User talk:Majorly/Archives/9

current DYK correction needed

I was not aware that the article to which I contributed was DYK nominated and sorry for the belated correction but

• ...that Taras Fedorovych, a 17th century Cossack hetman, led an unsuccessful uprising over the issue of the Cossack register?

needs replaced for

• ...that Taras Fedorovych, a 17th century Cossack leader, led a Cossack and peasant uprising over the issue of the Cossack register?

The reasons are the following.

1. Fedorovych was an elected Hetman by non-registered Cossacks. As such, some viewed his Hetmanship as illegitemate. Replacing Hetman by Leader resolves the controversy since he was a leader unquestionably.
2. The uprising was of Cossacks and peasants. Peasant uprising is a narrower term and a better link than uprising
3. "unsuccessfull" is a too strong term. The uprising was militarily a victory of rebels as they won all important battles. They got much less than they wanted in negotiations but the result was a compromise, the increase of Cossack register (by less than rebels wanted). Besides, Fedorovych saved his head. So, "unsuccessful" needs removed.

I would have commented during the nomination, but I was not made aware of it. The changes here are not controversial and I don't believe anyone would object to them anyway. Thanks, --Irpen 19:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I contacted you because you are an admin active at DYK and seem to be online right now.

Done. --Majorly (Talk) 19:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, --Irpen 19:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Re:Moose

Hi, I saw you declined the semi-protection of Moose and I wanted to see why exactly you did so. Almost all of the last 50 edits are either vandals or reverters, and the page is hit about 3 times a day. Although the last 50 edits cover 7 days, I don't think that really qualifies "There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time.". Anyway, I'm just wondering, as I was about to protect the page before I saw that you declined protection. Nishkid64 00:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Well the fact that the vandals are reverted is a good thing. I should only like to lock articles that get vandalised a lot more regularly than that, to the stage where it is difficult for the reverters to get to a stable article. IPs might have some useful information to add, and I think that protecting it isn't necessary at the moment. However, if you disagree, I really don't mind if you do protect it. Thanks. --Majorly (Talk) 01:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Wait...wth you're Alex???? Omg...I thought you were some old admin I never knew about lol. Nah, I won't protect it then. I just was merely curious as to your reasons. I guess I already knew that judging from the conversation I had with Alex (at the top of the page). Your name change confused me lol. Nishkid64 02:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh maybe I should write a notice saying who I used to be! Or maybe not... I don't really like "Alex9891" anymore, but I'm still the same! --Majorly (Talk) 12:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Mark Foley Scandal

Thanks for moving the FA nomination tag. My mistake. Thesmothete 02:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Monifieth High School Links

i don't see what was wrong with the links I put on on Monifieth High School —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.189.124.22 (talk • contribs)

I suggest you take a look at WP:EL. --Majorly 15:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Before deleting the page again, could you tell me what parts of the article I need to find sources for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Random2502 (talk • contribs)

I didn't delete it, I removed unsourced info. See the talk page. --Majorly 21:18, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Fromkin

Just to say thank you for aiding my enforcement efforts in the David Fromkin article (where mostly anonymous users keep adding a section about some dog named after the guy). Theleek 22:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

William Shakespeare sprotect

Thanks for your comment on page protection and for adding the tag - however, I thought you had to be an admin for page protection tags to work? It looks to me as if the page was still unprotected given the large number of unsigned vandalisms today until just now when you intervened, is that correct...? MarkThomas 22:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

No, Centrx protected it at 10:03 (UTC). --Majorly 23:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Riana's RfA - Patiently....? What is this patiently you speak of?

Indeed. I know not that word patiently. So naturally I've nominated her immediately as well... Hope you can vote. :) Spawn Man 01:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Certainly will!!!! --Majorly 01:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Yay! :D - Spawn Man 01:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey Alex - I had to decline. Don't quite feel ready yet... Thanks for the vote of confidence though, it means a lot to me :) All the best, riana_dzasta 03:16, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Greeks Bearing Gifts

Hi. Just wondering why you reverted that particular image. Reply on Talk:Greeks Bearing Gifts (Torchwood) if you need to. Thanks. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 18:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

hey

Hey, thanks for voting on my request for adminship, even if I was "oppose". However, I do contest your reasoning when you say I am inexperienced only by virtue of my edit count. I hate to argue over these sorts of things, but I feel that experience is based on not just edits, but the ammount of time one has spent using Wikipedia. I have been using this site for years (although it took me a while before I realized I could actually get an account. I was too scared to make edits!) and I consider myself experienced. However, I do understand your concern. All I ask is, from now on, you ask users about their experience before saying that they have little/none. Thanks jstupple7 19:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Reading is a lot more different than editing. How do we know you have the experience? It's best if the actual account shows you have experience before requesting adminship. --Majorly 19:54, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Major thanks for your support at RFA

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me (especially your support of my answer to Q1), and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future, along those lines or any other. Cheers! -- nae'blis 21:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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High school

Now that you have reverted my corrections this opening paragraph is very misleading. It reads as though the terms high school and secondary school are synonymous which they are not. In England and Wales we call the schools used for secondary education secondary schools and there are many types of secondary school but they are NOT called high schools. If this article is going to be titled high school it should confine itself to describing what a high school is in those countries which use the term. There is already an article on secondary education.Dahliarose 09:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Er, actually I think you'll find that they ARE called high schools. I have recently attended one, all the "secondary" schools in my area are called high school and I've never heard "secondary" used anywhere. Where are you getting this info from? --Majorly 12:32, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Where is your area? Do you actually live in the UK? I live in Berkshire, England, and have two children at secondary school. I've also lived in Essex and Gloucestershire. No one ever uses the terminology high school over here. Some Scottish schools are called high schools but they are still classed as secondary schools. Have a look at the OFSTED reports, DFES website, etc. They all refer to secondary schools not high schools. Dahliarose 12:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Of course I live in the UK. I attended high school until last year: this one in fact. I know people who attended this as well. Both have never been called secondary and never will be. --Majorly 16:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

i believe the difference may be regional; two schools in my old area are called "community Schools" [1] & [2], but they are secondary schools none the less. i believe "High" is a moniker of sorts Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"© 18:53, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

fuck you

fuck you majorly. suck my dick asshole. 204.10.140.100 18:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow big aren't you, using naughty grown-up words. I decline your "offer". Go and troll elsewhere. Cheers. --Majorly 21:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

204.10.140.100 has been blocked for 24 hours, let me know if it happens again from this IP or anyone. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 21:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Talk to [user:Proto]]

i did, here are the results:

Why get rid of a whole article, that people have contributed to, and set it back to the redirect? I Have reinstated the article, as well as added some recent news Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

Because the hall is not notable, and it's a better option than having to go through AFD, where it would be deleted, anyway. Also, please don't use a tempate for your signature. Proto::type 13:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"© 18:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Would you prefer it to go through AFD? If so, ask him to restore it, and put it up for AfD which is probably better than just blanking it to a redirect. --Majorly 18:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Not particularly; i would prefer him to leave it alone. I am aware that it will probably be removed if it goes through AfD, i have tried to re-open dialogue with him, if this fails, i will consider. Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

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BUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRR MINORLY!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.126.64 (talk • contribs)

I'm Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.126.64 (talk • contribs)

Thanks

Thank you for voting on my administrator tryout.--Rat235478683--

Thanks

Thanks for protecting the Marcus Aurelius article, particularly as I placed the request to protect it against anonymous IPs being anonymous myself (217.24.19.163). I'm active on Serbo-Croatian wiki, and it so just happened that I was comparing the article on Marcus Aurelius on sh Wikipedia with the one on English Wiki when I noticed that the article was under frequent attack here. Have no idea why a text on a Roman emperor who's been dead for almost 2000 years would matter so much to someone, but there you go ;-) Thanks again, and I've now registered here under the same username I use on the Serbo-Croatian Wiki, just to be on the safe side. --Igorwindsor 20:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Scottish national identity

Thanks for the semi, much appreciated. Out of interest, is there any alternative to semi-protection in cases like this (other than just allowing the vandalism and watchlisting)? Obviously it's not ideal to have the page semi-protected for the long term but I suspect this user will be pretty persistent in coming back if the protection is lifted. --YFB ¿ 22:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Report vandals to WP:AIV, after warning them. --Majorly 22:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:AIV

What on earth just happened? I think the database just hiccupped a bit. I removed two blocked vandals and AIV turns into a disambiguation page? Viridae^Talk 00:17, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hehe I have no clue... --Majorly 00:20, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. My nomination succeeded and it's an honor to join the admin ranks. Thanks again and see you around! =) -- Gogo Dodo 05:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Image Delete

Hi, how do you request an image be deleted? I uploaded under wrong name, as it changed my name to selected file name before I spotted it. I have re-uploaded to correct name. ‎ Image:Wikipics 003.jpg is incorrect file that can be deleted.

Keith D 09:43, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. --Majorly 12:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Keith D 13:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Re:RfA

Even more interesting, [3]. Yay 35 edits! Nishkid64 22:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

どもありがとうございます！

Title says "Domo Arigato Gozaimasu!"; "Thank You Very Much!"

Sir, thank you so much for heeding my message and changing your vote! If I had a list of best friends made on the Internet, I would have added you there! Again, thank you!! --Denatsu-yama 00:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Please be sure to look at this diff, and add this shocking link to your oppose vote, since someone removed it. --Denatsu-yama 00:30, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I added the link, you being trolling or not, that is disgraceful. --Majorly 00:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Your input is requested

Your input would be appreciated at this Request for Comments. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xwrits

I'm sorry, but two days is not nearly enough time to wait to close an RfA, especially since it is not quite a runaway yet. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 19:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind. Me read good one day :) youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 19:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Goodbye

Farewell Majory You win. Im gone. Goodbye GhoastUser 01:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Times

Nice :) Ral315 (talk) 22:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:Request for admiship

I accept. :) Do you want to list it or do you want me? Cbrown1023 00:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I did. Good luck! --Majorly 00:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks for the nom! Cbrown1023 00:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't really think that that oppose was justified, but what can you do? That is just his opinion... plus it goes against policy. :( It's okay, it's only one. Cbrown1023 21:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting

File:In-the-dark.jpg

Thank you for voting in my RfA which at 51/20/6 unfortunately did not achieve consensus. In closing the nomination, Essjay remarked that it was one of the better discussed RfAs seen recently and I would like to thank you and all others who chose to vote for making it as such. It was extremely humbling to see the large number of support votes, and the number of oppose votes and comments will help me to become stronger. I hope to run again for adminship soon. Thank you all once more. Wikiwoohoo 19:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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Your revert

Why did you revert my changes to User:American Brit? He said on his talk page that he's happy to have the help. It's not that big a deal, but you should know that "me and my mother" is most definitely not acceptable in that context. As a general rule of thumb, you should see what the sentence looks like without the "and so-and-so" part. "Me moved to Charleston, West Virginia" is absolutely incorrect. A sentence like "he gave a gift to me and my mother" is acceptable, because "he gave a gift to me" makes sense and "he gave a gift to I" does not. Hope that clears it up.

Additionally, your revert returned a lot of other mistakes to the page. There's no such thing as a "Babtist", and "homosexual" is not capitalized.

I am, of course, not going to get into an edit war over a user's page, but I wanted to let you know that none of the changes you made were correct. Kafziel ^Talk 18:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah sorry about that, it's just me being stupid... :) --Majorly 18:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha ha, I see. Good to know it was just confusion. Thanks for the reverted revert. :) Kafziel ^Talk 19:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

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Hello Majorly! I want to thank you for taking time to comment in my recent request for adminship. Though it didn't succeed, I value everyone's opinion, and hope to use the descriptions of the neutral and oppose votes to improve. TeckWizTalkContribs@ 22:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Bad Budgiekiller

Hey, I noticed that you corrected my poor edit here, to correct your user name. Apologies for that! Cheers... Budgiekiller 22:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcoming!

Reverieuk 00:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Persian Gulf

Hello This article you have protected has been protected since November 18 and the discussions have stopped at November 22 it has been protected for a while. If you took off the protect i think it would be appropriate. Nareklm 06:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: WP:RFPP

I got a little confused with this edit of yours. Was it moved from elsewhere? --Majorly (Talk) 23:11, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

If you mean IGN then yes, I moved the request from WP:AIV, where the original poster had mistakenly flagged it. I have an abominably slow connection tonight - it is taking about a minute for each edit to get through. The post was deleted from AIV by the time I managed to return there. Regards, (aeropagitica) 23:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)