User talk:Salvio giuliano/Archive 40

With the deepest honor and greatest pleasure:

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For the work done at various articles and for the heroic protection of a fellow editor! --Djathinkimacowboy vandals' playground 16:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		The best diplomat is the one who shows no fear when fear is the Other's desire, and shows no mercy toward the Other's wickedness. --Djathinkimacowboy vandals' playground 16:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Um, this magically appeared beneath my awards... is it for you, or is it our 'friend' again?? I'll leave it for you to see. Looks like Thai.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{vandals' playground} 16:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Vandal?

OK, this seems to be a problem with Thailand, or so it seems. I place this here as a general alert and not only for you Salvio: Following that mysterious link th:แม่แบบ:ดาวนักการทูต, which appeared automatically when I presented Salvio with awards, we come to this[1], which translates as "The Diplomat barnstar". I want this examined for vandalism, and the editor responsible to be indefblocked.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{vandals' playground} 16:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Does this[2] mean something? It is a user page and talk, the whole tamale, in Thai. I did not create that. I would like this stopped. This is very creepy.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{vandals' playground} 16:20, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

That's just the welcome message a bot left you, because, visiting a page on the Thai Wikipedia, you automatically created an account there (it's the so called WP:SUL); regarding the stray wikilink to th.wiki, it's actually quite useful when on Template:Diplomacy Barnstar, because it indicates that the very same barnstar is available on that project too. It got on my talk page because of a minor error made in this edit; I've just corrected it. Many thanks for the two barnstars! They're most appreciated! I'm about to add them to my collection. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:29, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

PHEWWWWW! Nearly fell off me twig because of that. Figures Thai is one of the languages I can't read and do not speak.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{vandals' playground} 16:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

To be honest, neither can I, but I love Google translate... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:32, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

D'oh!

My bad! (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 17:58, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

...And I was suspecting an innocent page creator... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 21:57, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Off2riorob's false accusation

he's alleging I was blocked over Singaporean politics. No such block ever occurred. He insists on restoring that particular statement when I try to remove it. elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (be free) 21:49, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Then tell him he's wrong, don't edit his comments. That'll just inflame the discussion further. By the way, to say you were blocked over Singaporean politics is not in any way a ruthless personal attack... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 21:54, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

It is if it is patently false...Off2riorob removes talk page comments all the time -- I don't see how this is any different. elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (be free) 21:56, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

No, it may just be a honest mistake. Your actions in that topic area have been the subject of discussion in the past, after all... That said, as a rule of thumb, an editor can only remove comments from his own talk page; if one does that elsewhere he can be reverted and warned. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Could you then explain his confrontational behaviour at Talk:Teo Ser Luck? (You can check the talk page history). Why is this rule selectively applied against me but not him? elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (be free) 22:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, that appears rather inappropriate too, but I wasn't aware of it and, to tell the truth, it's incredibly stale now... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

It's not stale considering that Off2riorob insists on continuing his petty vendetta with me. There are many other examples where he has done this. This is why I sought ANI help. Could you please reopen the ANI discussion? elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (be free) 22:15, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

No, because in this case you don't have anything actionable and an ANI thread would only cause a lot of good old drama, without accomplishing anything, because Rob has done nothing wrong in that BLPN thread. Please, heed my advice: do something else for a bit, unwind. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

FWIW, I support Salvio's close on ANI. Toddst1 (talk) 00:41, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

You may be interested in this discussion on ANI. Toddst1 (talk) 23:15, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Yep, many thanks! Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 23:54, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Impersonation of me

Thanks for blocking the rather poor impersonator of myself earlier today. I thought about raising the issue and decided that it was not worth the effort. But if you're prepared to put in that effort as you did, then that suits me just fine :) - Sitush (talk) 22:00, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh, it only took two clicks of the mouse, not what I'd call burdensome. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:08, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah. Not being one of those privileged with the mop, I was unaware of how much physical effort it takes. The exercise of your digits is nonetheless appreciated, and it takes some brain cell effort also. I am expecting numbers [username]3 to, well, infinity + 1 to appear in due course. Such is life. - Sitush (talk) 03:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Fedora and I could use your help

Salvio, the reappearance of an old familiar vandal under a new IP [3], [4] has prompted me to come directly to you, and ask what to do.

Could you protect this page permanently? If you had time, you could look at the instances this idiot has tried to put Michael Jackson into the article over the months, probably going back more than 3 months. A clear and present vandalism danger that will not stop unless he is stopped. Thank you.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{vandals' playground} 06:22, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Sal, I think we have this fixed OK.--Djathinkimacowboy ^SPEAK! 07:28, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

I had a peek from the sidelines and I'm really glad this worked out for the best! Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:18, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

S0aasdf2sf and Katarighe

I see that you declined K's attempt to have S's userpage deleted. Now that you've blocked K, do you mind if S's userpage is deleted? I'm strongly inclined to delete everything K's created under G3, since imposter behavior is vandalism in my eyes. Nyttend (talk) 01:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Ah, "impersonation" — I couldn't think of a verb form of "imposter" or a synonym :-) Nyttend (talk) 01:46, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

I was about to do that, but I got called away from my computer. You're most welcome to do the honours. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 01:47, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, done. I'd appreciate it if you'd return to the ANI thread, since I've kinda-reopened it with a procedural question. Nyttend (talk) 02:16, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Reza Aslan protection

Thanks. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 05:00, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure! Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:19, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Your assistance, please?

Would you mind contributing a comment here[5]? Please feel free to address any concern at my talk page. Thanks.--Djathinkimacowboy ^BUCKSHOT 12:36, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

That's an interesting proposal, but it runs counter to Wikipedia's verifiability requirements; in theory, everyone should be able to check that another editor didn't just make things up, that's why we reliable sources have to be cited. Wikipedia has, sadly, been targeted by pranksters who created elaborate hoaxes, in the past, so I'd be very wary of supporting this proposal... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:46, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

You make sense; what you're saying is it could either look like consensus or it could be actual consensus for a practical joke... I never thought of that. Thanks! Saves me much trouble. You always help me see things with better vision.--Djathinkimacowboy ^BUCKSHOT 12:50, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

COI editing

Got a slight problem at User_talk:Vempalligangadhar. The contributor keeps adding content that appears primarily to be self-promotional & POV-y, and has been doing this in spates since last year. Nobody had warned them until today but they're continuing to ignore the messages on their talk page. Could you perhaps have a word? My bet is that you have some sort of stock "friendly" message for such situations. - Sitush (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't really have any, but I have left a final warning and watchlisted the article; one more revert and I'll block for edit warring. I'd also report this guy to WP:COIN, however... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:57, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

The "one more revert" would be me, on the same grounds as previous - self-promo, pov-y and probably non-notable. As things stand, the user has got their way and probably won't come back for a while. I've never visited WP:COIN & am unsure what it can do, especially when it is likely that the reported user will not engage due to the sporadic nature of their contributions ... but there is no harm in me dipping my toe in that water, I guess! Thanks for stepping in. - Sitush (talk) 17:10, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Yworo reverted but Vempalligangadhar has inserted it again. I did report at WP:COI. - Sitush (talk) 19:33, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

I have just fired a warning shot... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 19:36, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

OK, ta. - Sitush (talk) 20:00, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Adding reflist

Thank you so much! I've been trying to get it right this afternoon.--Clignett73 (talk) 19:00, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

My pleasure! Happy editing! Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 19:23, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Template:Same-sex unions

Some of the no-include stuff is showing up in the articles where the template is on. Me-123567-Me (talk) 20:11, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I was using Twinkle, I don't know what went wrong... Now I should have corrected the problem; do you confirm this? Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 20:14, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

It seems to be fixed now. Thank you!! Me-123567-Me (talk) 21:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Hermann Leopoldi

Many thanks! When I started Scouting sex abuse cases I got called a troll, so this makes a nice change! Testbed (talk) 12:42, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion :Nitz 'N' Sony

Just dropping in a message to thank you for keeping the article. Cheers AKS (talk) 14:44, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

A query, Asperger Syndrome

A lot has occurred; sorry I keep bugging you with this. Is this[6] at all questionable, or is this OK? I have no problem with it, but I hate the route we took to get here. And I don't like being dictated to, being told by an editor to stay off a talk page. No wonder there are hateful editors out there regarding this article and talk page.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{come get some} 14:58, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

An editor can ask another to stay off his talk page; compliance, though not really mandated, is a form of courtesy. That said, there's very little I can do, there... It's a content dispute more than a conduct issue, in my opinion. You both should calmly discuss about it, as you appear to be doing (though, honestly, you should not remove somebody else's comment without leaving a [redacted] behind – or using {{hat}}/{{hab}}). Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 15:33, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, I thank you for the input and reply. By the way, my reference was to an article talk, not user talk. But you gave me all I really wanted. Enjoy your week.--Djathinkimacowboy ^{come get some} 19:57, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

monobook

Hi Salvio. I just wanted to let you know I have copy pasted your monobook to mine. I wanted to add rfpp semi auto clerking and could get it working and yours was so.. I copied yours - you have a couple of interesting and useful add ons. I see you also have igloo installed, I was wanting to have a look or a go with it, and see I need rollback would you give me rollback privileges - I am aware it is only to be used for reverting vandalism and have had a read of Wikipedia:Rollback feature - Youreallycan (talk) 15:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to raid my monobook anytime, , it contains a lot of wonderful things I've pilfered here and there – I'm terribly lazy. However, I've just granted you rollback; please, do not use it to edit war or someone will drop by and revoke it... Regarding Igloo, I wanted to try it, but never got around to it; I'm more of a Huggle guy... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 15:20, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Wow - super fast. Many thanks - I have a small trouting issue - I was trying to test one of your gadgets, adding a protection template to my talkpage and I seem to now be unable to remove/revert the edit... see here ?.. something smells fishy.. lol Youreallycan (talk) 15:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I've only been able to mess up big times with that part of the gadget, I use Twinkle to tag pages I protect, since it does it automatically... And you can't rollback because I made an edit after yours: you can only rollback the most recent edits made by a single user. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 15:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

(big times, no noes) - or perhaps its just a difference in our twinkle setting as my ability to [restore this version] - seems incapacitated..Youreallycan

No worries, it's all good - I will let it settle down and get used to it. Many thanks - Youreallycan (talk) 15:31, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Rollback Rights

Hello. A few months ago, I was granted rollback rights. This is great, but I don't really know what to do with them. Any suggestions as to effective ways to use my new powers? Thanks, Ebikeguy (talk) 16:25, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Rollback is useful when you deal with vandalism, as it allows you to revert all edits made in a row by a single user with only one click; and it is also necessary, if you want to use Huggle or Igloo. But apart from that, it's quite superfluous... So, if you don't want the flag, I can remove it. And it's even free of charge. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:37, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'll keep it for now. I will try to figure out how to use Igloo. That seems like it could be a useful tool. Cheers, Ebikeguy (talk) 16:44, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Civility enforcement/Evidence/Blocks

Thank you for inviting me to contribute here. There doesn't seem to be a space in the table for unblocking admins to comment, so I left my comment at my talk instead. You can either link to it there or add my comments and diffs from there to the table, as you see fit. Thanks, --John (talk) 21:27, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the prompt response. I have posted at the talk page as you suggested. --John (talk) 21:45, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Rev Del

Hi. Could you please rev del these: [7], [8]. Thanks, — Abhishek  ^Talk 01:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done, both revdeleted. Sorry for the delay in responding. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 14:19, 10 January 2012 (UTC)