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New Year

Happy New Year, Alf. Normal service to be resumed soon... thank goodness! Bubba hot ep 12:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year Bubba hotep! Hope the hangover will at least be tolerable ;) --Alf ^melmac 15:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, alas (?) no hangover. Couldn't decide on a particular drink last night, so settled for a cup of tea instead (after 1 beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 liquer). Bubba hot ep 20:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy late New Year from me Alfie, I've brought you biscuits!!! KOS | talk 21:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Makes a change from him taking it all the time! insert winky thing here Bubba hot ep 22:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

;-) KOS | talk 01:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alf runs off to find a large glass and get get the cold milk out of the fridge

Hotep wonders whether "get get" is a new dance, rather like "Go-Go"... (ooh, picky picky) :D

Alf whispers to Bubba that that's the first-thing-in-the-morning, pre-coffee version of "goes to get" :p He then dresses up as a beetroot and does a little dance--Alf ^melmac 09:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gunsfornuns

Re: Gunsfornuns (talk · contribs) - Thanks for the reverts. I have blocked this user for a short time. Asterion^talk 00:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, I could see there was a lot of stuff to get through. Let's hope a short block works.--Alf ^melmac 00:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Me too. It seems he was copy-and-pasting the wikilinks, the last batch without even paying any attention (i.e typo on link). Regards, Asterion^talk 00:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re:Esperanza's main page

Sorry about that. I wasn't aware of the earlier edits and reversions made to the page.--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?}Reviews? 02:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all, thanks for making the alterations.--Alf ^melmac 02:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fortune million pound page

Not totally sure how editing/sandboxing works on this site, but I guess you edit this page. Can you explain why my content was removed. are there guidance notes on style etc.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Martin.mcnulty (talk • contribs) 21:15, 2 January 2007.

Looking at the page's history - in this edit BarryNorton removed the section with the edit summary Removed 'opinion' section - not cited and not npov, referring to the Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policies.--Alf ^melmac 10:37, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstars

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For keeping my user page clean! DancingMan 23:59, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks DancingMan, you're welcome ;) --Alf ^melmac 07:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lo'

Are you out and about Sir Alf? KOS | talk 07:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can be for a while... your pleasure is?--Alf ^melmac 07:51, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure would be a nice cigar, but I can settle for a chat on the S-E :) KOS | talk 07:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Am I going mad?

Normal answer = yes, but am I the only one who can't access this page. I'm trying to revert a vandal warning I left. Have added an AGF note on their user page instead. They blanked an AfD page, but it was one they had started themselves so I assume they were trying to withdraw. For all I try, I can't get to it or revert it by any means. Strange. Just when you get a chance, that is. I have to go now, will check again later - just keep getting a "This site is experiencing difficulties" page which I don't get on any other page. Bubba hot ep 13:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other than the usual madness - no you are not going mad, I cannot access the page either. I',m looking into it.--Alf ^melmac 13:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm does this work for you - it does for me edit the page. --Alf ^melmac 13:48, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HMMMM well it opens edit but won't save, darn it.--Alf ^melmac 13:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried it now and whatever the problem was, it's cleared now. Thanks for checking! Bubba hot ep 19:11, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah good, probably some type of server issue (he says, guessing wildly)--Alf ^melmac 19:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's what my nan said when I asked her. ;) Bubba hot ep 19:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why...?

...am I the only one groaning and vandalising your talk page for your comments here? I am adding "make penis a featured article" to my to-do list as we I speak! Bubba hot ep 00:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You would like to be remembered as 'that dude who got Penis to featured article'? Please, don't let me stop you :D --Alf ^melmac 08:37, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, we should not having any prejudice when it comes to encyclopaedic material. Wikipedia is not censored. I'd like to be known for a lot of things... blah blah blah. Yeah, you're right, it's too early! :) Bubba hot ep 08:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oi, have you seen this?! Quick, take the college article to it.wikipedia! Bubba hot ep 12:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't noticed :) maybe I should get friendly with a fluent Italian speaker. I'm now hoping for just one more cite for the article to make it that magic "42" --Alf ^melmac 13:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Magic? I thought it was a composite number, bracketed by twin primes. ;) Closes tab before Alf realises Hotep is copying it from the 42 (number) article. Bubba hot ep 13:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Lemmy spotting. He was on a programme the other night: Top Ten Hellraisers. He was number three, I think it was. Bubba hot ep 14:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Funny you should mention TV, I was watching ITV3's Inspector Morse thingy last night and nearly fell off my chair when, during the interviews with... programme before the Lewis episode, I saw the Dean of a certain college O_O !! --Alf ^melmac 14:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Funny, you never see ALF on the tellybox no more. What's that all about? And Bubba Ho-tep is yet to be on terrestrial as well. Bubba hot ep 14:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Had to stop that caper when I started putting on weight and kept breaking the sets :p --Alf ^melmac 14:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC) runs and hides to avoid punishment[reply]

Latest comment

Regarding the latest comment on the FA: to save you trawling, here is the relevant section. I have no idea whether the original quotations were in italics or whether you were [adding emphasis] otherwise I would have set about it for you this morning! Bubba HoTep 08:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bubba, that did save me hunting, well you learn something new everyday.--Alf ^melmac 12:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I thought it was perfectly valid to use italics for quotations as sometimes when you use italics in threads people ask you where you are quoting from! But that is a different matter from mainspace edits, I 'spose! Bubba HoTep 12:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'd never actually read that particular line of the MoS, or did and it didn't sink in. I've seen people use the big blue/grey quotes before and after and wasn't rushing to find out how you do those ;) Still, something new learnt already today, can't be bad :) --Alf ^melmac 12:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

??! :D Bubba hotep 17:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And another. I added 3 thru 6. :) Bubba hotep 19:49, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal

User:142.227.236.129 repeatedly vandalised many pages. I saw you warned him some time ago please block him if you are an admin. Best wishes. Zello 23:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I wasn't about when you left that message, a block now would be considered punative, they are only supposed to be preventative. I do note the IP stopped shortly after being warned by another user. --Alf ^melmac 11:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:142.227.236.129 has just vandalized (albeit, very lightly) yet another page (the St. Louis Blues hockey team's page). If he has been a frequent vandal (and I see that he has been), please get rid of him. He's not worth keeping around. Thanks. Thunderstix33 23:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the vandal didn't continue after the final warning, therefore was not blocked on this particular spree. However, it's usually best to report ongoing vandalism to WP:AIV for future reference. Bubba hotep 08:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you see this?

This diff which you just reverted [1] from 121.44.97.131, are you able to see it load properly in your browser? --HappyCamper 12:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that appears fine in my browser (Firefox)--Alf ^melmac 12:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...okay then, it's something on my end then. Thanks. --HappyCamper 12:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ass to mouth

I am deeply offended by this article and your comment about religion. Obviously, you have not found salvation in Jesus. I will pray for your eternal soul and hope you will see the light. This is a disgusting practice which should be outlawed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.154.212.80 (talk) 09:57, 14 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks, but please don't. I have no feelings about the article, it's like all the stuff here, information - I don't let my feelings loose on it.--Alf ^melmac 09:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thanks very much for reverting the vandalism on my user page. It's much appreciated. Squeezeweasel 14:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The user apparently wishes to be banned, probably won't be long before his wish is granted.--Alf ^melmac 14:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Dora The Explorer

Hi Alf. I am just wondering whether you are aware of a problem which occurred with the Dora article. When I came on I located vandalism on this article, and subsequently reverted this vandalism to the version you set back to by Sir James Paul. The problem was that this was in itself a vandalised version, and I am not entirely sure where I stand now, since I have reverted a vandalism to a vandalised version, and had to have the version I reverted, reverted again (I hope that's fairly clear...if not, message me.) - I don't know what's liable to happen next, but could you possibly check through history on that article and see where the unsullied versions are? Thanks. Thor Malmjursson 14:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC) Talk to Thor[reply]

The overall diff since 2 Jan is here the current version looks ok, just checking through visually now. Thanks.--Alf ^melmac 14:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at a bigger diff since 3rd Aug the external links maybe suspect, the other sections develop previous info, I can't see anything else obvious.--Alf ^melmac 14:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism of Huddersfield

It seems the vandal in question isn't bored yet and has returned. Adambro 15:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, reprotected for now then. Thanks--Alf ^melmac 15:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reverts

Great job with reverting vandalism. You have beat me to reverts many times. Have a nice week and god bless. --Sir James Paul, La gloria è a dio 17:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not surprising, I'm in the same channel as you, sat just under the channel server (AlienLifeForm) :) --Alf ^melmac 18:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whats you name on IRC? Also the reason why you are beating me is because sometimes my revert button does not work. --Sir James Paul, La gloria è a dio 18:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just off home, may see you later, the nick is AlienLifeForm :) --Alf ^melmac 18:46, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At last!

		The Barnstar of Life
		For all your hard work and endeavour in helping the Oriel College article attain Featured Article status. Well done, you deserve it. Bubba hotep 21:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My word, I don't think I have one of those :D Thanks to you also for your help and support in getting it there, and all the regulars who help me along, you know who you are guys - Thanks --Alf ^melmac 21:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

w00t! :) KOS | talk 22:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you (From Dark Green)

Thank you very much for helping with my Userboxes! Interestingly enough (Not meaning in the least to be rude or ungrateful - I'm in no way saying that this is your fault) the boxes, when my curser is moved onto the page, off of the adress-bar area, the userboxes all snap to the left side of the page, overlapping each other. I've also seen this happen with my log-in button bar, on the top of the Wikipedia page - it too moves to the left, overlaped by the Wikipedia logo. Is this a general bug in Wikiformating, or is it just me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dark Green (talk • contribs) 20:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You're using Internet Explorer? (FireFox is better, you should try it :)) - I've tried a fix for that then. Let me know if it fails.--Alf ^melmac 01:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again; I'm afraid that (For me anyway - maybe you're right about Firefox being better) the userboxes snap together and then overlap, but this time in the center. Thank you very much for helping, though. : )--Dark Green 20:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK I'll try again.--Alf ^melmac 21:32, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!  That worked perfectly! Template:User Happy

w00t!!--Alf ^melmac 10:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A apologize

I appologize for asking you for cheese. I am sorry and have decided to us this website only for research papers. I will now change my ways.

I have now changed my ways No more cheese. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alroney (talk • contribs) 03:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That makes me happy, thanks.--Alf ^melmac 08:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prometheus Rising

You're dead right...the major problem was that I saw no clear way in which to present the outrageous ideas in the book in such a way as they were very clearly just one chap's rather idiosyncratic musings on what consciousness might be like, all in a suitably neutral/verifiable/etc. manner. But since we seem to have a consensus to remove the section altogether (which I did), there is no real need for the NPOV/disputed tag any more, so I took the liberty of removing it. If anyone still has any gripes, they can put it back. I left behind a `citation needed' next to a curious bit of trivia, since it must have come from somewhere, and it may serve the reader to know where. Rosenkreuz 12:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. If the section had tried to establish the differences between Leary's ideas and Wilsons, or what Wilson had made changes A, B or C, I might have been happier with it, but as such it just goes over ground we already have - no point in that.--Alf ^melmac 10:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Kirk Hinrich.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Kirk Hinrich.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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PS - I see that the issue has come up before and it seems to have been misunderstood. The key here isn't whether a free alternative is available, but whether a free alternative could be created. And since Kirk Hinrich is alive and is not a recluse, it is reasonably possible for someone to take a DSRL to an arena and get a usable photograph. It's been done for other professional athletes, there's no reason why it can't be done for Hinrich. Mosmof 16:44, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for having the decency to inform me. If the fair use in actual reality does include cropped and photoshopped pictures made from pictures of professionals released as promotional photos by the professionals' teams, I'll eat my hat.--Alf ^melmac 10:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of things: I think there's a common misconception about what the "promotional" template. It's for pictures that are part of a promotional package that organizations send to the media, like if Apple sent out a bunch of images of the new iPhone so magazines can show pictures of them. Or if a photographer wanted to send samples from his portfolio out to the media. And any use of it on Flickr would how to meet fair use criteria, since the copyright still belongs to Apple or the photographer.

In this case, it looks like the photograph is licensed for personal use only, so again, it has to meet fair use criteria. And it doesn't matter if you've cropped or resized it - the license stays the same.

I thought this was a good replacement, except the license does not allow commercial use, which Wikipedia requires. Mosmof 12:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was only wingeing about the difference I believe that the policy and reality has, I'm not going to support or defend the image. That would have been a good replacement, I'm sure in time someone will take a photo, I suggested to the GA editor of the article that he spammed some local wikipedians for them to get their cameras out, I'll bother him again for it.--Alf ^melmac 12:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tis a damn shame don't ya think Alfie? I saw that you spamed the NBA Wikiproject and the Bulls talk pages for an image, many thanks. I'm on a different PC and I'm to lazy to sign in, I think it's kinda funny. :P 75.51.239.79 22:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey :) I heard your machine is ~~fucked~~ inoperable - :( oh noes, need a machine, dude. Hope the pay packet will stretch that far for you! Sorta funny yeah.--23:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I hope so too-I got it to turn on for a few hours about 5 days ago, but it crashed on me again, so I haven't tried to turn it on since. Maybe I should give it a go. :) 75.51.239.79 23:07, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Loughborough Endowed Schools

Sorry if the edit bothered you; the short note I wrote there included links to three separate pages, previously redirects, about the three separate schools. This is in an effort to create informative pages that contain useful info, and I have followed guidelines laid out by WikiProject Schools. Please take a look at Loughborough Grammar School, which I believe contains everything factual and relevant from Loughborough Endowed Schools, and Loughborough High School and Fairfield Preparatory School, which are works in progress along the same lines.

Oh, sorry. I was just fixing what I thought were errors in the pages, please continue.--Alf ^melmac 21:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alf :)

I nominated the Henry William Carless Davis article for Did You Know? I thought it was a worthy candidate. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 06:34, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did You Know I've never had a bit on Did You Know? That'd be neat if it's chosen, thanks for the thought.--Alf ^melmac 07:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notification in advance

Hello, comrade Alf. Expect some, erm, activity on your watchlist very soon. In the music related arena. Albums specifically. Assessments per WP:ALBUM. Oh, you'll find out! Just like the "old days" with those flashing up and drowning your watchlist, eh? :) Bubba hotep 09:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alf checks around for the viewer screen, hides his books and acts busy

I think I'm done now. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. :) Bubba hotep 10:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC) PS You left a bit of toast and a small section of sausage on your breakfast plate. This is simply unacceptable. [reply]

!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Alf, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for all your great vandal fighting. Keep it up! Kamope · talk · contributions 14:36, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gee, thanks, I've not been doing much of it today, been working on a few articles and just keeping an eye on the watchlist.--Alf ^melmac 15:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for fixing my typo on pulmonary compliance. --Arcadian 12:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No probs :) --Alf ^melmac 12:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Buenos noches

Are you around tonight, Mr Alf? Bubba hotep 21:25, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not for long I'm afraid, and not at all on IRC, 12 hours work done, lunch-out soon before another four days of it :s --Alf ^melmac 21:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh crivens! I was just going to ask you about a Motorhead compilation I'm making for work tomorrow... does 1 from March or Die, 7 from Bastards and Sacrifice so far sound unbalanced or justifiable? Bad luck with the W word Bubba hotep 21:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Erm it all sounds a bit 'recent' for me :p no golden oldies?, well I guess it depends on which one from MöD... whimpers --Alf ^melmac 21:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let me explain, I have comp CDs/tapes for the early material dating back to pre-1916 days (album, not year!) that have been worn out since 1987. I thought it was about time I did one from MoD onwards. The track from MoD is "Hellraiser" of course. :) Bubba hotep 22:04, 28 January 2007 (UTC) PS, I thought (when I read the college article through) that 3124 was based on your alien-like ability to predict the future of planet Earth making [[WP:IS#A crystal ball]] inevitable? :p Bubba hotep 22:09, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alf, on reading the word "Hellraiser", immediately picks up and bops about a bit How I wish the alien-like ability went that far, teleportation to work would be a good start though... --Alf ^melmac 22:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alf re-reads the initial question and thinks the only way it'd be unbalanced is if it were recorded all on the left channel only

Monobook

Hey Alfie, I was thinking about ~~stealing~~ borrowing the coding in your monobook, because mine appears to have died, (no talkmessages for warning the vandals, no 0 edit tab, etc, etc) lemme know and I'll leave you some cookies! KOS | talk 19:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no prob with you taking whatever you want from the ol' m'b.js, talk to me before trying to use the MasterRollBack button though ;) --Alf ^melmac 20:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Henry William Carless Davis, was selected for DYK!

On February 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry William Carless Davis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid 64 15:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And sure enough, there it is on the main page. Superb! Bubba hotep 15:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Woohoo! :) Yeah I've never had an article I've touched on DYK either. Neato. :) It's a good article. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 15:31, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blimey O'Reilly!! :D I only just got in now and checked for messages, what a fantastic surprise! Thanks team.--Alf ^melmac 16:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[The following unsigned cookies were added by KOS]

Alf rushes into the kitchen to grab a carton of milk

Motörhead

Just added links "Kings of Speed" <-> "Motorhead" and thought it may be worth pointing out, however pedantic, that the song Motorhead has never had an umlaut in it. Drwhawkfan 19:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You know you're mostly right; the S13 Chiswick and NS13 Big Beat labels, on their vinyl pressings use the Motörhead 'logo', umlauted across the front and the back and then way down at the bottom on the reverse, "side.1 motorhead", with no umlaut, but then the label itself on the vinyl on both sides has the band's name and the song title as "MOTORHEAD", no umlaut, and when the picture pressing NSP13 (Bronze Records) was made, the umlaut is used on the title of the song there. More recent productions such as the "Protect the Innocent" (Castle Communications) and "The Best Of" (Sanctuary Records) that have the song name all in capitals, include the umlaut. The earliest pressings of songs by the band were the skydog mh 001 and both of those (black and purple labels) have the band logo without the umlaut, the band name as "MOTORHEAD" on the sleeve and "MOTOR HEAD" on the vinyl label itself. I see the reasons for this as more than likely the result of the record companies stock of type faces for setting, the early 7" vinyls seem to use capitals, the style for England at the time was not to use accents, cedillas, umlauts or otherwise differentiate capitalised words using language marks, record companies were not book publishers and more than likely would not have had any umlauts in their type face collections. As most of the original capitalisation of words in the songs titles have been steam rollered by the MoS crew and have been unable to convince them to leave it alone, I have no interest in trying to fix minor discrepancies that appear to conform to MoS 'normality' That notwithstanding, when the article was created, it was done from a preprepared list of red links on the band's article page, having had little or no input on that myself, I can innocently point and say "consensus did it" ;p Thanks for your thoughts though. --Alf ^melmac 21:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stoke-ing it up

Actually, the area of Stoke has never been far from my revert-finger today, having spent a lot of time reverting the Stoke City F.C. article and Sir Lemmy's! Bubba hotep 13:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spooky, I was only just saying in IRC that when I'm in good mood I edit the vandal's talk page to relate how fixated they seem with 'gayness', and ask them if there's something they'd like to tell us :p --Alf ^melmac 13:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Alf, this generation seems to be fixated with the word, full stop. Dinner is gay, school is gay, homework is gay... paradoxically, people who really are gay, aren't! :D Bubba hotep 13:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hotep notices Alf really is back with a vengeance!

Alf looks at the clock and decides he'll stop for a bit or he'll be late for his four o'clock nap

Yes sir!

Yes sir! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.27.5.102 (talk) 15:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

This IP

This is a school IP, and I noticed that I have been given warnings about being blocked. You can go ahead and block this IP, because this is a school system and is used by many people, too many to monitor. I think it would all make you lives easier if you just go ahead and block this IP.

Thx —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.10.96.35 (talk) 15:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

No, thank you, also replied on school ip's talk page.--Alf ^melmac 16:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Alf, thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. I really appreciate it. With regards, Anupam^Talk 22:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're most welcome.--Alf ^melmac 09:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re-DKY

Hello, thanks for your appreciation. It's always nice to have something noticed. Bob talk 13:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:If poster.jpg)

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Thanks bot. For passersby; someone found the original poster used on the distribution of the film If..., so I've deleted the unwanted one.--Alf ^melmac 00:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting...

blocked for one month yesterday, but continues today? How so? Bubba hotep 12:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

someone must have released a range, this shows definitely not blocked at the mo' can't see any reason to allow it, so I'll re-insititute the block, thanks.--Alf ^melmac 12:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm...Unless I'm delusional from lack of sleep, the IP was blocked a month ago (January 4) for a month, meaning the block expired as it was supposed to at 15:09 yesterday. Right? Essjay (Talk) 12:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No you're not delusional, I was seeing what I expected to see, not what was there. Thanks, I'm fixing. --Alf ^melmac 12:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem! :) Essjay (Talk) 12:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know what? I must be going mad. My fault entirely to mislead poor Alf like that. Please conscript me off to Siberia without the use of a computer. :( Bubba hotep 12:31, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful example of what you see is not always what's there, depending on the grid you're using. No prob, Bubba, the wiki has more need of you than Siberia.--Alf ^melmac 12:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:207.67.17.67

Alf, you gave a final warning to User talk:207.67.17.67 yesterday, and he has valdalized Paul Bunyon and Home Owners' Loan Corporation today. What should an editor do to instigate a block on a user? John Cardinal 14:13, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]