User talk:Icairns

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Semiprotect for a short time

You indefinitely fully-protected List of countries by credit rating due to a 4chan raid, which almost always ends within an hour. Would you mind changing to semiprotection for a couple hours? Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:07, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

First of all, thanks for protecting. It was getting too crazy for me to keep up.

I don't know whether it was 4chan or not, but it seems protecting it while things cool down is a good idea. I would say semi-protect for a couple of days just to make sure we don't get anymore of this?

Cheers & thanks!

Λuα ^{(Operibus anteire)} 19:22, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

No probs - apologies for being away from the PC for a little while and missing Reaper's message. Ian Cairns (talk) 22:10, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Note that the article was vandalized by IP accounts only, so: would you like to change the full protection into semi-protection? Legitimate users want to update it (see the article talk page), but they can't, due to the full protection. HOOTmag (talk) 12:44, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Apologies - I think it's now correct. Sorry, Ian Cairns (talk) 22:52, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

S&P update

As seen its locked, May I ask if you could update Israel S&P ranking to A+ (A Plus) status in List of countries by credit rating.

Sources: S&P Reuters Ynet News

Thank you.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 11:16, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 23:01, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Stkatherineuponthehoe.JPG

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English!

Hi, can you help? Is there a template message that can be used when reverting text added in a language other than English or where the 'English' text is completely unintelligible? Denisarona (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello Denisarona. Please see Category:Non-English user warning templates where there is a selection available. Hope that helps. BRgrds, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:17, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks, much appreciated. Denisarona (talk) 17:49, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:SGSbadge.png

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Thanks bot. Now fixed. Ian Cairns (talk) 18:13, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

IP user

This is just for my information, but I was wondering why you removed my report of vandalism from the IP 123.219.67.1. Your stated reason was that that it is "not active NOW", but given that the user committed two acts of vandalism today (October 16) after spending a month under a block, I was wondering what was going on. This is a user who persistently and consistently commits acts of vandalism, even after being repeatedly blocked. Should I just give the user a final warning and wait until they commit acts of vandalism again (as this user probably will)? Just asking. Michitaro (talk) 17:58, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello Michitaro. As you will know there are several places where you can report vandals and vandalism. WP:AIV is for instant reaction to IP vandals who are vandalising in recent time (i.e. active NOW) or for persistent vandalism from named users. Your report of IP vandalism was around 15:40 or 14:40 depending on your time zone and referred to vandalism that last occurred around 04:40 this morning - so 10 hrs after the event. This is a little late for an IP vandal, who could easily have been disconnected or operating under another IP address after that time. As a result, you need to report such IP vandalism promptly, or choose another forum - e.g. WP:ANI - where they can take an opinion whether the IP vandal is on a fixed / static IP address or not. You will see that the Terms of Reference for WP:AIV do not allow us to handle this. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 18:07, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I just wonder about the definition of "now", since I might have been the first to notice the vandalism, and these are relatively obscure pages. The reason I noticed them is because this same IP user has been vandalizing the exact same pages for months using the same IP address (and possibly two others). I used WP:AIV before and that resulted in blocks for this user. He or she will be back for more. The address should definitely be blocked, the sooner the better. I will report it to WP:ANI. Michitaro (talk) 00:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Did I assume correctly?

[1] --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:20, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes indeed - looking at this, I cannot imagine what the context was.. I'll apologise on the page. Ian Cairns (talk) 21:25, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Probably no need, this is likely a misclick of the rollback button on your watchlist (happens to me a lot too). Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

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No it was not vandalism to the article on Harrison. I was simply uncertain whether to leave what was written. It was a true, but defamatory, statement about Harrison. I am perfectly willing to restore what has been written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ComtedeMonteCristo (talk • contribs) 18:12, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Following my last message, maybe you should inform Harrison himself what the content of this statement is about and let him respond. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ComtedeMonteCristo (talk • contribs) 18:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

You wrote it. It was defamatory. That was vandalism. You removed it. The audit trail tells all. No admin let alone myself has any obligation to inform anyone about any your defamatory writing. WP:BLP gives anyone the right to remove unsourced comment like this. Please remember to sign all comments on talk pages using ~~~~. Fortunately Sinebot spotted your comment. Ian Cairns (talk) 18:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

User talk:68.36.42.46 needs blocking ain. He/She is back right after block expired.

My keyboard is doing wierd things, no tildes. Viva-Verdi 27 Oct 11

Tildes show as ¬¬¬

Thanks Viva-Verdi, but there is no private blocking service available from this talk page. Please report at WP:AIV or WP:ANI. Thanks Ian Cairns (talk) 18:17, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Move of ICT 1900 to ICT 1900 series

I seem to have missed the discussion of this move.

I suppose you are going to update all the links to the redirection page? Or is there some bot that will do that? HughesJohn (talk) 14:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello HughesJohn - This seemed like a logical move to bring 1900 in line with the other series. Yes there are a few links to the redirect page, just like there are links to the ICL 1900 redirection page also. So work to do, but these will go in time. However, we currently have some consistency between the various series. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 21:44, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Update: The long list of references to ICL 1900 has now been whittled down to none, along with all the other minor redirects - took 10 mins maximum. So, down to the last few redirects... Ian Cairns (talk) 22:30, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, logic is good :-)

(There isn't an automated procedure to fix links to redirect pages? Seems like there should be.) HughesJohn (talk) 08:28, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

You polygon, you

Hi, belated thanks for the heads-up. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 21:33, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Hello Icairns! I hope you enjoy this cookie as an amicable greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 19:57, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Ian Cairns (talk) 19:58, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: PTC News

Hello Icairns, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of PTC News, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. —GFOLEY FOUR!— 23:15, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Gfoley - this wasn't my speedy, I was simply preventing deletion of the tags by re-adding them until you could review properly. Thanks again, Ian Cairns (talk) 11:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Okay. The tool thought it was you. No worries. —GFOLEY FOUR!— 19:24, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Granvilleelliott2.jpg

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File permission problem with File:AdrianHilton.jpg

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Golf club - wedges

I apologize I messed up the wedges section bu calling a wedge variation of a putter is simply incorrect — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.86.129 (talk) 19:36, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem - the edit did look like vandalism, hence I reverted. Please use the Edit Summary to inform other editors _why_ you are making your edit. Ian Cairns (talk) 20:29, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

University of Salford logo

Hello, I have edited in Wikipedia for a while independently. I am currently working as a contractor for University of Salford and sitting just down the room from User:Aadamsonsalford who works for the Digital Marketing Team of the University. :) I assumed it would be OK and not a COI to state that one is from Salford and add the correct logo - I see now that you've reverted your revert, or at least, helpfully redesigned it. But on a general note, is it not OK for her to edit the page provided that she says who she is and why she is making the edits? Given that others can over-ride them? I assumed that for example adding the correct logo to the infobox was helpful. Thanks for any info. James. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 16:37, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello James. Thanks for your note. Yes there is no problem with editing provided that you abide by WP:COI. I have not warned Adam on this. However, it appeared that he was getting into difficulty with his editing, losing all the info on Chancellors, etc. As a result, I thought it easier to revert all his edits and re-apply the logo edit, since that seemed to be the major issue for him. Otherwise, I had no problem. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 16:42, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

IP you blocked is ban evading

See this SPI case, where the IP has even admitted to ban evasion. Just thought I'd keep you in the loop. --Salvidrim! ^T·_C 15:52, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for letting me know. BRgrds, Ian Cairns (talk) 20:02, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Adrian Hilton

As a contributor to this article, you may be interested to know I have nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Hilton. Robofish (talk) 01:39, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking that IP. I've put in a request to have my user page semi-protected, in case s/he goes round to his mate's house and starts again, or comes back after the block. Any chance you could expedite that? Thanks. PamD 13:36, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Already semi-protected. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Bhr7gj

Hi, I couldn't find the contribution that Z-bot stated had been made in the user's history or deleted contributions. Any thoughts as to what I was missing, please? TerriersFan (talk) 22:57, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Working on it, but the log said:

Bhr7gj (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - Tripped filter 58 (Long-term pattern abuse) (details). Mr.Z-bot (talk) 22:17, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

It wasn't pleasant... Ian Cairns (talk) 23:03, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Please check the details link in the entry above for the actual words... Ian Cairns (talk) 23:07, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

agree that that is what 'details' says but it doesn't appear in the history, even in deleted contributions, all that is in the history is (←Created page with 'Warren Mortimer'). Sorry, apart from the bot saying that the guy added that edit I can't find any evidence that he actually made it (if that makes sense :-)). TerriersFan (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

The edit filter can prevent an edit from being saved, which is what happened in this case. Mr.Z-man 00:02, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Ah! Now I understand; thx! TerriersFan (talk) 00:07, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the assisted explanation. Much appreciated. Ian Cairns (talk) 21:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Hockey by country

Category:Hockey by country, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 16:27, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for reverting your recent experiment with the page Eric Clapton. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox instead. Thank you. Srobak (talk) 22:01, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Srobak - but I am mystified by your automatic knee-jerk. You can see I am not a newbie. When it became clear to me that I was working with incorrect information, I self-reverted. But thanks anyway. Ian Cairns (talk) 23:50, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Ref Desk Comments

I was honestly stating my thoughts as to the other editors comments. Should I disguise myself with anagrams, or should I just keep my opinion to myself? Bred Ivy (talk) 18:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment - copied above. As you will have seen on WP:AIV, I didn't regard your comments as uncivil - merely combative. I am obliged to assume good faith unless there is evidence to the contrary. If you are escaping another WP identity for some reason, then you ought to make this clear. Sockpuppetry or Block evasion, for example, would be difficult to explain... You seem to know your way around - so I will leave this as it stands. However, other admins may have other insights / knowledge. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 18:11, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I didn't intend to be combative. Bred Ivy (talk) 18:16, 1 January 2012 (UTC)