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...for noticing this and reverting. :) dffgd   talk · edits  22:20, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back
I know you probably don't know who I am, but welcome back. The  Utahraptor My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 22:35, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I know who you are. Good to know you aren't fully retired. finalius? indeed! I'm back! 22:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh wait, I remember you now! Sorry, my brain's a little cloudy today. And by the way, if you want to let someone know they have new messages on your talk page, just place on the person's talk page  The   Utahraptor My mistakes; I mean, er, contributions 22:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Finalius!
So, where did your new username come from? It kind of reminds of feline + us. :P Tom my! 20:16, 16 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Er uh there's no reply. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! :| :) Tom my! 20:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Patience, my profane friend ;{).
 * Rather, it's a name based on the word "Final". Originally Finalius was just the last boss in the last level of a made up video game. Now, he is a fictional fictional character in an ongoing series a friend (who used to use Wikipedia, albeit misguidedly) and I have come up with. He's the secondary character, who is often made fun of by the successful, heptillionaire main character. However, Finalius is a master at what he does, and has a unique superpower as well. However, if anybody asks, it's my uncle's cousin's dog's middle name ;). Here's the only new, improved Finalius! 20:26, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Quite fitting for you! I think you should Huggle more, show em who's boss ! Tom my! 20:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage
Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

about tv shows
Hi finalius, I know lots about tv shows as i am a big tv watcher, particularly a watcher of animated shows. Some of my favorites include Cyberchase, which i have watched every episode of, wordgirl, what's with andy and Biz kids. I', statring to like Fetch with Ruff Ruffman. I watch lots of tv and i remember it. that's my secret. sometimes, i hear a voice that makes me think of a voice actor that i know of 9i look up voice actors), and i wonder who it is. See my Jes Brieden or Catherine Thompson on Biz Kids question for an example of a question i ask about voice confusion.  Hope this helps, 204.112.104.172 (talk) 12:36, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar, but I really didn't do much; I just shouted at the guy and let him know that we know he's a vandal and a sockpuppeteer. I hope that will shoo him away. The User:Damn cookies! account, at least, hasn't edited since I posted my tirade.

As for "hosting" the DAFT page, I don't think of myself as being in charge of the page or anything, even informally. I just stumbled upon it one day, and started adding silly titles whenever I happened upon them—and then the vandal showed up. I suppose I'm the page's busiest editor now that the creator, User:Grutness, is semi-retired. I try not to mess too much with DAFT, because I want to concentrate on content work, but it's nice to know that someone else cares about it. A. Parrot (talk) 01:08, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

More DAFT trouble
What do you think of this?
 * I don't have much time to edit right now, but please specify: what about it? Finalius  ( Shpeak? )
 * He (or she) protests innocence, but his/her history suggests otherwise. I'm not used to dealing with large-scale liars, and thought the protestations of innocence might be genuine. I wanted to see whether you thought that might be the case, since you believe you've dealt with this person before. When I looked closer at the histories of the sockpuppets, I decided that this is almost certainly just a liar. Therefore, I posted a message at User talk:Damn cookies! that expresses my waning assumption of good faith. Let's just see what he does next. A. Parrot (talk) 01:33, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey, its Blake.
Did I ever tell you that you have the same birthdate as my brother? lol Blake (Talk·Edits) 15:52, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * O RLY? ;)
 * And by the way, if you're wondering why I haven't edited any Pokemon pages in months, it's because I DO NOT wish to be spoil'd about anything about Black 'n' White Versions, on the off-chance I decide to buy them. I want it to be a secret! I haven't visited Serebii in months, either. Finalius  ( Ecru?! ) 21:05, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, thats unfortunate. See you in a few months! Blake (Talk·Edits) 21:21, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Re: WP:NTHINGS
No, there's no way that the list numbering can be maintained with it split up. That's simply a limitation of the wiki markup. What I have done is to put the original number in brackets right before. Those two items really aren't that big of a deal, though. 1985 is really quite obvious, and 2323 is really not all that funny, and should probably be deleted since it's really just repeating #42 in the original list (the number 42 has far greater significance than the number 23). But either way, people should still get it if the number before is 2323 or 323.

I think the benefits of the split sections will outweigh the minor numbering issue. Editing will be less cumbersome and faster by allowing the loading of a shorter list during the process, and there will be less chances of someone screwing up earlier entries as well. WTF? (talk) 00:09, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Re:Newest Daft Problem
I suppose I could be wrong, but it strikes me as suspicious that an IP showed up adding vandalism pages to DAFT, a project page that casual users wouldn't be likely to find. It strikes me as really suspicious that the first instance of that (in early November) was the IP's third edit, and came only two weeks after Damn cookies left DAFT alone. Even if it wasn't the same person, I didn't think it could do any harm (somebody unrelated would just look at the message and scratch their head over it), while if it was the same person I thought it might make him/her a little more uncomfortable continuing to mess with DAFT. Perhaps the accusation was unfair to Damn cookies, who has apparently stopped making troublesome edits under that account, but I didn't level the accusation against Damn cookies anyway.

In any case, three people have undone the IP's edits and he or she still won't stop. This is pretty clearly a vandal determined to add vandalism to the page in defiance of the rules. Dealing with people like this (and figuring out whether suspicious people are actually decent or just lying) is not what I'm good at, nor what I signed up for. I'll ask User:Graham87 about it; he contributes to DAFT, and he's an administrator, who did sign up for it.

As for my talk page: I'll probably archive it sometime soon, but it doesn't strike me as urgent. Some people have much longer talk pages. A. Parrot (talk) 20:15, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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