User talk:RyanGerbil10/Archive 4

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Minor point on closing AfDs
Hello! I noticed in the deletion log that you are including the URL in the AfD closing comments field. You can also use a Wiki link to point straight to the discussion without having to do any cutting and pasting. Take it from the title page thusly : Articles for deletion/Rich Ward. This will then resolve to a link and make it easier to find the relevent discussion if needed. Regards,  (aeropagitica)   (talk)   06:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

My congrats
Congratulations on being promoted. Have fun with your new tools, and use them wisely. Mostly Rainy 10:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and thanks for the cookie. Mostly Rainy 10:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Big congrats!!!
Congratulations on your successful RfA!!! Best of luck to you! -- Tu s  pm (C 13:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!
Hi Ryan and congratulations! Use your new shiny mop well :) And thanks for the cookie -- Grafikm  (AutoGRAF)  18:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on your admin. Im sorry to have withdrawn my support but I really think you would make a great admin. -ScotchMB 21:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Huge Congrats


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German translation
That's ok! Thanks for assigning yourself the task. And congratualtions on becoming an admin! :) --Fang Aili talk 19:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Rock on; thanks for doing this. And good job with such a busy admin week! :) --Fang Aili talk 13:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!
As a fellow Esperznan congrats on getting the Mop and Bucket! Happy Editting Aeon  Insane Ward  22:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 03:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

re:3RR
Thanks for the conscientious comment on my talk page. Although that would not have been my personal decision, I do respect your judgment and definitely appreciate your time (and effort in posting a warning). A couple of hours certainly does make a difference, and this user does appear to have stopped his actions. Anyway, =D Regards, α Chimp laudare  23:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Could use a SYSOP on this
Hello Again Ryan, I need a little help here. Steve Caruso and Alphachimp has inputed on this but I feel it could use a SYSOP opinion. Sorry to bother you with this but I feel it might be the only way to keep this from getting worse.

The user in question is UCRGrad, he is posting (what he calls warning) other usesr who are involved with me on a Mediation cases (for Mediation Cabal).

User talk:JakGd1 User talk:Triddle User talk:Aeon1006

Thanks for your help, If you don't wish to get involved I will understand thanks Aeon  Insane Ward  01:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Regardless of what happened in the past (AMA Acting Coordinator was also involved in that case and had no issues with the way it was handled) is inmaterial since I have resigned form the AMA. I didn't wish it to go this far but most unfortunately it did, thanks for the help and I will notifiy you if it does get out of hand again. Aeon Insane Ward  01:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello, Steve Caruso here (Acting Coordinator of the AMA). 'Just wanted to bring to your attention some of the more recent comments of UCRGrad after his block and keep you informed of how things are progressing: Aeon has requested that UCRGrad leave him alone, and that (as I am acting as Aeon's Advocate in this matter) any comments UCRGrad would like to make directed towards him to be directed to me instead, as I will be fielding them on Aeon's behalf. Thanks for your time. :-) אמר Steve Caruso  ( desk / AMA )  03:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Ryan, before I leave Wikipedia I wanted to clear up a alight issue. I never posted the second complaint on your talk page. I complained to my advocate and he acted. I never asked him to post about UCRGrad (I did consider it but decieced not to) I just wanted him him to handle a response to UCRGrad. I'm sorry for the mix up. Regaurds. Æon Insane Ward 16:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:The whole discussion
Please understand it wasn't anything personal, it was just a difference of opinions. I don't doubt you at all in your skill as an administrator. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the wish of good luck........and as a compliment to compliment yours, it's wonderful to see such a well-worded userpage like your own, as well as another wikipedian in the Chicago area interested in language! You seem to have a solid grasp of a handful of languages. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

from saintgermain777
Thanks.

added 03:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Research79
Er...Tawker did an indef block. Ryūlóng 06:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That's okay. The user had no useful edits, anyway :D. Ryūlóng 07:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats :-)
Well done Ryan, you deserve the role. Hope it doesn't burn you out though! - Ta bu shi da yu 15:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

kwacha
You reverted the change on Malawian kwacha, but not on Zambian kwacha, is there a reason why? --Chochopk 06:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

TfDs
I wish I would be an admin, so I could close TfDs instead of asking someone else... but don't nominate me, I'll blatantly refuse not because of my userpage, but because of something more personal. And it's not because everyone is going to oppose me; it might be true, but I won't refuse because of that. Fredil Yupigo 01:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * All right. Thanks. Fredil Yupigo 14:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

UCRGrad's Block
Dear RyanGerbil10,

I am writing this message to ask to for your reconsideration of UCRGrad's 1 week block. I acknowledge that you previously warned UCRGrad about his perceived actions that violated WP:Stalk and WP:NPA; respectfully, however, I don't believe his recent actions warrant a severe penalty, such as a one week block.

UCRGrad and I are in a dispute with Aeon regarding actions that occurred during a resolution proceeding. Aeon1006 posted a reconciliatory statement on my talk page, which was followed by a response by UCRGrad. Because of the dialogue that UCRGrad and I have, as well as the his involvement in the aformetnioned dispute, I welcome and invite UCRGrad to post message on my TALK page. I was not offended or alarmed by the statements made by UCRGrad; indeed, these were statements that I agree with and that everyone involved had previously heard. UCRGrad also made reflective statements on Aeon's Talk page as well, in order to re-convey the message that was written on my TALK page.

Thus, I do not think that UCRGrad's actions constituted harassment of Aeon. UCRGrad was simply responding to statements by Aeon that essentially involved him (UCRGrad). I respectfully ask that you reconsider the UCRGrad's block. Insert-Belltower 03:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Ryan,

Acting as Aeon's Advocate (as Aeon right now is far too stressed out to deal with this issue, himself), and seeing that you have taken the time to read and respond to the previous comment, I respectfully disagree with the premise of Insert-Belltower's statement. Aeon's apology was to Insert-Belltower alone, and as such did not involve UCRGrad's involvement with the dispute. If the apology was' to both of them, then such comments would be more appropriate, yes? However, it distinctly was not.

The problems with Advocacy were strictly between Insert-Belltower and Aeon, and although I understand UCRGrad, as a friend, trying to "stick up" for Insert-Belltower it does not warrant his posting of (I honestly have no better word for it than) propaganda, which are in essence personal attacks about a prior issue that did not happen directly to him. As such, the Advocacy issues need to be worked out between Aeon and Insert-Belltower, and not by UCRGrad poisoning the well on other usertalk pages (be they Insert-Belltower's or the other two uninvolved users').

With this in mind, I don't completely understand how you see that Aeon was misleading. I do agree with the punitive steps you have taken thusfar, and I also agree with you that a 1-week block was a bit long (and I frankly did not expect such action). So, working with your current statements and decisions, I am going to keep you closely informed of how things progress. Furthermore Aeon is currently on a wikibreak, as he needs more time to get the stress out of his system, so I will be acting on his behalf.

Looking forward,

אמר Steve Caruso  ( desk / AMA )  14:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I stand by my statements and I will answer any questions that are asked.Insert-Belltower 20:01, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

re:UCRGrad, Insert-Belltower, Aeon issue
''The way Aeon presented things to me, I felt a long break was justified, but the fact that other people felt that such a block was not warranted, have lead me to think that Aeon was a bit misleading. I'm just tired of this whole issue, but thank you very much for the update. RyanG e rbil10 (The people rejoice!) 23:15, 30 July 2006 (UTC)''


 * Given my experience with the issue, I would have thought that 3 or 4 days would have been sufficient for him to cool his heels rather than a full week; however, I'm still a bit confused over how other peoples' feelings leads you to the conclusion that Aeon was misleading (in fact I'm not even sure if I know what you mean by "misleading"). אמר <b style="color:#0033CC; font-family:monospace, monospace;">Steve Caruso</b> <B> ( desk / AMA ) </B> 01:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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text of deleted page Dépèche Môde
I'd like to be emailed the text and page history through my special:emailuser, please. Thanks, <font face="Verdana"> ~ <font color="#000040">crazytales  56297  -talk- 00:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

lame edit war afair
thank you for your help(I didn't know what to do by my self) with the recent incident. --68.211.220.109 03:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Israeli Death Toll
I don't understand why you threaten to block me. The sources that you read are based on Hezbullah data and not on IDF data. I don't know were you are from, but in Israeli it's impossible to erase 10 deaths of soldiers and IDF numbers about the death toll are always accurate. Israel is a very small country, and believe me it's impossiable to "forget" 10 deads. I knew (indirectly) 4 of the 8 deads. Farther more - you should know that all the soldiers get to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa (dead and wounded). The minimum is to use IDF number as the base, and the fantasy stories of the Hezbullah as footnotes. 88.155.198.100 10:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC).

translation
No problem. Thanks for keeping me in the loop! --Fang Aili talk 23:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Battle of Bint Jbeil
Someone tries to mess the number of IDF casualties. Flayer 09:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Here is a conclusive evidence that the number of IDF casualties is 8 (not 18), as you required: 
 * Scroll to July 26, 2006. "Eight soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed in battle in Bint Jbeil: Maj. Ro'i Klein, 31, of Eli; Lt. Amihai Merhavia, 24, of Eli; Lt. Alexander Shwartzman, 24, of Akko; Sgt. Shimon Adega, 21, of Kiryat Gat; St.-Sgt. Edan Cohen, 21, of Jaffa; St.-Sgt. Shimon Dahan, 20, of Ashdod; Cpl. Ohad Klausner, 20, of Bet Horon; and Cpl. Assaf Namer, 27, of Kiryat Yam."
 * That is an official Isaraeli Ministry of foreign affairs site, which is upadated at least every day. I ask you to remove other misleading references, or at least mention the IDF and the MFA sources before the other sources. Also I ask you to enforce the "both sides claim victory" result. 89.0.229.237 19:41, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I’ve received the same message on my talk page and believe (due to his messages and edits) that it may be possible that this is a sock-puppet of Flayer. His edit and the context of his writing seem to support this.--Freepsbane 20:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * How can I be a sock-puppet of myself? The message on your talk page was an occasion (mistake) - I wanted to ad this message here: Talk:Battle of Bint Jbeil (both pages were open on my pc). 89.0.229.237 21:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Forgive me if I sound paranoid but our (alleged) sockpuppet seems to edit only the same pages Flayer did. Bint Jbeil being an obscure smaller page (and only a minor foot note in the current conflict.) it’s strange that a totally new user would stumble on to it. Furthermore it is even more unusual that that same user would jump right in and start revert warring, advocating the exact same version that Flayer did and some how happen to know administrators and users that had been indirectly involved in the previous incident. While at the same time knowing exactly what has happened before he came here. He has also shown the same disregard Flayer showed for the 3rr rule. (He has already broken it).

At any rate the 3RR case is now on the admin board. seeing as how this may be related to the last incident, I would like you to judge it. My apologies for any inconvenience this affair has caused you. --Freepsbane 00:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

3RR complaint copy
"Flayer has violated the 3RR rule his actions are in the 3rr page and if an you are available I would like your judjment, because of your prior experience with this affair I believe you should handle this.--Freepsbane 21:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)"

Pleas don't injure the wikipedians
Please, don't throw mops at Wikipedians. Throwing cookies is acceptable, however (especially in my direction). Please, think of the Wikipedians. :) <font color="#3366CC">--jam es (talk) 11:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

You've got a Thank you card!
<div style="padding: 5px; background: #FFDCF8; border-style: groove; border-width: 10px; border-color: #003153; -moz-border-radius: 25px; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; "> <div style="margin-top: 5px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; width: 250px; background: #ffffff; border:1px solid #8888aa; float: center;"> Open your card! Dear Ryan, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best. Despite I've never had the pleasure of talking to you until now, dear Ryan, I really think the best gift that my RfA has given me is to meet people like you, as I see that you're a great editor and an awesome person. Please allow me to tell you, your support stating that you saw my RfA on RC patrol, and you chose to go there immediately made me blush and giggle; you made me feel so special! I'll never forget it, dear R, I swear. From this day on, I also consider you my friend, and I'd be happy and honored if you accept me as your own :) Thank you so much, Ryan! With a big hug, your friend, <font color="#009900">P <font color="#00AA00">h <font color="#00BB00">a <font color="#00CC00">e <font color="#00DD00">d <font color="#00CC00">r <font color="#00BB00">i <font color="#00AA00">e <font color="#009900">l <font color="#FF0000">♥ <font style="color:#22AA00;">tell me  added 22:36 August 6, 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing!
Sure thing, dear Ryan, leave it all to me :) Are you going away on vacation these days, hun? <font color="#00BB00">Phaedriel  <font color="#FF0000">♥  The Wiki Soundtrack! <font color="#FF0000">♪  - 04:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Girl Authority
That IP you just warned at Girl Authority? I blocked him for a day. RyanG e rbil10 (The people rejoice!) 06:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I think you'll need to semi-protect the page for 24 hours. I think a forum somewhere issued a challenge. *sigh*. There's just too many IPs all doing the same thing on it to be the usual vandalism. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  07:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Unverifiable-external-links
I'm a little dissatisfied with your closing of this tfd debate as "no consensus". From your contribution history it looks like you spent exactly one minute reading what was a lengthy discussion. Six deletes to four keeps may not be the clearest consensus, but all four of the keeps were cast before the proposed usage guidelines were added on the template page, after which time two users who had previously voted delete (myself included) revisited their comments and one new user voted delete. One of the keeps cited potential legal liabilities, but that user failed to revisit the discussion after I got a chance to post the relevant portion of the general disclaimer to the nomination.

I think that leaving the nomination open or resubmitting it would have been much more appropriate in this case, especially since (as I noted in my update) the tfd notice was missing for the majority of the tfd period, having been removed erroniously.

It's not that big of a deal since the template is currently only used in one article, and I don't mean to denigrate the overall quality of your contributions both as an administrator and an editor (which appears excellent), but I would appreciate it if you would take a little more time to read deletion discussions in the future before closing them. Cheers, savidan(talk) (e@) 09:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for being so forthcoming! I had no idea the backlog was that bad. I certainly appreciate you stepping up to the plate with tfd noms. savidan(talk) (e@) 20:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Bint Jbeil
You appear to have, perhaps inadvertently, move-protected this page without leaving the moveprotected template. Could you either add the template or unprotect the page? I have done neither as I am not sure whether the page is intended to be protected or not. Thanks. Stifle (talk) 22:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Unverifiable-external-links
Hi, I understand your reasons for restoring the TfD, but from the results so far, it appears to be an exact replay of the first TfD, and that the issues cited for the restoration of the TfD have no impact. I also worry that this sets precedent that if you really want a template deleted, you should keep getting it put on TfD till you get lucky. --Barberio 10:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)