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EVula's Lair

Hi EVula;

Just wanted to say that I really loved your website way back when I was a preteen obsessed with Escape Velocity. I was 'Entropy' back on the Ambrosia message boards. Fun stuff!

Antidespotic 01:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Just adding a "me too". Surprised you haven't edited either of the original two EV pages. --IanOsgood 02:38, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Awesome, I love it when I get recognized around here. :)
I keep meaning to head over to the EV pages, but never quite make it... EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

RfB

Have a beer! :-)

Hello EVula. I'm sorry about your unsuccessful RfB. Please don't be discouraged and keep up your excellent work, humor and stamina. Maybe in a few months your new RfB will have a different outcome. Still proud of you, Húsönd 00:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, sorry it didn't work out this time around. Hopefully we'll see a different result the next time you run. I hope you're feeling OK about this and that you're not too discouraged. Shine on! Riana ⁂ 00:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Not discouraged per se, though it is frustrating (partly because some of it is my fault, but other stuff.. not so much). I definitely think the RfB process is a bit screwy, in that it's an audition for a position that not everybody agrees on how it should be fulfilled. One of my opposes was because I was going to treat RfAs like discussions, rather than votes... which is exactly what I thought it was. Even on WP:CRAT, it says that RfAs should be closed using "your best judgement". Gah.
Oh well. The good news is that there was quite obviously a fair amount of support (roughly 76%; though shy of 90%, I'm still pleased with it), both for me and apparently the idea of getting some fresh blood in the 'crat ranks. I'm fairly confident that if I work on the issue(s) raised in my RfB (which I still need to fully tabulate and document for my own benefit) I could make 'crat by the end of the year. ;)
Also, Husond? The "I'm proud of you" bit totally makes every day I read it that much better. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 02:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to congratulate you for taking the effort to run an impossible gauntlet. I assume it was to test it out? :) I wanted to be a crat at one point, but I decided against it, because I forgot to preview a talkpage message once and I made a typo during an edit. Seriously, though, anything over 50 percent in an RfB is amazing. — Deckiller 02:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I really would like to be a 'crat, if for no other reason that to (a) assist with username-related backlogs (b) bring some fresh blood to the ranks, and (c) to bring some actually active editors to the 'crat ranks. Don't get me wrong, they are obviously somewhat active (otherwise RfA would be backlogged severely), but I can't say that I've ever seen more than two or three of them actually edit anywhere (or maybe I just don't cross paths with them). The bureaucrats are about the only thing we have to a caste on Wikipedia (well, maybe ArbCom, but even they are somewhat different). I really would like to help eliminate that sense, though I have to admit I've vacillated back and forth several times during the RfB process about whether or not I actually did want the position. I keep coming back to "yes", though... *shrug*
We'll see how I feel in a few months. :)
And yes, I'm totally pumped about the total amount of support I had... it's definitely one of the reasons I feel like I could make a successful run again after I address the concerns. I've already asked Nearly Headless Nick if I could approach him directly and get his feedback about whether I've improved in his opinion, and I plan on asking a select few other opposers (preferably ones I haven't interacted with much before) so I can more accurately gauge whether I'm improving or not (the last thing I want to do is go through another RfB if it's just going to fail; I found that I was a lot less active as an editor and administrator if I kept spending time answering questions et al). Visviva's advice about participating in mediation has also piqued my interest; I think that'd be good experience for me, even if I don't bother with a second RfB. EVula // talk // ☯ // 02:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, if you like the idea of mediation, there's a bit of a backlog currently at WP:RfM. You could ask Daniel if you could help out with a case - he's already paid persuaded me to take one on :) Riana ⁂ 02:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's nothing I can take care of right now; I've got a show that opens on July 20th, so I need to learn my lines pronto (we just had our first rehearsal Wednesday). It shouldn't effect my editing too much, though I'll certainly be a bit less active; certainly too active to get myself involved in a time-consuming process that I'm unfamiliar with. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:15, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to see you didn't pass, EVula (even though I opposed I secretly wanted you to pass). Having a failed request is not so bad anyway; you can definitely learn from it and try again some day. Majorly (talk) 00:33, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's how I'm choosing to look at it. I've got a nice "to do" list of things I need to address at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes, though I still need to finish it up. Sadly, I've got an absolutely insane rehearsal schedule for a show I'm doing, so I'll probably be fairly busy until August; I'm going to finally get around to thanking all the RfB participants, and then become a hermit... heh, if I had passed RfB, I immediately would have fit right in with all the other inactive 'crats. :D EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:34, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry it didn't pass. That was the first RFB I voted on, and I didn't realize how much harder it is to pass than an RFA. I hope you decide to run again in a few months, as I'm sure I'll support that one too. Black Harry (Highlights|Contribs) 02:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, I most certainly will. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:34, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Missed it! Oh well, I hope to be there supporting next time around. Cheers, Anonymous Dissident^Talk 04:23, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I think next time I'll actually edit my main userpage to make a note; the banner went on User:EVula/header, which I'd be fairly surprised if anyone has watchlisted. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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I left some comments at User talk:EVula/admin/RfB notes about your RfB. Walton^talk 13:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic! I wasn't expecting that much feedback so quickly. :)
I will respond to it, just not right now; as my wikibreak note mentions, my wikitime is shrinking at an alarming rate... EVula // talk // ☯ // 13:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Your RfB

Hello EVula, you're welcome for the support in your RfB. Don't worry too much about it; just do what I did when my first RfA ended at no consensus: listen to what the opposition said, and try to improve on where you think you went wrong. I hope this helps. :) Acalamari 16:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Most definitely. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about your Rfb failing. I would like to offer the same advice that Acalamari offered, take a look at your oppose votes and learn from what they have to say. Have a nice week and God bless:)--†Sir James Paul† 17:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

my rfa

can you help finish it up? it's taking forever.--D-Boy 21:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

What exactly do you mean? EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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Revert question

Hi! I see you rolled back my edit, and commented that it "broke" several things. I reviewed carefully before and after the edit, and didn't see anything amiss. I'd like to be educated, so that I might avoid causing unintentional harm in the future. Could you please tell me specifically what I broke? Thanks! 67.189.48.7 20:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! For starters, the image in the header was changed from a legit link to a broken one (your edit made it Image:Movie_poster_the_shawshank_redemption.jpg, as opposed to Image:ShawshankRedemptionMoviePoster.jpg). I also removed several minor additions, such as commas and disambiguation text ("1994 movie" vs. "1994 American movie", and linking to Air Force One vs. Air Force One (film)). Two interwiki links, hr:Iskupljenje u Shawshanku and tr:Esaretin Bedeli, were also lost, while the French link went from fr:À l'ombre de Shawshank to fr:Les Évadés (film, 1994). There is some additional text that was restored, but I'm not entirely sure if it should stay or not; I left that for another editor. EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Wow. I'm not sure how I missed all that (all I really did was revert to a previous version), but thanks for catching it. I'll have to be a lot more careful with reverts. FWIW, I am very impressed that you took the time to reply to my question so thoroughly. You are an example to admins everywhere. 67.189.48.7 21:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about missing it; it happens to plenty of people. :) The trick is to not only use the preview button, but also the "Show changes" button; I've used it many times and caught mistakes before I hit save. Very handy. EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

My dear E

Thumbs up for the one of the most wonderful guys to ever grace the gauntlet of RfB! ;)

My dear E, I cannot, and mos def will not, leave your beautiful message of gratitude for my modest support to you unreplied! ;) I know it's in your nature to take the downsides with good spirited humour, and for that, you have my everlasting admiration... and my support at as many RfBs as it takes you to pass! ;) As for the sheer block of awesomeness part, well... I hardly doubt I could ever be anywhere near as awesome as you, and I mean as an editor, as an admin, and as a person. I only hope we get to talk more in the future (once you triumph once again on the stage and return to us, mere mortals, on wiki! ;) and continue to build together this newborn friendship that we share. Have a beautiful day, dear E! Love, Phaedriel - 23:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I hope you realize that you've got a prominent place on my "List of Wikipedians that I'd love to actually meet". My day wasn't bad before I read this, but it certainly got all the better after. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I want to mention your actions as a SYSOP in an arbcom case

Hello EVula, First I'm really sorry I missed Your RfB; I know we had a disagreement on L. Ron Hubbard and the military but I do consider you an excellent admin and think you should try again.

The reason I'm posting is that I've become involved in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/COFS, and want to cite as evidence the time a while ago when you blocked either Misou or COFS and were subsequently bombarded with requests to reconsider and accusations of bad faith from CSI LA, Justanother, etc. as a result of your involvement. (In case you prefer I don't cite the example, I haven't researched the specifics yet.)

I intend to show that several editors who share the same WP:COI have a proportionally larger impact than one or two. However,I felt it would be best to ask you before proceeding. Anynobody 05:02, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

By all means, feel free to cite diffs and logs I was involved in. POV-pushing accounts are extremely dangerous to the project; if I can have some level of involvement in their removal ("they" being POV accounts in general, not these specific editors), I'm all for it. :)

And don't worry about the L. Ron Hubbard bit... I didn't even remember it. Trust me, you have to get a lot worse before you're on my enemies list. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 13:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I really appreciate your help, if you had said no I would've respected that and gone to the next person on my list for a prime example. Here's what I said. If I've misrepresented the situation in any way please let me know. Anynobody 07:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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Bugger. EVula // talk // ☯ // 13:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Lol. Viridae^Talk 13:33, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Warning to 69.120.121.25

Firstly, as a long time user and sometime editor of Wikipedia, a review of policy leads me to believe no such policy as stated in your warning is outlined anywhere.

Secondly, 69.120.121.25 is a public access portal, so you've given a needless warning to virtually everyone (I think) in the Midwest US who uses this specific service, and also uses Wikipedia.

I have kids, and they are questioning why this warning comes up every time they attempt to use Wikipedia. Some of my neighbors are experiencing the same issue. I would personally appreciate it if this warning were removed. Thank you.

PS -- I am not attaching a signature so you can note that this post comes from the IP in question, but this is not the household to which it is directed. That's my point...your policing is appreciated, but it has excess consequences that are disruptive. Thanks, again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.121.25 (talk • contribs)

Well... the only way to handle anon. vandalism is to warn, and then block if it continues. I'm not particularly inclined to stop doing that, despite the fact that sometimes that yes, it falls upon deaf (and incorrect) ears (er, well, I guess eyes...). EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! :-)

I was going to WP:SNOW that RfA. You spoiler. :-) Regards, Húsönd 15:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I know, I never let anyone have any fun. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

You probably already know, and it's probably part of your evil plans to take over the world, but in case you haven't realised....

This is a private video. So I don't get to see you get called a lug head. :( G1ggy ^(t|c|p) 07:51, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. I didn't even get a chance to save a local copy... :( EVula // talk // ☯ // 07:52, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

So you can't see it either? That sucks :( Giggy _U^CP 04:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Still

I am still mad at you for blocking me. Why are you blocking people forever? Why do you think you can do whatever you want? Why are you such an upstart? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.81.185 (talk • contribs)

That was over a month ago. Let it go. At this point, I don't even remember why I blocked you... EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Move

I moved it because I didn't think that your user name should be in the title. If I am missing something than please forgive my mistake and undo the change. Senorelroboto 03:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

My username was in the title because it was in userspace. It was moved out of the main article space because it failed AfD. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:14, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Personal Attack

Heh, you noticed :P Thanks for that, I will cherish it always. Giggy _U^CP 06:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Question

User:EngagedReferee is requesting an image on the Evil Dead article. Generally, there isn't a problem with this, but this users choice of reasoning for this image is what strikes me as possible disruption. If you check the history, he's repeatedly added and readded the exact same information. I couldn't find an appropriate warning template to give, and maybe they shouldn't get one at all. In the least, their request is extremely juvenile, and the fact that they refuse to at least adjust their wording makes it hard to assume good faith about their comment.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I believe they've been on Wikipedia longer than their account visually shows, because the user seems to have a good understanding of where to find warning templates to "warn" me about supposedly making personal attacks.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Bleh, I've been dealing with a similar situation on the Leia article, with someone repeatedly expanding the bit about the golden bikini in RotJ and, even more disturbingly, her temporary enslavement.
It looks like the account has backed off some, but the anon editor blanking the discussion is very disturbing. I've told the editor to cut it out; if it keeps going, I have no problem indefinitely blocking them for disruption (a bit draconian, perhaps, but there's very little chance for a reversal of their attitude). EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:14, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for commenting. I decided to let the registered editor try and make a legitimate point about the inclusion of the image on the article's talk page. It was only recently that they made the accusation that the scene is what makes the film famous, though they couldn't provide a reliable source saying so, and I informed them that their initial reasoning for inclusion of the image made it hard to assume good faith about their intentions. I noticed the anon blanking it afterward, and I don't know if that's the same person just frustrated about the discussion.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 16:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed the blanking... my immediate thought (AGF be damned) is that it was the same editor, just not logged in, but a simple revert is all that is needed (and since it's a destructive edit you're reverting, there's no 3RR vio). I've got it watchlisted, but my list currently weighs in at about 1,800 items (I really need to trim it back), so it's entirely possible that I may not catch further edits from him/them; feel free to drop me a line if a bit more administrative action is needed. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

In the butt, Bob!

Oh man, that cracked me up EVula lol. Good redirect ;). Jmlk17 04:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

:) EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:17, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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Your header template

I have taken a copy of your header template for modification on my pages. Is that acceptable to you? Obviously I won't use it if you prefer not but its very appealing because of its very clean appearance. Thanks JodyB _talk 17:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's fine with me. You're the second person to use it; I take it as a compliment. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:42, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Great thanks! JodyB _talk 19:54, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfB

Thank you, EVula, for participating in my RfB, which ended unsuccessfully with a final tally of (80/22/3). I shall continue to work on behalf of the community's interests and improve according to your suggestions. Most sincere regards, Húsönd 23:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC) Obrigado, EVula, por participares no meu RfB, que terminou sem sucesso com um resultado final de (80/22/3). Continuarei a trabalhar em prol dos interesses da comunidade e a melhorar segundo vossas sugestões. Calorosos cumprimentos, Húsönd 23:01, 10 July 2007 (UTC) Thanks • Obrigado • Gracias • Merci • Danke • Спасибо • Tack • Kiitos Esker • Köszönöm • Takk • Grazie • Hvala • ありがとう • 謝謝 • 谢谢

FYI, you seem to have an impersonator

See [1]. I must have missed when IP users were given block buttons. ;) --BigΔT 03:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Haha, very nice. That's the same warning I left on User talk:210.50.215.190. Gotta love vandals. EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Admin abuse!!11!

Look maybe you enjoy periods on your sentences but you have no right to enforce this on other people!! If you do not immediately flog yourself, I'm gunna complain some more!! Friday (talk) 22:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Pfft, I'm way ahead of you on the flogging myself bit... er, I mean, uh... crap. EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for taking the time to participate in my recent RfA, which did not succeed. I appreciate the helpful comments! Regards, Neranei ^T/C 16:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

MK:D

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Thanks

Thanks for that revert; I tried to rollback the edit but conflicted! There was a page I semi-protected a few minutes ago, and I think it's a sock of a user who was disrupting the page I semi-protected. Acalamari 20:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Me fast like ninja. Editor has been blocked and everything. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; they didn't last long: 7 minutes total. Acalamari 20:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Would you be interested in joining the Wikipedia Crime Project?

I have seen that you like to contribute to serial killer articles I am trying to organize a task force on this subject under Wikipedia:WikiProject Criminal Biography. If you would be interested in joining contact me. Thanks, Jmm6f488 19:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll pass; I'm not particularly interested in the subject, and have only gotten involved in some of those articles as a result of my vandal-smashing activities. Thanks though. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Question about problematic user

Hi there EVula. I am another user who has had the misfortune of crossing paths with User:DreamGuy. Well, actually, s/he initiated our “run in” when he removed the content of an entire article of mine (which I spent considerable time researching and cited heavily), claiming it was a WP:FORK and calling my contribution “worthless”. Apparently, he is allowed to completely ignore the WP:Deletion process and didn’t even make an attempt to merge. Regardless of my experience, I find that it is impossible to work productively together with DG. Judging by his/her list of blocks, crudeness and past history, I assume that I am not the only person who has had this problem. Honestly, I just want to leave the whole thing behind and avoid this user entirely, but s/he keeps initiating personal attacks and accusing me of ridiculous things (note: I have never been blocked or accused of violations like this before…which cannot be said for User:DreamGuy). It is surprising to me that nothing more serious can be done about this user besides countless temporary blocks even though he is obviously belligerent and likes to have personal vendettas against other users (WP:DICK). I find this to be a significant flaw in the process. My question is: do you have any suggestions on what I should do? I’d greatly appreciate any input in this matter. Oh and I’d prefer not to sign in, in fear that DreamGuy will come after me for making this edit. Regards, 145.236.110.178 11:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

(note) This same message was posted at my own talkpage, and I replied there. Though Evula, you're of course welcome to add anything else, I thought I'd save you some time in case I already covered things.  ;) --Elonka 17:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Considering how tight on time I am these days, I'm more than comfortable to just say "see what Elonka said". :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

RFA closure

EVula, I reverted your closure of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Caldorwards4 2 as only 'crats are supposed to close them, and it's still early to close it. Would you please remove your msg from the candidate's talk page?--Chaser - T 05:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Er, it came up as red on Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/RfA Report, meaning that it was past its closure time. Furthermore, it doesn't take a 'crat to realize that a support ration of 40% is a failed RfA. You don't have to be a 'crat to close such an obvious RfA; please revert your revert (I don't feel like edit warring over such a silly thing :P). EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:52, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

He can't, I did. Viridae^Talk 05:58, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Well anyway...--Chaser - T 06:04, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm sorry. I was confused about the end time. That's my mistake. I probably wouldn't have reverted you if I'd known it was, in fact, past end-time. I agree that it's clearly not going to pass, but I'm not sure what to do now in light of Miranda's post to the candidate's talk page. Frankly, if it weren't for the new post, I'd revert myself. Anyway, see this old WT:RFA post. Redux, at least, really hates it when non-crats close requests.--Chaser - T 06:04, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, Miranda's plenty welcome to get peeved about it, though I'd be happier if she was at least accurate. Oh well, bad blood there anyway. *shrug* It's too late in the evening for me to get worked up about it. :)
Considering how rarely I ever close fully failed RfAs, I'm not particularly concerned. I've closed plenty of RfAs (primarily the obvious ones for editors with less than a hundred edits, etc.) without complaint, so unless I actually have a 'crat say "don't do it", I fail to see where the problem lies. There's no way in hell I'd touch anything under over 50% anyway. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:09, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

You must mean over 50%. And yes, I do the under 100 edit ones, as well, especially after they've clearly been snowed.--Chaser - T 06:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Er, yeah, I meant over. And now I reference the previous "it's too late in the evening" comment; I obviously need to go to bed. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict X 2) Encourage the candidate in order to improve. Close the nomination under snow (put this in the summary). Make a non-biased remark on how the candidate needs to improve and encourage him to run again in a couple of months. If you don't see them on wiki, crats are generally online. Just the other day, I saw Taxman on IRC during this time. Miranda 06:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I did encourage the candidate to improve. And no, I didn't close the RfA as a snowballed case, I closed it as proper RfA procedure; supplements to IAR aren't needed when the proper procedure itself is valid. EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I do think that snow is a part of the ignoring all rules process. I did not say that you didn't say the words to the candidate. Yes, I agree, it's late in some parts of the country. However, I do believe that everyone makes mistakes, and we should not be holding grudges about them, as to what you said above about me. What I think best is for now at least is to make a note on the RFB board as to what had occurred. Miranda 06:24, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I... I really don't see why I need to post what I did anywhere (if you feel that I should, be my guest to do so for me wherever you think it is appropriate; I won't hold it against you). It was just an obvious RfA closure.
If I knew it was going to raise this much of a stink, I wouldn't have done anything; heaven forbid I help out... EVula // talk // ☯ // 06:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

(reduce indent) Sigh...nevermind. I am letting this go. Miranda 06:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

User:4chanpwr

Thanks for that - it was worse than I thought. It seems the original purpose for the template was to spam pages with spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - that's just mean. Aula^TPN 21:10, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, in looking over the complexity of the vandalism, it was painfully obvious that their intentions were bad. I'm always happy to squash vandals. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:12, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

User:4chanpwr

Hello. You just blocked User:4chanpwr indefinitely, which the user clearly deserved, but I noticed that your block included the blocking of account creation and e-mail. Does this mean that no one at the user's IP address will ever be able to edit Wikipedia again, even if the address is one day assigned to someone new? Is this the common practise? Is it possible to block the account forever but, say, only block account creation for a few months? Thank you. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 21:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

It's an all-or-nothing sort of thing. It's also a fairly standard procedure. I could unblock and reblock in a few months to turn off some of the extras, but I don't see a particularly compelling reason to do so (I don't think it'll have massive collateral damage). EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:24, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough, I've never tried blocking someone indefinitely before. I guess someone at the IP address could still edit the talk page of the IP address to request an account. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 21:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I hate you....

I was trying to guess myself. You evil, evil man. *slaps with {{spoiler}}* Giggy _U^CP 04:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Bwuhahaha. Sometimes I have more fun on Wikipedia than I probably should. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

*groan* That's not something to be proud of...anyway, I asked a real life friend to ruin the ending for me already, so here goes..............EVula is Voldemort!!!!!111111 :O OMG! Giggy _U^CP 05:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Imagine my surprise when Ms. Rowling contacted me to ask my permission to add that to the book. EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

(ec)And yes, you can add this lame comment to your personal attacks list:

“ Wanted in 12 different states for murder, arson, rape, indecent exposure masturbation, and for being the most powerful dark wizard ever. ”

Enjoy! Giggy _U^CP 05:06, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but that last part is more of a declaration of fact, rather than an actual insult. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

And the others aren't facts? :P Giggy _U^CP 05:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Mmm, this round goes to you. Well played. :P EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

And for my first act as president of the universe... Giggy _U^CP 05:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Haha, love it. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

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In reference to this - :P I don't find the username offensive personally (no need to make another Irish joke on that) but I thought I would post it for another set of eyes in case it is more offensive that I think it is. IrishGuy ^talk 23:22, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm Irish too (hell, my birthday is even St. Patrick's Day). I think you used the UAA board properly in this case; I just happen to think it isn't blatant enough to block, but I, too, would prefer an additional set of eyes (otherwise I would have removed it). It's all good. EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! I'm glad you liked the greeting :) regards, – Alensha ^talk 22:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Sneaky. Very sneaky.

Someone's been monitoring their watchlist closely :P Giggy _U^CP 01:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Mwuhahaha. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:14, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Special Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks for keeping a taly on my RfA ;) Much Appreciated ACBestMy ContributionsAutograph Book 19:12, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

*bows* My pleasure; I enjoy being the resident RfA gnome. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

this edit

WTF?!? :P — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely. I don't even know what languages those are in... EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:49, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

That's funny. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Why do you have so many people throwing threats and name-calling at you? Are those from people who you blocked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.81.185 (talk • contribs)

I'm an extremely active administrator, and am quite aggressive when dealing with vandals. All the insults are from people I've pissed off one way or another as an administrator (blocks, reverting edits, deleting articles, etc).
What can I say, I'm just a very loved individual. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:39, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

The Template doesn't count?!

What sort of nonsense is that? Templates don't count? I guess they don't actually contain words that people should read, and they aren't a standard in every wiki as a tool to inform the reader. Gee whiz! Let's declare more arbitrary rules, such as, because you obviously aren't thinking clearly, your opinion doesn't count! Yeah...sounds fair, right? 24.128.63.214 20:03, 30 July 2007 (UTC)