User talk:Majorly

October 2006

Sockpuppetry

You are right and I admit to sockpuppetry. I meant no harm by this. I am still not getting Wikipedia that much and don't know how to use it all that well. I will delete my barnstar from the non-edited user and malformed RfA request. However, I do not know how to change the RfA and delete it. I need help with that. I will not use the Wikiuser456 and then therefore I request to have some admin please delete the user and talk pages. Ify you could please help me unconvict this message, I would be most greatful.
Tennis gallery - UBXes Wikipediaman123 00:55, 1 October 2006 (UTC)TALK

Thanks for that. The RfA will have to be deleted by an admin, and Wikiuser456 will have to be blocked by an admin permanently. I'll add on to your evidence that you have admitted it, but I think the case must still go through. --Alex (Talk) 01:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Looks like I got here too late. It doesn't look like any action has to be taken, though. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 17:25, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I need your help...

I was trying to put my name on the nominations for adminship section, but i was seeing "Wikipedia:Nominations for adminship/John Montagnino. How do you do this thing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Montagnino (talk • contribs)

Don't try and request. You have no contributions. Make at least 1000 then try again. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 19:43, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: My review

Glad of being able to help. Trying to make Big Brother (UK series 7) featured will be pretty hard, as it is an extremely long article, so I suggest first making it a good article, and then work with others until the article is ready, as otherwise it may just be impossible, or at least, take a lot of time. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 03:58, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Spamming?

I am not spamming. I provided those links as references because Omicronpersei8 disagreed with an edit I made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScienoSitter (talk • contribs)

Right. Please sign your comments in future. Thank you. --Alex (Talk) 22:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I will sign my comments in the future. I learned how to do that now. ScienoSitter

RfA nomination

Hello, and thank you very much for your message on my talk page. I was really surprised to be offered a nomination for next month, but I'm going to have to decline - or, more accurately - postpone it, for reasons that I've explained here. Thank you for your kind offer, but I don't think it'd be worthwhile to nominate myself as early as next month (which is why I've postponed admin coaching for the same period of time). :) Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 22:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

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i am sorry my little bro was on — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.201.3 (talk • contribs)

WikiProject Big Brother

Hi, Alex9891. According to this page, you are a member of the Big Brother WikiProject. It would appear, perhaps because Big Brother isn't airing in Australia, the United Kingdom, or the United States at the moment, that activity on Big Brother-related articles has died down quite a bit. Between seasons is a good time to be editing Big Brother-related articles as this is probably the only time where Wikipedians can focus on the articles that seem to have been forgotten about without too many Big Brother-related distractions. There are a few articles just waiting to be worked on, and proposed article changes on the Project talk page that have received little feedback. Nobody is forced to do anything as a Project member, but please try to edit whatever Big Brother articles you can and help with the WikiProject's aim - to make the Big Brother articles the best that they can be! Thanks. jd || talk || 20:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Reply to message

Your message:Thank you for experimenting with the page Psychological trauma on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Alex (Talk) 16:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Answer: The link I added to the page Psychological trauma on Wikipedia was done with good intentions. The site I added a link to (www.akuttjournalen.com]) should fit well on Psychological trauma on Wikipedia. The site has many interesting articles related to the subject available for free downloading. Please inform what I did wrong with posting the link. Thank you.

Regards (a brand new) Wikipedia poster: Mr.TCB — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.TCB (talk • contribs)

Sorry about that - a mistake on my part, please forgive me! :) Feel free to add it back. --Alex (Talk) 20:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I've added the link once more. Mr.TCB 08:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Soviet Republic of Naissaar

Dear Alex,

at 16:16, 4 October 2006, you wrote:

It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed content from Soviet Republic of Naissaar. Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Alex (Talk) 16:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it seems that your bot is a bit quick tempered, ain't it? Any human can see the obvious gain in quality for this arcticle comparing it before and after my recent edits:

• I replaced a map where the island is barely visible with a much clear one
• I removed links (et, nl, no, fi and sv) to Naissaar, and left only the one legitimate link to the German version of this article.

P.S.: I see in your user page you are polite; that's good: maybe you could make polite bots too, huh?

62.48.171.17 20:22, 4 October 2006 (UTC) (user Tuvalkin in Portuguese and Esperanto Wikipedias)

Thank you for your message. I admit that I was wrong to revert the map you added, but unfortunately when I reverted it reverts all your edits. I reverted because I saw you removed links to other languages, which you say weren't legitimate, but on checking them I have found they are. In order to prevent problems like this, it would help very much if you left an edit summary so I would know exactly why you had done such a thing. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 20:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I reiterate the language links I removed were illegitimate: There are only two articles about the Soviet Republic of Naissaar in Wikipedia: In English and in German; the links I removed (et, nl, no, fi and sv) were pointing to Naissaar, a general article about the island (not about a particular event of its history), and are correctly linking to one another and to its German and English versions.

I'm sure there is no need to warn you against the problems that may arise when such imperfect loop links are created to an from Wikipedias in different languages.

I wasted enough time already with this stuff anyway. Good riddance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.48.171.17 (talk • contribs)

Please remember to assume good faith my friend. --Alex (Talk) 19:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: Another user...

You seem to have sorted that one out fine. -- Steel 21:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Don't want to be a pest

I have a dilemma. I really do appreciate all of the comments made, both positive and negative. But if I respond to them, it seems like I am a hot head, and I'm not. I also don't want to bother commenters on their talk pages. But I do disagree with the basis for some of the comments and would like to clarify some concerns. In all, I really want to be an admin and to be told close and on the path, but not yet, especially when you have no guidelines to specifically point to ... I'm sure you can understand my situation.

The reason I'm bothering you. The edit summary issue is not sufficiently brought up when users first enter Wiki. In 2004, when I joined I got a message telling me about using the four tildes but nothing about summaries. The how to edit page, in no way mandates using summaries on talk pages or for every edit. It implies to do it for major edits only. Unfortunately bad habits develop over time. That's why I didn't know about the edit summary issue. It's unlikely if your responding to something, someone will remind to add an edit summary, or if the edit is something as minor as removing a double period.

Ramsquire 19:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you do address the concerns, in the discussion session, if not you should withdraw and try again in a couple of months. My personal guidelines are 1000 mainspace edits, 500 Wikipedia space edits, 200 talk edits and around three months, or thereabouts of solid editing. You pass the time, but unfortunately not the edits, which show experience. To be honest 1000 edits over two years is not a lot. What I suggest you do is either let this RfA go through to the end, and reply to any comments you like, or withdraw, and explain you will request again in a couple of months. If you do request again, please remember to include information from your past RfAs as well. Perhaps in order to improve further you could get an editor review?. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 19:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

You're requirements are fair and I understand I don't meet them. I don't want to withdraw just yet because as I understand it, it is not a straight voting situation, and it seems that the editors like me somewhat. It's just that, as in your case, i haven't met baseline requirements. Unfortunately for me, I lost about a year in 2005, doing sporadic edits and doing a lot of work as an anon. If I had known then that I would want to be an admin at some point, I would have been more careful.Ramsquire 19:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

You are obviously a dedicated editor, and a great help to this project. Please don't be put off by this RfA - if you request again, say in December you'll probably get a lot more support with three months solid editing plus the two year experience - there should be little reason to oppose then. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 19:50, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the link problem to the previous RfA. I am having mouse issues. The ball is extremely sensitive today so whenever I hit show preview, it is saving the page instead. Sorry for the extra work. Ramsquire 20:12, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

About the Belgian Revolution

Coudl you please tell me why did you take 26 september 1830 as provisional government out off the text?J.

"preceding version, m = Minor edit.

(cur) (last) 21:20, 6 October 2006 Alex9891 (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted 2 edits by 81.242.247.16 (talk) to last revision (79509636) by 83.70.244.164 using VP2) (cur) (last) 21:19, 6 October 2006 81.242.247.16 (Talk) (→Opera riot) "

Why please ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.242.247.16 (talk • contribs)

Hi. 26 September 1830 should be linked as 26 september 1830, and not the whole date. Feel free to add it back that way. --Alex (Talk) 21:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Alex,I'll try to do it also for the other date , 10 november 1830, J.23.46h — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.68.231.217 (talk • contribs)

Thank You

Thank you for watching my user page so much lately. I have noticed you have reverted dozens of vandalized messages. I dont know why these guys keep doing this to me H.J. Bellamy 22:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: {{welcomeip}}

Hi there, Thanks for the welcome (albeit the 30 seconds to subst the template and save the page). To tell the truth, I'd rather not open an account for other reasons, and I'm quite happy to hack away at WP:MWT so that I can fight vandalism from an IP, but thanks for the suggestion. Just out of interest, how did you find me? --59.167.101.149 07:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I saw you working through WP:AFC and doing a good job of it too! --Alex (Talk) 13:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

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Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. NCurse work 15:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

124.2.76.130

Sure does. Already been protected; couldn't reply sooner: was having a bit of cake. ^_^ Thanks, Iolakana•T 16:35, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

LOL. Thanks for blocking anyway. --Alex (Talk) 16:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Alex, I want to make sure that I didn't violate any protocol - I am new to Wikipedia (as you note), and your welcome message to me included the phrase "Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes..." which I have seen on other users' talk pages as an indication that they did *not* do so. I *thought* that I had signed the only Talk page that I edited - did I miss one? Did I edit one and forget? Pawl Kennedy 21:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

No, that was just part of the standard message I left you. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 21:23, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks from StuffOfInterest

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which finished with a tally of 52/6/1 (~90%). It was an interesting process which gave me a chance to learn a bit about myself and about the community. My intention now is to slowly ease into using those additional buttons on my page. No use being over eager and mucking up the works. The support of all those who went over my record and/or rallied to my defense after the big oppose vote was instumental to the success of this review. Again, thank you! --StuffOfInterest 11:37, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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human urine

Hi Alex

the wikipedia on human urine is not correct. Urine makes a good neutroliser for jelly fish stings (lion mane ones!) this is tried and tested as I am a commercial diver and come into contact with these critters on a daily bases. Urine definiately has a dumbing affect, better than some of the anti sting creams. I would say that although it is a myth it is at least plausable.

Cheers

Craig — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.32.239 (talk • contribs)

List of non-admins talk

You're good I think you found it. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 17:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

BB5

Why did you revert me on Big Brother (UK series 5)? I was correcting an editor who had removed Dan's third place vote and put the final week evictees in alphabetical rather than vote order. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 16:02, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops, very sorry. I had intended to revert what you reverted, but was too late. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 16:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Current revision

Hi Alex, Sorry about not signing my edits. I'm fairly new to editing Wikipedia entries. I just noticed a few things that seemed gramatically awkward, so I tried re-wording them. Ognolman 17:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Only sign your edits on talk pages. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 17:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: HelpMe: Reverts

Thanks much for providing the link to WP:RV, I really appreciate it! Also, good luck on getting BBUK7 into Good Article standing. It really helped with following along with the show's website. (I'm over in the US and can't get the show ... *sigh*) fmmarianicolon | Talk 22:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Cheers. It has quite a while to go yet, but it'll get there eventually! --Alex (Talk) 22:08, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate the WP:RV advice concerning Naming the American Civil War. Can't say I'm surprised, but my RV was swiftly RV'd -- and I was accused of incivility (or something like it).

I am stepping back, and have asked the 10 most recent editors to step in and apply a little peer pressure. I did not pick them according to ideology, and made sure to include editors I think are friends of my accuser.

If you would check in as well, or give counsel, I would appreciate it. No obligation. -- Alarob 00:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

"Why wasn't this noticed?" re Ringo Starr/Oprah

I suggest that those of us who watch the article were otherwise engaged. A great many of the edits on articles within The Beatles wikiproject are vandalism and subsequent reverts, and the various members seem to concentrate on their own pet subjects. Sometimes persistent vandalism gets through, and is not noted for some time. In these cases the efforts of passing editors in combating it is appreciated; I therefore wish to thank you for your time and application in resolving this example of vandalism. Cheers.LessHeard vanU 12:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

How to edit a image

Hello. I uploaded an image (Image:South asia local.png) in wikimedia commons, but I found that I had made a mistake in this image. but i can't edit this image online. so i have to upload a new image (Image:South asia local lang.PNG). please tell me how to edit this image. thx.--Apengu 16:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm very sorry, I have little experience with images. Have you tried looking at the help page? --Alex (Talk) 19:21, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

????

why do i have recieved a warnign message from you? who the hell are you? since when did i do any attempt of vandalism to your article, are you insane? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themanwhosoldtheworld (talk • contribs)

Humourous/Humorous

Alex, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but it's been agreed at Talk:Cane_Toad#spelling to keep the article to Australian English (ie. humourous). Thanks for your understanding.  :) - Malkinann 11:48, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, sure thing. --Alex (Talk) 11:51, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Alex, you were right here and I have changed it back. Humorous is the right spelling worldwide, see [1]. --Guinnog 13:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Planet

Fair point. I'll drop them a message. --Guinnog 12:46, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

what a gay

this guy edits like 100 times a day, and spends all his free time on wikipedia!!! and he did it in the summer holidays!!! get a life you fag — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric shin (talk • contribs)

I have a life, thanks for the suggestion though. --Alex (Talk) 14:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

i fucking hate you

u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay u r gay gay — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric shin (talk • contribs)

No, actually, I'm not. By the way I've had to cut your message down as it was taking up too much space. --Alex (Talk) 14:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

why don't you tell me what you mean by the vanadalism?