User talk:Tawker/Feb06

what are you talking about

Vandleism what was????24.82.136.103 06:20, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

See reply on your talk page. Tawker 06:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Kouta Hirano

I'm going to change all the redirects on the main Hellsing page to Kouta Hirano, his true name. The "Kohta Hirano" page should be redirecting to Kouta Hirano, not the other way around. His birth name is not "Kohta," this is an incorrect Romanization brought about by the English release of Hellsing. Virtually all Japanese Hirano releases use the "Kouta" spelling (e.g. the original Hellsing tankoubons, Hi-Tension, Angel Dust, HIANDLOW, Susume, etc.), along with Hirano himself when autographing things. If you'd like proof of this, I have pictures.

Furthermore, I modified the page with additional pertinent information to the mangaka and his history, not just nixing the redirect. So, please stop altering valid and factual corrections/additions to the Kouta Hirano page. Thank you.

P.S. In a minute, I'll be adding a headshot.

subst

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

--Zsinj 21:57, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

My "vandalism"

I'm sorry... I was trying to remove some nasty pictures that were put in this article... But I did'nt knew how to revert changes. So I decided to delete mature content and then paste a "historical" version. And you caught me in the middle of this action... Sorry for the problem.

Oh. Giving "the last warning" to a person which was trying to repair something is a good metod to kill all new activity in wiki.... :( 194.63.135.8

No problem. Sorry if you took offense at the "warning" - it's a standard template. I've posted a welcome on your talk page. Tawker 22:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh.. I'm not feeling offended. I'm rather newbie in editing wikipedia so I didn't knew that. Thanks :)194.63.135.8

My account is Migatu. Thanks for everything Tawker :) Migatu 22:51, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Admin offer

Thank you for your note on my User page. Others have suggested that I become an admin, and offered to nominate me as well. I have considered it -- and may seek to become an admin in the future. However, my time on Wiki is increasingly limited and it would be quite selfish to become an admin simply for my own convenience. Again thank you -- and I will let you know if an RFA with my name on it pops up. Best wishes. WBardwin 22:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Why did you remove my edit??

what was wrong with my edit?? what was POV about them??

I used the following sources for my edits, mostly with little edits:

Library of Congress - Country Study: Sri Lanka

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/History_of_Sri_Lanka

are you saying that they are wrong??

I mean on this article http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Sri_Lanka

Excuse me?

No sooner than I archived a discussion page as per agreement among that page's contributors, you restored the page. Four days ago, I suggested we archive it before Infinite Crisis#5 comes out this week. Motion was seconded. We gave everybody time to see the suggestion. Not one person objected. On the assumption that you mistook that for vandalism, I will attempt it one more time.Wryspy 07:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Actually, I was impressed by how quickly the change was noticed, regardless of the error in interpretation. Keep on truckin'.Wryspy 07:21, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Warning templates

You threatened to block me for one bad edit in 24 hours which is the truth . You are not an administrator. Get a better handle on warning templates WP:RCP.--196.40.43.218 08:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

WP:CIVIL even with vandals maddening though they may be. I will have no more temper fits with any editor admin (which he is) or non admins.--196.40.43.218 08:15, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

You didn't offend me. I was just reminding of WP:CIVIL which is always a good idea. Personally I have got a gripe with the dude I took out my frustration on but think I will take it up on his talk from now on. Btw saw an rfa candidate have a hard time over a joke new message box like yours but personally I think it was a good laugh when I opened yours. Take it easy man.-196.40.43.218 08:35, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the user page revert! — Rebelguys2 ^talk 09:40, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

User:84.9.196.52

I saw you warned him on his talk page. The user has just vandalized Mohammad [1]. I've reverted it. Mikkel 12:27, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Arrghh...

Your user page heading made me cry :( - Estel ^(talk) 13:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

WHOA!

Thanks for reverting my user page so quickly from vandalism. I didn't have a chance to revert it myself! You are obviously armed with some program, I assume. Thanks anyways! — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 04:30, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

"Yes, I have the IRC bots in my toolkit, they work pretty well. Tawker 04:34, 11 February 2006 (UTC)".

Yeah, only "pretty well." Tee hee. Oh, and I liked the "You have new messages" thingy at the top of your user page. I clicked on it, thinking that the vandal had struck again. Good laugh. Thanks again; regards! — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 04:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Green Party

Yeah, I was not being precise when I said the green party web site. It could have been taken from the Living Policy site which would make it more innapropriate since it would not even be official GPC policy. 70.29.200.164 08:34, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Good Work

Great job keeping Wikipedia clean, keep it up.

Re: Talk:Colombian_Armed_Conflict

I don't know why you deleted all of my comments on Talk:Colombian_Armed_Conflict.

I am having stupid messages that "Your message is not being posted due to a loss of session data", so I am having to cut and paste the complete message board (which consists of one single template before I began posting). I assume this was just a good faith mistake on your part. Thanks for being so dilegent, but my intent is not bad.Travb 09:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that, see my message on your talk page. Tawker 09:43, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

No prob. Thanks for your diligence. This is the third time this has happened to me in the 6 months that I have used wikipedia. It never makes me angry, actually I am happy there are diligent people like yourself. Thanks for your efforts. Keep it up. Best wishesTravb 09:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the HI, I'm just user:grenavitar at a library O_O 128.175.87.94 19:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Note left on main user page

yes I own the copyright for the History of Trauma. Eugene Sherry MD esherry@bigpond.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.165.9.42 (talk • contribs) .

This note was left on your main user page. Thought I'd move it here. Sort of something I'd do to say "thanks." 24.93.171.252 19:47, 11 February 2006 (UTC) Didn't log in. Whoops! — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 19:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

???

What edits are you talking about? Maybe you should name the article when you place vandalism warnings on people's talk pages. Just a suggestion. --65.211.7.140 20:05, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Please see reply on your talk page. It looked like a big mistake on our part. Sorry about that Tawker 20:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, someone had made a senseless edit so I fixed it. I should have written an edit summary, though. You don't have to be sorry, you were just doing your job. Thanks for the welcome. --65.211.7.140 20:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC) (P.S.: I even have an account, but sometimes I edit stuff before I sign in, so my IP appears all over. Oh, well.)

Thanks for the welcome!

Glad to be here! (And of course, an obligatory "Ha" for your You have new messages (diff) on your user page. :) 65.33.156.96 20:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on the MRT page

Actually I did not add the image, it was an anonymous user (208.34.21.10) who added it just before I finished copyediting. I was actually about to revert it myself. InTheFlesh? 21:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

See comment, if someone blocks you, please direct them to your user page. Tawker 21:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Thanks, but I am Wikipostate. Nice to see the initial welcomes are still as warm as ever. 81.106.249.225 21:13, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the warm welcome to Wikipedia! I think I really will follow the advice you gave me on my Talk page. --216.35.197.14 22:20, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured article

Yes I know. I am watching it and I will try after half an hour to see if he's gone and then unprotect. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 23:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

New messages

Stealer! :P--Shanel 23:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Your revert on Gordon Campbell

Was your revert of my edit (which added the word "partly") a mistake? If you put up an NPOV banner, you probabaly shouldn't revert edits intended to solve your problem! --Colle|File:Locatecolle.gif|Talk-- 05:41, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalise a page?

Look at the list of contribs [2] - there's no vandalism there. You must have a pretty strange view of what vandalism is if you think that any of that was vandalism.

This is User:Zordrac here by the way. And when I used User:Internodeuser I was regularly accused of vandalism, yet even when they figured out that not a single edit was vandalism, there was no apology. Does that label follow me everywhere now, just because of some bad admin decisions? 203.122.215.180 05:45, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio

Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Other/List of Jewish scientists and philosophers

Tons of discussion on it. The page creator wants it off wikipedia and has been fighting for a while now apparently.

Gordon Campbell

I didn't want to get involved either, but somehow.. there I am. Are you watching that dispute, perhaps you have some advice for me on how to deal with it! Thanks, --Colle|File:Locatecolle.gif|Talk-- 07:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Gordon Campbell

Hi Tawker. Thank you for your assistance on the Gordon Campbell page. I would respectfully request that you review the changes made in my edit versus the previous version(s). There were many factual inaccuracies and strong POV in the old versions. I understand politics can make some folks go a little crazy, but I just want the facts to be clear without POV and in this article they are not. All the best to you in future! Boggle99 07:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Boggle 99

The article (right now) is Boggle's verion plus your university edit. I would like to revert it back to [3], but I've already got 3 reverts on there today. I agree, the rule is no big deal, but I need to find some way to convince him to stop the revert war! I think his version makes the article one-sided, not to mention violates the writing policy here... --Colle|File:Locatecolle.gif|Talk-- 08:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I filled out the 3RR notice,[4] hopefully he doesn't think I'm trying to be a jerk... I got blocked for the same thing the other day! --Colle|File:Locatecolle.gif|Talk-- 08:28, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Comments

Thanks for the discipline on user Pqpq regarding the blanking of my user page. Your intervention was appreciated. Author782 08:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Semi-automated template substitution?

You added a message to my talk page saying something on it was subst:'ed; however, I cannot find any other change to the page. What happened? --cesarb 17:11, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting 134.58.253.114's replacement of my talk page. Propz to you. Copysan 22:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

gracias!

Hey fella. Thanks for the vandalism revert on my userpage :) User:Adrian/zap2.js 22:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Please don't clutter

Thank you for pointing out that you replaced a template with text, but don't post an extra message just because of it. It's just mildly annoying clutter.

Peter ^Isotalo 23:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Substing templates

Hi Tawker,

Just curious, shouldn't a bot have the job what you're doing right now? --Khoikhoi 00:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Lol, thanks for your reply. ;) --Khoikhoi 00:57, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Hehe, so much for your exercise. --Khoikhoi 02:35, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

hi, what's the meaning of the scrap about semiautomatic templates you left on my user talk page? Xah Lee 04:38, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting Pqpq's blanking of my userbox page. I tell you, I take a wikibreak over the weekend and people get up to all kinds of mischef!
Cheers
Blarneytherinosaur 04:56, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

I award this Working Man's Barnstar to Tawker for his amazing work on reverting vandalism and substituting templates.

I award you with a Working Man's Barnstar for your amazing work on reverting vandalism and substituting templates. Congratulations! -- WB 08:04, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Reply

It's not semi-protected. I don't know why Dyalko added that tag. --Khoikhoi 00:45, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Valentines thanks

Thanks for the Valentines Day message; you too. :) --AySz88^-^ 04:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the message. You too. -- WB 05:03, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

• Valentines welcome. :) --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 05:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

multiple edits

Thanks for the feedback. I am still learning. I will do what I can to consolidate edits here. I have been having problems with wikis server tonight and was afraid of losing edits. I am also a beginner here on WIKI so I do get much to busy sometimes. I see your point however I support it and I will be more patient. 128.111.95.240 07:39, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

test 4

Thanks for removing test 4 from my talk page. I have no idea why Okaaj left a test4 warning template for me. --Aminz 09:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Semi-automated template substitution

Oh okay. Seeing the templates removed by an anonymous user, I assumed it was vandalism. Thanks. BTW, why did you use an IP address? Bcem2 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Why in the world would I call you Honey?

Arent you a guy? Im not sure That I know exactly what in the fuck it is your referring to. pickelbarrel 01:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• • I should also remind you that Jimbo does NOT like userboxes...just so you knowpickelbarrel 01:51, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I was referring to

the calling you honey part, but I will tell you what, I sure didnt realize 'fuck' was NOT allowed on userpages. Sorry 'bout that...can you show me where the policy is that states the word that arent allowed, so as I can be sure not to use them anymore...Im still abit of a newbie thanks pickelbarrel 01:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• • I should say that I have used the word when writine to Administrator UncleG , Wangi , And even Jimbo himself, and they had failed to tell me of such a policy...this is all new to me. pickelbarrel 02:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I will be sure not to use it when communicating with you in the futute.

If anyone else finds it offensive I will surely show them the same courtesy upon request...but as a general rule, I dont think that it is anymore offensive than any other word, and am not really sure why some people veiw it that way. But civility is after all what sepperates us from the animals, and I have to affinity toward upsetting others pickelbarrel 02:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC) Thanks tawker I just wanted to show something to my sister apreciate the correction

Yeah...I can see why you may have been a bit stressed

cheer up my freind...this too shall pass pickelbarrel 02:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!

Thank you very much for the barnstar; it's much appreciated. —Wayward ^Talk 10:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about earlier I was just annoyed at somebody putting my page up for deletion OfficeDebo. InsanityCrisis 15:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage! See ya tonight on CVU on IRC!--Adam ^(talk) 15:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

please block this ip. this is a school ip. a student is vandalizing this site. block us NOW!--68.125.168.193 02:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Wiki68

I hope you're planning on leaving a message with Wiki68 explaining why you summarily rolled back his/her edits at Australian Broadcasting Commission. He or she has put a lot of effort into rewriting the page, and is obviously a good faith editor. I don't like to see him/her treated like a vandal. Snottygobble 05:03, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that was a mistake on my part and have corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out Tawker 07:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

• Your reversion reversion didn't stick then, because your original reversion is still the latest edit in the history. Snottygobble 05:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC) Thanks. Snottygobble 05:09, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

gRATITUDE

Sir, I appreciate that yoy reverted 'vandalism' upon my "user-page."--Anglius 22:03, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

RV Spree

Do not edit my user and talk pages. Address me on relevant article pages. Thank you in advance. 68.110.9.62 00:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

This user was removing vandalism warnings on their user page, that was all that was reverted. I have no idea what this user is talking about. Tawker 00:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you very much for your support during my recent Admin election, I appreciate the trust that you have put in me. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding my work as an admin.

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 06:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Alvaro Espinoza image

Hi Tawker. This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, the person who added this MLB promo photo in the article Alvaro Espinoza to illustrate the work in question on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights. Thanks – MusiCitizen 14:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Leave me alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

I think I got it

...Sorta. I just thought no one had noticed the vandal yet. But I'm getting the hang of it... Give me time, I'm young. Saw your stress level dealie... It's good to know you're still helping nOObs like me even when it's tough. Thanks, --69.145.122.209 02:19, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that was fast. Wiki is an amazing thing, and I hope to be able to help out in the future. (When I have half a clue of what I'm doing)

Yep, that's what I'm talking about. *Writes it down*

But I've already interrupted you enough tonight. Again, thanks for everything! I really appreciate it. --69.145.122.209 02:28, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Ansel Adams bookcover

Thanks! I guess that's right... even though the COVER is public domain, the PHOTO is not, I guess, if that's how it works. So I think that's right, thanks again. PS I fell for your message box... cute. =) Herostratus 02:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

I thought the ghost comment would be funny, i wont vandalize again but i hope you got a laugh.

cheers --130.108.185.198 02:49, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting vandalism to my userpage. VegaDark 09:35, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Bot

See my comment at the page you cite. A discussion between a few editors, in which a number of people were ignored who pointed out that warning should be given (or an informative edit summary at the very least), and more general discussion instigated, doesn't justify this kind of massive change by a bot. Any editor is perfectly justified in reverting your changes, which are in line with neither Wikipedia policy nor Wikipedia guidelines, but are simply the result of a decision made almost casually by a few editors. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 13:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, how many editors have Bot requests on their Watchlists? I agree that there's no one place that notice should have been given (and requests for discussion made), but my point is that as this affects a very large number of articles (and editors), the attempt should have been made, using a number of pages (the Village Pump, for example; perhaps the images in question could have been put up for deletion (that would probably have reached the largest number of interested editors). The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the discussion at the Wikiproject Talk page didn't even attempt to find consensus among those participating; those who registered objections, or called for wider consultation, were simply ignored.

That isn't your responsibility, of course, and I hope that I don't appear to be attacking you. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:25, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I've little (no) experience with bots, so went to the place with which I was most familiar. I'll know in future. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I used individual rollback on the ones that I reverted (by no means all), because I didn't want to risk reverting anything else that the bot had been used for. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:59, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Regards to the "Leave me alone" comment

I haven't done anything to any content of yours, I don't understand your "leave me alone" message. Tawker 03:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

In theory, you did, albeit very justifiably. You reverted this anon's vandalism of user:batzarro's userpage. Batzarro, who is permanently blocked, along with all of his anons, this being the newest anon. -- user:zanimum

about image to text replacement

It seems like many of the conversions have been missed. For the full list of that, take a look at Image:5 out of 5.png#File links. Thanks. -- WB 20:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hi Tawker/Feb06. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. SoothingR 21:10, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: "Don't forget to use subst: on warning templates"

Forgive me if I sound like a bonehead (which I am, normally), but what does subst: do? --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK!. 08:01, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks for informing me. Say sorry to your bot for me for making him work so hard. ;) --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK!. 08:10, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for reverting my userpage. I actually thought that was funny though, I may keep it on their just to show I got vandalized. Ha, ha. Also, I love the "you have new messages" thing up top, that totally got me. The Ungovernable Force 07:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion

thanks for clearing it up

Forgot to sign the above

. 24.9.10.235 23:39, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

69.14.46.163 is NOT an experiment!

It's MY IP address! I'm just too plain lazy to log in, and my computer has a history of freezing up when I try to log in in any case. Please don't assume anything written by an anonymous user is automatically experimental. C'mon. Please. Lockesdonkey 04:28, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

WP:NG

Hello, Tawker. As the original author of the essay, I feel that the original title reflects what I wanted to say more appropriately, that is why I have reverted User:Georgia Guy's move of the page. Why are you moving it back? -- Avi 04:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, sorrry about that, I was thinking localizing it to Google might bring some issues from other search engines regarding their service in comparision to Google. I'm leaving it alone now. Sorry about that. Tawker 04:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. That was Georgia Guy's point as well; and if this becomes official policy (as if it ever would ;) ) I could understand that. However, as an opinion piece similar to WP:VSCA, I believe that is OK. Do you really think Alta Vista or Yahoo! would complain about this? :) -- Avi 05:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Regex

to prevent substing when somebody is explaining how to use a template:

replace:  <nowiki>(.*?){{(.*?)}}(.*?)</nowiki>

with:  \1{{\2}}\3

to cleanup a case where some bot has attempted to subst an unspecified template parameter:

replace:  {{subst\:{(.*?)}}}

with:  nothing

to prevent substing within an html comment and undo previous errant attempts to subst it:

replace:  <!\-\-(.*?){{([Ss]ubst:|[Tt]emplate:|[Mm]sg:)*?(.*?)}}(.*?)\-\->

with:  <!--\1Template:\3\4-->

to remove some cruft from templates that use a default parameter:

replace:  {{{(.*?)\|(.*?)}}}

with:  \2

Do all of these replacements before attempting to subst actual templates. — Feb. 21, '06 [22:27] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Message

Hi,

What is this message all about on Feb 16 2006?

Supercool Dude 22:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Use for Tawkerbot

Have you considered using Tawkerbot to systematically go through userbox templates and subst: them wherever they occur? That would be grand. --Cyde Weys 06:17, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Alright I've made the bot request. It could take awhile :-) Cyde Weys 06:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Afd

I saw that I did. It wasn't on there a few minutes ago when I reverted it, I don't think. That's why I was confused. I'll put it back, if you haven't. --FloNight 08:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, sorry again. --FloNight 08:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help in reverting the vandalism to Raymond Samuels

I've been blocked previously for the 3RR and I wasn't sure of that applied to reverting vandalism...but I didn't want to take the chance. Maybe you know the whether it does or noe. Thanks.

Talk pages

I am confused. A discussion I was involved in was deleted from talk:David Irving by saying wikipedia is not a discussion board and other similar discussions were removed because they were 'irrelevant' etc. So I figured talk pages were strictly for on-topic discussion (only discussion that helps improve the article). Is there info somewhere on exactly where the line goes? Thank you in advance. --PredatorOC

Subst of unsigned

Hello, why is your bot subst'ing {{unsigned}} when Wikipedia:Template substitution says that whether or not {{unsigned}} should be subst'd is "under discussion"? Talrias (t | e | c) 12:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot blocked

I've blocked Tawkerbot. See User talk:Tawkerbot — Omegatron 15:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Template

OK, just wondering what it is, thats all.

I'm still confused.

Supercool Dude 03:03, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

New information concerning proposed deletion

On February 20th you cast a "delete" vote: "copyvio + non-notable" at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Brian_Wowk. The original article on Dr. Wowk was lifted from another website by User:Cardsplayer4life. If you revisit Brian Wowk and see my notes on the deletion page, you will see that the page has now been re-written. Thus, the copyvio objection is no longer valid. Also, I have presented considerable evidence that Dr Wowk is very notable, in the re-written article itself and in the last section of Talk:Brian Wowk. I request that you reconsider your vote in light of the fact that the article has been re-written and that substantial evidence of notability has now been provided. --Ben Best 15:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

You wrote:"Thanks for the re-write, it looks a lot better than the previous one. I have changed by AfD vote accordingly"

This change is appreciated, however, the way you expressed it was somewhat obscure -- a strikeout looks like vandalism without checking the history log. If you could change your vote to "keep", it would be appreciated. Certainly, there are no grounds for copyvio with the re-write, and the documentation of Dr. Wowk's recognition by others is extensive. --Ben Best 23:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

MY MISTAKE, YOU DID WRITE KEEP AT THE BOTTOM. THANK YOU !!--Ben Best 23:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Bible Broadcasting Network mediation

Greetings, I am the mediator working on the BBN disagreement. Please join us at the talk page where we will get together and talk our way to solution. Thank you. --Cyde Weys 21:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism at User:Jkelly

Thanks for reverting the vandalism of my userpage. You beat me to reverting this page. Jkelly 23:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Bot

I just hate bots. Dan 01:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Ariele

Hi. I no longer am User:Ariele. There's no need to revert. The account is under the somebody else's control.

My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:40, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Antaragni 2004.jpg

Hi, I found an image uploaded by me tagged. Please instruct me how I can add source information. Thanks for pointing out the omission. Saksham 02:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Ariele

We noticed you've been reverting the former user page back and forth after the original account holder cleaned it up for anyone to use. We do not understand your behavior. Is it your intention to keep Ariele's identity intact?

subst:bot

um yeah, your bot seems to be subst:ing templates that are inside of <no wiki> brackets, should it be doing that? Seeing as how it's replacing a non template, such as {{test2}}, with the actual content of template:test2, only inside of a pair of no wiki brackets--205.188.117.11 04:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

{{AfD}}

Especially since people sometimes create headers like this one, only they get turned into.. =={{AfD}}==Can't really reply personally to an AOL IP so I'll reply here. I've been working on some regex's to catch only the template and hopefully not include the nowiki content. It's tricky to prevent it from happening and there is no way I or anyone else here would want to do that task by hand (28,000 instances of welcome alone that needed to be subst'ed -- Tawker 05:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

replaceExceptNowikiAndComments in wikipedia.py looks to be made for exactly this problem. (On the other hand, I don't actually run pywikipedia myself, and the installation of pywikipedia that I'm looking at is several months old.) —Cryptic (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I did a CVS update before running this job, I'll look into it and possibly file a bug request. Tawker 18:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandal

71.146.35.238 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)Is really acting like a fool, you notice?--Vercalos 07:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Heber

Thank you for your vote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Heber. If you have time could you find a link to the post on slashdot of digg, as nto everything posted there is necesarily notable. Also note that there are three articles listed here, so you might want to quantitize your vote to "weak keep all" or "weak keep after merging". Cheers, —Ruud 22:15, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

My Bot

I am and will keep a special eye out to make sure I don't replace regional spellings. As my bot will be user-assisted at all times (as no spell check bot is 100% accurate), and I will be frequently monitoring for feedback, there should be no friction. Thanks for the warning. JoeSmack ^Talk 00:53, 25 February 2006 (UTC)==My alleged vandalism==

Where is this supposed "vandalism"? And why do I get redirected to "practical joke" when it says "new messages"?

You can find evidence from the 9/11 truth movement--I'm taking that if I cite them, that will be legitimate?

How do I make a User template for Anti-American??

I was looking at how to create user template {babels} about political opinions.Although I found out about how to show I support the US how do I add a template to indicate I dont support America?If there isnt such a template please add one.

Well, I'm not going to add one as per the userbox "issue" debate as I think such a userbox would be seen as an attack on our many American based editors. Tawker 05:02, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

The short answer is, you shouldn't. We're building an encyclopedia here, not attacking other editors. I can pretty much guarantee that any anti-(any country) userbox is going to be deleted within hours of its creation under T1. --Cyde Weys 05:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Asia minor roman power.jpg

Thanks for your message, but please read the courtesy statement (as per Wikipedia:Public_domain_resources#History) on the upload page, before you tag a file as violation of copyright next time. It is public domain. I changed the tag accordingly. Ben ^T/_C 05:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I should have tagged it properly in the first place. So, thanks for your message. Ben ^T/_C 05:47, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikistress

Hope you calm down... what exactly does he say is libel? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 08:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

You mean he was upset he was working for Wikipedia and not getting paid? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 08:26, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Request

Hi Tawker - please see Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Would you be able to block the vandal that I listed? I have to go soon. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 08:34, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, the user has been blocked. --Khoikhoi 08:43, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, so you got the rollback script too. Happy editing. ;) --Khoikhoi 08:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey if you ever run for admin let me know, I'll add a "strong support". :) --Khoikhoi 08:49, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I have a policy of no self nominations, so who knows when it will be. Tawker 08:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I meant if someone else ever nominates you. --Khoikhoi 08:52, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok thanks. The user was already blocked tho. --Khoikhoi 08:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Why would you from Canada return the page about Kosovo from an ultra-nationalistic Albanian point of view. What do you know about Kosovo

Wow, you really don't know what I'm talking about. I'm complaining about the page about Kosovo. I thought, but maybe I was wrong, that you put the old version of the page which is sooo biased.

Regex for test templates

Hey Tawker. Per our discussion on IRC, this is a regex pattern that will match most or all test templates. Specifically, it matches selftest, test-n, test2-n, test2a, test2a-n, test2b, test3-n, test4a, test4-n, test, test0, test1, test2, test2a, test3, test4, test5, and test6, and takes into account the use of deprecated syntax {{msg:test}} and {{template:test}}. It also matches any parameter or parameters. It won't match similar templates that might be subst-averse.

Search:

{{(?:msg:|template:)?((?:self)?test(?:-n|2-n|2a|2a-n|2b|3-n|4a|4-n|0|1|2|3|4|5|6)?)(\|?[^}]*?)}}

Replace:

{{subst:\1\2}}

I suggest you watch the first few edits to make sure the regex is working correctly, but it works properly in my tests. // Pathoschild (_admin / ^talk) 00:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage! :) Hbackman 06:10, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Asw28.jpg

Please delete this image. The image is not used by any article and has been replaced by the same picture with full copyright permission Thanks JMcC 12:24, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism with you as target

Hi Tawker- I just reverted some vandalism on the Raymond Samuels article for deletion page- it was all about "you" (whether the real you or not, who knows), just wanted to let you know. Don't know if it's freaking you ot or not, but if you ever need his home address and phone for the police I have access to it. I might go to the police myself (I'm not freaked out, but he's been slandering me and has placed my home phone number in usenet sex groups and in my opinion that crosses the line) but not for a few days, so if you do make a complaint you won't be alone. Technicalglitch 18:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Tawker. Wow, that was rather short... Moe ε 06:32, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

commons:Astronomi

Hi Tawker, do you have any idea what this is?! Very odd. pfctdayelise (translate?) 11:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)