User talk:Absconded Northerner/Archive 1

Welcome!

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 * Wow. I feel so... welcome, after having received such a personalised template. Absconded Northerner (talk) 01:55, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Tomic discussion
Hello, just a note to let you know that there is a discussion at Talk:Bernard Tomic, which you may be interested in participating in. Also, can I please apologise for the rubbish template that has been used to welcome you; if there are any questions you have about Wikipedia, please do feel free to ask me. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 20:14, 29 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I'll collect my thoughts and reply tomorrow. As for templates... it seemed overwhelming and... boring... for a new user compared to others that I've seen on other wikis. I know why they're necessary, but at least Favonian was helpful when I asked him/her for help later. Absconded Northerner (talk) 20:22, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

RfC on diacritics
I don't care enough to continue the debate. I would appreciate if you would stop patronizing me by typing "!vote" everytime you refer to my opinion on the matter. But then again, maybe I don't have enough edits on enwp to be taken seriously. /Grillo (talk) 21:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * !vote is the standard way on this wiki of describing a "Support" or "Oppose" statement on a debate page. Such discussions are understood to NOT be votes, and "!vote" is a shorthand for this - "!" is the "NOT" operator in C-like languages. See WP:!VOTE. You made a !vote on the RfC page and then said you didn't care. I asked if, in that light, you were now going to remove it. If you don't understand the policies of the English language wiki, perhaps you should stop engaging in such discussions here? Absconded Northerner (talk) 22:10, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It would have been nice to be linked to such a page the first time it's written. I didn't know only the inner circle were invited into the discussions... I believe I know where I'm not wanted now though... /Grillo (talk) 02:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It would have been nice if you had Assumed Good Faith. It would also have been nice if you had looked at my account history before calling me one of "the inner circle".
 * I can't believe you have the gall to make posts like this when it's you who has come to a different wiki, not bothered to do any research, and accused people of acting incorrectly. Absconded Northerner (talk) 03:50, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

WP:BRD and No true Scotsman
Absconded Northerner, can you please revert yourself at No true Scotsman and discuss your desire to add this text on the talk page instead? Please see WP:BRD, which while not a policy is a pretty well respected convention here at Wikipedia. We don't add examples to pages because they seem "perfect" to us, we do so because sources cite them as good examples of something. Currently, the addition violates WP:NOR which is a policy. So please, can you revert yourself and discuss on the talk page instead? Thanks.Griswaldo (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I've just responded on the talk page of that article. Absconded Northerner (talk) 04:00, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Information
I realise you are new to Wikipedia and are hot on rules. So, you may like to read Don't template the regulars. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 16:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm aware of it. Since you are unaware of any of the site policies, I decided to ignore it in your case. It's an essay, not policy, so ignoring it in cases where users are disrupting the site is quite allowable. Cease your disruption now. Absconded Northerner (talk) 16:18, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * If I am disruptive, report me. If you can have my rollback removed, be my guest. Evlekis (Евлекис) (argue) 16:25, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * If you misuse it again, I will. Oh, and please learn to use talk pages in the meantime. If I post on your page, reply on your page, instead of splitting the conversation over two different locations. You're doing something only new users tend to do. Absconded Northerner (talk) 16:27, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your help
Thank you for reverting my bots edits (see the thread on my talk page). I will work on tracking down the bug before running the bot again in an unsupervised mode. Thanks again! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 20:26, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * My pleasure - I happened to be looking at some whisky articles when it was going on. Having written a wiki bot myself (not for here - another wiki), I know the problems. I hope it's an easy problem to fix! Absconded Northerner (talk) 22:37, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

List of Neighbours characters
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for looking out for the article and making sure I didn't violate 3rr today. :) - JuneGloom    Talk  00:07, 4 October 2011 (UTC)


 * No problem. It's one of those times when 3RR doesn't make sense as a rule, but try explaining that to any of the admins... Absconded Northerner (talk) 04:33, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

KChenoweth.Net
KChenoweth.Net is probably not a RS, but as you say, better than "sod all". Perhaps a more reliable ref can be found. --BweeB (talk) 18:46, 13 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. I included it because there was no sourcing at all and I was on the point of "fixing" the birth name when I came across it. I went down a few pages on Google but couldn't come across anything better (IMDB doesn't count). I'll keep looking though! Absconded Northerner (talk) 21:46, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Yoenit (talk) 11:11, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Formal mediation has been requested

 * You have to be kidding, right? Absconded Northerner (talk) 07:28, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Your request for rollback
Hi Absconded Northerner. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing!  Swarm   X 17:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
 * Use common sense.


 * Thanks. That should be very useful. Absconded Northerner (talk) 18:00, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

"Free as a Bird" proposed lede change
FYI, there is a vote taking place here, and your input would be appreciated. — GabeMc (talk) 03:11, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Break?
Man that short break till Nov 20 has turned into 3 months. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:49, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - ongoing poll
This is to let you know that an ongoing poll is taking place to move Burma to Myanmar. I know this happened just recently but no administrator would close these frequent rm's down, so here we go again. This note is going out to wikipedia members who have participated in Burma/Myanmar name changing polls in the past. It does not include banned members nor those with only ip addresses. Thank you. Fyunck(click) (talk) 04:56, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Moving Burma to Myanmar - new 2015 poll
You participated in a Burma RM in the past so I'm informing you of another RM. I hope I didn't miss anyone. New move attempt of Burma>Myanmar Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:33, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * Pointless thanks to the bot. I hadn't spotted I'd used the wrong link. Absconded Northerner (talk) 23:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

About that apology....
Good morning!

A few weeks ago you dragged me into a dispute between yourself and another person here on Wikipedia.

I said at the time I wasn't sure why I was being involved, as this is between you two, and asked for an apology.

You still haven't apologized to me for this. You should so please do so now.

Thanks!

The Sheriff. Sheriff of Mottingham (talk) 08:53, 9 August 2020 (UTC)


 * It was you. Don't pretend otherwise. You'll get an apology from me when Satan uses ice skates to get to work. Absconded Northerner (talk) 12:14, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi!

This is pretty disappointing. You mentioned my name, a brand new and eager content creator, as part of some petty dispute, even though I am new to the site with no history.

Are you absolutely sure this is the position you wish to take? You have an opportunity right now to set it right. Do the right thing and apologise. Sheriff of Mottingham (talk) 22:03, 9 August 2020 (UTC)


 * My reply to you is the same as the one given in the case of Arkell v Pressdram. Absconded Northerner (talk) 13:04, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Oh dear. You really should have apologized. You'll wish you did. Sheriff of Mottingham (talk) 20:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Is that a threat? Absconded Northerner (talk) 06:03, 11 August 2020 (UTC)