User talk:DarkFalls/Archive July 2008

July, 2008     Signpost updated for June 30, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 27 30 June 2008 About the Signpost Private arbitration case criticized, vacated Other ArbCom announcements reviewed in wake of controversy  Statistical model identifies potential RfA candidates WikiWorld: "Mike Birbiglia and the Perils of Sleepwalking"  News and notes: Board votes released, milestones Wikipedia in the News  Dispatches: Sources in biology and medicine Features and admins  Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 04:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC) Happy Independence Day! As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway!  :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day! Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 21:31, 4 July 2008 (UTC) Persistent vandalism Hi, I'm a member of WP:FACT & a RCP in English Wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate if u could help to look at this case, as the article (previous version) is currently being degraded into a non-referenced, POV, self-promoting article now. Kindly note that the anon (using StarHub IP 59.189.40.xxx on 21 occasions) refuses to declare his association with the article, nor show any intention to openly discuss the issues concerned with the primary contributor or on the article talkpage when advised to do so earlier, but instead reverted good faiths edits with impunity despite repeated warnings since June 29 [1]. Please semi-protect the article and blocked the relevant IPs so that the integrity of Wikipedia & the works of bona fide contributors, are not compromised by such folks in future. Thanks! -- Aldwinteo (talk) 04:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC) WP:HAU, Status, and you! As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. 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The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 28 7 July 2008 About the Signpost From the editor: Transparency  Wikimedia releases 2008-2009 Annual Plan Defamation case against Wikimedia dismissed  WikiWorld: "Charles Lane" News and notes: Adminbots, abuse filter, ArbCom, milestones  Wikipedia in the News Dispatches: Style guide and policy changes, June  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 09:21, 13 July 2008 (UTC) AWB recursive cat Hi there. Can you make a new list of recursive subcats of Category:Vietnam for me? I've fixed the innapropriate categorisation that someone else did that generated all the excessive stuff from last time. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC) I'll try to get it done by tomorrow. Sorry about the delay, but I was away with real life for the past few days. —Dark talk 11:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC) It's gone bigger... —Dark talk 09:45, 21 July 2008 (UTC) Thanks again. I found out where all the rubbish cats were coming from. A cat about the South China Sea was in geography of VN, and then all the countries on teh sea were cats of the Sea, so thus all of Asia became part of VN....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC) heh... —Dark talk 07:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC) RfA thank you Thank you! DarkFalls, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC) Help Hi, I have been having problems with editing one of the articles. I have been trying to edit the University High School (Melbourne) article with relevant information. Yet there is a contributor that seems to add what i would consider irrelevant, a large amount of the information he/she leaves is bias and inappropriate. Eg he/she suggests a principal resigned due to a drugs and sex scandal and things like this person shares their surname with a famous beatle George Harrison. As you are an administrator i though it would be best to ask you if you could look over the information on the article and see if my edits to change this editor's changes are appropriate. I put a note in his/her usertalk explaining the flaws and i hope you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. I think my knowledge as a current student is more reliable than him/her though i can find appropriate sources if needed i just havent been bothered yet. Ps, the editor is "carbonrodney" Thank You Someone111111 (talk) 15:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC) Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board Hi Daniel. Would you please undelete Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board. Thanks. SilkTork *YES! 21:37, 21 July 2008 (UTC) I undeleted... because Daniel is too lazy :) —Dark talk 07:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC) Ta. Daniel (talk) 04:00, 23 July 2008 (UTC) All done. Thanks! SilkTork *YES! 07:35, 23 July 2008 (UTC) It appears that is to you that I should say thanks! Thanks! SilkTork *YES! 07:37, 23 July 2008 (UTC) User:DarkFalls/Helpful Just a note while I was passing (hope you don't mind) but Spebi isn't active anymore. Apologies if this seems intrusive. Regards, Rudget 16:19, 23 July 2008 (UTC) I knew that long ago, but didn't have the heart to remove him from the list :( ...and I kind of forgot I had the list in the first place -.- —Dark talk 05:58, 24 July 2008 (UTC) Signpost updated for July 14 and 21, 2008. The Wikipedia Signpost Weekly Delivery Volume 4, Issue 29 14 July 2008 About the Signpost From the editor: Transparency  WikiWorld: "Goregrind" Dispatches: Interview with botmaster Rick Block  Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News  The Report on Lengthy Litigation Volume 4, Issue 30 21 July 2008 About the Signpost WikiWorld: "Cartoon physics" News and notes: New Board Chair, compromised accounts  Dispatches: History of the featured article process Features and admins  Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation  Home  |  Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 06:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC) The above archive is a past discussion. Please direct all new discussion to the current talk page. Thank you.