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== RE: 'grats == == Draft articles ==


=== Doing ===
Thanks. --] (]) 12:54, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


* TBD
== PlaneShift article ==


=== To do ===
Hi, the article of PlaneShift video game has been moved to the Incubator for improvements as suggested by other admins. Many new sources have been added, including scanned magazine articles, computer programming and open source books. I think it's ready to be evaluated and moved to the main space. Please review it and move the article to the main space if you think it's ready. Thanks. ] (]) 10:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


* ] - see ]
== Housekeeping ==
* ] - ] project: Germany, Ireland
* ] / ] - assistant State Pathologist for Ireland. See ]
* ] - notorious ] murder squad sub-group. They were literally called this
* ] - creators of the ]
* ] - 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.
* ] - from ]
* ] - Irish journalist, murdered by the ] (currently redir)
* ] - musician, inventor, and creator of the ] in conjunction with ].
* ] - see ]
* ]
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Anyone else - feel free to work on these - ] <sup>]</sup>


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== September music ==
:And if I find something else here to do, will anyone else do the work which I am currently doing? --<font color="Red">]</font><sup><font color="Black">]</font></sup> 21:47, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
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Today is ]! On display his portrait by ], music from ], and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - See ''places'' for a stunning sunrise, on the day ]'s 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). -- ] (]) 21:03, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


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== Delete page 2 ==
Hello :-), I to you in May and I asked you for your help in deleting the page. Please, can you look at my problem? Thank you very much for your time. --] (]) 09:26, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
: {{done}} - I think. Sorry for the delay, but I'm not on WP right now - ] <sup>]</sup> 09:35, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
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Hello,
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Would you please cast a quick eye over the recent history at ]? There have been several dubious edits and it may be necessary to protect the article. Also some details of remuneration systems have been added, which are (presumably) specific to the US market and are therefore too specific on WP. Whatever, action may need to be taken, even if it's just warning the current protagonists! Thanks. --] (]) 16:33, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
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* I went ahead and deleted it myself. When I created it earlier, I actually thought I was still on Meta - ] <sup>]</sup> 06:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)


== 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 ] 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)


* 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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* The issue with ] was unrelated to yours but involved ], so I had to dive in there and do some redaction - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
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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)
== Re: your recent edit.. ==
*** 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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Are you telling me, and the whole world that you haven't received your ArbCom draft notice yet? Or are you trying to avoid it? :D *grins* ] (]) 00:39, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
* Bwahaha!! I'm ''far'' too old for ], Foz. Nice try, though - now get ]!! :) - ] <sup>]</sup> 00:46, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
**Yes Ma'am! Yes Ma'am! Pedalin as fast as I can, Ma'am! ;) ] (]) 00:56, 7 July 2010 (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)
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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at ] regarding reason for discussion. The thread is ].The discussion is about the User:McYel. <!--Template:ANI-notice--> Thank you. --] (]) 01:51, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
: Thanks! I've replied over there. I could do a video response, but I suck at YouTube - ] <sup>]</sup> 02:16, 7 July 2010 (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)
==Talkback==
*{{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)
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:* Oh - thanks, Risker! Problem solved :) - ] <sup>]</sup> 03:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

== Smart Telecom saga continues... ==

FYI, at the suggestion of ] over at my talk page, I've filed an ] on this contiiiiiinuing saaaaaaga. Feel free to add or tweak the heck out of it if I've messed up the format, or omitted key information. ] (]) 15:05, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

== User page protection ==

Can you please unprotect my user page? The protection isn't needed anymore. --] (]) 16:23, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

:Thanks. --] (]) 15:10, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

== Child protection ==

I notice your interest in child protection and would be interested to hear your thoughts on an issue that I came across recently. I was involved in mediation of a dispute on the ] page. Note that this mediation ended some time ago. During the mediation, the mediator at one time suggested that he wanted to start private mediation with individual editors and wanted to contact me off-wiki by phone, IRC, or Skype to help with the mediation process. I declined to accept this although I was put under some pressure by the mediator and other editors to do so. My reasons for doing this are given in full here ] and discussed at some length later on in that page.

One of my reasons for not complying was child protection. For the most part, Misplaced Pages is a relatively safe place for the vulnerable but you can see clear child protection issues arising when editors can be put under pressure to speak privately to another person. I was staggered by the mediation committee's lack of understanding of this subject.

In the end I changed the mediation policy to state that private mediation can be declined without giving a reason. There was some resistance to this to start with but my latest additions are still in place. Whether this is because they have become accepted as a consensus view or because no one notices or cares I do not know.

As the policy is fine now, I am not asking for any action by you but I would be interested to hear your views on the subject. ] (]) 13:33, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

:One of the mediators AKG has now confirmed that he supports my policy changes, so the situation would seem to be resolved. I would still be interested to hear you opinion on the subject though. ] (]) 12:36, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

==Something's fishy==

Please confirm that ] is your alternate account. Otherwise, I will recommend it for blocking as an evasion of block sanctions on the account ]. —]<sup>''']'''</sup> / <sub>''']'''</sub> 10:05, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
:It's obviously not Alison. --'''<font face="Segoe Print">]</span>''' 10:06, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

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Please add to ]. Kthnxbye. '''<font color="#00824A">]</font> <font color="#2A5FFF">]</font> <font color="#00824A">]</font>''' 13:38, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
: {{done|sorted}} ;) - ] <sup>]</sup> 04:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

== Unblock 3Network ==

You would appear to have blocked IP editing from the 3 Network. I know that you personally don't want any IP editors, but this block is improper and disruptive. ] (]) 12:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

You also have a semi-protected talk page, with no readily apparent alternative method for non-autoconfirmed/IP editors to contact you. Please rectify this. ] (]) 12:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

:Alison, could you comment at ], where DuncanHill is requesting a review of this rangeblock? Thanks. ]<span style="background-color:white; color:#808080;">&amp;</span>] 19:59, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

::See my comment there as well; it seems perverse that we allow ] to continue socking because a rangeblock would cause "collateral damage", but are happy to rangeblock one of the biggest mobile phone networks in Europe. It ought to be both or neither.&nbsp;–&nbsp;<font color="#E45E05">]</font><font color="#C1118C">]</font> 20:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

: LOL - good grief already. I take 24 hours away and this happens? :) Okay, in no order;

:* DuncanHill, please read ] and take it on board for next time you go on a shopping spree.
:* If you want me to unprot my talk page, or any other for that matter, ''just ask''. Don't go to ] to . As others have pointed out, one glance at for my talk page will explain everything. About 1% of all anon edits here are constructive, the rest are stuff like or ''"I am going to rape your children and mutilate their dead bodies"'' - stuff like that. It goes with the oversight/checkuser territory, and largely washes over me; the main issue being the timewasting on everyone else's part that goes with things like this. I'll unprot it now, '''''just for you''''' :) - see how things go.
:* You make very good points indeed about {{tl|checkuserblock}} and, fortunately, they weren't lost amongst the vitriol. I see that FT2, Roger and others have made great improvements to the template, so that's good progress :) tho' I see you're still
:* Surprisingly - and this comment is for ] too - that particular /16 segment of Hutchinson 3G Network (H3GUK Subscribe Block3) is surprisingly quiet apart from - ''*coff*'' - a small few constructive editors (the useragents on CU make that very clear), some registered editors, and bored teenagers like and that Mickey Darwin guy. And again, as a CU and admin, one has to weigh up the access of unregistered editors versus the torrent of timewasting socking, vandalism and other shite that emanates from that netblock. My personal feelings on anon editors '''never''' reflects on my blocking actions here; rules are rules and I resent your (DuncanHill's) that I did this out of some sort of personal bias. That is not the case at all and indeed, I welcome any other checkuser to review this rangeblock and act accordingly. No agendas here. BTW - the Hutchinson 3G Network spans quite a number of other ranges; it's one subsection of the overall 3G network. You can get more info , for example.
:* A one-week softblock is not ''"ostensibly indefinite"'', no matter what way you slice or dice it. This range has and will likely be again, unfortunately.
:* Next time you mention someone on ] or ], the polite and proper thing to do is '''let them know''' with something like {{tl|ANI-notice}}. In fact, the edit notice ]. Just sayin', since we're talking rules ...
:* To ]: yeah, the BruceJenner thing seems really unfair compared to this. However, without going into ], that guy is all over the place and it's particularly hard to nail down his IP ranges without causing a ''lot'' of problems for a lot of people. And, as you say, things are only going to get worse as people migrate to mobile networks which have by definition, short DHCP leases. And I really don't know what the answer to this one is. That other vandal - the Colonel Saunders guy - uses Blackberry ranges exclusively to create accounts to circumvent softblocks, for example. My personal experience of complaining to ISPs is that it's a waste of time and energy & most of them couldn't care less.
: Ok, back to sleep I go. Better things to do right now - ] <sup>]</sup> 05:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

== See... ==

... did the rangeblock on JDH's home IPs expire? If so, shouldn't it be reinstated? Thanks, ] (]) 01:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
* Heyya. Yeah, here are the main rangeblock histories; - the first one is the most targeted. More and and and so on. Plenty more, but you get the idea <_< - ] <sup>]</sup> 05:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

==RE: Gheo==

Haigh :) Ní bhfaca mé d'teachtaireacht go dtí anois. Conas atá tú? ] (]) 17:44, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
: LOL - conas ta tú, a bhuachaill? :) Yeah, táim ar scor ar Vicipéid anois agus is fearr liom mo uaireanta a chaitheamh are ] ;) Ar aon nós, fáilte anseo! - ] <sup>]</sup> 05:23, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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September music

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Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display his portrait by Egon Schiele, music from Moses und Aron, and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 13 September 2024 (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)

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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! Listz3 (talk) 22:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)