User talk:MrFish/Archive2

This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Welcome to my archives! To make the job of investigating my past a bit easier, I have added comments, links to my actions, and I have also included vandalism and bad faith edits to my talk page that were previously reverted. My comments added at archiving time will appear in mustard.

August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Re: Hello, director.

Ooh, a cool new title too! B-) Citation added as requested. The templates in Category:Citation templates provide a standard look and feel to citations. Slambo (Speak) 13:02, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My original message is at User talk:Slambo/Archive 0609#Hello, director.

Your edit to Judaism

Your recent edit to Judaism (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 15:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The story here is that someone vandalised vandalised this article, and then someone else vandalised it. I reverted the second vandal's attack, but in carelessly reposting the first one, I triggered the AntiVandalBot. I was working so fast that when I did see what happened, I had already clicked "Save page" and my changes were already loading :-( MrFi s h^{Go Fish} 16:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

I did indeed smile at someone else.

WP:AIV

I have noticed you reported two anons as vandals for blocking. However they didn't have any recent warnings. Please give vandals some warnings before reporting them, a lot of them are just kids playing around and stop after warnings. Even with past history of vandalism we don't block people straight away as they are likely to be shared IPs for things like Schools or Universities. Wikipedia:Vandalism has a guideline to the standard warnings. Basically report when you get to {{test4}} and the user has edited after the last warning.--Konstable 20:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably refers to this.

Dralobv vandalism

Hi Mr Fish - can you let me know if there are any of the pages Dralobv (talk · contribs) messed with that you didn't fix yet? I'm happy to fix more, but I had to stop this afternoon to do some real work ;-) and you seem to have fixed quite a few of the pages that were crapped on already. If you've fixed them all, I will buy you a virtual doughnut. Yonmei 17:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response at User talk:Yonmei#The "work" of Dralobv.

Always welcome!

You are, as always, welcome! I have several user's pages on my watchlist from previous encounters so I fix 'em when I see 'em. Who knows, someday maybe I'll need your support for an RfA or RfC or something and you'll be able to say "Hey! I know him! He's not a complete schmuck!" ;-).

Atlant 17:14, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Atlant had seen this.

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Thanks!

Thanks for catching that vandalism of my talk page from 67.159.5.76. He's doing the same crap from 69.80.225.11; he's up to final warning on both IPs. -- Jim Douglas 19:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Response at User talk:Jim Douglas/Archive 1#Hey.

Explanation

It appears that Derex and Kizzle (who are friendly with one another) are bored and feeling frisky. You've been witnessing friendly tail-pulling and probably took it as serious personal attacks, right? Well, rule #1 with those guys is don't take them seriously :) :) Just kidding, and thanks for your good instincts to help avoid incivility. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 20:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watch out for Ryan on the other hand... she's a dangerous one. --kizzle 21:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But Ryan is a boy's--oh, never mind.--MrFi s h^{Go Fish} 14:38, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need I remind you that you are named after an icthy marine animal? :) -- User:RyanFreisling @ 14:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah?--MrFi s h^{Go Fish} 15:57, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good instincts? I don't think so. I was totally taken in:) This started here, and continued here.

Vandalism at this point

This vandalistic (if that's a word) message on my talk page stems from this edit and was reverted here. I thanked J Di.

Enolia McMillan

Thank you for your contributions to Enolia McMillan. You added that she died of heart failure. The obituary in the Baltimore Sun just states that she died of natural causes, so I was wondering what your source for this information was. Christopher Busta-Peck | Talk 16:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I agree that there's plenty more to write. I'm waiting until my lunch break to go up to the Maryland Department here at work to see just what they have about her, and at the very least, to expand the sources list.Christopher Busta-Peck | Talk 17:26, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Your signature seems a tad too bright. Consider amending? Cheers. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 17:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the rest of the conversation.

Article about Wikipedia Users

Hello,

I am a freelance writer working on an article about Wikipedia users and all the "behind the scenes" goings on at Wikipedia that the average reader of the site never knows about. I intend on focusing a little on several of the unofficial Wikipedia organizations that members are a part of such as Esperenza et al. As such, I would like to speak to you about your experience with the Counter Vandalism Unit. If you are interested in participating, please email me at brianwrites@gmail.com.

Thanks FFFearlesss 19:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How neat! I contacted FFFearlesss by email and helped him with his article. My name did not end up appearing in said article, but my information did.

Aspen - Aspen Shuttle (Amtrak station)

Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply {{stub}}, if you can.

Thanks! --Vox Causa 00:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded to here.

Jack in the Box (Baker)

Jack in the Box (Baker) has been proposed for deletion. An editor felt the subject might not be notable enough for an article. Please review Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability for the relevant concerns. An example of notability guidelines can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (websites). If you can improve the article to address these concerns, please do so.

If no one objects to the deletion within five days by removing the "prod" notice, the article may be deleted without further discussion. If you remove the prod notice, the deletion process will stop, but if an editor is still not satisfied that the article meets Wikipedia guidelines, it may be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion for consensus. NickelShoe (Talk) 00:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you believe a succession box is necessary (and I don't: it's a bus route, not a train), then simply use Baker, California. Who cares whether it's at the Jack in the Box? That level of detail is for AMTRAK's website/schedules, not an encyclopedia. You wouldn't create a separate article for a signpost stuck on a city streetcorner, would you? --Calton | Talk 00:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC) This incident was kind of embarrassing, but I learned from it. More talk here, here, and here.[reply]

Long time no Wiki

Wow, it must have been nearly a year since I was here. Hey MrFish my old chum/arch nemisis!

Edit* oops, forgot my signature,

Jive Monk 09:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

Baker Truck Corral

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Baker Truck Corral, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Baker Truck Corral. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Dr.frog 19:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was on break at the time, and could not respond. I chose not to recreate the article.

Baker (Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach station) has also been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 04:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

why are you on a break?

user:fartgo/talk

— Preceding undated comment added 15:35, 11 January 2007Responded to here.

mr fish sucks

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.165.18 (talk) 08:37, 3 February 2007

RE:Hey!

Meh, I'm one of those people who can't stick to one thing at a time, plus I don't have that many detective skills for edits. Happy to occasionaly log on and sniff around though. Jive Monk 02:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original message at User:Joe Momma#Hey!.

WP:AIV

Thank you for your recent posting of an anonymous editor to Administrators intervention against vandalism. In the future though, when reporting IP addressed to WP:AIV, please make sure that they have had a final warning in the recent past. Due to the nature of IP addresses, spans of time between edits may indicate different users. Being it is possible that the currently vandalizing user did not get a true final warning they are often not be blocked. To remedy this, please make an effort to ensure that all vandals reported to WP:AIV have an appropriate, and recent, final warning. The most common final warnings are {{test4}} or {{bv}}. If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to ask me on my user talk page. Thanks again!-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sunset Limited logo

Would you mind if I added the Sunset Limited logo you've uploaded to more Amtrak stations along the appropriate route? ---- DanTD 22:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great. The only trouble is, somebody deleted yours and now I can't find it. ---- DanTD 20:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The other half at User talk:DanTD/Archive. April 2007#Of Course. I don't know where to put this, but i share an ip adress and some people are vandalizing guitar hero 2 and i will try to get them to stop

Response to this.

Vandalism (UTC)

i share an ip adress and the users are vandalizing articles i will try to get them to stop, please think before blocking us.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.176.126.19 (talk) 14:18, 19 April 2007Responded to at User talk:206.176.126.19#MrFish responds.

Re:Thanks

Thanks for your kind words! Well honestly, I was hesitant to reply because I hardly added anything. Kzaral 00:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The original post was User talk:Kzaral#Thanks.