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Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up some vandalism on my user page! :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 22:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome -- IRP ☎ 19:04, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Untitled post

What does "disabling talkpage editing" mean? Ip:33.07.12.119 (talk) 23:27, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

When a user is blocked, he or she normally remains able to edit his or her own talkpage, however, if he or she abuses his or her talk page privilege, such as improperly using the {{unblock}} template or posting personal attacks, an administrator disables the user's ability to edit his or her own talkpage. -- IRP ☎ 19:04, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, you have been reported to an administrator as a possible sockpuppet of Rangersarecool and because your username is a blatant violation of Misplaced Pages's username policy. -- IRP ☎ 22:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Misplaced Pages:Vandalism-only account

Misplaced Pages:Vandalism-only account, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Misplaced Pages:Vandalism-only account during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 07:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Page history link

Template:Page history link 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. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

re: CSD A3

Yeah, it should have been redirected to the English article (that was me not joining the dots). Still, you can see why I didn't come to the conclusion that "Any articles that are not copied and pasted from another Misplaced Pages do not meet the criteria for speedy deletion" when I read the criterion for A3 on the policy page:

Foreign language articles that exist on another Wikimedia project. If the article does not exist on another project, use the template {{notenglish}} instead, and list the page at Misplaced Pages:Pages needing translation into English for review and possible translation.

which seems to not differentiate between copy-paste moves and merely an article existing. Maybe the wording ought to be changed? - Jarry1250 22:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

It was apparently written by User:SDC4004. Even if translated, it still has much less content than the the target page. -- IRP ☎ 22:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

But surely that page - assuming there was no English article to redirect to - fell under A3? - Jarry1250 07:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You mean CSD A1. It probably would have been deleted for that reason if I didn't redirect it. -- IRP ☎ 21:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I meant A2! Now I understand why we had a few crossed wires ;) Anyhow, I think it's fine to just forget about now. - Jarry1250 21:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Stop wasting everyone's time.

Ultraviolet Sound was deleted via AFD and has been recreated. Thus it is a speedy deletion, so how about you halt the edit-warring now? Good, glad we've got that settled. //roux   23:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Where have I been in an edit war? I have never been in an edit war. -- IRP ☎ 00:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Here are a couple of diff links to prove that I was not in an edit war: diff 1, diff 2. -- IRP ☎ 21:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

re Another possible sock puppet of Rangersarecool

Suggest you report this to WP:SPI. Cirt (talk) 11:51, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Reported to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Rangersarecool. -- IRP ☎ 21:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah okay good luck. :) Cirt (talk) 21:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Man

We need this guy blocked realllly bad.(Planecrash111 (talk) 04:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC))

No problem. -- IRP ☎ 04:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Cowi94

Please note that under Misplaced Pages:CSD#G2, test pages are allowed in userspace; they should not be submitted for speedy deletion if they are in userspace. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:40, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I thought that the general criteria applies to all namespaces. -- IRP ☎ 19:52, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Normally they do, but G2 specifically says: "Test pages. This criterion does not apply to the sandbox or to users' own user space." --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, good to know. -- IRP ☎ 05:28, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

re:User talk:ShepBot

§hep 19:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Messages checked. -- IRP ☎ 19:33, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Rangersarecool

Pardon me if I disagree but rangersarecool is a very smart 4th grader and would not make a account called rangerarecool1234. do you know who would? someone who wanted rangersarecool would. do you know who that is? davidthedograt. How do I know? im in his class. im also in david the dogman's class im also in foxcows, jeffhardys, and rangersarecool. if it wasnt for davidthedograt rangersarecool wouldn't be blocked. darknesswolf is another account used for cantributions, not vandalism! he was trying to get away from niv, who new what rangersarecools password was. (he found out while he was typing it in class) then he made darknesswolf. then a classmate comes and says ooooh lets make a account called rangerarecool1234 and create vandalism so they'l think im rangersarecool! oh and for good measure, he says he is rangersarecool on your talk page. hes not that dumb. hes in a gifted class, we all are. (exept sometimes I wonder about davidthedograt...) enyway hes a straght A student in gifted 4th grade and loves wikipedia. he always talks about it! sorry to disturb you, im just angry at the people who blocked him, and didnt unblock him. Jinxyouowemeasoda (talk) 13:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I would say there are clear links between this user, Bob the doorbell, David the Dogman, Davidthedograt,Chocolatedograt, Chocolateroar, Foxcow, & Sourlemonade (talk · contribs). Same school, maybe some sockpuppets, no useful contributions. dougweller (talk) 13:46, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

But the notice doesn't quite work. :) I've responded both on my talk page and at J.Delanoy's. --Moonriddengirl 23:03, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Re LongPages: I've replied on my talk page. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

sockpuppet 71.184.49.28 / 72.74.209.246

sockpuppet 71.184.49.28 / 72.74.209.246 is undoing all my edits

Evenmoremotor (talk) 04:57, 17 March 2009 (UTC)Evenmoremotor

Please report it to Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Please do not revert the page again or you may be blocked for edit warring. -- IRP ☎ 05:01, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Title blacklist

Hi IRP, I have declined to make the edits you requested at MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist-forbidden-edit, for reasons which I explained there. If you still think those edits should be made, then simply place the {{editprotected}} template above your request, with the reasons you think I'm incorrect, and another admin will come along to evaluate it. In the future, if you plan on requesting edits to pages in the MediaWiki namespace, or other protected pages, then please just use the editprotected template. That way it is guaranteed that an admin will evaluate it; simply posting on one admin's talk page might be ineffective (sometimes I am offline for weeks at a time). Cheers, --Aervanath (talk) 06:18, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Declined speedy deletions

Hi IRP, I just came across a couple of speedy deletion tags that you placed on IP talk pages, User talk:67.239.208.226 and User talk:65.185.170.172. These are not covered under the speedy deletion criteria, so if you would like to delete them, they need to go through WP:MFD. If you feel an IP needs to be blocked for vandalism or sockpuppetry, then please report it to WP:AIV or WP:SPI, not as a speedy candidate. Thanks,--Aervanath (talk) 05:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I've speedily closed both nominations as talk pages are generally not deleted without a compelling justification. If you feel the need to blank the IP talk pages, or replace them with {{welcome-anon}} or something, feel free, but please don't bring any more IP talk pages to MFD without a compelling justification. –xeno (talk) 20:18, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

C. Shaw

The template I deleted is the template I added. Therefore I *can* delete it. 131.30.121.23 (talk) 15:33, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Please state that in the edit summary. -- IRP ☎ 15:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Userification Request

I accidentaly placed my userspace in the article space when I created the account. Everything was (justly) deleted on March 10 by you, as far as I can tell. Could I have my drafts restored to the userspace please? (SDC4004) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SDC4004 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

What is the title of the page? I cannot userfy it unless I know its title. -- IRP ☎ 23:10, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

The title of the page was "Sincrotron".--SDC4004 (talk) 00:51, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I was able to userfy Sincrotron. I cannot userfy Surse de energie neconventionala because it was deleted. Only administrators can view deleted pages. If you want Surse de energie neconventionala userfied, please contact User:J.delanoy, who is one of the Misplaced Pages admins and ask him to userfy it for you. -- IRP ☎ 01:03, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! --SDC4004 (talk) 01:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. If you're replying to a post, please intent your reply by using colons. -- IRP ☎ 01:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

This is so cool! --SDC4004 (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Twinkle?

Hey, I was bugging J.Delanoy for my own problems and found your question about Twinkle. I didn't see a reply and a quick look at your custom .js seems to indicate that you haven't fixed it yet. If you still want help, I figured out how to fix it with mine. —LedgendGamer 23:23, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

My problem was that I didn't know what to add or change. -- IRP ☎ 23:26, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Hays Code

You know, I actually tend to agree with the IP editor who cut a rather large chunk out of Hays Code. I had noticed that material a while back and had strong reservations myself, though I didn't act on it. I know it seems a bit like vandalism at first blush, but as I examined the deleted text I realized that the Hays Code actually was not even mentioned in the deleted sections. I'm planning on going to some source materials and build up this article when I have a chance. There are actually several books on the subject.Stetsonharry (talk) 14:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but according to the Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines, we have to revert an edit that removes large portions of the page without explanation. When I look at Special:Recentchanges and I see that a user removed a large amount of data from an article (indicated by large, red, bold negative numbers) and the user did not provide a reason for the removal in the edit summary, I click "rollback" and issue {{uw-delete}}. It is OK to remove content from articles for a good reason, however, many vandals remove content from articles in bad faith. -- IRP ☎ 19:42, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I think you definitely took the right action. It certainly looked like vandalism. I just wanted to mention that this edit appeared to be correct, despite appearances. Stetsonharry (talk) 20:31, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Play stub

Hi! There really isn't anything to restore; it's an unreferenced substub with virtually no context. It was tagged both as a speedy and as a prod, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:03, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring it. I think someone (possibly the author) will expand it and add references. The article was just started anyway. A lot of articles begin that way. -- IRP ☎ 03:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

You betcha.  :) I need to sign off now, but thanks for the nice heads-up. I got utterly raked over the coals yesterday by a couple of users who went off the deep end when I deleted their contribs. Ah, the fun of adminship on the world's biggest wiki. Anyway, take care and thanks again. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

It looks like it is now getting expanded. Someone removed the PROD tag and expanded it. See its page history -- IRP ☎ 20:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Category:Misplaced Pages administrators

This category is a user category, so I boldly moved your CFD discussion to WP:UCFD. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 16:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I think you did the right thing. I wasn't aware of Misplaced Pages:User categories for discussion. -- IRP ☎ 18:03, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Bot request

Hi. Jarry1250 moved your bot request to Misplaced Pages:Bot_requests#Category:Redirects_to_special_pages and I have responded there. ] 13:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback abuse?

Seen on various faraway talk pages:

Is this rollback abuse? As far as I know, the rollback feature should be used only for reverting vandalism, not legitimate edits (unless an edit summary is provided) and my edit did not constitute vandalism. -- IRP ? 02:59, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello IRP. I do not believe this to be rollback abuse, and I'm rather perplexed you are pursuing this, especially without asking me. Here is the explanation. As part of my dealing with this request of yours, it became apparent that your most recent edit to the talk page had become useless - a redirect to a non-existent page. On the assumption that you would neither disagree or misunderstand why your edit was being reverted, it became apparent that rollback was the most obvious and efficient method to resolve the problem caused by your (now unhelpful) edit. When working towards the same final objective, with obvious clarity in the method to achieve the aims, even administrators roll other administrators back from time to time. Rollback is not only for simple vandalism and illegitimate edits; the real question you should be asking is whether there would be any possibility that anyone could misunderstand, object, or benefit from explanation. See also this. You should not assume that your edits were considered vandalism. Thanks. -- zzuuzz 13:47, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I would say that zzuuzz's use of rollback was in a situation where an edit needed to be reversed without the need for explanation in a non-controversial area. I don't see any misuse of rollback. Chillum 14:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Gurch

{{helpme|Why was Gurch desysopped?}}

As I understand it, he resigned voluntarily. I'm not sure as to the exact reason, but in looking through ArbCom's records, it doesn't appear to have been a disciplinary action. Hersfold 23:17, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

There is a brief re-cap and some history at this RFA. Kuru 00:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:CSD tagging of The Portland Trust

Alright. It seems I've beaten CorenSearchBot to a copy-vio. :) Good job on the Google search. --Patar knight - /_{contributions} 02:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

FYI (Miranda Cosgrove song)

FYI (Miranda Cosgrove song) should be deleted. Recon Unit (talk) 14:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

You can tag the page for whatever reason you believe it should be deleted. See Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion for instructions and criteria. -- IRP ☎ 20:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Userboxes

How do you make an userbox go on the right side. Recon Unit (talk) 20:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

See this example. -- IRP ☎ 20:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Template help

{{Helpme}}|Is there a user who knows how Misplaced Pages templates work? I need help creating User:IRP/TemplatesForCreation/Local link -- IRP ☎ 21:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. I'm sorry, I can't help you directly. I've left the helpme here for a couple of hours now, and as nobody has responded, I think you're better seeking help elsewhere.

Have a look in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Templates, which has links to a number of help documents on the topic. Also, you could seek help on their talk page - which I've checked, and is certainly active. That's Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Templates.

I hope this helps point you in the right direction. Good luck with it,  Chzz  ►  22:51, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for letting me know about the status thing, I was wandering why it wouldn't work. :) Ross Rhodes (talk) 21:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- IRP ☎ 21:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I noticed that you accidentally revealed your IP address. If you would like it removed from the record, see Misplaced Pages:Requests for oversight. -- IRP ☎ 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You know a really good ammount about Misplaced Pages. If I need any help, I'll definitly ask you. I do have one question; I've been trying to sort the status thing with the page you advised me to look at, but I still can't figure it out. Can you help? That would be great. Ross Rhodes (talk) 21:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

There is a tool that you can use to easily change your status indicator. See User:TheDJ/Qui. -- IRP ☎ 21:52, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

One more thing - do you have a guestbook? Its just you signed mine. If so, I'd like to sign it. Ross Rhodes (talk) 22:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't have a guestbook. -- IRP ☎ 22:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks once again

I appreciate you helping to make my talk page more organised. I have keep most of your edits, and changed some of them to suit my way a little more, so once again, thankyou! :) Ross Rhodes (talk) 22:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. You can request help any time you need it. -- IRP ☎ 22:38, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Help please

Hi, its Ross Rhodes again. While signing guestbooks I've noticed many users with amazing-looking signatures, though mine's just a boring little thing (shown at the end of this message). How do you change it? Ross Rhodes (talk) 13:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, what's the point on being adopted by another user? It sounds good and I'd like to be adopted, though I'd don't exactly know what I or the adopter would get out of it? Ross Rhodes (talk) 13:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

In response to your question regarding signatures: to change your signature, click on "my preferences" in the upper right corner of the screen (it is the third link from the left where it shows your username and an icon of a person).

Screenshot (click to enlarge):

Where it says "signature", that's where you can insert it. You may have noticed that some users have complex signatures, so you will have to learn wiki markup before you can have a complex signature. For instructions, there is quite a bit to see at Help:Wikitext examples, Misplaced Pages:How to edit a page, and Misplaced Pages:Customizing your signature. In response to your question regarding user adoption, see Misplaced Pages:Adopt-a-User for information. -- IRP ☎ 15:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Template talk:Grading scheme

No, the templates which I am requesting an edit for are all protected. Their talk pages all redirect to Template talk:Grading scheme (don't ask me why, they just do). PC78 (talk) 17:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I explained my revert here. I don't believe I am at risk of being blocked (what policy are you citing here?), and blanking my comment – even if you though I had made a mistake – was inappropriate. Reverting my revert as you did was rather juvenile. PC78 (talk) 18:03, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) See this post. -- IRP ☎ 18:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

As already stated, I did explain my revert. WP:REVEXP is not a policy, nor even a guideline. PC78 (talk) 18:05, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi. OK, everybody just calm down, please? There's really basically no problem here, I think. It's just a matter of a talk page comment. Have a cup of tea. IRP, please let PC78 edit their own talk page comment. If you think it needs to be deleted or changed, just explain nicely to PC78 the reasons, and let PC78 do it; and if PC78 doesn't want to, it's probably best to just leave it. PC78, you probably noticed but just in case you didn't, IRP has pointed out that the page is not fully protected. I think it would be helpful for you to either remove the editprotected template, or explain nicely to IRP why you prefer to keep it there. I don't think anybody did anything terribly wrong here. In future though, IRP, it's almost always best to let other users edit their own comments: see WP:Talk page guidelines#Others' comments. If you were very concerned that the editprotected template shouldn't be there, you could have just deleted the template and left the rest of the comment there, or replaced {{editprotected}} with {{tl|editprotected}} which nullifies the template. IRP, you're right that users are encouraged to provide meaningful edit summaries, especially when reverting. However, when users don't follow policies, guidelines or suggestions, it's best not to over-react. People are encouraged to be bold. It's not necessary to revert an edit just because someone didn't provide an edit summary. The best approach would be to just ignore it, or else to politely ask the user why they reverted. Just don't worry, everything's fine. I hope this helps. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 18:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)