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• EdwardsBot (talk) 21:46, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

OpenVPN access blocked discussion - please participate

I've asked about the block here: User talk:Vituzzu#OpenVPN_Private_Tunnel_is_not_an_.22open_proxy.22. Since you're also listed in the block warning text, and Vituzzu has not replied, and in the interest of discussion in one place, I'm asking you, too, to participate there. Thanks in advance. --Lexein (talk) 15:14, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Jacob.husted

Are you familiar enough with Jacob.husted that you'd be able to recognise his style? You blocked the account, and now a very new account is complaining at ANI that the block was unjust; it definitely looks like this account is someone's sock. You didn't get notified because Reaper Eternal shut down Jacob's talk page access and the very new account thinks that Reaper is the one who's horribly horribly unfair and unjust. The section in question is "Misconduct by Reaper Eternal". Nyttend (talk) 14:04, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Never mind; Elockid just blocked the account. Nyttend (talk) 14:12, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide

Thanks for the cleanups to the guide! :) Tiggerjay (talk) 20:20, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Hear, hear! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:12, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

That's only part one of two guys, more on the way when I have more free time. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 01:55, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your work

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		Thanks for all the work your do as a checkuser at SPI and ACC! You really help keep things running. (And good luck with your abovementioned break!) Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 December 2012

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:52, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

ACC Account Creation Interface - Appeal

DeltaQuad, in December last year I tried to register an account for the ACC Account Creation interface. However, you declined my account request. I would like to now appeal the decision to not register my account; I have made many more contributions in the past year and am interested in helping out with the account creation process. Thanks, —Entropy (T/C) 04:11, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Just so you know, I have seen this message, and my apologies, I haven't had the chance in the past 24 hours to review your case or talk with the ACC admins about it as I have an exam tomorrow. I will surely look into it after my exam tomorrow. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:34, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

No worries at all, I'm in the same boat! Good luck on your exam! —Entropy (T/C) 04:10, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Entropy I was looking into your appeal and there is a requirement per the "Registering for use" section that must be in place before your appeal can move forward. All ACC interface users must be identified. You can poke DeltaQuad or any admin at ACC when this is resolved. Cheers Mlpearc (powwow) 04:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that information! I'm now identified. —Entropy (T/C) 21:09, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Verification diff. Thank you Entropy.

Mlpearc (powwow)

22:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

poop patrol

Hi DQ, some of the queries seem to be running multiple times and others not at all....... ϢereSpielChequers 20:34, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

This appears to be my fault as I tried to take down the WMF labs SSH server by accidentally screwing up the repeater setting. I'm looking into it, could be another two days before it's up though because I'm in exam period, and labs is becoming even more increasing difficult from what I originally thought it was supposed to. And I wonder why TS users don't want to switch... (I won't go on a rant here) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 22:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Good luck with your exams, I won't expect another run till they are over:) ϢereSpielChequers 23:40, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Yo ho ho

Thanks for all your help this year.

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Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide

DQ -- I was talking with Riley regarding updating the guide to clarify how the policy works regarding off-English accounts. I see there is a workflow/diagram which shows the information but it isn't reflected in the policy itself. It seems to focus only on on-English-wiki usernames that are similar. This came up when an ACC came in for a user with a similar, off-English, but active account request came in... I was going to boldly edit the page to synchronize the text with the diagram, but he suggest I contact you first. Tiggerjay (talk) 00:51, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

As said on IRC, i'll be modifying that part of the guide soon enough. Use the rule of thumb that the chart is the correct version and the text is not, and you should be fine. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:35, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

ArkRe's unblock request

I just wanted to let you know that I have procedurally declined ArkRe's unblock request that has been on hold for two months. If the user files another unblock request, then we can deal with it anew, otherwise we can just leave it. Cheers, Bovlb (talk) 23:31, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, well if anyone needs my results, they are here. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 00:35, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Poor Man's Talk Back

I responded to your post on the Zimmermanh1997 SPI here. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 08:23, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

REGEX question

Hi. I had a look at this edit to User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist and was wondering whether arguments like '[s5z]' were, strictly speaking, superflous, given that User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Similar puts 's', '5', and 'z' in an equivalence class anyway? That is, if the addition to User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist had just been 'having sex', would User:DeltaQuadBot have picked up on a username like 'User:Нaνing sәx' anyway, given the current state of User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Similar? I'm not asking that the edit to User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist be removed/changed; it's just a question to check whether I correctly understand how the system works. Thanks, It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 13:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

It has actually been a bit since I have looked at the code for that specifically. I'll take a look tonight though, and I can also easily test sample usernames if you want me to test a few for you. Even a list. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 23:34, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I haven't forgotten about this, it's just every time I try and sit down to do this, i'm called away by the family as i'm home, or it's 20h00 and i'm feeling excessively tired for some reason. I'll try and have this done sometime tomorrow. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:09, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

The diff you list there, yes the code seems to be extra, and would be caught anyway. The example you gave would not have been caught, for several reasons, which are now on my to do list to fix, though i'm not 100% sure to go about it, and will have to do some background research. For the sake of vandals/socks getting hold of the information, i'm not going to explain directly why here, but I can explain offwiki. Hope this helps. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 01:00, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this; it's appreciated. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 20:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 01:13, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

IPBE grants

Thanks very much for your message on my talk page. I have replied there. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:36, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

By the way, please do revert my action if, as a checkuser, you can see good reason to do so. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:40, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Hello DeltaQuad! Wishing you a very Happy Merry Christmas :) TheGeneralUser (talk) 14:08, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks TheGeneralUser for being the first one to say it too! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:07, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Seasons greetings to you and yours
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Very pretty sight, thanks. I always love the overly decorated lawns. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Doug. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:06, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas to my favourite admin! Thank you for all the hard work you do! -- Cheers, Riley 21:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks :) Though some admins might be jealous and have it in for me now that I'm know as a favorite ;) Anyway, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Riley :) -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:04, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Feliz Navidad

Y un buen Año Nuevo. (Vamos, en 2013 a estudiar un poco de castellano... :-) Best. --E4024 (talk) 22:22, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Gracias. :) Tengo pensado aprender varias lenguas en los próximos años, de todos modos, españolas es uno de ellos. Voy a tener que ver lo rápido que pasa sin embargo. :P Feliz Navidad para ti también y un buen año nuevo. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 03:02, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Español o españolas? I think you like Latin women... :-) --E4024 (talk) 18:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

This is why I shouldn't edit when i'm tired, with Google translate helping me. :P -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 18:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Not Roman Catholic

This multi-socking long-term vandal is using their talk page to argue their POV, without addressing their socking or vandalism or requesting an unblock. Would you consider removing their talk page access - and perhaps that of the other socks of Gullucum1956? Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:28, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

At this point he's not particularly using it abusively. If he continued to write long paragraphs of ranting or something like such, then I would consider revoking. But right now, not many people are going to see his talkpage, and he's not killing anything, so I'll just keep an eye on it for now. Thanks for letting me know though. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 02:53, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, no problem. Thanks. 18:35, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Confusing CU result

First of all, thank you for running CU at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Enverbius and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ebolaboy. I'm a little confused with the CU result at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Enverbius. I'm involved via BLPN, and was under the impression there were two sockmasters who socked mostly at each other. Maybe my involvement has biased me to that impression. Were your CU results as I read them, indicating they're all related to each other? I might need another beer if that's the case. But if they're really two more or less distinct individuals, could you explain that a little more, for templating socks to masters, etc.? JFHJr (㊟) 01:47, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

He said that all the accounts are likely related to each other, however there are subsets that are confirmed as being related to each other. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 01:51, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Allllllrightythen. JFHJr (㊟) 01:55, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi JFHJr, sorry for the confusing result. I was speaking purely on a technical basis (and should have made that more clear). If the behavior does not lineup, then it's more likely that they are two people working out of the same area (same city or something like that). If I had looked at the behavior, then I probably would have noted that part. So that definitely should be considered by the closing admin. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 02:45, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again ΔϘ! JFHJr (㊟) 02:52, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to head over there and take a look. DQ, thanks for looking into it, and thanks for Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gullucum1956 as well. Drmies (talk) 05:10, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 08:22, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

To all who actually read this page

To those who actually read this page,

Ever since a few weeks ago, when things turned south in real life and I been dealing with some things, I've been constantly demotivated time after time to actually do things people would like me to do, and to clear insane SPI backlogs, etc. I'm also finding that I'm getting more and more irritated at basic things people say and ranting at some points (my rants usually aren't insane tl;dr but they happen), including offwiki. Also seeing the wiki-politic mess of the Toolserver and it's future and the strain it's going to cause people has me really wondering what were doing here when the tools depended on are for people who actually edit and fix this encyclopedia are looking to be out of commission, and it's just a squabble over politics and funding of *critical* tools. For those of you who work in a 24-7 operational environment, you know that if you don't have your critical tools, you will fail your mission. Also, some other offwiki venues have left me in a bit of a shock at how disconnected, unmaintained and/or hostile environments can be, even if no one intends it to be.

Anyway, enough ranting about that. Over the next while, until my juices are restored back to normal (which I have no clue when it will be), I will either be offwiki or trying to hide in an quiet corner and do some content work (like this), or even contributing to another language Wikipedia or sister project. I will be trying to leave my watchlist and my talkpage alone, so if the question or inquiry can go somewhere else, please take it there instead. If your looking to have a disagreement with me, I'm not in the mood, so I'll likely ignore you after the first few responses. If I don't respond to you, this is all why. If your wondering if I'm doing ok, ya I'm doing fine, those who are my closer friends can ask questions offwiki, but I'm fine, just tired.

To my IRC friends, yes this also means I won't be around or responding to IRC pings, as once someone pings me on IRC to do x, I have to do y and z, and the snowball starts. Happy editing to you all while I'm on break.

-- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 21:20, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Enjoy your break, DQ. Less stress = good! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 21:36, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to hear this. I look forward to your return. MBisanz ^talk 02:09, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

• You have had one hell of a load put on you since getting the CU bit, and you were already working harder than should be expected. If there is anything that I can do, just ping me, and I mean that sincerely. We all need a break from time to time, and the real world and your own healthy state of mind are more important than Wikipedia. Get some well deserved rest, take care of real world issues, we will do the best we can until you are ready to come back. I wish you well, friend. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 02:18, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
• Archived -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 02:30, 30 December 2012 (UTC)