User talk:Floquenbeam

Happy wiki-birthday

To Floquenbeam!
from KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 22:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

A year already? Congrats! KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 22:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Why thank you, KC. Seems like only yesterday... --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:37, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

From me too! Might be time to start thinking about bluelinking this... For my part, you were in the "thought already was" category until just now. –xeno^talk 22:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

LOL. That warms my heart, Xeno, but... LOL. I suspect that'll be red for a long time; for one thing, I'm not editing fast enough to keep up with the constantly increasing minimum-number-of-edits-before-I'll-even-think-of-supporting-you number. That number is rising so fast, every day I get further away from being an admin. :) Still, very kind of you to say. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Clue trumps edit count and you have plenty of the former. Just sayin'. Though, if you're not finding a need for the tools, maybe it's best you just left them =) –xeno^talk 22:51, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

The way I see it, I'm already an admin. I can block, speedy delete, and protect pages anytime I want. The downside is it takes slightly longer to get what I want done sometimes, the upside is I don't have to look at "zOMG admin abuse by Floquenbeam" threads on ANI. At least for now, I'm pretty happy with that tradeoff. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:04, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh, you mean like this? I'l like to point out that was on my birthday, btw. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 10:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I mean like that. Although I just don't edit on my birthday, so I wouldn't have that problem. To be honest, if I could just see deleted contributions (to help with the occasional decision whether someone is ready to be reported to AIV or not, and to help see if someone's a sockpuppet re-creating the same attack pages, or to help someone at the helpdesk figure out why their page was deleted) I could imagine never wanting the actual bit; everything else is relatively easy to do by proxy, even if it takes too long sometimes. Since I can't, I may apply in 2012 or 2013, when I reach 6000 edits (although by then, the minimum will likely be 10,000). --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Anyway, thanks for the wikibirthday wishes you two. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:13, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Request

Would you reconsider this addition to HBs Rfa? It is a bit sarcastic, and I cannot see how it could possibly help in any way. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 22:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is sarcastic; it was meant to be. The way that RFA is going is disappointing to me. I don't particularly see it hurting anything, but if it bothers you, I'll remove it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:50, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

I share your disappointment Floquenbeam, but KillerChihuahua was right in saying that it does not add very much to the situation. Thanks for removing it. Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 22:55, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh good, glad you saw it; I was trying to decide if it would do more harm than good, or offend anyone, if I posted it on your talk page instead, now I don't have to decide. Sarcastic, but heartfelt, Headbomb; I think this is one of those occasional cases where people are piling on for the wrong reasons, and doing the Encyclopedia a disservice. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes I think so too. As an alternative, you could expand your support vote and give your updated take on the situation, and I doubt that would tick anyone off. Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 23:16, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

That sounds a little too... productive... for my taste. But I'll think about it later tonight, and see if I can come up with some non-sarcastic, useful comments. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

RFA

I am so sorry about that. I was used to clossing snowballed and requested closures. I realize my mistake and am truly sorry for that. Thanks for the heads up. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

No worries, it all got sorted. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:08, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Misconception

Floquenbeam,

I'm not Domino79 for your information, but we do share a two bedroom apat togather. I'm sorry about your misconception. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Photoman69 (talk • contribs) 00:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

LOL. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

It is so annoying all of these false sockpuppet accusations. Just because I share a computer, an Internet connection, and a nasty case of chlamydia with User:MastCell, I am constantly accused of being his "sockpuppet". End the hate. Immature Basophil (talk) 04:01, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi Phil! Ooooooh, that looks fun. I want a bad hand account too! I just have plain old boring User:Floquensock, but I can't edit with him, I'm keeping him un-autoconfirmed because sometimes I forget how things work and I can check to see if he can do stuff. Hmmmm, let's see. How about User:Floquenstein's monster? Not as clever as Immature Basophil, but when I'm not using him abusively, he could go destroy things with Bishzilla. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:17, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Sinebot

[1] a bit of an unfair race, SineBot stopped trying to chase you nearly 700 edits ago ;p –xeno^talk 18:22, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I be confused. What happened 700 edits ago? --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

You exceeded 800 edits, at which Sinebot started ignoring you =] –xeno^talk 19:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Well I'll be, you're right. So those of us with more than 800 edits never make mistakes, is that it? --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:15, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

It's more like...those of us with 800 edits are more likely to make edits that sinebot thinks need to be signed but dont, or get edit conflicted with sinebot trying to fix our own sigs, or any number of other goofs, all which lead those of us with over 800 to bitch at Slakr and cause him to write the exemption into his bot code to stop the deluge of complaints. (takes breath) You can re-opt in by adding {{YesAutoSign}} to your userpage, FWIW =) –xeno^talk 19:31, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Now that rings true. And, since I never, ever make mistkaes, I have no need for Sinebot. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Notes From Eric Edwards

Dear Floquenbeam, i am very happy that someone reasonable went into this discussion bethween me and Llywrch. Don't worry, i will not go anymore to his talk page; Instead, i will engage him on talk page of Rulers and heads of state of Ethiopia. In confidance, i think that he isn't (completely) normal, you know? I can say only one more thing abouth him: Poor his daughter (Rachel Kendra Claire) with father like this!!! I really want to have a little chat with you! When you have some time, go to my talk page.-- Eric Edwards (talk) 20:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

In confidence, I think making insulting personal comments about someone like this give me an important clue about whether I want to talk to you further or not. Llywrch has been around a long time, and done a lot of good work. It doesn't necessarily mean that he's right in this case (I haven't looked into it at all), but it does mean that accusing him of "not being normal" makes you look worse than you might think. Try to avoid saying things like this, not because some policy tells you not to, but because it seriously damages your credibility. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:07, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help, i did all what you told me: Redirect from List of Emperors of Ethiopia to Rulers and heads of state of Ethiopia is completed (you can see that by yourself). I will wait to gain consensus on talk page before i do anything about that in future. I also trashed from that talk page all negative things about Llywrch. I am sorry for saying all that about him; i was just angry. Please, don't judge about me premature, i really want to talk with you. If you want to talk with me, go to my talk page.-- Eric Edwards (talk) 22:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

I think those were both excellent steps in the right direction. I'm not sure I have much useful to say about whether to split the article or not, but if I do, I'll visit the talk page. Thank you for reverting your comments there. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Reply from Zaxby

I didn't see the fact thing was already there...my mistake...but i don't need to slow down thank you.(Zaxby (talk) 22:17, 19 August 2009 (UTC))

Note to self for posterity: regards this. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:48, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Reply From TheHavok

Just got your message, I'm sorry about adding to the vandalism on the Bishops Blue Coat page, it was a mistake and it won't happen again. I regret it and will be try to be more helpful and contribute better with my future editing. TheHavok (talk) 19:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

That's good; thanks for replying. Let me know if you need help with anything. --Floquenbeam (talk) 13:12, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For the support on the admin board :) i appreciate it. -- Ashish-g55 23:39, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad to see it fizzled, it seemed unfair to focus on one person. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 11:41, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your help with that situation i really appreciate it.Staffwaterboy ^{Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments} 03:03, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Don't know if you saw my latest comment there. At this point, just find an admin you know, and request:

• Deletion and protection of the 2 user pages
• Blanking, protection (not deletion) of the 2 talk pages.

I've seen it done several times, it's slightly out of process, but that's what IAR is for. No sense letting someone deface your old user page and have it sit that way for months.

I recognized your name, used to see it a lot, although I must admit didn't realize you'd left (lots of people come and go). here's hoping sometime in the future you'll request their unprotection because you're returning. Good luck. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:09, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Nice catch

That could have led to trouble... :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, tempers seem to be starting to flare a bit there anyway, I thought a quick refactor of someone else's comment was better than pinging him and asking him to fix it himself. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:12, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Very good catch! Simply bad typing on my part. That would not have been productive at all, and I owe you one! Hiberniantears (talk) 16:17, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

List of songs about Toronto

I sourced and reverted it--even adding more. Gotta go now. Talk later. :-D68.179.108.25 (talk) 00:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'll be damned. Sorry for doubting you; my BS detector is evidently malfunctioning. It looks like you've made XLinkBot mad, but I've at least reverted to your original version. I'm slightly hurt that you didn't comment on my Scottye Pippena joke, but I've recently been reminded that my sense of humor is not as hilarious as I seem to think. Also, thank you for the link to the Arrogant Worms. Who knew there were so many musical parody groups in Canada? Although, I have to say, I've been to Alberta, and it sucks too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Autoblock is on the fritz! Unblock please...

I think autoblock is seriously messed up. I looked at ImHERgentleMAN's page because I noticed User:Abce2, User:HelloAnnyong, and User:JNW were all autoblocked, and was trying to post a note about the autoblock screwup on ANI when *I* got autoblocked too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:32, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, NW! --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:40, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Ooops

Yeah, I didn't intend it to be a joke :). My iPhone sometimes loads part of my watchlist, and when I go to click a page I want to see, it sometimes loads a bit more, and instead of clicking the page I wanted to read, I click a rollback link. I try to cancel it, but it still goes through. No harm done I guess. Steve Crossin ^{The clock is ticking....} 01:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

1. Oppose According to my personal RFA criteria, anyone who ever misuses rollback even once accidentally must edit for 3 more months to regain my trust. Also, shows elitism by editing with an iPhone. Because what's the point of being an RFA voter if you can't make yourself feel powerful by cutting someone else down to size with ridiculous rationales? :) --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh. You see, it doesn't really bother me if I pass or fail rfa, whenever I run. The way I look at it, if I passed, great, if not, well that's fine too. But I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. It's not like someone has said "Fail RFA and you will die". It's a trial by fire, and I'd like to give it a go at some point. I need to iron out a few issues first, I don't want to run for rfa for the sake of running, it's a process I take seriously and I want to be sure I have a good chance of passing. Steve Crossin ^{The clock is ticking....} 01:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Good attitude. Good luck. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:12, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For your wonderful sense of humor which lightened the mood in a MfD. thanks. Ikip (talk) 21:05, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Oooooh, shiny! Thanks Ikip, I appreciate it! --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome. :) Ikip (talk) 21:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Adminship?

Hi Floquenbeam, I don't believe we've ever met. I am Majorly, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in being nominated for adminship. I've noticed you here and there, and you come across as a clueful person who would make good use of admin tools. I have nominated a lot of people on Wikipedia for adminship (though most were more than a year ago) and I think you'll pass, despite the low edit count. What do you think? Majorly talk 22:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)