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Watch-list notification

We've hit a short of log-jam in getting a watchlist notification, can I get a comment on MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-details#2008 main page redesign proposal RFC? ChyranandChloe (talk) 15:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Figures. Done. لenna vecia 15:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Jennavecia for your comment. It's definitely provides good review to see support. Nevertheless, there's still strong opposition — and I hate/dislike the proposal process just as much as some the editors there (it'll be biased, I know that: but it's the only way to legitimize action to continue and potentially finish the proposal). There's some more comments on the page, and I feel that answering them would cause the discussion to further transgress. Do you think I'm pushing too hard to get it done? ChyranandChloe (talk) 00:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

You're asking the wrong person. I'm an epic bitch and have no qualms saying what's on my mind. Seems like only one person really fighting it. Just give it some time. لenna vecia 01:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

There's no consensus and I believe the decision is entirely yours, however it's Friday, and as stated in the RFC, we need a watch-list notification.

Commented out in this page is the source for the message. Thanks anyway. ChyranandChloe (talk) 03:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

The last thing I need is that man on my talk page because I overrode him and put up the message anyway. Again, the gate keeper mentality is awesome. I'll put up another community portal notice, which should draw in a whopping no one. Our best bet is probably going to be spamming the talk pages of anyone and everyone we know. Maybe hit up the Aesthetics Wikiproject... who knew it'd be such a pain in the ass to get input for such a major potential change. لenna vecia 03:19, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) I think we can disagree on how to perceive David. Anyway, good plan — a small notice on user's watch-page as to massive notice on their talk-page. I think this can perhaps be the most difficult main page redesign yet, after all this I think it deserves a small essay discussing what we've learned. ChyranandChloe (talk) 03:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll talk to some peeps about the MediaWiki page. I agree that this is surely the most difficult yet. Honestly, though, there are several proposals that could be cut. I just don't think anyone has the heart to be like "Yo, it's not going to make it." لenna vecia 03:47, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Yea, the MediaWiki page is a no-go. I'll do my part to spread the word tomorrow. لenna vecia 04:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Democracy was never really designed to find the "best" solution, it was designed simply legitimize whatever solution was available. And going by that it was the most arbitrary way to cut the proposals that I felt couldn't be done through discussion. Anyway, following your plan, I've "spammed" a good number of users, and got my wrist slapped in the process. In the future, perhaps we should create a timeline and guideline, because this proposal has probably used up more time than it deserves. ChyranandChloe (talk) 05:07, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Yea, it's a mess. And I was talking to the wrist slapper at the time of the wrist slapping. And by "talking", it was really more of "arguing". But anyway... we need to do something. Another proposal was added yesterday. So we're just moving backwards at this point. لenna vecia 04:40, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Another proposal was added yesterday. That wasn't suppose to happen, we were suppose to close proposals the day before as part of the RFC. Anyway, I wouldn't say we're moving backward — one thing I think we need to start participating in is show that we're trying to finish the RFC as explicitly as possible, and as David would have advocated: we'd also be sticking to Wikipedia's policy guidelines now. ChyranandChloe (talk) 19:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I read your discussion with David Levy about this, and just wanted to thank you for trying. You both put up a good fight. Thanks Pretzels^Talk! 03:54, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. :/ لenna vecia 04:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)\

Thanks, you make us feel like we did something good. ChyranandChloe (talk) 03:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Incidentally, you know the straw poll was linked to the wrong version of the proposal? The box at the top of this page also links to another version. Don't fret too much, you're doing very well regardless. Pretzels^Talk! 04:36, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Yea, I realized. I vented on the main talk page, then sent everyone who had voted on mine a note in case this version would affect their vote either way. Seemed fair. And I updated all the links and images. I'll have to update the link here. Thanks for pointing that out. :) لenna vecia 04:38, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

(unindent) Yeah, I auto generated a lot of the code for the straw poll, and only really checked whether or not the link worked or not. I've prepared a replacement for the main project page when the RFC is complete. If you want to check it before hand, link here. ChyranandChloe (talk) 02:56, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, cool. Thanks. لenna vecia 15:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

HAI

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPSLOCK DAY!

CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} HAS GIVEN YOU A CAPSLOCK KEY. CAPSLOCK KEYS SPREAD EPIC LULZ, SO I HOPE YOU LOL'D!

SPEAD THE GOOD WORD BY ADDING {{subst:User:CWii/CAPSLOCKDAY}} TO THEIR TALKPAGE, KTHNXBAI.

Hahahahaahahah... thanks. XD لenna vecia 01:08, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Landmark Education

This is not a content dispute. It is a matter of COI editing, and most likely socking. Please take a closer look. The article has been subject to COI editing for quite some time by Landmark Education operatives. User:AJackl is the most recent. Check the userboxes on his page. Jehochman ^Talk 07:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

There is no justification for these kinds of accusations. It may have been inappropriate for Alex Jackl to remove the COI tag, but he may well not have realised that it referred to him - after all, he hadn't even edited this article since last April.DaveApter (talk) 18:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Discussion is now on WP:COIN#Landmark Education. I recommend you restore the {{COI}} maintenance tag on the article until this is settled. Jehochman ^Talk 07:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for doing that. I have left comments for the relevant editors and links to the COIN discussion. I'm not administrating on this article because I removed a bunch of unsourced material fairly recently. Jehochman ^Talk 13:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Hey, jump on IRC if you can. I'm formatting the references (It's like I'm incapable of doing anything to an article if the references aren't in order... It's a terrible affliction I suffer!), and I'm finding some issues. Failed verification and some shady pages from the company website. لenna vecia 13:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I want to be clear about this accusation of my being an operative of Landmark Education and a sock-poppet. If you look at my history you will find that I have never hidden behind another name, I have been a custodian of fairness on that page, and I have fought against sock-poppets on the LE page and others and have been an honest editor and contributor to Wikipedia. I think if you actually look at the issue you will see that is true. I at first thought you were one of Cirt or Pendant17's minions (they have used many names over the years) but I see you have done some great work and appear to be honest - so I am directly appealing to you to stop accusing me of being either a sock-puppet or an operative and for you to really see that there has been a war to desperately keep the LE Wikipedia article a neutral article ABOUT the company and not a showcase for nut jobs who think it is a cult. Feel free to contact me directly (my contact info is on my page - as it has been since the day years ago I started ) if you have any questions... Please don't be fooled by these zealots. Alex Jackl (talk) 15:56, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

I haven't posted anything accusing you of sockpuppetry or claiming you're "an operative". I merely pointed out the fact that you have an inherent COI because you are an employee or volunteer for the company, therefore the COI tag should remain in place so that other editors are aware and able to ensure that your edits are within policy. Speaking on that, in working on the article, as I noted on the talk page and on COIN, I found several issues. I haven't yet had the chance to go through the history, so I don't know who added what and made what changes, but there are some definite issues. I don't really know Cirt, but I know s/he does great content work, bringing articles up to featured status and such, so I would be surprised to find Cirt doing shady editing. I'll post details on the history once I've gone through it... probably over the weekend. لenna vecia 16:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Cirt has certainly done a lot of great work, but just so you are fully informed in this context s/he has done a great deal of highly contentious editing on this topic. Under a previous user name, s/he made 897 edits to this article and over 3100 on related topics, all inserting negative material and/or removing anything that reflects positively. S/he was involved in repeated edit warring, was blocked three times for 3RR violations. His/her interventions here give me cause for concern that the earlier agenda is still being pursued. DaveApter (talk) 18:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Those of us here who have a clue, including our gracious host, know or can easily learn Cirt's history. You need not risk outing them further. Jehochman ^Talk 18:52, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I know who Cirt is/was, and I've known since before I support Cirt's RFA. Thanks for the heads up, though. لenna vecia 20:41, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I wanted to clarify one point- I went back and re-read the additions and it was Jehochman who accused me of sock-puppetry and being an agent of Landmark Education. So I withdraw my comment about that, لenna vecia, and apologize most sincerely!

Also- in response to Jehochman ^Talk's inaccurate claim that I was "outing" Cirt... I am not outing him in any way. I was referring not to his outside identity but his history in Wikipedia. Please- let's try to be civil here- I walk back onto this page after a long absence and immediately get accused of being a sock-puppet? Please forgive me if I reacted a little strongly!:-(

Alex Jackl (talk) 23:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the semi-protection of Shakira. I was going to request protection soon, but it seems someone got there first. :) Thanks for answering the request. Acalamari 15:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) لenna vecia 15:55, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Possum

Possum, also known as Ryan Lupin, has been chased out of Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.202.155 (talk) 09:57, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

WTF? لenna vecia 11:51, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

I am so fucking furious ...

I am so fucking furious about recent events that even I can't believe it. How dare some single issue twat chase me to that pathetic civility chat room? Irish articles are fucking nightmares, no wonder any sensible editor steers clear of them and as a result they're fucking crap. There, I've said it now and feel better for it. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Well you are not paticularly civil are you? I notice you're now calling Gimmetrow a fucktard. As well as comparing me to a ~~cunt~~vagina. Strange that somebody who tells people to grow up and stop acting like a baby, then objects to me-calling them a hypocrite. -ZincBelief (talk) 00:16, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

PS. Thanks for giving me the space to rant. :-) --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:51, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I think we need to give him another pretend block???---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloon 01:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

If it were down to me, I'd give every administrator a taste of their own medicine, and block them all arbitrarily for 24 hours. Fucktards the lot of them (present company excepted of course). Whose brilliant idea was it to design a system that postively discriminates in favour of dishonest, vindictive, non-entities? --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 02:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Why are administrators allowed to issue warnings without being either able or willing to explain what they're warning against?[1] Could it possibly be because different rules apply to different editors? Some editors are definitely self-important twats, no doubt about that. Sadly most of them seem to be administrators. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 02:55, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

That is something I have never understood. Why should non-admins be held to a higher standard that admins? Everyone should act properly, but the way I see it, people who have more authority should be expected to conduct themselves more carefully. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

There's a deep-seated and now perhaps unfixable dishonesty in the system. But who knows, I may be wrong. Let's see what the kiddie admins can come up with. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 03:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok, that's it... I'm pretend blocking you indefinitely for that... but yeah, I agree... admins should be held to a MUCH higher standard than non-admins.---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloon 03:30, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I'd even settle for the same standard. The present system is corrupt and has corrupted. But let's wish the children well with their project. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 03:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow. I open my shit and BAM! A whole discussion, with a hilarious title. Good times.

Uhh... I'm surprised to see that from Gimmetrow. Where's the warning? I'm intrigued. I agree that admins should be held to a higher standard... or everyone an equal one, with established users (admin or not) allowed a little extra leeway for some things... like *cough*cabals*cough* >_> Maybe lighten up on the civility policy, as it's mostly stupid, etc, etc.

As far as blocking Malleus for anything he says on my talk page, BACK OFF! And let it be known, "I DON'T FIGHT FAIR, I USE WEAPONS, HOOKAH!" Okay, so that wasn't actually Jennavecia, it was Hanna, but that's not the point. (Shout out to Mike Halterman!)

Vent here anytime you like, Malleus. It makes you feel better and it makes me laugh. :D Win/win! لenna vecia 04:27, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

You go, Hanna! Malleus should watch this. Let it all out, honey, because you're nowhere near Hanna's anger level! Mike H. Fierce! 04:42, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Hahaha, ah... the memories. لenna vecia 05:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Passwords

Really! I leave for one month and you two manage to get sucked into the Ireland flamewar of all things? Malleus, don't take the slightest notice of anything anyone says if the word "Ireland" is involved (I can't cut-and-paste on this phone but every argument has been done to death at RFAR/The Troubles). I don't know the background - and don't want to research it on a screen two inches wide - but Alison is usually very good at clearing out the trolls and socks who are always throwing toys out of that particular pram. 200.45.226.51 (talk) 23:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC) (Iridescent, in the unlikely event you hadn't worked it out, but life's too short to enter a 25 character password on an iphone touchscreen)

Of course, you do know that if you do, you automatically level-up. (FWIW, I once blocked someone using my friend's PS3's web browser. Ever try typing a 35+ character password by moving a cursor around a virtual keyboard with a joystick?) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Holy shit. 25 and 35+ character passwords? Jesus. And I thought my 12 character password was strong. >_> I'll go change it now.

Iri, when are you going to be back? لenna vecia 03:48, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

[Update] Yay for a 29 character password! \o/ لenna vecia 03:52, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

haha! Longpassword is l--------------o--------------n--------------g--------------!!!

I tend to use ridiculous passwords for everything (the password to my non-administrator everyday-use account on my computer is more than 20....) I went to my mom's house today, and I brought my laptop. She wanted to show me an email, so I asked her what her password was. It was around 10 characters long, you know, with the caps and characters like you're supposed to. As I was typing it, I remarked that it was short. I wish I could show you the look she gave me! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

One of my wikifriends shares his passwords to various things (not his wiki account!) with me, and he's one to use a different password for everything. His passwords are always uber strong. Odd spelling, complete sentences with underscores, or completely random (for me anyway, may be a logical sequence for him) of letters and numbers, like df098s0gdf23s5d. There's just no way. Hahah. لenna vecia 05:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

(one-up!) I have an IRL friend (I know, hard to believe...) whose password was his girlfriend's full name - in binary! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

(<--) Since I've now changed it, it's safe for me to share that I did, at one time, use the unique last name of my best friend. Not in binary, tho... just his last name. :P لenna vecia 05:22, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Alternating the characters of two strings you'll know but no one else is likely to guess always works well; try alternating the characters of your mother's maiden name with your license plate (for example), for a string no-one will ever guess but you won't forget. 200.45.226.51 (talk) 20:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC) (maybe i'll stay as an IP, this is cool)

Hmm... that's an idea. Seems complicated. Haha. لenna vecia 04:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I have had essentially the same password for every account for like 5-6 years now. Unless it's paypal. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 04:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

That's not safe! لenna vecia 04:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

It probably isn't, I know I need to change it someday, I am just too lazy. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 08:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I had a boss many years back who recommended that we use obscenities and racial slurs in combination as passwords (with at least one number, of course). The thinking was that no one would even fathom guessing such offensive terms when trying to hack your account. Of course, it made things interesting when he was sick and someone needed his system... UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 14:07, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Hhaaha, yes... that's just what I need... a racial slur in my passwords. XD I'ma pass on that one, but fowl language... I think that may be expected of me. >_> لenna vecia 14:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

← Wasn't the unique first name of your best friend "the"? BTW, for anyone who wants a glimpse into true wikiinsanity, go and look at the lunacy that took over my talk page in my absence. – iridescent 12:51, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, that would be the not-unique first "name" in his username. But the unique real last name is much longer and less common. لenna vecia 15:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

FYI

71.107.159.190 is covered in a hard rangeblock [2]. This is Grawp's, and the user who was posting the talk page vandalism was Grawp. When you blocked the specific IP anon-only [3], that superseded the hard range block, allowing him to edit from that IP using pre-existing accounts. Please be aware that because the terms of single IP blocks override rangeblocks; you actually enabled Grawp's vandalism by softblocking the IP. This is a trick he has used before. It would have been better to protect the talk page but leave the IP unblocked, or make sure that the terms of the IP block match the terms of the range block. Thatcher 06:02, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey. Sorry about that. Cometstyles asked me to block. I didn't realize it was set up like that. Hahaha, this kid really has no life. لenna vecia 17:57, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

In the past

I'd like to put the past in the past and mend hard feelings between us. I said what I said, you said what you said; whatever, over. I was rude, and that is a matter of regret to me. Despite what you might think, I do try and take others feelings and openions into account, but sometimes I mess up. I see you around a fair bit, and well, hard feelings just aren't by bag ;). Ceoil ^sláinte 17:44, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

We all mess up. Thanks for the note. No hard feelings. لenna vecia 18:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi there!! :) How are you? In January, you contributed to the peer review of the S Club article. It's currently at peer review stage once again, and I was wondering if you could take a look at it for me. Any comments you leave would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. »—Mikay—talk—contribs→ 17:54, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

If you're actually interested in S Club, you can mosey on over to Tina Barrett, the cleaning up of which has sat on my to-do-list for ages. – iride scent 12:55, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I have yet to get to the peer review. I'm determined to help with admin tasks, because I've been a terribly lazy admin for far too long, so between that, requests for admin intervention in other areas, and the main page redesign, my wiki-time is pretty much taken right now. لenna vecia 15:59, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Just noticed this thread - I've done a pretty detailed review on the S Club article, but of course, more help would be appreciated. Best wishes, – How do you turn this on (talk) 16:04, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA Review

Just started reading through some of the recommendations for this round of the RfA Review, and I have to say - Well Said. UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 14:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Hopefully it will do some good... encourage some change. لenna vecia 14:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Hmm

which article was that about? It must have been in a reversion. Sionus (talk) 19:35, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

My bad. I just went through my contribs, and I apparently sent the message to the wrong user. I reverted in Huggle, then hit the back button and sent the message... I guess it did not go back to the last revert, or I missed clicked or something. Thanks for the note and sorry for the confusion! لenna vecia 19:39, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Re. AIV

Hello mam, I reported Lundsofjmdc (talk · contribs) as an account made solely for vandalism because

Username itself is Hindi translation of "Penises of (jmdc?)".
The article created by him/her included expletives attacking the person it was based in Hindi slang. Basically used to bully a person on Wikipedia. --KnowledgeHegemonyPart2 19:57, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

I've warned the user. لenna vecia 20:00, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Question For You

Can you review what I've done with the rollback and my votes at AFD? For some reason I feel that I've messed things up, or maybe broken things. Like they say, I can't really break anything.

I tried to save something the other day, and it didn't work :\

I guess even when you try as much as you can, there are rules that get in the way. I read IAR, and sort of like it. But I try to play by the rules. Ignoring them just is bad. But what I learned is that is was a BLP - a living person. In that case, I guess it is better to err on the side of caution and just let it get deleted. My gut says yeah, let it get salted, as they say. However, some things are just worth saving. I'm caught between rules, and it's either a keep on this person, or as if they don't exist. Strange concept. ^Law_shoot! 11:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

It's difficult to break something on Wikipedia. Like, for example, I broke all the watchlists in all languages a couple weeks ago, but it was quickly fixed, so I didn't really break anything. This is Wikipedia, it's not like real life.

Looking through your edits, I don't see where you tried to save a BLP. Perhaps you can be more specific. And I'm not really a fan of IAR because it's always misapplied. It's not a get out of jail free card. لenna vecia 12:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thx!

Thanks for the pp, Jen :-) - DVdm (talk) 15:43, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

No prob. لenna vecia 15:44, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting vandalism on my talk page. RJaguar3 | u | t 18:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. لenna vecia 18:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Fonigurator

Hi, what do you think should be done with Fonigurator, a prod has already been removed, but I'm tempted to flag it as db-attack. Ϣere Spiel Chequers 18:19, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Page deleted. 4im issued. لenna vecia 18:23, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Ta muchly, Ϣere Spiel Chequers 10:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

And another thanks!

Thanks for reverting vandal's attempt to blank request for checkuser against him/her. Nice! Thirdbeach (talk) 18:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. لenna vecia 04:30, 30 October 2008 (UTC)