User talk:Shenme

Archive from March 2005 to December 2006

Attacks on Roland Rance

You ask what is behind all the attacks on me on Trotskyism. This is a concerted campaign by a group of right-wing Zionists, apparently associated with Steven Plaut, who object to my editing of the Plaut article. So far, using a total of 75 sockpuppets so-far identified, they have defaced at least 87 separate Wikipedias pages with anally-obsessed personal abuse directed at me. All procedures to put a stop to this have so far failed, and they continue at the rate of two or three user ids a day. RolandR 13:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Beetle

Per your comments "your enthusiastic opposition, without discussion other than snideness, is perhaps more revealing than you'd like". If you will notice that I did indeed add my thoughts in the discussion page. And just because something has "been there for awhile" does not mean that it is correct or relevant. Perhaps You would reconsider if I added my own line in that mentioned Naturalist David Attenborough mentioning that beetles are proof that a got cannot be? My point is that I should not have to read about the religious thoughts of a certain scientist who studies beetles. Jtflood1976 22:41, 16 February 2007 (UTC)Jtflood[reply]

Monobook.js

Hi Shenme,

I removed the two lines you requested here [1] -- see if that works. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My most massive thanks! Removing those lines allowed me to login again, and then semi-revert to using the old popups.js with the fix referencing a prior copy of it. Thank you! Strangely enough, though, now that everything is 'alright' again, I think I'll tip-toe quietly away and hope nothing else breaks tonight! ;-)

Thank you again, Shenme 05:23, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. Good to see you editing again from your own account :-). I just flagged down Antandrus as the last admin I saw making an edit to an article on my watchlist. Great that he could help. Best wishes, WjBscribe 05:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Names of the Czech Republic and "Česko"

Thanks for pointing that out. I actually reviewed that edit but by mistake approved it. Anyway please keep an eye on this ip if you can, he is attacking User:Tulkolahten and has been blocked for the very same actions two days ago on different ip. There is no doubt it's the same person. It's very difficult to deal with him. I'm off to bed. Thank you.--Pethr 06:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Recent AIV report

FYI, in this edit, you added a report to WP:AIV with the {{user}} template instead of the correct {{userlinks}} template. Because of this, it was not able to be correctly handled by the HBC AIV helperbots, and was inadvertently removed by them as if it were part of another report. I re-added the report with the correct template, and it was subsequently removed (intentionally, this time) by the bots, because the user in question has been blocked. I just wanted to bring this to your attention so that you can use the correct template in your reports in the future. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia! —Krellis 18:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The instructions about which templates to use are contained in a comment in the page's source, which you should see when editing the page (or the "User-reported" section). That way they don't clutter the actual rendered page, and the intent is for them to be relatively easily visible to someone making a report. If you have suggestions as to how they can be better presented, they're always appreciated, making it easier for editors to file correct reports is always something we're trying to do. —Krellis 19:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Acorn apology

I'm so sorry about the mis-link of hard labor - although I admit when I read your message it did make me chuckle (is that wrong?). The tool does let you see the context of the word it suggests the link for so I must have just accidentally clicked "yes" instead of "no". I promise to be on my guard in the future. I found the tool through a link on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify#Tools page as I'm a member. It analyses any wikipedia article and suggests links which you can either accept or reject - very handy for new articles, particularly where they use a lot of imported text. Although of course, it can't account for human error! Madmedea 21:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category for EEZ disputes

Sorry to be late to answer your question. As far as I know there's no category for EEZ disputes. Since I don't know how many EEZ disputes exist (Exclusive Economic Zone is not helpful), I'm not sure creating it is a good idea. --Kusunose 05:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Czech Republic

I am sorry but I am Czech and they are "czechs" doing their propaganda of german insulting use of short term. 71.99.120.132 06:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heat conduction comments

First, an in-line comment . By trying to end it with !> you made the article disappear! (wow)

Second, why wouldn't you put the comment into the article's talk page? That way people could discuss... Shenme 01:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC-6)

Oops. Shows you how often I work with HTML. Must be rusty. I didn't even think about using the talk page. I should have. That makes more sense. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Picture of the Year/2006

I have voted for 4. Lunar libration Shenme 08:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chaim -> Haim

Hi.

Three reasons why I have changed Chaim to Haim:

When adding a link to Herzog's page to the official Knesset website (as a former MK) I noticed that he is called Haim on there. The same goes for Weizman (who also has only one "n" - though for some reason his nephew's name (Ezer Weizman) is spelt correctly on Wikipedia. This would suggest it is the "official" transliteration.
To make it consistent - I believe there are more people with the Haim spelling on Wikipedia than Chaim. See Haim Ramon, Haim Revivo, Haim Saban, Haim Magrashvili, Haim Yavin. Also, the "Haim" spelling appears to be gaining favour, with all but one of the "Chaims" on the Chaim page being deceased.
Simply, it is the correct transliteration. The "ch" transliteration of ח (Hebrew letter Het) was most likely developed by Yiddish/German speakers, as for them it is correct, as "ch" in German (as in Ich) has the same sound as Het (this is probably also why "Chaim" seems to be used for older people's names rather than younger ones as these days more Israelis speak English than Yiddish/German). However, as I'm sure you're aware, there is no equivalent in English (ch being used for words like Church), and therefore we use "h" at the start of a word or "kh" in the centre/end. In addition, the letter H is the actually direct descendent of the Hebrew letter Het (well, its Phoenician cousin, but it's effectively the same alphabet) via the Greek letter Eta.

Hope this makes you less disturbed! Number 57 23:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see you have pointed out a flaw in point 1! Well, sadly one cannot rely on Israelis for consistency (note different spellings of Haim in [2] and different spellings of Weizman in [3]). I also have seen Petakh Tikva spelt at least 4 different ways on road signs in the country! Anyway, I believe points 2 and 3 still make a strong case for the change. We need some consistency and it would be a bit stupid to have some people called Chaim and others Haim when it is the same name (and Haim seems to be winning these days) Number 57 23:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

for reverting vandalism on my user page! Natalie 01:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalisms

I'm sorry, I was under the impression that the specific user (apparently a Czech) was trying to insult me, or my knowledge, by posting that. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 04:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re; Gunbound vandalism

Well, I do my best. Sometimes complex vandalism can be easy to miss. Be sure to give warning messages so we can establish a paper trail. Admins are more likely to block habitual vandals if they have been warned enough, so always warn each vandalism with an appropriate message. Happy vandal fighting and happy editing! --Jayron 32 04:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for fixing the GunBound article! It's good to know more people like you are helping out. There's been a lot of vandals set loose lately. KajiTetsushi 06:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Minorities Research Group

Hi there Shenme. You were correct about my spelling of Minorities! Thanks! I am dyslexic and don't always see missing i's etc,etc. I am in the process of updating the article today and will run a more thorough check, when I'm done.

Fluffball70 11:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Churchill, Roosevelt and Sulfa

Hello, and thanks for the catch! I had another go at it, and this time I even managed to identify the Roosevelt in question as Franklin Delano, Jr. --Rallette 15:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Austin connection

Hi there! Good thing you left a note on my talk page; my e-mail provider marked your message as spam and I never would have seen it if you hadn't. I never would have figured out who you are from your user page either here or at Commons, but of course I recognized your e-mail address once I saw it! Hope all is well with you & J. —An gr 08:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should hope so! It's three in the morning where you are, and you have church tomorrow! ;-) —An gr 08:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muslim Article

O wow, no I didn't - it's gone now! Thanks for catching that!Daniel()Folsom |\^T/|\_C/|\^U/|⁽^{Can you help me with this?}⁾ 20:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, would you want me to set up an archive technique on your talk page - an archive of a talk page is used for storing old discussions - and making your current talk page easier to read. Sometimes users do this themeselves, but there's this "bot" that will archive things that haven't been responded to x number of days (as in say you or I don't repsond to this "Muslim Article" for 4 days, it would be archived). I can set one up and explain it really easily if you want me to.Daniel()Folsom |\^T/|\_C/|\^U/|⁽^{Can you help me with this?}⁾

Sockpuppet

If you would visit the page as well, it would become obvious that the user is a sockpuppet of a different user (probably User:Bbarnett), as discussed on the talk page. This troll was determined, however; he reverted back. --Hojimachong^talk 04:57, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for the note!

Isn't it great to reduce the size of a page for a good purpose!? I also like this new template because it takes some stuff out of editors hands so they are less likely to screw it up! Thanks again for the note. /Timneu22 01:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bavaria

Actually, I reverted it just fine in two steps, but someone beat me to by a half-second on the second one. Maybe you could be a little less quick on the lecture next time. --Walor 04:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trigrams

Hello. I actually use a greek letter, Xi, for my signature. I didn't realize it symbolized something else as well, so thanks for letting me know. ΞΞΞ 01:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Systems design

On the help desk you said you suspected insertion of AFDed material. Can you link me to an AFD or give me more detailed info? - Mgm|^(talk) 11:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this will help you, but if you can guess the exact title of the deleted article, go to the logs page Special:Log and trace any discussion on it there. - Fayenatic london (talk) 15:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars Tales Volume 5

Yeah, the "dessert" part is a joke from the comic, and a bad one at that. —Skope (talk) 20:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is very true.

I've no soft spot for collection agencies, ever since I was mistakenly pursued by one. But in this case I was going to tell the user on the user talk page to seek legal counsel; I was then distracted by an urgent real-life business. In any case, I don't want the person to loiter around Wikipedia if their mother is in jail. Xiner (talk, email) 01:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback

I am a total novie here; I will try to develop the "stub" I believe you mentioned and go from there; if RJASE1 will allow me too; I don't think that "new ideas" catch on very quickly here: but to "balance things you have to add "other" points of view so the reader can reflect and weigh the information to develop their own critical faculties and thus their own judgment: which is best done when all points of view that have a title to the rest can have their say: especially when it is nothing new: only a new explanation.```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Unicorn144 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Signpost 'Features and admins' error

I do apologise for any inconvenience. The error has been fixed to the correct link. I better check that the person has not had a prior RfA before compiling the recently new administrators. I do thank you for picking that up. Many thanks, Extranet ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 11:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's Greek to me!

You have a good question at Talk:Alpha beta ... omega. It is incredibly unlikely someone would type that in, correctly. I wonder if it would make any sense as the target/result of a search? Wow, the things you find ... Shenme 05:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's now nominated for deletion. (Dorks.) Also, THANK YOU for your work on Wikipedia as a gnome. I have great respect for you and your work. OverMyHead 15:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If they are looking for an organization with a wikiarticle, then they'll find out what Sigma Chi means. But if they search for a society that doesn't have an article, or a combination of letters that is not the name of an organization (and therefore has no article), I don't think a redirect to the Greek alphabet will help much. OverMyHead 08:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnic-group lists deletion discussions

Hi, I noticed you participated in at least one of these three deletion discussions:

All three discussions have similar issues but are leaning in different directions, so you may want to participate in the others, if only for the sake of consistencey and to avoid accusations that Wikipedians are being unfair to some group or groups (which is something that concerns me). I'm asking everyone who participated in one discussion to participate in the others. I apologize for bothering you if you already have participated in the others. Best wishes, Noroton 04:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tools

Based on your comment on the help desk (on keyboard shortcuts), I've refined my tools page to be more useful. (Thanks, by the way!) Come to think of it, what the page really needs is a good proofread. You wouldn't mind giving it a once-over, would you? It's at User:The Transhumanist/Tools. Feel free to edit directly, or leave comments on its talk page, whichever you prefer. The Transhumanist 05:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Hawai'i spelling

Thanks Shenme - I appreciate your diligence. Maias 05:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good job...

...following that Indian marketer around. That kind of exploitation of Wikipedia makes me see red. Murdockh 09:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re. Seeing red

Hehe. No problem about the erasing. I tend to veer towards a certain 1940's German police-organization when my temper gets up (or so my girlfriend tells me) so someone keeping the humor and context alive is good. :) Murdockh 10:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Synthesisworld

Unfortunately, after they responded on their talk page, they vandalized the article website. I gave them a final warning on their talk page, using the Test4 template, and if they vandalize or spam again before I go to bed, I will ban them. Academic Challenger 10:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've been an admin for a couple years now, and my user page has actually been vandalized dozens of times, some of which are really shocking. It happens to most people once they become active in fighting vandalism. My reading software does not actually recognize smilies and other symbols like that, though it recognized yours because you used the word instead of the symbol. Academic Challenger 10:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may use the templates uw-spamX (where $1\leq x\leq 4$ ). Use less Test4 tags as they are not descriptive. - Microtony 10:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]