User talk:Courcelles/Archive 67

Would appreciate your comment
...here, if you have the time or the inclination to comment. Best,  NW  ( Talk ) 15:26, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Left a bit of a rambling reply. Courcelles 16:17, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

FLC review
You have reviewed Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (E) at WP:FLC. Demands by opposers at that nomination have resulted in a merge. I am asking all commenters to return to the FLC page and re-review if time is available. I appreciate your help and apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  22:33, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

You deleted my article
I asked a Wikipedia patrol to move my article, but you deleted it! His username is: Alpha Quadrant url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Moonlight_Proteins

Why do you do this?

Swmmr1928 (talk) 00:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't delete anything substantial- your article still exists at Articles for creation/Moonlighting Proteins. What I deleted was jsut the redirect left behind, as we do not leave redirects in article space when moved to project space, please read criteria for speedy deletion R2 and R3. Courcelles 00:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

The Signpost: 21 March 2011
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16th amendment
Very odd. I'm sure I set the protection level, a 1-month expiry and hit confirm. Either I'm hallucinating or there's a bug somewhere. It's worrying when you don't know which is more likely...! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   21:46, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll bet on a bug- if your hallucinations involve protection pages on Wikipedia, you're getting a very raw deal! Courcelles 21:51, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
I appreciate the weather eye on my talk page and the semi-protect. Drmargi (talk) 07:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. It was either semi-protect or play whac-a-mole.  I'll keep an eye on your page for a while in case he comes back in 24 hours. Courcelles 07:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * LOL! I think whack-a-mole may be in the cards, regardless.  Ah, well,  he's a tenacious little toe-rag, but he eventually gets bored.  It's doubly maddening because I've somehow found myself in the sights of two sockmasters at the moment, the other having presented me with a "hemorrhoid barnstar" this AM.  You solved more problems than you know.  Drmargi (talk) 08:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * What is it we say? "If you're being attacked by a sockmaster, chances are you're doing something right."  I could semi-protect your user page on a permanent basis if you'd like, but talk pages are not supposed to be protected for other than short periods unless the abuse is high-level and long-term. Courcelles 08:50, 23 March 2011 (UTC
 * That's kind of what I'm thinking where the sock master is concerned. No need to extend the protection; this, too, shall pass.  I may holler for help with the other sock master if things get any weirder.  Thanks a bunch! Drmargi (talk) 09:09, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! (John Lennon)
Thanks for helping there! There seems to be a stream of create-an-account-vandalize-the-page people coming through here. I don't know why...

Anyway, thanks again! &mdash; UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 23:32, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Because it's John Lennon. That's one of those that won't be able to be stay unprotected for very long unless we develop better anti-vandal methods, too high profile. Courcelles 00:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

GMV Nashville
Hello, Back in September you deleted the GMV Nashville page due to lack of sources. I wanted check and see if there were any steps you'd like me to take before posting a new article there. I have written a draft at User:Rwolford/GMV Nashville. Thank you! Rwolford (talk) 20:18, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay... after the Tar Heels game. Courcelles 23:35, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I still don't see any sure reliable sources there, which was the original reasoning for deletion. But, music is among the fields I am clueless in, so you might be better off asking at one of the music-related Wikiprojects. Courcelles 08:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will do. Glad the game went well for you! Rwolford (talk) 03:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Please block Ina Gartner/Barefoot Contessa sockpuppets
The same editor who posted to Barefoot Contessa and Ina Garten as ip addresses User:68.230.39.82 User:173.45.230.10 that motivated you to do an ip protection of those articles is now continuing the exact same disruptive behavior using 2 sock puppets: User:Barefootgrinch    and User:Jribby Please note the timing and contents of their edits and compare them with the ip address ones to verify. Could you please delete those 2 new accounts. Thanks for looking into this. --Javaweb (talk) 04:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Javaweb
 * Barefootgrinch is blocked as a simple username violation. Not much I can do otherwise; once the sources are there that this is a real story, adding it here is problematic per BLP and UNDUE, but its not vandalism. Courcelles 08:16, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Today there was an article in the blog.latimes.com so it has crossed into notable territory. This makes my earlier request moot so I withdraw my request to block User:Jribby or others

editing the article. Thanks for exercising your (limited) powers responsibly. --15:19, 27 March 2011 (UTC)Javaweb

Deleting "talk"
Courcelles -

That you would delete - and conceal - the rant from "Maria" is a measure of your lack of integrity. And it reflects badly on Wikipedia.Mysweetoldetc. 17:42, 26 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mysweetoldetc. (talk • contribs)
 * Actually, I hid your unacceptable rant against Maria. Call another editor the degrading things you called her, and your editing privileges will be gone for good. It might be good for you to find another article to work on other than Dickinson. Courcelles 19:32, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Plutonium
Can you have a look if the 6-month semi-prot you applied to Plutonium (at end of Oct) could maybe be released a little early? The reason I ask is, there was a mention on the help-desk, Help_desk. Cheers,  Chzz  ► 06:51, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Does this IP realise there's already eight paragraphs in that section? What more can there be to add?  In this case, for months proceeding the semi, it looks like most of the IP edits that weren't vandalism were still bad edits- in general damaging towards the quality of an FA. Going over the last 250 edits, I found two useful IP edits... and they were reverting other IP's bad edits.  We'll try it, but I'll also have a fairly heavy protection finger if it is a waste of people's time. Courcelles 08:46, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * you could try pending changes. That way, if it turns out to be a waste of time, at least the crap never makes it all the way to the article. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   09:45, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Then I'd be a right hypocrite, since I !voted to remove PC from everything not three days ago. Courcelles 09:47, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Another thing on which you and I will likely never agree. ;) HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   09:56, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * One of many, I'm sure ;) As someone told me on an airplane, "The only way two people will ever agree on everything is if one of them has no opinions."  Courcelles 10:59, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Heh, well, thanks anyway. My view is that, whilst yes - the IP may well make useless edits that'll be reverted - at least they can try, and if they mess up, they might be told why, and might learn how then can edit constructively. It can happen...sometimes.  Chzz  ► 13:18, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I mean - if they add good but excessive stuff on toxicity then, OK, maybe it needs to be spun off to a sub-article or whatever. But still, it could be good contribs. There's no need to be too precious about our FA's. Unless we're deciding not to let IPs edit...but that's an argument for elsewhere.  Chzz  ► 13:21, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. Clearly, you meant to write, "aeroplane", not "airplane" :-)  Chzz  ► 13:26, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Reverts
If you tell me what is broken with Infobox athlete and/or Infobox medal templates, I can help track down the problem. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 02:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Look at Yelena Isinbayeva, for an example. The medal tempaltes are showing up in Firefox for both me and another admin as

Courcelles 02:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I will track down the problem. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  02:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I found it. It was recent edits to collapsible list.  I will fix it in a second. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  02:58, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * And done. Thanks again. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  03:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * One of these days, I'll become a template guru. Until then, I'll keep you on speed-dial.  Thanks.  Quick question, with 90,000 transclusions, shouldn't we have a stronger protection on Infobox medal templates? Courcelles 03:12, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * We could. Over 81,000 of the transclusions are coming from Template:Infobox football biography, which has the same level of protection.  Approximately 81,000 of the 90,000 could be removed by putting an "if empty" check in that template.  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  03:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Dash fixing script
Hey, I just saw on my watchlist that you used the dash fixing script. Have you noticed any bumps in it recently? At least since I installed FF4 the tab for it has just disappeared (I even updated my monobook in case there were any slight changes to it). Staxringold talkcontribs 14:33, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, even after moving to FF4 the tab is right where it should be. It seems to be missing a few things, like leaving spaced endashes in page ranges, but I suspect it has always done that if the endash was already present. Courcelles 19:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * That's so weird, where did mine go!?! Staxringold talkcontribs 23:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks, Christine. It's been an interesting experience.  Courcelles 20:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

A drink
 On 29 March 2009, I took my first small steps as a Wikipedian.

Now, 2 years, 47,000 edits, 2 RfAs and many memories later, I'd like to share a drink, on my "wiki-birthday", with a few editors who made my early experience here a pleasant one. As much as I would like to thank each of those editors in non-templated fashion, or even buy them a drink in person, I fear I would be celebrating my fourth wiki-birthday (and very drunk!) before the task was complete. Thus, please accept this as a small, if slightly impersonal, token of what these collaborations, words of advice and moments shared have meant to me.

Here's to all the happy memories of the last two years and to many more to come! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?

—This is a tiny token of my appreciation for the RfA co-nom, the FL help and all the excellent advice. With luck, one day we'll be able to share a real single malt (and take a decent photo of stuff). HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   21:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Amen- the photo looks more like Sauternes than Whisky! It's been a good year, happy birthday, my friend. Courcelles 23:26, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Protection request
I am not trying to be a bother neither am I trying to ask to much but could you pretty please protect my archives pages. thanks. Jessy  T/C 21:52, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done as semi. If you'd confirm which archives you'd want done, I'll up it to full selectively. Courcelles 23:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually it would be nice if you could fully protect all of them (by them I mean archives). Thanks and cheers. Jessy   T/C 23:41, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done 1, 2, 3, and 4. Courcelles 00:34, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks and I had another request but I dont want to burden you. If you are up for it please let me know. Thanks. Jessy   T/C 01:09, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Better to just lay requests on me- if it's a burden, I'll let folks know. But most things aren't. Courcelles 02:08, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I would like to know if you could place the AWB flag and the IP-block exmot flag on the account User:SCG01Bot). Thanks. Jessy   T/C 02:10, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Why would it need IP-block exempt? And putting bots on the AWB list is usually only done when the BAG signs off on a trial. Courcelles 02:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I thought AWB could be placed on at this stage and I only thought that IP-block exempt was need to see if any admin blocked my account as a bot saying it wasnt a bot I could some how evade it. Jessy   T/C 02:16, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Read IP block exemption. You've completely misunderstood that tool- if an account is blocked directly, the flag does no good at all.  Its main uses are to get around the Great Firewall and for editors stuck behind rangeblocks.  And the AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage says only to add bots approved or under trial.  It can be added once you file a BRFA and a BAG member authorises a trial. Courcelles 02:20, 29 March 2011 (UTC)