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Reply to Annoying Blue Message
I'm not the only person that has it. Check User:Dreamafter. After all, that's where I got it from. --Goodshoped35110s 00:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
:Hello, I am Dreamafter, and, if the only reason you don't like it is because it is annoying, and there is no policy against it, too bad. Take a look at Fir0002. On the left. Your Grace Lord Sir Dreamy of Buckland tm 12:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, you're right, there's no policy against it. I was wrong to say that Goodshoped could get in trouble; however, those boxes are definitely pretty disruptive and make reading your page kind of tough. Yours isn't quite as audacious as his was, though. So, you're right, I guess nothing will really come from it, but maybe you could take yours down anyway as a courtesy to those who view your page. Also, could you perhaps be a bit more civil on my talk page from now on? GlassCobra 13:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
IP vandal category
Hey man, looks like someone's replied to our discussion at Wikipedia talk:Vandalism#Category:IP addresses used for vandalism. Want to take a look? GlassCobra 12:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
:I responded there. Incidentally, their concerns seem to be only about the specific criteria for inclusion. So hopefully a consensus may form about what the criteria for inclusion should be. - jc37 18:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you.
Thank you for removing the vandalism on my userpage back on the first of October. I can't believe I didn't even notice until today! ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 00:21, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
:No problem, I'll keep an eye on your page for anything else that comes up. Stay well. GlassCobra 07:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Why isn't all my posting appearing?
Hi, thanks for responding to my call for help and sorry for the delay in replying. I've submitted an entry on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance which is a couple of hundred letters long. However, only the first sentence is publishing although the rest is evident in the editing section. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks very much,
Daniellehitch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniellehitch (talk • contribs) 04:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
:Hey again! Looks like you hadn't closed your reference tags. I went ahead and did all of them for you; the article should be fine now. Closing tags need a slash in front of them, like . If there's anything else I can help you with, let me know! GlassCobra 08:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks very much for helping a novice Wikipedian. Your assistance is greatly appreciated!! Daniellehitch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniellehitch (talk • contribs) 05:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Sure thing. :) By the way, when you post on talk pages, make sure to put four tildes (
Vandalism question
Hello GlassCobra: (cool name)
I'm encouraged to leave my question here by your recent reply to Diego about vandalism.
The pages for reporting vandalism and related problems are confusing, as they seem to lead around in circles. (I can explain in more detail, but you may already know what I'm talking about.)
For example, I can't figure out where to report this issue:
I noticed that 216.56.42.62 has vandalized a few articles recently, but has no warnings on talk. I didn't post a warning because I did not revert the vandalism. Should I? I don't think following a trail of vandalism and posting delayed warnings is something I should do.
Have you any advice about a) where best to report this sort of thing in future, and b) what if anything to do about 216.56.42.62 ?
Thanks, Wanderer57 17:57, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
:Hey Wanderer, thanks for the compliment on my name! You're right about 216.56.42.62 vandalizing articles; however, it looks like he or she has only vandalized one talk page recently, and he or she also reverted that edit. So you can see it, I've put {{tl|uw-selfrevert}} on their talk page, under the October 2007 heading. You can report obvious and persistent vandals at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Before posting there, a final warning in an escalating series should have been posted to the user's talk page (for example {{tl|Uw-vandal4}}, {{tl|Uw-spam4}} or {{tl|Uw-speedy4}}), and the user must have vandalized within the last few hours, including after the final warning was given him or her. Various warning templates can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Your block request is unlikely to be acted upon unless you follow these steps. Cases that are not simple vandalism can be reported at WP:AN/I. Of course, in conjunction with warning against and reporting vandalism, you have the ability, mandate and are encouraged to revert all instances of vandalism you find yourself. So, in the future, if you see IPs or users vandalizing consistently, make sure that they've gotten a final warning, and if they keep vandalizing, you can go ahead and report them. If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me! GlassCobra 20:23, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
About my redirects
Hi, GlassCobra. I remember you putting, let's see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 of my redirects up for discussion. It's surprising that Totani-chan, the first one to be put up for discussion, is the only redirect to have survived being put up for discussion. Don't you think? Please respond on my talk page.Kitty53 18:16, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
:Hey Kitty, I'm sorry if I offended you by putting your redirects up for discussion; however, I felt that many of them didn't really serve any purpose and were merely taking up space. To be honest, I can't say that I'm really surprised that most of them did end up being deleted. Again, I didn't do any of this as a personal attack on you. Hope we can still be friends. GlassCobra 20:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
::Of course, we're still friends! The putting things up for discussion will never interfere with out friendship! Please respond on my talk page.Kitty53 01:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Okay, good to know. By the way, I think I've mentioned this to you before, but you don't have to create a new section every time you write on someone's talk page. If it's about the same topic, you can go ahead and respond in the same section. Just indent your comments by putting a colon in front of them. :) GlassCobra 01:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
WP:RAD
Hey man, I just realized that I never left you a note that I put your redirect up for discussion, I'm really sorry. You probably thought I was a total jerk! Well, again, I'm sorry, and I didn't mean any offense toward you. GlassCobra 22:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
:I'm not dirty on you. I kind of expected it'd happen sometime, but did think I'd have a notice given, and that's why I put pressure on the admin who deleted it to reinstate it until a bot converted all of the occurrences to my page. I was kind of unhappy at the time, but now I'm somewhat bla se. --lincalinca 01:08, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
::Well, I'm glad you're not...er, dirty on me. Hope everything works out okay. GlassCobra 01:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
"Sleep"
Bah, you're not sleeping at all! I just saw you on AIV. :P Anyway, I'll idle in the room, I tend to leave my computer on, even when I'm not there. Talk to you soon! GlassCobra 06:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
:Well, by "sleep" I actually meant "vandal-fighting"...um...y'see, I received a sleep root command from Unimatrix Zero....and you know..resistance is futile.. DreadstarBorg 06:45, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
[[Change (song)]]
Hey, was looking at today's AFD page and noticed that this one had been closed as delete, but the link was blue. Seems like it's a recreation. Thought you might want to take a look. Thanks! GlassCobra 01:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
:Jbeach56 beat me there. Thanks for letting me know! J Milburn 08:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Ken Korda
Hey, you left an odd note about the Ken Korda article at the A W Neill Middle School AFD. Were you trying to nominate the Korda article for deletion? If there's some significance to the middle school article that I missed, my apologies. GlassCobra 21:51, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
:Ah, I see what happened. I fixed the problem; whenever you nominate an article for deletion, make sure you follow all the instructions at Template:AfD footer, okay? Thanks! GlassCobra 21:58, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks for fixing things, it all seems to have gone to pot and I'm very glad you sorted it! Tompagenet 10:47, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Re : Four Dragons Casino
Hey man, would you mind if I recreated this as a redirect to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? Or would you mind doing it? Seems to me that the term itself is worth having, just to save searchers a little time. Thanks! GlassCobra 05:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
:No problem, redirects to relevant wider topics are always welcome unless it is explicitly disallowed in the AfD or deleted via RfD. - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 17:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
::Looks great. Thanks! GlassCobra 18:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
War?
are you at war with me? lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.144.220 (talk) 06:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
:No, I'm just keeping Wikipedia clean. GlassCobra 06:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
This is quite mean. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoguardian (talk • contribs) 06:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
:I apologize; I don't mean to cause any offense. I'm acting in the project's best interests; since your article seems likely to be deleted, it doesn't really serve any purpose to have references in other articles. GlassCobra 07:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Although i do appreciate some of your points. I just hoped that a place can still be found for the articles. I know that i am still in the early stages of my career. However, the Ola Kamel article is a different story, she was genuinely and heavily involved in political matters and achieved some fame locally. --Info Of Interest 06:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoguardian (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}
:Yeah, the Ola Kamel one actually has some potential, I believe. Notice that I haven't removed any of the references that you've added about her in other articles. GlassCobra 07:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I am an academic and i value rigour and accuracy, so i admit that i am finding it difficult to defend my article. The Ola Kamel one however I hope should stay, and I will try to add more documentation in time. --Info Of Interest 07:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
:I've fixed up Ola Kamel, hopefully it will pass now. What do you think of my changes? GlassCobra
However, I do hope for the Ola-abaza article to remain atleast as a stub. Boys who want to do important things (and who have the potential capacity to achieve) are or should be notable, it is only a matter of time until you and other wiki editors accept that. Perhaps when third party references are available.--Info Of Interest 07:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoguardian (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}
:People are not notable without verifiable references to prove it. One does not gain notability by wanting it, or having potential. GlassCobra 07:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
::I understand and agree. Other people must define the person as notable. I am saying that in the future you will find my name archived for sure (well this is atleast the plan). I will fight for that. For my work and my name. --Info Of Interest 07:47, 24 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infoguardian (talk • contribs) {{{2|}}}
:::I'm afraid that's not going to happen. From the looks of the AfD, your article will be deleted. I'm sorry, but Wikipedia just does not accept articles for subjects that aren't notable. Have you read our notability policy? GlassCobra 07:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
RfA Thanks
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