User talk:Ioeth/Archive 7

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Twinkle

I just tried to leave you a talkback notice 3 times with twinkle, but it doesn't want to finish. I've been using Twinkle all day today with the only other issue being that sometimes rollback doesn't open the user's page for a message/warning. My specific answer to your question is at my talk page. NJGW (talk) 21:07, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, talkbacks not working on my talk page is related to WP:TW/BUG#TW-B-0250. Thanks for leaving a manual notice, though! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I went ahead and did a test. It looks to be working OK so far.[1] NJGW (talk) 22:06, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Sometimes (over the past 2 weeks or so) the rollback feature doesn't open the user's talk page in a new window. I haven't paid close enough attention to see a pattern. Is this a significant/known issue, or just a fluke? NJGW (talk) 21:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
This is really weird: [2]. NJGW (talk) 23:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

TW-B-0235

Hi Ioeth
Concerning your comment "we know what the problem is" at TW-B-0235, do you actually have an idea what causes the problem, or were you only referring to the effects of the problem? Cheers, Amalthea 14:50, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The effects. I have no idea what's causing it, otherwise I'd have fixed it already. However, I'm getting very sick of the "It happened again!!1!one!" messages on that bug. Let me know if you have any thoughts. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 22:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

lupin

I bookmarked your page a while back because you seem to be good with scripts and such. My question is about the lupin tool(s). When using the spell check function (tool) - and clicking on the word I'm going to fix - is there a way to force the new page to show the actual diff - rather than just the edit box with the change already in place. The reason I ask, is I don't want to change something that's a quote, in a ref tag, etc. Thanks loeth — Ched (talk) 19:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Friendly

Could you add the {{Rescue}} tag?Smallman12q (talk) 15:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

OTRS ticket 2009022410051826 - Oxford Academy (Connecticut)

Hello loeth! The is an ongoing case of using copyrighted material on the above site. A recent editur claims to be the creator of the school website and to own the copyrights to the images, additionally he claims that he has permission by the head of the school to use the text and images on Wikipedia. The user also claims that OTRS has issued the above ticket number to the case.

Copyright is probably with the school. The materials in question are highly commercial in their nature in my opinion, meant to advertise the school on their website. The school website is a perfect place for this kind of material but a lot of it prone to deletion on Wikipedia, anyway. For a second point I am not sure of the integrity of the user. He or she seems to be quite eager to add just that information and duplicate the material on Wikipedia and I am not sure how easy it would be to send an email from a school computer containing the school domain name and to make it look authentic. Additional discussion about the topic is at the editors talkpage (User talk:Jerzyboy455). If your time allows, would you mind to look into this case?

I hope I have contacted the right person here, I got your name from the list of OTRS account users and it said you are in charge of the strange_stuff, too. That encouraged me to drop you a line. Take care, and thanks for helping out, doxTxob \ talk 00:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

It's back

The bug (warnings overwriting eachother) is back. Everything was fine for a while though. NJGW (talk) 15:45, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

And now it's not doing it.[3] Temp glitch or what? NJGW (talk) 18:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Temporary glitch. It's an issue with server caching, not with Twinkle. Glad it's gone again, though! If it starts happening again, we might want to file a bug about it. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 17:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Titchbits74

I noticed that you were the blocking admin for this user, and I wanted to know if you could provide some background as to the reasons behind his blocking, as well as some advice as to whether or not it was appropriate for the user to create two new accounts. I ask because one of them, Shamwow86 (talk · contribs), is attempting to run for a coordinator position in WP Films, and I am concerned, since all of these user pages also resemble that of Creamy3 (talk · contribs), another blocked user who may or may not be associated with him. Your prompt thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 01:44, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:FRIENDLY on zhwiki

Hello! I have just copied the whole code of Friendly to zhwiki, and I'm wondering if you publish the code under GFDL (so that I can translate and make some modification so that can fit zhwiki more well) or not. The code is now at w:zh:User:Jimmy xu wrk/Friendly/main.js. Thanks! (because I'm not a native English speaker, apologize for any inconvience made by my rough English)--Jimmy xu wrk (talk) 13:07, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not Ioeth, but the code was released under the GFDL, yes, pretty much automatically when it was developed here on en-wiki.
Cheers, Amalthea 15:20, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Digwuren restriction

Hello, as you had put me (and several others) on Digwuren restriction in early 2008, but seemingly have lost interest in these matters since, I want to inform you about the behavior of User:Piotrus. You had put him on Digwuren formal notice, and withdrew that less than an hour later, as "an apology issued by the user made me reconsider". Since, Piotrus had tried several times to take advantage of the Digwuren restrictions against his opponents, with various degrees of success, with an Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement request against me being the most recent example. I suggest you reconsider whether that apology of his was honest. -- Matthead  Discuß   12:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Friendly and Vector skin

Hi, I left you a message here --  Nx/talk  10:06, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Taken care of. Cheers, Amalthea 12:24, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppet of Mrinal Pandey

hi Loeth. i wish you to kindly look at three pages, one of them which you created.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Mrinal_Pandey

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wifione

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Mrinal_Pandey

the case was put up where my user id was suspected to be a sock puppet of a user called mrinal pandey and the case was closed with the finding 'possible', where one administrator had written that i had the same ISP as one of the previous sock puppets. i am writing from india where there are perhaps not more than two handfuls of isp providers (airtel, reliance, tata, mtnl, bsnl, idea, vodafone are what come to my mind after raking my brain hard). seeing the list of the numbe of sock puppets that the user mrinal pandey had, it is quite possible that my isp provider (reliance) would have been an isp provider for some or the other sock puppet. i do feel that this is a wrong finding.

I had three requests from you. firstly i wanted to find out how to get my name removed from the first link that you created. secondly i wanted to know how do i get the tag on my home page removed that says that an editor suspects me to be a sock puppet of mrinal pandey... and thirdly, on which forum do i put across the point that the finding of the sockpuppet investigation could be wrong...

would it be possible for you to kindly post your reply on my talk page? thanks and cheersWifione (talk) 07:40, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok, i worked out the 'second' point that i had requested you on. i simply went to the 'edit' link on my page and removed the tag....Wifione (talk) 08:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Friends of L:ibraires

I think the warning tags on this page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries)came from you. Could you please revist the page, review recent edits, including references and content, and explain to me how to get the flags removed above the contnets pane?

Jami van haaften —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvanhaaften (talk • contribs) 15:43, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Metrisoft

Hello. After spam-blocking User:Metrisoft you might also want to have a look at User:Datajoe. Actually the article creation pattern for DataJoe looks a lot like Metrisoft's, so I have a feeling the two accounts might even be socks. I'm not yet up to filing a sock case but if you could have a closer look at the two of them it could become interesting. De728631 (talk) 20:53, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads-up! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:06, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey ...

... you look suspiciously like being back today. :)
Cheers, Amalthea 21:11, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh I'm usually around somewhere, visible or not. ;-) Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Oooh, how mysterious. :) --Amalthea 21:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Edits to Stock Market

My intent is not to cause disruption or engage in edit-warring with another user but I feel that By78 frequently engages in editing pages without consensus and often makes very biased claims. While officially he claims that he's only interested in the truth and all his sources are from verifiable sources, a review of his contributions and the complaints against him will reveal that he seems intent on promoting his anti-India view. Practically all of his edits are on India-related articles and he has received several warnings and a block for his disruptive behaviour as well as his personal attacks on other users (including me). You can view these complaints on the Administrator's noticeboard for more information [4] [5]. He has a history of making racist and derogatory comments like calling Mumbai "slumbai", his mockery of the Indian accent (see : Eendiah) or accusing the user GSMR of being an "Aryan-German" (for which he received a warning). He has also in the past accused me as acting as a sockpuppet for Chanakyathegreat and has questioned my sanity as well as claiming I act in bad faith. Those are all documented in the above links.

While By78 has accused me in the past of making "triumphalistic" claims about India, I have also removed India-related claims that couldn't be verified and I have not challenged his FACTUAL edits. If I may also add, his credibility should be brought into question since in the past he has uploaded many images to the Wikimedia commons while not actually having the explicit permission of the author do so. In addition, he has made many contradictory claims. For example in the edit summary for this article he claims he is a commissioned officer of the People's Liberation Army but in this article he claims he is "interested in East Asian culture and [does] speak a bit of mandarin, but [is] not Chinese." (Source).

In addition, I do not feel I am in the wrong making modifications to the stock market page since India does have some of the largest stock markets in the world by market capitalization. Both the BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange of India have a market capitalization of $1 trillion. At the same time, other countries like Canada and Germany are on the list of having large stock markets (The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has a market cap of $1.1 Trillion and Toronto's TSX has a market cap of $1.4 Trillion.) I feel that if Canada and Germany are on the list, India should be as well.

Vedant (talk) 00:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Sircharlesgairdner

Biting the newbie much? Those edits were not spam; they were a useful, fully cited article expansion with the occasional weasel word thrown in. I had the situation fully in hand, whilst still being friendly and welcoming. In situations like this, the correct action is for you to walk away and leave it to me. Instead you decided to blank my message, overrule me, apply an unnecessary block, and apply an inappropriate template. This is not acceptable. Please unblock and revert yourself immediately. Hesperian 02:44, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Well I'm sorry that we disagree. I feel that the combination of weaselly edits and the username to be indicative of an SPA whitewashing an article. If you still disagree, feel free to revert my actions yourself. On a sidenote, I found the message you left me above to be rather rude, especially coming from an experienced editor such as yourself. It's not often I feel like I need to break out the trout, but it almost got me to. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 02:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
WP:AN/I#Newb bitten. Please don't bother leaving talkback messages for me; I'll keep your user talk page on my watchlist for a few days. Hesperian 03:06, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm afraid that I have to agree here. For one, as an administrator, you should know better, that rollback is only to be used for reverting vandalism. Your block was excessive and I would ask you to overturn it. An explanation of policy and some guidance will suffice, a block is overkill. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 03:15, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Ioeth - without getting overly into the debate, I am reverting your actions as a result of the discussion posted at AN/I. Just wanted to assure you that no offence was intended by this. Regards Manning (talk) 03:21, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Oops - the user name IS a violation of the USERNAME policy. Hence the block is fair enough on that level. Manning (talk) 03:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Right, but it's easy enough to get a bureaucrat to rename the account. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 03:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ioeth - after this incident I looked at your contrib log and saw a large number of indef blocks. This gave me cause for alarm, so I dug around in case there was abuse of admin tools going on. Anyway after doing this I thought I'd at least be courteous enough to (a) let you know and (b) compliment you, as my concerns were clearly baseless. Your work is both accurate and responsible. Regards Manning (talk) 06:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for saying so, Manning. Of course, I am always open to have any and all of my contributions reviewed for comment as I always try to do the most good that I can. This particular incident won't be one that I'll soon forget, since it is certainly the most uproarious response I've heard to a block I've made. All in all, though, to date I've blocked just over 1,500 user accounts, most indefinitely, and this is the second, maybe third time that there has been any protestation, giving me about a 99.8% accuracy ratio for blocks, which I still feel pretty good about. Cheers to you for resolving the issue quickly and calmly while I stared at the back of my eyelids. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 13:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
From that comment it sounds like you at least now admit that it was innacurate, despite your protestation above, earlier. I find it best to be upfront sooner rather that later and admit my mistakes. If the response was uproarious, the block and discourteous talk page templating was amongst the most outrageous I'd ever seen. –Moondyne 13:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
For the record, the response I left above was because I had disagreed with Hesperian at the time and was actually just heading off to bed, which I probably should have noted. I have no problem admitting when I am wrong, as in this case, and learning from and apologizing for my mistakes, but I do find it rather difficult to do while sleeping. In case anyone is interested, here is my response to Hesperian this morning. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:11, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
And my response to Sircharlesgairdner, to whom I also sent an email. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:35, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Thankyou for being gracious about it. I get the impression that no harm was done in the end. Hesperian 01:51, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Nothing more to add here except well done all round and admin group hug. Cheers Manning (talk) 14:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hear hear! –Moondyne 00:08, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Extexts

I've just seen you've blocked User:Voodoovegas for spamming, so thought you might want to look at User:Extexts who has created an article about their own company, which I've tagged for speedy. Thanks, -- BigDom 17:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up! As always you can report these to WP:UAA as well in case I'm not around. Cheers! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 17:53, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Disappointed by your arrogance and ignorance for deleting the profile of Dr. John Pritchett

I am extremely disappointed by your arrogance and ignorance for deleting the profile of Dr. John Pritchett. How many people do you think are more important than a president of a public university of 26,897 students ?

I am not Dr. John Pritchett, I am just as humble as an alumnus of the university, which is one of the largest in the country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jadesuxy (talk • contribs) 20:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

RE:

I've never edited Saw IV though. Check the history. --0kayD0ck Talk2Me 19:44, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I mistyped. Saw VI. And I think you know what I meant. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:51, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Actually, I didn't know. I kinda forgot until a few minutes ago. Sorry. --0kayD0ck Talk2Me 19:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Gronkbot

Just go ahead and block, since he hasn't responded. Daniel Case (talk) 20:17, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Your block of 192.245.194.253

Thanks, but it looks like he's carrying on from 192.245.194.37 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) - MrOllie (talk) 20:33, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

User talk:200818307connie08

I don't think the user is trying to evade a block; another explanation is that they are in a group of students who have created accounts with similar usernames, which is probably more likely as the IP address in the autoblock message belongs to a university. snigbrook (talk) 20:20, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Snigbrook is correct - these accounts are a group of students from the University of Hong Kong working on a class project. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Suppress Friendly signature on custom welcome template

Hi - I created {{wmnc}} and added it to my custom list in monobook - but I would like to find a way to take advantage of the parms that you have coded in there, including FriendlyConfig.insertSignature - is there a simple way to do that within custom.js without messing with your existing hash table for the standard templates ? Since the template already contains a sig, would like to supress the second one from showing. Thanks for all your great work by the way.  7  01:03, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I hadn't noticed that problem. No trivial (reliable) way, I'm afraid, just as I wrote at WT:FRIENDLY#Help please, it will require a small change to Friendly. Amalthea 01:12, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
That is, of course, unless you want to suppress signatures completely with FriendlyConfig.insertSignature = false. Amalthea 01:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Thought about that, but I also frequently use welcome-auto and welcome-coi which don't include the sig...  7  02:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Any chance we could add WelcomeMenuNoContribs and Welcome-test to the friendlywelcome.signatureHash array to say that they include a sig already? I realize they aren't part of the standard friendly config - but I don't see it causing any harm to have them in there.  7  02:38, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

Master Editor Hello, Ioeth/Archive 7! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.

If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Trying to get Friendly working at WS

Gday Ioeth. Left query at Wikipedia talk:Friendly seeking help for an issue that I have about getting the welcome component of Friendly to work at English Wikisource. I would really appreciate your help in sorting out the problem. If you are unable, I understand. Thanks. billinghurst (talk) 10:20, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much.

I've been known to cause some tempers to flare on this site, but rarely do I continue to get hassled long after I correct an error. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming to my defense over this dispute I'm involved in. Warmest regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 19:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Oxjam

Great work paring this down and, in essence, rescuing it. Cheers, 99.155.204.237 (talk) 15:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

It was the only thing to do! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 15:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Ah, someone's reintroducing unsourced and promotional--perhaps this needs to be watched, but I might put tags on it again. 99.155.204.237 (talk) 15:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Problem

Hi man, thanks for the welcome. Can you move the article Peligroso to Peligroso? I want to change this because is nothing on the encyclopedia whith the name Peligroso. Sorry for my bad english i'm spanish. Thank you, regards.--ThrasHardcore (talk) 16:23, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Done! Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 16:30, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!!^^--ThrasHardcore (talk) 16:37, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hoaxxmanagment

I have created the account JT1020 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for Hoaxxmanagment (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) whom you blocked. He is still interested in creating an article for his band Hoaxx, but I have counseled him regarding conflict of interest. He could use some advice and help, if possible. I'm not sure how notable the band is. Fred Talk 21:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Fred! Please let them know if there is anything that they need help with that I would be happy to assist. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 22:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for the barnstar! Cassandra 73 (talk) 20:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Ioeth. You have new messages at Thejadefalcon's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

unblock of User:Jpgauger

I think they get why they were blocked now, and I don't think they really even need to change their username since it appears they were only promoting themselves and their fantasies, not any real organization. I'm thinking unblock, but I thought I'd check in with you first. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:05, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I would recommend against unblocking. I've been communicating with the user over instant message, and it's quite clear that he is not here to help build an encyclopedia. The only thing that he is interested in is using Wikipedia for "political gain" (hehe, he's only 13!), i.e. using it like a social network. If you want, you're welcome to engage him in conversation to make sure that he isn't going to just be screwing around some more, but I honestly think it would be a waste of time. If you do decide to unblock, I agree with you that there's no real reason for him to change his username. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 06:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm glad I decided to sleep on it, they actually started constructing yet another garbage article right on their talk page while waiting for my response! A case of "give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves." Thanks for your input. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

New Proposal

Your suggestions are welcome here. Thanks ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ ―Œ ♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣ 04:37, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:UAA

Hi Ioeth - did you mean to remove all three of these reports from UAA [6]? Edit summary suggests you only intended to remove the top one. Cassandra 73 (talk) 18:53, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I did not mean to remove all of those reports. I knew I should have checked the page history after that edit, because when I made the edit I was very surprised that the other reports did not show up, but I just figured that the helper bot must have removed them. Would you like to check on restore them or should I? Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:00, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
They're still unblocked so I've re-reported them. Cassandra 73 (talk) 19:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks muchly, and keep up the great work! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:34, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:AE

Understood. Will do. Thanks. Athenean (talk) 21:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

thanks for the welcome

but you may regret having welcomed me, I'm someone who is not welcome to edit. I should be blocked not welcomed. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 19:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I will not regret it. As I said in my reply to you on 517design's talk page, I will assume good faith until it's proven otherwise. I did notice that you jumped right into a highly contentious topic area, obviously with knowledge of an experienced editor. Could you share with me why you are not welcome to edit? If you're not comfortable doing that here, you can find my contact information on my user page. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:46, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
For someone who is assuming good faith, you are assuming good faith just more than you should. I had some free time to kill so I did kill that time but won't have it so I'll stop contributing. I won't mess around more, there are already just too much socks, I guess that seems as an admission, which it is. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 19:56, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

btw, the task force recommendations regarding the accessibility of wikipedia in China is interesting. Is it for ethical reasons, as in right to access or expend Wikipedia to 1/4 of world population who has no access to it. Is Wikipedia actually proposing to brake a countries right to decide what they allow as information? I make no judgement, but it's still an interesting subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 20:22, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Where's that at? Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 20:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/China —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 20:43, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

BTW, keep an eye on this user. Jumped in revert warring on his forth edit and after over two months of inactivity and most of his contribution is either reverting or playing the childish gaga gougou this dish, this dance is Azeri not Armenian. Had this user been reported during those edit warring after his forth edit, like Grandmaster report editors, he would have been blocked as a sock. Anyway, it's time for me to go or be blocked. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 01:26, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

BTW2, I was checking the AFD, one kept my interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sexuality_of_Robert_Baden-Powell

After years, Wikipedians still don't know what is encyclopedic. One big clue, how many sources you could provide which solely concern the sexuality of Baden-Powell? Not a sentence or paragraph in a book or paper... if none, how many book which contains sections solely on the sexuality of Baden-Powell, not just passing infos in an unrelated section. An article being sourceable and being encyclopedic are two different things. If there is no much review on a claim, maybe the claim is not notable enough so that scholars don't bother to review or address. Then lastly, there is the bigger context, notable enought about the man so that his sexual orientation has its own article. This last point alone disqualify this article, how many X of Robert Baden-Powell article there are? Elements which are notable, partly having made his reputation or notability..., can it be documented that the sexuality of Robert Baden-Powell played any role in his reputation or notability?

The AFD, what a failure, no improvement like many other aspects, and you guys plan invading the cyberspace, next target China lol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Papabu (talk • contribs) 03:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

ANI notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Bad block. Thank you. Equazcion (talk) 20:24, 30 Jan 2010 (UTC)

You have mail

I shall be available to 23:00 hours UK time. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Ping

E-mail sent with details. BigDunc 15:33, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Added and replied with my details (since Pidgin sucks). Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 15:53, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Removal of 72 references

Ioeth, what do I do about this change [7]? Please don't tell me to revert. sulmues talk--Sulmues 12:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

3RR block

Hi, I noticed you acted on this report. The user appears to be using an IP to evade the block and continue the edit war. Enigmamsg 02:37, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

And it's still going on. I recommend a one week block of the account, which will give the IP an autoblock. Enigmamsg 22:35, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know. I have blocked Sumbuddi (talk · contribs · block log) for an additional week with autoblock enabled. Please let me know if the disruption continues! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 22:45, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Cheers. Enigmamsg 00:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi, you just blocked my IP (86.178.11.57). I am just posting to let you know what is going on here.
This user: [8] who is also [9] and [10] is a disruptive vandal, likely to be User:Wiki libs, who was recently unblocked following a indef ban for sockpuppeting, following similar behaviour at [11] as well as on dozens of other pages.
The vandal has no other goal than 'revert sumbuddi', he doesn't care what he is reverting to.
Anyway, the version of online bingo that he reverted to contained a link to a Yahoo directory that is actually completely off-topic to online bingo, that was mistakenly inserted by another editor (this is not the same user as the three IPs above) [12], who acknowledged his mistake here: [13]. Unfortunately the other editors don't seem to have noticed this, and are blindly reverting to the vandalism by the anon IP, back to the completely useless Yahoo link (rather than, perhaps, to the Dmoz link in there previously). Hence my reverting. Because it is vandalism, and should be reverted.
Unfortunately nobody seems to be paying any attention or reading my edit summaries. Sad.
And, just FYI, Enigmaman is not exactly an impartial observer, because he is best buddies with Wiki Libs, and recently blocked an anon IP used by several public libraries for the absurd period of six months with the abusive block note of 'stupid prick' for writing a screed against the (then still blocked) Wiki Libs. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 23:17, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
To express that in shorter form: all I did was revert vandalism on one page, which is not edit warring. Unfortunately nobody noticed that, despite my edit summaries, and they kept restoring the bad Yahoo link. Doh. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 23:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Looks like somebody finally noticed. [14] Pity it took so long. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 00:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
More block evasion and attacks from you. There was nothing wrong with my block of that IP. I was blocking an IP which was clearly being used by one user only, from a cursory view of the contributions. In fact, like your dispute on the bingo page, no one agrees with you regarding that block. Back to you: If you wish to contest a block, there's an unblock template to use. Socking with other IPs will just lead to longer blocks, and deservedly so. Enigmamsg 00:02, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
This is getting very off-topic now, but you, as with others, need to look more carefully at what you are doing. The edits made by [15] consist of periodic bursts of metal-related articles that are GF edits, such as [16] but also inane school-related vandalism such as this [17] and this [18]. It has exactly the appearance of what the last user said it was - an account used in a public library by multiple users.
There is no 'socking' going on here, I have been reverting vandalism that was being persistently restored by myopic users. Somebody else has finally noticed what they have been doing, so that will no longer be necessary. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 00:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
This is clear block evasion. As for the IP, it can be seen that one disruptive user was using it weeks apart. It deserved to be blocked, and should never have been unblocked. Enigmamsg 00:45, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
I was reverting vandalism (now thankfully gone), and no more than that. That is not a blockable offence. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 00:47, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
It is when no one else agreed that it was vandalism. You were blocked, and then you evaded the block by using IPs. That's another blockable offense. Enigmamsg 00:59, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Actually, one of the users who was reverting the vandalism has now noticed what he was doing and has now removed the incorrect link: [19]. It wasn't a case that nobody agreed that it was vandalism, but that they were carelessly reverting to the vandalised version, not this [20] previous version, which is obviously what they intended, despite my edit summaries of 'rvv' as well as other more explicit text. This: [21] is off-topic and was never in the article before a few days ago, thereafter various users carelessly reverted it back, multiple times, despite my warnings. This: [22] was in the article for a long time and is at least relevant, and had anyone ever restored back to that, there would have been no problem.86.177.26.58 (talk) 01:24, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
You mean one of the users reverting you. And yes, I saw that he changed his mind. At the time you were blocked, no one agreed with you, and then you continued to edit war with an IP and make posts on talk pages and on the 3RR board. As I said, the unblock template is what you use if you disagree with your block. Enigmamsg 01:43, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
(outdent - replying to Enigmaman)
It is not a case of changing of minds at all. The link was newly inserted into the article by an anon IP [23] who admitted he was mistaken [24]. It was subsequently added back by an anon vandal using a Blackberry (probably User:Wiki libs, but that's tangential). Of the users who reverted back to the Blackberry vandal, User:2005 had already explicitly came out against Yahoo in the strongest possible terms [25], Rray has realised his mistake [26], Ioeth was merely following up your report, while Hazir has stated (on Talk for that page) that a discussion of ODP links should go on at WP:EL - and it follows from his comments that while he might restore the OPD link, he certainly wouldn't be restoring that ridiculous Yahoo vandalism, except in error. Unfortunately none of the users checked what they were doing, and hence I reverted the vandalism three times. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 01:56, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
bragging about block evasion Enigmamsg 20:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
If you are really clever, you might be able to figure out who it is, then you and your buddies will have someone else to 'monitor'. Won't that be fun for you. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 20:42, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I'll do that. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Maybe the latest IP should be hard-blocked? Enigmamsg 21:20, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
Because that worked so well before? 86.177.26.58 (talk) 21:26, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
When have I done that before? Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:28, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
If you scroll up your talk page, you could read where I explained this already: 'Hi, you just blocked my IP (86.178.11.57). I am just posting to let you know what is going on here. '. Or not: your choice. 86.177.26.58 (talk) 21:32, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Use of DMOZ links over Yahoo links - Please explain

Ioeth, I see that you gave me a warning over the practice of replacing DMOZ links with Yahoo links. I do not care for DMOZ, nor do many other people because of questionable actions by DMOZ editors putting spam and leaving outdated materials in their directory.

Therefore, I replaced DMOZ links with Yahoo links as per the wikipedia spam blocking project rules: Wikipedia Spam Reduction Project

I demand an explanation as to why I cannot use Yahoo Directory links when Wikipedia clearly states that Yahoo directory can be used as an alternative to DMOZ.

Thank you 68.191.163.74 (talk) 23:10, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Seems like this guy's got yet another sock. Daniel Case (talk) 04:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh; I figured blanking it was more or less enough.

Being as my next step is to report the name and they invariably get blocked, and blocked people can't edit their userpage. Ends up being the same difference, really. If I should tag them from here on, though, so be it. HalfShadow 21:55, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

User:Sumbuddi

Edit war here: [27], trying to enforce this tag [28] that you placed on that page prior to the conclusion of the SPI, as against a redirect to here [29]. Could you comment on what is appropriate? 86.179.106.212 (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

I just came across User:Wickland, you should probably read this first: User talk:Daniel_Case#Error before commenting on the above. 86.179.106.212 (talk) 22:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Whoops

Sorry for putting the db-spam tag in WP:COIN. Overlooked that it was for tagging the current page. Smocking (talk) 20:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Accused AGAIN by the Greek editors

Hello Ioeth, After this unjust accusation that I got from Athenean at (User_talk:Moreschi#Sulmues.3DGuildenrich) and that Moreschi rejected, I am getting this other one from Alexikoua here (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sarandioti). I have been harassed so many times by the Greek editors, it’s not even funny anymore. As an impartial admin could you please intervene? I am really upset and frustrated with their insistance to get me banned from Wikipedia. I am really being harassed by them. I have already notified Sandstein and I will notify EdJohnston. Thank you! Sulmues (talk) --Sulmues 14:59, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Ioeth, thank you for that list of reporting tools. I need to guide properly the editors who want to report me. --sulmues (talk) 13:22, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Since neutrality is an issue, know both sides diff Here given user Sulmues is accusing me and Athenean and Alexikoua of a conspiracy against Albanians, among other things. Read it all if you will and check out the articles Origin of the Albanians and their sources.Megistias (talk) 14:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
In that paragraph there is not one single accusation of conspiracy. I am presenting the facts. That paragraph asserts that you and Athenean are working to make sure that the theory that the Albanian language descends from Illyrian language be minimized in Wikipedia. Athenean made sure to blank 72 references three times for that (([[30], [31], and [32]). You can enjoy reading my defense from the Greek editor's accusation, Alexikoua, that I am a sockpuppet here --sulmues (talk) 14:54, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
You illustrate how much you have an adamant belief in this issue and your other positions on history. Also those references you linked are from 1927 and generally outdated. But lets keep this out of this talk page and civil.Megistias (talk) 15:23, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Sess, the return, again

back and unchanged.- Sinneed 03:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Seeking advice on 72.230.185.113 (talk · contribs) - should I take this to wp:SPI? Or just ignore it and see if the user wanders off? Or is this an obvious block evasion? I hesitate to say firmly that it is, as I am an abrasive person and the list of those who vandalize my page is not short.- Sinneed 21:54, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
I think the best thing to do with that one is just ignore and deny recognition. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
I appreciate the thought, and I agree. All the best and Happy Editing, hope you have a great weekend.- Sinneed 22:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Gok Wan

Hi, I noticed that you turned down two requests today to protect this page. Considering the BLP article has been vandalized by anon IPs over 15 times in the last week and seven times yesterday (within the last 24 hours at the time of the request), could you provide some guidance at to what the level of vandalism needs to be for protection? Perhaps RPP is routinely turned down if the evidence is not within the last 12 hours? Ash (talk) 19:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

You are correct in your last statement. The reason I declined protection at this time was because there had been no vandalism since yesterday. The protection policy dictates that pages are only semi-protected if they present a significant BLP risk, are actively being overrun with vandalistic edits from a variety of editors (that are not easily blocked), or are consistently the targets of long-term vandalism. If the report had been filed in the middle of that vandalism spree that happened yesterday, it probably would have been accepted and the page protected. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Raleigh#Saturday lunch

Hey Ioeth, I'm having a bit of an issue. When I was doing the planning for the meetup, Big Ed's came up as a great spot for a Sunday lunch. Come to find out they only did breakfasts on Sunday, so I moved it to Saturday because, from what I was told, they did lunch then. Well, no more. Breakfast only. So, do you have any recommendations for a Saturday lunch spot? Something near where Big Ed's/The Times is located, but not necessarily required. Help please! Lara 14:43, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Putting together my thoughts now! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Followup: it was good to see the strong turnout. I enjoyed chatting, let's do it again sometime. - Dank (push to talk) 23:53, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Hello there! Thanks for attending the Raleigh meetup; it was lovely chatting to you (I'm a sucker for anyone who laughs at my jokes). Do remember to give me an email should you ever make it to the windswept city of London. Ironholds (talk) 16:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Ping!

Might interest you Ironholds (talk) 06:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Put it on my watchlist before it was even created. :-) Been tied up lately but hopefully I'll be able to get to it soon. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 23:58, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Ioeth. You have new messages at WT:FRIEND.
Message added 19:02, 18 March 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Airplaneman talk 19:02, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Raleigh 2

Be aware. Also, there's a food discussion waiting to happen on the talk page. Lara 14:22, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Congrats!

And you know why. ;) Welcome to the world of domestic servitude! bahamut0013wordsdeeds 12:01, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Haha, thank you! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Galavantor

Just to let you know, I've unblocked Galavantor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you blocked back in January for spamming. I received an email from her via Unblock-en-l, where she explained the situation and promised not to edit about her company again. Peter 13:29, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Upcoming changes to the English Wikipedia

I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation to let you know of some upcoming changes to Wikipedia. On May 13, we will be changing the the default skin on the English Wikipedia to Vector instead of Monobook. This change may affect some gadgets and extensions, so I wanted to let you know as you appear to be the author of/involved with one of the most widely used gadgets on the English Wikipedia. For further details, please check out the post on Village Pump.

Thanks! Howief (talk) 21:44, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Help

Hi man, can you move Syberia to Syberia Thanks! Erlandinho (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Moved, on Ioeth's behalf. Cheers, Amalthea 22:56, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks :) Erlandinho (talk) 14:00, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Pornhistorian

I don't quite understand this username block. In what way is "porn historian" an objectionable name, any more than, say, "war historian", "religion historian", or "really stupid joke historian"? It's not titillating, nasty, insulting, or offensive (other than that the existence of porn is offensive to some). --jpgordon::==( o ) 18:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

It identified it as a single-purpose account that was continually creating the fantastic original research piece History of Internet Pornography. If you feel the block was made in err, feel free to oblige the unblock request. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 18:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I think the material he was attempting to create was out-and-out hooey, but I prefer to block people for the right reasons. Makes us look twerpy otherwise. --jpgordon::==( o ) 20:13, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
My response on User talk:Pornhistorian is probably a better description, then. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 20:14, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Account Creating

Hi, I wanted to take part in the account creation request process. I read and fully understand the guide but my account is too new! In the guide, I did not see how old your account must be to participate, how old should it be? Látches Lets talk! 19:27, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

See the section titled Qualifications for using the interface: Your account on Wikipedia must be more than 60 days old. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:41, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

User:Implantdentistry

I was in the process of leaving this comment on UAA but I edit conflicted with the report's removal since you indeffed the user: User's single edit seems to be constructive, and the username is more likely to represent a field of dentistry than a company or organisation. I think indef blocking the user without discussion is a bit hasty. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

A quick Google search reveals that implant-dentistry.com is the homepage of the American Institute of Implant Dentistry, which Dr. Shafie is the founder and president of. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:34, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Looks like spammers triumph over WP:AGF again. Thanks for the clarification. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:36, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Hey Wunsch, I reported them on the basis of an "article" (well, resume) in their user space, which verified Ioeth's remark. Drmies (talk) 19:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Yup, and I did a bit more digging before I decided to issue a username block. It was a good report, but I was leaning towards Giftiger wunsch's interpretation initially as well. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) I noticed the article, but it didn't seem to me to be an advertisement; I didn't see a mention of a company similar to their username in the article either, but I remember seeing the name Hamid Shafie, so the google hit makes it pretty straightforward after all. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:41, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I would have just speedied the "article" if not for the username under G11 due to WP:NOTRESUME. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:43, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I considered that, but the last paragraph of that bio (can't remember the exact words now) suggested to me that this was a promotional username (and that blocking that would lead to a removal of the bio)--if you had felt otherwise, that would have been fine with me too. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:46, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

AU History page

Okay, i'm having a bit of a problem, here.. I'm just trying to make some pages on Wiki, so i can make myself a handbook-like-thing for my fantasy world. Apparently that is not allowed. If it's not, can you please show me where i can?

MaxiryAran (talk) 21:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:Alternative outlets may be useful to you. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
The talkpage stalker is right! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Whoops, I actually confused this for WP:EAR, somehow. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:10, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Whatever. Can i get that page userfied? MaxiryAran (talk) 21:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm going to have to decline that request per WP:NOTWEBSPACE. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) If your intention is to create pages in your userspace to make a "handbook" for your "fantasy world", then no, because wikipedia is not a web host. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:21, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm cool with that. I just want the userfy thing so i can save it on my own computer. Isn't THAT allowed? MaxiryAran (talk) 21:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
I've emailed it to you instead. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 21:32, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, dude :D MaxiryAran (talk) 21:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for granting me Rollback permission, I really want to fight vandalism on Wikipedia. Mr.Kennedy1 talk 22:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and I have a few questions about it (I read WP:ROLLBACK but some things I didn't understand):

  1. I don't understand "Mass rollback" because it only says [Rollback] on the most recent edit in page history, What does it mean?
  2. Is huggle a completely new web browser?

Sorry for bothering you. Mr.Kennedy1 talk 23:18, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Mass rollback isn't a different tool, it just means rolling back a bunch of non-vandalism edits using the rollback feature. Rollback is typically only supposed to be used to revert vandalism, but it may be used in other circumstances where a large number of non-vandalism reverts need to be done, as long as the community supports it. Huggle is a standalone application; I wouldn't really call it a web browser, though. It's kinda like a browser built just for Wikipedia with the ability to handle large amounts of vandalism. Let me know if you have any other questions! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 13:41, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, I will download Huggle then. Mr.Kennedy1 talk 13:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
I dowinloaded it and using it, what a brilliant program! Mr.Kennedy1 talk 14:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of page called Deos

Hello - I am responding to a recent "speedy deletion" of a page I created called Deos. This page was created as a supporting page to two product listings currently being maintained on Wikipedia... 1) List of "Real-time Operating Systems" 2) List of "Operating Systems". This is a product that should be explained, similar to others in these lists such as VxWorks. This OS has been used extensively in avionics for over 15 years. I tried to follow Wikipedia guidelines for the entry by keeping the information factual as well as providing external links to various industry related references. I welcome any feedback on adjusting the page as needed so Wikipedia readers can click on the Deos entry in the OS and RTOS list and get more information on what Deos is.

Also, I can no longer see the Deos page because a redirect has been added to the page called DDC-I, Inc., which is now also marked for possible deletion. Please note this page was also created with the intent to provide supporting information. I welcome your input for changes to both of these pages. 4zehcnej8 (talk) 22:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Deos was not deleted, it was redirected to the company page as it did not meet the criteria for having a standalone article. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 22:30, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Twinkle merge

Quick question for you: Would you be up to the programming task of merging TW and Friendly into one tool as discussed if consensus goes in favor of a merge? SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:02, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely, it wouldn't be that hard. I've actually been wanting to develop new version of both integrated into one tool for a while now, but have run into a few roadblocks. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 16:57, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
What kinds of roadblocks? The path seems clear consensus-wise, as no one has really expressed anything saying "no" except for that the clock and the tabs might possibly want to be spun out as a separate tool. So are these roadblocks technical or are they how-to-handle-this kinds of roadblocks? SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:02, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Roadblocks to developing an all new tool, not merging Twinkle and Friendly. That task should be pretty straightforward. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:23, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
I think the consensus a week after the final push is to merge the tools as Twinkle, though as the original proposer, I shouldn't be the one closing that discussion. Wondering if you could (A) look it over and close the discussion, and (B) merge the tools? SchuminWeb (Talk) 21:15, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Patrice Martinez

Hey Ioeth. I've assigned an OTRS ticket to you, as it regarded a block you made. If you'd like me to continue handling it, that's fine to. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take a look at it right now. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 13:20, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

User:Alexikoua

Can you please take a look at this[33] and this[34]?Beserks (talk) 13:03, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

What, exactly, am I supposed to be looking at? Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 13:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Never mind.Beserks (talk) 13:43, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Friendly

Hi again! You were thinking about adding {{YGM}} to Friendly, have you considered doing this? Also, where are the original modules for Friendly located? /HeyMid (contributions) 19:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Happy Halloween
Puffin has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween!

Puffin Lets talk! 13:17, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

David William Linder

You deleted the article about David Linder. David William Linder has filed a motion in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, for injuctive relief ordering wikipedia.org to post his side of the story on Operation Web Trypt, with Wikipedia.org and/or Wikileaks.org as Defendant. I urge you to defend his freedom of speech and publish a medical report David Linder believes will exonerate him. More details at http://cryptome.org/0003/linder/linder-v-wiki.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.62.92.11 (talk) 18:29, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Good for him, but he still doesn't pass WP:PERP. Also, that is a really stupid complaint. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 20:54, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

schoolblock/anonblock

Hi,
do you happen to remember why you removed schoolblock and anonblock from twinklewarn some time ago?
Cheers, Amalthea 18:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Yup, because they aren't WP:UW compatible. Also, both of those templates are written so that they make sense when a blocked anonymous user clicks the "edit" button, rather than to just be spammed on the user's talk page. Feel free to add them back if you think there is a need. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 22:15, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Remaking the Jazwares page

Hey, can I re-make the Jazwares page, because I already know to much about that Toy company and plus I will make it better. 98.148.230.220 (talk) 04:49, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

how do i reinstate the Nurun article and edit it for compliance?

Can't seem to edit or add a new page for Nurun. Please advise on what I need to do. Already know what needs to be done with the content to make it compliant. Thanks in advance.

This is the page I'm referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5p1dy23 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Advertising in userspace

Hey, I'm not sure of the right procedure to report this so I'm telling you(noticed you dealt with the hotchicken user). User_talk:Nikhilg.7838 is being abused for advertising.
thanks Staticd (talk) 07:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up! I've deleted the page and blocked the user. In the future you can report to WP:RSPAM, WP:AIV or WP:UAA (if the username is a problem too) for a faster response. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 14:16, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
:). added the links t my userpage for fast access. Staticd (talk) 06:24, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Ioeth. You have new messages at WP:ANEW.
Message added 19:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

There's still some work to do. Jasper Deng (talk) 19:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I know, I know. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Answer on EW noticeboard

Hello,

I wonder if you can read my (little) answer on the EW noticeboard or on my Talk Page: [35], and maybe take a look on the articles cited by Jasper Deng:

By the same way, you can easily see that I didn't add/remove information from these articles while reverting the IP's edits, I was just putting the article on its pre-vandalism version [36] [37] [38].

But thanks for protecting these pages, now Bokpasa has to be identified to edit them (as he's doing, but I suppose that I can't revert him :) ). For information, this user is particularly known for his vandalism on Morocco related articles, you can take a look on his previous blocking and TP history [39][40] (you can easily see that he was blocked for disruptive edits on the same articles than right now). Note that he's also blocked on ES.Wiki and FR.Wiki for excessive vandalism... on that same articles than here...

My question: Can I put these articles under their pre-EW form (2010/12 versions)? Or should I let Bokpasa act as he want?

Btw, I also explained on the EW board that my previous reverts were motivated by a quasi-approval on the ANI board [41] [42] [43], but I suppose that nor you nor Jasper Deng were aware about that before stating that I was involved in an EW.

Thanks in advance for the answer.

nb: As I wrote on my TP, I don't contest my blocking, I just need some "clarifications".

Omar-Toons (talk) 20:06, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the lack of communication; I've been on vacation since July 27th. Is there any additional information or action that either of you need from me? Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 17:07, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Your signature

WP:FRIEND redirects to Wikipedia:Twinkle now. Just thought you might like to change it... — This, that, and the other (talk) 07:24, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

You're right, don't know how I forgot that was in there for so long! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle) 10:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Tachfin

Hi, Could you tell him to stop cursing? 23:08 16 ago 2011 Tachfin (Discusión | contribuciones) m (16.437 bytes) (Reverted 1 edit by Bokpasa (talk) identified as vandalism to last revision by Denisarona. (TW)Bokpasa 23:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bokpasa (talk • contribs) 23:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

What are you talking about? I really have no idea; please explain. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle) 23:17, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Where did I curse? show me--Tachfin (talk) 23:23, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Tachfin want to block me, and insult me, talk me vandal, always erase good information...Bokpasa 23:24, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

What are you doing?

Why are you nominating that article for deletion, what is wrong with you? --Camilo Sanchez (talk) 20:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't the one who nominated it (in fact, I've already voted keep), but as long as the discussion remains open, the notice needs to stay at the top of the article. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle) 20:45, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

mistake corrected but reverted

dear sir or madam i did a change in th thousand suns tour by linkin park under the heading tour dates. the mistake is that dy patil stadium is located in mumbai while u have written abu dhabi which is correct but the venue is yas marina island and not dy patil stadium — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.178.186.170 (talk • contribs) 09:55, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

New Orleans MediaWiki developers' meetup in October

Hi, Matt! Thanks for your contributions to the Wikimedia & MediaWiki community, especially with Twinkle.

I think you might enjoy and benefit from joining us at the New Orleans MediaWiki hackathon, October 14-16. We'll be working on infrastructure that supports gadgets, including ResourceLoader, AMICUS, and Wikimedia Labs. It would be very valuable to have script and gadget developers, such as you, there to participate, give feedback, test, and hack. If you're interested, please put your name on the attendees list at that wiki page. Thanks!

Sumanah (talk) 17:26, 24 August 2011 (UTC) Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation

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user : Miniphone.ca

The URL does indeed match the URL of my website. Is the problem related to the fact that I must prove that Miniphone.ca belongs to me ? Please reply to max.may@hec.ca — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.186.43 (talk) 16:07, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

No, it's not a matter of ownership. Generally, this being one of those cases, domain names are not allowed as usernames per the Wikipedia username policy. If you would like to change your username to one that conforms with the policy, please visit WP:CHU or you can simply create a new username to use if you wish. Please let me know which option you would prefer. Thanks! Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle) 18:07, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, can you change username miniphone.ca to "Jean Julien", it's not used — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miniphone.ca (talk • contribs) 00:38, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
This is not something that I can do. You need to go to the WP:CHUS page and follow the instructions. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle) 14:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Ioeth. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle.
Message added 18:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:26, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

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