User talk:FayssalF/Archive G

Why Link Removed

I use to have a link in the external links area of MS Access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms_access

The link use to be http://www.enflow.com/WhyUseAccess.htm and it has been removed and i was wondering why my link was removed when it is non commercial and is a tutorial on Access.

by the way we create Access Software for Fortune 500 companies and we know the product inside and out and up and down so what gives?

Some, actually MANY of the other external links ARE commercial links but they persist yet mine was removed by you so i was wondering what was wrong with it...

For example, many of the other links have AD Sense on their link page...

so do i need to put AD Sense on my page and other sponsored links to make the link ok... (Just a Little Irony)

cj_008@comcast.net

cj...

More racism from User:Mrfunnymike

Hi Fayssal. I see you left a warning on the above user's page regarding vandalism. Just letting you know that he has continued to perpetrate racist vandalism (albeit somewhat incoherently): here. Cheers. --Codeine 12:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello from Babajobu!

Hi Fayssal, I'm good, but for the past few months my work schedule has been absolutely psychotic, I'm working wild, wild hours. I still regularly use Wikipedia as a resource, and make minor punctuation and formatting edits not infrequently, but I haven't had time to do big stuff. For a while I was closing at least a few AfDs every day, but there's no time for that now. But I'm still very much a Wikipedia devotee, and I'll get back to more editing and admining as soon as time is available! Hope you're well, you're a great guy! Babajobu 21:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you, FayssalF, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:21, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New kid on the block

User:Amazigh Man has been doing some very POV changes. I would suggest you keep a close eye on him. Regards, Asterion ^{talk to me} 19:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please, don't insist on your Archive format of Talk:Islam

Please, don't insist on your Archive format of Talk:Islam as it omits the crucial background of the inclusion of Islamic_extremist_terrorism on this page. Thanks.

McKhan

Nasser

Thanks. I appreciate your input. I like your map. :) User:Zoe|^(talk) 17:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ICANN Wikipedians needed!

Hello Fayssal,

We are running a wiki called ICANNwiki. As you might know ICANN is the organization that assigns the Top Level Domanins for the Internet. The ICANNwiki is documenting what is happening at the ICANN meetings.

The next ICANN meeting is the week of June 26th in in Marrakech. Would you be interested in taking notes in some of the meetings and posting them with us on ICANNwiki?

If you are please let me know at wiki@alpinepockets.com and I'll get you more information.

Thanks

Dan

Dmendell 22:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Timbuktu photo

That's a cool photo you just added! - DavidWBrooks 19:50, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...sigh...

I am relaxed ya faysal. In fact a bit too relaxed.

Whatever gave you the idea that Im not relaxed? A complaint by Zora?

I would much certainly appreciate it if you would show up telling others not to accuse me as well: User talk:129.111.56.195

--Zereshk 20:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx.--Zereshk 21:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon I of France

Explain why did you revert my edit. --Haham hanuka 14:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciation

Thanks man. Hes really beginning to annoy me now! Trying to cool down. --Irishpunktom\^talk 16:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, illness and life had me elsewhere, so, what d'you want me to do then? --Irishpunktom\^talk 11:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Greetings Szvest, It is unfortunate that you are in need of even having to offer your assistance. I have demontrably shown good faith towards Irishpunktom on numerous occassions but what is sad is that the same level of good faith that I demonstrate isn't reciprocated. Have you mediated between two users like Irishpunktom and I previously? Netscott 17:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding, I know both of those editors (and their views more or less) and that sounds like a pretty impressive accomplishment on your part.

I couldn't agree more about making Wikipedia a better place (look at my latest creation - and follow the "What links here link").

Unfortunately I find that Irishpunktom is very quick to make edits that are highly bad faith in nature and conduct himself in accord with that. (like referring to non-muslim Danes as Kaffir here. He knows that term is highly derogatory as this issue recently came up when I utilized this Islamonline.net link to demonstrate that clearly.)

I have on numerous occassions expressed high levels of good faith towards him like here and yet he doesn't express the same levels back.

Based upon your previous demonstration of ability to mediate between two users I would be willing to accept your offer to do the same in our case. Thanks! Netscott 18:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It might be good to mention our talk here over on this 3RR report that Irishpunktom has filed against me. Netscott 18:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for you commentary on the 3RR report (although has Irishpunktom agree to mediation on your part?). Hopefully through your mediation this repetitive nonsense between he and I can come to a close and the project will benefit.

Ali Sina humanist? Seems like an odd combo... I'll take a look at the article and add it to my watch list and see how I can be of assistance on it. Thanks again. Netscott 19:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ali Sina

Hey FayssalF. I saw the discussion on Ali Sina. Let me see if there's anything I can do in this matter. deeptrivia (talk) 20:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I left a note for you on Netscott's talk page --FairNBalanced 05:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Szvest, if either Ali Sina himself is stating that he's a Secular Humanist or there is a verifiable source for such a statement then in accord with Wikipedia policies concerning primary and secondary sources allow for this. Netscott 16:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Islam page

Can you please check and tell why I am not able to edit Islam page. Siddiqui 16:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot revert changes or edit the page. Is it protected or am I blocked from editing that page.

Siddiqui 19:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ProgressSoft needs attention from an Arabic speaking editor

The article on ProgressSoft needs attention from an Arabic speaking editor. It just survived an AfD, but is a very small stub. The company is in Jordan and primarily releases software with a user interface in Arabic, so most discussion of them is presumably also in Arabic. I've exhausted the easy-to-find-online English language reliable sources on them. (I've seen more in non-reliable sources.) Can you post this request in an appropriate place where other arabic speaking editors will see it?

Thanks in advance. GRBerry 02:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Wow! I hadn't noticed it. I'm looking forward to contributing to some culture related articles. Making Morocco an FA seems like a natural top priority. deeptrivia (talk) 13:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You sure deserve a barnstar for your recent Morocco-related efforts. à+, deeptrivia (talk) 14:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awarded to Svest by deeptrivia for wonderful work done in reviving the Morocco wikiproject. deeptrivia (talk) 14:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, not soon, but definitely some day! deeptrivia (talk) 18:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic extremist terrorism to Islamist terrorism

Greetings Szvest, I noticed that you proposed this change and it got me thinking about the word "islamist" so I did some online research to determine how established that word is and I was surprised to find that a number of online dictionaries don't have that word. At first glance your move idea seems sensible but on second glance if such a title were indeed adopted then a neutral third party source for the word "islamist" would also have to be cited. Was there a particular definition of that word that you had in mind when you proposed using it? thanks. Netscott 16:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well your move still seems sensible but I still see a need to have the term "islamist" defined at the start of the article (if the title is indeed adopted) and make that definition without falling afoul of Wikipedia original research policies (meaning the definition's origins from a neutral established body included). Netscott 17:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing, I noticed that User:Irishpunktom's adding {{POV}} tags to this article but is failiing to add talk to the talk page at the same time. I've removed the tags a couple of times in good faith and invited him to add to the talk page when adding the tags... but so far he's merely reverted and failed to add to the talk page. Netscott 17:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problems

Thanks for your interest! My major problem with netscott is that he appears to be stalking me, and editing in spite. Examples - and these are a limited selection collected from memory..

First edit to "Islamic extremist terrorism" is to revert me.
First edit to Richard Reid (shoe bomber) was to alter my moving of the page.
And despite admittedly not having clue about the subject, his first action on the Muslim world article was to revert me.
His first edit to the babur article was to Revert me. he reverted without even reading the differences, but did later admit his "revert was totally incorrect". (Altrough it is an example, a perfect one, of a blind revert!)

On these few, his First Edit shortly after an Edit by me.

First edit to the "User:Pilgrim" template comes right after me, later that same day.
First edit to the infidel article is less than a half hour after I have revistied the page.
First edit to "List of converts to Islam" comes five edits, and less than a day after I had revisited the page.
First edit to Peter Tatchell is 13 minutes after my most previous edit.--Irishpunktom\^talk 09:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok - Thanks again for your interest!

--Irishpunktom\^talk 10:13, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Disaster of Annual

Please see my question at Talk:Disaster_of_Annual, since the edit I'm asking about is yours. - Jmabel | Talk 16:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing weird Jmabel. The most accurate spelling is Beni Ouriaghel. Both names refer to the same tribe. The edit summary mentioned dab, which was what i did. Cheers -- Szvest 16:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up}[reply]

If it is correct, shouldn't the "Beni Ouriaghel" article mention the extremely different alternate name "Ait Waryaguil"? "Ouriaghel" and "Waryaguil" are clearly just different transliterations, but "Beni" and "Ait" are hardly similar words. - Jmabel | Talk 16:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aît is a Berber name whearas Beni is an Arabic one. People from the Ouriaghel tribe are called Beni Ouriaghel. The Berbers refer to it as Beni Ouriaghel. Try google as well. For more info about the etymology you can refer to D.M. Hart: The Ayt Waryaghel of the Moroccan Rif. A History and an ethnography. Tuscon University, 1975. Cheers -- Szvest 16:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up}[reply]

List of Mosques

Hello- I explained my edit on this article several months ago and so far, no one has had an objection to it. You seem to want to add your POV to this article with blatant disregard to policy. My reasoning for the edit is clearly written on the Talk:List of mosques article. I do not wish to discuss the matter further, but I am warning you ahead of time so that your irresponsible actions would not cause a conflict. I encourage you to use the talk page, gather support from credible sources to justify a possible edit on your part. Thank you.--Brad M. 19:09, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for explaining your position, and I really appreciate you doing so. I admit that I may have come on a little too harsh, but I got the impression that you were unjustifiably editing it to serve as POV. Anyway, water under the bridge. As for mention that "those mosques are administered by Palestinians", I think I will maintain the status quo on that. Here's why, first the Hassan Bek Mosqueis not administered by the Palestinians but by Israeli Arabs who do not live in the territories, so that does not fall on the category of Palestinian Administration. As for the remaining two, it may be that the Waqf has Palestinian elements, but last I heard, Israel is not giving up sovreignty of that area anytime soon. It's like, say, a catholic Church in the U.S when the land that church is on could not be declared part of the Vatican because catholics administer the building. So I think the status quo should remain while naming that category simply "Israel".--Brad M. 19:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for fixing that red link. I kept meaning to fix that, but never got around to it. I'm glad we were able to talk about this in a civilized way. I don't object to letting users know what we discussed, perhaps instead of a note we could find a way to make a link to direct readers to our conversation. Any thoughts?--Brad M. 20:00, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could I call in a favor?

I was scanning the recent changes for an administrator, and luckily, I found one. I was recently contacted by User:JoePomrink about how a lot of vandalism had been occurring on his page lately. I informed him I myself could not do anything, but gave him some advice. When I checked his page earlier, I saw it was continuing and decided to try and see if an administrator could do anything to protect the page. Any response would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. PeteShanosky 00:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Didn't expect anything that fast, thanks! PeteShanosky 00:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad, founder?

Greetings Szvest, I realize that your faith tells you that Muhammad didn't found Islam but I'm curious to know what the more logical side of your thinking says? Netscott 00:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, questions of faith aside. What is your view on the founder/not founder question? :-) Netscott 00:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad article

You have no right to change something when the article is protected. POV or not POV. Please you revert you change and wait until it is unprotected. --- Faisal 19:12, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted this edit, as I find it inappropriate to make controversial changes to articles protected due to edit wars. I'm going to assume this was a mistake on your behalf, but please do not edit the article further until it is unprotected. Thanks. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:14, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand why people are taking you to task for what (to me) appears to be a much-needed edit. The word "wrongfully" is completely inappropriate and would only be "controvertial" to POV-pushers eager for their view to be promoted in the article. I will be happy when you are able to safely remove the word within Wiki guidelines. Respect. Argyrios 22:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Concur 100%.Timothy Usher 10:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FayssalF, apparently an admin, should know better. You don't edit a protected article, period. Even obvious changes like removing the "wrongfully", which obviously was only left in by an oversight. Instead, you attempt unprotection. If there is consensus, the change happens anyway. It doesn't matter if the "wrongfully" remains visible for another hour or not, this is Wikipedia, which everybody knows contains a lot of nonsense and awful prose. The important thing is that you play by the rules. I have unprotected the article now, and I have no doubt that the "wrongfully" will disappear shortly. dab (ᛏ) 12:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template Talk:WesternSahara-stub

Your opinion would be welcome at the ongoing straw poll. Thanks, --E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 11:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Soccer

Are you enjoying the soccer matches? :) I used to play soccer as a kid, but never watch sports on TV. In fact I RARELY watch T.V. for any reason anymore. It looks like your team "T&T" played a rather low scoring game vs. Sweden :) Have a good one --FairNBalanced 18:31, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Moops relation to the Moors

The Moops is a valid popular culture reference to the Moors mentioned in an episode of the television show Seinfeld. Please check your facts before you make reverts. 71.75.150.150 22:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching

Hi FayssalF, I noticed you are assigned to Youremyjuliet as a coach, but it is still listed as pending. Could you please move it to active if/when it is, and let me know when you if/when you are ready to take on a new trainee (just to keep this thing moving, and try and make a dent in the backlog!). Thanks, Petros471 21:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My user page

Thanks for reverting the personal attacks on my talk page. I hope that this was an once off incident, if not I would have to request semiprotection. --E Asterion ^{u talking to me?} 18:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A request

Hello FayssalF,

I have a request. Could you please have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dhimmi#Some_evidences_that_the_article_is_still_disputed

The question is whether "Jewish Encyclopedia" could be cited in wikipedia (Pecher argues that it is outdated). Your input is appreciated.

Thanks,--Aminz 08:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much FayssalF for your suggestion! Best wishes, --Aminz 09:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Fayssal

Dear Fayssal, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it, especially from an experienced admin like yourself. Feel free to "wiki me up" for anything. Take care -- Samir धर्म 08:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guzman

Je pense que ce site est incorrecte. Selon Larousse et tous les dicos Espagnols, le mot banane est imprunté au Soussou de Guinée et il est arrivé au Français à travers le Portuguais. unsigned message by Guzman ramirez

Salut Faysal. Je vois que tu parle l'espagnol et l'arabe aussi! D'ou tu viens? Tu es marrocain?--Guzman ramirez 12:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ma famille vient de Málaga mais moi je suis Madrilène. C'est marrant j'ai failli partir à Casa il y a quelques mois pour un travail. Je connais un peu le fus7a mais je suis très nul quandmeme. De ton pays tout ce que je connais pour l'instant est Tanger mais ma mere a grandi a Asila. J'aimerai visiter bien le Maroc. Peut etre l'année prochaine... J'ai pas trop aimé Tanger. on m'a escroqué avec des babouches comme un vrai "guïri":-)--Guzman ramirez 13:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

El placer es mío, Faysal. Je trouve honteux que chez vous on connait si bien l'Espagne, tandis que chez nous dès fois on trouve que de l'ignorance et du mepris envers notre voisin. Mon vrai prénom est Álex (ou Alejandro). J'ai choisi un nom un peu à l'hasard quand je me suis inscrit sur wikipedia. Celui de mon oncle au faite:-)

Saludos desde Madrid! --Guzman ramirez 18:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jeje je vois qu'on a la même methode pour apprendre les langues! Yo estaré en Madrid hasta finales de julio. Je me prepare pour faire le barreau anglais et je passe les journées à chercher des sponsors sur internet. Mais je passe trop de temps sur wiki..C'est trop "addictive". Si tienes tiempo durante tu estancia nos vamos a tomar una caña, mon email est aiveperez@yahoo.es.--Guzman ramirez 18:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

jejeje yo me decanto por Mahou... Estaré en Londres. Puede que me quede un tiempo ahi a vivir. ya veré como me van las cosas...--Guzman ramirez 20:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mami Wata semi-protect

User:Mwhs claims she is willing to play by the rules now. Would you mind unprotecting Mami Wata and Vodou? Just don't take them off your watchlist. Thanks, — BrianSmithson 13:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support

Dear FayssalF/Archive G,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuivi é nen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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

--Bhadani 14:24, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goumier

Hi Fayssal, you have put a NPOV tag on this article but have not stated your reasons on the talk page. Thanks and regards, Grant65 | Talk 10:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Gibraltar

Hi Faysal!

Could you please have a look at the talk page and history of the article on Gibraltar. Over the past few months a number of users, including myself, have been in conflict with user:Gibnews. We feel he has taken over the page as his pet project and has imposed a NPOV pro-Gibraltarian point of view. I feel his attitude and utter refusal to acheive any form of consensus is contrary to the rules of wikipedia. He accuses everyone of Spanish propaganda even on issues which are not directly related to the Anglo-Spanish dispute over Gibraltar and reverts pretty much everything which is not written by himself. Although I am not Spanish, I sometimes wonder if I may be slightly biased towards the Spanish perspective. I do not however believe that Gibraltar should be Spanish and I try to remain as neutral as possible. I do not have a problem with Gibnew's views. I simply do not approve of his way of discarding other people's sources, opinions etc... You should perhaps consult other users for their opinions such as user:ecemaml and user:asterion.

That is why I ask you, as an uninterested party, to mediate or atleast give your perspective on this issue.

Please look at the talk page over the past few months. Conflict with user Gibnews seems to go a long way back.

Thankyou very much for your help. We would really appreciate it. There is nothing worse that when articles are hijacked by individuals with political agendas. --Burgas00 13:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Cel es tianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Atlas mountains

Good job Bill in expanding the Atlas mountains and its related articles. -- Szvest 18:24, 25 June 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up}[reply]

Appreciate your kind words. Still working on it—right now researching Qanats—a horizontal well—turns out they're related to the Saharan Atlas discussion—this is what makes Wikipedia interesting. Thanks - Williamborg 19:59, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

207.200 IPs

Hi, Saw you just blocked the IP I added to WP:AIV looks like there are loads of 207.200 IP addresses doing this vandalism. I'm reverting 1 every couple of seconds at the moment. Check my reverts in contribs. Whaddya reckon, can we do anything? Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:10, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Still on going, looks like 207.200.116.XXX seen 130, 131, 138, 4, 208, it so quick has to be a spam bot. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

oh well, this is doing great for my edit stats, should be able to ask for vandal proof again in about 5 mins, and get rid of popups ;) Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awwww thanks for the barnstar, anyway it's my pleasure. I'm all up for a little collateral damage where mass vandalism like that occurs, if only for 10 mins or so. Thanks anyway. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See the blocklog for 207.200.116.0/24 here, the spambot was blocked only a couple hours ago. 30 minute range block would be nice, but even the suggested max 15 minutes for AOL would help. Collateral damage shouldn't be too bad (hasn't been in the past, but you never know with AOL), keep an eye on your email and ANI if you do block though. ;) Props to Khukri for the reverting, you're beating me to every one! --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 10:27, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, seems to have stopped? I'm seeing good edits from the range now, see Authorship of A Course in Miracles. --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 10:33, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh man if only everyone would only move off AOL. :( Ah well, looks like he got bored. Thanks for your help. --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 10:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...spoke too soon. He's back. And Khukri, we need to get you outfitted with VP ASAP. :) --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 10:40, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, AmiDaniel's page says he's asleep... we need more admins who don't sleep. (and thanks for the barnstar :)) --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 10:53, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heh! So true! --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 11:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in europe so I've already been up quite a few hours before you lot ;) unfortunately I have to go and do some real work in about half an hour, but will keep reverting when I'm back in my office. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 11:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a Brit, but I live on the French / Swiss border, expat. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 11:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I'm in Australia. :) Should be able to keep reverting this crud for another hour at least. Looks like we've got a bit more help now too, other people are beating me to some of the reverts :) --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 11:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Already spoken to Luna, but just gonna leave a thankyou message with the others that are working on this, and just give them a link to this talk if that's OK F? Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 11:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

Wow... that was unexpected. I dunno if I'm going to accept... while I'd benefit from getting the dirty mop, I don't think I'll hold up in RfA with my current lack of WP: and WP talk: space edits (and really random amounts of activity). Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I thank you for the nom but I think I'll decline. --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 12:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks again for the nom. --james _{// bornhj (talk)} 12:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]