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Edit history is available here (warning: linked page is extremely huge). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Messedrocker (talkcontribs) 06:46, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

List of Disney Channel Original Movies

Would you please move the article, List of television films produced for Disney Channel, back to its original title, List of Disney Channel Original Movies. An editor seemed to think that title better though it is inaccurate and consensus is to return it to its original title and normal editors are unable to move it back. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:30, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I've done this now and left a detailed comment on the talk page. It's a bit of a mess over there as the move created weird redir-chains. I've tidied up as well as I could. Given the circumstances, I've move-protected the article as this is the third move in as many weeks. I'll followup with the last mover to see what happened and what can be done here - Alison 18:37, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

7500 edits

I just made my 7500th edit today. NHRHS2010 Talk 01:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations :) You really have a bad dose of editcountitis! - Alison 03:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
What do it mean when you said that I have a bad dose of editcountitis? NHRHS2010 Talk 16:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it's curable or not - mine's only in remission - but you should probably read Wikipedia:Editcountitis ;) - Alison 16:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
When I reach my edit occasions, like 1000, 2000, ... 7000, 7500, I feel so excited that I let few of my WikiFriends know that I have this number of edits. I read Wikipedia:Editcountitis, but of course, I usually use the preview button when I edit or start a new page, and I don't make bad edits, of course. NHRHS2010 Talk 18:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Dissappointed

Hi Alison. I requested your help in the dogfight going on at the Jat people page. You could have at least politely declined instead of just ignoring my request. Amit@Talk 10:46, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

People like Alison are very busy. Sometimes one comment just slips through the net, and it gets forgotten about. Please don't be so quick to assume she's just being mean. --Deskana (apples) 11:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Er, OK I'm sorry; but this was the second time she "forgot", and I was feeling annoyed about the page in question. Amit@Talk 13:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Amit, I'm really sorry. I've been so busy both here and in RL. There's so much to do right now. How can I help here? I'll pop over there now and check things out, but a brief statement of the issue here from your perspective would be cool. Thanks, and I'm really sorry! - Alison 17:25, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Looks like User:Moreschi has fully protected this article some days back due to edit-warring. The focus has switched to the talk page where people are discussing the issues and are being reasonably civil ... so far! I've no expertise on the subject, however, but will keep a watch on things over there .... - Alison 17:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot Alison. The thing is that both sides have taken rigid stances, and claim to have evidence for their viewpoints. It only needs someone to actually go through the references the provide and verify the claims (and check the veracity of the references). Perhaps you think they are being reasonably civil, but I think the no personal attacks policy has been waved good bye long ago over there. Thanks again. Amit@Talk 17:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

HarveyCarter

Hi, I believe this user is back as Special:Contributions/Daer11- I'd appreciate if you could check this. Thanks Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 14:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

It certainly looks that way, though I'm not seeing contentious edits here - Alison 17:32, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Biofoundationsoflanguage‎

could you please look at this he is edit warring again on this issue List of British flags‎ BigDunc 15:27, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

ooh the hypocrisy irony. It's just too lovely. Biofoundationsoflanguage 18:05, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
you may want to watch that "hypocrisy" comment, Bio. It cuts both ways. SirFozzie 18:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
(ec) Drop it, Bio. This isn't helping, esp. given you're not exactly squeaky-clean here - Alison 18:09, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
I went over to investigate and saw the prot. is on already. Endorsed. Thanks, Foz :) - Alison 18:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Need a favor ...

Hi Alison, could you please block me until September 15... I desperately need to save my job !!!! :-( Amit@Talk 17:36, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

You want me to block your account for two weeks?? We're not normally supposed to do that, but you sound desperate. Are you sure you want me to this?? - Alison 17:56, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Yup, I'm absolutely sure. I came to office today (a Saturday) to catch up on work, and I've spent the ENTIRE DAY on wikipedia (some of it on designing a new signature). And I have a deadline on Monday. I'm trying to figure out what's gone wrong with me; but I need to be blocked URGENTLY. Please do it. Thanks a million. Amit@Talk 17:59, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. - I'm really sorry! You sound desperate. I've worded the block log in such a way that it will never be held against you that you've a block record. Good luck on your wikibreak. Forget about all us lot for a few weeks and enjoy life :) - Alison 18:07, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Template:Irish elections

Alison can your keep a eye on this template, an editor User:Baksando added the St. patricks Saltaire to the template which I reverted he then added the Union Flag which I also reverted, I placed a message on his talk page explaining that these flag have nothing to do with the Irish Republic or Dáil Éireann. But looking at his contribs he seems to be adding extra flag to alot these election templates, such as the Union Flag to tl:Malaysian elections.--padraig 23:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Skin (Japanese band)

Thank you very much for stepping in with protection to the Skin article. The request for protection didn't go through last time, as a block was supposed to prevent an anonymous vandal, who unfortunately changes IPs several times a day. I know this isn't relevant to any specific cause on Wikipedia, but your work on Skin and other pages is greatly appreciated! Thank you! --Jacob 07:13, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Glad to be able to help :) - Alison 07:25, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Skin Band

The information currently written is incorrect when compared to the Japanese version of this article, some the information currently provided is fandom. The version they keep vandalising, was taken directly from the Japanese article, contained links to official sites (which they had none before, and actually denied there being any)

Why semi-protect an article, when the current version is vandalism?

In case you are wondering, this article is about a Japanese band. The Japanese article on this band, has information provided by official sources (and the person that formed the band) The English article is complete fandom! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.159.159 (talk) 07:43, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. I didn't see content dispute in the edit history, though note the discussion is ongoing on the talk page now. Escalating to full protect here as I don't want to block anon editors out in the case of a content dispute when there's an edit war on. My apologies, but I'd only seen vandalism edits - Alison 07:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Skin Band

You are a very poor editor, official information was provided for the article Skin_band (with source) how is removing official sources and replacing it with information that is different not vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.159.159 (talk) 07:58, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

You are obviously involved in a content dispute on that article. Rather than locking just you out of the article I have fully-protected it instead. This is the correct approach here and right now, your best option would be to continue discussion on the talk page. Note that the version I have protected is quite arbitrary. I have no opinion nor knowledge of the subject here and only wish the disruption to end. Which it now has - Alison 08:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Note to self

  • Provide detail / images for Douglas Ousterhout
  • Fix up Kenmare article & add historical details (not Harry Potter stuff)
  • Add stuff to Malahide re. castle and resident family
  • Upload Easter egg painted eggs + pic of traditional German 'Easter Tree' to Commons
  • Sort out some of the Pharma stubs, esp. Category:Hormones of the hypothalamo-pituitary system
  • Add details of OECD report to List of literacy rates article ...
  • Set up new system/templates for dealing with Deletion Review/Content Review admin work
  • Completely rebuild and rehabillitate ga.wiktionary and gd.wiktionary. Learn Scots Gaelic somewhere along the way. Oh yes!
  • Upload pictures of holy wells + shrines, etc to Commons checkY

- Alison 21:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Ousterhout article tags

I've removed the tags per WP:AfD - If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion. In this case I think notability is not the issue but reliable sources might be, in any case the answer is constructive editing to make the article better. I've left this message for the potential deleter but I suspect the only way to fend of advances will be some reconstructive surgery on the article itself! Benjiboi 10:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Deleteing comment on Sharon's talk page

Is it OK if I put it back on, only commented out? I think she would like to see it, but if you can't see it without editing the whole page I don't think anyone will edit it.

On a slightly different note the "Wikipedians' Day" on her page is screwed up; pulling days from last month onto it. :/ You probably saw that it says Phaedriel's Day on it—which was a month ago on her birthday… —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  21:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey there. I'd say just pmail her the link with my delete diff in it. As for the Wikipedians page, well ... I'm delighted to say she's back on en.wp now, so she'll probably take it from here :) - Alison 20:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology is currently organizing a new Collaboration of the Week program, designed to bring drug and medication related articles up to featured status. We're currently soliciting nominations and/or voting on nominations for the first WP:RxCOTW, to begin on September 5, 2007. Please stop by the Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week page to participate! Thanks! Dr. Cash 17:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

If you get any messages asking for information about what's been going on on-wiki in regards to the meme, it's because I informed the relevant WikiProject about the protections and asked them to watchlist the articles for when the protection ends. Give them whatever information you can when asked. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 19:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Cool - no problem. I was involved in the original Mudkip article prot, so I know the full history there - Alison 20:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

You have mail

... so you do. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

... as do you, so you do! - Alison 23:01, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't :( One Night In Hackney303
You do now, so stop giving out! :) And lose that dreadful sig - my retinas have just been permanently damaged. Ugh!! - Alison 00:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (and it looks decidedly familiar, too)
I couldn't actually get the HTML to work so it could be a permanent sig, so it's strictly a one off. Go bhóire Dia orainn, 'sé go hainnis ar fad! One Night In Hackney303 00:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Bring back the Blink Tag, I say. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (PS, Yes, I know how to and no, I won't) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:26, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You (don't) have email

Hope you didn't have to work tommorrow or anything, and you're enjoying the long weekend! SirFozzie 00:34, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Foz! Enjoy the long weekend :) - Alison 06:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (no work till Tuesday)

Hey there. I think you may have hit the wrong button when you tried to protect this article just now - the log shows it was *un*protected, and an IP edited right after you did.. Could you take a peek at that? Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 05:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It's done now :) It got vandalised in between placing the template and the prot & I then went after one of the anons and blocked them - Alison 05:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for that - and the template, too, I was about to suggest that one. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Way ahead of ya :) Thanks for putting in all that effort tonight. BTW, almost all those vandal IPs are now blocked. Looks like a concerted campaign from somewhere off-wiki, using the article as a messageboard - Alison 05:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Blocking of socks

Your action in blocking several socks on the Belinda Stronach article is appreciated. I think you missed one of this collection of socks, though: User:Chillin841. I'm not sure whether you know the history of this. The primary account of this user is Michaelm (note the reversal of the letters "ae" in the name of one of the socks). Michaelm is well known for his edits of the Belinda S. article, having kept several editors on the lookout for his stubborn insistence on certain issues (the principle one has been his insistence that she's a socialist). For some reason he has not used the main account much in the past few weeks. Several editors have warned him not to resort to socks. Despite the warnings, the socks have been flooding the article with nonsense. Perhaps we should keep an eye on the primary account. In any case, I thought you might like to know this (in case you weren't already aware). Sunray 06:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I've no idea as to the history, but I know socks when I see them! Re. Michaelm; that editor has now been blocked for a week due to abuse of multiple accounts. If they do it again, let me know and they'll get another. Re. User:Chillin841, I didn't block that one as they'd created a (seemingly) unrelated article and only did one revert on the Belinda Stronach article. I'll keep watch on them! - Alison 06:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

oops...

Sorry, messed up :( --DarkFalls talk 06:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You did? - Alison 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah... --DarkFalls talk 06:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
LOL!!! I never noticed. You should have said nothing :-) - Alison 06:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you Alison! You are great! Can you delete few more? RS1900 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I think I got all the personal stuff. I don't want to delete too much, as that's not appropriate - Alison 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
OK! Anyway, thank you! RS1900 06:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
No problem at all - Alison 06:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello Alison! Please delete the diff version of my user talk page. Thank you. RS1900 08:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I think I got them all now. Take a look. Note that this is a manual process and your diffs don't directly relate so it's really hard to get right - Alison 08:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Alison! I am happy with what you did for me. Good luck! RS1900 08:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

My problem is solved. I would like to become an admin in future. User:Secretlondon told me that I have to get involve in vandal fighting. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you. RS1900 12:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Template

I'm not very technically minded - I'd appreciate some help with Template:Baseball in Ireland, I can't get it to work properly!Traditional unionist 09:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. I took a quick glance at it and it looks just fine. What's wrong with it? - Alison 15:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, padraig spotted my mistakes and fixed them, should have said.Traditional unionist 15:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah, ok. No problem :) - Alison 15:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Flag issue

Hey. Do you have any idea how to restore to previous versions of images? I'm asking because Image:Four Provinces Flag.svg has been multiply updated and the current version is incorrect - User:Caomhan27 seems to have arbitrarily decided to move the provinces around... The one from the 29th August seems most accurate (although even there the green background is way too dark). I'd ask him to revert but seeing as he's blanked requests from me not to arbitrarily change the colours of the Irish tricolour before I don't think a polite request from me would get too far. Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I just reverted to the 28th Aug version. How's it look now? I'm not sure what that editor is doing but that definitely wasn't right. If you need a commons admin, maybe check in with User:Riana or User:Krimpet - Alison 16:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :-) Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Okies, User:Caomhan27 has reverted... he's also repeatedly blanked the category on the page, for which I've given him a warning. Note, though, the version you reverted to is also incorrect - as per here: "The four quadrants represent the provinces, showing a banner of the arms of Ulster (top left), Munster (top right), Connacht (bottom left) and Leinster (bottom right)." Can be verified from this search, where the vast majority show the correct order. BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah - a response (of sorts) - please check our respective talk pages. Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Lost page

Alison...please assist me in retrieving the Randy Potts article that was a quick delete today...I was attempting to gather more information and went to login to add as well as dispute thru hangon and it was already gone. Thanks for your assitance ODP 20:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done - Userfied to User:ODB/Randy Potts - please tag as {{db-userreq}} when you're done with it - Alison 05:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia

Are you the same person from simple english wikipedia? I was just curious, because I saw you editing the Main Page there once. --Colagal 21:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Yes, I'm the same person on simple.wiki but I've never edited the main page over there - Alison 21:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

You have an E-mail. :) Acalamari 21:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Answered ;) - Alison 04:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
And from me. ~ Riana 04:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Got it. *sigh* - chat later, okay? - Alison 05:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

New Mmbabies target

I just put up Marvin Zindler for a semi-protect request; would you review it for me, Alison? Thank you. Nate 04:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - what a pest that guy is - Alison 04:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, much appreciated once again. Nate 04:46, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
"iconic and influential", "hard-hitting investigative journalism", "city's most influential and well-known media personalities" - and people say the Troubles articles have POV problems..... One Night In Hackney303 04:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Indeed :) - Alison 05:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Deleting comment on Sharon's talk page

Is it OK if I put it back on, only commented out? I think she would like to see it, but if you can't see it without editing the whole page I don't think anyone will edit it.

On a slightly different note the "Wikipedians' Day" on her page is screwed up; pulling days from last month onto it. :/ You probably saw that it says Phaedriel's Day on it—which was a month ago on her birthday… —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  21:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey there. I'd say just pmail her the link with my delete diff in it. As for the Wikipedians page, well ... I'm delighted to say she's back on en.wp now, so she'll probably take it from here :) - Alison 20:55, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology is currently organizing a new Collaboration of the Week program, designed to bring drug and medication related articles up to featured status. We're currently soliciting nominations and/or voting on nominations for the first WP:RxCOTW, to begin on September 5, 2007. Please stop by the Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week page to participate! Thanks! Dr. Cash 17:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

If you get any messages asking for information about what's been going on on-wiki in regards to the meme, it's because I informed the relevant WikiProject about the protections and asked them to watchlist the articles for when the protection ends. Give them whatever information you can when asked. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 19:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Cool - no problem. I was involved in the original Mudkip article prot, so I know the full history there - Alison 20:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

You have mail

... so you do. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

... as do you, so you do! - Alison 23:01, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't :( One Night In Hackney303
You do now, so stop giving out! :) And lose that dreadful sig - my retinas have just been permanently damaged. Ugh!! - Alison 00:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (and it looks decidedly familiar, too)
I couldn't actually get the HTML to work so it could be a permanent sig, so it's strictly a one off. Go bhóire Dia orainn, 'sé go hainnis ar fad! One Night In Hackney303 00:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Bring back the Blink Tag, I say. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (PS, Yes, I know how to and no, I won't) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:26, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Hackney, you're evil. Can't believe I only just noticed that monstrosity... ~ Riana 07:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I can make it bigger in that case if you want? One Night In Hackney303 19:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

You (don't) have email

Hope you didn't have to work tommorrow or anything, and you're enjoying the long weekend! SirFozzie 00:34, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Foz! Enjoy the long weekend :) - Alison 06:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC) (no work till Tuesday)

Hey there. I think you may have hit the wrong button when you tried to protect this article just now - the log shows it was *un*protected, and an IP edited right after you did.. Could you take a peek at that? Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 05:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It's done now :) It got vandalised in between placing the template and the prot & I then went after one of the anons and blocked them - Alison 05:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for that - and the template, too, I was about to suggest that one. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Way ahead of ya :) Thanks for putting in all that effort tonight. BTW, almost all those vandal IPs are now blocked. Looks like a concerted campaign from somewhere off-wiki, using the article as a messageboard - Alison 05:56, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Blocking of socks

Your action in blocking several socks on the Belinda Stronach article is appreciated. I think you missed one of this collection of socks, though: User:Chillin841. I'm not sure whether you know the history of this. The primary account of this user is Michaelm (note the reversal of the letters "ae" in the name of one of the socks). Michaelm is well known for his edits of the Belinda S. article, having kept several editors on the lookout for his stubborn insistence on certain issues (the principle one has been his insistence that she's a socialist). For some reason he has not used the main account much in the past few weeks. Several editors have warned him not to resort to socks. Despite the warnings, the socks have been flooding the article with nonsense. Perhaps we should keep an eye on the primary account. In any case, I thought you might like to know this (in case you weren't already aware). Sunray 06:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I've no idea as to the history, but I know socks when I see them! Re. Michaelm; that editor has now been blocked for a week due to abuse of multiple accounts. If they do it again, let me know and they'll get another. Re. User:Chillin841, I didn't block that one as they'd created a (seemingly) unrelated article and only did one revert on the Belinda Stronach article. I'll keep watch on them! - Alison 06:10, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

oops...

Sorry, messed up :( --DarkFalls talk 06:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

You did? - Alison 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah... --DarkFalls talk 06:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
LOL!!! I never noticed. You should have said nothing :-) - Alison 06:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you Alison! You are great! Can you delete few more? RS1900 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I think I got all the personal stuff. I don't want to delete too much, as that's not appropriate - Alison 06:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
OK! Anyway, thank you! RS1900 06:09, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
No problem at all - Alison 06:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello Alison! Please delete the diff version of my user talk page. Thank you. RS1900 08:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I think I got them all now. Take a look. Note that this is a manual process and your diffs don't directly relate so it's really hard to get right - Alison 08:42, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Alison! I am happy with what you did for me. Good luck! RS1900 08:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

My problem is solved. I would like to become an admin in future. User:Secretlondon told me that I have to get involve in vandal fighting. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you. RS1900 12:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Template

I'm not very technically minded - I'd appreciate some help with Template:Baseball in Ireland, I can't get it to work properly!Traditional unionist 09:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. I took a quick glance at it and it looks just fine. What's wrong with it? - Alison 15:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, padraig spotted my mistakes and fixed them, should have said.Traditional unionist 15:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah, ok. No problem :) - Alison 15:18, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Flag issue

Hey. Do you have any idea how to restore to previous versions of images? I'm asking because Image:Four Provinces Flag.svg has been multiply updated and the current version is incorrect - User:Caomhan27 seems to have arbitrarily decided to move the provinces around... The one from the 29th August seems most accurate (although even there the green background is way too dark). I'd ask him to revert but seeing as he's blanked requests from me not to arbitrarily change the colours of the Irish tricolour before I don't think a polite request from me would get too far. Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I just reverted to the 28th Aug version. How's it look now? I'm not sure what that editor is doing but that definitely wasn't right. If you need a commons admin, maybe check in with User:Riana or User:Krimpet - Alison 16:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :-) Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Okies, User:Caomhan27 has reverted... he's also repeatedly blanked the category on the page, for which I've given him a warning. Note, though, the version you reverted to is also incorrect - as per here: "The four quadrants represent the provinces, showing a banner of the arms of Ulster (top left), Munster (top right), Connacht (bottom left) and Leinster (bottom right)." Can be verified from this search, where the vast majority show the correct order. BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah - a response (of sorts) - please check our respective talk pages. Regards, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 16:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Lost page

Alison...please assist me in retrieving the Randy Potts article that was a quick delete today...I was attempting to gather more information and went to login to add as well as dispute thru hangon and it was already gone. Thanks for your assitance ODP 20:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done - Userfied to User:ODB/Randy Potts - please tag as {{db-userreq}} when you're done with it - Alison 05:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

You have an E-mail. :) Acalamari 21:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Answered ;) - Alison 04:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
And from me. ~ Riana 04:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Got it. *sigh* - chat later, okay? - Alison 05:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

New Mmbabies target

I just put up Marvin Zindler for a semi-protect request; would you review it for me, Alison? Thank you. Nate 04:40, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - what a pest that guy is - Alison 04:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, much appreciated once again. Nate 04:46, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
"iconic and influential", "hard-hitting investigative journalism", "city's most influential and well-known media personalities" - and people say the Troubles articles have POV problems..... One Night In Hackney303 04:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Indeed :) - Alison 05:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Goodbye

Well i will probably log on from time to time, but this is it really for a while, i cant cope at the moment El-Nin09 17:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the semiprotect. A week'll give a chance to do some tidying.

Do you have any bright ideas on how to handle this long-term? An editor created a whole block of Salamis-related articles; all are unreferenced and need cleanup, some maybe even merging into Salamis Island, but the creator is impeding this by removing the templates and tags necessary to bring the articles to community attention.

He's been blocked permanently for copyright violation under two incarnations, User:Float954 and User:Skarth, but just comes back every time from variable Greek-based IP addresses - for instance, 85.74.181.34 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), which removed a merge proposal from all the articles he edits. He refuses to communicate with anyone on the matter. Gordonofcartoon 22:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Shell to Sea pic

That's sound Alison, work away.

Lapsed Pacifist 23:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done - thanks! - Alison 23:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Care to oblige?

Guess who? One Night In Hackney303 01:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

With pleasure, sir. This might be the time to remind you of this ;) - Alison 01:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. And the sooner the case finishes the sooner I go. Still waiting for your evidence..... ;) One Night In Hackney303 02:35, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

Simple English Wikipedia

Are you the same person from simple english wikipedia? I was just curious, because I saw you editing the Main Page there once. --Colagal 21:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Yes, I'm the same person on simple.wiki but I've never edited the main page over there - Alison 21:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Aspirin has been selected as this week's Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week! Please help us bring this article up to featured standards during the week. The goal is to nominate this at WP:FAC on September 10, 2007.

Also, please visitWP:RxCOTW to support other articles for the next COTW. Articles that have been nominated thus far include Doxorubicin, Paracetamol (in the lead with 4 support votes so far), Muscle relaxant, Ethanol, and Bufotenin.

In other news:

  • The Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology main page has been updated and overhauled, to make it easier to find things, as well as to highlight other goals and announcements for the project.
  • Fvasconcellos notes that discussion is ongoing regarding the current wording of MEDMOS on including dosage information in drug articles. All input is welcome.

Dr. Cash 00:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

E-mail again

The name says it all! Acalamari 16:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay...

So maybe it's not gaelic-1. I only know:a chailini, aon, do, tri, ceathair, cuig, se, seacht, stor, brosna, ceist ag einne? chun gloire De agus onora na hEireann, maith thu, mar dhea, slat and sus. Is that good enough? --Colagal 22:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

... apparently not, Encyclopedist. Blocked again. Slán 's beannachtaí - Alison 02:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

IfD nominations

Hi Alison, do you have time to check a multitude of nominations for image deletion by a 3 day old account (User Contributions here). The images are of rail trackplans that all appear to have a GFDL license and consensus seems to be keep, where people can find them (some examples here). It's a lot of work to track down each nom and leave the (almost exact) same comment for the same situation over and over again. Something just seems "off" here. Btw, I have not been involved with the articles the images are associated with, and stumbled upon this situation quite by accident. R. Baley 23:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

hi alison

hi alison i looked at your userpage and i like it can you make mine like that? i know if i tried id mess it up since im not good at using html and stuff like that since i realize im nto smart enough for it. thank you!!! Shadow master66 00:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC) id prefer a brighter color though if you dont mind THANKSS!!!!1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadow master66 (talkcontribs) 00:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, Shadow master66! I'll see if I can get some spare time during the week and will give your userpage a quick tidy-up. Welcome to Wikipedia, BTW- Alison 02:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 Done - made a few quick changes. Hope you like it! - Alison 04:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Added a few

Enjoy! :) -- User:RyanFreisling @ 00:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh wow!! Ryan, they are absolutely beautiful :) You must have had an awesome weekend!! Mind if I move these up to Commons, too? - Alison 02:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey there - no, those are my very bestest from prior years. So far, this year's sunsets have been lovely, but my shots have not been as stunning. Anyway, yes of course, feel free to share them with the world! :) Take care. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 02:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
I think they're amazing & just used one of them for my userpage and changed my colours to suit :) They've all been moved to Commons now, too. Thank you so much for sharing - Alison 17:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC) (owe you an email, too)

Hi, I noticed that you blocked the user, and I believe I have found a sockpuppet. User:Gatorfan16 showed up out of nowehere and reverted an edit that was made 16 days ago [1] in which a user had removed an image added by Hornetman. Gatorfan has not made any edits before today and I find it fishy that he comes out of nowhere and continues a dispute started by that user. Anyway, I just thought I'd bring it to your attention. -- Scorpion0422 01:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - thanks for that - Alison 02:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
He's truly a master of disguise... One Night In Hackney303 03:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
He's a bit of an artiste, isn't he? Hmm ~ Riana 03:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
*snicker* -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 03:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Who is this Hornetman16! Never heard of him, NEVER! -- Bearman16 03:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Absolutely not. No idea what you're talking about!! Y'alls .... -- WASPMan16

Thanks!

I think that finally did it!! Thank you! =] Is it okay if I remove the declined template? It says not to, but considering it was accepted after the fact.. Just want to make sure. Thank you for following me so closely and helping me out... This was so stressful. I appreciate it so much!! bwowen talkcontribs 01:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Yayy!! Glad to hear it got resolved :) And yes, of course you can remove all the templates. Go for it! - Alison 02:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Any advice

On how to positively resolve the goings-on at that article is most welcome. Thanks. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 04:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Ummm. I've no idea. A lot of that revert is OR, I'm afraid. "references" which refer to google cache entries, etc. POV in the extreme. And the excuse of "get consensus on the talk page" doesn't convince me here, because it's a total POV-piece. In fact, I'm going to revert it now with a comment - Alison 04:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Just checked - there were some interim edits, are you sure you reverted to the version you meant? -- User:RyanFreisling @ 04:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Oops! :) - Alison 04:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Heh, good call. After all you can't mention "chick with dicks" and leave out "sluts with nuts"... One Night In Hackney303 04:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Ewww! Hackneyyyyy :) - Alison 04:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC) (don't you ever sleep??)
That's actually quite a good question. Although my recent contributions are rather sparse, anyone looking at the times I used to edit would struggle to tie me down to any particular time when I'm likely to be asleep. All part of the freedom of not having to work for a living :) One Night In Hackney303 04:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

OMG

Oh my, iPod touch. I've just passed out. The Rambling Man 07:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh. Niiice, aren't they? Spotting the new trend yet? Think there'll be more?? ;) - Alison 07:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, well it looks to me like it's iPhone-Phone which, if we're not getting 3G then it looks ideal. As for that touch screen business, woweee. The Rambling Man 07:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


thanks

Message read and replied. Thanks. :)--Kyoko 19:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

:) - Alison 03:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip

I'm still getting the hang of things. I appreciate all the advice that I can get. -Chunky Rice 02:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

No problem. It takes a little while to get used to things - Alison 03:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Lunatic

Wouldn't you say? The guy needs to sober up... :)--DarkFalls talk 03:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

.... mad genius. Either promote to admin or block indef :D - Alison 03:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Well Riana... Tough love I'm afraid... --DarkFalls talk 03:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
His "bot" doesn't seem to edit particularly fast. Any publication date for the autobiography, or the ArbCom evidence? One Night In Hackney303 03:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Ugh! Yeah ... Just as soon as I get some breathing space here. I'm in the middle of my work self-appraisal right now & that's one of the things that pays the bills :) I need to sit down and collate all my evidence and stuff. Tell VK to please do the same instead of emailing me. I'm not the ArbCom - Alison 03:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
No rush, after all nobody has presented any evidence that makes me look bad yet! I will endeavour to get VK to stop, but as you know that isn't likely to have much effect. One Night In Hackney303 03:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm - I didn't know there was an {{unblockabuse}} template - Alison 03:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, he definitely knows his maths... [2]. Just hope he didn't get it from here. --DarkFalls talk 03:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Though his imagination needs work... --DarkFalls talk 03:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Diplomacy... Always works.. Now who is VK? --DarkFalls talk 03:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Or not... (sigh) --DarkFalls talk 03:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
VK is Vintagekits, a young man wish a fiery Irish temper. I can say that without being accused of being racist now GH isn't around right? One Night In Hackney303 03:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Alison, any advice? --DarkFalls talk 04:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
It's the Emperor's stormtroopers!!! Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 04:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Requested edit

There's an editor on Talk:Mudskipper who wants an interwiki link to id: Ikan Belacak in the article. I figured I'd bring it to the protecting admin. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 16:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done - thanks :) - Alison 16:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for the revert, Alison. I'm just too much of a wikiholic, so I had to edit today. So did someone else, I see. There's something I have to do. --Kyoko 17:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Watching out for ya ;) I owe you email today, too!! - Alison 17:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Note to self

  • Provide detail / images for Douglas Ousterhout
  • Fix up Kenmare article & add historical details (not Harry Potter stuff)
  • Add stuff to Malahide re. castle and resident family
  • Upload Easter egg painted eggs + pic of traditional German 'Easter Tree' to Commons
  • Set up new system/templates for dealing with Deletion Review/Content Review admin work
  • Completely rebuild and rehabillitate ga.wiktionary and gd.wiktionary. Learn Scots Gaelic somewhere along the way. Oh yes!
  • Upload pictures of holy wells + shrines, etc to Commons checkY

- Alison 21:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Ousterhout article tags

I've removed the tags per WP:AfD - If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion. In this case I think notability is not the issue but reliable sources might be, in any case the answer is constructive editing to make the article better. I've left this message for the potential deleter but I suspect the only way to fend of advances will be some reconstructive surgery on the article itself! Benjiboi 10:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Sony

Alison, I can no longer pretend to have anything but dislike and utter contempt for Sony; not wise to say, but honest. He has reported my to Arbcom, YET AGAIN. At this stage his actions seem to me to be spiteful, petty, vindictive and personal. You may not agree, but you are not on the receiving end. I have replied to his latest attack with this (on the Arbcom page):

Hi Sony. Your attempts at provocation and your continued campaign against me are regrettable. The relevent section of the Arbcom ruling in relation to me is:

"Sarah777 may be banned from editing any page which she disrupts by engaging in aggressive biased editing or by making anti-British remarks."

I made no "anti-British" remarks on the article talk-page nor did I make any edits bar reverting the deletion, which I then stopped to avoid 3RR. Furthermore your allegation of POV-fork is your OPINION; it was not a ruling of any sort, if you recall the article was deleted without any discussion; as, indeed was the "Atlantic Isles" article. As for "encouraging" the user who created "Atlantic Isles"; once the article was (arbitrarily) deleted I was WARNING him of my experience and particularly to be careful on his own Talk Page in the light Wiki policy (which I advised him to check) and, not least the way you used selective out of context quotes from my page (and elsewhere) to build your campaign.

You appear to spend all your Wiki-energy "contributions" obsessing over a small number of political articles; your editing record is, basically, rubbish. And you obviously have far more time to devote to persuing your vendetta than those of us actually contributing to the project in a productive manner.

I am aware that the tactics of some on the "pro-British" side is to systematically goad and provoke in order to try and get your target to say something that will get them banned. I put you on notice now that your CONTINUED referrals of me; RfC, the Arbcom and now this latest "report" can only be regarded as harassment. Please stop. And DO NOT leave ANY further messages of any sort on my talk page. Thank you." (Signed)

My patience with this guy is exhausted. Is there any way he can be given a "barring-order" to leave me alone? I read somewhere that constant referrals of this type amount to harassment or WP:PA. I believe he is motivated by the fact that his RfC fell flat, the Arbcom, despite him putting me center stage, was reasonable enough and he is determined to get me banned. You defended me at the Arbcom for which I will be eternally grateful - but that defence would never have been necessary were it not for the massive effort Sony put into trying to hang me. Regards (Sarah777 21:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC))

I must have missed your response here Alison! Could you please comment on Sony's relentless campaign to try and get me banned? Look at the Arbcom page; himself and Mark Thomas have made patently false claims of "anti-British" remarks which Sony had "beefed-up" by going back to find some pre-RfC comments; just to colour the picture a bit. The claim was dismissed by a neutral admin but Waggers has now entered the fray with an opinion that I must take the Sony/Mark nonsense as an "absolute final warning"! (While also saying that in fact I didn't cross any line). What sort of process is it that Sony gets to issue "absolute final warnings" based on his own fiction? Another question: is Waggers on Arbcom; how does that work (I've asked him directly about his reasoning). (Sarah777 19:55, 7 September 2007 (UTC))

Woohoo!

OMG! For real? OMG!! *hop hop hop* :) :) ~Eliz81(C) 07:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

*scratching head* Bewildered I am... --DarkFalls talk 07:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
It makes sense in special people land. OMG off topic, can someone please stop 129.96.234.145, it's outta control, too many edits, not enough time to get to AIV, ack ack! ~Eliz81(C) 07:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh and special people land = my happy place, you're welcome to join me DarkFalls! :P ~Eliz81(C) 07:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Phew! IP problem solved. Thanks Alison  :) ~Eliz81(C) 07:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. - good catch! - Alison 07:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, for real!! I have to think it through & stuff as I've not done this stuff before, but consider it official :) You'll be awesome - Alison 07:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
That would be this regular customer, in case you weren't aware? One Night In Hackney303 07:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Awww, you even added us to the official thingy! I am the luckiest girl in Wikiworld :P Weeee! ~Eliz81(C) 08:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Email

Ok.. now you have email. See why I won't join MedCab? :) SirFozzie 17:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

TGIFnF, I swear. Is it time to do the drinking of the alcoholic beverages now? (he sez in LOLcats fashion) SirFozzie 18:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I get the first part, but "nF"? And happy poets day! One Night In Hackney303 18:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
TGI (Fn) F. I'll drink to that! Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah yes, I had the Friday in the wrong place *blush* One Night In Hackney303 18:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
As long as the beer is in the right place... and I don't mean the refrigerator! Flyguy649 talk contribs 18:55, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
You have mail. Didn't seem worth a new section... One Night In Hackney303 03:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Vintagekits' block

Um, if he has something to present, blocking his access to email would prevent him from e-mailing evidence to ArbCom and/or ArbCom clerks. I'd appreciate some insight on this issue. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 20:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I understand and appreciate the issue. He'd been abusing email after having been blocked. I'll release that now .... and hope for the best. Note that he also has his talk page available - Alison 20:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 Done - email re-enabled - Alison 20:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Question about Wiktionary

Do you know what happened with this guy? [3] Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I asked around. His account got compromised and went rouge. Unblocked a whole range of indef'd vandals. Got repeatedly blocked by other admins and self-unblocked. Eventually got emergency de-opped by a steward - Alison 00:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah - found out the full reason - Alison 03:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Sony Etc

Hi Alison, remember me?! I'll try down here as I'm not getting a response up above. As somebody who has defended Sony in the past even when he was attacking me I really need some feedback. How many Irish editors need to get banned before someone calls a halt? Do you agree with Sony's expanded definition of "anti-British" to include almost anything he and his friends says it is; and Waggers apparent endorsement of it? (Sarah777 00:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC))

Sarah, hold on - I'm way busy today. Waggers isn't on the ArbCom, BTW. Let me get back on this one in a while here .. - Alison 00:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Sarah, i'm loath to get involved here, but I have been watching this from the sidelines. You should note that once ArbCom issues a remedy it is the admins' job to ensure it is upheld by issuing blocks and bans. That means admins have to interpret whether or not the behaviour violated the proposed remedy. Waggers is an admin, so he normally can make that decision, though he also appears to have commented in the discussion under review, so probably should have recused himself from suggesting you are now on a final warnings. However, like any other editor else, he is free to offer his opinion.
I don't think this warranted a report, and you are not going to get blocked or banned as a result of it. However, at the same time, you are subject to a ban if you make "anti-British" comments and there will always be a broad spectrum of opinion among admins on what that includes. It really is in your interest to minimise rhetoric and charged language as much as you can in relation to discussing Britian and the British, otherwise you will find yourself in trouble before too long. You may consider this unfair, and as we have said previously it probably is, but that is what happened and you didn't help your cause at ArbCom at the time. Now you have to live with that. Play the smart game now, and you will be fine. Rockpocket 02:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Please...feel free to be involved! Well, despite Sony's constant insinuations - 'playing games' isn't what I am about. I do have a sense of humour that seems stuck on one side of the cultural divide though; but without that - what's the point? Seriously though: there MUST be some limit to what can legitimately be synthesised to construct a charge of an "anti-British comment". If I said the weather in Scotland is worse than even here in Ireland - is that an anti-British comment? If I said I'm glad Ireland won independence - that is manifestly "anti-British"; so is it banned??? Some rules are badly needed here. (Sarah777 13:13, 8 September 2007 (UTC))
If Sony continues to make trivial reports then he will be being disruptive and will be asked to stop. In the meantime we should trust that the admin consensus will discern what an "anti-British comment" comment is and what a valid comment it. A good rule of this is that you should not use anything remotely "anti-British comment" in relation to any other editor's motivation, or "sopabox" on this issue. Any statement of fact that is directly related to improving the encyclopaedia, irrespective how "anti-British" they are should fine. Rockpocket 17:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Alison, in the course of defending me (I think!) on the Arbcom page you referred to me making "veiled comments" along the British/Nazi line. Where? I don't think I have. (Sarah777 11:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC))

Mr Sands

There is no edit war! Check the talk page. We've been discussing it for ages after the last edit, everyone was talking and nobody was editing! One Night In Hackney303 00:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, yeah. Admin short-fuseism :) Tell you what; you guys both agree to consensus and I'll gladly lift the protection. Deal? - Alison 03:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
You can leave it protected for my money, it's protected on the right version for once! ;) One Night In Hackney303 03:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
That does not absolve you from dialogue!! :) - Alison 03:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
It's a good job I made eight (!!) edits to the talk page in between the last edit to the article and you protecting it then. We were in dialogue :) One Night In Hackney303 03:14, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Image

Why did you remove this Image? [4] I am just curious. PatPolitics rule! 01:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

The image was deleted. Sebi [talk] 02:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I deleted it for reasons of privacy - Alison 02:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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 Done - fixed and a new logo + source + FUR - Alison 17:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

W Frank

Perhaps you would be kind enough to confirm what I am saying here [5] Giano 16:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't want to mess with your comment over on the ArbCom page but, having seen it, I can confirm here that the edit on W. Frank's userpage contained his correct legal name (diff now oversighted) and that the Citizendium one is not his legal name - Alison 16:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks - poor old Citizendum not quite as clever in their checking as they claim. It looks like he already has two names there in so short a time. Funny old world! I wonder if Jimbo would like to have the pleasure of telling them? Giano 17:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I hope you are following the workshop page, as it is all beginining to look a little fishy, it seems W Franks name is in fact something quite different legally to that which you beleive [6]. It seems he does not like to be called Wahib [7]. Giano 17:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I know what his legal name is, and it's not Wahib. Seriously, though, it looks like the Citizendium one is a pseudonym - Alison 17:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
He claims it to be on his passport! Giano 17:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
He hasn't claimed that Wahib is one of the names on his passport; read carefully. Note also that his full name isn't germane to the VK block, only his address is - Alison 17:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I small dead fish and quite a few of them. His inference is quite clear and it is to deceive - where else, and who else, has he decieved. I think Citizendum would probably make pseusodymms quite clear. Giano 17:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, I take your point. However, I'd be careful about reading too much into it. Right now, it looks like Citizendium are the ones with the issue here and not us. It certainly indicates that he has been less than totally honest with them - Alison 17:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Then does that not just suggest a faint possibility to you that he may have been less than totally honest with you, I assume you have less software than Citizendum for checking statements made to you. If a computer illiterate person like me can work tht out then the "former Managing Director of an English company specialising in Bank Card security software" probably is just a couple of jumps ahead. Giano 18:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

IP Vandal

Hi noticed that you are active at the moment so I wondered if you could have a look at this : [8] which I've reverted - the IP Users page is full of warnings for vandalism and a search of his recent edits shows that while he doesn't edit often his last few at least have all been vandalism, I don't think there is a worthwhile edit in there. Thanks for your time. Kelpin 17:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

That anon address hasn't been used in over two months and that edit looks somewhat good-faith. Seems okay. Remember that IP addresses often get re-assigned quickly, so it's probably someone else now - Alison 17:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I do believe you are wrong about it being good faith - its a re-posting of this [9] from earlier in the week, and although you may not have heard of Porcupine Tree they are a lot bigger than holiday video on You Tube! As for IP addresses being re-assigned - I wasn't aware of that but IT 's not my speciality! Thanks. Kelpin 18:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Just checked the IP address on Whois and its actually a company - so you are probably right about it being different users. Sorry to bother you. Kelpin 18:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

FIFA 08

I could see nothing wrong with vandalism, etc. El-Nin09 20:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Some help here please

[10] [11] [12]

I really think ONiH has gone about this the wrong way. Aatomic1 20:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, removing duplicate information is sooooooo bad. One Night In Hackney303 20:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
If I have added duplicate information a comment on the talk page would help. You have much about the editor but very little about the edit Aatomic1 20:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
My above comment was strictly directed at your edit, it made no mention of you. If you were so convinced your edit was correct in the first place, why didn't you explain your reason for adding it on the talk page before adding it back to begin with? You can't have it both ways. As I really don't want to carry on on this rather one-sided debate on Alison's talk page, this will be my final comment on the matter here. One Night In Hackney303 20:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
WP:BB applies even to articles that other WP:OWN. I was requested to read the article (which I had previously done and which I did again). I was satisfied that (and remain satisfied now) that I was adding new content; If you had a problem with references ONiH all you had to do was mention it in either (i) You edit summary (ii) The article Talk page (iii) My own Talk page. I am sorry that I did not add (one) of the references instantly - I was not even aware that this would be such a contentious issue - It certainly did not warrant the pop you had at me on Sir Fozzies page and I do think the extreme difficulty was as a result of your attitude and not mine. Aatomic1 20:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Offending Edit

  • The IRA Organisation (IRAO) formed by Liam Tobin[1] to distinguish the pro-treaty side from the above. In March 1924, In an incident known as the Army Mutiny they issued an ultimatum to President Liam Cosgrave [2]

References

  1. ^ Dev proved Collins right on Treaty; Irish Examiner; 22 Aug 2002
  2. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 6 - 11 March, 1924

Hey

Hey, you're probably offline and unavailable, but if you're not, could you come on IRC? --Deskana (talky) 22:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I missed you. It's doesn't matter anyway, nevermind. --Deskana (talky) 11:58, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Sarah/ArbCom/etc.

Alison, don't believe the hype. I have no intention of pursuing any matter to get Sarah banned. "Running back telling tales" is one way of reading it, but from my perspective I just want to make sure that the decision gets enforced. I believe it's a good one all round and that the kind of remarks posted by Sarah were of the same ilk that she made to cause disruption in the past.

To correct some facts from her posts above: whatever Sarah has to say, I am absolutely uninterested in any kind of "campaign" against her - despite this being a persistent claim of hers. I didn't request the ArbCom, I got requisitioned the same way as she did. What I did do was to open the RfC about her (with Lo2u and Djegan, that 12 other's endorsed) and to post to the enforcement notice-board about her post-ArbCom comments on the British Isles page. That was because they demonstrated - to me at least - that the RfC and ArbCom have had no effect of causing her to rethink her approach to other editors. Immediately leading to the RfC, I did post a message to ANI, which you replied to, when Sarah was 'coincidentally' reverting my edits after I slighted her by having the audacity to support a consensus. If that's too exhausting for her, or some kind of stalking, then I'm a monkey's uncle.

The vitriol and smear she's posted about me since is nothing surprising, although it is draining to read. It's what anyone who displeases Sarah (for whatever reason) gets. --sony-youthpléigh 19:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Wahib

*sigh* One Night In Hackney303 19:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Special Award

The Special Barnstar
I, Thepiper, award you the Special Barnstar for dealing with events in a rational and fair-minded manner, and to let you know, that we too are aware of the pressures that you Admins are under to get it just right! (Thank you for your dedication!) Thepiper 10:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Lauder

Alison have you seen this is User:David Lauder allowed to do this.--padraig 14:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Took care of it, Alison. SirFozzie 14:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Boooooooooooooo

Tiocfaidh ár lá is a leithéid de... come on now, mate! gaillimhConas tá tú? 06:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Níl aon dúil agam faoin roth-troda™ 's mar sin, ar aghaidh leat! :) Go right ahead. BTW, nuair atá tú anseo, teigh anseo le d'thoil agus cruthaigh cuntas nua dhuit. Hint, hint ;) Táim i'm riarthóir ar a vicí sin agus táim ar iarrach é a chur ar aghaidh arís, saghas "labour of love" :) - Alison 07:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
BTW, an bhfuil 'sysop bit' agat ar an Vicípéid Gaeilge, ar aon seans? Tá cúpla 'mediawiki' athruithe agaibh, más maith libh - Alison 07:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
I see Counter-revolutionary is strangely absent... One Night In Hackney303 12:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hehe, is maith liom roth-troda, ach ab é roth-cogadh :). Gabhaim pardún agat i gcead duit, ar ndóigh. Bhì go maith craic ag pub leo cairde aréir. Feictear "Vicífhoclóir" hiontach! Fiosrach sin ná "V" sa aibítir ach tá sé úsáidtear. In re sa riarthóir ar an Vicípéid Gaeilge, cinnte! Slán leat! gaillimhConas tá tú? 15:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Coach!! I need you in the game :)

Dear Alison, let the coaching begin! I could really use your advice on a disagreement at the WP:UAA talk page, which has lead to me being templated for inappropriate reports. Please advise, and be sure to tell me if I'm totally in the wrong here. All the best, ~Eliz81(C) 07:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok - will do. Can you start an 'admin coaching' page for yourself? It's 1am here and my laptop is melting :) I'll get on it in a few hours time (and I've had coffee!). UAA is one of my fave hangouts - Alison 07:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah, okay. WT:UAA as well as WP. A quick look tells me you may be off just a bit (nothing major). Will look in detail later - Alison 07:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Great, thank you so much. I'm more confused than anything, b/c the other admins were blocking my similar reports on sight. Enjoy your cuppa joe! :) ~Eliz81(C) 08:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
My take on part of the issue now: since we were debating whether certain terminology counts for UAA, I shouldn't have placed a related report on there once the discussion was underway and controversy was clearly established. I noted this on the appropriate pages. ~Eliz81(C) 09:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh and here is the page I created for coaching, with pirates to boot! yarrr! :) ~Eliz81(C) 18:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

My User Page

Hi, I noticed you deleted the picture that was on my userpage. I don't mind this since you seem to know what your doing better than I do. I just want you to know that I uploaded another one (less revealing, and its my yearbook photo) and placed it on my page. I don't think this is a problem, but if you do, tell me. Thanks, Sasha Callahan 22:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for removing that personal attack. Sasha Callahan 01:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

More of the same

This time, the user in question reverted another (anon) editor's grammatical improvements wholesale, to my prior version. I reverted back the anon's improvements, since that version was demonstrably better than my own. As an aside, what a lovely user page you have now... :) :) Thanks. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 17:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

And the single-role accounts and anons pile on. Interesting thread here, though. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 19:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, Ryan. I'm going to get over there just a little later. Crazy-busy right now on RL stuff & the ArbCom case-from-hell is taking up a lot of my energies. Loved you pic so much I designed my userpage around it, and it's colours. It's an imagemap, too, so hover over it and you'll see your name. Clicking on it brings you to your userpage and not the image ;) It's also on some of my interwiki pages, too. Awesome!!! - Alison 19:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Have I mentioned how lovely it looks? :) Seriously thanks for the photographical support. I've got lots (and lots) of what I'd consider 'good' photos that I've taken over the few years... mostly shots of nature and of Roman antiquity, either of which are good subjects for a Wikiphotographical contribution! I think I'll focus on that this year - getting my best, most encyclopedic images contributed to WP. Anyway, theres' no rush - it's just the same old POV follies over on that article so whenever you have the bandwidth to chime in I'm sure it will be fine. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 20:53, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
[13] [14] Yawn. :) -- User:RyanFreisling @ 09:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Image revert

Can you do the honours as per here? Or alternatively point me at instructions for doing it myself. Thanks, BastunBaStun not BaTsun 20:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done - reverted :) - Alison 20:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Alison the new image that i uploaded was laid out as suggested however it will not appear for some reason, you have reverted it to an inferior version of the same layout but that will also not appear, have you any idea as to what the problem may be i have left a question in commons Caomhan27 21:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok - I'm going to ask a Commons admin to look into this. Hold tight for the moment - Alison 22:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC) (hint to Krimpet or Riana!)
Hey Allie—on a completely different and somewhat related note, is the national flag actually called "National Flag of the Ireland"? It sounds incredibly ungrammatical, and never mind in case you don't know—I'm afraid of rewording this and being pelted with angry messages :D Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Admitting to lurking on Alison's talk page, as hers is much more interesting than mine. Yup, I removed the "the". (Which brings up the question, where are The The nowadays?) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks from frequent lurker of others' Talk pages (fun, isn't it?) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Definitely more fun than watching my own. That's all "Thanks for reverting vandalism" or "You (Insert bold word here), why did you revert my vandalism?". This is like Times Square (or Grafton Street). Much more going on.FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

For the hardest working admin around.

Hi Alison, have a cup of coffee on me. It's warm and energizing and will get you through real life hectic times and looong ArbCom cases. There's more where it came from. :) ~Eliz81(C) 22:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Oooh - thanks, Eliz! Just what I need at 2am when I'm still working :) - Alison 09:15, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
File:Redbull can.JPG
Or how about.....? One Night In Hackney303 09:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I could really use one right now. Ugh! - Alison 09:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Heh, and if I can tempt you off your admin break for a brief second, can you take a quick look at Fukuyama (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) please? One Night In Hackney303 09:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I'd blocked the guy indef. As well as making defamatory comments, he seems to have no intention of contributing. Obvious vandalism-only account. --DarkFalls talk 09:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for that. Good call, I'd say. Myself and another editor cleaned up the move-mess - Alison 09:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC) (no such thing as a free can of Red Bull, eh? ;) )
I'm not made of money, I'm not a cheque! You could have a free vodka and Red Bull, but I think it's a bit late to start drinking now... One Night In Hackney303 09:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Just bring me the vodka :) It's 3am here and I've to be up at 7 for work. Better go to bed! - Alison 09:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I'll offer you some sleeping pills... but Riana has already used them up... :)--DarkFalls talk 10:00, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Is that enough to tide you over? One Night In Hackney303 10:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Why, that will do nicely! If I start on it now, it should get me through till the morning. I'll stash a few in my fridge in work, just to survive the day. Oh yeah ... - Alison 10:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I spy a new motto for the site. Wikipedia: where the vandals are prolific and the admins are drunk! :P ~Eliz81(C) 23:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Did someone say "Ryan Postlethwaite"? Phaedriel - 00:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Did someone say drunken editing par-tay?!?! Oh wait, no? hides wine bottle behind back Doo doo de doo... ~Eliz81(C) 01:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Ooo ooo, I have a wikipedia vandalizing drinking game! Every time someone vandalizes a page with the word 'poop' (more than 2 o's, of course), take one drink. Every time someone vandalizes User:Bongwarrior's userpage, take 2 drinks. I'd say a third one but those first two should have us hiccup covered! :P ~Eliz81(C) 01:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

images

So if I take a picture of me naked and post it on my userpage, that'd be OK too?Mghabmw 01:36, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

No. You should note that I've already deleted one of Sasha's pictures. This one, I have no problem with. Post a pic of you naked on your userpage and I'll delete it per WP:USER and WP:POINT. Clear enough? Now, please resume editing and leave her alone - Alison 01:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Ewww... Phaedriel - 09:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I'll just pretend I never saw this post, shall I? --DarkFalls talk 10:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away!

Marlith T/C 04:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


Your block of User:Andrew9109

Dear Alison,

I came across this user putting in links and reverted all his links. Then I put in a polite note on his user page about external links. He appears to have been a newbie, the site hadn't been spammed before. He also made two actual contributions.

In these circumstances I think your block and message weren't really in the spirit of WP:BITE & WP:AGF. On top of which I could have blocked him but choose not to and he made no further edits after my note. That seems a little incourteous to me too?

I am not going to unblock the user since I don't like undoing things done by other admins but I think perhaps you might consider it? --BozMo talk 08:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

That's not normally like me at all. I'll unblock right now, apologise & see how it goes. I'd not seen much in the way of constructive edits, mind, but I'll offer to help the guy. Note that I'm on admin wikibreak right now for the very reason being that I'm frazzled with admin work & a particularly tough Arb case was getting me down. Seeing the signs ... :/ - Alison 09:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Unblocked now. Thanks for calling me on that. It's good to know when I'm off on something like that - Alison 09:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
No problem. It didn't look in character and thought it might be a last thing/ tired thing. I do those sometimes. --BozMo talk 22:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

It is?! Good! You were off on that Tratare 09:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Happens to us all. Even you, judging by your edit summaries and the nasty comment you left on User talk:Seraphimblade‎ just now - Alison 09:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Well everyone here at wikipedia seems to enjoy being rude, so I thought I'd join in. Like the stupid sarcastic comment you told me to read made by Seraphimblade, just as ONE example of the annoying instigating behavior of you wikipedians, and then people like you get upset when it gets returned back to you. So deal with it Tratare 10:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

While we deal with it, please drop in at WP:CIVIL --DarkFalls talk 11:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For fixing that mistake... Good eyes... ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 16:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

And thanks for taking on those articles (I looked at the tickets - there's more than one!). They're all a nightmare of POV :) Good work! - Alison 16:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
And it was my fault. I should have done the web cite properly, but I was being lazy! - Alison 16:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Alternate accounts

Alison, what did you do when you created AliClick? I am interested in creating an alternate account in the event I edit in places I don't feel comfortable editing with this account. Acalamari 18:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Go to this link and you should be able to create one. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused; that's the login screen; I'm already logged in. Acalamari 18:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Replace username with the new username you want, and type the password of your new account and it will create a new username that is linked to your accound i.e. it will show that you created the account. here's a better link. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you! As an administrator, do I need to go to WP:AN and announce this? Acalamari 19:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Ryan got in before me :) And no, don't need to report it, but maybe put {{User Alternate Acct|Acalamari}} on your sockie's page, as well as {{User Alt Acct Master}} on your main account, then put a little bit of rationale on your sockie's userpage (like my picture? :) ) and you should be covered! - Alison 19:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
BTW, zOMG - look at all my sock-puppets!!! :) - Alison
I'll do that! :) I created the account Bellatrix Kerrigan. What about E-mail? Can it use the same as Acalamari or not? Acalamari 19:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Niiice. "Bellatrix", though? Is your sockpuppet a gurl? Hmm :) And yeah, use the same email for simplicity - Alison 19:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC) (banhammers EVula, Acalamari and AliClick for blatant socking .... hey, waitaminute. My IP is autoblocked :D )
Thanks. :) Any idea where I got the two names from? :) Acalamari 19:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, Bellatrix is another name for Gamma Orionis but I suspect something else. As for Kerrigan, well maybe this one? - Alison 19:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the account was named after Bellatrix Lestrange and Sarah Kerrigan! How did you guess so quickly? :) Acalamari 20:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
How dare you edit conflict with me, Alison! What do you think this is, your talk page or some... thing... crap.
Here's my sock's page. Not as nice as AliClick's, but it gets the job done. EVula // talk // // 19:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Pretty. Looks like a guy version of my sockie :) - Alison 19:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
That sock is single. Perhaps we should set them up on a blind date. ;) EVula // talk // // 19:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
My sock is one of a pair, but it's relatively open. Interests include footwear, textiles and shoe fetishism. Looking for a companion that is preferably a size 9 or 10, European :) - Alison 19:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: VK

He has posted something on his talk page asking for unblock for sole purpose of responding on ArbCom pages, I think. Since you're the blocking admin, I feel that I should let you know that (in case you're not following the page). Let me know what you think about it. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 22:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Penwhale. I have now replied on his talk page, requesting some sort of rationale for unblock other than his ease of "click and edit" - Alison 23:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Sasha's image

I solely posted it because it is a public domain image. I could care less about the actual girl, just the image. I'd much rather have a sports logo to represent my favorite team, but those are not in the public domain. Mghabmw 00:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Got a thing for posting pics of 16-year-old girls on your userpage? You're doing it to harass her, at best. Don't do it again - Alison 00:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I am not even contacting her. I am using an image in the public domain. As far as I'm concerned, I am free to do with the pic as I please.

She released it in the PD and if she doesn't like it, she should've thought better than to release it to the PD. It's not like I'm posting the lyrics and music to "Happy Birthday to You" and it's like I'm going to leave the Cayman Islands just to go to Boston and give her shit.

So, it's a public domain image and a picture I've decided to post on my user page for no apparent reason, so get off of your power trip. Mghabmw 00:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Like I said, you're either using it to harass her, to prove some sort of wacky point or maybe you have a thing for young girls that edit wikipedia. Either way, what you are doing is against policy, not copyright. You've been repeatedly warned already and two administrators have stepped in on this one. Don't do it again - Alison 00:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
You don't tell me what I think just because it's your opinion. Mghabmw 18:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't care what you think; that's immaterial here. I'm here to enforce policy and to protect other editors. It's my job as an admin and if you repeatedly harass another editor, I'll see that it stops. That's all that needs to happen here - Alison 18:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Rosslea/Roslea name dispute

Hey Alison, I would be grateful if you could take a look at this. I think this method may work in solving the Rosslea/Roslea name dispute. I have created a sort of template for the involved parties (myself, User:Domer48, User:Padraig, User:One Night In Hackney) to submit all evidence and material we feel useful to determining an outcome. I have suggested that, once all parties are content that they have submitted all they want then, an independent Admin would then have the power to come up with a decision once and for all. The Admin should have no links with either Ireland or Britain and would especially have had no previous contact with any of the involved parties.

This may seem a fair and practical method for coming to a conclusion to this long overdrawn dispute however I am being met with only dismissal and discourtesy. I refer you to the unhelpful revert by ONiH. I would very much appreciate it if you could have a quick word on the 3 other editors talk pages. Maybe you could encourage them to take part. I recognise that they would be entirely own right to refuse to participate, however that would question as to whether they want to resolve this issue or just keep warring. I would also appreciate any comments you may have on the proposed method. Regards Conypiece 00:49, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey there, Conypiece. I'll have a scan over it later on and let you know. Just going off-line here for a while but I'll get back to ya - Alison 00:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
He has twice removed the comments of other editors from the talk page. One Night In Hackney303 01:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
You mean here and here? Hmm I don’t think that will be seen as removal of material, especially since it is clear you can gladly revert without paying any attention as to what I had written in response, Domer & ONiH, please don't discuss on the below template, it is an honest attempt to find a solution to this problem. If you want, continue this discussion on the relevant talk page. Conypiece
I'm in agreement with Conypiece on this one. It's time to put out some objective evidence here as to what the name actually is, and why. Rather than mindless revert-warring, let's see some facts on this one. AFAIK, this is exactly the approach that was taken with Londonderry/Derry some years back and agreement was largely reached on that one, too (though with a little help from ArbCom!). Can someone clue me in into what the actual issue is here and it's more than just a missing 's'. What is this really about? - Alison 04:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
We did that. Ros(s)lea can be spelt either way, and we're not talking about the naming of the Ros(s)lea article only the spelling of it in an entirely different article. See how much time he's wasted over something that isn't important, it's gone well past WP:POINT. He seeks to claim consensus through war of attrition, as he'll keep bludgeoning away until we get bored of the same tired points, then if we don't reply he'll claim consensus. One Night In Hackney303 17:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Emails

If the only way you can justify you actions is by quoting comments (out of context) made to you long after those actions then so be it. You will note I refer to court room styles the suffering of the Jews is not mentioned. I am happy from you to quote from any replies I made to your emails but only if you place here the entire email including yours preceding it, in fact I think you should produce the whole sequence on a User page for all to see, I have no problem with that but I shall not be replying to anymore of your emails. Problems I have are when emails are forwarded to Fred Bauder to become "damning but secret", so here's another analogy for you, that is not Goodwin's law but Torquemada's. Giano 07:10, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh please, Giano! That's just so melodramatic and overblown. And yet again, you just don't seem to want to actually address anything I've been saying here, other than take the chance to get in another inappropriate analogy. This has now reduced to a farce. Now that Tomás de Torquemada has made an appearance, I think we can truly say now that nobody expected that one! - Alison 07:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
I have relied on VK's page there are too many tangeant pages already. Giano 10:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Problem

Hi Alison. I'm trying to set up my email again with a different email address (the old one doesn't work). My email is working, I haven't recieved the confirmation email from WP yet (I've sent the confirmation code several times). Do you know how to fix this? Sasha Callahan 16:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It may be that either your email address you've supplied is incorrect, or that your email host is backed up or is caching incoming mail for some reason. Send yourself an email just to make sure you can. Then maybe, go back in and changed your preferences (even if the address isn't changed), just to refresh them. Let me know how it goes! - Alison 17:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I sent myself an email and I got it, and also turned off the spam filter (and have gotten some spam) but no WP emails. Sasha Callahan 17:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Maybe set your self up a temporary gmail account for Wiki work only & use that for the moment? Works for me ... - Alison 18:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Went with hotmail. Thanks Sasha Callahan 19:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

IRC

Ping me on IRC please. It's not important, I just want to chat if you're about. --Deskana (talky) 18:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

On now :) - Alison 18:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

(Sarah777 22:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC))

Good Morning!

ArielGold 10:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Alison, thanks so much for your support in my recent successful RfA. I got a kick out of your reasoning ;) . I may come running with questions from time to time, but I think I'm figuring things out. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Your RfA

Yes, I agree it was in accordance with WP:SNOW. I would have withdrawn it my self but it would have been some time around midnight in my local time (EDT), thank you for the great message you left on my talk page. -- (Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk) 14:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Smile

Hello, Alison/Archive 14! You have been given this message in recognition of all you have done for Wikipedia, and also just for being you. Wikipedia's greatest strength is its contributors, and you are a valued and important part of that. I hope that this message has brightened your day, and that it encourages you to spread the WikiLove. Thanks again for your contributions, and have a good day!

Hi Alison, I just wanted to wish you well while you take a break from admin duties, and also to thank you for doing all the too-often thankless tasks that only admins do. Love, Kyoko 14:20, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I second this. From now on, think of me saying "thank you" whenever you do any administrative task. :) —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  16:37, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much, Kyoko, and you Springeragh, a cháirde. It was all rather timely, I think :) I've taken a rest from too much admin work for the moment, just to catch my breath for a while - Alison 16:05, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Quick favour

Can I have Federal Commonwealth Society restored please? One of those restores with a protected template instead of an article, but the history and everything can be looked at. Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 21:35, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

 Done I'll userfy it to User:One Night In Hackney/Federal Commonwealth Society, history and all. I'll have to disable the templates and de-cat it. Note that this one has been deleted six times or so and has been through two AfDs. If you're collecting diffs from it, you can do this from your userfied article. When you're done, just tag it with {{db-userreq}}. Note to others: I'm a regular admin patroller of WP:DRV/CR - Alison 21:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. If you look at the second AfD you'll realise what I want it for, but unless I can show what the article looked like at the time it blunts my points. I'll tag it when I don't need it any more, which may be quite some time as you can imagine.... One Night In Hackney303 21:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Hornetman16

Shouldn't you put {{banned}} instead of {{indefblockeduser}}? Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Go ahead and change it if you like. He was community-banned some weeks back, but that happened after his indefblock - Alison 23:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I can't because the page is protected. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I just checked and it's on the userpage, so we're covered. Don't worry too much about it :) - Alison 03:29, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice new sig...

It's cool! Jonathan I like to eat science textbooks. 02:32, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh heh heh...

Thanks for the welcome! No, you're right, not a newbie at all. Just a burnt-out admin who is on a long wikibreak and is currently... well, at work but underemployed ;-) Someone is bored at work 09:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC) It's not sockpuppeting, honestly :-)

Oh hey, I so know what that feels like right now :) Welcome back! - Alison 09:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC) (and stop socking! ;) )
I love the name! And Alison, I like your new sig, too! ArielGold 09:33, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you!! And thanks for the wonderful smile the other day, so timely indeed :) - Alison 09:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
I saw that things were a bit "off", so I thought you could use a nice "Ariel Grin"! Hee hee. I'm very very happy to see you around though, it is good to take breaks, but we'd all miss you so much if you weren't here at least for us to bug! ArielGold 09:54, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Aw, thanks...

" Hi Sasha, I can vouch for Vox. He's one of the good guys :) - Alison 16:02, 14 September 2007 (UTC)"

Nice to know people trust me.--Vox Humana 8' 18:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Question about vandalism report

I'm just wondering if I did something wrong. I reported User talk:64.8.186.189 for vandalism but there was no action. It appears [15] that you were the administrator who removed my report. I'm not complaining just wondering if there was something wrong with my report so that I can do better next time. Sbowers3 18:17, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. I took a look and what happened was I indefblocked another vandal, User:Magor00111, then the bot came along and automatically deleted both reports. If you have your recent changes set to hide bot edits, you may have missed it. Not to worry - I checked your report just now and note that this was the IP editor's first edit in over a week. Given that the IP belongs to the State of Minnesota, it's probably someone else by now. I can't block this IP on the strength of this, however, I did put a {{SharedIP}} template on their talk page. Thanks for reporting this - sorry for the bot mixup. Keep up the good work :) - Alison 20:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation, and yes I do have bot edits hidden. (I'm afraid that I am becoming addicted to Wikipedia. I've been spending hours and hours looking for vandals, placing warnings, checking back later, then submitting reports to AIV. I hope I can overcome this addiction and spend time on something else. :) ) Sbowers3 20:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Blocking

Hello alison im alexander thomas smith.I didnt mean to vandalise . i was jst creatin a page for my friend like ryan hes my friend and jhonny and raymond . I didnt no it was serious !! i dont no how to create a page without deleting someones else's im sorry .i have a new acoount please dont block me again love Alex Smith xx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Griffin Local Fat Man (talkcontribs) 19:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Userfication

Thanks for userfying Mayor Nagin and the Evacuation By School Buses Controversy to User:SunStar Net/Mayor Nagin. However, there's a problem - I still have User:SunStar Net/Mayor Nagin and the Evacuation By School Buses Controversy in my userspace - this is the proper title of User:SunStar Net/Mayor Nagin.

Thanks for that! I'll come and help you on the Irish Wikipedia if you want.... I saw your requests for permissions on Meta! --SunStar Net talk 18:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

OGame

Hi, Alison. I could use some help. We crossed paths a while back. It was a good experience, so I'm coming to you for a little advice. How would you feel about passing on a little WP:EL advice concerning OGame? If that's not something that you are too keen on, that's cool. Thanks for your time. -- Ben 05:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

hey

Yes, I know, I'm supposed to be good and not edit for a couple days, but I've come across a bit of a situation that was emailed to me, could you monitor User:Breen32? Something smells fishy. I've warned BigDunc and Domer that if it is related to them, it's the stupidest thing possible they could do in this situation, who knows, maybe I'm cynical. SirFozzie 18:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Will do, yep. Now go away!! ;) - Alison 18:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Roger Roger that! SirFozzie 18:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
One last thing; will I drag them into the SorryMessFromHell or is it a bit early? I'm kinda smelling socks here today - Alison 18:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, depends on if ArbCom is working their checkuser buttons or not ;) SirFozzie 18:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

But of course

Of course I'm watching out for you... my friends don't call me their own personal bulldog for nothing :D I'm glad to see that silly slings and arrows haven't caused you to lose your sense of humor (the comment on Phaedriel's page made me LOL) and just goes to show why you're an awesome admin. I'm happy to begin admin training stuff, I wanted to make sure you were up for it first, what with the arbcom case from hell going on over there. I am in no hurry, and am glad to take the time to get to know other areas of Wikipedia and strike a real world/Wikiworld life balance. Now where to start? I can do my overarching goals of admin training better than specifics. I'll post them on my admin coaching page so as not to bore your usual readers! :) ~Eliz81(C) 22:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Djokovic article move

You put Novak Đoković on move protection until the dispute can be resolved. However, I believe it has already been resolved and consensus has been reached that the article should be renamed "Novak Djokovic." Unfortunately, two editors are stonewalling the dispute, refusing to produce sources and taunting proponents of the move, and this after having refused mediation, refused to compromise, forum shopped for support, and rejected the views of impartial editors. They have consistently stated that they are right, belligerently responding to requests for sources supporting their position with hostility and intimidation. They have consistently and explicitly rejected WP policy in favor of how they think WP should be run.

Now, I am not asking you to remove the move protection. I am, however, asking you what we are supposed to do in this situation. The dispute will not be resolved until the opponents agree to come to the table. As it is, with the article locked in their preferred spelling indefinitely, they will only continue to goad us.

-- Yano 07:06, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

VolkovBot

Hi, Alison. Thanks for your message on my Russian talk page. I've also created an account on gd.wiktionary. Hope the bot will be helpful for both Irish and Scots wiktionaries. -- Volkov 09:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I filed the meta requests and the bot bit has been granted on gd.wikt. ga.wikt will follow in a few days. Thanks for all the work and thanks for caring about the little wikis :) - Alison 18:46, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Public statement

Hi all,

This is just a statement here, there's no need for commentary or WikiDrahmaz. Recently an abusive editor created sock-puppet accounts to make accusations against me here on my talk page (and on theirs).[16][17]. They were reverted pretty quickly by my alert friends :)


and


Now my take on this is as follows; with all trolls, vandals and weirdos, the proper approach is revert, block, ignore and generally move on. Nothing to see here, folks. Every editor on WP, admins included, has a right to anonymity, privacy of their personal information and to be able to edit here without harassment or personal attacks. This is a fundamental tenet of Wikipedia and is non-negotiable. It goes without saying that there is never a reason why someone should demand personal medical information on another editor, especially if their motive is that of intimidation and harassment. We all know this. Wikistalkers like User:Encyclopedist love to use this kind of information to hurt people on here. I've seen it again and again.

However, it doesn't stop at that. I thought about this for a day or so and thought; "Hey, waitaminute! What on earth is wrong with the fundamental issue here? Is there something wrong with being on some kind of antidepressant medication? Is this something to be ashamed of??" I mean - there are a lot of people on here who have histories they are ashamed of - afraid they'll be "found out" and it will be revealed to the world that they had some issues in their past or whatever, and that they need to keep it all under wraps and live in fear.

To hell with all that!

Here's my history & I'm standing up to be counted. I've had issues with depression going back to my childhood. I've been on various medications over the years - the anonymous coward above knew that. I've had two serious suicide attempts; the last one was ... oh ... almost 20 years ago now. I've been involved in self-injury right up to maybe five years ago. So what? It happens. I'm not suffering from depression right now and haven't for some time. I'm currently on 10mg of citalopram which is considered sub-therapeutic and I'm thinking of cutting it out altogether early next year.

So what?

Is there anything to be ashamed about here? Nope. Is there anything to be concerned about? Nope. Does it affect me in any way as to how I do my editing here? Nope. I'm writing this, not as a result of intimidation (I hate bullies), but to show everyone that it's nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to hide. I hope others in a similar situation can read this, understand it, and take some comfort from it. There are a lot of us out there and it's really No Big Deal :)

Love you all, friends,

-- Alison 18:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment I think the editor that made those comments about Alison should be banned indef from Wikipedia, there is no justification for personal attacks of this nature. This is pure harassment and should not be tolerated.--padraig 18:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Applause for Alison. I hope the user in question (and yes, I do know who it is), has all their multiple accounts banned for life, and furthermore, loses net access for treating a fellow human being in such a reprehensible manner. SirFozzie 20:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • One more: I've known you for maybe two minutes - one brief exchange. But just a quick glance gave the impression that you are cheerful, helpful, and competent. That first editor illustrated his own sickness by misspelling "compos mentis" - if he's going to use a fancy phrase like that he should at least look it up first. You shouldn't have to put with abuse like that and I hope that editor is banned for at least a year. Sbowers3 21:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Content - one of the things I like about the Internet is the fact that it forces us to overlook age, race, gender, etc. We see only each other's ideas, thoughts, and fantasies. For all I really know, you are the middle-aged pot bellied guy down the street (oh, wait, that's me) or a little old lady whiling away her final days in an extended care facility. The question isn't what you are. The question is what you do. Whoever you are, I like what you do here (and thank you for that). Lastly, I've always said "you can tell the quality of a person by the character of his/her enemies." Actually, I always say "his enemies", but I thought a bit of inclusivity might be in order – you never really can tell. By that standard, you turn up aces again. Keep up the good work. I'll be happy to play whack-a-mole to help smooth your way. Oh, and way to come out (again)! Gees! Rklawton 21:21, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Everyone wears a mask and puts up on a front, it takes real courage to take it of and say, this is ME. Cowards are driven into the shadows by the brilliance of honesty, and exude malice in an attempt to close out this light. Alison, glow in the warmth of your friendships, attracted by your refreshing openness. And all because you dared to say, I’m Me. --Domer48 21:49, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Applause for Alison. If we're asking admins to turn in the bit if they're on therapeutic, licitly prescribed medication, well... I'll be in that line too. I dare say many of our most active admins will be. Frankly, my slight OCD is probably a GOOD thing for the purposes of this 'pedia! Alison, I'm proud of you. - Philippe | Talk 22:47, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Dear Allie, once again, you show us the true meaning of courage, integrity, and standing by your principles. If anything, all this trolling has revealed is that we're lucky to have you here with us, a woman of your value, and a friend who honors us by sharing her time with us. Allie, just as you told me many times, don't let them get you down, no matter what - I'm proud of you, proud of calling you a friend, and honored too. Illegitimi non carborundum, sweetie! :) Love you lots, Phaedriel - 22:48, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • No Big Deal. Alison is a courageous woman of great integrity who is held in very high regard in this community. Any troll who tries to ridicule and/or harass a member of this community should quickly be given the revert, block, ignore treatment. As for the 10mg of citalopram, I have absolutely no concerns about you wielding the block button whilst on anti-depressants. That a cowardly troll thinks we ought to strip you of the block button simply because you're on medication (along with many other administrators, I'm sure, and at least another I recall admitting to being on anti-depressants), without being able to point to any evidence whatsoever that you have done anything inappropriate at all, let alone done anything inappropriate while on medication, shows that you're an effective administrator and as such the trolls are trying to get at you. Six months ago I said at your RfA that I was confident you would make an outstanding administrator. I was right: you became an outstanding administrator. And the troll is a moronic cowardly idiot. And that is all that needs to be said about that. Sarah 23:50, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Good on you (in true Aussie style) It takes courage to come out and confront that sort of inbound crap in the way you have, and also takes a tremendous courage and strength to fight your demons in the way you have. :) While I'm not on medication, I do understand where you're coming from on this, and I remember reading somewhere that 20% of the entire population have some condition or other. Most importantly, keep smiling and don't let the bastards grind you down. Orderinchaos 23:57, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


  • Three Cheers! Alison has been one of the better admins I've seen (and I don't say this because of the Mudkip disputes). I very heavily doubt she wouldn't give you the shirt off her back if you asked. The fact that this troll singled out an admin and called her unworthy because she used medicinal drugs compared to other admins out there who would have a reason to have their admin bit revoked tells me that he's just looking for blood. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 23:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • "No need for commentary"? Well, apparently some of us disagree. Thank you for saying what needed to be said - that being on antidepressants is no impediment to editing on WP, being an admin on WP or anything else! If the current ArbCom has done nothing else it has shown how heroically (there is no other word for it) you, along with your fellow admins, have struggled to keep an environment here in which people feel safe to work. You are an inspiration to us all. As for medication – honi soit qui mal y pense! Scolaire 00:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

The comments above are totally out of order how dare an editor cast aspertions on another editor like that. I am sure(not knowing) VK that he would not like some other editor using such crap as his defence be ashamed gold heart and the piper if that was you go away that is wrong. BigDunc 00:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Applauds for standing up to that person and being confident. Those comments were completely uncalled for. Don't let people like that get to ya. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk|Contribs) 07:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Considering how many medications there are for a variety of medical ailments, this is nothing to be ashamed of, and doesn't affect an editor's abilities. I'm sure everyone agrees and there is absolutely nothing wrong with your actions in the issue. The abusive comments by that editor were way out of line. I respect you greatly for addressing the issue, and as always, support you 100%. ArielGold 08:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Let's just hope Wikipedia never introduces compulsory tests for performance enhancing drugs. Orderinchaos 11:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Just wanted to add my support to those many above. Good on you for defying this vicious trolling harassment. Our community needs to stand together against such behaviour. I've been watching the VK arbitration pages and am very impressed by your efforts there to defend the encyclopaedia. Sam Blacketer 10:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Hopefully you already know you have my love and support, always. The Rambling Man 10:03, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • This is very horrible. Being of a practical frame of mind the first thing that needs to be known is if there is the slightest grain of truth in their allegations - how did they know these facts about your private life? This should concern you more than the rubbish they post here. The main account needs to be identified and then dealt with accordingly. Giano 10:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Allie, you are by far one of the most sensible and valuable administrators on Wikipedia. As someone who has also struggled with depression, it pains me to see that trolls would choose such a personal topic to try to publically harass you -- it's absolutely despicable. However, I think this clearly indicates that even this guy himself knows that he has no valid gripes to make to try to "discredit" you, hence why he had to make such a ludicrously low blow. You are not only a great Wikipedian, but a genuinely great person. =) File:Dainsyng.gif --krimpet 10:21, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support and speedy keep Not a lot more needs saying. Trust has not been shown mispl;aced in any way; indeeed it has been strengthened if anything by handling of this unpleasant incident. Untouched confidence in a great editor. Now get back to work - we need you :) FT2 (Talk | email) 12:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • For goodness' sake Allie, everyday on Wikipedia I feel secure in the knowledge that there are incredibly trustworthy, clueful, brave, intelligent people like yourself to keep this place moving smoothly. Untreated depression is far, far more deadly than being medicated for it. I have to channel all my inner Phaedriel to hope that the moronic sick freak who has harassed you like this never has to deal with anything of the sort himself. Be strong, Allie girl - we love you for who you are, and for what you do, and I know there are people out there who do too, so fuck the trolls. ~ Riana 12:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strongest possible support for one of our fairest (and nicest) administrators. ElinorD (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support. I am appalled to read this and add my strong support to that of every other right thinking editor. There is nothing wrong with taking medication for any illness; indeed it is absolutely the sensible thing to do. As for your exercising of your Admin tools, I am filled with admiration for your level headedness in the face of extreme provocation and numerous ridiculous attacks. I am a great admirer of yours. - Kittybrewster (talk) 14:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Strongest possible support Unbelievable ... I'd really like to know how (looks at WP:NPA and disregards several sections) this clown can get off hitting an innocent woman below the belt. Blueboy96 14:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Pile on support as someone who spent six months trying to stay neutral in this whole sorry mess. Inexcusableiridescent (talk to me!) 15:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. This whole thing proves my (and quite a few other people's, I reckon) theory that . Best of luck, Will (talk) 16:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support Alison, for your courage in standing up to this bully, and outing him rather than suffering in silence. You're quite right that being depressed is nothing to be ashamed of, and more fool your harrasser to think that it is. You have proven yourself to be an excellent admin, both rigorous and compassionate, and if this idiot thought that he could discredit you, he's made a big mistake. Illegitimi non carborundum. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:32, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh, FFS, take no notice of the little **** (I don't care about WP:NPA here) who made those comments about you. You're a fantastic admin and I'm glad to hear you're over the depression and whatnot. Sheesh, glad I've never had to cope with all that and now this. Riana described you as several things. I certainly agree with all but clueful, as I don't think that's a word. People like that socker need to go and get a life. Maybe, having done that, they could then be given a chance to act responsibly on Wikipedia, but my dad is constantly telling me that I'm too trusting of people on a personal level, so maybe we just need to permaban the bastards. As I said, take no notice whatsoever of 'em.--Vox Humana 8' 18:42, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Blimey, I hadn't noticed it was Gold heart was behind those socks - someone who had been put in a position of trust over the ArbCom case dubbed "The Troubles" - shame on 'em! "I have finally decided to leave Wikipedia, and I depart with sadness. I have fallen in love with someone, and there is a tricky situation involved". I don't know about the falling in love bit (I can't prove anything one way or another), but by God was there a "'tricky situation involved"!--Vox Humana 8' 18:47, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Support my friend Alison. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 01:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
  • I reckon Allie with all the support here... you could pass a RfB :) Just whack those bloody trolls with a baseball bat, and keep on fighting.... and the rewards will come. Tell you what though... if you don't whack them, I'll do it for you :D --DarkFalls talk 06:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Alison is one of the best admins I've seen on wikipedia; She's always fair, measured and thoughtful, both in her responses to other editors' comments and in her duties as an administrator. I could say more, but anybody who knows anything, knows that it isn't necessary, just read the above and look at the contrib history. My full and unmitigated support, R. Baley 07:04, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Well said I saw the first comment when Fozzie blocked it, hadn't spotted the second. All I could think then was that the person writing it appeared to be in more immediate need of help that whatever troubles Alison is going through. Certainly, of the two, I know who strikes me as being more the compos mentis.
Having been-there-done-that too, Ali, serious praise for taking the stand and saying it straight. As Bono and the boys might say, don't let the bastards grind you down. --sony-youthpléigh 12:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
OH MY GOD! Just saw who it was - I don't know what to think!! --sony-youthpléigh 14:34, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Oi, Alison! The mention above of "Bono and the boys" suggests you are something of a U2 fan (as am I - as I write this, I'm in college listening to War): is this correct? If so, are you aware of Wikipedia:WikiProject U2?--Vox Humana 8' 09:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Wow Alison, you go for it girl! There's not much else I can say that hasn't been said already, keep your head up because your a far better person than some troll. All the best, Ryan Postlethwaite 11:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Unbelievable ... an unbelievably crass beginning to this thread by "goldheart" (a more inappropriate name I have yet to see) but oh how useful it was; it gave us all the opportunity to say those things, about Alison, that we would otherwise have kept under wraps. As an editor and now as an admin she has always to my knowledge acted in an exemplary fashion, with imagination, fairness and politeness, all in a constructive manner and with humour when appropriate. I presume she will soon be promoted and GH has long ago been eliminated? Abtract 14:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • " "goldheart" (a more inappropriate name I have yet to see) " - Too bloody true! Alison, I don't think you're going to hear anything new here, so, to help you forget about the whole sorry saga, wouldn't it be a good idea simply to remove this section and get on with life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vox Humana 8' (talkcontribs) 15:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Alison :)

I wanted to say that I support your decision to move-protect the Novak Đoković article, to a certain extent it has calmed the situation down. The underlying problem, of course, is that some users don't accept the fact that, not only is there no consensus concerning the move, but the majority (11 to 5) of those that expressed their opinions on the talk page are against the move to Novak Djokovic and prefer the article as it is right now. The fact is that both sides have strong arguments, but the side that wants to move the page disrespects and ignores any argument the other side presents, even though it's the community that decides. If you have some time, I'd appreciate a bit of advice on how to handle all this, I'm getting tired of arguing with two users (1, 2) on the talk page who just keep repeating themselves.. I have a feeling that their goal is to push their idea, until people get tired of them and give in (one user made a very good point when Yano moved the page without a consensus [18]), and I believe that it shouldn't be the way things are to be done on Wikipedia. Any advice would help :) --GOD OF JUSTICE 23:42, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

A belated thank you for removing vandalism from my user page a while back. Just noticed it. Much appreciated. -- BestEditorEver 16:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Hope you feel better


The Purple Star
is hereby awarded to Alison, for her grace and dignity in the face of unwarranted attacks. You have the love of the community, and the creep has been banned. With great thanks for all the work you do, - Kathryn NicDhàna 03:37, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Yay! I'm back. Thankyou for saving my job :) Amit@Talk 12:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

And now for a not so obscure Monty Python reference...

I know you're not adminning, but /b/'s favourite article is now not protected. Might want to talk|history|links|watch|logs)|leave a note on RFPP even if you don't take action. Will (talk) 15:23, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to throw wood on the fire, but Mudskipper's also getting it. I think they need a Spanish Inquisition to scare them into stopping. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 18:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :). I'd've gone for indefinite, but it's much more fun to bait them. Will (talk) 18:49, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey!

Hey Ally, would like to see your thoughts on an essay I wrote.. look at User:SirFozzie/Nationalism. I think that we've been through the case in question, you'd have a good point of view to see if I'm coming through ok on it. SirFozzie 19:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Will do, Foz. Just finding my feet again here. I'll leave a message on the talk page. The title kinda says it all! - Alison 20:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hello. – Steel 20:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Steel!!! Lovely to see you on here :) Yayy - Alison 20:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
:DSteel 20:32, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

e-mail

Hi Alison, you've got mail! Love, Kyoko 20:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Quick question

Would sticking a WikiProj Ireland tag on Vicki Michelle really... show my age? (And please don't say that I have to explain that reference... :O) ) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Y'know, I have to say, I've absolutely no idea as to what you may be talking about there. None whatsoever! nonono. - Alison 00:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC) ("and the way she might look at you" ;) )
I'd say something about "Tá siad ag teacht", but then this would turn into an edition of Reeling In The Years. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:31, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Heh - pure nostalgia. BTW, "Iz zere zomething I can hailp?" or shall I just butter the spuds myself? - Alison 01:03, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
(said Sgt Schulz style) I hear Nothink! SirFozzie 01:10, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once.... Private Schulz > Sgt Schulz. One Night In Hackney303 01:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!

  • Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.
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Dr. Cash 05:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

You supported twice - #4 and #75. I've struck out the second one, hope you don't mind :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 06:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Gahh!! I am sorry! I was away for a few days and got out of sync - Alison 07:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
But Ali should count twiceiridescent (talk to me!) 12:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
She should count 3 times...but rules is rules :p Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 08:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Awww. Big spoilsport meanies ;) - Alison 18:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
(appears out of no where, Lurch style). "You Rang?" SirFozzie 18:07, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Heh! BTW, package in the mail for you today. Hope it arrives on time ;) - Alison 18:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Yayzorz! I thank you, and the recipient will thank you too. Now I just gotta wait for my next paycheck ;) SirFozzie 18:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Depressing

Its so encouraging that the security and freedom from abuse of editors appear paramount in our esteemed Arbitrators' thoughts. I guess WP:SOCK, WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:HARASS are not such a big deal these days. On the bright side we can all start threatening editors that irritate us, and feel free to called them chunts with impunity. Honestly, it makes me wonder why we bother. Rockpocket 03:18, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Harassment

Someone left a harassing message on my talk page, I don't know who did this because they did not sign there name[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Princeboy ] --P-BOY 15:37, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe user:Lara_bran was trying to show you how to transclude a page.[19] I don't think using List of sex positions is the best page to use as an example. I'll leave her a note.-- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The now-traditional RFA thank-spam

Real shame to lose that - that was from the heart. Even if I was the fifteenth delete vote on the AfD & had nothing to do with the nomination, for some reason they always blamed me personally for the fact that their two-line stub on their band was deletediridescent (talk to me!) 21:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks!

Thanks for your participation for my RFA bid and for your support.--JForget 23:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice little application

Hi Allie, have you seen this? Pretty nifty tool for spotting trends. Rockpocket 06:26, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The contributions it picks up is a few months old though... Allie should have over 1500 edits to RFPP by now... <DarkFalls wonder if she's a bot> :) --DarkFalls talk 11:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the lag is about 2 months. I think it could be useful for finding sockpuppets, though. Rockpocket 20:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Useful indeed - Alison 21:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

MCOTW

Thank you for your support of the Medicine Collaboration of the Week.
This week Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was selected.
Hope you can help…

JFW | T@lk 11:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

6 months

Did you know it's now been six months since you became an administrator? Looking at all you've done in that time, I am proud to have nominated you. :) I am sure Ryan is also proud that he nominated as well. :) Acalamari 20:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Has she really only been an admin six months? I always kind of figured Ali & Phaedriel were already here when Wikipedia startediridescent (talk to me!) 20:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Six months?? Really?? Wow .... it seems like a lot longer! - Alison 20:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC) (been here since Feb 2004)
Yes, six months. Amazing, isn't it? :) Acalamari 21:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I was sure you had been an admin for much longer also. Though I'm pleased to note I supported at the time! Rockpocket 21:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Whoa... yeah, I thought you'd been an admin for quite a while. Like iridescent, I've always thought of you as one of the "standards" when it came to admins. :) EVula // talk // // 21:44, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Who? Me or Rocky? - Alison 21:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC) (has her standards and if you don't like them, I have some more right here ;) )

Theft request

Hello dear Alison, can I pretty please brazenly steal your Ali-oops (wiki account tracker) page to use for the few accounts I've set up? It would be most helpful for me to have all those links in one spot, and I'd have no idea how to go about setting that up, so using yours as a template would be so helpful! If you don't want people copying things, I fully understand, so feel free to say no. ~*Hugs*~ ArielGold 21:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Steal away, by all means. Thank Kylu, though, as she made it for me :) - Alison 21:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Is it a program to detect accounts on other Wikis that have the same name as your own? I'm not sure I understand fully what it is. Acalamari 21:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
It's just a fancy table with lots of useful links, is all. Kylu, as ever, got it just right - Alison 21:57, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I have thanked Kylu, now let us just cross our fingers that I can figure it out so it will work for me! Hee hee. ArielGold 21:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I thanked you for the translation over there, y'know, that other site... hee hee. But I thought I"d thank you here too. Unfortunately, the matrix is a bit confusing as far as the code goes. I looked at EVula's, and that's a lot easier to understand to add sites to, but I didn't get permission to steal that one, lol. I don't know how to add all the other sites I've got to this one though, so it is going to look like we both have exactly the same sites, lol. ArielGold 16:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

IRC

If you're not busy, IRC? I just want a chat about nothing, it's nothing important :-) --Deskana (talk) 22:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 23:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Secret Barnstar

Here you go! You earned it!

The Secret Page Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Alison for finding the secret page on Some Person's user page!
Great job!

Some Person 01:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I want to see your supervisor...

I was SHOCKED, nay APPALLED, that this wanton act of vandalism lasted so long on WIKIPEDIA!!! FlowerpotmaN·(t) 04:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I always knew that guy was a bit of a muppa :) - Alison 05:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
So you were thinking up new captions too? :O) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 20:03, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Go raibh maith agat, ma'am (I hope that's right :) Say, would you mind if I stole your code? I've been guerrilla-creating accounts all over the place, and it's getting a teeny bit unmanageable. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 16:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that!

Hi Alison, could you have a look at this for us thanks [20]. Regards --Domer48 19:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - naughty boy! - Alison 22:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Fair play, you stopped it getting out of hand. Regards --Domer48 12:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Hi Alison, thanks for doing this. Love, Kyoko 22:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Glad to, Kyoko. I'll email later on tonight ;) - Alison 22:17, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Your picture

Oh shit...I almost peed in my pants when I saw your image. I will NEVER vandalize again!!! Please, don't hurt me!!!

^That's the type of response you want.^ The response you're getting: "Hmm...she has freckles. That kept my mind busy for 5 seconds. Back to destroying the wiki!"
There's a world of difference. :-P Nishkid64 (talk) 22:02, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh well...5 seconds is long enough for someone to block you... --DarkFalls talk 01:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
That's ok. Alison distracts them, and I sneak up on them and use my tool of (L)user chastisement ;)
Vandal Whacking Stick
(it's a bastard to clean though.... any suggestions? Maybe a good polish? SirFozzie 05:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

Hi, I was wondering did you happen to take a look at the e-mail I sent you? Ulises Heureaux 05:37, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. I read it - Alison 05:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, what next? Ulises Heureaux 08:41, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

May I ask what is IRC? Ulises Heureaux 09:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
That's irc. Nevermind. Email me again with your position / rationale and I promise to reply - Alison 09:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Irish Republican Cabal, care to join? ;) Or for a real answer, see above. One Night In Hackney303 09:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

While Rome burns...

...for some of us it's business as usual. One Night In Hackney303 10:53, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice one, yet again, Hack. This needs to go into the ArbCom somewheres. I mean, seriously - this is why we're here, not for endless bickering over flags - Alison 18:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I did say I had two articles to write while I was back, and they turned out better than I'd hoped for so at least there has been some upside to all the bickering and finger pointing. One Night In Hackney303 05:13, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Glad to see you back. I was in a certain store at 6pm in Regent Street last Tuesday. Oops. I walked out with a tiny black glowing gem. Unreal. Lots of love, The Rambling Man 16:36, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Yayy!! It's just like the phone ... only without the phone, if you get my point. But yeah, I've not seen one myself let but they look awesome!! Thanks for keeping me in a job that little bit longer ;) - Alison 18:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Persistent vandal

I see you've warned this IP address in the past: Special:Contributions/217.207.239.19 It seems to have several hundred incidents of vandalism attributable to it, so would a block be appropriate? A-Nottingham | Talk 17:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

It does, but only two incidents over the last week. If they persist and, as they're a school, they may end up blocked for a longer time next time but right now, there's not enough activity to block their editing. Thanks for the report, though ;) - Alison 18:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
It's Rugby High School, a Girls' school near mine. ;) 91.125.126.75 19:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
It is! However, I'm not blocking until they step out of line, and so far they haven't. Shouldn't have to wait too long, I suspect - Alison 19:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Mail

Might give you a giggle :) ~ Riana 18:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

*snerk* - very creative! Email on your way - just a sec - Alison 18:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

My RFA
Thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 58 supports, 1 opposes, and 1 neutral. I hope your confidence in me proves to be justified. Addhoc 19:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Addidtions Deleted

Why The **** DO You Keep Deleting My Additions?!?! Wiki Isnt Going To Get Any Better If You Cant ***** Add Anything! Think About It! Like The One To Llanishen High School, Theres Lots Of Info Wrong On There. But Someones Got To Correct It! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomsimondavies (talkcontribs) 19:21, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Profanity edited out by ArielGold
Alison Removes My Addidtions Too. I Understand How You Feel ~ Riana 19:26, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Silly vandal. Bai! :) - Alison 19:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Put a Smile on your face

Make the world a better place.... I think I should inflict this little earworm on everyone. ;) SirFozzie 19:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Stealing from your Sandbox

May I steal your purple header thingy? —Some Person 22:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, sure. Steal away :) It's from my old-style userpage - Alison 22:26, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks very much for fixing the little snag on my user page. Much appreciated. :) GlassCobra 02:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

*hugs*

Dearest Alison, much like matter and anti-matter, a good hug can counteract mean vandalism and lengthy arbcom cases! Sorry it had to come to semi-protecting your talk page, but as always you take it in stride. Here ya are: *hugs* *hugs* *hugs* *hugs* Now, badness be gone! :P ~Eliz81(C) 06:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed :) SirFozzie 07:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Cmon Fozzie! Grooouuuup hug!! ~Eliz81(C) 07:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you both :) Very timely indeed .... - Alison 23:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC) (warm fuzzies)

Fabrictramp RFA

Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 50 supports, 1 neutral, and 1 oppose. My goal is to keep earning your trust every time I grab the "mop". (And I'm always open to constructive criticism and advice!)

Also, thanks for the admin welcome and the user page 'vandalism'. :) Have a great day! --Fabrictramp 16:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

mail

Hi Alison, you have mail which I hope will amuse you. :) --Kyoko 17:51, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Kyoko. I'll do that translation later tonight. And thanks, BTW, for your help over there ;) - Alison 23:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Some SIHULM accounts

I got checkuser results on some of the users adding SIHULM crap and I need a block on User:Omaeokorasu. -Jéské (v^_^v Kacheek!) 01:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - sockie! - Alison 01:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

User: Professorpain

Thanks for swiftly approving the RfPP for Myanmar. However, one of those who was involved in the soapboxing/vandalism on the page (Professorpain) has taken his cause to my talk page as well as the Myanmar talk page. This user has ignored repeated warnings and has instead ignored WP:NPA and called me a "f'in hall monitor who doesn't care about the people of Myanmar." So I think a timeout may be in order. Thanks again. Pats1 T/C 20:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - Alison 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

With regards to stuff and such.

Halò Alison, there appears to have been some kind of terrible mistake, my contribution to the Thief article has disappeared! Upon noticing this I was both shocked and dismayed, having spent much time contributing to that particular article over the past few weeks as I am sure you have noticed from the article history. The user Rollumumadmado has been constantly reverting my contributions so I have had no other option but to engage in battle with him, is has been a tough fight, but I feel it is unfair for him to cheat and call in reinforcements such as yourself. Rollumsmeamnadnndo; if you are reading this, I do not like you and I have snapped our friendship bracelet.

Alison, I would appreciate it if you could remove page protection from the Thief article, so that I may continue to contribute to WIkiedpa, The Free Encyclopaedia and finish my duel with Rollumamasdasdildo.

Thank you in advance, your friend Soup.

XXX —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.207.91.167 (talk) 17:56, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

You have to laugh, really. --Rodhullandemu 19:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Rodthiultumdomu what do you find so amusing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.207.91.167 (talk) 19:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey coach!

Dear Alison, glad to see you're back in the swing of admin things... great pic btw!! :) If you get a chance, my admin coaching goals are up here. Looking forward to it. I've been doing pushups and eating energy bars for my training regimen! :) ~Eliz81(C) 23:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

CSD or keep?

German-Irish looks like a load of rubbish. While there are certainly quite a few such people (I am one), this really does not cut it at all IMHO. Your opinion would be appreciated. Cheers ww2censor 04:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I also know a number of German-Irish people, and yeah, it looks decidedly like OR. Suggest you maybe prod it and see what the community thinks? - Alison 23:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
I marked a similar new page- German minority in Ireland- as non-notable the other day and have prodded this one for NN. This is the sort of thing that once it starts, will tend to creep on the basis of "you've got this page, why not this one?". --Rodhullandemu 19:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiCup

Would you like to help me and someone else judge a WikiCup, for the editors, you would still be free to enter yourself, but of course you couldn't rate yourself. El-Nin09 20:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Ummm ... what's a WikiCup? - Alison 23:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Just something random me and someone else came up with for a fun competition. El-Nin09 07:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Hee hee

For two hours, I was looking for an admin I knew who wouldn't mind me asking a question, and it turns out, you already took care of it lol. Good job! (And thank you, as well, lol) ArielGold 22:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh - glad to help :) Looks like yourself and Jmlk17 have it all sorted now, too. Yayy - Alison 23:29, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

About RFPP

Thanks for clarifying; I didn't think it was worse than usual. Acalamari 23:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all! - Alison 23:30, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

One for the road....

Not an ice cream man. I did say two articles, but somehow I've managed to write five since my return. There's a conspiracy to keep the case dragging on as long as possible to make me work, I tell you! One Night In Hackney303 17:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I think he's on to us... SirFozzie 17:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Bobby Boulders

Pretty clever, isn't he? Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 22:34, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I know who BB is, and he knows who I am. And on it goes .... - Alison 22:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you dear

It has certainly been occupying much of my day, lol. That, and trying to clean up the WP:BLP issues with the article, but I really appreciate you protecting it. (Did you notice they found the RFPP and removed it, lol!) Thanks as always, Alison, you're super-duper awesome! ArielGold 03:04, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome :) BTW, you've been doing some awesome work! - Alison 03:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
~*Blush*~ Thank you so much, I respect you and your opinions so much, that those words indeed, mean a lot to me. Thank you! ArielGold 03:17, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey there. I see you removed the IP block; that may not have been good: they're at it again. Le sigh. — Coren (talk) 03:09, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I did?? Where? It's not in the block log .... - Alison 03:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Ignore me. I was looking at the wrong log and saw you remove the fpp on the talk page and didn't read beyond "Alison".  :-) — Coren (talk) 12:31, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Night!

s'bedtime for me after a busy week. Take care and I'll see you around! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 03:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Good luck! You've been hard at work today :) Email ya later. I'm still at the day job here - Alison 03:16, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I saw your post on the talk page of the Shemale article requesting I read the "horsemeat" article. Do you agree or disagree that my sources provide reason to change the usage of term from "usually" to "sometimes" derogatory? I couldn't quite gauge your opinion from the link you sent me to. Thanks for your time! --Patrick80639 03:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I didn't express an opinion, only to point out that the whole thing is done to death at this stage. To be honest, it looks a lot like you're grasping at straws right now and I'm confused as to why you would be so tenacious over so trivial and obscure a point, really. It doesn't look much like you have much documented justification to make a change of that magnitude based on such flimsy sources - Alison 03:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick reply. I kept providing sources to defend my position. I guess it did get out of hand after a while but I felt compelled to do so after being accused of being a "single-role account", "silly", and other demeaning remarks. To give you some understanding why I feel strongly about defining the useage of the term, I worked in the adult entertainment industry for about 6 years and have personal friends who are transgendered. Part of me sees it as an affront to not only myslef, but my former colleages, associates, and peers to imply the term and those who use it are always or usually doing so in a derogatory manner. I personally resent such implications, as I am not a biggot nor would anyone who knows me even imagine me being one. I will restrict any new sources I provide to more concrete ones that spell out the useage frequency more clearly, as I now understand what you were trying to say. --Patrick80639 03:46, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I think the problem is that you are taking it as a personal affront, whereas you (and all of us) should simply maintain a neutral stance on the matter. Right now, you're digging frantically for references to bolster the idea that the term isn't really all that bad, thus justifying its usage to yourself. My own take on it is that we need to document its common usage, is all. Trans and IS folks I know (including one family member) invariably find the term offensive as it implies maleness, which is something they are generally seeking to avoid. - Alison 04:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You always know when Alison's around...

...because RFPP is cleaner than an operating room. You kick butt. - Philippe | Talk 04:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Rawwwrrr :) Thanks! - Alison 04:58, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
You're stealing my protections.... :) I often wondered what it was like to be sitting there, intently studying RFPP, but getting beaten by Alison (protection bot?) :p --DarkFalls talk 05:28, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
D'oh! I missed one! :) - Alison 06:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Alison. Am I being overly harsh here? Pedro :  Chat  08:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Dunno. It's up to you, really. The whole 'bollocks' thing could be viewed as being inappropriate language in an international forum but we both know the colloquial meaning. I'd not dare use it myself in a summary. In my personal opinion, it comes down to whether the editor can be trusted not to abuse the bit & I feel s/he has already got a proven track record there esp. on Commons. I had a short dig through some of the admin logs there, first. Over to you, though ... - Alison 08:05, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to sit a while, but might neutral if I see some more convincing argumtns in support. I don't want to scupper an RfA (and I'm not being big headed but I've seen far to many serial "Oppose per Pedro" comments at RfA from editors, which is always disapointing for many reasons). I guess it's a personal thing that I'm only interested in en.wikipedia and not all the other ones. Maybe that makes me bad/lazy/a poor wikipedian I dunno. Hi Ho. Anyways good to interact, I see you name all over the place and I can't recall ever directly working with you! Best Wishes. Pedro :  Chat  08:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
No probs! Sit tight and see how it all goes. It's not set in stone. I tend to roam around wikis myself these days, having a sysop bit elsewhere. Seen you around (everywhere!) too. Nice to meet up at last ;) - Alison 08:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
By the Way 100% respect. You're a beautiful person. Pedro :  Chat  08:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you :) - Alison 08:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

RFPP, yet again

Heh! :) [21] Acalamari 18:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

And it's confirmed

Anyone for champagne? One Night In Hackney303 07:06, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh yayy!! Yayy!! Wooo!!! Congratulations :) That's awesome - Alison 07:13, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, and naturally that won't need mentioning in the ArbCom..... ;) One Night In Hackney303 07:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

User 81.150.243.163

Could you have a look at this editor he has been warned for vandalisim before and is doing it on the Bloody Sunday (1920) article or maybe I should assume good faith and he is just pushing a POV but could you have a look at him thanks. BigDunc 12:40, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

back at ya

Hi Alison, I got your mail, and sent one right back. You're quite welcome, it was my pleasure to support your RfA somewhere in the ether. I think I supported you here, too. I'm sure you'll do a great job! Love, Kyoko 14:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

This Roslea name thing again (I know, I know...)

Hey Alison, I would appreciate it if you could recommend ONiH and Domer to participate in this. Its been a couple weeks and neither have even attempted to back up their claim. Notice ONiH’s immediate dismissal when I asked him here.. Conypiece 20:17, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Notice Conypiece's posting on my talk page after being told not to. One Night In Hackney303 20:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Bit difficult to ind consensus if editors ignore debate.Traditional unionist 20:23, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah, at least you are talking here ONiH, so are you going to take part? Despite all your dismissals the issue is cleary unresolved Conypiece 20:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

:(

The worst possibly way to find User:Alison/Depression was to revert vandalism on it :( Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 02:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Ooooh. Someone just blocked them :) Quelle surprise! - Alison 02:51, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
I totally can't guess who... :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 03:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

A Wikipedia First!!!! (for me) :O)

This is going to be my last late night in a while, but I just realized that I had a Wiki first for me, and I didn't even know it. Nowt important, but I like to feel involved. You have mail :O) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 03:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Replied :) - Alison 04:33, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Do I get a badge or something? FlowerpotmaN·(t) 04:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, you do! Sec ... - Alison 04:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)