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Forgive the title, feeling a little playful. Anyway, I would like to inquire what an editor should od if they beleive they have found a user who has been blocked (using this edit as an example), and then seemingly returns. The
edits do match, as they are revertions. At this point, I am beginning to beleive the user is using the account to evade the block and reinsert the edit he apparently desperately wants included.
I have tried to explain to the IP user (and most likely the registered user) that the information in the form they are submitting it is not in line with WP:NOT, an official policy. It still had no effect, and the person continued their actions
The person's account (User talk:Ullr Siffson/(contribs)) appears to be a single purpose account used solely for this purpose. At the moment my tension in this matter is getting a little too high, and I am not sure why. Therefore, I wish to inquire what the proper course of action in this situation is. I am going to guess a WP:RFCU might be needed to link the user to the IP and therefore the block evasion if that is the case, but I don't want to jump to any conclusions. As of now, I have left the Alpental article alone for the moment with his edit on top, and I am going to take a day off from editing to cool off. I wish you a pleasant day, Titoxd. Kyra~(talk)08:29, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
You helped choose Jupiter as this week's WP:AID winner
I saw your question on Village pump (technical) - beginning the evening of 22 December, morning of 23 December, I couldn't get anything to load on Wikipedia, although I had no problem with any other website. I turned off my firewall, and was fine. Installed a new firewall, end of problem - so I guess Wikipedia made a change in something the night of the 22nd that couldn't get past my firewall (I hadn't changed anything). Thought I'd mention it in case your problems started about the same time as mine did. Sandy (Talk) 03:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Maths and canes
Hey, I think we need to sit down and think about this, hopefully and prevent a lame war (though to late for that no? ;)). 130 is silly for Nora (cat 3 for a cat 4 storm) and 135 is incorrect in any mathematical sense. The only resolution I can think of that preserves mathematical integrity here and avoids the silliness is to change project-wide to the nearest unit as opposed to the nearest 5. I can't think of another way out unfortunately, how about you? Play talk-tag or chat on IRC (before 0100 UTC) - your choice.--Nilfanion (talk) 22:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, automated stuff is risky. In the more general sense this problem still exists though. 115 knots is what the data says. Nowhere is the mph figure given, but the NHC always rounds to 5 mph. I'm looking in the public advisory archive to see how the NHC handled the mph numbers on a 115-kt forecast point, that should give us an insight. However we are fundamentally screwed here. For 115 kts, 135 mph is flat wrong, and be liable to "correction" by someone with 0 knowledge of this issue but a sense for numbers, 130 mph isn't Cat 4 but is the correct number to round to and 132 mph is too accurate (though its probably better than the other too at this moment)...--Nilfanion (talk) 22:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, in this Discussion on Rita the NHC says the winds are 115 kts; the corresponding PA says near 135 mph. This intermediate advisory on Katrina uses the same phrasing for the same strength (no corresponding discussion). There is a simple way around this for the purposes of articles actually: If we use 116 kts instead of 115, the output will round up to 135 and the km/h will stay the same. That saves needing to abandon calcs (which make things so much tidier). I'm not sure what to do about this though. Getting an answer out of the NHC on this is probably the only hope of resolution...--Nilfanion (talk) 23:05, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Hehehe... well, I was double-checking that I hadn't left any talk page left behind while doing this... but it should be OK now. Titoxd(?!?)06:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks so very much. I'm sorry to have to put you thought all that moving. I'll check around for any double redirects. Again, thanks. Picaroon06:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Changing subject slightly, was the last year (2006) a very quiet hurricane season? I don't remember seeing any hurricanes in the news over this side of the pond. Any reason why that would be? Are there people commenting on it or not? Maybe I should look at 2006 Atlantic hurricane season? :-) Carcharoth04:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi! Keep seeing you all over, and figured I'd pick on you with this problem.
I'm running Firefox 2.xx and over and over the danged thing is popping up a warning when I try to return to a preview screen. Here's the verbatim:
"The page you are trying to view contains POSTDATA that has expired from cache. If you resend the data, any action the form carried out (such as a search of online purchase) will be repeated. To resend the data, click OK. Otherwise, click Cancel."
As you can see, in editing one would get this over and over if you check links or edit several related things, then backspace to return to the main task of the day as I tend to do—a branch of edits off a main thrust as I see deficiencies. So how can I shut this puppy up? (I've no extensions loaded to speak of) I'd appreciate it really, I need the spell checking too badly to not want to use this!
Just in case you know that, do you know how I can get the browser to hang on to pages in the cache longer. I increased the limit to 5 gigs, iirc, and haven't lost anything since (I think) that I wanted to get back and finish a partial edit on, and in that case, wouldn't mind that danged message... so long as it doesn't loose work pending finishing!
Didn't see you make any additional comments in the discussions on User:fabartus/Wet noodle award (Ooops! <G>) and realize now you may not have followed that segue. I've been letting the page 'marinate' myself since the holidays. We can do with a couple more concrete suggestions, beginning with what should be a category for such messages, and should I open a guideline page on preferred tagging and untagging practices, etc. Thanks, and Happy New Year // FrankB19:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Hmmmm, thought I'd maybe missed your answer on this. Have you any ideas at all, or at least who might be an good Firefox expert if you use something else? // FrankB04:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
To be quite honest, I have no clue. It may not be due to Firefox's cache, but rather due to an "expire" directive set by MediaWiki. Don't quote me on that, though, I am not familiar enough with the code to know that. Try asking at the Village Pump for assistance. Titoxd(?!?)03:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Could you take a look at the MartinBotII page and related discussion and give us your opinions? Your guidance at the critical time of setting up Mathbot for WVWP was extremely helpful, and I'm sure you could help a lot now as well. Also, I realise you're probably not around, but if you are we'd appreciate it if you can attend the IRC meeting at 20:00 UTC today (in about 45 minutes), Pascal and Fabien will be there and we can finalise what needs still to be done on Version 0.5. Happy New Year! Walkerma19:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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Tropical cyclone activity
Three tropical cyclones existed in the West Pacific during December. Typhoon Durian (Reming) was the deadliest and strongest of the three, killing over 800 people, in the Philippines and Vietnam and peaking at Category 4 strength. Typhoon Utor lasted formed on December 7 and lasted for 7 days, passing over the Philippines and causing severe floods in Malaysia. The final storm of the year, Tropical Storm Trami, lasted for three days and did not affect land.
The Southern Hemisphere saw a number of storms develop during December. The most significant was Cyclone Bondo, which hit Madagascar on December 23. Cyclone Anita dissipated early in the month, having formed in November and Cyclone Clovis developed on December 30 before reaching its peak in January. All of these storms were in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the only other cyclone was Cyclone Isobel that formed on December 31 to the north of Western Australia.
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Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me. Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me. You might be bemused by what my first admin action was: look at Saruman's logs. I don't be bugging you about that anymore.--Nilfanion (talk) 16:22, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
So we can put the one at commons in the article. The image that's in the article right now has a transparent border that's messing up the display. Good kitty17:43, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the prompt and well reasoned answer to my question on "Why can't you watchlist Protection Log special pages?" I was impressed by the speed and quality of your answer. Would it be analogous to trying to watch a watchlist?--Wowaconia07:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks again your knowledge in these matters is truly impressive, and your willingness to share it with others is commendable. You officially rule.--Wowaconia05:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I tried posting to Wikitech-l twice - once by html interface and once by my newsreader. I received confirmation by email that my post is there but over 6h passed since my second attempt (and 2 days since first) and I don't see my post anywhere. Could you check if you see my post 'Developer help needed for General User Survey' and if it's not there, perhaps you can post if for me? -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 00:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Trial category intersection
You participated in an old thread about this at the assessment project. Please see here for a suggestion to use the trial category intersection to combine article importance and ratings. Carcharoth16:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Newyorkbrad's RfA
Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning, as well as for your very kind comments accompanying your !vote. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad21:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for pointing that out - I had been seeing a lot of vandalism in a row on that page - some that I reverted, some others had reverted - and I guess I wasn't discriminating enough on this one. Not sure why someone would change "song" to "single" in that context, though, so I'm not sure the edit was a typo, but in any case you're right that a milder warning was in order. Tvoz| talk19:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! I appreciate it. --Erynne Lasgalen 23:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Nilfanion told me to mention this to you, so I guess I will. I think the importance scale needs to be revised. The WPTC has seen the problems by having only Top, High, Mid, and Low. Would it be at all possible to integrate a number system based on the importance levels? For example, top could be 1-2, high could be 3-4, mid could be 5-7, and low could be 8-9. The reason I bring this up is that tropical cyclone and Hurricane Katrina are not the same importance level. The same goes for Tropical Storm Lee and a storm which caused $200 million in damage. Is there any way that could happen, or would it be too difficult? Hurricanehink (talk) 02:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
It would require substantial template voodoo, but it is technically possible (but quite frankly, I don't think it is worth it). I'm not sure if you mean adding the numbers to the Mathbot listings as well, but that is something that Oleg has previously stated he isn't willing to do. Titoxd(?!?)07:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation on my talk page. Just to be clear, on those other projects where I use the name 'Anachronist', should I insert interwikilinks on those user pages to my 'Amatulic' user page on Wikipedia, or link them to the 'Anachronist' user page on Wikipedia that I am trying to usurp? The latter seems wrong, to me. The Wikipedia 'Anachronist' has only one edit (in 2002), my wiktionary:User:Anachronist account has a dozen or so edits, and I have a couple as commons:User:Anachronist also. -Amatulic01:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
New direction at WVWP
Hi Tito, I hope you're keeping well. A suggestion was made at WP:COUNCIL recently, and it seemed like a good choice for a new direction at WP:WVWP. Could you take a look at the suggestion (copied over from WP:COUNCIL) and give us your thoughts? Thanks! Walkerma04:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Status
Just letting you know per your request that I've been using these boxes for about a year now. Thanks for them. JHMM13 (T | C) 18:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Light current
I think ArbCom is a bad idea. It will use up an incredible amount of everyone's time, when the community is capable of introducing appropriate sanctions on its own. Also, I think (based on long experience with Light current) that reducing his block further is a very bad idea; aside from the clear consensus for a month-long block, it will convince him he has "allies" after all... and every time he thinks he has "allies" it emboldens his bad behavior. I truly believe that a united firm front is the only way to shock him into changing his approach.
I'm happy to discuss these issues if you disagree. If you think my long involvement with Light current and the reference desk problems has biased my ability to make reasonable proposals for handlihg Light current, I'd certainly appreciate feedback on that too. -- SCZenz10:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
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"The NHC is the official basin for the Atlantic."[2]
Storm of the month
Cyclone Clovis approaching MadagascarCyclone Clovis was named late on December 31 near to Tromelin Island. Clovis strengthened as it moved to the southwest reaching its peak the same day with 60 knot winds (according to Météo-France). The JTWC intensified Clovis more slowly, and assessed that it reached its peak with 65 knot winds on January 2, as it was nearing the Madagascar coast. The JTWC maintained this strength until it made landfall on the island on January 3. The resulting floods damaged a number of structures in Mananjary and about 1,500 people had to be evacuated.[3]
Other tropical cyclone activity
The only activity during January was in the Southern Hemisphere, with a total of 5 cyclones existing throughout the month.
Dora, the second cyclone the Southwest Indian Ocean formed late in January well to the east of Réunion; and reached tropical cyclone strength at the start of February.
The two storms in the South Pacific, Zita and Arthur followed very similar tracks to the east of the Dateline. The JTWC estimated that Zita reached its peak on January 23 and Arthur briefly had hurricane force winds two days later.
Cyclone Isobel formed between Indonesia and Australia late in December and headed south, making landfall in Western Australia on January 3 as a minimal Tropical Cyclone.
New articles and improvements wanted
Articles are wanted for each of the tropical cyclone breakpoints (see this list).
The number of stubs has markedly increased in the past few months, please improve them.
Member of the month
Cyclone barnstar
The January member of the month is Chacor, formerly known as NSLE. Chacor joined the project in November 2005, and has contributed to a wide variety of articles across the project. Recently he has generally focussed on the West Pacific and did most of the work on the first Good article in that basin: Typhoon Ewiniar (2006). He has also started the much needed process of splitting the Southern Hemisphere seasonal articles. Finally, Chacor is probably the user who maintains the quality of the most visible part of the project, the current activity.
A quick note: When you create a new article please list it in the appropriate section on the project's page and add a fact from the article to the Portal. Thanks.
Poke request
We've got a month before we'll actively begin performing usurpation requests, so I'm wondering; is there any way you could poke the necessary people to see if they could work us up a patch to move deleted edits along with live edits when doing renames? I'm sure it's not on the priority list, but if SUL comes along, it'll be a much bigger issue, so it's probably worth going ahead and fixing. Thanks, Essjay(Talk)08:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Black Ribbon
I am sorry to hear about the loss. Whoever it was, they're at peace now. I'm sorry, I'm not good at comforting mourners... —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker.22:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I enabled Special:Userrights on my wiki in LocalSettings.php, I have three wikis, all running MW 1.9 on my WAMPserver. Titoxd, any idea what to do?? Note, both have separate databases. Please help me if you know how - leave a note on my talk page, thanks! All help is appreciated! --sunstar nettalk16:20, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
My bad - misread the timestamp on your test4 warning and blocked the user. I'm fairly confident that was simply a vandal only account, but I'll not be offended if the block is adjusted. I'm apparently a little twitchy tonight. Kurutalk02:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I saw the same report on AIV and was very close to indef-blocking myself. It's a problematic username as well. I might have given the editor one more chance but I think given where we are now I'd leave it alone. Newyorkbrad02:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Replying here, to not mess up the three-way thread: you have to take into account that there were deleted contributions as well. Either way, it was headed for the trash bin. Titoxd(?!?)02:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
THANK YOU / thats what I call action
You just recently posted to a vandal "It has become apparent that your account is only being used for vandalism, so it has been blocked indefinitely" I like that. None of that 31 hours just to have them come back and do it again. Its rather obvious when a user is going to be a future contributor or constant thorn in wiki's side. Thanks for taking care of them quickly. --Xiahou03:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA. It was successful at a unanimous 52/0/0. I hope I can live up to the kind words expressed of me there, and hope to now be more of an asset to the community with access to the tools. Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me in the future. Thanks again! VegaDark07:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Watch-unwatch facility for portals
Hi, I recently updated Portal:energy so that each box-header has a watch button as well as an edit button - to overcome the problem that putting a watch on a portal page doesn't flag changes to the sub pages - something that most first time visitors to a portal miss. But what I would *like* to have is a "watch/unwatch" button, like the one on the top of every page - so users can see which sub-boxes they are watching at a glance - can this be done do you think, who would I talk (or where do I post this question!) to to find out? many thanks sbandrews13:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Its completely fine to unprotect now. If you look at the history from yesterday. You'll notice that a ban evading user was IP hopping and abusing the various incident boards. He was relentlessly doing so, so I decided to instate protection. By now he has most likely quit.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk)19:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
All right. Still, I think that would be a case where rangeblocks are a better tool to deal with the problem. An even better tool would have been to leave the thing there, ignore it, and have it be archived by the bot when it ages and no one replies. The ice treatment sometimes works... Titoxd(?!?)19:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I was somewhat surprised that this was closed as "keep" considering there was only one vote to keep (apart from the article creator) and that was only a "weak keep". Of the valid comments, I would have thought it would either be kept as "no consensus" or deleted. Basically there was one suggestion to "weak keep", one to "merge", two (including my nom). The article creator Bebedebroadway left a number of comments, the first which I assume could be read as a keep. How did you come to a conclusion that the consensus here was to keep? -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza22:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
If you thought the last comment was successfully rebutted you'd better rethink. TFTJ (Turn for the Judges) prides itself on listing all beauty pageants down to, as they claim, "Miss Georgia Forest Festival" and the like (which are the smallest of small pageants). Listing there most certainly does not mean notability. If you look at the Pageant.com website, you'll see the only pageants they've thought worthy of detailed archiving and information are Miss America, Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss World, Miss Teen World US, America's Perfect Teen, Miss Teen America and Miss Teen USA. Of those most of the teen pageants are either links to the system's official website or archives that have not been touched since the early 2000s. Searching the site for "Miss International" and discarding erroneous links such as those for the actual international version, leaves basically nothing. I would ask you to re-consider and perhaps do some research before you close a nomination based one ill-founded rebuttal by an editor who has shown little understanding of the guidelines and process. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza03:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I could but why bother? Anyway the best thing to do right now is simply to do some research, rework the article, reference it better and pull it into shape. No point being destructive when you can be constructive, huh?! -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza03:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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