User talk:Elahrairah

Welcome

Hello Basalisk! Thank you for your willingness to help out Wikipedia. Vandalism is a major issue on Wikipedia right now. First, it would be best to install a vandalism-fighting tool, such as Twinkle or Huggle. Both are very good vandalism-fighting tools. You can install Twinkle by going to the "Gadgets" tab in your preferences. After getting used to Twinkle or Huggle, you can request the rollback feature. Generally, you need a substantial amount of vandalism reverts in order to request the tool. The rollback feature is a very useful tool in vandalism fighting. If you want, you can participate in Articles for deletion requests by posting if the article meets Wikipedia's policies. I hope this helps you out, if you have any other questions, please post on my talk page or re-add the {{helpme}} template. Happy editing! -- Luke (Talk) 01:13, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Yoko Ono

hi , thanks for your help with yoko ono I would like to update the John Lennon article but it's "locked" how do I make a request to include the information on his son? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.96.80.15 (talk) 17:52, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

Hi Basalisk. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! FASTILY ^(TALK) 21:08, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

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Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan

Hi Basalisk. Do you mind explaining this edit in Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan. You deleted suggested reading and sourced data from the article. I'd appreciate a response. Thank you in advance! Tuscumbia (talk) 14:09, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi tuscumbia. I don't know what has happened there. I did revert the addition of the reference list, but had no intention to remove anything else. I did so because I believed the editor who placed it there was engaged in a campaign of self-promotion (a few minutes before I'd reverted an edit where he'd added his personal email address to a reference list of an article. I left him a message on his talk page reminding him to format further reading lists according MOS). I probably overstepped the mark anyway; I never thought of it as "further reading" and probably should have just left it there. Beyond that I can only apologise and admit I could've handled it better. Sorry for the damage, never meant to cause trouble. Sorry! Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 20:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Basalisk. I did not find any addition of personal email, etc. Anyway, I restored the text. No need for apologies :) Happens. Thanks for your quick response. Tuscumbia (talk) 20:24, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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Secret RV Crisis

I've only had to rv twice, so I don't count that "war", yet, but he's put it back a 3d time, I see. I'll post on talk there; your comment is welcome, since I also notice you agree it's spam. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 00:44, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

IDK if this warrants anything so serious. (I've seen worse.) What I will do is post on the Project talk for more comment. Maybe it'll attract an Admin. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 14:08, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

There's at least one good thing: there's already at least 3 people rv'ing this, so none of us will hit the 3RR, but I'm betting the anon will, & it'll bite him. Hard way to learn a lesson, but... G'day, mate. ;p TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 14:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

FYI, the IP already bought himself a warning under NPA, so fighting with him is only going to cause you trouble. If it really bugs you, take the page off your watchlist awhile. (I have to when it gets bad, 'cause I'm terrible about letting it go by. 8o) Otherwise, you're giving yourself grief for nothing. He sure doesn't care. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 01:19, 23 October 2011 (UTC) (Post scriptum I should have thought to tell you before... 01:21, 23 October 2011 (UTC))

I wish I understood it. It leaves me thinking he works at or for CGC, which he's denied, & I honestly can't think of another reason to do it, let alone keep doing it. Unless he's just a natural-born dickhead, which isn't impossible. :( (Which may be NPA, too. 8o ) TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 13:53, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

That has its drawbacks. It's a presumption of intent to return, & when I first came here, I wasn't sure I'd come back. (I'm also annoyed at websites, including news sites, requiring pre-registration just to add a comment, especially when their registration process is a PITA....) There's really no cure, since the same junk does get added by users, too. :( I favor a tougher blocking policy, or at least a consistent one. From what I've seen, it's at the whim of whoever imposes the block. Would that fix it all? Probably not, unfortunately... :( TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 14:11, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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A tool for you!

Hi Elahrairah! I see that you are an copyeditor, and thought that you might appreciate some help with finding and eliminating multiple links (or wikification) from the article on which you are working.

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Wikibreak

Fixed. Please be more careful :-) Nyttend (talk) 17:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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AFD

It looks to me, that you placed your !vote not on the right AFD. Angélique Vialard is an amateur snooker player. Regards, Armbrust ^{Talk to me about my edits}_review 20:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

WOW. No idea how that happened. Massive oops. Thanks for the heads up. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 23:48, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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		Leaderboard Award—5k articles—3rd Place (tied)
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing five articles of 5000 words or more during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—Word Count—3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing articles totalling 61441 words during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

		Leaderboard Award—Number of articles—2nd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Basalisk for copy editing 44 articles during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

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		The Barnstar of Diligence
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Questionable

This was very questionable. As the nominator, attempting an unsigned supervote in a comment box rings wrong. I have no opinion on the AFD, but you should not have written that, especially unsigned, especially in a magic box. Hipocrite (talk) 13:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I understand your concern. I put the comment box at the top simply because a lot of the keep !votes are copy-pastes from the previous discussion and I wanted any potential closing admin to be aware of this (especially seeing as the previous closer apparently did so without even comparing the discussion to policy). I absolutely intended no deceit regarding a signature, I didn't think to sign it. However, I will do so now that you have raised the concern. Do you have any other concerns? Regards Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 14:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes. It's not neutral. I'm rewriting it as a disinterested individual - perhaps you can see what makes my version different than your version. Hipocrite (talk) 14:22, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I have to say I disagree with you – there is no requirement that such a notice be neutral to the debate. I also consider myself to be a "disinterested individual". Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 14:32, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

You nominated the article for deletion. You don't want it deleted? The nominator should not attempt to supervote. Hipocrite (talk) 14:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't want a delete or a keep. What I want is for the closing admin to act on consensus and policy, not a democratic vote. I can't possibly be so-called "supervoting" as a deletion discussion is not a poll; I was instead drawing attention to why the discussion was re-opened. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 14:40, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

You !voted delete. You sure you don't think the article should be deleted? Hipocrite (talk) 14:41, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

You know what, you're right. I do think that WP policy dictates the article should be deleted. However, there is no requirement that any notice on a deletion discussion should be neutral (see the canvassing notice above it) and you are out of line removing the notice I placed. If you want to raise your concerns or introduce a notice of your own, that's fine, and I can't stop you from doing so just to make a WP:POINT. But the notice I placed there was valid (particularly in light of the previous discussion). Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 14:48, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

• This 2nd AfD was unwise to bring so soon after a strong keep close. I would ask that you consider opining a wish to withdraw your nomination without prejudice to renomination in six months. The AfD is a waste of editor resources. Cheers.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 02:56, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I hear what you're saying, and I realise that the new AfD was a controversial move, but I would like to mention (for the nth time) that I only did so because I felt the previous one was closed incorrectly. I'd also like to point out that I floated the idea at ANI first, and only proceeded after some editors showed support for another discussion. I wasn't part of the original discussion and so I don't see this as me flogging a dead horse – this is the first time I've been involved, and I acted in good faith. For those reasons, I'd prefer to let the discussion run its course and close according to due process. I won't be withdrawing the nomination (particularly as there is some significant opinion to delete; a withdrawal would be unfair on those editors), but you're welcome to ask for an early close in the discussion. Regards Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 12:18, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	I've been loosely following the whole Occupy Marines debacle, and I think your level-headed calm has been very impressive given the tone of the conversation and some of your opponents. I'd probably have gone nuts by now. Keep it up! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 18:47, 13 December 2011 (UTC)