User talk:Ral315/Archive 15

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Rouge Admins

The cabal is trying to delete the rouge admin category. Your input, as one of the category's creators, is requested. --M@rēino 19:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of The Cheetah Girls 3

It is considered "good form" to close an AfD when deleting an article up for AfD. You're making me do your work! </sarcasm> </whine> Morgan Wick 05:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. Sorry, and thanks. Ral315 (talk) 05:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost

Hi, I was wondering how to write for the Signpost. Thanks, Attic Owl 09:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

browse box

Howdy. Just following up on your comment at Sidebar redesign:

"Also, things really can't be placed below the search box, sadly"

I replied:

"If this-hypothetical-box cannot be placed beneath the search box, I believe the whole idea needs to be dropped. ... [because] ... The search box is currently only just "above the fold" at 800x600. Any lower and it would be below the fold; this would be unacceptable (because of poor usability). It would also mean changing a core piece of site design, thereby potentially confusing a large percentage of users."

So, I was wondering if you had any more info, on the feasibility of putting this potential new browse-box below the search box, instead of above it? Thanks.

(and aside from that, i appear to have created a monster...! :-/ --Quiddity·(talk) 19:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

RoLL

Yours or mine? --David Mestel^(Talk) 07:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks :). Could you do it next week (21 August), as I'll be away then? --David Mestel^(Talk) 16:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Congressman

How does the story look now? Still fixing it. Carmelapple 17:49, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello Ral315

Hello, please see my reply on User talk:Kpjas. All this was taken from User:Carmelapple. By the way, I got some software changes from Brion Vibber so you might need them for BRION in the Signpost. Let me know, and I'd be delighted to write the report regularly. ForestH2 t/c 03:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Why are you not comfortable about Carmelapple doing any more work for the Signpost? We'll need to reschedule Spetember 11th, then for Simple English and leave a message on his simple page. ForestH2 t/c 03:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes though what about my technology report question? That's a big problem- just copy/pasting a news story already published. ForestH2 t/c 03:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

What's your email? It's only about 5 things though. ForestH2 t/c 03:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Here it is. It takes a while to upload. It's just a list of bugs reported and some of things Tim/Brion have done. I don't know if it's worth publishing though. ForestH2 t/c 03:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there anything you need help with for the Signpost? I'd love to help if you need me. Well....how was it? ForestH2 t/c

Right....and how about anything you need help with for the Signpost? I'm always willing to help, just remember that. Uh.....the list that is not actully en (I made it en because the Signpost is en) has a whole bunch of things that are en but you have to know which ones are en and not es or id or fr. ForestH2 t/c 03:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

O.K, any google news results that are long and would get a special story- that's where I'll start and I can promise you not to copy/paste info. Are we going to have a technology report this week? ForestH2 t/c 03:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way; who's responsible for "In the news?" Carmelapple is, isn't he? So...if he's out then we got to find someone to take over. ForestH2 t/c 03:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Reply

So you're going to block me for telling Nathan's side of the story while he's blocked. If he's blocked, he needs someone to tell his side. I'm trying to discuss the matter, not inflat it as much as possible. No comment I have made has violated any policy nor do I intend to violate any possibilty. Blocking me would not accomplish anything but a few more raised eyebrows, nor would it get to change my point of view on the situation. If it's a foundation issue, I would let the foundation handle it, not them. — Moe Epsilon 04:43 August 14 '06

Well, letting the foundation know about is a step foward. I don't care about Nathan being blocked until then, it's the matter of Sceptre blocking him. Sceptre was one of the most heavily involved people of all (next to Snopake and Nathan) and him abusing hisa right to block Nathan wasn't proper. And the fact that the lentgh of the block is indef. — Moe Epsilon 04:51 August 14 '06

And the Foundation looking into is fine with me. I just didn't want the final ruler in the saying to be the one involved in the conflict with him, it wouldn't be right, in fact against policy. Cyde already borderlines someone previously involved, but a better block than Sceptre's. — Moe Epsilon 04:59 August 14 '06

To correct; Cyde's block was replaced by Sceptre's. ~ PseudoSudo 05:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Bugs

Can we use User:ForestH2/Technology report as the upcoming Tenchnology report for 8/21/06? ForestH2 t/c 03:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Bugs

Can we use User:ForestH2/Technology report as the upcoming Tenchnology report for 8/21/06? ForestH2 t/c 03:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Keep up the good work

I've just written an article for the next issue, which will probably be my last contribution to the Signpost for a while. Good luck with things in my absence. --Michael Snow 19:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost Audio

My apologies -- I didn't notice the header instructing me to contact you before making changes to the Signpost front page. Please see the Signpost talk page about my idea; I'd appreciate your input. Thanks. --Omaryak 20:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Outage

Brion's email? Who's Brion? What are you on about? ForestH2 t/c 17:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh. ForestH2 t/c 17:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Technology report

Since we didn't mention all that stuff; I thought it was worth mentioning but oh well :) Could you check User:ForestH2/Signpost/Technology report 8/28 and if that's from last month to (I know it hasn't been named) delete the article? ForestH2 t/c 00:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Is the technology report above going to be used for this week or for next week? ForestH2 t/c 01:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

O.K. And then delete User:ForestH2/Signpost/Outage for me. O.K? ForestH2 t/c 01:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way, if your interested in weekly technology reports for the Signpost you can get them from Brion Vibber or from his bugs, and software change station which is where I got all the info from last month. ForestH2 t/c 01:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, I was wondering if I could write an article. You see, I am an active participator in places around the world (cities, communities, neighborhoods, states, districts, etc.) and there are currently hundreds of thousands of articles on such source. Each week, I would like to write about a place article, and kind of make it the "Place of the Week". I would include photos, etc. What do you think? Ericsaindon2 04:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

TROLL

Is it just me or is TROLL getting really long? -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 05:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Heh I was actually just commenting that we had lots of trolls :) but yeah the section itself is getting massive. That has to be a pain to write. -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 18:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Northstar at Tahoe speedy

A7 isn't a valid reason? This article did not assert notability. But it's going to be deleted in all likelihood anyway. --Fang Aili ^talk 19:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

So.. we really have to prod/AfD every resort/building/street/etc article that doesn't assert notability? --Fang Aili ^talk 19:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't see where you're coming from. I've seen lots of articles speedied while they were in AfD. And saying that "using CSD A7 is wrong, since it doesn't cover the subject of the article" implies that we can't use it for anything not specifically listed on the CSD. I'm not a 'deletionist', but I also don't want my hands tied every time I see a non-encyclopedic article. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree there. I believe you've contracted yourself in your comments to me, but I think I understand what you're saying. I'm not a deletionist, but I also don't believe in clogging the system with obvious non-encyclopedic material. If we really had to prod/AfD every made-up word, every "my school sucks" article, every nonsensical thing you can think of that doesn't technically fall under CSD.. there'd be thousands of prods/AfDs every day. However I do believe this has been argued at great length on other pages so there's not much point in you and I going back and forth. This one's going to be deleted anyway. Cheers. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

RoLL

Somebody needs to write the section on the MONGO case; I can't, because I commented in an RfC on him. --David Mestel^(Talk) 15:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. David Mestel^(Talk) 15:43, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

In the news

FYI: Excellent reference to wikipedia at the end of the following article: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/08/28/three_successful_writein_candidacies.html

-- Sholom 12:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost

Hi! I'm not a native english speaker but I'd like to help in pages like News and notes; Features and admins; Wikipedia in the News. I always read Signpost and it would be honour to work with you. Anyway I'll create the report of the hungarian wiki for 18. of sept. NCurse _work 08:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm also available whenever you need me, just ask. I do already hangout at the Tipline. -- Zanimum 17:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

If you have enough contributors at the moment, give me some weeks to be able to know the most important pages for Signpost, to find out where I can join the work, and then I'll try to participate more seriously. NCurse _work 20:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: "Writers Wanted! We can always use good writers who can find a Wikipedia story to write about." but you have editors, writers for all sections of Signpost. :) Now I took a look on every page of the project to find work for me, and every place is occupied. :) The only one is Tipline? NCurse _work 21:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

RSS Feed?

There's nothing in the RSS file presently...? -Reagle 14:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Still not there:

urd:/home/reagle> wget http://wikipediasignpost.com/feed.rss
--16:15:29--  http://wikipediasignpost.com/feed.rss
          => `feed.rss'
Resolving wikipediasignpost.com... 208.97.134.123
Connecting to wikipediasignpost.com|208.97.134.123|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/plain]
   [ <=>                                 ] 0             --.--K/s
 16:15:29 (0.00 B/s) - `feed.rss' saved [0/0]

-Reagle 20:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikicharts

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~leon/stats/wikicharts/index.php?ns=articles&limit=100&month=08%2F2006&wiki=enwiki

Is anyone righting about this yet? I'm willing to do so. -- Zanimum 19:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

1000 admin article

I've started the article, but I really don't know what to write in regards to this great milestone. These were some of the things that I was thinking of when I started:

• 1000th admin's response ("what an honor this is...")
• Statistics of how many admins there are per user, article, etc. (sort of what I have now)
• Quick summary of discussion on the talk page of RfA.
• Sampling of some graphs made to chart admin growth and Wikipedia growth, such as Image:En-admins-articles-users-edits.png, Image:En-admin-vs-edits.png and Image:En-admin-vs-user-growth.png.
• Community reaction, possibly (be it on RfA talk, or the User's talk page).

I really need some suggestions on where to go with this article. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka Talk to me! 03:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The article can be found here, by the way. 03:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Writers wanted

I would be interested in trying out for the Signpost. Tell me what I need to know. Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 21:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd be glad to help. – Chacor 11:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Me as well. I have three years of middle-school journalism and am on the high school yearbook team.--Chili14 00:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm interested in helping out as well. I work for my university's school paper, and up until recently I was a major in print journalism (now minoring in writing and media studies). --Omaryak 05:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Should I leave the "features & admins" column open to someone, considering I took the 1000 admins article? Or do you think anyone would care if I took that one too? (This is in response to your comment to ForestH2 instructing to leave the In the news column open. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka Talk to me! 02:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Further Vandalism from 210.0.177.84

See my comments at User talk:210.0.177.84. I'll let you decide what to do. Karlhahn 16:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Rubber Soul sleeve

I just restored the Parlophone Rubber Soul sleeve. Please DO NOT change it to the Capitol sleeve as this is for the British version. There is a separate Capitol sleeve when talking about the American version of Rubber Soul. Steelbeard1 18:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:NPA

Your edit summary here was quite offensive to me. It seemes like you were using negative personal comments and profanity against me and my views. Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. --Ed^{talk c E} 18:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Note to Ral: I left a note on the user's talk page. I've seen the diff in question, and the edit summary is definitely not a personal attack. Have advised user to avoid misusing warning templates. Cheers, – Chacor 18:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Looks like I beat you by seconds to it. :P – Chacor 18:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Everyking

Maybe you want to add to it since it's already started? Dbiv was also desysopped. If you want to restart it delete my article. What is publicgirl thingy? ForestH2 t/c 01:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Sam Korn has indicated here that Everyking is free to reapply for adminship whenever he wants. 23:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Signpost

I'm going to publish in less you haven't with in about an hour since people have been asking where it is and were already very late. ForestH2 t/h/c 01:34, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm doing the finishing touches now. ForestH2 t/h/c 01:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Ralbot

Eep! Please use the bot flag when botting - I have hundreds of Talk pages on my watchlist and the whole lot came up at once! Guy 10:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the bot flag has any affect on watchlists - only on recent changes. --kingboyk 16:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Signpost

If I get a chance over the next few weeks I might do the section called "In the news", O.K? Streamwater 14:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Seeking advice

Hello Ral. I'm beginning to wonder because I get such strong reactions, over-reactions to what I intened to be appropriate comments on talk pages. If you were willing, would you comment on the talk here ? This is advice I am asking about and I don't mean to be a bother. Terryeo 23:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for saying something Terryeo 22:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:Taxobox protection

Please unprotect Template:Taxobox. This template is not static, but remains a work in progress. If you look at its history, you can see that it is updated by ordinary users often. The template has not been a target of vandalism. Rememeber too, to assume good faith. —Pengo ^{talk · contribs} 23:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

TROLL

I've been asked by David Mestel to let you know that he won't be able to write the ROLL report this week as his internet connection is down - he says sorry! --Katrielalex 12:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:DEATH

• I think that was a good redirect; but I can't say much more than that 'cuz I can't think straight right now (Lunesta is tasty and delicious). Just a thought :) Danny Lilithborne 07:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Uh... where did the page redirect to, anyway? ^_^ Danny Lilithborne 17:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Signpost delivery

Hi, first thanks for the constant inter-wiki-signpost-delivery to dewp, I appreciate it. However, somehow you seem to have changed your method this time, as all the links are broken in the newest edition (i.e. they are no longer referring to enwp but to dewp, missing an "en:-interwiki-syntax-element..."). Any idea why? Regards --Mbimmler 15:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC) (german userpage at de:Benutzer:Mbimmler, talk at de:Benutzer_Diskussion:Mbimmler)

Thanks for fixing it. It's a shame that I was too lazy to do it myself... --Mbimmler 15:23, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you, Ral315, for having the trust in me to vote "support" on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 21:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Little Eistens

Why excatly do you revert me? They copied everything from the SpongeBob SquarePants page, everything, all of our plans we were going to use in the project and stole them. Why? Can you block ForestH2 indefintely? I'm not returning, and I don't want my account hijacked. In fact I dare you to block me. ForestH2 (logged out)

Looks like your going to have to find someone knew to do BRION reports because I'm the only person who knows where to look up BRION reports for each week. And I'm leaving, that's why you'll have to find a new person. Would you like me to tell you where to find reports? ForestH2 (logged out)

Sidebar

What do you think of the article now? It's been cleaned up by me an Trodel...Sugarpinet/c 22:35, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I just didn't want it not to have any coverage as it's a very important thing. I agree before, the thing about come on down to vote, was very advertising. Can you delete the article? Sugarpinet/c 22:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

B.R.I.O.N

I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was going to write BRION reports...Have I been doing a good job at BRION? Is it O.K, I didn't tell you? I'm really sorry...I saw no one was doing it and the other editor ForestH2, had left so I just took over. Please tell me any improvements you want me to do or anything...Streamwater 22:48, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I have direct contact with some of the developers so it's easy. Streamwater 23:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

How long until the Signpost is published? Streamwater 02:30, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

You've been on so long and no signpost yet...Why is the deadline 17:00 (UTC)? Why isn't like 23:00 (UTC) or something? Or later? I noticed you've been publishing the Signpost between 03:00 to 06:00 Tuesday over the last few weeks. Streamwater 02:35, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Citizendium

Hi, you wrote: "The project is, according to Sanger, independent of Digital Universe, a similar project with which Sanger was involved." Are you saying that Sanger is no longer involved with DU? Do you know who is funding Citizendium, who operates the website, etc? Is Sanger at present sole sysadmin? Do they have a robust privacy policy? ---CH 03:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

signpost error

You wrote it had only received some blog attention--The Register covered it as well that day. But either way, it's getting massive press now. Thanks! · XP · 01:39, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Forest

Wow, that's a lot of socks. What makes you think Tonetare/Taretone was one of his socks?

--Charlesknight 08:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)