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Happy new year
(In elgish, cause well i suck and only speak one language) HAPPY NEW YEARS! hope it was a safe good one, Tiptoety talk 08:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, Happy New Year! --Oxymoron83 09:10, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Have a great 2008! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 12:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you, a wonderful New Year to you too. Get well soon! --Oxymoron83 16:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Happy New Year from me too. Have a great 2008 :) Alexfusco5 19:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, also the best wishes from me :) --Oxymoron83 20:01, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Happy New Year from me too. Have a great 2008 :) Alexfusco5 19:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you, a wonderful New Year to you too. Get well soon! --Oxymoron83 16:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Have a great 2008! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 12:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Histmerge
I didn't realise you weren't supposed to merge histories when the same author performed the cut-paste move. I assumed (it doesn't really specify on WP:HISTMERGE) that all cut-paste moves were supposed to be merged regardless. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:30, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- The cut&paste-move repairs (and page histories) are required by the GFDL for the correct attribution of the authors. If one is the exclusive author of the content (and only in that case), it may be copied to everywhere by the original author, what makes a history merge unnecessary. It isn't important how many edits you needed to create the content. That's why it is possible e. g. to prepare expansions of articles at your user space and are allowed to copy it to a pre-existing article after you are finished (as long as you are the only author of the prepared content). Regards --Oxymoron83 13:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, I see, I'm obviously very ignorant when it comes to GFDL matters. Thanks for the explanation, I'll keep it in mind. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem, a history merge wouldn't have caused any harm - it's only unnecessary in this specific case;) --Oxymoron83 14:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, I see, I'm obviously very ignorant when it comes to GFDL matters. Thanks for the explanation, I'll keep it in mind. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Your reaction to my question about Bates method
I ask a simple question about why semi protection is being abused on this article, and the first reaction is for an admin to block my IP, instead of undoing the manifestly out of process protection. How about allowing anyone to edit? (copied to ANI) 122.145.6.138 (talk) 16:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Editing from open proxies is prohibited Wikimedia-wide due to abuse. Tor, unfortunately, uses open proxies. Tough. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 22:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Editing from open proxies is not prohibited. It's proxy paranoia.[1]. 82.143.154.164 (talk) 00:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- m:No open proxies is generally interpreted as a prohibition. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 00:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Editing from open proxies is not prohibited. It's proxy paranoia.[1]. 82.143.154.164 (talk) 00:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
Season Greetings
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Dear Oxymoron83, on behalf of my snow-buried Canadian region of Ottawa, I would like to wish you a Safe and Happy New Year 2008.
JForget 02:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, a Happy New Year to you as well. Have a great 2008! --Oxymoron83 08:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Response to your message
The bio we put up for John Basedow is something from our website, which we own the copyright for. Please don't make the mistaken assumption that we put up copyrighted information without permission. We did not appreciate your "warning" and would prefer if you simply ask us about things you're unsure of rather than writing threatening notes. We were trying to help you make John's listing more factually accurate.
Kind Regards, Pat Riches FMS Operations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laddypat (talk • contribs) 09:04, 3 Jan 2008
- Hello Laddypat, thanks for your contributions. Please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials and follow the instructions there. Also your edits were not an improvement to the article, all Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view, what is a fundamental Wikipedia principle. --Oxymoron83 09:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I object
You my friend have no sense of humor whatsoever. I do not like you that much. Please leave me alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubergeek92 (talk • contribs) 14:47, 3 Jan 2008
Help in deleting unwanted redirects
Hi Oxymoron83. The last three days I am tagging redirects found here that have the same common thing. They all have quotes and redirect to the same article without the quotes or a redirection without the quotes exists. Almost all of them are orphan. Since you are an admin and you have better tools than mine, maybe you could help me delete many cases of these? At least the very obvious ones? Btw, you acted very good by renaming one redirect I have tagged for deletion. Viele Danke. :) -- Magioladitis (talk) 15:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I will look at it :) There's a lot to do. My renaming of the one redirect actually was nonsense (I moved the page to the title without quotation marks only to redirect it to another page afterwards - could have been done without the move) ;) --Oxymoron83 15:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
My user page
Many thanks for your good work on 31 December to my user page, which seems to have become a playground for retards when I wasn't looking. I've only today noticed the changes, with witless IPs adding crap and a couple of good people (who should have spent their time partying or similar) clearing it up. -- Hoary (talk) 07:31, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome! --Oxymoron83 08:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
209.79.178.130
Alright, I have no clue why this persistent spammer who has operated over for over a year and a half is only getting a 1 year block. This guy will not stop, I know he won't. There are single purpose vandalism accounts that get indef blocked for less, I don't understand why a single purpose spammer doesn't. Please reconsider the length of your block. Saturday Contribs 00:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hello Saturday, this is an IP address, not an account. IP addresses are indef blocked only in very rare cases, and this is no such case, because the owner of this IP may change. 1 year is appropriate. --Oxymoron83 00:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- I can understand that, but this ip address has not changed for the past year an a half, I can see it staying like that. Within that stated, I would say a block of maybe 2 or three years would be more appropriate then, with a proper warning on that ips pages. Saturday Contribs 01:26, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- If the IP's owner won't have changed in 1 year, it can be reblocked. Your personal assumption that this guy will not stop and that you can see it staying like that can prove true and wrong. A 1 year block for 1.5 years of disruptive behaviour is not too short. I'm definitely not going to extend the block. --Oxymoron83 01:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Alright, but I suppose you'll see in a year. Saturday Contribs 01:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- If the IP's owner won't have changed in 1 year, it can be reblocked. Your personal assumption that this guy will not stop and that you can see it staying like that can prove true and wrong. A 1 year block for 1.5 years of disruptive behaviour is not too short. I'm definitely not going to extend the block. --Oxymoron83 01:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- I can understand that, but this ip address has not changed for the past year an a half, I can see it staying like that. Within that stated, I would say a block of maybe 2 or three years would be more appropriate then, with a proper warning on that ips pages. Saturday Contribs 01:26, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Rebafan62
Sorry about the readd (was working on reverting and reporting at the same time). Thanks! :) Take Care....NeutralHomer T:C 01:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem, the more Wikipedians take care the better. Happy editing :) --Oxymoron83 01:33, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Merges
Thanks for the time & effort spent doing the histmerges on those XE radio station articles. Aille (talk) 02:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome, thank you for spotting that. --Oxymoron83 02:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
ADEPD reactivate
dear oxymoron83, the page ADEPD was deleted by you as logged:
- 2007-12-08T08:36:20 Oxymoron83 (Talk | contribs) deleted "ADEPD" (Speedy deleted per (CSD G12), was a blatant copyright infringement.)
because of beeing a web page copy. I have placed the related web page (and the whole site) now under a GNU FDL license as recomended by admins on User_talk:Hgrobe. May I ask you to reactivate the ADEPD page. Thank you and best wishes Hannes Grobe (talk) 08:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Restored, please wikify the text, and add some links, categories and sources. --Oxymoron83 10:27, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- thank you. will do. Hannes Grobe (talk) 12:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Revert
Thanks. Doczilla (talk) 14:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem :) --Oxymoron83 14:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Invitation
Hello there
I see you are interested in the Life On Mars Television Series, as I am.
At the moment I have A Life On Mars Wikiproject currently up for approval by the Wikiproject Approval Council. As you are interested in Life On Mars I was wondering if you would be interested in adding your name and joining. If you are interested you can find it on Wikipedia: WikiProject Council/Proposals its right at the very bottom you cant miss it as its titled ‘Wikipedia: Wikiproject Life on Mars (Television Series)’. And after your name is added to Wikiproject propsals please add it to the main page Wikipedia:Wikiproject Life On Mars
If you are interested by all means feel free to join
Regards
- Thanks for the invitation, but I can't remember I've ever heard about Life On Mars, so I don't think I can be of much help. Cheers --Oxymoron83 20:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Message from 69.157.50.5
Please do not block me again. This is an ongoing issue with Blotto adrift and he was been blocked by others several times. Please read his history. The Trenton Ontario page is correct and he keeps changing it. In the future please look into both sides thank you.
PS I recommend that you block Blotto adrift if he changes the Trenton Ontario page again.
ps I am trying to make wikipedia better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.50.5 (talk • contribs)
- No need to respond as I blocked this IP. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Oxymoron83 16:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
FYI This person has been adding porn links again this morning. You may want to warn/block them. Mannafredo (talk) 10:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Examples: Odysseus, Trojan Horse, Persian Empire, History and CMDB. Mannafredo (talk) 10:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've warned the user. --Oxymoron83 16:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
you changed an edit I made.
Hi,
I got a message from you saying you changed something I edited. I don't remember editing anything on the Worm article. Is there any way I can see what changes were made?
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.96.201 (talk • contribs) 10:26, 7 Jan 2008
- Hello, the message is from October of last year. Probably this IP address is dynamic and you received someone else's warning. You can avoid this by creating an account. Regards --Oxymoron83 16:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Appreciate your help.
Appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GTi16V (talk • contribs) 16:30, 7 Jan 2008
- No problem, I've repaired it. Please read the links at your talk page carefully; if you have any questions, I'm glad if I can help. --Oxymoron83 16:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Repeated Vandalism
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilanjan_Mukhopadhyay is being repeatedly vandalised. You have removed an instance of vandalism. Could you suggest ways to stop this completely.
Regards,
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.134.110 (talk • contribs) 16:48, 7 Jan 2008
- You can revert and warn the vandalizing IPs/Users. If they received a level 4 warning and continue to vandalize, please report them at AIV. If the vandalism to this will continue for some days by multiple IPs or users, a page protection can be in order. It's likely that they all resolve to the same person, but there are too less edits to be sure for now. --Oxymoron83 17:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
But it didn't vandalize.
The user didn't vandalize Bongwarrior's article. It merely greeted someone it considered to be a "Wikipedophile". It probably didn't even know where to go to properly do that. Blocking the user was unnecessary. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 21:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think so. The block after the final warning was obviously necessary to stop the vandalism. --Oxymoron83 21:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
That's just the thing. The last one it did wasn't vandalism. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 21:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Chronological: The IP added the message to random articles [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], Bongwarrior warned (20:09:35), at the next IP's edit [7] (20:09:42) the new message bar popped up and the IP added the same nonsense to the user page of the user who put the warning [8] — an extremely typical behavior. Why was this not vandalism? Two days ago the IP has shown exactly the same behavior, only with User:Wikieditor06 as the warning & attacked editor, what likewise needed a block to be stopped. That's all I have to say, and I assure you there was nothing wrong with the block; maybe only that Bongwarrior may complain that I "stole" him the block, which I apologize for. --Oxymoron83 22:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
That just flashed before my eyes the same way a bunch of clips from sixties' programs would. When you blocked him (the user) how did you "steal" it from Bongy-boy? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 22:21, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Duration
Several people have been trying to talk me into going up for adminship. If I do, I'd like to have objective guidelines for determining the duration of a vandal's block. Having been impressed by your work, I'd like to ask how you pick durations. Thanks. Doczilla (talk) 22:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- I throw a dice for every vandalism edit the IP/user made — the sum of the pips is the block duration in hours ;) Seriously, this will need some time to write down as multiple factors play a role in determining the duration, I hope you don't mind if I'll do this tomorrow or the day after — I'll notify you when I'm finished. --Oxymoron83 22:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for reverting the vandalism made to Singapore related articles! --Russianroulette2004 (talk) 12:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem :) --Oxymoron83 22:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for reverting the vandalism made to Singapore related articles! --Russianroulette2004 (talk) 12:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page! ChetblongTalkSign 01:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome :) --Oxymoron83 10:05, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
A user IP needs a longer block
70.228.252.94 has vandalized nitrogen as soon as your 48 hour block expired. I suggest perhaps a week, this time? Double length of block each time, until somebody at the other end (the IP admin for the school, probably) has their attention drawn to the problem. Can't be fixed except at the other end. SBHarris 20:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking care. As this is a school IP probably shared by multiple persons, this was the only edit after the block and they stopped to vandalize after the warning, I don't want to block at this time. If they continue to vandalize, a block will be in order to avert damage from Wikipedia. Regards --Oxymoron83 22:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I've been working on List of cryptids and I'm going through the list's redlinks removing the ones which have been deleted due to notability issues, speedied, simply don't exist or ones which will never be created into a good article. I checked the Beast of Durham's deletion log and noticed you deleted it due to CSD#G1 and was wondering if you could say if it really was just drivel or if there is any potential to make a workable article? I checked google (-wikipedia) and it came up with only a few links; most of which were from crypto-nut pages and one from the BBC (Although it was only comprised of reader's sent-in accounts of various big cat sightings). Now I know absence of information doesn't equal information of absense, but do you think I should try and create the article, or will it not meet notability guidelines as I suspect? I can either create an article out of the info on the net, or I can simply remove the link from the list. I had the same problem with Flying humanoids which was deleted due to notability issues, but since I can't see the deleted content, I won't know if it was a poorly referenced page, or just nn full stop even with references. Anyway, I won't hold you up any longer, but I thought since you're an admin, you might have some insight. Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 23:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Same deal with Flying Flash & Glow man - I can't know if it was deleted due to poor editing or because of NN... Sorry to bother... Spawn Man (talk) 23:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- For the Beast of Durham, actually it was a A1 (probably I've mistakenly chosen G1 - I can't remember), stating that "Its a beast that is supposed to live near durham". For this kind of articles, I think the most important is to find reliable (!) sources to include something. For the Beast of Durham, nothing reliable can be found via google, the BBC link goes to a forum post. I will look into the other articles. --Oxymoron83 00:05, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Same for glow man and flying flashes. As flying humanoids has been deleted after a regular deletion discussion (the article included several links as sources, but the outcome was nevertheless a clear "unverifiable"), I don't think a recreation will have a chance, I also wasn't able to find reliable sources via google. Regards --Oxymoron83 00:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- For the Beast of Durham, actually it was a A1 (probably I've mistakenly chosen G1 - I can't remember), stating that "Its a beast that is supposed to live near durham". For this kind of articles, I think the most important is to find reliable (!) sources to include something. For the Beast of Durham, nothing reliable can be found via google, the BBC link goes to a forum post. I will look into the other articles. --Oxymoron83 00:05, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- (e/c) Thanks for the help! Yes it would be great - I've got a few others. Of course I'd do it myself, but I'm not an admin. :) Here's the list of red links in the page and my thoughts:
Beast of Durham - Probably verifiable.Flying Flash - Don't know why it was deleted originally, but most of the search hits refer to company brand names etc, so probably can't be sourced.- Giant Anaconda - Probably could make a good article, but I'm unsure if it would withstand notability...? — some sources can be found, worth a try to create
Glow man - Don't know reason for deletion and most search hits refer to company brand names etc, so probably can't be sourced.Lithgow Panther - I think I could easily make a good article out of this, but it was deleted before and I'm not sure if it was due to notability issues or just lack of references.— deleted article had no content, maybe a redirect to Phantom cat (and expansion if additional content can be found) is the best solution here, as this seems to be the only non-forum link- Mahamba - Pretty sure this may be article worthy, but I unfortunately don't have the book which was written on it. Searches turn up the town of the same name, so sourcing could be difficult via internet. — try searching for +Mahamba +crocodile, but all links seem to direct to forums or pages that have no content; Mokele-mbembe is an existing article on such kind of creature, maybe you can find some links there
- Mecheny - Don't know original reason for deletion, if it was notability or just reference issues, but I think this may be article worthy. — was a copyvio of [9]; google links seem to go to forums only
- Ndendeki - Same boat as Mahamba (They were accounted for on the same expedition) and shares the same name as some Japanese product I think... — less useful links, you may try it, but I'm unsure if enough reliable sources can be found to establish notability
- Ngoima - Same boat again (Was seen on same expedition) and shares name with actor. — Polish Wikipedia has an article about it, google search interfering with the actor, I'm not sure
Tessie - Shares name with song. Checked it out and was found to be a hoax, so I mgiht just redirect to the lake... — best write a sentence in the lake articleTirpaccus - Don't know original reason for deletion, but google search (Although only a few hits) turns up all crytpozoology hits. Unsure what to do. — google hits go to forums exclusively, notability is a sufficient reason to delete an article about this if no additional sources can be foundWinnie (lake monster) - Yes, will be a joy finding a lake monster which shares the name with the most successful bear of all time... Although I just realised that the Glowman and Winnie lake monster both reportedly come from the same lake, so it may just be a fake attempt to their lake on the map etc...? — looks like some links can be found, you may try to create an article, but imho it's better to include 2 or 3 referenced sentences about these monsters in the lake article
- I feel kind horrible just walking up to a complete stranger admin and dumping all these links on him/her for advice, so sorry if I've put you lout in anyway. I won't be offended if you ask me to go elsewhere. Anyway, any help/insight/thoughts for further action are greatly appreciated. Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 00:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Answered in italic, just my 2 cents. --Oxymoron83 01:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Wow! Thank you so much for your thoughts and insight. They've certainly helped me plan out my course of action. I thought I saw more references for the Lithgow Panther, but I may have been mistaken. Just a question - forums do not count as reliable sources riight? Anyway, thanks again; you've been a major help. Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 06:35, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- P.S. Sorry, I've just used your talk page as a striking list for my to dos... Thanks again for your help! Spawn Man (talk) 06:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Answered in italic, just my 2 cents. --Oxymoron83 01:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I've dropped Tirpaccus and the Lithgow Panther from the list and redirect the panther to Phantom cat which is already listed at list of cryptids. I'm going to create giant anacondas tomorrow and I've written a short piece on the glow man and winnie on the Lake's page (So I'll include them on the cryptid's list). I was going to do the same with Tessie, but all the internet hits I found were to some lake in the USA, different from the supposed one in Australia, so I'm just gonna remove it from the list altogether (Besides, it's already listed again as the Lake Tahoe Monster, which I think they've gotten confused with...). Then there's the african reptile cryptids, which I'm going to leave for now and see if I can get a hand on the book which covers the expedition they were found on. I'm not sure of Mecheny - I mean is this link valid enough to be a reference, or is it just some crypto-nut job's ramblings? Wow, anyway, you've really helped me sort it all out. Cheers, :) Spawn Man (talk) 07:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Cryptids again:
Okay, I've created Giant anaconda - was that the sort of thing you were thinking of (IE, do you think it'll be deleted?)? Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 00:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry for answering so late, I'm already delayed answering Doczilla's request (but nearly finished) due to real-life issues. The article looks quiet good, I don't think it will be deleted; but my opinion can't replace the consensus ;)
- Yes, forums aren't reliable sources as everyone can post everything (the same applies to most personal homepages). Regarding the Almasti link, I think one source isn't enough to establish notability at this area; if you find additional sources, I think an article creation would be fine --Oxymoron83 00:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Great - thanks for the feedback. I'll stop bothering you now lol... ;) Hope to see you around the site sometime. Cheers, :) Spawn Man (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- No need to stop bothering me, only wanted to explain why you had to wait a bit longer for an answer ;) --Oxymoron83 01:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Great - thanks for the feedback. I'll stop bothering you now lol... ;) Hope to see you around the site sometime. Cheers, :) Spawn Man (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia
Why do you bother wasting your time with this site? 194.189.32.65 (talk) 12:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Why not? --Oxymoron83 22:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
January 2008
Please don't cut&paste content from articles into another. The attribution of the original authors is an important part of the GFDL, you aren't the author of the content. Mentioning at least the 5 main authors of the content is required, and state where it was copied from (both in the edit summary). Best you include the edit history since this edit, e. g. at the talk page. Regards --Oxymoron83 23:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Ok, fine, apparently I don't know to do that from a technical standpoint. Would you move the soundtrack portion to its own webpage, as most soundtracks have their own page instead of eing merged into the article. Berenlazarus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Berenlazarus (talk • contribs) 23:52, 10 Jan 2008
- Done and answered at your talk page --Oxymoron83 00:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Blocking essay
Very nice. Thank you. Doczilla (talk) 01:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
backlog
Please help clear the massive backlogs at AIV and RFPP Alexfusco5 02:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- I was clearing my sleeping backlog at that time and closed some RFPP cases now. --Oxymoron83 10:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
RickK anti-vandalism barnstar
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
You’ve been awarded this barnstar. Partially because it spreads wikilove, but mostly because I’ve seen you around vandal fighting and I think you’ve done a good job. Kannie | talk 04:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much! --Oxymoron83 10:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Automobile, semi-protected
Thank you very much for protecting Automobile and so soon after I requested it. You've made a lot of people very happy I'm sure. Dino246 (talk) 19:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem, it was really necessary. --Oxymoron83 22:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Wikotaker
You do know that he didn't vandalise after the final warning you gave him? ClueBot beat you to the rv but you beat him to the warning, so he reported to aiv. I'm not questioning you block just thought you'd be interested to know --Chris 00:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Actually not, Xy7 beat me to the revert, I warned for the second Westbrookville, New York edit. Although my additional warning was unnecessary (the warning wasn't at the talk page when I typed it in thinking I reverted, and due to Twinkle I got no edit conflict), he vandalized after the final warning. --Oxymoron83 00:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Now that I look at the timestamps I see what you mean, a confusing set of events isn't it? --Chris 00:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry for confusing you. --Oxymoron83 00:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Now that I look at the timestamps I see what you mean, a confusing set of events isn't it? --Chris 00:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the revert
Thanks for the revert on the food chemistry article. I really appreciate it. Chris (talk) 01:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome! --Oxymoron83 01:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for reverting my talk page I guess with my userpage protected they have to vandalize somewhere ;)
Alexfusco5 17:44, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem :) --Oxymoron83 17:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
here
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20080111/DC1129510012008-1.html add this to PETA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.214.203 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 12 Jan 2008
- No reason to vandalize the talk page. --Oxymoron83 22:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Archive
Yeah, I did. Thanks. I'm an idiot when it comes to this sort of thing. Thanks for your help. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 23:33, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Archive
Yes, please go ahead and move the page/history/etc. and fix whatever I screwed up. I appreciate your help. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 01:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Dotmap help?
I just created an article on Quincy (Ohio) in German, and used the infobox that includes a locator map. The coördinates are right, according to the US Census data, but the map shows it in the wrong place (here is a proper illustration), and I don't know what to do. Do you know how to work with these maps? Nyttend (talk) 19:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not sure, but it looks like a problem with de:Vorlage:Positionskarte USA Ohio. Possibly the border coordinates of Ohio are wrong, because de:Columbus (Ohio) also uses this locator map and is placed a little bit more down and left compared to the map used in the English article. Best you contact de:Benutzer:Obersachse as he created the template (I'm clueless about template programming), he will know best. He says he's en-2, so it's possible to contact him in English; if you don't want to I can do this also. Regards --Oxymoron83 20:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks #2
Thanks for the revert on my talk page - before I even knew it was there. :) -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem, actually I was some seconds too slow when blocking, otherwise the vandalism edit couldn't have taken place ;) --Oxymoron83 21:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks #3
Thanks for reverting my talk page. I've been dealing with that anonymous editor for the past week or so. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome, I'll keep an eye on it :) --Oxymoron83 23:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Ditto!
What a relief to the editors (usually not me!) who work on Crusades to have it so promptly semi-protected for several months. This will be an immense help to continue improving the article instead of having to defend themselves against vandalism.Student7 (talk) 01:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I think that the positive effects will highly outweigh the collateral damage. --Oxymoron83 07:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Do you know anything about Oxymoron2008 (talk · contribs)? Is that you? Seems to be making good high-speed vandalism reverts much like you do so I'm confused. It's currently at WP:UAA. —Wknight94 (talk) 15:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for notifying me. It isn't me; his/her reverts seem to be more random than high-speed. I think the name is a bit confusing, but I'm not sure if the username combined with the edits is sufficient for a username block, I think it's ok if we wait if he/she responds to the username concern message. --Oxymoron83 15:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry
I'm very sorry for all my disruptive edits it was very silly of me and shouldn't be done agen, sorry
I LOVE BDSM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Purplepoo44 (talk • contribs) 17:15, 14 Jan 2008
- No problem, but now please make constructive edits only. --Oxymoron83 17:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
My userpage vandalism
Many thanks for dealing with it. — alex.muller (talk • edits) 00:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome :) --Oxymoron83 00:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
posting a revised article after one has deleted one's first one
Hello,
After receiving a note regarding an article I had unintentionally posted (I am new to this and did not realize I had "saved" - horrors!) I deleted it myself. Evidently you and I deleted at the same moment, and so I am writing to you for help.
My question for you is - now that an article of that name has been deleted, will I be able to contribute a new one of the same name?
Thank you so much for your help!
Eileen
- Yes, in this case you are allowed to. You saved the article and afterwards blanked (not deleted) it with the edit summary "I did not realize i had saved this page - did not intend to!", which qualified the article as WP:CSD#G7, so I deleted it. Feel free to create a new article, reading WP:YFA may help you. Regards --Oxymoron83 01:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Kaomso has not responded for over a week to any of the objections to his proposal that is inconsistent with what a neutral party and I have agreed with. Is it appropriate to consider it an abandonment of the argument? Butterfly0fdoom (talk) 04:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- I've unprotected the template, we'll see if that works. --Oxymoron83 11:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll let you know if anything happens. Butterfly0fdoom (talk) 16:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Danke!
Thanks for keeping the vandalism off my user page! I haven't been on wikipedia for a while, so i didn't see it. Those jerks are so annoying! Thanks again.
--Turbokoala (talk) 20:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
nikolai the II
hmm excuse me but YOU *very wrongly* made a change back to what i had corrected.
for your info, russian names stay the same also after they'd been translated into english. seriously it's not called "vandalizing" BTW. the correction i made on "tsar niCHolaS II" was rightful since it should be called "tsar niKolaI II". not trying to be rude but please don't wrongly fix thing you don't know about. thank you.
P.S = it would be nice if you changed the names over on the wikipedia page "tsar niCHolaS II" since it's locked for other users.
sincerely, L+L —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liao446 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 17 Jan 2008
- Hello Liao446, What page are you speaking about, as this edit to my talk page is your only one? --Oxymoron83 00:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
IM NOT VANDALIZIN!
I and put it right back! switched a few things.