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Bolds

Could you please explain how bolds aren't necessary? Thanks. —Mythdon t/c 06:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Could you tell me why they would be?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 06:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

To make the style better, although since I am not familiar with the Manual of Style, this is merely my personal view. I also think a colon would be necessary right after the title of the shows to further make it look better. Please consider everything I said. Thanks. —Mythdon t/c 12:04, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

You're invited...

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday May 17th, Columbia University area Last: 03/29/2009

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, establish a membership process for the chapter, review the upcoming Wiki-Conference New York 2009 (planned for ~100 people at NYU this summer) and future projects like Wikipedia at the Library, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the March meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

note

I have replied to your accusations on my talk page. I hope you will give due consideration to my response. — Ched :  ?  03:48, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Great! We're cool then. ;). And sorry for the inconvenience that I caused too. I added a hidden note to the page about the spelling thing as NYB suggested - but it was reverted. Perhaps if I get a chance to follow through on the whole WP:BRD thing I'll mention my reasoning on the talk page too. The spelling thing is tough here - so many "jargon" and "lingo" things from all the different cultures we share. I added the British and Canadian dictionaries to my US version. Still waiting on a compatible Aussie version to add. Anyway, I'm glad we're good terms - and I wish you and yours the very best. May all your edits reach FA. ;)

I did leave a note on the article talk page. If everyone decides on wanting a Wikipedia:Editnotice rather than some hidden text, you'll probably have to be the one to implement it since it requires admin. tools to add those outside of user-space. Best of luck. — Ched :  ?  10:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Too welcome

Hi,

I will indeed stop my welcoming spree immediately;

I hope you won't mind too much, but I have removed your message from my talk; I find that when I welcome users with my personal greeting, many say "hi" to me on my talk, and I don't want them to be put off by your message.

I'm sorry that you don't feel that it's appropriate to welcome new users; I'd appreciate it if you could explain further.

If you peruse my talk page and archives, you'll see I have done a lot of work making new users feel at home; I have dedicated many, many hours to helping our new users feel welcome, and I hope that I have enabled lots of new users to become valuable contributors by teaching them the basics etc.

I don't think that there is too much danger of them believing the welcome is automated - after all, the very first part of my message says, "This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person" - and goes on to encourage them to talk to us live on the help channel. I've found that this welcome message has been extremely effective in quickly getting people involved with the community, which has resulted in avoiding some silly advert-style articles, and resulted in some useful contributions.

Anyway - as I said, I will stop immediately; I look forward to hearing more about why you think that it is not appropriate behaviour. And, once again, apologies for removing your note from my talk; it's the first time I've ever done such a thing, and I hope that you will understand my motivation in doing so.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  07:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

The issue was quanitity, not quality. I am just saying slow down. Not stop.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 07:14, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Open proxy

The edits were from I.P. that had been listed for vandalism as an open proxy. I had no opinion of the edits themselves. Thanks Bevo74 (talk) 11:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I was under the impression that open proxies were not allowed, probably I should have added more explanation rather than rolling back. Bevo74 (talk) 15:57, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ryulong

The proposed decision is up in your case. It is located here. The proposed decision will be presented to the Arbitration Committee for voting on May 11.

For the Arbitration Committee. KnightLago (talk) 01:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Diend Cards

Do you want proof about Diend's cards well go to this link: http://blog-imgs-26.fc2.com/9/3/1/93121/2009051008414870c.jpg , you will also see Decade Complete Form (ディケイド コンプリートフォーム, Dikeido Konpuriito Foomu). AlienX2009 (talk) 11:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

For the last time. The issue is not about proof. It is about verifiablity within the TV show. If it has not happened on the show, we do not have it on Wikipedia.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:30, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah but how did you know about Ixa and Psyga before the episode aired? can't we just keep ""Other Riders" (such as Dark Kabuto, Orga, Ryuga, Dark Kiva, Gaoh and Glaive) blocked just like Ixa and Psyga. AlienX2009 (talk) 00:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Ixa and Psyga are in the preview for episode 17. And the "Other Riders" as you put it have not been confirmed to appear at all (except Dark Kabuto, Orga, and Ryuga but they are only in photos of someone unofficial showing up at a filming location, so they should not be added at all).—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:09, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

My only input in this is that I don't think these Riders are from Diend but more like Riders summoned via dimensional rifts, like how Kick & Punch Hopper, Kaixa and Ryuga appeared. --Burai (talk) 07:46, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Well you know, I think the Orga KamenRide card is real remember Episode 11? and maybe we should write about Diend's Deck Holder. AlienX2009 (talk) 00:44, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Only when the episode airs.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Why can't Orga not be there blocked. Ixa and Psyga was known way before episode 17 aired. AlienX2009 (talk) 02:30, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Episode 17 has not aired yet. It will air this weekend. And there is nothing in the known episode lineup to have Orga at all.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:31, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Well of course Diend's deck holder doesn't have a name thats why it says Deck Holder. AlienX2009 (talk) 04:16, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

not Episode 17, in something else. In episode 11 Daiki takes the Orga Gear, so he should obviously have an Orga KamenRide. AlienX2009 (talk) 04:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Just because he has the Gear does not mean he has the card.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:05, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you even know about his Deck Holder? AlienX2009 (talk) 06:34, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

It's just a card holder. It's nothing unique. It's just like Zeronos' card holder. It is not like the Ride Booker. It's not unique.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 07:10, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Go to this url: http://93121.blog89.fc2.com/blog-entry-887.html and look at the pictures of kuuga. could this be kuuga's new form? AlienX2009 (talk) 20:43, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Decade Complete: http://93121.blog89.fc2.com/blog-entry-889.html AlienX2009 (talk) 20:48, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

At the end of episode 17 Narutaki uses the Henshin Onsa. this could be Narutaki Transformation Form (鳴滝変身体, Narutaki Henshin Tai) or Kamen Rider Narutaki (仮面ライダー鳴滝鬼, Kamen Raida Narutaki).

We won't know this till next week.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

What if Decade was Shocker's (or Gorgom) lost leader? and Narutaki was the Protagonist all along. The villains in the movie looks similar to a Kamen Rider. AlienX2009 (talk) 01:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

We won't know until the movie. Do not make any assumptions.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:35, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

All we do know at the moment is that Decade IS tied to DaiShocker, as its insignia bares DCD on it. Plus, the actors for Narutaki and grandpa Hikari are respectively playing Ambassador Hell/Garagaranda and Dr. Shinigami/Ikadevil (Maybe Eiji Maruyama voices him again?). Fractyl (talk) 05:49, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

UM

Please explain to me why you changed my edits. If the information about the logos does not belong in the infobox that is fine. In your edit comments you mentioned to look at the template for university infoboxes, if this is correct, then there is NO need for the Split U logo in there. Also, the miami maniac needs mentioning and the nickname in the infobox is wrong. "Hurricanes" is not a nickname, "The U" is. Umiami09 (talk) 03:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

The "Nickname" box is for the sports team. Not for the university's nicknames. And the Miami Maniac is only for the baseball games, not the whole UM. You find Sebastian on everything related to the sports teams.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:46, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Soulcalibur

Hello,

Please see my reply on the article's talk page. Erigu (talk) 16:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Goldra and Silvra

Look, the fact is the two Riders are tied to the Decade series storyline as Cho Den-O is a direct part of the Decade continity and the two were explained to be the reason why Den-O's world is in chaos as Kotaro and Ryotaro explained. Fractyl (talk) 03:28, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Unless you've seen the movie, this does not have any relevance. Goldra and Silvra are Cho Den-O characters, and the only connection to Decade is that he is in the movie and it was tied in with the Den-O World arc. Your edits to Template:Kamen Rider Decade have been making the formatting of the template poor. There does not need to be a separate line for films for Decade, yet. It fits in with just the Media set.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 08:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Actally, I'm waiting to see the movie. Also you forget, Silvra appeared in Decade, the first scene likely to be part of the movie (where NEW Den-O appears to fight the Gelnewts) and the second when Kotaro explains the Oni Tribe are the ones causing the time distortion. So while the two are Cho Den-O characters, they are also part of Decade's continity in spite of their cameos.Fractyl (talk) 13:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

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What do you mean Goldra and Silvra doesn't start with Kamen Rider of course they start with Kamen Rider or they would be plain Oni's. AlienX2009 (talk) 17:52, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

From all that is known, they are just "Goldra" and "Silvra" and not "Kamen Rider Goldra" and "Kamen Rider Silvra".—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:09, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

The fact is the two are labeled as Oni, not like "Kamen Rider Hibiki" Oni, but Oni in the sense of "Momotaro" Oni. Besides, Shadowmoon's considered a Kamen Rider yet he doesn't need it. Fractyl (talk) 05:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Shadowmoon isn't a Kamen Rider. The Showa Kamen Riders are limited to 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1, ZX, and BLACK (RX). Shin, ZO, and J are separate from the Heisei Riders. The only one in this list that does not have "Kamen Rider" in the name is Riderman.

But I digress, Goldra and Silvra do not have "Kamen Rider" in their names. They are just "Goldra" and "Silvra".—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 06:48, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Like I said, he's considered a Rider but not offically one. Fractyl (talk) 11:58, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Alright, fine but why can't we just keep it as "Kamen Rider Silvra" and "Kamen Rider Goldra" there's nothing wrong with that. AlienX2009 (talk) 03:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Not the right names.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Why can't we put the forms of the ridrs such as BLACK RX or Kuuga. AlienX2009 (talk) 04:41, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

They're identical to the motif of the original Rider. There's no difference between RX, Kuuga, and Agito and their forms. Kiva's forms are also kinda the same with that.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

How about Final Forms. AlienX2009 (talk) 05:43, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

No.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure Kuuga's new form is called Rising Ultimate Form (ライジングアルティメットフォーム, Raijingu Arutimetto Foumu)? AlienX2009 (talk) 04:57, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I saw it myself. I'm the one (well, one of the two) who found the pictures of it.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 04:59, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, okay. I just thought that Diend summoned Kamen Rider Den-O and Agito. AlienX2009 (talk) 05:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

How is Gyuki not a new character. of course he is. AlienX2009 (talk) 02:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Hibiki transforms into Gyuki due to something I haven't seen yet because I haven't seen the episode in full yet.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:25, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Kamen Rider Decade

Just so you know, I have changed the block threat made in the Kamen Rider Decade article to a warning that such changes would be reverted and the user warned. What do you think? Did I make the right decision for the right reason? —Mythdon t/c 05:49, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Mythdon, are you aware that there are 6,910,905 articles in this project?  Frank  |  talk  22:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

I am aware that there are a lot of pages in this project. Why did you show up anyway? If I wanted a response from anyone, it would be Ryulong. That's why the post is here, not on the talk page of anyone else. —Mythdon t/c 23:21, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a community. I "showed up" because I'm a member of that community, just as you are, and just as Ryūlóng is. I think (and this is just my opinion) that if you want to know what Ryūlóng thought of your edit, you can see for yourself.  Frank  |  talk  00:10, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I saw that diff just after replying to you. And yes, I do know that Wikipedia is a community. It's just that my initial posting in this section was directed towards Ryulong. —Mythdon t/c 00:54, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it seems many of your edits are directed at Ryūlóng, which was why I pointed out the number of pages in the project in the first place.  Frank  |  talk  15:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you still remember when you declinded my request for rollback, but three days later requested it again and got it? Do you feel like checking my contributions and seeing if I have used the tool properly? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 19:42, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Not the point.  Frank  |  talk  00:36, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Stay Strong!

Have you thought about resigning from your admin position and standing for another RFA before the Arbcom makes its final decision? I have read all the history of the "dispute" and I know I will support you if you ran for Admin right now. Gerhardt Lammers (talk) 02:59, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

*cough* Gerhardt Lammers (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic period. *cough* JPG-GR (talk) 03:20, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I think the editor is a sockpuppet of Yardleyman. I am filing a checkuser request, and will notify you and Ryulong once I do so. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:36, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

My suspicions are the same.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:37, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I have just filed a checkuser request regarding the user at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yardleyman. I'm not sure if that would be the right name, but still, it is needed. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

If you can perhaps collect a bunch of other account names, that might be helpful.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you think the name of the case is right? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

That's unimportant.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:51, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Checkuser date confrims that the two users are on the same IP address. What do you think? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 04:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I made that request to Versageek to check.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 04:12, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Good. Well now another sockpuppet is down. Hopefully this is the end of the disruption of the case. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 04:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Samantha Orobator AfD

Hello, would you please follow consensus and merge information from the article into the Human Rights in Laos article? There were multiple calls for this information to be preserved if the article ended up being deleted. thanks! riffic (talk) 23:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

If you tell me what information you want specifically, I can provide it.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Ranger

Could you please tell me how this is suitable lead content? It was a removal of unsourced content and was also a removal of an unworthy mention which I don't feel had any business in the article. The information required a reliable source, and can't be on the page until there is one cited. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 01:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Sourced to the source material and that particular episode of a third party program.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

How is that going to cut it? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Because the source material is as official as it gets, as does the broadcast of an entirely different television program.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:47, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Aren't those primary sources? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

They're suitable sources and you aren't the one to decide whether they can or cannot be used.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:58, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I am not the one who is deciding. I'm just going by what is decided in WP:RS. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Your interpretations of Wikipedia policy have always been in question.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:01, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Why should it be questioned? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Ask the arbitration committee. I'm done with this conversation.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I assume that you are aware of WP:3RR as you are an admin...so I won't leave a templated warning about that. If it was simply a list of characters, primary sources would be fine. Once you start adding OR and info cited to reality gossip shows, you're going to need some better sourcing. --Onorem♠Dil 03:08, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I've removed that content at this point. I realized it wasn't really necessary, and I doubted that I was going to find some sort of summary of that particular episode of the TV show (which you've really miscategorized there).—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I have just re-added the {{primarysources}} tag to the article as the above editor supports it's usage. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Not in the state of the article currently. He's fine with it so long as the stuff that is currently gone is gone. I'll be removing it, again.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, but you should know that it still needs to be there, but I don't feel like edit warring over a tag. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

If you read Onorem's statement, he only agreed when it had the content you removed, which I have since also removed.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:23, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

I re-read the statement following your previous reply. When I said "but you should know that it still needs to be there", that was because of policies and guidelines and not because of Onorem. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 03:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Whatever.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 03:47, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Rick22225/Yardleyman/Gerhardt Lammers

Remember users Yardleyman and Gerhardt Lammers being confirmed as having the same IP as Rick22225? Take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rick22225 again. It seems that an IP editor is a sockpuppet of Rick22225 given its edits. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Versageek informed me of the IP address in private. They are not related.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

So you're saying the investigation is moot? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

An investigation of the IP might be fruitful, but frankly I don't give a shit.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, then we'll wait until a checkuser says whether or not the IP is a sockpuppet of someone else or not. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 02:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration remedy

Could you please respond to my post here? Thanks. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 07:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

This is something under the umbrage of ArbCom.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 07:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

So you'll just stay out of? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:17, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

What the arbcom wants to do about you is what I will let them do.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:17, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

So you're neutral in regards to each proposal? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:18, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Leave me alone.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:19, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Myth, I might suggest you stay off of this page and away from Ryu for the time being. It would be probably for the best to take a vacation from each other, at least for a while. rootology/equality 05:20, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Why a "vacation from each other"? And is this because of Ryulong saying "Leave me alone"? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:23, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

If a user asks another to leave his talk page, especially in the midst of this whole RFAR thing, it's usually customary and a good idea to acquiesce. rootology/equality 05:26, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

So you're saying you were giving me an extra caution? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:28, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Nope, I was just asking nicely, since you guys both just went through the wringer, to avoid each other a bit, so you can both have some peace and quiet. rootology/equality 05:46, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

What are your views of when I contacted the "Ryulong" account on Youtube? —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 05:47, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Consider this an official warning as of this moment. You're thisclose to picking up an AC restriction here against badgering questions on people's talk pages. I don't have an opinion as I haven't followed the case, but I am telling you right now that if you edit this page again after I post this warning and the adjacent one to your talk page, you will lose your editing priveledges for a minimum of 24 hours' time. There is no need for this. Please stop, immediately. rootology/equality 05:51, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Soulcalibur

Hello,

I've been told to whack you with a trout and to direct you there. Erigu (talk) 10:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Ebi

Sorry, I looked it up here and it said shrimp, prawn and sniny lobster, which appears more similar to a shrimp to me... - Pokemega32 (talk) 01:45, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Check Decapoda and then look at its Japanese Wikipedia article.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:48, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I know that I said I would help,

But I don't know if I can. I realize that they may be notable in their own way, and while I still do not think they deserve their own individual article, I don't think there is a way to group them together either. So I'm just going to leave them alone, because I don't know what to do.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 05:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Do what now?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ryulong

This arbitration case has been closed and the final decision is available at the link above. For misuse of his administrative tools, failure to address the community's concerns, and inappropriate off-wiki behavior, Ryulong (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is desysopped. Mythdon (talk · contribs) is restricted and placed under mentorship for a period of 1 year. Mythdon is also admonished for their harassing behavior on and off-wiki and directed to refrain from contacting Ryulong off-wiki and seeking Ryulong's identity on and off-wiki. All participants of WikiProject Tokusatsu are advised to work on producing a genuine guideline for the articles falling under the scope of the WikiProject Tokusatsu. They are urged to work in collaboration with Mythdon while seeking outside advice and help. Other remedies also apply.

For the Arbitration Committee, KnightLago (talk) 20:31, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Pity this had to happen as your contribution to the project are very extensive and your work in cleaning out vandals was impressive. Please use the time ahead to reflect and regain the communities trust - I think that would be to everybodies benefit. Agathoclea (talk) 21:45, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

..For Taking the Bait

"WP:WHACK" redirects here. You may be looking for WP:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole (WP:WHAC).

Not to be confused with Cod throwing.

Whacking with a wet trout or trouting is a common practice on Wikipedia when experienced editors slip up and make a silly mistake. It, along with sentencing to the village stocks, is used to resolve one-off instances of seemingly silly behavior amongst normally constructive community members, as opposed to long term patterns of disruptive edits, which earn warnings and blocks.

Example

Whack!

The above is a WikiTrout (Oncorhynchus macrowikipediensis), used to make subtle adjustments to the clue levels of experienced Wikipedians.

To whack a user with a wet trout, simply place {{trout}} on their talk page.

--Versageek 01:06, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Kamen Rider ZX

Yes, the ZX special is part of the original canon. But it wasn't a TV series, only a 45-minutes special. That's not correct to put it as a "Showa TV Series". A TV series implies more than one episode. Black Condor (talk)01:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I've clarified its position in the whatsit; there still needs to be some fix to the whole "Special" thing; it's just a catchall for anything that was not a television series or movie.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 02:02, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

DougsTech on ANI

I bring your attention to this little bit to have you blocked for saying "eat shit and die" on a edit summary. I removed it as completely disruptive behavior, but thought you should be made aware of it. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 05:57, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I saw. I also included that edit summary in my summarization of the edit war the other day.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 05:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Just a heads-up, he has been blocked for a week for personal attacks and harrassment, so you won't have to deal with him for at least a week. Take Care. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 06:03, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm also aware of that.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 06:06, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Eek!!!!

Help! I want to join the penguin cabal, but the topicon is overlapping my rollback rights topicon! I've since removed the penguin, but I still want to join... Will you help me, please?

TheSavageNorwegian 00:20, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. I might have a userbox option.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:30, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

If you just add a number like 50 after the template name, it should move over more to the left. (i.e. {{User:Ryulong/CPenguin|50}}). –xeno^talk 00:33, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Will it do that?—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:34, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes... I added the functionality over a year ago when I ran into the same problem =) –xeno^talk 00:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

This edit:

[1] broke a lot of signatures, and section links. Find-and-replace is a bit too indiscriminate. Just a heads-up. -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:37, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. Apologies. I try to make the changes less indiscriminate, but numbers are bad.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree about numbers. Too bad section links were a casualty, but c'est la vie, I guess. -GTBacchus^(talk) 00:52, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

You could have just reverted me. I did invite you, or anyone for that matter, to do so. It would have maybe taken three, four undos.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 09:14, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh noes. It's fixed now.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 09:16, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I realize it is, just saying.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 09:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I tried undo. It wouldn't work.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 09:18, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

No worries

No worries, that was just extremely frivolous, I do not believe we interacted when you were a sysop but condolences on your circumstances change. This will peter out eventually. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 09:33, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Given the complainant's own track record [2] he's in no position to be criticizing the behavior of others. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I actually didn't bother to check that.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 09:39, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I did, simply because his name was a little too familiar in ANI, and not in a good way. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Lets be nice now, my block record is colorful too. I'm still trying to re-established my bona-fides after taking troll bait, I blew my top. Either way in this ione the right outcome was made. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 09:46, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't like what is obviously an attempt, by a short-term user with a bad track record, to get someone else in trouble. However, I would also advise staying away from 4-letter words under pretty much all circumstances. The more you take the high road, the less vulnerable you are to gutter-sniping. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:54, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

:( But they're in my normal language usage.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 09:55, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Then you can either change your normal language usage (within wikipedia), or you can resign yourself to being more frequently subjected to these kinds of complaints. The choice is yours. :) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 09:58, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

hard for me not to cuss here too, but for a couple weeks remember disgruntled trolls will try and get their revenge. then when things are back to normal go back to colorful ryulong Hell in a Bucket (talk) 10:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

You're onto it. :) Please note my original point, that the complainant's own failure to take the high road largely nullifies his complaint. If he were clean as a whistle, his complaint might be given more attention, even though it's still frivolous as well as being in the wrong place. Bringing it to ANI instead of WQA is also low-road stuff, as it's obvious he was just trying to get someone else (besides himself, for once) in trouble. As for me, I am so far up the high road, I can't even see the gutters. Just the oncoming Mack Trucks. 0:) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 10:16, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

A suggestion

Find yourself a completely new article area of WP to edit, better if it is unrelated to your known interests, for a couple of days and enjoy the peace and satisfaction of improving the encyclopedia without the distractions of the last few days. Make sure the articles have no recent input from anyone who you have been interacting with recently. Just give yourself a break. If, however, anyone follows you onto those pages then there is indication of bad faith motives (and I would use this space to advise any reader that this comment constitutes a first and final warning regarding harassing Ryulong) and you can let me know and I will take the appropriate action. Think about it. LessHeard vanU (talk) 11:14, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Kay...—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 11:19, 31 May 2009 (UTC)