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Tony Robinson

Hi, you added the cat Category:Jewish-British people to this article, do you have any reliable source stating that he is Jewish? Thanks Arniep 21:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

you're right! Sorry Arniep 19:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Smurrayinchester's RFA

Thank you, Tim!/Archive of imagination
	for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 100/1/0. Thanks for your vote! If you have any comments, please say so here.

Message

There is a message for you here NoSeptember 19:46, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Passing along a messge

Could you please check out the (currently) last message on User talk:Tawker. Tawker is currently on his blackberry, which is on a blocked IP, so he can only post there. He's wanting specific diffs for your problems with Tawkerbot2 so he can figure out why they wer misidentified. - TexasAndroid

Tawkerbot2

Ok, the bot shouldn't be reverting admins, I'll have a look and I'll get in touch with Joshbuddy (the co-dev) and we will fix it (very very soon). In the future if you have any questions about the bot feel free to ask on my (or the bots) talk page, I'm more than happy to help :) If you catch it acting up, please let me know, I don't mind one bit, I much rather know and be able to fix it than have it malfunction -- Tawker 23:21, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

The bot should be fixed now, please let me know if it malfunctions again -- Tawker 06:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes sorry about this one, my fault. Its been fixed. joshbuddy 16:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm a little puzzled over your second comment. After the bug was found (and reported) it was fixed within the hour. In addition I explained what happened on their talk page. Tawkerbot2 is one of the bots that it is impossible to check every edit, it simply makes too many (and I'd like to be able to fix an article every now and then :) - when bugs are found steps are taken to fix them, I don't see how that is not being responsible for the bot -- Tawker 17:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

(Copied from User talk:Josiah Rowe): And you even spelt labour with a 'u' :-) Tim (meep) 16:38, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

It just seemed appropriate in the circumstances. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Regeneration

"...there are some who call me... Tim?" —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 18:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

John Cleese would have made an excellent Doctor :) Tim! 18:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

CFD and DRV

According to the instructions at WP:CFD#Empty and delete, the categories were to be depopulated and deleted. No mention of deletion review was made. If there are other categories currently on WP:DRV, please remove them from the CFD backlog section. — Apr. 16, '06 <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Yes, I know. I "nuked" them myself, per the instructions at WP:CFD, unaware of your posting at WP:DRV less than 45 minutes ago. If you felt strongly about this issue, you should have attempted to sway the consensus at Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 April 6#CSI categories. Would you have blocked me if I had elected to depopulate them manually instead of by bot? — Apr. 16, '06 <freakofnur_xture|talk>

...If you were doing it manually you would see "NEW MESSAGE" spring up bright yellow and hopefully stop doing it. Tim! 10:05, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay... Would you still have reverted the edits as common vandalism? Or, heh... what if I was using that AWB tool that's so popular these days? At a minimum you could have posted a message on my talk page or contacted me via IRC before blocking on the assumption that I was either asleep or out of town. — Apr. 16, '06 <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Re: related ombudsman categories

Please comment also on Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion#Category:Ombudsmans to Category:Ombudsmen and the five other related entries below it so there will be no room for confusion. — Apr. 18, '06 <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Thank you very much from ISD

I just want to say thanks for giving me this award, it means quite a lot. ISD Time unknown, 22 April 2006 (UTC).

However, on reflection, I think it would be best for me to decline your award. I am not really the sort of person who accepts honours, and now that I have had time to think, I think it would be best for myself if I did not accept.

I would like to say however that I still feel honoured by your kindness. Thank you very much once again. ISD 08:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for the nomination and kind words :) Seems to be going OK! The JPS 14:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Tim, thank you so much for your nomination and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight. If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever... Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me... The JPS 21:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC) P.S. See you in WikiProject:British TV shows

CFD - Automobile/Motor manufacturers

Just wondering what account of the balance of opinion to use 'Motor' rather than 'Automobile' where it is local usage you'd taken on closing this one. I know that User:Cyde carried out the work before you closed the CFD but it doesn't seem to take account of the views given. Ian3055 15:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Wold Newton family members CFD

Hi. I see you closed this discussion as "no consensus". I was wondering if you might like to reconsider that decision, as I counted 14 delete votes (including the nominator) to 4 keep votes. It seems like a clear case of a supermajority, and that your decision would likely be overturned if taken to Deletion Review. Thanks. - EurekaLott 19:09, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. You could say that the article already had that "stay of execution", since it was closed five days after the seven-day CFD period, and the only additional comment it garnered was one more delete vote. If not deletion review, where would you suggest as a place to hold the constructive conversation? Category talk:Wold Newton family members wouldn't work very well, since it's likely that the only people watching it are the ones who voted keep. - EurekaLott 05:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I can't think of any other options, either, so I'm afraid that leaves deletion review. I guess this discussion will continue there. - EurekaLott 04:53, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandal on my userpage. :) Ian3055 21:21, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

You should be banned from closing votes

You are not a fit person to close votes and should be permanently banned from doing so. You should be ashamed of the action you took. Bhoeble 17:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I guess this is in regard to Category:Wold Newton family members. Tim, are you willing to close the outstanding nomination? I thought it's a good idea to ask you before closing it myself. Conscious 19:25, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Closed as "delete". (For the record: I don't share Bhoeble's sentiment expressed above.) Conscious 19:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Calton

User:Calton made, what appears to me and a few others, as a VERY offensive racial slur in a recent edit he made. Here is the link : he has also been making a lot of uncivil statements in his recent deletion edit discussions. Please advise. TruthCrusader 17:26, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The link is correct. The expression "Buckwheat" is a highly offensive racial slur against African-Amercians.TruthCrusader 17:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh and just incase there is any doubt that it is a slur:

TruthCrusader 18:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

If someone who was actually offended -- as opposed to User:TruthCrusader, who is merely trolling for a fight -- I'll pay attention. Until then, I'll use whatever language I feel is appropriate to whatever situation, and continue to give TruthCrusader the consideration he deserves -- which is hovering around zero and likely to go lower. --Calton | Talk 00:40, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I am offended by ALL racial slurs...and I do not appreciate the profanity and uncivil remarks you have left on my talk page. Misplaced Pages is for civility and racial harmony (in theory anyway) and your use of langiage, especially the racial slur you hurled at another user, has no place here. TruthCrusader 07:38, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Your lack of reading comprehension and sudden assumption of hypersensitivity is not my problem. --Calton | Talk 07:58, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

The fact that you continue to make uncivil remarks leaves me with no alternative be to request an admin to intervene. I am sorry you cannot discuss anything without being civil. TruthCrusader 11:21, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Calton sez: "If someone who was actually offended -- as opposed to User:TruthCrusader, who is merely trolling for a fight -- I'll pay attention." I was offended, so there ya go. Also, what you wrote doesn't technically make sense, so don't go around insulting other people's reading skills. 24.224.158.166 06:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Cats rename in interwiki templates

Why do I imagine I hear some people that fancy short names screaming? <g>

re your close here: The result of the debate was rename to Misplaced Pages navigation templates and Misplaced Pages categories equalized with Wikimedia Commons categories Tim! 08:23, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I was a little surprised by the sweeping rename on the above, as we really didn't discuss the names form, per se, save to agree the first was defininitely badly named, which you've retained.

1. Consequently, I'm not sure category: navigation template --->>> Category:Misplaced Pages navigation templates isn't going to confuse someone somewhere along the way, but since the 'Misplaced Pages' there works and was not indicating 'Misplaced Pages:', as I started to ask, I'll presume the Category:WikiP equalized with Commons Cats is indeed going to become so long winded as to be category:Misplaced Pages categories equalized with Wikimedia Commons categories !
2. This should merely require updating the 'commnonscatX' templates, which I'll start, leaving the category for you to create

... Ooopsie... I think 'usage notes' crashed your BOT apparently1.... also similar nesting effects on some of the others. which explains why Category:WikiP equalized with Commons Cats isn't empty either, I'd infer.

(cur) (last) 16:00, 24 June 2006 Cydebot m (Robot - Moving category WikiP equalized with Commons Cats to Misplaced Pages categories equalized with Wikimedia Commons categories per CFD at Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 June 15.)
(cur) (last) 15:59, 24 June 2006 Cydebot m (Robot - Moving category Navigation templates to Misplaced Pages navigation templates per CFD at Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 June 15.)

Category:Misplaced Pages navigation templates is showing a lot of 'real categories' from the templates becoming unbalanced as well due to the nesting issues on the BOT changes. I'll fix things up, across the board since I wrote them. When Category:WikiP equalized with Commons Cats is empty and things are fixed, I'll tag it with {dbcatempty} so it will properly vanish too. Good thing I've got a little time today! Best regards // FrankB 17:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

re: The bot is actually run by User:Cyde. Tim! 21:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Whomever owns it, runs it, or whatever, it didn't pass the course in advanced nesting of (wikimarkup) HTML structures... I'm continuing (barely started earlier on the commons side) fixups now. Shrug. C'est le vie. Best regards, // FrankB 22:08, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Your Closing of the CfD Category:People killed by or on behalf of Muhammad

I noticed, that you closed the CfD with the remark "no consensus to completely delete". I've counted 19 Delete votes. OTOH you call the result of the debate was rename, which has got 20 votes. Is this how a Misplaced Pages consensus works? Majority by one single vote? Raphael1 12:36, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

How about mediating the issue until the editors can agree on a decision? IMHO the editors who voted for "Delete" had some very good reasons to do so. Your decision alienates them and will probably result in many following CfD disputes. Raphael1 17:08, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

IMHO Wikipedians should build consensus through polite discussion and negotiation, instead of making decision through voting. Raphael1 17:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry!

Hey Tim, I was correcting some grammar in Doctor Who buyt the side table went a bit awry, for some reason, just letting you know so you can fix it.

Moo!

James Random>< Leave Trolley Here

Perhaps you could help.

I was just trying to change the

Starring: Various, currently -

Currently Starring - In order to make it less confusing. :) James Random 16:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)>< You know its true!

Please don't undo categorisation work

The categorisation I am doing is in line with consensus, which is very clearly that people are cross-categorised by occupation and nationality. Picking the odd one at random to reverse is disruptive and a waste of your own time as someone is sure to reverse your efforts in the long run, even if I don't notice. Chicheley 19:53, 29 June 2006 (UTC)