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List of minerals (complete)

What did you have in mind? The cleanup tag could be interpreted in many ways. Please post your suggestions on the talk there (preferred) or just answer here. Vsmith 12:07, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

• I added the {{cleanup}} tag because the format didn't look very clean compared to other articles. --Ixfd64 19:04, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

(vandalism counter)

Perhaps you didn't understand my joke when you rerverted Rhymeless's page , but technically it had been vandalized six times (the joke was that by vandalazing the page and increasing the vandalized counter, i was technically still keeping it correct, so there was no need to revert it back. get it?) So, your revert was actually incorrect :) 66.75.49.213 05:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

• Yes, I get your joke. But you shouldn't really be vandalizing user pages in the first place! --Ixfd64 05:50, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Protectpage

The change you made to that particular MediaWiki page now has a bug submitted for it. [1] Thanks for catching that. --AllyUnion (talk) 10:24, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

• No problem. I hope the real fix will come shortly! --Ixfd64 10:37, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for supporting me for adminship. The RfA passed today. I look forward to working with you to make Wikipedia a better place. --Nlu 04:12, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

• Congratulations! :) --Ixfd64 04:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hi Ixfd64,

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I was both surprised and delighted about the amount of support votes and all the kind words! If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! Regards, JoanneB 14:45, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks for clearing up that nonsense on my userpage. I see you're a new admin, but you wield your mop like a trained old hand!--Pharos 08:49, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

• No problem! *tries to swing mop in kung-fu style but bonks himself in the head* --Ixfd64 08:53, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

RuneScape cheats call for help, article nominated for deletion

Please comment on the talk page of RuneScape cheats, it is being called 'illegal information', pov and instructional, it's going to be deleted if I can't get some help on the talk page. Jonathan888 (talk) 15:35, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

• All right, I will take a look at it. --Ixfd64 17:53, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

MONGO RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. I'll do my best to not let you down. Thanks again!--MONGO 03:37, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Sean Black RfA

Thank you very much for your support of my RfA. Thanks, in part, to you, I am now an Administrator, and I pledge to use my newfound powers for good rather than evil. Thanks again!--Sean|Black 08:13, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know

I see what you're talking about here... ya, I saw a blanking, and ran with it. Thanks for letting me know, I'll strikeout my warning on the user's talk ;] --негіднийлють ^{(Reply|Spam Me!*)} 05:03, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

That was weird. The wiki err'ed 3x, and it posted my message 3x. repaired! --негіднийлють ^{(Reply|Spam Me!*)} 05:16, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Hola

Could you please help me understand how to revert a pic that has been vandalized?...all I know what to do is deleting the whole pic... Rosameliamartinez 07:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Someone has already taught me how to do this...don't worry ;D Rosameliamartinez 07:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• That's excellent! :) --Ixfd64 07:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• For the record, if an image still appears to be vandalized after being reverted, try refreshing your browser cache by pressing Ctrl+F5. --Ixfd64 07:26, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Appreciate the revert...at least they weren't threatening to kill me this time!--MONGO 08:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Unblocking Santa vandal

Thanks for unblocking my Santa vandal. I just blocked the IP until I could find out what I needed to do about a Willy impersonator. I checked the IP and saw that it was dynamic. I was going to unblock and reblock for a shorter time, but you beat me to it. Thanks. -- Psy guy ^Talk 00:05, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

FYI : Singapore

Hi Danny,

Singapore (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been re-protected for another 48 hours in further anticipation of Australian anger and vandalism over Van Tuong Nguyen.

When it cools down we'll see how additions can be made to the article about him.

This message is purely for your information only, no further follow-up is needed. (unless you may have 2nd thoughts, in which feel free to let me know.)

- Cheers, Mailer Diablo 11:38, 2 December 2005 (UTC) :)

• All right, that's fine with me. --Ixfd64 20:30, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Is/are

Hiya,

Technically the correct one is is not are. Defamation is singular, even when used with all, so it is removed. If it read defamations then it would be are, but it is a small point. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 03:00, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

• You're right. I probably got confused by the word "all". --Ixfd64 03:02, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Mindmatrix scam adminship

I have recently been granted greater access to your systems, and can begin the process of salvaging the sensitive information from my politically unstable land, as I promised. Please accept this loonie as a token of faith that I will conduct myself as required to complete our transaction. Thank you for your support. Mindmatrix 20:29, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

• Congratulations. I am glad you made it. :) --Ixfd64 08:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

What's with numeric user blocking?

On the block log, I keep seeing things like User:#12345. How can I resolve that to see which actual user has been blocked? (I'm trying to research a user that claims he's being unfairly blocked). Also, some blocks show up as "autoblocked"; how does that work, and what kind of audit trail is there to see why someone would be autoblocked? (The admin listed as the blocker didn't show any recent contribs that would explain the block). Lunkwill 00:33, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

• When a registered account is blocked, any IPs used by that account will also be blocked. However, there is a policy that disallows the disclosure of IPs used by registered accounts, except in special circumstances. That's why the actual IP is not displayed. Unfortunately, the auto-blocked IPs are not recorded in the block log, so it can be pretty difficult to match such IPs with the blocked accounts. --Ixfd64 00:41, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

• • Oh, so you're saying that if User:lunkwill was blocked, and then I logged out and tried to edit, the log would say User:#12345 was blocked, because it didn't want to reveal my IP address? (But when I see User:123.45.67.89, it's because an anon vandal is being blocked?) Lunkwill 00:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

That is correct. --Ixfd64 02:33, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

John Bon Jovi

One of the username policies is "no using the names of celebrities". If this is actually Jon Bon Jovi, that's a different matter. But I doubt it is. DS 00:52, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

• Ah, no wonder. But I thought Wikipedia only recommended against using celebrities' names? --Ixfd64 02:35, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

• • It's grounds for blocking at the administrator's discretion. DS 16:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Bypass redirects

Hi, I don't think we should bypass redirects, as it's of little value (both get to the same page), and it clutters up the Wikicode. For example, [[SHA-1]] is easier to read than [[SHA hash functions|SHA-1]]. There are quite a few benefits from keeping the WikiCode as clean and simple as possible. — Matt Crypto 10:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

• I've heard linking to redirects will cause the target page to receive lower Google rankings. That's why I sometimes bypass redirects. --Ixfd64 12:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Tsd

Template:Tsd has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Tsd. Thank you. I wanted to tell you because you created the template. --Wcquidditch | Talk 18:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I just looked through my user page history and I realized you reverted a vandal I never even knew about. Thanks a lot for the help and sorry about the delay in response, I just realized it right now! Thanks again, JHMM13 (T | C) 02:20, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiGameGuides

• Link to proposal on mailing list:
• Naming suggestions: WikiGameGuides, Wikiguides
• Domain name: games.wikimedia.org
• Scope: video and computer games
• Details: Basically, WikiGameGuides would be a collection for cheats and guides for video games. As we know, there are sites like GameFAQs, but many guides are heavily copyrighted, leaving very little room for open-content material. WikiGameGuides could change all that.
• Potential supporters:
• Relevant links: GameFAQs, Open Game FAQs, Gameinfo

Hello, I am Ixfd64 from the English Wikipedia. I didn't feel like registering an account just to post this. Anyways, this is basically only my rough proposal. I don't know if it would be a good idea. Please leave comments on my Wikipedia talk page.

Comment: There is already something similar on Wikicities called Gameinfo. This currently aims to achieve that goal, albeit not being a sister project. There is also the similar Open Game FAQs. I'd support such a project of course but I'm not sure it's that necessary. Garrett 03:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

We have a b:Wikibooks:Games bookshelf and a b:Wikibooks:Computer and video games bookshelf at Wikibooks, and I believe that these qualify as non-fiction instructional resources for b:Wikibooks:What is Wikibooks. --Kernigh 22:13, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

MainPageIntro

Template:MainPageIntro is protected. Could you update it can point the 8 links to the Portal: space rather than the Category: space? Thanks. -- Fplay 00:50, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Excellent idea! I've changed the links. --Ixfd64 00:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Browsebar in MainPageIntro

Nice touch changing the categories to portals. The browsebar in use almost everywhere else on Wikipedia also includes Art and Philosophy. See template:browsebar. Could you update the browsebar in MainPageIntro to include these two portals? Thanks. Go for it! 04:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, adding those two links makes the main page introduction look too wide. I'll see what the other administrators have to say. Thanks for your suggestion! --Ixfd64 04:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

• I've looked at the problem, and I think I have a solution. Also, maybe the browsebar could be standardized to the one being used on the rest of Wikipedia? Putting these 2 ideas together, the whole thing balances out quite nicely. I've worked up a couple slight layout modifications for you to look at: Main Page New2 Main Page New. Put them in seperate windows and switch between them to see which one you like best. Notice the small margin change on the Main Page markups; the rest of the changes are in the MainPageIntro templates. Go for it! 07:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

User boxes

You should add this userbox to your user page!

Code	Result
{{User cal}}	This user attends the University of California, Berkeley.

--Arabani 06:14, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

• Great idea! --Ixfd64 06:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Unblocking old blocks

User:Википедия будет коммунизм was blocked on October 11 by two separate admins (not including myself) [2] as a "Wikipedia is Communism" sockpuppet (in Russian, literally: "Wikipedia will be Communism"). As you can see from the link, very adequate reasons were given in the block summaries.

For some reason, Special:Ipblocklist has a bug that truncates display of non-ASCII usernames, so this was truncated to "User:Википедия будет комму" in the Ipblocklist listing. Perhaps the name is stored inefficiently as &#NNNN; sequences, with each Cyrillic letter therefore taking 7 bytes, or some similar explanation.

Today for some reason you decided to unblock this user [3]. The unblock shows up with the truncated name, although there is no such user with the truncated name. What you appear to have accomplished instead was unblocking User:Википедия будет коммунизм, because the block for this user no longer shows up for October 11 2005 in the Special:Ipblocklist listing.

I'm not sure exactly how you managed to do this, but what you ended up doing was unblocking a bona-fide vandal sockpuppet that was originally blocked months ago with very clear edit summaries. I'm not sure why you imagined it was necessary to do so. Unblocking and reblocking old blocks is merely not very productive; however unblocking old blocks and not reblocking them can be positively harmful. If you understood Russian you wouldn't have unblocked even the truncated version, and if you don't understand Russian why are you unblocking what you don't understand? -- Curps 05:56, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

You also unblocked User:Flushvul [4]and others on the grounds that you found nothing in the log files or contributions. There are various possible reason that this could happen. For instance such a user could have engaged in article creation vandalism and all their created articles got speedily deleted, leaving no contributions behind (it would be nice if the software showed such contributions to deleted articles, but it doesn't). Similarly, they may have done image vandalism and the uploaded image (or the specific version of an image) got deleted.

Or in this case, the original block message by User:Brian0918 mentions Jimmy Wales vandalism. As you know that page has suffered edit summary vandalism, with Jimbo's personal information (phone number and address) appearing with a nasty message about raping babies. The developers have responded to this by removing such edits from the database: they no longer show up in the article's history or in the user's contributions. This is probably what happened here, an exceptional case.

Again, in the absence of any complaint from the blocked users, why was it necessary to unblock? And why do so without even consulting Brian0918 first? Your unblock summary says "let me know if I'm missing something", but you didn't actively make inquiries, and what guarantee is there that Brian0918 will ever see it there? -- Curps 06:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

One more: you forgot to reblock User:Jake Remington!!!! (I have now done so). -- Curps 06:35, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• I apologize for the misunderstanding. However, I would like to see the developers fix the MediaWiki software so that similar things do not happen again. I have also checked for deleted edits using Kate's Tool, but nothing came up. I guess it was because the developers had removed the edits completely from the database. I personally don't think it was a good idea, as it makes it harder to keep track of what the vandals have done. Also, due to recent changes in the policies, the feature on Kate's Tool for checking deleted edits has been removed. I think administrators should have an internal tool for checking users' deleted edits. I also think there should be a log for showing permanent deletions of edits by developers. --Ixfd64 01:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

RuneScape Items to "RuneScape items"

What is the point of this? Does a capital "I" on the word "items" offend you? Reversing the link, as several links are currently broken thanks to your edit. Mike 07:55, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

• According to the Manual of Style, words in titles should not be capitalized unless they are parts of proper nouns. --Ixfd64 17:56, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
  • The Manual of Style does not specifically say this; it only refers to proper nouns and related titles, a la "Prime Minister". Mike 20:20, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

True, but it's generally accepted that only proper nouns are fully capitalized. --Ixfd64 02:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I have to go with Ixfd64 on this. From Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization):

Convention: Unless the term you wish to create a page for is a proper noun, do not capitalize second and subsequent words.

Also, if the name change caused broken links, why not create a redirect page at the original article location? Seems a bit simpler than starting a move war ... --Arabani 03:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I was not attempting to start a move war. Forgive me for seeming naieve, but I figured a category's title was properly referred to as all words being capitalized, as is generally done in the English language. Again, the Manual of Style does not specifically dictate that articles must not have the 2nd and subsequent words non-capitalized.

Pardon me for inadvertently going against the trend here; feel free to do whatever you want to said article. I'll think twice before "being bold" next time and attempt to improve an article, lest I invoke the ire of someone. Mike 06:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry - being bold isn't a bad thing! --Ixfd64 06:38, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Francs2000's Bureaucratship

Thanks for your support on my request for bureaucratship.

The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs2000 21:48, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

You, sir, assume too much good faith

What gives with unblocking utterly nonsensical usernames? [5], [6], [7], [8], etc. Sure, they are "not vandals" as you say, because they have no edits yet. Let's be somewhat sane here and wait somebody to request an {{unblock}}. I'll bet dollars to donuts it won't happen in most of these cases, because nobody checks the account for the first month. I suppose you think it's better to wait until they can do page moves?

Also, in response to your comments (e.g. [9]) about Kate's Tool not showing deleted edits for certain users, see [10], which appears empty due to no existing edits, but see also [11] which shows this user clearly has at least one deleted edit.

Update: correction, as of a few minutes later, it shows one edit. I'll keep an eye on it. 03:49, Jan. 11, 2006

And, now, it shows zero again (interesting, must be a few minutes' delay in the information shown). Point still stands. 03:54, Jan. 11, 2006

See also related discussion here. Regards. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 03:32, Jan. 11, 2006

• Thanks for bringing this matter to my attention. I will look into it. --Ixfd64 17:45, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Broken image

Hello. Your "AWB assisted" edit broke an image link at [12]. Please preview your edits to check the results before saving. Thanks. — MikeX (talk) 11:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

• I usually check for bad edits when using the AutoWikiBrowser. I'm not sure how I missed that one. Thanks for letting me know! --Ixfd64 17:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Request

I've been working on the Template:browsebar on an ongoing basis for about a month. There was a single act of vandalism against it recently, and now it's protected, and I'm not done refining it. Please unprotect it. Go for it! 18:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, that template is be permanently protected, since it is used on the Main Page. Any vandalism to the Main Page, especially the insertion of shock images, could damage Wikipedia's reputation. You can, however, edit the temporary version which I have created for you. I can then copy any changes from the temporary version to the actual version. --Ixfd64 20:07, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

It's not the same template as the one on the main page (that one is Template:MainPageIntro), but the problem has been fixed. Thanks for looking into it for me. By the way, how does one find out who protected a page? --Go for it! 06:25, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

• You can go to the protection log and search for the page in question. --Ixfd64 18:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on Wikipedia

It's vandalized AND protected. I think someone better fix this quick! Go for it! 06:26, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Whew. Someone fixed it. I've really got to look into becoming a sysadmin. Is there much to it? --Go for it! 06:28, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

• You can view this page for information on how to become an administrator. :) --Ixfd64 18:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Eulogy

I reverted your reversion on this talk page. I had edited that page to add the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion template, and your reversion removed the template as well. There is nothing really worthwhile to revert to in the edit history in any case, as either version shows; one rambling eulogy to a non-notable person is as good as another, I guess. Smerdis of Tlön 18:59, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• That is understandable. --Ixfd64 00:52, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Category:Maori people

Just a quick bit of info for you...categories should actually be redirected with the {{categoryredirect}} template rather than #REDIRECT. There's a bot that can automatically move articles from the old category to the correct one, but it only works if you use the special categoryredirect template. The format is {{categoryredirect|correct title}}. (I've already changed the Maori category page to that format and advised User:AllyUnion to run the bot on it, so don't worry about that stuff.) Bearcat 01:30, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

All right, thanks for telling me. --Ixfd64 05:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

"Troll penis" socks

Be careful about unblocking these. The one you unblocked just now started vandalizing within two minutes of being unblocked. -- Curps 02:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

• See my post on the administrators' noticeboard about this. --Ixfd64 02:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

yoghurt

Please move yogurt back to yoghurt - see the header on the talk page yoghurt Jooler 23:21, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

• That's what I'm about to do. --Ixfd64 23:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Katie Holmes

Greetings! You have edited the Katie Holmes page in the past. I've completely reworked the article and have posted it on WP:PR in the hopes of advancing it to WP:FAC. I would be grateful for your comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Katie Holmes/archive1. PedanticallySpeaking 18:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

My userpage

Cheers for catching the vandalism to my userpage, guess it shows I was right to revert his edits. Kcordina 10:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Fixing redirects

You made an edit to WP:3RR using popups which just changed [[Wikipedia:Dealing with vandalism|vandal]] to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandal]]. Are you aware that you don't need to fix redirects on sight unless there's a content-related reason to do so? See Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix redirects that aren't broken. --TreyHarris 08:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

• Hmm, I thought redirects lowered the Google rank of pages. I guess that the costs of fixing redirects outweighs this problem, then. --Ixfd64 08:36, 24 February 2006 (UTC)