User talk:Sam Hocevar/archive2

C'est fantastique! Merci Beucoups! Cormaggio 12:58, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Sam, I appreciate your interest. You came in at the end of a brutal edit war. A group of scientists had contributed to the HIV/AIDS articles and their contribtions were brutally revert by some engineers! This resulted in many people merging the versions. I was just tidying up some nonsense like "Current science generally holds that" which actually referred to a UNAIDS report! and "in illicit drug injection; accidental needle sticks" which was a POV spin on medical transmision of HIV. Many of these changes just restored the text to the cited source.

We have endless problems with these articles: reference stripping is rife, which removes the links to the sources, source are changed, and text is given a POV spin not in the source!

One group of reverts remove all refernces to CDC the other object to WHO! The we have the group advocating circumcison to prevent AIDS and others claiming it is a disease restricted to gay men. Sci guy 15:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

I forget what the IPs were, but two that I blocked were only 24 hours since the user obviously had a dynamic IP. The other one I blocked for longer because he also vandalized my user page (and vandalized other articles in the past). The one registered user (User:Pigger) is a member of the GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America, not "Global Network of Arab Activists") and has been vandalizing articles and making personal attacks for quite a while. I have no doubt that he'll simply register another username. He also sent me a rather threatening email saying what he'd do if anyone unblocked him. So, I would recommend keeping the block. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-08-14 15:58

:I had just assumed you were an admin and would unblock the users if you felt like it. I deleted the emails (I got a few of them from the various blocked users) after reading them because they weren't much more coherent than your average junkmail spam. Pigger's history of vandalism, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Holocaust&diff=prev&oldid=18745844] is preventing me from unblocking him (has he ever made one quality edit? not that it would change my mind). — BRIAN0918 • 2005-08-16 17:10

Hi. Why do you change knowledgable to knowledgeable? "knowledgable" gets 866,000 hits on google.com. I think it can be spelled both ways? Best regards, --Fred-Chess 16:29, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

:I came across this purely by chance, but I thought it was interesting to note that a search at [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=knowledgable&db=* Dictionary.com] shows that "knowlegable" is not a correct spelling. – Mipadi 23:18, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Sam, are you using a bot to make changes? If not I know it's annoying to be asked.... If so you need to get it cleared on Wikipedia talk:Bots Rgds, Rich Farmbrough 23:36, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

:Whether it's a bot or not, you might want to be more selective... your edit summary for [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arrival_%28The_Prisoner%29&diff=21204013&oldid=21076712 this edit] said "grammar (it's / its)" -- implying that you fixed a case where "it's" was used when "its" should have been, or vice versa. In fact, however, it was a case where "it's" was used perfectly correctly, as a contraction of "it is". -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:57, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Image:WikiThanks.png 20,000 + edits, and still not an adm. The fact that you have dedicated so much to this site has intrigued me, and I here by give you the Working Man's Barnstar, a Tireless Contributor Award, and some more.D. J. Bracey (talk) 23:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Image:Original Barnstar.png Image:Working Man's Barnstar.png Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif

:Hi, just a note to thank you for the barnstars! And sorry for answering so late. Sam Hocevar 10:10, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

::That's fine, some don't bother to say anything at all. Glad to see you nominated, and good luck! D. J. Bracey (talk) 19:24, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

My spelling is lousy at times so I appreciate your corrections...but not sure why my user talk archive needs attention...anyway, have good one!--MONGO 03:03, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

:Thanks again. Never bothered to archive so made a mess my first attempt.--MONGO 08:16, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting the very very very bad mistakes in the very very very many pages on Tea. I guess there was one mistake, available, and I guess that was because it came from the same template. Anyway, just thanks. I guess it shows that there are people who re-read pages and are availible to correct mistakes. I don't think the template is in use any more.--Iateasquirrel 20:46, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello Sam, could you please formally accept my nomination here? Regards, Sietse 18:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

You now have lots of shiny new buttons to press! As you are an admin on another wiki you don't need me to tell you this but I'm going to anyway. Image deletion cannot be undone by another admin so don't delete unless you are sure. Go very slowly, and check the policies so you know what you are allowed to do as opposed to what you are able to do. And congrats! Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 11:05, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

• Of course, it's really no big deal - it's just a mop. ;-) Congratulations! -- BD2412 ^talk 17:09, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
• Congratulations! Andre (talk) 18:36, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
• No problem. Congrats. K1Bond007 18:47, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
• You're welcome. It was well deserved. And congratulations, by the way! Best regards, Sietse 19:05, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
• Whenever I see someone making edits on an article originated by me, I tend to check the person out, even if its for minor spelling mistakes or things like that. I began to trust your edits to the point that I no longer bother to check what you've done. I have witnessed your dedication and I believe that you will be one of the great admins here. You have earned your promotion. Tony the Marine 21:12, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Congratulations, and you're quite welcome! --Merovingian (t) (c) 01:59, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Congrats, and enjoy the mop. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

1. * Congrats..... and I refuse to conform to this list!!! (you'll be fine... and I thought you were one before too {{=)|wink}}) Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 08:01, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

• Congratulations for the promotion! --Andylkl ^(talk) 09:02, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on your newfound adminship :) Hosterweis (talk) (contribs) 22:47, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

:Congrats from me too. You'll be great. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :) Grutness...wha? 00:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

::Congrats on making admin. Keep up the good work!^{Journalist C./ Holla @ me!}

Congrats! Well, with you having over 25,000 edits I just had to support... :) You'll be a fine admin. - ulayiti (talk) (my RfA) 11:21, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Sam Hocevar. Thank you so much for your support on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre (talk) 05:30, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on yr adminship and thanks for voting for me in RFB. I had seen yr edits on the India page and elsewhere, so I easily recalled your name when I saw it on RFA. As has been said in my RFB, many haven't seen me around. :) I prefer to stay in FAC, so you'll get a change of catching me there or on the India page. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:10, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

I am glad that you became an admin, and I'm sure you'll do a great job. My only concern was your relationship with the GNAA, but other than that, you're a perfect candidate for the job. Best wishes. Ral315 14:58, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Fvw, just a quick note to tell you that, though you opposed my adminship nomination, I appreciate the fact that you made public your concerns about me. I have been made an admin nonetheless, and I will of course act my best to prove your fears wrong. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 07:46, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

:I'm sure this is one of those cases where the community knows best, congratulations on your adminship and if you need a hand with anything on the technical side of adminship feel free to ask. --fvw* 22:20, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Well I appreciate that you will try to aleviate any concerns the Wikipedia community may have, I don't think that the GNAA had tainted you in any way, it's just that your relationship with them made me a bit uneasy. Gratz on the adminship, Derktar 22:20, September 5, 2005 (UTC).

Congratulations! Yours was a difficult decision to make. It isn't fair to judge others based on the people around them, but I really was worried. Anyway, please do prove us wrong. :P Good luck. Acetic'^Acid 22:42, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Sam:

image:WikiThanks.png Thanks for support and your confidence in me in my recent RFB nomination. I'm now WP's newest bureaucrat. :) Regards, et merci beaucoup =Nichalp «Talk»= 20:01, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations on being made an admin! I thought you might like to know of a javascript tool that may help in your editing by giving easy access to many admin features. It's described at Wikipedia:Tools#Navigation_popups. The quick version of the installation procedure for admins is paste the following into User:{{PAGENAME}}/monobook.js:

// User:Lupin/popups.js - please include this line
document.write('');
popupAdminLinks=true;

Give it a try and let me know if you find any glitches or have suggestions for improvements! Lupin 01:44, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

:« YBM carefully forgot to mention his own personal attacks, such as this one, or edits comments containing "reverting psychotic garbage" or "→garbage - special subsection for Sophie, noone care, noone read the psycho", or his complete removal of all of Sophie’s contributions under the quite ironic comment of "removing personal attacks in compliance with Wikipedia policy" (note that when Sophie did the same he reverted, calling it vandalism). Though it does not excuse anything of her behaviour, I am not surprised Sophie lost her temper, being pushed like that. Maybe YBM (who is well known for his Usenet flamebaits) deserves a friendly warning, too. Sam Hocevar 20:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC) »

You seems to forgot what was the content of the initial editing I was reacting to

• completely unrelated to the subject
• defaming and insulting me
• making the talk page a mess
• psychotic refer to a diagnosis anyone reading this texts could do

Let's me recall you what is on Wikipedia:No personal attacks (official policy) "If you are personally attacked, you may remove the attacks".

I recall you what I said before : I arrived on this article only to make sure everyone notice that the Bodanov were editing anonymously their own page. I did not intend to edit or discuss the article. As a matter of fact, I've then work out with EE Guy and Catherine and we arrived to a not so bad article. That's all. Sophie (aka 213.237.21.6, now XAL didn't wrote a word, neither here nor elsewhere, on the issue but only introduced meaningless garbage and personal attacks in the process.

I'm not about to let you write personal attacks on me there, even if you are an admin (pour qui tu te prends ?)--YBM 15:32, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Sam, and thanks for your support of my RfA. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - ulayiti (talk) 16:04, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Dear user Sam Hocevar, as I have seen a edition of yours at the article Rosicrucian, I come to request your support to this article that I have just purposed for nomination at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates#Rosicrucian. May you may give a look into it? And, if you consider it acceptable, then may you support it? Thank you! :) --GalaazV 02:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

== Jacques Chirac ==

Because these external links are broken. --ThomasK 20:57, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

They are in french. Please create a section called sources, then use this symbol near the external links in french {{In lang|fr}} --ThomasK 21:47, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

If you are unable do it, sure. Done. BTW, I removed no informations. --ThomasK 22:13, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

I notice you like controversial topics, would you be so kind as to have a look at Talk:Gender issues and the original article as I can see a revert war developing on this, thanks. Side note: fair warning before visiting my userpage - its a bit third person!. Alf ^melmac 18:54, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello,

Since you contributed in the past to the publications’ lists, I thought that you might be interested in this new project.

I’ll be glad if you will continue contributing.

Thanks,

APH 09:19, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

What exactly does your godmode script do, and how do I go about using it? I've tried sticking in document.write('');

I am haveing problims with this and I am not sure what to do. I do not know javascript, but I have gone to the talk links of those you have helped with this problem and those responses don't help me.

I recently uncovered an [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milton_Transit&diff=21098907&oldid=19168748 instance] where your bot changed a misspelling to the incorrect word (assessible->assessable when it should have been accessible). Not a major issue, but maybe something you can look into. Blacknail 22:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Santa.jpg

Hello,

When I tried to revert some pages today, it suddenly wouldn't work anymore. And it has worked for me in the past couple of weeks. When I try to revert now, it doesn't get any further than "Getting article history...". Can you please tell me what's wrong? Thanks in advance. -- SoothingR(pour) 09:23, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I finally got godmode-light implemented. It looked good. I tried to use [rollback] and it crashed my browser. Could you leave me a message when it's fixed as I hate to risk crashing my browser again to see if it works.WAvegetarian (talk) (email) (contribs) 06:48, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

In the past few days, every once in a while, Wikipedia has been super slow to load pages for me. Upwards of a minute, on a cable connection. Every time it did it, it was connecting to some website in the status bar, this "sam.zoy.org." After 2 full virus scans and 2 spyware scans, it was still doing it. Then I found it, in my monobook.js:

:« YBM carefully forgot to mention his own personal attacks, such as this one, or edits comments containing "reverting psychotic garbage" or "→garbage - special subsection for Sophie, noone care, noone read the psycho", or his complete removal of all of Sophie’s contributions under the quite ironic comment of "removing personal attacks in compliance with Wikipedia policy" (note that when Sophie did the same he reverted, calling it vandalism). Though it does not excuse anything of her behaviour, I am not surprised Sophie lost her temper, being pushed like that. Maybe YBM (who is well known for his Usenet flamebaits) deserves a friendly warning, too. Sam Hocevar 20:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC) »

Hi Sam, and thanks for your support of my RfA. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - ulayiti (talk) 16:04, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Dear user Sam Hocevar, as I have seen a edition of yours at the article Rosicrucian, I come to request your support to this article that I have just purposed for nomination at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates#Rosicrucian. May you may give a look into it? And, if you consider it acceptable, then may you support it? Thank you! :) --GalaazV 02:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I notice you like controversial topics, would you be so kind as to have a look at Talk:Gender issues and the original article as I can see a revert war developing on this, thanks. Side note: fair warning before visiting my userpage - its a bit third person!. Alf melmac 18:54, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello,

What exactly does your godmode script do, and how do I go about using it? I've tried sticking in document.write('');

I am haveing problims with this and I am not sure what to do. I do not know javascript, but I have gone to the talk links of those you have helped with this problem and those responses don't help me.

I recently uncovered an [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Milton_Transit&diff=21098907&oldid=19168748 instance] where your bot changed a misspelling to the incorrect word (assessible->assessable when it should have been accessible). Not a major issue, but maybe something you can look into. Blacknail 22:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:Santa.jpg

Hello,

When I tried to revert some pages today, it suddenly wouldn't work anymore. And it has worked for me in the past couple of weeks. When I try to revert now, it doesn't get any further than "Getting article history...". Can you please tell me what's wrong? Thanks in advance. -- SoothingR(pour) 09:23, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I finally got godmode-light implemented. It looked good. I tried to use [rollback] and it crashed my browser. Could you leave me a message when it's fixed as I hate to risk crashing my browser again to see if it works.WAvegetarian (talk) (email) (contribs) 06:48, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

In the past few days, every once in a while, Wikipedia has been super slow to load pages for me. Upwards of a minute, on a cable connection. Every time it did it, it was connecting to some website in the status bar, this "sam.zoy.org." After 2 full virus scans and 2 spyware scans, it was still doing it. Then I found it, in my monobook.js: