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--Go Phightins! 03:15, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. AutomaticStrikeout 03:17, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

NPP

If you add the following to your common.js page, you'll get a link to the new pages feed in your toolbox. Ryan Vesey 21:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

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importScript('User:Kephir/gadgets/rater.js'); // [[User:Kephir/gadgets/rater]]

This one? AutomaticStrikeout 21:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

You can put it there, but it's better to put it in User:AutomaticStrikeout/common.js. I'm surprised you're not using any scripts right now. There's a number of good ones I have at User:Ryan Vesey/common.js. Of the ones I use, I think the other important one for you would be User:Kephir/gadgets/rater. It allows you to easily add wikiprojects to pages and rate the page. I'll put add the line to the code. Ryan Vesey 21:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Also, were you answering my question at WT:NPP when you posted that? AutomaticStrikeout 21:58, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I had seen your comment at the page curation talk page, but I don't know about them being automatically patrolled after a month. Ryan Vesey 22:01, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Actually, you must've been using Special:NewPages instead of Special:NewPagesFeed (the new version). I suggest using the feed, then they should appear from older than a month. Ryan Vesey 22:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. AutomaticStrikeout 01:12, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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We all hate vandalism and incivility

but although I know you mean well, this kind of comment is precisely the the kind of thing that eggs them on even more. The editor has been reported to ANI, and that should suffice. Besides which, you are aware that we can't block IPs for very long anyway. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:36, 24 October 2012 (UTC) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 18:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Yes, I should have known better. Thanks. I think partly I'm still steaming over Malleusgate and all of that drama and I'm not in mood for foolishness. AutomaticStrikeout 18:38, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

True, but we can block them multiple times. AutomaticStrikeout 18:38, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Miguel Cabrera

Regarding this warning you left, it is entirely possible that the user was misinformed about Triple Crown re: AL vs MLB. Also, Cabrera did in fact win Sporting News POY [1]. You should look over WP:VANDNOT, or refresh if you have in the past. Also, I usually revert edits as unsourced in such cases, for the very reason that it might actually be true. Keep up the vigilant monitoring, but try to assume good faith in intent (unless it really is obvious).—Bagumba (talk) 23:36, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

True, I probably should have reverted it as good faith, at least the first time. A question, was Sporting News POY one of the awards listed for infobox mention when we had that discussion about what will and won't be included? Also, please note that the user in question had made an edit that was clear vandalism on Ron Artest. AutomaticStrikeout 23:43, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

True, but try hard(er) to assume they are independent, and in this case I would have given the benefit of the doubt on the subsequent Cabrera edit. There is {{uw-error1}} which warns about adding incorrect info, but doesn't go as far as calling it vandalism for early warnings. If a user is in fact out to make trouble, it will quickly be evident and the fact you were cautious in not calling it "vandalism" early on will not make a difference. On the other hand, good faith editors will not be offended (or worse stop editing).—Bagumba (talk) 23:53, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: infobox. I think it was only MLB awards, but I didnt go back and look :-)—Bagumba (talk) 23:58, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I will try to keep your advice in mind. AutomaticStrikeout 00:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

A little question.

Hi! Thanks for the kind welcome! I will try to help work on TAFI! Well, I have a small question. How does a article move up on the quality scale? You can reply on my page! --Horai 551 (talk) 01:48, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

One year broadly construed?

You certainly don't have to agree with me on this, but how is a one year broadly construed ban on anything related to Gibraltar constructive? Gibraltarpedia has helped with the creation of a large amount of great articles. I feel that being too editors are being far too concerned about how other people are affected by the articles. I doubt anybody decides to make a trip to Gibraltar based on a DYK hook. Even if they did, that doesn't affect Wikipedia at all. Ryan Vesey 05:19, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, something has to be done to make it clear to the people who unethically perpetrated this situation that it's not acceptable and won't continue. One way to make that happen is to ensure that it won't continue. AutomaticStrikeout 14:23, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

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A bunch of hype

Nothing really happened. I never even lost power. Thanks anyway. Go Phightins! 15:31, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Well, that's that. I take it you aren't too disappointed. AutomaticStrikeout 15:32, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

No...still got two days off out of the deal. It was worse elsewhere, though. Go Phightins! 15:33, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Not a bad deal for you. Btw, if you'd like to take a hack at an umpire article now that you're back, Dan Iassogna could use some expansion. AutomaticStrikeout 15:36, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Can't promise anything, but as you said, I'll take a hack. Go Phightins! 15:37, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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Is tomorrow the day? If you want, I can make sure he's willing with a quick email, unless you already have or want to. Just to make sure you don't have an embarrassing situation of him rejecting, not that I think he will. Let me know. At your service. And Happy Halloween. Go Phightins! 23:29, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, hadn't checked my email yet. Disregard. Go Phightins! 23:57, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I replied to your email. AutomaticStrikeout 01:08, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

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A Hodgepodge of different things

Hey AutomaticStrikeout, I've got a number of things I was going to bring up. First, what nicknames if any do you find acceptable? Auto, automatic? Or should I always type out AutomaticStrikeout? Second, sorry about not responding in regards to the userbox for TAFI. I am challenged when it comes to the concept of design so when you said I could pick the colors I had no idea what to do. Do you have any idea what type of colors to use? Third, I'd be more than happy to help with your hall of fame. I know a number of editors who are deserving of it and would say Worm That Turned is the most deserving. As you saw, he received the Director's barnstar. Finally, I thought I'd give you a list of other useful javascript tools you might want to add. You can add any, all, or none of these to Special:MyPage/common.js. Ryan Vesey 18:41, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

importScript('User:Lupin/recent2.js'); //Allows you to use Lupin's anti-vandal tool (for when you don't have access to Huggle)
importScript('User:Lupin/popups.js'); //Ads Popups, I encourage you to test this out for a week or so.  It takes some getting used to but it's great
importScript('User:Ucucha/duplinks.js'); // [[User:Ucucha/duplinks]] Allows you to check for duplicate links
importScript("User:GregU/dashes.js"); // Fixes dashes in an article
importScript('User:Kangaroopower/ajaxMove.js'); // Allows you to move an article without using the new lame dropdown menu that always messes things up
importScript('User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates.js');  //[[User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates.js]] allows you to convert all dates to DMY or MDY (among other things)
importScript('User:Equazcion/ActiveWatchers.js'); //shows a count of the number of watchers who are actively editing
importScript("User:PleaseStand/userinfo.js"); // Puts information about user rights, edit count, gender, and activity time on the top of someone's user page
importScript('User:קיפודנחש/TemplateParamWizard.js'); //Template Parameter Wizard (Amazing script, it puts a button on the edit toolbar that allows you to choose any template and it pulls up all of the parameters for that template for you to fill out)
importScript('User:NuclearWarfare/Mark-blocked script.js'); //Puts a strikethough in blocked users' signatures

Ok, thanks for the scripts, I'll look into those at some point. As for the HOF, I think the plan will be for you to either email me your nominations or post them on the HOF talk page probably about 2/3 of the way through the month (I agree with you about Worm, he has definitely come to mind for me). I will add your name to the committee. As for the userbox, I guess red, white, and blue works fine. We could try having a straw poll on the TAFI talk page to determine our project colors, but that might not get a whole lot of participation. Finally, regarding the nickname, I've seen AS, ASO, Auto, Automatic, Strikeout and who knows what might be next? I don't really have a preference. AutomaticStrikeout 19:45, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

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A3

Hi AutomaticStrikeout, just a reminder that A3 tags like A1 are not to be applied in the first few minutes after an article has been created. Judging from their subsequent edits the creator of Loleto was unlikely to have come back after a couple of minutes and turned it into something useful, but apparently enough other A1 and A3 creators would for it to be worth leaving such articles untagged for rather more than two minutes. Remember it is only the clearly badfaith stuff such as attack pages where we are in a race to delete things as quickly as we can. Cheers ϢereSpielChequers 14:43, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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Essay

No problem! That's what happens when you take a break from homework to write an essay in one shot... If you had any other comments on it, I'd love to hear them. Thanks again! gwickwire | Leave a message 03:32, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, maybe later. Right now, it's past 10:30 for me and I might not have a ton of brainpower left. AutomaticStrikeout 03:34, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Ah, it's about that late where I am too... I totally understand :) gwickwire | Leave a message 03:47, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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Replied. AutomaticStrikeout 03:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

One more piece. Go Phightins! 01:45, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Northamerica1000

Excellent nomination statement. Very concise, yet thoroughly encapsulates all the reasons why Northamerica1000 should become an administrator. Kurtis (talk) 07:52, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. AutomaticStrikeout 16:09, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

sidebar

Hi; we crossed paths at a certain editors talk page whose name I will not mention out of deference to his desire that I stop (from his perspective) picking at the scab. You posted a reply to something I said and I just wanted to clarify that I never thought YOU were suggesting behind the back civility was OK. You simply stated some facts to keep the record clear and took that at face value. my comment was directed at the author of the behind the back remarks in the hopes they would back off of article editing to take time self-educating about consensus and AGF and etiquette etc. Judging from his wikibashing remarks a few hours ago on off wiki sites that did not work out as well as I had hoped. Anyway, nice to meet you and I was not in word or thought applying anything to your words but the face value of what you wrote. Cheerio NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 19:42, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. AutomaticStrikeout 21:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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TFD/merge for Infobox NFL coach and Infobox NFL player

ASO, how come you didn't put a notice on the WP:NFL talk page regarding this TfD: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 October 30#Template:Infobox NFL coach? We should never permit random editors to alter WP:CFB and WP:NFL templates without consulting first with the CFB and NFL Wikiprojects . . . . When you find out about something like this, you've got to let the other project editors know. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:36, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

My apologies, that did not occur to me. AutomaticStrikeout 23:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey, man, it's a team effort! I've been here three and a half years, and I learn something new every day. You will, too, I'm sure. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:07, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose so. AutomaticStrikeout 00:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Here's a barnstar for you!

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Thanks! AutomaticStrikeout 21:54, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Head's up regrading dash coding

Hey, ASO. I like the new spiffy graphics on your user page.

Quick bit of business about dashes. Please be aware that some articles (and WikiProjects) use HTML ndash coding intentionally and uniformly. WikiProject University of Florida and WikiProject Florida Gators are among those that do. Contrary to the random semi-automated editing by AWB/script users you may see on your watch list, the HTML dash coding is not some primitive throwback that needs to be wiped off the face of the Wiki planet. Consistent use of the HTML characters for ndashes and mdashes allows them to be easily distinguished from hyphens in the edit dialog window and simplifies the editing of sports article that use lots of dashes and hyphens. Feel free to replace the HTML characters with the ASCII dash characters in articles that do not use the HTML code consistently, but try to avoid doing so in articles where the HTML code is consistent and appears to be intentional. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:53, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the note. I'll try to remember that. Glad you like the graphics. AutomaticStrikeout 21:57, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Tuberville

You took out my Tuberville comment. It was perfectly accurate. We should put it back in.Mwinog2777 (talk) 04:33, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, there should be some mention, especially since this might have an impact on Tuberville's job status, but it was not correct (in my view) to say that Tuberville struck the assistant. He knocked his headset off of his face, but I do not believe he ever made contact with the assistant. AutomaticStrikeout 04:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

I have added some content to the article about the incident. We'll see what other changes might come in lieu of the fallout from this incident. AutomaticStrikeout 04:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

In context, my comment made more sense. Here was a guy with not too much personally notable to say about him, and then this happens. it is very hard to do the damage he did without striking someone. if someone is wearing a helmet and you hit the helmet, you've him. If a guy is wearing headphones and you knock them off, what is that if not striking the guy?? In brief, I like my riposte better. A minor detour in my life, I guess.Mwinog2777 (talk) 06:24, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, I don't know. It just seemed to be worded a little too strongly to me. But, that's just my opinion. AutomaticStrikeout 17:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks! I'm very much honored. AutomaticStrikeout 03:17, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the note. I'll take a look and try to fix/improve it. Cbl62 (talk) 22:48, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. AutomaticStrikeout 22:49, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I must have been having an off day. Several of the years were wrong, and there were some missing words. It's not yet a really good article, but I think it's all accurate and understandable now. Cbl62 (talk) 22:58, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Happens to the best of us. Thanks for cleaning it up. :) AutomaticStrikeout 01:08, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you Reaper! AutomaticStrikeout 14:15, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hi! I have a pretty ordinary looking username and I would like to add color and stuff to it. You have a pretty nice looking username so I thought I'd ask you about helping me with making my username look better. I know how to go into my contributions, and I see the space to edit it, but I don't know enough about the code on Wikipedia to do much. Thanks, B. Jakob T. (talk) 21:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, first of all, I think you meant preferences when you said contributions. Anyway, I'm honored that you would ask me, although I'm not exactly an expert on coding. I can try to help, but could you first try to describe what you have in mind for a new signature? AutomaticStrikeout 21:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC) I'm assuming you meant signature when you wrote username. It's not exactly the same thing, some people have a signature that is different from their username.

Alright. Thanks for correcting me (I often mess up). The changes I would like to do to my signature is add some color and maybe a link to my guestbook. --B. Jakob T. (talk) 22:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC) Oh, I'll be watching your talk page, so you don't need to add another talkback message on my talk page.

(talk page stalker) You can edit your signature in the "My preferences" (or now just preferences which I can't stand, but that's a different discussion) section. You type the code for whatever you want to do. I'm no expert in coding either, but WP:CUSTOMSIG has some information. Go Phightins! 22:26, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in responding. It may be an hour or two before I can get on this, but if you'd like, I'll try to design something for you Jakob. What colors do you prefer? Of course, if you want to do it yourself, that is fine. You did give me an idea, I might link to my guestbook in my signature too. AutomaticStrikeout 22:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I like blue and yellow. I am going to experiment with my signature, but I would be glad if you worked on it too. Thanks, B. Jakob T. (talk) 22:54, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I am looking into it. Based on the link Phightins! gave us, I believe linking to a guestbook would probably be frowned upon, sorry. AutomaticStrikeout 23:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

How do you like this:B.JakobT.. That's what I've come up with so far. 23:22, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

On second thought, I think this is better:B.JakobT.. The coloring is more consistent. AutomaticStrikeout 23:24, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Looks neat! I had one suggestion, could you have just Jakob, and have the Ja yellow and a link to my userpage, the ko green and a link to my talk page, and the b yellow and a link to my contributions. Thanks, B. Jakob T. (talk) 00:19, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok, how do you like this:Jakob? Alternately, with a black background:Jakob might be another option. AutomaticStrikeout 00:22, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I like the first suggestion and I think I'll use it Thanks!! Jakob 00:39, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Good, I'm glad you liked it! You're welcome! AutomaticStrikeout 00:44, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Sorry for interjecting and being a kill joy, but I'd recommend you go over to the Accessibility Wiki-Project to ensure that those with vision impairments can read it, the green on blue is kind of hard for me anyway, and I have decent eyesight. Thanks. Go Phightins! 01:48, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Alright, in response to the above I've changed it to this:Jakob 03:48, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you very much! AutomaticStrikeout 03:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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You enjoy your Thanksgiving too! Jakob 02:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! AutomaticStrikeout 14:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving

	Some side dishes for you!
	Well, Jacob beat me to a turkey, so you'll have to settle for gravy and cranberry sauce. Happy Thanksgiving. Go Phightins! 05:40, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! AutomaticStrikeout 14:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Did I hear that you wanted to be an administrator? Read Jakkinx's userpage and BECOME AN ADMINISTRATOR INSTANTLY!! Jakob 23:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Um, I'm guessing that was a joke? AutomaticStrikeout 23:27, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Did you read it? There's a link. Jakob 00:27, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it was a joke. Your punishment is that you must now participate in this AfD. , AutomaticStrikeout 00:29, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Alright, it was. But, after all, it is April Fool's Day....Oh! my calender's all wrong. I was wondering why you gave me turkey instead of corned beef and cabbage. Jakob 00:38, 23 November 2012 (UTC) By the way, are you serious about the punishment?

No, I was not, although it appears to me that you have never participated in an AfD. If that information is correct, it might be good for you as an editor to get some experience participating in AfD. Just a thought. AutomaticStrikeout 00:53, 23 November 2012 (UTC) Regarding your joke, I guess I shall just have to wait for RfA 2 to hopefully become an admin.

Well, I wish you luck when that time comes around. Like you said, I have never participated in an AfD, and I have no idea how! What do I do to participate? Jakob 02:56, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. It's really fairly simple to contribute to an AfD. You state your opinion, ideally based on policy, of what should be done to the article in question. The most common !votes are keep or delete (the exclamation mark before the the word vote is because Wikipedia is not a vote, so we don't go just by numbers). On some occasions, users will !vote to redirect the article to a more appropriate page, to merge it with another page, or perhaps to userfy it (put in someone's userspace). There may be other options, but they can't be very common because they aren't coming to mind (plus it's after 10 PM for me!). For more about participating in AfD, this information should be helpful. AutomaticStrikeout 03:02, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I'll try it out. Sorry for answering so late. I had already gone to bed. Jakob 14:51, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. AutomaticStrikeout 20:39, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

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thanks for taking the time Ottawahitech (talk) 14:05, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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Want to solve a puzzle and hear a joke? Click here! This is not a joke, promise. :) Jakob 17:51, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't really like the idea of having a page where someone can just get a barnstar. It kind of makes barnstars less meaningful if you aren't giving them out for something the editor that you are rewarding did to help the encyclopedia. On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with telling appropriate jokes from time to time. It's good to keep the mood cheerful. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 18:32, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Alright, I'll just give out the joke, not the barnstar, for people who solve the puzzle, or is that not good either? Jakob 19:08, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Frankly, I think some people might not the like your whole little project thingy at all. I don't have a problem with it personally, and I don't think there is anything wrong with the joke idea, but you would need to change the title on your page. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 19:15, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, Done check it out! Jakob 19:17, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok, looks fine to me anyway. You've got me stumped so far. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 19:25, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, its already been nominated for speedy deletion, so I added it to my talk page under Daily Word Puzzle. Jakob 19:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Looks like the speedy was declined. We'll see what happens. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 19:43, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Really? It doesn't look like that. Well, even if it is deleted, I don't care because it's already on my userpage. It'll most likely not get deleted there. Jakob 20:03, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm, well it was declined the first time. Anyway, it's probably safer on your talk page. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:09, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to be a killjoy but I'm not sure why my speedy was declined first time, since it was very social networky and clearly not appropriate for mainspace per WP:NOTSOCIALNETWORK. B Jakob, I've nominated your subpage for speedy deletion per your own request on my talkpage. Valenciano (talk) 20:16, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I could be wrong, but I get the impression that Jakob never intended for it to be in mainspace. Also, I don't think it met the speedy criteria initially, although it does now due to the request. I agree that it's probably too much like social networking, although I do feel that there's no harm in Jakob coordinating it on his own talk page. Sure, we aren't here primarily for social networking, but let's not forget this is a community, so a little bit of making Wikipedia more fun is ok in my opinion. Still, if I can't figure out these riddles, I may change my stance ! AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

If it had been in user space initially I wouldn't have bothered as I'd usually cut productive users a bit of slack and yeah it was fairly harmless. It's just that stuff like that often comes up at new pages patrol and in this case, it clearly wasn't something for the mainspace so got caught in the CSD net. Valenciano (talk) 20:39, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

No worries, it will be fine on his talk page I'm sure. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:52, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

It was on a mainspace? I'm so sorry, I only wanted it to be one of my subpages. My apologies again, Jakob 20:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC) P.S. I like it better on my userpage anyway.

Yes, I believe you initially created it without putting User: before the rest of the name. Since no other namespace was specified, it wound up in mainspace. Don't worry, no real harm was done. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:00, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I'll try to be more careful next time. About the word puzzle, you can ask me yes or no questions in my shoutbox Jakob 21:07, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Quick question

As you know, I am signed up in this. I added an article in the list of candidates. Is there anything more I need to do? Thank you very much, Jakob 23:58, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Well, if you want to contribute to the project, you could pitch in by finding ways to improve the current TAFI. If the current one presents little opportunity for you, you could try looking at some of the past TAFI's or the current nominations and finding an article that interests you. Sure, the nominated articles are not yet TAFI's, but that doesn't mean that they can't be worked on. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:59, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for my barnstar! I've always wanted to be a writer so I am very pleased with this! Whiteghost.ink (talk) 03:07, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem! I actually consider myself to have some talent as a writer, but not necessarily an encyclopedic writer. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 03:19, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Reviewer

What is the reviewer? What is the purpose RevieWer on the English Wikipedia. Greeting! --Kolega2357 (talk) 21:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

At this point, basically nothing. It's something that might possibly be helpful in the future. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:03, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help :)

re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Mastro

I managed to work myself into a situation that seemed pointless with false allegations flying my way, and I was a bit worried how this discussion would look in retrospect, so thanks for backing me up, appreciate it. -- Patchy1 01:29, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I must say it is very curious how that IP knew about those policies it linked to. AutomaticStrikeout 02:18, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I agree. Well the way I see it, most users who participate in the clerical side of Wikipedia (by that I mean anything other than just editing articles) are registered, and anyone who isn't is either sent there by someone who is or isn't logged in because they want to get away with borderline edits that they don't want associated with their username, sure seems that way from the IPs I have seen on the above discussion. Just my 2 cents there, also wanted the chance to have a rant to someone who wouldn't think I was making a person attack, haha. -- Patchy1 05:55, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I would have to agree with that. AutomaticStrikeout 19:55, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

• I have no account, but I have been editing Wikipedia for years. I have turned articles into good articles, must have participated in several hundred Wikipedia discussions of all types, and have a firmer grasp on policy- and process-related issues than quite a few of my fellow Wikipedians on the registered side of the aisle. You two are not exactly assuming good faith here. Quite to the contrary, you are actually excluding the possibility of me contributing in good faith. And that is quite remarkable, especially for someone who wants to be an admin some day. --87.79.128.230 (talk) 07:11, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

If you would read your original post on the Maestro AfD, you would see that you made a personal attack on Wikipedia editors in general, saying that we are "so full of yourselves and self-centered." I really hope you did not think that was going to draw a positive response. You assumed bad faith on the part of Wikipedia in general. Also, since you are now claiming not to be a newbie, why did you bring up the "bite" page? AutomaticStrikeout (Evidence) 15:52, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Also, since you are now claiming not to be a newbie, why did you bring up the "bite" page? -- Because judging from the comment, I'm assuming that the other IP (who, again, is verifiably not me) is a newbie.

Remarkable. I showed you how you could actually check whether the original commenter (98.237.200.212) and me (=87.79.128.230 from above) are the same person. Any whois tracing tool will show you that the IP who made that comment "so full of yourselves and self-centered" is located in the United States, the other IPs are not. So, not only did I not say that, I showed you the proof. I'm almost speechless at the denseness you're displaying here. You know, please don't take this as an insult, but you are never going to be an admin. --78.35.240.67 (talk) 02:52, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Like I have admitted on the AfD page, I goofed. I made a poor assumption and then somehow failed to see what your counter argument was. As for your insult that you are pretending is not an insult, for someone who brought WP:NPA into the dispute originally, you should do a better job of following it yourself. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 05:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

No, what is remarkable is that you think we should have to check!? Here you are editing from yet another IP, from what appears to be a different network, which sort of backs up the idea that any IP could be you. The only way (and by far the easiest) to stop people getting confused and accusing you of things is to simply, LOG IN! -- Patchy1 03:37, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

This is a user talk page, not an article, not a mainspace talk page, not a deletion discussion, not a formal discussion in any shape or form, so there is nothing stopping me (either of us for that matter) from expressing an opinion (yes an opinion, not a personal attack, just to make that clear since you obviously are unsure on what that means). If you are such an experienced user, as you claim to be, then I can't think of a plausible reason as to why you don't have an account, other than not wanting people to be able to track your contributions. Speaking of tracking contributions and assuming bad faith, the only reason I can think of for you contributing here, or even finding this discussion is you obviously looked at either my or AutomaticStrikeout's contributions list, because it wasn't exactly advertised and you weren't invited to comment. And the only reason I can think of you looking at our contributions is to try find something else we've done that you disagree with, so how's that for assuming bad faith. So I think it is fair to assume what I said above, and at the end of the day its my opinion! -- Patchy1 08:41, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own reality. You two complained about something that is demonstrably false (namely me making those "insults"). You guys are a bit strange. --78.35.240.67 (talk) 02:52, 1 December 2012 (UTC)