User talk:Malo/Archive03

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This archive page covers approximately the dates between 21 December 2005 to 18 March 2006:

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Thank you. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

==SORRY!==

Oh, I'm sorry I thought I was adding a new comment!--69.163.33.158 02:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stalking.

If you continues to stalk me, I will ban YOU! Because I am JIMBO WALES! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.163.33.158 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 21 December 2005

I suppose vandal fighting is a form of stalking. Guilty. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 03:07, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are now an administrator

Congrats! Your request for adminship passed with 61 supports to 0 opposes, which is equal to, well, a 100% support to oppose ratio. I have now promoted you to administrator, which means you now have access to several neat administrative, cleanup and upkeep tools at your disposal.

As a new administrator, you should read relevant policies and pages linked to the administrators' reading list before you carry out tasks such as blocking users, deleting and protecting pages, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Remember that most of what you will be doing will be easily reverted by other admins, apart from page moves and image deletion. I personally suggest reading the administrators' how-to guide in order to learn some of the ropes. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to ask me for help. Welcome to adminship! Linuxbeak (drop me a line) 03:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

You'll make a great admin I'm sure. Vandals should be afraid, be very afraid. :-D KnowledgeOf Self | talk 05:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, there was no doubt about your adminship after the great work you've done, Durin's well-drafted nomination and your mature answers to the questions. --Gurubrahma 05:15, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --King of All the Franks 05:18, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compliments on the name, and congratulations on making sysop! Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:27, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey no problem, when you see someone's name on your watchlist so often, especially at the WP:AIV page, it's an instant support. PRueda29 ^Ptalk29 05:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and enjoy the buttons! NSLE _(T+C+CVU) 05:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the thanks - I'm sure you'll do a great job! Proto t c 09:29, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you'll do a good job. Congrats! --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 12:11, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(Re: to your comment on my talk page, and appropriate here) I'm sure you will do just fine. Most everything I found pointed to the conclusion that you are a very reasonable person who maintains your cool under pressure. Congratulations on the successful nomination! --Durin 13:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You'll be a great admin, congratulations! Canderson7 ^(talk) 14:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I had absolutely no problem voting for you at all. I'm sure you'll be a great admin. Congrats! --Shanel 20:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You'll do just fine, lad. Good luck with the mop! Blackcap (talk) ^{(vandalfighters, take a look)} 21:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations Malo! HGB 02:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations User:Malo. Martial Law 20:21, 24 December 2005 (UTC) :)'[reply]

Removal of {{db-move|Harvest (1972 album)}}

Hi, I noticed you removed my speedy delete request from the redirect page Harvest (album). I put it there because I want to move Harvest (1972 album) to 'Harvest (album)' to follow guidelines at WP:ALBUM#Style: album articles need not be disambiguated when there is no other album of that name; in case of conflict, the disambiguation is done by artist name anyway (eg "Harvest (Neil Young album)"). I would just like to check that I haven't placed the wrong tag? Or did I miss some point of procedure? If not, can I ask why you removed the template? Cheers, Qirex 07:47, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid you have confused me. I thought the request to delete the article was posted first, then then article was moved, and then the article was posted for redirect. Hence I am not sure if the redirect should be changed or, if the redirect in question should be deleted. My apologies, however I am a rather new admin, and I think I will sit this one out from this point on and let another admin rectify the current situation. sorry If I have confused you. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 07:52, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think someone did move it from 'Harvest (album)' to 'Harvest (1972 album)' at some point, so it was a confusing situation to begin with. This is the first time I've asked to delete a redirect page to facilitate a move, so I wasn't quite sure what I was doing in terms of procedure – that's why I gave you that overly long drawn out explanation, sorry it just caused more confusion! Anyway, it's all done now :) --Qirex 10:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No block is a good block

Excuse me, please do NOT block me! I have a good reason, if you wish to know why I say this! --206.183.139.68 20:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfA

Congratulations. Like I said, if anyone can be that nice to vandals, they deserve it. Prsgoddess187 21:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

W.marsh's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (30/2/0). I will do my best at the position I now am in. Thanks again! --W.marsh 03:45, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wishes

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 17:30, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for the revert of vandalism on my talk page. :) -- Hinotori^{(talk)|(ctrb)} 00:46, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

December 2005 IISC shootout

Thank you for reverting the vandalism in December 2005 IISC shootout!--Kevin Hanse (talk) 17:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Eubank

I wrote the entire article on Chris Eubank, I think I have the rights to edit my material. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve ppp (talk • contribs) 01:22, 31 December 2005

You do have the right to edit pages, however, you actually don't have the right to remove such content. Even if you are the original contributer. You should check out the GFDL link that is between the edit box and the summary box. And in the process of making contributions you should know that your contributions cannot be copyrighted and you certainly don't own the material. Also you should know that removing such content from wikipedia might be considered vandalism. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:30, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, with it being my material, I demand that it be removed. There are many, many, many mistakes in the article. I'm going to edit it ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve ppp (talk • contribs) 01:35, 31 December 2005

You are welcome to edit, however please stop removing content. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:39, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Make arguements before deleting

try it sometime instead of reverting for people who make no effort to edit against information they dislike...you arent a counter vandal you are a vandal (Gibby 06:14, 31 December 2005 (UTC))

Edits like these [1] [2] Look as if you are trying to cover up your past. I have nothing to hide, and I let my edits speak for themselves. Your recent edits to Communism however have actually removed more content than anything else. Also you clearly don't have the consensus of other users on Talk:Communism. Honestly I have no opinion on such information, however I do not believe that its removal should be left to the sole descretion of one user. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 06:24, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Communism

Thank you for you vigilance on the communism article. On that note, please take another look at the article, if you have time. Gibby reinserted his POV personal essay around several times following your removal, and it remains posted in the article. Regards, 172 07:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unilateral Redirect

Our "friend" Voice of All has unilaterally put a redirect on List of sexual slurs to make it redirect to Sexual slang. This was done without any discussion or consensus. He then removed the edit option from the page to undo his vandalism. Can you do anything about this admin/vandal? 155.84.57.253 14:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

USS Breeman (DE-104)

Thanks for all of your work on the DE-104 article. This year is the 100th anniversary of George's MOH, it's nice to know that the ship named after him has a valuable entry here. --Perplexed 22:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Big Fish talk page

Curious why you reverted the anon's deletion of the off-topic and offensive rant there - Talk:Big Fish; just reflexive perhaps? I actually thought all the comments on that talk page should have been deleted as none are appropriately discussing the article rather than the subject of the article. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 23:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it's not appropriate, then that is a sufficient reason to remove such content. However, WP:NOT states that wikipedia is not a censore of information. I went by the edit summary of that edit, and personally I saw it as being a weak edit. Also the edit history of that user, found at Special:Contributions/81.159.152.169 shows, in my opinion, a rather questionable edit history. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Feel free to remove it if you wish, just state a justified reason please. Thanks -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 00:36, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done; thanks. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 06:49, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:METALGOD42088

Hi, after seeing this user spam all over the place, I went to his (I'll assume male pronouns) page and he has posted a list on his page of people he considers "faggots". It is more the homophobia that offends me than the list of people he dislikes. I noticed you already had a run in with this user, (I guess that's how you made the list) so I was hoping that you would be able to help. Is it okay for me to go and remove that from his page? Is this something he can be banned over (assuming his current ban has expired)? Thanks in advance Qirex 11:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes you can go ahead and remove these statements on his userpage. If this user continues to make such edits he can be banned, however I would like to try and resolve any disputes with users and explain to them the rules of wikipedia, rather than run the risk of permanentley blocking someone prematurely. And BTW, his current block hasn't expired just yet, he still has about 10-12 hours left on his block. Thanks for asking me about this, I'll be sure to keep an eye on his contributions. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 14:11, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User page revert

Thanks for the revert to the vandalism on my user page! Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 07:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no problem, glad to be of service. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured article protection

Please do not protect the daily featured article. Raul654 00:30, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

THANKS FOR THE USELESS ATTEMPT

I appreciate you reminding pamento of the wiki-policy concerning rude behaviour, but he will just revert back to the way it was before. I suspect that he will claim "he want callin anyone an ass-hole" when questioned. Perhaps there is a policy against "repeated comments made with intentional malice" or some such bussiness that could be used to rid the wiki-world of this character. If not, perhaps there should bePickelbarrel 19:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be so cynical. These warnings are not useless. I'll do what I can to keep an eye on this user. I don't know what started your conflict with this user, but I ask that everyone invloved remain civil in accordance with WP:CIVIL. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 20:49, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Was Cigammagicwizard unblocked?

He took the warning off his page again and is editing other pages again.Crumbsucker 04:06, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it seems there was a blocking conflict and as a result the user was automatically unblocked after an hour. I have reinstated his block. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have put up on 1 speedy and reported an Aranda56 imposter and answered talk messages. If you all count that as vandalism I'm missing something. Thanks so much--212.138.47.22 02:38, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but who is this, and what are you talking about? Does it relate to User:Cigammagicwizard? -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 02:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No every move I do I get a message saying I am vandalising. I tried to form a account but it said something about cookies. I am not a vandal that I know, dumb maybe and not super with english but not a vandal.--212.138.113.13 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well it seems you are able to edit articles now if you can reach my talk page. If you are unable to edit articles due to a block you can always add the {{unblock}} tag to your own talk page and an administrator will evaluate your request to be unblocked. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 03:41, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to explain to User:Cigammagicwizard why they have been autoblocked and when it is likely to expire. See their talk page for details. --Martyman-(talk) 00:41, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea as to why this user is currently blocked. I am not responsible for any block upon him currently. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 02:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

great point Malo

I hadnt realized that I was probably offending everyone with that thing hanging off my tail...Ill go get rid of it right after I tell user:wangi about this. Thanks for pointing it out. Have you ever had a booger on your face in public? , Its only the true friends that let you know...I owe you onepickelbarrel the giant ASSHOLE(but not for long) 12:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks, sorry about the edits. I meant to edit another wiki.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chkiss (talk • contribs) 21:32, 3 February 2006

No problem, everybody makes mistakes. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 21:34, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA Thanks!

Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final ~~vote count~~ consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --P e ruvianLlama^(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletes

Thanks for the heads-up, sorry for any confusion/problems caused. One question: does tagging with NC/NCT get the WP image deleted?

~~Btw I didn't tag the Somali flag.~~ (spent) Greentubing 06:44, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the Somali flag, I had just realized you didn't upload that one, Sorry. I already fixed your talk page. Anyways, NC mean now on commons right? It does not get it deleted necessarily. If the image has a correct license it can be transfered by the wikimedia system to commons and then deleted from wikipedia, but that isn't exactly an instantenous process. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 06:49, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your correction, and I've taken back the Somali comment :D. Yes, NC = Now Commons. I was just wondering since I've been doing SVG work on Commons to replace PNGs on WP. Does this mean that deletion for WP orphan images need to go through the regular RFD process (with an explanation along the lines of "orphan, and better version on Commons")? Greentubing 06:53, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Typcially, yes, that is what needs to happen. Only I don't think it is refered to as an rfd (thats redirects for deletion). I think you want Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion which deals with not speedy canidates such as the removal of orphans. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 07:02, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright tag

Whe yopu use {{Image copyright}} please remember to use SUBST. otherwsie the next person to edit the page you placed it on is likely to wid up editing the tempalte instrad, which is surely not what you wanted. DES ^(talk) 00:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder, I haven't tagged images in a while and I'm afraid I forgot to. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sir Arthur Wellington

Looks like this user has made all of the edits but one after the warning on talk page, which was made at 20:40, while the user's edits were made after 22:00. Unless, of course, there is some problem with my time settings. Pecher^Talk 22:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded to your comments on your talk page. Thanks -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 22:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see. That's because my time preferences are set at UTC +2. Thanks. Pecher ^Talk 22:10, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For the revert.

Lotsofissues 02:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, :) -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 02:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unprotect

Hey Malo, can you unprotect my user and talk page when you get a chance? I'd appreciate it! Drop me a note here when it's all set. Thanks. --light darkness 15:48, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks again for the vandal fighting. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 15:52, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a bunch! --light darkness 15:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Uhm, dude...?

You clearly have the wrong 71.212.31.236. I've never vandalized anything on Wikipedia. Or much of anything else for that matter. But hey, if playing vigilante against dynamically-assigned IP addresses makes you feel big, I say go for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.212.31.236 (talk • contribs) 04:37, 14 February 2006

I have responded on your talk page. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 12:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Cardinal Zen

I am already too neutral towards the son of bitch. He is a spy of the Holy See. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nozen (talk • contribs) 06:48, 26 February 2006

Your own words betray you. Your bias is so blatantly obvious. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 06:51, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How did I attack him?

Please tell me. Where was I malicious about anything? -Moviejedi

I have responded on your talk page. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:21, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wheeler 1028

I've unblocked Wheeler 1028 (talk · contribs) because the same doesn't sound like those used by Willy on Wheels. However, I will keep an eye on that user just in case. --Ixfd64 02:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kudos

I appreciate your patrolling the wikipedia grounds (I was the one who made the comment on communism you censored). Keep up the good work, I was only testing the facilities. --The Divine Bovine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.158.81 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 8 March 2006

Thanks

Thanks for reverting user:66.81.148.164's vandalism on my talk page. DVD+ R/W 04:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Mg william c lee.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Mg william c lee.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stan 04:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:SonyericssonT637 front.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:SonyericssonT637 front.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Dethomas 23:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]