User talk:Draicone/Archive1

This is an archive of my talk page. Please do not modify it.
It is merely here for archival purposes, for keeping my actual talk page short (At about 30 discussions, I'll remove the first 25 or so), for making it easily accessible to users on slow connections.	Archives: 1 \| 2 3

A little welcome

Welcome!
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Your VandalProof Application

Dear Draicone,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact with the new 1.2 version release it has even more power. As such we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that that you have too few edits in the main article namespace. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. —Xyra e l _{/ 14:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)}[reply]

Thankyou for taking the time to review my application. I will certainly consider applying once I have more experience with WP. --Draicone

I have reapplied, now that I have had about 400 dealings with vandalism and have been awarded a Barnstar of reversion. --Draicone 00:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My bad

SOrry bout that. this is 69.118.200.26 . and it won't happen again

Don't worry, but please try not to ruin the work of others, and instead improve Wikipedia for the community. --Draicone ^(talk)

Hi there Mr Vandal Fighter

Hey, nice work removing vandalism using popups! Remember to add new warnings at the bottom of users talk pages. Have a quick read through of WP:VAN encase you need to re-cap on anything. Have fun!--Andeh 02:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reminder, but I really don't have time :( I can spend my day fighting vandals, but not if I have to spend the time warning, even autowarning :( If you'd like to go through Special:Contributions/Draicone and add warnings, I'd appreciate it. --Draicone ^(talk)

If you learn the basic vandal templates it can be done quite quickly. Remember, if you warn the vandal it's asking them to stop, if you revert their edit without warning they may just carry on unaware what they're doing is wrong. But it's up to you.--Andeh 02:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Adam1213/warn and see how that works. --Draicone ^(talk)

Fall Out Boy References

What happened... why delete the references (Xsxex 11:59, 3 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Signatures/Vandals

You've left two messages on my talk page without a name, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date.

If you spot usernames like Conformitysucks it doesn't follow the usernames policy and could just be reported at WP:AIV, and certainly if their first edit is like that.

This is just a reminder!--Andeh 12:20, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I just forgot, too used to having the 'warn' feature in Lupin's scripts sign a warning for me :) --Draicone ^(talk)

Jean-Jacques Tizié

Hi, I see you have re-reverted the edits on Jean-Jacques Tizié. Actually as bizare and vandal-like as they sound, they are actually not vandalism. I have verified it - the man's scrotum was torn open by another player's shoe. So please don't mistake the editor for a vandal.--Konstable 12:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please Subst warning templates

Instead of using {{testX}} please put a subst keyword in front: {{subst:testX}}. This inserts the text of the actual template into the article rather than Wikipedia having to go back to fetch the template every time. Because of the amount of warning templates that are given out, this is essential to save processing power of the servers. See Wikipedia:Subst for more information.--Konstable 13:12, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for the reminder. I generally aim to use subst: but I regularly forget. Am I to use subst: for blatantvandal as well? I think I saw that without the subst: so i've been using it without ever since. --Draicone ^(talk)

Hello

Hello Draicone(coughiknowyourrealnamecough)

I have made my marks on two pages in Wikipedia - one, obviously, is the nerd page. Ever since I put my site up there, I've been receiving a lot more traffic. Don't you just love Wiki?

This page seems to formal...so I will include the following word to shake it out of its stupour.

Piebald!

Anyway...what else to say? Hm...

Do YOU think Dumbledore is really gone?

Heh! You're a code monkey. It's funny coz I'm not.

Heil Tintin!

(This selection of nonsensical words formatted into an easy-to-read style was created by Tintinfan.)

ŤÏŅŤĨÑFÁŇ—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.7.131 (talk • contribs)

Hi Tintinfan, (at this point I might add a *cough* i know your real name *cough* as well, but i'm not in the mood :D) hope you like your time on Wikipedia. Remember to join me at the CVU if you have time :) --Draicone ^(talk)

About removing content from a Speedy-tagged article

This Barnstar is presented to

Draicone
for his commendable zeal and effort in
becoming vandals' worst nightmare!
Presented by Phaedriel

Dear Draicone, I praise your zeal to remove vandalism from every article; but there actually is no need for you to remove contents from an article that is tagged for speedy deletion, since said contents are exactly the reason why they are submitted for such process. In fact, it is advisable not to remove part or whole of the content, as the Criteria for deletion that applies in the case varies, hence confusing the intervening admin. For more information, please check the link I posted above; and if you have any doubt, please don't hesitate to ask me. Cheers, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 13:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for informing me. I was, as you may have noticed, getting into my regular routine of reverting and warning, after having about 350+ incidents of this today (i've been on for hours! check Special:Contributions/Draicone). I'll make note of this in future. --Draicone ^(talk)

Take it easy, dear - there are no lives at stake :) You remind me so much of my early days as a Wikipedian, that I'm sure you won't listen to me, anyway... I know I didn't listen when I was told to ease down! ;) So at least allow me to reward your zeal, dear - congrats, and keep up the great work! Big hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 14:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I'm too used to being kicked off development teams for not adhering to policy to ignore warnings :) Thanks for the Barnstar. My first award! *yay* --Draicone ^(talk)

Your edit to WWE Divas

Your recent edit to WWE Divas (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 23:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Draicone! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Prodego ^talk 00:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for approving my request. It's good to see that I'll be armed with VP for my remaining few days CV'ing Wikipedia. --Draicone 01:32, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

Have a look at User:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool, I find that in some ways it works nicer than VP. It filters the edits for you on a list of blacklisted words and makes it easier to inspect a user talk page before issuing a warning (for example if a vandal is on an AOL account it is probably inapropriate to give a test4 after a test3 which was issued a day ago - because it's probably no longer the same person). Thanks for helping out with RC patrol!--Konstable 09:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, thats exactly what I've been using. VP isn't working for me right now (IE rendering engine issues, I'm working on them right now) and I just got my approval today anyway. Thanks for the suggestion though. I notice you've beaten me to rv'ing vandalism about 100 times :) And I personally feel AOL users should register to avoid all the confusion. Registering doesn't take time and it entitles you to responsibility for your actions, and nobody's actions but yours. --Draicone ^(talk)

I'm so Sorry

Hey, I am so sorry for messing around with "4th time around." It's my first time using Wikipedia, and my friend told me that anyone could edit it and I didn't believe it. After finding out that it was true, I was surprised, and I tried fixing it, but I don't know what I did and I messed it up even more. Thanks for fixing my error. Oh, I'm 70.156.168.140 by the way. Sorry.. My aim is profetaurbano. (profetaurbano@aim.com). Contact me if there are any problems.. I'd love to be able to learn how to use this. Sorry if I caused any trouble.

Don't worry about it, but next time please use the sandbox. And I suggest you register for an account in case your IP changes and you are held responsible for vandalism attempts you did not commit. --Draicone 06:24, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way that I can remove my IP adress from the history of "4th time around"? I've already created a new account.Profetaurbano 06:36, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, no, but I suppose you could run a decent firewall to protect yourself. Although there shouldn't be a problem, nobody DDoS's random Wikipedia contributors. --Draicone ^(talk)

Oh, okay. I really appreciate it. Sorry for taking your time away.

No problem. But if you have time, join the WP:CVU :) --Draicone ^(talk)

81.99.104.9

this user commited vandalism again after you gave your final warning. i reverted the edits myself. Drmagic 00:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for informing me. I had in fact reported him for a block before this message. I will check his contribs and revert what I need to. I suggest next time you visit WP:AIV if you need someone blocked quickly. --Draicone ^(talk) 00:04, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

userbox help

sure i'd appreciate it. thanks. Drmagic 00:10, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks a lot. looks much better. :) Drmagic 00:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. --Draicone ^(talk) 00:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Transmetropolitan

Fair play on the language; sometimes I get a little overzealous. On a serious note, if the page is gonna stay up, and I think it should, it's gonna take a lot of work. Whereas with something like Sin City, it's mainly a case of collecting and editing down stuff that's mostly already out there, this one will take a while for people like me to get it all down. And there's no guarantee it'll on the same scale or degree of accuracy.

Radical AdZ

Hi Radical AdZ. Thanks for noting the comment and acting accordingly, it'll reflect well when your RfA comes around :) Hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia - every bit helps, even if it needs a bit of reverting excessive profanity :) I don't have a problem with your edits as you certainly weren't vandalising (I've had enough of that in the past week!), in fact I encourage you to be bold - sometimes language is permitted, although generally the pages on which it appears without attracting reversion need to be marked for speedy delete :) --Draicone ^(talk) 12:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Thanks for the comment you left on my page, Draicone...I only discovered it today! ;)

Tintinfan

No problem Tintinfan. Hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. --Draicone ^(talk) 12:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AWB edits

AWB is supposed to be used for certain main tasks, with others being secondary to that. Your edit to the Admin's Noticboard not only A.) failed that part, but B.) edited others comments, which is a no-no unless you're removing personal attacks. I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but please be a bit more careful in the future, thanks! -M^ask 03:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. I'm still trying to exempt every 'talk' page I see in the list of articles to edit, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll have to pay more attention to the title next time. Please revert my edit if you haven't already. --Draicone ^(talk) 03:43, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no worries at all :) I already did, and the issue probably came about because while it's not a talk page, it is used as such. It's an easy one to make, I've probably done something similer too. -M^ask

03:44, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please don't fix things like typos on talk pages, you can filter the list of articles to only leave main space ones using an option in the context menu. Martin 08:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if an edit just does something very minor like move some whitespace, please don't save it. Martin 08:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou both, Bluemoose (Martin) and Mask, for your comments on my recent use of AWB. I have since gone through wikipedia policies again, and edited my AWB settings so I will no longer be making any absolutely minor edits like whitespace. I apologise if this has caused you inconvenience. --Draicone ^(talk) 12:28, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go, dear, go!

Thanks for you kind words, dear Draicone :) I'm so glad to see you're so comfortable here, we need anti-vandal soldiers like you here - so go, edit like the wind!! ;) A great hug, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 04:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Phaedriel. Although I'm not just CVU, anti-vandalism is just one of many things I'm doing. While vandalism will always find someone to revert it, I've temporarily moved on to helping out with the wikification backlog and trying out every part of contributing to Wikipedia (luckily my mistakes have triggered constructive criticism, as in the previous comment on this page). --Draicone ^(talk) 08:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weekly AWB spellcheck changes - V3

Good news! There are now 4 people on my spellcheck spamlist =D. Sorry I'm late, it's supposed to be delivered on Sundays.
This is a good week for you guys, I made a MASSIVE update, the list has pretty much doubled in size! It deals with most typofixing that starts with "A". This was very hard work but when/if I complete it it will be amazing.

Download latest version now!
See all the changes
--mboverload @

mboverload’s AWB Typofix update – version 0.0.4

^{You are getting this weekly update because you are signed up on the spamlist for updates about mboverload's magical automatic typofixing settings for AWB}
Important Update - removes entries that make incorrect replacements – must have update

500 lines of new code, of which include at least 1,500 different possible matches, probably more! I’m up to “d” in the words to replace. Even after I get to Z (a few months) there will be a lot more to do because there are more varieties of each word to replace. One line can match 10 or more different variations of each word, so saying that I added 500 lines does NOT mean 500 new words – It’s more!

I now have a Sourceforge.net project!
DOWNLOAD NOW! --mboverload @

Your spellcheck file

Hi, I am using it and had to make a few tweaks, figured I'd share them back with you. First, I had to make all your FAR fields have \b at the beginning and end. Otherwise, it was fighting with my own stuff and mboverload's. It was actually kinda funny, cuz it went and really hosed up spelling on articles. If you want I can dump the data for you somewhere, or you can do your own S&R (I use UltraEdit myself). Lastly, I had to remove the perfectly acceptable word 'leaded' which is used quite often in my field (see BGA). Thanx for the stuff tho!!! — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 17:16, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I ran into another problem, that I dunno how to fix. I cannot get a negative look-behind PCRE into the XML because the < symbol is confusing it. I have two pages I watch - one has /~ws/ as part of a URL and the other has .ws as a TLD - both want to be turned into "was" but I cannot stop it. Well, I did, but am not sure if this will still work on true mistakes:

     <datagridFAR find="[^\.~-]\bws\b" replacewith="was" />

— RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 17:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another change I needed to do, don't catch 'wanna' when it's part of a quote (like here and here). — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 17:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

     <datagridFAR find="^[^"]+\bwanna\b" replacewith="want to" />

Thanks for pointing that out. I have noticed something very odd with the script, it breaks correct spelling to incorrect spelling! I'm still trying to figure out why. And I personally use Notepad++. --Draicone ^(talk) 10:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's the lack of \b around the proper spelling that is causing the mis-spells. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib Reverts} 11:07, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help me out

My replacement list is now at 1300 lines - and I'm only done with "d"! What I'm doing requires tens of hours of manual work and I was wondering if you wanted to help me out. I can give you developer access to my Sourceforge project and we can both work on the same file, Subversion merges any changes! Nothing for sure right now, but what do you think?

At least open up my latest file and see the kind of work that I do and see if you're interested. No need to respond if you aren't. I wish you truly the best of luck with your replace list! --mboverload @ 11:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]