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Not The Wikipedia Weekly Episode 16

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Not The Wikipedia Weekly Episode 17

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The cast is a special episode on start-up Wikipedias in African languages, and other information on Wikipedia around the world with special guest: Gerard Meijssen of OmegaWiki, and the World Language Documentation Centre

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Accountcreator?

I'm interested in helping out Wikipedia:Request an account. I'd be willing to do this as much as I assist in reverting vandalism. Would it be all right if I had the accountcreator flag? sanawon 02:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I see that you requested and were granted rollback with your fifteenth edit four days ago and that you've been granted access to the Toolserver tool, but based on your history here (only 277 edits and just 12 days), I'm not really comfortable granting this request. In another couple of weeks and after some good account creations (you can create 6 per day right now), I'd be much more likely to give it to you. WODUP 02:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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User:Legoktm/paf.js

If you could delete that, I would be great. Thanks LegoKontribsTalkM 02:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Weekly Episode 50

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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! 04:00, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Descedants of Smith

Thanks for your help with that, much appreciated :) Stephenjh (talk) 09:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Antisocial j7‎

OK, so you said that you can't justify a block to him; it's OK... But of course, if he continues on doing inappropriate content, then you'll block him, right? Blake Gripling (talk) 08:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course. The user didn't edit at all after the second message, but now knows (or should know) that continuing to create inappropriate pages results in a block. If the user continues, leave another note at WP:AIV. WODUP 08:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Looks like he's respawning that Jane Lou stuff, eh? It seems as though he just ignored the warnings regarding his actions. I'll watch on that guy; if he still monkeys around, then maybe giving him the block will do... God Bless and have a nice day... Blake Gripling (talk) 10:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm really trying to be/I've been patient and AGF and whatnot. Anything now though, and it'll be Special:Blockip/Antisocial j7‎. WODUP 18:14, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Double redirect

{{editprotected}}

  Done PeterSymonds (talk) 16:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

User:RRaunak

I wish you had not deleted RRaunak's user page. I suspect that he was a part of a concentrated sockpuppetry/meatpuppetry plan. He was probably hoping to get his account deleted so that some of the evidence would be destroyed. I think I have come across one more of his socks.--Deepak D'Souza (talkcontribs) 11:29, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi WODUP, can you let us who requested the page User:RRaunak to be deleted ? It will be of help to us -- Tinu Cherian - 11:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
It's now been restored by Malinaccier. Cheers, WODUP 04:09, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Hello! I noticed you reverted a spot of vandalism on my User Page today and handled the miscreant accordingly. I just wanted to pass along my appreciation for your fine work. Ecoleetage (talk) 22:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you

Just a little note to say thanks for all your help with my user name. --Avinesh Jose  T  06:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks!!!

Thank you for unblocking me!!! I will E-mail you if it happens aguen. Miagirljmw14 Miagirljmw_talk 19:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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Your archives can't stop me

Hey, thanks for the messages while I was gone! Summer vacation was the biggest blast of blasts ever blasted, and unfortunately Wikipedia was the neglected brother for a while. I'll be back for a bit now that school's in session again though. How's it been? :) Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 21:39, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks and one more question

Thanks for the assistance with category removal. Does |category= work with all templates? Dbiel (Talk) 04:46, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

No, the right code has to be in the template. You can see that code as it was added to the template here. That edit created the category parameter for the template with a default value of Category:Editor handbook. You can even override this by adding that code or change the category by adding |category=[[Category:Foo]] You can learn more about templates by reading through Help:Template and pages linked from there, or if there's anything more I can do to help, please let me know. WODUP 05:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for quick help

to my question 30 Aug about using the same ID across all sites. I followed your directions and they worked first time. Will be AWOL for a few days and then look forward to working with you. Cwilsyn (talk) 15:27, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

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Pretzels - Main Page Redesign

Hi WODUP, You left some really useful comments on my Main Page redesign on 7 September 2008. Since then, my design has been updated and some of them no longer make sense!

To keep my proposal's section from getting clogged with old commentary I've been clearing out remarks on older layouts. I've marked the comments I think you will no longer stand by with strikethrough, but not deleted them - please drop me a note to my talk to say if you're ok for me to remove them or not.

Many thanks WODUP; I hope you'll be back soon to help out with my latest proposal! Your comments are much appreciated. PretzelsTalk! 15:56, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I'm writing a comment now. WODUP 02:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Done. Took me long enough! WODUP 04:20, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Reverting edits User talk:75.15.81.46

My mistake for falsely accusing the editor of vandalism. The link seemed like a joke/hoax, i.e. http://www.gay-art-history.org/gay-history/gay-customs/japan-samurai-male-love/japan-samurai-homosexual-shudo.html
Unfortunately this is one of the few occasions that a good-faith editor has accidentally been bitten. I've subsequently welcomed and apologized to the user. --Flewis(talk) 05:53, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I've reverted good edits as vandalism before, too. Unfortunately, it happens sometimes in the fast-paced world of RCP. I think that you handled this little mistake well, and our anonymous friend doesn't seem too shaken up about it; that's good. Thank you. WODUP 08:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Redesign

Hey WODUP, I've updated my Main Page Redesign proposal substantially, and you had some really great points last time you commented - hopefully you'll see the effects of your suggestions. It would be great if you could comment on the new proposal, I'm really proud of how it's shaping up. Many thanks -- PretzelsTalk! 09:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed expansion of CSD R2

I share your sentiment, expressed at RfD recently, that "I'm surprised these aren't speediable" (re mainspace redirects to images); as a consequence, I've started a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Proposal:_expand_R2_to_Image_namespace to see if there's support for expanding R2 to cover this case. Please feel free to comment there if you believe your opinion would be useful. Gavia immer (talk) 19:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Block of User:Darth Panda

I might be missing something but I'm not seeing anything in recent history other than vandalism reverting. Why was he blocked? Or was it a mistake? - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Never mind this. ;-) Rjd0060 (talk) 15:02, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I screwed up. :| WODUP 15:10, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Block

Haha, it's ok. I was quite surprised, but quite amused as well. At least I know what it feels like to be on the other end of the banstick now! DARTH PANDAtalk 15:02, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding, and again, terribly sorry. WODUP 15:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
These things happen - and respect to Darth Panda for taking it good naturedly. Mind you DP - you're in good company [1] Pedro :  Chat  15:38, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Ahahaha, oh, Jimbo... In all truth, I was so confused when it happened, I thought I had broken Huggle by reverting too much. I checked my page to find an actual block, and immediately burst out in laughter (which surprised everybody around me). Man, I do this a ton with vandalism reverting; I click too fast and I don't realize I've reverted and warned a perfectly good edit. DARTH PANDAtalk 00:36, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

...for reverting the vandalism on my talkpage. I was just talking to someone about how it's hard to repair vandalism on my talkpage and taking action afterward per conflict of interest. Again, much appreciated. ~Beano~ (talk) (contribs) 07:11, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Dealing with vandalism and personal attacks like that shouldn't be a problem, though. Those kinds of edits can always be reverted, and the user warned and reported. WODUP 07:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Name color change

Hi WODUP, i have a question for you. when i created my account at my house, my name at the top-right of the screen was a light-ish blue. then, when i logged in at the public librry's computers, my name got changed to red. what does this mean? and is it bad? please send me a reply soon.

Chocolaterainisdark. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chocolaterainisdark (talkcontribs) 18:13, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk. WODUP 18:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

user you blocked has requested unblock

See: User talk:Rs000123. They have pledged to check their warnings and to avoid spamming in the future. Would you support unblocking them based on these pledges?!? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:00, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Unblocked. Thank you, WODUP 19:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
No, thank YOU... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:46, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 19:55, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

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DavidWSBot should be working now. I'm on vacation so I haven't had a chance to look until now, but that seems to have been an extreme fluke. If you'd like to unblock, I'll turn him on and watch for a few minutes. DavidWS (contribs) 23:39, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

ST47 unblocked it, and it's made two good edits so far, so that's good. :) Thanks for working on it. WODUP 03:21, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. That was some sort of fluke. I looked over the code, found nothing wrong, looked over it some more. I changed how the regex does something with matching if the user has already been notified and I think it should be all good. Do not hesitate to block if it does this again (but it shouldn't). Thanks much, 2DC 03:23, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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@User talk:A Nobody. WODUP 03:38, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

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Hi there. I was wondering if I could possibly use your userpage design for my own. At the moment it is a redirect, but I do believe that this should be replaced with something simple, similar to yours. Thanks, — JamesR ≈talk≈ 12:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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All done, with a bit of modification, which I see you have already adopted. — JamesR ≈talk≈ 02:45, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I like it with an image, but I changed mine to File:Wikimedia Community Logo.svg. – wodup05:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
The other image certainly looks good if you are a massive bot operator, like me. :) — JamesR ≈talk≈ 05:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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Template help

Wodup, you're awesome!! Thanks for the Messier Object template! 11:41, 17 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nine9s (talkcontribs)

Replied at User talk:Nine9s. – wodup05:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

How do i request for a cleanup or non-delete of Gpirate

How do i request for a cleanup or non-delete of Gpirate

Please do not delete Gpirate —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinjajames (talkcontribs) 22:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

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thanks for letting me know of request for notability

Gpirate is clean and simple and is fast and free of junk/spam/porn. it is the best and biggest search engine out there. as we find more references we can add and clean the article... Wikipedia is awesome dude—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisudia (talkcontribs) 15:48, 21 January 2009

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Just curious - is your username ("Wikipedia. One dream. Unlimited possibilities.") an acronym or a backronym? neuro(talk) 22:56, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

It is a backronym. When I had to choose a name, I considered a lame joke where the punchline formed the acronym WOD. That didn't seem right as a username (and was too similar to the existing account User:Wod), so I added UP, so it kind of sounds like "What up?". It wasn't until recently that I thought of the backronym. – wodup08:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

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Could you remove the second –. My reason for this is it causes some archive listing bots to not recognise the date stamp. I look forward to your reply. ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 20:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Acctually thinking about it it could be because the notice You're receiving this because you're listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaWeekly/delivery. If you'd like to stop receiving these messages, please remove yourself from that list. comes after the sig. anyway it would be brilliant if it could maybe be moved around. ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 20:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
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sorry I do not mean the archive bots I mean the indexer bots/bot ( User:HBC_Archive_Indexerbot ). If you order thi page in order of date you will either see the Wikipedia Weekly notices at the top or bottom. ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 21:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Alright, I see that it was fine until I changed the signature. I changed it on your talk page to just WODUPbot; I have a feeling that the indexerbot will pick it up correctly on its next pass. Sorry for the trouble. – wodup04:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks and I'll make sure I check :). ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 10:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It worked! :) WODUP (talk) 12:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Kl Kl And thanks! :) ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 07:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

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