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What's the time?

Tide, rather than undoing badly spelled vandalism, you should be asleep dreaming of the line, which was at 4.5 points. Or do you also have a baby refusing to go to sleep? Drmies (talk) 06:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm trying to make up for neglecting my duties here most of the past week. While you are correct in your line quote, I have heard that some, er, agents are able to take wagers at plus-nine-point-five. We shall see :) Tiderolls 06:59, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Nr. 2! Drmies (talk) 19:48, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Your concerns about copyvios

Hi, Tide rolls. Having Moonriddengirl on my watchlist, I wanted to respond to your question there about Carrier Pigeon. You are correct and definitely not "ringing the alarm bell for nothing." We really appreciate you noticing this kind of problem and raising the issue. The text you've pointed out is certainly a copyright violation - the verbatim text found here shows a 2007 copyright -- and so the addition should be removed. When you suspect there is a possible copyright violation on an article as you did here, you can template the page and report the article for review per the instructions at WP:Copyright Problems. Thanks again for your help!. — CactusWriter | ^needles 09:46, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello, CactusWriter. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I really should've notice the copyright on that .pdf. That's a pitfall of editing at 1AM :o\ After I had posted my message I had also considered reverting the suspected copyvio text and messaging the user (with a welcome template included) explaining my action. I'm thinking that if my suspicions were unfounded, that course would at least elicit feedback on their reasoning and show my action to be motivated by good faith. I'll definitely make use of the process you outlined. When using huggle I come across many edits that require attention but cannot (or should not) be addressed with that tool. Now that you've shown some patience with a well-meaning but process challenged editor, I'll add you to my "go to" list :) Regards Tiderolls 14:34, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I know how those late night, blurry-eyed sessions go -- but obviously your instinct had it correctly pegged from the start. When it comes to copyright, we are all a little "process-challenged" -- there's just a whole lot to learn -- I'm still trying to figure it out myself. It's one of the reasons to use the copyvio templates rather than jump straight to the G12 speedy. Sometimes we need a another pair of eyes or open a discussion with the contributor to give us some perspectve. I'll be happy to help if you have questions again. And, of course, Moonriddengirl is always the best one to ask. Cheers. — CactusWriter | ^needles 10:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

User:Pathoschild

these IPs have been doing that sh*t for days now. There's a report at ANI. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 02:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I've seen this tactic before. Nothing to do but revert and ignore. Life goes on. See ya 'round Tiderolls 02:08, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Insistant POV

Howdy there? wazzup? Will you be my wikifriend? I sure do hope so!! Golly Gee! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.61.44.185 (talk) 04:56, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

That's...weird...Abce2|This isnot a test 00:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Goat?

I didn't make any edits to that page. I think you are confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.61.44.185 (talk) 05:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Huggle edits

Indeed, I looked at the diff you linked me and I am too wondering why it didn't tell me it was also reverting you. Thanks for letting me know -- sorry for any inconvenience. [Belinrahs | 'sup? | what'd I do?] 11:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

No inconvenience at all. I've seen very strange things happen with Huggle, so I was sure it was a glitch. Thanks for your reply. Tiderolls 11:56, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Departing

This will be the very last time you will ever EVER hear from me. I have to think about my real life and I therefore will never return to Wikipedia. Not next month. Not next year. Nothing will ever bring me back. As always, I will be logging out at the end of this session. Only when I do, this time, it will be the last time and from that point, there will be no going back for me. We have shared a few good moments on here over the past year and so I just wanted to say goodbye and wish you the very best for your fututre pursuits on this encyclopedia.--Sky Attacker Here comes the bird! 04:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Hey man, Alec Baldwin at least deserves to be president of the US senate! Am I right or am i right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.190.209 (talk) 21:22, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Stop beating me to reverting vandalism! Specs112 (talk) 00:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry...I'll start at the bottom of the queue. Probably a stray or two I can spot there. Keep up the good work Tiderolls 00:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Pff. You're beating me to it as well--too quick! I hope our defense is just as fast tomorrow against the Ol' Ball Coach. Hey, always fun tag-teaming with you. Roll Tide, Drmies (talk) 03:39, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Cologne Cathedral

Your recent reversion of a vandalism left behind more vandalisms by a previous editor. When reverting, please look back through the unnamed editors' changes. Some unnamed editor before you had fixed one or two obvious ones, but left a formatting error and all the less obvious dirty-word edits. The problem is that if you, as a known and reliable editor, leave the problems behind, they are masked and can go unnoticed for months. Amandajm (talk) 02:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the multiple userpage protections; Award Userpage Barnstar

		The Userpage Shield
		I hereby award the noble Tide rolls with this token of my esteem for excellent protection (3 consecutive prompt reverts) against a particularly nasty vandal. Many thanks! Jusdafax 16:39, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for tag teaming me, old bro!

It's been one hell of a ride, working with a pro like you. I learned from the best. Here's saluting you - may we fight side by side again against the psychovandals! Andy8181 (talk) 04:28, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed major reforms to decade articles

Hi - I noticed you have contributed recently to one or more of the decade articles (1990s, 1960s etc). I am proposing some major changes to these articles, as I have outlined in Talk:1990s#Suggested_reform_of_decade_articles, and I would be interested in hearing your views in the first instance. Thanks. Kransky (talk) 08:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

I am also interested in your view, old friend! Andy8181 (talk) 00:46, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi, just to say a quick thanks for reverting the vandalism that appeared on my talk page. Oddly enough I was just thinking earlier that I was lucky I hadn't had any vandalism on mine since I joined Wikipedia! Knew I spoke too soon! Thanks again :) --5 albert square (talk) 00:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks for letting me know you didn't mind me butting in. I'm sure you can take care of your page, but I didn't know when you might be online. See ya 'round Tiderolls 00:51, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Fyi

The comment that it looked like I deleted on talk:Atmospheric water generator was actually one I had tried to move, but copied instead of cut. I moved a 10/09 conversation out of a 2006 section. T34CH (talk) 03:53, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Tiderolls 03:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism in my user space

Frankly, my feelings are a little hurt. I've been an admin for over a month and this is the first time my pages have been vandalized. What took them so long? Beeblebrox (talk) 04:21, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Eat all your vegitables, get to bed on time, respect your elders and you too can become a target like all the other admins :) Tiderolls 04:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Attempting comedy I forgot...you're welcome. Tiderolls 04:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

Hi! Just wanted to notify you, if you unambiguously wish to nominate yourself for adminship, and if you feel you're ready with the duties of an administrator, please, apply for the mop. I hope you do so, on a weekly basis.--Berlin Approach | Lufthansa 533 at FLT230 03:32, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not planning on any changes for the near future, though. See ya 'round Tiderolls 06:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

On a weekly basis? Normally the community prefers at least 3 months between nominations... Calling applying on a weekly basis excessive would be a mastery of understatement, heh. Until It Sleeps ^{Talk • Contribs} 04:56, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Not to worry, UIS...lol...I hold mastery over nothing, let alone understatement :) Tiderolls 05:03, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

That's all. It's appreciated. :-) Risker (talk) 05:19, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate you letting me know you didn't mind me butting in. I'm only too glad to help. See ya 'round Tiderolls 05:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Back atcha.

Always happy to help. Cheers! --Rrburke^(talk) 02:17, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Jacobitism

That page has few sources

I believe the comment to be fair - it has a potential to be untrue or biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.178.18 (talk) 13:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't doubt that this is what you believe. However, article mainspace is not a forum for comment. If you have reliable sources that you can cite that would improve the article I encourage you to contact the editors on the article talk page and discuss your ideas. Regards Tiderolls 14:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes - But can a banner be put on the top then. Like on many articles on wikipedia.

Stating it has few sources or footnotes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.178.18 (talk) 15:39, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

You can make any good faith edit you feel is necessary. Again, I would advise discussing your intentions on the talk page. That's the best way to avoid having your edits reverted. On another subject, it would help discussions if you could sign your posts by adding four tildes (~) at the end. Thanks Tiderolls 15:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Whoa

That was close. Good thing I was wearing my lucky shirt--I realize now that I didn't drink any bourbon during the game, so I may be to blame. Did you see ChildofMidnight's comment about the T kicker on my talk page? Pretty funny--though Cody, of course, is the MVP. Drmies (talk) 23:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes...too close...I was very, um, animated during the last quarter. I'll check out CoM's post...I need some humor. Cody was awsome. See ya 'round Tiderolls 23:32, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page. Much appreciated. Leuko ^Talk/_Contribs 13:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. I think I remember you doing me the same favor, so I probably owe you. Thanks for all the help on recent changes also. See ya 'round Tiderolls 13:54, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

APPALLING!!

Hi there TIDE, VASCO from Portugal here,

I sent you a message about this anonymous vandal one month ago (see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tide_rolls/Archive_8#Nice_teamwork); to my deepest shame, he continues to attack me, you, several other editors, i imagine just for attempting to clean up his mess and/or (as did i) report him.

My latest "find", this other IP - he has an ENDLESS supply, i tell ya (last one here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:88.106.152.119) where he, in spite of being constantly warned, continues to insult, mock and vandalize, at will.

I have a suggestion i want to share with you mate, although i know it's almost totally/utterly impossible: I think WP should be made available ONLY for registered users, so we would not have to put up with this rubbish!! This is very sad indeed :(

That said, have a nice weekend, keep it up,

VASCO AMARAL - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 01:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Como vai você, amigo? I believe that flagged revisions will be implemented soon. That will mean that serious editors, e há muitos, will be free to work with much less worry from users that are disruptive. So, keep your focus on your important contributions...things will work out in the end. See ya 'round Tiderolls 03:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

• Muito obrigado, man. Thank you very much for your input!! VASCO - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 03:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Oops

Sorry Tide, Twinkle told me I reverted on Joseph Addai and so I left a level-3 warning. Feel free to paste your name over mine. You doing alright? Drmies (talk) 04:42, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Things are going good, thanks. I hope you and yours are doing well. I thing your warning looks fine the way it stands...so, status quo will suffice. Thanks for the quick delete a moment ago. I was trying to decide what action to take and you relieved me of the decision making process. I thank you and my brain thanks you :) Tiderolls 04:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing. Did you see my latest Alabama-related contribution? Drmies (talk) 20:57, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Very well done. I wouldn't have thought much of the topic before reading the article. Thanks for the lesson. Tiderolls 06:36, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

No, thank you for fixing the redlink. CoM had expanded that a bit, and I hadn't thought to check and see if we actually had an article. I'm actually a bit proud of the article--all too often I write and improve articles that really don't amount to anything or are on topics that don't mean a thing in the grand scheme of things. This was a lesson for me, and I'm going to see if I can put some pressure on the Alabama Historical Committee to finally turn it into a real museum. I was talking to a student from Selma the other day--she was at a funeral last week of a civil rights activist, a friend of the family: this is still living history. Thanks again, Drmies (talk) 14:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Here's another one: First Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama). Tide, I got a job for you: drive around and take pictures. Look at the historical markers (and take a picture, to remind yourself later of what was there). Then start writing them up! We got a lot of white space on our map. Take it easy, Drmies (talk) 04:24, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Very well done. Many thanks from an Alabama native for contributing these articles :) If you're serious about the images, I'd be glad to help. I don't understand "white space on our map", though. What map? Tiderolls 04:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

<--The map of Wikipedia coverage of Alabama topics, places, buildings, etc. Only a few of the churches in Montgomery have articles, for instances, and only one of the neighborhoods is even mentioned in the article on the city. Drmies (talk) 18:43, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Concerning Informational Notices

Greetings, when you post an informational notice to a users talk page concerning an edit, please include a verbal explanation of your actions. With respect to my edit of 'The Speed of Light' article, my text editor did introduce some odd errors in the text, but beyond that, the grammatical corrections were warranted and thus 'constructive'. Cheers. Sebastian Garth (talk) 07:57, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

The information template describes your edit as "unconstructive'. That is the explanation. I saw no "grammatical" corrections in the edit I reverted. I may have overlooked them, if so I apologize. Regards Tiderolls 08:06, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		for reverting vandalism on my page, not just once,, but twice SKATER Speak. 02:53, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Skater. I appreciate your efforts here as well. Keep up the good work. Tiderolls 03:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

:)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For consistently beating me, along with a select few. :O A8UDI 03:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate the recognition, A8UDI. I wouldn't be able to get much done on recent changes without the help of editors such as yourself. Thanks for your contribution. Tiderolls 03:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Your quick work is appreciated

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You have beaten me about five times (even if it is not your intention) because you are very quick in reverting vandalism. I appreciate that.  Merlion  444  04:32, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate the recognition. If I'm fast, it's because I have help from you and other dedicated editors. I've seen your sig on many vandalism reverts and have come to depend on your efforts. Keep up the good work. See ya 'round Tiderolls 04:36, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Opinion

What I did was not vandalism, I was only adding information. Please stop.BlueFireIceEyes (talk) 03:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

What are you talking about? Tiderolls 02:17, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

I added information about some of the speakers at the National Equality March, and listed a speaker who was not listed. None of this was "vandalism"-I was actually there and helped organize 2 of the speakers and I sourced everything. You removed it as "vandalism". It was not and I'd appreciate if you would leave it alone. I have a right to put factual information on there.BlueFireIceEyes (talk) 03:37, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Mary Beth Buchanan

TideRoll, unforuntately someone seems to be going around reverting talk page discussions. I asked that you please stop reverting the edits I made to the Mary Beth Buchanan talk page. I moved the old resolved discussions to an archive page of the discussion to free up the page for current relevant discussions. For some reason while I was doing this process, you and others saw fit to revert and continually revert my archiving as I was in process of completing the change. Next time, I will create the archive blank page prior to deleting information from the main page to prevent confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.215.5.92 (talk • contribs)

Yes, that would be the wise thing to do. - Zhang He (talk) 02:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

• You have no consensus for your edits, nor have you explained why archiving needs to take place at this moment. Drmies (talk) 02:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

First, 69.215.5.92, thanks for coming here to discuss the situation. I only wish that you had come here sooner...perhaps before you blanked my message on your talk page, for example. I was trying to give advice on how you were handling the "archiving". I am always willing to assume good faith on the part of editors, but when they blank my messages, continue to disrupt talk pages and disregard the advice of well intentioned editors it makes a situation more difficult to resolve. There are many editors that would be willing to help you, but you must be willing to listen. I hope that you will take my advice and that you will have a good future here. Regards Tiderolls 03:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Tide, I applaud your patience and your diplomacy. When you're ready for a mop, please let me know so I can start up the bandwagon. Hey, did you see that Montgomery, Alabama, made the front page again? ;) Drmies (talk) 03:17, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Congrats on the DYK...I see many more in your future. As for the patience etc, I have been to 3RR and understand the frustrations. It's a policy, though, and there's no arguing with that. Well, there's arguing and then there's arguing. I truly believe that IP was well intentioned, they just wouldn't listen. Perhaps they will come to understand and return with a new attitude. Time will tell. See ya 'round Tiderolls 03:23, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

What exactly was archived? I'm seeing the archived content is on the main page too. Netalarmtrick or treat! 03:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Which main page, Netalarm? Tiderolls 04:01, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

(Outdent) The talk page. Talk:Mary_Beth_Buchanan and Talk:Mary_Beth_Buchanan/Archive 1. Seems to be quite a bit of overlap. Netalarmtrick or treat! 04:03, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Ahh...yeah, it's very confusing. I haven't looked into it in great detail so as to avoid a 3RR mess. I assume that the admin that handled the block would look into restoring the talk page. I'll watch list it and take a look after the dust settles. If you or Drmies are interested, I'll just look in to see if I can help. Tiderolls 04:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, the 3RR issue...the tricky call is, is it vandalism or not? At least once I have been alerted by another editor that what I thought was clear-cut vandalism was not so according to them. Look at my efforts at keeping Ahmed Rushdi "clean from hip-hop", in the article's history. Looks like vandalism to me, and I keep dropping templates, but I'm still keeping my eye open for 3RR problems (it's close sometimes, with a variety of IPs reinstating the crap). Anyway, this one is now blocked. Off to the next! Drmies (talk) 04:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

My advice on 3RR is just make sure, very sure, that you are reverting blatant vandalism. If there is any question that the matter could be a content dispute, you will have a very disappointing result. I am much more careful about what I revert and also how many times. Many times I know it is a content issue and make the edit manually and only once...I don't even try to run up against the line. I also try to make it a habit to leave a message on the editor's page that I reverted. Hoping for a dialogue, etc. Anyway, you probably have figured most of this out on your own. I'm just trying to help. See ya 'round Tiderolls 04:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

No, I appreciate it. Better safe than sorry! Thanks Tide, and won't you stop by for the LSU game? I'm going to invite some colleagues from Baton Rouge to try my jambalaya. Drmies (talk) 04:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

You're very kind to invite me, but I will have to decline. Remember, extra cayenne...you will want to impress the LSU fans :) Tiderolls 04:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Alright then...we'll miss you. I'm watching UCF score on Marshall: exciting game! Drmies (talk) 04:41, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Re:

Hey! I've answered here. Greetings. Nixón^〃 03:35, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem ;) Nixón^〃 03:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Again, thanks for your patience. Tiderolls 03:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)