User talk:AmiDaniel/Archive8

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List of Disney Channel movies

Wow, that was fast. :)

Still need to fix the mess of redirects that is the talk page, though. 81.104.165.184 10:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh really? I didn't check the talk page. Let me take a look. AmiDaniel (talk) 10:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, should be good now. Are the redirects Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) and List of Disney Channel original movies (and their respective talk redirects) necessary? They don't seem to be doing any harm, but they have no incoming links. Do you think it likely that someone might search for either of these? AmiDaniel (talk) 10:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Anon range

Thanks for blocking. These unaccountable anons often get my blood boiling.

Question: is one allowed to revert a 3RR violation, if this itself would otherwise be its own violation? I've never done it, but it's always kind of upset me that that the violators get their way on content for this reason. I'm starting to feel rather the sucker for following the rules.Timothy Usher 09:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Same here. Sockpuppets and dynamic IPs in general are about the most frustrating things on Wikipedia, especially when you approach them all in good faith and discover after hours of debate that oh! it's the same user. Best to let someone else revert; you likely won't get blocked, but if it's your fourth revert, the policy supports blocking. Is his edit currently on top? I'll gladly revert it for you. AmiDaniel (talk) 09:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The anon keeps editing.[1] Pecher ^Talk 11:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

That is part of the national range for Saudi Arabia. I think semi-protection would be a better choice here. Prodego ^talk 11:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

"User:Falso"'s (love it) edit isn't on top, but the one that is is a trivial modification thereof.Timothy Usher 18:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I unblocked the range since the page is protected now. Let me know if you disagree with this action. Happy editing! Prodego ^talk 19:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Good job at editing in your sleep.

User:AmiDaniel/Status. Also, get on IRC before I take a chainsaw to you. --Avillia ^{(Avillia me!)} 22:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Get on IRC before I skewer you.

Also, like my uber new hax? --Avillia ^{(Avillia me!)} 01:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Rm Template:Delete - 1 does not apply to images also available on commons

Image:San Francisco Virgin megastore 2.JPG. So what do you do then ? Revert it, or is there something to do to remove a duplicate image ? ... Captain scarlet 19:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Not much you can do. WP:CSD#I1 doesn't currently apply to images also available on commons, and there's really no precedent for deleting such images. I've tagged it as also being available on commons, but for now it's just going to have to stay like that. Sorry. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Okies Captain scarlet 21:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Range block and Battle of Mu'tah

I don't know if you got my message above about your range block, so I am bringing that up. Also I protected the Battle of Mu'tah, apparently on m:The Wrong Version, you can read about that at Talk:Battle of Mu'tah#Protected. Anyway, just wanted to make sure you were OK with the unblock. Happy editing! Prodego ^talk 21:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that works just fine for me. Did I do the range block right, though? =D Yes, as of yet someone has brought up the wrong version on every article I've protected, but heh, not much we can do about it. Thanks for your note. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeeeeeeeeeesssssss, sort of. You did the block correctly, but you said you blocked 212.138.64.172 - 212.138.64.179, where really you blocked 212.138.64.168 - 212.138.64.175. Also this IP range was for the entire country of Saudi Arabia, so.... Prodego ^talk 21:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

In other words ... Noooooo. Great, I blocked all of Saudi Arabia lmao. Well, how would you block 172-179? With 176/29? Or can it even be done? AmiDaniel (talk) 21:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You didn't block all of Saudi Arabia if it makes you feel better ;-). You can't block from 172-179, see you are actually listing how many bits to disregard from the end of the IP in binary, so it is a bit complicated. I use http://www.dnsstuff.com for all my IP needs, it is easy, quick and effective. Prodego ^talk 21:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

You can block the 172-179 range if you use two blocks: 212.138.64.176/30 and 212.138.64.172/30. Prodego ^talk

Oh, okay. That would make sense. I really need to like take a class in this--it seems so commom sense, but I'm just having a hard time with it. Thanks for your help! I'll try to avoid range blocking in the future until I think I understand it all better. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your help last night

I'm sorry for the way it had to turn out, but I appreciate your responding to my call for help on WP:AN/I BigDT 23:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yep, no problem. Feel free to contact me if you need help with anything else. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Sock puppet

User:G.ELIECER looks to be quite obviously a sock puppet of User:Guillen, an editor you very recently blocked. G.ELIECER reverted back to Guillen's versions at Plymouth Brethren, Bible society, Bible translations & Spiritual warfare. As an admin involved in this user's nonsense, I thought I'd give you the heads-up. -- Scientizzle 00:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. What a pain. -- Scientizzle 00:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yep, no problem. It looked pretty obvious to me as well and have blocked him indefinitely. Let me know if any other puppets start popping up. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

202.6.138.34

Hi AmiDaniel. I think you should put User:Beneaththelandslide on your watchpage. He shares the ISP with this IP and is always getting autoblocked by this vandal sharing. He has written two FAs by himself - History of Burnside and Waterfall Gully, South Australia, and is a valuable contributor.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the tip. I put off blocking that IP as long as I could, but the vandalism jut got really nasty. I'm assuming User:Beneaththelandslide is currently blocked, but I'm not going to unblock the IP unless he's active currently. I've got him watchlisted and will unblock if he appears to be. Thanks again for the heads up. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

AN/3RR (didn't want to clutter that page)

I agree that he shouldn't be blocked from editing his own RfC, but is there anyway to tell him or have him told to stop changing signatures in the RfC. I fear that if I go to AN/I, I won't get a great response, as Tony frequents there often, and it will just spark the same debate that the RfC is having. But the changing the signatures on the RfC talk, and especially the endorsements is out of line. Maybe you, as an admin could warn him not to do that. I realize anyone can place a warning, but it would be less ignored coming from another administator. Thanks for any help, Chuck^(척뉴넘) 06:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to help in any way that I can, but I don't think my warning him would be necessary--nor would he likely notice (both he and I are on the opposite side of every issue and have had a few quarrels). I might note as well that quite a few others, including many admins, have asked him to stop doing that in the past with no avail, and so I'm sure my little warning wouldn't change a thing either. Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, yes, it's really obnoxious when he does that, and he always has, but I'm not sure it's worth the stress to try to convince him to change his ways. When I see him changing sigs, I just shake my head and return to editing as if nothing had happened (then again, he's never changed my relatively short sig that I'm aware of, and it may be different to be on the receiving end). I worry that blocking him and/or seeking the support of others to chastise him is equally as disruptive a WP:POINT and should likely be avoided as well. In any case, I'm sure this will be taken into consideration on the RfC and/or any request for arbitration, and I will be glad to help you out in any way that I can--I just don't feel that my taking any action here would really be all that helpful. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the response. Later, Chuck^(척뉴넘) 07:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Unprotection of Falun Gong

The last time we unprotected Falun Gong it went straight back to revert warring. All pretense of civility and productive discussion was instantly discarded. Some 80 edits in a single day a vast majority of which were reverts and revert-like edits, making absolutely no progress. I'm not about to argue with your unprotection, but check back some time later and see what's going on... -- Миборовский ^{U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai!} 03:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Well, the request for unprotection suggested that disputes had been more or less resolved, which is what I generally observed on the talk page, but as I said, I will keep a very close eye on it and jump in at the first sign of an edit war. Thanks for your comment. AmiDaniel (talk) 03:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's what they said last time. Didn't quite work out. We'd appreciate another admin keeping the peace, the first 2 admins on this page (Fire Star and myself) have all edited the page before and are anti-FLG, so it's quite difficult for us to even maintain some basic WP:NPA standards. -- Миборовский ^{U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai!} 04:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I'm not familiar or involved with the article and have myself never even come close to taking part in an edit war, but should I, by some odd chance, get involved, I will be sure to go snag some other uninvolved and impartial admin to intervene. I'm quite a night owl, so I'll be sure to watch it quite closely for at least the next 4-5 hours. If, however, I somehow fail to notice an edit war on the page, please drop me a note and I'll protect immediately (but please not if the last revert was yours, of course :-P). I'll do my best. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:06, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your personal attention. It may be needed... I've been trying to act as an unofficial mediator and I'll admit to some trepidation when I saw it unprotected. I hope we don't need you, but don't be surprised if we do. CovenantD 04:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I just saw your warning to Dilip and wanted to make sure you were counting Tomananda's reverts too. Those two get going at it so easily. CovenantD 08:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I was counting those as well (in fact just recounting when I saw your message). He just hit four as well, and I'm now on my way to warn him. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-targets

It's good to know someone's watching my page while I'm in a board meeting. We seem to have the same fan club. Some children just don't like it when their toys are taken away. Again, thanks! Cheers and take care! Anger22 11:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

National Economic Stabilization And Recovery Act

You claim:

It seems to me that User:Inigmatus is making unique edits to the article which are then being reverted by User:RandomP

Can you point to even a single edit where I did that, where Inigmatus's "unique edit" did not constitute reverting RandomP (i.e. me)?

I really am unsure how to proceed on this article. NESARA, and the NESARA institute, are clearly highly dubious, at best. Any edit I make to include information that makes NESARA look bad (which, unfortunately, is what it does - it's a "snake oil" plan for the economy) is reverted by Inigmatus, and you instruct me

Do not revert any further.

Can you substantiate your claims or give me further orders, other than to leave the article in its current state (which includes such bits as the "privately-run Federal Reserve", clearly counterfactual)?

I was reverted four times within a couple of hours, and by my reading of the WP:3RR, I am now unable to, for example, remove the "privately-run" statement until I'm safely out of the 24-hour period.

Note again that this clearly isn't vandalism of any sort, and I do not think a block is appropriate, but the 3RR is in place and it would be nice if it weren't ignored.

RandomP 11:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I made a really bad call here. My sincerest apologies. Somehow I mixed up the two usernames in my head--don't even ask me how--and thought that the reverts were being done by you rather than the other way around. Based upon that, I thought you to be in violation of 3RR, rather than he, and that you had simply conceived 3RR to mean that if a user adds four edits that are reverted, the reverter should be blocked. I guess this is why editing on no sleep (as I am now) is a bad idea! In looking them over again, all four were relatively clear-cut reverts to earlier versions, and thus User:Inigmatus was indeed in violation of 3RR. It's a bit too late to do anything about it now as it's already been more than a day since the violation, but I'd like to do whatever I can to rectify the situation. I'll keep the article watchlisted and do, within the confines of policy, what I can to prevent an edit war there, either through protecting or blocking for 3RR in the future. In any case, 3RR is simply the policy, not something that states everyone should use their free three reverts per day; try to do what you can to prevent an edit war: talk to him, use the talk page, anything. Blocking and protection are just temporary measures; to resolve the matter, you both have to reach a compromise somewhere. Again, I am really, really sorry about this--I usually have good judgment with these things, but not this time. Thanks for pointing out my mistake to me, and I'll try to avoid such royal screw-ups in the future. AmiDaniel (talk) 12:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice (and the apology - we all make mistakes, it's really appreciated when someone is honest about it (something that I tend to have problems with myself))! It's certainly not a problem. I've suggested to Inigmatus that we adhere to the 1RR for now, which I think would help calm things down.

Note that by my clock, it has not been 24 hours (but please don't do anything about it - let's see whether the 1RR proposal works), so by my stubborn literal reading of the 3RR, I'm barred from reverting anything for another couple of hours - not a big deal, but I would like to have something to point to just in case this happens again.

Thanks again, and I hope you'll get some good sleep soon!

RandomP 12:40, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Col. Hauler

Hey AmiDaniel, could I ask a favor of you. I would like to bring up a user that I am conserned about. His actions are questionable, and I don't know how to go about it. He has been blocked from Wikipedia 3 or 4 times for vandalisme, and an innability to follow consensus. He has also removed comments made by other users on his talk page aswell as other pages. He accuses others of being Sockpuppets if they don't see it his way, aswell as trying his best to discredit other editors with his actions. He has also vandalized articles with nonsense.

All I ask his for someone to look at this case that has not seen it before, seeing as everyone else keeps giving him a chance, and I myself see no improvment in his behaviour or ability to follow both policy or civil. Thank you. Havok (T/C/c) 15:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Here are two vandals from the top of my head [2] [3]. He has also removed a comment that I made, that asked him to please be civil, he refers to WP:RPA when removing it not wanting to acknowledge my proposal [4].Havok (T/C/c) 15:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

You can also check the comments he writes in his "edit summary", many of them attack editors [5] Havok (T/C/c) 15:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi,

Just thought I'd let you know, it was my idiot 12-year-old cousin and his idiot friend who were busy vandalizing pages this morning (morning for me anyway) while I was out (off today). I'm going to have to ask someone who knows about computers if there's a way to password protect the system, since the little shits can't be trusted. It's not the first time. However, I should add that everyone with Sympatico internet shares the same IP addresses. I'm not sure why, but everytime I log on I have a different IP. That was at least a part of my creating this account, although I am constantly getting in trouble for vandalism from the 60s, 70s, and occasionally 80s in IP addresses, so I doubt I'll edit much anymore.

Just thought I would let you know. Biff Loman 19:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Sms.ac article. Your help urgently needed!!

Since your an admin who's helped on a similar problem over at the MDG Computers, could you please help with the Sms.ac article? Somehow the article was deleted without any debate or discussion... I've restored the info from Google-cache, but I'd like to know what actually happened, and perhaps restore it back. An IP that resolves to SMS.AC has been editing the article, and putting inappropriate NPOV tags, and tried to speedy delete the talk page as well. Please help. Themindset 17:43, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

err... it just got fixed, as per Deletion log: 10:42, 2 June 2006 Friday restored "Sms.ac" (page with long history deleted as attack- probably just needs vandalism removal)

Could still use your help in stopping the "anonymous" Sms.ac IP from strong-arming the article. Themindset 17:48, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I've posted a final warning, and if he does it again, he will be blocked. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:68.101.64.76

Thank you for your (very) prompt response to my complaint earlier today regarding the above user/IP. I don't know that a 24-hour ban will be enough to discourage the linkspamming permanently, but I greatly appreciate the assistance given by yourself and User:Avb who has offered to mediate. I tried to follow WP policy as faithfully as possible, and my trust in the efficacy of system seems to have been rewarded. It is also reassuring to know that I seem to have "done the right thing". --DeLarge 19:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yep, no problem. Be sure to let me know if there's any other way that I can help you out. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Not vandalism. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

The IP address is 152.163.100.73.

Thank you so much for your attention to this. It is much appreciated. Namaste, Edie

Here is the letter that I sent. I believe that although we may not see eye to eye on spiritual beliefs, that you will be fair and understand the need to edit the page in question.

Take care, Edie Britt

"Dear AmiDaniel,

I would like to know why I have been prevented from editing "Edie Britt". I am not "WildSusa", but I do have a firewall and additionally, I use AOL as a secondary browser.

I am Edie Britt. The fictional character came along quite a bit after I did. I am a minister, and a spiritual advisor. Having people believe that this character claims title to the description following my name is harmful to me, and to my work which is of a spiritual nature. The character on the tv series is a woman of low moral.

The following is what I added to the description for "Edie Britt". {Edie Britt is an intuitive spiritual counselor & psychic medium who has worked internationally since 1979. She resides in Michigan}

I have been respectful in my editing. I have not tried to advertise, but rather just to make public the idea that I am a real person, who has been helping others since 1979. I am internationally known, and in fact my web site is EdieBritt.com. I have had it since before the onset of the Television series "Desperate Housewives"

Thank you for re-considering, I appreciate the time and the effort. I realize that the way Wiki is set up that it is open to vandalization, but you can be assured that will never be my goal. I appreciate the information given, and especially like that it is a community for all to use. Being the mom of a teen, I also appreciate that she can use it to find information for school.

Namaste, Edie Britt" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EdieBritt (talk • contribs) 21:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC).

Update Global List

Hi AmiDaniel! Does the "Update Global List" button merge your local lists with the global list? G.He 23:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

No, you have to hit "Merge into Global" and then click "Update Global List." To merge the global list into the local, hit "Merge Into Local." Due to some rather bad array sort routines I wrote for it, it's quite a bit slow right now, but it will be speeded up in the next release. AmiDaniel (talk)

Another question: Are the data, if any, stored on the hard drive after using VandalProof, or are they temporary for the session only? G.He 01:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Some info is stored, for example the local black/white lists and what your username is. The data are (yes 'data' is plural) stored in text files. Prodego ^talk 01:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. G.He 01:18, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Help with using VandalProof

Hi. I was recently approved to use the vandalproof software and I was wondering how to use it. Do you revert changes the same way as you did without the software? And how do you leave the user a warning? I know there's these buttons at the top but they're codes I'm not familiar with. Can you help me out? Thanks! --Tuspm 20:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Flagging so you will notice this message. I'm out. Prodego ^talk 02:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Gahhh ... thanks Prodego! Sometimes I start at the top and sometimes I start at the bottom, but somehow I always miss one or two . Oh, first of all, I still owe you another program (the diacritics/redirects tool). I actaully have it more or less already written; I'll upload that tomorrow hopefully. Anyway, the most standard way to use VP is to load recent changes (using the update button), then go through and click on each one you want to view. If the edit is vandalism, then you can click one of the seven Rollback buttons to revert and/or post a warning. For example, if you click "Rollback {{tes1-n}}" it will revert the edit and then post the {{test1}} template on the user's talk page. I have a feeling that once you have some time to play around with it a bit, you'll get the hang of it, but please let me know if I need to further clarify anything, or if you have any other questions. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California Page

According to Wikipedia:Naming_conventions:

Generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature.

Since NOBODY outside of Wikipedia uses the term Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California to refer to the community of Anaheim Hills, naming an article about it with this term is in direct violation of the primary Wikipedia naming convention. An alleged standard naming "convention" dreamed up by mildly autistic and/or O-C Wikipedia administrators for their own irrational need for perceived order is null and void because using that reason violates the naming convention too, which also is also stated as follows:

Another way to summarize the overall principle of Wikipedia's naming conventions:

Names of Wikipedia articles should be optimized for readers over editors; and for a general audience over specialists.

The much simpler and more recognizable term of Anaheim Hills alone is what should be the article name here, regardless of what a handful of editors happen to vote for in a strawpoll. --Ericsaindon2 02:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

...then gain consensus for your idea. Moving the article so frequently that it has to be protected, and then forking the article though a copy-and-paste move (which destroys the page history and causes a lot of stress for others) so frequently that the redirect has to be protected is not the way to go about invoking this change. If you're asking me to move the article for you, then forget it. Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, your actions are highly counterproductive. Take a day off; come back when your head is clear. If you continue to act in such fashion, the vacation will be enforced. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, but you are clearly breaking the rules, and why should it be protected on the Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California page anyway? I wrote that article from top to bottom, shouldnt the way I want it, and the way it should be Anaheim Hills, California be the way it is? Why should it be locked on Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California. If you have locked it on Anaheim Hills, California, you would have been in this same mess, with other editors that wanted it changed so they copied and pasted it to Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California, (which you failed to notice that they have been doing it all day). I am just asking you to use your brain. There are about 1% of all pages in California that are community pages that follow this convention, and why should they (your "chosen" editors) get the ultimate power to decide it is locked on Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California. If you look at any other entry on the world wide web about Anaheim Hills, it doesnt state Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California. You have no justification for blocking the movement of this page (expecially since I wrote 99.999999999% of this article). You have no Wikipedia rule that states that the code is community, city, state. In fact, my method is more commonly used, and is more appealing (and not to mention doesnt sound totally retarded). You really need to start looking at the whole picture before you just go locking pages from editing, because you are not following the Wikipedia rules when you do that, and you have no justification. Please respond. --Ericsaindon2 03:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

re: Anaheim Hills

Thanks. I could have done it myself, but I have become a bit too involved in the dispute that I tried to limit my use of the "buttons" so it would not be viewed as "admin abuse" or something like that. Which reminds me, my one year anniversary of being a sysop in almost here. [6] As I understand it, you became an admin yourself recently. Congratulations, and of course, to your VandalProof software. See ya around. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

No, I totally understand, and I think it's quite professional of you to ask patiently for someone else to do this for you, rather than doing it yourself. And yes, it's been an interesting few days since being sysopped [7]. Still have to get my support thank you's out! And congratulations on your anniversary of sysophood! AmiDaniel (talk) 03:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Guillen is back

I hope I did this right. Guillen is back as User:Elbautista and User:201.209.104.7. I tagged User:Elbautista with {{Socksuspect}} and posted Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Guillen as per the instructions on Wikipedia:Sock puppetry/Notes for the accuser. Please feel free to yell at me if I made a mistake - this is my first time tagging a sock. BigDT 03:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

First one indef blocked, second one got 24 (but not from me). I tagged the first one as proven, as I think, given my history with this case, it's quite obvious that it's a sock. Given his recent abuse of sockpuppetry, I'm thinking that it may be necessary to lengthen User:Guillen's block as well (currently one week I think). Thanks for the note, and let me know about any others! AmiDaniel (talk) 04:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Visual Basic

This is really random and off topic, but how do you add a menu in Visual Basics? I seem to be able to find a lot of items in the Toolbox, but I don't recall seeing a menu button. Thanks in advance! G.He 04:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, on my version, there are buttons for "combobox" and "listbox" on the toolbar on the left. That is what I always use when I want a menu. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 04:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking more of the menu like the menu on an application (I.e. Mozilla Firefox: File, Edit, View, Go, Bookmarks, Tools, Help, etc.) G.He 04:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I know I have seen that somewhere, because I have used it in about 10 different things. I just forgot where it is. Let me look into that..... --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 04:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I know AmiDaniel knows how to do it and I know he is online. So can he please respond? --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 04:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Menu editor. It's ridiculously simple in VB, just right-click on the form and go to Menu Editor. There you can add and move around menu items. Dynamic menus are a bit more complicated, but I'm assuming you just want to do the basics. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Now how did I miss that?? I must've right-clicked on the form for at least 10 times..... :) G.He 04:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

Thanks for your support

In my RfA, which passed!

Wise I'll try to be.

-- Natalya 04:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Unblock

Desperatebree uses an AOL account, and, for my sins, so do I. Because of the dynamic addresses used by AOL, the block was catching me too, so the consequence of freeing myself was that this user was also unblocked. This is a problem that will persist unless Wikipedia takes vandals seriously (ie, no anon edits, and new usernames to wait an hour before first edit. jimfbleak 04:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Ohh... I wasn't aware s/he was on AOL. Well, this will just complicate matters further--she's got puppets popping up everywhere and is quite an abusive user. I'll drop a note on AN/I and try to get some input on this, as I'm not sure exactly what to do. Nothing against you, but AOL is really starting to piss me off =). Thanks for your response. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Check out pgk's tool that checks for autoblocks. Does that help? Basically you just block for the normal length and then have to keep an eye out for autoblocks. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 05:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've been using that with all of the other AOL blocks I've had to do (awesome tool by the way!), but it's still a nightmare to have to do that every time a new sock pops up. I'm gonna keep my eye on the user, and if she returns to doing what she was then I'll block again. Thanks for the note, PS2. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Ministry

I am trying to add a genre in the Metal band Ministry. Ministry is a war metal and industrial metal band, but every time I edit the page, it is reverted to industrial metal. This is getting annoying.

I would appreciate some help here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RedWasp (talk • contribs) .

It seems that there is some disagreement about that, thus why your edits have been reverted. I'd suggest that you post a message on the talk page and explain why you feel they fall under both genres. I'm not too familiar with the history of the article, but I'm guessing that their genre is of heavy dispute, as it is for many articles on bands. If you can cite sources that support your view that will also help to pursuade others to agree with your classification of the band. If you need help making this post or contacting others involved in the editing the article, I'll be glad to help you with that. Just remeber that Wikipedia is a colloborative project, and it's often times difficult to agree on certain things. The best way to go about it is to discuss changes before implementing when concerns have been raised. Again, feel free to contact me if you need my help. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Content Dispute?

Hi could you teach me what you it means when an administrator writes "content dispute?" You just used that in your edit summary. Much thanks, Kukini 05:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to randomly drop in since Daniel is probably doing awesome things right now. The report was made to AIV, about really just an edit war, AIV is obviously for vandalisim fighting purposes. The two users were just disagreeing over two things about Sprint. It's not vandalism, just a challenge of thoughts. Well, I've been a jerk enough. Adios. Yanksox 05:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I was just stating that I had removed the user from the list as WP:AIV is only to be used for reporting obvious vandalism. WP:3RR violations and other sorts of content disputes should be taken to other forums, such as WP:AN/3RR, WP:AN/I, or WP:RfC--or people should just try to discuss the problems themselves. I did, however, check through all of his contributions and will be watching both him and the other user carefully. I'm still trying to review the claim of defamation, as that could well warrant a block. In any case, it wasn't a user you added who I removed, but thanks for asking. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks much!! I actually appreciated both responses. Best, Kukini 05:47, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Belated...

congratulations on your mop! Teke 05:43, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! You'll hopefully be getting a belated "thank you for supporting me" note tonight! lol AmiDaniel (talk) 05:44, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Meh, it ain't about me :P By the way, a pat on the head for mboverload's moderating of VandalProof by authorizing my new Username within minutes. Teke 05:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Your statistics page

I recently fixed a spelling error on your statistics template. Werdna_T^c_@^b_C^m_L^t 22:12, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. Someone pointed that out a while ago, but I forgot to fix it. I actually need to make some changes to VP's code to fix it for everyone for good. Oh, and before I forget, thanks aqgain for nominating me! I'm working on getting my thank you notes out tonight. AmiDaniel (talk)

No problems. It really was my pleasure. Werdna_T^c_@^b_C^m_L^t 10:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Maładečna

Thanks for your help. Hopefully we'll get somewhere now. //Halibutt 09:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck resolving your dispute. AmiDaniel (talk) 09:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

No longer being recognized as a moderator

For some reason VandalProof is freaking out and saying I'm not a moderator? I assume you would have actually told me about pulling me from the list so I assume it's some kind of malfunction? --mboverload@ 10:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I tried reseting it again. Let me know if it works for you. And yes, you should still be a moderator--I haven't found a reason to turn on you yet :-P. AmiDaniel (talk) 10:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Heh, still not working. Don't worry about it for now, all I needed to know is that you didn't show me the door =) I'm on IRC if you want to chat up your recent uber-mop! =D --mboverload@ 10:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

If you can, get on IRC. I have a question about how to publically display my logs and stuff. Too bad I wiped my old files so I'm back to square one on revert counts...Not that it's a race or anything...maybe =D --mboverload@ 10:53, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Farewell for now...

I am getting set to leave for New York City by 11 o'clock. I won't be with you Wikipedians until tomorrow morning. After clearing my user page, my next edits will be based in America.

So long...and thanks for all the fish. (NB: I'll be using your VandalProof when I'm up there.)

Bye! --Slgrandson 10:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, I'm Kaley. I'm new to this and I just wondered if you know of any projects I can help with. I like entertainment (TV, film, music) so I could help with those pages. I'm also good with grammar and spelling so if you know of any articles that needed cleaning up I'd be happy to help.

Also, how do you get these cool icons on the bottom of your user page.. I want them for mine. There's nothing on there at the moment!

Thanks! Kaley c 14:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I seem to have endless amounts of questions...

Hi AmiDaniel! Hopefully, this will be my last question regarding Visual Basics... How do you make an install package using Visual Basics? Are there specific file requirements, or am I just not looking at the right place? The help file seems to be quite useless, as it has not answered my question yet, and I don't want to be doing this for the whole day. Thanks! G.He 20:00, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Our friend has another sock

See User:Eliecer ... his edits weren't nearly as harmful this time ... two have been outright reverted and two have been cleansed. BigDT 17:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hm. I don't think the evidence here is conclusive enough to block. I'll keep my eye on him, but be sure to let me know if he continues. It would be great if we could get a CheckUser on Guilien to confirm a couple of these and to find out where else he has sockg hiding, but unfortunately WP:RCU is down currently. Anyway, keep letting me know what you find. Thanks. AmiDaniel (talk) 19:25, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Please check again ... it's pretty conclusive now ... also, the IP user User:201.208.220.134 BigDT 20:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, Eliecer is indef blocked, and I blocked the IP for one month as it was static and only being used for malignant purposes. AmiDaniel (talk)

Anaheim Hills, California Comprimise

In order to promote peace and reconciliation, I propose that we move the article back to "Anaheim Hills, California". Though the practice of naming articles according to the scheme of "neighborhood, city, state" is very common and practical, it is not a policy. On occasion, some editors have objected strenuously to having their neighborhood article named in that way. While consistency is important in an encyclopedia, the exigencies of collaborative editing are such that sometimes it's virtualy necessary for common practice to give way to individual preference.

This case is slightly different than some because many recent edits sought to portray the district incorrectly as an independent place. Those edits sensitized other editors to claims of independence. However I think we've moved past that stage and there is no longer any question that Anaheim Hills is a part of Anaheim. The article now properly reflects that fact in the text.

If moving the article back to just "Anaheim Hills, California" will bring peace to the article, and if editors can agree to remove contentious boxes, and unverifiable data, then I think it is worth making an exception to normal practice. This is all too minor to fight about. -Will Beback 09:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

This was a message regarding our consensus to change the name to Anaheim Hills, California. But, if it were to be changed again, ti would also need to be protected from being changed back by angry editors, at least for 48 hours. Please consider our comprimise that we have come up with --Ericsaindon2 00:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I will unprotect the article when protection is no longer necessary; I will not condone moving it while it's protected unless there is overwhelming consensus to do so. Otherwise, I think it best to leave the article where it is currently and move-protected. I noticed the poll you started on the talk page today; it demonstrates to me that there is not consensus yet, nor has adequate time been given to determine consensus. Please just relax for a bit, discuss your reasons, and give it some time. There's no need currently for rash action, and I'm not going to go against the protection policy just because you believe the title to be better. Sorry. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Anaheim Hills revert warring

Since you seem to be taking an interest in resolving this, I figured I'd let you know that I have blocked User:Ericsaindon2 and User:Gellersen for 48 and 24 hours respectively for revert warring over the inclusion of the infobox. They both had been blocked before for violating the 3RR and things are already heated enough on the page, so I stepped in. Just thought I'd let you know. Anway, keep up the good work as an admin. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 00:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for handling that, and thanks for letting me know. I noticed the violation from User:Ericsaindon2 and was going to look at it a bit more closely after dinner (which I just finished), as I assumed he likely wasn't the only one who had broken 3RR. He had been involved in some very disruptive move warring over the article earlier, but as it's now move-protected (and another article where he was attempting to create a fork full-protected) I didn't see a need to block for the disruption earlier. Hopefully with them both out of commision for a while some peace can be found and the issues resolved. Thanks again. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Kraja

On the Kraja page that you have protected, I request that you edit the page and take off the List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro category at the bottom, since this category does not exist due to that country's breakup. Helmandsare 02:11 June 4 2006 (UTC).

Per the protection policy, making significant changes to articles protected to end disputes should be avoided until the disputes have settled; however, as this does not seem to be a factor in the dispute, I would be willing to make the change if you can start a discussion about it on the talk page. If the other contributors to the article agree that the removal of the list is noncontroversial then I will do so gladly. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

E-mail

I sent you an e-mail. Prodego ^talk 01:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your note; let me read it and get back to you. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

My userpage

Thank you for the protection and history wipe, I really appreciate it BigDT 01:53, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)