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Note to self

• Provide detail / images for Douglas Ousterhout
• Fix up Kenmare article & add historical details (not Harry Potter stuff)
• Add stuff to Malahide re. castle and resident family
• Upload Easter egg painted eggs + pic of traditional German 'Easter Tree' to Commons
• Sort out some of the Pharma stubs, esp. Category:Hormones of the hypothalamo-pituitary system
• Add details of OECD report to List of literacy rates article ...
• Set up new system/templates for dealing with Deletion Review/Content Review admin work
• Chill out from doing so much admin stuff!
• Completely rebuild and rehabillitate ga.wiktionary and gd.wiktionary. Learn Scots Gaelic somewhere along the way. Oh yes!

- Alison ☺ 21:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Ousterhout article tags

I've removed the tags per WP:AfD - If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion. In this case I think notability is not the issue but reliable sources might be, in any case the answer is constructive editing to make the article better. I've left this message for the potential deleter but I suspect the only way to fend of advances will be some reconstructive surgery on the article itself! Benjiboi 10:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Irish articles assessments

It seems that the assessment of Irish articles has fallen off the radar but recently Flowerpotman, Sarah777 and I have been doing a little work on this as well as actually classifying articles (actually Sarah has done the most work). Anyway, you are listed as a member of the WikiProject hence this post.

• The first thing that needs doing is to work on the WikiProject template. Actually there are two templates both of which get recorded by the assessment statistics bot that collects the ratings and creates the listings in the category Category:Ireland articles by quality. The two project templates are {{Irelandproj}} listed on the main project page and {{WikiProject Ireland}} listed on the assessment page—the first allows both quality and importance rating as well as nesting but no reviewer comments, while the second allows quality rating and comments but the importance does not seem to work and comments are not included. This needs to be fixed, so we use one that works fully—can you help?

• The next thing is to decide if we just let editors assess as they wish or to create some criteria or guidelines for rating the quality and importance of the Irish articles. Personally I am in favour of some guidelines—some will be easy to decide while others are a little more complex. What do you think?

• Some projects make lists of articles for assessment while other go after groups of articles by category. What should we do? A mixture of both by using a "To do list"?

• As of the last assessment statistics bot run on Sunday, August 20, only 1462 articles have been tagged, of which 1156 have been assessed for quality but 660 of these have no importance value.

• Besides these 1462 there must be hundreds more untagged articles that should be tagged when we get the template issue mentioned above fixed.

We are not bad in our assessments but some projects have all their articles assessed while others are lacking more than we are. We can really use a few active editors to bring assessments to the fore. Please reply on the assessment talk page as to what you can do. Please help out. ww2censor 17:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

You have probably been too busy to get involved but maybe you can give a quick look over the assessment discussions and progress on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ireland/Assessment page. I are making progress but would love your comments. Cheers ww2censor 02:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll try get to it today if I get a chance. Busy, busy though ... - Alison ☺ 20:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh I know what is is like sometimes. TTFN ww2censor 23:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Quick question

I have been doing work on the various WikiP:IRL categories and accidentally created redundant categories myself - I was using one naming scheme and there were others from earlier. There were also a few unneeded ones created by other people. Anyway I have rationalized it all using one scheme and decategorized the superfluous categories, as they were empty and there are no templates that will start populating them. Long story short, everything is where it should be, but do I need to run the unneccesary cats through WP:CFD? FlowerpotmaN·(t) 05:24, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• Nope. Just list them out here, with a colon before the 'category', and I'll nuke them all for you :) - Alison ☺ 05:26, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

OK, then :O)

Category:Disambig-Class Ireland pages

Category:Template-Class Ireland pages

Category:Category-Class Ireland pages

Category:Dab-Class Ireland articles

Category:List-Class Ireland pages

Category:Template-Class Ireland pages

If you want to see what replaced them, they're in my edit summaries from the night. (And the wierd thing is, this is what I was doing when I was taking a break from doing non-Wiki things that needed doing :O) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 05:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

 Done - all gone now :) Thanks for being diligent! - Alison ☺ 19:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Always clean up after myself, especially if I goof take a radically different approach. On a completely different issue, how has Wikipedia gone 6 years, without someone not realizing there was an obvious edit summary just waiting to be happen? (Really had to do that one.) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:33, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Haw! Awesome :) Well I guess you can claim prior art on that one now. Well done :) - Alison ☺ 20:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... The Skibbereen Eagle, now there's a thought. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:35, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Can you have a word with W. Frank as comments such as this are not helpful refering to editors as "fanatical antagonists".--padraig 14:39, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• Padraig, I've just commented on his IP userpage. Comments like that are unacceptable and unhelpful in the extreme - Alison ☺ 19:19, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Now I know you don't go here normally

Can you take a look at these please, in particular things like this. His talk page and block log are relevant as well....thanks! One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 20:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Kildare

Can you help me do this move? Kildare was moved to Kildare Town and made into a disambiguation page, but a disambiguation page Kildare (disambiguation) already existed. Kildare Town is a crazy name and a couple of editors have indicated this is a stupid and non used name, so want to revert Kildare Town to Kildare. All the entries in Kildare plus many other links are on the dab page. Can you do that as I don't have the ability to move it. Cheers TIA ww2censor 02:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

 Done - all fixed now. I've left a detailed comment at Talk:Kildare#Page move fixes, as well as informing the original mover. Thanks - Alison ☺ 19:39, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm intrigued ... I thought I had corrected the situation but my "move" seems to have gone unnoticed. Just out of interest was I the "out-of-process move" you referred to? Abtract 19:51, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

You had actually half-corrected it :) And no, yours was not the one I perceived to be out-of-process. As the talk page shows, someone made the move suggestion and a few short hours later, it was moved. Nothing by way of dialogue had happened and a bunch of style standards got broken in the process. This was months ago, mind. Don't worry - it wasn't you!! - Alison ☺ 20:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC) (btw, not seen you in ages :) )

btw I am omnipresent but generally below yr horizon :) Abtract 20:28, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Heh - thought as much :) - Alison ☺ 20:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for doing this. ww2censor 01:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

My username

Haha! It's good, is it not? Everyone loves the cavalry, they're all dashing and the like. See? Thanks for the compliment ;-) Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 18:51, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm reminded of something Richard Armour once said, that in the old west the infantry and the cavalry got calouses, in different places. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 18:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Excellent pic. The expression on her face somehow sums it all up :) - Alison ☺ 19:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

PIRA/IRA

Hi Ali Please can you see this on my talk page. I think that W. Frank's persistent addition to the P is starting to be disruptive but I don't know that its sufficiently disruptive to merit a block. What do you think. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:05, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's being disruptive. He's been formally warned right now over that. It doesn't merit a block right now, esp. as he's not been warned of its imminence. He has now & I'll monitor the situation from here on ... Thanks for bringing it up! - Alison ☺ 19:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Kildare

I have no recollection whatsoever of ever dealing with that page! So whatever you deem best is fine with me. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 19:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Pascal! Your name was last in the move log and it was ages ago, so who knows :) It's all sorted now & everyone seems to be happy, though. Thanks again - Alison ☺ 19:57, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Greeting

Allie, you have mail. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Replying :) - Alison ☺ 22:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Can you please tell User:Conypiece to stop reverting edits I make on my talkpage. I have ask him not to post there.--padraig 23:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Padraig. Looks like User:SirFozzie did just that. Thanks, Foz - Alison ☺ 23:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Anon

We have a IP User:86.159.133.145 [1] reverting all the templates, this is obviously a editor evading 3RR.--padraig 19:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Foz blocked it just before I did - Alison ☺ 19:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Who ever it is was just targeting my edits without even checking them, they even reverted this one where I was fixing the article after a editor was messing with it, I think SirFozzie is going to request a checkuser on this one.--padraig 19:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

That's borderline wikistalkery. If that happens again, let myself or Foz know - Alison ☺ 19:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it's either Astrotrain or Biofoundationsoflanguage. One or both were edit warring with padraig on the articles in question, and several of the reverts are to Biofoundationsoflanguage's preferred version, so I have listed him as the probable sock master on the Check User Request. The IP address also corresponds to their general area, as it is a BT Internet IP address. SirFozzie 19:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd say you're right. See what CheckUser says ... - Alison ☺ 19:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

It could be anyone, it could even be me! The Great Escape is coming along nicely, should be finished by tomorrow. Can anyone confirm whether I can use this as irreplacable fair use? Even if I had the talent, any version I created would only be a derivative work I assume? One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 19:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it may be Crown copyright, dude :( Can you possibly draw up an outline? It looks like a useful image - Alison ☺ 20:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC) (can't wait to read!)

Yeah, I was thinking it was probably crown copyright due to the report it's part of. However that doesn't have any bearing on the claim of fair use as far as I know, as all fair use images are copyrighted by definition. I'll just write the article and leave a link to possible images on the talk page I think, and let someone more clued up on images sort it out. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 20:12, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Erm... anyone got any idea as to what to call this section?

Alison said:

Y'know, I'm glad you're still about. Yeah, we had 'issues' in the past but I notice your arch-nemesis appears to now be banned for a year. BTW - here's my sock-puppet: User:AliClick. Mind if I hack around with your userpage is a similar manner? :) - Alison ☺ 19:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :) - I do try to make myself useful around here. Maybe when my contribs are higher I might launch an RfA - what do you think? And no, I don't mind you hacking around with my userpage.--Vox Humana 8' 19:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

RfA could all happen. Maybe get a bit of time up between then and your old blocks, maybe. You're a good editor :) BTW, I hacked on your sock-puppet page and also put in the proper headers, so you're all legal. Just so there are no accusations in the future! What do you think of the page? - Alison ☺ 19:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I fixed your userpage, too. And added {{User Alt Acct Master}} just in case :) - Alison ☺ 19:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. It's a little tacky, but otherwise great. I'll bear in mind your advice as regards RFA - how far do you think I need time-wise between a block and an RfA?.--Vox Humana 8' 21:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

"Tacky", LOL!! I try, I try :) Re. the time, I'd say a lot more than 2 months anyway. You just need to show that you've moved on since the whole Pigs/harassment thing and have become a model Wikipedian. As, it would appear, you have. If you were to nom today, I'd probably go with neutral or weak support. You're on the right track, though, and you've also done some excellent work on Commons, I see - Alison ☺ 21:47, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Wikipedia:Admin coaching might be a good place to check out - Alison ☺ 21:49, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, as for the Commons, I've got about 12 films awaiting developing :-) - a digital camera is on the wishlist for Christmas! I've already signed up for Admin Coaching and often ask User:J Milburn, a fairly new admin who has become a friend of mine through Wikipedia, for advice over MSN Messenger. And, yes, I do try to behave myself ;-) - but I do sometimes get annoyed that certain admins completely ignore policy and reinstate inflammatory comments made by other users... I just try to avoid getting in those kinds of scrapes and follow J Milburn's example.--Vox Humana 8' 23:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Good plan in all, I'd say. And yes, "certain admins" are like that even if they're not "ignoring policy" :) - Alison ☺ 23:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

No, when I said "certain admins", I didn't mean you. Sorry for any offence caused :-) --Vox Humana 8' 15:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Allison, thank you for your comments and feedback. I will stick to adding information that adds to the article, now how do I get the ref to be right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Srikarna (talk • contribs) 22:21, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

I'll fix the ref in a minute for you. However, that link is still inappropriate (it's waaaay commercial) and you've mentioned it twice now. I'll find a proper medical cite in a minute as I'm familiar with the procedure - Alison ☺ 22:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

All done :) I've added a pubmed link to the seminal Hinderer work on malar implantation - Alison ☺ 22:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I will refrain from any commercial sites in the future.

Srikarna 22:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

It's probably for the best, really. Most of them are advertisement thinly disguised as information - Alison ☺ 22:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Again

Alison he is removing the Hungerstrike template and other information from the Harry West article, West was the only candidate in the by-election against Bobby Sands, User:Coneypiece thinks this is not relevent and is removing it, he tried to argue this in the talk page and got no consensus.--padraig 00:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Both blocked. There's no excuse for that behaviour from either of you - Alison ☺ 00:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

RCU

I wonder whether you'd be prepared to initiate a RfCU for those accounts on the 'other side' please? It seems a bit unfair than anyone who has been so unreasonable as to have disagreed with padraig is being checked.

Between:

• user:Vintagekits
• user:padraig
• user:Barryob
• user:BigDunc
• user:Domer48
• user:Derry Boi
• user:Nuclare
• and possibly user:Fennessy

Naturally I'd be happy to apologise if I were wrong. As I'm sure will happen to me when the current 'results' come through? I can hope anyway.

Thank you. Biofoundationsoflanguage 08:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Requests for CheckUser is over here. Feel free to initiate one yourself if you believe it is warranted. Note that I have not done so in this case, other than to add a name to one on behalf of an editor I blocked myself. I wouldn't feel overly put-out about it, however, and would like to point out to you that the Arbitration Committee also have use of CheckUser as part of their function. The sooner this silly 'sides' nonsense ends, the better - Alison ☺ 10:12, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Now that you've shown yourself to be IP smart, you'll never get rid of me

Please take a look at the single edit of this... person, Alison. I suppose we're not lucky enough for it to be a static IP? Bishonen | talk 12:08, 29 August 2007 (UTC).

• (PS: or try educating my ignorance, it's your only hope!) Bishonen | talk 12:08, 29 August 2007 (UTC).

• Heh - It'll happen sometime ... but not today:) 5am here in this part of the world. Check your email - Alison ☺ 12:15, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

• Replied. Bishonen | talk 12:34, 29 August 2007 (UTC).

Dave Winer protection

The article is fully protected, but it has a semi-protect tag on it -- kinda confusing. :-)--SarekOfVulcan 20:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Fixed now. The article is actually fully-protected - Alison ☺ 21:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Deleteing comment on Sharon's talk page

Is it OK if I put it back on, only commented out? I think she would like to see it, but if you can't see it without editing the whole page I don't think anyone will edit it.

On a slightly different note the "Wikipedians' Day" on her page is screwed up; pulling days from last month onto it. :/ You probably saw that it says Phaedriel's Day on it—which was a month ago on her birthday… —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  21:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Careful

Shouldn't use the Northern Ireland Conflict to indict another editor, and some other stuff, it could be seen that you are assuming that the editor in question is a member of a paramilitary organisation. Could leave WP wide open. Can't say that. Remember you are only a witness. Surprised. :) User:Gold_heart 21:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Did I say a WP editor was a member of a paramilitary organisation? Certainly not! I never even suggested such a thing. However, I have certainly suggested one particular editor used an intimidation tactic which was popular amongst several orgs ("We know where you live") and did so in probable full knowledge of the history of that tactic. That's what makes it particularly heinous - Alison ☺ 22:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

That's fine, stick by it. There is an inference, it's leading, unless there are different standard rules on WP. Remember Vk can't answer you, that's why I'm pointing it out here. Your are bringing your subjective feelings into the equation. Can't do, that's the way it usually is! User:Gold_heart 22:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

The inference was in his comments to you-know-who, and that quite significant as it indicates the utter nastiness of that comment, bringing the whole silly edit-warring nonsense to a new low. VK has every right to challenge this in his initial statement as well as when the Arb case is underway on the 'workshop' page, etc. I am obliged to state my rationale for the block in as clear a way as I can, and this I have done. How I 'feel' about it is neither here nor there, Gold - Alison ☺ 22:40, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Only trying to be helpful, but run through it with the WP lawyers, just in case, err on the the side of caution, as always. Take care. User:Gold_heart 22:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Anyone could be a member of a paramilitary organisation, after all we're all volunteers here ;) One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 22:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Hackney, you troublemaker!! :) - Alison ☺ 23:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Tiocfaidh ár lá , simply means "our day will come", it's a euphemism for a United Ireland. There is nothing wrong with that sentiment, no more than a Free Wales or and Independent Scotland, "Free South Africa" etc. I'm all for a United Ireland, hope that doesn't mean an indefinate ban, well it makes me the next marked editor, does it?

Billy Wright was wrong in his murder campaign of at least 50 people simply because they were Roman Catholic. That is why agents of the British Government colluded in his killing.YA@LL GET WHAT BILLY WRONG DID , to me it says, "do you all understand what Billy Wright did". Let us not get carried away with our own POV here. Things were bad in NI, let us leave it in the past. Thepiper 11:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Apologies, I was reading YA@LL GET WHAT BILLY WRONG DID with a mistaken understanding. Alison, you are correct. That shouldn't have been said. Thepiper 13:22, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. It's all gone to arbitration now anyways, so we'll see what they make of it - Alison ☺ 13:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Removal of poorly sourced controversial material

I note Trad Unionist has been blocked for 3RR on Orange Institute. On two occasions the sole reference to justify describing the present Organisation as Sectarian was Michael Farrell's book which is over 30 years old..hmm...does he not have a point maybe? Aatomic1 22:06, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

No, he doesn't. He was revert-warring. That's not the way to deal with an issue such as that. That's what the talk page is for. If he had issues with the book ref, blanking out the entire statement is not the way to address this. As it happens, another reference has now been supplied. Had he suggested this in the first place, he would not be blocked now - Alison ☺ 22:23, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

The Great Escape

Happy now? One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 22:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Thank you :) I'll do a quick copyedit on it, too. Pretty neat on first glance here - Alison ☺ 23:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't always phrase things the best way, but you never need any {{cn}} tags on an article I wrote! One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 23:06, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

List of Disney Channel Original Movies

Would you please move the article, List of television films produced for Disney Channel, back to its original title, List of Disney Channel Original Movies. An editor seemed to think that title better though it is inaccurate and consensus is to return it to its original title and normal editors are unable to move it back. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:30, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

FYI

As someone who contributed to the prior discussion, thought you might find this worthy of reflection and/or contribution. [2] -- Cheers. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 13:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Senatornorris.jpg

I've been working on the images tagged {{withpermission}}. In my first pass, I looked for ones with no details of the permission at all, and for replaceable fair use. I noticed you contributed to quite a few of nonreplaceable nonfree images, so I will get in touch with you again when I get to those images again. The image of Senator Norris is one of the images I marked as replaceable. — Carl (CBM · talk) 18:48, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the semi protect

on UEFA Champions League 2007-08, and for the prompt response. John Hayes^talk 18:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Wow! That was quick :) I've not even filled out the RFPP response. You guys are on the ball, if you'll pardon - Alison ☺ 18:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Time for a celebration

File:Champagne wine.jpg

A glass for everyone!

Care to join me? One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 22:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Excellent, excellent. Well done that man! I know how much effort you personally put into that article. Good job indeed :) - Alison ☺ 23:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Before I got near it that was how it looked, with a paltry six footnotes. Next job is to get it on the main page on 3 October. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 23:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Kewl! You can imagine the mayhem and vandalism that day. Where's me watchlist? ;) - Alison ☺ 23:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Well it's a small price to pay, what's the point of having a featured article if people never see it? That's quite convenient as well! One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 23:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

And also, I doubt it can get much worse than the inflammatory edits from established editors.... One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 00:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Advice please

Hello Alison, could you have a look at this [3] for us, if you would not mind? The only reason I’m asking you, is because your name came up in it, and for the life of me I do not know why? The edits I’m accused of making are quite clearly by two different editors [4], [5] . Using my ArbCom, to bolster a point is also a bit disingenuous, as is VK’s Arbcom. --Domer48 23:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Attempted discouragement, Domer. SirFozzie 23:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Domer, I've commented over there, though I've no idea why Aatomic1 brought my name into it. Foz also protected the article - Alison ☺ 00:12, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Alison for both your and SirFozzie’s intervention. Ideally I would have liked it noted, that I have added no content what so ever to that article, and have confined my edits to the discussion page. But thanks all the same. --Domer48 10:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

7500 edits

I just made my 7500th edit today. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 01:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations :) You really have a bad dose of editcountitis! - Alison ☺ 03:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Hornetman MfD?

So now that Hornetman16 has been community banned, do you think it would be appropriate to renominate all of his subpages (with the exception of his talk archives) for WP:MFD? -- Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 03:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Judging by the nasty legal threats he made via e-mail, I doubt he's getting unbanned anytime soon. But I'd rather avoid the nasty mudslinging of an MfD, and I've gone ahead and nuked the lot (apart from the talk archives). ~ Riana ⁂ 03:39, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Job done, so - Alison ☺ 03:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Summer's last fleeting days

The Great South Bay at Sunset, 2007.

Summer's on the way out, but a few precious weeks remain. At the beach over the next few days so I'll be largely offline. Have a great weekend. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 05:08, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Enjoy the long weekend, Ryan. Talk to you when you get back! I got those (extensive :) ) pmails, BTW, and will forward on to the proper people - Alison ☺ 05:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, if you think some revision would improve or tighten, please feel free to hold and I'll provide yet another extent next week! :) Thanks, Alison. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 05:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I think they look just fine, Ryan. Not much to add here. I'd say go for it! - Alison ☺ 05:34, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

What a stunningly beautiful, photo, BTW. I didn't know it was one of your own! Mind if I move it to Commons? - Alison ☺ 05:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Not at all - I've got a bunch, at User:RyanFreisling/Gallery. Enjoy and let's 'go for it'! Have a good'un, and I'm out. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 05:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Will do. BTW, I just did this - Alison ☺ 05:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Oooh now you've done it. I've got so many different color schemes of sunsets I'm gonna upload a few of them. Incredible palettes across the entire spectrum of color. If you're ever in the Long Island area during the summer, you must see the Bay at sunset - it's spectacular from anywhere on Fire Island, New York.-- User:RyanFreisling @ 05:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

User:Gaimhreadhan

I partook only cursorily of the last AN discussion about the supposed death of this user and whether we ought, as we generally do with the accounts of those whom we know to be deceased, to block his account, and I confess that I know essentially nothing about the underlying matter. The question has presented itself once more at AN (here), and, inasmuch as you seem to have some familiarity with Gaim and W. Frank, I imagine that any further information you might be able to provide relative to the issue, should you have a moment, should be much appreciated. Cheers, Joe 05:13, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Joe, for following up. I've commented over on WP:AN now and believe we should hold off for the moment - Alison ☺ 05:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, per User:Sarah's comments, I've indefinitely blocked Gaimhreadhan's account now - Alison ☺ 13:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Alison, thanks for getting to those RFPPs so quickly. Just wanted to say that I've seen you around a lot and have been very impressed at how you handle yourself as an admin, the perfect balance of fairness and kindness. Keep up the great work! :) All the best, Eliz81^{(talk)(contribs)} 06:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh! Why, thank you :) Wow ... - Alison ☺ 06:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Move

I reverted a move made to the Derry by User:Boris 1991 can you warn him against this sort of vandalism.--padraig 11:15, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

 Done - warned and bogus redirects deleted - Alison ☺ 13:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/The Troubles opened

Hello. The above named arbitration case, in which you were named as a party, has opened. Please submit your evidence directly on the case page, or, if needed, submit it via email to an arbitrator or an arbitration clerk.

For the Arbitration clerk committee,
- Penwhale | ^{Blast him / Follow his steps} 11:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Help needed please

User:One Night In Hackney/Temp - can you undelete that for me please? Thanks. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 13:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

 Done - Alison ☺ 13:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Go raibh maith agat, a chara. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 13:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Out of courtesy could you please use English, or at least include an English translation, on the English language wikipedia. Thank you. --Counter-revolutionary 13:39, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

He said "Thanks, pal". Can you please post the same exhortation to your colleague, User:Aatomic1? - Alison ☺ 13:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)