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K-the-I???

Okay, I get it, although I disagree with that policy. Here is a quick userspace draft (I couldn't even make a userpage with the correct title!): User:Chubbles/kthei.

I've moved it for you. It's less than ideal, but it's designed to prevent page-move vandalism and it's not very often you need three question marks in a title! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:12, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Chubbles (talk) 18:12, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Ugh...Can I beg your pardon to redirect K-The-I??? and k-the-i??? to that page, too? Chubbles (talk) 18:17, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Ugh! Done. Sorry about that. All I can say is it ain't my fault! Ping me if you need any more help with these. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Chubbles (talk) 18:21, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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???

Why was this reverted? He was replying to me. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 20:30, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see you reverted yourself. Carry on. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 20:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Itchy trigger finger, sorry! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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unbalanced main page

^. –xenotalk 20:38, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I shortened the RHS, any better? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:42, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
It's because ITN isn't long enough to match TFA. –xenotalk 20:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm inclined to leave it for now. Perfect balance is incredibly difficult to achieve and ITN will be far too long on about 3 hours. MP balancing is tricky! There'll probably be something new going on ITN before 0000 UTC anyway. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
We Must Have Perfect Symmetry! –xenotalk 20:53, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Ha! Do you have any idea how difficult that is with four rotating sections? I removed a few characters from the TFA, how does it look on your screen? It's not quite perfect on mine, but damn near. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:58, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm just messin' with ya hoss. Payback for that mainpage work you made me do a few months ago. –xenotalk 20:59, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I didn't make you do anything too painful! I even explained how to do it! We're always in need of good admins around the MP if you fancy helping out. I'm pretty sure Raul654 is the only 'crat who goes anywhere near it and he doesn't use those mystical abilities very often. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Talking of ITN the Man Booker Prize winner has been announced. Not sure which article needed the update the most, but I've done the winner's. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:10, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
And it's been posted. I am far too slow for you admins these days. - JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit

Is this edit vandalism? Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Well at best it's an unexplained removal of a lot of content. It's probably not helpful, but we can only guess as tot he intent behind the edit. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:46, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I reverted that edit. Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Howard Jacobson

I'm sooo sorry, I seem to of accidentally stolen the nomination when it was yours. I only updated the article. I need to go correct the template on my talk page. --JuneGloom07 Talk? 21:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Your opinion please

Hi HJ, I've come to ask your opinion on something. I'm doing a GA review at the moment, and noticed that the article is extremely similar to one of the sources. It's certainly not a clear-cut copy-paste copyright infringement, but, well, take a look yourself: source, original version of the article, current version of the article (compare for example the 'early life' vs 'life history' sections). I'm not usually given to copyright paranoia, especially on an article which is about to make GA and has been heavily edited since, but it's essentially just paraphrasing every sentence in the source. I asked the author to explain the similarities, you can see his response at the very bottom of this page. What do you think should be done about it (if anything)? Modest Genius talk 21:59, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit War at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Request Semi-protect

Please semi protect Luis_Muñoz_Marín_International_Airport to stop the IP's from edit warring. After this is done, I will put the correct information on the article. Thanks. Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 01:08, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Hurry Hurry its getting worse! Tofutwitch11 (TALK) 01:09, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Try WP:RFPP Modest Genius talk 01:51, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Igloo

It's insane out there; we need all the help we can get. Thanks, Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:11, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

A block that you didn't do :)

Er... there is a user that was indef blocked after only 5 warnings. Don't blocks usually start off at 24 hours to 7 days? Mr. R00t Talk 01:47, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)It depends on their contributions, if they are clearly vandalizing and that is all there is in their contributions then the admins will usually just indef block them.--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 01:52, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
If their registered, they tent to be indefed if their a vandalism only account. --Inka888ContribsTalk 02:36, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Mr. R00t Talk 03:09, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
I would probably have indef'd them sooner than that if I'd found them, but yes, accounts are almost always indef'd for vandalism. After all, anyone who ignored four warnings is obviously not here to contribute constructively. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:31, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

admin needed

Talk:2010_Ecuador_crisis#Requested_move_to_2010_Ecuador_coup_d.27.C3.A9tat_attempt seems to have consensus on the move, could we then move it now?Lihaas (talk) 04:59, 14 October 2010 (UTC).

Well it looks like it's 5-4 in favor of the move, 6-4 if you include the proposer. Not really consensus, though I think a more detailed look at the arguments (which I don't feel confident doing) may be able to provide a clearer answer. —Soap— 11:42, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes, WP:Consensus also expressly ruels out a mere vote tally. the arguements were rebutted against the "coup"Lihaas (talk) 04:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

G10 declined. Could you please explain...

You write:

declined. It's obvious that there is no intent to disparage here, it's a page about what has happened to a person that happens to contain a few possibly negative assertions as opposed to one comprised entirely of such assertions

I think the question is not if there is an intent to disparage. The question is if the content disparage and i think it does. Most of it is in addition un-sourced and sometimes negative. You might not be fully informed about the case.

Just to bring forward one example that is not fun at all: User:Geo_Swan/Guantanamo/Ibrahim_Zeidan_reports_Abu_Zubaydah_image_used_as_an_interrogation_tool#Funny_aspects_of_Abu_Zubaydah.27s_claims This section disparage the subject. This section makes fun about various statements Abu Zubaydah gave. There is nothing funny here. Tortured or not this section disparage the subject by making fun of statements he gave during his detention. No reason to stick to such content. I would like to ask you to reconsider. Regards IQinn (talk) 14:52, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) G10 specifies "Pages that disparage or threaten their subject or some other entity, and serve no other purpose." The intent of this page was clearly to create an article. Yes, some of the content does disparage the subject. But no, that's not the sole purpose of the page. Let the MfD handle it. TFOWR 14:58, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
That is actually an interesting point. :) I must admit i am quite new to speedy deletion rules. But i do not sure that was intended to be an article. There were already years old articles about Ibrahim Zeidan and Abu Zubaydah when this page was created and the creator knew that.IQinn (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Because he also adds some personal beliefs, it's more like a blog than an article right now ... but G10 does not apply, and we usually can't WP:IAR and make it easily change. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 15:36, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Oops, you're right! I'd imagine the page was a sandbox, for planned changes to the original article (I'm doing the same thing here, for this article). But the point still stands: the page does serve a purpose other than disparaging or threatening its subject. It doesn't fit neatly into G10: letting the MfD run its course is the better option. TFOWR 15:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
So let the MfD handle it. Regards. IQinn (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer question

Hi HJ. I made an edit (actually a revert) on the Yom Kippur War article and my edit was not automatically accepted but "pending review." Since I've been granted reviewer status, I found myself in the odd position of accepting my own pending edit. Here is the subject edit and here is the revision history for the article. I'm obviously not a new user or an IP, so why do you think this occurred? Software problem? I'll note that it's never happened before.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 04:30, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Now there's a name I haven't seen in a while. How are you these days? I had a look and it seems you reverted to this version by an IP which, I'm guessing, hadn't been reviewed, so you had to accept the new version. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:30, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh okay. Thanks for your help. I'm doing well thank you and I hope all is well with you.--Jiujitsuguy (talk) 15:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Cannibal

Could you possibly close this per WP:SNOWBALL? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cannibal (EP)? - (CK)Lakeshade - talk2me - 19:29, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Your input is requested

I have started an RfC on inappropriate userboxes, i.e. those that don't follow the introductory paragraph at WP:UBX:

"A userbox (commonly abbreviated as UBX) is a small colored box ... designed to appear only on a Wikipedian's user page as a communicative notice about the user, in order to directly (or even indirectly) help Wikipedians collaborate more effectively on articles."

How does a userbox about a user's own preferences in regards to what topics on Wikipedia they hate and what type of sexually explicit material they like and actively view help Wikipedians collaborate with one another? Which is the question I am raising.

This introductory paragraph over at WP:UBX contradicts WP:NOTCENSORED so I'd like you to weigh in at WT:UBX, it'll only take 5 minutes of your time. I've sent this message because the topic has not had much community input

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DragonFable

Hi HJ could you delete the redirect for DragonFable and move User:Harry Blue5/DragonFable there? Regards, —Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм • Champagne? • 8:20am • 21:20, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

I can't because the article was deleted as a result of an AfD. You'd have to take it up with the admin who closed the AfD (the AfD was probably closed by a different admin to the one shown in the deletion log because the large history required steward intervention) or at DRV. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:46, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Oh ok, thanks HJ! —Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм • Champagne? • 1:21pm • 02:21, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

question

Would you suggest Huggle or Igloo as an antivandalism tool? Inka888Come yell at me! 23:50, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Huggle. It's more powerful at the moment (igloo is still testing). If you don't want to install stuff on your computer, though, igloo is the way to go. Airplaneman ✈ 23:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)I would have to agree with Airplaneman on that, although Huggle tends to crash on me for some reason which is why time to time I use igloo.--iGeMiNix/What's up?/My Stuff 23:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
Huggle, by far. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 01:42, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Huggle is the best on a Windows PC. Since Huggle doesn't work on Macs, Igloo is the way to go on a Mac. ~NerdyScienceDude 01:48, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
HJ prefers using Igloo. HeyMid (contributions) 09:57, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
I've used Igloo for about a week, and it occasionally and sometimes doesn't load at all. I've never huggle though. ~DC We Can Work It Out 14:13, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Huggle's been a mess lately; I'm using igloo for now. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:11, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
What's going on with huggle lately? --Inka888ContribsTalk 03:14, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
IRC down most of the time and when it's up it crashes a lot. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 03:17, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
So you would suggest Igloo? Inka888ContribsTalk 04:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:34, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
I suggest Huggle. Contrary to what Airplaneman says, you do not need to install anything; Huggle is a standalone program. The IRC problem is fixed, and Huggle doesn't crash at all for me; maybe that's just a client-side problem with Access Denied. —MC10 (T•C•GB•L) 18:53, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Uh, I think Airplaneman's point was that you need to install Huggle ;-) Twinkle, say, doesn't require even a standalone program - it's all JavaScripty magic. Huggle is also a .net application - you need either Windows, or Wine. I had nae luck with Huggle-on-Wine, so I'm still using Twinkle. Never tried Igloo - the concept scares me... TFOWR 19:06, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
I've never used Huggle, but I like Igloo because it's very easy to use but more importantly, it doesn't require any more effort to start using than adding a line to a .js page. I'm reluctant to try Huggle because you have to download the software. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Is igloo faster? Inka888ContribsTalk 02:51, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Just to throw in my two cents, I have used Igloo since soon after it first came out, and I think that it is fantastic. It still has some bugs, obviously, due to the fact that it isn't finished, but that is not a reason to not use it. Instead, I would think that it is a reason to use it, because Ale jrb can get feedback on how it works, and improve it more. Then, we could get to the point where annoying people like Airplaneman might consider using it. :P ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 03:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
I'll try both of them and see which one I like better. Inka888ContribsTalk 03:16, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Please be careful. Igloo is very powerful therefore very capable of making huge mess in a matter of seconds. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Igloo won't work. I can't get it to install. Looks like the same thing that happened with lupin. --Inka888ContribsTalk 21:21, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Just for the update. I think huggle is better and has way more functions but Igloo is a little bit faster. I think I'll use both of them. Inka888ContribsTalk 18:05, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

User Quantum666

Hello, HJ Mitchell! On June 2010 you protected two articles on Armenian topic - Dadivank Monastery and Gandzasar monastery, but after they were unprotected, user Quantum666 again continues editwarring by adding dubious text without any consensus (see [1][2][3][4]). He continously violates remedies of AA2 (Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan 2). Few days ago he was warned[5] for another editwarring on the same topic. Please take a look if you have time! Thanks in advance! Andranikpasha (talk) 13:25, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Andranikpasha, HJ Mitchell asked me to take a look at this - so I'm taking a look into it now ;-) TFOWR 16:07, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
See here and here. Summary: editor placed on civility supervision, supervised editing, and revert limitation by notice on their talk page. TFOWR 17:26, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your attention! Andranikpasha (talk) 05:41, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

IGLOO

I imported the script into my vector.js and it will not work. I'm not getting the tools for some reason. A while back I put a script in my monobook.js. Since my monobook.js exists is that causing a problem for my vector.js. --Inka888ContribsTalk 22:15, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Have you bypassed your cache? That may fix it, as it's unlikely the Monobook thing will affect it. THENEWMONO™ 22:19, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
I've bypassed the cache. I even completely cleared it. Is there a way for my monobook to be deleted? Inka888ContribsTalk 22:41, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
Deleted User:Inka 888/monobook.js, but that's not the problem. What browser are you using? Safari and IE aren't officially supported. Otherwise, igloo should show up in your toolbox... Airplaneman ✈ 23:05, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
I use firefox almost always unless I'm contributing from my phone. Inka888ContribsTalk 01:07, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I just cleared my cache and it still wont work. Inka888ContribsTalk 01:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Is full javascript enabled? (see User:Ale_jrb/Scripts/igloo#Setup for details) Airplaneman ✈ 01:22, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
How do you enable full javascript? Inka888ContribsTalk 03:24, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Tools --> options --> Content --> Enable javascript Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 03:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Would that be through preferences. I didn't see the option in there. Inka888ContribsTalk 04:11, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Yes, under the content tab in preferences. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:15, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I don't have a content tab.
* User profile
* Appearance
* Date and time
* Editing
* Recent changes
* Watchlist
* Search options
* Misc
* Pending changes
* Gadgets
..........Is all I have in my preferences. Inka888ContribsTalk 04:40, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
I meant firefox preferences. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 04:43, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Still not working. I already had full javascript enabled. Inka888ContribsTalk 04:58, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Odd. Try it in Google chrome. That's the browser I use and I've never had any problems with it. In monobook, you get a link in the second box below the search bar but I don't know where it is in vector because vector is a horrible, horrible, horrible skin! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
A couple of things spring to mind: firstly, HTTPS doesn't work - you'll need to use the regular (HTTP) server. Secondly, define "not working" ;-) For example, when I start Igloo with the secure server (HTTPS) by clicking on the "Igloo | (launch)" link I get a pop-up window that displays text, apparently successfully, until it gets as far as "Warning: igloo server returned an error: token-mismatch: your request token could not be verified by the server. Loading stopped." "Not working" covers a multitude of sins, and doesn't aid debugging... TFOWR 11:18, 18 October 2010 (UTC) I'm also using monobook, with vector your milage may vary... Vector is evil. TFOWR 11:19, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Chrome and Vector (I think), It works perfectly fine for me. :)--Talktome(Intelati) 16:12, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
How do you enable full javascript on Chrome? Inka888ContribsTalk 19:52, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Are you using a modified version of Firefox? I'm using Firefox 3.6.11 (the latest version) and it works fine. Otherwise, try deleting your profile in your %appdata% folder for Firefox (start -> run (or windows key + R) -> %appdata% -> OK -> click on Mozilla -> Firefox -> Profiles -> delete the default profile folder completely), then restart your whole computer and then also Firefox. Do you have the "content" tab now? Otherwise, try doing a clean install of Firefox by uninstalling it and (re-)installing the newest version. Remember that you should see a link to the left, in the toolbox, saying "igloo | (launch)". HeyMid (contributions) 13:46, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

And on vector you won't see it unless you expand the toolbox on the left. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 16:55, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
That's correct; My feeling is that Inka has missed something in the interface (the link in the toolbox). Inka probably has the link in the interface, but probably hasn't noticed it yet. HeyMid (contributions) 17:45, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
How do you get that link? Inka888ContribsTalk 23:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
You could also click this link which foes to the same place. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 23:41, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Ok, that worked. Thanks, Inka888ContribsTalk 03:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
That link should be in the toolbox to the left. HeyMid (contributions) 09:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado (FPPA)

Could you please restore this article for me? We've received OTRS permission for it. VernoWhitney (talk) 17:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done. (HJ's internet connection is flaky right now (3G, not wired) so I'm hi-jacking some stuff like this. Probably a good opportunity for me to rip-off Courcelles, and say: hey! VernoWhitney! When are going to get your own mop!?) TFOWR 17:20, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Ah, thanks! And in answer to your question, hopefully soon. ^_^ VernoWhitney (talk) 17:25, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Well, add me to the fan-club/beat-the-nom support list. I'd offer to nominate, but I bow down to MRG as much as anyone...! TFOWR 17:32, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
#2 Could of sworn VW was already a Admin. :/ Guess I can vote for him now.--Talktome(Intelati) 17:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Pic

Could you delete the image at File:User 1234r00t.jpg? I decided that I didn't really want a picture of myself on the internet. Thanks ♫Mr. R00t Talk♫ 23:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Done. (I'm pretending I'm HJ at the moment, or HJ's butler, or something ;-) ) TFOWR 23:52, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
How about I add (talk page stalker) in front? ♫Mr. R00t Talk♫ 01:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
You can do that if you want, but you'll have a lot of work to do - see above ;-) TFOWR 09:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Riau International Energy Expo 2011

Why the above article is DELETED? This event will be held in Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia in 2011 and will become a routine event every two year. Perhaps, you may advise me on how I can re-write about this event? The event website is at Official Site. Thanks NaidNdeso (talk) 18:56, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi NaidNdeso. HJ Mitchell deleted this article because it had been proposed for deletion (by another editor) for sever days, and no one had objected to the article being deleted. The article was about a future event, and because it was unreferenced (and hence unverifiable) it wasn't really suitable for an article at this time. If you wish I can restore the article; however, I would strongly recommend that you quickly address the concerns that led to the article being deleted - otherwise it is likely to be deleted again. TFOWR 19:06, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Naming question

Hi HJ, I just have a quick question about naming. I'm working with a Mexican English student and her classmates and they have written an article entitled PyMEs in Mexico, which needs to be moved to an English name, I assume. So should it be "Small and medium enterprise in Mexico", "SMEs (english acronym) in Mexico" or something I just haven't thought of yet? Thanks, PrincessofLlyr royal court 13:47, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by The Bill/archive2

I figured it had been long enough for another try. Courcelles 00:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Providing a copy of a deleted article

Please could you provide me with a copy of text of the deleted article about the phrase "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?" Many thanks! SRESQ (talk) 14:24, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I can (possibly) do better than that - I can point you at John Ball (priest). John Ball was the Lollard preacher who used the phrase in a sermon during the Peasants' Revolt. If there was an article about the phrase in particular I'll need to dig harder: if you know the article's title it would help hugely (and, assuming the article isn't a copyvio, I'd be happy to either email it to you or restore it to a user subpage). TFOWR 14:17, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello again

Hi there, it's me, Addihockey10 again. I've been thinking about our last discussion about things I should do for admin coaching (Featured article, good article, DYKS), but honestly I have to agree with this, I don't view myself as an artist, I prefer to do the "behind the scenes" work. So I'd like to ask your opinion, what do you think I should do "behind the scenes" before I go up for adminship? Thanks :) --Addihockey10e-mail 23:40, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) In an RfA many people will oppose you if you don't have a ton of article work. DYK, FA, and GA are (according to them) necessary to be a good admin. Even when you tell them you don't plan on doing that kind of stuff they still want to see it. Having those shows a certain level of understanding of policy. According to them this understanding is necessary to do stuff like CSD A7, G3, G11, etc. My $0.02 (€0.014). Mr. R00t Talk 00:22, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Same here, what do I need to do before running? FYI, I plan on participating in the november GOCE drive. Also do you think 8500 edits will be enough? (I currently have 6500) Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 05:50, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I heard HJ Mitchell saying he was going to be busy for a while, so I'll answer this. Right now, I wouldn't think about running an RfA. Your edit count is probably fine, since we've promoted admins with less than half that many, but it's the content of the edits that matters. Right now, your top-edited article is a song that ended up being redirected, and your 2nd-most edited article is one where your edits were just reversion of vandalism. It's good but you don't really have a lot content contributions yet, which would lead some people to oppose. Also, you've only been editing for about six months, and a lot of people will want to see more experience even if the experience you do have is near perfect. I think we could get a clearer picture of what you'd need to do after November. —Soap— 14:18, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Ok, thanks! Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 16:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Unprotecting my user page

Hi, HJ. Now that I'm back on Wikipedia, can you please unprotect my user page and any related pages? Thanks! Ocean Shores 01:11, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I've unprotected it, and it seems that it was only that one page which was protected. —Soap— 01:16, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Rollback privelages

Hey there! I have been using Twinkle to combat vandalism. I would like to have rollback rights to both use Huggle and revert edits on a bunch of pages that I have kept an eye on recently for vandalism. Thanks! Perseus!-Talk to me 20:50, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi there :) I believe HJ Mitchell is offline at the moment, if you'd like to put a request at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback, where I'm sure they'll be happy to give you rollback. Happy editing! --Addihockey10e-mail 21:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

peer-review

I would like to get feedback for quality and layout of William James Wanless.-- . Shlok talk . 11:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Diego Grez

Apparently being mentored by you. Thought I'd direct your attention to the following RfA oppose: [6]. --RegentsPark (talk) 02:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

"spring cleaning"

First off, I hate to inform you, but it is mid-Autumn, so "spring" cleaning will have to wait too more seasons. :D Anywho, Welcome Back! :) I was wondering where you had wandered off to. :) Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 12:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I know. It's bloody cold! Hopefully nobody's told MiszaBot, though! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:19, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
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Now you're back, I need some help. :) - JuneGloom07 Talk? 15:32, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

In case you missed it

Your bot-servant decided to archive a whole bunch of stuff... Please be monitoring Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of awards and nominations received by The Bill/archive2. So far I've been able to field the objections, but it would be rather hard for me to argue too much over a list for a show I've never seen. ;) Courcelles 15:43, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

How've you never seen The Bill? I've seen it and meant to drop you a note about it earlier but real life intervened for a hours. It doesn't seem to be going badly. I'd be very surprised if any show-stopping issues came up or we probably would have heard about them the first time round. Thanks for renominating it and interesting signature variety among the nominators don't you think? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
It has never been shown over here, as far as I know. And while I've caught a fair number of BBC programmes over on the continent, I can't readily think of any ITV ones. The signature variety... you mean 5asq and mine being totally plain at either end, and you and June having such colourful ones? What can I say... I'm not a very colourful person, nor have I ever really found any time to look for something that doesn't look awful and avoids ripping anyone else off. Courcelles 19:20, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Unblock

Looks like you correctly determined consensus -- at least the discussion went over an hour. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:05, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I agree with you that knee-jerk reactions to the consensus of the first half a dozen editors to get there isn't the way we should do things. In this case, though, the consensus is pretty clear. We all have our moments and, perhaps, this was just one of 23skidoo's. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:09, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
I agree. You handled it in a very evenhandled manner and acknowledged that it was not a cut-and-dry matter of a bad faith block. Kansan (talk) 19:22, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

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Request

Hey HJ, this may seem a bit strange but can you please remove my IP block exemption from my account? I no longer edit from a location that is hard blocked so the user-right is fairly useless to be quite honest. If a situation ever arises in which I need the right back, I'll just ping you or something :) Thanks.--White Shadows Your guess is as good as mine 01:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:53, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Pamela Power

Looks as if you forgot to clear up links to this when deleting it - I have removed the entry from Pamela (name) but there are some others. PamD (talk) 08:20, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Unlinked. I don't generally unlink articles deleted after a PROD because they can recreated or undeleted on request, but it doesn't look like this one is going to be. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:58, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism-only account

Check out Yourock3004 - Since you left some warnings on his talk page, I figured I'd just tell you that he keeps vandalizing articles, and he has made no proper contributions. Eik Corell (talk) 23:12, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Indef'd. Thanks for the heads up. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:15, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

ITN

Thanks mate, much appreciated. --Stephen 02:08, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

A big softie :)

A first level warning for vandalising the same article they were given a final warning for just a few days ago seems pretty light, no? It seems to be a favourite target of this particular IP. --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 18:46, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm using Igloo so it does the warning thing automatically. Let me see... HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:47, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
I see they're blocked now - I officially withdraw any concern I may have had regarding your account being hijacked ;) Cheers, --Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 18:51, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
(Ec) Blocked for a week. It seems they're trying to avoid a block by coming back every few days, but it's a school IP, so only a week for now. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:52, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Wait, what?

Adding an album cover is not constructive? As far as i can tell (Google), thats the cover of the album. (I'm referring to Gay? by the way)Jasper420 19:10, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

My mistake. I've reverted myself. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:14, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
No biggie :D Jasper420 19:15, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

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List of dubstep musicians

Thanks again for the 21 day break, but as predicted, 21 days has past and the anonymous IP are right back to adding in more non-notable artists. Would you like to reset the protection? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Semi-protected again. May as well add to the rather well-populated list of admins that have protected that article for basically the same reason... ~ mazca talk 23:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Mazca. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

It's Halloween

(talk page stalker) Twice you've beaten me on reverts today! How are you? --5 albert square (talk) 13:27, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy Halloween
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Puffin Lets talk! 13:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy Halloween to both of you, as well!   — Jeff G.  ツ 14:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Get prepared! I've got a bunch of eggs ready to be thrown at the windows of your house ;-) Happy Halloween. --Diego Grez (talk) 17:19, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
My house is thousands of miles away from you! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:33, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Happy Halloween!
Right. Some cyber-Halloween eggs for you then ;-) Diego Grez (talk) 20:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Request for input

Hi. I would appreciate your input on http://admintools.wikia.com/wiki/Admin_Tools_Wiki:Requests_for_rights/Heymid - thanks!   — Jeff G.  ツ 14:41, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank you for the rollback rights. I promise to use them well. Matthewrbowker (talk) 18:25, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Mick

HJ, it is an established practice to impose editing restrictions on editors as an alterative to a block. If Mick would only cut down on the walls of text at AfD and DRV, coupled with the incivility that goes with it, then I'm sure his comments would carry a bit more weight. He is his own worst enemy here, as has been said by many editors. Contrary to what he says, I'm not out to eliminate him, nor to ban him completely from AfD and DRV. IMHO, he just needs to be reined in a bit for a while. As I said, I'm open to the restrictions being lifted over time should they be imposed. The alternative is that Mick stays indefinitely blocked. Mjroots (talk) 19:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

I completely agree. However, the problem is not in the replying to every reply. Even if it were, don't reply and the problem is solved. The problem is the incivility and the confrontational nature of the replies. If the replies were kept respectful and civil, there wouldn't (at least in my view) be an issue. It's for the closer to separate the wheat from the chaff and the vast majority of AfD closers are experienced in doing so. I don't, by any means, condone the confrontational nature of Mick's posts in multiple AfDs, but restricting the number of posts he can make is not the way to go. Your thoughts? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
What alternatives are there? A complete civility restriction, or a complete prohibition on filing AfDs and DRVs, and participation therein. You'll note that I've not even mentioned a civility restriction in what I propose. Mick, is an editor that is of "fiery" temperament. We have to learn to deal with such characters in RL, and so we do on Wikipedia. It's just a question of being realistic here and accepting what we are dealing with. Mjroots (talk) 19:48, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Well if we could come up with a workable, enforceable civility restriction of some sort, I think that would solve much of the problem. The problem is not the number of posts he makes to any given AfD, but the manner in which he contributes to the discussion. After all, when two editors disagree over the notability of something as strongly as you and Mick do over plane and train crashes, they should be allowed to discuss it. Civilly. Do you feel there would still be a problem if he were to challenge others' opinions in a less aggressive/confrontational/uncivil manner? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:33, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Well, adherence to WP:CIVIL would be a big step forwards. By that, I mean no swearing, no inferring that other editors are idiots because (according to Mick) they do not understand a certain guideline, essay or policy. Question is, would Mick agree to it, and is it something attainable? Mjroots (talk) 20:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I am trying to get Mick to work together on determining some editing restrictions ... to no avail so far. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 21:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
@MJ: Adherence to CIV is something we should aim for, but not something we should expect to happen overnight. Swearing is not, in and of itself, uncivil, though. There's a big difference between telling someone to, say, "fuck off" and, say, "what the fuck does that have to do with anything". The former is obviously unacceptable, the latter, while not the best way to express oneself, is more than likely just an expression of frustration. Questioning another's understanding of a policy/guideline/essay is also not necessarily uncivil, though inferring one is an idiot because of said understanding very much is.
@BW: Give him time. He's still focusing on the validity of the block which is, frankly, slightly shaky, but hopefully he'll come to terms with the validity of the block itself being beside the point. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:53, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
As an uninvolved editor (and one who doesn't give a flying fuck about swearing) this edit summary is pretty rude - even if the post beforehand was a little WP:POINTy. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:57, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
A little? Hopefully there won't be a repeat of that now that the editor who was baiting him is blocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:03, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

I may be downplaying its pointiness with my above comment, but its nowhere near as bad as that edit summary, which is extremely offensive. I've been involved with other editors making some less than civil comments towards me (including some with a reputation for being uncivil) and none of the comments went anywhere near that far. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:12, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Template:Color

I notice this page has an insane number of transclusions (30K+). Can you point me to the ANI discussion, because I'm otherwise heavily inclined to full protect it; notice, e.g., Template:Red (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). Magog the Ogre (talk) 20:41, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

The discussion was at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive638#HJ_Mitchell_mass_fully_protecting_templates. If you feel it should be protected, then protect it. That's my understanding of WP:HRT, anyway. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:47, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. Magog the Ogre (talk) 21:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

MIckmacnee

Care to explain why you just undid my protection without a hint of discusison?--Scott Mac 21:58, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Have to agree I was coming to ask the same question. Mo ainm~Talk 22:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Because you just cut off a blocked editor when the issue was better dealt with in another manner—ie blocking the editor blatantly engaging in blatant baiting and disruption. My intention is not to step on any toes, but to give Mick at least half a chance to get himself unblocked. With respect, he can't do that while his talk page is protected and he was being egregiously provoked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:02, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
Am I the only one who noticed the blocked editor's talk page access was revoked prior to Scott's protection, anyway? (Block log).Courcelles 22:05, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
With respect, undoing an admin action without a hint of discussion is disruptive and likely to get you desysopped. I only preformed the action minutes ago, my talk page was open to discuss it. I've taken the matter to ANI.--Scott Mac 22:06, 31 October 2010 (UTC)


  • re Your block of User:BilCat Well done! This is one of the first "controversial" blocks I've seen in ages where I felt it was at all justified. I recognise User:BilCat's contribution to the project, and also Mick's, but baiting a blocked editor like that, especially when their own talk page access is blocked, is never going to be a positive contribution to anything. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
  • I'd welcome unblocking BilCat, as they seem sincere in not intending to repeat this (and it's not hard to assume GF for such an editor). However I'd still see this as a good block, at the time it was done. They'd added the content, then undone its removal. That's not a situation that should be left unactioned until it has (as it now appears to have) been resolved. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:40, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Please come to WP:ANI#Mickmacnee - talk protected. and explain yourself. This seems very poor actions. --Scott Mac 22:22, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

BilCat

I'm just catching up with what's going on. You blocked BilCat. BilCat seems to be promising not to edit Mick's page again. Would you consider unblocking BilCat in lieu of an indefinite restriction from editing any page in Mick's user space? Gimmetoo (talk) 22:32, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

I would like to resolve this sooner rather than later. You could have predicted someone would want to talk to you about your block of BilCat. If you don't respond by 4 hours from my first post, then I will have to proceed on the assumption you've gone offline. Gimmetoo (talk) 02:08, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Can I point you to the note at the top of this page, which says "Admins: If you feel I have erred in one of my admin actions, just correct it. I won't consider it wheel warring if you leave me a note explaining what you did and why!". Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:29, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Apologies

I apologise for the delay in responding; I haven't had internet access since last night. In future, where circumstances change like in the case of BilCat, I'm happy for other admins to take whatever action is necessary, hence the note at the top of the page. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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