User talk:Andonic/Archive 24

Request
Request you to revert back the Great power article that existed before the personal change by UKPhoenix79 to the version that existed with Hobiehunter. I would like you to warn UKPhoenix79 from removing things in the article with credible links and pushing his own version without any discussion or agreement. Thank you.Chanakyathegreat (talk) 05:27, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

No. You are not supposed to endorse personal opinion of persons. Check the history. It was agreed by many members and the previous version was the standard, which was changed in a single edit by a person and put his personal opinion without considering reaching any consensus. I don't think such a change is allowed in Wikipedia. I will be making to the previous version of the article. Let there be consensus for any change and then a change. But personal opinion will not be allowed.Chanakyathegreat (talk) 02:10, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Check the history of the article. You will come to know. The current version (the blocked one) is done without reaching a consensus by a single person. It's his personal version. Revert it back to the original version. Then let the discussion to continue. Where is India. You can see that India was removed in a single move.Chanakyathegreat (talk) 02:20, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Request you to change the article to previous version by UKPhoenix79. Some unknown user 24.205.234.250 has changed it resulting in the removal of India from the emerging power list. Request you to bring the article to the last level by UKPhoenix79. Also request user 24.205.234.250 be banned for vandalism.Chanakyathegreat (talk) 05:15, 21 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm supportive of further measures against User:24.205.234.250. Was blocked yesterday for 24h, used proxy instead of stopping. Have taken this to admin incidents and 3RR noticeboard (there are two entries on latter). I believe though that it was User:UKPhoenix79 who changes India per this diff. Don't forget to provide one or more diffs in the future when you want to make a request or discuss something. Species8473 (talk) 08:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

The Hindu
The issue regarding The Hindu was about the adherence to basic tenets of Wikipedia as it is visible in start Para itself that, Substantiation was not given to the entries made, besides raising trivial objections to thwart well prrof backed alternative views. A first hand look on to the article may guide to the same--Sahyadhri (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

History of timekeeping devices
I do believe that we've dealt with everything that needs to be done before FAC. Do you think it's ready? Keilana | Parlez ici 16:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The FAC is up, should I spam all the Squad members to let them know? Keilana | Parlez ici 17:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ping! xenocidic  ( talk ) 20:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Request for peer review and/or copyediting
Hi. I am trying to get the article Insane Clown Posse to FA quality. Would you be interested in taking a look at it and offering some advice over at the WikiProject Biography peer review, or performing a copyedit on it? (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 22:06, 20 June 2008 (UTC))

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*Sighs* Even more help
Now I'm dealing with this user: 217.21.112.15. They seem to keep changing sports articles to suit their opinion, and are emphasising the facts related to cricket, to make them stand out. Such include changing the pages of Cricket and Football in England. When I warned them, I get called a dumb illiterate Here. I may have replied a little harshly, but I take back the comment I made on said user's talk page (Here). Is there any way of making this user see reason without it resorting in an attack? --Maurice45 (talk) 18:23, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Good friend
We've had so much fun. But nothing gold can last. It is time for me to move on.

I won't forget the time we spent huggling, editing, and bragging about my bots.

Farewell good friend.   CWii ( Talk  01:33, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Fuck that shit ;-). You on GTalk?   CWii ( Talk  21:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

 * Thanks for fixing the comments as well :D « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie  01:26, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection
Hello!

Please let me know if you'd rather not deal with this and if you think I should go through the prescribed channels but I wanted to see if you wouldn't mind semi-protecting Petar Brzica article the way you semi-protected Srbosjek (knife). The two articles are on related subjects and the issues that were alleviated by semi-protection on Srbosjek are the same issued by the same IP editors that are currently being experienced on Petar Brzica.

Thanks for your time either way and do let me know if you'd prefer I take this elsewhere.

Peace! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 16:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

FAC
Hey, which books couldn't you find in Gbooks? Maybe I can help dig them up?  bibliomaniac 1  5  19:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think we need to put page numbers for the PDF, do we? As for ref number 7, I checked it out from the library, and I'll be using Amazon's "Search inside" feature to help me jog my memory and find the page numbers.  bibliomaniac 1  5  22:49, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe I should have elaborated. a is 55, b is 52, and c is 130. I'll fix it.  bibliomaniac 1  5  01:01, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Cooperation with Rjecina?
Why you are blindlessly supporting this user? You are protecting articles regularly when he made reverts and even worse - re-adding his tags and reverting to his version? --72.75.24.245 (talk) 03:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
Hello AndonicO! I just stopped by to tell you that I have open a request for adminship, here. If you would add a nomination, weather it be a support, oppose, or neutral, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you! - Ryan (me) (talk) 22:02, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

J. A. Comment sock
It seems you're around (at least as of a few minutes ago). I've been told that this user is a sock of banned J.A. Comment (et al.). from a review of their mutual contribs, this seems likely, but since you were at least partially involved, is there something else i should know? The user who reported him to me seems to be on a mission, and I want to make sure I'm not stepping into something I don't fully understand. If I don't hear from you in a bit, I'm confident enough that I'm going to block, but I'd love some reassurance. --barneca (talk) 23:39, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Meanwhile, I'm reviewing the block of User talk:J. A. Comment. Checkuser confirmed the lack of a link between J. A. Comment and Velebit, and so I'm left wondering what J. A. Comment has actually done wrong.  From everything I can see, J. A. Comment is merely trying to support text in an article with sources.  Nothing seems particularly POV about it, since it is mainly sourcing of already-existing text.  The other editor seems to be upset and constantly insisting that all sources be online, but this is not a Wikipedia requirement.  Can you explain things better?  Velebit doesn't even seem to have been interested in this one article J. A. Comment is involved in... and, J. A. Comment doesn't seem to have been that familiar with Wikipedia right off the bat, although this was apparently a contributing factor.  (He requested unprotection from you on his 10th edit, but it was weeks after he showed up.)  Mango juice talk 16:08, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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User: Pinaypinay
Can you do something about user ? This user keeps posting info about this Ruvic Rea guy in the Tayabas City article without any source or proof about the existence of this person. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 12:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

"They"
Ah! Gotcha. No biggie. I'm addressing your questions on the FAC page right now.-- Pericles of Athens  Talk 16:48, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Archiving
No problem. Red Thunder  18:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

QIn dynasty
Hey Andonic, just to let you know, I've created a draft of the Qin dynasty article here (though it only has a lead so far). Thanks for joing the collaboration. Nousernamesleft (talk) 23:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Make sure the watchlist the draft's talk page, by the way. Nousernamesleft (talk) 02:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Egyptians
You protected this page over a month ago because of edit warring between and Troy07, and now that we've come to a compromise (under the "Religion, Names" section of the talk page), I think it's highly unlikely another edit war will break out. Could you please unprotect it?--Yolgnu (talk) 23:50, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with Yolgnu, but make sure to watch the article closely, because I really hate edit warring. ~ Troy (talk) 00:15, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Proofreading a Ninja
Hi, I am back to inquire if you are available these few days to proofread Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)? Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 00:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Jappalang (talk) 10:46, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi, AndonicO. The sentence "despite taking advantage of the PS3's improved hardware, the ported version was regarded as inferior to the Xbox one" is incorrect. The PS3 version was regarded by several reviewers as inferior on technical achievement, i.e. it failed to exploit the hardware as much as the Xbox version did (besides introducing new software bugs). These reviewers are also split on the final quality (overall) of the PS3 port compared to the Xbox. Could you reword the final statement? Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 01:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is better. Thank you.  Jappalang (talk) 01:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan RFA
Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

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Independence day
Just stopping by to wish you a happy Fourth of July. I'd put firework gifs and stuff, but I'm just lazy like that.  bibliomaniac 1  5  15:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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help
Could you please help me with this?

Thanks!!

--Ricardo Ramírez (talk) 06:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

page protection on Coptic flag
Hi AndonicO -

I'm contacting you since you are the protecting admin on the Coptic flag page. I've been doing some research on long-term page protection policy (in general, not about that page in particular) and noticed that page has been fully protected since June 1.

It looks like there's been almost no discussion there since then, and also that the edit-warring was mainly IPs, so I wonder if maybe the protection is no longer needed and you might like to unprotect it, or perhaps change it to semi-protected.

I am not familiar with what led up to the protection. If you'd rather keep it protected that's fine with me. I don't edit that page, so this is not a personal request, just something that came up related to the research I've been doing.

Thanks and have a good day... --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 03:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

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Peer review
Hi AndonicO,

I am asking for a big favours of yours. I nominated the article Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria) for featured list, but there were too many small grammar problems, so we decided to withdraw it, and do a peer review first. The list is complete and very well sourced. It also followed all he suggestions given in Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium) (recently promoted to featured list), so in general is in a very good shape. Only the description fields for the coins are in a need of a good copy/edit. Can you please help us to get this list promoted?

Many thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 06:27, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Might I Request your pen? says David
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is help the aforementioned blighter copyedit a blinkin' article in preparation for FAC. Rewards may include a barnstar and drink, payable whenever you get your ass to D.C. to claim the first one owed. :P If you're not busy, any help would be appreciated. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 12:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Ioffer
Hi! I created a page called Ioffer. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioffer Would you mind editing it? Thanks! Neptunekh (talk) 16:37, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

GA review
Anything else on the Billy Pierce review? I think I've covered everything you brought up. MisfitToys (talk) 00:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Note: This was left on User:AndonicO/Tzatziki Squad/Membernotice. Keilana | Parlez ici 01:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, why'd he send it to you? Anyways, I had passed the article already. But, thanks for the note! :) Gary King ( talk ) 22:43, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Credible author
Hello. A credible authors' reference is being "overrided" by edit-warring. I recently tried to add to the telescope article but this editor seems to think that his opinion overrides a VERY credible author in Mr. Richard Powers. I've been blocked before for edit-warring recently, so I don't want this to be another incident on my record.

Anyway, the other editor seemed to have asked his friend-type editors to form a consensus, so I will do the same. The Islamic connection here is, Al-Haytham. He is FUNDAMENTAL to the telescope and the FATHER of optics. By definition, the summary can include him since the radio and electro-magnetic telescopes are derogatory to the average person looking at the article; I wanted to add it to the history section since it looked cleaner. Can you help your fellow InternetHero?? InternetHero (talk) 21:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

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RFA thankspam
Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

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Don't go!
What's this "semi-retired" nonsense?! Well, if you have any time, if you could help me copyedit Wipeout 3, I'd be much obliged. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 16:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, you can't leave. What kind of business is this?  Enigma  message 16:57, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Apparently, he's going to have very limited internet access due to real life reasons which I'm not sure I'm at liberty to reveal. It's really too bad. :( Nousernamesleft (talk) 20:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Internet I'll probably have... just not time. Can't be helped, sorry. :( I'll never really leave, though. · AndonicO  Engage. 21:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm semi-retired too, I think. At least I got your MSN nick. I hope we can chat someday when the both of us have the time. [[Image:718smiley.svg|32px]] -- Altiris   Helios   Exeunt  08:14, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Gah! Just when we were getting good. Ah, well, people come and go.  bibliomaniac 1  5  04:23, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hello there! I'm Back!
Hey man, well glad to say i'm back to editing wikipedia full-time now? Any articles you think I should participate in? Uh, its Kliu1 by the way.....i forget how to put the signature thingo at the end.....:P —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kliu1 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to delete
Hey, thanks for the speedy page-protection at the telscope(s) articles. I was trying to do things "officially". InternetHero (talk) 16:22, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, I think a general consensus has been formed on the telescope articles. If you look here, you'll see theres only about two users against the addition. Another user has joined our consensus, so that makes about 9 to 5 (3 of which aren't taking part in the discussion---so maybe 2 :-). I found a GF over the weekend!! Cheers. InternetHero (talk) 17:39, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Far Cry (film)
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Egyptians
Hello AndonicO. I hope you are doing well. I had made some changes to the article Egyptians a few days and restored many of its contens that were removed by User:Dbachmann. This same user has been engaging in a war edit over this content in spite of many warnings to him. He seems to be engaged in edits that are not approved by any of the users contributing to the article. Please take a look at the article, and consider to take the necessary measures taken by Wikipedia in such circumstances. Thank you; --Lanternix (talk) 20:03, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Protection Template?
Would it be alright to place on the protected Visored page since you protected it due to vandalism? I thought that this would make it easier for people to find out why they couldn't edit the page. --Skunkboy74 (talk) 00:58, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm sorry to make you do that. I was going to, but I always worry that I'm going to do something I'm not supposed to. --Skunkboy74 (talk) 01:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)