User talk:ABCD

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Please, need your advice

Dear ABCD, I am a new Wikipedian and have a dispute. Is there a way for somebody independent to look at it and help me resolve it? Thanks. Your imput is highly appriciated --Rm125 (talk) 04:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Warning:Javascript security issue

Hi! I need to inform you that I've protected Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Sigdash because it allows users to add code to the javascript of other users. If you are an admin, you are still able to edit it, but if you are not an admin, please copy and paste it into your userspace to continue modifying it. We can set up a message at the old javascript page telling users to change their links. If you need help, please contact me or User:Eagle_101. Thanks, --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹnoɟʇs 01:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

• FROM YOUR FRIEND:

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh my BAD. Here ya go:

Happy First Edit Day, ABCD, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 21:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

DC meetup #3

Interested in meeting-up with a bunch of your wiki-friends? Please take a quick look at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 3 and give your input about the next meetup. Thank you.
This automated notice was delivered to you because you are on the Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite. BrownBot 01:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

A right to vanish request

Hi, I once used my real name as my username. I happen to have a family name which is quite rare in my local language, which subsequently make my full name unique. Due to this silly error, I was once harassed by a fellow wikipedian who digged my personal information from internet. He was subsequently warned. I stopped editing wikipedia actively since then. I would like to request right to vanish so that, at least, my name don't pop up in google search. Am I in the right place to make this request? Vapour (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:32, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Classification of admins

Hi ABCD. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/c 22:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

(Untitled by Gp75motorsports)

Hi. I'm setting up a shop and was wondering if you'd like to become our assistant userscripts developer. If you do, then all you've got to do is go here and add your name. If not, then just tell me so. Thanks! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 20:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

WikBack

Someone, perhaps you, just registered an account at the WikBack. If it was you, welcome! If not, please let me know. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 04:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It was me. – ABCD✉ 22:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

electojects.com/motors

We need some admin help here, Should I add the above link to relevant articles (like electric motor). Some users consider it a spam, while it is relevant. please check it.62.139.238.152 (talk) 09:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not going to get involved, except to say to discuss it on the talk page(s). – ABCD✉ 00:44, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

TOR block of 72.21.33.202

Hey, I noticed that you've blocked 72.21.33.202, as a TOR node, which, it is no longer. I was wondering, if you'd consider either allowing me to unblock it, or, unblocking it yourself please. SQL^{Query me!} 20:49, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblocked. – ABCD✉ 04:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DC Meetup on May 17th

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot activity

I was going over the list of bots and noticed that ABot (talk · contribs) has not edited in a very long time. Is this bot still active and if not, would you object to it being de-flagged? Please post your comments to Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Dead_bots since this is a rather widely-posted message. MBisanz ^talk 06:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot policy

There is currently a question over the phrasing in Bot policy about it Bots can empty categories. Way back in 2005 this edit add the clause in question [1], but it doesn't specify what the certain types of person categories are. Do you remember the context of that change? MBisanz ^talk 00:35, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

The "certain types of person categories" would be those typed as "Non-'Business Card'", per this edit from mid-2005. I might be able to clarify more if you were to tell me where this conversation was taking place, so that I would know exactly what is at issue. While it has been a while, I still do remember a bit about policies concerning bots around that time (considering that that was when I started using mine...). – ABCD✉ 05:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Generally the area about half way throug this section Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Betacommand#Bot_needs_to_be_fixed, you can pick my comments out by my sig. MBisanz ^talk 05:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I do not remember any reason why automated removal of categories was ever an issue, especially if the reason was that the category does not actually exist. I also cannot find any discussion of the "minor rephrase", which makes it look like it was a unilateral policy change that was not contested, because, at that time, there were many edits being made to the page which were not actually policy changes, as the list of running bots was, at that time, maintained on that page. At this point, it looks like the only reason that wording is still used is due to inertia. – ABCD✉ 05:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, the lack of institutional memory is a problem with Wikipedia and I'm glad at least you were around from that era and policy page. MBisanz ^talk 05:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy Administrators Anniversary.

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing ABCD a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Chubbennaitor 07:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing ABCD a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Idontknow610TM 19:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing ABCD a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- SMS Talk 19:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

SUL

I have moved the old v:fr:User:ABCD. Now you can have an account on French Wikiversity. :) RM77 (talk) 13:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

zh:User:ABCD

Hello ABCD, the user:ABCD in zh-wiki is moved so that now you can merge your usernames. --Philopp (talk) 06:56, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Just a happy Birthday message to you, ABCD, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

wwesocks^sign 09:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Here's to you on your birthday, ABCD! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--SMS ^Talk 19:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Rename

Sorry, I don't own the username ABCD in zh wikipedia. --User:Yacht (talk) 13:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject:Software

Hello ABCD. You have been invited to join WikiProject Software, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Software-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of project members. You may also wish to add {{User WikiProject Software}} to your userpage and {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}} to the top of your talk page with the heading ==WikiProject Software Announcement==. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass this message onto others by pasting this code into their talk page {{Software invite|~~~~}} with the following heading == WikiProject Software ==. Thanks, Tyw7, Leading Innovations ‍ ‍‍ (Talk ● Contributions) 11:38, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Recall clerking

I've noticed you around as a cool head whose editing doesn't intersect with my own that much. I'd like to list you as a clerk option at User:MBisanz/Recall for people to select from when invoking my recall criteria. Is that ok with you? MBisanz ^talk 04:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

That is fine with me. – ABCD✉ 21:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

You're invited...

...to the 5th Washington DC Meetup! Please visit the linked page to RSVP or for more information. All are welcome!
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Recall

So I've been recalled at User:MBisanz/Recall#Clerks. I don't quite see how I abused block powers, since the filer has never been blocked, but yea, it is clerk time now. MBisanz ^talk 21:16, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

DC Meetup Events: You're invited!

Wikipedia Loves Art! (February 27) The Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a Wikipedia Loves Art! meetup on Friday, February 27 from 5-7 pm in the Kogod Courtyard. This is a photography event involving Wikipedians, along with Flickr users and others, to generate content for Wikipedia. Come share your experiences, meet the other teams, and take some photos! While RSVPing isn't necessary drop Jeff Gates an email if you're planning on attending so he can get a head count: gatesj (at) si.edu. There also is a signup list here, along with detailed information. The museum is conveniently located across from the Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station. DC 6th Meetup (March 7) The DC 6th meetup will take place on March 7th at Pizzeria Uno's at Union Station, one level up from the main floor. The meetup will start at 5pm, and people usually stick around there for several hours. You can RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 6.

This has been an automated because you your name was on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 16:16, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

AbuseFilter 61

Did you try to alter the filter? If you did, you probably were just unlucky. I was not aware you tried to change anything. If you do change something please let me know what it is so I can see its effect on the log. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

• Are you sure (!("http://en.wikipedia.org" in removed_lines) | "http://en.wikipedia.org" in added_lines) works like it is supposed to. The string should be in the removed lines, not be in the added lines and if that occurs the filter should be stopped. RIght now it stops if the string occurs in either the removed or added lines which is not the intended effect. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
• By DeMorgan's laws, that rewrite changed only how it looks, not how it behaves - if the intended effect was other than "if URL added, flag; else if URL not removed, flag; else don't flag", then the original was just as broken --ABCD
• It did change how it behaves because (!added_lines & removed_lines) is not the same as (added_lines & !removed_lines). The intended use was to ignore the change if the removed ref contained a external link to Wikipedia - Mgm|^(talk) 18:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

OTRS verification question

First time I've needed to do this - and haven't a clue on where to do this! The question is on File:Nilkanth Varni.JPG ; the uploader is claiming it's under a "blanket" OTRS, ticket number otrs:2008101410045759. Can you clue me in on how to verify this, and thus restore the image? Thanks much! Skier Dude (talk) 03:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I just checked the ticket, and while it does claim blanket permission, that permission does not include this image, simply because, so far as I can see, that image did not come from the site giving permission. For future reference, that site is http://swaminarayan.org.in/. – ABCD✉ 07:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi ABCD,

Skier Dude referred me here - why wldnt it be included - http://swaminarayan.org.in/Nilkanth%20Varni.jpg ?? Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 14:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the confirmation, ABCD. I wld like to raise another point here. Iv uploaded loads of pictures (mayb close to or more than a 100) - not only from this website but also others, under the same permission (I think I have blanket permission from 3 websites whch hv been fwd to permissions) - now MOST of these do not hv OTRS tickets - how do v stop further problems like this?

still waiting to hear from u on the issue - if u cl pl. help .. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 19:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

User categories, irssi, mIRC

I just spent a day cleaning this mess up, including having an admin help with some of it. I'd appreciate it if you would check edit histories before making automated edits/changes from something in an old backlog that had already been dealt with. Thanks. Tothwolf (talk) 06:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

For that fact, someone could have pinged my talk page and asked "Hey, I noticed a lot of work has been done here...What's the current status?" That wasn't done, unfortunately. Tothwolf (talk) 07:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

I apologize, I didn't check the histories first. I would, however, strongly suggest that you bring this up on WP:DRV, as there appears to be a valid XfD for the cat, and the cat was supposed to have been deleted as a result of that. If you dispute this, then (unless I'm mistaken), WP:DRV should be the proper venue for the dispute. I have reverted my own actions in this matter pending further discussion. – ABCD✉ 07:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, I got caught off-guard too, the speedy delete warning wasn't expected at all. MBisanz‎ just undeleted the XChat category yesterday. No worries, we'll get it all sorted out (now I need to go for a walk...) Tothwolf (talk) 07:10, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Before I forget...I try not to edit heavily transcluded templates like the mIRC userbox multiple times in a short amount of time because all the pages that transclude it have to be rebuilt which can sometimes add to the server load. Oh well, too late now :) Tothwolf (talk) 07:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The good news is, that change is just a drop in the bucket nowadays, and now there's a job queue that allows those changes to happen asynchronously. (And if two updates happen in rapid succession, the cache is only invalidated once if the queue hasn't gotten that far.) In other words, don't worry too much about it. I remember the "good ol' days", when a change like that would mean waiting a while for the page to submit, while the server updated everything - now that doesn't happen nearly as often. – ABCD✉ 07:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah! That is good news. I knew there was a job queue but didn't realize it didn't stack changes. I hadn't been active on Wikipedia much for 2-3 years until lately so this is a new (and very much welcome) improvement. Btw, there was also some discussion on Killiondude's and Black Falcon's talk pages and it got a little scattered. (Now, I'm really going for my walk this time LOL.) Tothwolf (talk) 07:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The bad news is this category mess is much more widespread. Just about everything in Category:Wikipedians by software has been gutted. Even the {{User browser:Lynx}} template wasn't spared [2] I believe it may be time to rewrite the ambiguous sentence that is causing this to happen. Tothwolf (talk) 11:03, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

A small request

Can you please delete all my "user subpages" that are actually redirects? Thanks. Tezkag72 (talk) 21:15, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Tezkag72 (talk) 01:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

D.C. Meetup, Saturday, June 6, 2009

The 7th DC Meetup dinner will be held this Saturday, June 6th, starting at 5 p.m. The event will be at Bertucci's, near George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom metro station. It will follow the Apps for Democracy open source event at GWU. For details or to RSVP if you haven't already, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 7. (You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.)
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AfD August 28 2009

Hi, it seems you closed almost all of the AfD entries here by closing one. I've tried to fix it, but was unable. Could you give it a go? Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 23:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't know what happened, as this is my first edit in a while (excepting to my user page). You can check my contributions to see that I didn't make any other edits recently. – ABCD✉ 01:41, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

D.C. Meetup, Saturday, September 26

The 8th DC Meetup dinner will be held this Saturday, September 26, starting at 6 p.m. The event will be at Burma Restaurant (740 6th St, NW near the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station). For details or to RSVP if you haven't already, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 8. (You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.) --EdwardsBot (talk) 06:47, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

9-BBN

Hi there. If you have particular views/plans on renaming pages on chemicals, you might check in wiht the editing community to discuss your ideas. Lots of chem names have been arrived at via some deliberation. We are aware the hyphens, brackets, apostrophes and other typographic things cause some problems to some computers and some people. My sense - and that is all it is, a sense - is that the chem editing community has little interest in nomenclature-purity. So, please check check in at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry and discuss your ideas. Cheers, --Smokefoot (talk) 03:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

I didn't realize that this was a controversial area, and did not mean for any edits to imply support for any particular option (I simply saw the "wrongtitle" bit at the top, and moved the page to something closer). – ABCD✉ 20:57, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Well you didnt do anything wrong and probably did good, so thanks. I was just alerting you in the event that you had large scale editing plans. The topic is slightly sensitive one (with me at least) because Wiki-chem periodically experiences new editors determined to "clean up" the naming according to their perception of nomenclature rules. Thanks for the note. Best wishes,--Smokefoot (talk) 21:53, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

OTRS permission

Hello. I asked another OTRS person this question, but I think he/she ignored me. If you have a moment, could you please check this file's OTRS template to make sure the ticket number actually goes to that file? Thank you.--Rockfang (talk) 01:34, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

If there is permission in the system for the use of that image, it is not under that ticket number. – ABCD✉ 01:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.--Rockfang (talk) 03:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

FYI, he might be headed this way.--Rockfang (talk) 22:11, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello, to follow up with Rockfang's question, I am the user who uploaded the file with the cc-by-sa-3.0 tag. I represent the copyright holders of this image and therefore believe I should be able to apply this tag and upload the photo to Wikipedia. I did send an email to permissions-en-at-wikimedia.org notifying them that I represent the copyright holders, received a ticket # (2009102310039971) and applied the OTRS tag with ticket number to the image. I do not understand why the file is still getting marked for deletion. Can you please help? Any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you.Brandopedia (talk) 14:35, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, ABCD, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--Lcawte (talk) 10:58, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

OTRS request

I was wondering if you could please confirm the OTRS ticket for File:Hannah Montana cast 2.JPG. The uploader previously uploaded this image as File:Hannah Montana cast 2.png claiming it was his work, which it obviously isn't. He now claims it came from hannahmontananow.com but the image is copyrighted to Disney so the origin of the permission used for the OTRS ticket (if there actually is one) is questionable. Thank you. --AussieLegend (talk) 06:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 11

Hey, just in case you missed it, there is an oppurtunity to get a free dinner this Tuesday August 11 and a chance to meet and hang out talk about Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy and WP:GLAM/SI. Sorry that this is so late in the game, I was hoping the e-mail would be a better form of contact for active members (if you want to get on the e-mail list send me an User e-mail ). Hope that you can attend, User:Sadads (talk)11:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Survey on gender

Hi! I'm Liria Veronesi (User:Akoha77) and, together with Paolo Massa (User:Phauly), I'm starting an empirical research on "Gender and votes in requests for adminship". For this reason, we need to know the gender of Wikipedians who were candidated to become admins.

We tried looking for the templates User:UBX/male and User:UBX/female but only 4 admins use it. We also used the API for getting the gender field in the profile but, out of 1744 admins, only around 400 have filled this field. But we would benefit from a larger coverage, i.e. possibly knowing the gender of 100% of candidates.

So, after asking for advice to 3 admins and receiving 2 positive replies (1 and 2), we decided to try to ask directly to Wikipedians.

Thus, would you be so kind to write your gender [Male / Female / Other], together with a text comment if you want, on my talk page at User_talk:Akoha77? If you prefer to send me this information privately, you can send me an email, the information will be kept confidential and never shared.

Thanks! Akoha77 (talk) 12:48, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

DC Meetup #12

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