User talk:Hiberniantears

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[edit] Numberwang

I was surprised and disappointed to see that you had decided to delete the “Numberwang” entry. I must assume you are not English or not aware of English popular culture.

I am writing this not because I care that much about the details or even the entry having never been anything but a user of Wikipedia but to explain that having seen a number articles stating all was not well with Wikipedia and never given them much credence.

That an editor delete an article on something that they clearly know nothing about, having received no objections and as far as I can tell pretty accurate (and easily verifiable using Google) undermines (at least for me) the high esteem that I held for the quality of the editing found on Wikipedia.

I am moved to write because I needed to express my frustration that yet another really good idea appears to be going wrong going wrong.

I hope you can view the BBC as a reliable source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thatmitchellandwebbsite/characters/numberwang.shtml —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.107.145 (talk) 19:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I'll keep it in mind, but I simply deleted the redirect, not the article itself, which was deleted by Deb under the title NumberWang. Hiberniantears (talk) 15:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

...for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. It looks like we annoyed a conscientous and hardworking vandal : ) Doc Tropics 18:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deval Patrick

Why did you give me a vandalism warning regarding the Deval Patrick page? Hiberniantears 22:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

  • As per our discussion, my warning was in error. I apologize for the confusion. Beannachtaí na Nollag; Athbhliain faoi shéan agus faoi shona duit. -HouseOfScandal 22:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing my name! Hiberniantears 22:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

do you a gree with me and what i have said give a strong answer to your opinion.


[edit] Looking for members to help out with Project Boston

I noticed you are from Boston. I am looking for people to join Project Boston in order to clean up and expand wikipedia articles directly reletated to Boston. If you feel like helping out please join up. Markco1 23:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: External Link

Ah, this was related to some spamming that was going on with the ibtimes (see WP:AN#User:Dck7777). However, the link is legit and i restored it (with proper formating). Cheers! Sasquatch t|c 20:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Donne

Thanks for the advice. I'll follow your suggestions as I continue my quest to elevate the article to featured status. Galanskov 23:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My userpage

Thanks for fixing the vandalism to my userpage earlier today. Regards, Mr Stephen 18:31, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] subst:

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Also, please ensure that a vandal you're reporting has had the full range of warnings (from 1 to 4) and vandalised after the final one. Skipping a warning stange or reporting a vandal without cause will just annoy those who have to clear the list and won't result in the block you're seeking. Thanks and happy editing! 〈REDVEЯS〉 22:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gaddafi: Leader or Dictator

Hi Hiberniantears, we started a small discussion on this point on the discussion page. I think most agree that this change is not vandalism. Please see the discussion and help us fine tune this. Thanks!

[edit] vandal target

I was looking at this [1], and wondered why you were the one to get it in the neck from that "jerk". Just curious.--Shtove 22:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: vandal warning

Hi Hiberniantears. You placed a vandal warning post on my user profile page. You thanked me for experimenting in editing a particular Wikipedia article although I do not know which article you are referring to. I generally do sign in and take full accountability when I make a change to an article. Even when I do not on occasion sign in, I am always careful in what I write and I try to be non-biased. I therefore find it strange that you should find fault with an edit I made. The only article I can think of where I may have transgressed was in relation to the term Hun. However, I promptly removed a possibly controversial edit after reading the the contributions made in the discussion page of the article. If it was not this article, I cannot think of any other article edit where you may find fault. Could you please tell me with what particular article did you feel I made an "experimental fault". I only ask because I am genuinely interested in understanding the problem, as you seem to see it. 83.70.73.48 04:57, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Well... let's see, IP 83.70.73.48 has only made edits to my talk page, and to the article Dundalk. My vandalism warning was for the edit from said IP address to Dundalk was was a string of vulgarity inserted into the article. If you are serious in asking me this question, then click on the user page for the IP address I just mentioned, and then click on user contributions. Hiberniantears 17:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You deserve a barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
In honor of your diligent work in the field of reverting vandalism, I, Galanskov, hereby award you this barnstar. Galanskov 22:17, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:2007 Boston Mooninite Scare

Heh, it probably could have been removed anyway for being a discussion of the event and not of the article itself :) Leebo86 21:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism Leon Sullivan article

It looks like 207.166.7.209 has vandalized the Leon Sullivan again. I reversed the changes, but is there anything else we can do to keep this issue from happening again.

Thanks, dovcamp


[edit] Pyramids

Hi Gene, I saw that you reverted my edits on a couple of pyramid related pages to include links to the pages on Ukrainian and Bosnian pyramids (and for links to the pyramid category as well). I just wanted to clarify why these links do not belong. The Bosnian "pyramid" is considered a hoax. If the digging on the Bosnian hill does eventually reveal a pyramid, then the links are justified. However, until proof of a pyramid is found, the site remains a hill, with an archeologically significant medieval village on top. In the case of the Ukrainian pyramid, the press simply carried a wrong impression of the site into the popular culture. This innacuracy was soon clarified by the archaeologist in charge. Hiberniantears 12:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Please do not revert the external links sections of pyramid articles again. I am well aware that the Bosnian and Ukrainian "pramids" are not really pyramids, and that the scientific consensus supports this - however that is entirely beside the point; the main reason they are known by most people is because some people claimed they were pyramids; it is not for us to make value judgements concerning those claims; our job is simply to provide links to all pyramid-elated articles and let people read those articles and decide for themselves. The "see also" list is a list of related subjects - it is not merely a list of "legitimate pyramids". --Gene_poole 01:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I think when something is either falsely called, or accidentally called, something it is not, no reasonable source of information would list it said entity under the misleading heading. For example, when a toddler calls a car a boat, the rest of the world does not have to amuse the toddler by now considering cars as boats "because some people claimed they were" boats. I realize you're taking an inclusionist stance on this, and I respect that. However, I think the fact that the articles themselves are already improperly named is inclusionist enough. Including the Ukrainian and Bosnian "pyramids" in a list of legitimate pyramids is very efficient way to undermine any intellectual weight this encyclopedia has. I think making lists of things which are entirely opposed to the scientific consensus (and in the case of the dig site in Ukraine, against the stated clarification by the archaeologist leading the dig) is irresponsible. To that end, I am once again making my reverts, but in the interest of fairness, I am also moving this conversation to the talk pages of the articles. Hiberniantears 12:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Please note that your continued reversions on this subject do not comply with WP:NPOV. Accordingly, I am reverting them again. --Gene_poole 21:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
It is not a matter of "reverting ad infinitum" - it is a matter of complying with Wikipedia policy - which your continued removal of valid data directly contravenes. Stop it. --Gene_poole 21:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for respecting my edits. Just a reminder though that we are not here to "debate" anything - the purpose of any discussion and/or poll is to establish a broad community consensus. --Gene_poole 22:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nazarene Bible Quizzing

I undid the redirect to Bible Quiz in that I will be adding much more specific information on Nazarene Bible Quizzing alone in order to assist in training new quizzers and quiz officials. There will be enough information here to fill the page on its own. I just need the time to do so. Though, please do not add a link to this page from Bible Quiz quite yet as it needs more work. Thanks!


  • Sounds fine to me. However, be mindful that there is a section within Bible Quiz on the Nazarene kind, and as such other editors may also see fit to merge the two articles. Also consider adding your information to the Bible Quiz article itself, rather than a unique article. In the case of a redirect, users searching for Nazarene Bible Quiz will be brought to the Bible Quiz page, and could then scroll down to the Nazarene section.

In the interest of avoiding any other redirects, make sure to add a detailed note to the article's talk page, so that other editors will be aware of your plan. Happy editing! Hiberniantears 21:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Hiberniantears! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 03:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rospars

Yeah, I knew him at Mason as well. I was involved in SG a bit as well, though I wasn't a Senate or Executive member, I was heavily involved with student leadership at Mason. Definately a possibility that we ran into each other. - Masonpatriot 14:55, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

No, though I did work on the SEC for three years. I was pretty active within Student Activities and with the Council of Student Organizations. - Masonpatriot 14:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup templates

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup" etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards,Rich Farmbrough, 12:25 17 April 2007 (GMT).

This one. Rich Farmbrough, 22:39 17 April 2007 (GMT).
Thanks!Hiberniantears 13:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shuppiluliuma

Hi, thanks for the heads-up. I've commented on the sockpuppetry page and on Flavius' talk page. I must say I feel a bit guilty for having knowingly let this situation develop, despite the community ban. Let me sleep over it and then talk it over somewhere to see what should best be done now. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seville's Neighborhoods

Thanks for helping out with the Sevillan neighborhood project. That pic, though, was from the street where I lived in La Macarena, the other end of town from Santa Cruz. Are you familiar with Seville? Maybe you can keep contributing, we still have a ways to go.

Whoops! I went based off the wall... Hiberniantears 11:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re Splenda-luva

Hey Hiberniantears, cheers muchly for the heads up re our friend. I'll try to keep an eye on them but let me know if s/he use the socks to violate policy and I'll look at blocks. Take care, Sarah 06:06, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for adminship

On this occasion, your request for adminship was not successful. I hope that you will continue your useful contributions to Wikipedia and may consider standing again in future. Remember, many of the editors who did object are simply keen to see some more examples of you being involved in dispute resolution. Warofdreams talk 03:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, at least you aren't quitting, good luck on the next one. Kwsn(Ni!) 14:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Ah, you're welcome for the support. Don't let the unsuccess of the RfA get to you. Just improve yourself as an editor, and your next RfA should be successful. Good luck! :) Thanks for your congratulations too. Acalamari 16:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
I am sorry about your unsuccessul RfA. Although I opposed you on the grounds of not enough experience (and I can't praise you enough for thanking my participation even though I opposed, such attitude is very rare), I know that you are a hard working user with a good character. Please don't be discouraged and keep up the good work. I'm sure that your next RfA will be successful. Best regards, Húsönd 17:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
You know I never get thanks from people who I oppose, but I appreciate the fact that you took time to do so. In the future, I will likely support you if you keep the good work. Black Harry • Go Red Sox 19:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Per everyone of the respected editors above. Your positive attitude is inspiring. Best wishes, Happy Editing and I look forward to a future RFA from yourself. Pedro |  Chat  07:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Why did you just go and leave this question on qst's RfA? It's quite clearly finished. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I just took too long to type it... He closed it while I was editing my question. Hiberniantears 18:20, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. However, it was unsuccessful. I am in no way disheartened, and I will hopefully succeed in a month or two. If you have any further suggestions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will be happy to respond. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 02:33, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vishwin's RfA

Next time, please strike through your vote if you wish to withdraw it, instead of removing it completely. [2] Giggy UCP 22:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

I reverted my vote only because the vote closed while I was editing, so I thought it best to remove my edit all together... This is actually the second time this happened to me in the last week, but I caught it this time. Hiberniantears 00:07, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me. Carlossuarez46 21:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:GMU Seal.jpg)

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Fine by me... but I think this actually applies to Omaryak, who replaced my original upload. Hiberniantears 19:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

My RFA
User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 17:09, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anon Comments

I don't believe I edited anything. I certainly didn't intentionally edit any article. My apologies if I accidentally messed something up. (from anon ip 66.28.37.85)

It may not have been you specifically, but someone at your IP address was making disruptive edits without a user name, and so these edits are logged to your computer's IP address. You can see these edits here: [3]. Hiberniantears 13:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, --Elonka 02:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ottoman census

I have been looking that you work on article about Ottoman Empire. There is many discussions about census on wiki so I am looking if there is any Ottoman census between 1500 - 1700 (for Balkan) on internet. Do you know internet address with this information ? --Rjecina 21:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] My userpage

Thanks for the revert! Hopefully they've stopped. Flyguy649 talk contribs 13:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hiberniantears, I just wanted to thank you for your support at my successful RfA, which passed 89/2/5. It's been great working with you in the past, and I'm looking forward to seeing you in the future around the RC patrolling grind :) Trusilver 02:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Pingu" vandalism

Thanks for reverting the recent vandalism. I think I spotted it at about the time you were actioning it, so you saved me some effort (I'm slowly adding episode synopses, so currently I'm a regular visitor to the site, but it takes quite a time and unfortunately I'm not perfect!). Kwerty 23:50, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Hello :-) You were involved in writing the article Stereotypes of white race ethnic groups and right now it's nominated for deletion. I really hope you could oppose it being deleted and ask to keep it. It's a nice interesting article, and only the polit-correction fanatics oppose to it (but those oppose to everything. I myself am white, Russian by the father and Jewish by the mother, and i really enjoyed the article and even created the Jews section and added information to the Russians section). Your oppinion on the article should be stated here. Thank you. M.V.E.i. 16:14, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I only reverted some vandalism once... I'm not a contributor to that page, and am not really certain it belongs here. Hiberniantears 16:58, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


I was not vandalizing anything, and I shall tell you why. Vandalism is when you

  • add nonsense to a page
  • put copyrighted material on a page that does not qualify as fair use

I was not adding nonsense, and I was putting what was under fair use back up. I have not broken any rules, have not started a revert war, have not broken the three-revert rule, and have not done anything remotely obscene.

I will undo my edits anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.67.159.96 (talk) 19:37, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changes to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Hello,

I believe my removal of the POV and Dispute tags on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus should not have been reverted. I do not believe these constitute a vandalism and believe certain users are constatly re-introducing these tags to de-credit the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. I believe the wiki page is already for two sided and paints a fair picture of the northern part of the Island and its history.

I would also like to complain about Vonones threatening me with a Block for removing these tags. Why can I not block the people who put these tags in the first place?

Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.53.47 (talk) 20:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

As Hiberniantears is not responding, I shall. Wikipedia has procedures, which include the placing of tags. Once placed a tag should not be removed until the matter has been discussed at the appropriate venue. It may be decided that the criteria for the tag was not breached. Placing a tag on an article does not mean that the article is wrong, only that someone believes it should be discussed.
Removing tags before the process is complete is regarded as vandalism, and Vonones was correct to report this. Since you were attempting to discuss this matter I have removed the vandalism report to discuss this with you. If you wish to participate in the discussion regarding why the article was tagged you will need to register an account. LessHeard vanU 20:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC) Removing the tag again will very likely attract a block, so please don't yield to temptation.
My apologies for not responding earlier. Simply put, LessHeard vanU hit the nail on the head. The tags should simply indicate to you that there either is, or should be, a conversation discussing on the article talk page whatever the specific tag indicates is in need of attention inside the actual article. If you disagree with the tag, it is not your responsibility to remove the tag without discussion, and discovering if there is consensus to remove the tags. There are a number of steps following this to see that an article receives an objective airing out from editors not caught up in a given dispute. If you would like to hear more on this, I would be happy to walk you through the various avenues available to you. Hiberniantears 21:50, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] article on north marston

erm, why are you removing my edit about the postbox and the church? it's not exactly vandalism.

if i log in am i allowed to edit? It's quite a nice church, though i dont visit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.209.40.40 (talk) 21:06, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Responded here: [4]

Hi, you told me off for editing some article on Solomon Airlines. You prolly got the wrong IP address or so such. I don't know anything about that. 220.240.69.214 05:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

Hello, I'd be happy to get your help and be "adopted". I'm mainly interested in vandalism, but correct mistakes and add some things to articles too. I don't edit that often, but when I do, I usually do a lot at a time. Well that's it. I sometimes have questions, so I'll ask you. Bye! Phgao 05:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Sounds great! I replied to you here: [5]

Thanks a lot for the long introduction and explanations! Now, this might be silly, but the 3RR - if you are reverting vandalism, of course it doesn't apply correct? Phgao 06:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh and it would be nice for you to comment on my edits, although there's not much there. Phgao 07:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Furthermore, this article Visual kei has been changed by some person and removed all these references. I reverted back, but they say they version is right. I'm not sure. Can you have a look please? Phgao 07:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I am still working on looking over your edits, but I responded to your questions on 3rr and Visual kei here: [6]. Hiberniantears 14:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you once again for the detailed response! Oh and I finally put up the userbox saying I was adopted by you! Yay. Phgao 07:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Errant message

あれ？ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andycjp (talk • contribs) 15:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

ok no worries —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andycjp (talk • contribs) 15:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article on Daniel Tammet

Hello,

you have reverted twice my contribution to wikipedia and this is not vandalism, I add new information which is extremely useful, and I am a world wide expert on this topic Please tell me the genuine reason for reverting Best —Preceding unsigned comment added by Csfirstandlast (talk • contribs) 16:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Response: [7]

[edit] List of newspapers in Illinois edit

Do you think those are not real papers, or...? I know the spelling was atrocious in some cases, but I'm curious as to your reasoning. --Orange Mike 21:25, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another Q

On my user page I have this tool box, but it is pushed to the bottom, is there anyway I can get it to fill into the white space? Thanks. Phgao 16:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Well there is the heading toolbox, but the actual box is way way below, due to interference by the userboxes. So yes, I dont really want seperate links, but merely to reposition the whole box, if that's any clearer. Phgao 17:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the vandalism revert and the offer to pilfer some of your userpage. I moved all my boxes from cascading down the right hand side, to the top. So now they sorta fit. Phgao 13:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stealing/Borrowing/Taking

Hello Hiberniantears, I hope you don't mind me taking your message button and adding it to my talk, then the new users who aren't familiar with edit can press it to message me. Phgao 10:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Of course I extend the same to you, however, I doubt there is anything that you'd want on there. *but I could be wrong! Phgao 13:27, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Me again

What is Wiki's policy on banning users who for example previously have been warned multiple times (more than 4), and then after a couple of months come back and re vandalise. How many warnings should they get before ban? Thanks. Phgao 07:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, once again you have provided a supurb answer and adressed my concerns. Phgao 12:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
True point, digital means of teaching are being increasingly common, and hence many schools would probably try to introduce wikipedia for a variety of means. So it's best to assume good faith.
I have another question, which you may choose not to answer, as it is probably personal; but your username, does it refer to the football club? Hibernian And why tears? Phgao 13:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edits to Turkey:

Your recent edit to Turkey (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding either test edits, vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! // VoABot II 16:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Ahh... gotta love a bot. I was removing a larger chunk of text which edited out of Turkey.Hiberniantears 16:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Notified VoA requesting assistance here:[[8]]
Pesky bots? ;) Phgao 05:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it's always annoying when you want to Be Bold, but the bot comes and destroys those hopes! :D Phgao 18:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barneca RfA thank you spam

Hiberniantears, thank you for your support during my RfA, and for your comments that went along with that support. I'll keep all of the comments in mind in the coming months, and will try again later. In the mean time, if you see me doing something stupid, please let me know. See you around. --barneca (talk) 13:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The now-traditional RFA thank-spam

Click there to open your card! → → →

[edit] RFA Thanks!

Thanks for your participation for my RFA bid and for your support.--JForget 23:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kingdom of Asturias

Hello Hiberniantears, and excuse for my delay on answering you.

I posted those images in the article Kingdom of Asturias in order to have samples of the Beato miniatures. If you think that 2 or 3 of them is enough, that's OK for me.

You say you lived once in Seville. In which part??

greets from Spain,

Fmercury1980 13:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank for your edit on the Nigeria article.

Thank you for reverting the destructive change on the Nigeria article. Its funny how some people just mal-use interesting and educative resources such as Wikipedia. I admire your work on Wikipedia and sincerely hope your career on Wikipedia progresses to the peak. Thank you once again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spelsrus (talk • contribs) 22:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi,

My self-nomination for adminship was successful.

I'd like to thank you for your support and your exceptionally kind and encouraging words. --Amir E. Aharoni 00:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Double !vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mtmelendez?

You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mtmelendez, I think you may have inadvertently !voted twice. :) Ronnotel 15:26, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Response: [9] Hiberniantears 15:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for writing, "Civil, competent, and some of the better answers I've seen in some time." Thanks for supporting my successful RfA, which closed at 63 supports and 1 opposed. I appreciate it and hope to do my best. I especially want to thank Shalom for the nomination, DGG for the encouragement, and Jokestress for welcoming me. Bearian 01:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Deir ez-Zor, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 09:16, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Er, not sure this is right. It was a vandal revert using VandalProof and the original edit was by IP 85.110.136.238 so not sure why VP put the message here - could be a bug. If it's not you, please accept my apologies. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 09:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
No problem. You actually reverted to my version, rolling back the anon vandal. I've had the same problem with Vandal Proof recently, where the edit summary indicates a rollback of the version prior to what is actually being reverted, and then the warning is dropped in the wrong place. Hiberniantears 12:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Lol, bad bad Kirrages. Tut tut :) Phgao 08:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
First a bot got me, and then someone's VandalProof nailed me... Twice in the span of a month! A little cross-fire in the Vandal War is a small price to pay in the scheme of things, I suppose. :-) Hiberniantears 19:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia has a new administrator!

Thanks, Hiberniantears!
Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed today with a unanimous 79/0/0 tally. It feels great to be appreciated, and I will try my best to meet everyone's expectations. If you have any advice or tips, feel free to pass them along, as I am sure that I will need them! Cheers, hmwith talk 21:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ottoman Wikiproject

You stated that you loved the idea so could you please add your signature under the interested Wikipedians list? Take care, Deliogul 20:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. See you, Deliogul 13:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks! :D

Thanks Hiberniantears
I would like to thank you for your participation in my successful RfA, which passed with a tally of (44/10/5)[1]. Whether you supported, opposed or were neutral in my RfA, I appreciate your participation and I hope that we can continue to work together to build a stronger and better Wikipedia.

Regards, nattang 04:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ottoman campaign in Italy, 1480-81

See the Wikipedia article Ottoman invasion of Otranto

The campaign was commanded by Gedik Ahmed Pasha

Also these links for "Ottoman Campaign in Apulia, 1480-1481":

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu9n9rgNHLDEABBJXNyoA?p=ottoman+campaign+apulia+1480-1481&fr=yfp

Warsword 14:51, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turkish Military History

Please see my comments on the discussion pages of Talk:Turkish military history and Talk:Military history of Turkey (disambiguation). Regards. E104421 10:36, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi(t|c|b|cn) 01:32, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Phgao would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Phgao to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hiberniantears 2. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Hey, didn't know you were running! Good luck! :) Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Phgao surprised me with the nom! Thanks for the support, and for all your help lately. Hiberniantears 18:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
A bit late, but I apologise if I didn't warn you before creating the page, I did think that since you wanted to be an admin re your User Page and sufficient time had passed since your last RfA, so I created the page w/o telling you :) Phgao 07:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Adopting Barnstar
For adopting a user I Swirlex give you this adopting Barnstar.


You are welcome and deserve it.Swirlex 10:36, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're a sysop!

Hi, Hiberniantears, Congratulations on Becoming a Sysop!

Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, block anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on articles for deletion for more than 5 days (provided there's a consensus), protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.

Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp «Talk»=
 PS Please add you name to WP:LA!

=Nichalp «Talk»= 05:34, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! And wow, what a performance at RFA! Now you can earn your own Whack-a-Sock Stuffed Tiger Prizes too :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome for the support! I am glad you passed your RfA! Acalamari 18:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
You're very welcome! Congratulations on succeeding in your RfA! I'm very happy to see you succeeded! :-) Lradrama 19:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations Hib, you deserve this. Best of luck. Ryan Postlethwaite 20:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:New admin school

Hey there Hiberniantears, Congratulations on becoming an administrator. Obviously, it is unlikely that you will know how to use the tools at first and mistakes are bound to happen, so if you would like to practice using them, with step by step guides to follow, in an environement that you can do no harm in, then why not pop down to the new admin school where we have pages on blocking, deleting and restoring pages, protecting and unprotecting pages and viewing deleted pages. Once again, congratulations and best of luck with the tools. Ryan Postlethwaite 20:08, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


Hiberniantears (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) I don't see any deletions. Start hacking away. ChopChop! the_undertow talk 21:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! I see you've done your first delete :0 Phgao 02:02, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Install this. It will help you delete a lot more stuff. It can delete like 38 random articles at a time. Okay, it doesn't really do that, but it really helps with edit summaries. the_undertow talk 02:19, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Belated congrats! Looks like you have been given the mop and bucket already. Use them wisely! :-) Best regards, Húsönd 03:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Also belated congratulations - I am not used to people actually paying attention to my notice and putting their thanks-spam in the proper place! My talk page is always open if you have any problems or need advice. Best of luck! Neil ☎ 14:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] German-Irish

I noticed you deleted the German-Irish page, great, but the talk page still exists. I thought you delete everything when there is a justified deletion. Thanks ww2censor 15:23, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem, seems like you are just getting used to the tools. Cheers ww2censor 02:14, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Wikidudeman/RaceEgyptdraft

I have noticed you deleted this page but we need it and its talk page as reference for the main article itself which has frequent disputes. If you could restore them, that would be great. Thanks. Egyegy 02:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the page as per Wikidudeman's request. Hiberniantears 02:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Child Poverty In Renfrew County

Hi, I am wondering if you can help me.

I am writing to you hoping that you can help. My name is Lyn Smith and I am the coordinator of Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network, I am also very technically challenged! (This is my problem). I registered our network in the hope of raising awareness of child poverty, I did register (kudos for me), and tried to start an article (with info I thought may be helpful) and when I went onto Wikipedia noticed the following message

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Child Poverty in Renfrew County. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Toddst1 19:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Renfrew County Child Poverty Action (CPAN) A tag has been placed on User:Renfrew County Child Poverty Action (CPAN), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} should not be placed on talk pages. Please remove it and place it on the content page. on the top of the article and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Calton | Talk 23:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I have tried everyway to find an edit or even my original doc to edit, also Carlton/talk, but I am left exhausted, frustrated and feeling very dumb! My 17 year old daughter said that maybe I should have omitted the phone number or address etc of our network (which is not a business, but helps those in need) How do I share this info with others so that they are aware of child poverty in Renfrew County (or Ontario, or Canada)? And the issues that come with it (social exclusion, stigma, judgmental attitudes) I also feel like I inadvertently have done something very wrong, when all I want to do is to provide information on an extremely important topic.

I am wondering if you can get me on the right track, I thank you in advance for any help that you can offer me.

Yours respectfully,


Lyn Smith, Coordinator

Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network (CPAN)Renfrew County Child Poverty Action (CPAN) 20:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Rfa

Thanks for voting in my Rfa, which I withdrew from yesterday. Though I did not get promoted, I see this Rfa as being a success nonetheless. What I got out of this Rfa will help me to be a better, all around editor. Because of this Rfa I have decided to become better in other areas of editing. I'm not going to just be a vandalfighter. Though vandalfighting is good, being active in all areas of editing is even better. Have a nice day.--SJP 22:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I like the go red sox thing you have on your user page:) I am happy we won yet another world series. Again, have a nice day:)--SJP 22:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey

Hi. I see that you have been active in that page for a while, undertaking some overhauls of the article. I left some notes about in the talk page, would you care to join in the debate? Cheers! Baristarim 05:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I just wanted to let you know that I reverted to the full history section. The mass removal also made some references unworkable which were cited elsewhere in the article. I left notes on the talk page, but please be careful as not to forget the quality of the article. Somewhere you compared the loading time of Portugal and Turkey, but Portugal is not a even a Good Article (GA), let alone FA. I think that the full history section is extremely useful since it also helps situate the country's current foundations (Turkish) with its multicultural and imperial past for the uninformed reader. Anyways, feel free to contact me for any of the points above. cheers Baristarim 07:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I wanted to say that there were no issues raised about this in the FAC, on the contrary many people thought that the article had great flow and was very informative covering every aspect of Turkey. I had to roll the history section back not because we shouldn't have a discussion - but because I think that the debate should start from the full history version, rather than discuss the possible expansions to the 1923-onwards version, see what I mean? that's all. However, you are right: nothing is set in stone. I am aware that you have been trying to improve the article and I laud your efforts so I apologize if it might have been seen as disrespectful. We should continue this discussion in the article's talk page so others can participate. Baristarim 17:55, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Camp Monroe

Can I ask you why felt the need to delete the Camp Monroe page? Why is this considered advertising when there are plenty of camps listed under Category:Summer_camps. I am not advertising, I have no active connection with the camp. TheBY 08:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

The article is a recreation of an AfD deletion - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camp Monroe Hiberniantears 13:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal reporting: Syncing with my own user page

[edit] Vandal Reporting

Hi Excirial,

I have been blocking a lot of editors which you have reported to WP:AIV recently. Just wanted to thank you for your efforts, and give some tips on increasing your effectiveness. I noticed that a number of your reports include the reason "vandalism directly after release of block", but that this has often not been the case. For [10]. While these have in fact most often been legitimate cases of vandalism, the level of vandalism has not always warranted a report to AIV. In the example above, the vandalism did not take place right after the release of the block, but in fact a number of days had passed. I have seen a few other examples where the period of time was weeks, or months. In a few instances I have not blocked because there had not been much current vandalism (which is not to say a block might not happen eventually), and the fact that an IP has been blocked before, does not mean that they should automatically be on a short leash. In the case of an IP with an established history of vandalism and blocks, feel free to circumvent the normal four warning process, but do at least try to issue a few warnings, and verify that vandalism is still in progress when you report to WP:AIV. A lot of admins are unlikely to block an account that stopped editing hours before being reported, or did not make any edits following a final warning. The process can be a little annoying, but following it more routinely will make the blocking process go more smoothly. The less detective work and admin has to do to make sure warning are in place, vandalism is recurrent, and that actions reported are accurate, the quicker we can put a stop to vandalism. Hope this helps, and keep up the good work! Hiberniantears 14:41, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Many thanks for brining this to my attention! Lupin, which i use to revert vandalism, has a checkbox that states "Vandalism after recent release of block". Personally i have been interpreting this as a two week period, as edits prior to that date are to long ago to call them recent. But it seems like lupin reports this as "vandalism DIRECTLY after a block release", which is certainly not the case.

    Most times i use that option in conjunction with a "vandalism after final warning" to emphasize that the vandal is a second time offender. But recently i started to use these alone for schools which received long term block. Guess id better lay of that checkbox use a bit, as its not entirely doing what i suspected it would. :) --Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 14:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
I figured this was the case, since all your reports have in fact included actual vandals. I concur with your reasoning on the two week period... we should see about getting a check box for that option! :-) Your response reminded me of one other thing. If someone previously received a final warning on their talk page, and was either blocked following that warning, or did not vandalise again for a period of time (let's go -arbitrarily- with two days), start the warning process over again. I think with a long term vandal it is OK to skip warnings 1 and 2, but if someone has only received one set of warnings before, start over from 1. This just covers us against the "I'm not the same person who was using this IP before" argument. Hiberniantears 15:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Well, two days is very short i think, as a lot of the vandals i see around vandalize with 2-3 day intervals, but are still the same persons (Such at the "I LIKE PIE!!!" guy). Personally i am on an IP that hasn't changed since last year (Quite funny to see those old edits again!). Perhaps the warning period should match the warning history of two weeks. It might be a little long, but lets be honest: No one gets instant blocked. Everyone gets at least two warnings before getting reported, and you wont receive a vandalism warning if you didn't vandalize :). --Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 15:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support.

Btw, I'm in Somerville if you ever want to hang out with someone who doesn't look at you funny (as my friends do), when I talk 'pedia ;-)

Guy Fawkes Remember, remember, the fifth of November?
Thank you to everyone who participated in my Request for adminship, which was successful at 50/5/0 on November 5th, 2007.
It became, as you may know, rather contentious toward the end (though fortunately no gunpowder was involved), and I appreciate the work of other Wikipedians to keep it focused. --Thespian 02:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GMU page

As you know, there has been a bit of an edit war going on over at the George Mason University page. User:Gmu1987 has been reverting these edits for almost a months now and still continues to claim vandalism despite a solid consensus that the article in question is inappropriate. Could you please keep an eye out on this page? Thanks. Bvjrm 05:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OK.

  • I would really like to know why you blocked me without any warning whatsoever. JuJube 03:28, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
If you are legit, my apologies. I am looking into it right now as per a number of accounts doing this [11]. Hiberniantears 03:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, that's some jackass named Grawp who has some obsession with Hagger, whatever that is. I've been putting speedy delete tags on the redirects. JuJube 03:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
(edit conflict) JuJube was cleaning up after page-move vandalism by Grawp, a long-term vandal who uses many sleeper accounts. --krimpet⟲ 03:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Got it. I've apologized to JuJube on his/her talk page... Hiberniantears 03:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Yay! Here's a cookie... oh wait I ate them all. ^_^; Well, rain check on that cookie. :) JuJube 04:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting after blocking

Sorry you're having a tough night but please don't forget to revert vandal edits when you block (see User:Petkok and Pizza). —Wknight94 (talk) 03:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Happens to the best of us. See you at daybreak, soldier.  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 03:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] That cookie I promised

JuJube has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

JuJube 07:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of page Jason Howell

This page IS NOT similar whatsoever to the previous page, as stated by Recreation of Material wikipedia standards. It was previously deleted without any discussion or any time to fix the solution. The previous edition was cached by Google: http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:el3pjB1lSg0J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Howell+jason+howell+CNET&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=firefox-a The revised version addressed all problems discussed on Irishguy's profile, including WP:NOTE and WP:BIO, as well as WP:MUSIC. Also, I feel it was rather distasteful to delete the page with the "Hang On" on top of the page. Tcardone05 03:41, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OhanaUnited's RfA

Thanks for voting at my RfA. Unfortunately, the result stands at 51 support, 21 oppose and 7 neutral which means that I did not succeed. As many expressed their appreciation of my works in featured portals during my RfA, I will fill up the vacuum position of director in featured portal candidates to maintain the standards of featured contents in addition to my active role in Good articles. Have a great day. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

If you voted in my RFA...

[edit] things

Hey Hiberniantears, I borrowed your User:Hiberniantears/Things. If I may, I have one request, can you make it so that it floats on the right (like images) without pushing other stuff down? Thanks. DenizTC 05:39, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Ditto. I'd like to borrow them, too. I hope you don't mind :) Regards. E104421 (talk) 09:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit war POV dispute brewing

There is a bit of an edit war/POV dispute brewing at Spanish Courts for Violence against Women. I've blocked one user for sockpuppetry (per checkuser) - although it might only be meatpuppetry and I'm still considering that. I restored the article after realizing that the PROD had been contested and later closed the (withdrawn) AFD. I've cautioned another editor for incivility. You are the only admin I recognize in WikiProject Spain, can you lend a hand? GRBerry 15:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for adding this to your watch list. It seems to have simmered down without further intervention. I think having you keep it on your watchlist will be good, as some of the edit summaries were in Spanish, and many of the sources are, so you'll be in a better position than I to monitor the article. GRBerry 19:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] League of Copyeditors roll call

Greetings from the League of Copyeditors. Your name is listed on our members page, but we are unsure how many of the people listed there are still active contributors to the League's activities. If you are still interested in participating in the work of the League, please follow the instructions at the members page to add your name to the active members list. Once you have done that, you might want to familiarise yourself with the new requests system, which has replaced the old /proofreading subpage. As the old system is now deprecated, the main efforts of the League should be to clear the substantial backlog which still exists there.
The League's services are in as high demand as ever, as evinced by the increasing backlog on our requests pages, both old and new. While FA and GA reviewers regularly praise the League's contributions to reviewed articles, we remain perennially understaffed. Fulfilling requests to polish the prose of Wikipedia's highest-profile articles is a way that editors can make a very noticeable difference to the appearance of the encyclopedia. On behalf of the League, if you do consider yourself to have left, I hope you will consider rejoining; if you consider yourself inactive, I hope you will consider returning to respond to just one request per week, or as many as you can manage. Merry Christmas and happy editing, The League of Copyeditors.

Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 18:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments on my RfA

Thank you, Hiberniantears. I think that support best summarises the situation. I am very grateful for your support, and look forward to work with you in the future if promoted. With kindest regards, Rudget. 16:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vin DiCarlo

Hi, I see you speedy deleted this article. Can you please copy it to my userspace. Though I was not a contributor to the article I do recall briefly skimming over it once or twice, and I'm pretty sure it did assert his significance. If not, this can easily be rectified if it is restored as he has been featured in the media numerous times at the very least (just simply from those that I'm aware of). Anyway, I'd like to look over the past form of the article. Thanks.Mathmo Talk 05:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rudget!

Dear Hiberniantears, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Muhammad FAQ

Why did you delete this with no discussion on the talk page first? The talk page still has links to it, so it's probably going to be re-created a few more times. This seems a bit heavy-handed.—Chowbok ☠ 01:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, don't bother replying to this on my talk page; I've rolled this into a general complaint at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Heavy-handed admin behavior at Muhammad. —Chowbok ☠ 02:11, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Why was Muhammad FAQ deleted? It looks to me to be very arbitrary. That page was an extension of the Talk:Muhammad and was a tool used to try to calm the mass wave of people who have never used wikipedia before coming in and remove pictures of Muhammad. That was hard work on the part of honest editors to try to make this encyclopedia better, and you just deleted it without even knowing what it was. Put it back. NOW. Zazaban (talk) 02:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Stay calm, it was probably just an error. Avruchtalk 02:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I've restored the sub-article in question. Hiberniantears would appear to have accidentally deleted it. The article was vandalized, a CSD was placed on it without checking the history, and was subsequently deleted. If I've missed something, please feel free to reverse this action, but it seems to be a simple misunderstanding. Not a big deal; let's move on. Kuru talk 02:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
The vandalism was the second time it was deleted, it was deleted the first time for 'being a talk page with no article.' It appears Hiberniantears simply deleted it without reading it or knowing what it was. Zazaban (talk) 02:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
You're correct. I missed the first time stamp. Kuru talk 02:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


dude, why did u delete my page? I was getting to it, but I am busy... I have to live my life sometime, so I was working on it! Cut me some slack.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Livin4him1995 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SELA - Semiconductor Engineering LAboratories

Whay was our page deleted ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.4.146 (talk) 14:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of Ravaghi ardabili|

Just a little question on the block of this user. Is the amount of vandalism really just enough for a one day block? This entire game of creating CSD pages has been going on since yesterday, the user has been properly warned and i don't think that it will stop any time soon. Besides, the sheer amount of vandalism would be enough for 2-3 blocks if each separate instance would have resulted in a warning. Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 22:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle

I have nominated Category:Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) for renaming to Category:Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 19:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Done! Sounds fine to me, and I noted it on the discussion page. Thanks for leaving me the note. Hiberniantears (talk) 19:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Massachusetts Article

As a resident of Massachusetts, I take umbrage with the suggested impropriety of calling my fellow citizens "massholes". I think you'll find that the word is used widely in common parlance; in my experience, far more often than "Bay Stater". I humbly suggest the addition of "masshole" as a proper demonym in the article.

I hope corrective action is swiftly taken to correct this mistake.


[edit] Parthian Empire

Hi. I noticed you were also working on the Parthian Empire article this morning. I hope my edits didn't interfere with yours. I'll be doing various edits to the page throughout the day, do you plan on making any more edits? The reason I ask is so we can avoid editing the same sections at the same time. Respectfully, Thomas Lessman (talk) 18:03, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.

Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations.

Thank you again, VanTucky

[edit] G. David Schine

Rather than just silently reverting, why don't join the discussion on this article's Talk page? I'd be interested to hear the reasoning behind your support of your preferred version. RedSpruce (talk) 15:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I have no stake in the G David Schine article. I only reverted you to move back one version to another admin who was stabilizing the article. I took notice through this ANI post. It would appear that you are behaving in a manner that brought you a recent block, but I was called away before I finished evaluating. Hiberniantears (talk) 15:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. It might be best to avoid taking actions or making comments on a situation that you haven't evaluated yet, since by definition those actions and comments are uninformed. RedSpruce (talk) 15:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Srictly speaking, it is my responsibility here to become informed and take action. That said, please don't regard my rollback as punitive. Rather, I moved the article back to a version in line with community consensus while I evaluate the larger issue. I see that you and the Richard Arthur Norton have had a contentious relationship, but that you have both managed to discuss thing civily as well. I am reaching out to another admin who has been more informed on this apparently long standing issue. Hiberniantears (talk) 15:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree that it is your responsibility as an admin to become informed and take action. I only hope that in the future you'll try to do things in that order.
Unfortunately no admin (including Scarian) has taken the time to become informed and offer a considered opinion on this long-standing dispute. If you have any ongoing interest in this dispute, I think my best articulation of my disagreement with RAN is here: User talk:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )#Discussion. As you can see, RAN has not seen fit to grace me with a response. Perhaps you will have an opinion you'd like to share. RedSpruce (talk) 18:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC) and 11:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Hiberniantears

I left a small comment. Right now I'm a bit exhausted so that will have to suffice for now. To be honest, I think an article/topic ban would be a productive/efficient way to deal with this type of thing. It does seem like RedSpruce and another editor are constantly battling over that article. Sorry my comment wasn't any larger. Perhaps I could elaborate on it later on. Thanks for mailing me! ScarianCall me Pat! 15:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bible Unearthed

Hi H. I don't want an edit war either. And I'm quite happy to see the summary shortened. It's just that I put a lot of work into that summary (misguided tho I may have been) and don't want to have to start from scratch. Wouldn't it be simpler to leave the current summary on the page and shorten it? PiCo (talk) 16:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redspruce

You commented at the active ANI on RedSpruce, now the deletion of quotes in the citations has moved to the article Melvin Purvis, this is now after 3 ANIs, and at least 2 RFCs, and a 24 hour block. The consensus at all being that using the quote parameter in citations is not cluttering the article, but is helpful in documenting the sometimes controversial information in the article. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 14:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lady Aleena's RfA

Hiberniantears...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Wikipedia, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: SOCKS

SOCKS is a type of internet proxy- for example, people will install a proxy server on a computer, and have a network connect to the Internet through the proxy. In some cases (like this one), the proxy can be delibrately or accidentally misconfigured to allow anybody to use it- it could be human error, a virus, etc.

Since open proxies can be used by anyone, they can cause problems. People can use an open proxy to mask their real IP address, so that they can do things without getting caught, like creating and using sockpuppets, or vandalism. And because of that, Wikipedia blocks open proxies. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 20:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

One second. I had written instructions, but hit "Back" by mistake on my mouse, and wiped them out. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 20:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Heres the instructions:
  1. Open ipchicken.com, and note your IP address at the moment.
  2. Open the Preferences window (Tools -> Options under Windows, Edit->Configuration under Linux)
  3. Click the "Advanced" button at the top (it has an icon of a gear), and select the "Network" tab that comes up.
  4. Click the "Settings" button under "Connection".
  5. In the window that pops up, select "Manual proxy configuration". In the big blank, put in 202.47.69.219 and in the small blank, put in 1080
  6. Click OK, and OK out of the other window. Reload ipchicken, and your IP address should be that of the proxy.

Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 20:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RFA.

Replied. · AndonicO Engage. 20:57, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I've told Zginder that if he wants me to reopen it I can do that. · AndonicO Engage. 21:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:PIO & page protection

Hi Hiberniantears, many thanks for acting on my request for page protection. Much appreciated. Hopefully it'll save us a bit of aggravation at that article. Just a couple of minor queries, if I may. Would you consider raising it to two weeks to bring it into line with what Mastcell has done here [12], here [13] and here [14]. Then they'll all become unprotected the same day, and in a fortnight (as I suspect may be necessary), they can be re-protected together. Additionally, perhaps you could add here [15] that you've protected the page so other admins can ignore it? Many thanks, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 21:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks :-) AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 15:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting an Editor Review

Hi, you opposed my last RFA at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gary King a few weeks ago. I have decided to open an Editor Review at Wikipedia:Editor review/Gary King so I could receive a new assessment for my recent activity on Wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to look over my recent contributions and point out areas where I could improve. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 05:23, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake

Your mistake is evident here because IPs of user PIO were different: no 151.70.... was used by PIO. I am an informatic and I know edit war by user DIREKTOR/AlasdairGreen27 on that article. Regards.--Ciolone (talk) 12:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 15:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey Hiberniantears. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 19:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Hiberniatears, I would also like to thank you for participating in my RFA. your further comments are welcome at my in-depth RFA analysis. I've also left some templated thank spam for you below. best regards, xenocidic (talk) 13:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
templated rfa thank-spam

[edit] Have a barnstar

The Original Barnstar
From an old tin can sailor thanking you for protecting the integrity of Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate from sundry and annoying disruptive edits. Quartermaster (talk) 18:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)