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Oliverlyc, good luck, and have fun. -- ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 02:40, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to STiki!

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CVUA

If you would like to be my student just let me know and we can start asap. Dan653 (talk) 18:30, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

OK, lets start whenever you are ready. I want to learn more about counter-vandalism tools, specifically Huggle, for now. I have rollback rights and I am currently setting it up. Besides, I am also an aspiring admin, so I hope you can kind of train me until I am ready. ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 06:18, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Whenever you are ready we can start. Dan653 (talk) 19:58, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Rollback rights

You now have it. -- ☑ SamuelWantman 22:31, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

MA Cantab

I believe you reverted my edit in error. Degrees from Cambridge University are generally denoted by the suffix "Cantab", those from Oxford with "Oxon".78.86.61.94 (talk) 06:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations, from STiki!

	The Anti-Vandalism + STiki Barnstar
	Congratulations, Oliverlyc! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contribution to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and Orphan Wiki (talk) 09:32, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Editing the flags on Naruto page

Hallo I don't see how I am vandalizing anybody's work. Last time I checked, every single manga/anime page has flag icons to represent the country's that are associated with it's development and/or distribution. Furthermore I have never given a cause I think is vital and I will not give up now even with your threats. I gave Tinor2 the reason why I was going against his edeting of the Naruto page and if you want to find out you can go too his talk page and see the section I put on it. If there is a better way to send messages could you please show me because I only recently started getting messages from other wikipedians. Again I do not want to have an edit war, I simply look at the benefits I think the Naruto page has with the edit that I made and the one's you are reverting, I hope we can resolve this issue as quickly as possible and continue to improve the Naruto page and all other pages that we are intrested in as this website was intended to be for. Thank You Yengamaurice Yengamaurice (talk) 06:06, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

What do you concentrate on, as a developer?

Hi, and thanks for volunteering to improve Wikimedia-related software. I see you added yourself to mw:Developers -- it's most useful if you add a description of what you are working on on the right, not your availability. What components or codebases are you working on? Thanks! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager 17:36, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you for help, Oliverlyc. Tejas Tripathi (talk) 07:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Florence Griffith-Joyner

Would you please explain why you would revert my change to this article?? I replaced a dead link of the source with one that is still active and condensed the three cites into a collapsed one. The revert was not appropriate nor did it fix the problem as it existed. Dead links are not appropriate. 75.205.39.214 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:10, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Ok, noted. I would leave your edit as it is. ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 03:13, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I will change it back. It took me a while to find the extant article as Salon likes to change its links after a while. 75.205.39.214 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:16, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations

	CVU Academy Graduate
	I'm been watching your edits and you seem to have a great grasp on reverting vandalism. Keep up the good work! Dan653 (talk) 14:46, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try to keep up the work, provided I have the time. Some of my edits don't go too well though, and they come back to haunt me sometimes. ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 03:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Everyone makes mistakes, it's okay, don't let them haunt you. Dan653 (talk) 16:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Parsing

Hi Oliver, I reverted your revert - I think you and Ironholds reverted at the same time which meant that you undid his and put the vandalism back. But fixed now :). Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 14:10, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

G'day

G'day, I am a nominator for the Pavle Djurisic article to A Class, and helped bring it to GA. I have only rv'd one edit there. I appreciate your warning, but ask that you also have a look at the editing behaviour of User:HuHu22. I see it as highly disruptive POV editing making sweeping claims about accepted WP:RS being communists. Looks like WP:DONTLIKEIT to me. Peacemaker67 (talk) 14:11, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

HuHu22 (talk · contribs) is a SPA pov warrior that has vandalized numerous articles. His previous account, Koo88 (talk · contribs), was indef blocked for the same nonsense. -- ◅PRODUCER _(TALK) 14:15, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I suggest you take care of HuHu22 (talk · contribs) asap. I need my sleep time you know :P Block him for sockpuppetry if things get out of hand. ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 14:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

He has been reported. Please remove the warning from my page. -- ◅PRODUCER _(TALK) 14:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

No problemo, I'll fix that. Sorry if I caused any misunderstandings. ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 14:27, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What?

diff? Be more carefull as I don´t edit that article since the end of the mediation, almost 2 years ago... FkpCascais (talk) 20:54, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Reverts

Don't restore the PROD tag from the article, it is a PROD tag and if removed once by anyone, should not be restored. Faizan 13:35, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Confusing PROD with AfD

 Note: Just a note that you confused Proposed Deletion (PROD) with Articles for Deletion (AfD) processes at Jordan Wynter. Users are allowed to removed PROD notices but not Speedy Deletion (CSD) or AfD. Just so you know. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:37, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for the heads up, Faizan & Alexf. Was unfamiliar to WP: PROD. Sorry about this. :( ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 13:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

No problem, take care next time. Faizan 13:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Invite

Hi Oliver, you are invited to join WikiProject Singapore. If you decide to join, just add your name to this list. Cheers! Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:40, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

New messages

Hi Oliver, please check your ms.wiki talk page. You have a new message. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 07:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

What's the ms.wiki talk page? I've never heard of it. :( I can't find it either, even after looking through your contributions. Any clue (link etc?). Oliverlyc 08:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Bahasa Melayu wiki. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:13, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Reviewer

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges. A full list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on will be at Special:StablePages.

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• Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators. INeverCry 20:49, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Perion Network

Hi Oliver, I recently made a change to the Perion Networks wiki. I pointed out that this company is making money through malware. I do not see how this comment is not constructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.202.205 (talk) 14:38, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. Are there sufficient evidence to show that the company in question has been making money through malware, or is it some "myth"? Thanks! Oliverlyc 01:09, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2012/07/remove-mystart-by-incredibar-uninstall.html

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-360/Sweetpacks-by-Perion-Network-Ltd/td-p/937667

http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6620_102-5337606.html

http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-mystart-incredibar-com.html

After being affected by their software, I am quite sure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.202.205 (talk) 01:27, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

The sources are all forum posts, and worse yet all of them only have a few posts in them. I did manage to find a few guides on how to remove their "Incredibar", but otherwise their company's operation seems legit enough. I'm not defending the company (I hate companies that make "spammy" toolbars too), but Wikipedia is not a place to rant about your bad experiences with a particular company. I'll add a note in the article's talk page for you, and see what future contributors will go about doing it. Meanwhile, please leave the article as it is. Thanks! Oliverlyc 01:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

3 years ago the community have already discussed the issue at the talk page. It seems dead now. Feel free to add your own comment if you wish. Oliverlyc 01:46, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

ScHoolboy Q - gang edit

I think my edit was constructive. ScHoolboy Q tweeted that he capitalizes the H because of "....Hoover..." and that is a reference to the Hoover Crip gang. 74.101.128.155 (talk) 05:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

It looked unconstructive to me because you created a link to the "gang" page, with "Hoover" as the text. I don't think that link will be needed, but otherwise please continue your contributions to Wikipedia! :) Oliverlyc 05:28, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

removal of the line "rice bowl of india"

hey guys

i think i did it in the correct way, check out "rice bowl of india" is not tamilnadu but its andhra pradesh. and we should be able to convey our messages to unknown reader correctly and efficiently

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alurujaya (talk • contribs) 09:50, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes you're correct. Sorry my bad :( Oliverlyc 09:52, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thanks Oliver. We better get to work on the haze article. It's hit 290, not sure if typo or what. But it's everywhere. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 13:40, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

It's pretty much official. NEA, News 5 Tonight are all reporting PSI levels of 290. I'll find a haze map to add to the article. Oliverlyc 13:43, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm also finding. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 13:49, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Added. I need help with the licensing of the image though. The copyright belongs to NEA, and their Terms of Use is very confusing regarding use of their information on other websites. :( Oliverlyc 14:09, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Stalker Hey, I think that map is really useful. How about if we make a map like that, but not copy it directly, only pick up the information on it like I did on this before (See the image summary on the source section). Cheers! :) — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 14:22, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

∗sighs∗ Alright, it's late tonight, so I'll do it tomorrow. Keep your eyes open, I should have a copy up and running by 9 am GMT+8. Cheers! (meanwhile we'll see what the Commons help desk have got to say about the image) Oliverlyc 14:26, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

But how do you guys create the image? Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:29, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Oliverlyc: Ok, see you soon. ;)

Arctic Kangaroo: By finding any Southeast Asian Maps on commons. :P — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 14:32, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

??? I still don't get it. Oliver was saying that he was going to use the original to create a new, similar one, right? Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:34, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Nope, it has a same information but a little map difference..

You can see here for example: [1] (Original map) [2] (The map use on Wikipedia based on revision from the original source). — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 14:40, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Umm..I mean like, use what software to create. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:43, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Bye for a while, back in about 20-30 minutes. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:43, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Photoshop or Paint.NET. But I prefer to use Paint.NET because I'm not so professional in using Photoshop. :/

Ok, I'm also want to take a break after a long time been online. :P — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 14:48, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Nope, I was doing something that prevents us from getting stink. :P Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 15:07, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Alright, added my own haze map. Sorry for the delay - woke up late today. Most tiring Photoshop job ever :( Oliverlyc 01:54, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For taking the time and effort to create this haze map. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:06, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	And another one for this. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:31, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

	The Graphic Designer + Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Wow! Nice map! You are much more professional than me! Thanks for spending a lot of time to create it. :) — иz нίpнόp ʜᴇʟᴘ! 07:06, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks people :D I'm currently trying to make the map more accurate. The current one is a VERY VERY rough (and inaccurate, to be honest) copy (I think the folks at NEA at laughing at the map right now, though they have much more urgent things to attend to). Oliverlyc 07:10, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I've redone the entire map, now it's much better. Hip hip hooray! Oliverlyc 07:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Great! :D — иz нίpнόp ^ʜᴇʟᴘ! 07:40, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Oliver, look at the original map by NEA again. The haze area still isn't accurate. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 07:43, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

It should be accurate. The red area does NOT cover ANY part of Singapore at all. It only covers part of the Malaysian western coast. Oliverlyc 07:45, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I mean the yellow line. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 07:46, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

As far as I can see the yellow line is accurate. Can you tell me a specific part of it? (like the Singapore part, Indonesia part etc) Thanks. Oliverlyc 07:47, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

In your map, the yellow line is on Singapore, but in NEA's map, it's surrounding Singapore. Hope that helps. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 07:55, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I think that might be the result of my line being thicker. But it shouldn't be much of a problem. Oliverlyc 07:56, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, it's about there and useful. I was just wondering if you wanted to change it. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 08:01, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Discussion on the 2 haze articles

Hi Oliver, you are invited to participate in this discussion. Cheers. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 09:53, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

2013 Southeast Asian Haze

The current 3 hour PSI reading says 153. I bet it's definitely more than that, possibly even in the Hazardous range (based on the scenery outside my house). Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:14, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Yeah... It seems like hell from my home. It usually has a nice view of Bukit Timah hill, but currently I can't even see the PIE next to my home. Oliverlyc 02:24, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm in Sengkang, so you know it's terrible everywhere. And BTW, it's supposed to be PSI readings on 19 June 2013, not PSI readings in 19 June 2013. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

And the burning smell is very strong. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

No talkbacks needed for now. Your page is always on my watchlist, but now I'm scrutinising it during this haze period, not watching it. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 02:29, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I found this report by the United Nations Environment Programme that was published way back in 2003. Do you think it can be added to the article? Oliverlyc 02:59, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

The article doesn't mention anything about fire-fighting, does it? And, the haze is only getting worse... Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:06, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

It mentions that the UNEP has conducted a workshop on fire-fighting, as well as recommending projects to be started to deal with the basic needs of fire-fighting. Oliverlyc 03:10, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

It seems irrelevant to what we are currently experiencing. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:13, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Wow...visibility is only 300m at the world's best airport (and I'm not surprised). [3] Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:15, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Changi Airport's METAR says visibility is 0.50km as of 2:00 am today. I can't find any later reports yet. But yes, the visibility is horrible. Changi Airport has instrument landing systems, where the computer can 'autoland' the plane, so I guess operations should not affected too much. Oliverlyc 03:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

What about takeoff? They were talking about it in the papers today if I didn't remember wrongly. The Changi weather station should be located at CA, as with all the other weather stations. Anyway, this weather stuff is very important in aviation. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:23, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Here is the latest METAR:METAR WSSS 20th @ 0230Z, wind from 330 at 3 KT, winds varying from 270 to 030, visibility 0300, runway visual range 20R 0700 N, runway visual range 20C 0700 N, Weather: haze, Sky: indefinate ceiling below station, temperature 31, dewpoint 24, altimeter 1009 mb, becoming fm0400 0800
I am an aviation addict, and I know full well that weather is extremely important. Currently Changi is operating using Low Instrument Flight Routes, which is used in the worse weather conditions (worse visibility to be exact). Planes with jet engines are fine (remember, they are using autopilot), but turboprop (propeller) planes will be severely affected as the haze is terrible for their engines. Oliverlyc 03:30, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Could you provide me with a link to the website you got it from? Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:34, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Here: LiveATC. You can even listen to live radio communications between the pilots and the control tower. You will need a METAR translator though - the raw text is very 'weird' in a sense. Oliverlyc 03:36, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

What sort of translator? And FYI, the only things I can decipher from there are the visibility (500m), temp (32C), and dew point (21C). The dew point is good now, won't really feel the humidity. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:38, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

But the humidity now is quite OK, look at Weather@SG's real time readings. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 03:40, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I use this one. Copy and paste the raw METAR text (currently WSSS 200300Z 27006KT 190V310 0500 R20R/0650N R20C/0700N HZ VV008 32/21 Q1008 BECMG FM0400 0800) and click Translate METARs. Oliverlyc 03:42, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Just asking, the current METAR is few clouds at 2200, scattered clouds at 28000. Is that in ft? Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 09:38, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes. Aviation always uses feet (and has caused quite a number of accidents when pilots convert wrongly). Note that it is a few clouds 2200 feet above aerodrome level, not sea level. This means the clouds are 2200 feet above Changi Airport (although the difference between Changi and sea level is insignificant, it can make a lot of difference if the airport was on a mountain). Cheers! Oliverlyc 09:43, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

And you can remove that warning if you like. I didn't mean to warn you, but I just wanted to inform you. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 09:44, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll leave it there and the MizaBot archive it... I plan to RfA sometime in the distant future and I don't want people to question why I removed my warning. It will be easier to explain if I just let it go into the archives, you know? :P Oliverlyc 09:47, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

June 2013

Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Talk:2013 Southeast Asian haze. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. You can post a separate update, though. Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 01:18, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Oliverlyc. You have new messages at Talk:2013 Southeast Asian haze.
Message added 01:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 01:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Vicarious Visions

I appreciate the help on the page. The person that keeps adding false information is getting really annoying and doesn't stop. Fast & Furious (talk) 10:06, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Page review

I did not know that I reviewed it. How might I have done that? United States Man (talk) 01:45, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Not sure. You could have clicked on the "Mark this page as patrolled" link. No harm done though - it's going for WP:CSD anyway. Oliverlyc 01:47, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Tiko Kerr

I added two (2) external links and one internal link (Arthur Erickson). I think this should meet the Orphaned Article requirement. 14:19, 24 June 2013 (UTC)Tews — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tews (talk • contribs)

Southpark Mall (Colonial Heights, VA)

You reversed my edit of changing the anchors from Dillard's to Dick's Sporting Goods. The Dillard's closed last year and Dick's is opening next month so to say the mall is anchored by Dillard's is inaccurate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.57.62.6 (talk) 03:01, 26 June 2013 (UTC)