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PS move request reply

Hello Tony. In case you have added Talk:Pixel Pipeline to your watchlist, this message is probably useless. I just want to make sure you have twice the chance of reading it, just in case.
I wish you a nice day!
MaxDZ8 talk 17:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll reply to you there. By the way, that's a neat thingy - that secure link. Where can I learn more about that? -GTBacchus^(talk) 17:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't truly aware of what I did exactly to produce the secure link above, but it seems it's a result of using the secure log-in procedure. I'm not really sure it's something valuable.
I'm now trying to make up my mind for the reply on the talk page.
MaxDZ8 talk 12:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

The American Left

Thankyou for your hard work which I am sorry for having caused you. Another editor had moved the article and then changed the original title to redirect to another article, so I could not move it back. If this happens again I will ask you for help. BTW does the talk page history get moved too or is that unneccessary? TFD (talk) 17:58, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Mahmud Pasha

Hi GTBacchus! I know you can fix things like this one, so here it goes. User Cplakidas made a redirected page Mahmud Pasha to Mahmud Pasha Angelović and than he redirected page Mahmud Pasha Angelović to Veli Mahmud Pasha. Basically, he redirected old existing article to a newly created article (both of them stubs). While doing so he didn't copy nothing from original article. I have manage to find the informations from the original article, and I have implemented them into a new one. I don't have nothing against a new name of the article, just wanted to see if things are o.k. now, or something else is required. Thanks, Kebeta (talk) 15:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I believe I've fixed everything, so the history of the article is located at the same title as the article itself. If you notice anything I missed, please let me know. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Kebeta (talk) 08:16, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Ping

Hi, GT! Check your e-mail? Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 00:34, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah... did you get my (partial) reply? -GTBacchus^(talk) 03:34, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

"Fixing"

FYI, turning blue link into a red link is not "fixing" anything. If the blue link is "wrong" (whatever that may mean), first create a NEW blue link that is "right" (whatever that may mean) and link to that, rather than to a red link. Or just leave it alone. Pdfpdf (talk) 15:35, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

IPs cannot create pages on English Wikipedia. 69.3.72.249 (talk) 15:44, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmmmm. (So why don't you create an account?) Pdfpdf (talk) 15:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Several of us have been making that inquiry for a couple of weeks now. I believe this user has an account, or had an account. My recommendation is that they log on with that one. Montanabw^(talk) 20:27, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Turning a blue link into a red one is completely acceptable. Don't listen to anyone who tells you that it isn't. -GTBacchus^(talk) 03:55, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Pardon? Before I make any comment, I'll ask: Please explain. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:56, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

What I'm saying is that red links aren't bad. An example: Suppose there's a genus of butterflies called Paris. (I don't think there really is.) If someone links that, it'll be a blue link pointing to the city. Someone else notices that the link is wrong, and changes the link from "[[Paris]]" to "[[Paris (genus)]]". If there's not an article about the genus, then the link will appear as red. This is perfectly fine.

The person creating the red link is not obligated to first (or ever) create the article. Red links are part of how Wikipedia grows.

Does that help? -GTBacchus^(talk) 15:18, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

"Does that help?" - Yes, thanks. Those are the sorts of things I intended to say in response to your words: "Turning a blue link into a red one is completely acceptable."

As for: "Don't listen to anyone who tells you that it isn't.", well, that's just bad advice, (and rather rude). Listening to everyone is one of the ways to learn things. Even when they are things you have already made up your mind about, you learn about the people who are saying them. e.g. I have learnt that some of the things that you write do not always convey the meaning you intend. Also, I've learnt about <p>; henceforth I'll probably use it in preference to <br>. So that's helpful too.

Thanks for your reply. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 05:35, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that's fair. It was a bit rude the way I said that. I apologize.

I guess I feel very strongly that new (or non-logged-in) users shouldn't be told about "rules" that aren't really rules. I'm a big fan of WP:IAR and WP:WIARM. I don't want people to feel constrained from contributing. Sometimes those strong feelings result in my being less courteous, and that's inappropriate.

The bit about our words not always conveying what we intend is pretty universally applicable, I'm pretty sure. Thanks for giving me a chance to explain myself rather than jumping to any conclusion. -GTBacchus^(talk) 17:48, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

It seems that despite first "appearances", we seem to agree with each other. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 01:00, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for helping me get set up on wikipedia. I always loved wikipedia and I didn't know I could edit it. I thought you had to be a super genius or something, but thanks for showing me that you don't have to be. :) AdbMonkey (talk) 02:50, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

:D Being a super genius is kind of overrated anyway. -GTBacchus^(talk) 14:16, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Montanabw behavior. Thank you. 69.3.72.249 (talk) 23:30, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi GT, your name is being invoked at the ANI, so best you weigh in. Check the links, but review the diffs presented in their entirety, in full context. I was just trying to see if other people had an experience similar to mine and I found someone. Apparently, my comment there to that user was ANI worthy. Montanabw^(talk) 01:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up, both of you. I've commented there. -GTBacchus^(talk) 03:13, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Transatlantic

Hi, now that Transatlantic is a disambig page, could you help fix the misdirected links per WP:FIXDABLINKS? Thanks, --JaGa^talk 15:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I can help with that, though I'm not likely to do them all in one sitting... :) -GTBacchus^(talk) 15:54, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! WP:AWB is a very helpful tool, as are navigation popups with the popupFixDabs flag set to true. Also, if you get to the point where all remaining articles need to be pointed to a single article, I can do a mass edit - but only if all the articles have been reviewed first. --JaGa^talk 16:54, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, for some reason, I like doing these manually. I can do them pretty quickly, the count is about 225 last I checked.

Also needing to be done: I noticed there's a page Transatlantic (disambiguation), which is largely redundant with the current content at Transatlantic. Somehow that situation should be reconciled, but I can think of about 4 ways to do it, none of which is quite optimal. Hmm. -GTBacchus^(talk) 18:05, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Christianity

The Template:WikiProject Christianity has recently been seriously changed by another admin. I know that at least one group (LDS-work-group) has been completely removed due to syntax changes (not because it was remove). Another Admin who has done work on this template, such as yourself, needs to go back and fix it.--ARTEST4ECHO ^{(talk|contribs)} 13:10, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Pardon me sir

Do you know if I can make a page? Like a talk page explaining to wiki about myself. Like you did? Omg, I'm sure you know. Do you have a link to the part in the guide? Thanks if you can. AdbMonkey (talk) 05:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Whoopsie

Nevermind! I found it. Thanks! (Der.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AdbMonkey (talk • contribs) 05:53, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad you got that sorted out... -GTBacchus^(talk) 18:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Thoughts on initial proposed revision of this article?

'Afternoon GTBacchus,

Since you seem to have an interest (and solid knowledge of) the DFW metro area, hoping to get your thoughts on a revision that I've proposed for the Wikipedia article concerning a Dallas-based company (Rent-A-Center) -- an article which, in it's current state, fails to tell what it is that this organization is and does. With this revision, I've sought to bring the article up to Wikipedia's own standards. I would normally implement this revision myself; however with a potential WP:COI present (as it happens, the subject is a client of my employer) I'd like to reach adequate consensus before doing so.

Might you be able to take a look at my proposed revision (described here) and let me know if this seems reasonable? Cheers, Jeff Bedford (talk) 16:28, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Wreck of Collins Liner "Pacific" found?

I was reading the additional matter you put down questioning the so-called discovery of the Pacific's wreckage some sixty miles from Liverpool. Yes it does seem to be odd that no wreckage ever showed up at the time (although there is a passage I read in the book WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST many years ago that the Cunard liner "Persia" saw glass and wooden wreckage when traveling shortly after the "Pacific" left - but it was in the ocean). My question is why has no further investigation of this site been made? It is rare for a century old shipping mystery to be near possible solution. Has anyone approached someone like Clive Custler about it?

Yours,

Jeff Bloomfield

("Jessie Leiman") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.46.143 (talk) 03:35, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Somalia move

Greetings, GTBacchus. I'm not sure the move of Anarchy in Somalia to History of Somalia (1991-2006) was a terribly good idea, either procedurally or from an encyclopedia perspective. The old article, while at a problematic title, was a decent standard (GA) treatment of a topic of concise scope. The new article, whose title was only proposed by one editor in the past few days in a months-old discussion, covers a much vaster topic, as you can see from the two sections devoted to it in the History of Somalia now-parent article ("Somali Civil War" and "Recent history"). As you can see, the parent article focuses on the two main topics of note in the history of the nation during this period – the civil war, and the warlord-government struggles, neither of which are within the scope of the old article, which focused on the socioeconomic effect of non-state provision of goods and services.

It may very well be that these diverse topics could be covered in adequate length at a high quality in the one article, but that could take years, and we will likely be left with a hatchet job stitching until the systemic bias wikiproject get around to the millenial sociohistory of East Africa (which should be around 2054). I really think this ought to be reconsidered. Skomorokh 17:54, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

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RfA's then and now

You're right — things have indeed changed dramatically in the past few years. Thanks for the note; I'll be very interested in hearing anything else you might have to say after you've managed to get some sleep. :-) Richwales (talk · contribs) 04:41, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Diacritical moves

Hi there - I'd also love to see stats on diacritically-based moves. If there are trends, if it makes a difference whether it's a person's name or a place, that sort of thing. And also on how the current titles got that way. How many were "born" with diacritics, how many were moved there later on (with or without consensus). And vice-versa. Any ideas on how to assemble those kind of stats? I'd help (assuming enough spare time - always a big assumption). Dohn joe (talk) 01:10, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

I once made a list.... User:GTBacchus/RM closings, of the first few hundred RM discussions that I personally closed. It's a big set of raw data, but it's not particularly well-organized, and it gets more out-of-date every day.

For the last while (few years?), the RM page has been maintained by a bot, so there might be an easy way to document move requests by general type and by outcome. Even if this couldn't be done retro-actively, it might be a cool thing to implement for the future. I suppose that Wikipedia talk:Requested moves would be a better place to have this conversation? -GTBacchus^(talk) 01:32, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Undoubtedly. I'm probably done with WP for the day, but you or I should bring this up over there. Dohn joe (talk) 01:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

WP Seattle activity check - reminder

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Merry, merry

Bzuk (talk) 02:11, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! :) -GTBacchus^(talk) 09:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

TPR Storytelling move

Hi GTBacchus! This is just to say thank you for closing the move at TPR Storytelling. It's very nice to get some closure on this, and it is a nice Christmas present. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! — Mr. Stradivarius (drop me a line) 05:11, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! If you're in one of the few time zones where it's still Christmas, then Merry Christmas to you, too. Else, uh... happy Boxing Day! :) -GTBacchus^(talk) 05:13, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello GTBacchus

Hello GTBacchus,

There is a wikipage that needs some valuable content, but I do not have registered user rights because I have not done 10 contributions. You have made contributions to the page so I think you will find the content valuable. Can I contact you about making a contribution?

Thanks, David@eroticflow.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.218.209.173 (talk) 23:40, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I mean, I guess you already have contacted me. You're welcome to send me an email; just use the link on the left side of the screen. I'm interested to see which article you're talking about. -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

By the way, you don't need "registered user rights" to contribute to most articles. Have you tried editing it yourself? -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Argidava

Thanks for the move! Happy Holidays! --Codrinb (talk) 21:55, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and happy days to you, too. :) -GTBacchus^(talk) 09:21, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

La Jolla

Did you miss the independent discussion at Talk:La Jolla, San Diego? --Born2cycle (talk) 23:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose I did. How about I finish tidying up redirects, and then I'll see you there? -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:37, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Oh, that was straightforward. I've fixed it now. -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:40, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

New Year

Thank you very much for working with me in 2010 to make the encyclopedia a better place. Regardless of any disagreements we may have had, I want to wish you all the very best for 2011. I look forward to working with you, and I hope for health and happiness to you and your family in the year to come. I therefore send you this glass of the cratur, so you can celebrate, whether it is Hogmanay or New Year's Day where you are. Warmest regards, --John (talk) 04:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much! :) I wish you all the things you wish for yourself in the coming year, and look forward to seeing you around. Cheers. -GTBacchus^(talk) 06:30, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Talk:TfGME#Requested_move

Why was TfGME moved? The associated discussion came to the conclusion moving wasn't the best course of action. ChiZeroOne (talk) 07:10, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I misread the discussion. I'll put it back. -GTBacchus^(talk) 08:59, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. No worries, tbh I should have requested the discussion be closed a while ago but I forgot about it. ChiZeroOne (talk) 03:12, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

And your point is?

"If anyone wants to do anything about Malleus that will be meaningful, and not just pissing into the wind, then they'll have to start with an RFC/U." Malleus Fatuorum 21:24, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

My point is precisely what I said. I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm not saying whether someone should or should not start an RFC/U; just pointing out that anything short of it is fatuous. -GTBacchus^(talk) 22:24, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

My question is rooted in the knowledge that there are many editors here, some of them admins, who would like nothing better than to see me gone. I just wondered if you were one of them. Malleus Fatuorum 23:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

There are many things I'd like better than to see you gone. I'd like to see you contributing to Wikipedia in your usual high-quality manner, and I'd like to see you involved in less heat and static. I'd like to see you not show up in WQA threads that are easily avoidable. I certainly recall seeing you choose to say or do things that would obviously and inevitably lead to heat and static, and then when shit happened, you played dumb about it. You're not naïve, and you can't fool me into thinking that you are. (No, I'm not talking about the current instance, at all.)

So, yeah, I'd like to see less of that kind of nonsense. I'd like to see your good work continue, and your unnecessarily provocative bullshit end. That's a pretty reasonable desire, isn't it? -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:44, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Just as I thought. I doubt you and I will ever agree about anything. Bring on your RFC/U. Malleus Fatuorum 23:52, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

We agreed on something just about an hour ago - in your own words - and I suspect you and I would agree about most editing matters. The only points where we disagree involve how to treat other people, and the usefulness of stirring up shit. You seem to think that you can yell at people and have some positive effect in the world by doing it, and I know that to be false. You once tried to "set my hat on straight" by talking to me like I was dirt. That was neither smart, nor useful, nor effective. I mean, unless you think that venting your feelings is a valid use of Wikipedia's servers. It's not.

That's all, though. We probably agree about most other things.

I'll never open an RFC/U on you or anyone else, and I have no desire to do so. If you think otherwise, it's because you foolishly believe you know things that you just don't know. You're dishonest, and emotionally a child. Now leave my talk page. -GTBacchus^(talk) 23:58, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

You do realise that's a personal attack GTB, and unless you do something about it I will report it to one of the admin boards. Malleus Fatuorum 00:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble. -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:06, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I wish you would both knock it off there before it gets nasty. Seeing this on my watchlist is distracting me from enjoying my last day of winter break (aka catching up with grading and running AWB in the background). You are both good people with good intentions and I wish you would both just walk away from this now. Please. --John (talk) 00:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Too little too late. Malleus Fatuorum 00:16, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

AN/I notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--John (talk) 00:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks John, I was just about to add that myself. Malleus Fatuorum 00:28, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

• I've blocked you for 12 hours for the diff at ANI and your comment preceding it. Admin or not, there's no need for attacks like that. I'm sure there'll be a review at ANI, but you;re welcome to appeal with {{unblock|reason}}. With regret, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:05, 3 January 2011 (UTC)