User talk:Tonywalton/Archive-Apr-2010

In the words of Tindersticks...
For those

For those who reverted the recent vandalism to my user and talk pages, much thanks. Theresa, you beat me to the voablock by a matter of seconds &#9786; Tonywalton Talk 22:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Regarding 72.73.112.94
Sorry if I'm disturbing you, but I do not think was a vandal at all: Greek mythology can be weird at times, but what he wrote, from my skimming through his edits, appeared legit: the thing about Athena being born out of Zeus's head, too... As I said, sorry for bothering. Salvio ( Let's talk 'bout it!) 00:54, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

From MrFYE
Thanks you i will talk to the owner of the page —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrFYE (talk • contribs) 23:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

User:Janine_Thompson
You blocked this user - the block log says indefinite, but the talk page message says temporary. Shouldn't they both agree? Feel free to ignore this message if it's all in order. CheesyBiscuit (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for drawing it to my intention, but the block log actually says 1 week (I changed the block almost as soon as I applied it, having had fat fingers disease when I first put it on). Regards Tonywalton Talk 13:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Trout award
For the accidental blocking of, I hereby award you this. *grin* Cheers~! (P.S: did it before you did. :p ) --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 06:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

And because Ohnoitsjamie did it before receiving the minnow, Materialscientist is probably used to it now. mechamind 9  0  18:11, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
GlassCobra – This user removes as a matter of course any changes I make to the wikipedia "Michael Polanyi" entry even though he knows little or nothing about him (I am a published scholar on his life and work) and the changes I make are not controversial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 11:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I was told to contact Tonywalton - Which I am now doing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 11:31, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't know who told you that. The edits in question are not vandalism as described in WP:V. You should firstly contact Glasscobra and if this is fruitless, follow the procedure described at WP:EW. Tonywalton Talk 12:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

GlassCobra (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) – This user removes as a matter of course any changes I make to the wikipedia "Michael Polanyi" entry even though he knows little or nothing about him (I am a published scholar on his life and work) and the changes I make are not controversial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 11:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

This noticeboard is for persistent vandals and spammers only. Consider taking this report to WP:ANEW. Tonywalton Talk 11:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

The vandalism is persistent (obviously) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 11:44, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Why not talking directly to GlassCobra about this? Materialscientist (talk) 11:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Why? If he wanted to communicate with me (or anybody else) he could have used the Michael Polanyi discussion page to justify his persistent deletion of any changes I make. He does not of course, because he cannot justify them, because he knows next to nothing about Michael Polanyi. It needs to be dealt with by an independent adjudicator. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 12:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Many editors are better than they look. Please try friendly conversation, don't assume. Materialscientist (talk) 12:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Also Edits are not vandalism. —DoRD (talk) 12:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Persistent deletions are manifestly vandalism if they do not further the improvement of the article. They are the vandalism of deletion rather than addition. The only assumption I make about GlassCobra is that he knows next to nothing about the work of Michael Polanyi. What I know is that he continually deletes any changes I make to the article.


 * You have been advised on how to proceed.
 * Stop repeatedly replacing the text on AIV
 * Engage with Glasscobra
 * Iff this is fruitless take the dispute to WP:ANEW (properly, not just by dumping the text above into the page. Tonywalton Talk 13:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I was advised to talk to somebody called Tony Walton. Why? I was advised to discuss this with GlassCobra. Why? You tell me not to raise the issue on AIV even though it has not been resolved. You describe me as "enraged". Charming. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.108.187 (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * You were not advised, as far as I know, to talk to me. If you were, you would have received the advice given above. I have not, to my knowledge, described anyone as "enraged". If such a description has been made, please supply a diff (or have you misread the word "engage"?). Since you appear to have descended to baseless accusations and I can offer no further advice beyond what I've already said I should be grateful if you would desist from further posting on this page. Tonywalton Talk 17:41, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

As is evident I (falsely) interpreted "Talk to WP.ANEW. Tony Walton" as talk to Tony Walton! It also appears that I misread the world "engage" as "enrage". The perils of only having two hours sleep I fear! I apologise for any confusion caused, although needless the add it makes not the slightest difference to the substance of the case I was raising. People can judge for themselves about the adequacy (or otherwise) of your response.

Nothing would delight me further than for me to make no further posts on this page. No doubt you will now re-edit this page so that it accords with your wishes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.78.123 (talk) 00:42, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

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Suggestion.
I can't seem to find out how the edit the templates themselves, so I thought I'd ask you. I think "vandalizing" here should be spelled the N.A. way instead of the British way. The word "vandalizing" (with an S, though) is found under and. - Zhang He (talk) 23:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * One day (tomorrow) I'll work out how to edit those things and I'll let you know. There are a couple of changes I've been meaning to get around to as well1 It's 1AM in my timezone and I'm just off to bed, after I've asked SE KinG if they're serious about a vandal report for someone who last had a level 4 warning 2½ years ago, or whether they're talking about someone else. I'll get back to you tomorrow. Tonywalton Talk 23:59, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Your AIV report regarding User:Girl55555
I reported the correct person. The user has edited the T.I. page twice, both times doing the same thing after I revert it in the first place. These two edits are obliviously vandalism by the user and are not a good faith edit or a test. I do not understand how getting to warning level 4 in 2007 doesn't stack with new offenses. Why should the year count? Vandalism is vandalism. SE  KinG. User page. Talk. 04:21, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for help
Thanks for your help, I'm starting to get my head around things.User: Chris John Rowe-- 02:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

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You can make the ☺ symbol with Alt+1, just so you know. Alt+2 is ☻ (inverted colors).
 * Not on my MacBook you can't. Thanks for the info anyway. Tonywalton Talk 22:53, 29 April 2010 (UTC)