User talk:Wiki alf

Thanks for visiting my talk page. If you post here, I will reply here so the conversations don't get dis-jointed. If I have posted to your talk page, feel free to post your replies there...I'll watch. At present there is no archive, I just remove out of date stuff and keep a deletion log. Please add your message at the bottom, or click here to start a new section. Thanks

Hi Alf

Thanks for saying hello.

I am rather adrift with this different format for discussions. And I screwed up my intro, I noticed: it looks like part of the guy's post above mine. I will try and fix (edit) that, but no guarantees on the immediate results.

Okay. I have learned quite a bit in the last c. hour of experimenting: I fixed the intro, and now I know how to add my user name as a link to my page. The editing tool is most efficient.

MerlintheMad 19:21, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

You're welcome. :) No, I do not think any of my barnstars have been eaten by bears.. --Phroziac^(talk) 22:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other users will have to see Phroziac's talk page if they want to know the response...Alf ^melmac 23:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfA support

Thanks for your support on my RfA. I liked your notice on top and how you use a deletion log instead of archive pages so I stole the idea from you. Thanks :) Qaz ^(talk) 00:35, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I hope your RfA is successfull this time. I'm glad you like the idea of not making pages of what is already available - it seems sensible to do it this way. Alf ^melmac 05:57, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your support on my RfA!

Thanks for your support of my adminship!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my talk page! Thanks again! Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 03:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

For the amount of time and effort you put in, 64/1/0 seems reasonable to me, oh mopped one : ) Alf ^melmac 06:05, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My welcome

Wiki alf: I saw your message to Matani2005. I did a little checking and it looks to me like it was done by an anonymous user pretending to be Matani2005. See Special:Contributions:User:82.81.109.104 and Special:Contributions:User:Matani2005. My welcome is listed on the former, 11:05, 30 August 2005 (hist) (diff) User talk:Wsiegmund. This instance is benign. However, I'm troubled since it has the potential for causing more mischief than the typical vandal. It deceived us both. -Walter Siegmund 18:21, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are quite right this list shows the edits made by 82.81.109.104 on 30th Aug, my first thought was that it might have been Matani2005 logged out, looking at the lack of replies and Matani's contribution list though it looks like Matani2005 is no longer with us or taking along break. Hmmm... it also points out that Matani2005 doesn't do welcoming. Until Matani2005 replies, I guess we'll never know for sure, but it is puzzling as to why an anon would do welcoming pretending to be a registered editor. Alf ^melmac 06:35, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for confirming my interpretation. It is interesting that I was only one of 9 that he welcomed. Moreover, the rest of his edits seem to be constructive edits, maintenence (crossed an item off the {:Template:Opentask} list), and created stubs for a small town in Germany. I apologize for not testing the Contributions links; I won't get caught by that one again. Walter Siegmund 15:49, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mars articles photo

Hi, sorry for messing with the Mars article with the image that you had uploaded there. All this is a minor thing, really, but it does say there that the capture shows a photo by Spirit rover. I have followed the NASA site of the rovers (http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/) ever since the rovers landed on the planer, and I have seen no image which would show mountains like the ones in the picture. Spirit did land in the vicinity of hills, and is currently on top of them, but the outlook of the hills is far different than what's shown (see e.g. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/spirit/20050713/20050713_Columbia_Hills.jpg). Minor thing, really. Just happened to notice it, and thought it's probably not 100% correct, and well, this is the result. All the best, Jouni. 84.248.24.1 19:24, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unless I missed something in the program, and I followed it closely, the talk was about Spirit at the time pictures were shown, I would be quite happy to remove the Spirit reference for now if you think Opportunity was responsible. It is also possible that the BBC editors may have mistaken something. Alf ^melmac 19:31, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the image to the Mars talk page until either confirmed or the programme is online and it can be referenced again. Alf ^melmac 08:07, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Advisory Committee

Alfie! I just wanted to pop in to thank you for supporting me in the Advisory Committee Election. I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to do yet, but I trust that Essjay will be a good leader and let us know. And if he doesn't, I'll impeach him! ;o Take care. Ac e tic '^Acid 21:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your vote of confidence in the Esperanza elections. I look forward to helping Esperanza and Wikipedia progress. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 21:47, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're both most welcome. I'm looking forward to it all, bring on the soul! Alf ^melmac 05:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for the support! If you need me for anything, in the words of Alf, "No problem!" Denelson 83 22:15, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the mop, if you've ever any spare and preferably plump cats you won't miss.... ;) Alf ^melmac 05:29, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

More RFA thanks...

Thank you for supporting me. I'll try to only do a little bit of evil. :) Wikibofh 00:15, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Evil? well, even a wiki gnome must have some fun sometimes. Alf ^melmac 05:31, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My user page

I do apologise for saying that you were an admin on my user page. I honestly thought you were and be sure to give me a bell when/if you change your mind about becoming one. Again, "Sorry". --Celestianpower ^hablamé 12:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I can't really believe it, 59 supports and no oppose or neutrals! Not even any comments... Wow! Anyway, just out of interest, why do you not wish to become an admin? I'm sure you'd pass equally (if not more) well than me...

And people who correct my userpage certainly deserve to be there. --Celestianpower ^hablamé 12:23, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am sometimes able to spend twelve days nearly constantly online (excluding a few hours for sleep), and maybe the next ten days I can only spare five minutes every two hours. I personally don't see being able to delete a page as an advantage and am happy to manually revert vandalism or misguided anon/newbie edits. Two of my early edits were copyvios as I didn't understand that all the pages were kept and I innocently used bios from ox.chem as starting points, I have no doubt that will be a problem. Most of the time I just use common sense in preference to RTFM but this sometimes means I then have to make corrections according guidelines I find out about later.

If I do change my mind, I certainly won't be RfA until next year - I'll knock on your door first if it happens though. Alf ^melmac 12:44, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This has nothing to do with this but I see you've been working on an article about Naylor in your sandbox all day. 2 questions. 1). Can I help? I sung a bit of Naylor (the final responses by him mainly) and 2). Does that mean he doesn't have an article already? --Celestianpower ^hablamé 20:28, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've just created Edward Naylor, so yes you can help by expanding the music list! Alf ^melmac 20:35, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

File:Thanks from jossi.png

Thank you for your support on my RfA. It is sincerely appreciated. ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 15:13, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Glad it went alright. Alf ^melmac 15:30, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Spam

Hello Esperanzians! A few announcements.

The Advisory Committee election results are in. In tranch A are Acetic Acid and Flcelloguy. In tranch B are Ryan Norton and Bratsche.

My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.

On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.

Cheers Esperanza! R e dwolf24 (talk—How's my driving?) 23:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Celestianpower is an admin

Here we are, at Wiki alf - well doje on that Naylor article by the way! Thank you very much for your support - my bid (as you probably know) went swimmingly. I couldn't have asked for a better one. Thank you very much and I just hope I don't mess up! --Celestianpower ^hablamé 12:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered what the "you have new messages" was as Firefox edit conflicted me as I was leaving congrats on your user page! : ) Alf ^melmac 12:46, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - sorry but it had to be done. --Celestianpower ^hablamé 13:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem! : ) Alf ^melmac 13:37, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mabfred

Thanks for your message. I‘ having a look around now. I hope I‘ll be useful there... Mabfred 16:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well you found my talk page soon enough, I'm sure you'll make yourself useful. Alf ^melmac 16:39, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much

I would really appreciate it if you would watch my page for me, keep away the peasant masses and frenchmen! BTW, you just earned a place on my respect list when I return. Sadly, my external stress will not decrease at all for the next month or so as I am writing my final school leaving (yes, its true, I am a teen) exams. Thank you for the concern. (You know Monty Python well, good show!) Cheers Ban e s 17:32, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure, good luck with the exams. I have the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch on standby for the peasant masses. Alf ^melmac 17:37, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for drawing my attention to the vandalism

Alf,

Thanks for making me aware of the vandalism. It was from an obscure band in my hometown who I'd never heard of before the vote. Ah well, you're nobody until somebody vandalises your talk page.

Capitalistroadster 17:25, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, now that's at least twice your user page has been vandalised, you're decidely not a nobody, didn't need the vandalism to see that though! : ) Alf ^melmac 17:30, 17 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi Wiki alf! Just wanted to thank you for supporting my RfA. I hope I will be able to live up to the confidence placed in me. --Cyberjunkie | Talk 04:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For the heads up concerning the "Doopelgander" or whatever you call it : ). I actually thought I thanked you for that earlier. If you want me to be honest, I do a lot of editting at USF's library...where I have personally witnessed vandalism on this site taking place. (i.e. I am editting Wikipedia, the dude next to me is vandalizing it at the same time). This is very common, and I will try to revert any I see. I do not know why anyone would want to copy off my name to make me look like a vandal, but people are silly sometimes. Thanks for everything, and I will remember not to let the bastards grind me down. Thanks for all your support...I could have sworn I already thanked everyone.

Take care, Molotov (talk)
15:53, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

ROFL Doopelgander- sounds like a lady goose on drugs. Had a similar instance with Pot Noodle once, chap was at his school computer trying to improve it, fellow schoolmate on a computer nearby taking the mickey by continuous vandalism to it, obviously not an uncommon happening. Many thanks for the shiny, putting it in my collection next edit. Alf ^melmac 16:03, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Alf - Thanks for you vote of confidence on my recent RfA. I will indeed try to use the mop well. If you need anything, please contact me! --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 05:37, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

YOu are truly a great friend

Are you an adm. Please tell me if you want to become one, because I will gladly nominate you. Molotov (talk)
06:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

At present I am not an admin, and don't wish to reuqest it yet, though I'll look again in mid-January 2006 - roughly my six month mark. Might have ingested more policy by then (not one of my favourite sports I must admit). Many thanks for thought, it's appreciated. Alf ^melmac 08:00, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help with Ossian - faulty disambiguation page

Dear Alf,

I see you have fixed the link by removing the link to the hungarian band. Frankly that was just an advert as there was no useful content. I feel a bit guilty about removing content - even if content probably is against Wikipedia policy. There must be a way of ditinguishing bands or other items with the same name. I'll look a some good disambiguation pages.

Thanks,

--Paw42 11:25, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No one had edited the article for months, so I don't see any harm, anyone wanting to write an article that has more information than the disambiguation page itself will likely see the unlinked word there and create Ossian (Hungarian band), so I wouldn't overly worry about - I concur there was no useful content. There's a useful disambiguation reference at the top of the Ossian (band) article. Seems fine to me. Alf ^melmac 11:31, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help and the nice commenst on the Ossian entry. I am a bit worried if the fan of the Hungarian band comes back. I suppose it's up to him to add a new page and revise the disambiguation page. Actually I think they just wanted to boost the band's rating in search engines by generating a link. Thanks for sorting the presentation of the discography. I see how it should be done. --Paw42 13:34, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thanks for your friendly welcome. Unforgettableid 16:42, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I enjoy saying hello. Alf ^melmac 18:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi Alf, this is SWD316. Thanks for the warm thank you note you posted on my talk page! SWD316 ^{talk to m}e 20:21, 21 October 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Well I genuinely appreciate the work : ) Alf ^melmac 20:23, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I genuinely appreciate someone at least noticing me do the work, lol. Later! SWD316 ^{talk to m}e 00:22, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay

Can you help me here, here, here and here - because all the sudden I am under attack. V. Molotov (talk)
19:18, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You really are a good friend, and I thank you sincerely for that. The day I can push back from the computer and leave Wikipedia - really leave - would be the best for me. I think I am addicted, unfortunately. V. Molotov (talk)
19:49, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, hmm, prob not, yes - know someone who'll enjoy that but it not immediate, and yes. Alf ^melmac 20:05, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks WikiAlf, I appreciate this dearly! I have basically been looking at some pretty bad things that happened to me over the past year here. But I don't want bother anyone. V. Molotov (talk)
22:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CBW RfA

Just wanted to thank you for your vote. If you have any concerns over my actions please let me know. CambridgeBayWeather 00:11, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and I will - though I'm sure I won't have to. Alf ^melmac 14:13, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wilma

Yep, thanks for checking. :-) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 21:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very glad to hear it :-) Alf ^melmac 21:40, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, by the way, thanks for reverting the vandalism. I just noticed. Funny — I haven't made contact with this vandal before. Wonder how he found my page? Yes, central Florida (where I reside) escaped serious damage, fortunately, but south Florida wasn't so lucky. :-( Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W_S 00:27, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

the wub's RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. the wub "?!" 14:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, I'm glad it all went fine. Alf ^melmac 14:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My user page

Alf, thanks for quickly reverting the vandalism of my user page! MCB 17:19, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem!, my pleasure. Alf ^melmac 17:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Titoxd's RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd^(?!?) 17:38, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, you'll need no eyes watching you, you'll be as good as you were before, but with better tools to do the work with. Alf ^melmac 17:43, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome Alf!

Thanks for your message of welcome. I do have one question, which you'll hopefully be able to answer. If I'm reading a reasonably obscure article and I notice a small mistake (one word incorrectly spelt etc.), is it alright to create a whole new edit just to fix that mistake? I'm slightly concerned that will use up loads of disk space just because I'm a pedant!

Many thanks, jbou

Hi, You're welcome. If there's nothing else in the article that needs seeing to, one edit for a spelling fix is fine, do it. Alf ^melmac 15:04, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Headington Shark

This article had been incorrectly tagged as a copyvio. So I reverted to before the copyvio tag, but am not sure how best to merge in your /Temp page rewrite, so I thought I'd let you know and hope that you could do so yourself. Thanks. -Splash^talk 22:37, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Splash, there's nothing of value that isn't included already - delete if you wish. Alf ^melmac 22:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -Splash^talk 22:49, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Devil Rides Out

Not important or anything, but I was wondering if you captured that image while watching BBC4 tonight, or was it just a coincidence. :) - Motor (talk) 22:53, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, no coincidence, doesn't give a great pitcure quality but better than nowt. Alf ^melmac 05:24, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bored silliness

Hi there! I've protected the page for the time being (will unprotect in an hour or so) and sent a {{test1}} to those users. Thanks for the heads-up. R adiant _>|< 09:45, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My thanks to you for your quick action. Alf ^melmac 09:46, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I like it

I like your changes to my user page, they're colorful, I'm not a big formatting expert. :) --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 10:45, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You're most welcome, can't resist a "please feel free to edit this page" notice! Alf ^melmac 11:02, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another edit older and closer to death

Thanks. But it's not a bus pass (that came with 20,000); this time I get my own Zimmer frame, with a special attachment to hold my mop and bucket. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:59, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

ROFL, looking forward to an electric version at 40K then, Μελ? Alf ^melmac 15:06, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nice idea. My mother has one of those electric scooters; finally, at the age of seventy, she's the envy of little boys. Something to look forward to. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:56, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

172.200.223.252

Hmmm, looks like newbie tests to me. I've given him a {{test-n}} (see here). See what he does. I'll be doing maths homework for about an hour now so I'll reply again then. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:20, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RFA for Johntex

Hello, I want to thank you for your support of my RfA. I hope I see you around Wikipedia soon. Best, Johntex\^talk 00:21, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hope it goes well, you'll see me about, I'm sure. Alf ^melmac 11:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fahrenheit

I've translated that (strangely written) text on RB's novel. Maybe You would like to compare it to what-ever. (See Fahrenheit talk page.)

You managed to get more sense out of that German than I did. I'm comparing for any new data now, thanks. Alf melmac 11:35, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Success!!! Thanks for your support! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 08:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent, enjoy the new fangled gadgets. Alf ^melmac 10:36, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. --Ixfd64 19:22, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Alf ^melmac 19:31, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Gloucestershire-geo-stub

I removed the coat of arms from Template:Gloucestershire-geo-stub because that image is not clearly labeled as being free. Nonfree images are not allowed in stub templates. Either obtain convincing evidence that that particular coat of arms is public domain or otherwise ineligible for copyright, or do not restore the image to the template. Thank you. Kelly Martin (talk) 22:06, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

as you like, coats of arms generally are inelligible for copyright, the particular image is used on the main Gloucestershire article and has been for some time, I am unaware of any copyright issues regarding this image. Alf ^melmac 22:15, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Using it on the main article doesn't make it eligible for the template; it can be used there without violating our nonfree image use policy. The image may be free of copyright, but until we know that it's free of copyright it's ineligible for use on a stub template. Kelly Martin (talk) 00:46, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

as you like Alf ^melmac 00:47, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]