User talk:Amalthea

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I just spotted your posting from a few months ago. The graph looks great! I'd say "implement". Thanks! --Stormbay (talk) 19:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh my, has that been four months already?
I have to fix one remaining issue with it (the number of months to show isn't automatically detected yet), but I guess I'll just do it then and move it to the category page afterwards. :)
It will probably take me a couple of days though.
Cheers, Amalthea^Talk 19:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

I'll be watching for it! --Stormbay (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Jessica Jacobs

Hi

I've done some more work on it in the last few weeks - at least that over zealous Saddle Club fan seems to have disappeared, thank goodness. Paul Austin (talk) 20:09, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

That's good, but all of the inline sources were apparently lost in her last editing spree. I'll have a look at the article, but only after the holidays.
Cheers, Amalthea 12:56, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

CSD decline script

Hi there. Seeing your talent with scripting and Animum's apparent lack of time to work on it, would you consider creating that CSD decline script I was fantasizing about? Regards SoWhy 13:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure. I won't make you any promises as to when I get it done, but I'll put it on my short-term to-do list, and will drop Animum a line when I start working on it. Amalthea 13:23, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, it would be great, if you could but I won't lose (much) sleep over it if it takes a bit. Here's my original request to Animum and here's a list of some things I'd like it to do. TIA SoWhy 13:25, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

If this materializes let me know... ---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 21:39, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

OK. Funny how things turn out, you're doing far more CSD work than me. :) Amalthea 21:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

It still doesnt work

My username still won't show up. I will not be able to answer immediatly. Abce2

What do you mean, "still"?
You can always go to your preferences, uncheck the "Raw signature" checkbox and blank the associated textbox, and you'll be back to the default. Amalthea 12:43, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I changed the code I've left on your page, could you try again please? Amalthea 16:41, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Again

It still does not work. What am I doing wrong? --[[User:Abce2|<font face=Fantasy color=#36F>Abce2</font>]]|<small>[[User Talk:Abce2|<font face=Verdana color=#09A>''How''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Abce2|<font face=Fantasy color=#FA1>''dy!''</font>]]</small> (talk) 21:13, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm guessing you've left "Raw signature" unchecked? Amalthea 21:20, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

And you're not using the code I corrected above, with the font face and colors enclosed in quotes. Amalthea 21:21, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm still confused. I used the code but it did not work. Abce2

Yes!!!!!!!

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for helping me with my signature, whitch finally works. Thank you!!--Abce2|Howdy! 23:33, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Happy Amalthea's Day!

User:Amalthea has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Amalthea's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Amalthea! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. Und Ausgezeichnet! — Rlevse • Talk • 01:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Wow, how nice! But that can't be right, there are far, far more awsome editors here than me. Amalthea 10:19, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Stop being so modest about yourself, you earned it many times over SoWhy 10:24, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Unprotecton

Hey, could you unprotect my user page. I'm willing to take the vandalisim.--Abce2|Howdy! 21:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

It's your page, but it's a very bad idea at the moment. Playing whack-a-mole with him just because is not going to help defuse the situation. Amalthea 22:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Twinkle bug

this, sorry about that, I swear that I looked to see if it was already listed. Perhaps I am going crazy? Either way, thanks for fixing that bug.--Terrillja _talk 15:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. As a matter of fact, you made me fix it more quickly since I missed the first bug report on my watchlist. :) Amalthea 15:16, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Silly rabbit...

admins have acc rights by default, don't they? –xeno ^talk 13:19, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Yep.
…
Amalthea 13:23, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

This friendly message brought to you by the Redundancy Department of Redundancy, Redundant Division. –xeno ^talk 13:24, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Heh, nah, I didn't really know. I was thinking about creating User:AmaIthea, but that's protected by the anti-spoof protections anyway. Cheers, Amalthea 13:33, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

thanks

Saw here that you're helping to deal with my troll. Thanks so much because I'm offline during the day, New York time, and never manage to keep up. I'm semi'ed for a while at the moment, but he's trolling others. Still can't believe how long this insanity is is going over what semi-started with bad CSDs. I say semi - I think Yourname was a sock. StarM 00:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure, anytime. :) Cheers, Amalthea 08:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Title replacing

Hi there Amalthea. Remember the discussion we had about replacing the page title on user pages? It seems like One (talk · contribs) managed to create a working version for text-only (see User:One/Title). Just fyi. =) Regards SoWhy 16:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but it's using CSS to roughly position the text div on top of the real title header, and look how it makes your talkpage look in modern skin. :| Amalthea 22:02, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

But who is really using modern skin nowadays? ;-) But seriously, I wish the software had an option to display stuff only on a certain skin... SoWhy 07:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Not me, but there are some, apparently.
And I'm afraid that a feature like this would lead to very questionable use (and I think it'd be hard to prevent its use in main space for all browsers) :) Amalthea 08:16, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander Sextape/Pictures

Video and images began circulating today. I really don't care that you deleted my edits, but it's out there so i won't be the last to contribute this info.

http://www.hithiphop.com/?p=5699

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2_5nPZLP0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pimpinmane (talk • contribs) 01:25, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the links. You were already proven right, but based on that information we really can't add it to the article at this point. It needs to be picked up by one or two respectable news sites first
Thank you, Amalthea 08:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pimpinmane (talk • contribs) 11:10, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

BARNSTAR

		The Original Barnstar
		This Barnstar is awarded to Amalthea for her changes to the MediaWiki talk:Newarticletext‎, letting new editors know that userfication is an option. Your dedication to the project and to helping new users is extremely commendable. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Ikip (talk) 16:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		The Helping Hand Barnstar is to be awarded to users who frequently help new users. This Barnstar is awarded to Amalthea, because one barnstar is not enough :) With 76.5% of articles nominated for deletion Articles for deletion are created by new users the changes you made to MediaWiki talk:Newarticletext‎ will help new editors immensely, and hopefully retain new editors. Thanks for your valiant efforts. Ikip (talk) 16:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I like to keep conversations in one place, I have watched your page, so please respond here, thanks. Ikip (talk) 16:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, just doing my job. Thanks, Amalthea 17:02, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome :) Ikip (talk)

br4011

Thanx. I will do my work Clear. br4011

Very sad that you didn't. Amalthea 11:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure it no longer showed up as active at CAT:RFU. Daniel Case (talk) 13:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

World

Nothing but a orange with all of its element —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.255.180.130 (talk) 17:45, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

OK. Amalthea 18:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

ARBAMC2

I saw the redirects' fixings you did. I am not really sure if they are covered by this. Stricto sensu maybe not. But ... --Yannismarou (talk) 17:48, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. After the first four I did remember that there was an injunction in that area and I looked it up, but decided that it wasn't covered, and that it would be against all commons sense to leave a double redirect broken because of it; They all lead to Macedonia anyway, only with a stopover at Republic of Macedonia. If you disagree or think that it might I'm happy to bring it to attention at some forum though.
Cheers, Amalthea 18:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Holly Combs

Thanks. I didn't see the other edit. I fixed the reference. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 11:04, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Amalthea 11:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Courtney Love

Hello Ameltha, how are you? About Courtney Love's backround i have sourced the information in the past, but honestly i do find it hard to believe that she would just make up something like that, unless, of course, she was missquoted, but if a problem seems to rise, i will try and discuss it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.173.210.223 (talk • contribs) 11:46, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Could you please leave at least a comment at the talk page of the article anyway? I'd expect that some other editor, or All Hallow's Wraith, might otherwise just undo it with the comment that it doesn't say anything about her heritage in the article, only about her claims of her heritage. And I couldn't fault them for that. As I said, it appears sound that if none of her parents are of Jewish ancestry, that she can't be either. I haven't tried investigating any of it myself, but it's quite possible that the was misquoted, or the quote was misinterpreted, or that she was speaking metaphorically, or ...
Cheers, Amalthea 12:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Le French May

why did you redo the description of le french may?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:46, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello
I had to remove your change of Le French May since the text you added was taken verbatim from http://www.consulfrance-hongkong.org/spip.php?article3012 and http://www.frenchmay.com/pages/about_us . However, that text is copyrighted and hasn't been released under a free license, so Wikipedia cannot accept it. If you want to change the article, please do so in your own words. You may take information from other pages, but not sentences.
Kind regards, Amalthea 15:53, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I see that you restored your change while I was writing this message. I will have to undo that again, since it is still a copyright violation. Please, do not readd it again. Amalthea 15:55, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

but what you have on le french may was badly written....

who are you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:56, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

and if i don't want to write it myself? can i put up a request saying that i want to learn more about le french may or a certain person, and someone will try to dig up more information and put it up on widipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lefrenchmay (talk • contribs) 15:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, nonetheless, Wikipedia can still only accept free content. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or have a look at Wikipedia:Copyrights.
If you do not want to write original content yourself, you can try and ask nicely, for example at the WikiProject Hong Kong. However, bear in mind that this is a project written and maintained by volunteers, so there are no guarantees that your request will get a timely response. If that article is of importance to you, why not try yourself? Pick out the part that you dislike the most, and try to improve it.
Cheers, Amalthea 16:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Paris Hilton

Hi, I moved the messages regarding the edits Tarheelz did to the talkpage of the article. As I'm sure you noticed, the user has a long history of making questionable edits without any sourcing. A lot of good edits, but still a fair number that aren't helping out either. Either way, if you would like to add to the discussion there, feel free.--Terrillja _talk 20:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Already did. I suggested to move it since you make a good point, and it's easier to find it there in the future.
Tarheelz, yes, I think I left him a couple of messages myself already. It's a bit sad that he is often so non-communicative, and refuses to use edit summaries. :\
Cheers, Amalthea 20:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Sir please unblock

Sir Please .I'am Editing Ajith Kumar and Asal only. Please Give me a Last chance. Please Forgive." br4011 —Preceding undated comment added 05:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC).

Please make such requests at your own talk page, using the {{unblock}} template, so that an uninvolved editor can review them. Try to address the comment left by User:Sandstein in your last attempt. And please note that continuing to edit as an IP will not help your unblock request! Amalthea 21:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

redirect comment

Who is this comment based towards? tedder (talk) 20:58, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

No one in particular, just an explanation of the reasoning behind the edit. Why? Amalthea 21:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Just making sure it wasn't (accidentally) aimed at me. No worries. tedder (talk) 21:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Alrighty. :) Amalthea 21:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Turkish people

We appreciate for your contribution regarding turkish people .Also should we inform that the pictures you are trying to replace is highly controversial.Therefore These were removed. best regards

I hear you, but you don't hear me. I've told you that the image Image:TÜRKLERR.jpg can not be used in that form since it doesn't attribute its sources, I know at least one picture from it is not in the public domain, and as such it is a copyright violation'. I have to insist that you either fix the image by properly attributing the image sources, or you replace them by the individual images placed directly in the article, similar as t how it was done before. If you don't, then you leave little option other than deleting the image, and undoing your change to the article again.
If you find the images policitally motivated and want to change that, your best course of action is to follow the rules WRT to the image, and follow my advice and add an explanation why you think so in detail at the article's talk page.
Regards, Amalthea 21:49, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Deleted text

Hello,

I recently had an article Speedily Deleted. Could you possibly send me the text of the article so that I do not have to re-create it? The article was "Americans for Educational Testing Reform".

And I do not understand why it was deleted - I would really appreciate any advice you have for me!

Thank you, Jess

Cedar96002 (talk) 21:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)cedar96002

I've restored the article in your user space, at User:Cedar96002/Americans for Educational Testing Reform. You can work on it there for now.
The reason it was deleted was that it did not say why "Americans for Educational Testing Reform" might be a notable topic. You've described the organization, but there is no indication as to why this is a notable organization that should have an encyclopedic entry here. A quick search of my own on Google News, Google Scholar, or Google Books didn't turn anything up just now either.
What you need to do before the article can be moved back into article space, where it can be found by our readers, is to "establish notability". This is most easily done by adding a few independent reliable sources, like newspapers, that have discussed the topic in-depth. If there is no such news coverage of a contemporary topic then usually such an article would be deleted even if it were discussed by a broader group here, and not speedily deleted. User Ironholds left a couple of links on your user page along with his message, I would suggest you have at least a look at Your first article for some more information. For more detailed information about the notability guideline of cooperations, you can also have a look at WP:Notability (organizations and companies).
If you can find some good reliable references about the topic, or if there's anything else you can help you with, feel free to get back to me.
Kind regards, Amalthea 22:05, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

For you

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Although I know that you are not collecting barnstars — thanks for handling my talk page while I was on vacation! SoWhy 11:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Heh, thanks, but I exaggerated a little, I really only answered to one query, and left whatever needs to be done with those homicide articles to you. :)
Oh, and I noticed the script request talkback you got, and realized that it's somewhat connected to the CSD decline script. Is that something that should be worked into that eventually as well, notifying the users? FWIW, I started with the script last weekend, but I'd like to do some groundwork first, and not just make it into a Twinkle module; Twinkle has severe problems with code reuse and error handling and robustness in general, so I decided to start from scratch instead. Also, Dan asked for a "decline speedy and turn it into a PROD" at WT:TW#Downgrading speedy to prod-nn; This sounds like it would fit in as well, but I'm not sure yet how to organize it interface-wise, so that it's still easy to decline your everyday not-an-A7 without having to jump through any hoops. Long story short, I'm working on it. :) Amalthea 12:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Even one query is better than none :-)

Ah, yes. I made the request was back in December, before I even thought about the decline script. So yes, it would probably fit in with the decline script pretty neatly (like a "decline (reason) and notify tagger (reason)"-button), as would Dan's suggestion to downgrade stuff to PRODs (if people used {{db|reason}}, it could just turn it into {{subst:prod|reason}}, I think), so if you manage to built such stuff in, it would probably become the most useful tool for a CSD patrolling admin yet. But I let you decide which features you think you can add, great to see that you work on it though. Have "fun" ;-) Regards SoWhy 12:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

your persistant vandalism and lack of knowledge will be warned thank you