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== PirateSmackK ==


== Draft articles ==
Steven Pledger is a different piratesmack. I hadn't even been to EncyclopediaDramatica.com until PirateSmackK sent me a link to the article. Keep my info there if you want, just know that you guys aren't hurting PirateSmack'''K''' at all.


=== Doing ===
-] (]) 11:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


* TBD
==Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin==
Hi Alison, I saw you're an admin on the Irish language Misplaced Pages. I thought it would be a great idea to start an article on Ní Shúilleabháin there since she speaks Irish fluently, helps host the Seachtain na Gaeilge this year, and worked in traditional Irish music. Can you translate perhaps the intro or direct me to someone willing to help? Thanks a lot. Best ] (]) 18:40, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
:Hi Alison, should I ask someone else? Thanks. ] (]) 11:59, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
:: Hi there. Sorry for the delay, but I've been really busy all week with RL stuff. I'll try to get something started this weekend, once I get the chance here - ] <sup>]</sup> 20:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


==note== === To do ===
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* ] / ] - assistant State Pathologist for Ireland. See ]
* ] - notorious ] murder squad sub-group. They were literally called this
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* ] - Colonel Meade James Crosbie Dennis C.B - radio pioneer, arguably creator of the first ] transmission, and inventor of the ], used to detect submarines underwater using radio waves. See ].
* ] - Wlodzimierz "Wowa" Cwejman, ] designer. Died 2021
* ] - composer and musician - was married to Jill Frazer.
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Don't treat my comment that way. I accept its removal because of the personal information. But there is a deep truth in what I said and that is about the origin of all those problems of which many are to blame. It is funny how it is the style in Misplaced Pages of using categorical adjectives. "purely", "highly". It is like people don't know how to make sense of themselves. I understand that she didn't like being exposed, but she also need to learn what are the things that she is doing wrong, and is still doing wrong. I have seen the effects occurring over and over again, and are still happening. ] (]) 22:46, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
: I absolutely ''will'' treat it that way, actually, even though it's just boilerplate text. In fact your comment came close to being oversighted. What you said was immensely cruel and completely uncalled-for and at the very ''least'', comes under ]. Seriously, even your comment above smacks of retribution and 'punishment'. It was completely over the top and, frankly, you owe her an apology - ] <sup>]</sup> 23:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
:* It doesn't make any difference sweetie. It is not me who is having problems constantly. And as you can research, it is a problem that she is choosing to ignore or even worst, to try playing the heroine/martyr. If she really cares she still need to ask me what have she and is she doing wrong if she haven't discover it yet. I just said a plain truth, maybe cryptic if you don't know all the aspects of it but still immensely true. I don't mind apologizing, I don't loose anything that way (let me do it right now) but will it solve anything? The one who has a problem to solve is she. ] (]) 23:31, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
::: 'scuse me - ''"sweetie"''? Are you trying to be deliberately offensive here or do patronizing terms like this just trip off your tongue? :( Either way, it's not part of your remit to somehow make her see the error of her ways, or whatever, and especially not with gratuitously offensive, personal attacks. Just don't do that stuff - ] <sup>]</sup> 23:50, 25 March 2010 (UTC)


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::::*Hi Alison, thank you for your help. I added two and two together and now I know who the user is. The user has retired as Dr. Jekyll, and came back few days later as Mr. Hyde. with the sole purpose "to help" me to get out of the loop. And although my discovery made me sick to my stomach, at the same time I feel so much better now, when I know who the user is. You said what the user has done to me was cruel. At first I also thought that it is the case, but now I know, the user is not cruel, the user simply needs some help, and I feel sorry for the user. I wish I were able to help, but I am not sure how. Best wishes. --] (]) 03:17, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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:::::* Sole purpose? Just look my at my user contributions. Sorry, but you are prizing yourself too much thinking that the my sole purpose is to "help you". It is the other way around. Just by chance, I noticed that your problems had not stopped (since they even came to disrupt FPC). You are being a bit paranoid as you were when I reviewed one of your pictures in the most impersonal and objective way, as I always try to do. I just happens that among the things that I see, I support those that I think are right. No matter what. When I saw people doing wrong to you I condemned it. If I see you doing wrong I tell you. But not more than once. You say that I need some help. Go ahead, tell me the symptoms that you see. (In my talk page, since Alison should be annoyed with all these posts.) ] (]) 03:34, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


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:::* People have been offended so many times that just want to be offended. Sweetie means just that. I use language in the plainest possible way, since I don't have the skills to bend it ingeniously. It I want to offend I would use again plain and clear offenses. Take it as an edulcorantion of the dialogue to counterbalance your emphasized (''will''). About my remit, it is mine, my own. If it there is something that we own, that is the choice of what to do with the time that it is given to us. About my remit, only me is to know what it is, and it was to point those error. I did it in and improper way? My bad. But it certainly was not an attack. More like a hurtful surgical healing procedure that opened a wound to purge a tumor. ] (]) 00:31, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
::::Well, as clearly your comments have hurt others, maybe you would consider changing the way they are phrased (and therefore not hurting others) or stopping it. They aren't helping. —]]]— 02:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC) * Hi there. Unfortunately, I cannot help you. While I'm an administrator and checkuser here on the English Misplaced Pages, these don't extend to other wikis. Really sorry - maybe check locally or ask a ]? - ] <sup>]</sup> 03:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
::::* And so I did. My only other comment was an apology as I was asked to do. The root and real purpose of all the story will not change. As I believe it and is quite evident. Mbz1 needs help to come out of a loop of mistakes in which got involved and even worst people with the aim of helping and with good will are, involuntarily, helping her to stay in it. Now, it can not be done without her will to do it. That's why it doesn't make sense for me to continue until then. Maybe you can try. For me once is enough and twice is too much. ] (]) 02:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


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== Weird Censoring Issue from 2011 ==
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I know this is from over a decade ago, but I was looking at my contribution history and it made me think of the time when my browser was inexplicably censoring everything on your page and the page of ] and you ended up having to be in the middle of it. Not sure if you even remember it occurring, but I thought you might be interested in hearing an update all these years later because it was so bizarre.
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Anyway, just for context, I was just short of 13 years old when that happened. Age-wise, I could see my parents maybe having some sort of filter on my computer, I'm pretty sure it was not some sort of computer virus. I never specifically asked them about it, my mom could get kind of reactive about things so I didn't want her assuming I was doing something inappropriate. The only thing I can think of on why it never recurred again is that they took internet away from that computer (for reasons that stretch outside of this conversation, nothing terrible though, mainly staying up too late and being lethargic at school) and they maybe never thought to do that again.
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It definitely was not malicious on my part, I was as confounded about it as anyone else, plus I curse like a sailor in certain environments so I am not against profanity as a rule. --] (]) 05:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
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* Hey there, {{Ping|Thebirdlover}}. Yeah, it's been nearly 15 years since that incident. I can tell you what happened. Back then, I was an ], and had responsibilities for ] and for ]. Back then, you were a minor, and I was alerted to remove certain information from your user page for your own safety. It's usually done very discretely and even ] can't see the edits. So that's what happened.
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**I know what the oversight issue was about (that was going back to when I started here), I was talking about ] that you were involved in related to my computer haphazardly removing expletives because I was reminded of it and felt like trying to explain what was going on as best as I possibly could (even though I still don't completely know what happened). --] (]) 02:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Would I be justified in blocking {{user|Anthony Winward}} for 1 month?
*** Yeah, I had no idea what happened there, and still don't. It looks like there was some weird ] on your computer, as it wasn't retroactively censored on the WP side, from what I can see - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)


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Thank you today for pointing at him! - I have ] on the same page (see story), and music to express happiness and sadness. --] (]) 18:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
* Thank you for adding ], and condolences on his loss, too - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:24, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
*: Thank you! I didn't know him but was fascinated by his photo series. The loss of a friend was in real life. Today, you can listen to the (new) ] --] (]) 10:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
*: Listen today to ]'s 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the ] when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with ], because he was on my ] this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --] (]) 16:01, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
*:: Thank you! I'm in work right now, and cued it up to listen to in my office. Last week was very much a ] week as the Netherlands Bach Society just - have a listen - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
*::: Thank you! A pic of our last performance is in the article ;) - I came to fix the cellist's name, with ] and new pics - look for red birds --] (]) 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
*::: Today is ]. --] (]) 16:01, 20 December 2024 (UTC)


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Hello! Just got a notification that my IP block exemption is about to expire, and would love to have it renewed. Hope it's ok to contact you as a CheckUser directly on your discussion page, and that I haven't misinterpreted the guidelines on WP:IPBLOCK. Many thanks in advance! ] (]) 22:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
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* Hi there. A quick check and everything looks fine to me. Can you ask {{Ping|GeneralNotability}} as I've no access to the ticketing system? - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:25, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

*{{u|GeneralNotability}} has been inactive for several months. However, it just happens that I have all the needed accesses, and have extended your IP block exemption by one year, {{u|Listz3}}. Hope you don't mind my jumping in, Alison! ] (]) 02:43, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Ping. I hope you check email more frequently than your current editing pace, but thought I'd leave a note here too. <span style="border:1px solid;">]]]</span> 04:06, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
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Weird Censoring Issue from 2011

I know this is from over a decade ago, but I was looking at my contribution history and it made me think of the time when my browser was inexplicably censoring everything on your page and the page of User:Jolly Janner and you ended up having to be in the middle of it. Not sure if you even remember it occurring, but I thought you might be interested in hearing an update all these years later because it was so bizarre.

Anyway, just for context, I was just short of 13 years old when that happened. Age-wise, I could see my parents maybe having some sort of filter on my computer, I'm pretty sure it was not some sort of computer virus. I never specifically asked them about it, my mom could get kind of reactive about things so I didn't want her assuming I was doing something inappropriate. The only thing I can think of on why it never recurred again is that they took internet away from that computer (for reasons that stretch outside of this conversation, nothing terrible though, mainly staying up too late and being lethargic at school) and they maybe never thought to do that again.

It definitely was not malicious on my part, I was as confounded about it as anyone else, plus I curse like a sailor in certain environments so I am not against profanity as a rule. --Thebirdlover (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

  • Hey there, @Thebirdlover:. Yeah, it's been nearly 15 years since that incident. I can tell you what happened. Back then, I was an Oversighter, and had responsibilities for personally-identifying information and for children's privacy. Back then, you were a minor, and I was alerted to remove certain information from your user page for your own safety. It's usually done very discretely and even administrators can't see the edits. So that's what happened.
    • I know what the oversight issue was about (that was going back to when I started here), I was talking about this situation that you were involved in related to my computer haphazardly removing expletives because I was reminded of it and felt like trying to explain what was going on as best as I possibly could (even though I still don't completely know what happened). --Thebirdlover (talk) 02:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
      • Yeah, I had no idea what happened there, and still don't. It looks like there was some weird censorware on your computer, as it wasn't retroactively censored on the WP side, from what I can see - Alison 19:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you today for pointing at him! - I have Michael Ruetz on the same page (see story), and music to express happiness and sadness. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

CheckUser / IP Block exemption

Hello! Just got a notification that my IP block exemption is about to expire, and would love to have it renewed. Hope it's ok to contact you as a CheckUser directly on your discussion page, and that I haven't misinterpreted the guidelines on WP:IPBLOCK. Many thanks in advance! Listz3 (talk) 22:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)