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Depends on the circumstances. If the user is active and the image is used on a page, I tag the image and put a note on the user's page. If the user is inactive and/or the image is an orphan, I just delete it. -Nv8200p talk 08:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

In the future, could you inform me first? I am pretty good at recognizing sources. --maru (talk) contribs 08:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

What image are you concerned about? -Nv8200p talk 08:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

All the Star Wars images. --maru (talk) contribs 19:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

A bunch of the images in the List of minor ''Star Wars'' Jedi characters page had already been tagged with "no source" for over 7 days. I just went through all the images on that page and deleted the ones without sources, whether they had been "no source" tagged or not. I left the ones that were sourced and had a copyright tag. Wikipedia is overwhelmed with images that are not sourced, especially Star Wars and Anime related and if I'm working a page already, it is more efficient to take care of the images one time. If I removed your images or ones you care about, I apologize, but they can be uploaded again and if sourced and tagged, they should be around for awhile. -Nv8200p talk 23:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Archive

Your Archive listing, while comprehensive (and supposedly complete) is simply appalling. Could you please explain the organization thesis of it..? --Zero^Talk 23:36, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Simply put, roughly ten topics are on each page, and each of the ten topics is listed chronologically next to a link to that one archive page to facilitate looking up specific topics. I think it is the work of a genius, myself. --maru (talk) contribs 23:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

It might be more feasible to insert it into a table. In its current format, it is atrocious and intensely confusing. --Zero^Talk 23:43, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

That's a good idea, but I don't understand the HTML markup necessary to make a table, so this mess was the best I could do (if you are willing to do it...). Most of my effort went into actually parsing the 300k of text just to accomplish that much. --maru (talk) contribs 23:53, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I've created your archive here, table and all. I had originally made the table on the talkpage here, but its quite expansive. Feel free to move it back if you feel so inclined. Regards, Zero^Talk 00:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It looks a lot better; I would like to have it on the main talk page since it looks more "open" and accessible, less like I'm hiding things, but on the other hand, there are the aesthetics to consider.... meh. I'll think about where to put it later. --maru (talk) contribs 01:51, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Zaraza @ Hacker

... I'd never heard of the guy, but his site[1] has some ridiculous[2] number of Google hits. Many (most?) seem to be from reprints of vulnerability information on Bugtraq and other Infosec lists, and I've given up trying to separate how many are about him / his site and how many are just security alert repeaters.

Bottom line is, they do seem to produce/publicize a lot of vulnerabilities. I have inherent bias against folks who just produce theoretical vulnerabilities and have never done anything besides scan code FBI: "anything" doesn't mean crime but that's immaterial for purposes of determining his relevance to an encyclopedia.

A search at c|net[3] for his site name shows citations in white papers but no actual news. The site alexa[4] ranking is in the 19K's, but you probably already checked that. A c|net news search shows no results at all for Zaraza. I use this as a benchmark due to c|net's propensity for covering anything technical. He's been mentioned once in an actual SecurityFocus article[5].

c|net and Slashdot had nothing for 3APA3A. SecurityFocus had 12 pages of vuln ID's and people talking about 'em.

So. For sheer, prolific effort in identifying theoretical vulnerabilities, I'd say he's notable within a non-trivial field. --Adrian Lamo ·· 01:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

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Depends on the circumstances. If the user is active and the image is used on a page, I tag the image and put a note on the user's page. If the user is inactive and/or the image is an orphan, I just delete it. --Nv8200p talk 08:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

In the future, could you inform me first? I am pretty good at recognizing sources. --maru (talk) contribs 08:15, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

What image are you concerned about? --Nv8200p talk 08:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

All the Star Wars images. --maru (talk) contribs 19:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

A bunch of the images in the List of minor Star Wars Jedi characters page had already been tagged with "no source" for over 7 days. I just went through all the images on that page and deleted the ones without sources, whether they had been "no source" tagged or not. I left the ones that were sourced and had a copyright tag. Wikipedia is overwhelmed with images that are not sourced, especially Star Wars and Anime related and if I'm working a page already, it is more efficient to take care of the images one time. If I removed your images or ones you care about, I apologize, but they can be uploaded again and if sourced and tagged, they should be around for awhile. -Nv8200p talk 23:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Archive formatting

Your Archive listing, while comprehensive (and supposedly complete) is simply appalling. Could you please explain the organization thesis of it..? --Zero^Talk 23:36, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Simply put, roughly ten topics are on each page, and each of the ten topics is listed chronologically next to a link to that one archive page to facilitate looking up specific topics. I think it is the work of a genius, myself. --maru (talk) contribs 23:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

It might be more feasible to insert it into a table. In its current format, it is atrocious and intensely confusing. --Zero^Talk 23:43, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

That's a good idea, but I don't understand the HTML markup necessary to make a table, so this mess was the best I could do (if you are willing to do it...). Most of my effort went into actually parsing the 300k of text just to accomplish that much. --maru (talk) contribs 23:53, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I've created your archive here, table and all. I had originally made the table on the talkpage here, but its quite expansive. Feel free to move it back if you feel so inclined. Regards, Zero^Talk 00:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It looks a lot better; I would like to have it on the main talk page since it looks more "open" and accessible, less like I'm hiding things, but on the other hand, there are the aesthetics to consider.... meh. I'll think about where to put it later. --maru (talk) contribs 01:51, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Zaraza @ Hacker

...I'd never heard of the guy, but his site[6] has some ridiculous[7] number of Google hits. Many (most?) seem to be from reprints of vulnerability information on Bugtraq and other Infosec lists, and I've given up trying to separate how many are about him / his site and how many are just security alert repeaters.

Bottom line is, they do seem to produce/publicize a lot of vulnerabilities. I have inherent bias against folks who just produce theoretical vulnerabilities and have never done anything besides scan code FBI: "anything" doesn't mean crime but that's immaterial for purposes of determining his relevance to an encyclopedia.

A search at c|net[8] for his site name shows citations in white papers but no actual news. The site alexa[9] ranking is in the 19K's, but you probably already checked that. A c|net news search shows no results at all for Zaraza. I use this as a benchmark due to c|net's propensity for covering anything technical. He's been mentioned once in an actual SecurityFocus article[10].

c|net and Slashdot had nothing for 3APA3A. SecurityFocus had 12 pages of vuln ID's and people talking about 'em.

So. For sheer, prolific effort in identifying theoretical vulnerabilities, I'd say he's notable within a non-trivial field. --Adrian Lamo ·· 01:23, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Thanks for doing all that research, Adrian- it definitely establishes his notability and worthiness of an article in Wikipedia, but I'm still not convinced he belongs in the notable security experts section. But since no-one else seems to be objecting, I guess I'll leave it be. --maru (talk) contribs 02:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

He's definitely not a household name, even among the security community. I deliberately avoided making any judgment as to whether he belongs in the article. I think it helps Wikipedia readers to have a wide array of biographies in the Hacker article, but I don't see much room for expansion in his article unless someone wants to trawl through everything he's uncovered and highlight his most notable work. Frankly, that's too tedious even for me.

Anyways. It wasn't actually a lot of research, but thanks for saying so :) Cheers. --Adrian Lamo ·· 04:30, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Evangelion stuff revisited

I watched the English anime on Adult Swim.. the ADV version does call Asuka Langley Soryu "Sohryu"... --WhisperToMe 06:15, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, but doesn't the article already mention that? --maru (talk) contribs 06:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

It's true that they do call her "Sohryu", but in the original Japanese format, it is actually written that way, because it is a German, and thus foreign, name. --Aeris of Iniquity 01:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Iain Banks

What do you think about a common format for all the articles on Banks books? --Guinnog 20:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

It is a good idea. For Player of Games, I was just putting it into the format I was familiar with from the Star Wars books. --maru (talk) contribs 21:03, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Cool. I'm going to revert that article to standardize with the other IMB books. --Guinnog 00:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Why? What's wrong with that format? --maru (talk) contribs 00:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Nothing at all. It's just that I have rewritten all the IMB articles (and all the IB articles) and I think it would be good if they conformed to the one standard. --Guinnog 00:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

It is a good thing for articles to have a standard format, but it is even better for that format to be a good format- the ISBN and reference information in the articles currently is an especially apt example of what I mean. --maru (talk) contribs 00:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Glad you agree. --Guinnog 00:42, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent edits of The Player of Games. After our discussion, I decided to revert to your model, and standardize across all the Iain Banks books. See what you think. --Guinnog 23:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I haven't edited it recently, but I'm glad you saw the merits of my model. Looking at it, the current layout is a lot better than it was before. --maru (talk) contribs 00:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Brevity is the soul of wit (FMA)

I saw your comment in the edit history for Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: "spaces are good. too good for this horrible writing. who wrote this, a kid?)" I get the feeling you and I may tend to agree that a shorter synopsis, carefully written, is to be preferred over a two-page paragraph of any skill level. I think the synopses should be brief. I have yet to actually read any of the marathon synopses on the page (episodes 1, 3, 32, 33 and 34) because life it too short. Granted, my synopses can be brutally short, but I think they better server the reader who wants a quick overview of what happened in an episode. By the way, how did you attach that comment to the revision history? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sprocketeer (talk • contribs)

Mm. As you can see on my user page, I take an inclusionist approach to things. What offended me most about the summary was it was a blow-by-blow summary, with ill-selected quotes (I've seen the episode in question), and with absolutely no eye towards the big picture and how the events fitted into the grand story arc. The actual writing was the final straw and what set off my ill-tempered remark.

As for how I attached the comment to the revision history... Every time you edit a page with the edit box and such, there's a second little rectangle between the big box and the save and preview buttons. It is good editing practice to add a summary of what you are changing and justifications for the change; but as you saw it can be used for parenthetical notes on the article being edited. --maru (talk) contribs 04:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Get a life

Look, who are you? Who said you could patronize me? NO ONE. I added a picture, and yeah, it took a little figuring out. Don't ever send me a message again, especially as I didn't "vandalize" anything, and it had to you no detrimental effect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milonnz (talk • contribs)

You put Wikipedia at risk by lying about the copyright status of the Waylon Smithers picture - copyright infringement is treated harshly by the law. So it is very much my business. Anything that puts Wikipedia at risk has a considerable detrimental effect on me. --maru (talk) contribs 04:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, thank you for policing the site to ensure against copyright infringements, but that was not your original complaint of me, was it? Now, leave me alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milonnz (talk • contribs)

I have left you alone; you contacted me here. The test template is standard procedure. --maru (talk) contribs 19:53, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

AWB suggestion

I've responded on my talk page. Thanks. --Adrian Buehlmann 08:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. --maru (talk) contribs 17:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank zod! (talk page archiving)

About dang time you archived your talk page. Yeesh. :P --Kross^Talk 19:58, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Isn't an impressive archive? I've seen a few even larger than mine, but none as accessible. Insert self-satisfied grin. Of course, if people keep posting here about my archiving activities (or lack thereof), I'll soon have as bloated a talk page as ever... --maru (talk) contribs 20:01, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars battles

Hey, do you think that sorting battles into conflict lists would be a good way to keep it chronological and organized? --Deckiller 03:21, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean- You mean like in a list, chronologically? --maru (talk) contribs 03:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes; a list for Clone War battles, galactic civil war battles, etc. Small battles can be included, and larger ones can have a main template and maybe a short description. --Deckiller 03:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

What's wrong with simply putting the list in the article on The Clone Wars, or the Galactic Civil War? --maru (talk) contribs 03:29, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, especially with the stub battles. Most of the battle articles are pretty fleshed out anyway, and I haven't heard too much complaining about Star Wars fancruft from that category. --Deckiller 03:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Most of the complaining I hear is about the uniformly poor writing (for which, I am partly responsible as I am too lazy to clean'em up). I don't think most of them should be merged, but if you have to be so merge happy, then merge them into the War article where they would at least be in context. --maru (talk) contribs 03:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the help. --Deckiller 03:37, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. --maru (talk) contribs 03:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

The Jedi council and Jorus C'Baoth

Jorus C'Boath was said to be missing right before the Clone Wars. Sorry, I'm new to the site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mas1@ (talk • contribs)

I've reverted your edits until you provide some sources. What you added made little sense to me. --maru (talk) contribs 03:35, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm only fourteen and I'm not the best at this. I just signed in today thinking that I can be a major part of Star Wars history. My source was from Timothy Zahn's book Heir to the Empire. The book addresses the Jorus C'Baoth clone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mas1@ (talk • contribs)

We all had to start somewhere.

Anyway, I'm very familiar with Heir to the Empire; it says he vanished with the Outbound Flight Project, not that he just vanished. Regardless, that has little bearing on your edit, which I remember as listing C'Baoth as on the Council, which Heir does not say. --maru (talk) contribs 03:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Shaak Tii

I have a question. In Episode II, there was a Youngling that was being trained by Master Yoda with a big group of Younglings. My friend says that that was Shaak Tii but I said that Shaak Tii would have been a padawan in the Expanded Universe (Clone Wars cartoon). And then he says that Shaak Tii the tallest Jedi ever but I said that Lowbacca was taller then her and he's just a Jedi Knight. --user:mas1@ (talk)

Your friend asks foolish questions; Shaak Ti was in the Battle of Geonosis. How could she have gone from Youngling to Knight in the few months Ep. II encompasses? As for height, that is unanswerable. The highest I can think of would beOod Bnar, though. --maru (talk) contribs 04:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

You're right, thanks a lot. --(talk)

Your signature is quite screwed up; this document will help you: Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages#Basics. --maru (talk) contribs 04:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Awesome. I have another question for you. me and my foolish friend are playing Star Wars and he says that we should make our own rules. Should I approve? darth kid 04:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

How should I know? --maru (talk) contribs 04:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, bye, thanks for the help. --Darth kid 04:51, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Hope I helped you. --maru (talk) contribs 05:15, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey!!!

Are you in your own Jedi council? If you are how do I get in? --dart kid 01:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)user:mas1@

That's a pretty dumb question. I have no idea what could have prompted you to ask that. No, I am in no Jedi Council, not being a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. --maru (talk) contribs 03:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello (re: FMA)

Hi, Maru-san! Thanks for sending me that message, and I could certainly use a bit of help! I was wondering how you did the thing with your user page, where you have a contents box, or is that automatic if you have more than one level-three heading? I really just need help getting started and set up, because I've seen a bunch of articles that have pictures, and the like, but I can't seem to get it right. I played around in the sandbox, pardon the pun heh heh, but couldn't seem to get it right. Could you help me out? You seem quite knowledgeable with Wiki. --Aeris of Iniquity 01:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

It is as you suspect, automatic- unless you specifically insert markup to the contrary.

As for images, the markup for simple cases is simple, but it can get very complex. Wikipedia:Images can give you more help in general, unless you have a specific question. I'm glad to answer non-dumb questions from new users. --maru (talk) contribs 01:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah ha, that would help out greatly. Also, I was wondering if it was you that fixed the list of songs I was working on. I was going to get around to it, but I'm glad that someone found the "kanji" for it, because I have a hard time finding things like that. Google Languages is a good enough help, but only if you type it in right. As for Wikipedia:Images I will check it out. But, how do you format those images to fit on the right side of the screen only, like on your user page? --Aeris of Iniquity 01:40, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

No, it wasn't me. Looking through your contrbs, I can't not even certain what list you are referring to. As for setting image to the right- you could have looked at the actual wikimarkup to see, but to summarize, when you have [[Image:FOO|right|Insert comment here]] (the second parameter in this case), then it will be on the right. If [[Image:FOO|left|Insert comment here]], left. --maru (talk) contribs 01:51, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

SNK articles

I've no doubt you've seen my progress on the King of Fighters articles lately. Well, I'm simply in the process of touching those articles up as of now, and I've set my sights on a new goal: Samurai Shodown. I'm already starting a new task of documenting and creating new pages for these characters as well, and I wanted to give a verification in case you felt inclined to assist. I'm so busy these days... --Zero^Talk 01:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

You should doubt more. It is healthy for the mind, and you wouldn't be wrong so often. However, I know even less about Samurai Shodown than KoF. --maru (talk) contribs 01:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I disgree. Per your edit Zero %28King of Fighters%29&diff=37140903&oldid=37125542 here, its clear you saw one of the articles in question, along with the template documenting all the character links at the bottom. Nevertheless, I'm sorry you cannot assist in the expansion of the SS articles, as I could use some assistance.

Then again, I barely had any help on the KOF articles either... One way or another, I'll get it done. --Zero^Talk 02:16, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Original Zero doesnae count- you brought that to my attention in an archived entry on this very talk page entry (don't think I've forgotten!). --maru (talk) contribs 02:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Sure it does. It was constructed during the time period of the KOF expansion, and at the time of your edit, the Template:King of Fighters characters was present proceeding the text. I believe you were perceptive enough to have seen the abundance of character links encompassed within it, and if you didn't, you simply weren't paying attention. But, we both know you did, and even if you neglected to check out the new links, you can't deny that the KOF character articles had been increased. --Zero^Talk 02:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Someone stop me. I'm on another SNK edit storm! --Zero^Talk 12:07, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

If you insist... --maru (talk) contribs 17:31, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I certainly didn't. --Zero^Talk 20:24, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

It certainly sounded like you did. I must be going deaf in my dotage. :) --maru (talk) contribs 23:03, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

History of the Jedi and Sith merge

I don't think it should be merged. The things fairly large on its own and would only make the Jedi and Sith articles bloated. --Kross^Talk 20:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I think it is redundant with an enourmous number of other articles. But you know where disagreements over page merges go. --maru (talk) contribs 22:27, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Up your arse? :P --Kross^Talk 19:12, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Precisely! Wait, what? --maru (talk) contribs 19:12, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't a test - Year Zero

There really is no such thing as a year "0". Take our own calendar for example: they year 1 BC is followed by the year 1 AD (or, if you prefer, the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE).

Zero is not actually a number, but a place-holder that means "nothing". Consequently, there would be no "Year Nothing".

Anyway, Obi Wan Kenobi was killed just prior to the Battle of Yavin, which would place his death during the year 1 BBY - which is not to say he was killed a whole year before the battle - only during that year (think Dec 31st on our Calendar). --Dave McGeorge (username Dmcg) - sorry forgot to log in before I wrote.

And why can't there be a year zero? Your argument holds true for on Earth and the Western Gregorian Calendar, but why should it hold true for the Star Wars Expanded Universe? And he died 0 years before the Battle of Yavin, just as the article says- unless you want to take the silly position that between his death and the Battle of Yavin a year or more elapsed. --maru (talk) contribs 03:38, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Noted. --maru (talk) contribs 03:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! (sig)

... but I was already on top of that. I've switched over to a sig.js format, thus protecting my sig from everyone but me. Not that I plan to change it, as I think it's quite pretty. The existing template will remain in place, unchanged, thus sparing the overworked servers any hassle.

Ought to never be an issue, because of how the mediawiki software actually handles templates. Thanks again for your attention to this matter! =)

Warm Regards, User:Adrian/zap2.js 05:19, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I still think templates are a bad idea for sigs, if only for the example they set, but I doubt I will get you to change your mind. --maru (talk) contribs 05:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Well. I don't know about setting any example, but I like to think readers will appreciate not having to wade through another HTML clutter when they read edit a talkpage or vote.

I'm not needlessly stubborn though. If a dev shows me how my template .sig is harming Wikipedia, I'll drop it in a split second. This isn't some kind of WP:POINT thing; I'm sensitive to the community.

Thanks for replying. User:Adrian/zap2.js 05:33, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey hey! Don't lump me in with the crazy HTML users- I hate them even more than sig template users. My sig is tasteful, simple, and short. --maru (talk) contribs 05:40, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

...However, it lacks the refinement and tasteful simplicity of my own. --Zero^Talk 05:51, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

As long as I know there's someone out there you hate more than me, I'm a happy man :) User:Adrian/zap2.js 05:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

That's the spirit! The best revenge is... writing well? Leaving lots of sigs? (Or something like that?) --maru (talk) contribs 06:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Or maybe I'll just redact your line breaks here and there *cough* :x User:Adrian/zap2.js 06:24, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

You tread perilously close to lese majeste and forget my station. :) --maru (talk) contribs 07:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Do I? Remind me of it, and I'll add it to my sticky-notes :) User:Adrian/zap2.js 07:49, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Because I'm a thoughtful kinda guy, I went and found a developer. From what I've been told, the main problems are A. Changes to the .sig by the user, and B. Vandalism. So for now, it's not causing any problems :)

I'm apparently also a dick, but that's another matter. It's not the .sig's fault I'm a dick. User:Adrian/zap2.js 08:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Brenda nickname

"Brenda" is a nickname for the Queen from Private Eye that's still used in some circles. There's a section on it in the Private Eye article. --Dtcdthingy 13:30, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for responding, DTCD. I created a disambig at Brenda a while ago, but I've added that tidbit in. --maru (talk) contribs 16:19, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey man - SWP

Thanks for fixing up the project page a bit; do you plan on joining? You are one of the Star Wars article masters, after all :) --Deckiller 20:20, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Flattery will gain you much. I'm not sure I will join- I've been winding down my SW-related article activity, so I don't know how much I could contribute. --maru (talk) contribs 20:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay. It is true, though! --Deckiller 20:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Kraken Reports on the Squid cache Wikipedia entry

Hi, I was just wondering why you removed my entry in the add-ons section. If there is reason for not having it there I apologize for putting it there. looking forward to hearing back from you. --Leigh Finch

I reverted your edit because you removed an entire section. --maru (talk) contribs 17:37, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi I just checked the history, my IP Address was and still is 202.87.30.12, the IP address that removed the reverse proxy section was 66.67.115.233. Do you mind if I put my entry back in?

I can't guarantee anything, but if you don't remove anything, I probably won't revert it (as your link seems legitimate). --maru (talk) contribs 01:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Doobie Brothers "On Our Way Up"

All Music Guide. --DCEdwards1966 17:51, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

OK then. Thanks. --maru (talk) contribs 18:22, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

SW template idea

That's an awesome idea, and it would save a lot of tedium. --Deckiller 18:20, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Glad you like it. Too bad there is no easy way to get a list of SW articles with tags like cleanup, wikify, merge etc. on them, though. --maru (talk) contribs 18:22, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll start combing through the articles and adding any templates I see to the ToDO page. I also think the Todo page may need to be reformatted to conform to the various tags instead of general desciptions. --Deckiller 18:26, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I started an index of the fair articles. Think that's a way to do it, maybe make our own "good article" list and place the template on those, so people know that it's a decent one? --Deckiller 22:58, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

It's looking good. I added a bit about fanon and inaccuracy, but overall the criterion look pretty solid. I guess what we are trying to get at is that the template should only be on the talk pages of articles which aren't in need of attention, which can be left in maintenance mode. It'll take a while to tag all the articles methinks. --maru (talk) contribs 23:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, sounds good. I agree; it'll take a few hours to sort through. Perhaps interested people can split up and review different categories. It's time for dinner though, ^ ^ so I'll be back in a bit. --Deckiller 23:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I just started a capital ship list for all the minor/small capital ships, although there are probably a few that can be split again. --Deckiller 00:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye on it. --maru (talk) contribs 01:11, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Taun We merge

I went ahead and merged it per the tag. --Deckiller 03:32, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. --maru (talk) contribs 03:32, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello - interwiki links

I've ben adding some links to the Hebrew Wikipedia, however you seem to be taking an issue with that, and revert all my changes, mind telling me what the problem is? --Daniel tzvi 20:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Becaue as far as I can tell they are blank links- to me they look like [[He: ]]. --maru (talk) contribs 21:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Maybe your computer can't show hebrew chracters (a common enough problem), the links work, however, I checked them manually. --Daniel tzvi 02:43, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you say so. --maru (talk) contribs 03:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

File:Star Wars barnstar.png

"I think I owe you one for such great work!" --Deckiller 03:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll add it to my other one! But really, it is you who deserves the kudos. I'm far too lazy and burned out to put forth enough effort to successfully start the Project as well as you have. --maru (talk) contribs 03:38, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ^ ^. However, you were the one who really made me understand the nature of the Star Wars articles in that merged topics shouldn't be as large as, say, Xenosaga, since the universe is so large and deep. By the way, do you think that we should make an archive to place all previously completed tasks? I have a feeling that this will get much larger than the Wikipedia:WikiProject Final Fantasy/things to do. --Deckiller 03:44, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Man, you are hopelessly addicted to vast fictional universes, aren't you? :) Archives are a good idea, but not vital- the page is not particularly large and is still navigable. Work on getting material we can archive. --maru (talk) contribs 03:49, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm addicted :) Anyway, for archive items, do you mean items such as simple corrections, like copyedits and whatnot? --Deckiller 03:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I'd say archive anything with a discussion. The other things are small, and so can be left indefinitely. Actually, they probably should be- good for morale. --maru (talk) contribs 03:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Although, we could play around with having the talk page be a de facto archive, since we are doing the discussion on the main project page. --maru (talk) contribs 03:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah okay, so we could put any discussions over a solved mater into the discussion page. I like that idea; it saves us from making excess archives. --Deckiller 03:56, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I have to go, I'll be on tomorrow during school. --Deckiller 04:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Bluegrass music associations edit

I am sorry, I wrote this message yesterday as the database was being locked, and only the header saved. I am wondering about music&curid=60590&diff=39369285&oldid=39196854 this edit to the bluegrass music article. There is no group called "Bluegrass Music Association" ; the group in question is the "Northern Kentucky Bluegrass Music Association." Can you explain your edit? Thanks. --Cmadler 13:22, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Just a copy and paste mistake. --maru (talk) contribs 13:28, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

SPUI-Box

It's not about pedophilia, or personal status, or taking offense, or anything like that. Rather, this issue is related to blatently disobeying the wishes of the peer-chosen Arbitration Committee and the founder of the project, Jimbo Wales. I won't be reverting again, however, as I think this is simply trolling. --Bratsche^talk 01:56, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

The remedy was for SPUI, not Analog, and supposedly was so severe because it aggravated an ongoing wheel war. Unless you think that Analog is inflaming some ongoing wheel war, it is totally unjustified. --maru (talk) contribs 04:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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SW Project member list

Heya! I was wondering if I could add you to the project list, even if it's "unofficial" :) Thanks. --Deckiller 20:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Unofficially, yes. --maru (talk) contribs 22:03, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Minor Jedi page has been split into three articles. I think 2-3 of the entries could be split into separate articles, like Adi Gallia. I think we should try and shoot for 50KB on the Masters and 45KB for the knight pages. --Deckiller 00:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote

Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your opinion of what I should read next. I've been reading big books with lots of plot threads, where characters disappear for a while as the author tries to keep up with everybody's actions. I wanted a break from such sweeping epics, and The Tale of Genji seems like a good book to do that...big but at the same time intimate. --Tachikoma 20:46, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

That's true. It is not so much that characters disappear in the ToG, but more like they die and the action moves on to their relatives. --maru (talk) contribs 22:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

From a Jew - userpage comment

As a Jew I would prefer that you remove your grammar Nazi swastika. I find that symbol to be very offensive and hateful. --144.126.76.73 02:30, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I would rather not. Incidentally, I'm a little surprised a Jew would be at Loyola. --maru (talk) contribs 02:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

What kind of a racist statement is that? Loyola is a diverse school. Religion plays no role in who is there. --144.126.161.45 13:29, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Have you stopped beating your wife yet? It is a perfectly valid question since it is, y'know, a Jesuit school. --maru (talk) contribs 13:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

What the hell does that have to do with being Jesuit? A lot of blacks beat their wives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User:144.126.76.73 (talk • contribs)

Superweapons

I agree with your decision completely, which is why I left that note on the things to do page. I only did the merge to get some info on the article. --Deckiller 02:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

All's well that ends well. --maru (talk) contribs 02:59, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. I would've put the merge proposal up if nobody had already started the list. --Deckiller 03:02, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Random articles biases

Hi. About your recent statement that the random article link isn't really random, do you know any specifics? It certainly seems it's not weighted towards longer articles or anything. I'm quite curious about this. Thanks. --R. fiend 04:22, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

From what I remember from a few discussions on #Wikipedia, it was weighted towards more popular articles. --maru (talk) contribs 04:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, then I may have underestimated the number of deletable articles and sub-stubs. -R. fiend 19:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't be surprised. I find it hard to believe we could really have ~1 million articles on encyclopedic subjects. When I get the time, I hope to do my own little 500 random links experiment. --maru (talk) contribs 20:47, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Best Section Header EVAR

With emphatic Comic Book Guy support for what you just posted on Phil's Talk page. --chris.lawson 06:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

No fair! Clawson beat me to it. :) --Zero^Talk 06:06, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

There is no emoticon for what I am feeling! --maru (talk) contribs 06:11, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Copperchair --Zero^Talk 06:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Muttar Masti deletion

I see you deleted this and it's been recreated. However, you didn't close off Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muttar Masti. I've deleted the article again. --CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 07:18, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Er... Let's not assign blame about who did and didn't close AFDs! The important thing is that it got deleted, right? --maru (talk) contribs 17:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

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Taken care of. --maru (talk) contribs 17:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Arvanites' unprotection

Hi maru, thanks for looking after Arvanites. I very much hope your unprotecting wasn't a bit premature, as I think we were still having a few open matters to resolve, but let's be optimistic. Would be nice if you could keep an eye on further developments during the next days. --Lukas ^(T.|@) 11:52, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Nah. This was just a fly-by unprotection- it simply shouldn't be protected for so long, regardless of the merits. --maru (talk) contribs 17:33, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Trivlis / Halagad Ventor

I thought the information on Ventor was overkill, but if you want to redo it, go ahead. I'm always one for simplicity, 'why use ten words when three will suffice?' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trivlis (talk • contribs)

I dunno... It looked to me like real info was being removed. --maru (talk) contribs 23:04, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

NOTE: That message wasn't from me; I transferred it from your userpage. --Deckiller 15:46, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Kawaii AfD

Ohayo Marudubshinki-kun! Care to help with this article? It is currently under attack. :) --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 22:02, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Gomen nisai! I should have seen the AFD and acted earlier. I hope my vote will help. --maru (talk) contribs 23:02, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Blanking of the page resting upon the surface for the sitting utensil intended for one's posterior constructed of the element known as copper

What are we going to do with him..? I'm going to refrain from futhur reverts, but his talkpage sanitation is a clear audible cause for complaint. Additionally, his actions depict an clear attempt to troll/provoke, as well as disobey Arbcom. -Zero^Talk 08:40, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I looked, and strictly speaking, there are no sanctions against him blanking his talk page. However, we can go ask Arbcom to extend the judgement's parole conditions to include the talk page as well. --maru (talk) contribs 08:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps. It could be argued that the erasing of the talkpage reflects an goal corresponding to further disruption and lack of respect concerning the arbitration's final decision. -Zero^Talk 09:02, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars Wikiproject

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I'd rather continue in an unofficial capacity. --maru (talk) contribs 04:34, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay. --Jedi6 04:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Snowtroper

Hey, may you block him please? He's been a sneaky vandal for two+ weeks now. --Deckiller 20:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. Not an indefinite ban because some edits seem to have been good. --maru (talk) contribs 20:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

-=nods=- okay, thanks. --Deckiller 20:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Thought (barnstarry goodness)

The Original Barnstar "Thanks for contributing to the Thought Project! Since you're the first, I think you deserve a good ol' barnstar. Consider it an inspiration to further thoughts and work on Wikipedia." Cheers, Bratschetalk 04:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Squee! My third barnstar! And first non-Star Wars related one... Anyway, I'm glad to have contributed; I've been meaning to write down my Wikiphilosophy one of these days.

Y'know what would be even neater? It would be kinda neat if there were a Wikipedia-wide contest sponsored by the Signpost or something, for the most lucid and well thought out Wikiphilosophy essay. Just something to think about. --maru (talk) contribs 05:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Third barnstar..? Maru's got some catching up to do. Zero -Zero^Talk 08:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I will simply note that I, at least, have not stooped to awarding myself barn stars... --maru (talk) contribs 13:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I disagree with your assessment that I have fabricated the acquisition of barnstars. I and User:Cool Cat had an "contest" of sorts quite an while ago in which the winner could claim an barnstar. The acquisition of it is equivalent to him giving it to me himself (he even gave me another one as well for that situation). I see your assumption of me unjustly claiming awards as an uncalled for statement. I am extremely offended. -Zero^Talk 13:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I am deeply offended by your offense! That a simple humorous note could be taken so ill speaks likewise ill of you AGF factor! I disagree with your fabrication of charges I am being mean and malicious. You accusing me of bad faith is equivalent to attacking me himself. Totally unjustified and unjustly. --maru (talk) contribs 00:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Be fair, I explained myself exhaustively. Your accusation was not only intemperate, it was completely misplaced, and any normal passerby would claim that it was impossible to garner any humor simply from the statement of "I will simply note that I, at least, have not stooped to awarding myself barn stars... ".

It's not humorous because the first thing you do in the above is falsely accuse me of something I never do: unjustly claim awards. The second thing you do is falsely accuse me of promulgating logical fallacies. You have asked me to assume good faith and yet you have falsely stated I cited you as malicious and mean (I never said such a thing). I'm sorry this just won't do. Don't make false accusations. Don't breach good faith repeatedly and then try to lecture someone else to do what you already are signally failing to do. I know you are a good person, and it did not bother me as much as it would another I didn't know. It also helped that you verified it was an jest, and that's good. My apologies for coming off so strong however, I will attempt to lighten up more in the future. -Zero^Talk 11:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Stormtrpr's back

Yeah, that's right, he's back at it :) --Deckiller 03:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Star Wars Collaboration of the week

Make sure to vote for the Star Wars Collaboration of the week for next week at Wikipedia:Star Wars Collaboration of the week. --Jedi6 04:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

"Harry's Place" deletion

You recently deleted this article with the summary "01:09, 24 February 2006 Marudubshinki deleted "Harry's Place" (per afd)". This AFD had only begun on 21 February and was fairly evenly split so that wasn't a valid justification. You may have meant that you were deleting it under the "recreation of identical content" speedy deletion criteria, which was mentioned on that AFD. I can understand the theory here, but the article's creator (User:Dbiv) is arguing that since the article's original deletion it has increased in notability (being nominated for best UK weblog, media coverage) and that the article had been updated to cover this. I'm not trying to push you one way or the other (honest m'lud!.) I'm jsut checking that you're fully keyed up on all the facts, since from your deletion summary it appeared you may not be. Thanks. --Cherry blossom tree 10:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

You're right on the second count- if Harry's Place has indeed increased in notability, it should be taken up at VFU, not recreated and put through AFD. --maru (talk) contribs 17:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Should it? I'll trust you on that one. I'll let the creator decide what to do with it then. --Cherry blossom tree 18:15, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah; if it's increased in notability, then that means the original AFD might've been mistaken, and that's exactly what VFU is for. --maru (talk) contribs 18:18, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:AtptEGTVV.jpg

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Done. --maru (talk) contribs 06:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Snowtropr's recent edits

Hey, just a heads up: He's back once again :) --Deckiller 18:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Not anymore. --maru (talk) contribs 19:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ^ ^ --Deckiller 22:50, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Just remember... if the fuzz catches wind, you're going down with me. --maru (talk) contribs 22:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, fair deal. --Deckiller 22:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

"Palpatine as a ruler" AfD

Changed my vote here and left a comment. Someone must have put goofy pills in my coffee this morning. Perhaps there could be an article on "Star wars national leaders" that would cover some of his leadership aspects. I haven't read it all, but I'm assuming those articles are becoming rather large and begging to be split into baby articles. As I familiarize myself with how Wikipedia has the Star Wars stuff set up, perhaps I can offer some suggestions (sans goofy pills!). Cheers!

BTW: the "look at your hand" pic is awesome. --SpencerTC 00:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't claim any originality (aside from the caption)- I stole it from another user.

That article idea is interesting, but there aren't actually that many leaders that are that interesting; the authors (and indeed, Lucas himself) tend to find Palpatine one of the most fascinating characters, and so, he is very well developed. The only ones that come anywhere close in terms of being fleshed out would have to be Tarkin, Leia, and maybe Mon Mothma. --maru (talk) contribs 01:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Evangelion userbox

I agree, I also prefer Asuka over Rei. ^ ^ --Deckiller 01:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

We are so congenial together! Let's get married, you and I! :) --maru (talk) contribs 01:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Lol. Lauren might kill me =P --Deckiller 01:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

SW copyvios

Yeah, all these recent copyvios by our fellow editors are killing me. I'll try and clean them up soon, although I'm in the gutter today, so I don't know how much I'll be able to do... --Deckiller 19:35, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The real killer for me is that I own almost all these books- just not with me. :( --maru (talk) contribs 20:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Planet of Twilight copyvio?

I barely used the Wookieepedia article. I used a few terms such as 'cult' and 'backwater' but that was the extent of it. Wookieepedia gave me close to NO information, as they only had a "Publisher's Synopsis" so I went to many other sources to compile the article. --Dark jedi requiem 19:42, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

You copied entire phrases. --maru (talk) contribs 20:31, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I used: "dreaded backwater world", "religious cult", and "hellbent". I used 6 words out of their 113. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark jedi requiem (talk • contribs)

Srotac RfD

You may take vote on WP:RfD (Feb 21) about this redirect. --Pavel Vozenilek 20:18, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The deed is done. --maru (talk) contribs 20:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Revert format

hominem&diff=41684666&oldid=41327817 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ad hominem&diff=41684666&oldid=41327817

I believe that's vandalism. Now since you seem to have a "standard" way to revert among you admins, I'll leave it you to you you. -Raijinili 04:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

It's taken care of; we don't have a standard way of reverting so much as the rollback software tool are so much better than manually reverting that nobody in their right mind ever does it unless they want to leave a message in the edit summary. --maru (talk) contribs 04:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

UniversityNotes.NET

I'll submit the information because it is valid information. How well known the information is does not make it more or less qualified as Encyclopedia information. Examples such as Digg, half.com, slashdot.org, are all of the same family as UniversityNote.Net. I find it quite disturbing that information is policed in such a way that number of "google hits" is a determining factor as to the relevancy of the information.

Just being "valid" does not make a subject worthy of inclusion. But if you think my speedy deletion was wrong, please use the Wikipedia:Deletion review process. --maru (talk) contribs 23:50, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

And, as you asked, the name is just something I came up with some time ago (in high school, by my reckoning). It's meant to have at least two ways of reading, i.e. Zero-bot (0-bot) and also, a sort of German accented Ze Robot (a la Kraftwerk). Cheers! --Zerobot 04:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

That's interesting. My user name is not nearly so well thought out. :( --maru (talk) contribs 04:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! (re: one millionth article)

Thanks for your kind words! --Nach0king 09:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Bah! I know this thanks are just to lull me into a sense of complacency so you can steal the 2 millionth article which all know to be rightly mine. --maru (talk) contribs 15:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For putting up with me and always helping me out with my horrid editing I award you this Maru put it where you like.

File:Star Wars barnstar.png

"For being one of the best editors I know, have this!" --Dr. Mahongany 21:31, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

You have really helped me with editing example when I first started you nagged me to sign my comments, then you helped me with charts such as TIE Crawler, then you said no copyvios and constantly you put up with my pitiful editing. Thanks really. --Dr. Mahongany

You're more than welcome. --maru (talk) contribs 15:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit Counts

Hey, you know you can just link to an edit counter like Interiot's tool rather than manually updating the count, right? --maru (talk) contribs 18:19, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean like edits?user=Dark jedi requiem&dbname=enwiki p this or is there a way to make it graph it on the page? (For people too lazy or uncaring to click the link.) --Dark jedi requiem 23:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

So far as I know, there is no way to have a template or anything show updated results automatically- I mean, short of having a script or program fetch the results periodically, generate an image or textual representation in some way, upload that representation, and edit a page adding that representation, but that's a lot of work and is error-prone. --maru (talk) contribs 15:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey - possible revenant?

Is it me, or does User:JediOrder remind you a bit of stormtropr? He makes a series of awkward edits, although how he mainly focuses on uploading his "own" images and messing with wikilinks... --Deckiller 02:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

He does, a little, but he doesn't seem to have the same obsession with the infoboxes. --maru (talk) contribs 15:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA results

Thank you for your constructive critisizm during my RfA! It has decided to postpone making me an administrator based upon recent consensus (or lack thereof). Thanks for the kind remarks and I hope to continue to see you around the project. Cheers, ZsinjTalk 08:36, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

You just went in too early, Zsinj. My advice is to wait a few months, and maybe spend those months collaborating with other users on some articles- peer review and FAC are good places for that, or you could join a WikiProject. It's a good idea to have a few superlative articles to show you can do more than just handle recent changes. --maru (talk) contribs 14:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Help me, Maru

Help me please, My username is User:Xchrisblackx but I tried to get on today my password was changed and I got a vandal warning the only way I can prove to you this is me is my name is Dr. Mahogany and my old password was rocker what can I do? Just put any help you have on my talk page. --Anon.

Sorry- I can't help. That account doesn't seem to be blocked, and I have no way of knowing that you are in fact who you say you are. Even were I inclined to help, the best I could do is block the account- admins can't change the password or anything like that. --maru (talk) contribs 14:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Is there anything I can do? --Anon.

Start a new account and protect your password better this time? That password is the only proof the servers, and by extension, the rest of us, can have that you are who you say you are. --maru (talk) contribs 15:02, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry to bug you. One more thing, is there a possible way to find who this guy is? --Anon.

You could ask for someone with Checkuser to look into the various IPs that have logged into that account. That's the cloest you can get. --maru (talk) contribs 15:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Can you tell me a user with one? --Anon.

Wikipedia:Requests for CheckUser. --maru (talk) contribs 17:43, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• "Help me Obi-Maru Kenobi, you're our only hope!" :P — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kross (talk • contribs)

Y'know Kross, allusions are funnier when they aren't pointed out... --maru (talk) contribs 18:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Illuminatus! peer review

hi, you complained in Wikipedia:Peer review/The Illuminatus! Trilogy that there was not enough plot summary. can you check the article again and see if its ok now? The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Thanks. --Zzzzz 21:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's adequate now. However, to be better, it still needs to cover some of the more interesting ideas and amusing plot turns and elements, IMO. --maru (talk) contribs 01:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The Illuminatus! article is now up for "featured article" status. please go to Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Illuminatus! Trilogy to vote Support or Oppose with your comments. cheers. --Zzzzz 17:55, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Changes to the Virtuozzo Content

Hello, I am just learning to look at the history on Wikipedia, and I see that you have made some content changes to Virtuzzo. The changes are interesting and I see just the first change you say "relatively" isolated. Can you please clarify for me why you changed isolated to relatively isolated? On what are you basing this characterization? Thanks. --Carla

Because it is a software solution, not virtualizing at the hardware level; I believe it must be inherently less isolated than isolation done at an even lower level. --maru (talk) contribs 22:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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Small Problem with vandals

I'm unblocked but it seems that under Checkuser all vandals that vandalize my userpage are from my area? --Dr. Mahogany

Well, then- that tells you where to start looking for the responsible parties. --maru (talk) contribs 16:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I guess you're right but where to start? --Dr. Mahogany 17:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Your home, libraries, schools? Those all seem likely areas. --maru (talk) contribs 07:16, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA results

Hey Marudubshinki/Archive 54, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller 04:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! It's great to have another administrator around knowledgeable about Star Wars. Many happy deletions and blocks! --maru (talk) contribs 03:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for patrolling my user page

Hi - I haven't had my user page on my watchlist so I've been completely oblivious to the vandals. Thanks for patrolling the page -- and updating me on the DoA disambiguation situation :) --Jon Dowland 13:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. --maru (talk) contribs 15:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the FMA revert

Hi there,

Thanks for fixing the FMA revert. I think I lost track of which version was which. I'm still new to all this. Again, thanks. --Tachikoma 21:27, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Diffs made it easy to see that you'd made a mistake, and 'twas quickly mended. --maru (talk) contribs 21:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Copperchair and Star Wars

He is editing Star Wars articles again. He just doesn't get it does he. --Jedi6-(need help?) 08:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Eliminated. --maru (talk) contribs 21:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Reasons for merging Amarillo, Texas-related articles?

Hi, I saw you tagged the merge template on the Amarillo, Texas and suggested that we should we merge it with Amarillo, Texas featured in the mass media but you didn't discussed why. In the main article's discussion tab, there was a discussion last month why we should create a spin-off article called "Amarillo, Texas featured in the mass media". (the section used to be in the Amarillo article for a couple of years.) The reasons why we created the spin-off article is the page is getting to long, article size (the article is nearly hitting the 50kb mark but I think those dang reference templates are causing it.), and the flow of the article. A lot of city article's have spin-off list articles. In fact the feature article Boston, Massachusetts has a lot of spin-off lists. :-) --J. Nguyen 21:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Because it just isn't a real article in and of itself; and 50KB is not that large. Splitting out begs to happen at around 70 and 80 kilobytes, IMO. I saw the article because robchurch over on the IRC channel was bemoaning how he wanted to delete it, but couldn't as he lost his admin powers. --maru (talk) contribs 22:05, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: private IRC Chat

I hope I wasn't incoherent nor otherwise annoying in the private IRC chat between ourselves the other day. I have somewhat worried about it in the days since, so I'm kind of trying to get an update.

Some people speculated that I haven't made enough useful contributions on the night I chatted with you. In case you're also worried, I have made a table of articles I created, on my userpage. I made it the other day in an effort to prove to users that I've made a lot of useful contributions, and so I can gain respect among the wikimunity. --Shultz III 09:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

No, the IRC chat is not the annoying bit- the annoying bit is that I've helped you several times and put in a good word for you on some occasions, but you keep on antagonizing other administrators. I don't think you are doing it all that deliberately (besides the "humor" you said you're keeping to Uncyclopedia), but like Cool Cat, you're cruising for a bruising and I'm not sure I want to help in the aftermath. --maru (talk) contribs 23:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, sheesh. What has Cool Cat been doing?? Btw, did you look at the table of new articles I made? --Shultz III 02:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Cool Cat... has not been getting along with others, and is embroiled as usual in political disputes. As for the table- that's well and useful when you're starting out, so to speak, but I rapidly found keeping lists too troublesome as I did more and more (there's plenty of work I need to do, no need to make more for myself, right?). I like to flatter myself and think I have enough of a reputation that I don't need one (though if I did, I would add in Alfred W. McCoy- wrote it on a lunch break while waiting out some rain). --maru (talk) contribs 02:34, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

More cultural evidence that C-3P0 is gay

Look at all the references of C3PO, popular culture considers him gay, Tony Daniels is gay... Therefore, 3PO is gay.

That does not follow. --maru (talk) contribs 15:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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Supershadow removals

thanks for the tips, but sadly i wasn't experimenting with Wikipedia, i think the supershadow article while necessary does not need to include all the stupid stuff mentioned there, this is an encyclopedia for Christ's sake, so I guess I'm reverting the article back to my version, which i believe is more than enough for an entry of the relevance supershadow.com deserves --Anon.

And I will revert it back and block you if need be; those contents are useful for arguing against and detecting SS vandalism, if nothing else. --maru (talk) contribs 17:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Test1

Hi there. I don't know much about Wikipedia. You left me a talk about a "test" I made.

I thought I fixed it myself. It wasn't actually a test. It was a demonstration to my girlfriend about the power and danger of Wikis. Thanks for your concern. --Anon.

Even if you repaired your damage almost immediately, somebody could still have seen it- in addition to the fact that you wasted at least one (mine- who knows many others were watching that page and had to examine the diffs) editor's time, clogged up the history with pointless edits, and created a bad version of the article. --maru (talk) contribs 21:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Blocking AOL users

Please stop blocking AOL users. It is very annoying. Find some other way or just don't even bother blocking users with an AOL IP address.

Thank you. --Vivaperucarajo 21:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I will block vandals where I find them. --maru (talk) contribs 21:25, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Something funny on SS.com

SuperShadow's girlfriend. --Deckiller 18:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Good grief. Didn't he already have a fake girlfriend? --maru (talk) contribs 18:44, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, he changes "girlfriends" every month. --Deckiller 18:51, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Userbox question from a new guy

On your user page, under "Important information" and whatnot, what are all of those little boxes identifying you as different things called? Also, how do I get them/make them? I've seen them on several use pages, but I don't know where they come from. Thanks. --NeoChrono Ryu 20:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Those things are called userboxes; they are special cases of templates. Generally, you get them by editing the page, copying the template (that is, like {{userbox dune}}; almost all userboxes are prefixed with "userbox" to make clear what they are) onto your own userpage. --maru (talk) contribs 20:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh golly no. You just had to tell him. --Zero^Talk 20:44, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Someone would have done it! Why should it not have been me? --maru (talk) contribs 21:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppets on Frank Herbert

User:Essjay has confirmed User:Kwisatz Haderach 00100 to be a sockpuppet of User:Zeus69962. The other two accounts were inconclusive, but he suspects zombie computers. This is from IRC...if necessary, he can post on WP:RfCU as well. Cheers. —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 03:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Could he? A documentation trail would be good. --maru (talk) contribs 04:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding a cursed scroll of genocide in Nethack

A cursed scroll of genocide will summon several of the creatures you are trying to summon. If you know it is cursed, then you can summon monsters that are useful to you. --HighInBC 05:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd've preferred you add that to the article, but thanks for telling me. --maru (talk) contribs 05:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't bite the newbies - on The Game AFD

I am very startled that an ’‘admin’’ would make a comment so inflammatory toward new users as the one you left at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Game (game) (2 nomination).

It is the closing admin’s responsibility to discount the votes of new users. They won’t be discounted any more if you call them names like “meatpuppet”, make accusations of sockpuppetry without evidence, and make fun of them, and they won’t be discounted any less if you simply reasonably state your position instead of attacking other users. ’’’rspeer’’’ / ɹəədsɹ 06:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I’m not AGFing here because I’ve dealt with these Game fanboys before on a number of other articles where they acted the part of spammer perfectly; my good faith ran out a long time ago. As for sockpuppetry... are you seriously trying to say there isn’t -puppetry of all sorts going on in that AFD? —maru (talk) contribs 06:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

You can consider them meatpuppets if you want, but you should not ’‘call’’ them that, as stated by Wikipedia:Sock puppetry#Meatpuppets. The issue isn’t good faith, it’s civility and not biting the newcomers.

So I have to ask what you mean by “meatpuppetry”. Certainly there are many newcomers in the discussion, some of whom heard about this discussion from the same source. If that’s what you call “meatpuppetry”, then yes, there is some -puppetry going on, but I’d ask you to rethink your attitude toward newcomers.

As for sock puppetry, I haven’t seen anything blatant. If you suspect two users of being sock puppets, that is what Requests for CheckUser is for.

’’’rspeer’’’ / ɹəədsɹ 06:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I’ve taken out the sockpuppetry charge- there isn’t enough trouble-making going on to justify a checkuser; right now a check would be abuse of the privilege. But I’m leaving in the meatpuppetry. It is obvious for all to see and a relevant factor to point out. —maru (talk) contribs 06:57, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Do you think the closing admin would be oblivious to the fact that many of these users are new if you didn’t point it out? Take out the M-word. It’s uncivil, unnecessary, and against the policy stated at Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. ’’’rspeer’’’ / ɹəədsɹ 07:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I still want you to deal with this. Your comment as a whole is uncivil, and it uses a name for newcomers that has been discouraged by policy since January. I know much of the rest of AfD is uncivil too, but you’re an admin, so set a good example. ’’’rspeer’’’ / ɹəədsɹ 22:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Rspeer: I’m not going to change my comment; I’ve made all the changes I’ve intended to make. —maru (talk) contribs 00:15, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Then I’ll change it for you, at least the part about “meatpuppetry”. I won’t let this policy die from lack of enforcement. ’’’rspeer’’’ / ɹəədsɹ 00:57, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Then I’ll change it right back! I’m warning you- my votes is ’‘my’’ vote. If you wish to “enforce” that particular sentence of the policy, then go through the channels. Start an RFC. --maru (talk) contribs 01:35, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think either of us want to waste that much time. I'll let this pass, but I hope there aren't any other policies you think you're immune to.

Completely unrelatedly, your editor is doing something very strange to apostrophes and quotation marks. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 02:22, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I know about that (noticed it when I was writing bilboe). I had recently installed Greasemonkey on my Firefox, and I was checking out this script called "Smart Firefox" (http://www.slightlyremarkable.com/2005/05/smart-firefox); apparently it's supposed "convert all quotes, dashes, and apostrophes to their correct entity replacements." I thought that sounded like a good idea, but apparently it changes quotes to something which don't do what they are supposed to do. So I just disabled it for Wikipedia domains. --maru (talk) contribs 02:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Sacre bleu! blocks

An IP range you blocked in order to block Sacrebleuthis (talk · contribs) (or so the blocked page says) seems to be part of the range used by Google Web Accelerator. This is resulting in me getting random blocked notices, since every request seems to go through a different server. Please either unblock this range (example ip 64.233.173.66) or change the block in some way that explains the GWA link and recommends choosing “don’t accelerate this site” if it is really unblockable. --BigBlueFish 14:33, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I think I’ll just unblock the account- that should remove the IP blocks, and besides- I really doubt that the vandal will try to use the account again. It’s been weeks since it was indef blocked, after all. —maru (talk) contribs 19:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --BigBlueFish 20:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

The same exact thing is also happening to me. Is there any way you can just block that person because it is quite annoying having a block message coming up every time I try to edit a page. I appreciate your help. —J@red ^[T]/_{talk:JP06035&action=edit&section=new [+]} 22:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

To my knowledge, there is no way of just blocking that person. --maru (talk) contribs 00:13, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Yunmen Temple pics

Dear Maru,

When you get a chance, you may be interested to have a look at Temple http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yunmen Temple . Nothing spectacular, of course, but it seems like the kind of thing you might like. --Nat Krause^(Talk!) 16:57, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh man. That's awesome. It would have been even more awesome if you could've taken some photos of the stelae or any status of him they might have had, but I'm still happy to see these pictures. Thanks! --maru (talk) contribs 19:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! (for the sig tips)

Thanks for the tips. I read the thing about the four tildes, but I interpreted it to mean that they wanted them before the username, which just seemed ridiculous, so I looked at the code of other people's signatures. I think I'm getting the hang of most of this. I apologize if my actions on the Jedi Purge page were too rash. What should I have done?

They weren't too rash- you added a note on the talk page, which is what you should've done, so it could be discussed (much as we are discussing it).

As for the signature- what the four tildes does, is the Wikipedia engine interprets them as a macro, so they are replaced with a link to your user page, user talk, and also the current date in a particular format. It can be customized of course, in the My Preferences, under the Nickname. For instance, I have the "Raw signature" option checked, and my sig looks like this: --[[User:Marudubshinki |maru]] [[User talk:Marudubshinki|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Marudubshinki |contribs]]. This differs from the normal sig in that it puts my prefered name instead of "Marudubshinki", links to my contributions, and also adds the two leading hyphens (which I prefer over the default of no hyphens at all). --maru (talk) contribs 17:55, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Gethzerion

Thank you for making the Gethzerion page. I appreciate it =) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gethzerion101 (talk • contribs)

No thanks necessary. It needed creating, and so I created it. --maru (talk) contribs 19:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Hen Fap vandal

I support your slapping an infinite block on User:TuomasTumour (I was going to do that if he vandalized again after the 1 week block I gave him) however the guy also surfs anonymous IP addresses and posts his nonsense from there. For example I just blocked 86.31.56.59 for Perpetua&diff=prev&oldid=45359868 this vandalism. Since this guy tends to use the same m.o. I wonder if perhaps some sort of autoblocker bot could be set up to catch any instances of the term "hen fap" and place a block accordingly? --23skidoo 03:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably not a good idea; if he edits largely from a few IP addresses, regular procedures are fine, and if he disperses, then by definition auto-blocking would produce minimal gains, and possibly catch legit users. A reversion-bot would be good, but there are already a number of bots and feeds, so we should probably ask the CVU or other projects to add it as a search term, much like "fuck" or "shit" already are. --maru (talk) contribs 03:59, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Palpatine and Rule of Two

Can I take it that the message you left me concerning "Palpatine and the Rule of Two" and "Palpatine as a Ruler" is permission to move the former into the "Rule of Two" article? --Kiddre 18:10, March 26, 2004 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.216.103 (talk)

If you'll recall, I suggested a variant of your suggestion. I'd rather someone else weighed in, though. I mean, it's not exactly a pressing issue. --maru (talk) contribs 02:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

About Ushio

Actually, I found out about the series through Wikipedia. Maybe I should watch it sometime. --WhisperToMe 05:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

:( Now I'm crushed. Or on the other hand, should I be glad that my little article motivated someone to do that much work? Hmm.

And you definitely should watch it if you ever can. It's one of the unappreciated little gems of anime that lay between forgettable mediocrity and the level of brilliance/popular appeal that would make it a hit. --maru (talk) contribs 06:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

??

What did I do? I haven't done anything to that page (The Last Command) since you warned me the last time!!!!!!!! jeez, I don't want another warning for something I didn't do please.

You removed the warning. That is trying to hide the fact that you did something to be warned for, and is classic vandal behaviour.

Please also take a look at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. --maru (talk) contribs 23:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know that you weren't supposed to do that. Sorry. --The ed17 18:01, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Just don't do it again, needless to say. --maru (talk) contribs 19:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

speedy of Category:Software engineering success stories?

I see you speedied this today based on the {{delete}} tag, but prior to your speedy it had been converted to a {{cfd}}. Linux was readded to the category after you emptied it as well. If you don't mind, I made a note on the discussion at WP:CFD that they should consider the category not-empty and not-deleted for now and if it is decided to keep I'd undelete. Is that ok with you? --Syrthiss 16:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

That's alright. I've voted, but I'm not sure why you think Linux is in the category. The current revision doesn't have it, at least. --maru (talk) contribs 19:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Heh I should have taken a pic of the page then. In the revert war thats going on in Linux I'm not surprised it has gotten tossed again. =D --Syrthiss 19:48, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Vandal Watch

User:Esaborio's only edits has been to up the IBM's rating of the Star Wars movies and to remove the re-release information about the movies. Now that isn't that special but isn't that exactly the two things Copperchair did before his indef. ban. I say we should keep an eye out on this one. Jedi6-(need help?) 22:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll admit it is rather suspicious. But we can do little but watch since the edits per se are not vandalism, and he hasn't done enough to be checkusered. --maru (talk) contribs 01:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I know, I was just giving you a heads up just in case. Jedi6-(need help?) 03:36, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Pam Bondi

You shouldn't have deleted the Pam Bondi article. You should have at least put it up for a vote. Your argument that she's just a prosecutor holds no weight because she's also a guest on national cable news programs, which most prosecutors are not.

She's more famous than Flavia Colgan, who has a Wikipedia article, easily survived a vote for deletion, and has essentially the same job: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Flavia Colgan

Pam Bondi also has an IMDb entry, which I doubt most other prosecutors do. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1980834/

Then we add that she was offered her own reality TV show. And if you think she needs to be connected to a major case, she was the prosecutor in Dwight Gooden's case; Gooden is a famous baseball player.

Please restore this article. If you must, nominate it for deletion, but don't just remove it without questioning. --Beisnj 23:45, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I should note I merely deleted because I agreed with the speedy delete request. But since you seem to care, I've undeleted and put up for AFD. --maru (talk) contribs 01:39, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I understand. Beisnj 02:23, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Your deletion of my new work (re: Stephen Dare)

You deleted an article which I posted which corrected the detailed faults of a previous entry.

I wrote the article as a result of your deletion of the original post, because after reading the debate and knowing something about the subject, I agreed with the general discussion that the essay seemed to babble and was not in any way, in a form which merited inclusion.

Without sounding aggressive, I would like to point out that there was by no means clear consensus, and looking at your posts and areas of interests, I think that this subject is a little out of the beaten path.

I think that it is reasonable and definitely withing wikipedia guidelines, that the corrected post should stand on its own merits, to be discussed and edited.

The subject is a fairly notable and pretty witty writer and activist.

I would appreciate a little help from you, since you deleted my wholly different article without so much as messaging me. {unsigned|Carstenboswell}}

I'm guessing you are speaking of the Stephen Dare deletions. As for my reason, please see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#General, fourth down. --maru (talk) contribs 05:26, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I did read that section. And thank you so much for responding so quickly. I came across this thread of discussion while surfing Wikipedia. I had read a series of essays by the author a few years ago, and chanced that there would be a page about him. And there was! But it was in the process of being deleted. So I got involved in the discussion, and definitely agreed with the criticisms of the page. Plus it was factually innacurate and a mess - no wonder it was up for deletion.

I was a little suspicious as to the reason....If you follow the MySpace link that was listed in the debate, and then match the dates with edits on the post, it seems like there was a little homophobic vandalism, which when it was edited, there was a sudden request for deletion of the article.

Anyways to make a long story short, I researched and wrote an accurate article.

The author was embarassed to be the subject of any debate. Im not sure if he could see the instances of him being called a pedophile and etc, but I know it would make me mad as heck.

I think the edit blocking should be lifted so that I can post the amended article and request mediation and input on the creation of a valid entry. I would appreciate some help on this.

Thank You, Carsten Boswell. --Carstenboswell 05:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)carstenboswell.

I don't have much interest in the issue (I was asked to close the AFD as a uninterested party), so the best I can do is point you to the proper procedures. In this case, your new article is still accessible through the history for Stephen William Dare or whatever the article name was, so you should take that to VFU. --maru (talk) contribs 06:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Why do you reformat talk pages?

Hi, I notice you've gone to reformatting talk pages too. Last time I was irritated by your meaningless format twids, you said they were to distinguish article pages from talk pages. So what's your reason this time? Talk:Pattern matching is the latest example.

Your adding a section heading where one was missing is ok to me. But then in the same edit, you went changing insignificant white space in my comments. They're supposed to be my comments, and as you changed line structure in the same edit, Wikipedia's diff can't even easily show me what you changed when you went along. You changed some spelling too. What's worst, you also changed the thread structure of a discussion!

Best would be to keep the edits to significant ones, and concise ones at that, so I would have time to follow them instead of being flooded with continuous twids. --TuukkaH 10:37, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Simon Byrne

Hi, Thanks for your support vote at Simon Byrne FAC. I have addressed your concerns as much as possible and written a few short pages, and deleted a few links to obscure boxers who even google has never heard of. Believe me I'm happy with a weak support, but I would be happier still if you felt able to upgrade that. Regards Giano | talk 11:54, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

After looking at it, I've changed my vote to Support. Good job. --maru (talk) contribs 16:43, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Thx for the corrections

Hey dude. Just wanna say "thanks" for the grammar (and other) corrections on the Muso Gonnosuke article. English isn't my native language and I'm fairly weak with grammar. ^^ Besides that there aren't many peeps (other than me) that are doing any work on the article, so I only have myself to rely on for correct spelling & grammar. Anyways, thanks again dude. --Fred26 13:44, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. When I was cruising through the articles in that sector, I sorta messed up and ended up adding my information to Jo (weapon), not the main Gonnosuke article like I should've, so you'll probably want to merge in the data I added in this diff.

Also, there seems to be something messed up in the general linking of articles; I found it very difficult to get to Jo (weapon) from Muso Gonnosuke, and I'm not sure, but I think some of the articles may need to be merged. --maru (talk) contribs 16:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)