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Sure, thanks

Hey, yeah, I still edit articles in that topic area, less so than usual though. If it's not too much trouble it would be great. Cheers, Dfrg_msc 09:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Uploaded, see here. Get writing :) Daniel (talk) 09:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews request

Yo, Dan. John Vandenberg suggested (on IRC) someone write a Wikinews story about how much news.com.au suck. You wanna write it? Dihydrogen Monoxide 10:13, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

He suggested it to me too. Given the legal issues surrounding the subject and my obvious conflict of interest (being serious, not joking), I don't think I'm in a journalistically-sound position to pen anything. Daniel (talk) 10:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

For the record, I was joking :) Dihydrogen Monoxide 10:16, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Figured :) Daniel (talk) 10:16, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Ouch, dude, ouch. btw. your noticeboard has been pinged (like, 24 hours ago)... Dihydrogen Monoxide 10:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Dealt with :) Daniel (talk) 10:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Spam 4 u

Adelaide Meetup Next: 15 November 2024 Last: 6 March 2020

Hi Daniel - we're planning a third meetup in Adelaide sometime in the coming weeks, and would love to have you there. If you can, please help decide a location, a date and a time here. Thanks! ~ Riana ⁂ 12:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Going ahead with it - hopefully we'll get suggestions from people :) ~ Riana ⁂ 12:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

	Brisbane Meetup Next: To be decided (watch) Last: Saturday 13 January 2018
See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook)

:D Dihydrogen Monoxide 12:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

>:( ~ Riana ⁂ 12:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

GP ban (again)

I'll let you take a look at this diff and decide if it warrants yet another block. At first I was going to be okay with it since it's an AFD on an article he originally tried to have deleted through speedy deletion. But looking at the comment for deletion to "kill with fire and holy water" (etc.) isn't that good for what we're hoping from him...Metros (talk) 19:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

His friend BoL has also commented there. Equazcion •✗/C • 00:34, 17 Jan 2008 (UTC)

Oh and check out his edit summary. Looks like he knew what he was doing. Equazcion •✗/C • 00:37, 17 Jan 2008 (UTC)

Gp75motorsports blocked by me, Blow of Light blocked by Metros. Daniel (talk) 00:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup Brisbane 2 Question

How would one participate in a Wikimeetup via Skype? Dihydrogen Monoxide said he had no idea, and to ask you, Riana or Spebi. ThirdEchelon (talk) 08:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for Mediation: Howard family copra interests

A new Request for Mediation has been initiated for the John Howard article regarding the Howard family interests in Copra plantations in New Guinea. Initially, a small number of editors were listed as 'interested parties'. However, the Committee Chair has indicated that a wider group may now be invited to participate. An invitation will now be sent to everyone who has previously commented on the John Howard talk page regarding this subject. If you would like to participate, please place your name at: Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/John Howard. There is also a discussion page regarding this RfM. Regards, Lester 22:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Wjohnson

He didn't publish the correspondence. I'm removing that part of your warning. Aatombomb (talk) 05:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Please don't edit my message though - allow me to, otherwise you may falsely attribute something to me. Daniel (talk) 05:29, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok I reverted my edit. Aatombomb (talk) 05:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Someone's delete-restoring at the moment - I'll fix my comment after it's restored. Daniel (talk) 05:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Daniel why did you remove my page heading information? Is there some policy or ArbCom decision that says we cannot create welcome-sections on our talk pages? Wjhonson (talk) 07:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Um, because the edit adding it was deleted/oversighted (because that version had a copy of the email published on it), it would have got lost as collateral damage. Of course there's no policy like that :) Daniel (talk) 07:46, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't want to add that part back and then get attacked for countering a delete by a mediator or some thing. Wjhonson (talk) 07:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

My edits are just as revertable as anyone elses (with a tiny handful of exceptions on the WP:MC and WP:RFM pages which obviously don't apply here) :) Daniel (talk) 08:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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Ouch...

Wow Daniel, I've just realised how hard you have to strain your eyes to read text on your talk page wrapped between <small> tags ;) Especially when I'm in a room with close to no light whatsoever but the light from the monitor...ouch! :O And for the sake of convenience for early birds who wake up to edit at 3am in the morning, the remaining text of my message will be wrapped in <small> tags:

.murobal tse di mina tillom tnuresed aiciffo iuq apluc ni tnus ,tnediorp non tatadipuc taceacco tnis ruetpecxE .rutairap allun taiguf ue erolod mullic esse tilev etatpulov ni tiredneherper ni rolod eruri etua siuD .tauqesnoc odommoc ae xe piuqila tu isin sirobal ocmallu noitaticrexe durtson siuq ,mainev minim da mine tU .auqila angam erolod te erobal tu tnudidicni ropmet domsuie od des ,tile gnicisipida rutetcesnoc ,tema tis rolod muspi meroL

:) Spebi 09:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

If you can afford it Spebi, it might make life easier. Much easier. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 09:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

No I choose not to use any form of electricity whatsoever. Spebi 10:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, yes, I also edit using telepathy. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 03:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

So primitive... :) — DarkFalls ^talk 10:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Spebi nneds {{User Amish}}, I believe. Redlinked image and all. Daniel (talk) 11:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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User:SEGA

Not sure which one of SEGA's IP's had a block which just ran out??? But he's back as RonCasstillio (talk · contribs). If he has an active IP again I suspect he's filling another drawer full of user accounts. Can you try and nip him in the bud? Thanks for your help. 156.34.208.112 (talk) 03:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

To add one. I will bet you $1 that User:YesMontreux is SEGA as well. 156.34.208.112 (talk) 02:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Getting a checkuser to double check. Daniel (talk) 12:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

RonCasstillio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) = YesMontreux (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) = FratBoiMicrophones (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Still waiting for someone with the IP data to confirm they're all SEGA, unfortunately. Daniel (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Checkuser says {{likely}} that the three accounts are SEGA. Given this, the edit patterns, and the {{confirmed}} triple-account, I'm blocking them all as sockpuppets. Daniel (talk) 05:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Co-directors

We've gone down from an original nominated 5 to now 2, after Rudget (talk · contribs) retired from Wikipedia. Would you consider stepping back up? - we could sure use the help at WP:FPORTC. Cirt (talk) 12:16, 20 January 2008 (UTC).

No thanks — not at this time due to a number of factors. Daniel (talk) 11:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, no worries. Cirt (talk) 16:27, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Now I'm listed there, I wouldn't nom any more FPoCs, Dan :D Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 04:52, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Question about Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Episodes_and_characters_2

Daniel, I added another editor to the list of involved parties at an open arbitration case and I now realize I should not have done that. I have asked about the matter here. --Pixelface (talk) 01:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on the talk page. Daniel (talk) 11:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Cricket

You clicking any cricketers this week? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Only if you do the checkuser above :) Just kidding — I might make Saturday or Sunday, although not sure yet. No idea when I can use the members' tickets because we have friends from NSW over :| Daniel (talk) 11:11, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane 2

Hey there. You've expressed an interest in attending this via Skype. If you're still interested, could you please give some input on the project page as to date/time, and we'll see if we're still going to go ahead with that. Thanks, Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 07:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Replied on page. Daniel (talk) 05:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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DYK Empire State Building

Your DYK hook was so interesting that I included it in the next update even though it is expired. So others would not think I am tricky by trying to sneak an expired nom into the list, I explained the move to the next update on that page (under credits). Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 20:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It has made the main page! Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 01:36, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Daniel (talk) 05:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Mammal

Hi. You protected {{Mammal}} some months ago. Is this permanent? The template seems to be missing documentation and needs to be added. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it is permanent - see WP:HRT. If you need to make a change, please use {{editprotected}}. Daniel (talk) 05:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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Aust Barnstar

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Thanks! Daniel (talk) 05:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Clem Hill

Hi Daniel. I though I would take you up on your offer here. If you have the time and the inclination could you take a look at the article on one of South Australia's greatest cricketing sons. A copy-edit would be great but any advice etc. would be much appreciated. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 02:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Most certainly - I'll print it out and read over it, and get back to you hopefully on Wednesday. Daniel (talk) 05:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Click click photos? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh lulz... :) /me watches Daniel go in a rage because someone dared templating him ;) — DarkFalls ^talk 00:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmmmm, do we need to head off to ArbCom for this?! Ryan Postlethwaite 00:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

That'll be no good since Daniel will be an arbitrator... *secretly noms Daniel for arbitration* — DarkFalls ^talk 01:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Even if the community was misguided enough to support me, I like having some semblance of a life :) Daniel (talk) 05:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

This is the ultimate O RLY moment. Dihydrogen Monoxide (party) 07:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

OK but...

I have. I don't think you should have protected at all, because the content was changing with each edit. Protection has failed to resolve lengthy disputes relating to this article before. I am also concerned that deletion of material, against consensus and verging on vandalism, has been endorsed by protection. Grant | Talk 09:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I wish

everyone would just STOP putting me in a bad light. Just stop, okay? Just stop. Enough's enough. God, people keep dogging me about stuff that happened a friggin' month ago. This is what people are doing to me. They're glorifying the vandals that I request be banned and turn and slap me in the face by bringing up, among other things, my topic ban, which REALLY pisses me off. If anyone-and I mean ANYONE-brings this up again, I quit. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 02:01, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

You were put on community probation for six months instead of being community banned for six months. The community probation is a matter of public record and, by editing on Wikipedia, you agree to respect it and will warnings when you violate it. If you cannot accept this, then I will put in place the six-month community ban. The decision is yours, basically. Daniel (talk) 02:07, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Well I don't know what would be worse-being banned or being ridiculed by the Wikipedia for the rest of my life and eons after. Look at these cotributions. And to think, I'll probably be forever remembered as "Gp75motorsports, the guy who famously reported two users against his topic ban," not as "Gp75motorsports, the editor who fought vandalism for all he was worth." I mean come on, unless I can be allowed to set the record straight, this is a classic RickK story. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 02:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you're overplaying your own importance — it's terribly unlikely you'll be remembered after you leave, if/when you leave, and you certainly aren't the next RickK. You seriously should drop your obsession with RickK (c.f. User talk:RickK and Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/RickK, amongst many others) and stop trying to be like him — when you get obsessed with users, like PeeWee, then you tend to end up on the wrong side of community consensus. Seriously, just edit articles, and stop treating this like a battle between you and vandals; WP:DENY etc. Daniel (talk) 02:41, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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Ray Williams (businessman).

No toes stepped on. ;) · AndonicO ^Hail! 09:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, all seems fine here. You're not being recalled yet. ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 10:23, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Daniel, why are you editing an article that the rest of us cannot access? This is a really poor show. It's bordering on abuse of power. WWGB (talk) 10:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

No, it isn't. It is quite clearly not "abuse of power", and I don't appreciate the accusations. Administrators are allowed to — and, according to some, are expected to — remove violations of our biographies of living persons policy on sight, regardless of whether the article is protected or not. Administrators are also allowed to make non-controversial edits which aren't in dispute, like the second one which I fixed a couple of references, where it clearly benefits the encyclopedia. Daniel (talk) 11:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, apologies for coming on too strongly. I understand your actions. Regards, WWGB (talk) 12:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Corey Worthington?

Hi Daniel, I see you deleted the Corey Worthington article. I think it's arguably notable, considering the amount of news articles and such for him. Thoughts? --AW (talk) 19:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

No, per Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 January 15 and this ruling. To recreate this article requires an explicit consensus to do so, something which doesn't exist at the moment. Daniel (talk) 01:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Wait...Corey W = Corey D? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 01:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. Step-parents and all that. "Corey Delaney, also known by his birth name Corey Worthington", according to the always-reliable resource Enyclcopedia Dramatica. Daniel (talk) 01:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, at least they have an article on him ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 01:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

ED is like ACA - things that are featured on there rarely deserve articles over here, like your comment in the AfD. One could argue they compliment our gaps, in a strange encycopedia-to-non-encyclopedia kind of way :) Daniel (talk) 01:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA

I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your comments, which I will take on board. I look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure you're sorry now. [ed: Daniel's not]

I have nothing to say. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 03:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Your message proves my point. This isn't about me, and don't try and make it about me — the issue is about your editing, not mine. Daniel (talk) 03:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with Daniel. "Good editors", which you call yourself, actually do good edits. Your good edits are few and far between. Metros (talk) 03:07, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Well excuse me for trying to look good. The point of the message is to point out the fact that I suck as an editor and the site would probably be better off without me. Thanks for shoving what could be my final few minutes here in my face, Metros. I needed that. The ultimate vandal, I am. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 03:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The whole "legendary" complex, and wanting to be like RickK, doesn't do you any favours either. Daniel (talk) 03:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Well if I could get adopted without getting BLOCKED and being FORCED to suck ass and have the community hate me, that would be nice. Come on guys, I've got Aspergers syndrome and Wikipedia is one of my utopias from the ridicule of my classmates. --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 03:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not therapy. We're here to write an encyclopedia, and quite frankly, that is the only true consideration. People are free to edit on Wikipedia regardless of their medical status, provided they stay within the rules, respect consensus, and aren't disruptive. However, their medical condition is no excuse should they break these rules. Daniel (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

(ec) And I've got depression and I don't take it out on Wikipedia. It's not therapy. It's a project. Which means you need to work with people, not suffer from persecution complex at every turn. I'm sorry if I sound insensitive, but that's the way it is. ~ Riana ⁂ 03:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Riana, especially with the depression part. I'm also suffering from depression, but I still try to build an encyclopedia. (If I'm being uncivil here, but) Guess what? Even though I'm topic-banned, I don't care. OK? All I do is just improve mainspace, talk, and help users (I'm a little bit over right now), and a few exemptions on my talk page. OK? Deal with it. If you can't, leave and come back as an RTV user, but I don't recommend it. When I first left, I came back, and the first person to see me back was GlassCobra, and had to make a big deal out of it. And what about a 1-second block? —BoL 04:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm telling you all I need to do is be adopted by someone and I'll be good. Unfortunatley a stupid little ban which breaks the United States Constitution prevents me from being adopted. And not to drag him into this, but how come BoL, who is under the same topic ban as I, report users while I can't?! my friend Greenwood1010 is right: "Welcome to the People's Communist Republic of Wikipedia, where power-hungry admins watch everything you do." --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 03:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

You are really asking for trouble making comments like that. See WP:RIGHTS about your pathetic "Constitution" argument. And Blow of Light is far less disruptive and far more productive in mainspace compared to you, so quite frankly there is no comparison between the two. He doesn't act like you do when someone tells him that he shouldn't be doing something because of a ban implemented by community consensus, but takes on the advice. As Riana says, drop the persecution complex. Daniel (talk) 03:28, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

If you feel so strongly about Wikipedia being wrong here's a suggestion. In the top right hand corner of this screen is a link that says "log out". Click it. Then go to Google, Yahoo, your local newspaper. Any website that isn't here. And don't return. If you feel THAT strongly that we're all out to get you, why bother with it? Metros (talk) 03:30, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Come on guys, can someone please help him find someone to adopt him? It's a little harsh following the letter of his topic ban when he just wants some help with his editing. Ryan Postlethwaite 03:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

No, Ryan, he's proven himself that no matter what he does in Wikipedia-space, including vandal-reverting, he creates more disruption. If he wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and start spraying shit in my direction, then I'm not going to hesitate back. Daniel (talk) 03:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

erm, all I was asking was for you to help him be adopted, like he's just asked. Ryan Postlethwaite 03:36, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

He wants to be adopted so he can "fight" vandals, which part of the idea of the community ban was to lose this whole nonsensical "battle" complex (see the discussion which led to the ban). You don't need a coach to edit articles, in my opinion. However, if he wants to get a coach, fine, he can do it on people's user talk pages (which he is allowed to edit), but comments like the ones in this thread, this, this, and this will just continue his problems. He doesn't want users to mention the fact that he's under community-based topic bans, yet continues to flaunt the terms of the topic ban. Daniel (talk) 03:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

I gave him what I think is pretty good advice about how to be more productive at Wikipedia. His first reply was to tell me that he was very tunnel visioned and couldn't contribute more. After advising him to try and track down sources for articles, he replied that he was too busy racing cars and writing a novel to source articles. Seeing as I'm fairly certain he's a kid and not a race car driving novelist, I've pretty much written him off. He's unwilling to contribute, unwilling to find sources, and not that great at vandal fighting. I really don't know what advice a mentor would give him that I already haven't... and the drama level is just ridiculous. AniMate 03:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

That was the rationale for the community restriction — the most nonsensical part was his response to being limited to contributing to articles, which was described by him as "gnomish shit". The responses at the discussion say it all. Daniel (talk) 03:59, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

He needs to leave or not leave and shut up. We already have enough drama whores on Wikipedia. John Reaves 05:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Just take it anyway.

—BoL 04:20, 2 February 2008 (UTC) has given you a cup of tea! Cups of tea promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving this cup of tea at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! —BoL 04:20, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Ooo, a cup of tea! What flavor? Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 04:22, 2 February 2008 (UTC)