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Been a long day

Was up most the last night because of the baseball game I went too and then I been doing stuff on another wiki so my thoughts have just been all over the place. It was funny though. :) --Shane ^{(talk/contrib)} 00:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Reposts

Thanks for the clarification! NawlinWiki 04:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pradip Somasundaran

Hi Alphachimp. This is a difficult one. I read through the article and all the references cited in the AfD. If he is a playback singer in 6 Malayalam movies as claimed, he may be borderline notable. I wish I were more knowledgeable of Malayalam movies. Tintin and thunderboltz may be. I've left messages on their talk pages. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 05:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keele Peak

Hi Alphachimp. I did not realise the French article was a copyvio. I have now rewritten and shortned the Keele Peak article, and I believe you will agree it is no longer a copyvio. I would appreciate if you would remove the speedy deletion tag, since I am not supposed to do it as I am the original author. Thanks. Luigizanasi 06:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What I did was to translate the French Wikipedia version at [1] into English. I had nothing to do with writing the French article itself, which seems to have been translated from the bivouac.com page. My translation of the French Wikipedia version and the original weren't exactly identical; if you compare my original translation and the bivouac.com page closely, you will see that there are a number of differences in phraseology. Note that I'm not arguing it wasn't a copyvio, but that it was a completely unintentional one as I assumed the French Wikipedia article was OK. It was a good catch on your part. Luigizanasi 06:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

english (metric) in the Elephant article

FYI, the Elephant article is not consistent in its use of english (metric). I counted 7 instances of metric (english) and 13 instances of english (metric). So while it leans more heavily in the direction of english (metric), the single edit does make that one paragraph flow a little better. Probably what needs to be done now is convert all the references to one form or the other, but I don't want to start an edit war (especially in the midst of Colbert vandalism), so I'll leave it alone for now.—GraemeMcRae^talk 17:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for drawing my attention to the units of measurement section of the Manual of Style. Since neither I nor the person whose change you reverted probably knows which is measured in which is derived, the best thing is to just leave it alone. (Though I could guess that 7000 kg is measured and 15400 lb is derived, just because of our habit of doing the mathematical calculation that, in this case, triples the number of significant digits without adding any actual accuracy to the measurement. Another famous example of this is the supposed human body temperature of 98.6 degrees. Any nurse knows it varies from about 97 to 99, so how did we come up with that precice number? It happens to be 37 degrees C, converted to F.) —GraemeMcRae^talk 17:18, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In answer to your question, "did I see the Colbert Report show," yes I did. I agree with you that it was funny. It's what drew me to the elephant article. I knew vandals would be drawn to it as well. I wanted to see how creative the vandalism would be (and was disappointed in that regard). I also knew it would be necessary to uphold Wikipedia's well-deserved reputation for accuracy. I was pleased to see more true Wikipedians than vandals responded to Colbert's call.—GraemeMcRae^talk 17:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Elephant article

Thank you for your great work in moderating the discussion in the elephant article, you are truely a great wikipedian and I would vote for you to be an admin. --Thax 22:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pradip Somasundaran

I don't know why you are still insisting on deleting Pradip's article. Can't you see the number of votes which he has recieved from the ordinary people of Kerala.It is people like you who destroy a man's credibility and fame in 10 minutes which took him a lifetime to create. You put your silly opinions on AFD such as google hits and what on but the poor ordinary working class people of Kerala who find relief in the music of such greats such as Pradip will look down upon you. You still see darkness when the light is shining upon you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.216.191.84 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

AfD

Ta for the star. Moral support in diffult situations is a great contribution.

Re. closing AfD and non admins closing, it's quite clear that non admins can close unambiguous keeps, so I'd advise you to get stuck in there. I'll certainly back you up, and if you want to close, and then give me the link to confirm you've acted correctly (or otherwise!), I'd be happy to do so. I'd say 5 keeps and 1 delete is unambiguous, assuming equal weight of argument, likewise 8 keeps and 2 deletes, probably 7 keeps and 2 deletes would also be safe: it's hardly no-consensus. It will be a good test of your judgement, and the fact that you are willing to make decisions and take responsbility for them. Closing AfDs on already deleted articles (from speedy for example) would also be to your credit and save the admin time. Don't forget to remove tag from article page and leave the right info on the talk page. Tyrenius 02:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfDs

I just closed three. I'm certain I made the right judgement, but I just want to run them by you to just get a quick confirm. Thanks! Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Jolls Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rich Newberg Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike McGavick. alphaChimp ^laudare 03:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed and approved, so refer any problems to me. Good work. Feel free to ask for any further reviews. Tyrenius 04:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA nomination!

Buchanan-Hermit would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Buchanan-Hermit to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alphachimp/Archive 5. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

-→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 06:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 06:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. Viridae ^Talk 15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Birthday Committee!

Welcome, Alphachimp/Archive 5, 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, Be Bold!

Thank you for joining the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! If you have any problems, questions, or comments, please contact myself. Mr. Turcotte^talk 19:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert

Thanks for keeping an eye out for these too! — xaosflux ^Talk 04:06, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Thanks for your support in my RfA, it's appreciated!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 13:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But you already sent the weekly newsletter, mboverload!

Well this is important, so suck it up.

RegExTypoFix is now completely built into AutoWikiBrowser

Yes, that's right. My little project has now been integrated into Wikipedia's most famous utility. This expands my reach to around ~250 active users!

But mboverload, what does this mean? - It means that Wikipedia is going to suck less! Yay!
What do I do? - Download the latest version of AWB and go to More Options > Enable RegExTypoFix. Then go to then in the Start tab > Summary dropdown box select RegExTypoFix
What happened to including your name in it? How am I going to praise you with every edit? You mean "mboverload's RegExTypoFix"? Oh, just stick it in there, and complain on the AWB talkpage if you want my name in there standard =P.
How did this come about? Why wasn't I told? - Because it was secret. I have known about this for about a week I think. Putting my typofixing into AWB was suggested in the talk page, however people talking about including spellchecking in AWB has gone back awhile. Martin, the creator and only developer of AWB, informed me and I was absolutely flattered. I now have developer access to AWB so I can update AWB with the latest RETF without having to bother him.
What about updates and the newsletter?
- All updates are just going to be small files with the latest new words and fixes. When AWB updates just throw out the file until I release the next supplemental update.
- I will be releasing the full RegExTypoFix, however it's going to be in the format that AWB uses it and not in its settings xml format. It's way easier to read, though.
- You'll still be getting the newsletter, full of keen insights into the wiki hivemind and commentary on mind-body meta relationships.
mboverload, how long HAVE you worked on RETF anyway? I estimate 50 hours. Using my most accurate method of finding and verifying typos nets me 20 new lines an hour. This does NOT include the hours I've spent testing it.
Where can I find a list of typos to fix? User:Mboverload/RegExTypoFix/full
Whore-much? Silence you republican neo-con communist hippie! --mboverload @

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clean up

Thanks for your post. I will add that to my tools. :) Dlohcierekim 15:04, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My edit counter

You seem to have written it into monobook.js correctly. I'm not sure what browser you're using, but press Control (or Command)-F5, hold Shift and click on the refresh/reload button, and then try again. (The link should be a tab, just like 'edit' is on most pages). --ais523 17:14, 3 August 2006 (U T C)

I've run the counter myself, anyway, and here are the results:

Click here to view results

Article namespace: 4193: Manual vandalism reverts: 87; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 1917; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 36; Removals: 92; Redirects: 4; Proposed deletion-related tagging: 9; XfD deletion-related tagging: 6; Speedy deletion-related tagging: 28; Deletion-related edit summaries: 6; Addition-related edit summaries: 12; Unrecognised tag ({{ in summary): 1; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 56; Unrecognised edit summary: 1893; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 22; No edit summary: 24
Talk namespace: 157: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 17; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 2; Removals: 4; XfD deletion-related tagging: 3; Speedy deletion-related tagging: 2; Addition-related edit summaries: 4; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 5; Unrecognised edit summary: 92; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 17; No edit summary: 11
User namespace: 447: Manual vandalism reverts: 6; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 74; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 3; Removals: 6; Speedy deletion-related tagging: 3; Addition-related edit summaries: 12; Unrecognised tag ({{ in summary): 21; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 17; Unrecognised edit summary: 255; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 7; No edit summary: 43
User talk namespace: 4352: Manual vandalism reverts: 10; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 94; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 4; Removals: 21; Redirects: 2; Welcomes: 62; XfD deletion-related tagging: 6; Speedy deletion-related tagging: 57; Deletion-related edit summaries: 4; Addition-related edit summaries: 151; Non-deletion voting-related edit summaries: keep: 2, oppose: 0, support: 0; Unrecognised tag ({{ in summary): 1; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 82; Unrecognised edit summary: 3669; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 134; No edit summary: 37
Wikipedia namespace: 1051: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 27; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 3; Removals: 14; Redirects: 1; Welcomes: 1; XfD deletion-related tagging: 18; Speedy deletion-related tagging: 23; Deletion-related edit summaries: 243; Addition-related edit summaries: 158; Non-deletion voting-related edit summaries: keep: 3, oppose: 2, support: 6; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 40; Unrecognised edit summary: 376; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 113; No edit summary: 23
Wikipedia talk namespace: 131: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 3; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 1; Removals: 1; XfD deletion-related tagging: 2; Addition-related edit summaries: 22; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 8; Unrecognised edit summary: 84; Edits to sections, with no further summary: 9; No edit summary: 1
Image namespace: 34: Manual vandalism reverts: 1; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 16; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 2; Unrecognised edit summary: 14; No edit summary: 1
Image talk namespace: 2: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 1; Unrecognised edit summary: 1
Template namespace: 22: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 4; Manual reverts not marked as vandalism reverts: 1; Unrecognised edit summary: 17
Help namespace: 2: Manual vandalism reverts: 1; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 1
Category namespace: 111: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 1; Removals: 1; XfD deletion-related tagging: 1; Unrecognised edit summary: 108
Category talk namespace: 12: Manual vandalism reverts: 1; Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 1; XfD deletion-related tagging: 2; Deletion-related edit summaries: 1; Addition-related edit summaries: 1; Unknown abbreviation (≤4 characters): 1; Unrecognised edit summary: 5
Portal namespace: 4: Automatic (rollback/script/tool) reverts: 4

I'm thinking about 'my edit counter takes at least 3 minutes to run' as an edit-count criterion for RfA ;-) --ais523 17:27, 3 August 2006 (U T C)

WP:RFBOT's

I'll try to get to some of these tomorrow. I was purposefuly avoiding some of the items, making sure the others in the b/a/g had time to be involved. I just recently got approved to approve bots, so didn't want to go overboard on it. All of my approvals didn't have an edit limit, it really depended on the task. If it was a task that could result in a huge number of edits it could be problematic (2 edits a min for a week is >5000 edits). I have been pushing to get more bots in to at least the trial phases though. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalSniper howto

Hey, I archived our discussions on VandalSniper, but I expanded my installation guide for the program on Knoppix and put it at User:Omicronpersei8/VandalSniper installation. I don't know if Crazycomputers approves of it yet, although I've left a message about it, but feel free to add to it/link to it in lieu of explaining things step-by-step/critique it.

Talk to you later, and keep up the good work -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 01:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted

It was basically a blog post about how awesome the next Carnival will be, and based on his other contributions, probably a copyvio as well. Sorry for not explaining better in the delete summary. --Golbez 04:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The copyvio was in the article history, but the person claims he owns it anyway, but it doesn't matter - it deserved to be deleted as totally nonencyclopedic, and he's now been blocked as a sockpuppet of someone who did this before. It counts as recreation of deleted material. --Golbez 04:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for taking it personally - I've not had that happen to me before. Secretlondon 05:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk Page

Regarding your comment on my talk page, I apologize, it's just that I uploaded those pics before I understood the proper procedure, and now that they have been deleted anyway, I felt they were moot. Thanks for your help!--Deepalshawfan 06:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles_for_deletion/I_Love_Moesha

Noticed it by chance. Fine! Tyrenius 07:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thx for the revert

Thanks for the revert of the comment left on my user page. I am curious though, how did you pick it up so quickly? Themindset 19:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, oh wow, I didn't even notice it until you reverted... and I'm a watchlist hawk. Well, thanks again! Themindset 19:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My arbitration case

I hgave replied to your message at the bot page, cheers —M in un ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 19:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BRFA

Hey, was your comment on BRFA approving my bot for running? I've misinterpretted comments on the page before, and just wanted to be sure. Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 20:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was. I probably should have been clearer on that. --Carnildo 22:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're fancy signature

Hey, I would be most greatful if you could tell me how to get a fancy signature. Thanks! - Abstract Idiot 00:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go to my preferences at the top of the page, check "raw signature" then insert whatever. Alpha chimp's is

[[User:Alphachimp|<span style="color:DodgerBlue;">'''alpha'''</span><span style="color:black;">'''Chimp'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Alphachimp|'''laudare''']]</sup>

You can select new colors by using http://color.sharewonders.com/ I'd be happy to help if you need more --mboverload @ 00:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did it, but it comes out like this. --User:Abstract IdiotAbstract Idiot^{[ Talk • Contribs ]} 00:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Worked - Abstract Idiot [ Talk • Contribs ] 01:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital-stubs

Hey, thanks enormously for doing the bot-work on populating Category:Hospital stubs. It was a huge, huge, help. Much appreciated. Kurieeto 17:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Good idea, but should I propose them all as separate pages or all in one request? —Khoikhoi 19:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think I got it. Thanks for the help. :) —Khoikhoi 19:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in fact, now there is something you can help me with: Bonaparte keeps changing my comments and deleting my request at WP:RPP. Thanks. —Khoikhoi 19:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong edit count

Hi, there. It seems that on my RFA you placed the edit count of another editor instead of mine. I don't use that tool so I'm not able to fix it myself, unfortunately. Cowman109^Talk 21:06, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

liu kang vandalism

somone is vandalising the liu kang(mortal kombat) page, using innapropriate language, plese help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Detective 26 (talk • contribs)

Already reverted. Thanks. alphaChimp ^laudare 23:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BRFA Template Mode

I like that method I was the one to sugest it origonaly Betacommand 00:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Colbert

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		You've been great at locking things down! STHayden 02:56, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Hi Alphachimp ,

So which tag i have to user for graphial edited images ? rgds jyothish 03:13, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Origunal images i got from searching google images ? so any prob ?jyothish 03:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

100%

See User:Crzrussian/Userpage. It's a privacy thing - too long to explain. I'll move it back eventually. - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for jumping in, I'm on recent pages patrol (think hell, but at triple the speed). --mboverload @ 06:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yah. This new VP is wild. I'm just eating it up. I can't go to bed. alphaChimp ^laudare 06:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IRC. --mboverload @ 08:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Time to Nail some Vandals

Hey Alpha guese who back on patrol! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 16:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yep I will lol. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 19:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

Dear Alpha, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Dear A, it is great to see you're doing fine, and I love that this has given me the chance to cross my path with those of friends like you. I'll also repeat what I told you last time: you are one of our best, and when in a very short time your own RfA gets started, you'll score a 3-digit number of supports for sure... me among them! :) PS. I got your mail, tho I didn't get the chance to reply it - don't worry about me, hun - everything's cool, and I don't care too much about it. Your concern for me was very sweet of you tho - thank you, hun! :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

Answer

Yeah, as I didn't know if you were online I left part of it to change the title from Spinebuster slam to Spinebuster. As I know you're online now I've done it for you. --- Lid 20:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Professional wrestling throws#Spinebuster now works. --- Lid 20:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Those are correct, but does it also change Professional wrestling throws#Spinebuster slam to Professional wrestling throws#Spinebuster? --- Lid 20:43, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I grant you this star

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		to Alphachimp for rising to the chalenge of helping a fellow wikipedian. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 21:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cruft Alert

Given your interest in conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11, I thought you might be interested in one that was up for review. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks I urge you to carefully examine Wikipedia's policies and rules, and then carefully consider whether you have an opinion on the matter. Your friend. Morton Devonshire^Yo

The Second Chance

I recently changed jeff obafemi carr's name from capitals (Jeff) to lowercase (jeff) due to the fact that his name is shown in lowercase letters (jeff obafemi carr) on the box of the movie and during the credits.

Hi...

Single I want to add these lines

Also in Cuba, United States have a ILEGAL NAVAL BASE named Guantanamo, constructed out the U.S. territory for fascist TORTURES a political prisioners without a previous constitutional judgment.

vandalism of the Rangers FC page

i deleated the section called 'under alex mcleish' because he is no longer the manger and that information is in the 'history of rangers' page

Can't you have a little fun.

August 6th, 2006 WP:RETF update

^{Note you are getting this because you are signed up on the RETF spamlist}
Hey guys. Before I do anything, I have to thank all these people who have helped me make RETF more bug-free via my challenge to them on the Language noticeboard. Some were redundant lines, and some were words that probably never appear in Wikipedia, but as I said, I don't want any false positives in RETF.

User:ColourBurst for finding 7 lines to fix
User:Road Wizard for finding another 13 lines to fix!
User:MeltBanana for finding 6 lines
User:Skittle for finding 3 lines
User:Nunh-huh for finding 1 line

THANKS GUYS! Now for the fixes and suggestions put on the RETF page:

'behaviour' is a legitimate UK English spelling --Guinnog
'councellor' to 'councillor' when 'counsellor' could be the intended word. --mattbr³⁰
"Costal" is a real word, meaning "related to the rib" —Mets501 (talk)
'judgemental' to 'judgmental'. According to my dictionary, both are equally acceptable. mattbr³⁰
'Adaptions' to 'Adaptations'. JoeSmack ^Talk
repond and variants -> respond --Guinnog

RETF development

I don't know what to say really. Something has come up and I might not be able to continue to update RETF after the next week or so.......I have put in countless sleepless nights of just me, my computer, and a case of Rockstar energy drink working on this. It has made me feel that I really am a devoted Wikipedian.

I have developed RegExTypoFix from a little hobby of mine into a full SourceForge project. I told a friend that I’ve worked 50 development hours in all. I have a really bad sense of time, but I’m sure it was more. I won’t lie, I am very proud of my work. Hopefully this will be used long after I leave.

To ensure that, I need a person/people to become admins on the RETF project. I don’t ask that you do anything but fix any errors that people report. There is a bit of a process to doing this, but I can teach you. Please send me a message on my talk page. Please my close friends only please, I hope you understand that I want to 100% trust this person. However, I might just hand it off to User:Bluemoose, as if he didn’t have enough on his plate =D.

Download + more

User:Mboverload/RegExTypoFix/updateboxTo keep an eye on RETF, you can use {{User:Mboverload/RegExTypoFix/updatebox}} and it will produce the box you see here =D. When AWB updates, I can turn it green on command =P

Extract Typos.xml from the zip file either using the zip extraction tool provided with XP or use 7zip.

Under the new system that Martin (User:Bluemoose) developed Typos.xml is separate from the settings file. This way it can be easily swapped out and doesn't interfere with your own personal find and replace settings. Put it in the AWB directory. It is loaded automatically when you start AWB.

In addition, each Typos.xml file comes coded with a version number. Perhaps in some future release AWB will be able to check to see if there's an update for you!

The latest version is not built into AWB, you will have to download it here Just updated a few minutes ago. --mboverload @ 01:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy tag removal

It is my understanding that the speedy delete tag removal workflow is: place "hangon" tag so the article doesn't get speedied, explain reason in the article's Talk page, and remove both the speedy and the hangon tags. In short, removing speedy tags isn't vandalism as your bot's message indicates. It's simply a way of saying that the speedy is contested. The next logical step for you would be to review the talk page and see if you can find anything compelling on it. If not (or if the editor didn't bother to comment), then nominate the article through the AfD process - as per any contested article. Of course, until someone explained this to me a couple of weeks ago, I posted the same kinds of "don't remove speedy tags" notices you did. Let me know if I've got this screwed up. Rklawton 01:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry 'bout that. It's probably this one [2]. Indeed, the "drmspeedy" template may be based on the wrong idea. Um. Or on the other hand, I've got my head on backwards today. At any rate, if you'd let me know how this is supposed to go, I'd appreciate it. Under the "assume good faith" idea combined with speedy removal, and one might interpret the action as "speedy contested" (with possibly no reason provided). Let me know what you think. Rklawton 02:06, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a webpage?

I just receievd a message saying I vandalized a webpage that I never visited... Please fix this as I don't know what it is referring to. Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.116.139 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

You're an AOL IP. It probably wasn't you. alphaChimp ^laudare 20:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, I didn't mean to warn you. Wikipediarules2221 20:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Why was I banned from Wikipedia? please write me an email: XtheBandit001@AOL.com i got the following message when trying to edit: "This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Category talk:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of WatchtowerJihad, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. 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. Alphachimp talk 06:23, 23 July 2006 (UTC)" By the way, I never joined that topic or even visited that page, so how could I be in trouble? thanx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.188.116.74 (talk • contribs)

You're an aol user, meaning that ip's change constantly. I was not the one that blocked you, and you should not be blocked any more. Let me know if you have any further questions. alphaChimp ^laudare 21:22, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Genetic disorders - can you do this one too?

Thanks for moving Category:Congenital genetic disorders - is it possible to merge the two tables on the Medical Genetics project page alphabetically? --apers0n 07:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. BTW Cystic fibrosis is listed as a featured article in the section: Most important genetic disorders. --apers0n 07:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Santorum

User:LtPowers was a legitimate edit, no thanks to you. Santorummm 06:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, no, it wasn't. Comments go on talk pages, as I see you did later on. Alphachimp was correct in reverting your change to my user page; although Alphachimp could have moved the comment to my talk page, it was not necessary to do so. Powers 12:42, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaned up "Speed cubing"

Hi!

Yesterday, I went and overhauled the Speed cubing page, and I was wondering if it looks cleaned up enough to have the "Cleanup" tag removed (your bot was the last one to do anything related to the article, and so from what I understand (and I'm new here, so please correct me if I'm mistaken in approaching you), I should ask you about removing the tag).

P.S. (Again, since I'm new) How would I go about changing the title of the article to "Speedcubing" (one word), as opposed to "Speed cubing"? Both redirect to the article, but from what I understand, the one-word term is used more frequently in the speedcubing community. And, if it were changed, how would I make sure that both redirected to the same article?

Thanks! --Twilightsojourn 12:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gentle reminder

Just a gentle reminder that we'd still like the architecture category bot request doing if you'd be so kind. Many thanks --Mcginnly | Natter 15:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alaibot note

Hi -- I just happened to notice that you'd warned User:Alaibot, which surprised me, so I checked the diffs. As far as I can see the bot didn't do anything wrong, at least not on that article. You might look at the history of that article. It seems something misfired -- perhaps VP2? I'm a VP user myself but am not familiar with VP2. Anyway, it's not really my business, but I thought you'd want to know. Mike Christie 13:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. As you could probably guess, I've been beta testing VP2. I suspect the issue is coming from me browsing or something during the process of warning. Incidentally, the reverted edit is indeed vandalism...It's just that I warned the completely wrong user. I'm going to bring it up with AmiDaniel when I speak with him tonight. Thanks Again (and it is your business, by the way....I really appreciate people calling me out on things like that). Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 20:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the updates; glad to hear it was a useful report. No need to keep me up to date with future changes -- I'm sure it will get sorted out. I look forward to using VP2 after it gets cleaned up. Ciao -- Mike Christie 21:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ban

Can you please permanently ban me? I've been a very bad vandal lately. 68.233.12.106 19:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can't, not an admin. alphaChimp ^laudare 20:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http --> https

Where is the mandate to change those links? Unless the CIA website has changed format to be HTTPS only then it seems odd to require our visitors use the authenticated version of there site.

Users in embargoed areas might not possess good enough encryption to view those pages...

Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 23:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try accessing any of the old http links. The mandate is by the CIA, which has changed their whole site to https, presumably for security reasons. There's no way at all to access any of the old links. Here's an example:

old link: http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

new link: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

The change wasn't elective, it's mandatory and breaking a lot of links (over 1600 links, actually). I'd appreciate if you responded on my talk. Thanks, alphaChimp ^laudare 23:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness... that is quite silly. And we get to pay for all that extra hardware and bandwidth... is it ok to break WP:CIV when dealing with a goverment agency? :) Thanks for responding. ---J.S (t|c) 23:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your message to IP 68.204.212.27

Please, delete the topic that I tried to delete! It is fake and its not nuetral at all! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.204.212.27 (talk • contribs)

Simply removing the content from the article won't delete it... It's only vandalism. Sorry. Check out WP:NPOV. alphaChimp ^laudare 00:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFBOT

The WP:GUS function of Alphachimpbot has been approved. As you are already flagged, no additional editing restictions are needed. Sorry this took so long, I am newer to the B/A/G, and wanted to make sure there was enough time for input from not only the community, but from the other approvers before I approved all stages of a bunch of bots. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!

I've been thinking about the preview button as most of my contribs have been re-edited in minutes. And coudl you tell me the new address for the architecture tag? =) Thanks. Happy editing!--Arturo #7 00:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VP2...

I'm very glad to note that the nonsense my bot and I have been adding to wikipedia remains within acceptable levels, after all. :) Alai 01:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GHe's RfA

Hi Alphachimp!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'm very flattered that you thought I was already an admin, and hopefully I'll become one someday in the future. :)

G.H e 01:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Islam by Country

Thanks for letting me know but I fixed that after I noticed I had reverted the bot's edit. BhaiSaab ^talk 02:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I missed one - gotcha. BhaiSaab ^talk 02:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Purple Barnstar

Your page got hit alpha! Here is a star for the wound. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 03:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yep I test 5ed the Vandal that hit you. I'm watching him like a hawk Æon ^{Insane Ward} 03:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Miguel de la Espriella

Hello, I am sorry, in effect, it was not a mistake to delete some part of the content. I would like that you confirm the information about he, Bernardo Ríos and Cobo, because they are absolute John Doe's and believe me I am a Colombian Art Investigator. I think they have to be removed as ocurred in wikipedia.es —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.118.210.247 (talk • contribs)

I'm not a frequent editor but I saw that the page on Ernesto Guevera was a little messed up. The section entitled -on Origins of the nickname "Che"- should have been moved elsewhere, and I was merely moving the rest of the information regarding Guatemala back to where it made sense. I wasn't vandalizing anything, and I would appreciate an explanation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.117.194.39 (talk • contribs)

I apologize, didn't sign in. (it's been so long since I've edited wiki I had to create a new account, I forgot my login!) I just left a message about Che Guevera, I'm Lex_Gill. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lex Gill (talk • contribs)

Responded on usertalk. alphaChimp ^laudare 04:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Fernando Flores

Hi, I believe that your have the wrong Fernando Flores. Fernando Flores, the Senator from Chile, is Fernando Flores Labra. There was another Fernando Flores in Costa Rica, but this was not the one. Fernando Flores Labra is a Senator and author in computer science, busioness, philosophy and yes, collaborate with Werner, providing the language action perspective . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andyletelier (talk • contribs)

Responded on usertalk. alphaChimp ^laudare 04:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Smile for you...

Michael has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Michael 04:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Michael 04:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ha...Ok...fine go ahead

Very interesting...you obviously don't want to present the entire context of her writing. Ok...fine go ahead change it back to your edited view. It just reassures that you are afraid of putting in the enitire quote. I own the book...do you? Probably not. I must say it is pathetic, you merely want to edit to obtain your own agenda. I don't know what you are afraid of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.231.33.206 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your message!

I wrote Vampirella in the 70s...I'm now a singer/lyricist in a band called FRANKENHEAD; a video of my song LET THEM RISE was on the Halloween episode of a local punk rock show, Crazy Mark TV. You should be able to get it directly with this URL (takes forever to load; be patient):

http://www.marktv.net/FRANKENHEAD.mov

Kitaro's Sideshow, podcast in Israel (which ALSO takes forever to load) just played my songs on shows #36 and #37, at...

http://sideshow.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=37990

http://sideshow.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=34595

The song & refs to me are on toward the end on both shows.

This is my band's page (my 2 songs are SOCIAL WORKER BLUES and LET THEM RISE:

http://norecordlabel.com/newbandpage.php?b_id=3479

Celebrity Homeless List w/my name, plus fan pages about me...

http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/lists/homeless.html

This is a comic book oriented fan page with the trenchcoat photo:

http://www.darkelfdesigns.homestead.com/mkultra02.html

This is my column at Popimage:

http://www.popimage.com/industrial/conjurella092204.html

This is a Canadian JFK page with the trenchcoat photo cropped:

http://www.angelfire.com/me/carcano

This is from The Konformist magazine; scroll down to get the trenchcoat photo cropped & with caption: "sexiest JFK MK-ULTRA assassin alive":

http://www.konformist.com/mkkafe/tcasey/tcasey.htm

This is from a professor at the University of Rhode Island; no photo:

http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/Conspiracy_theories/Brennan--Conjurella/Brennan.html

Satanic Reds T. Casey Brennan fan page...satire of Hare Krishnas; has trenchcoat photo wreathed in flowers:

http://www.geocities.com/tcb_sr

Anathema Research's original T. Casey Brennan archive reposted with new material by the Mind Control Forums, but no photo:

http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/tc/tcasey.html

This is the NEW TCB fan page, with Clinton document, but no photo:

http://pw1.netcom.com/~mthorn/0brennan.htm

Best,

T. Casey Brennan

You're welcome. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. alphaChimp ^laudare 12:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is time for you to become a SYSOP

Hey Alphachimp, looking through your edits and what you have done for the wiki I think you should be a SYSOP. If I were to Nom you would you accept? Æon ^{Insane Ward} 15:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

LOL! Some one beat me to it (to the Nom that is)! Check out the Co nom! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 16:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh.....Dylexia is a problem, no? lol will go and change that, you need a Mop, not a mob...lol Æon ^{Insane Ward} 17:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True! I would hate to be the Vandal that gets the bussness end of that mob though. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 17:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Smile

Æon ^{Insane Ward} has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Æon ^{Insane Ward} 20:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Hello!

Thank you for participating in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (32/31/5) which no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank you again for your support and to keep an eye out for me within the next 3 months. Also, please be so kind as to drop by my suggestions page for my next RfA :) SynergeticMaggot 22:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sock accounts

Hi Alphachimp. I want to know, what do you have to do to get a legitimate sock account? I want to do everything right, because I have seen way too many examples of people being blocked infinitely for having illegitimate sock accounts. Thank you and have a nice day.--Ch ili 14 00:39, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A software bug?

You know...that was the oddest thing I saw today: [3] - if you notice, DirkvdM didn't even edit the article previous to the IP address! --HappyCamper 06:52, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please fill me in :-) I don't use much of these software enhancements, but maybe I'll try them someday. --HappyCamper 06:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh...alright :-) I'll archive my page soon. Very very soon...but really, 15 seconds? Mine loads in a flash! --HappyCamper 15:26, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Identity mixup

You (or VP2) just wrote something on my talk page about some vandalism and then almost instantly removed it. I wonder what caused this mixup. And it can't be a coincidence that VP2 reverted to an alledged version by StuRat, one of the Wikipedians I know best. I haven't a clue what might have caused this and am very curious. DirkvdM 07:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

I was going to voice an opinion, but I wanted some clarification first as to why you stood up for this troll (which I viewed as poor judgment, as, *regardless* of personal circumstances/stresses, this behaviour was entirely unacceptable):

Diffs (see edit summary): [4], [5], [6], [7]

Your response: [8]

Thanks -- Samir धर्म 07:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your (quick!) response. I do appreciate your candour and thought into this. Have a good rest -- Samir धर्म 07:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hannah Cornett Article

If you aren't too busy on one project, do you think you could help a bit on this one? I've gotten an image and a bit more on the article. TheKillerAngel 18:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CSD user talk template?

Hi -- I was about to add a welcome and a CSD note to Rgknowledge's talk page when you beat me to it. Can you tell me if you have a template for the CSD note on a user page? I looked here and saw nothing relevant. Thanks for any pointers. And congrats on your incredible (and much deserved) vote accumulation in your RfA, by the way; I'm impressed. Mike Christie 22:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's the one I was looking for; thanks for the quick response. Mike Christie 23:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: userpage

Thanks. I spent an entire rainy day making it, modelling it after the colours of my favorite team, the Anaheim Ducks. Guess it was worth it. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 02:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I forgot to wish you luck on your RfA. But apparently, you don't need any more by the way things are going. WP:100, anyone? :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 02:42, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Murray

I explained why I made those changes. That is the title of the article cited, and he did not receive hate mail, messages were posted on his website. --212.56.109.125 15:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I altered the comment thing. Cheers. --212.56.109.125 15:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re : My RfA

Whooops, my bad! Thanks for the heads up! - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 00:17, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Alphachimp!

Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future!
—Mets501 (talk) 03:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About time I gave you this

		The "Alphachimp is the Man" barnstar
		I know you've already gotten a RAOK barnstar (probably several, in fact), but your helpfulness and encouragement over even a short period of time has been inspiring. Thanks for the barnstars and the diligent, holistic care you show Wikipedia and its users. And congratulations in advance on your future successful adminship. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 02:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, I think I like this new barnstar image I found better. Hope you don't mind the change, and you can use whatever you want, obviously. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 02:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on getting the sureal Barnstar lol Æon ^{Insane Ward} 05:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Alphachimp!

Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future!
—Mets501 (talk) 03:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goldom's RFA thanks

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user page + Vandal

Updated and thanks. :) Shane ^{(talk/contrib)} 04:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I noticed it and just did a quick revert, but you beat me to the warn. I was warning and we got a user conflict. :) Shane ^{(talk/contrib)} 04:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:I.M. Rich

His recent edits were quite inappropriate. It's good of you to keep an eye on him. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 05:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vote

Wow. You aren't an admin already? Looks like you will be soon and you most definitely have my vote. Seems to me one of your thousands of tiny monkeys should have nominated the head monkey for adminship long ago. :) The Wikipedia will be a better place with you as an admin. --Yamla 05:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shortpages

Using AWB, still kind of a pain. :) You can join in the fun after your lovefest is over. Can't wait to see you with the tools! Yank sox 06:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While we're at it, we can SysOp your army of monkeys...and my tank. Yank sox 06:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks Alpha! Really going to enjoy it here.....going to PWN some vandals to enjoy it later! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 04:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks Alpha! Really going to enjoy it here.....going to PWN some vandals to enjoy it later! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 04:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks Alpha! Really going to enjoy it here.....going to PWN some vandals to enjoy it later! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 04:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Celebratory cake?

Hey there - just wanted to drop in with one of my favorite desserts to prepare for the huge "CONGRATS" party that will be going on here in a few days. I'm pleased to have been able to support you; I had been wondering when you were going to accept the nomination... :) Again, congratulations in advance - I have my money (proverbial!) on between 150 and 200 supports by the time this is done. :) Srose (talk) 02:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It does look extremely realistic... hmm, cake for breakfast... I've noticed it's just about extremely necessary to lie low during an RfA, which really stinks... I don't know what I'd do with myself online... probably just use email and agonize over the votes. :) Have a great day! Srose (talk) 13:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not to speak too soon or anything but...

WOW...congratulations on your RfA, there is absolutely no way it will not pass. I do not even understand Masssiveego's reason for opposing your nom. I am just letting you know that I have seen you around numerous times and am very impressed with your contributions to the project. Also, like one user previously wrote on your talk page, I am shocked you are not already an admin. When I saw your RfA, I thought you had been an admin for some time. Keep up the great work and again, an early congratulations to you! Happy editing! Wikipediarules2221 22:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You passed the 100 mark, it's a shame awful fonts on thhe users talk page isn't a reason to oppose! :( --Andeh 01:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm with WPrules... you're a shoo-in, and I was about to add the clichéd 'thought he already was one' vote, but I'm above that :) Congratulations in advance, and here's to a long, successful career of... various secret admin-like activities. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 14:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

purpose of edit

Dear sir or madam,

I was contacted by you in reference to a deletion I made to the Energy Drink Discussion page. While I probaly went a bit too far, in deleting both my own, and "Teadrinker's" portions of the discussion, I feel the need to explain myself. I feel that Teadrinker has made a number of patronizing (bordering on disparaging) remarks regarding my personal website in the discussion (generally related to his/her opinions on web design and usability as they relate to my personal site). I feel that these comments are of no value to wikipedia or editors of the Energy Drink page, and simultaneously represent public slander of my personal work. I would like to more surgically edit both his/her comments as well as my own to remove these comments and references to them. I would beg your opinion on the matter.

Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.216.18.34 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

uhh . .. i already recieved the message about that vandalism like 3 seconds after i did it. I don't know why i am on my second warning, when i ahve only commited vandalism one time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.227.127.41 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

URGENT

To whom it may concern,

I have no clue whats going on. I didn't even leave that comment, for I never looked that up. Please remove this due to it is not oppriate.

Thankyou, David Puzzo —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.116.139 (talk • contribs) 13:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hangon

My apologies. I am relatively new at this, and I was just correcting grammar and it somehow got off. Please feel free to put it back on.

Pilotcyxh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pilot.cyxh (talk • contribs) 22:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, old pal -- thanks for undoing my talk page vandalism. It was taking me a tremendous amount of time to load it all. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 02:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for your work in reducing the categories of Genetic Disorder and Congenital Genetic Disorder into a single category! It has resolved my confusion on how to categorize the several articles I've contributed to. N2e 02:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Rollback

Is that still possible? 'Cuz I'm nowhere near done. Marc Shepherd 20:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. I copied your monobook.js, but I don't seem to have the rollback function. I noticed that when I click on the link for the godmode-light script, a dialog box says I don't have the security clearance to download that script. Marc Shepherd 20:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did copy your monobook.js. Also exited the browser and restarted. However, I'm using IE at the moment; I don't know if that makes a difference. A bunch of other new functions have shown up -- so I know the copy worked -- but I'm not seeing a "rollback" link (or anything like that) next to each contribution. Marc Shepherd 21:00, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do we know how to turn that bot off? I've reached the point where I'm rolling back changes for the second time. Marc Shepherd 21:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I think what happened is that when I first started reverting these pages, it was still running. If it's off now, then no worries. Marc Shepherd 21:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

location of items on talk page.

Thanks for the tip: I never really knew what the standard was for adding items to someone's talk page. . .

--Cassavau 21:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mighty Rubber Duck

File:Mightyrubberduck.jpg

Since I won't be around tomorrow when your RfA ends, I'm going to give you the Mighty Rubber Duck as a gesture of congratulations (as there's no way in hell it will fail now, barring some catastrophe). :) -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 22:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cydebot

It gets curiouser and curiouser. If you look here, you'll see that Cyde sought approval for his bot on three separate occasions. On the third occasion, when he wanted to use it for "subst'ing" templates, he encountered substantial opposition, and that proposal was supposed to operate only in the user space.

I generally assume good faith, but when he says on his talk page, "I don't keep track of this bureaucratic stuff," I have to wonder how true that could be. A look at the bot approval discussion archives shows that he comments vociferously on his own proposals, as well as other people's. I'd say he's keeping track of this bureaucratic stuff rather closely. Marc Shepherd 02:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be a fairly consistent theme that when people object to what he is doing, he replies that they don't "really know how this works," although an explanation of how it does work is never forthcoming. Marc Shepherd 15:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watch your comments

I'm shocked that you don't understand how annoying, incivil, and frankly insulting it is to accuse someone of acting in bad faith when they are making a good faith effort to bring something to discussion. I highly recommend that you moderate your comments. --Cyde Weys 15:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that it was certainly in bad faith to nominate this, given your recent actions regarding WP:NYCS and your conduct regarding the bot issue. I'd welcome the comment of others, and I suggest you avoid civility issues and personal attacks. alphaChimp ^laudare 16:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's also entirely unacceptable to characterize the TFD process as simply a courtesy. Were you planning on deleting the template yourself? alphaChimp ^laudare 16:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ooooh, you want to play wikilawyer, let's play wikilawyer. Number one, it is an utter violation of WP:AGF to explicitly accuse someone of acting in bad faith. There are some things all experienced Wikipedians just know, including Never cite WP:IAR to justify your actions and Never accuse someone of acting in bad faith. Criticize their actions if their actions are wrong, but you can can't ever divine the reasoning behind someone's actions.

Here's what it looks like from my point of view: I did something that turned out to be more controversial than I had thought, so I next did the most logical thing: I generate a discussion at WP:TFD. That makes sense, right? Weren't you annoyed that I originally did the stuff without discussion? So why in the hell are you going to bad mouth me when I do seek out discussion? It's almost as if you can't defend the templates on their own merits, so you have to resort to personal attacks against the person trying to get rid of them.

As for accusing me of incivility, get over yourself. My angry reaction is more than justified by your attempts to dismiss as acting in bad faith. Casting aspersions on someone's motives are far more serious than saying a few "rude" words. I don't particularly mind if you call me a douche but I do take offense if you're trying to say I'm consciously doing actions that I know aren't in the good of the encyclopedia. --Cyde Weys 16:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I always try to assume good faith, but these actions have gone beyond a reasonable point. Do you assume good faith in others? I'm not going to let this deteriorate into personal attacks or any incivility on my part, so I'll just leave it at that. alphaChimp ^laudare 17:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How would you feel if you were doing something that you thought were in the best interests of the encyclopedia, but instead of someone engaging you in any substantive discussion, they just wrote you off as "acting in bad faith"? --Cyde Weys 17:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it was pointed out to me that I was running a bot for unapproved tasks, I'd apologize and take it to WP:BRFA, rather than just writing the issue off as wikilawyering/buerocracy and pursuing alternate means of removing the template (but just as a "courtesy"). Coincidentally, I did attempt to engage you in discussion regarding both issues, yet you have written off both of my lines of thought. alphaChimp ^laudare 17:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to think I'm operating under some sort of grudge against these templates and that I will do whatever is necessary to murder them. I'm not. It is of my opinion, for reasons I have already enumerated, that the encyclopedia would be better off without the existence of templates that do simple text substitution. Getting rid of them outright didn't work because it ended up being more controversial than I had anticipated. Now, mind you, I still think the encyclopedia would be better off without them, so my next step was to go to WP:TFD, where I whould have started had I realized how big of a mess this was going to turn into. Do you understand now where I'm coming from? --Cyde Weys 17:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And I'm sorry if my original response to your accusations of bad faith on my part was a bit rude, but you must understand how much that hurt me. I'm a huge supporter of Wikipedia. I spent the August 3-7 in Boston at Wikimania discussing ways to make Wikipedia better with a bunch of other people. I put in many hours a week doing thankless maintenace tasks like CFD and RFD. I put my ass on the line (and have pages on Wikipedia Review and Encyclopedia Dramatica to prove it) to deal with disruptive trolls and vandals. Nobody can possibly claim that I don't care about this project and that I'm not consciously acting in what I believe are in the best interests of the project. So, please, put yourself in my shoes, and ask yourself how you would feel if someone accused you of acting in bad faith. --Cyde Weys 17:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cyde, I understand your points and I appreciate you bringing them to me like that. Although I personally disagree, I understand how something would happen in that sequence. It's obvious to me that you contribute a lot to the boring and thankless maintenance tasks. I respect the length of time you've spent here, and that you attended Wikimania (I was unable to attend for financial reasons, but listened online). The thing that really, really troubled me about this situation, and that of the bot, was that I felt you were not listening to what others were saying. It seemed like to had a single objective (no NYCS templates) and you were driving towards it without listening to others. I'll be honest - I feel very strongly about bots running without task approval. We get a lot of requests over at WP:BRFA that are patently absurd and unreasonable. Sometimes the bot already has flag. The damage of those bots running free would be unimaginable. Legitimate bot users requesting approval serves to bring attention to and legitimize the process, which is a policy. The approvals process is designed to predict and prevent disagreements like the one over subst'ing the templates, and protect us from the arduous reversion of bot actions (as I said, Marc spent 5 hours).

I see now that you were acting in good faith, I just wonder whether that is totally clear to the outside observer. I try really hard to assume good faith, but unilateral actions really frustrate me. I realize that this is an encyclopedia more than it is a community, but I feel that before making any large scale edit that's beyond an simple fix, we ought to consult with others. It was that quick push through all of our articles that really alarmed me. To sum up, I am very frustrated with the approach you took, would like you to request bot task approval, and realize looking back that your edits were not in bad faith (although they appeared so at the time). alphaChimp ^laudare 20:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For your Antivandal efforts

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Alphachimp you have helped to defend this Wiki with a zeal that is unmatched. On behalf of the Wikipedia Commounity I Aeon award you the Defender Barnstar Æon ^{Insane Ward} 03:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Calm now Alpha you get the new tools soon! LOL Can;t wait to see what happens to the first vandal that crosses your path. ok I enjoy vandal hunting a lot! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 03:15, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Helpme Template

This is probably a bit of cabin fevor or me talking through my exhaustion, so I apologize in advance. Is there any way for me to get in touch with a crat to close my current RfA? I imagine I could go out and find some link or IRC channel, but my head's practically in the keyboard. I'm very tired Thanks and Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 05:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll ask around on IRC. Other than that you helluva passed -- congratulations! =D Luna Santin 05:49, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank God -- I was worried for you there, Chimp. Close, close race. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 05:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help guys =). alphaChimp ^laudare 05:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd probably be better served by going to sleep, and I'm going to do that right...now. alphaChimp ^laudare 06:03, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Night buddy, I'll follow up on your RfA now also - tomorrow's a big day for you! Congrats once again!! - GIen 06:22, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Hi there Alphachimp. A pre-emptive congratulations before I knock off for the day. A special edition bucket of vanilla ice cream and a can of coke to refuel you before the debut bout of administrative work. Congratulations again. Blnguyen | rant-line 07:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is that can of coke taller than what we have in America? Or is the picture skwooshed? BTW, congrats. - CrazyRussian talk/email 13:54, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

You're now an admin, so use the new tools wisely to help make this a better place. Use them conservatively, especially at first and re-read the policy before doing anything non-obvious. But as you get comfortable, dig in to help out with the backlogs. I'm sure you'll do fine, so have fun. Again, congrats. - Taxman ^Talk 12:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! --james^(talk) 13:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me too, Alphachimp. Use the tools for the good! :-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 13:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pile-on congrats! Dude, you're going to be a kick-ass admin. 'Nuff said. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 13:14, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! Now get to work! :p Pacific Coast Highway ^{(blah • I'm a hot toe picker)} 13:17, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto, ditto... :) --Tyrenius 14:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, dude. You've been helpful and supportive in the past, and I thought you were already an admin, probably because you command respect with your behavior. You da chimp! Crockspot 14:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Much congratulations! (I knew you would pass. Who didn't?) Kalani ^[talk] 16:15, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

<insert ditto marks here> --Will Mak 050389 06:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

You now have the mop. I know you'll use it wisely. Brian 14:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)btball[reply]

Congrats form Aeon

Congrats Alpha! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 15:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'Grats

Congratulations.

Don't forget about us little people! -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 18:16, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Inside-Out Shirt Day

Why did you delete this entry? I realize it was a stub, but it's an actual event. Perhaps I'm missing something? coyote 20:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Congratulations on making administrator.I'm surprised you weren't nominated earlier but I'm sure you'll do a good job SOADLuver 00:43, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey could you look at this?

Hey Alpha, sorry to bother you with this but Mortin Devenshire is having an issue with another user. If you could (When you have time) take a look at this page and see if myself and Tbetty are mistaken that would be fine. Mortin is being acused of Sockpuppetering.

Links

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Morton devonshire

Thanks Æon ^{Insane Ward} 01:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Alpha! But there is now a civility issue on that page. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 02:04, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome message

I notice that you have been replacing the welcome tag with a message that is the same. What is the point of that? --WikiCats 02:19, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletions

I am glad that you are staying busy with the CSDs. I do not like to create backlogs, because they can be hard to clean up. But, on the other hand, useless redirects are an eyesore so I sent them to be removed. I am watching carefully what I send to CSD, because sometimes people don't necessarily agree with my reasons. Thanks again for helping keep the site clean and running efficiently. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 03:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

Hey, I noticed you removed the speedy tag I put on above article. It's a perfectly valid reason - I thought of that about five minutes after I put the tag on - but if the original redirect was deleted for violating WP:ASR, then wouldn't it be even worse to make an actual article about it? Just a thought. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 04:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you're right, I was just trying to bring a little IAR into it. ;) Oh, well, I'll prod it. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 04:18, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Impersonator

Looks like the Alpha Phi Alpha vandal has decided to impersonate you by leaving a vandalism warning on my talk page with your sig [9]. Just an FYI. | Mr. Darcy talk 04:17, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yessh!

Welcome to the shiny button club! I know you're going to be an awesome admin, btw, thanks for the well wishing. =) Yank sox 14:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edwardspec TalkBot

Well, the bot was running some sort of home-made interwiki-script, operating on all languages, on most under the ip of the toolserver. The bot was sometimes just moving the interwiki-links without reason, [10], adding incorrect interwikis [11], and removing correct interwikis [12]. All of this happened continiously (so it are not a few single errors), and there was also no response on his russian talk page (ru:Обсуждение участника:Edward Chernenko). --Tuvic 22:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I meant to leave a message on WP:AIV to let you know that I was taking care of it, and what was wrong with the edits, but the mass rollback sort of took control over FireFox :) Anyway, all sorted out now. Kind regards, --Joanne B 22:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks to you all. --Tuvic 22:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for CSD

There are several articles that meed CSD R1, but they are fully protected, and I need your help. The pages are:

I wanted to ask you about this since I am sure that you would gladly help me with my request. Thanks, --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 22:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Enlighter1 socks

Thanks for helping fight the vandalism of this really annoying user and his sockpuppets. Much appreciated. Thisthema n 02:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

9/11 Vandal

Gotta love those indef blocks. Thanks - it's been a busy night. A lot of bored school kids working on their first week's assignments I guess. Rklawton 02:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm telling Chris right now!

You know what!? You out of it! I'm telling Chris, and he will rip you apart! —Mariusz Zielinski 02:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CIVIL and come back in 48 hours. alphaChimp ^laudare 02:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You smell like doo doo!

You stink! —doo doo Mr. Conrad 02:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:NPA and come back in 31 hours. alphaChimp ^laudare 02:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You forgot "no original research" *grins* Rklawton 02:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're being impersonated

You're being impersonated by an anon (see User_talk:Choster#Blocked). Or you need to log in. Not being interested in Wikipedia politics, I'm at a loss as to how to respond either way. -choster 07:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article with delete tag

Should have signed my last message - still a beginner.

The article was IRG Information Routing Group.

Thanks for help,

Dave Andrews. Engineman.

86.134.88.212 12:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sorry, what would you like me to do? I'm a little bit confused. alphaChimp ^laudare 12:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Here a bike to carry all your bananas:

Weird Bird 12:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked User

User:69.157.126.241 continues to edit under other IP. He has now opened a user account, Eoganan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 69.157.109.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and in doing so has transgressed 3RR on Frisians even though he is supposed to be under a 24 hour block. Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 14:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Syiem's respones

Zafarnamah's diffs:

[13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]

There are plenty more...I will list them soon.Syiem 15:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eoganan

There is still an indefinite block tag on his user page. Hope this helps.--Huatai 18:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked editor (User:Eoganan, User:69.157.109.170, and User:69.157.126.141) still editing using more sockpuppets

Hello, just thought I'd let you know that, based on the user contributions (both pages edited and nature of the edits) and IP range, I am fairly certain that this blocked user is still editing using the IP addresses User:69.157.123.202 and User:69.157.116.42, even after his "candor" and promises to not do so.--WilliamThweatt 20:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No threats

Not a threat, do not assume anything.--Jeyler 23:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"War has just begun" is not a threat.

A threat would be, "I am going to vandalize everbody!", but "War has just begun" is like a news report.--Jeyler 23:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just about to block, when you beat me to it! Tyrenius 23:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just watching that... Good work on getting the last word. It's important sometimes. HawkerTyphoon 23:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just checking the block log (the last was for 31 hours) with a view to a 3 day block, which I think, in the light of various activity by Jeyler, I would have given, but 48 hours is good. Tyrenius 23:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the block. -- Gogo Dodo 00:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot missing redirects

Hi Alphachimp, do you know your bot is missing redirects? [20] Rfrisbie^talk 23:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Are you going to clean it up or are you going to leave it for someone else? Rfrisbie^talk 00:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at the four changes you made. [21] A complete update would have been eight changes, e.g.,
|{{tl|user sith}}||{{user sith}} → |{{[[User:Rfrisbie/Userbox/Sith]]}}||{{User:Rfrisbie/Userbox/Sith}}
All you have to do is add another find/replace rule, e.g.,

Find	Replace
{{tl\|OldBoxName}}	{{[[User:NewBoxName]]}}

Rfrisbie^talk 01:16, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I hope you add that extra rule for any future WP:UBX directory-style page updates. Rfrisbie^talk 01:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that's how I do it. It just seems to cause less confusion when I include them at a tlk page. Rfrisbie^talk 01:39, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. I just noticed those "fixes" [22] didn't work. I made the needed changes. [23] Rfrisbie^talk 03:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

- CrazyRussian talk/email 01:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um... semi-automate what? don't understand the question. Go on gmail to discuss. - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:40, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

eh? - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

airport vandal needs to be blocked

See diff Anomo 01:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind somebody got it. Anomo 01:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nickleback edit

The comment on "rockstar" was a comment on content and not character, just so you know. 24.176.87.25 04:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.176.87.25 (talk • contribs) 04:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox spam

Hey, sorry to bother you with a totally off-the-wall question, but I don't really know where else to turn at the last moment and you seem like a good person to ask. Spamming the sandbox with referral links is still blockable, right? -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 04:39, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Syiem's reply re: Khalistan

Hi! I appreciate your concern, but my edits were well intentioned. Thanks. Syiem 04:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help with another bot request?

Remember how I noted that there was discussion to move List of professional wrestling throws to Professional wrestling throws? Well it's pretty much a universal consensus to do so and I was wondering if you could alter your bot to change links to List of professional wrestling throws or Professional wrestling throws#* to Professional wrestling throws or Professional wrestling throws#*. Thanks for the help with spinebuster again. --- Lid 02:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh in addition can you possibly complete the move? The copy/paste move to Professional wrestling throws that lead to the discussion means the page can't be moved there currently. --- Lid 03:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind I see you are going on vacation, don't worry about it. Enjoy your time off. --- Lid 16:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there!

Congrat's on your new adminship position. I hereby give you a quote from an old Clint Eastwood movie: "Right turn Clyde!" JungleCat talk/contrib 13:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Philbarbeau's page

Alphachimp Thanks for the reply, but I still can't get my info to post when I wiki My name? Can you please help. Thanks and holla from Canada!

Phil. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Philbarbeau (talk • contribs) 00:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

Hey remember me! I'm the guy who was going to nominate you for admin but you refused. Glad You finally got nominated.Animereadabouter2 16:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A smile for you...

Michael has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

exalted (the band)....deleting the article......

im new to this and i just wanted to add information about the band to document their existence. am i suppossed to send in recorded materials as evidence or something?? thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LordAzog (talk • contribs)

Philbarbeau's page

Alphachimp Thanks for the reply, but I still can't get my info to post when I wiki My name? Can you please help. Thanks and holla from Canada!

Phil. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Philbarbeau (talk • contribs) 00:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Comments

Hi Alphachimp - thanks for message - the article in question was Information Routing Groups - IRG.

Thanks for feed back

Dave Andrews - Engineman.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.88.212 (talk • contribs)

40 h block

Just to let you know that one of the 3RR breaks for which you charged me with 40h block was done accordingly to an agreement reached on the page content. 3RR's aim is to prevent edit warring, not compromises.--Kwame Nkrumah 13:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, that 12 h for first offence are quite punitive.--Kwame Nkrumah 13:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

Hey remember me! I'm the guy who was going to nominate you for admin but you refused. Glad You finally got nominated.Animereadabouter2 16:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How?

How do you get all those awards Zharta 15:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Would you be interested in participating with regards to this issue since you've already given input into this earlier? [24] Thanks, --Palffy 01:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GIen's RfA: Thank you!

Alphachimp for your Support! I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here: My mop & I shall thwart all evil :) IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)

Semi-protection

I see you've semi-protected New York City Subway rolling stock. Would you consider doing the same for the other articles that are being regularly vandalized? Marc Shepherd 13:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR Block of User:Kachik

Hi, you have blocked User:Kachik for the 3RR violation on Turkish Navy. In fact Kachik was reverting User:E104421 who is an obvious another account of User:144.122.30.134 blocked by User:Tangotango for the 3RR violation on the same article (and before this blocked and unblocked by me for a chain of strange edits that may be vandalism and maybe just honest errors). User:Kachik might think he was doing a right thing by reverting an obvious sock of blocked user. Thus, maybe it is possible to shorten Kachik's block? abakharev 02:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe 3h? or 8h? abakharev 02:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I realized User:E104421 was an obvious sock of User:144.122.30.134 so I blocked the IP address as it would obviously have affected the registered user as well. I didn't block User:Kachik because at that time he or she had appeared to stop. Now that has changed, thanks for stepping in to block the other party as well. I've received an email from E104421 (or 144.122.30.134), telling me that they have sources for their additions and that I should unblock them. Although I'm not going to do so at the moment, it might be best if we protected the article in question and ask both parties to discuss on the talk page, as this may well continue. What do you think? Cheers, Tangot a ngo 03:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done abakharev 03:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFBOT

Sorry for the delay, seems like I'm the most active approver, and have been busy. You're good to go:

Alphachimpbot, 5th Function: Architecture Category

Per this bot request, I'd like to add the {{architecture}} tag to pages within the Category:Architecture. alphaChimp ^laudare 23:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trial approved, keep in to <100 edits and post back here. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:58, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All done. No complaints, no significant issues. alphaChimp ^laudare 21:01, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All looks good, APPROVED. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

— xaosflux ^Talk 03:33, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Teke's RfA thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke^(talk) 17:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PROD stuff

Hi there, for no good reason I came across your discussion of PROD-removal at User talk:Crum375. There's a substantial discussion of this precise topic at Wikipedia talk:Proposed deletion#Deprod by author without comment, and AfD, which you might find interesting. Cheers, JackyR | Talk 21:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This wasn't me...

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to User talk:Pickelbarrel, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. 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. Alphachimp talk 03:22, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for experimenting with the page User talk:Ryulong 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. Bootstoots 22:58, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Question

I have a request in to User:Lupin; I don't know enough about the code I've copied to be sure of where the apparent bug is. I'm going to have to avoid popup reverts and use rollback, apparently... RadioKirk (u|t|c) 18:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 18:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so popups work great in FF (home) and not at all at work (IE). Any ideas? RadioKirk (u|t|c) 01:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tried that, but thanks :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 02:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFPP

That took too long for you to reply... an entire minute :) Thanks! -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 02:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alpha

Someone has gone and tagged the CVU with a MfD. Can you believe it? Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 01:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep having a little debate with the nominator lol Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 02:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

well if it gets deleted I will draft an Undelete for it (I don't think it will but sould be prepared) Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 02:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having one HELL of a debate with the nominator of the MfD. Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 03:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm an idiot

I have a bot that subst' templates, yet I can't even do it myself.[25].--Andeh 04:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Boredom

Um...yeah, this is what happens when you have an extra minute or two with paint and images in public domain. Check it out, Yank sox 05:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Architects

Many thanks for all of your bot help putting the architecture tag onto all of those pages. Kind regards. --Mcginnly | Natter 09:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, many thanks. I wonder if you might be able to do Category:Years in architecture (which is growing rapidly) and its subcats, too? Warofdreams talk 14:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Warofdreams talk 22:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

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- CrazyRussian talk/email 17:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

McSpaden mislabelled

Hi, Just wanted to let you know I've removed the architecture project template from the Harold "Jug" McSpaden talk page (as labelled by your bot). The category does say "golf course architects", but McSpaden was a golfer who designed one golf course. So I don't think he's the type of guy you're looking for. J. Van Meter 18:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Identity for September 9 service changes

The vandal is back, but he has a real Wikipedia handle now: User:DCarltonsm@msn.com. I'm approaching my 3RR limit on some of these articles, so I'm requesting that User:DCarltonsm@msn.com be blocked. Marc Shepherd 21:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick response. Marc Shepherd 21:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shortening 3RR block

Hey there Alphachimp, Gabi S. (talk · contribs · count) requested to be unblocked for her 3RR violation. While she did indeed violate 3RR, and blocking her was appropriate, she did give some defense that she did discuss the issue, and thought it was okay. Though it wasn't, she makes a good point, so I'm shortening her block a bit, and wanted to let you know, since you blocked her initially. Hope that flows okay with you, if not, do let me know. Thanks, -- Nataly a 05:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!

Just wanted to thank you for suspending 207.74.21.67 for repeatidly vandalizing the Google Page. Always nice to have fast admins. =) -- Bradcis 15:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Username Change?

Would I be permitted to move my userpage from User:Double Dash to User:Cipher? Double Dash 20:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AWB stubsorting? Bot stubsorting?

How can we achieve this, dear chimp?

I want every article in Category:Law firms and many subcats to use my newly created {{law-firm-stub}}. How to do this intelligently? I need a tech solution. - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nonono, I want to remove all existing stub tags, such as law-stub, corp-stub, CostaRica-stub, and other crazyness, and install law-firm-stub. 99% are law firms. And semi-automated, of course, not like "Bot" Bot is you knwo what I mean. - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HOLY SHIT... What is that? :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:11, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]