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Username blocks

For usernames that aren't (that) big a deal (i.e. company or promotional names etc.) it's best to uncheck all the boxes in the blocking form, this is called a softblock. However, in circumstances like with disruptive users (who also qualify for a username hardblock), it's obvious there not here for encyclopedic purposes - so in that case leave it as normal (like at AIV) and tick the top two - leaving the email one unchecked, this is called a hardblock. Go on Special:Listusers - type in Rudget - and then see the impersonations, they also qualify for hardblocks :) Rudget . 08:42, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keeper76

Dude, not cool or necessary. Keeper76 and me are pals and he'll understand the April's fool. Dorftrottel (talk) 12:20, April 1, 2008

Would you mind undoing your revert, because I basically never re-revert to a version of my own unless it's clear-cut vandalism cleanup. Dorftrottel (talk) 12:21, April 1, 2008

Woohoo! Thanks. Dorftrottel (vandalise) 12:26, April 1, 2008

I strongly recommend that you don't block Dorf. Immediately. Vandalism is not not tolerated around here. The bastard. So, you got your mop yesterday, and you don't block? :-) Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 14:23, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hate April 1st. Back when I was a junior high school teacher, I would check the calendar and pray that 4/1 was over a weekend. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 14:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

I've unprotected your talk page. We simply don't protect user talk pages unless there's a very good reason to and not being online isn't one of those. You need to leave your talk page open so people can contact you even when you're not around. Please don't protect it like that again. Regards, Ryan Postlethwaite 22:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh. Learning curve. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 12:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP indef blocks

Hi Cobaltbluetony. IP addresses should virtually never be blocked indefinitely (eg). Please see Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses. I'm going to adjust some of the indef-blocks you've made today. I would suggest you keep the IP blocks short until you've had some more experience with them. Feel free to ask me anything on my talk page. Thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 23:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Yea, I noticed a few of those too. Just letting you know I am unblocking and tweaking the time on a couple other of your indef blocked IP's. Tiptoety ^talk 01:13, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See above ugh. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 12:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note to self: read more thoroughly. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk

Article Deletion

Hi,
I recieved your deletion message and since you invited me to ask a few questions here they are. The article you deleted was about Spot On Networks, and it was deleted because you felt that it was advertising. Not So. Spot On is not available to the general public, was founded by some of the first wireless communications pioneers, and represents the largest company of its kind in the wi fi field. It is a service that must be offered to the user, you can not sign up for it on your own, therefore I was clearly not advertising. I was however hoping to create several articles, on things such as the founders of SON who helped to create the wireless industry in the US, as well as the article about wi-fi internet telephones which SON helped develop. Most of the founders of SON have been featured in the book Wireless Nation, and I wished to add/create that article as well. I noticed that there are articles about apple computer, t mobile, microsoft, etc. why is it that those articles which are about companies that clearly sell to the general public are allowed while my article about a service available by invite only and founded by tecnology pioneers just like bill gates and steve jobs is immediately deleted as advertising? SON may be a small company but their role in past, present, and future wi-fi technology advancements is important. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazaruslong4272 (talk • contribs) 13:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

tiered approach

I left a response on my own talk page - I never know which is the correct place to respond. I think from now on I will respond on my own talk page, and add a notice to the users page that I am responding which I am doing now! BananaFiend (talk) 14:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ryoko Hatake

Oh, dear. I thought I had blocked him indefinitely. Will do so now ... morning coffee hasn't kicked in yet (well, it was instant, after all :-)). Thanks for calling that to my attention! Daniel Case (talk) 14:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on your promotion to admin!

Our paths have crossed in various places on WP and you always exhibit sound judgement and common sense - a much deserved promotion. Good luck! – ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are rude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why did you delete my article!? You couldn't go and delete something like Mike the headless chicken, so you go and delete my article! I can't stand you! Was there something just so bad about my article! Was it not neutral enough!? Or was it just horrible!? Your name stinks as well. I hope your next fifty articles get deleted! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee hldn (talk • contribs) 20:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh. I see you've been welcomed to the ranks of new admins already... Friday (talk) 20:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Cunningham Article

Sorry, I was in the middle of editing the article. Cunningham is running again in 2008, and has held a series of top party positions in the Liberals. He is a big name in Canadian politics, whihc would be clear once i complete the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MinistryofTruth85 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough,but like I said, he is noteable for other reasons. I will do a complete writeup and repost later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MinistryofTruth85 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

adminship

Congratulations!
Here are some words of wisdom I received from the puppy upon my promotion:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version.
Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5)
Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll.
Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block.
Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology.
and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able.

Welcome! KrakatoaKatie 21:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

Danger fights back

Genuine words of wisdom above, especially 5. Thanks for picking up the query, I just added nothing to add to the above really, which says is better than I would. Jimfbleak (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info

Thanks for your quick response to my comment/question. I didnt realize about making the article that way and not putting it into the gen pop till it was completed ie properly cited. Sorry about that. I will take your advice and complete the article in that fashion and properly cite it. Thank you for your advice/time and I look forward to becoming a contributing member here on wikipedia. Thanks again and sorry about the original article, it was an honest mistake. - Lazarus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazaruslong4272 (talk • contribs) 15:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Polish composers update

Hello,

Thank you for your answer. I'm reading wikipedia for many years, but decided to start helping just now. I'm sorry for that little overlook with tagging minor changes as major (I will remember about edit etiquette). I'm offering knowledge-support about polish composers, since I'm interested in such subject matter for many years. I'll be filling all references and sources continuously, just give me some time for good citations and the rest.

Kind regards, Tomasz. TomaszMilczewski (talk) 16:11, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the lulz

... but when the sock started calling Daniel Case all those homophobic names, in a post to the FisherQueen[!], I just had to respond. Since FQ and I have a language in common, I was unable to resist the temptation to talk above the little bigot's head. It was wicked of me, I know; I appreciate the gentle chiding. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Tracy Price-Thompson

Tony, thanks for restoring that article, but did you read my comment in the deletion review page? The books already listed in the article fulfill WP:BIO for notability, you guys just aren't following the ISBN links to see that her books are in hundreds of libraries. The article doesn't need anything more, it's notable as-is. If someone will actually respond to the things I'm saying, and they really disagree that WP:BIO is fulfilled, I'll do more research, but I've put a good bit in already.--❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 19:17, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to start a discussion of the "represented in library collections" language here. Thought you might like to have some input. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ISAR page

Hi Tony,

I just wanted to follow up on the status of the ISAR page. I had previously posted that under the user name unctad75802. As per your suggestions: I have created a new page in the temp folder which does not run foul of the copyright rules, and I have also created a new user name. Hoof Hearted indicated earlier that the copyright warning page would be removed soon and replaced with the page I created in the temp folder. So far, the warning page is still there. I just wanted to check with you to get an update on the status of this. Thanks for your help. --Mole31 (talk) 09:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dimitrie Pompieu redirect

Thanks for redirecting that. I was close to nominating it for AfD before you found it. Don't I feel stupid for not investigating it a little further.

Peace! SWik78 (talk) 14:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One second!

Wait, I think it's Gaming news The game Only diffrence is the S on the end, seems to me he didn't meant The gaming news site after all. --Kanonkas, Take Contact (talk) 16:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Your message. Well this is the Norwegian version of this --Kanonkas, Take Contact (talk) 16:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HighwallMining

I saw that you added some problem tags to the above. On reading it and the external links within the body of the article, I think it's thinly veiled spam, advertising Terexx SHM so I am Afd'ing it. – ukexpat (talk) 17:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As you will see below, I have now Afd'd it. May need your help though -- you were doing the move just as I was doing the Afd - I think I have edited the Afd itself and the Afd log so they all point to the moved article, but would you please double check? Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Highwall mining

I have nominated Highwall mining, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Highwall mining. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. ukexpat (talk) 17:43, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of iSenso Limited

Right, here we go again.

The page is removed before any content is added to it. There's a brief summary of what the page is about and I have specifically put on there, "THIS IS BEING EDITED" so you people don't delete it before it's written. I now find that another time, it has been removed.

Reinstate the iSenso Limited page as it is blatantly NOT advertising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leighbe (talk • contribs) 20:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well can you remove the block from the page, for some reason only nazi administrators can edit it and control information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leighbe (talk • contribs) 20:58, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

UKWDA

Please visit UKWDA web site and then tell me I am advertising the web site. It is an independent body of web designers in the United Kingdom. Perhaps in the US you haven't heard of them and feel that it's not relevant to yourself, however, it is for people in the United Kingdom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leighbe (talk • contribs) 21:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Nelson (Methodist Preacher)

You have just deleted John Nelson Methodist Preacher. I copied this from my own website as I want the information on Wikipedia rather than my own website which I will then delete. I am not breaching copyright as it is my own work anyway. Could you restore it? It will all be fully referenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Holmfirth lass (talk • contribs) 21:34, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

iSenso Ltd

I would suggest you stop marking every edit for deletion. There is genuine reference to iSenso Ltd as written in the article.

I would also suggest you read articles before trying to control the information that other people can see. Wikipedia is just as much everybody elses as it is yours. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leighbe (talk • contribs) 22:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As people have said to you before - controlling everybody else's posts only discourages people from editing Wikipedia, which goes completely against what it stands for. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leighbe (talk • contribs) 22:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CX Racers

Hi Cobaltbluetony,

you appear to have some issues with our wikipedia article about the game CX Racers. I was wondering what exactly you think is wrong with it and, therefore, methods to improve it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ToadyX (talk • contribs) 22:33, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nightly blanking

Out of curiosity, why are you blanking your talk page when you're off-wiki? How do you expect people to respond to existing threads? Doctorfluffy (talk) 00:49, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't noting that your talk page was blank - I was noting that you intentionally blank it every evening only to restore and refactor it the next morning. Further, I don't see what's odd about my comment. My talk page is nearly empty at the moment because, like you, I archive old conversations to reduce clutter and facilitate easy communication with other users. Blanking and restoring on a daily basis is quite different and appears to me to have the opposite effect. I see no advantages to it and several disadvantages - obscuring open conversations and confusing those who may wish add a comment to them, forcing users to delve into the page history even for recent dialogs, and creating an unnecessarily tedious morning routine for yourself.

Anyway, why reinvent the wheel? Why don't you just use Template:User status or something similar if you feel it's important for others to know when you're offline? Doctorfluffy (talk) 07:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PriorSmart

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article PriorSmart, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of PriorSmart. Edcolins (talk) 09:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[Eric Red] article

The deletion vandal is at it again. Sullenspice (talk) 17:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

boris black photographer

I understand I just wanted people to find me and my company thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bostonboris (talk • contribs) 18:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

suggestions for ppb

Could you offer some suggestions to help with the posting of Pied Pipers of Babylon

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Starwalk3r (talk • contribs) 20:07, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jonah Nystoruk

Hey there buddddyyyyy I took note of the fact you deleted a page I was creating I would like to thank you for the waste of my time, it was quite the convenience. Long story short i request that you would please wait at least 4 seconds (Unlike the 3 it took you to delete the page) for someone to actually do a page properly. Saddler1234 (talk) 20:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indy & Wich

It's back -- again -- after two speedies probably time for consensus at Afd, unless you think it is clearly speediable again. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 21:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Dirty sanchez1

Sometimes I'm really glad I don't know what things mean. This was one of them. Toddst1 (talk) 21:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 It's back -- again -- after two speedies probably time for consensus at Afd, unless you think it is clearly speediable again. Thanks.&nbsp;–&nbsp;[[User:Ukexpat|ukexpat]] ([[User talk:Ukexpat|talk]]) 21:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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+Sometimes I'm really glad I don't know what things mean.  This was one of them.  [[User:Toddst1|Toddst1]] <small>([[User talk: Toddst1|talk]])</small> 21:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)