User talk:Fox/June 2008

SVG files
How do you convert something to SVG? Like, what program(s) can you use? I would be interested in converting the files in commons:Category:Signatures, but I don't know what software to use. J.d ela noy gabs analyze  03:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

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Template:LandmarkForum deletion
Please be careful when deleting templates. Template:LandmarkForum was still in use and should not have been deleted. Don't trust people to tag things correctly. --- RockMFR 23:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Second round of WikiCup

 * SoxBot II (talk) 23:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Did you get the file?
Have you completed the image yet?

What's up?

The Transhumanist 00:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

re: Userpage
You're most welcome. On the other hand, I'm mildly pissed that you did apparently only look at the design and not read e.g. the last point here: "Yes, this pseudo-tabbed page design you see here is my original creation. I developed it from a variant of User:Phaedriel's page. You're most welcome to take what you need. If you feel like it, you can then make me even happier by including some sort of credit somewhere on your page. For a modified formatting which makes extensive use of transcluded subpages, see User:The Transhumanist." — Let me know if and when you need any formatting help. Better yet, ask TTH, he's a real wikicoding genius. dorftrottel (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 22:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Back to the drawing board
It appears the globe stand was from a copyrighted image.

This means we're back to square one.

We need to either find another globe stand, or come up with a new idea altogether for the "Wikipedia World Traveler" award.

I look forward to any ideas you might have.

The Transhumanist 01:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Agazio & Luigi 28
Hi WBOSITG, I've seen that Agazio has been confirmed as a PIO sock. What about Luigi 28, if I may ask? Agazio's remarks in his request for unblock seem pretty conclusive to me that Agazio and Luigi 28 are one and the same. What're your thoughts? Should I open an RFCU? Best, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 17:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Many thanks, and I agree that they're indeed the same person. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 17:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh they're the same person allright, the grammar mistakes are identical. When one listens to him long enough, one gets used to PIO's distinct "style" of expression. Though I understand my assessment won't be enough. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 17:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I repeat here: my name is Luigi. I'm Italian. I speak a terrible English (sorry), also a terrible German, Spanish and French. If you want, I can send my complete name, my address and my telephone number. I don't know who is that PIO. I'm not PIO!!! Maybe you have to apologize...--Luigi 28 (talk) 19:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Grazie mille per il tuo messaggio. Purtroppo da quando ho iniziato a scrivere qualcosa sulla Wiki inglese, sono stato "bersagliato" da due utenti che mi hanno preso per un altro (questo PIO che non conosco). Mi hanno cancellato varie volte ciò che scrivevo, senza nemmeno una spiegazione. Comunque sia, ho iniziato a scrivere anche nella Wiki italiana, sempre con lo stesso nome: "Luigi" (che è il mio vero nome) "28" (che è il giorno in cui sono nato, nel mese di settembre). Adesso ho inserito una fonte per quasi ogni singola parola che ho inserito: credo di essere l'unico utente di Wiki che se non fa così ha subito un falco che gli piomba sulla testa per cancellare tutto quanto! Studio da molti anni la storia dell'Adriatico orientale, e questo sarà in prevalenza il mio campo di intervento. Ancora grazie e ciao.--Luigi 28 (talk) 09:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC) (UTC)

Im sorry if this has vandalised your page BUT it's urgent
Someone on my IP range has my password, and i urgently need to change it. they are vanalising wiki and i cant stop them! help!!!! Dalemurph (talk) 11:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I happened to be passing thru, and saw this. To be on the safe side, I put a 24 hour block on the account.-- Bedford  Pray  11:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the burying of the congrats
I'm also burying my thanks in the templated thank-spam below. also, feel free to check out and comment at my in-depth RFA analysis. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 12:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC) templated rfa thank-spam 

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2. Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).
 * Thank you for your support

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely,

~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Luigi 28 & DIREKTOR
Scusa se scrivo in italiano, ma mi spiego meglio. L'utente DIREKTOR per l'ennesima volta mi ha cancellato un contributo, alla voce Rijeka. Ieri me l'ha cancellato affermando che non c'erano delle fonti. Io ho messo le fonti. Oggi mi dice che vuole delle VERE fonti. Si tratta di un elenco di sindaci di Rijeka, prima e dopo il 1948. Io ho trovato almeno DUE link SERI per ogni nome che ho inserito. Se DIREKTOR vuole, posso trovargli almeno DUE fonti SERIE scritte, delle quali parecchie di fonte croata. Infine, DIREKTOR continua a dire che io sarei bannato, e quindi cancella tutto ciò che scrivo per questo motivo. Io a questo punto chiedo cortesemente il tuo intervento: non è possibile che io sia perseguitato da un pazzo!!!--Luigi 28 (talk) 14:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi WB, if this guy isn't User:PIO I'll write a 2-page letter of apology. However, this is probably not gonna happen, since PIO not only uses socks, but positively stinks at it. So whenever I see a poorly conceived sock ploy on Dalmatian artocles by a Venetian irredentist radical that can barely speak English (no offense to Italiano) according to a well visible pattern of grammar mistakes, *deep breath*, I'm immediately telling myself: "heee's baaaack!" ;)
 * As for you PIO, I'll just quote Alasdair:
 * "your first ever edit was to restore a fact tag that PIO had added, and on his way out of the door, PIO/Agazio was telling us, without being asked(!), that he had no connection with you. See User_talk:Agazio. And that Istrian exodus got protected to prevent PIO editing it from his IP, and that you were along within 24 hours of the PP expiring to add census data to it , which, strangely enough, had often been PIO's favourite topic ."
 * You'll have to think of something more original than simply using (what I assume is) your "real-world" name to create an account, Louie. -- DIREKTOR  ( TALK ) 01:51, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Devo nuovamente usare l'italiano per spiegarmi meglio: dal primo momento che ho iniziato a scrivere nella Wikipedia inglese, questo signor DIREKTOR ha cancellato OGNI MIO INTERVENTO. E' una cosa incredibile! Ho dovuto inserire una fonte (source) per OGNI SINGOLA PAROLA! Ed anche così non gli andava bene e ha cancellato i miei interventi!

Ho trovato delle fonti CROATE per quasi ogni nome dei vecchi sindaci (City Mayors) di Rijeka/Fiume, e NEMMENO QUELLE FONTI gli andavano bene!

Questo DIREKTOR ha avuto dei problemi con questo Pio. Benissimo. Ma cosa c'entro io? Voglio che un amministratore faccia tutte le analisi possibili e immaginabili, e se vuole può anche chiamarmi a casa, può vedermi in videoconferenza. Io sono questo qui. Quando si dimostrerà che io e questo PIO NON SIAMO LA STESSA PERSONA, io CHIEDO le SCUSE di DIREKTOR, che è completamente FOLLE!--Luigi 28 (talk) 08:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I quote: "if this guy isn't User:PIO I'll write a 2-page letter of apology".

I'm this one:

Now, I want your 2-page letter of apology!!!--Luigi 28 (talk) 11:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Scusa, ma ho veramente bisogno del tuo aiuto: adesso nella mia talk-page c'è un altro oltre a questo DIREKTOR che continua a dire che io sono Pio o che sono un altro. RIPETO: fate TUTTI I CONTROLLI CHE VOLETE. Io so perfettamente chi sono e non tollero che qualche pazzo ignorante continui a dire che sono un altro o un altro ancora. Ma esistono le REGOLE in Wikipedia, o è tutto una giungla?--Luigi 28 (talk) 11:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Administrator: I need your help to stop DIREKTOR and Alasdair. They are fools (look my talk page, please; and I WANT A 2-PAGE LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM DIREKTOR)!!!--Luigi 28 (talk) 12:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know...
I don't know what to do exactly for you... On the Italian language Wikipedia User:Pio and a relevant number of sock (all related to negationism and the like) have been banned from editing and - leaving apart the suspect of being "the same person" - there is certainly a plot to impose a POV on same articles. Since I'm a technician in real life and I'm not used to political matters, I usually limit myself to revert (or placing a POV tag) and protecting the encyclopedia. --M/ (talk) 22:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Den's ADCO
I reviewed his most recent contributions. After you review him, I believe we should continue with coaching at a slower pace. Malinaccier (talk) 03:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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My RfA
Thanks for your comments about things to improve, and for not getting caught up in the whole userbox-thing :). Ironholds 20:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, i'll do so :). I agree wholeheartedly with your username, btw; i was lucky enough to catch BP at their brixton shows last year. Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 21:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I wasn't actually there for bloc party, the support act (biffy clyro) are an obsession of mine (7 shows in 5 months, including the Xfm 10'th anniversary gig and seeing them demo some of tracks inside the studio) but after seeing bloc party live i'll have to agree with the <all comment. <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 21:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * They actually played brixton a few weeks later (although only 1 day) as a sold-out headlining show, which made me giggle. Absolutely fantastic live, i'd recommend any chance to go see them. <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 21:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

ffm
Re: Requests for adminship/Firefoxman 3. Is this supposed to be linked in? William M. Connolley (talk) 22:14, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Good catch!
Here. Nice one! NawlinWiki (talk) 20:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of "Portal:Homeschooling"
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Re: Portal:Homeschooling
Yeah, I just saw it was sitting around empty, and since it looked like no one was maintaining it, I decided we might as well delete it until someone can maintain it. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 21:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

RfA posted
Hi there! You have expressed interest in a co-nom of my RfA here. TenPoundHammer has nominated me, and I accept. If you still wish to co-nom, please hurry up, before someone else does it!  Soxred  93  01:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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Dendodge's coaching
Because of your wikibreak, I will take a more prominent role in Dendodge's admin coaching. I'll be taking him through the third phase. Just dropping by to let you know! Have a good break :) Malinaccier (talk) 23:07, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTM reminder
User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200807 is underway.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 08:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * You have nominated an article at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200807 and have not yet voted. Voting runs through June 20.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Battle of Zhovti Vody
Could you elaborate there why the B-class criterium #1 was failed? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 17:05, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah. I've checked the source, it supports the para (I've just forgotten to add a ref to it when I was writing the article). Can we assess the article as B now? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 19:13, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Consensus
What is your definition of consensus, with regards to editing an article? Is there an official Wikipedia policy? The main reason I am asking - and this is not related to any specific article at all, just for my info - if a group of editors decide in May that an article should have such-and-such sentence in, and there's a clear consensus, how long does that stand up? Another editor (or group) could come in July and think such-and-such sentence doesn't belong, and manage to form a new consensus. Obviously you wouldn't ask for a new consensus on something every day, but would we be talking weeks or months before a new discussion could even take place? Or is this something better handled on a case-by-case basis? WikiKingOfMishawaka (talk) 20:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Protection
Thanks for move-protecting my userspace! You never know... :P<small style="font:bold 12px Trebuchet MS;display:inline;padding:1px 6px 2px 7px;"><font color="#630">RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 05:52, June 19, 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, <font color="#000080">Cena <font color="#1560bd">rium <font color="#000090"> Talk 00:22, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Award Center Newsletter
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WP:LOTD/WP:LOTM
Congratulations List of Christmas number one singles (UK) has been selected as a July WP:LOTD. It will appear in the WP:LOTD template for one day as an LOTD. If you have any preference on a days during July let me know before June 24th. If you have any other lists that you feel should be nominated next month please ad them at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200808.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Email
Why have you not answered my email message? --Law Lord (talk) 05:23, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
Cheers for your support during my RfA. I am obviously disappointed in the outcome, but I got a lot of good constructive criticism from the process which can only be an improvement for me. Who knows, in the coming months after I've incorporated all this advice I may be successful. Cheers! Mark t young (talk) 07:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

in re: Requests for adminship/Bjweeks
RfA additional questions are not for fishing. Consider this your only warning. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 20:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC) (Seriously, well done.)


 * Tongue firmly planted in cheek, actually - I was thinking the same thing about that RFA being neglected in the question area, and you had already taken care of it. Didn't mean that to be taken at all seriously. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 23:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Possible admin coaching?
Would you be interested in coaching me possibly? I'd be really grateful =]. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) ☺ 15:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah its fine with me, we'll start when your ready. Thanks alot for accepting. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) ☺ 14:34, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Just a heads up
I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :(

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

As announced in the newsletter, I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else.

Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon.

It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them!

This is going to be interesting.

And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak!

If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist 21:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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ANI
Thanks for your notice; fortunately, the matter seems to have resolved itself. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:28, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Chris Cain (We are Scientists)
I thought you might be able to help me here, with this article being mostly a hoax and seeing as you are interested in indie rock, i thought you might be able to contribute to it/clean it up. 86.137.142.148 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 18:48, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll see what I can do for you. Can't promise anything though :) <font color=#33cccc>weburiedoursecretsinthegarden  18:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.142.148 (talk) 18:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: My comment
Yeah, it did appear contradictory, but I responded to your comment in case you were interested. I was waiting for somebody to point it out. In fact, I was even contemplating writing "fsdjaofdsofdosafdosafjd" right after my vote. <font color="#660000">Wisdom89  ( <font color="#17001E">T |undefined /  <font color="#17001E">C ) 20:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I need your feedback...
Which of the following medals looks better. This one:



Or this one:



Which one do you like better?

Please let me know on my talk page.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist 21:45, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

LOL!
Ah, edit conflicts just happen to be my specialty! :)) Many thanks for the kind words. Nice knowing I'm appreciated (blush). --PMDrive1061 (talk) 22:19, 30 June 2008 (UTC)