User talk:Andonic/Archive 22

List_of_fictional_characters_who_can_manipulate_water
Hi! I added to the page List_of_fictional_characters_who_can_manipulate_water. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_characters_who_can_manipulate_water I did something wrong on that page. Would you mind fixing it? Thanks! Neptunekh (talk) 03:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

ITN
Aww, don't take it personally. :) It just seemed like one of those little things that comes from overcorrecting an overcorrection. "Gets underway" was pretty bad too. =p --Golbez (talk) 20:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Clarify?
I have no idea if your comments here are supporting or opposing. They are in the support section, but sound like an oppose to me...care to clarify AO? Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. Now I get it.  I missed the "coaching" part of "I oppose the admin", and I missed the Anthony part.  Just seemed a bit neg.  Cheers,  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:33, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

MOS fixes to UK articles (ref Bletchley Park)
The US convention for dashes is text1&mdash;text2 but the UK convention is text1 – text2. So if you see text1 &mdash; text2, the appropriate way to correct it is to replace the &mdash; with an – , not remove the spaces. Which means that you need to assess the article first to decide which convention is appropriate, of course! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:17, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I realised what you were doing and that it complies with the MoS. I just guessed incorrectly why you were doing it! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:E-Mail
I really don't like emailing, even if I have it enabled. I like talking here, at wikipedia, rather than email since I'm not very good at it. Why anyway? Is there anything specific you want to talk about?-- Ryan ( talk  ♠  Review ) 01:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess you can email me your thoughts. Go ahead.-- Ryan ( talk  ♠  Review ) 02:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Try again.-- Ryan ( talk  ♠  Review ) 02:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Zginder
Is it just me or did you forget to put a closing notice on here? I might just be blind, but I have looked twice and can't see it... hm. '' a s e nine  say what? '' 20:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * OOPS! I didn't mean to respond to a closed RfA... Sorry about that! Hiberniantears (talk) 21:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually I meant a notice saying 'Closed per WP:SNOW' or whatever, like I'm always seeing.  a s e nine  say what?  21:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I noticed that, I meant that I have noticed admins citing their reasons in article. Hm. Anyway, thanks for the response. :)  a s e nine  say what?  21:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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Please restart my RFA
the heading says it all. Zginder 2008-05-11T12:26Z (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Jbmurray
Something has gone awry when stuff was moved around, check #114. Best, xenocidic (talk) 18:59, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Please clarify your declaration, as someone has moved it once, and it's generating confusion. If it was sarcasm, it is misunderstood.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 19:00, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. P.S. your User:AndonicO/Talkpage_header needs updated ("+ tab" → "new section tab"). I would've done this for you but it looks like you've got it protected. xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 19:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * err, it certainly was. now, time for your victory incandescence! xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 20:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA
 Hello AndonicO, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you!  weburiedoursecrets inthegarden  20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

History of cannon
History of cannon used to be longer than Cannon, as it had originally been split off when the latter section got too long in certain areas. However, it was overtaken when the Squad started work on Cannon. Copy-pasting is the main thing to be done, but I expect there will be some areas where History of cannon will have information not included in Cannon.

I agree with your assessment, but I won't be able to take an active role in it myself before Cannon is on the main page. --Grimhelm (talk) 18:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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Delayed reply re: User:Diligent Terrier/Vandalism
Well, I originally had it there as a place where vandals could take out their anger on me, but if you think too many non-vandals are spending too much time there, I could remove the link from my userpage. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 21:59, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

My recent RfA
Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA!  ·Add§hore·  T alk /C ont 06:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess ...
... you've sent the message re Kunta Kinte to the wrong person! If so, please remove it from my talk page, thank you! Catgut (talk) 03:17, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course I'm whitelisted, as I'm a Huggle user myself. Must be some kind of software problem. I always tend to check whether the warning has reached the right person. --Catgut (talk) 03:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


 * First time that something like this happened to me. Well, there's a first time for everything... --Catgut (talk) 03:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Favor
Hello, I just saw you delete an article I tagged as db-bio. I got your e-mail BTW. I already have been thinking wikipedia is a hobby. I've been following your advice and it seems to have worked. Anyway, do you mind anwering my request at the bottom of User talk:Useight? It should have something to do with a copy-vio. -- RyRy5 ( talk  ♠  copy-edit ) 03:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Ender's Game
I have reverted a small part of a revision you made to Ender's Game. You left us with an incomplete sentence: "It is in this world that Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin." I have changed this back to "Enter Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin." I have left the rest of your revision intact. If you can recall how you intended to end this sentence, or have thought of a way to end it, then please do so. Cheers, Koro Neil (talk) 10:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Walt Disney protection
I wonder if it would be better to nudge the ending date into sometime in JUNE of 2009, rather than May, so that the semester will be over before it expires again. (We're assuming summer school students will be kept busy enough to be less of a problem.) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! The sad part is that Wknight94 removed protection after the previous lengthy stretch, and almost immediately the vandals started in on it, as if they had been patiently waiting for months. Bill O'Reilly, I could understand. But Walt Disney? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 16:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I wonder if you're old enough to remember "Mickey Rodent" and "Darnold Duck"? Thanks for the user page compliment. I slaved over that for a good 20 minutes. Maybe more. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Those were parodies of Walt Disney (or I should say "Walt Dizzy") characters in Mad Magazine back in the late 1950s. Mad was the same sophisticated journal then that it is now. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And I probably spent more than 20 minutes on the user page. But as a time-saver, nearly every idea on there was stolen from someplace. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:38, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ironically, the show/hide sections are from a technique I learned from the long-since-banned User:Tecmobowl, one of the most exasperating characters I've run into in wikipedia. That technique I borrowed from him is the one useful thing he contributed, from my standpoint. :\ Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Allegations of state terrorism by the United States protection
The section which was being fought over was word-for-word already present in the Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As such. I split the whole section off to a new article: Atomic bombings of Japan as a form of state terrorism. While the edit warring could well continue over there, there's no longer any need to protect the Allegations of state terrorism by the United States article, so please unprotect. -- Kendrick7talk 21:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- Kendrick7talk 21:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Special:Contributions/86.42.150.169

 * Just a heads up, i get the impression this is somebody who just doesn't know what they're doing rather than a true vandal. I've left a message explaining as such on their page. Make sure you revert all the other similar contributions though. Thanks. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 12:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clean up. Sillyfolkboy (talk)

My RfA
Hey AndonicO. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 18:09, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI
Earlier today you had to do an admin rollback on IP 86.42.150.169. Just letting you know that your efforts are required again for the same IP... . Cheers and take care! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 18:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ahhh. I was looking at it like it was an AGF rv on the IPs contributions (which, as you know, are adding a 'non-existent' field or incorrect formatting into the standard musician infobox). I could have rv'd him but I didn't want it to look like I was stalking. I will stalk known vandals and trolls all day long. But this editor was just a little misguided in his contributions. Thanks for all your help. Cheers! Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 19:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh I would never say that ;). Productive/constructive stalking can be a good thing. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 19:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Me too... shhhhh. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 19:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Deletion request
Cheers! How come I still get the sign at the top, though? I was hoping to get rid of it as it seems to interfere with the similar user interface gadget (activated through my preferences). PC78 (talk) 11:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Turn Left
You forgot to protect it, but you added the tag! Thanks... —TreasuryTag —t | c 17:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks - interestingly, another admin did the same on another Who article a couple of days ago! —TreasuryTag —t | c 17:46, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Paul Diamond (lawyer)
I'd like to be able to make the current content more encyclopedia in tone, to make it conform to the WP:MOS, and without taking sides in the ongoing kerfluffle (I must admit, I have my suspicions about whether Logster has a COI or merely is a Diamond fan). I just want to purge the honorifics, the barristers' fustian and flourishes like "Mr. Justice So-and-So QB" and "Miss This" [i.e., the complainant) and the like. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Paul Diamond (lawyer)
Yes, AndonicO, the appropriate revision is this one, because the current revision takes out some substantial material which has come since. This is what today's edit-kerfuffle is about. I would ask you to keep in mind that Thelogster is pursuing some silly agenda, and is quibbling over whether to include a sentence that talks about this barrister's latest client. As you can see, s/he is only intent on editting this page. I think that it's a bit sad really. I wonder if his/her IP address matches the person who was vandalising the page at the start, who got blocked? The point is that that sentence is being repeatedly deleted, and though s/he keeps on writing on my talk page that it should be put elsewhere has not done so.  Wik idea  16:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I have and am concerned about the neutrality of the Paul Diamond article. It seems that wikidea has always wanted to use language in the article that is leaved the reader with a negative view on the work that Paul Diamond has done. I have always tried to being balance to the article, and have really fought to keep the article in this light. IMO wikidea is not open to discussion about the article and basically told me to "go away" (being polite), in one of his posts on my talk page. I regret that the situation got to this. Other users have also questioned the neutrality of the article, and in such light I would be happy if a neutrality flag was activated on the article. --TheLogster (talk) 18:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Request for Peer Review help
Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 20:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

David Copperfield
No, I am not David Copperfield -- but please don't tell Claudia Schiffer, because she can't tell the difference! LOL. Thank you for your kind comments. 

Ecoleetage (talk) 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. Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Ecoleetage (talk) 12:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Revert review
My adopter and semi-adopter seems to be offline. Do you mind reviewing my contributions, seeing if my recent reverts were correct? Thanks. -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 02:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC) -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 02:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit assistance?
Hey Ando, I was wondering since you listed yourself at WP:PRV if you could help me copyedit Riven, which is at FAC. I print the articles out and go over them, but my eye is pretty bad and Tony is jumping on me... :P If you can give any help, that would be great. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 16:49, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million. You'd think after so many FACs I woulda' gotten better at this stuff, but there you go... :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 16:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Look at it this way, all but one (I think) of those is video game related, so you sort-of still beat me by one star that counts :P  Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk  ) 19:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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Your user page design
Hello, AndonicO. I recently created my own wiki called Wikirights. I have been looking for a page design that would suit the mainpage of my wiki. Guess what. Your page design has been chosen. I was trying to design it myself, but your user page is just way too conplicated for me to figure out. Can you design the mainpage of my wiki? I would greatly appreciate it. I would like the same colors. I don't want the images of course. I would like it formatted like 1 long one at the top (like your intro) and the same for the bottom. I would then like 2 of those pillars to the left, and 2 on the right. It should look like the following, but in your user page form:

=====================Top long Pillar==================

========Left Piller 1=========       =======Right Pillar 1=======

========Left Pillar 2=========       =======Right Pillar 2=======

======================Bottom long pillar================

I hope you understand what I mean. All you have to tell me how to change the name of the pillar, like yours says "Welcome" on your user page, I would like to know how to edit that. If you have any comments, please reply on my talk page. Regards, RyRy5  ( talk ) 08:35, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm still awake actually. I'm just making pages in my wiki. I'll grant you adminship once your account is made.-- RyRy5  ( talk ) 09:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm in Nevada. I already slept during the day. I'm awake for now. Are you designing it now? I;m currently adding the header.-- RyRy5 ( talk ) 09:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I know you can do it. I'll help too. But I have to create some other stuff also. Have you created your account yet. I'll make you an admin ASAP. Just tell me when your ready on my Wikirights talk page. -- RyRy5 ( talk ) 09:29, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's looking good so far, AndonicO. :) I appreciate your help. -- RyRy5  ( talk ) 09:41, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright. I'll see you later. Cheers, RyRy5  ( talk ) 09:45, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Coptic Flag
Please also consider protecting Coptic flag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.88.153 (talk) 19:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. · AndonicO  Engage. 20:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Blade Runner (video game)
Hi there. The Blade Runner (video game) article has just been nominated for a peer review. The article has gone through some major changes in the last month, and it would be appreciated if an editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the article. If you are interested in joining the peer review discussion, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help. Peer review/Blade Runner (video game)/archive1. - Nreive (talk) 12:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me. Sure, whenever you have a moment. Much appreciated. Nreive (talk) 07:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. If you're busy, I can't ask for any more than that. Thanks. Nreive (talk) 08:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Mandonic Eruption at RFPP
I have listed the article at RFPP and have seen you active on the page. Could you take a quick peep and hit that protect button? Wanted to get this done quickly.  D u s t i complain/compliment 03:03, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

dangerous/malware links
I noticed that the website "supermodels.nl" has many links on various model profiles on Wiki. According to Finjan Secure Browsing, AVG and board threads, this site is infested with malware and badware. Although I'm unable to access the site (keeps loading and loading), I'd like to know how you would handle this case since there are dozens of links to this dispensable site. Robomod (talk) 13:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your suggestion! Robomod (talk) 21:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if an editor can be blocked for editing too quickly, DerHexer better watch out. Useight (talk) 22:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for signing my guest book, I guess. The reason I use it is because there have been several discussions about these Fake Message Bars, and nothing has really come up from them. See LAME's Entry of User:Certified.Gangsta and Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive421. WP:UP is a guideline, and not a policy. Sorry but I feel that it does not hurt the project. But again, thanks for signing it. :)  &lt;3  Tinkleheimer   TALK!!  19:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem. Have a good day :).  &lt;3  Tinkleheimer   TALK!!  21:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

And thanks again...
...for the Editor review. It means a lot to me :).  &lt;3  Tinkleheimer   TALK!!  19:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit request
I see that you've helped copyedit some video game articles before, and I'm looking to get a good final ce for Crackdown, which has been looked by about 4-6 video game editors since it's been at FAC, but still is being requested for a copyedit. Do you think you could lead a hand? --M ASEM 04:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Page protection
Thanks for your reply. The problem is, there may usually be only one edit per day; but on dozens of articles. So far today, editors have had to revert over 50 abusive edits by Runtshit sockpuppets. You refused semi-protection on six of these, all of which are vandalised once a day. RolandR (talk) 16:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Crysis Warhead
Thanks for your concern, I was in the middle of trying to find a way to get a message to editors about this. Kotaku (and I assume other sites) has the official press release from EA and Crytek, but I cannot link to it because I'm on a work computer that has Kotaku blocked and I'm using a proxy to read it. If you go to Kotaku I'm sure they have a link to the release. I also created a page and added information about it to the main Crysis article and was hoping someone would have noticed the release and added it before I can get home and add it myself. ShadowUltra (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, sorry for not being able to add it the first time. ShadowUltra (talk) 17:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Page Protection
Accoding to WP:RFPP, you semi protected this page (unless I misunderstood) and gave the IP a final warning. The IP has again edited the page, I rolled it back and wanted to drop you a note. The IP has done far more than enough to get itself blocked in my opinion. Thanks,  D u s t i complain/compliment 17:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hot air balloon
Hi, no need to protect for two weeks. It was linked to from Google's logo for only a day, so it is safe to unprotect it now. Gary King ( talk ) 00:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)