Qho wishes you a happy editing day!!

Thank you so much for the nice message! Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 03:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Clean-up for Crude Oil Assay

Thanks for this! I'm a bit new with .html code and bullet points were a mystery. Really appreciate this clean-up, it looks much better.

Regards;

Erik Holladay

Eluchil404's RfA

Thank you for taking the time to express an opinion in my recent request for adminship. I have withdrawn my self-nomination because there seemed little prospect for further productive discussion or the formation of a consensus to promote. Many commentators offered constructive critisism that I will use to improve myself as a user. Others suggested that the nomination was premature and that a re-nom in a few months would be more likely to gain consensus. Thank you for your comments in the RfA. I will strive to continue to improve as an editor and address the concerns that you identified.. Eluchil404 20:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you so much for voting in my recent RFA. It passed on the relatively narrow vote of 38/8/8. It was also one of the least-participated-in RFA nominations in several months, so pat yourself on the back, and join the party on your left, but first, take your cookie! NOTE: I can't code HTML to save my life. I copied this from Misza13. I guess I should write him a thank you note as well. Cookies sold separately. Batteries not included. Offer not valid with other coupons. May contain peanuts or chicken. Keep out of the reach of small children, may present a choking hazard to children under the age of 3. Do not take with alcohol. This notice has a dark background and therefore may be eaten by a grue at any time. The receiver of this message, hereafter referred to as "Pudding Head" relinquishes all rights and abilities to file a lawsuit or any other litigious activities. RyanGerbil10, Jimbo Wales, and the states of Georgia, North Dakota and Wisconsin are not liable for any lost or stolen items or damage from errant shopping carts.

Thank you so much! RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 03:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

No Problemo

I was battling with what seems to be 2-3 concerted individuals who thought it would be fun to replace User:XYZ pages all day long today. Glad I could be of assistance. ju66l3r 04:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Good work

I wanted to thank you for reverting vandalism at User:Omicronpersei8. And since we ended up on opposite sides of an AfD recently, I hope this will also show "no hard feelings". You do good work! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

haha, thanks. Don't worry about it. I always keep votes separate from people =D. αChimp ^laudare 05:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Family Name not inportant

Thank you for the removal of the word, NONSENSE. We VELDERS' are a proud family, and WE are ROYALITY dating back to 1207. I am sure that the member of our family has paper proof of this. I was only sent a written letter, in Dutch as to its authenticity. As stated elsewhere, I have been working on my Family tree for over 15 years, and one place where I have spent many an hour each day, for weeks, is the LDS. I have posted post's all over the world seeking our name. Found there are Streets, etc, and plenty of VELDERS.

met a Professor in a university of Holland who had come over to hold a sermester for three day, in Athens Ga, University of Athens, and he brought with him his Family Tree. There is/was so much information that I had gathered on line, so I shall re-enter my family member as a Royal member of our VELDERS' FAMILY.

What gave me the idea was, I was watching a T.V. station this morning, and saw that the reporters name was brought up on the screen, and it gave a little information about her. I feel that Pieter Velders, a desentant or ROYALITY has just as much, if not more reason to be listed.

thank you

Philip Velders Sr. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Velders (talk • contribs)

I'm not sure when I ever interacted with you, but please read WP:BIO. Also, WP:NOT free hosting. Regards, αChimp ^laudare 16:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Im Free

How about a cup of tea and a handshake?!?!?! --Qho 18:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey dude. αChimp ^laudare 18:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Crossposting

Hi again, it seems to me that the last several comments at this AfD should possibly be moved to the talkpage for the article. I wanted to ask you about it because:

1. that would mean moving a couple of your comments, which I wouldn't do without consulting you, and
2. I'm not actually sure it's appropriate to move comments out of AfD, even if they do belong elsewhere.

Share your thoughts? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 18:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm glad I asked! I didn't realise that it would be viewed so seriously, but now I can understand why. WP:BOLD is a fine policy, but sometimes it just makes sense to ask first...and now I'm glad I did. Thanks again for taking the time to answer and explain. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• BTW - I have really enjoyed interacting with you throughout this debate. You are an excellent opponent and an admirable wikipedian - I salute you! I also look forward to being on the same side as you sometime; we would surely decimate the opposition :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

3RR

If I recall correctly, the three-revert rule does not apply to cases of vandalism. At first, this was a content dispute, but various other editors (as well as myself) have demanded the anonymous editor to provide sources for his edits, which he has not; he has not even attempted to discuss the issue. At this point it is simply vandalism. Yesterday he continued to vandalize, even after being warned 4 times. He was then blocked for 3 hours, after which he immediately began vandalizing again. I also submitted the vandalized pages to WP:RFP; my request was denied, with the suggestion to simply revert (see here).

Trust me, I thought about the 3RR before I started reverting, and if anyone blocks me, I will use that RFP response as my justification. 3RR was meant to prevent legitimate edit wars (over content); this is just vandalism. And I cannot be held guilty for making so many reverts if my request for page protection was denied. What am I supposed to do without page protection—let the guy keep vandalizing? --Larry V (talk | contribs) 18:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to sumbit another request for semi-protection for the affected pages. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 19:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

No, I gotcha; I'm going to start following some Wikipedia policy on this one (e.g., request for protection, request for block, etc.) =) --Larry V (talk | contribs) 19:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, check this out: User talk:162.84.213.11. This was the IP he was using yesterday. You'll note that he was given a final warning twice. Not only that, but he got another final warning after his block expired! --Larry V (talk | contribs) 20:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon needs you help

Hello Alphachimp I need your help in a matter. UCRGrad is telling other editors who I'm involved with that he has issue with me being in the AMA. I'm currently handling a case for the Mediation Cabal and feel that these actions could derail any progress I could make. Please see the following User talk:Triddle and User talk:JakGd1 (and my own talk page User talk:Aeon1006) they are the editors that are invloved in a mediation case that I'm Facilitating. Thanks Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 22:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Alphachimp, I hope that the matter will cease. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry it will take more than an abusive editor to stop me from helping the Community (Whether it is Vandal Fighting, Helping membes through Esperanza, or Mediation Cabal) but will take your advice and leaving the computer for a while. A nice long walk will help a great deal. Thanks again Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:42, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

UCRGrad has replied to our posts. He denies Stalking has is saying he has a 'Duty to Warn'. I have a feeling he is not going to stop. What do you recomend? Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 00:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

He is still at it, I have notifed RyanGerbil and asked him to step in Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 01:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Litclass

I gave the user a very final warning. I chose not to block, mainly because the reverts have stopped, at least temporarily. Let me know if this user puts even one more toe over the line, because then I will block them. Cheers, RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 23:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Av H

I see your point. I'll put it back. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 02:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I would have if Pacific Coast Highway hadn't done it first. But it's the thought that counts, right? --Larry V (talk | contribs) 02:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

NYCS simplebus

I was thinking that you should probably rename {{NYCS simplebus}} to something like {{NYC simplebus}}. My more complex template, {{NYCS bus}}, was never intended for use outside of "Bus connections" sections in articles about NYC subway stations. On the other hand, your template can be very useful to reference bus routes in contexts outside of subway articles; thus, I don't think that it should have "NYCS" in its name. What do you think? --Larry V (talk | contribs) 02:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I think it would be just fine to rename it and then let the redirects do their job; I've done it quite often myself with NYCS service templates and such, and it works perfectly. In addition, I find the use of alpha in your signature to be quite clever, and I don't think that the Latin will stop anyone from finding your talk page—although, perhaps, not everyone who goes there will be wanting to praise you. =) --Larry V (talk | contribs) 13:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

my RfA

Thanks for your support in my RfA! Unfortunately, the request did not pass, with a vote of (43/16/7). But your support was appreciated and I'll just keep right on doing what I do. Maybe I'll see ya around -- I'll be here!
Cheers! - CheNuevara 17:34, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Question

Is it normal for, for example, band pages to have external links to fan-based websites? Or is that not really appropriate? Thanks. Laura June 20:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Unless it's a really notable band with a very informative fansite it probably shouldn't. --mboverload@ 20:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Bots

Thanks for the explanation. Yes, I understand the usefulness and importance of bots. The reason I wrote that was, as you mentioned, I was finding an inordinate number of bot edits on my watchlist, most of which seemed at first glance to be trivial edits. Though large scale edits and cleanups would be impossible without bots. I'm glad to hear there is an approval process for them. Cheers JPotter 21:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Like here's one for instance, in this diff [[4]] this bot is going around removing the wikilink from the word metamorphosis. Why? It seems unneccessary. People watching that article may want to have that word linked and need to revert it. Not a huge deal in any case, and I appreciate you taking the time to comment on it. JPotter 21:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Hey. I read your userpage and it says you'd like to be an admin someday. I have seen you in AFDs and some RFAs and I think you're overdue for adminship. If it's OK with you, I'd like to nominate you for adminship. What do you think? --Tuspm^{(C | @)} 22:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I know I'm butting in here, but I'd heartily support you, as would many other users, I'm sure! HawkerTyphoon 22:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry about butting in, I do it all the time.

Thank you both for considering this. I think Yanksox already has dibbs, but I'll bet he'd let you conom if you're interested. I'm going to hold off for the time being, because I'd like to complete my editor review (I think the normal run time is 1 month, so around August 10), and I'd like to strive to improve myself a little bit more as an editor. In the meantime, I sincerely appreciate both of your sentiments. Reading them most definitely made my day =D. Regards, αChimp ^laudare 23:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Jason Earles Birthday

Look at TV.com

Um...thanks? αChimp ^laudare 23:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Subway Infobox

Hey there. I noticed that in the infobox for the 175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) station, under "next south," it identifies the A, but not the C (or the 1, for that matter, but since the 1 is on the IRT B'way line, I wouldn't really expect it). Anyway, being new to the world of templates and such, I don't really see how I can correct this. If you do understand it, could you give me any pointers, etc? Thanks

BTW, I put up a picture for the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal. Really difficult to find a decent angle from the street level. I'm going to keep my eyes and ears open for someone with a high enough window near the terminal. But I suppose the one I took will have to do for now. -Seidenstud 23:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't fully understand your explanation of why the 175th St station's infobox doesn't include the C. When I look at the infobox for the 145th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line), where only the 3 train stops, for "next south," it includes the 2 train. What is the difference between the two stops?

Thanks for your nice words about my photos.

-Seidenstud 00:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Should I help with the comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway (section) or would the potential edit conflicts make it not worth it? -Seidenstud 00:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. you finished it. -Seidenstud 00:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

reply

See my reply here: User_talk:Xaosflux#Deleting_UBXs — xaosflux ^Talk 01:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Bot

I jsut got in the bag a last night, my orignal comment was out of the bag :) I'll extend the trial on there, but hold off on any more mass edits so there is a change for community input on your bot. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Lloyd Banks

I happened into this page, I noticed you revereted edits - I think it needs serious fixing or possibly protection by an administrator, the date of his death is still listed as today and has for awhile. There is no current news about this guy on the web, I'm worried that this could be some sort of a hoax but can't keep following it this evening... Sirmob 04:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't revert his page. He is dead ans I would like you to unblock me because it was not vandelism. I never knew editing an article to post FACTS was vandelism. 68.83.181.217 04:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)User

The bible

Thank you for experimenting with the page Bible on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. αChimp laudare 04:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Bible. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me.

Um, thanks for the warnings. You do realize that you are POV pushing in a major article? αChimp ^laudare 05:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Blocked him 24h. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note dude. I never remove warnings =). αChimp ^laudare 05:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Kudos to the bot

Always good to see bots doing the heavy WP:GUS lifting. Cheers. JDoorjam Talk 05:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Stop re-editing

Stop changing the page. Why do you keep editing my changes when I am simply adding valuable, relevant, factual information? Stop or i'll have you banned.

Um, OK, thanks. αChimp ^laudare 12:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh shit, he'll get you banned. Watch your back =O --mboverload@ 12:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Crap. That really sucks, because I totally wanted to modify Human Penis Size and make references to Asian "micropenises".αChimp ^laudare 12:23, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

What about a the white man's very large penis? Their huge bulbous penis? --mboverload@ 12:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

the vandalism or not bot

Yeah. Thanks for your sincere and illustrious comments on my page. They are actually appreciated and as far as the nitwit vandal thing..no problem. Most of my irritation was aimed at a nasty, but sort of funny, too, accusation that was placed on my page by a real niiwit, at or around the same time. But, in any case, you gave me a laugh and I sorta always like to do that. As far as the Germans solution of userboxes goes, I don't much give a shit what the Germans think about userboxes. As far as the pres goes, well he's the pres, what can I say? I don't personally agree with him and the controlling nature of his decision, but what I think is not a big deal anyway, so who cares? In the end the new official Wikipedia environmental userbox is more attractive but it doesn't say what I would like it to say. It says, "This user is interested in environmentalism." If I make my own it will say "This user is an environmentalist." Not exactly the same thing. Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to leave considerate and funny comments on my page. Later. Shannon^{duck talk} 15:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Actually, for a bot dude, you are pretty cool. In freedom, fact and truth, Shannon^{duck talk} 15:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

It is a script not a bot. I sometimes run it on pages, usually articles, to see what it picks up. I doubt that minor, strict, spelling corrections would change what any of the people said.Voice-of-All 18:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hey Alphachimp! Thanks for your friendly congratulatory note on my talk page! I've just switched out the old "NOT ADMIN" userbox. I wanted to also thank you personally for your !vote of support on my RfA. You wrote a bit more than most folks did, and I appreciate your input. Thanks. I am still on dial-up here at home, but luckily at work I have high speed. I'm really happy with the results of the RfA, and will work hard not to let anyone down. Well, see you around! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 21:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Your penis, so big

Cashier: Hello-o? Ey, hello? [a monitor drops down from above]
Japanese woman: [on screen] Werucome to Chinpokomon Toy Corporashon. Purease state a-name.
Cashier: Rr- Red Harris? I own a toy store in Aemrica?
Japanese woman: Purease state the puhpose-uh.
Red: Uh, I wanna know what the hell you people are doing with these dolls, talkin' about bringin' down American government and all? [the monitor is pulled up in a hurry, and an elevator rises from the floor. The doors open and two men walk towards him.]
Taller man: I am President Hirohito. And-ah, this is Mr. Ose.
Mr. Ose: [nods forward] Peased to meet you.
President Hirohito: We unduhstand you have big concern about our fine pro-duct.
Red: Oh, eh- yes. Do you mind tellin' me what the hell this is about? [squeezes Lambtor]
Lambtor: The American government lies to you! Join the fight for Japanese supremacy of the world! More to come. [the two men remain silent]
Red: Well?
Mr. Ose: Uuuh.
President Hirohito: That is so sturange. [takes Lambtor from Red] I do not a-know how this could happen. But urest assured, I will make sure [glares sideways at Mr. Ose] it does not happong again!
Red: Well, now, come on, I don't think that that quite satisfies my-
President Hirohito: You are American?
Red: Yes.
President Hirohito: [begins to gesture] Ogh! You must have very big pee-anis!
Red: Excuse me? I was just asking you what you're up to with these toys!
President Hirohito: Nothing. We are very simple people. With very small penis. Mr. Ose penis is …especially small.
Mr. Ose: [fakes a sob] Uh, smuh, so small.
President Hirohito: We cannot achieve much with so small penis. But you! Americans. Wow! Penis so big! SOOO big penis!
Red: [flattered] Well uh, he-I guess it is a pretty good size.
Mr. Ose: Minata, kite kite! ["Everone, come come!" A group of Japanese women move in, chattering] This-a man has veh-ry big penis! [the women applaud, Red grins big]
Woman 1: Take takeru o da ne? ["It's rather large, isn't it?"]
Woman 2: Hai. ["Yes."]
Mr. Ose: Uh, hoh, what an-whoa immense penis-uh!
Red: Well, it certainly was nice meeting you folk, I just wanted to bring that little malfunction to your attention. Bye-bye now.
President Hirohito: Good-bye. Thank you for stopping by, with your gargantuan penis. [Red walks out humming happily.

---

Randy: Well, how is it good?! We don't understand what the point of your product is!
President Hirohito: There is nothing to worry about. We at Japan Toy Compnay are in awe of your large penis.
Mr. Garrison: What?
President Hirohito: You see, Japanese penis so small [holds his hands about an inch apart]
Mr. Ose: [set his index finger an inch from his thumb] So-eh small.
President Hirohito: You Americans have such humungous burbous penis.
Mr. Garrison: Well, uh-I guess that's true.
Mr. Ose: Oh, suh-n nice-a big penis American.
President Hirohito: What can we possubruh do with such small penis? We cannot take over your city, filled witha men awith such mastodonic penis.
Jimbo: Huwell, uh he's got a point there.
Randy: Well, I guess that settles that.
Fr. Maxi: We're sorry we took your time, gentlemen.
President Hirohito: [bowing with Mr. Ose] Oh, no. Thank you. Another chance to be in same room with big American penis. [exits]
Mr. Ose: Uh, uh, my penis so small.
--mboverload@ 13:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to wait until I'm not at work to read this ;). αChimp ^laudare 15:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL. Thanks for the reference, mboverload =D. αChimp ^laudare 02:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks yous will come out later, I'm surprised no one added me at WP:100. :( Well, anyways, the new buttons were shocking at first, I'm off to help the project! Yanksox 02:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL! I was jesting, but thank you. :) Yanksox 03:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox!

Hey Alpha, thanks for supporting my RfA, which registered a tally of 104/4/7. Which means... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! You're next! >:) Yanksox 04:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:GUS on WP:AN/I

Please see, and contribute if you would like, to the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#German_userbox_solution. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:56, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Some userboxen

This user helped nominate Yanksox for adminship. Yeah, they know, pick a number and wait in line.

hahah, lol. That's somewhat unprecedented. I hope that's in userspace ;) (as I see it is). αChimp ^laudare 16:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandal Sniper

I noticed you added yourself to the page. Do you use Linux (because if not, the program is going to be a little on the difficult side to run)? alphaChimp ^laudare 20:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

No I'm not using Linux (I'm using Windows); I guess I didn't look at the instruction page closely enough. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 20:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Haha, no worries. VS seems amazing. It makes up for all of the places AmiDaniel said he would inprove for VP 1.3, but hasn't yet (e.g. IRC RC feed, etc.). I've actually been struggling to make it work for 2 weeks now. It's possible to make it work on a windows computer using a special distribution of Linux, Knoppix. If you're still interested in it, I can link you up with a pretty good tutorial by another user. alphaChimp ^laudare 20:42, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Sure; I'll take a crack at it, especially since I'm having problems with VandalProof right now. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 20:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Request

Chimp, can you do me a favor, please? I saw that you produced someone's edit count during their RfA using Interiot's new tool. I can't seem to get this to work, but I'd really like to know what my latest count is. If it's not too much trouble, and if you have time, would you mind producing mine for me? (But if it's any trouble, please ignore this request.) Many thanks, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 00:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

our expertise: food museums & food heritage sites

Hi, I have noticed that the subject of food heritage and food-themed museums have not yet been covered in Wikipedia. My wife and I are pioneers in this field. But since original research and thoughts are not welcome...how do worthy topics not previously examined get included? Seems this is a catch 22 situation. Please advise. We are the authors of several books on food history and the directors of The Food Museum and its Global Food Heritage Project....which has been recently profiled in ICOM News....that's Unesco's Council on Museums. We have professional museum credentials, as well, having been guest curators an exhibit at the Smithsonian. Anyway we admire Wikipedia and wanted to see if the worthy subject of museums about eating and food could somehow get included.

Tom Hughes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foodmuseumguy (talk • contribs)

I've responded on your talk. This section adds the timestamp. alphaChimp ^laudare 20:03, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Christmas comes early for RegExTypoFix users

^{Yeah, all you "regular users" not signed up on the mailing list are getting coal. All 200,000 of you.}

35 lines added in all

Well it's 2 AM on West Coast USA. California, homies. We all surf (even the 8 billion illegal immigrants). Los Angeles is just like they show it in GTA: San Andreas (but with more hookers). Oh yeah, and we only have one season. We call it "perfect".

Anyway, it is RETF Christmas Secular Celebration Day, and I'm not failing to deliver. I'm saying good bye to converting that whole list over. It's full of misspellings that aren't misspellings and words that aren't ever misspelled. From now on this is my method for finding new words:

1. Spellcheck a random word from the existing list
2. Open any article where it corrects more than 1 word
3. Load it into Microsoft Word and spellcheck
4. See how many times it shows up in Wikipedia using AWB
5. If it shows up more than 6 times I'll put it into dictionary.com to make sure it's not a real word
6. Integrate all versions of a word into regular expressions using dictionary.com as a reference
7. <datagridFAR find="\b(E|e)nvrionmen(t|ts|tal|tally|talist|talists)\b" replacewith="$1nvironmen$2" />

You can do this too and get thanked in the section below! It really works well!

Shoutouts!

This is a new section dedicated to thanking people who found problems or suggested new word(s). PLEASE do this, even with one false positive. And please suggest new words, that's how it's going to expand.
Removed

• "eminent" corrected to "imminent" Thanks to Guinnog for finding this.

• "Calender" corrected to "calendar". calender is a word. Thanks to Alphachimp. Major props.

Added

• "noteable" now corrects to "notable". Thanks to Mets, keep it up!

Fixed

• "gracefuly" is the wrong spelling. it's "gracefully" - Thanks to r b-j, who reported this even though he doesn't use RETF!

Download

You can get the latest version, 0.1.01, here. --mboverload@

Jim Shapiro Related Comments

Note: I am creating a separate section for these comments (below). No comments have been altered or removed. alphaChimp ^laudare 05:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Please explain unexplained declination of speedy delete on Jim Shapiro

Will you please explain why you do not think this meets the definition? It is 100% disparaging, and it is unsourced. What on earth are you two admins thinking? If this does not meet the criteria, what does?jawesq 03:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Please point to any part of Jim Shapiro that is not an attack

Really. The entire article is an attack on Shapiro and serves no purpose but to attack Shapiro. He clearly isn't notable. This is the time to exercise speedy deletion.Gfwesq 03:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Please give examples as to why Jim Shapiro should not be speedy deleted

The entire purpose of the article is to disparage. There is nothing in the article that is not disparaging. The article is unsourced. Three of us now agree that it meets speedy deletion in every way. As an admin, you should at least explain why it does not meet Speedy Delete criteria. I don't think you can, because it does meet the criteria. To summarily dismiss the tag is not proper. Oops, actually four of us, since one said he believed an article like this was previously deleted. jawesq 03:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

According to Wikpedia, negative comments that are unsourced may be deleted without explanation. Since you said I am free to edit it, then I will do so. I don't know this guy, and he doesn't look very appealing. However, I am incensed that gratuitous lawyer bashing like this is tolerated, and actually supported by an admin!

This is what is left in the article, that is not an unsourced, disparaging attack.

Jim Shapiro is a personal injury lawyer in Rochester, New York .

That's all there is that is left, after the Wiki rule is exercised.jawesq 03:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Jim Shapiro article wasn't created to attack?

You wrote: "Although the article smacks of POV, it's not entirely created to disparage its subject". What other object was it created for pray tell? Clearly we disagree. There is no point to the article other than a not so subtle attack on its subject and perhaps a not so suble attack on PI lawyers as well. It more than NPOV. In the meantime I believe invoking the Wiki rule of removing unsourced dispraging material without explanation is in order. There won't be much left to the article and perhaps you will see the merit in the contention the sole purpose of the article is an attack.Update: See also this rule "Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and negative in tone, where there is no NPOV version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion" At this point, having removed the negative unsourced material, there isn't anything left, meaning an admin could not have reverted it to a NPOV. Gfwesq 04:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Moving comments to talk - where?

I do not see where you moved my comments to 'talk'. All I see is that you deleted them.jawesq 04:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Every Attorney Should be Incensed

Re: Jim Shapiro

It appears that admins construe the WIki speedy delete rules differently than the plain meaning of the rules would require. That said, I think every attorney on Wikipedia should be incensed at the way this is being handled by admins. I do not know the subject of this article (Jim Shapiro). However, one would have to be blind to see this as anything but gratuitous and unsourced lawyer bashing. There is one sentence in the entire article that is not disparaging. Jim Shapiro is a personal injury lawyer in Rochester, New York.jawesq 04:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I want to escalate this further because of the administrator's conduct on this article. If it is the policy of admins to ignore the rules, then I want no part of WIkipedia - an online encyclopedia that condones gratuitous lawyer bashing.jawesq 04:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Jim Shapiro

The article that was proposed as a CSD attack page read in total:

Jim Shapiro is a personal injury lawyer in Rochester, New York.

I don't see that as an attack.
However, going back into the history, this is presumably the version you object to. The things in this article are stated as factual events and indicative of the career and activities of this individual. If that is so, then it is an accurate article. If these things are made up, then obviously that is a serious matter. If these things are distorted, or exaggerated in the career of an otherwise reputable lawyer, then that also needs to be addressed. It may be a question of putting them into proper perspective. However, you seem outraged simply because anything negative is associated with a lawyer. Wikipedia is here to present the truth, not to do a whitewash. You do not at any time say that these things are untrue, or unrepresentative of this individual. What you do say, quite correctly, is that they are not referenced, and you have removed them, as you are entitled to do. However, if they are properly referenced, then there is no reason why they cannot be reinstated, unless you provide a good reason otherwise. An attack page is when unfair or untrue negative statements are made against an individual. It is not an attack page to show that an individual has done unsavoury things, if that is what an individual has done. I am not making a pronouncement on this particular individual, because I have no knowledge of him. I am just drawing the distinction in principle.
Tyrenius 05:06, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Response to Tyrenius

You wrote: "An attack page is when unfair or untrue negative statements are made against an individual. It is not an attack page to show that an individual has done unsavoury things, if that is what an individual has done." I don't disagree, and I am not so stupid as not to get the point and I wish you would cease treating me as though I were.

I am not asking anyone to whitewash anything. I don't know or want to know the individual in question. Here are the facts: It is a bio that is unsourced and negative in tone. Here is the rule (again)"Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and negative in tone, where there is no NPOV version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion". It is very simple to apply the rule to the facts. Does the rule have any meaning or not? From you response, I can see you agree it is negative in tone. From your response, I can see you agree is it lacking sources. There is a disconnect here. But it is not on my end.

You wrote: "However, you seem outraged simply because anything negative is associated with a lawyer. Wikipedia is here to present the truth, not to do a whitewash. You do not at any time say that these things are untrue, or unrepresentative of this individual." First off, I am not outraged that anyting negative is said about a lawyer and it is disengenious of you to say so. I am not particurally outraged in this case. If I were outraged it would be because unsourced negative attacks are allowed to stand in contravention of the stated rule after it has been pointed out.

You wrote: "What you do say, quite correctly, is that they are not referenced, and you have removed them, as you are entitled to do. However, if they are properly referenced, then there is no reason why they cannot be reinstated, unless you provide a good reason otherwise". If it comes back sourced, I will reinstate the WP:NN tag and the Afd. Because even if it is true, he is still not notable. I am know of some case much worse than his (assuming the unsourced facts are ture) which are more notable. (See I can say something negative about lawyers) He is run of the mill. And if my Aunt had... she would be my uncle. But at the moment, the article is unsourced as you point out. It is also negative in tone. And then there is the matter of the Wiki rule. I can do much more than what I have done in pointing out to you the facts. I can draw my own conclusions. Gfwesq 05:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Jim Shapiro talk moved

Please note that I have moved the discussion on the Jim Shapiro article to Administrators Noticeboard as this is where it will get the required input. Tyrenius 05:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I only responded on all 3 pages because

Tyrenius felt the need to post on all 3 pages. Fair is fair. I didn't modify anyone's comments. I did respond to each significant point. I gave quotes to what I was repsonding to. Sorry if that made it difficult for you to comprehend. Gfwesq 06:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

John Lawyer

I just wanted to let you know that my disagreement with you over the lawyer article in no way changes my respect for you or my opinion of your understanding of Wikipedia rules. You're just more conservative than I am, and there's nothing wrong with that. I hope the feelings are mutual =D --mboverload@ 08:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh yeah, absolutely dude. I always keep votes/csd opinions separate from user opinions. To be quite frank, the only thing that's driving me crazy in this situation is that people are not responding in sequence and responding in the middle of comments. Several of my comments have been divided in half by responses. I'm thinking of going in and fixing it, but I really don't want to be accused of comment modification. But yeah, it's not you bud. I could care less who I'm arguing with. alphaChimp ^laudare 13:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Go look at AN/I, that guy has just been blocked for 3 days. Thanks for your response =D --mboverload@ 20:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah. I found out about it earlier today. I really didn't see a way to contribute constructively to the dispute, so I avoided it. Thanks for telling me though, mboverload. =) alphaChimp ^laudare 21:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Alphachimp, I have sent you an e-mail thanks for everything. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 06:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

My edit count

Thank you, Chimp. I'll try to get it to work again, and if I can't, maybe I can ask you for some help. Many thanks! :-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 08:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Consider re-reading CSD G4

Hey @C - on articles such as God of War (band), be careful about G4 - it does not apply to previously speedied articles - only where an AfD consensus was previously reached. A repost needs to meet a substantive CSD criterion (A#) in order to be re-deleted. This is a common misunderstanding. Our strong bond shall ne'er be broken... Cheers! - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:28, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately even many sysops misunderstand this criterion. Then again, if it was deleted once, chances are it'll go again. Only in this case, on reposting, the guy added a stronger assertion, see the AfD. See ya. - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Signature Question

Thanks :) In the sig box in preferences, after your actual sig, just enter your customised date/time templates, for example: {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY2}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}. If you do this, remember, you've got to get into the habit of signing with three ~'s only. — FireFox ^(talk) _{14:58, 30 July '06}

I got used to it after a while. The worst that can happen is that you end up with 2 timestamps if you forget. And yeah, your sig is nice, I like it :) — FireFox ^(talk) _{15:02, 30 July '06}

deletion-Pradip Somasundaran

http://www1.yashrajfilms.com/meta/meri.htm

Please check this link. This holds the info of the "Lata mangeshkar Trophy" winners. This site is hosted by the creators of the program themselves. Please do understand that this award is not a hoax! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradipsomasundaran (talk • contribs)

Pradip Somasundaran

Pradip Somasundaran is indeed a singer of national repute in India. And whatever facts have been given are true. You can check his singing skills here http://www.pradipsomasundaran.com/musicblog.htm

Just search in google with his name "pradip somasundaran' and you will see that he exists and is not a hoax. His credentials may be verified by the numerous accolades that he has received on his music blog! Please take the patience to hear this person and then find out. He is a singer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradipsomasundaran (talk • contribs)

Pradip Somasundaran-Deletion- Some more Links

http://www.keralaconnect.com/sites/Films_Stars.htm

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/04/stories/2003080402080300.htm http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/kerala/news/kerala.htm http://www.kerals.com/form/homepage.html http://www.searchindia.com/search/People/Music/index.shtml http://www.malayali.com/malayali.htm

http://www.high-s.tsukuba.ac.jp/shs/030921/Htmls/3-24-1.html (in japan for the renaissance-2003 program from japanese school) http://www.musicfromindia.co.uk/artists.asp

These are some of the references other than blogs.

Pradip Somasundaran

I have modified the article to include just the bare facts which are verified by the links provided. Hope this is o.k now!

Thank you

Thanks so much for my barnstar. I appreciate it and will shamelessly list it on my user page.

I still want to help you get things up and going with VS, if you're still interested, so if you ever want to fling some Knoppix error logs or debug messages at me (and size is not a concern), I'd be happy to take a look at them and try to figure out a good response to give. I hate to cast out uninformed guesses about what the problem is, and I know how unhelpful they can be. Sorry to harp on the subject, but I don't want to look like I've given up on helping either.

And thanks for helping out with the CIA link thing yesterday. If anyone deserves another barnstar, it's you. I've actually been thinking about writing a simple script or two to give some bot aid to the project, but I'll have to figure out a reasonable use for one first.

Thanks again; hope to work with you again in the near future!

-- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 17:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

64.12.117.8

Greetings. It looks as if 64.12.117.8 has somehow found a way to circumvent his editing block, and has been posting grossly inappropriate (and unsigned) personal attacks in userpages this afternoon. See here (juvenile "ha ha, you're gay" type comment on my userpage), here and here (repeated vandalism within a few minutes) and here (in which he explicitly threatens vandalism...a few minutes before he carried it out the first and second times on ApolloBoy's userpage). Can a more robust block be placed on this individual's abilities to disrupt Wikipedia? Scheinwerfermann 18:02, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Oy. Just when I thought my opinion of AOL couldn't get any dimmer. Thanks (...I think...!) for the explanation. Scheinwerfermann 18:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

rfa

Thanks for your kind help Maltesedog 19:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for reminding me. I accepted, but I wasnt sure if I should sign it. I have done so now. I feel like a moron now. Heh. SynergeticMaggot 20:20, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

what?

what did I do? i didn't vandalise any pages. why are you warning me?

Haha, thanks..

for the thanks, for the thanks.  ;) I'll check into the NYC subway project. I am definately a subway and bus buff.  ;) Bsheppard 01:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I guess I'll be responding over on my page. ;) Bsheppard 02:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

message

Per your message, I have not, nor do I plan to vandalize any of your pages. If someone is using my I.P. address without my knowledge, and you know who they are, please let me know.

I do know that in the past someone has tried to tunnel my system.

Best,

K.S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.188.116.74 (talk • contribs)

no problem

any time ;). Patbaseball2221 03:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Nice Userpage

It looks just like mine *tear* (and gurch's =)).

Haha, yeah. I just thought his looked so simple, yet professional, and I liked it. =) Kalani ^[talk] 04:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

No Title (about RfA)

Hello Alphachimp I'm that guy who asked you for administrator previlages but you said to hold it off I want know what you think at my RFA page that I have just finished creating —Preceding unsigned comment added by Animereadabouter2 (talk • contribs)

WikiVoter

as long as you have 500 mainspace edits you are fine (the program checks... not me :) you can add the category where-ever. Find me on IRC or send an e-mail to my wikipedia e-mail so I know where to e-mail you a beta release. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 06:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

You have to have Windows and .NET installed. If you can run AWB you can run mine. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 06:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

This is new and does not have many features... but feel free to request more features... you are limited by your imagination. :) Cheers!—— Eagle (ask me for help) 06:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

you caught me right inbetween changing e-mails :) sorry about that :) —— Eagle (ask me for help) 06:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh and for this .... you can't have gmail. :) as it won't allow zip files —— Eagle (ask me for help) 06:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Please try my e-mail agian... I had to change my address so it was wikipedia only :) it is up—— Eagle (ask me for help) 07:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the information

Thanks for the information.

You're welcome. Best Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 15:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

WIckethewok's RFA

Thanks for your support on my RFA. The final vote count was (61/9/3), so I am now an administrator. Feel free to let me know how I'm doing at any point in time or if you need anything. Once again, thank you. Wickethewok 15:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the Birthday Committee!

Welcome, Alphachimp/Archive 4, to the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! You have met all of the membership requirements. Any concerns should be directed to Steveo2. See the Birthday Committee Project Page to see our userbox and the Birthday Message Templates. Go to the bulletin board to see any new announcements concerning the committee. Remember, [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|Be Bold

Thanks for joining. If you have any ideas, comments, or problems please contact me. Mr. Turcotte^talk 17:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Birthday

Thanks heaps for the birthday wishes, much appreciated! Normy132 23:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)