User talk:OverlordQ/Archive 3

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:21, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate the heads up. I got suckered in...this editor had done a couple of page moves that were suspect and I reverted out of reflex. I'll be more careful. Let me know if you see me mess up again. I'm new at this...I know that's no excuse but I am learning. Tiderolls 22:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries, I think everybody makes a few huggle mistakes :) Q T C 22:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
If I could bother you for some help. No hurry. What do the colors denote on the edit list? Will they help me? Again, no hurry...I know you're busy. Thanks. Tiderolls 22:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
If I knew 'em all off hand I could tell ya, but they're all listed in the Manual. Q T C 22:23, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Gracias. Tiderolls 22:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
De nada Q T C 22:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for heads up...

Thanks again! Maxis ftw (talk) 22:49, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

re User:24.187.17.143 indef block

Um, a slip of the finger? Ip addresses are not normally blocked indef; open proxies usually get a five year tariff - and this appears to have only been editing (okay, vandalising) for a day. The account is also hardblocked, so account creation is going to be a little tricky in future years. Perhaps you may wish to review this action? LessHeard vanU (talk) 17:08, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Eek, coulda sworn I had 24hr marked. Q T C 17:11, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

EcoCAR Webpage

OverlordQ, my page keeps getting deleted due to copyright problems. The content is basically the same content that we have on our team web page at www.me.vt.edu/hevt. That page is not protected by copyright so I am not sure what the problem is. Also, I have sent in an email to Wikipedia allowing the information on our site to be on wikipedia, but It still keeps getting deleted. All of the information on our site is open to the public. WHATS Up? Acratvt (talk) 17:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately due to the nature of the Internet unless the site explicitly states that the content is released under a copyright compatible to Wikipedia, we cannot accept it. If it truly is your site, then there are steps you can take in order to allow the content to be posted to Wikipedia. You've mentioned however that you've sent permission to Wikipedia by email? Did you use the email listed in the article above? In the meantime, I've unprotected the article so you can follow the directions as stipulated. When I deleted the articles there was not an {{OTRS pending}} template so there was no way of knowing that the content was potentially permissible. If need I can restore the deleted contributions so you can tag it appropriately Q T C 17:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

WTF?

Don't delete user pages. That's not for you to do. As it is a user page, and he isn't banned. So nothing does give you the right. - BurbankCA (talk) 17:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

As you stated it is the users page, however you created it as an attack page, which is frowned upon at wikipedia. If the user wanted a page, they're more then welcome to create it themselves. Q T C 17:54, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: ACC requests

OK, thanks for letting me know. Although, I tried granting the first request, but Wikipedia marked it as too similar, so I had no choice but to mark the ACC request as "too similar." I declined the second request presuming that the same would happen. →Dyl@n620 23:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

That's why there is the defer to admins options, so the people who can get around the AntiSpoof protections can create it. Q T C 01:32, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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Oversized signature

I do hope that that signature is only a joke because of April 1st.— Dædαlus Contribs 03:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Template:Vandalism_information/descriptions

Hey I didnt read the logs but i changed the description on the level 6 you added. Was it you who added the >9000 image? I love it =) --Sidonuke (talk :: contribs) 19:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll admit guilt :) Q :  Chat  23:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user talk page. Much appreciated. DanielDeibler (talk) 04:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Other

not vandal, there is a chinaman telling me to do it Old Uncle Fodor (talk) 01:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, that's not a valid excuse for vandalizing articles. Q T C 01:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for catching this - I missed it.--Kubigula (talk) 04:02, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

About Talk:Maltese_(dog)

G'day OverlordQ - I am surprised you think my edits unconstructive. I am surprised you think the edit-war between Pietru and Imbris was constructive. As a "vanished" editor, I once again must come to the conclusion that nothing of any benefit lives in Wiki-land.

The whole Maltese article was once a useful, if incomplete, resource as a first point of inquiry. Now, it is less than useless.

Of course, you can revert your reversion. 122.200.166.113 (talk) 05:17, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

When you blank a page you generally give a reason why. Simply blanking it is not sufficient. So yes, your edits were unconstructive. If you would have said something like 'Archiving to /Archive 2 for example, there wouldn't have been a problem. All anybody sees is somebody removing talk page comments. I have no comment about the article space as I'm not involved in that. So feel free to assume whatever you want about my intentions. Q T C 05:53, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I could have sworn I put something in the box... 122.200.166.113 (talk) 05:55, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
It' was an autofilled summary with: Replaced content with '{{WikiProject Dogs}} {{archives}} [[/Archive 2]]' Q T C 05:59, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
D'uh... {agonising but melodramatic death scene} }8P... 122.200.166.113 (talk) 06:18, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

ontario young liberals

The content on the page is general knowledge, and therefore is allowed on the wiki page. I request that you revert back your changes and lock that article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 06:39, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I apologize but Wikipedia cannot accept copywritten material. If you are the copyright owner, there are Guidelines you must follow in order to allow us to use it. Q T C 06:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there a link that you can direct me so I may review this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 06:42, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Follow this link. Q T C 06:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. In terms of copyright information, the only issue is the Ontario Young Liberals has it own President, and they run the OYL, however their is a overseeer person within the Ontario Liberal Party, with whom would be the primiary user to give permission for wikipedia to accept this material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 06:45, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Whoever owns the site would be the one that needs to contact permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Q T C 06:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


Alrights. You've been helpful! Sorry for undoing your edits, but Canadian Conservatives like to undo/change our Canadian Liberal information from time to time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 06:50, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries, it's easy to trip over the million and one Wikipedia policies :) Q T C 06:54, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Haha, understandable! Could you lock the page if possible? Just so other OYLers don't come on and undo the changes, don't want to take you and other people away from fixing bigger issues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 06:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I could, but Wikipedia has policies for that as well :) I have the page watched for now, so I'll try to watch it while the copyright stuff is sorted out. Q T C 06:59, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


Alright, Thanks for the help! I'm going to go now get lost in wiki:) haha. Have a good day/night! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.230.16.98 (talk) 07:01, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

User:Balajijayaraman

Administrator blocked User:Balajijayaraman for 24 hours. But, Did you see all of his spam links. Here. The username is clearly a spam only account. A week or indefinite block is suggested. Thanks--Michael (Talk) 10:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Yea I did. AGF, they might not have known better. Judging from the username and articles, they're Indian so they might not know the ENWP policies. Just outright blocking without giving a warning is out of policy, unless it's egregious. Q T C 10:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
Ok, I have the user on my watch list. Thanks for your help.--Michael (Talk) 10:40, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For reverting this vandalism to my user page Maen. K. A. (talk) 10:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:41, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Edit war?

I would like to thank you for your time in examining the recent dispute. However, if you will notice I initially sought out other opinions in the form of a POV check template so that others may weigh in before anything was changed. This was removed, and I followed Viper's suggestions that I simply add a fact template to each section in question. Then he deleted those and began adding them as retribution on pages I have invested much time in improving. Yet, the POV in question still remains on the page despite his block. How am I to proceed in this situation? Ignore it even though I feel it violates wikipedia policy? I am a bit dumbfounded to be honest. Fletch81 (talk) 07:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Adding the template was a start, however the repeated reverting tends to just escalate things rather then fix. Some other avenues to explore besides reverting is trying to contact the user on their talk page, or introducing a third party. Notifying the NPN was a good step as well. If you feel this is a persistant problem, you can Ask for comments. Q T C 07:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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re: Vandalism

Ha, happens to me too :). Keep up your good work (user page vandalism = good work ;D). Cheers - Kingpin13 (talk) 09:32, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey OverlordQ maybe you could disable the reporting function in HG if you would block them outright. Thanks. -- Mentifisto 10:18, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Huggle blocking is disabled. Eh true, completely slipped my mind to change it to prompt/disable. Q T C 10:24, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

212.183.134.66

Thanks for watching my back! :) C.U.T.K.D T | C 10:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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Abuse Filter disagreement

I disagree (in a friendly way) with disabling filters 94 and 101, and have started a discussion here. Dragons flight (talk) 19:37, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

ACC tool

Hi. I saw your name as a developer of the ACC tool, perhaps you can help me. I'd like to have access to the tool to assist in granting accounts etc. - I once had an account before, but this was removed following a number of blocks (all of which are now nearly two years old)... I'm sure it would be appropriate for me now. Would it be possible for the "TreasuryTag" account to be reactivated? Thanks! ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 18:52, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I try to stick to the development side of things, and not get involved with the user approving/promoting. Be better to ask one of the other admins or pop into the IRC channel and ask. Q T C 21:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Ducky6 (talk · contribs)

I don't think she falls into the normal type of vandalizer, but rather the group of those who view *everything* though the lens of her organization and is *furious* when anyone other than sisters of Delta Sigma Theta could possibly write anything about Delta Sigma Theta (See Talk:Delta Sigma Theta). Doesn't make a difference in terms of whether she ultimately gets tossed for vandalism, but maybe she could have an appropriate what Wikipedia is NOT put on her page? I'm not sure what the appropriate one would be in terms of telling her that those not in a group have every right to change it.Naraht (talk) 12:24, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


Electroide (talk · contribs)

How do you upload ogg files from mp3 files--Electroide (talk) 20:36, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Convert them to Vorbis. Q T C 21:00, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Sasha Grey

Okay you win. But if you would leave her name, she will contact you before the end of the day.

And by the way, like your style. Your not acting like a prick.

Claire S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.132.182.80 (talk) 08:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

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Statement on dates

Greetings, fellow BAGger! FYI, an Arbcom decision will soon be made in which the BAG will likely be prominently mentioned. I've constructed a draft consensus statement at Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group/Draft consensus statement on date delinking to assist the ArbCom. If you could indicate whether or not you approve of the various statements there, it would be very helpful. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 12:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

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RE: WP:OP

Hi. To be honest, I was never actually an active user. I signed up with intentions of getting involved, but always found other things to work on. At the moment I will likely not have the time to be actively involved, so have no objections to being moved to the inactive list. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 23:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Bot questions

Hi there OverlordQ :). I'm thinking about creating a bot, and I was wondering if you could give me a hand requesting approval. If I understand correctly, I create an account while logged in, which will be the account for the bot. Put a note on that bot's page saying that it's not yet approved, linking to me etc. Then I request approval right? I'm just uneasy with creating the bot's account before it's approved :/. If you could confirm that the above is the correct process that would be appreciated. Cheers - Kingpin13 (talk) 08:23, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Yup, that's standard practice. Just dont start editing outside your userspace with it yet :) Q T C 08:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the quick response :). I'll create 'n' request in a second. Just another question, what do you do with the account if the request for approval fails? - Kingpin13 (talk) 08:37, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Just leave it, it's no big deal, and it'll be there if you come up with another request. Q T C 09:23, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Fort Minor-Where'd You Go.ogg)

Thanks for uploading File:Fort Minor-Where'd You Go.ogg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:22, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: WP:OP

G'day. I still have a (rather large) bunch of unexpired OP blocks which I have to check up on for unblock requests every now and then, so although I'm not the most active user lately, I would object to being removed from the verified users list. :) Cheers, Michael Billington (talk) 11:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

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Robert A McDonald

Was this one requested by the initial creator? Just curious, since I had gone out of the way to add a source and move the page to the correct name. Seemed a little odd to see it gone a few minutes later. --Human.v2.0 (talk) 02:45, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

They blanked it yes. Q T C 02:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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MicroStrategy Reporting Suite

Given the tone and the copyvio, it really seemed a stretch to think that the article wasn't written by someone on the inside, so I deleted per the db-spam tag ... but I see you got there first and added an "advert" tag; if that meant you didn't think it deserved a speedy, I'll be happy to restore it. (Watchlisting) - Dank (push to talk) 03:41, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Nah that's fine, I didn't look to see if it was copyvio or not, just put on a tag instead of deleting for once :) Q T C 19:15, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

MediaWiki edits

I am contacting you because you are one of three administrators who have edited the MediaWiki space in the past 24 hours. I've realized that the "Cancel" link is no longer functioning, and I believe that your edits here may have been a factor. I will be contacting the other two administrators as well to see if it was their edit and not yours.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 13:04, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

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My Bot

Hi. I just came to the right place for a bot. I was declined two times because I did something wrong, and I heard Impala2009 told me I'm too new to make a bot.

Anyways, my bot's name is WimpyBot. It will monitor User:WimpyKid/Sandbox, User:WimpyKid, and User Talk:WimpyKid for vandalism. It will be powered by a programming language you choose.

Can you please tell me if Impala2009's speech that I'm too new to make a bot right or wrong?

Thanks, WimpyKid (talk*sandbox) 04:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

An antivandalism bot that watches your personal pages is not likely something that will get approved as it's not very useful to the rest of the project. Q T C 18:26, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

User:93.174.93.246

Please see my discussion on User_talk:93.174.93.246 which confirms that the IP address used is an open proxy and therefore should be banned indefinitely from any further editing privileges. Dancing is Forbidden (talk) 06:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Just as an FYI, I completely understand that you are/were busy and that I never meant to inferred that you were lazy, All I was doing was trying to help out by doing my own reseach to confirm whether or not this IP address should be blocked or not. Dancing is Forbidden (talk) 09:06, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

I know you weren't, I just figured somebody else looking back on my comment would take that as me being a lazy person and go "ZOMG LAZY!? BAD SYSOP!" or something else equally ridiculous like that. Q T C 09:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

The WikiJaguar Award for Excellence

The WikiJaguar Award for Excellence
For your recent assistance responding to the request I left on someone else's talk page, I award you the WikiJaguar Award for Excellence in talk page stalking efforts. Though you splashed egg on my face ;>, thank you for explaining where I was wrong =) –xenotalk 23:48, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Heh, I blame whoever's smart idea it was to name the group and the right the same thing. Q T C 23:57, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Ya...That's it! I need to fidn taht person and trout them! =] –xenotalk 13:24, 30 June 2009 (UTC)