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:::Thanks! Whoever creates these accounts seems to have a thing with names. :) See [[User:Acalamari/Spoofs|my list]]. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 19:24, 9 June 2008 (UTC) |
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::::And I've not even been spoofed once (even after 1500 blocks...). What's the matter with these vandals. *weeps* · [[User:AndonicO|<font face="Times New Roman" color="Black">'''A'''''ndonic'''''O'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:AO|<font face="Times New Roman" color="Navy">'''''Engage.'''''</font>]]</sup> 19:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC) |
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==Rollback== |
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Revision as of 19:22, 11 June 2008
Hello Wikipedians and people who are not-yet Wikipedians.
This is my user talk page. You can contact me here. If you are a registered user who wishes to send an E-mail to me, please feel free to use the "E-mail this user" feature in the toolbox on the left side of this page. I also encourage everyone to read the contents of my talk page, and my archives, as well. Acalamari 21:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Sceptre's request for rollback
Quick note as an apology for crossing hairs with you in granting Sceptre's rollback: I took a look at the request on WP:RFR, and then executed the flagging before I'd seen your comment. Apologies again. ;) Anthøny 21:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- Don't apologize. :) I'm responding there now. Acalamari 21:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank You
For granting rollback. And with < 200 edits! M♠ssing Ace 22:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome: edit count isn't a good measure of trust, however: I based my decision on your recent reverts, which looked good to me. Just remember that rollback should only be used to revert vandalism, and misuse or abuse of the tool can lead to it being taken away. For practice, you may want to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 22:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Greetings
Greetings Good Sir. Mayhaps if you have a spare moment, you might cast your eye of this discussion and consider opining if so moved? ;) Thank you kindly. Sarah 11:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks. :) Acalamari 16:13, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
re: Question (Rollback)
Hi Acalamari, yes that would be rather useful, thank you. Bob talk 21:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- Rollback granted. :) Just remember that rollback should only be used for reverting vandalism/blatant spam, and should not be used to revert good-faith edits, and is not for revert-warring either. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 21:25, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Red sun rises...
Hi,
Do you know what's happening with this user? His/her recent contributions seem to be all page move vandalisms. --Ubardak (talk) 01:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- It's Grawp, the leading page-move vandal. He just hit my userspace, and the userspaces of a few other users. See the move log. Acalamari 01:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- It's probably not a good idea to salt the titles Grawp has used. He'll just move to other targets, so don't bother with the protection. —Remember the dot (talk) 02:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- In the past, Grawp titles have been protected: I just thought it was the proper thing to protect them. Acalamari 02:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- It's probably not a good idea to salt the titles Grawp has used. He'll just move to other targets, so don't bother with the protection. —Remember the dot (talk) 02:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- I think I am still a bit confused. Is Red sun rises also Grawp or am I missing something obvious here? --Ubardak (talk) 02:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, it's a sock of Grawp. For the past few months, Grawp has been creating socks to move loads of pages to titles like "HAGGER?" and the titles you saw today. Acalamari 02:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Admin Coach
Hey there Acalamari, I was wondering if you happen to be in the Admin Coaching business? My current admin coach and I (Rlevse) don't really seem to be online at the same time and not too much has happened since he and I got onboard the program together. What do ya think? Dusticomplain/compliment 03:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not listed in the program, but I have done coaching in the past. However, I currently have three coachess, and I'm not planning on taking anymore until those three have completed theirs. Acalamari 15:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
:(
I'm sorry you were vandalized recently. (For some reason the unpleasant edits show on my watchlist too, even when I don't have any of your userpages watchlisted). Why do bad things happen to good people? Cheer up and have a great day! --Eustress (talk) 04:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, it was a Grawp run. He hit the userspace of several users besides mine. Acalamari 15:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, that's okay: I'm not too bothered about the status indicator, so I can wait for the patch. :) Acalamari 17:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I see...
... that you got hit too, I figured I'd offer, if you're interested, to move-protect all of your subpages, if you'd like. SQLQuery me! 03:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- As I prefer not to protect my own pages, thanks for the offer of move-protecting all my subpages! I'd be happy for you to do that. Thanks. :) Acalamari 15:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
for giving my sock rollback. Thingg⊕⊗ 18:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- Me too! ;) WhereisThingg⊕⊗ 18:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome! :) Acalamari 18:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Spoof
Hey buddy, here's another one you can add to your list of admirers: Acalamari would like to see Natalie Erin's "Appalachian Trail". Quite the popular one aren't you! WilliamH (talk) 11:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks for letting me know! :) Acalamari 15:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
can you move-protect my talk page?
Yesterday, I was forced to request semi-protection for my talk page. When Alison semi-protected it, she set an expiry time, so now my talk page is no longer move-protected. Can you indefinitely protect my talk page so that [move=sysop]? Thanks. J.delanoygabsanalyze 15:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- Done Acalamari 15:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
reverting my change
You reverted my change on User:MONGO. Seems obvious that he has left according to his talk page, unless he's being disingenuous and is seeking drama. I was hoping to simply let users know that he has left (according to his own words) so that they seek help elsewhere. Is this incorrect? Bigjake (talk) 20:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- I was actually going to come to your talk page about this, but you beat me to that by coming here. :) Anyway, MONGO has been editing over the last two/three weeks, and also removed the template himself from his user page, obviously signaling that, while he's not as active as he was, he's not actually retiring. Since he's still editing, and removed the template himself, he can't really be considered retired. In addition, if someone's retired/ing, it's more courteous to let them place the template on their page(s), as not everyone wants the template on their page(s). I hope that helps. Acalamari 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Ashley Tisdale
It looks like the talk page is being hammered by IP's with the rumor, so I think that should be protected. I also reported the IP who uploaded the picture to AIV as compromised; it looks like it's a bunch of 4channers doing for the lulz or something. Nate • (chatter) 00:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Done for a week. Acalamari 01:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
a shiny
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
Awarded for helping me out with admin-y things whenever I |
- Thank you for the barnstar. :) You're welcome for any help I can give you. :) Acalamari 01:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
my theoretical RFA conversation
It wasn't that far off from how Giggy's actually went... --barneca (talk) 02:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- It was still quite funny though. :) Acalamari 03:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Sigh. I'm sorry for bugging you, but I really need to say this to someone.
I don't know what to do. I left him a note on his talk page begging him to stay, and I left two notes on User:Neil's talk page asking him to reconsider his huggle ban. Nothing has worked. Several other users asked CLU to stay as well. CLU simply blanked his talk page. Neil removed CLU's huggle access with no warnings whatsoever. Look at the history of CLU's talk page for the conversation. I know that Neil was wrong, and honestly, if I were a sysop, I would re-instate CLU's huggle stuff, even at the risk of being accused of wheel-warring. There is no justification for such a massive punishment with no prior warning. None.
I'm sorry for ranting on and on, but it burns me that Neil was so flippant when CLU said he was leaving. CLU has more than 18000 contribs, and he is number three on the AIV history stats. Is it right to just say "bye" to someone like that and let them go? CLU was twice as fast as me, and, in proportion to how long he has been here, he has more AIV reports than anyone on Wikipedia. We, I cannot will not just stand by and watch him leave because one admin thinks he is all-powerful. And what is up with this post here? "Took away his toy"? That burns me too.
Can you help me, please? I don't want to see CLU leave, and there is nothing I can do to stop him or even to slow him down. I just don't know what to do... J.delanoygabsadds 22:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- I struck the things that I said in anger, but I still stand by my position that Neil was overly harsh. I made far more mistakes when I started using huggle than he (CLU) did, and I was just nudged. I did almost the same thing CLU did a few days ago. (I'll try to find the diffs) I got nudged for edit warring. Why should CLU be treated differently? J.delanoygabsadds 22:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Here are the reversions. Here is me realizing I was wrong and adding a ref. And finally, here is the nudge, if it interests you. I'm sorry, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong. I just don't want to see CLU leave. J.delanoygabsadds 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- To begin with, CanadianLinuxUser should have been talked to before having the tool taken away from him: if I see someone misusing Huggle/rollback, I talk to them about it. Unfortunately, this decision varies from admin to admin: some are lenient, and try to talk first, with further misuse leading to revocation of the tool; while other admins remove the tool outright.
- In CanadianLinuxUser's case, there's not really much I can do: if I re-instated his Huggle, that would only cause more drama: I would be overturning Neil's admin actions, and be going against consensus on CLU's talk page (Gwen Gale and Alison support the temporary removal), which would possibly lead to trouble at AN/I, and in addition, there's no way of knowing if CLU would come back even if Huggle was reinstated. We just have to hope that he calms down and decides to return. You could try encouraging him to stay, but whether he does is a different thing altogether.
- I hope this helps: if it wasn't clear on anything or missed something, let me know. Acalamari 00:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- That's good, I really needed to hear that. Its just that, well, I don't know what opinion to take. On the one hand, CLU clearly violated policy and other admins definitely agree with the sanction. On the other hand, I don't think that such a prolific user should be sanctioned with no hint of a warning. And I have no idea how to reconcile those two facts in my own mind. Is my opinion flat-out wrong? Or is it just that I have a different opinion than other editors and admins have? Am I wrong to even get involved at all? J.delanoygabsadds 00:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- You are entirely welcome to have your own opinions and views, and your opinions aren't "wrong" either. Plus, there's nothing wrong with you wanting to get involved in the situation with CLU if you think you can help. Acalamari 01:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm really grateful you were willing to listen to my rants and self-doubts. I guess you didn't expect to be asked to give psychiatric help when you became an admin! J.delanoygabsadds 02:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, no I didn't :), but I was happy to help you and I hope I actually did give you some help here. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 02:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'm really grateful you were willing to listen to my rants and self-doubts. I guess you didn't expect to be asked to give psychiatric help when you became an admin! J.delanoygabsadds 02:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- You are entirely welcome to have your own opinions and views, and your opinions aren't "wrong" either. Plus, there's nothing wrong with you wanting to get involved in the situation with CLU if you think you can help. Acalamari 01:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- That's good, I really needed to hear that. Its just that, well, I don't know what opinion to take. On the one hand, CLU clearly violated policy and other admins definitely agree with the sanction. On the other hand, I don't think that such a prolific user should be sanctioned with no hint of a warning. And I have no idea how to reconcile those two facts in my own mind. Is my opinion flat-out wrong? Or is it just that I have a different opinion than other editors and admins have? Am I wrong to even get involved at all? J.delanoygabsadds 00:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Here are the reversions. Here is me realizing I was wrong and adding a ref. And finally, here is the nudge, if it interests you. I'm sorry, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong. I just don't want to see CLU leave. J.delanoygabsadds 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Back
Hey Acalamari, thanks for the welcome back message! I'm still a little travel weary from 10 hours on Air Namibia's finest, but at least I have a weekend to recover before real life kicks in. Have a good weekend! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Your welcome! Have a good rest. :) Acalamari 20:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Rollback request
Hi Acalamari, I notice you sometimes grant rollback requests. I spend much of my Wikipedia time reverting vandals and spammers, and having a tool more efficient would help. If you feel my edit history shows that I am a sufficiently experienced and responsible editor, I would appreciate having this tool enabled for my account. Thanks. I'll look here for a response. =Axlq 18:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Your reverts looked okay, so I've granted you rollback. Just remember, however, that rollback should only be used to revert obvious vandalism/spam, and should not be used to revert good-faith edits or to revert war with other users. Misuse will lead to the tool being revoked. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Best wishes. Acalamari 20:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I intend to use rollback only to revert multiple vandal edits in one action, or to revert vandalism that is happening too rapidly for the usual "undo" operation. For most cases, I prefer "undo" because I can tailor the edit summaries. =Axlq 20:51, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome. :) Good luck. Acalamari 20:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I intend to use rollback only to revert multiple vandal edits in one action, or to revert vandalism that is happening too rapidly for the usual "undo" operation. For most cases, I prefer "undo" because I can tailor the edit summaries. =Axlq 20:51, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I have answered your question on my RFB. Sorry it took so long, I was out enjoying the finally good weather. Useight (talk) 02:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you for the response. Now see this. :) Hope you had a good time in the good weather. Best wishes. Acalamari 02:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
My Rfa
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- Of course. :) You are very welcome for the nomination. :) Acalamari 23:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
RE:Question
Sure. Rollback would be wonderful addition which battle against vandals would be easier. Iam also aware of the consequence too. Don't worry i won't misuse them. --SkyWalker (talk) 06:46, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- Rollback granted. :) Good luck. Acalamari 15:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot. Btw can you check this user edits Special:Contributions/ASNI00 most of the articles are not notable such Asni Rahman and H.A. Habib --SkyWalker (talk) 16:43, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: Question
Hi. Thanks for asking. I've been looking for a way to revert multiple vandalism, so go ahead. Imperial Star Destroyer (talk) 07:12, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- Rollback granted. :) For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 15:28, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Spoof (another)
You're famous. :) Rudget (Help?) 19:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- Haha, I was just about to inform Acalamari of yet another one of his 'admirers' - looks like someone beat me to it! :P WilliamH (talk) 19:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Rollback
Thanks Acalamari. I figure that in the future I will want to use rollback sometimes, although so far the vandalism I have encountered has all been small stuff that was very easily remedied the normal way. Thank again and best wishes to you, Invertzoo (talk) 15:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
- You're very welcome! :) Acalamari 16:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
re: your userpage
What I meant was, your page has basically no info about you outside of your wikilife. While I don't think that having info about users' non-wiki lives is a bad thing, I really liked reading your page the first time I saw it. I don't know if I would say the same thing about my own userpage if I were someone else. J.delanoygabsadds 12:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! :) Acalamari 15:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
My apologies. for being faster. ;) · AndonicO Engage. 19:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)