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Askebh again

New IP (83.94.221.20 (talk · contribs)), old tricks ([1], [2]). --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 14:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Dylan Otto Krider

My page has been deleted for a "redirect", but I check all they links and they're fine (in the cache). Can I get the code again so I can put it back up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Memekiller (talk • contribs) 21:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 10:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Bill Gates

Greetings,

You authorized an upgraded level of protection on the Bill Gates page. Please refer to the picture and its caption. Furthermore, refer to the "source" of which the caption is authenticated. This is outrageous! I expect that the Bill Gates' page will be returned to a non-biased page.

Thank you for your time,

Bjlayland (talk) 21:34, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 07:33, 9 March 2009

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Refactored your message

Hello. Hope you do not mind, but I refactored your message here. It appears that your original {{schoolblock}} template had a "}" where a "|" should have been [3]. Please feel free to revert my changes if you feel they are inappropriate. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 12:36, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem (and no need to ask, you were obviously right ;)) -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:10, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

The work of deleting IP vandalism on chem element pages

Since you're involved, I wonder if you'd like to comment on this discussion on semi-protection for element articles: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements Thanks! SBHarris 00:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied there. -- lucasbfr ^talk 17:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Further suspected sockpuppet abuse

Hello, I wanted to know how to follow up on additional suspected sock puppets if an investigation is closed. I'm asking in regards to the findings at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Captainclegg/Archive. While the user has been unbanned with the understanding that he would not continue such action, I and another user suspect he has created another sock puppet. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 23:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I have NOT created any other sock puppets and I have sent the following to the talk pages of the people who have been accused of being such: Thank you for your support, but it would appear that you may actually be doing me accidental and indirect harm by such action. Some people are convinced you are a "sockpuppet" (see respective talk pages). I would be very grateful if you would please confirm that you and I are not connected in any way. Please don't take this personally, but I gave my word that I would not create any further accounts or break any Wikipedia rules and I don't break my word. I am not sure who you should direct your confirmation to, but there are certain editors who seem to have it in for me, so please would you start with them. Thank you for your support & consideration. Please understand that I meant what I said, but I have no way of proving that I am NOT someone! Please help. Captainclegg (talk) 02:47, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

For the record, I don't "have it in for" Captainclegg. I just don't trust confirmed puppetmasters. Ward3001 (talk) 15:52, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Source d'une image

Bonjour, pourrais-tu s.v.p. me dire quelle était la source qui était mentionnée pour l'image Latvian_2_euro_coin_design.JPG que tu as supprimée ? Car sa copie sur Commons, Latvian 2 euro coin old design.JPG, ne donnait comme source que la page de description de l'image maintenant supprimée de en-WP. Il faudrait donc pouvoir retrouver la source d'origine. Ainsi que le nom de l'artiste et autres informations de description le cas échéant. (Attention : sur Commons, il ne s'agit pas de l'image Latvian 2 euro coin design.JPG, qui est une image différente et dont la source ne permet pas de retrouver celle de la première.) Merci. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:38, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 07:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Merci d'avoir vérifié. Pour ce que j'ai compris de cette histoire, il s'agissait d'un projet de pièce de monnaie de la Banque de Lettonie, mais ce dessin a par la suite été abandonné et remplacé par un autre dessin. En ce sens, cette image du premier dessin n'est probablement pas un canular, c'est-à-dire qu'on peut raisonnablement penser qu'elle représente le dessin officiel qui était celui de ce projet de pièce. Par contre, c'est certain que ce n'est pas dans le domaine public. Déjà, les faces nationales des vraies pièces d'euro ne sont pas dans le domaine public. Elles sont seulement admises en fair use ici sur en-WP et leur statut correspond en fait à ce qui est expliqué sur le modèle approprié à leur cas : Template:Non-free currency-EU coin national. Commons accepte les images des faces communes des pièces d'euro en se basant sur une permission de reproduction de la Commission européenne pour ces faces communes. Mais cette permission ne s'étend pas aux faces nationales des pièces, qui sont sous copyright des gouvernements nationaux respectifs. Même si certains utilisateurs en ont copié certaines face nationales sur Commons, elles n'ont pas nécessairement beaucoup d'avenir sur Commons, à mon humble avis, le jour où quelqu'un décidera d'y faire sérieusement un ménage. En tout cas, pour l'image qui nous occupe, elle représente le dessin pour un projet de face nationale qui semble ne pas avoir été mené à terme. C'est sûr que le droit d'auteur sur ce dessin appartient à l'artiste et/ou au gouvernement de la Lettonie. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, je restore ici, je suggère que la version Commons soit effacée, vu qu'elle n'est pas taggée. -- lucasbfr ^talk 08:41, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Request undeletion of File:Foxgirl.jpg, again

It was last month that the page was undeleted, now it is under speedy deletion again. How can I prevent users who don't bother to read the entire page contents from making frivolous speedy deletion? - User:Jacob Poon 17:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Please see directly with User talk:Jimfbleak, he's the one who deleted the file the two times. -- lucasbfr ^talk 10:14, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Restored. What's "whee"? jimfbleak (talk) 10:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Why the rush? I asked Jimfbleak to restore it so it could for once stand a full discussion on its status. You could have asked either of us before deleting it again... -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:30, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Coz I'm a fool who didn't look hard enough at the convoluted deletion log. Shouldn't this be at WP:FfD ? - Peripitus (Talk) 20:43, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

user:Abbatai

No problem; although it is fair to point out that the checkuser confirmation was made by a checkuser who was not the blocking admin; that there are several sockpuppets listed as down to the same user, some with extremely similar names; and virtually all sockpuppetteers fiercely proclaim their innocence. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 12:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 17:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

OK; I had overlooked the fact that you had CU status. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 12:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Block question

Hi Lucasbfr, I often check back at AIV when I report something to make sure I'm doing the right things. I recently reported: 82.108.171.178. I saw that you (blocked 1 year, 1 month, 4 days, 3 hours). I figured out the 31 hour school block (they can't edit the next night - cause it would be past their bedtime). I was wondering if there was anything significant to the block you put in - or was it just a "go away for a long time" kind of thing? Dumb question I guess, and not really important - but when you work on an encyclopedia project - ya have to figure that folks are gonna be curious ... lol. Have a good one ;) — Ched ~ ^(yes?)/_© 10:02, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 10:09, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Mrbzns

What is the suspicion of sockpuppetry backed up by? What other accounts do you believe are similar? Mangojuice^talk 22:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I CUed him after the rather bizarre Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Baseball Bugs/hidden MfD, and it came up as a direct hit of an established contributor. -- lucasbfr ^talk 22:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Ysgol gyfun Gartholwg

Someone (I think I Know Who) has created this duplicate page yet again and it's just getting stupid now. Is it possible for somone (you maybe?) to lock this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhydfelen and prehaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ysgol_Gyfun_Rhydfelen as a precaution. Thanks a bunch --Glenny127 (talk) 23:56, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Block Lifting

Thanks for lifting my blokc! ^_^ --The Wandering Traveler (talk) 11:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Block lengths

Hey there! Just curious, is thare any particular reason you use such unusal block lengths? I was about to block an IP for 6 months or so, and then you blocked them for 1 year, 1 month, 4 days, 3 hours. Not a criticism, just curious! --GedUK  11:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 11:39, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Logo france2 2008.png)

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Impersonator

Hi Lucasbfr!

You might have a look at User_talk:NawlinWiki#usabilitywiki. There has also appeared an impersonator of you. Kind regards, —DerHexer (Talk) 11:20, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Damn... I have created lucasbfr-wikipedia there, and lucasbfr on the sandbox (the prototype wiki seems to be dead). I'm not sure further action is required for now. If you can usurp it at some point, please feel free! Thanks for the notice. -- lucasbfr ^talk 11:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AlexLevyOne

I've identified further ranges belonging to the netblocks in this case. Mayalld (talk) 12:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I'll try to work on them tonight (and I'll try to poke a few French CUs to see if they know our guy). -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Splendid! The user who filed the case has just dropped me a note to say that whilst the IPs that you identified, and the two extra accounts that CU found are blocked, the sock that he actually reported hasn't been blocked and is still editing, so if you could do the honours there? Cheers Mayalld (talk) 19:05, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Salut! Alex is alive and kicking again... See last addition to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AlexLevyOne. — Xavier, 01:54, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Faulty Commons image transfer + deletion

Hello,

I recently tried to migrate seven images to Commons, but the CommonsHelper transfer did not work correctly. I believe there were two images which had multiple versions in their history, but in all cases, only the most recent version was actually migrated.

I was in the process of seeking support when you deleted one of the images in question: File:1971 Hangovers in Bermuda.jpg

As I understand it, part of the deletion process is that the deleter is obligated to manually confirm that all data (including past versions of the image) have been transferred properly, so I was not expecting this to be an issue, or else I would have reverted the changes the script made to the Wikipedia version of the image page.

Can the Wikipedia version of the image page be restored?

Best, Notyourbroom (talk) 14:18, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 14:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Follow ups - 10:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

"Retirement"

I was thinking about asking for my page to be semi'd. But the one good thing about leaving it as-is, if Liebman's posting on my page then maybe he's not posting on someone else's. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 20:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Your AIV report on 70.135.127.126

He's part of the incoming 4chan vandalism on those articles. I decided to give him a 4im solely because he was part of the influx. It's up to you if you want to block him, I just thought you should know the full story. Matty (talk) 09:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Capasitor

Dear Sir. Please unblock me (e.g. Capasitor)- I was unfairly blocked a by a prejudiced admin. I noticed the case of you unblocking a user although his IP was similar to another user. [4]. Please see this archived block for reference: [5] Capasitor2 (talk) 23:00, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

No, please request unblock from your original account. -- lucasbfr ^talk 11:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this seems to be technically impossible because because I cannot post anything from the original account. But I will try: I will leave a message for you on my talk page at Capasitor. Thanks for your consideration. Capasitor2 (talk) 02:23, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Per your suggestion, I just left a message with a request for unblocking on the talk page of my original account at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Capasitor. I intend to close the Capasitor2 account when the Capasitor account is unblocked. Thanks. Capasitor2 (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

75.174.61.152

Thanks for your recent blocking of 75.174.61.152, however this is a proxy account and has used 75.174.69.88 in the past, a range block would therefore be appreciated, thanks Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:05, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

It's a pretty big range, I'd prefer not having to, to be honest. -- lucasbfr ^talk 20:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem, it's just I've run into this proxy three times today, once this morning, twice this evening, so maybe I'm a little hasty, your decision is probably more considered then mine, so I'm happy to let this be. In any case thanks for the block on 75.174.61.152, cheers Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:25, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

File:Collines communes.png

Hi, just a small note to say thanks for uploading the full version of the above file... I should have caught that when I added in the info! Kind regards from Commons, Deadstar (talk) 07:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem :) Good thing I check the files sizes :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 12:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)