User talk:Dweller/Archive2009

Happy New Year!

Dear Dweller,

Wishing you a happy new year, and very best wishes for 2009. Whether we were friends or not in the past year, I hope 2009 will be better for us both.

Kind regards,

Majorly talk 21:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Dear Dweller, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Day, and that 2009 brings further success and happiness! ~ YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Another invincible year no doubt. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:User:Dweller/me me me me me

Okay, thanks a lot for the time you have put in and I hope things start going better for you. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 14:19, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, me too. I can empathise on the financial worries, for sure. Hope to see you back, though. Best regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. Hope things turn out for the best and kudos for all your work here. Cheers, — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 22:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey

Pingu. The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 03:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Data Crystal

Me and my mate were wondering if there is any way of taking over (becoming a bureaucrat) on this wiki: Data crystal , we are asking you because it has been inactive for a long time, and we were hoping to try and take over to help fix it up. I have tried asking people on this wiki but no one is ever on besides me, the only other contributions are random IP addresses that spam the articles (even more then they already are). If you could please reply on my talk page it would be highly appreciated, thanks (This message has been sent to most bureaucrat's). --MỸŠŦЄЯỸЊӘҒҒ (talk) 13:44, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Dweller/Archive2009's Day!

User:Dweller/Archive2009 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Dweller/Archive2009's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Dweller/Archive2009! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:52, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

:-) Very good choice :D J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:05, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Help

My contribs didn't move!Is there anyway to fix?

Although the edit count in "my preferences" shows +56k edits the contribs are either taking too long to get attributed or never will. Not a big prob though; I'll just refer anyone who wants to have a look at my old contribs to Special:Contributions/Unpopular Opinion. Cheers! –Capricorn42 (talk) 10:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Thought I'd drop you a note—just noticed all the contribs got reattributed, the system actually works!:)–Capricorn42 (talk) 17:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

post-rename user/talk page deletion

Hi, thanks for renaming my account on January 11 - I recreated it as a placeholder, as WP:RENAME suggests.

WP:VANISH mentions that "Deleting the account's user page and subpages, possibly including talk pages" is possible, but doesn't say how to go about it. Can you do that, or tell me how to request it? (I'll look back here for a response.)

thanks, Robort (talk) 18:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

{{db-user}} should do the trick. Sorry it took me a while to reply. --Dweller (talk) 15:15, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Never mind that, I've done it for you. --Dweller (talk) 15:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy

eh? --Dweller (talk) 11:45, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Restoring, I was dupped, basically. Someone had tagged the user talk page, suggesting it was being used to post vanity articles. I assumed this was true on prior edits, and deleted. In retrospect, I guess I should have double checked to ensure it was a legit speedy request. Thanks for finding it. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Your FA on some team from Norfolk

Hi, I know that you are involved with the Norwich F.C. article. (Great work, shame about the subject!) I noticed that the Managers section said "As of 25 November 2007", and was going to change this, but noticed many of the figures don't match with soccerbases e.g. Grant, Roeder possibly others. Before replacing them I just thought I would ask if you knew of why this might be e.g. soccerbase is wrong, or only league matches are counted or something. If not I'll change them to match soccerbase. Many thanks, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:15, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Nugget Miller

Sandy seems to think that Miller isn't too long for FAC. Say what? YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:32, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Changing username

Thank you for your help.  æron phone home  20:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Ronald Suresh Roberts‎‎

I've effectively rolled back your edit removing controversial material to the entry. That section now contains two new online sources – both mainstream news organisations that should easily satisfy source guidelines – though I'd contend that the accusation from the mouth of the accuser should be sufficient. Anyhoo, I'll list further sources for that section on the talk page, though their inclusion doesn't seem necessary. 9Nak (talk) 21:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Noted

I have read WP:COI, I have read WP:SPAMMER & I will stop creating inappropriate pages. Can I have my username changed? User:Herbiesteven93 (User talk:Herbiesteven93) —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:34, 21 January 2009 (UTC).

Changing login

done - http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedysta:JmS --JmS (talk) 22:40, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

need to revert

I strongly disagree with your assertion that the two external refs you deleted in the article on Rav Nachman of Breslov were non-encyclopediatic.

• The first entry was (among other things) justification of his noteworthiness. He was praised not only by chassidic rebbes, but also by misnagdim (anti-chassidic). He was honored, not only by leaders of the Ashkenazi Jews, but also by leaders of the Sephardi community. Assertions by great scholars that his works were studied by them daily, IMO is definitely encyclopediatic. Also the anecdotes in the ref give a broader picture of him than the article does.
• The second entry refers to a musical composition attributed to the Rebbe himself. It is a song of deveikus. Its purpose is to stimulate the need to be closer to God during meditation. Besides, if the Beatles get two songs in their article, shouldnt the Rebbe get at least a link to one?
  

I am reverting your edit. If you think I am wrong, by all means revert me back, and then we can sit down in a blank area and negotiate. Phil_burnstein (talk) 04:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

You have...

...additional tardy penguins... The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 20:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

. Forbidden City‎;

Hi! This article, the . Forbidden City‎; really needs a semi-protection. I am getting crazy about restoring it, it is vandalised every day, even long series of serial vandalism, by IP adresses.

Also, well meaning IP adresses are removing vandalism instead of reverting it and by doing this cover up vandalism, and everyting is a mess all the time, you need to play detective to understand what is happening. Parts dissapear and vanish and vandalisms remain undiscovered. I do not think that the article gains much by being vandalized like this.

Please, would you consider this matter?

Warrington (talk) 15:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!!! God job!

Warrington (talk) 00:06, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Janitor Article and editting using 'popups'

Hello,

In the article Janitor you reverted an undo that was in fact an anti-vandalism action by User:Alansohn who was reverting vandalism from User talk:74.39.228.1.

I have reverted your undo.

I noticed that you made this revert using some sort of UI called 'popups' and that you are an admin so I suspect that looking at the history logs it appeared to be a violation of the three revert rule. I would like to point out that I feel the main reason why there isn't some sort of automatic freeze after three reverts is precisely because it warrants human judgement to make a call as to what should be done and at a minimum an admin should examine what has been reverted before taking action.

May I suggest not using this feature of 'popups' in the future to prevent further accidents of this kind?

--I (talk) 15:13, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

The issue is nothing to do with 3RR, nor is it a problem with popups, so your well-intentioned but rather patronising comment about not using it again is misplaced. It was a simple mistake by me and I'm glad you've corrected it. Alansohn had removed some vandalism, but not all of it. I reverted further back to a prior intervention of his, but he'd missed it on that occasion too. --Dweller (talk) 15:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about the tone of the message. I guess I made some unwarranted assumptions. --I (talk) 04:25, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

John Maynard (cricketer)

Done. [[Sam Korn]] ^(smoddy) 17:59, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

"Castle" as synonym of "rook"

Arrgh! Thanks for the help. Ecphora (talk) 20:22, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Get well

Hope you get well soon. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 20:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Norwich City F.C. seasons

I noticed that Norwich City F.C. seasons has a large number of the seasons commented out. I just wondered if that was deliberate or an oversight? Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 13:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

No idea. I have no huge interest in the seasons articles, as I think they're better handled outside of Wikipedia. --Dweller (talk) 13:40, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah. I looked and remembered. I created the horrible thing (against my better judgement) by c+p from the ITFC version. The hidden lines are ITFC data, not NCFC. They've been left to help make formatting easy, should someone decide to expand the article. --Dweller (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Cody McDonald

Total accident, meant to copy over 'The Football League players' but got the PL one instead! I realise the danger of it being deleted, I intended to create an article for him after he made his debut, but since someone else created it I thought I might as well expand it. Reminiscent of the OJ Koroma situation back in the summer. --NCFCQ (talk) 21:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Flight

I'd be happy to help with a flight illustration. What format would you like it in? I could do an old fashioned pen or pencil sketch, or make a digital illustration. Entirely up to you. Sorry for my lateness in reply as well. Wiki kept crashing when I viewed it with IE, so I've switched browsers for the moment. Seemed to solve the problem. Red Gown (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Your election page

See Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections/February 2009 — Rlevse • Talk • 01:43, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow. I'm flattered. I'll have to consider this carefully, (I see I have a day or two in hand) but in the meantime, thank you. --Dweller (talk) 12:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Miller

Sandy seemed to think that we can get by with the current article length. Interested? YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 04:11, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. I'll allocate some time for it. As usual, I'll start with a thorough zip through the article. Apologies if I make dumb edits or litter it with tags for now. Feel free to revert and/or replace with refs as appropriate. --Dweller (talk) 12:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The length seems to be 79kb prose according to Dr pda and 90k according to readability. The sizes agree on other articles though. I think the readability tool is wrong as the prose size went up by 6 when I added references and basically only a few sentences of prose. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 02:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

confirmed! The readability tool counts non-templated citations, so we have some more wiggle room! YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 03:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Keith Miller - sent it over to MILHIST reviews to get more traffic and feedback. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 07:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Still ce-ing? YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Three things

Hey dude. (1) Thanks for your comment at the delinking endless and pointless saga. I´ve made a comment there now, and really wish to have nothing more to do with it. (2) You really need to archive this talkpage! (3) I sent you a quick mail regarding the OS thing. As I said in it, I´ll be PC-active for the next three days until we head to Quito so give me a shout. Hope all is well. The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 17:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Dude, you´ve got better things to worry about than the date linkers´ witch hunt to drive me out of Wikipedia. Seriously. Much as I appreciate your support, let it go. You don´t want to be tarred with the same brush as me. I´ll give TE and Locke etc their satisfaction before too long, I´m sure. There´s some crap being spouted out there... my "...current atrocious behavior..."? Please. The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 22:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Good that you got out of there while you could. I wouldn't want to see two of our best implicated. It is a real mess... Dabomb87 (talk) 14:10, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the compliment. That page has to be one of the most shameful things I've seen in my time in Wikipedia. --Dweller (talk) 14:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Funny how so many editors seem keen to perpetuate such hostility and unpleasantness. Have they forgotten this is a charity where people donate their own time to a greater cause? Anyway, can I ask a favour? If TE/Locke etc push ahead and recall me, can you look after it for a bit unil I get back from the Galapagos Islands? No need to do anything special, just make sure it´s done by the book? Cheers. The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 14:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I guess I'd better go read the book. If I must, yes, with sadness. However, I'll argue strongly that as you're not using an account with tools, it's pointless moving a recall motion on you until you return, as well as discourteous to do so at a time that your access to Wikipedia is so limited. --Dweller (talk) 15:42, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks, but don´t get embroiled in anything too deep. You´re on the way up and it appears the Expert will not give up on hunting me down so please just let the process run its course without spoiling your own reputation. Enjoying the snow? The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 15:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

knives are out. I guess this is the beginning of the push to kick me out, as I expected. Funny though, when I read those diffs, I still find myself agreeing with them. The tennis project is still a disaster. Oh well. The Rambling Man on tour (talk) 21:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

List of Version 0.7 articles

Dweller,

I missed your post around Christmas, requesting a list of 0.7 articles, so I thought I'd reply here as well as giving late replies on the 0.7 talk page. The complete article list is here, and it includes VersionIDs. The list of articles is fixed at this point, but the VersionIDs may change slightly if we find any bad version (we're doing cleanups at the moment). Cheers, Walkerma (talk) 14:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Indenting

(from WT:RFA) Nah, it's probably me. I go along the line of;

• Original comment (1)

Reply to comment 1

Further reply to comment 1 (2)

Reply to comment 2

But that's probably just me. I can see how a same level indent could also be a reply to the original comment and an indent a reply to the further comment... I think. I've confused myself now... :) Pedro :  Chat  16:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

You've

lost

me

:-) --Dweller (talk) 16:59, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections/February 2009/Oversight/Dweller

Oh noes! The elections have started and you have not made a nomination statement! Tiptoety ^talk 01:11, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Profuse apologies for that. Please see your user talk for a full explanation. --Dweller (talk) 11:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know my oppose was only based on the lack of a statement--I know you're a good guy. :) rootology (C)(T) 13:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Well that's very kind of you. Thank you. --Dweller (talk) 13:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Idd, mine too. 86.137.127.10 (talk) 18:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Heavy vandalism

Food preservation, Fruit, Sloth‎; and Black panther - all these articles are vandalised every day by IP addresses, sometimes several IP addresses , covering up each others vandalism. No real contribution is made by IP, it is just a lot of work every day restoring vandalism, especially on Food preservation. Will you consider taking a look at these and possibly semi-protect them? Thanks

Warrington (talk) 11:33, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. No, I did not know about it.. I was asking you because I saw that you protected Christmas worldwide... From now on I will post requests there. But, one more question, if those two articles are protected, how is it possible that they are still vandalised? I have all articles on my watchlist and I see them being vandalised every day (see article history...).?

Warrington (talk) 12:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC) Thank you

Warrington (talk) 14:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Paul Darboux

I can send you Decalo 1973 if you e-mail me. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 01:09, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Maynard at DYK

Hi,

It looks like Maynard will not be featured at DYK unless we can come up with a suitable response to claims that "chin music" is negative-BLP - in my opinion, they don't really know what they are talking about, and probably haven't read the article, but I can't think of a way to counter it. Can you have a go? —MDCollins (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Request for adminship... 3?

Hi Dweller, it's now been over half a year since my previous request for the mop, and reviewing that RfA reveals that you were one of my opposers last time round. I was wondering if you'd like to comment on my current status in the Wikipedia community, and if you believe I would be ready to run for adminship again in future? Please respond wherever you feel it is most appropriate. Kind regards. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 16:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Of course, my previous editor review is still open for the best of my knowledge. Please see User:Cyclonenim/Editor review. However, if you feel that there is something important to say, please feel free to share it on my talk page. Thanks for your reply. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 16:32, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Or not, as that red link would suggest. Anywho, I'll create one. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 16:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Duh, silly me, wrong link: Clicky —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 17:03, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I've archived the previous one, and a new request can be found here. Thanks :) —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 17:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for John Maynard (cricketer)

On February 8, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Maynard (cricketer), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 23:16, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

ITN volunteers

Actually I am a new recruit myself, and as far as I know the project is seriously neglected, which is why ITN update is often delayed and sometimes important news items are omitted. Me and User:Candlewicke are seemingly only people active there. Others pop up from time to time but we need regular contributors. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

baseball2

I don't understand how the page was inappropriate at the time of deletion, especially for a user page. I'm talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Efnet_baseball2&oldid=270151162 which is what the page was before it was deleted. There's nothing offensive on it.

Additionaly, I don't understand what disruptive edits you are talking about.

Thank You! Efnet baseball2 (talk) 23:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Why "erase"?

Dear Dweller, thanks for your polite advice. I've explained by my rationale at Talk:John Maynard (cricketer). Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 13:32, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

The Rambling Man

Hi Dweller, I know that TRM has been without Internet access for a while now, but that sign on his talk page worries me. Is he still intending to return? Dabomb87 (talk) 21:39, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. We wouldn't want to lose him! Dabomb87 (talk) 13:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry man

I didn't see your note on User talk:Syjytg about his RfA until after I'd already gone thru the motions of closing his RfA. Didn't mean to step on your toes, it was just becoming too much of a bloodbath. :\ EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I have updated my user page. Please help me delete the history so that users cannot see the previous version with all the personal information. Syjytg (talk) 10:06, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

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Re your courtesy message

Thanks for that, and for the kind words. Oddly enough, I find that I usually agree with Johnlp and yourself. :) JH (talk page) 18:17, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

iTroll?

Im not trolling. The truth is not trolling. Living in a fantasy is trolling.. the humanity.UnionWorker (talk) 13:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Hello

Hey. :) Firstly, I'd like to thank you for your help — it's very much appreciated. I agree with everything you wrote at my talk page and had all those thoughts myself already — that's the reason why I wrote this three days ago. Unfortunately, it wasn't responded to in any way. Thanks again, — Aitias // discussion 16:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Yeah, it's indeed a sad situation and I'm sorry for upsetting you. Also, I agree that there are far better methods to resolve a conflict than a RfC/RFAR. Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 17:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Daley/Norwich youth

Cheers, will bear that in mind. --NCFCQ (talk) 21:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

East Anglian Derby

Hi - I see that you move the talk page - can you move the article itself to East Anglian derby? I have tried but am unable to do so. Thanks. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 23:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Biased Treatment

No-one addressed the biased treatment of Wikipedia editors towards articles that were similar to the WavePad article. The speedy deletion of an article that was created based on the GoldWave article was my attempt to prove that the editors of Wikipedia do not offer a balanced or objective role in editing the content of this site. I never swore, or was rude to any of the editors, I asked them to explain why the list of articles that I presented were not subject to the "speedy" deletion that WavePad was.

Nor have you.

So explain why the list of pages that I posted have not been deleted or treated in the same fashion as Wavepad. I really fail to understand the reasoning behind all of this and it is franky frustrating. You delete, you call me uncivil, yet you fail to explain any reasoning behind any of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duckdad (talk • contribs) 01:25, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

As stated above. The article on WavePad was a sheer rip off of the GoldWave article to prove that there is a biased attitude in the Wikipedia editors in regards to what you deem to be something that deserves the speedy deletion treatment. Can you please explain that? I don't want the other pages to be deleted. That's why I have not requested them to be deleted. So, as many of the wikipedia editors and administrators before you, you have failed to explain why WavePad gets deleted and not GoldWave. That is my question. There was no demand for any other pages to be deleted but a question on why one page gets deleted and others of a similar nature do not.

In the words of a stupid Australian politician Pauline Hanson - Please Explain! Aggressive? Uncivil? I'm just straight forward and demanding an answer that the editors, administrators and documentation you point me to is still unable to provide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duckdad (talk • contribs)

I appreciate your response, however I still fail to see where I was uncivil unless Wikipedia is really a Buddhist temple and I failed to take my shoes off or something. When writing an article Wikipedia asks for contributors to cite sources, provide proof. So in essence my argument regarding the speedy deletion of WavePad with evidence to back up my claim is what Wikipedia demands. So what is it to be? Citations and sources for everything or? Mao would be proud of your empire built on the internet. Live in peace, harmony and knowledge, but don't question, argue or bring up valid evidence of hypocrisy.

RE: Gregory

I think I got confused initially as to which matches occured when, and as to whether he had retired from international matches and the riot was NSW v Eng or whether it was Aus v England... I dunno, the career section is a bit disorganised. SGGH ^ping! 21:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

The Return of Dr. Octagon

I tried to clarify everything. During the entire GAC process, the reviewer never mentioned whether the article was clear enough for readers unfamiliar with the subject matter. Hopefully, my recent changes have rectified that. As for the use of terms like "emcee" and "rhyming", those changes were made by another editor, a hip hop fan, during the copyedit process. I believe the use of "emcee" as opposed to "rapper" is encyclopedic, although I do not prefer one term or another. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 10:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC))

• I made a few more corrections. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 15:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC))
  • The article has been copyedited by Merpin. If it still needs more copyediting, let me know. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 09:14, 27 February 2009 (UTC))

• Thornton gave the label recordings of him rapping and goofing off, and the producers edited the recordings into completed songs. Only three of the album's songs were completed with Thornton's involvement. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 20:44, 2 March 2009 (UTC))

• Hi there. I replied to your comments but you still have yet to respond. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 22:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC))

Help me !!

Good evening. I have changed my user account name from "BigFatPigCa" to "TagSmallPig". However, in the following edit history entry

" SineBot (Talk | contribs) m (52,687 bytes) (Signing comment by BigFatPigCa (talk) ) "

The old account name BigFatPigCa still appears without being replaced with the new account name "TagSmallPig". How can I make it disappeared totally? I have read the renaming instruction and waiting for servel days. And the name still remains the old one.

Thanks very much for helpping to solve this problem. It is very important for me. BigFatPigCa (talk) 15:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Miller

? YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 04:02, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Sorry I'm so annoying. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 00:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh nonsense. And I'll be back for more. --Dweller (talk) 13:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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Nice one on Talk:Main Page

Hi - just wandered by to say I loved this edit. What template's that, uw-doityourbloodyself1? :P —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 18:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Lol - as you (almost) suggest I did it myself, it's not a template. Perhaps it should be... --Dweller (talk) 13:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:Redirect10

Hello!

Hope you don't mind, I reverted the edit you made on that template to bold the text of the search term. As documented in Template:Otheruses templates, all of the other 8 redirect templates only add quotation marks around the search term without bolding it so I think that, for the sake of consistency, the same should also apply on this template. Let me know if you disagree, perhaps that should be brought up for discussion on the other templates then as well.

Peace! Big Bird (talk • contribs) 19:18, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: AfdStatBot

Yeah, that was a little vague. I've changed it on User:AfDStatBot so that there is a clear distinction between what it does now and what I want it to do if I got approval:

Currently, this bot only posts on Twitter and a subpage of its own user page (User:AfDStatBot/AfDStats) so no approval strictly necessary per Wikipedia:Bot policy. However, the proposed feature will inform users about AfDs in two ways: leaving a talk page message for nominators when their AfD is closed, and generating an up-to-date list of all the open and recently closed AfDs a user has participated in. These features would be by request/opt-in only.

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions. Stu ^(aeiou)_{I'm Researching Wikipedia} 12:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Mentioned on BBC article

Lol, quality ha ha ha! Thanks for brining it to my attention. HampshireCricketFan (talk) 19:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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On The Ball, City

[1]. Tiptoety ^talk 02:12, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Crat stats

Is this sort of what you're looking for? --Chris 04:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

It's looking v good. Excellent work, thanks. NoSeptember's version had the Crats in order of seniority, rather than alpha, and indicated months they weren't Crats in (before appointment or following resignation) with an – but I'm not too fussed about either of those... post to BN? --Dweller (talk) 10:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cricket#Cricket

Hi. Please see this topic. --Orrelly Man (talk) 09:44, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Change of user name

Well almost everywhere on net, I either use my real name or the nick Nihil. Since Nihil already exists on Wikipedia, so I want to use my real user name. Yes, I have thought about the consequences of using my real name, and I am quite sure about changing my name. Thanks for the concern. :) Regards, Olonil / Debangshu Mukherjee

Jacksons Fencing

Sorry, restored, go for it. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:06, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

• It doesn't seem very notable to me -- AFD might be a good idea. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

New Cricket Lead

Hi Dweller, As a regular contributor to the cricket page, I was wondering whether you had any comments / concerns about the New Lead [[2]] I'm proposing. I'd be grateful for your input. Many thanks. David T Tokyo (talk) 07:08, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Confirmation

Hi - posting to confirm my identity. Warofdreams talk 03:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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A question

Hi Dweller, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on this. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Do you have any other comments? There is discussion going on. There are a bunch at WT:FLC and a criteria discussion at WT:WIAFL (your input would be very appreciated on the latter). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 22:47, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

polymath

Thanks for leaving me a message. The section partial list mentions Ibn Khaldun as polymath in a strict sense. The man, as far as I have heard, was an influential biographer-historian. but polymath? His page gives reference to this review to call him polymath. But the page says: ...The Polymath is an historical fiction about the life of Ibn Khaldun,... This can not be serious. Should that name remain there?--Xashaiar (talk) 10:34, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

I think it's OK. The reference you cite is from the Newsweek review of the book, mentioning that he was a polymath. And there's another reference I can't check (because it's not online) but looks reliable that refers to him as a Renaissance Man, which is the same as a polymath. But thanks for checking. The page is a nightmare of POV and OR and I seem to wage a lone war to patrol it. Frankly, I'd rather remove the whole list and leave just one or two examples for whom we have RS to say they're the epitome of polymath. But I'd be against the consensus, so I won't. --Dweller (talk) 11:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Ref desk of the week

I stumbled across this by accident and found it amusing. Is this going to be updated? Simply south (talk) 11:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'd love to, but I found it really, really time consuming. Besides, I don't haunt the ref desks anything like as much as I used to. Maybe one day I'll resume it, but for now it languishes dustily in my userspace as an archive. --Dweller (talk) 11:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Btw, how on earth did you stumble across it!??! --Dweller (talk) 12:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

The shortcut is still there, i thought it was a section of WP:RDT. Simply south (talk) 23:37, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Yo

Hey dude, I'm back. Not fulltime yet, without a web connection at home, but still getting online when I can. It really is about time you archived some of this talkpage by the way, it's taking hours to load up when I'm on tiny bandwidths....! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

No. I refuse. How very dare you. Welcome back--Dweller (talk) 14:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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asked a question of you on my talk page, respond at your leisure. Nableezy (talk) 23:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

and done, hope you approve. Let me know if I should cut out some of the lyrics, but I think those are small enough snippets on the same level as quotes to not be a problem. Nableezy (talk) 08:41, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Sudesh sivarasu

Hi, a couple days ago you nominated an article at Afd, at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sudesh_sivarasu. The page was deleted but the author seems to have re-created it. I was wondering if you could take a look at it, at SUDESH SIVARASU, to see if it's substantially different than the article that was deleted. I wasn't sure if the content had changed enough to warrant another Afd. Radiant chains (talk) 10:32, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Discussing it with SoWhy. As the new article was created at a different location, s/he won't have been aware of the AfD. --Dweller (talk) 10:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I figured that was the case, with it being a different article name. Thanks for your help! Radiant chains (talk) 10:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

David/Dave Mooney?

Hi, just seeking your opinion on the naming of the David Mooney article. I recently changed it to its current name from Dave Mooney, since I believe most media (over here at least) refer to him as 'David'. However, a user who requests me to change it back says he's known mainly as 'Dave' in Ireland. The article stood as Dave Mooney for quite some time by the looks of it. Seems like a very small issue I know but couldn't find anything in WP:NCP which was of much help.--NCFCQ (talk) 19:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Tough call. I think he has far greater notability here (Eng) than in Ireland, as his accomplishments in English club football greatly exceed anything else in his career. However, it'd probably be best to move it back for now and start a discussion at the player's talk page. Advertise it at WT:FOOTY and on the talk pages of the clubs he's played for? --Dweller (talk) 20:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Lulz

Nice edit summary :) Pedro :  Chat  14:34, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

lmfao .. good one! — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 11:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I had left the 74 IP a note on his talk page earlier, and stopped back to see if he had replied. I saw your post suggesting he get an account, and came over to see if he was considering it, and if you were close to talking him into it. I scrolled up, and when I saw the Pedro post (especially after some of his recent ahhh .. difficulties - I clicked on the link he refereed to .. To me it had a special meaning too. Many years ago, back when I was in 4th grade, I had written the word out of ignorance (I grew up in a small town and had not been exposed to any of the black culture at that time), and I made the exact same spelling mistake. The whole thing led to me getting a ruler across the knuckles from the teacher, and a royal ass-whoopin from my parents when I got home - so that particular spelling .. just struck a nerve. Sorry for the TMI ... ;) — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 11:28, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Not at all! Thanks for posting. --Dweller (talk) 11:54, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Judaization of Jerusalem AfD

Haha, can I place the uncomfortable chair you awarded to the Judaization of Jerusalem AfD's closing admin on my user page? One (talk) 04:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Please look

See User_talk:The_Rambling_Man#Hello_TRM — Rlevse • Talk • 22:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

You have mail

 Roger Davies ^talk 13:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)#

Splendid, thanks. --Dweller (talk) 13:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:CHU

Today, by happenstance, I complete two CHUs that you rejected. One I completed involved renaming a username that violated policy; one I completed involved renaming a username that was too personal. My intention was not to overrule you or question you. I fully respect you, your hard work, and your actions on Wikipedia. I just had a different opinion on how to deal with the two instances. I hope you understand. But I am happy to discuss this further if you want to. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 14:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi. No problem. I 100% concur with you on the shouty one. I'm not sure I'd have done the second one, though I think you were right to make a change, the new name is probably problematic too (see her deleted userpage), but as she's ceased editing it would be a tough call to change it to some random name. --Dweller (talk) 14:53, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

It's me

Signed, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Wikipedia:Requests for adminship

I did not request deletion of this page, can you please clarify why you deleted it? flSiet (aklt) 12:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I've replied at your very complicated talk page. --Dweller (talk) 12:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I think. --Dweller (talk) 12:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Nope, you managed to miss the notice on User talk:Stifle/wizard/reply that said "Please don't leave messages on this page, rather, choose the appropriate selection below." There was a link there to leave a message on my main talk page.

In response to your more substantial comment, I find that the messaging system helps in several ways:

1. It ensures that queries which any user (or any admin) could help with are routed to a noticeboard.
2. It provides links for users to find the answer to their questions for themselves.
3. Where an issue requires my attention, preloaded messages provide a template for users to fill in and quote all required information.

So I don't see myself changing it any time soon. filetS (atlk) 12:40, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Gordon Bennett

I haven't a clue where to put this, so I'm putting it here. I'm confused to heck by the various instructions and it's very offputting, especially as you say you don't follow threads on other people's talk pages. It's one thing that you're clearly prepared to suffer idiots like me putting messages in the wrong place, but you're actually deterring people communicating with you in the first place, which really goes against the whole ethos of Wikipedia. --Dweller (talk) 12:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you feel that way.

All actual messages for me end up on this page, and I do respond to anything left here. It's not my intention to discourage users from communicating with me; rather, I aim to direct users to the location where their issue can be most quickly resolved. If users read the instructions, rather than click a choice and then immediately click "add section", then it works very well.

Think of it as an IVR system, if you will. filetS (atlk) 14:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Incivility?

Watch where you're pointing your fingers, Dweller. Doesn't a respectable, logged-in user have a right to express an honest opinion? There are only so many tones of voice one can use on a talk page. One should not assume that a simple reproof or correction of another user is incivility. I'd say "Leave me alone and go focus on real vandals," but it wouldn't be civil: and E. Novachek is always civil. If you have a reply, please use my talk page. By the way, what is your opinion of the April Fool's excuse for a main page? E. Novachek (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Ohhhh I am uncivil too - we should start an Uncivil Wikipedia! Duckdad (talk) 20:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Duckdad

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Middle name beginning with H

D*mn.  :) Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Hand holding balloon

Are you saying that the hand holding the balloon is the whole of Norwich City football team? Simply south (talk) 19:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Excellent observation. Thank you. Duly amended. --Dweller (talk) 19:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Not to worry, the balloon is about to burst soon.... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ahh, so that single hand represents the number of supporters for Norwich City? Good turnout. Simply south (talk) 20:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Now then, you two... --Dweller (talk) 20:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

:p Simply south (talk) 20:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Uncivil Goldwave

Oh I see you have noted the GoldWave image for speedy deletion, yes impressive administration there. I am beginning to think that Wikipedia is like the North Korean version of communism (or all versions we've seen - and don't get high and mighty because I have lived through communism). Talking about the greater good for the community etc and then quietly shipping people off to concentration camps for a simple dislike. What is Kim called? Our Glorious Leader? .... our wikipedia glorious leaders. Now I am being uncivil.Duckdad (talk) 20:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Duckdad

No, you're just making me laugh with ridiculous allusions. And I've run out of desire to try to help you. --Dweller (talk) 20:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hi! I saw that you were listed on the admin coaching status page. I was wondering if you were still interested in admin coaching. If you aren't, could you please update the status page? Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 21:37, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Thread of the week

Hi Dweller,

SteveBaker seems to have somehow taken great offense to this, and has removed your notice and thread pic from the Ref Desk. I and others enjoy your thread, however. I suggest you continue, but only place the notice on the Ref Desk Talk Page from now on. That way we can still enjoy the thread without somehow upsetting Steve. StuRat (talk) 15:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 20:30, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest that the award might be renamed to include the word "unofficial" at some point to make it clear that it's not awarded by the RefDesk itself through polling and consensus. APL (talk) 14:41, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry the award is no more, maybe one more for old time's sake?—eric 04:48, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

The great mustachioed hero of East Anglia, Liverpool and Scotland....

So, I think we can make a start? And what marvellous timing. His autobiography was (allegedly) published on 9 April, so I'll see what I can do about getting hold of a copy, priceless... Good and well-needed win for your boys today, we scraped a last femto-second draw... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hmph

Looks like someone's taking his ball away... Anyway, getting that Wark book on order ASAP. Get ready for a heap of fun! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Tennis expert’s maliciousness and disruption

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Undeletion request

Please undelete User talk:Gb. There is content where Jimmy Wales supports me in a dispute where the editor blocked me (for edits made by a different user!) I would like to be able to access. And under U1, talk pages should not be deleted. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 22:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, no. The editor has exercised his right to vanish. If you would like anything specific rescued from the page, I may be able to oblige. --Dweller (talk) 09:17, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Alive and kicking

Thanks for your message. Back to the invincibles YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 04:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Dweller's Day!

Dweller has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Dweller's day! For being one of our most experienced users, enjoy being the Star of the day, Dweller! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 09:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC) If you'd like to show off your awesomeness, you can use this userbox.

Thanks! --Dweller (talk) 09:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Liverpudlian listiness

You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/100 Players Who Shook The Kop. Oldelpaso (talk) 12:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I find this persuasive. --Dweller (talk) 12:40, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

There are a number of fallacies in that AfD - I'd be happy to discuss it again. --Dweller (talk) 12:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't have much of a opinion on it either way tbh, but I thought I'd point it out to you in case it got renominated or G4'd. Oldelpaso (talk) 16:31, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Alistair Day-Stirrat

Thanks for the heads up about the discussion regarding the deletion of this page. I think you'll find I've been quite objective about it! Cls14 (talk) 17:26, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Response to rename

For some reason you like to point it out when I go for a rename that another bureaucrat has not yet processed. I tend to overrule delaying and try to maximize the utility for users. CHU isn't really an area that requires much discretion. I didn't mean any offense, so please assume good faith. Andre (talk) 21:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Wark on...

Book's arrived. Missus will be going to work as of next Monday, I'll have some more time I hope to get cracking... Yippee! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

It's jolly comprehensive on club and international appearances which will be very useful... A James Milner-esque table for this is in the offing... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:05, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I didn't but I will check the post for my invitation... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:12, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

(eavesdropping) ...now if that Wark is related to this one, then he would be a sixth or seventh cousin of mine too (like her). Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

And I was just beginning to like you, Cas. Do you have a predeliction for walrus moustaches that frighten small children? --Dweller (talk) 10:18, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

...and used to frighten Norwich midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:29, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

And especially supporters. But check out the nice Bryan Gunn quote I just added to the article - and the Jock Stein one, too. --Dweller (talk) 10:34, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Ye gods, the only time I have been moustached was many moons ago when it seemed fitting to have one while staying at the YMCA in Rangoon...and someone dug out a photo and placed it on facebook.... :( Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:56, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

QED N Not related --Dweller (talk) 11:23, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Aah well, did many strands of my genealogy and Kirsty Wark was the most famous person I am related to thus far...but she is unknown in Oz. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:39, 24 April 2009 (UTC) ...or maybe this Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

PS: her is some inspirational music Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

I saw that you were listed in the Coaches for reconfirmation section of the admin coaching status page. Could you please update your status, and if you are still interested, drop me a note on my talk page? Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 14:02, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

John Wark

Hmm. Yeah, I see, but it's still not the way to do it - template syntax like that in article space should be avoided. Consider adding another template under the standard under construction one notifying of the previous version. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 21:03, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I suppose it adds a great deal of complicated looking clutter to the edit window. I'm not really worried about performance though, and if it's not going to stay there forever I'm not actually too bothered to be honest. Must've been in a bit of a bad mood when I posted last time! Maybe you should sandbox the article, edit it, and then post the completed page? Just a suggestion; meanwhile, keep up the good work improving the article. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 15:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Wisden almanack

Did you say a while ago that you had the 1949 edition? The online archive only seems to have snippets. Do you have the tour match reports and the parts about Saggers and Tallon? I wonder if you could get a digital camera and snap the pages and email them to me. Thanks YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 07:06, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I have it - you have a good memory. I'll have a look tonight or when I next get a chance. --Dweller (talk) 08:54, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Heaps good YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 00:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Warkie

I know, apologies. Hoping to crack on with it a bit tonight... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:02, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, you've done a great job of expanding it up. As for personal stuff, hopefully the opening chapters of the book will help enormously with that! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:13, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to try to avoid citations in the lead. There shouldn't be anything there which doesn't appear in the main body (with expansion), so let's keep an eye on that, deal? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Wark

OK, praps I could have phrased that more delicately :-) but it's genuine reader feedback... Someone came across the article and, knowing I did a bit on Wikipedia, asked me if people usually left articles in such a mess when they were working on them, and didn't they have test areas they could use. And thanks for the offer, but I'll leave him to you experts: there are enough things already that I feel guilty about not working on without adding any more. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:23, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure the GFDL comes into it? I'd have thought that applied to whoever adds the edit to the final article, rather than whoever added it to a planned enhancement in the planning stage. Unless neither of you are prepared to take responsibility for anything the other may have physically written, I suppose. What do I know :-)

With your admin hat on, I wonder if you could have a look at what this user's been playing at if you have a minute. I was going to give them a mild warning about childish vandalism on BCFC but found they've moved their user page at least twice and the talk page was at the end of a double redirect, and perhaps they need sorting out before it gets out of hand. thanks, Struway2 (talk) 11:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Struway2 (talk) 12:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright question; History of the Jews in Brenham, Texas

Hi. I've examined the article History of the Jews in Brenham, Texas in comparison to the source. I want to be sure I don't miss something. I've completed the quotation here. Please let me know if I've missed something, whether subtle or obvious. I don't want to mark it resolved if I've overlooked a problem. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:30, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

That has to be one of the most charmingly introduced notes I've ever received. :D Thanks. And thanks for pointing out the specific section. And for not prefacing it with a "What, are you blind?" (lol) I figured I must be overlooking something, or you'd have just finished out the quotation yourself. Now that I've seen what I overlooked, I'll look at the history to see where it came from in case there are other problems that need to be addressed. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:48, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

FLC Dispatch

Hey there! You might want to have a look over Wikipedia:FCDW/FLCChanges before it publishes next Monday. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:18, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

NCFC POTY

I reckon by chronological order Scorpion means from oldest to newest, not the current newest to oldest format...! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

As the list is sortable, what matter? That's just personal preference. --Dweller (talk) 09:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I had a feeling in the dim and distant past that someone found a guideline somewhere (nebulous, I know) which said chronological lists should start oldest first... but then again I am getting older and forgetful and do tend to make stories up for my own amusement... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:52, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Lol. It wasn't raised at the FLC and it's not a reason for saying it's not FL quality. And as it's sortable, I don't think it's an issue at all :0) --Dweller (talk) 09:56, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Commiserations and more

Hey. Well there you go. I'm sorry we won't have two derby games to enjoy (unless, of course, we pull each other in the FA and League cups!). In the meantime I've tried to ensure that History of Norwich City F.C. stays to the point and doesn't wander off too much. You could just fix the pair of {{cn}}s there... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:45, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

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Perrie Mans

The correct usage in the case of a 'dated' event would be to use the flag that represented him at that time. The 'old' style flag is the correct usage for the 1978 world championship. However, since Perrie Mans is a living South African citizen, the flag that represents him as a person is the current one so the current flag should be used on things like his profile, and lists etc. Betty Logan (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Enuff is Enuff is Enuff is... etc

Sorry I didn't talk to you about it sooner... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:50, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

England vs West Indies edit

Hi Dweller, This edit belongs to me. It just timed out and logged me out before I submitted it. I had actually considered the point you made about it ("English names and flags should come on the left, as they're the home team") before I made the edit. I could see arguments for both cases. On the one hand England are the home team, but on the other hand the West Indies are the team mentioned first in the article. As a result, I looked at how the template had been used in other articles (see here), and the first 10 pages all had the away team in the left hand column. Therefore, I followed that convention. All the best, Juwe (talk) 19:29, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

John Wark John Wark John Wark John Wark John Wark

So, early life section beefed up a bit. Suitable? The autobio is half-decent but seems a little lacklustre when it comes to pinning down precise dates/ages etc... will keep looking... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:19, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Mail

You have some. Oh, and what did you make of John Wark early life section? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Now then. I'm gonna need you (yes, you) to have a butcher's at the early life and the first ITFC section, which is virtually complete now. I've also managed to cite eight of those "citation needed"s, so we're down to 25 to go...! Hope all is well, and you have a good w/e. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

103 edits each - I've caught up at last... hope things are alright with you. Keep up the good copyediting of my ramblings... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:23, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey dude. I really desperately need a copyedit of the few pathetic sentences at "Second spell at Ipswich" - and advice on areas for expansion there. I've also pretty much done as much as I can think of on the season at Middlesbrough so copyediting and ideas there would be grrrrreat too. As for stats, I'm now winning 128/121....! Oh, and you ought to keep an eye on your own herd as I keep finding vandalism there...! Hope all is good. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:35, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Also, ref 85 didn't seem to work for me. I kindof assumed you found it in the first place... any ideas? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Praps it's another browser issue. As long as it works under IE then no-one else seems to mind...The Rambling Man (talk) 10:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it's fine for me now. Safari+MACOSX perhaps. Or perhaps their server was playing silly buggers. Anyway, onto better things... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:04, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Kids and stuff I'm sure will come soon, I'm at the same point in the book as I am in the cited material! Qualification-wise, he had pretty much nothing from school - he may in the mean time have got a coaching badge, but nothing to cite that as yet. Hobbies always strikes me as purely trivial but no doubt he plays golf, they all do don't they? Need a citation though. Business interests, none it would appear - he has the odd summariser job for Radio Suffolk (included now, and cited) and works at ITFC (already there) but nothing more than that at the moment. Adverts, no idea, worth a Google. Languages, none bar Glaswegian. As for dislikes about his football, that's gonna be tough... any suggestions?!! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Lee Croft

• Sorry, I was just off to bed when I read your message. I was actually referring to the article you cite. I read it that he was now a free agent and although the club wanted to keep him he had exercised a release clause in his contract or had come to the end of it. I only came across his article as someoene keeps on putting that he has signed for Bolton. What do you think? (Quentin X (talk) 01:39, 20 May 2009 (UTC))

1995 Brazilian Grand Prix

Hi Dweller. I noticed you a while back reviewed one of the other 1995 Grand Prix article I've been working on - the 1995 Japan GP article. I was wondering whether you could peer review the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix article for me, when you come back from your wikibreak leaving you're comments here. If you could make any comments at the PR, that'd be great. Kind regards, D.M.N. (talk) 17:11, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, I'll give it a whirl. --Dweller (talk) 11:36, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the first batch of comments. I appreciate it. I've responded and made some changes based on the comments. D.M.N. (talk) 13:54, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Nugget Miller

SGGH wants to revive it YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 03:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I put the Early life on FAC YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) 02:07, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Ding

You have mail. And I have some (possibly) exciting news... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:39, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

lolz

And the Germans are heading to the exits... GREAT edit summary. :) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 15:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Place of birth

I'm not too sure why it's done, I've just seen it being edited out. The POB isn't on the WP:FOOTY player template. I'll try to find a more definitive answer. --Jimbo^[online] 13:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

The last bullet point at WP:MOSNUM#Dates of birth and death states; "Locations of birth and death are given subsequently rather than being entangled with the dates. Hope this helps, --Jimbo^[online] 13:20, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Luton Town F.C.

I just passed this for someone as a GA, and should have a fresh set of eyes on the prose and some pointers to FAC. Anything missing you can see? Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Been through what you suggested here, anything else you'd wish to add? Thanks for Spillane and Martin by the way. :) Cliftonian • talk 06:57, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

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It's been awhile

What's up man?

I'm happy to see you are a bureaucrat. Congratulations!

And it's nice to know you are still heavily into sports.

Because that's what I need to talk to you about....

The team I'm leading has been going like mad for the past year in developing Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge (OOK). We're now taking on Britannica, whose Outline of Knowledge is currently of higher quality than ours. But not for long.

Unfortunately, the OOK doesn't have any outlines on specific sports.

In case you are interested...

There are some guidelines for developing outlines that I've been working on, which should help you get started. The WP:WPOOK also help explain where we're headed.

We don't create new outlines in article space (because of the danger of AfD to incomplete lists). They are kept as drafts as part of the projected outline until they are ready to be moved to article space. The sports listed on there are currently redlinks - because nobody has started drafts for them yet (hint hint).

We've been focusing mostly on geography, especially countries, and these are among our best outlines:

• Outline of Vatican City
• Outline of Thailand
• Outline of Iceland
• Outline of Japan
• Outline of Taiwan
• Outline of the United Kingdom
• Outline of the United States
• Outline of Australia

Some of the best outlines in other areas include:

• Outline of architecture
• Outline of meteorology
• Outline of classical studies
• Outline of forestry

It would be nice to see what Wikipedia's sports editors can do.

The Transhumanist 23:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Warkie Wonderland

Okay, book read, article "finished". I've made some notes on the talkpage per your checklist, we're close to needing a copyedit/peer review or whatever mechanism works quickest to get someone else to check our work... Not a bad improvement - 11,309 bytes to 48,576 bytes in six or so part-time weeks. And zero references to 100 in-line, correctly formatted bad boys. Joy! No word from the big 'tache himself, but still hoping.... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Roblox

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Am slightly miffed by speedy deletion rights - how do I request recreation of an article if the admin has gone AWOL

The admin (User:Cryptic) that speedy deleted the article NxBre does not seem to be here any longer. What can I do? 212.188.108.137 (talk) 10:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I can help. But first, you'll need to help me - what was the correct name for the article you're asking about? We don't seem to ever have had an article at NxBre. --Dweller (talk) 12:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Ughhh, sorry. Memory fails, spelling lapses. It's NxBRE. 212.188.108.137 (talk) 12:35, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

OK, I see it. Do you have evidence of it being the subject of multiple, non-trivial references in reliable sources? If so, I can recreate it for you. Incidentally, (pedantically!) it wasn't speedied, it was prodded, which is very slow deletion! --Dweller (talk) 12:38, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Their self-publishing (http://www.agilepartner.net/oss/nxbre/), with the exception that they make an unverified claim that NxBRE is the first (chronologically) open-source rule engine for .NET framework. If that doesn't qualify, to the heq with it, was a bit strange though that other free- and not so free wide-interest reasoning, logic and generally maths packages have their pages unmolested while this one was killed in utero. 212.188.108.137 (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

A claim of notability will get the article past speedy, but it'll be nuked at AfD if there's no reliable sources. Do you have any? The rest of your message is, sadly, best answered by pointing you to WP:OTHERSTUFF, as it's an argument for deleting other things, not for restoring this one. --Dweller (talk) 13:12, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for all the explanations. Have no interest in pushing the matter. Apparently Wikipedia server hard disk space is too precious for new articles. I use wiki for quick lookup of obscure stuff and going to sources that are cited, too bad obscure articles are deleted. This is an inherent bias in favor of established or well-frequented articles, and editors/admins who can sit on-line all day long. Rant over. Bye. 212.188.109.0 (talk) 16:32, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm here a lot of the time and I've said I'm happy to help you. If you have any sources, let me know. If there's any articles you think should be deleted, let me know as well. --Dweller (talk) 16:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

okay admit I am worse than a troll (possibly a goblin in disguise). But absolutely shocked by your offer to whistleblow and suggest articles for deletion. The whole idea of deleting articles stinks - yes, it is the smell of books burning. 212.188.109.0 (talk) 16:53, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Adam London

Hi there. Apparently he has not made his first-class debut — since the match was against a non-first-class side. I need to reflect that in the article. Bobo. 13:08, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Which UCCEs have first-class status when playing county sides then? Lancashire's Tom Smith scored his maiden f-c century against Durham UCCE, backed up sources of course. Nev1 (talk) 13:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

According to a note left on the talk page (now deleted), from Jpeeling:

"Actually matches against Cardiff UCCE aren't considered first-class. Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Loughborough are the UCCE sides that currently play first-class cricket, Cardiff and Bradford/Leeds don't." Bobo. 13:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, seems a bit unfair on poor Cardiff and Bradford/Leeds though. Nev1 (talk) 13:25, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

I admit I was unaware of that fact myself, and Cricinfo don't make it entirely clear either, which is why I was so quick to add the player as the match was on the "now playing" list. Bobo. 13:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Puzzling and confusing. OK, it should be speedied then. I'll go do it. --Dweller (talk) 13:15, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

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Oooh, la-de-da Mr Dweller. Don't forget your roots when you become this big-time show-host! Oh, and when shall we FAC Wark? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Lol. When it's finished? --Dweller (talk) 16:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

What's left? Dabomb87 is suggesting we head there... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:23, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Go for it. I've not finished my c-e, but I suppose that's no bar. Is everything on the talk page done? I posted something about discipline, I seem to remember. --Dweller (talk) 16:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I think talkpage stuff is done and I just replied about the discipline over there. Unremarkable and unsourceable in my opinion. Perhaps we see what others have to say? If not objection then I'll FAC it. And wait for the brown stuff to hit the whirly thing. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Done. Eyes peeled please! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:03, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Crat mailing list

Yes that is me. Sorry that I missed your email. I can go there and reply now. -- Pakaran 21:07, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Confirming per your emailed request. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 12:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you both. Your subscriptions should be up and running imminently, if not already. --Dweller (talk) 12:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for the trouble taken for me. Warm regards Pushkraj.janwadkar (talk) 13:53, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

RTM

Do I need to block you until you read the manual on how to wikilink [3]? . MBisanz ^talk 17:56, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Intriguing article at Kelly pool

Ok, here's the thing I need another set of eyes for. Fuhghettaboutit has done a heap of work on Kelly pool, originally nommed it for GA which I couldn't pass for lack of info. Since then he has really searched hard and found out alot of stuff which has meant the article has broken new ground on a cohesive, comprehensive and hitherto unavailable article due to alot of nosing around for obscure references. What he has done in collating the (very sparse) info has been one of the most impressive things I have seen since editing here. Anyway, in a way it is a shame it is here and not in some cue game newsletter or journal or other (which I have suggested he look into). Two questions - (1) do you reckon it is worth a crack at FAC, and (2) any idea as to whether worth a note in the signpost etc. Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

PS: Our chum with the wildly successful football club I think needs some help with copyediting at FAC :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Re Kelly pool, the Lead needs expansion and some attention needs to be paid to the referencing. It seems the author has written a block of text as a paragraph and then bunged a load of citations at the end of it. That's unhelpful and will be criticised at FAC - another editor adding an uncited "fact" in the paragraph will have it "covered" too. Or a fact currently in there that gets moved will be separated from its citation. Other than that, looks well on the way.

Will take a squint at LTFC. --Dweller (talk) 11:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Plural vs Singular (Luton Town)

The settlement on the matter has been made as "Luton were" and "The club was" (proper nouns use the plural, while common use the singular). I believe this is the correct usage. Cheers, Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 12:16, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

That's always been my preference too (see "my" FAs), but where's that been agreed in this case? I missed it. --Dweller (talk) 12:18, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

See Malleus Fatuorum's comments on the FAC page, just above yours. Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 12:48, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I saw that, but didn't see your agreement to it. --Dweller (talk) 12:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I put it as an edit summary on the LTFC page. I'll add it to the FAC now. Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 13:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Great! --Dweller (talk) 13:42, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll see if I've got time to head to Luton. I'm juggling getting Turner Prize and Orange Prize up to FL status and Mercury Prize is on its way. I'll see what I can do! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:43, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Your edit

Re this, the tag was there because there's no indication of why those players have been mentioned. If you want to clarify, you could say that it's a comprehensive list of everyone who attended the UCCE who has gone on to xxxxxxxxxx. Currently, it's extremely vague and resonant of POV. --Dweller (talk) 16:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Your suspicion of bias amounts to an allegation of bad faith against the editor or editors who produced the list. The natural and good faith assumption is that they were simply trying to provide useful information. Luwilt (talk) 18:24, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Excuse my "butting in" but you need to state that the list of "former players" is either comprehensive, non-comprehensive, or which criteria you are applying to allow folks to be part of the list. There's no bad faith, simply a Wikipedia-wide request to be specific on the inclusion of "former players", "notable players", "famous players" etc. Where would one draw the line? So, in other words, there needs to be a defined and exposed strategy for inclusion in this list. Per the recent edits, this is just an indiscriminate list. I hope this makes some sense? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

LTFC copy-edit

Sorted the "early years" issues you pointed out.

Cheers, Cliftonian (Talk • Contibs) 10:56, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Ta. --Dweller (talk) 11:00, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Name Change

Thank you for the user name change. I saw that you were able to reattribute some of my postings and was wondering if you could change the original posting from Dec 13 to my new user name as well. Thank you for your help Dweller! Blackburn2000 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:47, 21 June 2009 (UTC).

Scotland win World Cup - SHOCKER

They did you know. Just like England's gonna win Wimbledon.... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Och aye. --Dweller (talk) 16:18, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Hardcore

We're into hardcore FAC territory! Eyes peeled and hopefully, fingers primed. Although, if you suddenly disappear, I'll completely understand! Best to you. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:56, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

John the bookie

Fixed and replied YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 08:41, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks!

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		Thank you for answering my Catastrophe Code question on the Miscellaneous Reference Desk! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 11:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Jolly kind of you! I've not had a barnie for a long time. I'll add it to my userpage quilt of barnies when I have a mo. Thank you very much. --Dweller (talk) 11:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Cheers

All the best fella.

On the subject of Gurney, believe me, what we have down there is incredibly flattering towards him… however, I do appreciate that we need a neutral standpoint so I'll try and make it as neutral-sounding as possible.

Cheers mate. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 15:53, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

See

Talk:Ten Commandments in Roman Catholicism#Really? Nil Einne (talk) 09:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey

Thanks for your message dated 1 June. I'm looking in again and may contribute here and there, probably low key if I do. I've had other priorities for several months. Hope you are well. Sorry to see that Norwich took the plunge. --Jack | ^{talk page} 17:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Repost of 100 Players Who Shook The Kop

A tag has been placed on 100 Players Who Shook The Kop requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, because it appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion process. If you can indicate how it is different from the previously posted material, place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article and put a note on the page's discussion page saying why this article should stay. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please contact the administrator who deleted the page or use deletion review instead of continuing to recreate the page. Thank you. GiantSnowman 15:52, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

OOooh. Pity no-one checked it was different from before. Finding it hard to accept that a speedy deletion is used when a page is different from that deleted at AFD for predominantly OR (?!) and copyvio. Oh well. Hope things are okay for you Dweller? If poss, keep in touch? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:14, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Name Change

Hi,

Got the name changed. Now trying to action changes on the other wikis to re-establish my SUL. One real stupid problem - everytime I login to another wiki (source/quote) etc with the old username, it logs into en.wiki with the old SUL. Consequently I don't notice, provide the requested diff - which of course is signed from Mdcollins1984 instead of MDCollins. Ridiculous system eh?! I'm surprised it even let me login to my old username at en.wiki actually.

Oh well, hope you are well. At least this username works now. Thanks for the help before!

—MDCollins (talk) 02:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Wark

Don't be silly. Joint effort. Anyway, even bigger congrats to you. Get some sleep. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and when you get a moment (!!!!!), what's the next FAC? I'm really in the groove at the moment, enjoying my editing and want to make the most of it! But no rush...! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Congrats to you both! Dabomb87 (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

New Chairman

The IP was right. It looks like you have a new Chairman. I've readded it with a ref. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 15:29, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Roland Perry

Sure thing, if a Wikipedia user looks up Playboy writer to use as a source to prove how good a certain cricket writer is, then the user is probably the subject himself who kept news/mag cuttings of praise of himself in a folder. Who else would look up playboy and porn magazines to find out information about cricket history? And if the original motive was an interest in pornography, I doubt it would suddenly motivate them to look up and write a 100k cricket history article. Personally I also wonder what inside knowledge they would need to know the subject's university results. Who else would use and search for an ancient playboy magazine as a source. The user must know that a certain playboy magazine praised Perry, so it is probably Perry himself who kept a cutting of Playboy praising him. What kind of a cricket researcher would look up playboy for info? YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 01:42, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

A little bird has informed the monkey that the new editor's computer is from the same city as Mr Perry YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 05:16, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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Bradman

Please see WT:CRIC. I know it's already big but he was involved in so much. Also, when you pruned/cleaned up Phanto's foundations, did you leave the pruned out bits in the forks or do we have to look in the history if we want to reuse it YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 06:58, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Email

Replied. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:06, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of 100 Players Who Shook the Kop

I have nominated 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/100 Players Who Shook the Kop. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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You really should stop talking to yourself in public. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:40, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

First sign of madness. --Dweller (talk) 11:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

No, it's the second. --Dweller (talk) 11:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

RE:KP

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Sometimes my PC does things that I don't want it to do. I have undone the edit, so it shouldn't cause any more problems. Happy editing! Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign 12:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

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Would you be able to close an RFC?

Hi Dweller; I can't see your name on the page Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Role_of_Jimmy_Wales_in_the_English_Wikipedia#Summary_.21vote_analysis, and I presume you may otherwise count as uninvolved. If so, could you do the honours, or suggest someone else I might ask? Tony (talk) 06:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm happy to wait, but I'm not experienced in these matters—do I understand from your post that the "closer" is meant to do a round-up and summary? There is one at the bottom, which could be modified, changed, whatever. Tony (talk) 12:13, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm inexperienced, too. One thing I'd need to do is read up RfC instructions. I expected to need to add some kind of comment, but perhaps none is needed? --Dweller (talk) 12:25, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I've got Dweller on my watchlist, so I hope he doesn't mind me butting in. The way I've seen it done in the past is to make it look like:

{{subst:Rfc top}}

==RFC: Role of Jimmy Wales in the English Wikipedia==

STUFF

==Notes==

==Conclusion/Decision/Etc==

What your conclusion is.

{{subst:Rfc bottom}}

==Procedural comment==

Hope that is moderately understandable. MBisanz ^talk 12:40, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Entirely. Thanks. Oh, and Tony, check out the poll I just voted in regarding proposed changes to <ref>. You do a lot of content work, so I'm interested to see if you understand it differently from me. --Dweller (talk) 12:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Dweller, and Matthew. This is a learning experience for me too. My strike-through of the very late post has been reverted, in spite of the sign at the top and the clear direction from the start that it would close yesterday. I'll leave it up to you guys. If you want clerical assistance in ... hmmm ... going through everything again with a calculator, I can provide that. I will be asleep in two hours' time, though. Cheers. Tony (talk) 16:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

The template I think Dweller is looking for is {{Closing}}. MBisanz ^talk 16:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

 Done Tony, I'm sorry if I closed it too late for you. An interesting RfC. I hope that I didn't foul up the close too badly, but I suppose I'll soon hear if I did. --Dweller (talk) 17:30, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Grounds for complaint

File:Carrow Road schematic.png. It's a start... The Rambling Man (talk) 13:06, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Here, I told you I'd told you. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:16, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah... I thought "It's a start" meant it's not finished! OK, thanks, I'll incorporate it. --Dweller (talk) 18:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

No, I said that because I thought you were going to be a fusspot and suggest I made it all pretty or summit... n-joi. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

That George Michael image is poor - we could crop it down to focus on him (with the N&P advert top left of him)? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Splendid idea! There's too many images on the page; some of the gallery need to be incorporated and some should just stay in Commons. --Dweller (talk) 19:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Bosworth Field

Hi, Dweller. Are you planning to come back to Bosworth Field? Its FAC await for the continuation of your opinions. Jappalang (talk) 06:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Ah. Whoops. I'll try. --Dweller (talk) 19:32, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City (FA Cup 2003-04)

Not that it has any bearing on the AfD, but if I ever get around to doing a proper job on History of Manchester City F.C., the FA Cup comeback against Spurs will get a very brief mention in the context of being one of the last hurrahs of Keegan's faltering reign ;) Oldelpaso (talk) 09:44, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

I've got the DVD of that match. Three of my mates were there... probably the best match ever, especially if your singing Blue Moon...! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:11, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Kirill Makharinsky

What do you make of this piece of very very very borderline self-promotion? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:13, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Poor article, but notable. I made a few amends. Could do with some balance - there's plenty of criticism in some of those refs. --Dweller (talk) 09:17, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Just made me laugh - whoever had written it had categorised him in Category:Tennis players, said he was a marvel with poetry etc. Read like a CV... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:31, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/100 Players Who Shook the Kop

Thanks for the note. As the discussion so far appears to have been quite productive, I've not closed the AfD, but have instead listed it with a notice, in order that it can run for a week from today. Warofdreams talk 11:39, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Perfect. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 11:41, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Proof read request

I need someone who knows nothing about baseball to have a read though of 2004 World Series to check that it can be understood by someone who doesn't know baseball jargon I'm hoping to make it a FAC soon.

If you could take a look at it when you have time, or recommend someone else I could ask to look at it, I'd be grateful.

Thanks for any help in advance. BUC (talk) 14:31, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I'll have a squint. --Dweller (talk) 11:57, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Are you doing it soon? BUC (talk) 16:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Global account

Hello, I heard you're a bureaucrat, so I want to ask you something. Is it possible to cancel a global account (not delete, so it exists as SUL)? Thanks. --Farras^{La Poste} 10:59, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Not sure I understand what you want to do. --Dweller (talk) 11:56, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I mean like this, someone has accidentally created a global account, can he reverse that? Thanks. --Farras^{La Poste} 16:23, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Good question - I'm not sure he can. Perhaps a steward is the right person to ask - Bureaucrats only have "powers" on a local wiki, so I can change things relating to an en: account, but not an existing SUL. --Dweller (talk) 11:41, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Bradman's average

This is the thing for which he will be remembered 200 years hence. I have made further changes and the paragraph is now shorter than before my previous edit. Please do not revert; if you consider the detail excessive then make sentence-by-sentence changes (as I have) and we can hopefully converge - Ag, Stockport, UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.53.69.150 (talk) 13:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:Areas for Reform

I think you raised an issue that many editors care about - I hope you are willing to ontribute to this discussion Slrubenstein | Talk 13:03, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections/August 2009/Oversight/Dweller

^Just in case you have not noticed yet. :-) Tiptoety ^talk 02:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Those foxy foxes.....

I picked up Leicester City F.C. to review at GAN - 'tis a bit rough around the edges - what say you? Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:40, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I've got a very long to-do list (take a look around this page!) but I'll see what I can do. NB I am very inexperienced at GA. --Dweller (talk) 12:35, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Meh, just think of it as a more relaxed FAC. Any input is good to help him "zhuzh" up the article a bit. (said in best Queer Eye voice) Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:48, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Boink

Mail. Plus apologies/excuses for not helping out CR... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:28, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Replied. No worries - CR is developing nicely, unlike certain cesspits I could mention. Lol. --Dweller (talk) 12:37, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

RE : Your username

The history of my username is rather interesting. When I first registered back in 2004 I put in "mailer_diablo", but the wiki software kept capitalizing the first letter of my username due to technical limitations, which was annoying. After that, I decided to capitalize both and it became what it is today.

Personally I'd prefer to leave it be and stay this way for historical reasons, and I did register and have the doppelganger account "User:Mailer Diablo" to be set pointing to my account as well. Who knows, I might go back to the original "mailer_diablo" one day. :o) Thanks for your offer anyway though! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 13:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Mary Jones

I fully agree with your views - I'll keep a watch on it. Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you. I hope the other contributors stick around too. It's a real tricky one, but I'm optimistic that some hard thinking and a dash of ingenuity can solve it. It's nice to see a complex consensus-forming exercise that remains civil and unheated. --Dweller (talk) 13:32, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Intimidation

Well yes, it can be utilised everywhere YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 07:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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Drat! And double drat! I was thinking last night that a quick article on Benson would be an easy DYK, only to find when I log on this evening that you've beaten me to it... Nice work. Sure you don't want to use as your "hook" the quote that Benson was "the people's fish"? Bencherlite^Talk 17:22, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Changing user name

Thanks for your message about my request to change my name. You might as well cancel it. I realized it's a waste of time because it won't shake my stalker off. The only way to do that is to open a new account.

Sardaka (talk) 09:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Keith Johnson

Relpied YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 01:22, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Replied YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:55, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

my stalker

I've been discussing my stalker with DarkFalls, who is familiar with him, since his talk page was used as a forum for a while by me and my friend. I'm not sure if Dark wants to intervene or not. My friend has been quiet for a couple of weeks, but it may be a temporary lull.

Sardaka (talk) 10:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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GFDL

Of course I'm aware of the "move" function for changing the name of an article, but this was my first encounter with something coming from another user's namespace. Naively I suppose, the thought of using it didn't register (even though I see now you'd previously written it on my talk page) and I gave it no second thought. All I can really do is apologise - both for not crediting you and for wasting your time - and hope you will understand what I did was in good faith and that I will learn from it. Sorry! NCFCQ (talk) 11:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm guessing in the days before points deductions it never has, and don't recall it happening since then! If the seventh goal hadn't gone in we would've been above Swindon too! No surprise Mr Theoklitos was getting a roasting from the vandals... I hope for his sake it was a one-off or he'll spend a lifetime being mentioned with the likes of Simon Tracey!

Having been at the Wigan friendly though I still believe there is hope; but there will be a real poisonous atmosphere at CR next time if the next three away games aren't positive. Fingers crossed.NCFCQ (talk) 12:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

To answer your quiz question, Chester City lost 6-0 on the opening day of last season and weren't even in the bottom three. --Jpeeling (talk) 22:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Oversight

Well done YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 02:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. You've been given a massive thumbs up from a wide range of the community. "Do well" as they say round these parts. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! Dabomb87 (talk) 19:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Outlines

I was sorry, though not overly surprised, to see the way that it went. My commiserations.

Among the rot that was thrown at you, was one issue I noticed that I thought you might pay attention to. It seems that there is quite some opposition to the Outlines project - either in terms of its very existence, or in terms of the way it's been put up willy nilly.

I wondered if you had thought about responding to this in some way, perhaps with a discussive RfC, appropriately promoted at the VP, Signpost and CENT, to see what consensus said? You have some well-developed examples now (not to mention the chocolate animation!) for people to see what's being proposed.

Cheers --Dweller (talk) 11:49, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

As you know, I've been working on these for years. And there are many other editors working on these too, every day. You may remember many of these articles as Lists of basic topics, and I have talked with you about them on at least several occasions! Here's a couple posts in your November 2007 talk page archive about them: User talk:Dweller/Archive 14#Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of basic geography topics and User talk:Dweller/Archive 14#Basic topics. Before and since then, there have been plenty of public discussions in many locations (village pump, project talk pages, guideline talk pages, etc.)

The basic topic lists were renamed from "List of basic ____ topics" to "Topic outline of ____" in September 2008, and were renamed to "Outline of _____" in March of this year. The current name has attracted a lot of attention, mostly good. Looks like we finally found the right name for these!

The Basic topics/Topical outlines/Outlines have been presented on Wikipedia's contents page since December 2005 - the page where the link "Contents" on Wikipedia's sidebar leads.

To refresh your memory, they're just "structured lists", which is how the list guidelines have referred to this type of list over the years. They were built in accordance with WP:STAND. There are thousands of structured lists on Wikipedia (most of them are still named "List of") - it is one of the two main formats for lists. The other major list format is alphabetical.

I hope this jogs your memory.  :)

A good sense of the community's perspective on these can be gotten from the AfDs over the years:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Islamic and Muslim related topics (Nov 2005) - delete (this was resurrected recently via Deletion Review!, and is now the Outline of Islam).
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic computer science topics (March 2006) - no consensus
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic visual arts and design topics (May 2006) - delete. Replaced by List of basic visual arts topics and List of basic design topics
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic industrial topics (Aug 2006) - speedy keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic management topics (Aug 2006) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic Canada topics (March 2008) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basic mining topics (Aug 2008) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic outline of algebra (Jan 2009) - keep (also nominated: Topic outline of arithmetic, Topic outline of calculus, Topic outline of geometry, Topic outline of mathematics)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topic outline of Big Science (Jan 2009) - keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of South Africa (May 2009) - speedy keep
• Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of British Columbia (June 2009) - speedy keep
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Palestine (July 2009) - keep

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.

The Transhumanist 01:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: check out current development on Wikipedia's outlines (the ones we know about so far, anyways), here

No need to jog my memory - I remember some of this stuff well, and other bits I could have guessed at (like the long list of AfDs).

But I think I didn't make my main point clearly enough. It seemed from your RfA that no discussion of the project as a whole has ever been undertaken and there's a sizeable group of editors out there who seem to think it's being pushed through by a small group without proper discussion. None of what you present above amounts to a discussion of the Outlines project as a whole - just small bits of it.

Cheers --Dweller (talk) 10:15, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh, you are talking about getting pre-approval for writing articles...

There is no approval process for writing articles. Anybody can write as many articles as they like, and they never have to ask anybody for permission. That includes pages on any subject, and pages of any type, including portals, list articles, and non-list articles. So, if someone wants to write 500 articles on mathematics or write 500 lists or build 500 portals, all they have to do to start is key in a new title, and press "Go".

It's the wiki-way!

That's exactly what I and others have been doing. We've been writing structured list articles according to the structured list guidelines in WP:LISTS and WP:STAND. There is nothing in those guidelines that state you have to get permission first before starting a structured list article, or a list article of any other allowed format (alphabetical, annotated, table, or timeline table) - and there never will be.

The same thing applies to WikiProjects. There is no requirement to get approval on starting a WikiProject. Just pick a subject or page type that doesn't yet have a WikiProject, and go.

I've created over 400 structured list articles over the past 4 years, and I've worked on hundreds more. I've created several WikiProjects and have worked on dozens more. I never asked anybody for permission. I'm certain I'll start another 500 structured list articles over the next couple of years and work on a thousand more (I'm getting better and faster at it), and I don't plan on asking anybody for approval.

A couple of years ago, a pre-approval page was set up for portals. It was burnt by fire. Pre-approval runs counter to the fundamental principle by which wikis work.

Some editors are under the misassumption that outlines are a new type of article - but they are not new. They are structured lists. Structured lists have been covered in WP:STAND since the day it was written. For the discussions about structured lists over the years, see the archives of WT:LISTS and WT:STAND.

The Transhumanist 23:36, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm surprised that you're being quite so aggressive in responding to Dweller's good natured comments - he has (from my observation) been a good friend to you on this project. I think the point that a few people are trying to make is that we aren't entirely convinced that outlines are articles. The closest thing to them that is generally accepted as mainspace content are lists, but those are expressly lists of notable things about which we have (or hope to have) articles. Outlines seem rather different and it isn't a type of content that has been widely discussed. You're quite right that there is no need for permission to add new content to the project, what's concerning some of us is that this looks to us like a different type of content.

It seems to me that a community discussion of outlines is on the cards, as there seem to be quite a lot of people with strong feelings about them. What I think Dweller is suggesting is that it might be better for that discussion to be kicked off by those involved in Outlines making a positive case for them and looking for support, rather than it being those opposed to them who end up "setting the tone" for any such discussion. WJBscribe (talk) 17:58, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Arabic wikipedia

Hello there. Sorry for the late reply. I got your message on arabic wikipedia asking about the messages you received. Just to let you know it was just a welcoming message to show you around in the arabic wikipedia, but since you don't speak arabic it should be less likely tht you browse the arabic wikipedia, hence the message might not be of any use to you.

regards --TheEgyptian (talk) 23:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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Gilly and Tiger

I intend to expand them. YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 07:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Have to explain his 3 year absence for FC cricket because he was posted tot eh country YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 03:35, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Expanded Gilly. Keeping you updated. Need to find refs for a few things, and clean up some cites. Need to expand on the legacy as well, since he certainly changed how the WK operated. Might have missed important things not diagnosable from the raw data. YellowMonkey (cricket photo poll!) paid editing=POV 03:54, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Got cracking on Tiger... YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 03:33, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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It's me!

Yep, that was me with the yahoo email. MBisanz ^talk 00:42, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Advisory Council on Project Development

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Chapter 53 - In which Pooh, Tigger and Casliber ask Dweller to cast his eye over some blue-stripped foxy foxes....

sigh I decided to review this one, but is rather spartan....what you reckon? I haven't passed it yet. See Talk:Leicester City F.C./GA1 Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:59, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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?? Where are you? YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:09, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

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Ref desk awards

Regarding your RD awards, it might amuse you that the topic of your Week 11 Award: "Classic code & magic constants - 1-4 Nov 07 - n = (n & 0x0f0f0f0f) + ((n & 0xf0f0f0f0) >> 4);" is also the subject of a very Good Article, see 0x5f3759df :) That is, if you didn't know already. Regards, decltype (talk) 10:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes we have no bananas

Hey, good to see you. Things ok? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:59, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

One good song, eh? Yeah, and no talk of football thanks..... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:29, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

RD thread of the week

Hi Dweller, I was just reading through last week's WP:Signpost and had a thought. Your attempt to reintroduce the RD "thread of the week" award (in March 09 or so?) was met with, well, let's just say it didn't go over all that well... :)

However, I'm currently reading Hiding's roundup of events and it strikes me that would be a perfect place for you to continue those awards. It avoids the need for consensus, since it's an individual agreement between yourself and the Signpost author; others would be equally free to make suggestions to Hiding for their editorial discretion; and it could only serve to promote an amazingly productive piece of the wiki - when I want to check on RD/S, I only look at the very first lines on my watchlist, because it is always there. Just a thought. Franamax (talk) 00:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Kww 3 - Bureaucrat discussion

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kww 3/Bureaucrat discussion

I've opened a bureaucrat chat in relation to this RfA as I don't think the outcome is particularly clear cut. If you have a moment, I'd appreciate your input. WJBscribe (talk) 20:08, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

re: Laser flip

Okay, thanks for your quick response, --Île_flottante~Floating island ^Talk 18:11, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Castle

You probably didn't think this would come back to haunt you, but I'm now trying to get the article to FA standard. There are currently lots of comments on the talk page which I'm trying to address, but more angles and opinions on the content would be welcome. Happy editing, Nev1 (talk) 23:32, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you've seen the above message as I posted it while you were on a break, so just in case: any opinions or comments on the article would be very welcome. Nev1 (talk) 12:55, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, it certainly can be time consuming! But hopefully the article is nearing the final stages, and I feel the bulk of the work has been done. I have been consciously trying to take a universal approach as not so long ago I was involved in a very heated discussion about representation of Portuguese castles that ended up with an editor getting banned for using sockpuppets and making personal attacks, and before that someone posted a long tirade about one good faith editor being racist (my suspicion is that the same person was the antagonist both times, but CU couldn't help as one of the accounts was stale). As such, I have attempted to be ambiguous where possible, making sweeping statements to accommodate the overarching nature of the article, although because of the source material (ie: it's in English) many of the examples (where one is used) are English or Welsh castles. In a way, it's unavoidable but I've tried to do my best in that respect. Not every country can be mentioned unfortunately, as that's just not practical.

While rewriting the article I read through the archives to see if there were any useful points and I was disappointed at the jingoism of some people; it was so bad that it looks like the 2007 improvement drive hardly touched the text in the article and most of the time was spent quibbling over pictures. Each of the images now used in the article can be rationalised and ties in with the text; someone would have to provide a very good reason to replace one of them and that xyz country isn't well enough represented just won't cut it. Hopefully a good quality article will be easier to maintain; at times I did wonder what the point of keeping out some of the vandalism was when the article was almost entirely unsourced. Nev1 (talk) 17:51, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

100 Players

The thing was, I couldn't find anything really useful to merge, really. Having looked at it again, I've put a brief mention in, but it's still ... unsatisfactory, I think. Black Kite 15:52, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look when I get a mo'. I think though that you're hitting one of the reasons why a merge is IMHO so often a bad result in AfD - well, at least it is when merging something small and tangential into a massive parent article. --Dweller (talk) 15:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

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Me

Hey, good to see you around and about a bit. I agree, let's do something fun. Allerton looked good but probably not enough for a FA... Any recently retired Budgies which would interest you? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

What about that Goss glory moment, the most historic match in the history of NCFC? Could do that? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Pun

Your response to the Knizia elevator question was hilarious!! Thanks for that! Dismas|^(talk) 20:11, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Why, thank you! --Dweller (talk) 09:46, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

rename request

Hi Dweller, I saw you're around with breaucrat permissions. Can you please drop me a message before you'd change? I'd like to ask a few things. Thanks

Iranon (talk) 18:46, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

changing user name

Thanks! Etan J. Tal 13:33, 19 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etan J. Tal (talk • contribs)

Tzufit - article name correction

Dear Dweller,

Since you can speak Hebrew, and obviously see the mistake, pls help in changing the article Tzufit into Tzofit (I can't have access to edit the article name). Tsufit is a Honeyeater, but the Moshav derived its name from a different word which means "the hill which views" (similarly to Mount Scopus = Har Ha'tsofim). Thanks for assisting! Etan J. Tal 23:48, 19 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etan J. Tal (talk • contribs)

Problem solved meanwhile. Hope it was done properly... Thanks anyway. Etan J. Tal 01:05, 20 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etan J. Tal (talk • contribs)

WP:CHU – Offensive?

Hi Dweller, I wondered if you could explain why you declined this request as potentially offensive. I must be missing something, 'cuz I just don't see it – please enlighten this humble clerk! AJCham 17:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

It was the combination of Afro and stud that set my alarm bells ringing. Seeing his track record didn't inspire confidence either. I wasn't sure he wouldn't be trolling with it. Safer to ask for another choice. It was a harsh decision, but I felt it was warranted. Thanks for asking politely, I appreciated your careful tone. --Dweller (talk) 20:32, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough - personally I don't find the username alone to be a problem, but if he also has a questionable edit history (which I've not personally checked) I can understand the concern. Thanks for explaining. AJCham 07:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm --Dweller (talk) 13:51, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Renamed

Hi Dweller, thanks for renaming my account. I noticed one odd thing: my old account (PromptCritical) seems to still exist, and I can log into it with the password for the account. The change-name instructions said that it would no longer exist (but that I should re-create it anyway to avoid impersonations). Is this normal? If so, perhaps the instructions should be modified to reflect this? Anyway, thanks for the rename! Prompt Critical (talk) 15:10, 25 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Go For TLI (talk • contribs)

Might be a well-known glitch, that the rename takes some time to go through properly. Give it a few days and let me know if there's still a problem. --Dweller (talk) 15:13, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... it does seem to have completed --Dweller (talk) 15:15, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Wierder... check out my user page. I just was testing the various numbers of ~'s and what they do, and it put in my old signiture! Prompt Critical (talk) 15:18, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

And its wrong here too, but yet the auto-sign bot puts in the right one. *confused!* —Preceding unsigned comment added by Go For TLI (talk • contribs) 15:19, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Give it a couple of days and if it's still misbehaving, drop me a line. NB I rarely edit at weekends. --Dweller (talk) 15:57, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Cheers my dears

Moved in. What a day. And got a warning straight-off from the Rozzers about my parking. "Welcome to the neighbourhood!". Anyway, didn't sleep a wink, work's gone nuts, I'm back out to you-know-where in a week or so, hopefully for not much longer than a week, and Sky won't let me have the landline here. Hoping to continue to contribute using other means... Hope all is well with you, et al... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For keeping the standards at CHU cautiously strict and maintaining a professional demeanor when dealing with spammers at that page. Keep it up! –Juliancolton | Talk 04:59, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

User name request

Hi Dweller - thanks for such a quick response.

Many apologies if this isn't how I was supposed to respond to your query about my name change request from LondonPhilharmonic to Phil 000. I fear I've confused the system by having LondonPhil also registered. I'm very happy for both LondonPhilharmonic and LondonPhil to be merged/changed into Phil 000.

Yes, I've read the COI page and confirm that I'm only planning factual updates.

many thanks Londonphilharmonic (talk) 13:28, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Merging accounts isn't possible - the software can't do it, so please choose which you'd like changed and stop using the other.

However, I'm not convinced you've read WP:COI properly. See Wikipedia:COI#Non-controversial_edits. Edits that are factual is not the issue. You are not permitted to make edits that are merely factual, they need to fall into those areas outlined as non-controversial, according to our definition. Therefore, adding a web address (for example) is not permitted, although it may be factual. Please reread the policy and confirm here you understand and agree to it. --Dweller (talk) 13:39, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dweller Please change the LondonPhilharmonic account to Phil 000 and I'll stop using the other. COI page reread, understood and agreed to. Once I've got the go-ahead from you on the user name change I'll add an explanation of my recent edits to the talk section so that other editors can approve/challenge them. Londonphilharmonic (talk) 14:12, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

• I don't know if it was an accident, but the user name Londonphilharmonic was re-created a few minutes after you had renamed it:

(new user log entry) * 14:39, 26 November 2009 Londonphilharmonic (talk · contribs) account created automatically ‎

Regards, -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 14:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. I think it mustve been from a look-see login from the SUL. --Dweller (talk) 14:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Country Mile DRV

Stupid question, why not simply undelete and then userify to develop it? Oh, and sorry if I misunderstood the purpose of the DRV :) MLauba (talk) 15:25, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I dislike doing that for material that's been properly deleted at AfD - seems a little high-handed. At the end of the day, I'm just one editor, just because I can undelete doesn't mean I can really outshout a bunch of people who said it should be deleted and didn't change their minds when some RS were presented. So, I've gone back to the community for approval. Oh, and it'll save the potential bother if another admin zapped my undeleted, userfied, improved and restored to mainspace article as a repost of AfDed material! --Dweller (talk) 15:30, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I catch your drift about the COI. I was just wondering whether going for a WP:REFUND, then linking to the expanded user draft in the DRV wouldn't actually help the DRV discussion by having something concrete behind it. MLauba (talk) 15:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Maybe. I thought there was enough concrete in the two RS in the AfD and the link to usage I've put in the DRV. You might be right - it might have been better that way. Let's see how it goes. --Dweller (talk) 16:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Username change

Could you change my username to Paul Benjamin Austin - It seems to be free and i want to use my real name like User:Adam Carr and others. Paul Austin (talk) 17:39, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hi. :) Now that I'm back at my home base, since it was a courtesy notice which is sort of almost a template, I thought I'd let you know that I had replied to your message at User talk:Moonriddengirl#Courtesy notification. :) And to make it completely unnecessary for you to read it, I'll just restate here for the record that I can't imagine it would be controversial to restore the history of Country mile if the content that was there would be useful to you in your new article. And I'll add to that, as I've now had a chance to read over the deletion review request from a decent connection with more time to spare, that if you didn't want to write the article yourself but just thought that the lack of an article is a problem, that a soft redirect to wikt:country mile might serve. I know if the link is redlinked, contributors are more likely to actually create a usable article for the space, but in the meantime, those unfamiliar with the expression looking for information about it on Wikipedia will be able to easily access it. So far as I can tell, the redlink theory won't make much difference, as it currently is not linked from any articles. Oh, and I appreciated the personal note. Generally, a deletion review leads one to wonder what one has done wrong, and it was nice of you to take the time to tell me that you thought my actions were proper under the circumstances. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:32, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

(I may have taken the time to read over the deletion debate again, but evidently not so closely as to properly mark your name. I'm afraid I confused poor User:Dougweller with this. How embarrassing! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:32, 29 November 2009 (UTC))

No worries, the confusion occurs periodically. Must say, I'm flattered - I think Doug's a terrific editor. Thanks for the gracious replies. I'll create a new article when I have a few moments. Cheers, --Dweller (talk) 18:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Your work is currently at FTC

• Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The Invincibles/archive1

YellowMonkey (bananabucket) (Invincibles Featured topic drive:one left) 01:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

AfD

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis Canfield. Thanks, Grsz¹¹ 15:33, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks dude. Just about "over" the trip, despite it being a complete debacle. Utterly and totally. Looks like I'll be back there next month for another "laugh". Oh well. Anyway, yes, to business. I'll check out the article. Is there any way (in your opinion) we could find an image of Goss scoring and claiming fair use on it? Monumental moment in history, no-one could reproduce it, lo-res, blah blah... what do you reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:13, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Man alive, what a nice shot but no details. That's in one second of looking. I think we can do this, as long as fair use keeps us clean... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

There are such things as gif files which would enable such a thing with a sequence of stills... I wonder... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Sehr gut. It'd be great to get some German sources. I'd even be able to flex my GCSE German...! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I had a look on Google.de's News Archive search but it isn't very helpful, just a single article from Stuttgarter Zeitung that costs €2.38 to view. The title translates as "Munich's 1–1 in Norwich not enough for last sixteen". Kicker's online archive only goes back about 10 years or so. Oldelpaso (talk) 10:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, no that's not so helpful, especially as that's from the second leg... hmm. Wonder if there are any RS on Bayern (website, books etc) we can plumb... --Dweller (talk) 10:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung has a promising looking piece (opening line something like "Yes, these Britons can run"), but again, €2 to find out whether its useful or not. Oldelpaso (talk) 11:08, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

The bottom link on that page says: "Überraschende Heimniederlage im UEFA-Pokal: Bayern München unterliegt Norwich City 1:2 MÜNCHEN. Am Tag, als die "Vögel" kamen, ist dem FC Bayern München arg zugesetzt worden. Der deutsche Rekordmeister muß nach diesem Dienstagabend" - looks promising? --Dweller (talk) 11:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

U've got mail. --Ureinwohner (talk) 12:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC) And for free the Hamburger Abendblatt

Thank you - replied with excitement...! --Dweller (talk) 12:42, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

That looks like a match report, and the one two places above ("Nun hoffen die Bayern auf ein "kleines Wunder") is the one I was referring to above, which I'd guess is an analysis piece. Subject to the disclaimer that my German reading level is "might get the gist when I know the context", and nowhere near fluency. Oldelpaso (talk) 12:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, tempting, thanks OEP. --Dweller (talk) 12:42, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:COI confirmation

Hi Dweller,

Thanks for getting back to me. I received your message and yes, I understand that WP:COI applies to my edits. Can you tell me when my new username will be approved?

Also, under your comment is a comment from Jeremy with "clerk note." I'm not sure what that's about. Can you tell me what "malformed request is?"

Thanks so much! BnBFinder (talk) 21:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)Eskimokid

Hooray for me! I found a bungled page!

I feel very validated! As you imply, another list had been wierdly pruned as part of a flawed edit, with only inferior candidates retained!! I stumbled across this, wiki-surfing across domains, and a mere glance at the list showed it to be absurd -- certainly severe flawed. That I, normally a very cautious editor, trashed most of the list showed GOOD instincts. In the scenario you describe, deleting the entire list to call attention to the absurdity led to a cognizant individual (you?) catching the error! Let's congratulate ourselves! (Or, if you prefer, insinuate that I am not qualified to make such a judgment; whatever.) Jamesdowallen (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC) ... and yes, I did post in Talk, and wait a few days for response before I did the deletion.

You're welcome

And that's very reassuring. I was perplexed, because I didn't know what User:dmcq had done that merited reversion. Was he some banned user to be reverted on sight (at least in some editors' view)? So I checked his user page and he seemed like a perfectly clean (even exemplary) editor. However, there was still a faint lingering doubt about whether I had, in ignorance but good faith, aided a troll or thwarted some effort to protect the encyclopedia.

But I wouldn't worry too much; the Wikipedia servers have just been very strange lately, and I found that I'd done nearly the same thing this week at WT:WikiProject Cities, and I think also at the Ref. Desk, although fortunately not to substantial postings. For the moment, there seems to be no absolute guarantee of what will happen when you hit "Save" or "Preview". —— Shakescene (talk) 10:09, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Zaphnath-Paaneah

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Yeah, it's from the free Jewish Encyclopedia, as best I understand it. --Dweller (talk) 11:31, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Integration Marketing & Communications

Did not understand please help --Jhabib (talk) 14:06, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Help XLOC Page

Hi, I am very confused about using Wikipedia, after reading all of the tutorials and trying to update the content to not be biased. When i was trying to make my updates, my page got deleted and now I don't know how to try and get it back up. Also, now they are saying that my logo is copyright infrigement, but I have been given permission to use it. Please help.

Amanda --Amanda Griffin (talk) 16:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm flattered

Thanks. :) JH (talk page) 17:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Become a Bureaucrat

Please can I become a bureaucrat? I urgently need it for the same reasons as you! I will summon millions of bots that help the site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikieat (talk • contribs) 19:10, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I Want to promote my bot

Please,again I want to promote my bot to bot status.--Wikieat (talk) 19:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Tsk

I knew I'd forget something... Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Ta. By the way, the cricket does look good in HD on my new telly!! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:48, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Well there's the rub. Sky Sports HD 1, on my new telly (did I mention that), actually seeing the sweat leak from the pores on de Wet's forehead as he bowled a wild leg-side beamer on his first Test delivery... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, well working weekends in Saudi has enabled me to jack the whole "job" thing in early so I'm now on Christmas holidays. Official. Especially since I got a new telly. What more can I say...?! Oh, good chance I'll be up to see NCFC in late January, up at Carrot Road. Went to White Hart Lane last night. City were rubbish, Spurs (in particular Lennon) weren't. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:29, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

One more point before we hit the "weekend". Yellowmonkey's FT drive and a potential list - now then, we had a "to-do" all about Gilchrist's century list so I guess he and I "aren't talking" but I'd love nothing more, especially now I have a few spare moments, than to help make a statistical summary for the FT. However, as usual, you'd need to mediate. Tsk. Magic. Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit ... etc. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:34, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

You tell me exactly what you need to be done, I'll see what I can 'box.... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Looks like a heap of spreadsheet activity and going through individual archive pages getting the data on each player... Some might accuse that of being WP:SYNTHESIS unless there's a proper all-in-one source...? Or a lot of work which may not be necessarily appreciated... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:56, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't have a paper 1949 Wisden I'm afraid... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:53, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Curiously, for whatever it's worth, Cricinfo uses the phrase "Player of the match" and "Player of the series". As does Wisden... Just for what it's worth that is.... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Is this the sort of thing you were after? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:24, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

You do the honours. What, exactly, else were you after? Good win for the budgies today, virtually table-topping... The Rambling Man (talk) 23:44, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Bowlers done. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Become a Admin

Hi, I would need to be a admin because I would like to block a IP sockpuppet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikieat (talk • contribs) 17:21, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You don't have to become an admin to get that done. Just head to WP:SPI and request assistance there. Regards SoWhy 17:49, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

re Block of editor

I've given it some thought, and I left a follow-up note at the user talk page for Pispalapartnership (talk · contribs). The account should not be unblocked as it is clearly in violation of site policy, but I do see your point about this particular issue and will be more mindful in the future to attempt to reach out. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 06:31, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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Ir Ganim

Could you give me about 15 minutes to write up the translation, then you can look at it. Thanks for helping but let's avoid edit conflicts. Chutznik (talk) 13:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Can do. Worth doing this sort of thing in userspace and then moving. --Dweller (talk) 13:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm done now. Chutznik (talk) 13:47, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the note. --Dweller (talk) 13:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Best wishes for the holiday season and the upcoming new year! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Become a Admin

Please can I block User:Carolinecheese12356 and get full admin rights? If possible, I can do it. Very urgent because of a sockpuppet around. Now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikieat (talk • contribs) 12:59, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Season's greetings

Thank you for being one of the people who has made 2009 such an interesting and enlightening year for me. It has certainly had its challenges, but also many highlights. I wish you peace and contentment in 2010, and a joyous holiday season to you and yours. In honour of the season, I hope you will enjoy a little musical token. Your choice: traditional or cheeky. Best, Risker (talk) 02:11, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Olympics

Hi Dweller. I'm very well and hope you are too. I've no objection to keeping the Olympic date if anyone else wants it. Have a good Xmas and all the best in 2010. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 06:01, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Pinochet-Fan

Thank you for handling the user name change request! I have alerted Pinochet-Fan (talk · contribs) about his username. The new name is German and means "Adherent of Enlightenment 2.0". The name may be related to this Website. Looking at the website, I'd say that the content of the web-site is probably controversial, but is does not seem to contain any political or moral views that would preclude using the new username.  Cs32en  01:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

My name is not relatded to that website and I haven't heard of it yet until now. Honestly, it is unintentional, when my name seems to be related to that website. Statistically, you can always choose a name which can be related to a controversial internet site. The internet is so big already, there will be always a hit... I am really surprised that you suspect me choosing the name I have now due to that site. -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 04:17, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

@Cs32en: Ich musste lachen, als du geschrieben hast, mein Name würde sich auf die Seite beziehen. Das war reiner Zufall. Aber bei der Größe des Internets ist es inzwischen wirklich so, dass man statistisch gesehen irgendwie mit 99%er Wahrscheinlichkeit auf mind. zwei Treffer für einen Begriff stößt. Von der Seite habe ich erst von dir erfahren. Irgendwie bin ich jetzt noch perplex...aber wie gesagt, bei der Größe des Internets inzwischen mit Abermilliarden von Wörtern... -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 04:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Nun ja, manche Inhalte der Website hatten Ähnlichkeiten mit den Ansichten, die Du auf Deiner Benutzerseite geäußert hast. -- Note: Please leave any further comments at my talk page, not here.  Cs32en  06:11, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Blocked

After changing my user name, is it possible to be unblocked in the the other Wikipedia again where I was blocked due to a previous inappropriate name? -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 04:13, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm afraid not. Both as a bureaucrat and an admin I have no authority over other Wikipedias. --Dweller (talk) 10:18, 31 December 2009 (UTC)