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I just went though User blocks at User:Ryan Postlethwaite/New admin school/Blocking. That was great! My first block. I'm looking forward to the rest of the school. Here's a suggestion. I'm at DRV and want to see the text of an article that's been deleted, but don't want to restore it. How can I see the deleted text? (See my post Here -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 22:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes, I saw that post. That's a good suggestion, I'll get it in the deletion practice page. Aslong as I've got the right idea. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

I added it to View and restore deleted pages, a title I took from the special page of the same name. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 18:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Batsignal

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Removal_of_blue_links. A Train^talk 21:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh dear ne - the things that now go on AN/I! I would sort it myself - but I'm tired in bed :-( Ryan Postlethwaite 23:03, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't so much the sorting that I was hoping you'd do as the coaching. Sleep, old man. A Train^talk 02:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I see - consider it done (after work)! Ryan Postlethwaite 07:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

TiW sock?

GrotesqueOldParty (talk · contribs) has been accused of being a sockpuppet of TortureIsWrong (talk · contribs). Any ideas on this, I think contribs make it possible but inconclusive. GDonato (talk) 21:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Pardon the bud in, but I'm not sure. He hasn't been quite as vociferous yet. We'll see. Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 21:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

It is hard to determine, I think I might be sockpuppet-paranoid just now, though. Also, 70.110.235.222 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) seems to be up to something? GDonato (talk) 21:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Defo sockpuppet - request a CU then lets hit the block button. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I stand corrected. Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 17:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Hehe, glad I'm not paranoid, bagged and tagged as appropriate, thanks for your help once again. GDonato (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

YOU PISS OFF MATTHEW!?!

I GET YOU BLOCK. RWAAAAWAARRR!!!

But seriously, it looks like our favourite IP came back for more stalking earlier. *sigh* They just can't learn, can they? Will ^(talk) 22:59, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

He's such a lovely guy! Can't believe he came back with the same IP. You may wish to request oversight for one particular edit you reverted earlier........ Ryan Postlethwaite 23:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

That'd be the second time I'll have emailed oversight-l in four days. Will ^(talk) 23:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Q: Would either of you care to explain *where* I violated this specific set of rules you've blocked me for? I'd like to have the official justification handy so I can e-mail it to Jimbo Wales. 24.242.164.153 17:28, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Well, I was looking for a prettier way to do this, but I'm not very artistic, so I'll just say thank you for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I look forward to serving the community in a new way. Take care! -- But|seriously|folks  08:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Philippe's RFA

Psst - I'm pretty sure that Phillippe is a she.  :) -- Merope 22:46, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

That's what I thought until I asked him :-p Ryan Postlethwaite 22:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Seriously!? Man! Of course, I also can't spell his name, so I just suck all around! -- Merope 22:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Tell me about his name, it took me ages to get it right whilst writing the nom - well, as long as the people commenting can recognise it, he'll be fine! Ryan Postlethwaite 22:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, I have not laughed so well for days. For the record. Philippe = Boy. OK, when I get drunk I'm not exactly the most masculine thing around, but still... - Philippe | Talk 05:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Ral's RfB

I believe I understand your honestly held and rather passionate feelings regarding my role in this RfB. For now, at least, I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree. I appreciate your kind words and that you appear to take RfA/B as seriously as I believe a Wikipedian should. -- Cecropia 17:02, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

RfA

The page is transcluded. Thank you! - Philippe | Talk 19:33, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

user:Dukeufan14

I cannot find what I have done, if anything, to annoy this editor; but thanks anyway for blocking him. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:25, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I deleted John Francis Mason. Very reasonably. Perhaps that's his problem. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 01:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Philippe

Hi Ryan. I've made a brief reply at the above. I'm a little suprised than an admin finds it acceptable to cross examine an editor on why they supported / didn't support or didn't ask questions about a particular RFA. I'm very suprised a respected editor like you actually brings it up in the middle of an RFA when it can clearly adds no value! I'm still a bit disapointed you couldn't see that my question was designed to head of opposes. I accept however that I may have worded it badly in your (and anothers) opinion, for which I apologise; but as I'm sure you know by now I never comment or question at RFA "on the fly" as, sadly, other seem to these days. And if I haven't made it clear yet that I believe maintenance is as important as article writing please check my contribs at RFA!! Cheers mate. Pedro |  Chat  19:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

A bit more for info mate - I supported Derhexter mainly based on interaction (see my support comment). The instructions at the top of RFA clearly state that if you don't know the candidate check their contribs. I do "know" him in the wikipedia sense of the word. So I just followed those instructions. :) Seriously, personal interaction is just as good IMHO as ploughing through 2K of contribs to get a feel for a candidate Pedro |  Chat  19:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

If I feel strongly about something during a request for adminship, I bring it up - it's as simple as that, remember, you said it yourself - it's a discussion after all! Maybe you boar the brunt of my overall RfA frustation at the minute, the fact that users feel the maintainers of the project are not worthy of the tools - yet they are the ones that really need them. Maintainers clear the back logs and do the small gnomish tasks to keep the article writers free to do what they do best - write articles! I'm sorry, but I strongly disagree with you and a few others that if a user isn't a prolific article writer they can't be an admin - it actually makes no sense. The users that use the automated tools are the ones that generally need that delete or block button and they are the ones with the experience of knowing when to use them. I also didn't understand why you placed yourself in the neutral section pending an answer, you could have waited for an answer to the question and then decided whether to support or oppose the candidacy - there was little need to be neutral simply because a question had not been answered yet - it was as if the candidate had to prove something to you, IMHO, that is fundamentally wrong, you would soon have had the answer to the question you asked, and had over 4000 contribs to go checking to decide if you trusted the user - the only reason for your neutral comment was a stop gap in between you posting the question and Philippe answering. I brought up DerHexers RfA because you are essentially supporting a candidate for the same reason as staying neutal on another - regardless of having personal interaction or not. I just got the feeling that it was slightly hypocritical of you to comment on many RfA's as an oppose or neutral because the editor has no article writing experience, then to go and support someone who has just about no writing experience - a plain old vandal fighter (don't get me wrong, I believe vandal fighters need the tools, but I am going on what I believed your views on the matter were), it just seems a little inconsistant to me that's all. I'm sorry that you seem to disagree with what I am saying, but you should know yourself that RfA isn't a vote, and any user has the right to question anothers comment - I just hope I have explained my reasoning behind it now. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Ryan - per but I strongly disagree with you and a few others that if a user isn't a prolific article writer they can't be an admin please find me the diffs where I've opposed or gone neutral at RFA based on writing contribs. To save you some time, there aren't any, but happy hunting! I'm really sorry if I've offended you, but you are utterly wrong on this! Cheers ! Pedro |  Chat  21:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Just a note my friend Apology? Pedro |  Chat  21:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'm sorry for that one statement you highlighted but the rest stands - the question came across as if the maintainers of the project had no real need for tools. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Well I'm sorry if it did. I guess I'm most suprised by your preception as I would have thought my viewpoint was abundantly clear given how often I point out at RFA and T:RFA that I believe maintenance is now vital; indeed I had a long running debate that really article writers have less need for the tools than people who want to maintain / vandal fight etc. I even ran into that at my RFA where a lot of opposition was because I don't do a lot of writing - so I'm hardly likely to fire that back at anyone else! My other concern was you referencing the way I !voted in another RFA. Forgive me but that's dangerous. I understand the point you were making but I can see it now - comments of "you have to support this editor because you supported this other editor" or "you have to oppose this editor because you opposed this other editor" flying around every single nomination - the last thing we need in RFA is more politics! Anyhow, I hope we can move on from this - I've supported the candidate and I can only hope my comment disuades others from opposing on the basis of "doesn't write an encyclopedia" which was my aim all along. Cheers. Pedro |  Chat  12:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Opinion

Hey dude, didn't want to bug you while you're on Wikibreak, but I noticed you posting on a page I was watching and thought I'd see if you were around.

I put in a 3RR vio, but since the page is now protected, I dunno if any action will be taken - but I definitely think an admin or at least someone who's not me should warn him about this type of behavior. Perhaps you could do that?

Also, if you have the time to check my understanding and presentation of what OR/Sythesis is...I would totally appreciate any feedback! Thanks dude! Dreadstar † 23:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm cool with the above, got answers to all my questions...just ignore...;) Dreadstar † 21:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandalblock

Ryan, it is extraordinarily annoying when you beat me to the block by about ten seconds. (only kidding) --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Well that's 1-0 to me Tony, although I have to admit, you've beat me a couple of times before ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 00:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Neo-nazi/troll is back (yay!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AThe_Holocaust&diff=144795180&oldid=144789525 (I mean "John celona" of course.) --HanzoHattori 14:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Honoured, sir. Thank you. Pedro |  Chat  18:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure! Ryan Postlethwaite 21:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

I have sent one. :) Acalamari 18:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

and I've sent you one back! Ryan Postlethwaite 21:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Replied to that! Acalamari 22:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Magnus Animum

You are currently enthrolled in quite a nasty campaign of checking through Magnus's contributions and finding fault with many aspects of his work

— User:Ryan Postlethwaite, [1], 22:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

...I do not stalk his contributions, so short of someone putting a message on his Talk page with an eye-catching headline that I'd see on my Watchlist, or him editing an article I Watch, I wouldn't know [that he is violating the rule in question]

— User:Jouster, [2], 17:18, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Even a cursory examination of my edit history or my Talk page would have revealed that I am involved in a number of other areas on the Project, and the only reason I noticed this change and commented on it is the fact that it was on his User page, and specifically served to excoriate the old wound of him never having acknowledged wrongdoing when he put large amounts of unnecessary load on the servers and broke several transcluded templates the first time he did it. He's an administrator, against my strident objections, but that doesn't give him the right to ignore guidelines and to justify doing so by saying it's all in his User space, despite the bolded text at WP:NOT#USER. Jouster  (whisper) 00:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

A quick present...

File:What a great editor!.bmp.jpg

Congratulations Ryan Postlethwaite; you have been awarded the great editor award by the Wikipedian of the day project. Although you have not been made the Wikipedian of the day we would still like to congratulate you on your great edits! Great work. Hapy editing; Wikipedian of the day account. 16:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC) Note: This was delivered by Wikipedian of the day account, which is owned by Rlest

PS, you also have email from the owner of this account (Rlest). WotD account 16:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)