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Main page image protection

Could you protect the current DYK image at Commons? Shubinator (talk) 20:06, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

It's off the Main Page now. Do you think you could occasionally check the DYK queues here and protect any Commons images? That way we don't have to do a temporary upload, which will be better for the servers I'd imagine. Shubinator (talk) 00:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Sorry, I missed it. I'll try, but today in spurts aside I'll be lower activity for at least several weeks. If one sneaks by pop it on ANI, and someone can get it quick. rootology (C)(T) 05:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Axmann8

Is he blocked or not? The block log indicates it was set to have already expired, but he says he can't edit. I'm guessing the admin who revised the blocking mis-stated himself. Baseball Bugs carrots 06:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

It seems like he's off the hook now, but I don't know how to do an autoblock. Ask him to post the autoblock #, I think. rootology (C)(T) 06:42, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Just for your future reference just go to Special:IPBlocklist and either ctrl-F to find the username in the triggered autoblock or click the "autoblock finder" link at the top of the page: http://toolserver.org/~eagle/autoblockfinder.php . cheers, –xeno (talk) 12:43, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, Rootology, I deleted that page as an A3, but then I realize who created it. I'm trying to figure out the point of the redirect's name, particularly why such a long string of compounded words would be used to act as a redirect to WP:NOTBATTLEGROUND. If you can come up with a reason, feel free to undelete the article yourself. Thanks, Valley2city 16:39, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries, it was a bad joke from this thread, from Tarc's comment. rootology (C)(T) 16:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

It got the ax, man. Baseball Bugs carrots 16:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
WP:HIPPIESCANTUNDELETEREDIRECTS rootology (C)(T) 16:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Awesome, dude, another redlink. In the previous comment, I almost said, "it got the ax, dude", but that's the wrong joke and besides I don't use that expression. Or do I?
Oddly enough, on Communistpedia, there are ONLY redlinks. Baseball Bugs carrots 16:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Colours for wlinks on Hippiepedia are pulled randomly from a 16,000 hue database. Gwen Gale (talk) 17:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:OHNOESEVENTHECOOLESTADMINSCANTMAKEJOKEREDIRECTSWITHOUTEXPECTINGTHEMTOBEDELETEDBYUNSUNSUSPECTINGRCPATROLLERSWITHSOFTRIGGERSONTHECSDTABOFTWLOL also WP:OMGLOOKICANREDLINKTOO--Cerejota (talk) 02:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Comment just to clear the gigantic redlink of my watchlist.--Tznkai (talk) 04:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Abuse filter idiots guide

My best best would be reading the article about regular expressions and taking it from there. But this is such a potent tool, it's not really smart to allow "idiots" to edit it. I've added a requested filters page instead which would hopefully help a lot. - Mgm| 19:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I know regex. I meant for the mechanics of the tool itself, for what to edit, where, how, and so forth. The on-wiki stuff. rootology (C)(T) 19:55, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Re Steve's RFAR reply

I put in a suggestion for what its worth. rootology (C)(T) 16:10, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Appreciated. I see the case name has changed. -- FayssalF - 20:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


Hey Rootology, would it be appropriate to show me the content of Talk:Barack Obama/Criticism of Barack Obama so I could fairly assess its bearing on the Arb case. I actually never saw it and only became involved later. If not, I understand, and I wouldn't want to get either of us in trouble. I would however, encourage you to bring this up with the arbitrators like Fayssal, as it seems only fair that those who are clueless here get a fair chance to assess the entirety of the situation. Grsz 21:52, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

For anything else (subject to BLP/sensitive data etc) I'd be fine with it, but not for Obama stuff. I don't do anything tools-wise there. Looks like Matt is clerking this one, I was going to ask him after it opened for a staging copy somehow that we could use for evidence in a public fashion (with NOINDEX on it of course). rootology (C)(T) 22:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
I think it's an important piece of evidence that shouldn't just be restricted to helping admins. Thanks for the reply, Grsz 22:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Well I'm not actually due up in the rotation yet, so I'll ping the list and see who is clerking it. Also, I'll ask about restoring this page. MBisanz 22:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Matt. Grsz 22:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok, talked to the other clerks. If/when the case open, I or another clerk will copy and paste the largest version of that page to the evidence talk page for others to review. MBisanz 23:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Will it include edit histories, for who added what? rootology (C)(T) 23:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
It has 5 edits total to it, and there are only 2 editors, one who added all the content and one who added a link formatting at top. Is this the right page? MBisanz 23:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
I think so. Let me ping Wikidemon to look here, just in case. rootology (C)(T) 23:19, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
It should have been edited by User:Stevertigo, per his admission here. Grsz 23:35, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

WND

Hang on about WorldNetDaily, I'm working on it at the moment. Thanks. :) TheAE talk/sign 15:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

I removed "right-wing" again, but left "conservative" with the sources. From what I see, they are used for the same meaning, so it is overkill. Thanks for finding the sources. :) TheAE talk/sign 15:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
I undid you. :( Rightwing and conservative are two different concepts. Let's take it to the article talk. rootology (C)(T) 15:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
*shrug* I undid you again. :P Actually, I didn't undo that (and I replied on the talk page regarding it). I partially undid it (leaving right-wing), but only because I had worked on it further (especially with the refs, and also the title & website name). If you want to reply on it, that's fine, but I'm willing to let it go. :) Good to meet you, though (too bad it was over edit-warring... :P). TheAE talk/sign 16:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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Fort Lawton Riot and book promotion

It appears that Jack Hamann, or someone impersonating him, is using the Fort Lawton Riot article to help promote his book . I'm going to go fix the article and leave a note on his talk page but wanted to make you, an admin with some prior familiarity of the article, aware of the situation in advance in case it blows up into anything. Cla68 (talk) 23:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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jimbo wales

The page you requested to be deleted is Jimbo's personal user page! An IP address saved it from deletion. Please do not abuse Twinkle in this way. Griffinofwales (talk) 02:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Inclusionists be first against the wall when the glorious April Revolution come! rootology :  Chat  02:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't care if it is April Fool's or not, but I intend to keep WP as safe as possible from people like you. Please do not add unconstructive edits to WP. Thank You. Griffinofwales (talk) 03:02, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
"People like you", eh? While we're being uncivil and templating the regulars, GRINCH!!!! Wikidemon (talk) 03:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Oh yes, we all need protecting from the evil that is Rootology. You know, once you learn that he's the opposite of Squaretology, he's not so scary. --Deskana, Champion of the Frozen Wastes 03:18, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

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User:Jimbo Wales

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I'm at a 1RR on that page, it's fair game for whomever. It was either this, or an usurp request to rename myself User:Grawp. :) rootology :  Chat  03:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)