User talk:AlexiusHoratius

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Confirming changes in a wiki-page

How do I request for other wiki-pages to have an "Accept: require "autoconfirmed" permission" function, just as what you had added to the Same-sex marriage article?
Native94080 (talk) 05:48, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You can request pending changes protection at Requests for Page Protection. There may be other places as well, but RFPP seems to work okay. (I personally am not too involved with the whole Pending Changes thing, but will put it on when it looks like it would be a good option.) AlexiusHoratius 05:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank semi-spam

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. Thanks also for reverting vandalism on Manitoba - much appreciated! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:48, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the protect

I was hoping this nonsense would all be over with soon seeing as this was supposed to be the final season (Claimed by the main character's VA), but the show was just renewed TODAY for a whopping 27 episodes. Woe is me. Heavydata (talk) 01:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Being something of a regular at RFPP, I've become used to the fact that there are legions of IPs obsessed with really peculiar areas of interest: namely results of wrestling matches, chart positions of albums, musical genres of bands, and character/episode lists of TV programs. It's really strange. Nobody really edits stuff like Bolivia or Indus River that much, but hundreds of people go out of their minds over whether a particular series has been renewed or not. AlexiusHoratius 02:01, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Cortes

It's on PC, and it doesn't seem to be working - do you think it could be protected now? It's got some pretty consistent vandalism going as of late, 3 or 4 instances since you've declined - I can't really see any constructive IP/new account editing, also. Connormah 23:44, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - much appreciated. Connormah 01:19, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 01:20, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Maryland not labeled on the Mississippi map you placed on Wikipedia

Maryland not labeled on the Mississippi map you placed on Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.10.176.162 (talk) 15:52, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll fix it tomorrow probably. AlexiusHoratius 06:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

New version uploaded (I had also left off a label for New Mexico). AlexiusHoratius 21:49, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Query

THATS MEAN WHY DID YOU SEND ME THAT I HATE CHU —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lovinwiki10 (talk • contribs) 22:40, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Deleting my subpage

Thanks for deleting User:Edge3/John Lynch! It's much appreciated. Edge3 (talk) 18:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 21:57, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

java program

write a program integer value from user and cheak whether given no is a odd or even? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.118.210.68 (talk) 20:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about; I'm pretty sure you're posting at the wrong place. AlexiusHoratius 05:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

One heckuva guy

What's it like as an adult male living with autism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.114.82 (talk) 17:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm - full-on autism is a bit strong - a prematurely jaded misanthrope would be a more apt description. As an adult male living with premature misanthropy along with a general sense of ennui, I'd say life's a 5 out of 10. AlexiusHoratius 18:43, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Block an IP

Can you block this IP: 207.238.23.165? He (or she) recently vandalized the article Dutch American, and has also vandalized the articles Lent, Breaking wave, History of Japan, and Mariana Trench. 207.238.23.165 has already been warned about getting blocked.

Since it's an IP, it's probably used by numerous users, and that one only vandalized once in the last few months. If they continue, give them another warning or two and then report them to WP:AIV (generally that works faster than going to particular admins). AlexiusHoratius 00:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the map

Hi. Thanks for the map of Califronia. Only saw it now. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:46, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Not a problem - don't be afraid to check the Commons category if you think something is missing, there'll be lots of images for larger subjects like California, or check what other similar articles are using. The problem usually comes when a section starts getting too many images, but there looked like there was plenty of room on California. AlexiusHoratius 01:19, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 31 October 2010
	Time: noon
	Place: Midtown Exchange Global Market, East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 44.9493°N 93.2612°W / 44.9493; -93.2612

Halloween

hi ummm..... I really don't need any of your help but nice meeting you and happy halloweeen :D

Happy Halloween. AlexiusHoratius 20:32, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions for next Minnesota meetup?

Hi, Alexius, do you have any suggestions for a next date or place for a Minnesota meetup? I was disappointed to miss last Sunday's meetup once a work meeting coincided with the time announced for the meetup. I would be happy to arrange a meetup soon. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 14:12, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I'd try to attend if another one were held in the Twin Cities area. (Other areas in MN are probably a bit too far when it comes to distances I'm personally willing to travel - but don't let that stop people from planning a non-TC event, if you want.) AlexiusHoratius 20:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

New meetup

In the area? You're invited to the
May 2018 Minnesota User Group Meeting
	Date: 20 November 2010
	Time: 1:00-3:30 (click here for full agenda) R.S.V.P. by Nov. 17 for free lunch + parking
	Place: Minnesota History Center 345 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, Minnesota 44.95°N 93.1055°W / 44.95; -93.1055

ryan smith of wolfe city texas

Ryan Douglas Smith, born october 29th 1993 Wolfe City Tx, he grew up in this little bo-dunk town and at 4th grade could bench 450lbs. at age 14 he won the UFC fighting championship going against barrack Obama and Sadamm Huesien in a tag team throw down match, he later ran for president but was said to be to awesome for election so they gave him his own name and Rank he was a 8 Star general and leader of the world or King Cockburns as he licked to be called as of november 3rd he fired a blow onto the side of Colton Goodwins face along with the ever so popular Sir Joseph Tucker of Awesometown. He is now in Holding but has plans to break out with Sir Joseph with help from a terrorist by the name of Achmed tajeer. that is all for now folks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.235.205.100 (talk) 20:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

User conflict in Talk:Spanish Civil War

Dear AlexiusHoratius,

In last weeks, an user appeared in Talk:Spanish Civil War. The discussion between some users (Mamalujo and Sayerslle on NPOV) became a crusade of insults, like "francoist" and similars. I arrived to this discussion through Pius XI's Dilectissima nobis encyclical and I decided to prevent user Xufanc about WP:CIV and WP:NPA. What an error! I talked to him in his user page in catalan, because he had previous conflicts with some users at Catalan WP. At this moment, he is using some siamese IP (at his personal page he says that he's in Thailand) to try to show that there are more users against me (WP:SOC). Please, may you intervene to calm the discussion?

Thank you for all.

Yours faithfully,

Vilallonga (talk) 08:32, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take a look at it. Give me a few days, as I'm a bit busy in real life right now. (I'm not going to referee at the Spanish Civil War article as far as content is concerned, but if editors are getting out of hand, that can be dealt with.) AlexiusHoratius 17:20, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much AlexiusHoratius. Vilallonga (talk) 09:25, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks & a question

G'day AlexiusHoratius. Thanks for your time in considering my RFP. The dispute resolution process seems to require active participation from both sides, and I believe that the other side isn't interested (he's pointedly ignored or fobbed off compromise offers).

As you probably saw, the other side has reported me for edit warring at WP:AN3#User:Danjel reported by User:AussieLegend (Result: ). Would that be an appropriate avenue to ask for the protection on the article, even if the report is aimed at me? Thanks in advance for your help. -Danjel (talk) 14:22, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

I suppose you could, although RFPP is generally the place to go to request protection; other venues should be used if other issues are involved, like WP:3RR or something. The main reason I declined the request is that full protection technically blocks all non-admins (and basically everyone, as admins aren't supposed to be doing major edits to a fully protected page), so it should usually either be a last resort or used to avoid blocking only an IP in a dispute (which isn't really the case here). If only two editors are involved, there are usually other ways of dealing with a content dispute or cases of disruptive editing without blocking out everyone. If both of you are basically requesting that the article be fully protected, my advice would be to imagine that it is and just stop editing it until some sort of wider consensus is found on the talk page. AlexiusHoratius 14:43, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry, merry

Bzuk (talk) 02:13, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to you as well. AlexiusHoratius 19:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you for protecting the List of WordGirl Characters article, you have just ended that dispute hopefully. bless you and continue the great work. N.I.M. (talk) 18:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Not a problem. AlexiusHoratius 19:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, AlexiusHoratius! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Protect

Hey, thanks for the protection! There is no way to protect just a portion of a page, is there? CTJF83 chat 02:28, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Not that I know of; a specific level of protection applies to the whole page or none of it. One could get around this by transclusion, for instance, you could have one page transcluded (and protected at its source) and have another part of the page either unprotected or transcluded from another page with a different level of protection. AlexiusHoratius 02:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Don't quite understand that...but basically I want it so the vandals can't even remove User talk:Ctjf83/Header from the top of the page. Probably not possible? CTJF83 chat 02:34, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

By the transclusion thing I mean that it's possible for an IP to vandalize this page, as it's unprotected, but they can't mess with the code of my talkheader (the box with the army guy) as I've semiprotected it on a separate page and transcluded it here. However, they could still mess with the translusion code here, in other words the placement or visibility of the header, but not the text itself. I'm not sure if there's a way to make it impossible to edit even the placement of a transclusion on a page that is otherwise unprotected. I don't personally know of one, but perhaps ask at the help desk just in case. AlexiusHoratius 02:46, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, CTJF83 chat 03:03, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Pradip Baijal

The current version of the page protected is not neutral, and is libelous. It promotes the point of view being pushed by Ashlonerider; who is a politically motivated editor who has a history of working on biographies. Please revert back to a more neutral version which does not promote a view on Mr.Baijal and sticks to facts. He is one of the most distinguished and successful officers of the Indian Administrative Service. While some controversies have happened recently, none of the conclusions are correct. Let us not try to destroy the reputation of an officer who has served the country for 40 years - based on a Wiki editor's view on what is a very complicated issue in India. I would suggest introducing a neutrally worded protected page; as several paid parties are incentivized to throw muck at a few people involved in the case.

Adminoff (talk) 01:38, 12 January 2011 (UTC) adminoff

The article's talk page would probably be the best spot to discuss this. However, I don't want to lock in any really out-of-bounds BLP violations, so if they exist (that is, potentially damaging statements without sources) let me know about them specifically and I will take a look. AlexiusHoratius 01:55, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Radia has been called the kingpin of the 2G scam. She is just a lobbyist with no real powers, and cannot be the kingpin. Alluding to it is alleging corruption. Not needed as part of Mr Baijal's page. The man has been a distinguished servant for the country.

The issue of conflict of interest is just speculation. There is no conflict of interest, if someone after 4-5 years of retiring from a post works in the same sector. All government permissions were taken. There are innumerable examples of other officers. There is no source for it, other than speculative media articles.

There are repeated references to certain companies being clients of Niira Radia firm. Firstly, he did not work in that firm, but in an affiliate. Ms Radia's firm had more than 200 clients, including 10 of the top 20 clients. It does not mean someone is corrupt or is taking advantage of his position. Fact of the matter is - Mr Baijal is a subject expert, and not more. He is a retired officer, with no powers. Ashlonerider has inserted these malicious comments just to give an impression of culpability. No formal complaint, or chargesheet has been issued against either Mr Baijal or Ms Radia.

None of the policy changes can be characterized as flip flops. That again is media sensenationalism. Here is a man who has been awarded as a role of the regulator. The US government has conferred praises. He has won the award as the best regulator. All policy changes impact different players - but the overwhelming number of people believe it was done to the benefit of the consumer (which is the charter for the government)

Mr Baijal has his own website - the reference to which has been deleted (pradipbaijal.com)

120.62.4.138 (talk) 18:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC) arjunagra