Thanks for getting involved in this - I was off-Wiki all weekend. And of course I remember you - your advice was one of several factors leading me to de-escalate on the User:FCYTravis comment deletion issue. It looks like it's escalated to beyond the level that non-admins are needed, but I've left a note on Cheeser's page asking him to let me know if I can be of any use. Sarcasticidealist 00:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Alkivar/Workshop.
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Hi R, I wanted to run this by you quickly. After laboring over getting the picture correct for John Lennon, I wanted to make sure I did everything to spec. take a look. It's the opening picture. Thanks in advance.Sixstring1965 22:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
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Your welcome. Glad you got everything worked out. Don't really know why the SP request was a problem to begin with. Happy editing, R. Baley 15:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
R., I was vandalized for the first time by 216.165.22.115 and don't know what to do next besides revert. Any suggestions? Sixstring1965 15:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. You're the best. Sixstring1965 17:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi. RE: WP:ANI#User calls me a WP:DICK for linking to policy. You've closed it (finally; thank you) stating that it has been resolved. Is that on the basis of my final comment left there? - Rjd0060 16:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Greenwald_at_salon_logo.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 21:54, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I never thanked you for participating in my RfA a couple of weeks ago. Thank you for your support, though unfortunately the request was closed as "no consensus". I plan to run again at a later time, and I hope you will support me again then.
Thanks again! —Remember the dot (talk) 06:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
If it's not too much trouble, would you mind taking a look at Perro de Presa Canario? It was unprotected and went back downhill rather quickly (and that sure wasn't my intention). Anyway, I think the more folks there are participating in the discussion, the better. I realize and admit that I'm coming at the subject from a different angle than most, plus I'm still getting up to speed on what will fly in this context - that said, I'm able and willing to be flexible. On that note, I'm not comfortable with a single admin (user:Rklawton) working on the content in a vacuum and he seems to be less than willing to engage in any sort of discussion with me. Thanks -- Frangible (talk) 20:58, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
No problem. Had I known that comment was by a banned user I would not have replied.--Samiharris 20:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
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On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, — Rlevse • Talk • 17:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, no problem. I've grown a pretty thick skin — you need it to survive here. And most people don't apologize, so thanks. Crum375 (talk) 05:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
You were right to delete. In 1966, he would have been 8 years old. ;-) Hult041956 (talk) 16:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
RE:[2] Please don't revert out my comments in the archived thread.
I started my comments before you archived, miraculously, I didn't have an edit conflict for some reason after you archived the comement, so even though my date stamp is after your archive, I was first.
Out of curiosity, are you an admin, or are you aspiring to be one? T (talk) 09:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Sending it to OTRS is fine. The e-mail address to send it to is permissions[at]wikimedia.org. That's how people generally do it, to avoid clogging up the image description page and to preserve others' privacy. Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 13:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for everything! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helper2008 (talk • contribs) 08:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The abusive sockpuppet Sixstring1965 is back again in the John Lennon article discussion, this time with the multiple IDs of Innocentvictim and 12.72.53.178. The prat actually isn't even trying to hide his identity, confident that we cannot keep him out. Is there an editorial equivalent of a restraining order we can apply to this unhappy little elf? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 04:15, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
(←dent)Okay, Last question: can a previously blocked user petition for re-admission? I've seen barnstars (though not awarded barnstars) for those editors who were banned and rejoined the community and have since made themselves useful. I've never heard more than rumours of such. Is there a path to re-admission that you have heard of? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 00:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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Sixstring1965 (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting promotes WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Don't overdose on cranberry sauce or cookies!
yay. apparently this user is dumber than a sack of wet rocks. Maybe a community ban is going to be the only way to shut this slow little clown down for a while, so they can stew in their own juices. You can see the editor is not really caring about the regular blocking thing, and apparently has not interest whatsoever in regaining entrance to wp legitimately. Let me know your thoughts, and I'll proceed with the commban process. He cannot say we did not give him the tools he needed to do things the right way. WP doesn't support utter stupidity. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 05:44, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
My contribution VERY MUCH helps editors to understand the forces that help shape an article on Wikipedia and justly belong RIGHT where I placed them. Any further attempts to remove them will be counteracted and put you in a position to be reprimanded yourself. Thank you 69.244.181.184 (talk) 10:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
For filing a checkuser. They may decline it as "too obvious". With Obedium I have kind of decided I am going to waste no more effort on protocol than it takes him to switch IP and set up another sock. But it may turn up some more substantial socks too which would be good. --BozMo talk 10:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks from that format fix, I thought 1 div would have been enough to avoid this mess, but I've fix the rest, I've only send the cards to about a dozen users and the rest if needed will be without the cards. I'm obviously not the best editor as far as tables and cards and other stuff like that Also to yourself as well, have Happy New Year 2008. --JForget 18:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Not a particulaly threatening person but certainly weired. I was tempted to just block him myself but it would be better if another admin did it. Thank you. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 23:27, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. It is people like you, that make me want to continue here. Yes, I have been stressed from many on, and off Wiki conditions, Which include: Being uncerimoniously dumped by girlfriend, having my teenage mind corrupted by a phobia of death (which is thankfully subsiding), and having many issues with users here on Wikipedia. Thankfully, things have gotten a big boost here and there. I am happy you have reached out to me. It means alot. I don't know if I will ever be a 300-edit a day user on this site, but I do love Wikipedia. I'm happy there is peolpe like you on this site. It makes me know, that even in the darkest moment, there is life. Tech43 (talk) 08:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I will ask you for help. I have also reached out to users I have had problems with. Again, thank you. And I will take your advice with glee. Happy editing, Tech43 (talk) 08:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I wonder how many people noticed this.[3] C'est magnifique! Raymond Arritt (talk) 02:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate your words greatly. After posting the nomination, I sort of had this weird feeling of complete uncertainty over whether I was completely out to lunch in nominating myself. The first supporter seemed to be supporting me solely on the basis that I'd nominated myself, which didn't really set my mind at ease, and the second didn't provide a rationale at all. Your !vote reassured me that even if my RfA was unsuccessful, I wasn't an idiot for trying.
As for whether I wanted it, I've thought for a few months (since I started contributing more in the WP namespace) that it's something I'd like to try for eventually, but it was really only once I started participating in others' RfA discussions that I decided that maybe I was ready now. Actually self-nominating now was more or less a spur of the moment decision this afternoon.
In any event, I hope you saw me partially credit you in my answer to Q2 for my decision to disengage during the User:FCYTravis/Star Wars kid/Adolf Hitler fiasco. I found your advice on that occasion to be very helpful. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 10:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure what I can do, the images fit the guidelines to be tagged and the bot has no way of knowing what pages the images were removed from. The only thing I can think of is reverting the page to the revision with the images until the dispute ends. BJTalk 20:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Re: this edit. I know people complain about protecting the wrong version all the time. I am only asking that you revert the page back to a version with the images because they are all being tagged as orphaned, thus ensuring their probable deletion at about the same time the page protection is expected to expire. This advances one side in the dispute unfairly. I have tried to remove the tags per template instructions, "Please remove this template if a reason for keeping this image has been provided, or . . ." but my edits are reverted by BJBot. The bot operator suggests that the page be restored to prevent this (inquiry here and reply here). Thank you for your attention to this matter, R. Baley (talk) 07:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Please refrain from making nonconstructive reverts, as you did to the Barack Obama article. TheOnlyJason (talk) 03:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
I have redacted my own quote which was pasted here. Originally posted at this thread here on Kralizec's talk page. R. Baley (talk) 19:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
My mistake; it appears that I assumed too much good faith. --Kralizec! (talk) 04:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your message [6], but you have no need to apologize. I had an inexplicable lapse in judgment (for the life of me I have no clue as to what I could have been thinking), and you were understandably frustrated by my bad call. Thank you for your hard work to keep vandalism under wraps, and sorry again for my mistake. --Kralizec! (talk) 15:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Nengscoz416 (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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Hi R. Baley - thanks for your participation in my request for adminship. I believe I've already indicated to you how much I appreciated your words, but it bears repeating: I greatly appreciated your words, and they helped convince me that I'd made the right choice in applying (the rest of the community seemed to need somewhat less convincing, the trusting saps). Anyway, it passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 08:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey man! Thanks for reverting the SPA. Really appreciate it! Peace--Certified.Gangsta (talk) 06:34, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Your ANI comment is very sensible! Allow some discussion, then ban the user. You'll note that I haven't defended the banned user. I only noted others' comments and asked the user to defend himself. At first, he didn't know he was being discussed on ANI. Archtransit (talk) 20:30, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey there. I was the user who added the note to an oppose comment in the MONGO RfA. I didn't realize that I was over-stepping my bounds, so to speak, and I struck the note. Have a nice day. Ice Cold Beer (talk) 08:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Thanks for getting rid of the harassing trolling message on my talk page. NHRHS2010NHRHS2010 20:13, 23 January 2008 (UTC) |
Yeah, it sure is in the public domain. At the time, I thought that the photographer had to have been deceased for 75 years for it to be in the public domain; since I had no idea who the photographer was, I had no idea whether or not this was the case. I later learned that in Canada, anything not subject to Crown copyright that was published before 1949 is in the public domain. In fact, I later put an identical photo (Image:Matthew McCauley.jpg) on the Commons, although I hadn't fully replaced the old photo with it. I've since done so, and deleted the image you referred to. Thanks for the reminder! Sarcasticidealist (talk) 07:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! 68.40.200.77 (talk) 18:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi IP, I'm sorry you feel as if I've harassed anyone. It was not my intent. Looking back over my interaction with the above IP you mention, my last (and I think only) interaction was Dec. 22, over a month ago. I removed a comment s/he made from the O'Reilly article that was not germane to improving the article, but was instead an attack on the editors at wikipedia. At that point they made a non-credible threat to have me reprimanded, at which point, I posted at ANI for further input, and left it to others to enforce the talk page standards as they saw fit.
I can't help but notice that you're an anon IP yourself, if by some chance you happen to be the same editor as the one you mention in the subheading, I encourage you to rethink your method of participation here. No sense in beating your head against a brick wall. Check your political leanings at the door when you step in and it's really not such a bad place. R. Baley (talk) 20:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
While reading into your post at ANI about Leave Power Behind, I pressed the wrong link and blocked you when I thought I had been blocking Leave Power Behind. I'm sorry for this mistake, and now I guess I'll have to double-check who exactly is on that page.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Mr.Baley...i am "O.Waqfi" ,i had uploaded picture for Griffin Frazen,i think it is File:Griffin Frazen 1.jpg...you can see it at My contributions...and a admin remove it.because it is for someome alive and from website..what license can you put? my Regards --O.waqfi (talk) 10:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback, I was asking because of this, which has been puzzling me for a while. Tim Vickers (talk) 23:23, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I've drawn a total blank. Thanks for the suggestions though. Tim Vickers (talk) 01:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
No, I'm fine with that. G-Dett also edited there. I'm not possessive, and I think your comments add some value. It's just a "sandbox" after all. Cool Hand Luke 01:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
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I award you this Brilliant Idea Barnstar for your excellent suggestions and analysis of edit patterns, and particularly for your suggestion to use correlation coefficients to measure the similarity between time-of-day edit distributions. Cool Hand Luke 06:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC) |
Well, I found this to be pretty telling. I'm not sure what else I could do other than more comparisons. Cool Hand Luke 20:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 74 supporting, 3 opposing, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have placed in me. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks for responding to the fine young anon user's comments on my Talk page. I've just moved the comments to the bottom of the page and replied. For a bag of full-on crazy, check out this interesting fellow - Arcayne (cast a spell) 20:18, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Two or three warnings, depending on what it is, then report. I'd reported him a good five minutes ago. HalfShadow (talk) 20:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Guys, I know I'm guilty as anyone of this, by my initial revert, but please don't risk getting yourself in trouble. I did my BRD, and Now I have a request for a clerk to take a look. SirFozzie (talk) 17:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
You have a very beautiful userpage. It's in a beautiful circle and then it's all segmented into sections. It doesn't have the popular segmentation where everything is hidden and you have to click "show" to view it and if you don't have javascript on, you can't view it at all -- I hate those. Your userpage is nice. Anyway, it's too bad you keep removing the meatpuppet of SlimVirgin tag on Crum375's page as everyone knows they are meatpuppets and a tag team. I would have vandalized your userpage for doing that if the design wasn't so good, just letting you know. 63.46.33.168 (talk) 23:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for removing that sewage from my Talk page. Much appreciated. --Eleemosynary (talk) 05:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I just stopped by to echo that note of appreciation - I can live without Matt on my talk page. Best, Jay*Jay (talk) 07:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand. How is this a fork. I am complaining about disruptive and unsubstantiated warnings on my talk page. This has nothing to do with the content dispute. You have no right to move my comments. This is in good faith. Would you explain you actions to me?Icamepica (talk) 09:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
For the comment in my RfB. Despite what happened, I hope I have your trust as a Wikipedian and an admin. See you around. :) Acalamari 22:12, 28 February 2008 (UTC)