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Merry Christmas

Hello IRP! I just wanted to wish you and your family a merry Christmas! May this Christmas be full of great cheer and holiday spirit. Again, merry Christmas! Ashbey 00:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't celebrate Christmas, then happy holidays!

Thanks. -- IRP ☎ 01:53, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

M.H.^{ITrue Romace iS Dead} is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This card promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has has made your day a much better. Best Wishes and Happy Editing.

15:50, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you as well. -- IRP ☎ 15:53, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism of the Talmud

That was a prod tag, not an AfD; the user is entitled to remove it. Ironholds (talk) 23:00, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to roll my own edit back, but I saw "Rollback failed". I already noticed the mistake, but thanks for letting me know anyways. -- IRP ☎ 23:01, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problemo. I've sent it off to AfD anyway, you can poke your head in there if you want. Ironholds (talk) 23:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting the article would very improper on your part. Doing so would obviously be an act againist freedom of speech. The articles quotes references, they are in bold type. Deleting would only reveal your bias and fears. There are articles on criticism of many books, but when you do about the talmud, I Jew am accused of being anti-Semite, disgusting. It's not in an essay form, it lists many, many references including profession books, websites, and quotations from books, and Jewish scholars. It is in point form to help make adjustment. I now have a copy of the article so don't think about about trying to delete it I and others will just put back on! It's call presenting different side, or againist that freedom too?--Standforder (talk) 04:50, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me? I'm not (and never have) accused you of being an anti-semite. The issue is not to do with bias, freedom of speech or "presenting a different side" but rather about how that information is presented. The bible, for example, is not a reliable source. Please look at the points given here as to the issues with the page. Information should not be kept because of, quote, "freedom of speech"; Wikipedia is not a place for original research and is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Ironholds (talk) 06:30, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user page. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC) [reply]

You're welcome. -- IRP ☎ 23:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

uw-rollback

Nice template! But I'm not sure about the formatting, maybe it should be formatted to resemble the uw block templates. Please join the discussion at WT:UTM#New template: uw-rollback. Thanks! Anomie ⚔ 04:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled post

sorry i am new — Preceding unsigned comment added by HPS345 (talk • contribs)

See the introduction to editing. -- IRP ☎ 22:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

why none told those things???? it's to much to read pls in shot cut words!!

and please help me dude! User:theWeatherman is threating me!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by HPS345 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot learn the policies and guidelines instantly. -- IRP ☎ 22:16, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i will learn how to do edit in sandbox okay? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HPS345 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, and if you need any more help, add "{{helpme}}" to the very bottom of your talkpage. -- IRP ☎ 22:25, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

About the confusion above, I thought he was putting spam messages around (cut and paste) and did not see them as good faith, now I know they are, I apologize to you as I think you are sorting it out for me. Regards. Andy (talk) 22:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indef blocked tagging

Hey there - you don't have to put the indefblocked template on VOA userpages that have not been created. The point is to have less pages, not more - you only tag them if the user has created a page, which puts it in a category to eventually be deleted. Tan | 39 17:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reason why I do it is to alert any users who stumble upon the userpage that the account has been indefinitely blocked. Are you saying that you want me to stop doing it? -- IRP ☎ 17:10, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a huge deal, but yes, it's unnecessary and just creates more pages. Any user can see my indefblocked note on their talk page. Don't get me wrong; I highly appreciate your work here. Just giving you friendly advice ;-) Tan | 39 17:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dude pls don't use Vista

Windows Vista is not good, I am just warning u don't waste your money!--62.158.119.7 (talk) 23:36, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hearts and minds (iraq) talk page

I blanked the page because the only comment was one person putting a link to "American soldiers at their worst" and saying how "There are lots of successful attempts to earn hearts and minds". It wasn't at all constructive and served no purpose therefore I deleted. On my talk page you said I should have reverted to a previous edit but that would be impossible because only one person had written on the page before that it was blank.69.123.106.132 (talk) 01:30, 30 December 2008 (UTC)69.123.106.132[reply]

You can tag the page for deletion by inserting "{{db|reason to delete the page}}" at the top of the page. -- IRP ☎ 01:33, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I really didn't feel it was necessary to delete the whole page being that it was only a talk page and not an article. 69.123.106.132 (talk) 01:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)69.123.106.132[reply]

Then, please explain why you blanked it using the edit summary box. People will think you are a vandal if you don't. -- IRP ☎ 01:44, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok sorry 69.123.106.132 (talk) 01:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)69.123.106.132[reply]

Great idea

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		This really was a great and useful idea. Thank you. — Aitias // discussion 01:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. And thanks for the barnstar. -- IRP ☎ 01:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What?

Attacking other users? You have got to be friggin kidding me. What aspect of my comment would be considered an attack? If anything, its a complement knowing what these two admin thugs have done! --Assembletheways (talk) 18:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Wikipedia:No personal attacks. -- IRP ☎ 18:15, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But what aspect of the comment in rude? What swear word did I use? --Assembletheways (talk) 18:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How would you like it if somebody called you "ignorant"? -- IRP ☎ 18:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I used it in the correct context because they did something wrong. --Assembletheways (talk) 18:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greeting

Wish you a Happy new year.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:02, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, the same to you. -- IRP ☎ 23:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year

Dear IRP,
I just wanted to wish you and your family a happy new year, however you're celebrating it. Whether 2008 was a good year for you, or if it wasn't the greatest year, hopefully 2009 will be better. Cheers, and happy editing in 2009 :-),

Ashbey Ӝ 00:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Christmas was yesterday: Happy New Year!

Happy new Headcheese!-hexaChord² 02:26, 1 January 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Happy New Year!

Galib is wishing you a Happy New Year. This card promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day much better. Best Wishes and Happy Editing!

Best To Reply At My Talk Page. Thanks.

Just Stopping by. Yours Truly, M.H.^{True Romance iS Dead} 15:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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Thank You

-Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.88.121 (talk) 20:14, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome -- IRP ☎ 20:17, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Hudrey

I assumed the purpose of the page was for vandalism, since it had gibberish on it. What was that for, anyway? --Readopedia (talk) 02:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this note that I left on your user talkpage. -- IRP ☎ 02:43, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I saw it, so thanks for informing me. What was the reason for creating that page with gibberish, anyway? --Readopedia (talk) 02:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A vandal created it for no reason other than to vandalize the encyclopedia. It wasn't me who created it. -- IRP ☎ 02:52, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For the revert :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome -- IRP ☎ 20:30, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		I remember when you first arrived here you had a few problems with your username - you remained calm throughout and it was a reak pleasure to help you. Since that point, you've turned into an excellent Wikipedian with thousands of great contributions - you really are an asset to the project. Keep up the good work IRP. Ryan Postlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 22:40, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar! -- IRP ☎ 22:43, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did leave a explanation

In both the talk page and as a comment in the history page you can see the explanation to why I deleted what I deleted. Where would you like the explanation to be?Eyenuh300 (talk) 23:10, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, please see this link. -- IRP ☎ 23:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the problem is with me, for some reason I am upsetting the auto-report program. Am I not leaving my comments in the right place?Eyenuh300 (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine, this is the right place to send messages to me. I should look before reverting, and apparently Willking1979 wasn't paying attention either. -- IRP ☎ 23:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abu Salem

I am not sure why you removed the copyvio tag from the article. The text is clearly copied from the site identified. There is very little "reworking" of the original article and that so-called "reworking" does not hide the fact that it was copied from the original article.

I have reinstated the original copyvio tag you removed. I you have any concerns, please let me know. Thanks... ttonyb1 (talk) 15:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please be sure to provide an edit summary when reverting an edit that does not constitute vandalism, otherwise, you are violating Wikipedia policy. -- IRP ☎ 16:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like I missed that. Thanks... ttonyb1 (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DISPLAYTITLE

{{Helpme|How can I use this on a page? I see every bit of information on this page about that setting, except for how to use it. How can I use it?}}

Hi! $wgRestrictDisplayTitle is set to "true" by default, and after looking over the config files, this is not overridden anywhere. That means you can't use the DISPLAYTITLE magicword to change a title to something else. However, you can use it to decapitalise the first letter of a page, for example on the "IPod" page, you could type {{DISPLAYTITLE:iPod}}, and the page title would then appear to be "iPod". However, you can't change the title to something else. Please note, on non-article pages, this means that you can only change the page name from "Wikipedia:Foo" to "wikipedia:Foo". Stwalkerster [ talk ] 21:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know that, but how do I set a page for that setting, like if I wanted to change the title of my sandbox to something completely different? -- IRP ☎ 21:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{Helpme|see my reply to Stwalkerster}}

You can't. DISPLAYTITLE can only override the case of a title, not the actual name. You can go from Sandbox to sandbox, but not from Sandbox to IRP's Sandbox. // roux 21:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can I use $wgRestrictDisplayTitle to allow any display title? If so, how? -- IRP ☎ 21:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{Helpme|see my reply to Roux}}

Sorry, no. The setting is disabled, and that means on the entire English Wikipedia. For that matter, it's disabled on all the public Wikimedia Foundation wikis. You could start a topic on the Village Pump asking it to be turned on, but that will probabally be thrown out as it will break stuff that shouldn't become broken. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 22:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Justin Gaston

If you are still online, send me an email ASAP. I have an email to forward to you regarding Justin Gaston. Thanks, Willking1979 (talk) 00:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have e-mail set up on my Wikipedia account. You can send your e-mail to another user. -- IRP ☎ 21:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The email was from User:Allencoa from Vision Los Angeles, who represents Justin Gaston. He/she said: "Is there anyway I can delete what was previously there (since it is untrue) and keep the post I made?". I emailed Allencoa back and gave him/her Wikipedia's help e-mail address because he did not specify which info was incorrect or what was needed. Thanks, Willking1979 (talk) 21:13, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Humphreys

Hi, am trying to move JH disambig to the JH page. Apologies if I screw up! If the JH page can be deleted this could help as I had some trouble moving the disambig page - hope that makes sense familytree101 (talk) 00:02, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK I've done it, thanks for your note on the page earlier but deletion no longer required familytree101 (talk) 00:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged it for deletion because if you blank a page that you have created yourself, we assume you are requesting deletion of it. -- IRP ☎ 00:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable! In this case the blanking was a hiccup that occurred in the course of a page move - move now effected so deletion not required. Hope that makes sense. James Humphreys is no longer blank. Thanks familytree101 (talk) 00:10, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism?

hi, i was simply trying to post a spoiler warning on the Gran Torino page. I don't know how that constitutes vandalism, i thought that would be beneficial to wikipedia (especially when i just had the movie ruined for me, without my consent). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.130.138.98 (talk) 02:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

=hello

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	Archive 1 (prior to October 25, 2008); Archive 2 (October 25, 2008-November 14, 2008); Archive 3 (November 15, 2008-December 9, 2008); Archive 4 (December 10, 2008-December 25, 2008); Archive 5 (December 25, 2008-January 14, 2009)

can you tell me what a barnstar is? please tell me at my talkpage.Shadowwolfs (talk) 21:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some new gossip

Incidentally IRP, I have some information on Ronz which you might find rather interesting. It seems that for the last several months, Ronz has been involved in a torrid affair with Wikipedia member Gogo Dodo! I found out this rather salacious bit of information from Tony DeMera as he and I were sharing a MOON PIE and an RC COLA in the city square of Salem. We were talking about Ronz's supposed involvement in a Ponzi scheme (which fortunately proved false) involving my cousin, an excon named Francis who lives in Tierra Del Fuego. As it happens, that dastardly British DeMera henchman EJ came up and wanted to sit and share some of our MOON PIE. As it happens, Ronz and Gogo Dodo met on a flight to Cape Town in July. They were both seated in first class (or course, showoffs!) and struck up a conversation when Gogo Dodo happened to be reading a book by Walter Benjamin, Ronz's FAVORITE cultural theorist. They got to talking and after the flight landed, that was it! But nay, a few months later, they ran into each other on the Turkish Riviera at a resort. Well one thing led to another and now they're in a torrid relationship. Please keep everything I have told you a secret lest the cat be let out of the bag. But since you've been so kind to me and got me a time keeper for Christmas, I felt that I had to let you know the scoop. After Tony and EJ left, I called Sammy Brady (who is in hiding because she's pregnant) and we had a good laugh over the matter! Your favorite contributor, Ernie. PS The time keeper you got me is very nice and matches my green scarf.

User:Stephen Bain/3RR

The above page had not been edited since January 2007. When you merged it in, you merged in a lot of stuff that had previously been there but was rewritten/removed as redundant, as well as any actual changes, essentially setting most of the page back two years. (For example, the sections I eliminated during my last rewrite are back, even though I removed none of the actual meaning, just made it a lot more concise, so they're now duplicating stuff that was there anyway). Can you take another look at this? -- Gurch (talk) 23:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just merged it without reading. I left the removal of redundant information up to other contributors. -- IRP ☎ 00:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which I have done. In future I recommend not making any sort of edit to a policy page without reading it -- Gurch (talk) 00:06, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On Ronz

Fine! I'll gladly cease vandalizing Ronz IRP, I think that I've made my point. Thanks for your oh too poignant warning!

~~IRP, I keep receiving messages from you. Could you kindly leave me alone? I told you I'll leave Ronz alone now that I told the Wikipedia world the kind of person he is. Therefore, I'd advise you to no longer speak to me lest you incur my wrath. I know powerful people IRP, leave me alone, I shan't be any more trouble, if you LEAVE ME ALONE!

if you haven't sent me any more messages, you may disregard this notice.

Some new gossip

Incidentally IRP, I have some information on Ronz which you might find rather interesting. It seems that for the last several months, Ronz has been involved in a torrid affair with Wikipedia member Gogo Dodo! I found out this rather salacious bit of information from Tony DeMera as he and I were sharing a MOON PIE and an RC COLA in the city square of Salem. We were talking about Ronz's supposed involvement in a Ponzi scheme (which fortunately proved false) involving my cousin, an excon named Francis who lives in Tierra Del Fuego. As it happens, that dastardly British DeMera henchman EJ came up and wanted to sit and share some of our MOON PIE. As it happens, Ronz and Gogo Dodo met on a flight to Cape Town in July. They were both seated in first class (or course, showoffs!) and struck up a conversation when Gogo Dodo happened to be reading a book by Walter Benjamin, Ronz's FAVORITE cultural theorist. They got to talking and after the flight landed, that was it! But nay, a few months later, they ran into each other on the Turkish Riviera at a resort. Well one thing led to another and now they're in a torrid relationship. Please keep everything I have told you a secret lest the cat be let out of the bag. But since you've been so kind to me and got me a time keeper for Christmas, I felt that I had to let you know the scoop. After Tony and EJ left, I called Sammy Brady (who is in hiding because she's pregnant) and we had a good laugh over the matter! Your favorite contributor, Ernie. PS The time keeper you got me is very nice and matches my green scarf.