User talk:Dfrg.msc/Archive 5

Archived!
Your page looks so clean now. It would be a shame if I were to leave a substantial amount of rubbish that has no importance, on it! Hahaha! Drizzt  J  a  m  o  22:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


 * On a slightly sainer topic, do you have anything I can help you with? Drizzt   J  a  m  o  22:36, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Don't worry I'll look at the back log to find something to do. Drizzt   J  a  m  o  00:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well not really, I put in aplication for Vandal Proof and I'll be taking some pictures. Try and join some Wikiprojects and check their to do's also, have a look on the community portal, which you can acsess in the navigation panel to the side. Cheers, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 00:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Dfrg.msc. Editor at Large has posted the Explanation for her absence. I just thought you might want to look at it and you didn't get the template like me. See you later! Drizzt   J  a  m  o  23:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Photo Request
Hi - you mention on your talk page that you are able to get a photo of some things in Canberra. I've been doing up the NSW railway station pages, which includes the ACT page, and the photo for Canberra station isn't too good, and it has a steam train in the middle of it too. I was wondering that if you had time, would you be able to cycle over to Kingston and get a photo of the railway station when the train isn't there. Trains arrive at 11:21am Monday to Saturday, 4:29pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and 10:31pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays - so there are always 2 trains a day. If you get there about half an hour before the train arrives you should find that the station is open and you can go onto the platform to take a photo. If you could help that would be great. A photo like that of the one in Queanbeyan railway station, New South Wales would be the sort of thing I'm after - good coverage of the station platform. Any help would be great. Thanks. JROBBO 05:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm... this will be difficult for me, I live quite aways away. I'll see what I can do. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 08:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * Nice work Dfrg.msc wikifather. 23:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The Brick film
Sorry I couldn't answer earlier Dfrg.msc. Thank you for the translations, I can understand a little now. How come you don't have the film on your userpage? You're right, that film is junk, the good kind. :-) | A ndonic O  Talk 21:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If you are still confused even with the translations, then thee is nothing wrong, we deliberately made it so that even if you speak fluent Russian, it will still confuse the Hell out of you. I don't have the movie on my page because I'm on dial-up. It slows things down quite a lot, but the movie is still vislble on my gallery page. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 21:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I get it now. I only understood a couple of parts before (Charge!). | A ndonic O  Talk 21:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You really get it? We made it just so it would scare and confuse the stuffing out of anyone unfortunate enough to see it. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 22:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunate? Me? I had the time of my life! Do you mind if I create a link to it on my userpage? (That's how good it was). :-) | A ndonic O  Talk 22:19, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Not at all! Put it on your user page if you want, seriously go nuts with it. I'm seriously considering nominating this: Image:BananaShoeShine.gif for Featured Picture. It's me. Shining my shoe. With a Banana Peel. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 22:27, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, no, don't do that, it will ruin your reputation. This is an example of what they'll say:


 * Oppose The film quality changes, and it looks as if the shoe is only shined because of this change. |

I'm not kidding, they are very strict. Take a look here at some pictures I nominated which were refused. Even though the shoe is shinier, it is much brighter afterwords (look at the difference of the stairs).

I'll add a link of the brick film to my userpage soon. | A ndonic O  Talk 22:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * In any case, I recommend picture peer review first. | A ndonic O  Talk 22:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, your probably right. I was just on the page looking, a picture peer review sounds really good first. Lucky for me you have had experience in Featured picture department, it looks really hard to get one through. I can't believe the F-22 Raptor didn't get in! That's an Amazing shot. I have 85 or so images, in My gallery of which I think Image:NamadgiRock.jpg and Image:DFRLego 003.jpg are the best, perhaps this as well: Image:Henri Le Secq near a Gargoyle.jpg. But, I'm not sure. Take a look for your self. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 23:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Here's why the Raptor didn't get promoted, in case you're interested. I actually that the best one is the nest (for FP). You might want to give it a good cropping (make sure it stays above 1000px though), and put it on PPR also. | A ndonic O  Talk 23:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Re. Idle chit chat
Hi Dfrg. Yeah, as you might have noticed, the coffee lounge appears to be in its last days. Anyway I think that this Esperanza overhaul will be very beneficial. Congrats on your wikichildren, I was thinking about getting one the first time I heard about this adopt-a-user program, but then decided to join admin coaching instead. I became an admin a week ago so now I've been busy with administrative roles especially those connected to vandal-fight. I'm glad to hear that you're becoming a vandal fighter, it's such a cool job. :-) Apart from the Wally-is-gay vandalism that you've mentioned, you'll soon discover that vandals have other favorite clichés, such as "hi mom", "poop" and "I like cheese" (you should have seen all the vandalism to Stingray when Steve Irwin died). I hope to see you reporting vandals to WP:AIV, I help clearing the backlog there all the time. Always follow the set of warnings before reporting, and when you spot some humorous vandalism, consider warning the vandal with the  template and warping their nonsense to WP:BJAODN. :-) Your userpage is very neat and clean now. What did you do to all those userboxes? I hope that you donated them to some Australian charity institution. Platypuses for instance are in great need for userboxes, we gotta help them. Speaking about userpages, recently I created a Wikipedia Office Tower on my userpage, it helps me with all the shortcuts. I secretly hope to be plagiarized. I'm glad you dropped by, Dfrg. :-) Best regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  00:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * PS: Meanwhile, a vandal did this to my talk page. The best vandalism I've seen so far. :-)


 * My cigarette carton wasn't deleted, it was transfered to Commons, so that all Wikimedia sister projects may benefit from it. :-)

Being an admin is alright, at least I feel much better now that I don't have to report vandals to AIV and wait sometimes half an hour for them to be blocked. Hey, why don't you try popups? It's a good tool for fighting vandals. Cheers.-- Hús  ö  nd  01:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC) PS:How did you find out that I have a sister? I have a whole set of sisters as a matter of fact. One thing that I've learned in this life is never go shopping with women. Such precious knowledge should be on Wikipedia actually.

Well, maybe we can create an award with the cigarette carton man (and his dog). :-) WP:POPUPS are easy to install and enable you many actions by simply having your mouse on a wikilink. You may e.g. see a diff without having to open it, and promptly revert it with a single click. Very handy, you should try it. :-) Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  03:04, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, women + shopping = uncontrolled sobbing. I'll see how long this lasts. I'll find Ciggy a use somewhere, I swear. Talk to you soon, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 08:47, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Hehe, funny. I have found some cases of vandalism where I feel like giving the vandals a "Vandalism for dummies" book. Spammers are particularly boneheaded, sometimes adding their spam link and writing something like "adding a link to my website" in the edit summary. You'll laugh your teeth off many times to come. :-) Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  00:10, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * As a matter of fact, earlier today I was thinking of creating an image for a "Vandalism for dummies". Cool tips! :-) Cheers.-- Hús  ö  nd  05:07, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Pointless Userboxes
Here are some Bloody Pointless Userboxes, the first on was created out of necessity, because that's happening more and more. Second is a Smell funny Userbox, primarily for use on my test site and WP:VPP. The third, is a protest to the uncontrollable tide of stupid, meaningless ans contradictory userboxes. The forth is just because bricks are funny. Dfrg.m s c 1. 2 . 3 10:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I did it
 Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  09:26, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Good for you Culverin. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 21:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * You can now, or after a bit of time, hopefully build templates for article space, templates are a really good way of expressing data on Wikipedia. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 04:44, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Help me wikifarther.  Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  09:23, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, a line after the image, going vertically? Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 09:30, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * How about this? Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 09:42, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * A userbox style line after the picture? Can it be done?  Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  11:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikitruth
Yup, I know. They're sometimes amusing folk (although I don't think useful ideas/criticism comes from their corner very often), and I keep an eye on them. I'm also in their mailbag area once or twice, I think. Take care. --Improv 16:54, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

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re: Vandalism
Hey Defrag, no worries. It was particularly uncreative vandalism, so he probably could pick up a few pointers from you guys... I still think the best vandalism I have ever found is this. Heh. Anyway, take care :) riana_dzasta 09:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Funny, and very, very disruptive. Perfect vandalism. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 08:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Your Request for Work
Want work? You got it! I got all the information you need to work on F-Zero! —FullMetal Falcon 01:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool, I'll do some on that. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 08:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Merry Thanksgiving
 Thanks


 * Use it. Don't abuse it! 09:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow. Three Thank you's. No problems mate. Anytime. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 10:33, 24 November 2006 (UTC)


 * If you don't have turkey in Aussiland, what do you have, kangaroo perhaps? ;-) | A ndonic O Talk 10:44, 24 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I love to thank. Well anyway I got vandalised three times in the last hour.  WOOHOO.  People notice me.  I am nearly catching up to you.  Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  10:45, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow. Three Times. That's quite impressive. You should report to WP:AIV. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 10:53, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I am so bloody angry about these two vandals. See here. WP:AIAV  Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  10:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Categories requiring templates
I'll ask around. I don't do much with categories myself. Take care. --Improv 10:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanksgiving
Thanks for wishing me a Happy Thanksgiving (although in Portugal there's no such thing)! :-) We just had our Magusto so here's some chestnuts that you can roast with whichever animal you guys roast in Australia. :-) Happy Thanksgiving! Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  16:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Thanksgiving isn't celebrated down here either (too busy watching The Ashes). But it's Wikipedia so who cares! Your holidays are fascinating, all we have is "bludgings day" and "lets not go to work day". I got hit by the Vandalism paradox (the changing my vandalism count from 4 to 5), quite good. That'll go in the book. Same guy or just like mined do you think? Perhaps my big ol' Vandalism box provokes the little blighter's. Anyway, Wikipedia has reached 1,500,000 articles, so I'm currently wearing a lampshade on my head and listening to On The Road Again by Willie Nelson. And it's only 9:30 in the morning. Wooohoo! Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . 3 22:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Another thanksgiving
A happy thanksgiving to you as well, may your leftovers not rot hastily. Rever e ndG 23:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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Calling Dfrg.msc
You are called to support a Strategy Games wiki-project that i feel that you would be very interested in. Look it up in the wiki-project proposal center. - --Darkfox123 09:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks mate, let's hope it gets off the ground. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 11:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Strategy Games
Hi Dfrg.msc. Thanks for voting for the WikiProject I proposed; I just finished making a "draft" of the page. It still needs to be organised; you can help if you want. I'll be deleting the proposal soon, as it's no longer a proposal. | A ndonic O Talk 13:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the shortcut Dfrg. And good luck with the AMA too! | A ndonic O</b> <i style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Tan;">Talk</i> 01:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for signing my autograph book as well. | <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:black;">A</b> ndonic <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:Black; font-size:small;">O</b> <i style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Tan;">Talk</i> 02:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I thought so too. Oh well, we'll never know... | <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:black;">A</b> ndonic <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:Black; font-size:small;">O</b> <i style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Tan;">Talk</i> 00:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dfrg.msc! I just wanted to tell you that the userbox has been proposed. You can suggest improvements here. | <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:black;">A</b> ndonic <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:Black; font-size:small;">O</b> <i style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Tan;">Talk</i> 00:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and while you're at it, you can vote on the first Collaboration for the project as well. | <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:black;">A</b> ndonic <b style="font-family:Papyrus; color:Black; font-size:small;">O</b> <i style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:Tan;">Talk</i> 00:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

New WP:ER image
Pretty cool stuff! riana_dzasta 16:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know, the purple question mark thingies used to piss me off too ;) Thanks for the flowers! riana_dzasta 05:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the AMA
Hello Dfrg.msc. I am Wikiwoohoo, deputy co-ordinator of the AMA. I wanted to extend my thanks to you for joining the AMA. Just a note, the association's current meeting is now on at AMA Meeting/December 2006. If you would like to comment on any of the ongoing discussion then you are very welcome to. I hope to see you around. Wikiwoohoo 18:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
I would like to thank you for reviewing me on my editor review as well. I'd try to improve myself in these categories until my most-likely future RfA.  Michaelas10   (Talk)   13:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded. I appreciate your support. Many times I've seen you reverting vandalism and I also want to thank you for the hard work you do. Thanks again! =) -- Gogo Dodo 22:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Re your message: Wow, you're on dial-up? I didn't realize that.  That makes your contributions all the more impressive with the speed that some of these vandals operate at.  I've got a lot to read up on before I try out these new buttons (seeing "Delete" on the main page just plain frightens me).  See you around! =) -- Gogo Dodo 05:22, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

why revert?
Regarding your revert. I'd like an explanation for it, as I was quoting from a source which I have cited. Was this an RC patrol gone wrong? Hkelkar 00:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That's cool man. Put it out of your mind. Hkelkar 01:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

NYPD Page
Dfrg.msc,

I don't want to get into an edit war. You reverted my edit on the NYPD page. I am willing to discuss the part about changing on his wedding day to in front of a stip club. However, can we both agree that the phrase ''The popo is a no go. Fo Shizzle.'' --Zippy1981 00:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

How about changing the sentence to ''On November 25, 2006 police officers shot and killed an unarmed man outside of the Kalua Cabaret in Jamacia, Queens. The man was attending his bachelor party the night before his wedding.''

Also, why do you want to keep the phrase "the popo is a nogo". --Zippy1981 01:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Um????
Why did you revert a change I made to my OWN user page???-FateSmiled&amp;DestinyLaughed 01:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's cool. Actually, I was a little hostile-seeming.  I was just confused, haha. -FateSmiled&amp;DestinyLaughed 01:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm back!
Thanks for noticing my Wikibreak. As you can see, I'm back and I might just drop by your editor review. Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  01:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I left you a review. :-) Thanks for the userboxes/Happy Birthday Susan cake. I went to the highlands so I could not bring you sand. Here's some fog instead. :-) Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  02:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Portugal has highlands? OMG LOLZ.   Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  03:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * You might want to cut down the msn language! Drizzt   J  a  m  o  22:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Lemme get this straight
If I have  on my userpage, does that mean you will automatically dislike me as well? (I refer you to the word 'mutual', and its connotations). I await your response to this very important and non-trivial question. riana_dzasta 02:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol! Fair enough. I wouldn't put it on my page anyway, I don't dislike or resent you (much). riana_dzasta 03:44, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks!
You were one of the people who congratulated me on my 2 year adminship anniversary. I very much enjoyed watching the images and reading the heartwarming messages I got. My thanks go out to all of you. (If you want to see what other people posted, you can still see it on my talk page. I won't archive it before January.) - Mgm|(talk) 12:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism warning
Hello, Dfrg.msc. I've just gotten a vandalism warning on my talk page from you. Would you mind explaining what it's for? Robotman1974 00:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, no worries. Robotman1974 00:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Back
Thank you for taking care of my user page whilst I was gone. I am back now, but will still need a lot of recovery time, so I may not be fully contributing for a while but I will come on wiki sometimes. Thanks.  Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  03:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No problems mate, just focus on getting better eh? Cheers, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 04:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

My birthday
Thank you for the cool message and the cake. I hope my birthday goes as well as you would have it! Thanks again! PS: That cake is GONE sson!! t e  h   tennis  man  13:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem Susan. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 07:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup tags
Hi, best not to subst: these. Se WP:SUBST for detail. Rgds Rich Farmbrough, 22:59 8 December 2006 (GMT).

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Inappropriate deletion
Hi. All due respect but the headless chicken question was legit and should not have been deleted. Coincidentally, we are discussing setting proposed deletion policy on the RD here. Your input is welcomed. --Justanother 03:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem! Thanks for the cool attitude. --Justanother 03:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I am alive (metaphorically)
Thanks for warm messages. Yes I live. I am feeling a lot better. I have been getting reacquainted with little old thing called computer gaming so things are good. I have also been doing a bit of anti-vandalism lately. Its good to here your Tau are nearly up and going. I will be attending the meeting on Friday so I would like to see them. Have you painted them yet? Best regards.  Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  09:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * WOW So many battlesuits! Thats excellent you are nearly ready to play. All you need are 12-20 fire warriors I suppose and you can begin. Tau are are great force for destroying space marines and imperials.  I really need to paint my guys.  All I need is some paint.

A level 17 city is great. I love playing and building nothing but strelets (I love those little guys). My favourite civ would be Britain though, is the lv17 city death match or supremacy? I have seen my email. Good work.  Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  07:02, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * My injurys are fine. All I have at the current time is a broken leg.  Tomorrow I am getting it replastured with a proper cast which should be good.  Now only seven weeks of having to use crutches and not being able to swim, and slowly going insane. hahaha, ka?   Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  07:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Revelations aye? Alright Whos getting the gender change? Anyway, I got my stylish new cast (Its blue!). Dont you worry about my noggin let me worry about blank, the docter says that my cast might come off in another four weeks so thats great.  Well I am looking forward to the meeting.  I have a lv 15 city in AOE3. I fully pwned Spain.  Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  05:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It isnt a party without your "special brew".  Culv  e  rin  ?   Talk  06:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting


Thank you for voting in my RfA which at 51/20/6 unfortunately did not achieve consensus. In closing the nomination, Essjay remarked that it was one of the better discussed RfAs seen recently and I would like to thank you and all others who chose to vote for making it as such. It was extremely humbling to see the large number of support votes, and the number of oppose votes and comments will help me to become stronger. I hope to run again for adminship soon. Thank you all once more. Wikiwoohoo 19:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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Admin coaching, etc.
Are you ready to get started?

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Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.

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In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.

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Ceyockey RfA
A generic but nonetheless warm "thank you" for your support in my RfA. I'm glad that you affirmed Radiant's nomination and I'll be measured in my use of the cleaning closet's contents. As an aside, it is fortunate that the Spiderman outfit I wore as a youngster was not a creation of Edna's, otherwise I might still have the couture to scale the Reichstag at hand. User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 00:36, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Adoptee Culverin
Hi Dfrg, just been sorting through the WP:ADOPT categories and noticed that Culverin is still an adoptee of yours. Culverin has now got over 1000+ edits and is adopting himself - so it is probably time to let them go. I will be creating some new templates along the lines of: This user if a former adoptee of..., and This user was a former adopter of ..., which you may want to use instead. Cheers Lethaniol 16:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Can I take my lava lamp and assortment of best hits by Eric Clapton?  Culv e  rin  ?   Talk  23:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * No I am afraid Culverin, you will have to leave them, and brave the big bad Wikipedia alone. Lol.


 * Seriously though - there is no limit to how many edits your adoptees can have before you may want to "let them go". I suppose IMHO once a user gets over 500 edits I would think about ending adoption, so to allow my adoptee the ability to adopt. See the criteria at WP:ADOPT. To prevent the adoption process just becoming a club, where a load of mates just adopt one another, adoptees should not adopt. Of course it up to each adoptee/adopter to make their own decision, and I think even though an adoption has finished it certainly won't stop either an adoptee or adopter asking the other for help. As said above I hope to make some templates above for the like e.g. This user is a former adoptee/adopter of ....


 * Anyway keep up the good work with your adoptions. Check out the Adopter's area of Adopt-a-user pages, and I will see you around. Cheers Lethaniol 15:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * In fact someone was making just the sort of userbox I was talking about see Template:AdopteeGrad. Lethaniol 20:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh and just created Template:AdopterProud - though it might need rewording. Enjoy - good luck with editor review. Lethaniol 00:15, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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I was wondering if you would just take a look at the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! page that you have recently edited. There is a small dispute over some of the editing going on and I was wondering if you could take a look at the history of the page which should explain the situation. I find that some of the information that a user is constantly reverting back to is bias and un-sourced. The history of the page should explain what is in dispute. Many Thanks Eagle Owl

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 * Largo: Thanks Culverin, you hardly need to sign, who else would it be? Were only up to the third day. What happened next? When was the first admin created? Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 21:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

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At User:The Transhumanist/Virtual classroom/Budgiekiller, on vandalism (eom)  Th e Tr ans hu man ist   10:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks mate, sorry I had to move your title, it made my Contents box huge. Cheers, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 05:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I would just like to say thank you for your advice. It has been helpful and I do still think that some of the information is bias. For example :“But for many the real revelation of the series was Paul Burrell, who, after being slated by the press, proved his worth in the eyes of many.”(This may not have been the real revelation for many. It is also un-sourced.) “Series five was in many ways a rather average series.” (It may have been the best series for some), “and even more surprise when Matt Willis won.” (for some it may not have been a surprise at all, in theory for most, seeing as he got the most votes from the people, it would not have been a surprise.) “Some press coverage speculated just how close his relationship with Linda Barker was.” - this is un-sourced. Also user User:DukeBoy78 is reverting back to previous versions even though you have made some edits. Is this right?

I just don’t think that some of the changes are good enough for Wikipedia. (Because of the bias and un-sourced information and slang words like spats and slated by the press.) Again, Many Thanks, 13:10, 18 December 2006 (UTC) Eagle Owl

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clean up and re-categorisation per CFD using AWB on Canid hybrid page
G'day Dfrg.msc. Please help me. I saw your AWB edit on the Canid hybrid page (19:56, 19 December 2006), which removed three underscores. But I cannot see any re-categorisation as per the edit summary. I took the liberty of sussing out the AWB tool, which dictates "Avoid making insignificant minor edits such as ... removing underscores from links ... or something equally trivial.". I also looked at the CFD page, but could not find any mention of the Canid hybrid page.

Have I missed something? Please reply on this page. Gordon | Talk, 12:01, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * As you request: Help with what? An explication for my actions? We'll:


 * It was quite a minor edit and I should have specified thus
 * The auto-edit summary was clean up and re-categorisation per CFD in the stead of Removal of blank space and/or a minor clean up, sorting ect.
 * I was careless and thought the edit was doing more, and I am familiar with the AWB usage requirements.
 * Hope that helps. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 01:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * No worries. You've explained it quite well.  Thanks.  Gordon | Talk, 10:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your understanding and help in correcting my mistake. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 21:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: AMA Re: Anal Stretching
Hi Dfrg.msc, thank-you for your response to my AMA issue, as posted on my talk page. Note for starters that the history of the Anal Stretching article has been made available thanks to my concerns, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anal_stretching&action=history (you can find this link on the Deletion Review page in the Anal Stretching node)

Your suggestion about the article being locked for recreation, that I recreate the article on my usertalk page and then call Guy to review it, is rather problematic. Firstly, Wikipedia should be a collaborative effort, and it is unfair to ask me to rebuild an article from scratch all by myself, and, if you review the history of the article before it was up for deletion orginally, you will see that it was never that bad at all, in fact only 1 paragraph in the entire article could even be accused of being a how-to guide, and as for the bad referencing, I think it just needed to have a small referencing cleanup -- I was all for amendment as opposed to deletion.

Let me conclude with these two points and please let me know your response:
 * Surely Guy's decision to lock the article from recreation is unfair -- I remain fully reasonable and don't think I abused the recreation process -- but if I did I was unawares. The article should be unlocked so that multiple users can try recreate the article, not just me. When the article was up for deletion debate, at least one user said that Anal Stretching seems like a legit concept that could be referenced properly, i.e. the article should exist, just properly.
 * Aside from the recreation lock being unilateral and inappropriate, I would value your opinion -- looking at how the article looked before deletion -- on whether there was good grounds to delete the article to begin with. Maybe I am ignorant on deletion policy, but I currently insist the article just needed to be amended, not deleted, even if it was left as a stub. Deletion is a lazy solution to an article problem, and it seems that many admins are just amendment-lazy, and deletion-happy. It seems some admins may be offended by the subject matter of the article -- Guy is a significant christian -- and he made a comment to another admin that "he just wanted to see the article deleted". What do you think? Maybe you can help me understand why the article needed to be deleted instead of amended. There is even a wiki template that says "this article is being cleaned up to comply with deletion debate"

That said, I thank you for your input whenever you are ready.

I am in no mood to re-research an article that was nearly good before it was deleted. That's just stupid.

Rfwoolf 02:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll thank you for being highly professional about this. It will make the process run much more smoothly. You remind me of me when I first joined, I really wanted to give it to those deletion-happy or as I once said: "trigger-happy deletionists". And I didn't get very far. I learnt my first and hardest lesson: Wikipedia is not a democracy.


 * However, I have to agree with you. You raise valid points which deserve to be answered:


 * Wikipedia is a collaberative effort and ideally, everyone should be able to edit it.
 * I have viewed the article and although is was not perfect, it seemed decent enough (better by far, than most articles out there).
 * Guy's decision to lock the article from recreation seems unfair, though talking to him may shed some light.
 * I see no reason for the article not to exist (first though, it needs work).
 * I'd hope that Guy's religion would not influence his decision, and I have confidence that it didn't.
 * It does not matter that the article was deleted, it can be remade very easily. Just view the source and copy it into the new article.
 * You'll find that there is no need to re-research the article, most all of it can be salvaged.
 * Also, with your permission I would like to get Guy involved in this.
 * Regards, Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 09:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, I saw your talk over at Esperanza. Perhaps you'd like to add this userbox to your userpage? ~ Feureau 08:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thankyou. Dfrg.m s c 1 . 2 . Editor Review 08:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)