User talk:Acalamari

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Hello Wikipedians and people who are not-yet Wikipedians.

This is my user talk page. You can contact me here. If you are a registered user who wishes to send an E-mail to me, please feel free to use the "E-mail this user" feature in the toolbox on the left side of this page. I also encourage everyone to read the contents of my talk page, and my archives, as well. Acalamari 21:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Notice: if you post a message on my talk page and don't receive a response, please be aware that I might have responded here. However, I'm likely to respond on both my talk page and yours anyway. I've learned that it's best to keep a discussion in the same place in order to avoid confusion.

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Thank you!

Hi there! Just a note to say "thanks very much" for your support on my recent, successful RfA. I appreciate your support, and will be doing my best to use the tools carefully and for the betterment of the encyclopedia. Tony Fox (arf!) 06:19, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thankee. Will ^(talk) 22:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...

...I can't call you "bella" anymore? :( *Cremepuff222* 00:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Heh, well, that was a reference to my alternate account, Bellatrix Kerrigan. I decided I would be better off leaving that reference out and stick with just the mention of the account. :) Acalamari 02:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Man, you're good

Thanks for protecting July 18. You are all over my RPPs! Keep up the good work! J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 23:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for the compliment! Whenever I've seen your name at RFPP, I've seen an accurate report, so I am happy to answer your requests. :) For the record, I decided on a month's worth of semi-protection on July 18 rather than indefinite, but, as I said on RFPP, we'll see how it goes after the month. :) Acalamari 23:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, no problem, and thanks! I don't make a ton of reports, but I usually check the history for the past 100 or 250 edits for reverts. And temporary is fine, I just wanted to make indef an option. Cheers! J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 00:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Glad you're pleased with the decision. :) Acalamari 02:38, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which closed successfully with 44 support, 4 oppose, and 3 neutral. I will work hard to improve the encyclopedia with my new editing tools (and don't worry, I'll be careful).

  jj137 ^♠ 01:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help and the T-Shirt! :)   jj137 ^♠ 02:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 02:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

"...and we beheld his Glory...full of Grace and Truth." John Hardman window from St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

from Amandajm (talk) 06:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Christmas and New Year greetings! I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year as well! :) Acalamari 18:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Impersonator

Hi Acalamari.

Somebody has impersonated your account on af.wikipedia. Regards and Merry Christmas. —DerHexer (Talk) 23:39, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me. :) I still need have that impersonator on the Italian Wikipedia sorted out so I can take over that account. Hope you had a good Christmas. Regards. Acalamari 18:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Great success! Thank you for supporting my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 53-3-2. Special thanks goes to Shalom for both the suggestion and the nomination. I'm honored by the trust that the community has shown in me, and will do my very best as an administrator. Thanks again! faithless (speak) 08:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

You have an impersonator

In another alphabet at least. User:Alpha charlie alpha lima alpha mike alpha romeo india spells your username in NATO phonetic alphabet. bibliomaniac15 23:46, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Haha, I was coming to tell you the same thing. Found it amusing. Also, archive your talk page!! Haha. Lara❤Love 01:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, responded here and here. :) Acalamari 18:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Methinks a hard block is needed to stop this disruption. bibliomaniac15 18:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Already been done several times unfortunately. The user either uses a different IP, or just waits until the account creation block and the autoblock wear off. Acalamari 18:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Well. Now I get the honor of having my username spelled out phonetically. bibliomaniac15 19:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it! :) Acalamari 19:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

An Administrator is I!

KoL images are copyrighted, so I'll use this PD one instead.

Adventurer! The Council has identified a number of strange occurrences (such as "vandals" and "articles for deletion") in the surrounding wilderness. The Council would check it out, but they have important Councily-type things. But never fear: brave adventurers known as "sysops" roam the lands!

Thank you for your support in my quest to become a sysop. Although I am now wielding the keys to my very own Bitchin' Meatcar, I promise to uphold the laws of the land, martini in hand, in a way that would make Saint Sneaky Pete proud. I will do my best to be a Jack of Several Trades (although I may be a Master of Nuns). I promise to Heart Canadia. And I will make it my goal to Make War, Not ... er, Wait, Never Mind.

I am glad to serve my guild, the League of Wikipedians. If I can be of any assistance, or you have any questions, suggestions, or criticisms in the future, please let me know. And if you are at a loss for what any of the above actually means, see this website.

Thanks again.

An Encyclopedia is We! - Revolving Bugbear 22:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

HNY

Hi Acalamari, thanks for the wishes and same to you and yours. Crum375 (talk) 23:31, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you. Acalamari 23:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Acalamari! Happy new year to you too, hope you had a great 2007 and hope you have an even better 2008 :D Take good care, ~ Riana ⁂ 04:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, Riana! Yes, I had a great 2007. :) Thanks again. Acalamari 04:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year. I was wholly confident in nominating you, you achieved a very large approval vote, and my confidence and that of the community has been fully justified. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 12:29, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Acalamari! :-) I wish you all the best in your future endeavours and hope all your wishes for this new year come true! :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 12:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

2008 is already two days old, and I still haven't gotten new year wishes to more than a couple of people. As the heading says, HNY :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Same to you! --Agüeybaná 21:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, your message was a bright spot in between the sometimes less-than-civil "you deleted my article" messages. Thank you! :) Keilana^talk_(recall) 22:51, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Glad it was appreciated. Acalamari 22:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Acalamari :) Happy new year to you too. Hope 08's a good one! CattleGirl ^talk 04:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you for the return wishes! :) Acalamari 04:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :)

5

That'll be embarrassing...:) Happy new year! — Dihydrogen Monoxide 23:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Same to you, happy 2008! - eo (talk) 18:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Season Greetings

Dear Acalamari, on behalf of my snow-buried Canadian region of Ottawa, I would like to wish you a Safe and Happy New Year 2008.
JForget 02:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed nearly unanimously with 46 support, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral. Thanks for supporting me!

-Djsasso (talk) 18:04, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Smile

NHRHS2010 (talk · contribs) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

You should check out this short and funny video I just uploaded, and I am dedicating it to you, Acalamari. NHRHS2010 Happy Holidays 02:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Even though you are trying to avoid YouTube, did you see the video anyways or not? NHRHS2010 talk 00:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I did get to see it, that's why I was saying thanks. :) Acalamari 00:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I asked because you said that you try to avoid YouTube. So you heard what I said in the video, right? NHRHS2010 talk 00:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did hear the part about ordering the calamari, and about me. Acalamari 00:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocked user

Uh oh, that doesn't look good.   jj137 ^♠ 01:06, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I know; I have blocked the socks too. Acalamari 01:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I went to block them and saw you already did that. :)   jj137 ^♠ 01:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, well, it's all sorted out now. I just wanted to let you know about my change of your block, and since you seem to be okay with that decision, everything is fine. :) Thanks again. Acalamari 01:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Re. Smile!

Here's a Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for you! Random Acts of Kindness Barnstars somehow promote WikiLove (and serve as actual barnstar awards) and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Húsönd 01:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, heh, thank you for the Barnstar! Hope you had a good New Year too. :) Acalamari 01:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :-) Yeah, I had a good New Year, not so much partying this year but it was fun anyway. I hope you had a joyful entry to 2008 as well. Best regards, Húsönd 01:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Same to you! Hope you had fun! Natalie (talk) 03:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I had a good New Year, and I hope you did too. Best wishes. :) Acalamari 03:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Email sent

I sent you an email. Happy New Year! NHRHS2010 Happy Holidays 03:36, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Responded. Happy New Year to you too. Acalamari 19:37, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Another one for my rather small collection! Cheers Buddy! Pedro :  Chat  00:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome: you definitely deserved that award. :) Acalamari 01:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Email

Check yours — Dihydrogen Monoxide 04:11, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry if I came across as incivil in the email...I really respect you, you rock, you know that. But there are so many things I'd rather be doing than seeing one of my best wikifriends go through this. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 04:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I've responded, and don't worry. :) Acalamari 04:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

*huggles* — Dihydrogen Monoxide 04:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:New admin school/Protecting

Hey! Just seen your post to Wikipedia talk:New admin school/Protecting - I was wondering if you could write a section on salting pages given that we can now do it by just clicking protect? I'd suggest using Wikipedia:New admin school/Protecting/Salt as an example - it's probably best keeping to the same format as we have to protecting articles. Anyway, it'd be good if you could do it :-) - thanks. Ryan Postlethwaite 04:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd be happy to write it. :) That was one of the reasons I mentioned it on the talk page. Just give me a day or two, and I'll have the page ready. :) Acalamari 04:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Bril! I knew I could count on you ;-) Ryan Postlethwaite 04:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Self-nom over at WT:RFA

Could you have a look at the self-nom section (somewhere near the bottom)? It'd be great for a second opinion, and seeing as you're the most active there, I thought I'd ask you. Regards, Rudget. 19:42, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm writing something now. :) Thanks. Acalamari 19:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

*shakes hand*. Cool. Rudget. 19:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. We'll see what happens. Acalamari 20:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Some overdue recognition

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

Awarded for your sterling work in battling trolls and other vandals; back to the ramparts! Keep up the good work! Bzuk (talk contribs) FWIW [[[User:Bzuk|Bzuk]] (talk) 20:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC).

Happy New Year, moves

Hi Acalamari, I made a mistake, and my talk page doesn't need to be archived yet (it's not so big). Would you mind reprotecting it (if you need to know why, ask me or Alison privately)? Thanks. Thanks also for your greeting! I hope you have a happy new year too! --Kyoko 03:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Your talk page has been re-protected from moves. :) I think I know why it has to be protected that way, don't worry. Anyway, yes, I had a good New Year, and I hope your birthday and New Year were good too. Best wishes. Acalamari 03:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which which passed nem. con. with 45 support, 0 oppose, and 0 neutral. Thank you for your support and all the kind words that were expressed. I will try to live up to the trust placed in me by the community. I now have my homework to do and then pass the Marigolds.

Cheers Kbthompson (talk) 16:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Great minds...

Great minds think alike. That is all I have to say. :) Woody (talk) 18:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. :) Acalamari 18:30, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Anyone can edit or vote

Stop adding irrelevant comments. Thank you. Alfred Legrand (talk) 21:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppets and meatpuppets can't. Acalamari 22:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for rollback

Thank you, much appreciated! See you around! Tiptoety ^talk 00:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I know you're a trustworthy vandal-fighter, so I knew I could count on you to use rollback properly. You also have the honor of being my first person to change the rights of. :) Acalamari 00:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, sweet, number 1! :) Tiptoety ^talk 00:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:

I'm sorry but these IP users are getting on my nervous. Charmed36 (talk) 01:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't apologize to me. It's just a reminder, that's all. Acalamari 02:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

RFR

Thanks for granting me rollback rights! --MikeVitale 02:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 02:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

RFR

Looks like you'll be getting quite a few of these - but thank you for granting my Rollbacker status. Bizarrely, the first Recent change I checked after you granted the rights was a 12-edit vandalism spree on Boy Meets World, which - much to my surprise - I was able to easily rollback. Thanks again, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 04:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, heh. :) I'm glad you're putting the rollback tool to its proper use. Good luck. Acalamari 17:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

rollback

no problem about being quick on the button, cheers for letting me know. - Zeibura ^(Talk) 04:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad you're fine with it. :) Acalamari 17:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Health & Safety

This is an article I found this morning via watching Lupin's Live Spellcheck. I find that often it leads me to articles that contain a bunch of gibberish, but are on the whole good articles. This article, however, appears to be (from my side), complete gibberish. I'm not sure if it's really valid for CSD, or Prod, or if I should give the user more time to turn it into a valid article, since it was first created about half an hour ago.

Based on reading the author's talk page, it seems (and this is admittedly my opinion) that he goes out of his way on the paranoia about certain health-related topics.

Advice? --MikeVitale 18:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Weird...I'd assume good faith for now, just to see if the user fixes it, and if nothing changes in a couple of hours, take it to WP:MFD. Acalamari 18:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

Thank you for your welcome notice. --A long way to go? (talk) 18:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 18:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Just one minute to grant that request? Remarkable! It's trippy to see the "rollback" button after the links after all this time without it. Well, thanks. Everyking (talk) 19:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't always take one minute to grant the request: some users are known to be trustworthy enough to grant it immediately while others take more time to research them. In your case, I knew you were trustworthy to use rollback from both the fact that you were an effective admin during your time as a sysop, from my past observations of you, and because I don't believe you'll ever be abusive: I can trust you. Good luck, Everyking. :) Acalamari 19:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Miranda 2

Hi. What was the point of deleting that page? Couldn't the nominee have just declined there? Thanks!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 19:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Miranda had declined the request, and since declined rquests are normally deleted, I asked her if she wanted it deleted, and she did. I can link to the discussion if you wish. Acalamari 19:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. I guess the bigger question is "why is it that 'declined rquests are normally deleted'?" It would seem to me that closing them with links to declinations would be more transparent.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 19:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, there isn't any point in keeping them around, and in the log for Miranda's second RfA, it will show that I deleted it, with a reason for deletion. Also, if the second RfA was closed, and it never happened, and then Miranda's 3rd nomination was created later, it looks like Miranda went through two previous RfAs when in reality she had only gone through one. Acalamari 19:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thank you. Do I have to do anything in my preferences, or will the feature just show up when I look at edit histories? Corvus cornix_talk 19:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) No, you don't need to change anything in your preferences. Acalamari 19:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks. I ran a test, and everything seems cool. Corvus cornix_talk 19:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, I had a similar situation when I was made an admin. One minute, the buttons aren't there, then, the next page loads, and wow! Buttons! :) I've seen you around many times, as well as interacted with you, and know you are a user I can trust with rollback; therefore, I was happy to grant your request. Good luck. Acalamari 19:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you as well!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 20:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I looked through your reverts, and they looked good, including one where you reverted someone, realized you'd made an error with that error, and immediately reverted it back. :) Good luck. Acalamari 20:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for granting me rollback rights, Acalamari. I know I don't spend a lot of time vandal fighting but every little bit helps, right? Thanks again. --Kyoko 21:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, heh, you're welcome, but it wasn't me who gave it to you: it was Moreschi, though I would have gladly given it to you as well. You'll want to thank him instead. :) Acalamari 21:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, my mistake. I took a glance at your activity logs and misread them. Thanks anyway. P.S. If you do change your signature, please don't make it blink. --Kyoko 21:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

That's all right. :) With my signature, how do you like this? (I dislike flashly signatures too, don't worry.) Acalamari 22:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

To conserve section headers: Thanks from me too! --barneca (talk) 22:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) From my past observations of you, I don't believe you'll abuse rollback. :) Good luck. Acalamari 22:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Not fast enough! :) Thanks for the non-archive, though. After using it about half a dozen times, I must say, I'm not sure what I find more puzzling: the vehemence that some people have against granting it to everyone, or the vehemence that some people have against having it taken away... --barneca (talk) 18:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw that. :) You're welcome for the non-archive too. If you ever want rollback returned, you know where to go. :) With the current discussions, I don't see why they're necessary: RfR has been functioning fine, in my opinion, and I've been one of the most active people there. Acalamari 18:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Your sig

Dude, your sig is really boring! Shall I make it look really cool? Majorly (talk) 21:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer, but I've always liked the simple signature. :) Funnily enough, my type of signature has now become rare due to the MediaWiki change that adds the talk page to the signature. I dislike really flashy signatures; they're annoying. Maybe I'll add italics to my signature, however, like your talk page link. :) I'll see how that looks. Acalamari 21:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

That signature looks fine to me in an understated way. With my own signature, there's a link to my talk page, but you have to discover it (hence the different colour at the end). You might consider doing something similar, though I'd prefer it if you don't copy my style exactly. --Kyoko 22:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I found the talk page link in your signature. :) No, I won't copy your design: I'm not even going to have a talk page link anyway, though thank you for the suggestion. :) Thanks for the feedback. Acalamari 22:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Hillary

Thanks! I am new to this whole admin thing and was concerned not to over-protect the article, hoping most of the fuss would die down within the day. I have no objection to the extension and will keep an eye on it to see it could be safely lifted. If it gets a mention in the "in the news" section of the main page, this may not be for a while. Thanks for letting me know. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! In my experience with recent deaths, I've found there's almost always heavy vandalism to the articles about them. With protecting pages, don't worry, most protections require a week or two. :) Acalamari 00:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

3RR

Dreadstar couldn't count that day. | My discussion with AuburnPilot gives the best summary of it I can give ... in short, Dreadstar counted an edit as a revert that was not, and treated constructive editing as edit warring.Kww (talk) 00:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

That's fine then, though I will kindly remind you that rollback is for vandalism reverting only, although I don't think I need to tell you that. Thanks for the explanation. Acalamari 00:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

		Thanks for your support
		Thank you SO MUCH for your support in my unanimous RFA. Take this cookie as a small token of my appreciation.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 05:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Are you seriously trying to help?

Hi there! I'm not a wikipedia member, but I've tried in the past to add the helpline link on "Delhi University" page. You have removed it on both occassions. We have worked very hard to create a website for people to ask questions related to the University. It is a non commercial project, money being used to develop the infrastructure further. Please try and understand the importance of this for the hundreds of thousands of students, admission seekers who can't find appropriate answers on the official website. We have helped over 5 thousand students in the last 3 months. We will remove the link ourselves if it is not helpful for students anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.111.35.196 (talk) 18:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

To my knowledge, I only removed a link one time from that article, see here, and that was because it was added by a user who had a username like the link, and so I removed the link, and then blocked the user, as the username violated our username policy. Acalamari 18:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sure...

Make it look easy. Score one for me on the stupidity scale. :) Kafziel ^Talk 18:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Ha, ha! :) Don't worry, I went and changed Barneca's rights from (none) to (none) after you had already changed their rights, see here. :) Acalamari 18:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha... okay, I guess we're even. Kafziel ^Talk 18:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It certainly seems so. :) Acalamari 18:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Roolback

Thanks so much never spotted how to do it - its not going to happen to me unless guys are gonna make a stand. Thank you so much sir Bpeps (talk) 20:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome for my help, and thank you for fixing the request, but unfortunately, the admin who answered your request didn't grant you rollback (for now). The reason for this was that you only had about 45 edits. However, looking at your edits, they seem to be good quality. Might I suggest you read Wikipedia:Vandalism to read about vandalism, do a bit of vandal-fighting, and maybe re-apply for rollback in a couple of weeks? It's up to you: I believe you'd benefit from having rollback after gaining a bit more experience. Acalamari 20:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

thank you - I know I wasn't liked - mayed he only saw 45 edits and didn't know I can do that too with TW you know. I have some good articles which have stood in wikipedia and some people have contributed to them :-). There is no rule for roolback, I have good standing, not so many edits but enough for TW or to write my first articles. Bpeps (talk) 20:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

So cool thank you so much - make sure you check on me and I am doing OK - thanks Bpeps (talk) 20:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

no some User:Merovigian said I cuss too much. I ask the guy I cuss to explain if it was a joke or real blackmail or I don't know. I feel like make myself so much crying - you honestly can't believe. But making vandalism is not the same as making noise on a user page who helped me. Bpeps (talk) 21:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw that. I kindly suggest you do wait some time before applying for rollback again: I do not believe it will be a good idea to apply right now. Acalamari 21:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much

Thank you for the rollback tool! JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 22:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) I trust you to use it correctly. Good luck. :) Acalamari 22:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Dispute

Hey, I have a request, and you can handle it faster if I put it here than at RPP. Editors keep removing an AfD tag from Sorudo, when the debate hasn't closed yet. Would you mind full-protecting it, or closing the debate at AfD? I promise not to edit the article if it is fully protected, that would be a cheap shot to the editors. Thanks, J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 22:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, it's cool. J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 23:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello J-stan, I would have fully-protected the article, but unfortunately, I was offline at the time. At least it's been sorted now anyway. :) Acalamari 23:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

I hadn't heard about this. It'll save me a couple of clicks when I rv bored middle schoolboys at Sodium. Cheers. Gwen Gale (talk) 04:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the Rollback! Some of the sites that I watch get vandalised almost daily! It will be most covenient. Amandajm (talk) 05:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You're both welcome! :) Acalamari 17:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the rollback!

Thanks a lot, man. I was actually thinking of becoming active again, and this is really going to help! Thanks again ;-) --Agüeybaná 15:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For tirelessly making sure that vandals everywhere are reverted by granting rollback rights, I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Great work, man! --Agüeybaná 15:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Thank you for the Barnstar as well! :) Acalamari 17:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocking query

I blocked Cun2 before and seemed to have blocked an IP range too, (eek!). Could you help me, I have absolutely no idea how to fix it. Thanks in advance. Rudget. 18:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I've unblocked Cun2, and checked if there were any autoblocks (none), but why the block in the first place? I can't see why this one needs blocking. Can you please clarify? Acalamari 18:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I was under the impression it was a sort of leet version of cunt. Therefore a username block. Rudget. 18:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I found the IP range and unblocked that too. Anyway, with this username, it's a borderline one at most, and one I think we should assume good faith with it. It may look like "cunt" but it could also just plainly be "Cun2". I'd advise against blocking this one, hence why I have not reblocked the account. Acalamari 18:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a million. Rudget. 19:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, but please, unless you're absolutely sure a username violates the username policy, don't block it. If you're not sure about a name, try to discuss it with the user first, and if that doesn't work, take it to WP:RFCN. Username blocks can be very tricky. Acalamari 19:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

hey

wtf is wrong with u? I didnt vandalise, It was a constructive edit. proof it. --Kraasbouerg (talk) 20:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey

What I did was constructive. Tell me how it wasnt constructive please. --Kraasbouerg (talk) 20:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm: on a second review of this edit, it may not have been vandalism, but at the very least, the nickname for Michael Richards containing a slang word was unsourced and unnecessary. Acalamari 20:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Politically correct jerk. --Kraasbouerg (talk) 21:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Mind the personal attacks please: the nicknames were not sourced and therefore did not comply with our biography of living persons policy. Acalamari 21:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Rollback

I use Twinkle, which has the rollback function. Thanks for your offer, though. KJS77 22:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I know you use Twinkle. :) It's just that I can change your user rights from (none) to (rollbacker) which will give you the MediaWiki rollback, and it can be used alongside Twinkle. At any rate though, keep up your good anti-vandalism work. Acalamari 22:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll try it. If I like it, I'll use it. If not, I'll just keep using Twinkle by itself. KJS77 22:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. The best thing about rollback is that, while it can be given out easily, it can be taken away quickly too. Acalamari 22:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hey, thanks for going ahead and granting me rollback. I am generally happy with old fashioned reverting, but had thought about looking into it whenever I had the time, which was probably going to be this very weekend. Warm regards, and happy editing. SorryGuy  Talk  01:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) I'm sure you will put it to good use. Best wishes. Acalamari 02:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Pssssssssst!

Can i request something called Rollback? Pretty Please with cherries and sprinkles and chocolate flakes on top! Thanks!

Sounds tasty, but I don't have that type of rollback. :) Acalamari 17:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

RE Barnstar

Thanks for the unexpected barnstar. Walton^One 14:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome: you deserved it. :) Acalamari 17:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks for giving me the rollback. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 19:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome: use it well. Acalamari 19:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Request :0

Hello! How are you? I'm fine :) Okay, i'll cut straight to the chase: can i request the rollback? Thanks! --Party (talk) 20:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done. I'm fine as well, thanks. :) Remember that rollback is to be used on vandalism only, and is not to be used to edit-war or to revert good-faith edits. Good luck. Acalamari 20:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! --Party (talk) 21:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, but don't forget my reminder. Thank you. Acalamari 21:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for giving me the rollback tool. I still prefer TWINKLE because it gives a more detailed edit summary but rollback is a lot faster. Later, --Hdt83 ^Chat 00:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 02:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

I did not even know there was an ability to give rollback status. I have not really been around since November:-)--SJP (talk) 01:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) It's a recently implemented feature. Acalamari 02:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you for informing. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 02:00, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Glad to help. Acalamari 02:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I will not be discouraged. Admins are fighters. Thanks for the first support. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 05:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello Remember the dot, I have granted rollback rights to your account. The reason for this is that, after a review of some of your contributions, I can trust you to use rollback correctly. You know the difference between a good-faith edit and vandalism, so therefore, I can trust you not to use rollback abusively by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. If you don't want rollback, let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Acalamari 04:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Interesting. I don't know if I'll use it much, but having it could prove useful. Thanks!

As a side note, I wish that I could block persistent vandals as well, but it doesn't look like that right can be granted separate from full adminship... —Remember the dot ^(talk) 05:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! I think there might have been proposals to give out individual blocking, protecting, and deleting rights in the past, but none of them gained consensus (at least, I think there were proposals, I'm not sure). As for your use of rollback, it doesn't matter how much you use it as long as you use it correctly. :) Good luck. Acalamari 20:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Rollback

Adding my Thanks for the rollback! to the list. :) ♠TomasBat 13:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) I am sure you will use it well. Acalamari 20:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks for the offer and i will think about it. Simply south (talk) 17:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

That's fine: let me know when you decide. :) Acalamari 20:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. but...

I don't know what's rollback? Sorry, I'm new to that. --Esanchez_{(Talk 2 me or Sign here)} 00:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

A tool to help you fight vandalism quicker. See Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback for advice on how to use it. Acalamari 00:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Hi Acalamari - thanks for your participation in my request for adminship. It passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 09:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

'crat

Are you a crat now?--SJP (talk) 12:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

No, I'm not: administrators have recently been given the ability to grant rollback, but making people admins, renaming users, and flagging bots is still a bureaucrat job, and I'm not a bureaucrat. Acalamari 17:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rollback

I have to say that that's rather unexpected...just wanted to say thanks for the rights and I promise to use them well. --tennisman 14:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I use Twinkle at home on my Firefox-enabled computer. I rollback with this and go to warn...what're the templates? (w/r/t the "Warn" function of twinkle) :-) --tennisman 14:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) The rollback I've given you doesn't come with warnings: it's just a rollback button. Rollback can be used alongside Twinkle. Acalamari 17:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I use IE at school, is what I meant, and cannot use Twinkle. Thus I have forgotten many of the warning templates. --tennisman 16:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

The place to find warning templates is Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Hope that helps. Acalamari 17:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!

Dear Acalamari, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you...

...for your support in my recently closed Request for Adminship. I am more than a bit stunned by the outcome, which appears to have finished at 146 supports, no opposes, and one abstention. I am particularly grateful to Keilana and Kingboyk for their recent encouragement, and most specifically to Pastordavid, for having seen fit to nominate me. I also want to make it very clear to everyone that I have no intentions of changing my name again, so the servers should be safe for a while.

In the event you ever believe that I would ever able to assist in the future, I would be honored if you were to contact me regarding the matter. I can't guarantee results, unfortunately, but I will do what I can. Thank you again.

By the way, I know the image isn't necessarily appropriate, but I am rather fond of it, and it at least reflects the degree of honor I feel at the result. And it's hard to go wrong with a Picture of the Year candidate.

Now, off to a few last tasks before starting work in earnest on the various templates I promised I'd work on.

This RfA thanks inspired by Kathryn McDinaha's, in turn inspired by several others after Phaedriels' original. Hoping we can all keep such inspiration of newcomers ongoing, I am, sincerely, John Carter (talk).

John Carter (talk) 17:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

My thanks for the addition of the rollback facility to my account; looks like I've got some reading to do! --Kateshortforbob 19:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Good luck. Acalamari 19:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes I'm verging on 100,000 edits, although I will have to reduce my editing more in the future. I refused adminship before, and many people know that I don't wish to become an admin although I practically function as one. Certain admin tools I could have would be useful particularly wen you know how constructive an editor I am. One of the things was when I create new articles often in bulk it clogs up the new pages meaning they have to be patrolled when I always create decent content ans mos toften with a number of references. Is there some way my new articles could be unhiglighted like an admin? -it would save other editor s alot of effort in checking. Thanks -I too need to read up on it regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 19:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Yes, you do create a lot of new pages: I think I read somewhere that you have created more new articles than anyone else: impressive work. However, to my knowledge, I don't know of anything that will automatically mark articles you create as patrolled. It's possible that there may be a user script, but I don't know if anyone has written one like that. Acalamari 19:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad you noticed!!! However I;d like to nominate a user who I think wikipedia would benefit from having the roll back feature even more so than myself. Please check the editing history of User:Shshshsh. A lot of his editing time involved having to revert the bad edits of vandals and IP address on the Bollywood film star pages. I would strongly recommend that he is given this feature - I think he can be trsued and would only use it in good faith - as it would make his protection of many of the core Bollywood pages easier. Just see how many reverts he has to do on a daily basis from vandals . Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 20:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. Anyway, Shshshsh does a lot of reverts, and many good, but there are some I reviewed which didn't look like vandalism reversion to me and I believe there should have been an explanation to the reverts, see [1], [2], and [3]. In those reverts, I think he should have left a reason in the edit summary to why he reverted them. Rollback is supposed to be for reverting vandalism only, and if an edit may require an explanation, rollback shouldn't be used, as rollback doesn't leave any explanation other than "reverted edits by X to last version by Y". I think with Shshshsh, I'll leave a note on his talk page first before granting him rollback. Acalamari 21:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for giving me the rollback function too, it is very fast. Jackaranga (talk) 21:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
  • You're welcome. :) Acalamari 21:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:User:Piotrusbot

Yes, although I don't think I will be using it often; I needed a new account for class demonstration. PS. Plus I thought I should reserve the bot account for some future use.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

That's fine then: I saw the name come up in the new user log, and thought I'd ask. I've welcomed some of the accounts created to do with the class. Good luck with your teaching then. :) Acalamari 22:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I will be adding an entry to WP:SUP soon; I've went over adding licensing to images but I am sure there will be issues with that, too.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Good idea. If you need anything, let me know, and I'll see if I can help out or not. Good luck with the project, and with the images. :) Acalamari 22:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 09:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Thanks So Much!!!, Acalamari. You were always one of my favorite Wikipedians. :) QuasyBoy 16 January 2008 10:39 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'm sure you'll use rollback well. Thanks for the compliment too. :) Acalamari 17:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I Will. :) QuasyBoy 16 January 2008 13:22 (UTC)

Thanks for the tool

Well, it looks like I'm here for the same purpose as the person above me, but that doesn't diminish how I feel! Thanks for the tool!! I just recently discovered what "recent changes" meant, and I have been patrolling it a lot. I will be very nice be able to use Rollback. Thanks again, J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)