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User:Swifty

User:Swifty has been blocked for disruptive editing and making legal threats. He has written to the Arbitration Committee that he has withdrawn the legal threats and is appealing for his block to be withdrawn. As part of his appeal he has requested that you be his mentor and guide. I know that you successfully adopt new users, so that appears to be a sensible choice. Do you have time at the moment to handle another user? You can respond via email if you wish. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 09:54, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi SilkTork. I had a long conversation with him last night by email and I am unconvinced that he's quite ready to come back to the community yet - as he still currently blames his entire predicament on Kww. I was planning to keep working with him offline, before either unblocking myself with conditions, or taking it ArbCom or the community. Either way, I'm certainly willing to take Swifty on, despite how busy I am - I've worked with him in the past and can generally see his point of view, and I think he can be a productive editor. Worm^TT · (talk) 10:03, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. It is likely going to come down to you to decide when he is ready to come back. We are still in discussion on the matter, though it's looking unlikely that the Committee will agree to unblock at the moment. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 11:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't surprise me too much, I think he'll be a valuable editor if we can get a couple of things sorted. Thanks for the comment. Worm^TT · (talk) 11:24, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

• FYI. Officially declined: User_talk:Swifty#Arbitration_Committee_Appeal. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 08:53, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

  So I noticed. I'm still making good progress with him, and his boyfriend, so I'm hoping that it might result in something positive. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

A Kitten For You

Thanks for the help. Enjoy the kitten.

Maxasher (talk) 12:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the kitten. Enjoy the help ;) Worm^TT · (talk) 12:28, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Someone's gonna have a litter of these things pretty soon =P Jenova20 12:53, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing! Worm^TT · (talk) 12:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Can you name this one Kit? =P Jenova20 13:46, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

LOL! Hi Kit Maxasher (talk) 08:41, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

"Long story..."

Hello, Worm^TT ·

Re: why I haven't registered. It's just that I currently don't have permanent email to speak of. At least not one that I'd want to associate with a non-temporary registration. I am in the process of consolidating some email addresses from wherever, and... well, somehow this hasn't risen to the top of my to-do list. Once I get a round tuit...(you know how that goes). Also, I tried to register awhile ago and the names I wanted were to too similar to others, and I don't like to have a bunch of usernames that I need to remember... yadda, yadda, yadda. (I guess this story wasn't particularly "long", but it sure was boring). Btw, an actual 'Round Tuit' doesn't have the word "Round" on it -- it simply is round. The one uploaded here is a counterfeit! ;)
~Thanks for responding; sincerely, etc.

~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 18:59, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

P.s.: I noticed the description for the 'Round Tuit' image: "Artist's impression of a round tuit" -- Hmmm... maybe I'll make a few "artist's impressions" of a $100 dollar bill! ~E.184.76.225.106 (talk) 22:14, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Rant on Civility

I thought I'd start Reader's comments on the talk page to your Rant on Civility. Presumably, others are welcome to join in (?) P.s.: oops, I re-read your post, it seems you're not ready to link to it yet. ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 21:42, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello, again --

Sorry to be a bother. I didn't want to make disparaging remarks about an editor on the public forum, but I might need some help regarding the "Problem uploader" discussed on the Teahouse forum. If you check out his talk page, you'll get some idea what I'm up against -- he's a real piece of work. In addition to what you see there, he periodically "retires" and has at least one other account. It seems his philosophy is "the ends justifies the means".

I'm sure you have a full schedule, but if you can find a few minutes to check this out and let me know if I'm getting in over my head or not, I'd surely appreciate it. Thanks, sincerely, etc.

~Eric F184.76.225.106 (talk) 09:56, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Will have to look at this as soon as I can, but I have limited access on the weekends. Worm^TT · (talk) 19:37, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

That's okay, don't worry about it. I've posted on Commons AN board. ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 00:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

First Good Article

I did it =D Citroën C3 Picasso - now a good article

Couldn't have done it without my mentor Jenova20 11:44, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Congrats, Jenova! :D ~ Kimelea (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks =D Jenova20 18:49, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Jenova, I have to say, I'm stunned. Last time I looked at the article, it looked like this. You mentioned that you had put it in for GA, and I've been planning to check it out for the past few days. Without meaning to be rude, it didn't occur to me that you could have expanded it quite so much and to such a high quality in such a short period of time. I didn't help there - you did that all by yourself, and I cannot tell you how proud I am of that Good Article! Well done, it's absolutely brilliant. Worm^TT · (talk) 19:36, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Well i had a good mentor didn't i =]

And Waggers who reviewed the status of it was very detailled in what i had to do, i managed to finish most of it in 2 days.

Problem is that now there's more eyes on it and it's a pain that there's unexplained removal of content already. Still, on the bright side i'm proud of it and it gave me tips on other projects. Thanks Jenova20 08:09, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

On a separate note, is there anything i can do about the lag of this [1] or do i have to wait? Thanks Jenova20 08:11, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Nothing you can do, Wikimedia's got server problems... oh and Jenova... my old iPhone battery's swelling!!! I'm freaked out! Worm^TT · (talk) 08:18, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

That happened to an old phone i had, you're best chucking the battery and replacing it.

...Of course yours is glued in by apple to prevent competition and buying a cheaper battery from someone else so i suggest you stop using it and take it to a phone shop or just call apple customer services.

IMPORTANT - if you ever want kids then switch it off and don't keep it in your pocket =P.

And if that was a joke then it went over my head. Jenova20 08:25, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The screen popped off the front, so I unscrewed it at the bottom and it carried on expanding... Thought I'd leave it outside for a couple of hours in case it went bang. Can't seem to find a number for Apple customer services, trying to phone the nearest shop now, but they're not open yet. Looks like this is quite a common problem with the 3gs, ho hum!Worm^TT · (talk) 08:34, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

I would have suggested the sink but outside is good too. Every cloud has a silver lining...The Samsung Galaxy S3 is out this month or early next =D Jenova20 08:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Well I'm eligible for £126 out of warranty replacement. Pfft. And it seems it's unlike to actually explode... So they say. Ah well. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

It's "unlikely to actually explode"??

It's hardware expanding in size, flammable, corrosive, and with an electrical current and heat and they told you that?! Crazy. Did you tell them the screen popped off? Jenova20 09:06, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Shhh. Let me believe what they said and sue them when it does explode. I'm going to keep it out of harms way and bring it in store to see them duck and cover :D considered venting it, but gave up on the idea. And yes, told them that - "it's perfectly normal" HA! Worm^TT · (talk) 09:08, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Don't you just Love the way apple treat their customers =P

I was told my Sony Ericsson W880i would blow up if i didn't chuck the battery immediately, apple tells you it's harmless... someone's telling porkies... Don't forget to wear oven gloves as you bring it in. Jenova20 09:13, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm no Apple lover, I just use their products because I happen to think they're the best on the market at the moment. But I was quite surprised when I asked if there was an explosion risk and told flat out "no, it's probably done all it's going to do". On the up side, it's unplugged and it's not hot, so I would be surprised if it expanded any more after and hour or two. Worm^TT · (talk) 09:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

My W880i was unplugged and unused for 18 months before it expanded so don't get complacent. Whatever's inside appears to break down and expand no matter how much it's charged. Jenova20 09:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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Good Article

Hi, me again. Just wondering how i add the 'Good article' icon to the top of my page in a way that takes me to the article (as you and a few others have done). Thanks Jenova20 08:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Put {{GA user topicon|article_name=Citron C3 Picasso|icon_nr=0}} at the top of your page :) Worm^TT · (talk) 08:57, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh and WHEN you get another one... copy and paste, change the article name, and increase icon_nr by 1. Worm^TT · (talk) 09:00, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that =]

What article are you working on at the moment out of interest? Jenova20 09:07, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

None just at the moment. I've got my eye on fixing up Big Mac, have been wanting to do that for a while. Also the other two piers in Blackpool. Oh and there's a possibly interesting article on a gay murder spree that I've been thinking about writing. And Doom Bar of course. So quite a few possibilities! Check out my To Do page, you'll see sources I've collected. Worm^TT · (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

(Oh and it helps if I spell the article name correctly... you may want to sort that out on your link...) Worm^TT · (talk) 09:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Very interesting, i like "past - poor cornish people = lots of fish and potatoes" - probably not supposed to be funny but it was all the same =]

Fixed the link.

I'm going to probe for San Francisco (Cocktail) and see what i can find. Thanks Jenova20 09:58, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Food articles are hard, they're not allowed to be recipes, but good luck! Worm^TT · (talk) 10:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

This one does Cosmopolitan (cocktail) - should i find a better comparison/guide? I did read a policy before though about WP not being a how-to guide. Thanks Jenova20 10:23, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

No, that's a great guide. It's about the drink, not the recipe (which is in the infobox). Good choice. Worm^TT · (talk) 10:28, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, i'm falling at the first hurdle though. Every search for San francisco cocktail brings up "san francisco drink week" and if i include the word "cocktail" i get just recipes.

This could be a tough one... Jenova20 10:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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I know when to admit defeat so i had San Francisco deleted...There just wasn't enough to make it notable as anything other than a bunch of recipes...I'm going to try and work on Citroën C4 Picasso + Pink News instead. Thanks Jenova20 14:22, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 19:13, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Got it, will do as soon as possible. Worm^TT · (talk) 19:15, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for nominating Straight pride for AfD; I had spent a couple days planning to and hadn't gotten 'round to doing so, so you saved me the trouble. --Nat Gertler (talk) 13:35, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

No problems. Takes me a while to make up mind on something, but I am sure that was the right thing to do. Worm^TT · (talk) 13:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

The official words:

The not-official as such words:

Thehelpfulone suggested I come ask you, as you know quite a bit about me from my mentorship. Thanks, Rcsprinter (yak) 14:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I never managed to comment. Worm^TT · (talk) 09:06, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Upload

Howzat? File:Pink News Logo.png

Thanks Jenova20 18:38, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

can't display it here but it looks good Worm^TT · (talk) 18:46, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Apologies.

I'm surprised that was so easy, i expected a bigger challenge. Thanks Jenova20 19:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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Now onto the next issue...RWD Magazine This lists the same issue i'm trying to add to Pink News...but all about themselves and with no sources. My version is still a work in progress on the Pink News talk page but doesn't mention RWD and is at least referenced. Do i add RWD and link to the Pink News section from RWD or copy and paste it in both sections of both articles (when i've reworded it)? Thanks Jenova20 12:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Choice FM appears to be where Pink News got the image so i'm kind of thinking it's just hearsay that RWD is involved there, and the claim of their forums closing could just be down to people making claims it was Ashley Cole and Thompson...but since there's no references i'll have a look what i can dig up. Jenova20 12:43, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Two

Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

• Teahouse celebrates one month of being open! This first month has drawn a lot of community interest to the Teahouse. Hosts & community members have been working with the project team to improve the project in many ways including creating scripts to make inviting easier, exploring mediation processes for troubling guests, and best practices regarding mentoring for new editors who visit the Teahouse.

Springtime means fresh tea leaves...

• First month metrics report an average of 30 new editors visiting the Teahouse each week. Approximately 30 new editors participate in the Teahouse each week, by way of asking questions and making guest profiles. An average of six new questions and four new profiles are made each day. We'd love to hear your ideas about how we can spread the word about the Teahouse to more new editors.
• Teahouse has many regulars. Like any great teahouse, our Teahouse has a 61% return rate of guests, who come back to ask additional questions and to also help answer others' questions. Return guests cite the speedy response rate of hosts and the friendly, easy to understand responses by the hosts and other participants as the main reasons for coming back for another cup o' tea!
• Early metrics on retention. It's still too early to draw conclusions about the Teahouse's impact on new editor retention, but, early data shows that 38% of new editors who participate at the Teahouse are still actively editing Wikipedia 2-4 weeks later, this is compared with 7% from a control group of uninvited new editors who showed similar first day editing activity. Additional metrics can be found on the Teahouse metrics page.
• Nine new hosts welcomed to the Teahouse. Nine new hosts have been welcomed to the Teahouse during month one: Chicocvenancio, Cullen328, Hallows AG, Jeffwang, Mono, Tony1, Worm That Turned, Writ Keeper, and Nathan2055. Welcome to the Teahouse gang, folks!
• Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is a really nice way to make new editors feel welcome.

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Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Worm That Turned. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 01:43, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Done. Worm^TT · (talk) 09:03, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Needs tutoring?

Hi Worm, I just happened to notice on Tony1's talk page a new user, Baboon43, left a message asking for help. Tony seems to be in the hospital at the moment, but Baboon's latest block will expire soon, if it hasn't already. Tony has advised Baboon before, but Baboon got blocked anyway, so maybe what Baboon needs is something more along the lines of what you do. I don't know what the formalities are with something like this, or if it is even appropriate for me to post about it here. Would you take a look and see what seems best? Regards, Neotarf (talk) 18:26, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm a little busy at the moment, been away and have lots of other people I'm neglecting... I see Tony's back, hopefully feeling better too. Will leave him a well-wishing message in a bit, but hopefully Baboon will be able to sort it with him. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:46, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Help!

For some reason i keep getting my talk page spammed with the signpost newspaper, i did make a newspaper rack for it as a place to store them (and i was hoping they would automatically go there but they evidently dont seem to do this even though i gave that link when i put my name down , what am i doing wrong? User:Goldblooded ^{(Talk/Discuss)(Complain)} 13:28, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh and by the way the ones that are already on that page i did manually but im asking how do i get it so they automatically go there ? User:Goldblooded ^{(Talk/Discuss)(Complain)} 13:29, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It's not getting spammed, only that is the only thing that is getting put there because you are not getting any other messages from other users. If you look, it only appears once a week. Rcsprinter (talkin' to me?) 13:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Your subscriptions settings were incorrect and that is why it was still delivering to your main page. I fixed the problem. It should start delivering to the right page now.—cyberpower ^{Happy Easter}_Online 14:44, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Cyberpower hit the nail on the head with this edit. Basically, you used a pipe instead of a slash. Easy mistake to make :) Worm^TT · (talk) 08:43, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

Hello. Have a happy Easter!—cyberpower ^{Happy Easter}_Online 14:44, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Seconded. Happy Easter WormTT Jenova20 00:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thirded on Easter Monday. Have a nice bank holiday :) (better get back on that adoption thing, I've literally put 35 hours into my ICT GCSE over the last two weeks, so I haven't had much time :/) --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 11:32, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you all, I hope you all had a great Easter too. I'm planning to get a lot sorted tomorrow evening (have a proper Wikipedia session), so if I'm behind on anything, it'll get done then! Worm^TT · (talk) 08:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

My weed wacker went missing so I didn't have to work in the garden.—cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 11:17, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Curious

Hi Jc37. I found your full protection of Kiefer.Wolfowitz's talk page curious. Surely it would have been better to edit his block so that it did not include talk page access? Removing talk page access stops other users posting on his talk page, to leave notes of encouragement or points to discuss when he returns. I was just wondering why you went down the full protection route. Oh and I can't actually change it myself, as I am involved and should not take any administrative actions with regards to the subject. Worm^TT · (talk) 07:54, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I considered that. I didn't for (mostly) two reasons: 1.) several editors felt he should be taking the time away, and more people editing there was merely bringing him back. (And thus apparently prolonging things.) Admins can obviously still edit the page if there is an important notice to be dropped (editprotected comes into play I suppose). 2.) I honestly didn't want to mess with the existing block unless absolutely necessary.

That said, I'm not strongly tied to this. Which is why I noted in the edit summary that any admin could revert. If someone would rather do it the way you suggest, I wouldn't strongly oppose that. That said, the block is only a week, so I don't know if it's worth doing much more than just letting the block expire. When the block's up, we can just remove the protection. - jc37 02:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

As long as you considered the alternative, I'm not tremendously bothered. I don't think it was the right decision, but Reaper's overturned it now. Let's all move on. Worm^TT · (talk) 08:26, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

My friends list.

I saw your message which gave me an idea how I can fix that signature too. It's the only signature left that needs fixing. What I wanted to say is I'm don't get what you're trying to do on my list. Could you please tell me?—cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 10:06, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

You put at the top that editors could put "support" or "oppose" and sign it. Which I did. but I didn't want to be the only one, so I hid it. As for my comment there, Enemies lists are often considered Shit lists, and everyone gets very uppity over them very quickly. Worm^TT · (talk) 10:09, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't make enemies very easily but, if there is an editor out there, that consistently annoys or tries "destroy" what I try to do here and pushes me to a point where I don't want to interact with that editor, I would consider them an enemy. It takes a lot to become on though.—cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 10:14, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Even if that happens (and I really hope it doesn't), do not put their name down on a list of enemies, I can promise you it will end up with you in a lot of hot water. Worm^TT · (talk) 10:19, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Ok.—cyberpower ^Chat_{Limited Access} 11:13, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Keep your enemies list offline Cyberpower, that way it can't be used against you as acting in bad faith. Sorry to butt in =P Jenova20 11:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a very big part of it :) Worm^TT · (talk) 11:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Cyberpower, lets be friends! :D And Dave: If I don't complete my WPexam in 24 hours I'm going to be "in a lot of hot water" (is that fine, Dave, 24hrs? well it's not really "fine" but, I'm atm really behind some holiday homework I just found out yesterday existed :/ and procrastination is killing me). Sorry! -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 11:44, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Tell you what, I'm planning to do a lot of WP work tomorrow evening, so that's about 30 hours? If you'd rather have another week, you can - I'd rather you got the holiday homework done! Worm^TT · (talk) 11:47, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Recall

_{((edit conflict)x2)}I have read your email and decided to retract my certification. This probably willv not do anything as it seems likely that it will go ahead, but I have considered yours and 28bytes points and decided that I was over-reacting and considering things too emotionally to make a balanced judgement. However, I still consider the block a questionable or "bad" block, but one block an admin does not make. Thank you for taking the time to write your email and I appreciate this greatly.--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 11:42, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

As I said in my email, the fact that you felt so strongly was likely due to you seeing one of Wikipedia's best editors at their best, and that makes me glad. Having said that, there's two sides to every tale, and I'm glad you reconsidered. Worm^TT · (talk) 11:45, 10 April 2012 (UTC)