User talk:Fox/October 2008

WP:AN discussion

As a user who contributed to the discussion concerning Koavf (talk · contribs), you're invited to comment at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Specific_Sanctions_-_proposals also. Thanks - Ncmvocalist (talk) 04:53, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

League positions image

Hi, you know the league positions table image you created for the Sunderland A.F.C. article. Do you have any idea what has happened to it, as it doesn't seem to be have deleted but no longer exists. I'm confused. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 14:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikicup

Per the rules, you're going to need to contact the Wikicup team about your name change, otherwise the links may not work. ;)   jj137 (talk) 20:57, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Heh, but you never alerted yourself :P Oh well. Also, how exactly does the "Please to read afore you post here please" thing show up when I edit your talk page?   jj137 (talk) 21:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Get well soon.

I hope it's not because I pissed on you in IRC. ;-) CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} 01:49, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

The RKelly jokes just never end do they? :D - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 06:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Me neither :P Garden. 06:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh noes! Get well soon :) ——Possum (talk) 10:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

FLCon

Thanks for entering. You can now start choosing your topics and lists. However, you will not be able to submit contest related FLCs until October 10 at 20:00 GMT. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Foxy Loxy's RfA

Hello, this message is to inform you that User:Foxy Loxy has restarted their RfA. The new discussion is located at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Foxy Loxy 2. GlassCobra 09:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for September 2008

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 18 - September 2008

"And suddenly the plane dropped to the right, then to the left, and the ground was right there. And all I could think was, Fuck, I didn’t finish "Fix You." That would have been my last thought: I didn’t get that chorus right."- Chris Martin Project news Disintegration reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to NSR77 and WesleyDodds. List of Björk awards, List of Rage Against the Machine awards, and List of awards and nominations received by Muse reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Gary King, who wrote all three featured lists. David Lovering was featured on the Main Page on September 17. We collaborated on Parklife, Tragic Kingdom, Bauhaus (band), and OK Computer during the past month. During the month of September, The White Stripes, "Yellow" (song), No Depression (album), "Speed of Sound" (song), "The Scientist" (song), "God Put a Smile upon Your Face", "In My Place", Demolition Plot J-7, No Age, and "All the Way" (Eddie Vedder song) were promoted to good article status. Help us select good versions of WP:ALM articles for inclusion on the Wikipedia 0.7 release! Find out more about Wikipedia 0.7 selection on the project talk page and add your thoughts to the discussion. If you are personally responsible for a Featured or Good Article listed here, please the select a version to include in Wikipedia 0.7 on that page if you haven't already. Page versions must be selected by October 20. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home (2006).

New members ThinkBlue joined the alternative music fold during September. Editors User:WesleyDodds

SoxBot II (talk) 20:02, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

"Garden"

Heh, nice username...personally I liked your old one better ;). Cheers! Malinaccier (talk) 01:25, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey Garden. I just wanted to let you know that I've grown to like your username. Lettuce hope you feel better, shortly. I personally don't carrot all if you respond to this quickly, as I assume getting to the computer with an illness can become cucumbersome. As an aside, I've bean reading your note in the demospace, and I think that list of rules is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to posting. So, I'm off to go harvest some more vandals at AIV. Cheers! ok, I know, it was bad, but that's all I could think of –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 02:55, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

That was awful. Well done! :D Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 03:12, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

LOL! Garden. 11:08, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

That was so horrible it was funny. iMatthew (talk) 18:46, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement</sarcasm>. :P –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 00:27, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :P Garden. 21:09, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

• Might I suggest inscribing your user space with your previous username? Doing so may avoid any confusion for new editors, which is most especially important for a project administrator. Anthøny ✉ 19:30, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Garden. 22:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. Oh, and a good choice of name. ;) Anthøny ✉ 23:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

• Not anywhere near as good as AGK. :P Garden. 21:09, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Just noticed

Just saw that it went through.. love the new name. I hope you're feeling better soon. Feel free to email for support and/or cookies if you like. Cheers. Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 02:43, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, and glad to hear you're better. Now get on IRC so I can harass you. Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 11:14, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello

• How I copy, your user page? Can you help me?--Levent Abi (talk) 22:06, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
• All ! {{*:)}} I don't know good English, sorry, I want make my new user page. And your user page is perfect.. thanks. Levent Abi (talk) 22:19, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Canvassing

This message is being sent to the three editors that have opposed for this reason. I would like to apologize for doing anything that was perceived as canvassing. Once Gazinoff called me on it, I thought about the situation, and immediately refactored my comment. I did not think of it as canvassing because it was not said on multiple pages, and, looking over the terminology on WP:CANVAS (which I did not do in advance), was neutral, non-partisan, and open.—Kww(talk) 21:56, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thankyou for being a pleasure to work with during my time on WP, I really appreciate it. You've even got a mention on my userpage. ;) Lradrama 07:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Hm... swamps... that's the downside to terraforming eh?

lawlz Hope you work out whatever it is that's dragging you down... :) and since you said you wanted a cookie...

- Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

- Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 20:04, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Garden, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Also, I'd like to let you know that I have enabled email. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦C 02:35, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)

Hey there Garden! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!

• Notice delivery by xenobot 14:39, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm a thief

Looky at my userpage.. I STOLEDED IT Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 15:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

you escaped...

bribery.

from the swamp! Excellent. So.. about those images I asked you if you could do.. ;)

Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 06:37, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Awesomesauce. No rush. Thanks! Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 06:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

dyk

DYK update is overdue. Thanks. Chergles (talk) 22:25, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hello Garden. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. Thanks again. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 23:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Question

I think you may have missed this, but I left a question about the Wikicup here. Thanks, Spencer^T♦C 02:27, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Complaint

I, one of the people with an account, noticed that you accidentally did an unnecessary thing, which was blocking the nighttime Wheel of Fortune game show page. There was no need for that, because nobody ever vandalizes that page enough for such a thing to happen. Besides, how would you feel if you were not a registered editor, and you wanted to edit something and you found out it was just blocked? Just put yourself in my shoes. I hope I'm not being rude, but I politely ask the block end this minute, please. Signed, Bob. October 12, 2008

Hey there Bob. Unfortunately I feel the page was under quite a heavy attack of vandalism at the time of protection, hence why I chose to stop that through protection of the page. If you want to suggest a change to the page, use the {{editprotected}} template on the article's talk page along with your change. Apologies for the inconvenience, but I feel protection was the best course of action in this case. Garden. 08:20, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits

I've cleaned up the list quite a bit now ;) Enjoy! Gary King (talk) 17:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Reflinks Gary King (talk) 17:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Well, thank you very much. Kampfgruppe (talk) 13:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey there! Just a note thanking you for supporting my RFA which successfully passed with 60 supports, 0 opposes and 2 neutrals. I hope I'll be able to live up to everyone's expectations, and thank you for trusting me! All the best, Ale_Jrb^talk 20:25, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I must know....

...[1] A chicken??! :) Fritzpoll (talk) 11:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Are you drunk? :-) –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 13:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Very.  ;) Garden. 15:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Rfa Spam

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which recently passed unanimously. Unfortunately, you have been indefinitely blocked for because of your jokes about my age. Only joking, thank you for your support, i promise i will try not to let you all down, come find me on my talk page if you ever need my help with anything --Jac16888 (talk) 16:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Planck time

Taking a short break, eh?  Frank  |  talk  15:50, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

That was awful. [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 15:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Ahahah!!! Garden. 16:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I get it; this is your way of checking for your talk page stalkers...  Frank  |  talk  16:07, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

lol, nah. Testing.  :) Garden. 16:11, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, blocking yourself to attract your talk page stalkers isn't a bad idea... –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 16:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thief!

Of course :) See my response on my talk. [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 18:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikicookie

Thank you for all your constructive edits.--LAAFan^sign _review 23:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, since you like cookies.. :)--LAAFan^sign _review 23:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Aww

'twere nuffink, rly. [ roux ] [x] 10:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Hope...

...that was okay. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 13:23, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

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Question

Hi, Garden. It's me, again. I was wondering how you send messages to other editors when they vanadalize pages, or how you manage to block pages from being edited by non-registered users. Please respond when you can. Signed, Bob October 18, 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.224.122.211 (talk) 20:01, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey there Bob :D I use a tool called Twinkle to easily warn users about vandalism. Unfortunately one must first create an account in order to use it. Otherwise we use a template system to do it manually. Only administrators may protect pages; semi- or full-protection will stop IPs addresses and all users respectively. Hope this helps. Garden. 20:24, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Sock-puppeteer Soulfruits

Looks like an old friend has a message for you. Let me know if I can help. SunDragon34 (talk) 01:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Tron poster.jpg)

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The hell? For the archive, it was used on Tron (film). Stupid bot. Garden. 11:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

hallooooo

it can be jellybeenz tiem nao

is it can be peekshure tiem nao plz?

(Just wondering if your schedule is allowing for the pictures I asked.. as it turns out I was able to deal with the simple ones; I'd only need the two coronets now). [ roux ] [x] 12:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

YEY!

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Thank you!! [ roux ] [x] 22:12, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Eh? –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 00:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

He did these for me. [ roux ] [x] 01:17, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Contest Invitation

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Follow the link given above to find out more information. Hope to see you there!

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YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE MADE AWARE

OCTOBER 22 IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!!! EVERY YEAR WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SALMON FOR TOAST, EVERY YEAR WE GET A CROCKETY BLOAT, EVERY YEAR WE GET DRUNK ON THE DOCKS, AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SEX WITH OUR CAPS LOCKS!!!!!! [ roux ] [x] 12:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Gazimoff 13:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

HERE'S YER REFERENCE [ roux ] [x] 13:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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Status report on the Country outlines (Around the World) project

Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines - one for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before the lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:

1. Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set.
2. Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.). The main type of work participants in "the contest" will be doing. The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
3. Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe in stand anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The Transhumanist 23:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

SHOCK

[2] ! [ roux ] [x] 14:17, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Juliancolton/Blink_User:Juliancolton/Blink –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 14:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

Hello Garden! (formerly WBOSITG) :) I thought I'd stop by and say hi. Since I'm your adoptee, I was wondering how I am doing here on Wikipedia? Hope to hear back from you soon! --Grrrlriot (♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ †) 03:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Straw poll

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll in selecting five proposals before an RFC in which it will be against the current main page. You're input would be appreciated. ChyranandChloe (talk) 04:13, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Garden! Thank you very much for your support and comments in the RfA. It passed today, and hopefully I won't let down your trust :) -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 21:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/WM:PIE

How does R2 apply to this situation? R2 is rather explicit on which sorts of redirects it applies to, and this is not one of them. seresin ( ¡? )  23:17, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem, thanks. And the color-changing edit notice is very nice, btw. :) seresin ( ¡? )  23:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WAA

You seem to attack this matter with hostility. That seems irrational to me. Is there a reason for relentlessly jabbing at this issue? Plus, you should probably explain your reason for nominating it for deletion a little more. Reply to me on my talk page, please. -BlueCaper (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

• • Reply to your message on my Talk Page: I see. I guess it is more kind than deletions. You see, it is quite hard to express feelings on the Internet, and anybody who does not elaborately explain their reasons in a wording that in the unlikeliest chance may come across as heartless to someone comes across to me as such. I am shaken when a thing such as this happens. I have never before had my pages nominated for deletion; the deleted ones were immediately discarded without further questioning. Actually, you have been kinder than some other Wikipedians, and for that I commend you. BlueCaper (talk) 23:09, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Smile!

Hello Garden, I'm RockManQ of the Smiling Committee, and I'm here to give you yours!

RockManQ ^(talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Cheers, RockManQ ^(talk) 02:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Hmm, I think I almost forgot to wish you a Happy Halloween! Well here it is. Happy Halloween, RockManQ ^(talk) 23:02, 31 October 2008 (UTC)