User talk:Titoxd/Archive21
Welcome to my Talk Page! DO NOT EDIT OR POST REPLIES TO THIS PAGE. THIS PAGE IS AN ARCHIVE. This archive page covers approximately the dates between December 24 2006 and February 24 2007. Post replies to the main talk page, copying or summarizing the section you are replying to if necessary. Please add new archivals to User talk:Titoxd/Archive34. (See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page.) Thank you. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 07:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
New byte counterDo you know if there is an updated meta: help page on this feature? — xaosflux Talk 07:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC) WP:NOT, blocking, and evasion, oh my!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) AzaBot 14:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Can you please do AC?Thanks. --Quentin Smith 20:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Connection problemsI 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 canesHey, 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)
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) MacHackThanks for the delete. I'm trying to get MacHack (chess) to Mac Hack, and MacHack (conference) to MacHack. Can you do this? It seems relatively uncontroversial, but I'll explain further if need be. Picaroon 06:20, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for picking up the Hurricane Katrina stuffChanging 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? :-) Carcharoth 04:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Lame edit warsOnly just found the great hurricane season debate at Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars#Dates. Amazing stuff! Carcharoth 04:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC) Re: Congrats!Thank you! And thanks again for your work on the tool... ;-) Flcelloguy (A note?) 03:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC) Driving me (even More!!!) nutsHi! Keep seeing you all over, and figured I'd pick on you with this problem.
HNYA happy late New Year to you Tito! Sorry for the lateness. KOS | talk 21:49, 4 January 2007 (UTC) MartinBotII, IRCTito, 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! Walkerma 19:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC) In recognition
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Please delete this image soonImage:2006 Atlantic hurricane season map.png 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 kitty 17:43, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the insight.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?--Wowaconia 07:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Researching WikipediaThank you for the comments at User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Researching_Wikipedia. Could you perhaps send an email to the listserv you mentioned about this discussion?-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 20:55, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Trial category intersectionYou 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. Carcharoth 16:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Newyorkbrad's RfAThank 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, Newyorkbrad 21:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Can we address the uncivil comments about me on the talk page here or is Miltopia allowed to engage in that too? pschemp | talk 03:03, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
vandal warningThanks 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 | talk 19:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks!Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! I appreciate it. --Erynne Lasgalen 23:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC) My RfB questionI replied to it. Thanks. --Deskana (request backup) 03:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC) c_cIs that a threat or just helpful advice? - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
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UserpageIs it OK if I copy your userpage? I simply can't be bothered to make my own userpage with all my schoolwork... Thanks! Tyson Moore 21:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC) ACQues done --Quentin Smith 15:57, 25 January 2007 (UTC) ImportanceNilfanion 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)
Request for EspI request for you at The Other Esperanza. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace) (at war) 20:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC) Linking accountsHi. You wrote a comment on Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations#Anachronist .E2.86.90 Amatulic: "Mind linking to your other Wikimedia accounts with the same name?" I didn't know I could do this. I have the name Anachronist on other projects. If there's a way to link them, I'd like to know. Thanks. -Amatulic 19:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
New direction at WVWPHi 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! Walkerma 04:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC) StatusJust letting you know per your request that I've been using these boxes for about a year now. Thanks for them. JHMM13 (T | C) Light currentI 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. -- SCZenz 10:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #9Number 9, February 4, 2007 The Hurricane Herald Storm of the month  Other tropical cyclone activity
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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 requestWe'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 RibbonI 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) Special:Makesysop extension help
Fair useThis issue has been cleared up, but thanks for trying to help. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 00:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC) Scrabble turntable deluxe editionMy 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. Kuru talk 02:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
THANK YOU / thats what I call actionYou 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. --Xiahou 03:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC) Wikipedia Offline ServerThanks for your attention. I posted about it here, http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Static_version_tools#Tools_for_assembling_the_CD, hope that was the appropriate place. Feel free to spread the news to other places you think it would be relevant. Houshuang 07:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC) VegaDark's Request for Adminship 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! VegaDark 07:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Watch-unwatch facility for portalsHi, 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 sbandrews 13:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC) afd relisted but,Could you please also undelete Talk:Sarah Hanson-Young? Thanks! — coelacan talk — 01:23, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
TfD nomination of Template:WikiProjectBannersTemplate:WikiProjectBanners has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. -- Ned Scott 08:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC) ProtectionIts 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)
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 | esperanza 22:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
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