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I've been following the issue raised by Cyphoidbomb about List of Fanboy and Chum Chum episodes however, I thinking of reverting Joseph Fleisher's edits as the table is a mess and allowing Cyphoid to make their edits.
What do others think to this action?
Thanks
Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 11:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- There's no hurry, so I think this plan should work? If you disagree though, boldly go ahead; but that's my suggestion - to fix it, longer term, by showing a consensus. Cheers, Chzz ► 12:19, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Chzz, although I agree with what you posted on CB's page, I must detest that the page looks a mess. I think that reverting it will clean it up, then I will leave the 2 editors to discuss it out (but keep the page monitored) - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 13:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Correction! - Meh, the page looks fine at the moment. I won't revert it. - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 13:56, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Chzz, although I agree with what you posted on CB's page, I must detest that the page looks a mess. I think that reverting it will clean it up, then I will leave the 2 editors to discuss it out (but keep the page monitored) - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 13:38, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
- Sure, you could - you're entitled to your opinion, and to do what you like. Personally, I wouldn't. Yeah, it's a mess - but so what? There's no deadline. Why not wait just for a week, while others agree it is a mess.
- The page will exist on Wikipedia for many, many years. So if it is 'wrong' for a few days, does it matter?
- That's the basic principle behind consensus/discussion. It's like, during an edit-war, when The Wrong Version gets protected.
- There's always time to just wait a bit. No rush.
- I mean...I'm sure, within a few days, a load of people would go on the talk page and say "yep, absolutely agree" - and then it'd all be nice, clear and consensus-based.
- And I know that, in this specific case, it seems obvious that it is 'wrong'. But still I'd wait.
- Up to you though, totally.
Did you have another question? If not, can you please remove the {{helpme}}?oh, never mind, it's gone now - maybe I was looking at a cached page or something Cheers, Chzz ► 14:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)- Re. correction - ah, ok. I didn't see that until after I'd replied! Also, I probably saw the 'good' version of the page! OK, cool. Cheers, Chzz ► 14:34, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 March 2011
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Hi, Where was the response for the above case? I don't recall getting anything in the mailing list? Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:05, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
- Not sure why you didn't get it from the mailing list however you didn't get it in your personal box because of a typo by the ISP (managed to get a ] after your address...). I have forwarded on to your personal address proper now for you :) - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 22:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
- I see, thanks :) Acather96 (talk) 06:12, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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I would like to request your opinion here. Thanks and cheers. Jessy (talk) (contribs) • 00:42, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
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Update about the IP address.
Update:IP address 203.122.240.100 has been blocked for one year now for again vandalism.Just telling you about that.I did not block him.And by the way, any luck yet on this IP abuse report on 203.122.240.100?--Damirgraffiti ☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 01:53, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for this update, I need to get round to contacting the ISP, should be done soon. - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 20:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
- You"re welcome.I"ll keep an eye on that IP address in case if anything pops up again.--Damirgraffiti ☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 15:20, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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Are you suggesting maybe a sort of throttling limit placed on CB3's usage? – AJLtalk 15:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
- Not at all, it's just how it's coded ends up sending my server up the wall... throttling won't be required - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 21:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
- Yay! And thanks for the trout. --43?9enter ★☭ 20:49, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
- I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that it is improperly
archivingrecording the indices for Article talk pages. Compare the indices with the actual history of that page (this is only just one example). – AJLtalk 01:50, 8 May 2011 (UTC)- Urm, take that to Cobi, I just run the bots... I don't have a Clue (Heh...) on how they work :) - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 20:16, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
- I've tried, but it seems Cobi has just disappeared... – AJLtalk 08:05, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
- Urm, take that to Cobi, I just run the bots... I don't have a Clue (Heh...) on how they work :) - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 20:16, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Note: Yanked out of archive. Did you know that you have it set up to archive after 5 hours? – AJLtalk 18:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
- Whoops... better change that ^_^ - Rich(MTCD)Talk Page 20:16, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
- LOL, age is in hours, not seconds. 432000 would archive stuff after 49+ years. – AJLtalk 08:05, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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Sorry to bother you, but when I noticed that my talk page was getting long I saw that the last month it was archived was February. Anything I should do? Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 20:33, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
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