User talk:Magister Mathematicae/2006-01

AMS Euler example
I was asked to use Palatino or some other suitable roman-type font for the example. As you have redone the example, can you please do the same, as well as antialias your output. Thanks Dysprosia 10:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't quite understand you. Do you want me to use palatino at the AMS Euler picture? -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 16:36, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, either Palatino or some other suitable font, and please also antialias your output. Dysprosia 00:03, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Why do you want to use palatino to showcase AMS Euler? those are differnet fonts. I think I used either computer roman or concrete for the upright, I can't recall. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:26, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Never mind, I'll do this myself. Dysprosia 04:33, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for
Spending so much of my time here on sillyness. I will seriously consider withdrawing from the project until I'm able to live up to your standards. Best regards, El_C 17:54, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

help please!
Please stop removing content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- (☺drini♫|☎) 05:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

hello, the above message is what you have sent to me...i just want to tell you something.I don't know why people keep on sending message to my and said i did something bad to the articles and I change my IP address all the time...How comes?I didn't do anything to en wiki!I REALLY don't know why 'cause Ｉ　haven't edit articles in en eiki for a long time.I do have an account but I everytime I come back to wiki i am not logged in.And before I log in,i recieve messages from different user...i didn't do anything to damage the article .I'm sorry my english is not very good..please help me to find out why this happen if you could...

Help newbie with disambiguation
Hi, Drini I write to you since you left a welcome message on my talk page. I have been trying to eradicate all links to the disambiguation article Ministry, so for now, all I have left is some sort of Portal (Portal:Christianity) where it does not seem that my edits are working and a lot of user pages. So the questions: what should I do regarding the user pages put a polite note on the talkk page or ignore them? and how do I edit a Portal article? My goal is to remove it from the active list on the Disambiguation_pages_with_links. usefull link: Special:Whatlinkshere/Ministry Angelbo 01:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Clarification What I mean is that I can not edit the Portal:Christianity but somebody else did that for me. so that problem is now over. The reamining problem is what I do about userpags that link to a disambiguation page. Angelbo 21:33, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all the help Angelbo 10:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

CommunityUseOnly
Point taken. Thanks --Admrboltz 02:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Many thanks for your full support on my request for adminiship, I value that greatly. I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. --Alf melmac 09:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
 Pgk's RFA 

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (80/3/0), so I am now an administrator. I was flattered by the level of support and the comments, so I'm under real pressure not to disappoint, thus if you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as an admin then please leave me a note --pgk( talk ) 10:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Drini
Drini, with your kind support I have become an admin. Here is a poem to express all that is in my heart at this moment:

Roses are red Violets are blue All my base Are belong to you

Thanks so much, Drini! If I can ever help, just holla! Babajobu 16:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


 * And....
 * To echo the poem; thanks for cleaning up some vandalism on a certain site earlier today! Can that vulgar entry be purged? Bacl-presby 21:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It'd help if you could tell me which site and which entry.-- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 21:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

see belowBacl-presby 23:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Block template
Is this your personal blocking template? Because I gotta say, I don't think it meets your high aesthetic standards. :"D RoyBoy 800 04:27, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh yes I agree it's not aesthetic, btu it certainly meets my sillyness standards :D -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 04:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Douglas Stevens
I realize there wasn't much discussion either way, but 7 keep votes and 2 delete votes = delete? I'm not challenging your discretion to close this as you want, but I am mildly surprised. -- JJay 07:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm only applying guidelines about nn-bio (that should've even be speedied since it doesn't claim notability). As in my comment, for example, "being a singer" is not a claim of notaility, but "being a singer who has done this and that and being on such top list..." constitutes a claim of notability. Or for instance, being a politician alone isn't enough, but "being a politician who run for some office and who is related to..." will. The article iddnt establish the notability of the subject, and then, since AFD is Not A Vote, I close it as delete.


 * However, remember that the reason for adminship not being a big deal is that pretty much anything can be reversed (as in this case) and I have no problems if someone think it'd be better to revive the entry. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 21:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I can't remember how Stevens was described in the article. However, I'm not sure that your analogy with "being a singer" is correct given that there are only 20-25 Anglican Bishops in Australia as shown at Anglican Church of Australia. We also have a category for Anglican bishops Category:Anglican bishops. -- JJay 23:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, that could have been mentioned, as it standed there was no way to know. I'll undelete it. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not faulting you, as I said above there was really no discussion in the AfD one way or the other. -- JJay 23:51, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

User: 66.73.197.42
Hello Drini, Could you or someone help us on Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's article. There is a user ( User:66.73.197.42 ) whose contributions are continually reverted and is making problems... User:Asereje already gave up, Gracias! Abögarp 02:39, 13 January 2006 (UTC)]]


 * I?ll look it up. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 02:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Abögarp 03:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)]]

Polling the 31/36 hour block...
...here. bd2412 T 02:42, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Rick Ferrusi copyvio
Since you've already been involved in this, I'd like your advice. I've moved a stub from Ferrusi Rick to Rick Ferrusi. I now see however that this article has been previously deleted (rightly) as a copyvio, and that the talk page is protected.

The talk page has a notice on it using a template that I think was designed for use on articles, not talk pages, and which links to yet another copy of the deleted copyvio material, in a non-standard namespace. Andrewa 05:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)


 * moving the stuff is fine, I'll remove the new copyvio. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 07:27, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Some Miscellanious Vandalism I Spotted
Burpee appears to have been vandalised, as does Vandalism. I hope I've gone to the right person. Orange &amp; Viridian 04:02, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well from I see that our admins are already dealing with it :) -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 19:42, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Presbyterian Church in Canada was vandalized earlier today--thanks for the "repair"! Bacl-presby 23:42, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's fixed now. :) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! &mdash;Kirill Lok s hin 14:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC) Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to Drini, Happy Birthday to you! → Fir e  Fox  18:30, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yay! Me likes cake! -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely! Happy Birthday buddy! -- Essjay Talk • Contact 21:25, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

signing unsigned comments
I appreciate that I was in the process of creating my own template to do the signing so good to know that isn't necessary. -- SusanLarson (User Talk, New talk, Contribs) 08:08, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Articles For Deletion
Hi, a while ago you made some comments about the presence of bible-verse articles, and/or source texts of the bible, and you may therefore be interested in related new discussions:
 * A discussion about 200 articles, one each for the first 200 verses of Matthew - Centralized discussion/200 verses of Matthew
 * A discussion about 18 articles, one each for the first 18 verses of John 20 - Centralized discussion/Verses of John 20
 * A discussion about whether or not the entire text of a whole bible chapter should be contained in the 6 articles concerning those specific chapters - Centralized discussion/Whole bible chapter text.

--Victim of signature fascism | Don't forget to vote in the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections 18:10, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Statistics (band)
This is not an article and should be deleted.

4ndy
Can you please unprotect Article 4ndy? I want to create it folowing all the rules but it was vandilized and i was not done. I would apreciate it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4ndy (talk • contribs)
 * No I won't. Here's what you will do. Go and create your article on User:4ndy/sandbox, when you're done creating it, show it to me, and I'll unprotect the page. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 05:18, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Block template
Where'd you get that block template? It's pretty funny; I'm just curious if it's one of those "official" templates. --AySz88^ - ^ 05:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's one of the several templates I use. It's indeed a custom made ;) -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 05:43, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's after 10 pm here, and I'm hoping that I didn't wake anyone up with my loud laughter. Your block template is brilliant.  Oh no  itsJamie  06:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Excellent "blocked" message, by the way. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  06:21, Jan. 17, 2006

Yeah, although I need to fix the tex alignment issue  You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 06:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

If anyone wants to use it: but remember to subst it always! -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 06:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


 * You might want to try [[Image:Blocked shots by Oscar Torres.JPG|128px|left]] for the image link, or add a  to the end of the template and do a ~ ? --AySz88^ - ^  04:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


 * thanks, I'm already trying the left one, but feel free to modify the template as you see fit. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 04:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Why was the article on Clyde Bielss Deleted?
I would like to know why the article on clyde bielss was deleted? I would also like to request that I'm aload to write a proper article on this game designer and have it locked so it can not be vandilized like it was in the past. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sara Moor (talk &bull; contribs).


 * Well, because of Articles for deletion/Clyde Bielss -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

So your saying the words of a jellous coder community is now cencoring wikipedia? How do i apply to write this article? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sara Moor (talk &bull; contribs).
 * No, I'm saying that an established procedure made it to be deleted. Drop the tinfoil subtle namecalling against other wikipedians (and learn to spell). -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

What procedure was that? I really would like to know for future reference. By the look of the page I see that a group of people from codersworkshop took it upon themselves to vandalize a wiki page.Sara Moor (talk &bull; contribs).

I would like to re-start the Clyde Bielss page. Can i just re-start it or is there a more proper way to get this page? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.139.217.62 (talk &bull; contribs).
 * I replied on such talk page -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 00:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

thank you, Ill have something put together in the next few days. I need to spend time to study the topic.Also, what do you mean by this "However, note that an substantial recreation of what has just been deleted will be summarily deleted again."Sara Moor


 * It means that if you just put again the same article that was deleted, it gets redeleted. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 03:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Strangely described edit
This edit doesn't seem to have done what's advertised (that is, it's removed some whitespace and decapsed an "External Link", rather than substd a template. I haven't used AWB, but is this a bug? &mdash; Matt Crypto 00:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, while doing the checks, it optionally lets you to do minor fixes (like External link capitalization), so even though it didn't have an unsubsted unisgne template, I saved it anyway for it was ok, however I didn't bother to change the edit summary I'm using for now, sorry about the confusion. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK, no problem, thanks for the explanation. &mdash; Matt Crypto 00:11, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page today. --Chrysaor 04:06, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Friendly Reminder
When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use &#123;&#123;subst:test&#125;&#125; instead of &#123;{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Thesquire (talk - contribs) 00:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * While you were no doubt fast and furiously putting up unsigneds on Articles for deletion/Guido (slang term), you missed at least one subst. -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 00:28, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * heh, yes, actually those green tags a re a personal tempalte as well :D -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:28, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Template:Test
Regarding your question, I'm not sure why it's there but I'm guessing it's so that if the message is ituted on a talk page, someone looking at the message can easily see that originated from the template, which is especially helpful for budding vandal-fighters. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 02:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It's obvious that the template originates from there, it says Test5, I did that because it pollutes the "what links here" page, even if the template is using in a subst:ted way (thus making difficult to find isntances of unsubsted templates) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 02:08, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry; I don't see where it says "Test5" when one uses the template. Could you point it out? Thanks for explaining your motivation; that is quite logical. Perhaps changing it to "from Template:Test" (without linking) would accompish both ends? &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 05:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh I thought we were talking about Test5 template, I changed to Test  I guess  Template:Test withouth the brackets would have worked better. -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 05:48, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Hyperbolic paraboloid plot
Hi, love the you uploaded. As I'm in the process of getting to grips with PSTricks myself, I would love to see the source. (How about posting it on the picture's discussion page?) Thanks in advance! – RetZ 04:51, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * See Talk:PSTricks -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 06:11, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

thanks
thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Jtkiefer T  21:36, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for deleting SaltyPig's latest personal attack on me
I saw that you deleted Pig's latest attack on me, at my user site. I don't know what his problem is, but I thank you for excising his venom. I sort of found it incredible he would mock a disabled vet, but then, people have almost ceased to amaze me. Anyway, thank you. No one likes to read that stuff about themself, even knowing it is from someone disturbed.old windy bear 20:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey coach buddy!
I'm still not totally sure why every kid in admin school needs two coaches, but I guess more can't possibly hurt, right? In any case, I'm glad that you're both here to do whatever it is you do. I'm definitely not ready for an RFA, but I'm hoping the coaching I get here will help me on my way. Communicating by posting everything onto each others' talkpages seems a little inefficient though, especially since there's two of you. IRC does sound like a better solution, and email could work here too.

I look forward to a vicious and painful trial by fire!

Snurks T C 00:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * well, look for me at irc I'm also drini there -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 00:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Woah!
14,900 edits+ Great Work! Empty2005 01:10, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * heh, yes... err.. thanks -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 01:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Follow deletion process please
Drini,

You deleted an image that was a subject of debate at Template talk:User browser:Firefox without warning. Please talk there before deleting it again.--  Talk [ (add)] • Contributions 03:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, so I am still learning about Wikipedia. I just got really tired of everybody changing that image over and over again.  Sorry.--   Talk [ (add)] • Contributions 04:11, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

According to Locke Cole (the uploader of the non-IE-safe SVG icon from which this IE-safe PNG version was derived), it's a lookalike from an LGPL icon set. I noted this in the description, and you might have considered entertaining the possibility, rather than dismissing it out of hand.

You've repeatedly referred to this as the original Firefox logo (and you even cited Mozilla's "identity guidelines"), so it seems that you've decided to assume bad faith (despite the fact that I'm the person who went to the trouble of assembling the GPL icon to which you reverted). &mdash;David Levy 14:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not assuming bad faith, that would be me assuming you did it so you could violate copyright on purpose. But given that no decision of mine is good nowadays, I'll just stay away of the damn thing. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I explicitly indicated in the description that the image was taken from an LGPL icon set. Given the fact that you rejected that claim as false (without even bothering to discuss it with anyone), how could you have been assuming anything else?  &mdash;David Levy 01:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes I'm an evil vandal admin. I'm out to destroy wikipedia. I better stay out of the thing then. I promise I won't touch it again-- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 01:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I didn't accuse you of being an "evil vandal." I'm just wondering why you deleted the image.


 * Some sysops (including me) would have apologized and/or provided a sincere explanation, rather than sarcastically implying that they're being pestered by whiners. &mdash;David Levy 02:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I apologize now, I had a trrible day.-- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 02:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia
Drini,

I am new to Wikipedia and made a mistake in the debate entry for Sea Snipers (in how I signed my name). I did correct it.

What I am unsure about is why the Sea Snipers article was deleted...how is non-notable determined? SSShooter 03:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Notability_(websites) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:25, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Poodle crossbreed deletion
I see that you deleted the poodle crossbreed pages that were being nominated for deletion. I'm wondering how you decided that the discussion on the topic was a consensus for deletion! As you can see, the voters are 50/50 for delete vs. keep, and you should note that the original nominator withdrew his "delete" vote and changed it to a neutral after reconsidering. Furthermore, it is confusing to me that we've decided to delete these poodle crossbreed pages because qualities apparently don't always breed true (so therefore there's no valid information on them, according to Trysha). However, we've decided NOT to delete the Goldendoodle and Cockapoo pages because although they are also a "roll of the dice," those are arbitrarily defined as too notable to delete! How can we simply define which poodle crossbreeds are notable and which ones are not? I urge you to reconsider your decision to delete these pages. -Vontafeijos 05:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I may be wrong, humans make mistakes, and admin actions aren't irreversible, that's why Wikipedia:Deletion review exists. If it's fit, it will be undeleted. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Drini! Thank you for picking up the vandalism on my user page. It was quite an amusing one, wasn't it?!? Regards, CLW 08:57, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Request Advice
Since you're an Admin, you'd probably be most able to answer this:

Is it acceptable form to post my own (fiction) writing on my user page? I understand that there's an issue with unsolicited changes by other users, but I thought I might try vandalproofing using a similar method to yours. Since most of my work is pretty tame, I don't suppose there's a (NSFW) tag requirement? Orange &amp; Viridian 10:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Rocabu article on 17 Jan 2006
Drini:

I am curious as to why you deleted my definition/ article on Rocabu. I explaned that I was the author and granted GFDL rights to it. Would getting an email from my friend and Jewish scholar Richard Berke help with verification?

Thank you and regards,

Daniel S. Reilly dsreilly@mac.com

18:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Because of Articles for deletion/Rocabu -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 19:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for editing my userpage! Not!

 * 1) (cur) (last)  22:21, 24 January 2006 Drini (WP:NOT official policy states that user pages are only to be used for information relevant to your work on wikipedia)

That's an interesting reason considering:


 * A good start is to add a little information about yourself, possibly including contact information (email, instant messaging, etc), a photograph, your real name, your location, information about your areas of expertise and interest, likes and dislikes, homepages, and so forth. Obviously, this will depend on how comfortable you are with respect to privacy.


 * You may include one or more Wikipedian categories, such as Category:Wikipedian musicians. Wikipedian categories are intended to help Wikipedians with similar broad interests to congregate and converse. They have some similarity to Wikiprojects, but are much less formal. Wikipedian categories should not overlap with article categories. It is important to include the word "Wikipedian" in such category names. Also, they should be categories with the general Wikipedian category. See also: Wikipedia:User categorisation.

While some of my categories may have been questionable, not all of them were. Rather than destroying my personality, you could have at least removed the questionable categories. Anagram 22:49, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * If your personality is a webpage then I suggest you seek help. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 22:50, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

unsouced images uploader
I've tried, but this person is still uploading them, and there's just too many to tag effieciently. Alr 23:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll look it up. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:28, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

He hasn't stopped. He's just uploaded another one, an exact duplicate of one that's already tagged. Alr 23:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * which is the duplicated one? I'm asking for more assistance on irc, btw ;) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

They're Image:Siege ducks.jpg and Image:Siegeducks.jpg and as of this moment he's still going strong. Alr 23:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

DEmerged for a reason
can I please have a chance to post it before being reverted. Did you look at the discussion, SPUI never responded to other person's objections. I intend to raise my own as well. 12.220.94.199 03:09, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * you could've discussed it on the talk page first, don't you think? -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 03:10, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the page, was all byitself, where nobody would see it. If you look consensus never developed there. If it is merged fine, but a consensus should of been reached. If I am mistaken in my assumption, I'm sorry but if thats the case it should of been mentioned on the talk. 12.220.94.199 03:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * yes but if several users mistake you, then you should consider putting "see the talk" on our edit summary, after putting the ratonale on the talk, that way there would be no confussion. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 03:16, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I apologize. I posted a brief comments, on teh basis of why they should been seperate, but you are correct it would of been best for me to say see talk. I had just been a bit annoyed that my edits were reverted without explanation. 12.220.94.199 03:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Watchout big brother is watching you!
[25-Jan-2006 03:33:56] Got a control channel message "pgkbot lost his upstream feed it seems" [25-Jan-2006 03:35:21] Got a control channel message "pgkbot help config" [25-Jan-2006 03:35:40] Got a control channel message "pgkbot config unkick #wikipedia-en-vandalism" [25-Jan-2006 03:36:09] Got a control channel message "pgkbot you suck"

If status is saying it hasn't received an event it quite a while as an op try: pgkbot reader reset

That causes it to drop the connection to wikimedia and reestablish it, should cure problems like that... --pgk( talk ) 17:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to add channel swapping should work, so you can easily just swap the two channels around with

pgkbot dest swap #wikipedia-en-vandalism #wikipedia-en-vandalism2

--pgk( talk ) 18:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)


 * KREEPY hehehhehe

It would be good to mention the autoblacklisting on blocking and include an FAQ section about "I visited the channel and found I was on the blacklist, but I've never vandalised.." --pgk( talk ) 22:48, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

.....:-?
Hi Drini, your user page is gone lol. If I may ask what is the purpose of the test? Knowledge Of Self | <font color="#461B7E">talk  00:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * To remove some vandalism from the history, that's all -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah I was keeping an < o > on it, I saw why, I was just coming here to strike my question out. Thanks for the answer though Happy editing. <font color="#151B8D">Knowledge <font color="#7D1B7E">Of <font color="#008000">Self | <font color="#461B7E">talk  00:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Dear Drini!
<div style="float: left; margin-left: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 5px; padding: 7px; background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #8888aa; border-right-width:2px; border-bottom-width:2px; width: 50px;"> Today will be a beautiful day, if you only let it happen! Se feliz! Kisses, <font style="color:#22AA00;">Phædriel  <font style="color:navy;">♥ <font style="color:#22AA00;">tell me - 03:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks, since the one that just went by was awful, truly awful (missed an exam and if I can't convince the teacher to let me take it tomorrow, I'll fail real analysis) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 03:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm so sorry to hear that... I wish I could cheer you up a little bit... what can I do to make you happy? :) <font style="color:#22AA00;">Phædriel  <font style="color:navy;">♥ <font style="color:#22AA00;">tell me - 03:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'ts fine, wikichores relax me ;D -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 03:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yay! :) Add a beer to that, and you'll see... ;) <font style="color:#22AA00;">Phædriel  <font style="color:navy;">♥ <font style="color:#22AA00;">tell me - 03:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Your Talk Page Header

 * I like the way it's formatted. Would you mind if I use the format for my Talk page? Pattersonc 04:02, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * sure, go ahead -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 04:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Claimants of the Duchy of Braganza
Hi,excuse me why you delete this page?? This is a impartial article and after two day you delete this page.M.deSousa 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * liar liar pants on fire.
 * It as because drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

TFD Comments
Drini, I replied to several of your comments on This TFD, and wanted to let you know in case it slipped under your radar, watchlists can move very fast sometimes! xaosflux <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  / <sub style="color:#666666;">CVU  01:40, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

User talk:216.164.61.151
May I suggest semi-protection of this page? — M o e   ε  06:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note
As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: EA-welcome (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Cel e stianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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Sorry for the goof!
Hi Drini! Sorry about the goof there. I left a note on Jossi's talk page, thanking him for fixing my mistake. I also explained there what I think happened. To summarize: I was on RC patrol when I saw the vandalism to your page and reverted the same time that Zzyzx11 did. So in the collision, I ended up accidentally reverting Zzyzx11's revert (Edit #1). I immediately caught my mistake and reverted back to him (Edit #2). At that point, I thought all was taken care of. At that point, I made yet another mistake that I didn't catch at first. I used the BACK button on my browser to return to the Recent Changes page. In so doing, I backed up through my original "Edit #1" revert. Since I was using Lupin's popup tool, the bad revert was resubmitted without me even realizing it. Jossi was quick to pick up on my mistake and fixed it on my behalf. I left him a note of thanks in return. Anyway, I hope that explains the error. <font style="font-variant: small-caps;">-- ShinmaWa(talk) 05:54, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's ok, ,I know you're one of the good guys, that's why I was confused and went to ask. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 05:55, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you came and asked. Again, I apologize for the confusion.   I didn't realize I had a reputation as a "good guy" or any reputation at all :)  Thanks for saying so.  <font style="font-variant: small-caps;">-- ShinmaWa(talk) 06:01, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Removing AfD from Charles I
Please do not removed AfD notices; that is vandalism.
 * no, afd nominations on bad faith are disruptive. So you better stay clean. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:57, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

The Unstoppable Wikipedian (Take Two)
Can you block him on sight? He created a new account to continue vandalising.--Adam (talk) 20:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC) I already blocked him on sight. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 20:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Orbiter stuff
Thanks for the help. Guess you noticed it was taking absolutely forever to delete all that nonsense? —Cleared as filed. 05:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Exactly ;), and given that I've a monobook tailored for helping me with such stuff... -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 05:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Entombed Corpse
Hi. I noticed you closed the discussion for deleting Entombed Corpse but the article is still there. Sorry if I just jumped the gun and there's some bot that has to run! :) —Wknight94 (talk) 13:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I probably missed it, was having a few network problems yesterday. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 16:38, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

M de Sousa -- the talk page
Hi. Just to let you know that I did not delete your edits to MdeSousa talk page. We must have edited at the same time and I just pressed the save button shortly after. BR --BBird 14:10, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I like your black box block-notice graphic
That is all. ;) --Syrthiss 16:58, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Feel free to use it ;) ~ You can put it on your monobook.js for easy access (I'm thiking of doing a global simpler template though) -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 16:59, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Might look better if it was red instead of black. Oh, have a block without waning too. --GraemeL (talk) 17:36, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but it's actually the blacbox nuvola icon ;) I?m looking however how to make the table transparent, do you know how? -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 17:38, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I edit conflicted with you doing it. :-P --GraemeL (talk) 17:52, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, but I still like it black, it's.. soothing compared to red (as not to incite flamage feedback), it's slick, aesthetic... ;) -- ( drini's page  &#x260E;  ) 18:04, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * So black is the new black? --GraemeL (talk) 23:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I guess I'm old fashioned. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 01:34, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Admin's vandal notice board
Hi Drini, I see you're currently active. I'm a non-admin on ip's RC petrol and I've noticed the admin vandal noticeboard is unattended. Help would be appreciated! Mikkerpikker ... 19:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Gladly :) -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 19:20, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

31 hour block?
On an AOL shared ip? <font size=3 color=LOL title="LOL">LOL --152.163.100.13 21:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * so? -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 22:00, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Figures..

<div class="boilerplate metadata vfd" style="background-color: #F3F9FF; margin: 2em 0 0 0; padding: 0 10px 0 10px; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "Orphanannie". The reason given for Orphanannie's block is: "Sockpuppet of User:Beckjord, vandalism". ..--152.163.100.72 22:26, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ihave nothing to do with that one. But I'll look it up. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:35, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't get it. Can you elaborate? -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 23:36, 31 January 2006 (UTC)