User talk:Aladdin Sane

Hello. Why didn't I get a welcome thingy when I signed up?  :-( --Aladdin Sane (talk) 19:03, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

• Here you go! :-) -- JeffBillman (talk) 19:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Just to make it clear to anyone else who walks in here, I've been making edits all along, since 2001, but didn't decide to make an account until 2006. Recently, (late 2009) I've been messing with my User and Talk pages. But I thank you for the nice box anyway, Sir Editor. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 04:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
    • Not a problem. Once I left the message, I discovered you weren't as new to the site as I thought. Still, everyone deserves a good welcoming, so I'm glad you finally got yours. Only one correction I'd make: You are already a great editor, and I look forward to editing with you again. Cheers! -- JeffBillman (talk) 21:30, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

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A Present for You

This user supports disambiguation pages.

Woo hoo. Thanks, Scapler.

I'll copy this note here, in case anyone has a thought to add to it: The disambiguation pages bring up a subject I find interesting. I thought the disambiguation pages were a wonderful idea when I first ran across them; now I realize it's all about disambiguation; the whole WP project, all the little edits I make, and really everywhere one expresses oneself online. Never have we be been more misunderstood then by our online expressions. This phenomenon encourages clarity of thought and of expression not previously found frequently in other media. --Aladdin Sane (talk) 18:43, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Waffle House

Thank you VERY much for your suggestion on my talk page. For some reason, the idea didn't occur to me, even though it spared me considerable grief in my own userspace. Something tells me you're going to be (already; see above!) a GREAT editor, very quickly! -- JeffBillman (talk) 19:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: Sorry for the revert

Hey, no problem. Captain is very confusing at times. How we got it from over 1,000 links to 60 or so is amazing to me. Too many links. :) But anyway. No problem with the revert. I've made about 7,000 disam edits this month. Some are not going to be correct. Just part of the gig. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 16:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Why thank you. :) --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 10:16, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Fortress Linux

The article is no longer a valid speedy candidate, I'd suggest taking it to AfD and building consensus to delete and possibly salt. MLauba (talk) 08:04, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

While I don't see how that can be since I believe the user has already been blocked for spamming with this exact same text on Oct 1, I'd prefer an admin investigate the behavior more thoroughly. Based on behavior I believe that User:Fortresslinux User:80.101.112.71 User:Bakker75 and User:Johan82 are all the same person. The behavior is this: They repeatedly post the exact same text down to the spelling errors on List of Linux distributions. This has been going on since Oct 1, User:Fortresslinux got blocked for it, and User:80.101.112.71 has a sockpuppetry flag on his talk page at the moment. The article Fortress Linux has been deleted twice in the past for the exact same reason: WP:SPAM. I don't see where I fit in the puzzle anymore. An AfD to build consensus to block spam on WP that's already been blocked in the past is way beyond the scope of my patience. The behavioral issues have gone way beyond AGF, and I'm really out of it, which is why I asked for help. Sorry for being so heated. Thanks. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 08:22, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I understand where the heat comes from, but in practice you're conflating two issues here - the article(s) and the sockpuppetry. The Fortress Linux article itself cannot be in its present state but probably wouldn't pass PROD or AfD, due to lack of WP:RS. Sockpuppetry / meatpuppetry should be brought up at WP:SPI.

While I'm sympathetic with your annoyance, admins implement community consensus, we don't single-handedly act as cop, prosecutor, judge and jury. While I don't have any issues with opening the AfD, the SPI should be filed by an editor familiar with the history of the different accounts who knows where to get the evidence from. My work here is very narrowly focused on copyvio issues, dealing with SPI is something I'd rather leave to the people who are familiar with the matter. MLauba (talk) 07:46, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, MLauba, for your guidance. I cast my vote at the AfD but not before posting my concerns and evidence to SPI. Thanks again. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 18:08, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Nexus

Hi, regarding the Nexus DAB page, I meant that there is no article on the Nexus from that movie, only one on the movie itself, and DAB pages are meant to disambiguate similarly titled articles. Cheers, Miremare 03:18, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

I guess I'm a "disambiguation page inclusionist". But I won't really know what that means until I've studied the area of disambiguation pages more fully. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 02:48, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Aladdin Sane. You have new messages at LinguistAtLarge's talk page.
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— LinguistAtLarge • Talk  16:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Aladdin Sane. You have new messages at Simxp's talk page.
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Talk:List of Linux distributions

I haven't looked into the background of the discussion at Talk:List of Linux distributions, but I think the situation would move along better if you reverted your latest comment [1] in order to de-escalate the situation and set a better example of how to follow WP:TALK. Thanks for considering this suggestion. --Ronz (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Done. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 20:15, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 20:34, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

re: your message

Hi Aladdin Sane, I've left a reply to your comment on my talk page -- Marek.69 ^talk 18:30, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Who is killmasterr5???

Florida Panther

Yes it was my mistake i should have made it more accurate for the listing. I also made the mistake for listing it as CR instead of EN. my bad, feel free to slap me with a trout :) ZooPro 03:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)