Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 05:48, 4 October 2006

Archives
November 2004 – March 2006 March – April 2006 April – May 2006 May – June 2006 June 1 - 10 2006 June 11 - 28 2006 June 28 - July 13 2006 July 14 - July 23 2006 July 23 - August 10 2006 August 10 - August 23 2006 August 23 - August 29 2006 August 30 - September 8 2006 September 8 - September 24 2006

Request

Can you please delete my account User:Saadsaleem and purge the talk and main page. I'll be grateful. Cheers! SaadSaleem 06:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I cannot delete your user account. Please see Deleting your user account for details of how to go about this process. (aeropagitica) 14:47, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism of Protagoras

At User talk:168.10.112.2, you apparently blocked the user for vandalism on 4 August 2006. The user blatantly vandalized Protagoras today, and I'm wondering if the IP address oughtn't to be reblocked. (It serves multiple users through the Georgia Dept. of Ed., but the contribution history seems mostly vandalism.) Wareh 14:16, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

As the last warning was a blatant vandal tag, I have reblocked the IP vandal for one week. Thanks for letting me know! You can report these vandal attacks at WP:AIV, which may get a quicker response than leaving a message on an individual's Talk page. Regards, (aeropagitica) 14:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Evil-ted™ complains about his username block

Hi. The owner of the Evil Ted (tm) account complained to unblock-en-l about the username block on their account. I would like to initiate a query as to why you felt the username was inappropriate or inflammatory; it doesn't seem obviously either to me on first inspection. Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert 20:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The username Evil-ted™ contains a special character, the trademark symbol, which has to be entered as ALT+0153, making the username difficult to enter correctly. WP:USERNAME recommends using Latin-based alphanumeric characters in order to render correctly in browsers. It can be changed to Evil-ted (tm) easily enough, as in your example above. This will render correctly in all browsers that are loaded with Latin-based character sets and requires no additional keystrokes in order to be typed out, as opposed to the existing name. (aeropagitica) 20:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I passed the info along to him. Are you willing to unblock him during the name change? Georgewilliamherbert 22:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I will unblock the account pending the change of username following the process given in Misplaced Pages:Changing username. Regards, (aeropagitica) 22:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Nishkid64's RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RfA, which closed successfully earlier today with a result of (60/9/4). Although, I encountered a few problems in my RfA, I have peacefully resolved my conflicts and made amends with the people involved. If you have any further questions or suggestions, feel free talk to me. I hope I will live up to your expectations. --Nishkid64 22:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Please unblock...AOL User...thank you

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by (aeropagitica) for the following reason (see our blocking policy): Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "YJ2kool". The reason given for YJ2kool's block is: "vandalism.". Your IP address is 64.12.117.10. Tvccs 05:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

YJ2kool has now been unblocked. (aeropagitica) 15:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

User:205.202.240.133

I blocked the whole Nebraska Comm range on May 6th since CheckUser found out most of the AxelPMP and Nascar vandal ips were coming from it, as you could read on User:Drini/AxlPMP. Now this was a particularly nas spread to manyty set of vandals, since they weren't limited to en: but they spread to many wikiprojects.

1. 04:56, 5 May 2006 Drini (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "205.202.240.0/24 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 1 month (St of nebraska - div of comm. Death threats coming from that range User:Drini/AxlPMP)
2. 04:56, 5 May 2006 Drini (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "205.202.85.0/24 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 1 month (St of nebraska - div of comm. Death threats coming from that range User:Drini/AxlPMP

The block expired long time ago and since thay had calmed I never reblocked, but on the past weeks I've seen several of them resurface (I guess school started again ;) So feel free to block them (you couldn't find it on the blocklog since it was a rangeblock) -- Drini 15:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Block

You have blocked me from editing ANSWER, even though others are vandalizing my edits. I expect better from a DR Who fan who should respect freedom of expression. MagicKirin

Your block log says that you were blocked for 20 hours by Alphachimp on September 24. This block should have expired by now. Don't forget to sign your posts with four tildes, ~~~~. Regards, (aeropagitica) 18:03, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Longtail stingray

Sorry if I sound like a pest on my second day as admin, but I just wanted to remind you that you should check the article history before deleting a page. I noticed that you deleted Longtail stingray because it was a blank page, but when I went back to see the history of the article, I saw that someone blanked the article yesterday, and then Crzrussian tagged it for speedy deletion. I restored the page, though. You can see the log here. Thanks! --Nishkid64 19:51, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Now is the time to take a break from admin duties! Regards, (aeropagitica) 19:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

No break! CSD G7, blanked by creator, so tagged. Nishkid is still green - and you're doing fine. Cheers. - CrazyRussian talk/email 20:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence! We're all still learning, doing this job. (aeropagitica) 21:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh !@#$%. I take that back. I really need to get my eyes checked out. It was blanked by creator. My bad, aero. However, I don't understand why the creator blanked the redirect link. It's a valid redirect link that doesn't exist. Should I put it back in? --Nishkid64 20:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

If the redirect is valid then there is no reason for its deletion. If it redirected to another redirect page or to a deleted page then it is logical to delete it. Check Misplaced Pages:Redirect#When_should_we_delete_a_redirect.3F for details, particularly points 1,5 and 6. Regards, (aeropagitica) 21:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks a lot. This re-direct is valid. I did my own external research and found that these two animals were indeed the same, so I restored the redirect page. Thanks for all the help, aero. --Nishkid64 21:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

MagicKirin blocks

MagicKirin (talk · contribs) is doing same to Hugo Chávez. Sandy 15:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Now warned about the WP:NPOV policy. (aeropagitica) 15:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Sandy 15:56, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

MagicKirin 16:28, 28 September 2006 (UTC) These are not bias edits they are facts. Hugo Chavez is associated with Cuba, North Korea and Iran and proudly admidts it. The bias seems to come from my detractors who are not open mindedMagicKirin 16:28, 28 September 2006 (UTC) MagicKirin

User:B&W Anime Fan

Hey -- just to let you know, this user is requesting unblocking. I assume the edit was in response to that user's edit on Misplaced Pages:Vandalism, but personally, I don't see the edit in question as disruptive, just improperly performed: (added "]" when should have added "<nowiki>]</nowiki>".) Is there another reason I'm missing? Mangojuice 18:00, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

It looks like three admins agree with my reasons for blocking; subtle vandalism is still vandalism. (aeropagitica) 00:44, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Your block of 207.234.225.92 (talk · contribs)

Hi, you recently blocked this IP address indefinately for vandalism. This is not a user account and the IP address does not have an enormous record of vandalism and disruption, and therefore I beleive that this block is out of order. Please reconsider. Thanks. — Nearly Headless Nick 12:05, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. (aeropagitica) 12:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Boy, are you quick or what? :D — Nearly Headless Nick 12:08, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

K3m1xx (talk · contribs · block log)

Just a query as to why you blocked for only 31 hours? I thought it was your everyday one off vandal but the usage of hangon and the talk page at least implies a sockpuppet. –– Lid 23:57, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I was tempted to indef-block but I thought that they could have a second chance. Maybe I should go with my gut instinct. If they do return to vandalise at that account again, an indef block would be in order as a vandalism-only account. (aeropagitica) 00:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Also can you salt Tariq Sabri please? I userfied the page when it was first posted on the 28th but he seems to have continued to continue making it. –– Lid 00:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Help

Thanks for deleting my test. It clearly did not do what I thought it would. What I can't work out is how to fit all this information on Lords reform into some kind of useable hierarchy.

Part of what I need to do is to provide more details of the various proposals. Now the information is very specific to House of Lords reform, so I don't want to have a general page, but I'm struggling to work out how I should add the information. Help would be appreciated Mike 20:30, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

A good place to ask for help with this type of issue is Misplaced Pages:Village pump (assistance). (aeropagitica) 20:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Help with User:IHaveAColdThatsAwesome

User (IHaveAColdThatsAwesome (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) has made several nonsense edits, and now claims that addition of Category:People who carry swords and lots of people to it is not vandalism (see talk page). I don't have the authority to make him stop, but the edits seem not-so-coincidentally silly. Comments? -Patstuart 22:57, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I have replied on this editor's Talk page and commented on the CfD debate. (aeropagitica) 23:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-Off

I think I should be able to make a page since the idea is real and actually really fun to do. Please restore it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.blue.wave (talk • contribs)

Firstly, sign your comments with four tildes, ~~~~. This helps editors to respond to comments. Secondly, the concept already exists at Misplaced Pages:Wiki Game, so there is no need to recreate the deleted page. Thirdly, if you would like to contribute to Misplaced Pages in a constructive manner, please look at Misplaced Pages:Your first article and Missing encyclopedic articles for starters. Lastly, new comments are added to the bottom of my Talk page and not the top, as it says at the top! (aeropagitica) 19:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Deletion Removed

Your opinion on whether FlowFighting is a "non-notable mixed martial art style" has been removed since the standard format used here http://en.wikipedia.org/PraMek has held for over a year. Since the individual in question Scott Sonnon has been the USA National Team Coach of two martial art styles, and trained numerous world and Olympic champions, his record stands firm unless you can otherwise provide reasons to the contrary. If you would like to request a vote, that is fine. Please use the standard voting format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B-ham (talk • contribs)

Thanks for reverting the spam

I'm glad to see the many linkspam edits by 62.0.86.97 got cleaned up. Thanks and good job.-Crunchy Numbers 03:33, 4 October 2006 (UTC)