User talk:Wimt/Archive/Oct-2007

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Oops

Sorry, I warned you instead of the vandal. Sorry about that. 222.153.16.42 02:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Thats twice now. I'll be more careful in the future! 222.153.16.42 02:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe no problem. Easy mistake to make :-) Will (aka Wimt) 02:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I remember you.

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NHRHS2010^Talk 00:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe I remember you too. Thanks for the smile! How's it going? Will (aka Wimt) 00:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice

You barely beat me to reverting the vandalism on Tapping. Keep up the good work, man. The Wikipedist 00:40, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Sorry for beating you!! And keep up the great work yourself too :-) Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 00:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Pluto

With regard to my Pluto "edit", you have to admit that it was funny. Come on, admit it... You know that it was funny... I see you smiling... You can't fool me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.24.36 (talk) 00:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes very funny. Do please keep in mind that Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia though. I would encourage you to spread your humour over at uncyclopedia. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 00:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

You spelled "humor" wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.24.36 (talk) 00:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Some of us aren't American :-) Will (aka Wimt) 00:59, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Like whom? :-P —[[Animum | talk]] 16:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

RfA Icons

I was told on WT:RFA that it was not prohibited to use voting icons. Can you show me where consensus has been reached otherwise? Thanks. GlassCobra (Review) 18:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, sure. You might like to look at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/June 2005, Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 13, Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 July 16, Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 May 3#Voting templates yet again, User:Fir0002/Discussion on templates and Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship/Archive_86#Support.2C_Oppose_and_Neutral_Logos for a full background. Also note that Template:Support and Template:Oppose have been deleted and salted. This edit by a bureaucrat is also worth noting. Please do not continue to use them. Will (aka Wimt) 18:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		for reverting two vandalisms on my userpage and blocking the vandal. NHRHS2010^Talk 23:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Always more than happy to :-) Cheers for the barnstar! Best regards. Will (aka Wimt) 23:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Hot damn

71.179.70.82 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Beat me to the reverts, and I was on right on top of em, then beat me to the block. Nicely done! :) KOS | talk 01:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe thanks, and sorry for beating you to it! :-) Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 01:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

No worry there, as long as the damage is repaired. Cheers. KOS | talk 01:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

wimt?

hello you are wimt? im the person who you was on my talk page remember me wimt? wimt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.96.113 (talk) 18:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert

Thanks for the revert on the American Dietetic Association article. I really appreciate it. Chris 00:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

No worries. Happy to help :-) Will (aka Wimt) 01:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Smile #2

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I am remembering that you reverted vandalism on my userpage on April 20, 2007 and October 8, 2007. I've even uploaded a video of me explaining my user page history of October 8, and I am dedicating it to you, Wimt. NHRHS2010^Talk 22:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe thank you very much :-D It's not every day I get a mention in a Youtube video! You're welcome for the reverts of course. See ya! Will (aka Wimt) 00:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

That is an amazing video! XD *Cremepuff 222* 00:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

So did you see the video, Wimt? NHRHS2010^Talk 00:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Of course :-) Will (aka Wimt) 01:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I created that video because I just would like to share the incident on my user page on October 8 and say that you reverted vandalism. NHRHS2010^Talk 01:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Well thank you very much. I feel honoured! Will (aka Wimt) 01:14, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I started thinking about making that video and showing it to you after my best friend took a video of me talking about the time that someone blanked my user page (different from that video that was dedicated to you), and she sent that video to her sister. NHRHS2010^Talk 01:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi^(t|c|b|cn) 01:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey Cobi. Well as you know, I'm absolutely sure you'll make a great admin :-) Keep up the awesome work over the next few months though and you can breeze through next time! Will (aka Wimt) 01:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

YAY!

I am unbanned! —trey^jay–jay 17:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Hooray :-) Will (aka Wimt) 17:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

		The IRC Buddy Barnstar
		For generally being cool, helping me, and not telling on me! :O! Wimt is the coolest! —trey^jay–jay 18:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Awww thanks :-) Will (aka Wimt) 00:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I second that! Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 02:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert

Hersfold ^(t/a/c) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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Thanks for reverting my user page just now. It's always appreciated. :-) Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

You are of course very welcome. Thank you very much for the smile :-) Will (aka Wimt) 02:21, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

RfA help

Hi, I was hoping if you could see if i am ready for a RfA and also tell me what to improve on? (Reply on my page please.) F 9 T 15:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Replied :-) Will (aka Wimt) 16:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I will keep everything going, I do the WP:Awards Wikiproject. F 9 T 19:36, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Talk Page Help

Hello wimt. :P Is there anyway to make the "Hello Welcome to TREYWikis Talk Page" menu/template stay in the show state instead of hide? I've been fooling around for hours trying to. Thanks. —trey^{omg he's back} 22:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Heya :-) Hmmm I'll try and have a root round to see if I can find out but I don't know off the top of my head. Templates aren't really my strong point I'm afraid! See ya. Will (aka Wimt) 22:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Fifa 09

Hi, can you help me with this, i think the page needs to be made, if possible so that you cannot actually make it for a while, been deleted via. AfD several times and then remade again. I will check the contribs of the user remaking the article and see if they need reporting, regards -- F 9 T 18:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmm yes I agree the article is far too early. FIFA 09 was indeed deleted by an AfD, although that was a fair few months back so I'm a bit dubious of speedy deleting it as a recreation of deleted material at this point given things could have changed since then (for example, people mentioned in the last AfD that FIFA 08 was not out then, but it is now). However, I still think it should probably be deleted at this point, given it really hasn't got anything more than speculation, but the best route might be either a PROD or another AfD. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 18:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it's been deleted now anyway :-) Will (aka Wimt) 19:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Your terrible actions

Hello Wimt/Archive. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue that you may be involved with. You are free to comment at the discussion, but please remember to keep your comments within the bounds of the civility and "no personal attack" policies. Thank you.

--Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 15:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Wonderful. Will (aka Wimt) 16:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Cant create account

Account creation from this IP address (62.254.173.98) has been temporarily restricted. This is probably due to persistent vandalism from the IP address you are editing from, which may be shared by many people if you are connected to the Internet via a proxy server (used by most schools and corporations and some Internet Service Providers) or dial-up access. To enquire about the block or request that an account be created for you, please attempt to edit a page and follow the instructions under the Emailing us section on the page to which you will then be directed.

More information about the block: account creation from this IP address was blocked by Wimt, who gave the reason If you wish to contribute to this encyclopedia, please create an account at home and log in with it here.

Due to persistent vandalism (see edit log), editing by anonymous users from your school, library or institution's IP address is currently disabled. If you are logged in but still unable to edit, please follow these instructions. To prevent abuse, account creation via this IP address is probably also disabled.

If accounts need to be created at school for class projects, please have your teacher or network administrator contact us (with reference to this IP address) at unblock-en-l from an email address listed on your school's website. Alternatively, if you have no Internet access at home, you may email us using your school-issued email address, telling us your preferred username. An account will be created for you. Please check on this list that the username you choose has not already been taken.

Thank you.

OK yes this is a school where I am editing from now (friends account not wanting to become a sockpuppet) Is it possible to stop people making edits who don't have an account but still allow people to create an account from this IP? Mrdun 11:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Well currently the block on your school IP means people who don't have an account are unable to edit and indeed cannot create a new account. This is because there has been rather a lot of vandalism coming from your school. However, users with an account are not affected and can edit as usual. Whilst it would be theoretically possible to allow account creation on that IP, I am reluctant to do so because of the ease at which it would allow those who have been vandalising to register an account and carry on doing so. The best option would be to tell your friend to create an account at home, which they can then use at school. If for any reason that isn't possible though, if you or your friend emails either me or the unblock mailing list stating your friend's email address and the account name that they want, we can register it for them and send them the password. Hope that helps. Best regards. Will (aka Wimt) 13:27, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, that was helpful. Mrdun 09:22, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Congrats

		The Barnstar of High Culture
		For now being the official owner of not one but three Powderfinger albums. Amazing as it may sound, that's as many as I own - we are equals. Now you have to get all their articles featured with me :p Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 00:38, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe thanks. :-D I take it that's an order then? :-p Will (aka Wimt) 00:53, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Awesome → Wimt

Source

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Collections;
using System.Xml;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
using DotNetWikiBot;

class MyBot : Bot
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Site enWP = new Site("http://en.wikipedia.org", "YOURUSERNAME", "YOURPASSWORD");
        // Make empty PageList object, representing collection of pages
        PageList pl = new PageList(enWP);
        // Fill it with pages from Special:AllPages
        pl.FillFromAllPages("!", 0, false, 1000);
        // Load texts and metadata of all found pages from live wiki
        pl.LoadEx();
        // Now suppose, that we must correct some typical mistake in all our pages
        foreach (Page i in pl)
        {
            // In each page we will replace one phrase with another
            i.text.Replace("awesome", "Wimt");
        }
        // Finally we'll save all changed pages to wiki with 1 seconds interval			
        pl.SaveSmoothly(1, "General [[WP:MOS|MOS]] fixes", true);
    }
}

That should do it! Carbon Monoxide 03:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehehe thanks :-p Will (aka Wimt) 03:31, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

text

How do you put borders around text and chnage font colour? Rick-Levitt^Contribs 18:06, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey - I'm no expert but I think one of the best ways is to use <span> and <div> tags. Try having a look at this page which looks kind of useful. You can also use a limited number of HTML tags (e.g. for colours), although this is depreciated. Help:HTML in wikitext has some helpful information about both of these methods. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 23:06, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Rick-Levitt^Contribs 09:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 20:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Always happy to help out. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 22:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

monobook.css

Any luck disabling this? It is very distracting, especially the flickering, scrolling text. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:04, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey yeah it makes RC patrolling a nightmare. If you make this edit to your monobook.css the notice should disappear :-) Will (aka Wimt) 23:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

As Gracenotes noted here though, the actual code is on meta so we can't actually change it sitewide, only disable it on an individual user basis. Will (aka Wimt) 23:13, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure we could have figured out a less obtrusive way to do this. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, absolutely. The scrolling donation text strikes me as particularly ill advised. At the moment it looks like we have little recourse to change it though unfortunately. Will (aka Wimt) 23:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. You already have the star I was going to award you. Good work. --Jameboy 21:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. You're very welcome for the revert! Glad I could help. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 23:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage.Pharaoh of the Wizards 22:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You're very welcome :-) Will (aka Wimt) 13:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Email sent

I sent one email to you. NHRHS2010 talk 00:53, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Received and replied. Will (aka Wimt) 01:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Received and replied again. NHRHS2010 talk 01:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

And replied once again. :-) And now I head to sleep! Will (aka Wimt) 01:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Wimt. One more for this list. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 00:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

No worries. I'll keep a look out for more socks now I know the MO. :-) Will (aka Wimt) 00:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Ohh yeah and the story is much more deeper. We deal w/ one of the worst racist users who have ever stepped here. Very awful contributions. I mean disruptions. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 01:08, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Smile

NHRHS2010 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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I just made my 10,000th edit today, according to My Preferences. This number includes deleted edits. Without the deleted edits, I would have about 9750 edits. NHRHS2010 talk 23:53, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Yay congratulations :-) Thanks for the smile and keep up the great work! Will (aka Wimt) 23:58, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, my 10000th edit is updating infobox and removing non-notable people on the article Melanie. I planned my 10K edit to be on the article Melanie on purpose because my best friend's name is Melanie. NHRHS2010 talk 00:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, good work on coinciding it then! Will (aka Wimt) 00:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Just to tell you that I got my first impersonator today, and the user who created the account impersonating me, is a long term vandal and sockpuppet (and he goes to the same school as me). NHRHS2010 talk 00:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I always think you must be doing something right if people go to the effort of impersonating you :-) Will (aka Wimt) 01:18, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree; you should see how many have been made of my username. :) Acalamari 21:44, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Your block of PresidentBruneau

I thought you may want to know that I unblocked and reblocked that account to change the block reasoning. It turned out that account was a sockpuppet of Politics rule, and now the block reasoning is "abuse of multiple accounts". Acalamari 21:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah yeah, I saw Politics rule had been blocked. The autoblocker caught someone for once :-) Thanks for changing the reasoning. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 21:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 23:41, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

My (KWSN's) RFA

Thank you for supporting my recent (and successful!) RfA. It passed at at 55/17/6. Kwsn (Ni!) 01:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)