User talk:Rory096/Archive7

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Vandal Fighter

Look at my comments, what you reported is a known problem:-)

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Eagle (talk) (desk) 20:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA Revertion

Sorry about that. Apparently, Firefox cuts sections when I switch tabs while it's loading. Same thing happened to the Canada article a while ago when I was fixing the image layout.—G.He(Talk!) 22:37, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block

Block him The.thing 18:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an admin, but I'll get one to do it. --Rory096(block) 18:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know, WP:AWB may be fixing disambig links, but it's not piping them when appropriate. So, Bobby Smith is becoming Bobby Smith (hockey player) instead of Bobby Smith. RadioKirk talk to me 18:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, forgot about that. I'll fix them. --Rory096(block) 18:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. I got a couple. :) RadioKirk talk to me 18:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature.

Your new signature is sooo tempting!, You should put a big block bot button on your page too :p — xaosflux Talk 20:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea, done. --Rory096(block) 20:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Superfantastic, and thanks for the subst fix!!!oneoneeleventyone2 — xaosflux Talk 20:54, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Best signature I've ever seen. Kudos for staying strong. ~ PseudoSudo 04:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date reset on Maude cocktail

Why did you change the date of the "prod" on Maude cocktail from the original date of April 21, 2006 to April 23, 2006? --John Nagle 18:52, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The previous backup system for prods because of the toolserver not replicating (namely PRODKEY) didn't work at ALL, and it was impossible to tell what should be deleted, so we're converting to a new system. Unfortunately, the conversion resets the dates. --Rory096(block) 18:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked

I've blocked you for three hours for changing {{prod}} without adequate discussion. There is quite clearly no consensus for what you're doing. Please develop a consensus for changes like this BEFORE implementing them. Kelly Martin (talk) 19:02, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{unblock|I did nothing but be [[WP:BOLD|bold]] and fix prod, which anyone who was trying to delete things in the past couple days could attest was very screwed up. Indeed, when she said "<karynn> rory096: stop editing it NOW and take it to discussion pages, or you WILL be blocked," I IMMEDIATELY stopped editing and showed her where it had been on a discussion page for a week. I did not make any edits after that.}}

Patience is a virtue

Please, just be patient. The toolserver feed will be back up soon enough, so it's not something to worry unduly over. There's no need to do anything irreversible in the mean time ... we can always simply delete those articles later. --Cyde Weys 19:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not irreversible at all. It could easily be reverted to the pre-toolserver dying template once the toolserver goes back up; it just makes things easier in the meantime. --Rory096(block) 19:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reblocked

I've blocked you again, for the same thing. This time for 24 hours. Next time it'll be a week. Kelly Martin (talk) 00:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Prod

Whatever you do DO NOT subst prod on any pages whatsoever. Doing so will cause more grief and more work for Tawkerbot2. Tawkerbot will fix it shortly, just don't touch it at all -- Tawker 05:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user page. It is much appreciated. :) --Ashenai 15:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. :-) --Rory096(block) 16:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

63.173.47.193 / Blocking

You might be pleased to know I got 63.173.47.193. Also wanted to say I'm sorry to see you get into so much bother recently. I don't really think all the things being chucked at you recently is totally fair, so glad to see you back in action. Whilst I didn't feel able to support your RfA, I certainly didn't want to oppose it (hence my no-vote neutral). Try and be careful for a few months and then I'm be happy to give you my support. Let me know if I can help at all with anything. Cheers, Petros471 16:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I don't really mind what's happening (it's just teh internets). :-) --Rory096(block) 21:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

how 2 get culur sig??????????

??????? --Avillia 16:43, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

broken

Your sig, or welcome template, seems broken [1]. Just a headsup.--Doc ask? 00:11, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, just saw that. I was trying to turn off the thing, but apparently just unchecking "raw sigs" doesn't do that... Thanks! --Rory096 00:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just another RFA thank you note

Dear Rory, I appreciate your vote and your kind words in my RFA. It has passed with an unexpected 114/2/2 and I feel honored by this show of confidence in me. Cheers! ←Humus sapiens ну? 04:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On leaving messages/warnings...

Thanks for the info, I thought those things were left up to the administrators. You've just tripled my efficiency, good sir. --Hurricane Angel 07:15, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Space Change

Rory, I am a novice and not familiar with the etiquete for contacting other users -- I hope I am doing this correctly. Regarding your recent comments and action on my recent addition, this biographical article is similar in content and relevance with others in my industry such as found here and each of the biographical articles linked to from here and here. With more information on the way, I was curious what it would take to place this article back in the main article space? Much appreciated. John Stutz 09:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for voting on my RfA

Thanks so much for voting!
Thanks so much for voting on my request for adminship. I have decided to withdraw my nomination as it seems that consensus will not be reached. If you voted in support, thanks for putting your trust in me to be a good admin. If you voted in opposition, thank you as well for your criticism as it will only help me be a better Wikipedian and perhaps help if/when I apply for adminship again sometime in the future.

--Mets501talk • contribs 01:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What vandalism?

I haven't vandalised anything, in fact I only just got to the front page. What's going on? --62.255.236.76 02:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops

I thought that user was new... -- Francs2000 02:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming good faith to be honest, there might be a legitimate user there struggling to fight its way to the surface... Then again we may end up blocking them indefinitely. I'm not prepared to run a book on it. -- Francs2000 02:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Dear Rory, Thanks for the eye-opener on the Patan Images. Have updated the images. Your help has been invaluable.Merishi 09:13, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note on Image:022306-gatorland04.jpg

Thanks for the note on the gatorland picture. I've uploaded a boat-load of photos (User:Bobak/Gallery), all under the same Creative Commons license, and I must've missed that one somehow when I was cutting-pasting my template. All the best. -- Bobak 14:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! Thanks again! :-p -- Bobak 21:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notwithstanding

Maybe you will have more luck dealing with the Notwithstanding page. The contributor tonight knocked off another article about an album (which probably should've been deleted) but I made a disambiguation page and created two separate articles. Notwithstanding (band) and Notwithstanding (album) both now exist. I'm not going to remove your tag, but the Notwithstanding page should be a redirect to the other two or the entire set of them should be deleted.. thanks for your work monitoring new, pointless pages ;). drumguy8800 - speak 05:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well you might be ahead of me, apparently notwithstanding (band) got deleted. drumguy8800 - speak 05:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I put them up for speedy deletion as {{db-band}}, CSD A7. Also, when moving a page, you have to use the move button on top, or it doesn't move the history, and that messes up the GFDL license. --Rory096(block) 05:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, there's also a Notwithstanding (disambiguation) page.. dunno if you've tagged it yet. Please respond on my own talk page, btw.. I wouldn't have seen this save I forgot to mention the disambig page. drumguy8800 - speak 05:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there you go. And sure thing.. I typically use the move function, I was just at a loss since an entire article had been deleted and replaced. drumguy8800 - speak 05:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Yoffie.jpg

Thanks for tagging it. I forgot all about it. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 14:37, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Mini countryman.jpg

Good catch! I'd somehow forgotten to tag it with a GDFL-self - I took the photo myself - so I just fixed the tag. Thanks for finding the problem! SteveBaker 15:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Thanks for alerting me as to the copyright issue with the image I put up. It comes from [[2]]. Is it possible to use the image? Where do folks find other images from?

Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mysterd429 (talk • contribs) .

Unfortunately, that site says that the image is copyrighted, so we can't use it. Other people upload images that they made themselves, or are so old that they're in the public domain (or in PD for another reason), or found on a site that has databases of free images. --Rory096 21:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Street cricket.jpg

What copyright tag, Rory? He says he made it himself! (I was thinking what to do with it, and then you swooped in...) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 20:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He made it himself, but that doesn't mean it's not copyrighted. Images are automatically copyrighted when they're created, and they have to be licensed under the GFDL or Creative Commons or some such for us to use them. --Rory096 20:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but even if he retains some rights, still he clearly consents to using it here at least in the article(s) into which he inserted it. If he now doesn't check WP for the next 7 days, why would we then delete the image? - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 20:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
For use on WP, images can't just have permission for use here; they either have to be copyrighted (and under a claim of fair use), or they have to be free, even for commercial purposes, anyway. --Rory096 20:36, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's terribly formalistic - but he's not using it anywhere, so I am going to go do something useful now. Thanks. See ya. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 20:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Re: Regarding this image

Yes it seems I misunderstood the licensing. I suppose it should be removed.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 21:54, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yo

Wanted to thank you for your support on my RFA. Thanks, and keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 01:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for helping me out too, on IRC. --Andy123(talk) 02:07, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm..

Sorry, I just snapped since I have faced too many of those things, I think we need to start a bot to convert all censored words to their uncenrosed counterparts. :) --84.249.252.211 00:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD thing isn't working

The Old AfD thingy says I "don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server." --Rory096 00:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dummy me. I changed the permissions to my ssh directory so that other can't stick their nose in there, and because did not type the command correctly, I changed the permissions to all directories, and ended up denying everybody the services provided by mathbot. Fixed now, thanks! Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 00:52, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedying

I'm getting really sick of deleting things you tagged. ;) ...::idly checks your edit count:: Holy crackers! That's a lot! You should be an admin...then again, a rather recent RfA seems to have failed. Blargh. Keep up the good work. —BorgHunter ubx (talk) 02:49, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, thanks! --Rory096 03:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome Template

I really like your welcome template. I assume it's in your userspace currently (I'm too lazy to go hunt), but have you thought about moving it to templatespace? It seems a lot more helpful and professional-looking than the current {{welcome}} template--in fact, I think it's the best I've seen. If you move it to templatespace I might consider adding it in as a default to the VP application (unless someone objects to that), and I've also been thinking about proposing a WelcomeBot (as I think it would do Wikipedia wonders if every user automatically received a detail welcome) for which I think your welcome template may be ideal. The bot wouldn't be at all difficult to write though I think many may object to how impersonal it would be to autowelcome everyone. Anyway, I'm (supposed to be) on Wikibreak right now, so I may not respond (I've even been "blocked" by Stollery for not studying), but I'd really like you to consider moving it to templatespace. AmiDaniel (Talk) 03:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's actually {{welcomeg}} (yes, the g signifies that it's the 7th of its kind; there are a lot of welcome templates), which happened to be someone else's personal welcome template and was moved to template space a bit ago. I do agree that a welcomebot would be great; the only downside is that it might somehow be slightly less meaningful than when I welcome people as fast as I can to annoy people in #vandalism-en-wp that have me on their blacklist. --Rory096 03:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmed Wasi

Hi, I removed the db bio on the above article as I thought there was a lot in the article that claimed notability, and didn't think CSD A7 was appropriate. If you feel strongly about it, please feel free to WP:PROD or WP:AfD. Cheers -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 08:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting inappropriate usernames

I've noticed you removed my CSD from 5 users' namespace pages, whose names are inappropriate or offensive, including libels, but not too similar to existing user(s). Users for having inappropriate usernames often have no edit contribs and deliberately have chosen to attack other editors rather than to disparage them. Some redlinked usernames like these have not been tagged. It's better to delete such usernames, since I see User:Pathoschild has deleted them alot. See his deletion log. I just wanted to inform you that I'm desiring to put them for speedy deletion. But why are there no reasons to delete them? -- ADNghiem501 08:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the tag because, for one, it is not a WP:CSD. Also, just deleting the userpage won't do anything to the account; the account will still exist (and if the account were deleted, which is a very hard thing to do in itself, it would actually just open that username up to being created by some vandal again). The users are blocked on sight anyway. While Pathoschild does delete them (with WP:DENY), most admins do not, and putting them in CAT:CSD just clogs it up. --Rory096 08:28, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'll look up at WP:DENY later on. I haven't sought to contact Pathoschild yet regarding this discussion, but I'll ask him on some point. There are the largest number of impostor/attack users in Category:Imposters of Curps under Category:Wikipedia:Blocked imposters and of suspected sockpuppets in Category:Wikipedia:Suspected sockpuppets of Willy on Wheels under Category:Wikipedia:Suspected sockpuppets. Of course, they've been attacking User:Curps alot (because of his block bot, I guess) and Willy on Wheels have been vandalising severely on many pages, plus moving pages to inappropriate titles, that we couldn't stop easily. It's a matter that we can collect these users for categorising certain impostor/attack users and sock puppets. I'd be interested on working them. -- ADNghiem501 10:22, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My userpages

Sorry about this, but all the changes you made to my (Mollsmolyneuxs) userpages where done my me, but just ofr some reason I had not being signed in. Thanks for going to the trouble of changing it. I don't understand because it isn't my IP, but it has the changes I made to my user page on it. Please help Mollsmolyneux 12:26, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I understand my mistake. I was at school when I made those changes and sotherefore that is my schools IP and of course it has been know that some idiots muck around and vandalise Wikipedia. Don't you think that it should just be users that are allowed to edit wikipedia? Mollsmolyneux 12:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

General Eisenhower

Hi there Rory096, I noticed that you put a vandalism warning on User:General Eisenhower's talk page referring to Bill Gates' house. I believe his edit, although incorrect, was made in good faith, and so probably didn't deserve a warning. Please be careful about marking good faith edits as vandalism! ConDemTalk 13:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jangaweed are bad - this article does not make reference to their perverse killing

These people are bad, yet they are not addressed in the article in such a way —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki123456 (talk • contribs) 15:32, April 30, 2006

Thanks

Kotepho 06:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. :) --Rory096 06:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image speedy

You marked Image:12-05oaxaca032.jpg as redundant, but your tag mentions that it is redundant to itself. Can you change that to the image that it is redundant to? Turnstep 15:15, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. --Rory096 20:25, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Rory096/Archive7, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight.
If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever...
Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me...

The JPS talk to me 21:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You placed a notice on my User Talk page, "Image copyright problem with Image:Ursa Major constellation detail map.PNG."

The PNG clearly states that it is a detail of the "Image: Ursa Major Constellation map.PNG" which will be found in the article Ursa Major and which is fully documented.

If the statement seems insufficient, feel free to copy the orginal notice from the main map to the detail. B00P 01:02, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You cited image copyright problems with the following images I uploaded: Image:UpperCarniolaLocationMap.png, Image:AustrianLittoralLocationMap.GIF, Image:West Friesland (historical region).png, Image:LowerCarniolaLocationMap.png, Image:InnerCarniolaLocationMap.png, Image:SlovenianLittoralLocationMap.png

These images were all transferred from foreign language Wikipedias as mentioned on the respective pages and there is no image copyright tag for this. AjaxSmack 04:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help!

The subject says it all! --Charlie(@CIRL | talk) 06:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :-) --Rory096 06:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the quick response to my question. -- LMCinHK 08:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Invisible Party

Why did you put the Invisible Party up for speedy deletion?? It certainly doesn't qualify as the entity has been discussed by the government, in hundreds of articles and in many debates. It's been reported on outside Sweden and it has 87 300 googlehits. [3] Please reconsider. -Dna4salE 06:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Use this button if Rory is malfunctioning"

LOL--205.188.117.67 07:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May the Force be with you.

Dear Rory096/Archive7,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your faith in me, and was overwhelmed by the positive response to my RFA; for it shows that at least I'm doing something right. :) I've started working to improve myself already, and I hope that next time, things run better, and maybe, just maybe, one day we can bask on the shores of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 11:44, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 (UTC)
Thats wierd, I guess I'll just have to sign it the old fashioned way. :P Thanks for letting me know, though _-M o P-_ 21:43, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No problem :) --Rory096 22:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan 'Ryu' Maginn

You voted to delete this article, please look at the article again, and see how much I've added to it, and see my arguement here: Ryan 'Ryu' Maginn Deletion Article. Thank You Jay 18:59, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]