User talk:Enigmaman

If you leave a message here, I'll reply here. The same applies to you. If I leave a message on your page, I keep it watchlisted and I'll see when you reply. Thank you.

Unsourced nicknames?

Go to MTF (mens tennis forums), infact a simple google search will show you that he is infact nicknamed Soderking. use common sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.8.48 (talk) 14:10, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reliable source. Enigma^msg 14:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Is there a reason to doubt the authenticity of the nickname SoderKING? afterall it is a play on his actually name SoderLING. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.8.48 (talk) 23:40, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reliable source. I could make up a lot of nicknames for players, but unless they're used in reliable sources, we don't add them to articles. Enigma^msg 03:43, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion

I understand why you put the proposed deletion tag on Winchester bus route 7 page. I fully agree for the look of the page now, but it was going to be extended. I was planning to move it to List of bus routes in Winchester, where the other articles may be put, when I noticed the tag. I hope you now understand the situation. --Adam mugliston (talk) 07:37, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

RfA nomination

Hello Enigmaman, I have been considering your continued positive work at Wikipedia especially over the period of 5 months since you last faced the gauntlet of RfA. I would like to nominate you to attempt a new request for the mop and have commenced the process at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Enigmaman 3. I would be pleased if you would accept my nomination and indicate acceptance in the appropriate part of the page. If you do accept I will complete the rest of the necessary paperwork; and given the time difference between our parts of the world I will attempt to finalise the paperwork as early as I can (later) this evening. I will also add that there may be co-nominators that wish to add their name to the nomination and they will be welcomed and free to do so after you have accepted the nomination. I will be more than happy for any co-nominators to come to my talk page to ask further questions if and as necessary.--VS ^talk 07:50, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I have accepted your nomination. Enigma^msg 14:44, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I would have to add the words "DO IT!!!" to that. :-). You should have been an admin from the previous RfA but ran across too many d**ks and p***ks. Hopefully any of the previous an*l set will be on summer vacation this go around... eh! The Real Libs-speak politely 13:27, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Only time will tell. :) Enigma^msg 14:44, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

List it on WP:RFA please. MBisanz ^talk 15:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about the delay. I thought Steve might've been intended to transclude. Enigma^msg 22:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm very glad to see you're running again, considering your last RfA. EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

My take on it was that if I survived my first RfA and came back for more, I should do so again. The second RfA was rather more harrowing than the first, but that's the way it goes... Enigma^msg 22:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Enigmaman - sorry time beat me at this end of the world to await Lar's co-nom and then to assist in the transclusion. My thanks to Julian for adding the stats to the talk page. Best of luck my friend - and now I am off for a few more hours of sleep.--VS ^talk 16:09, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

RFA

Good luck. rootology (C)(T) 15:32, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and thank you especially for your contributions to the RfA. I'm happy to see you're taking an interest. Enigma^msg 22:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I hope not to jynx you, but by the looks of it, 3rd times the charm! I have a very good feeling this RfA is going to go big. And you deserve it. Master&Expert (Talk) 05:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Eh, it slowed down. Not enough opposes, I suppose. It did make WP:100, though. I guess I should go list it there. Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Enigmaman, I don't think we have run into each other before, never the less, I humbly request that you refrain from responding to question 16 on your RFA as I am a strong believer in a user retaining their privacy. I feel that whether or not you frequent Wikipedia Review is your concern and yours alone and should not be a factor of your RFA. If people didn't answer questions like that no one would be asking them, please consider that. Kind Regards   «l| ?romethean ™|l»  (talk) 10:21, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

How did I not know? I do now :) Good luck! StarM 00:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

You should've had it watchlisted! :D Enigma^msg 17:32, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi Enigmaman, I've asked a follow-up question on your RFA (question #21). Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 07:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC).

Replied. Enigma^msg 17:32, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

You can watchlit a page that didn't exist? Or did you have a version created? I'm so bad at RfA watching StarM 00:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, check your watchlist. You have deleted pages on it. Even if it hadn't been created, like that page specifically, just enter it into your browser and hit watchlist. Even if the page hasn't been created, it'll show up on your watchlist when it does. It's a good way of tracking something that you anticipate but don't know exactly when it'll be created. Enigma^msg 00:49, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

good to know, thanks! StarM 23:40, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know, my offer still stands. Or alternatively you can refuse because you think you're smarter than me in WP:RFCU WP:SPI. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 04:26, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Good to hear. I will let you know after the conclusion of the current RfA. Enigma^msg 04:34, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Best wishes for the RFA that is approaching closure as likely successful. Congratulations -- Tinu Cherian - 04:37, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

About damn time. Welcome to hell. Tan | 39 15:14, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Yea, welcome to the suck, fucking new guy. –xeno^talk 15:16, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Excuse me for a moment. I'm trying to decide which of you to block first. Enigma^msg 15:22, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you. Ohana, I'll take you up on your offer. First I have to take a short break. I think a day should cover it. Enigma^msg 15:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Glad to see that I'm smarter than you :P OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:48, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Prove it. I think now you're my SPI mentor. Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

My doomsday scenario

I had one question that is sort of off-topic from your RFA, but I was curious about, so I ask here instead. In regards to the doomsday scenario I put forth, what could checkusers do to help in such a situation? It's my understanding that their tools are limited to IP information, and so they would be unable to check if the leaked passwords are valid or not. Maybe I'm misunderstanding. -kotra (talk) 03:56, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

One would ask a checkuser to look at the IPs being used. The account is not "compromised" until someone other than the person originally handling the admin account takes an action with the account. For example, I'm not certain the RickK and Zoe accounts were ever actually compromised. As far as I can recall, nothing happened with those accounts (they had been inactive for a while) until Kelly Martin, I believe, said that she had the passwords to the accounts. This was verified, and an emergency desysop was requested. In normal cases, someone notices an administrator account behaving oddly (like I recall happened with an admin who had "Eye" in his name), it gets brought to AN/I, and it's agreed that a checkuser should see if IPs out of the ordinary ranges used are using the account to perform edits or admin actions. All that said, this is a request for adminship, and since I do not normally involve myself with AN/I, such a doomsday situation is very unlikely to involve me. If it did, I would defer to the knowledge and experience of respected members of the community. Enigma^msg 04:07, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I would probably not wait for actual account abuse to occur in such a situation; I'd consider them compromised accounts if the valid passwords were publicly and prominently available, even for just a few minutes. If I were able to, I would temporarily desysop them all after determining the passwords were valid, and then, once the passwords were changed to more secure ones (assuming they were achieved by guessing and not hacking), resysop. But you're right, such a scenario is very unlikely to involve either of us (even if it were to occur, which in itself is pretty unlikely). I asked Q19 to determine if there was a situation when you would block indefinitely without warning, and I was happy with that part of your response. I was just curious about the rest to learn how others would act in such a situation, so I asked here and not on your RfA. Sorry to waste your time (which is probably at a premium at the moment, with your RfA)! -kotra (talk) 16:57, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations

Consensus having been reached at WP:RFA, and the prescribed period of time having elapsed, I've set the admin flag for your account. Please be careful not to bite the newcomers, and consider that blocking and nonroutine page protection are the most frequent sources of conflict for new admins. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 15:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

• Whoo! Congrats! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
• About time! Hope you enjoy the buttons – I know you'll do great things with them. Congratulations. haz (talk) 15:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
• Well done. BTW, you know the guys who said adminship isn't a trophy? They're wrong. Here's yours. Stifle (talk) 15:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

  

  • Anyone who says it isn't a trophy must not have worked hard enough for it, that's all. :D Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
• Congrats! Aditya ^α _ß 16:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
• Congratulations from me, too. Useight (talk) 20:48, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Breaking the formatting style, purely because I can. Congrats, I thought that RFA would never end :) Steve Crossin ^Talk/_{Help us mediate!} 21:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
    • The first two felt longer. :P Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

• Knew you would make it. BTW your margin was larger than mine. :) ++Lar: t/c 22:51, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
  • That's 'cuz I'm way cooler than you, duh. ;) Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
• Way to go, International Man of Mystery StarM 02:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
• \o/. Chop chop now! -- Luk ^talk 15:51, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
  • I'm scrambling to figure out all these new tools! I took off for over a day, and now I have my work cut out for me. Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrads

An overdue honour for you my friend. You should have been given the mop on your first go around. But, as I've always said... never dwell on the "what if"... just look ahead to the "what now" You will be a fine administrator. Take care and have a nice day! The Real Libs-speak politely 15:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Enigma^msg 15:26, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

The admin T-shirt. AdjustShift (talk) 15:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. Here is the admin T-shirt for you. You'll look handsome in the T-shirt, and you'll get more attention from pretty ladies. :-)

For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! :-) AdjustShift (talk) 15:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats* Syn 20:24, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

To a new admin

I award thee this mop and bucket!

Abce2|AccessDenied 18:18, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

\o/ - Dank (push to talk) 19:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Shubinator (talk) 23:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats, it's well deserved.--Giants27 (t|c) 00:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Ditto on the congrats. I think what finally did it for you was getting away from my talkpage :-). (There's more truth in that than I like to admit...:0( Keeper | 76 02:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm still there in spirit! Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

It's ABOUT TIME! ~*Hugs*~ I'm so happy for you. Congratulations, my dear, you have earned it! Ariel♥Gold 10:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

CONGRATULATIONS! long overdue! Cheers!--It's me...Sallicio!^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 17:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations. Well done!!! Alio The Fool 19:07, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Australia – United States relations further confirmed

Hello my friend. As you know I have been on the road for the past couple of days. I have a few short hours back at my desk which gives me just enough time to comment in relation to the following link that shows Australian and United States relations have been further confirmed following your successful posting to this esteemed position for which I was lucky enough to be the nominator. I note your fellow countryman and my co-nominator has added his congratulations above. Thus, formally my congratulations on your success also and I raise my glass to your achievements at the same time passing on my best wishes for your successful application of the authority bestowed. I think our recently departed Swedish speaking English friend would also be most pleased. Enough with my tongue in cheek. Cheers and see you on the hustings.--VS ^talk 10:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh, the irony. One of the articles I edited a lot was this one. Enigma^msg 05:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Yep I know hence my tongue in cheek comment.--VS ^talk 07:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I never made the connection. Clever parallel drawn right there. Enigma^msg 07:32, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

WP:SPI clerk

Are you ready to take you an additional role? Or you still need some more well-deserved rest? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 04:13, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm well-rested and raring to go. Where do I begin? Enigma^msg 05:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

You're in.[1] Here're the procedures, but I think you already know half of them since it's very similar to RFCU and SSP. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:20, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you all

It was a long and hard-fought battle, and I guess the end result is what matters. I will endeavour to justify the support you have given me and the trust you have placed in me.

I especially want to thank my nominators from the three RfAs: VirtualSteve, Scarian, Seraphim, Lar, Useight, and OhanaUnited. I also want to thank all those who offered to nominate me at various times, although I often was unable to accept the offer. I'm sorry I can't mention all of you by name.

I'm sure some of you are glad that you no longer have to keep coming back and supporting. It was getting tiresome, I imagine. In the end, three was the charm, and now we see what lies ahead...

My situation this summer is not yet decided, but I will likely be online often. Feel free to let me know if I can assist you. Enigma^msg 04:59, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for the barnstar! Very kind. PamD (talk) 17:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

SR8

What's the purpose of allowing people to edit this page if you are going to block them if you don't like what they edit. The Radical SR8 does not belong in this list of cars. It's a track car & should be in a different class... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.239.200 (talk) 15:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

You are edit-warring against the discussion on the talk page. Please stop. Enigma^msg 15:21, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll add my 2 cents in here. To the editor removing the SR8 lap times, I'll remind you that its time DOES belong there. It is a road-legal production car, therefore its time belongs in the list for road-legal production cars.

Please stop editting it just because you don't like the fact that it beats the Dodge Viper by half a minute. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.142.171 (talk) 00:03, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Two replies.

1. Sorry! I'll reply to your e-mail soon. 2. Great to hear, best of luck. :) I'm going to guess that was a custom-made template... can't remember though, I usually used the standard ones. · AndonicO ^Engage. 14:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Ooh, messy...

Looks like it might be one little dweeb on a dynamic IP. I can lock the article down against anonymous edits for a little while. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:53, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Never mind...looks like you got it. If it's a local IP, I think a rangeblock would be more than warranted, especially if all the edits were specifically to this article. Requesting a block sure wouldn't hurt. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:55, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

It appears that the edits have been going on for several months. This edit from March, before the current cited version that refers to this as a sham: [2]. Thanks for looking into this. Cheers, JNW (talk) 04:59, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I haven't ever run a rangeblock either, so I don't know how much help I can be. You might want to leave word on the AN board and see if an admin with CU rights weighs in. Good luck! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 05:03, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank-you for semi protecting Laird, for that action I award you The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar RP459 (talk) 15:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Much appreciated. :) Enigma^msg 03:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppet: Passportguy

• There is Sockpuppet (Passportguy): He writes 1960 census, deletes 2007 census results, and many more vandalism. Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Passportguy .

If you catch any other vandalism, please leave note in the above Sockpuppetry page. SemiColonInSentence (talk) 01:02, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Please look into this further. The edits done are identical to those of other banned users over the past few days. This user User:VivaNorthCyprus has used over a 83 sockpuppets over the past weeks. Passportguy (talk) 01:12, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

And since you said you had no way of knowing that this is a sockpuppet : The edits are identical to multiple easlier edits by confirmed sockpuppets. Even the edit summarries are identical. Please look at the page history of the respective pages. Passportguy (talk)

And finally I might also add that this sockpuppet has now been banned at Commons as well. Passportguy (talk) 01:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Blocked and rolled back here too by myself - it's just VivaNorthCyprus again and again and again - Peripitus (Talk) 02:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

My apologies. I was not aware of the background. You are correct, Passportguy. Next time if you see this happening, I would recommend approaching either an admin familiar with this sockmaster or, more likely, going to SPI. Enigma^msg 03:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Kelly Clarkson

Thank you for your protection of Kelly Clarkson. :) Her article needed it. Acalamari 01:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. That one was a tricky one. There was defamation, but some of the IP edits appeared to be in good faith. However, with a BLP, I always try to err on the side of protection. Good faith edits don't erase the harmful effects of BLP violations. Enigma^msg 03:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Kaká transfer to Real Madrid

You don't need any protection after July 1 because that's when he officially joins Real Madrid. Kingjeff (talk) 03:11, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but I typically don't set expiry dates (rather, I use 1 week, 2 weeks, etc.). I'll experiment with that now, since you insist. Enigma^msg 03:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

It's not that I'm insisting. It's that there is no arguement about it after July 1. It's just that, all unregistered transfers such of Kaká's transfer to Real Madrid, will be official of that date. If that's the way you do your protection, than you're free to do it that way. Kingjeff (talk) 03:19, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Need an Libsy-like admin favour

Hey E_man. When you're not too busy... you might peek-a-boo at this article history. An 86.X IP (an IP sockpuppet range of genre-troll User:MetalKommandant) is being persistent in blanking content which, by his personal opinion, shouldn't be there. This despite numerous reverts from numerous other IPs and a few noble/ logged-in types. Pat semi-protected the page back in April (I miss him BTW). And William Connolly also semi-p'd the page for a month (expired Jn 11). Based on the edit history of 86.X it is my guess that he does not intend to give up his edit war. Perhaps he could have the whole summer to think about it if the page were semi-p'd for 3 months ( hint hint ) What-r-yer-thoughts? 156.34.142.110 (talk) 20:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)