User talk:Dweller/Archive2010

Username change contributions
Dweller, you changed my UN from Sanorton --> NortyNort today, thanks. All of my contributions have switched over except for a few that I did after you made the change and I was still on the old UN. Whoops. Here are the edits. Can you switch them over? Thanks. --NortyNort (talk) 02:11, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no. We can't merge accounts :0( --Dweller (talk) 10:17, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you, Dweller. It has been like wrestling with a snake. :) I will move the source closer to the text, and will find a source for "for the most part silent" or remove it. All the best to you for the new year and decade! SlimVirgin  TALK  contribs 16:34, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion for Juliancolton RfB
A bureaucrat discussion has been opened in order to determine the consensus in this request for adminship. Please come participate. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:58, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Zombie proxy
Hi, please can you block this IP: 80.240.177.234. It is a zombie computer. Zombie proxies Must be blocked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikieat (talk • contribs) 11:09, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

What is a Zombie Proxy
A zombie proxy is a computer IP compromised by viruses or trojains. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikieat (talk • contribs) 12:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Quiz
User:SMcCandlish/Coaching. I finally got around to filling that out, now that I have time to do admin duties on a regular basis and am considering RfA. —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 11:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm done with the surprisingly large pile of "homework" in User:SMcCandlish/Coaching, and will proceed with the RfA shortly, if you're still up for a co-nom. Thanks. :-) —  SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 17:41, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Notifying as requested: It's gone live now, at WP:Requests for adminship/SMcCandlish 2. —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 23:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Username change
Hi, I see here that you marked as done the username change from User:Welsh Nationalism Foundation to User:Siluris on Dec 30, 2009. However, as of Jan 5, 2010, the new edits by this user show under the old name, User:Welsh Nationalism Foundation, see, for example, here. Was there some kind of a technical problem with how the name change was done? Or is something else going on? Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 02:14, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Any updates on this? As of Jan 8, the user's new edits still show up in history logs under the old username, e.g. here. Nsk92 (talk) 14:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, the rename worked fine . Someone has reactivated the old one. I'll block it. --Dweller (talk) 14:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Yep
Hey, yeah I did, thanks. I've had a hectic time, work's gone to rats on top of all the sadness. I'll ping you back shortly. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:15, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

its started
From the sky report, Peter Mandelson, who is widely credited with saving Mr Brown's leadership after an attempt to oust him last year, warned against "over-reacting" to the move.

"It is not led by members of the Government. No one has resigned from the Government," a spokesman for the Business Secretary said.

John Mann MP: 'This Attempt Has Got No Support'

"The Prime Minister continues to have the support of his colleagues and we should carry on government business as usual."

One of Mr Brown's closest Cabinet allies, Schools Secretary Ed Balls, told Sky News Mr Hewitt and Mr Hoon's attempt was a "damp squib".

"I have a lot of respect for Pat and Geoff but they're not speaking for the vast majority of the PLP and certainly not the Cabinet.

"The Cabinet is united behind Gordon Brown."

Children's Secretary Ed Balls: 'Cabinet Fully Behind Brown'

Health Secretary Andy Burnham also backed Mr Brown saying: "My support remains with the Prime Minister.

"I do not support the secret ballot."

He told Sky News that Mr Hoon and Ms Hewitt had "misread the mood" in the party.

Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward told Sky News he was "astonished" at the ex-ministers' attempt to create "a school-party debate".

And Mr Hoon's successor as Chief Whip, Nick Brown, said there was "no significant support for this unhelpful gesture from ex-ministers."

He added: "The whips are united behind the Prime Minister and the Cabinet." Off2riorob (talk) 16:46, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Info for you
This site gives evidence of the zombie proxy. --Wikieat (talk) 19:29, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

A
So you're cool -- I was primarily targeting those comments that did veer.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 15:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me
Hi, and thank you for changing my user name for me. You are very nice !! Thanks much, CoderCat (talk) 02:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
86.150.95.77 (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

And another thank you
Hello Dweller. Thank you for semi-protecting the Actor article. The ongoing blanking is annoying and it will be nice to not have to deal with it for awhile. I noticed that you noted the semi-protection on the talk page but I was wondering if you wanted to put the protection template (the cute little lock) on the main page? If not don't worry about it and thanks again for taking care of this and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 15:29, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for the note. I spotted your comment at an IP talk page, which is what alerted me. I'm not a big fan of the padlock icon for semi protection - I think most IPs and new editors would either not see it or not know what it is - but if you'd like, there's nothing to stop you from adding it yourself! I certainly wouldn't take umbrage. Cheers. --Dweller (talk) 15:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that you are right about it going unnoticed. Not only that but when the semi expires the icon often does not get removed. Cheers back at ya. MarnetteD | Talk 17:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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PROD
I assume that you object to the deletion of my talkpage then? ;) Thanks! ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  constablewick  ─╢ 12:06, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Deleting/Restoring an article takes "only a few seconds"
Re: the discussion on Tammy Jennings, while I can understand that deleting an article takes only a few seconds, I'd appreciate knowing how restoring a deleted article takes only a few seconds. How does one obtain the text of a deleted article? Thanks. cojoco (talk) 21:10, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * All admins can see the edit history of deleted articles. From that page, it's a simple matter to restore all or some of those revisions. It really does take just a moment. --Dweller (talk) 21:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This does seem a bit admin-centric. If a normal user creates an article, which later gets deleted, it is actually quite a lot of work for them to get it re-started again should the subject become notable again, especially including the amount of discussion that is likely to be necessary before anything happens. cojoco (talk) 05:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I do take your point, but in practice, a note to an admin is sufficient. WP:DRV is the bureaucratic option, but that's only needed to overturn an incorrect decision, not to restore an article which will be different because either circumstances have changed or a bunch of RS have been found. --Dweller (talk) 10:08, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to recover the text of the deleted article Australian Protectionist Party which I created? I don't disagree with its deletion as it's definitely not notable, so it shouldn't be back in the article space, but I'd like to have some record of it in my sandbox, if that's OK.  Thanks. cojoco (talk) 23:38, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD?
Apologies... I suppose we could have avoided misunderstanding with regards to this issue by clarifying things first. I tagged it originally for AfD but was declined by Bearian who promptly converted it to PROD, that's why I kept to it until you change it. But the page starter came back with a sock and removed the template and I've been having trouble stopping this troll from further mischief. Thoughts? See also this → Sockpuppet investigations/Scania N113. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 13:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

RfA
It seem that you're one of the few 'crats uninvolved here. Interested? hydnjo (talk) 22:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, done by Avi. hydnjo (talk) 02:08, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Requests_for_comment/Biographies_of_living_people
Just seeking clarification, you have put a comment on this proposal in the Neutral section, but it is labelled "oppose". Did you intend to have your comment in the neutral or oppose section?--- Balloonman  NO! I'm Spartacus! 23:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I am stupid sometimes. Looks like someone (you?) fixed it. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 09:21, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Retiring
Hi mate,

Retiring for good now, I'm afraid. Could you possibly see your way to deleting everything in my userspace for me, if you get a minute?

Cheers, – Cliftonian the orangey bit 09:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Cheers pal. I've left email enabled, in case I am required. I'll still be lurking around until 11 April, when I hope to get LTFC on the main page for the club's 125th anniversary. I've enjoyed my time on Wikipedia, but I just don't think it'll be something I'll be able to contribute to much from Zim. – Cliftonian the orangey bit 10:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * To Dweller and all football-loving talk page lurkers....Arsenal F.C. is at Featured article review/Arsenal F.C./archive1. Bit like eating green vegetables really :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:09, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Category intersection
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Sockpuppets
See my post on User talk:Tnxman307. I've solved the sockpuppet puzzle for you and I've informed Wikipedia via Tnxman where all this goes from here. For the last two years I have had to put up with harrassment and defamation, not to mention an anonymous letter sent to my wife, when all I wanted to do was get on with writing about sports history. The so-called administrators on the site have been told more than once about the Daft/Tillman/Gall scenario and failed to take adequate action until I took matters into my own hands. As JH says on WT:CRIC, the whole thing stinks. --86.148.207.61 (talk) 07:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I would like to return the compliment to User:Eustress by nominating him as a sock puppet master but I don't seem be able to activate the process. I wonder if you would care to oblige?  I have set up a temporary page at User talk:86.148.207.61 which contains my evidence including diffs.  I think it just needs 86.148.207.61 to be replaced by Eustress in the two main headings.
 * By "sheer coincidence" I see his alter ego User:Derek.cashman retired from the site only yesterday. The main IP address used by Eustress/Cashman is 99.156.92.12 (see also the link below) and he has maliciously used others including 85.210.83.167, 88.109.8.46, 85.210.127.158 and 212.139.99.159.
 * I would point out that the evidence found by User:Nev1 and reported on WT:CRIC indicates that OM was never used maliciously, while DM was only introduced recently as a fresh start after the HughGal fiasco was brought to a climax. OM was itself a fresh start after my argument with Eustress in Dec 2008, which pissed me off completely at the time.
 * So, while I have used alternate accounts to "hide" or for a change of scene (per the two I temporarily had in 2006/7 or whenever), Eustress is using his other accounts maliciously and is acting out of pure spite. If you see the December 2008 edits on this page and look at this GAN review you will be able to follow Eustress easily enough to the point where he gave himself away by writing to WT:CRIC, though Nev1 deleted his post there.
 * For some more history, see this ANI topic.
 * Much obliged and sorry if my problems have caused you any problems. --86.148.207.61 (talk) 10:30, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

RfA
Thank you for the thoughtful close and feedback.--otherlleft 12:21, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikitables
"Loathe" is a pretty strong word. As the one responsible for that new format, I'd appreciate more info in an attempt to improve it. Is it the visual format that gets you, or is it too complicated, or nonsensical...or? Thanks - Frank  |  talk  13:29, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not that particular one, it's all wikitables. They terrify me with their strange floating inexplicable | signs and random dashes. Of course, they're a necessary result of the shortcomings of wikimarkup (ie extraordinarily not userfriendly and very far from WISYWIG) but they are horrid for all but the most conversant in their use. --Dweller (talk) 13:33, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough assessment; that new format wasn't the easiest to devise. I hoped the use of a template for each row largely masked that but it's true I didn't put the wikimarkup for the row begin and end inside the template. On the other hand, I think it can be said that table formatting in HTML itself is no less dense but we do still manage to get some pretty complex things going, especially in footer templates all over the place here, so...whaddyagonnado? :-) Anyway, if you think of an improvement, I'd certainly like to hear it. Your comment was the first unsolicited one since I made that change months ago. The solicited ones were approving but I only asked a few folks. Frank  |  talk  13:55, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

It's not too bad, the way you've done it, and it does add functionality. "It's not you, it's me". Cheers. --Dweller (talk) 14:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Gilead Sher
Hey Dweller, The guy who edited this article has contacted me through the OTRS mailbox. After explaining the CC-BY-SA license he sent me an e-mail from Gilad Sher approving that all content that appeared in the Tel-Aviv university website is his and that he releases the content under CC-BY-SA license. I would appreciate if you could undelete old revisions as well as the talk page so i can add the relevant template. Tomer A. 18:12, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * ahm... don't know if you missed this. Tomer A. 08:11, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, saw it, but just busy. I'll get to it. --Dweller (talk) 11:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure, np. Tomer A. 15:58, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

E-mail
Hi Dweller. A mail is on its way to you shortly. Title is "WP Question" in case it is caught by your spam filter. --86.140.216.50 (talk) 19:11, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your response to articles you are interested in referencing
Thank you for your response to articles you are interested in referencing. 

this first run there were only 3 editors who responded. The next newsletter this form will be more prominent, and we will hopefully get more editors to respond.

Once we get more respondents, then we will try to match articles tagged for rescue, with your specific interest, so you can reference those articles. Okip (the new and improved Ikip) 09:37, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I couldn't get the tool to work properly. Can lines be deleted? --Dweller (talk) 09:39, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Catsup
Hey. How's it going? Just wanted to alert you to my latest fad. My sandbox is full of refs and I'm definitely taking it on as a labour of love. They have a cemetery in Ilford where some of the hero animal-chaps are buried. I'm going to do what I can do get down there to see it. You should read some of their of stories, okay so it's nothing ultra-amazing, but for pigeons, dogs, cats and horses, they did a pretty good job. All okay with you? Best we don't talk football right now.... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not bad, just busy. Your team seems to be winning an occasional game. Not bad, considering no-one's spent loads of money on the players. Oh.. sorry, I hadn't noticed. --Dweller (talk) 11:36, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, I've been waiting for that... I hate to say it, but you were right... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:38, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Crat mailing list
Just a reminder that there was something you wanted to talk to me about. WJBscribe (talk) 23:31, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Add a "public interest" clause to Oversight
A proposal to add a "public interest" clause to Oversight has started at Wikipedia_talk:Oversight.  SilkTork  *YES! 10:27, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Content
I would disagree -- my comments were made without malice and were focused on the content of your post, rather than you. After re-reading my post, I could not find aggression towards anything but what I perceived as your misleading content -- but that's me. Perhaps a re-read of it for you (keeping my intentions in mind) will provide a perception of less aggression -- perhaps it won't. Either way, I apologize for any social inflammation I caused but maintain my dispute with your comments.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 14:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Needed Consensus on the Genesis creation myth page
Being a latecomer to the article, I'm unclear exactly who is committed to the article and what they are committed to. I've heard a good deal from those in favor of the "myth" title, but not so much from those opposed. Eactly WHAT would be needed for a consensus title before you would be comfortable making improvements to the article? Please let me know on my talk page. Thanks.EGMichaels (talk) 12:24, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
 * 1) Proposal to Close This RfC
 * 2) Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip  02:16, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure...
... that this is the link you want? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:44, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That's the only bare URL left, pointing at Phil Neale. I imagine you'd like it to point at the Cricinfo bio for Elli?  The Rambling Man (talk) 11:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

BJ
I did make a post about him on WT:CRIC although nobody said anything  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  07:06, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Relevant?
1978? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Definitely! And it'll almost certainly link to some mention in the relevant Wisden's schools coverage. Great to have you on board. --Dweller (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nice to be here. There doesn't appear to be anything on Wikipedia vis-a-vis the Wetherall awards.  Any clue as to whether it's really a notable award?  The senior all-rounder award seems to have been given to some prominent chaps... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Never heard of it! --Dweller (talk) 15:49, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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Request for help
I am will shortly be posting to WP:AN with the request below. Any support would be appreciated.

Request to WP:AN
"I would like to take the article History of logic to FA. I have already sought input from a number of contributors and have cleared up the issues raised (I am sure there are more).  I wrote nearly all of the article using different accounts, as follows:


 * User:Peter Damian (old)
 * User:HistorianofLogic
 * User:Logicist
 * User:Here today, gone tomorrow
 * User:Renamed user 4

I would like to continue this work but I am frustrated by the zealous activity of User:Fram who keeps making significant reverts, and blocking accounts wherever he suspects the work of a 'banned user'. (Fram claims s/he doesn't understand "the people who feel that content is more important than anything else").

Can I please be left in peace with the present account to complete this work. 'History of logic' is a flagship article for Wikipedia, and is an argument against those enemies who claim that nothing serious can ever be accomplished by the project". Logic Historian (talk) 10:01, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm back
Had this maddening urge to do a List of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean football champions since I got off the bleedin' plane! – Cliftonian the orangey bit 19:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I was missed then, I take it! ;) – Cliftonian the orangey bit 16:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Wally Hammond...
is at FAC. I have massaged the prose a bit but might need some more eyes. Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:40, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll take a look, thanks. --Dweller (talk) 17:10, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the copy-edits so far, it's a big help. One query: you linked M.C.C. in the "first years with Gloucestershire" section. It is already linked in the lead, does it still need linking in this section? I generally don't bother as there's lots that comes up a few times. But I could be wrong, so I thought I'd check! Cheers. --Sarastro1 (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, when I've worked on FAs, we normally have linked the first instance in the lead and the first instance in the body copy. Happy for you to revert it though. Glad to help. --Dweller (talk) 14:08, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I intend on putting it up for FAC again. If you are carrying on with the copy edit (which would be very useful!), I'll wait till you're done (and I think YM is having another look too) and do another tidy up myself. I think it needs shortening, so I might take out some content to make new articles. If you have any other suggestions for it, apart from copy edits, I'd be glad to hear them. I think readability may be an issue in places. Thanks again. --Sarastro1 (talk) 21:30, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think it's four weeks, so there's plenty of time to work on it. I think it might need it! --Sarastro1 (talk) 22:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Shahidul Islam
Hi. You (and then I) seem to have stumbled into a bit of edit warring over this unreffed cricket BLP. There's a journalist of the same name, which is why you couldn't find any cricket connection when you looked. I've now created a separate Shahidul Islam (cricketer) page, but fell foul of someone's bot when I tried to rename the journalist page as well. It can probably stay as I've left it, but I thought you with your admin hat on would be able to sort it if it's not quite right. Cheers. Johnlp (talk) 21:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note (and work). I can't work out what happened but it looks OK now. Do you agree? --Dweller (talk) 10:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think it's fine. Someone else with admin powers went in and tidied after I'd gone as far as I could, so it actually looks like a small oasis of logic now. The articles, mind you, are still pretty grim. But then someone who played one fc match in Bangladesh eight years ago is unlikely to be a priority, except to his mum. Thanks. Johnlp (talk) 10:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Ellison
Added the stats over the weekend, and now I think you've got at least a DYK-able article there, having been expanded by about a factor of eight. Not sure for featured though unless someone can get hold of a picture of him. Any ideas? Perhaps email him at school? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:09, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Go for DYK! White man Afro hooping ball round corners? Photos - we could try a Flickr crawl, or maybe emailing the great man himself, via the school? --Dweller (talk) 10:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll drop him an e. Want to take a squint at Flickr? --Dweller (talk) 10:30, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I did the flickr thing a few days ago, no joy. As for DYK, got any really nice hooks out of this? The Rambling Man (talk) 13:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK that Richard Ellison, became "an unlikely hero, with a white man's Afro" for "hooping the ball around corners" during the 1985 Ashes series? Or does it need to be more explanatory? --Dweller (talk) 14:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

3rd Battalion 3rd Marines
Made major cuts per WP:Recentism on 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines. The history section is currently 3,988 words. 2,160 of them deal with 1942-1969 and 1,820 of them deal with 1969-2009. Palm_Dogg (talk) 17:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

As of 1936
Why not? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:21, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Tiger
Found some more pics of him sans bald head. Will add. Unfortunately some of the old pics don't cut it with the stricter understanding of copyright nowadays  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  06:51, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for everything, especially your patience
Hi Dweller. As you can see, I have returned. I'm going to have a think about what I want to do and I may decide to make a fresh start, but I'll let you know. For the time being, I'll just work through my watchlist. Once again, thanks for everything. Jack | talk page 22:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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Here we go again
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An overdue barnstar
Thank you very much! --Dweller (talk) 08:28, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you! Although I think you were far more deserving of praise and barnstars. --Dweller (talk) 08:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Build Africa
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 * Yes indeed, thank you. They're an excellent, efficient charity, quietly doing amazing things in rural Africa. --Dweller (talk) 08:35, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

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Welcome back, April 23 and all that...
See this?. Oh, and well done to your budgies, deserved it, played a great season. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:50, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * And on a "work" related note, your input would be valued at Featured list candidates/List of Jewish Nobel laureates/archive1... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Update of the budgie png? I don't see why not.  I'd need to locate the source data once again... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:30, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Silly
It would be great if you could comment here if it is still open for comment. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 18:11, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Normally, I'd agree with you...
But the only reason those passages of cited material haven't been deleted yet is because, likely, few people who aren't Norwich City fans have ever visited that article, and the aforementioned NPOV material has never been contested by people with differing, or more neutral, viewpoints. 99.234.182.107 (talk) 19:22, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * You're not "contesting it" you're simply deleting it without reason. How curious.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

It's cited from a reliable source. But I'm glad you're discussing it. Welcome to Wikipedia. Grab a username - they're free of charge and take about a minute to do. It'll make communicating with you much easier. --Dweller (talk) 20:22, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Wilfred Rhodes
Sarastro has put it up  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  07:54, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Renaming my username
I was considering changing my name to Eddie The Wonder Dog, but my brother stole the name and vandalized wikipiedia. Due to the fact he used my computer, my IP addrress was blocked including my user name and i was in trouble becuase people felt it might be Socket puppetry. Do you think that if i changed my name to Eddie Da Wonder Dog will it lead to trouble? Also if i change my name, will I still be identified as the same user?--JDDJS (talk) 22:11, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello. Just file your request at WP:CHU, but bear in mind it is easier to get an unused username than to usurp one that's been taken. Even so magnificent a name as Eddie The Wonder Dog. --Dweller (talk) 21:33, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Linear castle
An article that you have been involved in editing, Linear castle, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/. Thank you.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Nev1 (talk) 14:14, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Porcupine Mentorship
Hello,

One of the editors that you were a mentor to some time ago might be reverting back into the pre-mentorship state.

Could you look at his recent behavior with respect to user:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). There was a disagreement about something or other and then Porcupine|Treasury Tag started nominating user:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) images for deletion and moved on to other rudeness and aggression, , ,.

I'm not asking you to intervene, but could you compare his current behavior to the behavior that was responsible for the one month block he got before the mentorship and if you think he is starting to go back to the dark side, could you leave him a note to remind him of the old days when he brought happiness, joy, love, and benevolence to Wikipedia?

Thanks, Uncle Uncle Uncle Uncle uncle uncle 03:44, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. --Dweller (talk) 05:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. My. God. This sort of mud-digging is obscene, and I hope that you, Dweller, will thoroughly object. The accusation of harassment is entirely false and to go digging through my past is offensive and outrageous. ╟─ Treasury Tag ►  assemblyman  ─╢ 07:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Newbie wanting help with image tagging
Of the five images he'd uploaded, he'd managed to get three spot-on right by using a template which puts in plausible-sounding rationales by default (!) and I've fixed  the other two for him :) ╟─ Treasury  Tag ►  Regent  ─╢ 07:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Ping
Sent you mail, didn't expect to see you here today! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:02, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really in... just need to do a Crat action, then I'm outta here. --Dweller (talk) 11:04, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries. When you fancy it, check your mail, I suspect you can guess what it's about though... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:05, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

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Polite notice
When reverting vandalism, please do so in comprehensively NPOV way. Thanks... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:33, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Harrrumph. --Dweller (talk) 15:45, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't forget what I do to budgies... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

How are you? Not very active anymore....  YellowMonkey  ( vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll )  02:31, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

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Gosh, that's a good point you just made! I read right through that discrepancy when I posted my response, and now don't we wonder whether this is the reason the OP didn't get anywhere in days of searching via Google? :-o I especially enjoyed having the opportunity to cite Nostra Aetate, that I encountered some years ago in translating an academic paper, plus my great fondness and admiration for Pope John Paul II, "our" Polish pope. So I evidently blinked where you did not! -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 11:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hope you're well. --Dweller (talk) 11:40, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Joe Decker
Hi Dweller my oppose came in 1 minute after you closed the vote, inadvertantly. Please delete my oppose as it was after the fact and is now pointless in light of his successful bid, or add it in making the oppose total 8. Thank you...Modernist (talk) 18:46, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, no worries. Looks like it's been done. --Dweller (talk) 20:43, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Rename User:Tufche to User:Liridon
Hi Dweller I need from you to rename my Username from User:Tufche to User:Liridon, if User:Liridon is free. My main wiki is sq.wiki, before a year there I renamed username see.--Tufche 19:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Mail
Ping, you got some. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:54, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * oops. going down x3.  embarrassed by a youth team... at least you've got your season-ticketers, and Delia.... The Rambling Man (talk) 23:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I hate to pile on but in the words of Yazz and the Plastic Population ... "" ! Rambo's Revenge (talk)  23:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

It's a 100% improvement on goals scored and a 3/7 improvement on goals conceded compared to last year. Good news is, the manager has a few things to sort out. With six new boys starting, I'm not totally surprised, but we were truly dreadful in the first half. --Dweller (talk) 23:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Name move
Hi Dweller,

Thanks for moving my user name, as requested on Changing username/Simple. I notice that my contributions history has not yet updated - all my contributions are still listed under the old account. Is that as expected? Will they be moved over in due course? Muraho (talk) 07:50, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * A rough rule of thumb is that the more edits a user has, the longer it takes for them to reallocate. I've seen it take a few weeks in the past. It should go through automatically though, eventually. --Dweller (talk) 12:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see it's done now. Thanks again for your assistance. Muraho (talk) 21:34, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Lulz
Thanks for this... are you open to recall? ;-) Frank  |  talk  19:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, it gets worse. In those early Dweller edits are... an edit war. Over an Oxford comma. I remember being quite heated. Lol. --Dweller (talk) 19:56, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And which side of the fence are you on? (I'm for the serial comma myself.) Frank  |  talk  03:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm against. But I'm more against edit-warring like Dweller the Young did. --Dweller (talk) 07:24, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I, too, am for the serial comma. Makes things look nice. Sorry, Dweller, the count is now 2-1. 174.52.141.138Also 67.136.117.13223:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

BN comment
After posting my comment Bureaucrats'_noticeboard, I realized that I had missed some intervening discussion, and missed the implied "this is a section for crat reaction" until just now. So yes, after the fact I realized I should have posted higher up. Thanks for your permission to move. (The perils of trying to multi-task). Having been involved in some, um strongly worded discussions about editing the words of others, I erased your words with mild trepidation, wanting to make sure that I didn't misread. I trust if I did misunderstand your instructions you will let me know.-- SPhilbrick  T  22:36, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You did fine, thanks. --Dweller (talk) 07:23, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

NCFC pop culture section
...has recently expanded by 1KB, suggest you check its suitability... The Rambling Man (talk) 08:39, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed last night. It's unsourced, but that's fixable potentially. Worse, it doesn't really seem very encyclopedic to me. I might post to the talk page and see what consensus thinks. --Dweller (talk) 08:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Charlton Athletic F.C. 7–6 Huddersfield Town F.C.
Now look what you made me do. -- Testing times (talk) 21:47, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Chess
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Percy Barnfather
Hi Dweller

Don't suppose you have any NCFC stats for this guy.......?

Cheers, ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:54, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * He doesn't appear in the 1986 version of Canary Citizens, so I very much doubt he made any professional appearances for NCFC. Could be that the later edition has him. I'll see. --Dweller (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Joyce's book has him down as having been at the club, but maybe he never actually played -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:38, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 3–4 Manchester City F.C.
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 * btw .. I closed Articles for deletion/Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 9–1 Wigan Athletic F.C. as well, like this one it was the only AfD left in the daily list and no-one clearly fancied it. Black Kite (t) (c) 19:45, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

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RfA
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 * Done. Sorry/thanks. --Dweller (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Just popping in for my 60,000th undeleted edit
Hey, just wanted to let you know that, a little bit like Robbie and Gary, we can spend times away from each other, but ultimately, we belong together....! Anyway, I'm dedicating my 60,000th edit to you, with thanks for your support on- and off-wiki, and for being a good bloke, and for supporting the second-best team in Norfolk, and for lots of other embarrassing stuff you would rather I don't mention in this public forum. You're one in a billion. Stay that way, dude. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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(a) No football speak (b) hope all is well in your universe (c) nice to see you here, albeit to edit Ipswich hero "Gunny"'s page! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Nice to hear from you, too. I don't get much editing time these days :-( but Gunny's son, also a keeper, on NCFC's books, but playing for England - too juicy to omit! We've been playing some cracking stuff recently - I just hope no "big" clubs notice our manager is a bit of a genius. --Dweller (talk) 19:33, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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 * Hello old friend. Yes, I think that's a sensible idea. --Dweller (talk) 19:22, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * You should see what I've been trying to do recently (recent contribs) – I've wasted an awful lot of my time here recently, so it's time for me to get back to improving article space! Can't wait.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
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