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WP:RFPP backlog

Thanks for clearing that backlog at RfPP. I swear, if I see that {{backlog}} template, I'll flip. Thanks again. :) -- Luke (Talk) 01:52, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I think that was some sort of record for me. I can't remember doing over 20 requests at a single sitting. AlexiusHoratius 01:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

WATCHOO DOIN?

Lawl, you can't have 2.8 sacks. Silly Alexius.

Indeed. I reverted myself. AlexiusHoratius 06:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Just spoons.

Spoons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.159.122 (talk) 06:51, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing AlexiusHoratius a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 23:53, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! AlexiusHoratius 06:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your support at my RfA. I will do my best to live up to people's confidence in me. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Arbitration request for Tirumala Venkateswara Temple article

Ancient history of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple citations and sources.

Please see the discussion in regards to the dispute on the talk page here and help resolve the issue.

Thanks, Pavan 06:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavn123 (talk • contribs)

I don't think I'd be of much help there as I don't really know anything about the subjects involved. If there are any WikiProjects that deal with the issues they might be useful places for finding more people to look at the issue. AlexiusHoratius 16:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I see you have been involved in discussions at Template talk:Infobox U.S. state. Therefore I would like to ask you to join in on my new discussion there. Thanks Fry1989 ^eh? 20:18, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Responded there (although probably not the answer you would have wanted). Just my opinion anyway. AlexiusHoratius 20:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For all this. Wow! Keep up the good work! —GFOLEY FOUR!— 00:32, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! (I actually started typing this response as {{RFPP...). AlexiusHoratius 00:35, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Wow, you're doing it manually?! Try this awesome script for RFPP. It does almost all of the typing for you! —GFOLEY FOUR!— 00:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll check it out. I do generally do things manually - both for vandalism and protections. I'm like one of those old people who refuse to get a cell phone or a computer. AlexiusHoratius 00:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but perhaps a bit more is needed

Hi Alexius, thanks for having protected Quadratic equation. It looks like after a final warning for adding spam, and for 3RR, the same user has now taken a new IP-address and added the same link to Quadratic function. Pretty persistent. Perhaps a short block might help. See

128.104.153.144 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

128.104.153.129 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log))

Cheers - DVdm (talk) 18:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I think I'm going to hold off on blocks for now - the Quadratic equation article is 'safe' for a couple weeks, and although both IPs are pretty close to being blockable, neither has fully crossed that line yet; perhaps they'll stop for a bit. If not, go ahead and report it at AIV or the 3rr noticeboard. AlexiusHoratius 18:25, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Ok. Meanwhile a few others have replied at my talk page. All this really should have been discussed on the article talk page. Cheers & thanks - DVdm (talk) 18:38, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Another one:

128.104.153.132 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) with this.

Good grief. - DVdm (talk) 19:37, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Reported at AIV. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 19:49, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Can you semi protect The Walt Disney Company page?

There has been persistent vandalism on this page The Walt Disney Company. Thanks in advance. Krystaleen (talk) 16:37, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

I semiprotected the page for a month. AlexiusHoratius 18:55, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I was getting tired of seeing all the vandalism. Krystaleen (talk) 03:56, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic

In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: near Minnehaha Falls at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012 (rain date July 8)
Time: 12–3 pm

• Accessible from the Minnehaha Park light rail station, bus, walk, bike, or car
• If driving, free parking available at 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
• Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

See the meetup talk page for more. —innotata 23:56, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Page protection on Darrell Issa

I'm confused as to why you protected this page. It was not being vandalized, nor was it in violation of WP:BLP. Jim1138 repeatedly reverted edits made by an IP claiming vandalism, though the actual infraction was WP:Copyright. The information the IP was adding is sourced, verifiable and reliable, the only problem was that he was doing a cut-and-paste of the source website. This protection seems unnecessary and I can't see how the reverts were attributed to vandalism if the rollbacker had read the citation. I'm going to go ahead and add the relevant facts and citations. Thanks for your help! Vertium (talk to me) 01:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Add what you like, but I'm not unprotecting the page. I signed the recent straw poll/RfC in favor of pending changes with the reasoning that in some cases it would be great; but if it isn't available I'm going long-term semi over open-season. This would be one of those cases. AlexiusHoratius 02:06, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Do you happen to mind!?

Read David31584's user talkpage to see why The Raccoons (and its list of characters) should be unprotected in an instant! Maxsonazeas (talk) 02:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The talk pages of those articles is the place to discuss the matter with other editors, arrive at a consensus, and decide what should be added or removed based on what reliable sources say. The articles will be unprotected in a couple of days - I'm not going to unprotect them now as the edit histories of those articles are ridiculous. Reverting each other 50 times is not the way to go. AlexiusHoratius 03:12, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

For the record, you have to go block David31584 if he turns up vandalising the pages as he had been doing, not the IP-hopping user whom the former kept biting! Maxsonazeas (talk) 19:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Wouldn't it just be easier to discuss the matter on the talk page? Even if David was vandalizing, and I'm not saying they were, a block would only be temporary. AlexiusHoratius 03:57, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Moretta (coffee)

Hi, dear AlexiusHoratius, how are you? I saw that you are Admin and I'm asking, please, your help.

If you have 5 minutes to read, please correct this new page I just made. My English isn't soo good... :-)

It's a tipical hot drink of Fano. Thank you for your precious help, have a nice week end.

Rex Momo (talk) 08:02, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help and for your friendly message!

I use more the account Rei Momo in Italian Wikipedia or in some others. I use Rex Momo in Latin WP and for corrections in other Languages.

Thank you again! Rex Momo (talk) 22:52, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Physics problem

Can you solve this problem for me? I was unable to solve it. "A machine gun fires 25g bullets at the rate of 600 bullets per minute with a speed of 200m/s. Calculate the force required to keep the gun in position." Sunny Singh 13:40, 24 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnysinghthebaba (talk • contribs)

The Reference desk/Mathematics would probably be the best place to answer this. (I majored in history and won my state's geography bee back in the day but I've never taken a physics class and when it comes to math I've forgotten so much that I currently have a 4th-grade level of knowledge.) I could ask my brother-in-law about it, as he teaches physics, but I don't see him that often. AlexiusHoratius 14:28, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Semi protect the List of Indian states by GDP

I have seen ip addresses constantly editing the article deleting official citations and adding irrelevant citations to support wrong data. Pavan 21:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavn123 (talk • contribs)

The activity on that article is still a bit slow - only a couple of edits per week or so. Just revert them for now if they are incorrect and if the situation gets worse put in a request at WP:RfPP. AlexiusHoratius 15:18, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Talk page protection

Hi, Alexius. You very kindly protected my talk page from IP vandalism here, in April. It must have run out, since evidently the same IP vandal attacked my page here, today. If you could help me out again, I'd be very appreciative, certainly. Thank you for any help. --Tenebrae (talk) 17:18, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Generally user talk pages aren't protected unless the vandalism is really heavy (see Wikipedia:User pages#Protection of user pages for the exact wording). Your page history doesn't look too bad over the last few weeks, so I'm going to hold off on protecting it for now. If it's just one incident here or there, revert it and move on. If the situation is starting to get really annoying or disruptive, put in another request at WP:RFPP and an admin will probably protect it for a bit. AlexiusHoratius 20:16, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

La Madrague (song)

Hi Alexius, how are you? I just made this page of a sweet French son I love too much. But, as you know, my English is very poor, eh eh eh, and I ask 5 minutes of your precious time to read and correct all my mistakes. Can you do it?

Thank you very much for your precious help!

Rex Momo (talk) 21:10, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay - I moved across the country and getting an internet connection again was a pain. Anyways, I took a brief look and made a minor change here or there but for the most part it looked fine. AlexiusHoratius 16:53, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Third Voyage of James Cook

Hi - I left a note [Third_voyage_of_James_Cook|Third voyage of James Cook] (Talk) re the graphic depicting the route of HMS Resolution. It was later suggested that I leave the note on your Talk page. Hope that's reasonable. It's pasted as posted below.

The voyage map “Cook'sThirdVoyage58.png” attached to the page shows HMS Resolution going through Bass Strait. That is, the water south of mainland Australia and north of Tasmania. In fact, HMS Resolution travelled to the south of Tasmania; Bass Strait was not discovered until the 1800's, and we know HMS Resolution stopped at Adventure Bay on the south coast of Tasmania (see wikipedia [Adventure_Bay,_Tasmania|article]). Would like to fix, but do not have any replacement graphic.Ross.m.kelly (talk) 09:26, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Replied at Talk:Third voyage of James Cook. Again sorry for the late reply and thanks for pointing out the error. AlexiusHoratius 16:36, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I've uploaded a corrected version now. You may have to bypass your cache to see it. AlexiusHoratius 21:19, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Brazilian Military Cemetery of Pistoia

Hi AlexiusHoratius, how are you? Here Summer is gone, sinff-sniff...

Please, if you have 5 minutes, I ask you to correct this new page I just made, can you? I put also copy-edit. Thanks a lot for your precious help.

Rex Momo (talk) 12:31, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Took a look and made a few minor corrections. AlexiusHoratius 12:55, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you !!! Rex Momo (talk) 12:56, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Oops. That one was my fault. Some proofreader I am... AlexiusHoratius 13:07, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event

In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 13:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Protection

Hello AlexiusHoratius, could you please Semi-protect Infosys and Delhi article. Either IP hoopers or new users are adding or removing valuable information's from the document particularly for the Infosys article. As far as Delhi is concern it would be better to semi-protect this article since it is the capital of India and contribution by experience users are rather preferred than new ones.Thanks--♥ Kkm010 ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 15:55, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I think I'm going to hold off on protecting those ones for now - although they've both seen some activity not much has gone on in the last week or so and I'm sure plenty of people have the Delhi article watchlisted. AlexiusHoratius 19:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Is Criticism of Ellerslie School an "Attack"?

In the case where information isn't verifiable, I've chucked them out. I've only put the ones that are verifiable, and explicitedly stated a broad group of eyewitnesses. According to you, eyewitness concensus (especially that of numbers above 20 people) amounts to no more than "gossip" and any specific negative reference to a person involved counts as "attack", and "what is wrong with you?". As humans we have every right to criticize professionals of any field, political, social, academic, or otherwise. Just because a comment is negative does not mean you can blatantly deem it "attack" and blatantly deem me mentally problematic. Nor is the case that when praising a person on Wikipedia, opponents could just charge in and call it "unwarranted boasting". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tornadokick1 (talk • contribs) 05:53, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Are you sure you have the right guy? I made three edits related to that article ([1], [2], and [3]) and I never labeled any edit as "gossip" or an "attack", and I certainly never called anyone mentally problematic. An editor said there was a content dispute on the article, I went to the article I saw there was indeed one, and I fully protected it for three days. Protecting an article isn't an endorsement of any one version and it shouldn't be read as agreeing or disagreeing with any argument or claim put forth by any of the editors involved in the dispute. AlexiusHoratius 14:37, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

IBA, University of Dhaka

Thanks for Semi protecting the page :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esha795 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. AlexiusHoratius 20:38, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Moving "Sioux Falls, South Dakota" to "Sioux Falls"

Hey, man. I was wondering why some cities' pages have the state mentioned after them in the title (like Sioux Falls, South Dakota) and some don't (like Minneapolis). I was also wondering why Sioux Falls is referred to as "Sioux Falls, South Dakota", as there's really nothing else to confuse it with. Is there some certain population or something your city has to attain to be referred to by itself, or is it random?

Mauer (talk) 02:35, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Originally every US city other than New York was "city, state", but there were a bunch of discussions a year or two ago on a number of pages for larger cities and it was decided that one or two dozen would drop the state as it wasn't really needed or in some cases common, so Los Angeles, California was moved to Los Angeles. This is why many larger cities don't use the state name unless there are additional ambiguity issues as with St. Louis the city and St. Louis the saint. The rough rule of thumb used was to go by the AP's styleguide, which listed a number of larger cities that didn't need the state as it was widely known. Although you're right that there are no ambiguity issues with Sioux Falls (as far as I know it's the only place of any kind with that name) it isn't mentioned on the AP list and the state isn't obvious and widely known as is the case with, say, Chicago. The ceasefire after all the arguing that went on about the moves was sort of balanced on the hope that the compromise would be the end of future requested moves; for this reason proposals to move most cities that aren't on the styleguide's list and aren't very large get shot down right away. I have no doubt Sioux Falls would be the same way. AlexiusHoratius 02:57, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

PS - The second half of Talk:Boston/Archive 4 should give you an idea of the basics of the debate if you're really bored. (Turns out it was four years ago - time flies.) AlexiusHoratius 03:01, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I skimmed the archive and now it makes sense. Also, thanks for your countless contributions on the Sioux Falls page. It's really awesome to have an in-depth page of the city I live in. What does it need for it to become a GA? Mauer (talk) 03:06, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I've always thought the Grand Forks, North Dakota article is a good guide for what a medium-sized city should be. The writing is pretty good, it has a large number of sources and I like how the photos are all of decent quality (it's amazing how much better an article looks if the photos are small in number but of good quality). I see the SF article still has some of the photos from my bad old days of photography - although I will say I was happy with how the infobox turned out and the map is decent (but could be improved if I ever got around to it). The article still has a lot of issues - mainly with sourcing. I found it difficult to get many sources online, but if Grand Forks could find plenty of references Sioux Falls is at least doable in theory. AlexiusHoratius 03:46, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps you have some information on a topic I'm trying to research a little bit. Have you heard of South Dakota Highway 100? It's a planned loop around Sioux Falls similar to I-229 that is planned to stretch from the Tea exit on I-29 to the Timberline Avenue exit on I-90. There's next to nothing about it on the internet aside from a map or two, and there's no Wikipedia article about it (though it is mentioned in a few) because it's not yet complete. Have you any information on this? Mauer (talk) 04:38, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't think I know much more than you - I've seen a few maps from the city and a couple mentions in articles but little beyond that. One article I saw made it sound like they haven't started yet but I could swear the construction around East 26th Street has to be part of it. Some of it is visible on Google Earth I think. I don't really know what the notability requirements are for highways - I'd imagine a few news articles about a planned highway would be enough but I'm not sure. AlexiusHoratius 05:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

There hasn't been construction on East 26th Street for quite a while. However construction on the I-229 interchange with E. 10th and the closure of E. 57th between Highway 11 and Sycamore continue, and I know for a fact the latter has everything to do with SD 100. Thanks for your help. Mauer (talk) 20:45, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Add

Hello, AlexiusHoratius Could you please add "num_employees" in the Template:Infobox airline at the bottom, because I'm not an admin therefor i can't edit that page. Thanks--♥ Kkm010 ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 09:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

It would probably be best to put an {{Edit semip-protected}} template on the talk page and make sure other editors agree with the addition. I'm not really good enough with templates to be comfortable adding new fields without messing up the template. If you start a thread on the discussion page others who work on the template will see it and be able to help out adding it. AlexiusHoratius 18:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Compulsory Voting

--Juan D. Alarcón (talk) 18:30, 15 October 2012 (UTC) You are evil. Please unblocked compulsory because is political discrimination. I stay in certain. Libya had compulsory voting until Gaddafi's dead.

Please discuss the changes you would like to make and come to a consensus at the article's talk page. I personally don't like the idea either, but you can't simply say that it's "political discrimination" as though it's no different than "water is wet" and leave it at that. AlexiusHoratius 22:05, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Francesco Buzzurro

Hi, dear Alexius, how are you? I made this little page, little! Please, can you watch for me if everything is good?

I thank you very much for your help

Rex Momo (talk) 10:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I fixed a few things but there is a sentence in Italian that still needs to be translated and I wasn't sure what "for the feeling transmitted" meant. AlexiusHoratius 14:51, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!!! The sentence you mean can be translated cause all the delicate feeling he was able to give us Rex Momo (talk) 06:14, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For all your great work at RPP today! Keep it up! (: Webclient101 (talk) 02:33, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! AlexiusHoratius 02:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

That's funny. I was just coming here to say the same thing. Thanks for getting rid of that backlog. ~Adjwilley (talk) 02:53, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 03:00, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

I was just coming here to do give the same barnstar, thank you for clearing it! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:04, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. AlexiusHoratius 03:13, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Response to my edit of Idaho.

Dear AlexiusHoratius.

Please forgive my erroneous edit of the Idaho article.

I am an elementary librarian and was merely teaching my 5th grade class a lesson about how anyone can edit wiki pages. We were discussing research, and are learning to evaluate websites and how to determine which information we can trust. I have edited the Idaho page before, as an example for class. I always revert the page back to the correct information, and I absolutely DO tell my kids that what I did was wrong and does constitute vandalism. The point I am trying to get across to them is that there is no internet police who checks all the information out in the web. I really wish you hadn't reverted the page so quickly because it is more effective for me to make the correction and apologize. (The class becomes very quiet and solemn when I tell them that what I did was wrong - believe me, they understand by my serious tone of voice.) I am certainly not bashing wikipedia in front of them. We do discuss that there is a place for wikipedia in our lives, and that there are people who use the internet to try to make the world a better place. But it is very important for me to make this point and every year this lesson has a huge impact on my students. Young students will retrieve wikipedia results in their searches and they need to understand WHY teachers do not allow them to use it as a source in school projects. I believe in explaining and demonstrating my research rules rather than just "because I said so".

I hope you understand my reasons for doing what I did.

I wish to keep on editing Idaho (or any other state), and I hope that I can continue to do so. I promise that I will correct any changes I make as I also want to make it clear that vandalizing a webpage is wrong. Indeed, if you look at Idaho from last year and the year before, you will see that I made the same changes and then reverted to the correct information.

Thank you, Clariline November 1st, 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clariline (talk • contribs) 21:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate you taking the time to explain the situation and I agree that Wikipedia is not a perfect source for information. It is indeed easy to vandalize (although in my opinion a larger problem is with neutrality on contentious issues). However, there are a couple of things I disagree with. First, any vandalism I see, or many other Wikipedia editors see, isn't going to be left in an article, even if the vandalism is being used as a teaching tool. The reason for this is that others use the site in addition to your class, and they deserve to see non-vandalized versions of articles. If your goal was to show kids how easy it is to change information in an article, this can be done without introducing incorrect information into an article, in this case Idaho being the 65th state. Second, do you see the problem with the statement "I wanted to warn kids that there was no-one else checking over my work, but you reverted my vandalism too quickly". As I said, I agree that Wikipedia has an issue with vandalism, but it isn't as bad as many think - much of the vandalism is either reverted automatically by a computer script or is reverted within a few seconds by someone such as myself. Some vandalism does stay, but a great deal of it is removed in a short period of time. I also revert vandalism because I and many others have spent a great deal of time and effort here, and appreciate vandalism as much as you would appreciate it if I showed your students how easy it was to rip pages out of library books. I've come to the realization that Wikipedia isn't infallible (and will probably never be) but it is useful in ways traditional books and encyclopedias can't match. As fond as I was of my old World Book Encyclopedia, my local libraries and my local bookmobiles, as valuable as they were, none of them would have been able to tell me much about what the ten largest US cities were in 1820, what the Union order of battle was at Gettysburg, or allow me to zoom into images of the Mitchell Map or original US Constitution. AlexiusHoratius 23:10, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Sioux Falls Elementary Schools table

Hey, Alexius. It was a good call on putting the elementary school table I created into a collapsible form. However, next time please check the table before saving your edit. You added a random column and broke the table completely. Sorry to bother you...it just annoys me a little bit. --TCN7JM 19:26, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

I thought it looked better to get the "show" out of one of the title boxes, but I see what you mean in that it pushed everything over to the wrong column. I'll be more careful next time. AlexiusHoratius 19:41, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

California Gold Rush article

A quick note of thanks for your amazingly tireless patrol of the California Gold Rush article - which is very much appreciated! As you probably know, all California fourth-graders study "California History" during the year, and I can usually tell when many of these fourth-grade classes have reached the 1840s/50s by the spike in fourth-grade vandalism of this article. Moving the article into protected/semi-protected status always seems like a good idea to me! Again, many, many thanks for the work that you do! NorCalHistory (talk) 03:01, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've never thought about correlating a historical timeline with the school year, but I actually think you may be on to something. At the very least, there are certainly a lot of articles that start to get hit at the start of September and calm down again in May. AlexiusHoratius 03:34, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

A little help, my dear friend...

My dearest AlexiusHoratius, please, I ask you a little help. Please: can you go in my Talk Page and try to understabd whatìs the advice that's arriving to me? I tried to go unto the link, but I don't want to make trobles, please, can you help me? It will take you anly 2 minutes, please...

Thank you very much, ... have a nice week-end!!!

Rex Momo (talk) 12:12, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, my dear to take care of me. You are very sweet! No, I think for now, I don't have any more quastion.... only Gianni Ambrosio: why there's red link for bishops of 21st century? Because there aren't in EN Wiki? Thanks a lot, my friend Rex Momo (talk) 23:11, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Orlando Drummond

Hi Alexius, how are you? I made this new page of the Brazilian voice of Scooby Doo, Gargamel and Oliver Hardy. Please, can you take 5 minutes of your precious time to read for me?

Thanks a lot, and happy week end.

Rex Momo (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

I did a bit of work on it but wasn't sure what to do with "Seu Peru dans l'émission Escolinha do Professor Raimundo". If the whole thing isn't a proper noun the part that isn't a title should be translated into English. AlexiusHoratius 18:55, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank youuuuuuuuu, dans l'émission means in the series of, I corrected it. Thanks a lot! Rex Momo (talk) 19:35, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Waldemar Esteves da Cunha

Hi Alexius, how are you? I just made this new page, about Brazilian Carnival. I ask you, when you'll have 5 minutes, to correct for me, please. Thank you very much for your help!

Rex Momo (talk) 15:24, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay (I've been really busy lately and am about to take a long trip for Christmas). Anyway, I did a bit of copyediting on it but some of the parts are still unclear, in particular the current 4th and 5th paragraphs of the main body. Like I said I'll be away for a bit, but will take another look after I get back in about a week. Have a good Christmas and a happy new year. AlexiusHoratius 16:10, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much and Merry Christmas!!! Rex Momo (talk) 16:12, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Luiz Carlos Prates

Hi Alexius, how are you? I made this new page, and I ask you the help for a short relecture, please.

Thanks a lot, and have a 2013 full of happyness!!!

Rex Momo (talk) 14:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I did a bit of work on it - generally "announcer" works better than "speaker" if you're talking about someone who calls games on the radio. Other than that it looked okay, although you may want to take a look at the last edit I made, as I didn't know what the original version was speaking of exactly. Also, the final sentence isn't very clear. AlexiusHoratius 21:23, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, end Happy New year again! Rex Momo (talk) 18:33, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Paolo Poli

Hi Alexius, how are you? Me very fine, this is my last article for January (yeeeeaaahhhh :-) because I'll travel next Thursday in France for holyday.

Please, can you read for me? It's a great thetre actor, I like him very much for his avant-gard and for his sweetnes. Thanks again for your help.

Rex Momo (talk) 14:30, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I took a look and made a few changes. I wasn't really sure what "sweetness" meant - that is, I know what it means but it didn't sound encyclopedic - so I just removed it for now. There's probably a better word for it. AlexiusHoratius 20:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Richard Manitoba / Caribou

I see you were involved earlier in the content dispute on Richard Manitoba and protected the article. It does not appear to be resolved. I have just had the article protected again. Please come and add your 2c. Perhaps we can settle it. Thanks. Wwwhatsup (talk) 12:32, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Sons of Merciful Love

Hi Alexius, how are you? Please, do you have some minutes to read this new page I just made? Your help is so precious to improve my poor English!

Thanks a lot!

Rex Momo (talk) 17:29, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!!! Rex Momo (talk) 23:42, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 00:10, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

RfA: thank you for your support

Alexius, I wanted to briefly thank you for your support at my RfA, and let you know that I left a brief explanatory note regarding my talk space edits under your "support" comment. Fingers crossed, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:03, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry about it - like I said in my reply on the RfA, I probably should have said "percentage". In any case, good luck. AlexiusHoratius 23:35, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Alexius, my RfA did not end as hoped, but I am thankful for the support of many long-time editors such as yourself. I will work to treat it as a learning experience to better my future editing. Warm regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of papabili in the 2013 papal conclave until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- --JamboQueen (talk) 08:50, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Protecting The Walking Dead (TV series)‎

Can you extend protection time? Vandalism has been relentless within past two days or more. --George Ho (talk) 00:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I extended it to a month (the same as the last period). AlexiusHoratius 00:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Ilario Antoniazzi

Hi Alexius, how are you? it's a long time we don't correspond. I made this new page, and I ask your help, please, to see please if I made all correct.

I thank yopu a lot for your help

Rex Momo (talk) 17:51, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you a lot! Rex Momo (talk) 06:44, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 13:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Shaolin

Hi Alexius, how are you? Please, I just made this page, and I ask your precious help to correct my wiki-mistakes. He is a great Brazilian humorist.

Thanks a lot for your help

Rex Momo (talk) 10:14, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!!! Rex Momo (talk) 06:24, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Your input is requested

Greetings, AlexiusHoratius/Archive 8! If we have not met, I'm AutomaticStrikeout. I've come here to ask you to take part in the survey at User:AutomaticStrikeout/Are admins interested in a RfB?. I am trying to gauge the general level of interest that administrators have in running for cratship, as well as pinpoint the factors that affect that interest level. Your input will be appreciated. Happy editing, AutomaticStrikeout (T • C • Sign AAPT) 01:50, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Signore delle cime

Hi AlexiusHoratius, how are you? I made this new page now, and I ask you, please, 5 minutes of your precious time to read, and correct my mistakes.... because I'm sure you'll find! Can you?

I thank you very much, have a nice week end

Rex Momo (talk) 22:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!!!!! Did you like the page's theme? Rex Momo (talk) 17:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Looked fine to me. AlexiusHoratius 18:01, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Carnival of Limoux

Hi Alexius, how are you?

I just made this page, but as you know my English isn't so perfect... :-) Please, can you help me to correct my mistakes? Thanks a lot!

Rex Momo (talk) 08:01, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank youuuuuu !!!!! Rex Momo (talk) 23:17, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

No problem. AlexiusHoratius 23:44, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library!

World Digital Library Wikipedia Partnership - We need you!

Hi AlexiusHoratius! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:33, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Upcoming Wikipedia meetups

In the area? You are invited to the upcoming Minnesota meetups.

To kick-off monthly meetups in the Twin Cities, two events will be held in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library this summer. These are mostly planned as opportunities for Wikipedians to discuss editing, but all are welcome!

Special Collections contains many valuable historical resources, including the Minneapolis Collection, consisting of files on hundreds of topics related to Minneapolis from neighborhoods to politicians (it's best to call or email in advance to request materials). Free wifi and several public computers are available.

Place: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
Dates: Saturday, June 1
Saturday, July 6
Time: 12:30pm–2:30pm+

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 14:00, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

South Dakota Legislators database

I like the South Dakota Legislators database and it is very helpful. The Minnesota and Iowa Legislatures have databases for their legislators but I wish the Wisconsin Legislature would a database for their legislators but they don't. Thanks-RFD (talk) 15:50, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Ary Toledo

Hi Alexius, how are you? I made this new page of a great brazilian humorist. I love him, he's smart! I ask some minute of your time to have a little re-lecture, please.

Can you? Thanks a lot!

Rei Momo (talk) 15:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Grazie mille - Thanks a lot ! Rei Momo (talk) 17:03, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Great American Wiknic

In the area? You're invited to the Great American Wiknic.

Place: north of Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2012
Time: 12–4 pm

• Accessible from the Minnehaha Park METRO station, bus, walk, bike, or car
• If driving, free parking available on 46th Ave. S, and pay parking in the park
• Food and drink options nearby, or bring your own... maybe even to share!

For more, and to sign up (encouraged, not required) go to the meetup talk page.

This invitation was sent to users who were interested in past events. If you don't want to receive future invitations, you can remove your name from the invite list. —innotata 03:11, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Minor barnstar
	For cleaning up my errors. Thank you very much, I must have missed rolling back some of them. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 14:22, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, and no problem. AlexiusHoratius 14:46, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Delta Air Lines fleet

What am I supposed to do now? I know that I am correct but I was told not to engage in an edit war (which has already happened). So could you please help me. FonEengIneeR7 (talk) 18:50, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Discuss the edits in question on the talk page and arrive at a consensus, if possible, with the other editors there. Simply reverting one another is edit warring. AlexiusHoratius 18:53, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Blockbuster article

Why did you full-protect that article rather than semi-protecting? The inherent problem is that drive-by IPs have been going there for a while to basically do on-the-spot reporting of store closures. None of those claims are sourced, it is just OR, and none of the closures appear to be so significant as to be worth mentioning. All those little additions to the captions saying "this store is now closed" are just ridiculous and have no place in an encyclopedia article. We aren't the Blockbuster Store Closure Report. Would you at least remove those nonsensical statements in the captions?--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 03:01, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

It's a content dispute. Adding or removing information in the caption as to whether the pictured store is open or closed isn't vandalism. Usually in cases like this I'll check the talk page to see if the issue has been discussed or any attempt at actual consensus has been made, and there hasn't been any discussion on there in some time. AlexiusHoratius 03:09, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

It may not be vandalism, but surely you can recognize it is not the kind of removal that would require discussion normally. The only reason a "dispute" exists is because of one persistent IP.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 06:05, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

I am said "persistent IP" & here we are talking about it. I'm reverting The Devil's Advocate's edits for a number of reasons. First, including information on whether a store is closed or not is vital to the caption when it specifies the location. If these captions were more generic - like 'a typical Blockbuster store in America' - then adding whether it is closed would be nonsensical. But because most store pictures right across Wikipedia highlight their exact locations, most articles I've come across also carry small lines on whether they are closed. It makes sense. Second, it's a quick way for a casual reader of the article to ascertain the overall health of the company if lots of pictures carry 'closed' captions. Of course once the company has completely liquidated, it would then make sense for somebody to remove all the closed store captions. Thirdly, The Devil's Advocate is only doing this to fight with me, while I'm attempting to protect the integrity of the article in question. This is evidenced from his/her first couple of reverts only on the North Carolina caption, then they moved on all captions when I reverted them a third time. Fourthly, what's the big deal about some little captions? I'm hardly asking the reader to wade through lots of useless information. Lastly, I'm sick to death of people like The Devil's Advocate vandalizing everyone's good work, acting like some grand Wiki Overlord, while people like me (who is attempting to add to articles, not take away) have things deleted because of people's pathetic power trips. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.131.47.146 (talk) 08:31, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

The Devil's Advocate, there are only a few situations in which reverting that many times is okay, and this isn't one of them. 144, although I haven't done an exhaustive investigation of the issue, some of your edit summaries do make your additions look like original research. Since you both don't seem to mind discussing the issue, I'd suggest using the article's talk page to come to some sort of agreement on it. Full protections can always be lifted early if an admin can be confident the edit warring won't resume. AlexiusHoratius 11:39, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

I have policy and best practice on my side, but very little desire to explain it to some random person who has no understanding of either and an obvious chip on their shoulder. This isn't a valid content dispute. A bunch of IPs have been inserting lines about how some random store pictured is closed, simply because it is apparently true regardless of whether it is significant, sourced, or relevant, in violation of numerous content policies. I was clear about the material being in violation of content policies, yet you act like this is just some random content dispute. You know what, that guy above wins. Thank to you I have zero interest in bothering with the subject anymore.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 16:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

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