User talk:Musical Linguist/Archive19

Archive One Archive Two Archive Three Archive Four Archive Five Archive Six Archive Seven Archive Eight Archive Nine Archive Ten Archive Eleven Archive Twelve Archive Thirteen Archive Fourteen Archive Fifteen Archive Sixteen Archive Seventeen Archive Eighteen Archive Nineteen Archive Twenty

A comment
Hi Ann!

I've read your comment on the workshop regarding the proposed finding of fact I entered. I must tell you, even though it is in opposition to the finding I proposed, it was very well written and argued and gave me a lot of stuff to think about and consider. I was one of those who supported Carnildo's repromotion and I am glad to see him as an admin laboring away at the copyrighted images, yet I do tend to agree with you that much of the hurt would be alleviated with a sincere apology from him.

The reason I supported in spite of no apology was that I don't want to demand that anyone make an apology, because such apologies are seldom sincere, and not worth the wear on the keyboard they were typed with. Therefore my only concern was that Carnildo would not do anything so stupid again.

But again, I'm delighted to see such a thoughtful comment on a RFAr which has plenty of fires in it.

Sjakkalle (Check!)  15:06, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Intended to inspire candidate to withdraw, and produce the very same effect with the next diff. - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:09, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In other words, as you probably know from seeing my opinions in RfA's before, I don't treat them lightly, nor was this a case of the same. - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

hi
It's been several days so can you unprotect my talk page please, thanks? Anomo 23:15, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. AnnH ♫ 23:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Linguistic expertise needed
Cara Anna,

I know You don't approve of such things but in this case my interest is a purely linguistic one (as in most of my wrestling-related edits, actually).

My linguistic query is regarding this article, regarding this diff:



What does "he was legitimately injured" mean in English?

Does it denote or imply that the injury was rightful, as in "he legitimately claimed the crown of England"?

I know that "legit" is not a proper English word but only a slang term, but in this context I think the slang term fits better to avoid above implication.

I'd like to hear You linguistic expertise on this.

Cheers, Str1977 (smile back) 19:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

My silence (for once)
On the blocking of Fred for profane and offensive language in an uneditable page, I was silent. I have had the feeling that I've grown magnetic lately, and that's not good. Additionally, I'm constantly revolted by the practice people have of thinking that a dispute is between users ("Oh, that's John vs. Jack. Jack hates John.") instead of any legitimate difference in ideology. I felt that, if I had commented, it would have cemented the impression that some people were getting (and discussing) that Geogre was out to get Fred or vice versa. I was stunned when I saw Fred's words, but I was as much by seeing how "users not allowed to write on this page" has been used for shutting out dialog in some cases. The October Surprise of injunctions that appeared at the flick of a wand was rather rude. My general counsel, to everyone, is that there's not much point in trying to seek any remedy now, and especially by those means. Geogre 11:40, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the kind words on my Talk page. User:Zoe|(talk) 16:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Break
Good idea to step away from here if it is interfering with your efforts ot secure a doctorate. Good luck.--MONGO 13:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I never knew that. Thanks for the tip! Mkdw 10:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Tawnydruver
This user has been going round adding templates purporting to ban you from various articles. As you aren't on probation this is not possible even for administrators (and Tawnydruver isn't); just thought you ought to know. The matter has been raised on the Administrator's Noticeboard. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 20:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Blocked. FreplySpang 20:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

You've been impersonated
Hello. I just thought you might like to know that an anon linkspammer decided to impersonate you. The linkspammer uses multipe IP addresses, so you never know which he'll be using next. Still, I thought you might find it interesting. SWAdair 05:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and I just noticed that you reverted vandalism of one of my subpages. Thank you.  SWAdair 07:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

collateral damage
Hi You recently blocked the user BTEC. Unfortunately, this is student at Swansea College and blocking him has blocked the IP address for the whole college. I appreciate that some of our students are twits who vandalise wikipedia; but most are not, and staff use wikipedia too. Vandals on this IP address could probably be traced and disciplined within the college as an alternative to blocking the IP address wholesale... Ewen 19:38, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sorting it out! Ewen 20:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

plea for help
...at least a moment's.

Dear Ann H.:

I have two desires:


 * from time-to-time I wish to modify (= add to) a User's talkpage; just to note a point of commonality (or discord); e.g. to point out to Str1977 the symbolism in Twin Peaks. How do I do this graciously, without bringing down fire from heaven?


 * my main editorial interest (I am sure I am not alone) is in adjectival detail in wikipedia articles. Is there a "best practices" to getting my mods through (= not rejected)?  I want to be a good sport, but also:


 * have enough to do with computers as it is, so do not want to learn wiki markup. I am lazy and stupid; though


 * would nonetheless like to make My talkpage at least half as inviting as yours so I can comment on it and link to it (blog style) when I comment on others' (cf. the first point). Any quickiwiki pointers?  E.g. is it bad form to treat talkpages as practical weblogs? or is that the intent? hmmm.

thx 4 ur patience!!

HGP2 02:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
...for intervening at God. It makes a huge difference when an admin gets involved! :) --Doc  Tropics Message in a bottle 21:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Dalbury's RfA
My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 10:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Your edit
Hello! Please don't remove comments from talk pages, as this is considered a form of vandalism (Talk page vandalism). Thanks! --AlexJohnc3 (talk) 21:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's hardly considered vandalism for an administrator to remove a harassing post which was also removed by two other administrators. Post it once more, and I'll block you. AnnH ♫ 21:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? My comment was original, how was I reposting vandalism? Threatening to block someone is very annoying. You may think you're "above" non-admins, but as far as I'm concerned you're just a user and threatening to block me isn't going to get anyone anywhere. --AlexJohnc3 (talk) 21:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I was partly in the wrong, and have replied fully here. However, I never said you were "reposting vandalism". The problem partly arose because you wrongly accused MONGO of vandalism when he removed some unwanted posts from his talk page, and you reverted him. I then incorrectly assumed that your next post was also restoring unwanted material previously removed by the user. AnnH ♫ 02:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Feel free to remove any comment made by Alexjohn3 from my talk page, or anyone else who bothers to ask me any questions related to the attacking website.--MONGO 05:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Errm, would you mind leaving it be if you won't let anyone question your actions? And you could have just asked me to revise the title instead of editing it for me. I don't appreciate when people make edits to my messages without asking me. --AlexJohnc3 (talk) 04:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for catching my vandalism of the abortion page so quickly. I anonymously changed the word "removal" to read "killing" in the opening sentence. I am writing a paper on Wikipedia and did a couple of tests to see how quickly they could be removed. GOLD STAR! :P

"Host desecration"
I'm not sure what your interest is in this topic; but, I'm afraid your edits in respect thereof didn't go far enough. I would like to re-write the article, your input is welcome.--Lance talk 03:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

NPOV and argument from ignorance
By your own admission you are ignorant of the authorative sources on this topic. I suggest that you remedy this ignorance prior to effecting any futher edits thereto.--Lance talk 01:07, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for the revert on WW2 Casualties--Woogie10w 22:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Could you please review an editor's activity
I have been observing an editor's activity regarding the use of the picture of a man and woman dressed in LDS temple garments. These garments are worn as under garments, but have symbols on them that represent sacred covenants LDS make with God. We view the garment as sacred, but also understand that others may be curious. Are there any policies that guide us on how to respect the items held sacred by others?

My issue is hat the editor Duke53 seems intent on putting the picture everywhere he possibly can. The preceeding links show how he has recently added the picture to articles on Clothing, Church etiquette, Undergarment. Duke has a particularly large axe to grind against LDS. I know it is unusal to ask a specific editor for assistance, but I also think it may result in a quicker solution. Any assistance you can provide would be helpful. Thanks. Storm Rider (talk) 19:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I saw you placed a comment on the 3RR page concerning this issue; did you investigate this? I did not commit a 3RR violation but another editor User:Abeo Paliurus did commit one on each of two different pages. Since they are very obvious violations I feel that they must be dealt with accordingly. User:Abeo Paliurus apologizing about it (as he did on the 3RR page) doesn't make them any less of a violation. Storm Rider has falsely accused me of other policy infractions in the past; I advise you to take what he says with a grain of salt, I feel he is the one with an "axe to grind". I shall continue to insert appropriate images in various articles. Thank You.  Duke53  | Talk 03:18, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Concilium
Could you review the above article and make sure I am on the right track. Proper categories should be added. Thanks. Storm Rider (talk) 04:30, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

blanking vandal
I reported this problem to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents‎ Somebody has been using a series of IP addresses to systematically blank user pages--he hit mine User talk:Rjensen a number of times as well as User talk:Hlj User talk:Kablammo and User talk:Luna Santin and probably others

What the targets all have in common is we strongly protested Stevewk who tried repeatedly to remove all the information about the Civil War from the Abraham Lincoln article. Stevewk was given a 3R suspension but may be using sockpuppets to hit editors. Thus he may be using 70.110.174.121 151.197.233.65   70.110.155.238 70.110.174.121  etc.  Rjensen 23:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
It was without a doubt an ill-advised edit war. It just seemed odd, as there are album covers used to illustrate bands in many other instances. And then to be tattled on by a newer editor whose edits are mostly bureaucratic in nature without adding any real content was just a slap in the face. BabuBhatt 22:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
For this. I see CSCWEM has blocked the IP indefinitely as an open proxy. Chick Bowen 23:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Undeleting revisions
Thanks for the tip! Centrx pointed out that shift-click does a whole bunch of checkboxes at once, too (at least in FireFox under Windows) which helps a lot too. FreplySpang 02:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi! I see you about but have not crossed paths with you recently. Thanks for your post to AN/I re: Oversight. We are improving about dealing with these issues but still need to educate users about how to deal with privacy/sensitive issue. Take care, --FloNight 23:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, rather than start another section labeled "Thanks", I'll just add mine here. Thanks for de-vandalizing my userpage : ) Doc  Tropics  06:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:My guess as to what happened
Thanks for explaining... I have been already indef-blocked before... well at least, my account - so this creates an odd image... I mean twice (and not a long time before) - is that Murphy's Law of what? Cheers. --PaxEquilibrium 10:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

German User box
Dear Ann, no, unfortunately I don't think this text can be shortened, though they formatting is very annoying, not just because of the three lines but because of the big blanks in between.

A possible alternative, though a little (but really just a little) less elegant would be:

or, to make it female:

It is not obligatory to use a female form in German (and your proposal "Diese Benutzering hat ..." absolutely correct), though it is possibly and not uncommon. Unfortunately such forms are increasingly used, as you can suspect, for ideological reasons, in some cases leading to awkard developments: "der Student" and "die Studentin" derive from the Latin particip. The plural always was "Studenten" until someone insisted to include "Studentinnen" as well (sometimes through the ugly "StudentInnen"). And recently, "Studierende" - the German particip that doesn't distinguish between genders, was adopted as the official term. It is a crazy world. PS. If cou can find the time, could you have a look into the latest developments at Chritsianity and also the Hadith thing (wikistalk me for that). Cheers et bon courage, Str1977 (smile back) 14:24, 3 December 2006 (UTC) PS. Or you can try Agathoclea's suggestion on my talk page. Str1977 (smile back) 14:24, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * "Dieses Benutzer" sounds wrong - it should be "Dieses Benutzers" I think Agathoclea 13:30, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course, it was a typo. Cheers, Agathoclea. Str1977 (smile back) 13:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I've posted my explanation and apologies on User talk:PaxEquilibrium
It's very tough to put together a puzzle with few pieces, but good detective work. I take total responsibility for the miscommunication. We were all trying to do a good thing, and my inexperience was I believe the main contributing factor. BusterD 16:03, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

My email -- FYI
My email is behaving unreliably. Jkelly 17:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * If that was your worst edit ever, I think that you should be pretty pleased with yourself. Jkelly 00:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Joke banner
Yeah, I hate those things too... but honestly, admins need to get into the spirit of letting people keep a little dignity. Thanks very much for your support, Ann! Bishonen | talk 19:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC).
 * P.S. Centrx's one-second block is being discussed here on ANI. Bishonen | talk 21:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

My talk page
Would you like me to come here and edit your talk page to my liking? I would guess not. So don't bother doing it to mine again. My 'comments' are not personal attacks ... they are just that: comments. I haven't followed suit and insulted anybody or called them any names. Maybe you can go to others' talk pages and 'help' them out (I notice you haven't done that). If people are going to insert blather and drivel on my talk page, I have the right to comment on it. Duke53 | Talk 22:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC) p.s. BTW, nice job of <I>ignoring</I> an obvious 3RR violation that was brought to your attention inadvertantly by <I>another</I> editor and then pointed out to you <I>purposely</I> (by me) in this | exchange on your talk page. You didn't respond to the message I left on your talk page; is <I>that</I> incivility?

Reply to "Last warning concerning fair use images in user space"
Dear Musical Linguist (AnnH),

First and foremost, how do you know that it ("Copyright Policy") has already been explained to me? Do you talk and collaborate with a Mr. Durin? Also, I don't like being threatened! Okay? I think I deserve an apology. When you said, "Please understand that under the Wikipedia policy we are not allowed to use fair use images in user space". Well you know what? I do understand. And just because it is an official document does not make it right. What if you and your policies are wrong. Ever think of that??? Maybe you can ask other Wikipedia moderators and workers to amend the current policy and maybe even to draft a new one.

Sincerely,

Psdubow

P.S. Please try to respond to this message on my talk-page as soon as possible.

Withdrawn
I appreciate your support, but have decided to withdraw from consideration for a position as an arbitrator. The community has overwhelming found me to be too controversial to hold that position. Thanks again for your support.--MONGO 19:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Reply to Reply of "Last warning concerning fair use images in user space"
Dear Musical Linguist (AnnH),

Thank you for being lenient with me.

I am sorry for causing you and your administrator cronies any problems.

By the way, addressing what you said which was "A lot of people erroneously think that I is more correct than me". Well, I've asked many people family, friends, teachers, etc. and some of them agreed with you and but more begged to differ like me.

Sincerely,

Psdubow

P.S. In your prior message you spelled encyclopedia like "encyclopaedia".


 * Hi! Hey, what's this? - -  weirdo actor tundefinedc - - 01:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
for you know what. ←Humus sapiens ну? 01:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * ditto. --JJay 01:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)