User talk:Firien/Archive1

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My goodness, that is tenacious vandal-hunting! Excellent work! I have listed the vandal of Current events at WP:VIP now. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Me likey the huntey. Getting speedier at reversion. Thank you very much for the list of resources! --Firien 13:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Zionism article

Firien, if you look at the edit history of the person (202.74.211.203 (talk · contribs) trying to insert the information in the first place, you'd probably see that his views are not worth keeping; note in particular this edit: [1] However, I thought the subject should be addressed in the article anyway; thanks for your comment. Jayjg ^(talk) 14:54, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Complaint from 80.3.32.9

If you got any more up urself you may see France. Just because you have done near nothing notable doesn't mean you need to belittle others. As for myself Morwen and YOurself are both so up yourselfs I felt the need to 'edit' your pages essential. You are very pathetic and half the stuff on Wikipedia is wrong anyway, and when I or other mates change wrong info is tossers like you that change it back. Now piss off and try and do something somone cares about

• Response

vandal warning

greeat stuff with you vandal whacking but when you warn pepole with templates like {{test}} its a god idea to subst them like this {{subst:test}} because it reduces server load, happy vandal whacking! --Benon 14:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Just to let you know that User:161.52.158.193 is continuing to vandalize Of Mice and Men, despite your 2nd warning. I';ve reverted, again. Shawn in Montreal 10:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Christ the Redeemer

Hi. Thanks for the message. I had forgotten about that post... In fact, an even better solution: I have here (somewhere) the Brazilian edition of the Encyclopedia Larrousse. So they are bound to have an entry about the statue, most likely with a [however small] history section. I will read it and then write a text about it in the article, with the accurate information. In case I get around to it before you have a chance to reconfirm the status of the present history section, I will replace the existing part with the new text, since it is a suspected copyvio anyways. Let me know if you'd rather do it differently (maybe some part of the present text is salvageable...). Thanks, Redux 15:37, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Slander

Firien,

I weight nearly 18 stone and I'm a bloater.. Ian is a 'BIG' boy.

However, my comments were done out of boredom and a need to 'Labour Bash' & Ian was the _target at the time.

This was wrong and this was unproductive - I shall try and stop attacking various members of the Labour party and other various leading public figures.

I actually enjoy helping publish at Wiki and I am starting to get a grip of the rules, etc

I have a very wicked streak to me though, which I must STOP slandering people and making rude comments that border on vandalism.

I shall try and keep on the straight and narrow Wiki path. I've had some very good veteran wiki dudes give some very good advice!! - including you.

I shall continue to contribute and I shall take strong note of your comments.

8op

Hayday 19:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

I enjoy history and I enjoy adding information onto the Wikipedia site.

I still need to learn the rules, but I'm glad that you guys are out there to point me in the right direction!

Time to turn a new leaf and stop Labour Bashing! (they do a good enough job, by themselves!)

Hayday 15:15, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Hi. I note you've put a copyvio tag on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I've had a look with a view to deleting the page, but it looks to me like only very small sections of the text are actually copied. I propose to reinstate the article, but if I've not spotted a big section of copied material, please let me know and I'll act accordingly. Kcordina ^Talk 08:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Darren Hayday

Your views would be welcome once again at Talk:Darren Hayday. Mtiedemann 14:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

And again. -- Francs2000 11:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Spanish dishwashers

No problem, any time :) — FireFox 13:13, 19 June '06

Regarding your help request

Please do not use helpme template tags on mainspace talk pages. Put up a notice regarding the spamming on the page, and users who have the article on their watchlist would reply or act in furtherance of it. Thanks and regards, --Nearly Headless Nick 14:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

=On bended knee=.

I wanted to apologise fo rbeing a complete *@#@er! I won't even try to explain what happened. Suffice it so say, keep up the good work. I wondered what an inventor thought about the new Sinclair A-bike? I have no idea what you invent, but as a cyclist I am dubious about the little wheels!

Best Wishes JoolsKavvy

Please check your assertions

To claim I inserted the link is plain wrong. I made my first edit a few days ago yet the link has been in this article for months. Your removing the site because you claim I put it there would only stand up to scrutiny if I did put it there, but as I diidnt I am unable to take your comment seriously. [2]. TV Genius 15:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

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Esperanza wishes you a Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday!! --james^(talk) 11:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!	EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE
	Wishing Firien/Archive1 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME

Have a great day! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 16:43, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Wishing you all the best on your birthday! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee.

Many happy returns! Thistheman 19:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Firien/Archive1!

If I could give you a real one, I sure would! Have a really happy and pleasant birthday =D. alphaChimp ^laudare 21:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I came running and reached a day late. Happy birthday and all the best. --Bhadani 14:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Pub Football AFD

I have to give you an 'A' for creative and effective use of the 'citation needed' tags. Well done! Tony Fox (arf!) 20:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Occult is not magic

You have added magic stub tag and categorisation to an occult article: Dehk Magic in this context is illusions, card tricks, vanishing rabbits and so on. What you want for this is the word 'occult', ok? Or Magic (paranormal) Message me if this is unclear... thanks. User:Pedant 03:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC) No problem, I spotted a bunch of those in the magic category, you aren't the only one to think that magic is magic. Dehk was one of the more confusing ones, I wasn't sure without reading some other stuff if it was occult or some computer game... ;) glad to help. User:Pedant 10:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Back River

THat looks better and probably what I should have done instead of blindly reverting. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

re: AfD on Margaret Nicholas.

Done, done and done. I have left my comments on the AfD, and I hope this fulfills your request. I am quite happy to see that article incinerated and left for me to redo when I feel a bit better. I am just finishing a BSc Hons in Health and Social Welfare, and that is why I am WS5. Thanks again, and take care. Thor Malmjursson 20:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Dino Saluzzi

Good thing you are interested in Dino. Please do not revert back to Timoteo. If it was meant as a practical joke, it was a pretty lame one. elpincha 18:02, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on my pages

Thank you for reverting this vandal. It was very kind of you to start to fight with him. :) I owe you one! NCurse _work 11:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

Your boxes overlap at 1024 screen width! You must have yours set much higher... Salad Days 17:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

CityKitty

Yeah, knock it out - I spared it because i liked the little video on the web page, jimfbleak 13:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Msoamu

I've slapped a long block on this guy for, inter alia, blanking my talk page. You probably know his stuff better than me - is 6 months excessive? jimfbleak 07:59, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

my understanding is that new account formation is autoblocked unless he is on a dynamic ISP like AOL. I often see on the deletion log that a block is followed within minutes by an autoblock reading something like "#12345 was autoblocked by jimfbleak because this address was used by user:Iamavandal. The reason was...", so it may be reasonably effective. jimfbleak 06:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Recent vandal thwap. But vandalism is still there?

I see your edit to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate was a vandalism revert. Thanks for that. Something seems amiss, though. I still see the vandalism on the entry, even though the History shows it being removed by you. Odd! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.88.77.90 (talk) 05:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

-- It's fixed now. It wasn't my caches - must have been something cached wiki-side.

Sacred site/ etc

Hi could you possibly point me to why something like this is being killed? SatuSuro 11:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Its just if you do a google there's my 'Sacred places in Java' and hardly anything else = weird. It looks like some new disambigs and work arounds are needed. Like someones not being proactive in rebuilding a proper article about sacred space/place - even weirder. Thanks for your speedy response. I'm not sure I can do anything about it at the moment - oh well enjoy! 12:06, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Adding UpThePosh links

I deleted the link to the Leicester City official site since he's left the club and the page will be deleted promptly - the link to a fan site wasn't designed to be a 'replacement'. I've gone ahead and added the correct replacement, the link to the Peterborough United official site. The Wilky Bar Kid 15:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Rhian Denise Ramos

I wrote a new article for Rhian Denise Ramos. It's at Talk:Rhian Denise Ramos/Temp. Doberdog 04:22, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Hazel Blears vandalism

As we've run out of warning templates, I've reported the matter at WP:ANI. Not sure if much can de done about it given the infrequent nature of the vandalism and use of open proxy IPs, but thought it was worth raising the matter. WJBscribe ^{(WJB talk)} 00:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

The articles have been semi-protected. Hopefully a period of time where the anons can't edit might mean they get bored and don't start again once they're unprotected. WJBscribe ^{(WJB talk)} 04:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

sorry fo that

i have checked the date and time after i voted :(--Trichnosis 21:56, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

(N)POV Request

Hi, I've asked a question on the talk page of an article I'm intersted in, but it doesn't seem to be a very active article so I fear it could be months before I get a response... and since I notice you posted on the TP for that article before, I thought I'd direct it to you. On the Talk page, 'Talk:The_Incredible_Machine', I have asked a question about external links (should be the bottom one) - basically I just wanted the POV of someone who is a) Neutral, and b) More cognisant of Wikipedia policy, to tell me whether or not it is acceptable to place a link to a page I maintain which I feel is relevant to the article (I certainly wouldn't want it to come across as link spam or advertising, two of the greatest scourges of the 'net along with e-mail spam of course!) If you don't have the time then not to worry! - I just thought I'd ask in the hope of a quick answer. Thanks, --Christopher 17:22, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Elizabeth Morgan

Hi Firien,

You're quite right in saying that the recent vandalism to the Elizabeth Morgan article had nothing to do with the earlier problems on that page. Rest assured that banned editors can read messages on their own talk pages, and indeed, everywhere on Wikipedia. They can even post on their talk pages. I have, in the past, unblocked users that I had indefinitely blocked, after they promised not to continue vandalizing.

You say that the edits are not in bad faith. Please remember that that vandalism occurred repeatedly, so it was obviously the same user, who subsequently registered an account. As the same IP can be used by different people, I never block IPs indefinitely, unless the IP is an open proxy (which was not the case here). However, I do block newly-registered accounts indefinitely if I see that the account was created for the purpose of vandalism. That is standard practice. Do you see any indication that that user wanted to add useful content to other articles? If so, all she has to do is indicate that on her talk page. (I always watchlist the talk pages of users that I block, and blocked users get a message on the screen telling them what steps they can take.) The idea of indefinitely blocking accounts that have no useful edits and that are created for vandalism is that if the person in question wanted to start contributing constructively and become a valued member of the community, he or she would probably prefer to start afresh with a new account with a clean record. It's different for people who have thousands of useful edits and do something silly that gets them blocked. They want to keep their watchlists, and thei contributions.

Regarding the good faith versus bad faith question, the edits were certainly damaging to the encylopaedia. It makes Wikipedia look bad if someone happens at that moment to do a search for Elizabeth Morgan and comes across that page in that condition, even if it's not the most appalling vandalism we've ever seen. The person in question did it repeatedly. She also vandalized another article. Was that in good faith? Was the person aware that she was damaging a Wikipedia article? Was she aware that it is not the intention of Wikipedia that articles should have silly notes like that in them? If not, then she was in good faith, but do we allow someone to vandalize repeatedly on the grounds that we think she's not morally culpable? I don't think so. When I blocked the IP, I didn't select "prevent account creation"[3], and the person registered an account one minute later.[4] I've seen arguments before where people defending a blocked user say there's no proof that it's the same person, but gong on experience and common sense, I think most administrators would say it was definitely the same user. So the user was blocked, not for the first piece of vandalism, but for the sixth (five to Elizabeth Morgan, and one to Look alike), [5] having already been warned and blocked as an IP. I hope that clarifies matters. Thanks again for your message. Cheers. Musical Linguist 12:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying the difference between Acid gas and Sour gas

I like what you did to clarify the distinction between the two terms. Thanks and regards, - mbeychok 18:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Nancy Reagan edits

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that on March 6, 2007, you deleted all of Nancy Reagan's references at the bottom of her page. Now, when you click on a little "1" or "2" after some info, it doesn't take you anywhere. In fact, they are pointless now. If we ever want this to become a featured article, we need that list back! Happyme22 16:36, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey. sorry for making you a little bit mad. All I know is that when I click on a little "1" or "2" at the end of a sentence, it doesn't take me anywhere. You didn't have to be mean, or rude. i didn't criticize you for anything, I just alerted you. Also, i think I uploaded a few photos with no copyrights on the images, and they might not be free. Fine-mark them. I play by the rules 99% of the time, and you didn't have to be nasty in what you said. I'm not out to make trouble: it sounds like you might be. I know you don't like me now, but don't go around the world making enemies. I want to be your friend. I misunderstood, and I think you took it the wrong way. Again, I'm sorry. Yell at me all you want- I don't care, but I'll still want to be your friend. I hope THAT makes things clear. Happyme22 23:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't insult your fellow wikpedians.

You claim I "responded to another user's request for help with a vague return question that didn't help anything." and that "He was clearly asking" something that wasn't clear at all. What does the EWG link (i.e. presence in cosmetics) have to do with the existence of the two types you explain? I don't see the relation, hence the question. And Walkerma thinks he had a quite different point. You imputed motivations inappropriately, and were insulting while you were doing so. Those don't fall into a grey area, while correcting talk spelin mistakes does. Leave me alone, please. --Elvey 05:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Re: yellow e

I guess it's actually the green e I didn't see, as there's clearly a yellow one further down the talk page that I do. Green tends to blend in with the blue used by links. --Powerlord 14:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

• FROM YOUR FRIEND:

 ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

A new Oxbridge user box

Firien...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 18:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

commendations-

Firien-

I just wanted to formally communicate my appreciation for your logical and stern work on the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar talk page. From what I can tell from both that and your talk page, your detractors are generally idiots and assholes.

On an unrelated note, as a relatively new back end user of Wikipedia, your user page is extremely illuminating as to the potential of what they can become.

I am a firm believer that recognition should be given where it is due. Please keep up the good work. Evilawesome (talk) 02:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Cambridge meetup

Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 1. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:48, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Cambridge meetup

The second Cambridge meetup is confirmed for this Saturday, 3pm, at CB2 on Norfolk Street: Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 2. Hope to see you there. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)