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Season's Greetings

Greeting

Wish You a happy new year.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Pharoah of the Wizards. :) Happy New Year to you too. :) Acalamari 21:09, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Thanks for your kind message, Acalamari. I wish you all the very best for the new year! :) Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 23:59, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice message. Happy New Year! Steven Walling (talk) 00:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Acalamari 00:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Special:Recentchanges. 60.230.124.64 (talk) 00:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I realized that. :) Acalamari 00:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

2009? Ick! Only three more years until the apocalypse! ;-) Cheers, —Mizu onna sango15 01:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC).

Thank you for the kind words. Happy holidays and a happy new year to you too! Maybe 2009 will be the year that I finally use those administrative tools that you played such a large part in getting me. –thedemonhog talk • edits 03:44, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Acalamari. You too! --Efe (talk) 11:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Re. 2009 time!

As my first edit of 2009, I hereby thank you for your warm wishes, and likewise wish you a very happy 2009! Additionally, I present you with a Slovak euro- how lucky is that!? ;-) Again, thanks. Festive regards, Húsönd 13:09, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Cheers and Happy New Year to you too. Hope you have a good one. :) AngelOfSadness talk 20:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

• Happy new year, and wishing you a good year ahead. :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 06:34, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Dear Acalamari,

Wishing you a happy a new year, and very best wishes for 2009. Whether we were friends or not in the past year, I hope 2009 will be better for us both.

Kind regards,

Majorly talk 20:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and a Happy New Year to you too. :) Acalamari 23:51, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Aubrey O'Day gay rumors

Hey, Acalamari, Happy New Year to you. Thanks for wishing me one as well.

You have been very helpful in our interaction, and I was hoping that you would not mind weighing in on the current topic in the Talk:Aubrey O'Day#LGBT category? Possibly open to being with women romantically? section of the Aubrey O'Day talk page. Your thoughts on this matter would be much appreciated. Flyer22 (talk) 01:49, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome for the New Year wishes, and thanks for the return wishes. :)

As for the topic on the Aubrey O'Day talk page, I have been reading it and will post soon. Probably tomorrow or the day after when I have more than a few minutes to check Misplaced Pages (it's almost dinnertime where I am). Acalamari 03:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Rollback request

Thanks for granting the rollback. I have been able to install Huggle and I am now using this as it is much quicker than refreshing the recent changes every so often. Corruptcopper (talk) 20:11, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Good luck! Acalamari 20:12, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Acalamari, and thanks for your note! I don't know if this is quite your type of thing (you may already hate the song, or find it too camp), but here is one of the songs my friends and I enjoyed on New Year's Eve . Of course, we didn't have the benefit of the video at the time. Anyway, should you hate the song, there's cheese and champagne instead. Anyway, best wishes for the new year! Kafka Liz (talk) 03:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year again to you, Kafka Liz! :) It's nice to know you had a good time, and thanks for the song: I'll have to listen to it. :) As for the cheese and champagne...well, I'll leave the champagne, but I like cheese so thanks for that. Best wishes. Acalamari 21:53, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Flagged Revs

Hi,

I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear to people who visit your page :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 06:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, but I prefer not to place banners on my user page. I also don't think it's really necessary to advertise my opinion on flagged revisions. Thanks for asking. Acalamari 21:50, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for approving my rollback request. I promise that I'll do my very best to use it properly and wisely. I'm looking forward to doing more good around here! -- edi (talk) 04:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Really over-blown crud

If you ever feel like hacking text to make something readable, although it's not really in your area, other than the fact that you write English, check this out. Any other editors monitoring Acalamari's page who would like to edit it, please help make it an encyclopedia article--minor biographies matter. And, hi, Acalamari. And, no, I'm way too busy in school to really be back, but you don't buy anything I say anyhow. --KP Botany (talk) 05:44, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi KP Botany, it's great to see you again, even if it's a temporary stay. I was actually thinking about you the other day, and it's wonderful that you've posted here. :)

As for Mary Hyde, thanks for the link! It needs some cleaning up, and I'd be happy to help out there a bit. Thanks!

Again, it's great to see you again. I have missed you, and posting here has made my day. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 20:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

You always make my day. You do good work here on articles that I wouldn't touch with, well, with anything. --KP Botany (talk) 22:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

New Year greetings

Hi Acalamari, a Happy New Year to you also! I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts, I haven't been editing much recently with wikifatigue and studying for exams, but they'll be over next week, and I hope to be back. Best regards, EJF (talk) 16:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, EJF. :) Yes, the season turned out to be better than I was expecting. I hope you had a good time over the season as well, and I hope that your exams will go well too. Best wishes. Acalamari 17:25, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Lady GaGa

Hi Acalamari, could you read the discussion on the article talk page (about the recently added images of the two women) and give an opinion. Best. — Realist 01:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello Realist2! Funny, I was only reading the discussion just now. :) However, I'm actually going to log off in a minute, but I promise I'll comment on it in the next day or two, which is when I'll next be online. Best wishes. Acalamari 01:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, best. — Realist 01:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

It's very good to be back. Stepping away from the admin duties for a couple of years gave me a new perspective on it. I genuinely appreciate the welcome. Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome. :) You've probably seen already that a few things about the interface have been changed (rollback granting, more protection options), but for the most part, the interface is still the same. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I like the fact that once you delete a page, you have the option of going back to, say, the new user log or new page log. In fact, I left my rollback userbox on my userpage...until someone pointed out that I didn't need it anymore! Me like. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:25, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Apology

I would like to apologize for my November 2007 vandalism of your userpage. You'll be glad to know that I am now an active and positive Misplaced Pages contributer. --Sir Bradfordshire (talk) 04:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't remember the vandalism until you mentioned it now. That being said, I appreciate the apology, and am pleased that you have turned into a positive editor. Best wishes. Acalamari 20:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Request for opinion

Hi, I and my fellow editors are facing a deadlock on a issue of removing/toning down few lines on 'Allegations of Human Rights violation against the Indian Army' under 'criticism of the operation' section in Operation Blue Star article, concerns include WP:NPOV, WP:SOAP & WP:V, the summary of dispute can be found at . I would request you to kindly go through the article and please let us know your views/opinion at the talk page of the article so that npov, balance and undue weight concerns may be looked into and a consensual solution may be found. Thanks LegalEagle (talk) 05:46, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid I am not familiar with this topic, and I don't believe I am able to help in this matter. Apologies. Acalamari 20:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for permissions/Rollback

Please see my comment at the above. Thanks, Tiptoety 03:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Read it: it seems Hersfold reviewed it and found nothing wrong. Acalamari 20:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Rollback question...

Hi - I was looking over some "sandboxing edits" at Daniel Radcliffe to make sure it had all been properly cleaned up, and found this rollback which seemed improper to me, subsequently fixed by another user. It was clearly just a simple error (lack of attention perhaps?), but on further investigation, unless I am interpreting the data incorrectly, it appears that perhaps we granted rollback to a very new user with less than a week on the project (10 days total now). Just wondering what happened to the "standards" for rollback granting, or if perhaps this user was a special case (eg: truly experienced user, just with a brand new username). Thanks for your attention, don't mean to cause trouble... --T-dot ( /contribs ) 02:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello! There are no "official" standards for granting rollback...it all depends on the admin, and some admins are lenient with rollback granting, while others are more strict. With the user in question, I did note the newness of the account, but at the same time, I took into consideration the fact the user was correctly using Twinkle, and that rollback can easily be removed. As for the edit they made that you mentioned, it looks like a mistake, and since they used Huggle when making that revert, it looks like a common Huggle error, rather than a malicious use of rollback. If the user makes too many mistakes, then Huggle can be removed, and I will check back on the user to ensure that their overall use of rollback is positive. I hope this answers your question. Acalamari 03:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for enabling rollback on my account, I assure you I will use it for vandal fighting only. Cheers! QueenCake (talk) 17:52, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Good luck! Acalamari 17:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Rollback.

How do I get rollback? I work on the Danity Kane/Day26/Donnie Klang area. For some reason, a lot of people like to vandalize that area. I need something a bit stronger to deal with it. IHelpWhenICan (talk) 23:30, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi there IHelpWhenICan, I have granted your account rollback in accordance with your request. However, remember that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam; and remember that misuse of the tool, either by reverting edits you simply disagree with, or by using the tool to revert-war with other editors, can lead to it being removed from your account, and some administrators may not even warn you before they remove it, should the tool be misused. For practice and further information, I invite you to see Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. If you think an edit isn't vandalism, but should be reverted, then don't use rollback to revert it. This all being said, you now have the tool enabled, and I wish you good luck. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I expected it to be a lot harder! Thank you. I will use this power for good, not evil! IHelpWhenICan (talk) 23:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

You're more than welcome. :) Acalamari 00:03, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:190.224.208.239

Thanks for blocking this guy, have you noticed how much disruption this IP range is causing to the Lady GaGa talk page. :( — Realist 00:05, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) In fact, it was because of the recent disruption that I decided to go ahead and block the IP: it's clearly a sock, and warnings would be pointless. If I'm online when one of these IPs next vandalizes, I'll be blocking. Best wishes. Acalamari 00:09, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I realized warnings would be pointless, the range changes every day. I was hoping he would get bored by now, anyway, thanks again. — Realist 00:14, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 00:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Request for action

Hi Acalamari, I don't know who to approach (and found you on the list) regarding this sock puppet drama discussed on the ref desk talk page. Is it appropriate for you to help deal with this person, User:Anirban16chatterjee? Thanks, Julia Rossi (talk) 11:28, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

To second the above comment, I have already welcomed the user and informed him that his behaviour was not completely appropriate. We have tried very hard to make him welcome at WP, but our efforts seem to have had no effect. --PST 12:11, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I disagree. The user is not currently engaged in sock puppetry, and seems to be attempting to provide reasonable contributions to Misplaced Pages. I believe this issue has already been addressed sufficiently. Should his misbehavior recur, *then* we move forward with sanctions. – 74  21:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

(Response to everyone) Hello! What would you like me to do that hasn't been done already? It seems that Anirban16chatterjee has already been spoken to, and other than blocking him (which, in this instance, I happen to agree with 74.137.108.115 that a block doesn't seem necessary at this point, unless the disruption continues.), I don't see how I can add much more to that. Remember that my word in this discussion regarding the user doesn't count anymore that anyone else's. Thanks! Acalamari 23:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts, Alcalamari. Appreciate your looking into it. Julia Rossi (talk) 23:45, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

thank you

You're welcome! Acalamari 00:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Acalamari, you granted me rollback privlages a while back. If I were to create a new account, is it possible you could grant it to that account instead? Thanks. (If you can, please reply on my talk page) --Tyler (talk) 00:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes I can. Is it an alternate account? Acalamari 00:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually never mind, I'm sorry to bother you. I was thinking of creating another account with my name not as my username, but then found I can just rename my account. Thanks though.--Tyler (talk) 04:09, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

That's all right: WP:CHU is the place to go for renames. Acalamari 00:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for the trust you placed in me by supporting my RfA (which passed and, apparently, I am now an admin!). I will do my best to continue to act in a way that is consistent with the policies of wikipedia as well with our common desire to build and perfect this repository of human knowledge; and can only hope that you never feel that your trust was misplaced. Thanks again! --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 00:03, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support. :) Acalamari 00:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Gerard Way

Gerard Way has been protected since July. Do you think it might be okay to unprotect it now? AnyPerson (talk) 00:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

The log shows that it's a common vandal target, but I don't see a problem in lifting protection to see what happens. Bear in mind, however, that due to past vandalism, it may end up getting reprotected again. Thanks. Acalamari 01:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, I expect it will be. AnyPerson (talk) 02:34, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections/February 2009

The Arbitration Committee has asked that voters do not make comments next to their votes, if you like you can place your comments in the "Comments and questions" section or simply remove them all togehter. Cheers, Tiptoety 01:42, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I didn't leave any comments next to my vote: I am well aware of the rules, and as such, I (copied your idea :D) set up a vote reasoning page to link to next to my votes out of courtesy to the candidates, for I don't like supporting or opposing for no reason at all, and dislike putting down just a signature. As the voting page isn't really a comment, I don't see how it violates the rules, but nevertheless, I have shortened it. Acalamari 03:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I guess my idea was not okay either, and I had to move my comments to another section. See here. Cheers, Tiptoety 03:57, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Meh, you're right, so much for that: I see an arbitrator removed my link and didn't even bother to move it or inform me. I'll re-add it to the appropriate section. Thanks, Tiptoety. Acalamari 16:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your looking out for me

Thanks for what you did. Here's the kicker: He's wrong. Had you not deleted it, it would've opened him up to a libel suit. Not that I would pursue such a thing over trivialities, but some editors would.

When people do things like this, it says far more about them than it does about the person they are attacking. Not only does it show what can most charitably be described as an amoral attitude, but it also demonstrates ignorance, lack of forethought, and general immaturity.

I'll never know if this was by a regular editor, at this point I don't want to know. I'd like to think most Wikipedians are more enlightened than that. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

PS: If you see excessive vandalism on my talk page, say, more than 1 or 2 such edits a day, feel free to semi-protect it for a couple of days. If you do, put a note on the bottom saying you did so with my blessing and that new registered users with email privileges can send me mail through Misplaced Pages. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You're more than welcome for my revert: I only caught it by chance when glancing at recent changes, and I decided that it wasn't even worth warning a user for an edit like that and I blocked them immediately. Should you pages need semi-protecting, and I'm around to protect them, I shall do so in accordance with your request. Best wishes. Acalamari 03:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Email

I sent you one last night. Majorly talk 16:52, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello! Don't worry, I saw it last night but didn't have time to respond. Answering that is what I was about to do next. :D Acalamari 16:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Done! It's been sent. Acalamari 17:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

And another! Majorly talk 22:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Back to you! Acalamari 00:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Requesting rollback privileges

• Would you be willing to add rollback privileges to my account? I've been reverting various vandalized pages lately, and it would seem to be a good way to speed up the process. TheFeds 18:01, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Hello! I have granted your account rollback in accordance with your request. Please remember that rollback is for reverting vandalism/spam, and that misuse of the tool, either by revert-warring with other users, or simply reverting edits you disagree with, can lead to it being removed. For practice, you may wish to see Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 18:13, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

"(Tagged as a sock of a sock of Grawp, not necessary)"

You posted this on the user page of my IP address. What the heck does that mean? 69.122.118.155 (talk) 18:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Another user had placed a sockpuppet tag on the user page of your IP. "Grawp" is an extremely disruptive vandal (and a sockpuppet of another account himself), and your IP was tagged as a sockpuppet of one of Grawp's sockpuppets (confusing? Same here.). I deleted the page, as it was not necessary. Best wishes. Acalamari 18:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining that. :) --69.122.118.155 (talk) 18:13, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Glad to help. Acalamari 18:14, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Grammy

I was about to greet you about the same thing. Anyway, good luck. I'm about to have my lunch... but I'm still waiting who will win the most coveted award. =) --Efe (talk) 03:31, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Heh, great coincidence. :D I'm be online for a couple more minutes to sort things out, and then I'll be offline for the next several hours, when I will be asleep. I'll help clean things up tomorrow. Best wishes. Acalamari 03:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that I'm not a sock ;-)

Re: this edit - many thanks for that! I hadn't realised (obviously) and now that it's fixed I'm finding it quite amusing ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 21:54, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome: I've blocked a few Nimbley6 socks, and have been looking out for them when I noticed that your talk page was in the categories. The thought of the person who has dealt the most with Nimbley6 blatantly being a suspected and actual sock of the user they're dealing with is amusing. :) Keep up the good work. Acalamari 21:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

This flag was once red

re: - thanks, I'm usually pretty good about that sort of thing. I hope I didn't get him suspected of anything, especially as he and I have been working together to protect some articles from the Nimbley6-socks. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 22:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

No, no, he wouldn't have been suspected of anything. It's very easy to make mistakes regarding categories like that (my talk page was in "Misplaced Pages userboxes" for a long time), so don't worry about it. Yes, you and This flag once was red have done good work in dealing with Nimbley6 socks, and I've blocked a few of them myself. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:33, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Completely unrelated to the project, but..

I see that you're a completely 'confessed' (clever) Madge fan. Did you manage to see the Sticky & Sweet tour? I've seen both the Re-Invention and Confessions tours at Madison Square Garden. However I missed her first go of the current tour in London last year, and I'm glad I did as there were sound problems and delays which stranded loads of people due to London's fantastic transport network. Anyhow I'm considering her second go in July, but was looking for some perspective on it. Cheers. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Heh, heh, I would love to have gone to have seen Madonna perform, but unfortunately, the nearest concert of hers to me was several hundred miles away, and it wouldn't have been an easy journey. That being said, if you can get to Madonna's next concert in London, and want to see her, I say go ahead. Don't hold me to this, but I'd be very surprised if the issues that surrounded the first performance there would plague the second time: normally if artists had problems at a concert, they try to make sure that the second time around goes much more smoothly than the first.

Oh, and the userbox is "User:Bisco/Userboxes/Madonna confessed fan", which, I too, found on another user page. :D Best wishes. Acalamari 17:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Io (band) wiki

Hi there. You keep changing my edit to the Io (band) page. You quite rightly state that there should be two pages. However, they should be listed seperatly under Io (german band) and Io (UK band) as Io (band) describes both. Is this something which you could give me advice on? Cheers Bathrobeninja (talk) 18:46, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

The best thing to do would be to create an "IO (English band)" page and to possibly rename the "IO (band)" article to "IO (German band)". However, with the English band, you may wish to read our guidelines on band articles to help you in writing the article. Having the two bands on one page is likely to be confusing, hence why they should be on two pages. Hope that helps. Thanks. Acalamari 18:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

My RfA

I wanted to thank you for your comments (and support!) at my recently failed RfA. Your comments are well taken and I'm glad you appreciate an editor (admin wannabe) that still does notable article work! Thanks again, and there is a full (but general) thank you on my talk page should you be interested. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk 16:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

In case you didn't notice

RfA graphs

I'm glad you like them! I don't remember exactly why I started doing them, (the full list of ones I've done with graphs and data, by the way, is at User:Neurolysis/R) but I seem to recall that Rootology and I were discussing his RfA, and he wondered how close to the bar it would be. I got out doing some mathematical equations and formulas, and figured that the data used to generate predictions could be useful itself in generating line graphs, both in trend and time. I am doing them (and have done them) for all RfAs lasting the full seven days since Rootlogy's, and will continue to do so. :) — neuro 21:47, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, they're very good. I saw the one for Rootology's RfA, and noticed more since then. I'm curious to see the graph on an RfA where the support/oppose percentages change rapidly throughout the candidacy, though I would feel sorry for such a candidate. :) A candidacy where the support was low for the first couple of days and gained enough support to pass in the following days would be interesting too. I hope you continue them for the time being, they are useful.

Oh, and thanks for fixing the formatting on my talk page. Funnily enough, I edit-conflicted with you in fixing the formatting on your talk page. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 21:58, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I don't know if Nja knows, so I've notified them. — neuro 22:01, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow

I just noticed your user edit counts. I have been on 3 months less than you and made 28,000 less edits in that time. I thought that I was bad. Seriously, what's your secret? Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:37, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Actually, I have no secret, other than the fact that I once had a lot of time to make a lot of edits to Misplaced Pages. I still have time to edit quite a bit, though I rarely reach the 1000 edits a month mark nowadays. It also depends on what and how you edit: I've made a lot of small improvements to articles, whether a lot of other users have created entire articles in only a few edits. Remember though, that 10,000 edits that are a mixture of article creation and improvement and vandal-fighting is a lot more valuable than 100,000 edits to a user page. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 03:15, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

That is true. You have also probably noticed the nostalgia that some of us share thinking of the "glory" days of a thousand of more edits. Ah, the good ol' days. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:23, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Acalamari made his first edit about five weeks before I made mine and he has me by 7,000 edits, so you're not the only one straggling along behind him. Strangely, though, the both of us have made 53% of our edits to the mainspace. Useight (talk) 04:47, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, I remember the days when having 10,000 or more edits almost guaranteed a successful request (or at the very least, stopped snowballs) for adminship. Funny how that changed. Actually, now that I think about it (it was late when I responded above last night), I do remember a time when I cared about my position on Misplaced Pages:List of Wikipedians by number of edits, so that might have influenced me to edit more. I guess what Casliber said about that page encouraging encyclopedia building is true then. :D Acalamari 17:23, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

And last, but not least

Rollback Rights

Hey, my name is macromonkey, and I recently requested rollback rights, but I was turned down, due to my lack of experience and past edit warring, so I thought I should have an attempt at explaining some of this. I did recently engage in edit warring, yet, since I changed my username, I have decided to turn over a new leaf and make more contributions to wikipedia, and as such, have been patrolling recently created pages etc since the name change. I have also stopped edit warring, and have taken to discussing matters more, which has had some success for me. And admittedly, I don't have years of vandalism fighting or thousands of edits behind me. But I intend to. I have downloaded Twinkle, which is very helpful, although these rights would be an incredible help. I will understand if you will not grant me the rights, but thank you for your time Macromonkey (talk) 12:21, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Macromonkey, it would be considered bad form of me to grant you rollback so soon after another admin has already declined it. However, should you spend the next two weeks building up your vandal-fighting experience, and also understand that rollback shouldn't be used for revert-warring, then come back to me after that period has passed, and I'll reconsider your request. Best wishes. Acalamari 18:22, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I will get started right away. And thanks again Macromonkey (talk) 19:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome. :) Acalamari 19:09, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

A Nobody has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you. :) Acalamari 18:22, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Rihanna

Course, Thanks :) Vítor & Rihanna (msg) 21:45 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I saw your post there, so thank you for doing that. :) Discussing the situation will help greatly to resolve the matter. Best wishes. Acalamari 21:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

You welcome fella. Give your opinion in Talk: Rihanna please :) Vítor & Rihanna (msg) 21:51 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow

Thanks very musch and, I'd like to say, that was extremly fast!

FYI Pedro :  Chat  18:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Responded on Pedro's talk page. Acalamari 18:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Five years

"Five years—my brain hurts a lot!" Everyking (talk) 06:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Ireland page protection

Hi, can you unprotect the Ireland page please? I wish to edit it and a year on from your initial block there is no evidence of much vandalism anymore. Misplaced Pages should be free for all to edit and contribute. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.16.52.191 (talk) 12:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Unprotected, though bear in mind it may end up getting re-protected soon: the articles of countries are often vandal targets. Acalamari 16:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thank you very much! All part of the service! Cheers, This flag once was red_deeds 21:52, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 21:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm feeling stalked now. ;)
Thanks, Acalamari, and Cheers, Amalthea 21:56, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Ha, ha. :D You're welcome. Acalamari 22:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

That was swift! Thanks! This flag once was red_deeds 18:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

That was a lucky catch, actually. :D I saw your name in recent changes, and saw what was going on, and...what do you know? Saw you reverting Nimbley6. :) You're welcome for that block. Acalamari 18:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Mostly out of curiosity...

...what was with your block of Shalom Yechiel (talk · contribs)? He hasn't edited in almost a month. Has he been engaging in off-wiki harassment? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 03:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Just saw your unblock. Cheers. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 03:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

I made a foolish error in the block screen. I was actually looking at someone else's block, and typed in Shalom Yechiel in the username part, as I thought he had been blocked for something, and I was using that screen to look at block logs. I mistakenly hit enter, and blocked him indefinitely with the settings of another user. It's a stupid error on my part, and should be ignored. Acalamari 03:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Notifying on talk page after block

Hi Acalamari! Concerning your block of Xmarshmellow (talk · contribs), is there a reason you haven't notified the user of the block on their talk page? I ask because our blocking policy says users should be notified of the block on their talk page except for good reasons. Also, I gave the user a vandalism warning without knowing you'd already blocked them; if there was a notification on their talk page I wouldn't have done that (my fault, in the end, but it could have been avoided). Not a big deal of course, but just thought I'd ask out of curiosity. -kotra (talk) 00:17, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

No, no, nothing in this matter is your fault at all. The reason I didn't give a block notice is after edits like this and this, I didn't think it was really worth giving a block notice. Normally I do give out block notices (see the talk pages of the IPs I blocked today), but in this case I just left it. I'll go back and leave a notice if you like, but after edits like those, I'd like to assume good faith but experience tells me that it's better if that account remains blocked. Hope that explains things. Acalamari 00:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! I can understand your reluctance to give a vandal another outlet for vandalism or timewasting (in the form of unblock requests). Actually, the main reason I think talk page notifications are useful is for other editors (like me) so we can easily tell if an account has been blocked or not. That way we don't leave spurious warnings like I did in this case. Maybe a template that doesn't mention unblocking would be useful in cases like this; I see there are a couple in Category:User block templates, but I don't know if they're considered obsolete or what. Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks for explaining! -kotra (talk) 00:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for coming to my talk page to discuss this. For the record, I just left the "vandalblock" template on the talk page. Even if no one else sees the template, it will put the page in CAT:TEMP, and then it will be deleted in a month's time. Best wishes. Acalamari 03:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, keen! Happy editing (or adminning, or whatever it is you do). -kotra (talk) 18:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Both. :D Acalamari 21:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi Acalamari,

You left a note on my talk page asking if I'd like rollback rights. Can I take you up on the offer?  : ) Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 22:57, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback granted. :) For practice, you may wish to look at Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 23:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 23:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:04, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Regarding Shawnpoo

Did you not read the above message that I placed on my talk page? I handled it with the anon and it has been resolved. I have made over 800 edits today and this was my first mistake. Shawnpoo (talk) 00:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I was responding to a report at AIV, and the first part of my message was indeed out of date by the time I had posted it. However, I am correct on the rollback issue: some admins would have removed your rollback and Huggle access after this, regardless of an apology to the IP, while I only gave you a reminder over it; that's all. Thanks. Acalamari 00:41, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Hello, I would like to request for rollback rights? :) I see alot of vandalism that can easily be rid of by a roll back. I have to do this manually which can be a time consuming process so I would therefore like to request rollback rights :) Neu_tralle 12:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback granted: I see you don't have many edits, but I'll brush that aside in this case. Looking at your reverts, if something is vandalism, you'll revert it as vandalism, while when you need to revert good-faith edits, you give a reason for your revert: this is good. Remember to do this with rollback, as rollback should be used to revert vandalism. For practice, you may wish to see Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 17:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Danity Kane discography

The Danity Kane article says they sold 1 million copies in the United States (I mean, it says domestically, not internationally), and has a valid source to back it up. But the Danity Kane Discography article displays that they shipped 935,000 in the United States, and has a valid source to back it up; that source is even more recent than the source in the Danity Kane article saying they sold a million in the United States.

IPs keep changing the Danity Kane discography article to display 1 million in the United States. I was not paying attention before to why they kept/keep doing that; I had figured they were just lying about the group's sales (some were, of course). But today I really paid attention to it. What should I do in this case? Flyer22 (talk) 02:08, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...this is a tough one. I don't have much time to comment at the moment, but for my own benefit, what are the two sources, and which one would you consider more reliable? I'll have to think about this one and give a better response tomorrow (dinnertime here). I apologize for any delays, or if this was unhelpful. Acalamari 03:24, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

They are both from the same source -- Billboard.com. The one for the Danity Kane article (in its lead) is this, and the one in the Danity Kane discography article is this.

On the show Making the Band, Danity Kane has been called a platinum-selling group (they certainly have been called that this season on the show in confusion of the group having been split up). Maybe I should search for other valid sources showing that their first album went platinum, and then I'll have my answer (unless there are also as many recent sources saying they sold 935,000). Maybe some sources mean multi-platinum, but certainly not the one from the Danity Kane article. Flyer22 (talk) 18:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

To qualify as a platinum-selling artist, do they have to sell more than one million copies for an album, or is it more than one million total sales (but not necessarily a million sales for each album)? I assume it's a million copies an album, but is it possible that some sources are confused at what defines "platinum-selling" perhaps? I find it odd though that Billboard condradicts its own figures. Acalamari 18:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, I would normally say it means they sold 1 million copies or somewhat over that for an album, but I just Googled it (because Billboard has confused me...and you, LOL) and I came across this site. I know that it's not a reliable source, but a poster said this in regards to the topic about Guns N' Roses there: "The article mentions its platinum because its shipped a million albums, but its only sold 537,000? Always makes me wonder how off the album sales are since the 90's when they changed how they counted album sales."

And now that I think about it, the lead of the Danity Kane article states that they (Danity Kane, of course) shipped 1 million copies. Flyer22 (talk) 19:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Accountcreator RFD Closure

While I don't care that it was deleted, your closure per CSD R2 was an incorrect rationale. R2 specifically excludes redirects to the Misplaced Pages: namespace so it technically doesn't fit. I don't think it matters in this case, but I thought I'd point it out for future reference. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:20, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Meh...I knew I shouldn't have closed that RfD after a rough day, not that that justifies CSD-errors. That being said, I don't think any drama will come out over that redirect. Thanks for mentioning this. Acalamari 21:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi there ChobotsScreenhog, I am pleased with your eagerness for wanting to revert vandalism, but unfortunately, after a look at your contributions, you don't appear to have done much vandal-fighting, so I can't really judge how well you would use the rollback tool. However, if you have a look at Misplaced Pages:Vandalism, practice reverting with the undo feature for a some time, then come back to me in a few days or a week, and I'll re-evaluate you then. Best wishes. Acalamari 19:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

EDIT: Ok thanks!

EDIT2: I just found Vandalism by IP Address user: 76.180.138.80

Thanks

Hi. Thanks for your kind words. I have decided to be on a wikibreak rather than fully retired now, but I feel now is the right time to concentrate more on other things in my life. After what was heading towards a fourth unsuccessful RfA (is that a record?!) I felt it might be a good time. Thank you though for leaving that message. It was very much appreciated. Wikiwoohoo (talk) 03:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome for what I said. :) No, fours unsuccessful RfAs is not a record, so don't worry: the most I think was seven or eight. As for your current status, I am pleased that you've decided to stay, but at the same time, I'm glad you remember the importance of real life too. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 16:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

You Have A New Message!

Rollback

Hey, as you requested I have spent the last two weeks building my experience in fighting vandalism, so that you would review my request for rollback rights. Macromonkey (talk) 14:21, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...I didn't see much vandal-fighting in the past two weeks. That being said, rollback is technically even less than "no big deal", can be removed as easily as it can be granted. Anyway, I've granted your account rollback rights, but please be careful with it at first. Well, it's best to always be careful with the tool, but extra careful at first. You may wish to see Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. Don't let me down. :) Good luck. Acalamari 16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!!

Semi-retired

I'm sorry on behalf of my semi-retirement. Feel free to sign your name under the "Signatures" section. It's been very pleasant working with you. Good luck to you. SF3 21:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Done that. Sorry to see you go. Acalamari 23:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, now I switched retirement positions and I am now "officially" retired. Good luck to your future editing! SF3 01:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Good luck to you, too. Acalamari 01:58, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For the smile! :D –Juliancolton 17:20, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 17:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

:)

Thanks for finally doing some work around here. It would be nice to see you try something a little more challenging in the future... --KP Botany (talk) 06:01, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Ha, ha, I was actually impressed with that AfD: not for the reasons given to delete the article in question, but because how much the article was improved while the discussion was in progress. Nice! I like seeing that. Acalamari 15:59, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I barely read the article, because, by the time I got there it was in good shape, and it took a 1-second google search to show the AfD was completely bogus. Yes, I like seeing that, too, especially a time-wasting or grudge AfD that leads, instead of to deletion, to improvement and editors watching the article. --KP Botany (talk) 19:53, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Can you put this on your keep-to-the-facts watchlist for a couple of weeks? I suspect enough people will be watching it, but it has some sorry potential to go off, and I trust your sense of judgment about these things. I'll be off busy for a while, probably the next couple of months, and the timing is bad for me. --KP Botany (talk) 06:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Watchlisted. Take care with your real life commitments. Look forward to when you get back. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 14:57, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

User: Rsfontenot

Looks like he/she could use a block. Third addition of unsourced, POV material to Barack Obama in 10 minutes. Newguy34 (talk) 23:37, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Wow, you're fast! Newguy34 (talk) 23:40, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I was about to say that it was all done, and indefinite too: all their recent edits have been to disrupt Barack Obama's article: I'm careful with blocks on that article, but this was an uncontroversial block. Thanks. Acalamari 23:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: E-mail

 Checking... –Juliancolton 01:57, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for protection

Hi, sorry to bother you, but I saw that you protected a few pages, so I had a request. It seems that since Stone Cold Steve Austin is no longer an active wrestler, no one is interested in maintaining the page. I had to revert it back 17 revisions. I am somewhat new to wiki, so I am still learning, but does that qualify the page for semi-protection? Ive Cena Nuff (talk) 23:43, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Depends on the edits made and the type of article. In this case, it was an article on a living person, and the edits went unnoticed for a few days. It's semi-protected for two weeks. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I suggest adding the article to your watchlist, too. Best wishes. Acalamari 23:50, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Can I request unprotection so I can make one edit? A user reverted me because he said I removed a claim of his that was unsourced. I'm not going to argue with him, but in reverting me he added back edits by ips. Ive Cena Nuff (talk) 22:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

It's only semi-protected: you should be able to edit it. Acalamari 22:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm a new user, so they dont allow me. I am still learning the rules of wiki, but I can see when something has been vandilized. Ive Cena Nuff (talk) 22:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I just noticed your account isn't yet four days old, but when it is, you'll be able to edit the article. As I protected the page, it's not advisable for me to do any reverts, so I suggest you raise the issue at Talk:Stone Cold Steve Austin. Thanks. Acalamari 22:29, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback Request

Hello Acalamari,

I am wondering if you would be willing to grant me rollback rights? I have over 5,300 edits on Misplaced Pages, and many of them are reverting vandalism. Thanks. MOOOOOPS (talk) 21:35, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Done: just remember that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam, and that using rollback to revert edits you simply disagree with, or to revert-war with other editors, can lead to it being removed from your account. For practice, you may wish to see Misplaced Pages:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 21:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks alot! MOOOOOPS (talk) 23:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:24, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

On behalf of the Misplaced Pages:Kindness Campaign, we just want to spread Misplaced Pages:WikiLove by wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Sincerely, --A Nobody 15:26, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you too! Best wishes. Acalamari 15:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanx

Thank u for protecting britneys album'circus'it was being vandalized so much —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mammamia9905 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome for the protection. Acalamari 17:56, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

hey

can u protect one more page?the page is britney spears discography...if u can thanx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mammamia9905 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Done for a month. Acalamari 18:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Miranda Richardson

Thanks. Bazj (talk) 16:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome...after yesterday's fuss on Natasha Richardson's page, people start adding death rumors to Miranda Richardson. Argh. Acalamari 16:34, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey

There is excessive vandalism from non account holders onmariah carey discography if u are please able to semi protect it. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mammamia9905 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

I am able to semi-protect it, but after looking at the recent history, I don't think it needs semi-protection at the moment. The unsourced edits aren't as frequent on that page as they were on the other pages you requested, and they seem to be under control. Thanks for asking. Acalamari 19:03, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks, I've just finished reading the relative help pages and testing the feature, so I believe I'll rise to the occasion :) --Ferengi (talk) 10:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Good luck and take care. Acalamari 15:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Mail

You have e-mail. —Anonymous Dissident 14:04, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Read and responded. Thanks and good luck. :) Acalamari 15:45, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Netherlands

Hi Acalamari, Netherlands has been protected for nearly a year now, is it still necessary to do so? Joepnl (talk) 00:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Unprotected, though bear in mind, as articles on countries tend to get vandalized a lot, don't be surprised if it gets re-protected, though it'll be by a different admin. Thanks for bringing this up. Best wishes. Acalamari 01:56, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response! Joepnl (talk) 02:16, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

RE : RFAR question

Should be okay with deletion. It's your userpage subpage, and nobody else really touched it. Might be good to copy to case talkpage as you've suggested and relink from the main casepage. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 16:13, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I've copied the evidence to the talk page of the ArbCom case and will delete my userspace page as soon as I've posted this. One person did edit the userspace page to certify the RFC, and it was that combined with the fact that the RFC had been linked to and used as evidence on RFAR that I felt it was best to ask someone with experience on ArbCom precedures before taking any action on the page. Thank you for your help. Acalamari 16:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

BetacommandBot Warnings

Hi.

I`ve been working on albums article assessment for a while now and i have crossed with thousands of these warnings and since you were part of the indefinite block of the user i was wondering if there could be a way to find every warning that he did, especially if the image it was meant to has been deleted so we can delete the warnings as well. Zidane tribal (talk) 03:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...I'm not a bot programmer, so I wouldn't know how to make a bot or a script that would find all the notices on article talk pages. The simplest way would be to go into the talk page edits of the BetacommandBot, but it would takes ages to go through them all manually. Somebody like Maxim or Mr.Z-man might be able to help, as they're excellent with bots and scripts, but if they can't, you can try posting at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (technical), for there will be someone watching that page who will know what to do. Hope this helps. Best wishes. Acalamari 16:28, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

It sure help, thanks. Zidane tribal (talk) 21:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi i noticed you're marked with the "Rollback Grant" userbox could i get rollback ability thanks for your time. Edited By Alex Waelde (talk) 18:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello AlexWaelde! Unfortunately, after a look at Special:Contributions/AlexWaelde, you haven't done much vandal-fighting yet, so I can't really judge how well you'd use the rollback tool. However, if you read up on vandalism, and practice reverting vandalism with the undo feature to gain experience and demonstrate knowledge of vandalism reversion, then come back to me in a couple of days to a week and I'll re-evaluate you then. Best wishes. Acalamari 22:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

hey thanks i appreciate you looking into my request. i will do what you said. and i will get back to you soon. thanks for your pointers :) Edited By Alex Waelde (talk) 22:35, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Glad to help. Acalamari 22:38, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism on Mary Boleyn

You gave extra rights to Jeanne Boleyn.

She deleted an entry on Mary Boleyn. This entry stated a well document statement. Jeanne Boleyn simply deleted it without any attempt to improve it.

I suspect that she does it for reasons to shape her version of history - or simply because she can. Either way it is vandalism.

I would ask you to monitor her deletions in future. I dont think she should have extra rights. 80.200.129.250 (talk) 20:23, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Jeanne boleyn's recent edit to Mary Boleyn was to remove an unsourced statement, and while she did not use rollback, I wouldn't have minded if she had. I see no reason to take away her rollback rights or give her any sort of warning for that revert, and she gave a reason for her removal. Acalamari 23:38, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Acalamari. The reason I reverted it is because not only was the statement unsourced, but it contradicted the previous, sourced statement. Anyway, I only reverted it once. Thank you for your support.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 05:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome: glad to help. Acalamari 15:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Please no

April Fool's, right? Enigma 00:28, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

HAGGER??? I mean...see the content of my userpage. :) Acalamari :  Chat  00:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, it does say retired. I did see the stuff underneath, but I figured it didn't negate what was on top. I was fooled. :( My radar doesn't really turn on until it's April Fool's in America. Enigma 00:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm in the Western US, so it's not officially April Fools Day here yet either. :) Acalamari 01:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Jennavecia

By the way, just wanted to let you know that she had requested I block her, so no harm done. Cheers, Tiptoety 22:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I've E-mailed you about this. Acalamari 23:19, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Time to revert?

Hi. It's now April 2 (UTC), so is it time to revert your page back to normal (your retirementship request was scheduled to close 38 minutes ago)? Also, this seems to be some kind of in-joke I missed out on, but why did 11 different users on your page have almost identical signatures? I myself didn't have time to redecorate my page :-( (ah well). Thanks. ~AH1 00:36, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll revert it tomorrow when it's April 2 in my time zone: no harm in doing that. :) As for the signatures, take a look at this and every section under it. :) Acalamari 01:50, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks much

I never realised you helped protect my userpage from vandalism, thought I'd drop by to say a big thank you. AyrtonProst /_Contact 13:15, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 16:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Welcome thanks

Thank you for your welcome. I made a suggestion at Barack Obama and hoards of people attacked me and didn't even address the 2 very specific suggestions. What a place Misplaced Pages is. You're nice, though. G7error (talk) 20:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. The Barack Obama article is, unfortunately, prone to a lot of angry discussion, and will be for a long time. You have one group of people trying to POV push one way, and another group trying to push an opposite POV, and both groups have to be countered: as such, new editors who try to make good-faith suggestions often get thrown in the "troll" category, even when they're trying to help. Don't let it discourage you though; Misplaced Pages is a big place, and not everyone is angry. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 20:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Compliments

Thanks a lot for the nice comments. I actually plan on having an RfA relatively soon - but I am interested, you are the second person to suggest that you didn't think it would be for a while. Is there an issue which I am missing? Thanks again. :) — neuro 17:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Regarding your next RfA, I merely assumed that based on the current RfA standards and atmosphere you were waiting a little longer before running again. I don't believe you're "missing any issues" at all, as you've done a very good job in addressing past concerns. It is, of course, totally up to you when you run, and I'm not someone who opposes based on a "not enough time since last run" basis. Best wishes. Acalamari 17:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I figure the worst that can happen is that I don't get the bit. I wouldn't have thought that seven months was too short of a time between RfAs, and I don't recall seeing anything to that effect, at least recently. Whilst you aren't one to oppose over it, would you consider it to be a reasonably short amount of time between RfAs (or is it because of the circumstances?) — neuro 17:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

In all fairness, I didn't realize it's been seven months since your last RfA: I actually thought it was more recent (I didn't check the dates). No, seven months is not too short, and even under your circumstances, that amount of time is reasonable, and it's even more reasonable as you have admitted you've made mistakes and have worked to improve them. My original comment on time, however, was that I wasn't expecting an RfA straightaway (i.e. running right now), with no prejudice towards an RfA that begins a few days or more from now. Not that I would oppose if you suddenly went for RfA now; I'm not bureaucratic in that way either. :) Acalamari 18:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Thanks a lot. :) — neuro 18:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 18:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Just thought I should correct my own mistake - it's actually 3 days over 6 months, not 7 months. Oh well, I've never made that mistake before! ;) — neuro 18:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Meh...six months isn't that bad either. :D Acalamari 18:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

change on the christina aguilera article

May I be enlightened as to what is so "disruptive" about my edit to the christina aguilera article? Acalamari (talk | contribs) m (92,243 bytes) (Reverted disruptive edit) (undo) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gjuteriet00 (talk • contribs) 17:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

You undid someone's edit for no reason at all, and the fact that from the page's edit history, the accounts revert-warring there are either sockpuppets of each other, or a load of people meatpuppeting together. Plus, another one of the accounts then reverted my edit for no reason at all as well. This is blatant disruption. Acalamari 17:37, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Aguilera

Yes, it's getting out of control. I think it's time for a checkuser. I've never requested one. You're probably more adept at it and as an admin can get it done more smoothly. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk) 18:40, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Actually, based on new evidence since my above post, checkuser will be useless: the is a case of meatpuppetry, rather than sockpuppetry. The source of the problem seems to be from this forum, where someone decided they didn't like the current image. Since all the accounts most likely come from different parts of the world, checkuser won't work here. It would be abusive for me to hand out blocks. I'm trying to work out how to deal with this one, though currently there's a discussion on the talk page, which is a start. Thanks. Acalamari 18:48, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I would assume such meatpuppery, if done sufficiently to votestack a consensus, is against policy, right? Can you get a neutral admin to intervene? And one question about my personal editing: If I revert more than three times in 24 hours to remove an image that is added against consensus, is that a 3RR violation? It may come to that if more reasonable editors don't get involved. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk)

Yes, it would be votestacking, and it wouldn't really be consensus. I can get a neutral admin to intervene too, and one who is much better with images than I am: I'll contact him in a minute. With 3RR, this is a borderline case, and I probably would refrain from reverting beyond the limit. Acalamari 22:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Intervention

I've protected the page and explained why on the talk page. I'm naturally suspicious of the new image, but, if it can be proven to be free, I have no preference either way- that's a matter for discussion and a RfC, if needed. If it cannot be proven to be free, I'll follow it through and make sure it winds up deleted. J Milburn (talk) 22:54, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you: Ward3001 asked about getting a neutral admin involved, and I wanted one to intervene before blocks got thrown around (not by me, mind you, as that would be abuse given my involvement in the article). I'd rather not have this dispute end with all the people from that forum getting indefinitely blocked here. Acalamari 22:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: E-mail

Y Replied. Thanks, –Juliancolton |  17:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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