User talk:The Evil Spartan/Archive 4

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Thanks

For cleaning up what 122.162.197.242 (talk · contribs) doing to those pages I've worked on. I'm not entirely sure what was up with him. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 21:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyright reverts

Thanks for dealing with these. If when you revert you happen to know when was the last "good" revision it would be helpful to put it in the edit summary so that if an admin comes by to delete the intervening revisions the work of finding the last good revision is not duplicated. Not a big deal, but if you already know which revision is good, it definitely makes it easier. —Centrx→talk • 03:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Good idea. I generally try to do so; I'm not sure which you're talking about (apparently it's a while, because it's been some times since I did such a removal). The Evil Spartan (talk) 03:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Iraq War totally disputed

I'm not doubting that you actually do dispute the neutrality and factual accuracy of Iraq War, but you need to say what in specific you think is wrong about it on the talk page at least, or the tag will be removed. SBPrakash (talk) 20:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I already did. Please review the talk page. The Evil Spartan (talk) 03:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Move and paste

That was not a move and paste. The original article "Jeroen van der Veen" described two entirely different people and I split it up, keeping the original paste as a disambiguation page preserving its history while indicating in the new article-lets where the text came from. In principle I could have created a new ambiguation page and moved the original to Jeroen van Veen (guitarist), since this individual had all but one of the edits, but considering that all those edits resulted in an "article" that never got beyond a one-line stub and the "Jeroen van Veen (pianist) people would have a hard time locating the original edit, that didn't seem like a good idea. Amazing amount of feedback I've gotten for that one minor and innocent edit on two relatively obscure people. Afasmit (talk) 19:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Possible 3RR block circumvention by Gni

Hi, not sure where the appropriate place to post this would be. Gni was blocked for violation of 3RR for 8 hours; however, I think he or she may be circumventing their block as this diff shows 67.158.119.138 may be Gni. A list of contributions from 67.158.119.138 shows the IP is making edits to articles before Gni's block expires at 20:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC). Thanks, --68.23.8.245 (talk) 17:04, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

This is absolutely the right place to report this, though you happened to pick the wrong man. I will alert two of the declining admins. In the future, feel free to try WP:ANI. The Evil Spartan (talk) 17:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
IP was blocked as he is most definately Gni. Keep me aprised if he comesback again before his block expires. I will be presently extending his block based on this IP sock abuse. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Note also that IP 67.158.119.138 is registered to Camera CTC-CAMERA. Boodlesthecat (talk) 22:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

NYT

Apologies, but I must have been diffing the wrong entries. In any event, I don't think that the (relatively small) amount of vandalism warrants a response of semi-protection. The vandalism is being caught - semi-protecting it, and thus blocking new and unregistered editors from contributing, would in my view be an over-reaction to the actual amount of vandalism taking place. GBT/C 18:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Enzo Maccarinelli

Can you explain your reverts?--Warrior at Welterweight (talk) 20:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

You are User:Vintagekits. The Evil Spartan (talk) 20:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
1. Proof, 2. That doesnt mean you revert good edits!--Warrior at Welterweight (talk) 20:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it does. If you are a sockpuppet of a banned user, policy is to revert your edits on sight, regardless of content. Redrocket (talk) 20:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

RFA

So this Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/The Evil Spartan isn't a blue link, and you've got no blocks, an impressive article count and good people skills? Whats stopping you from taking the mop? MBisanz talk 07:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

T.E.S. I still wanna give you a mop! I will not be ignored from trying to give a Greek more power to fight the Persians. MBisanz talk 09:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Wow. You actually make me consider not ignoring the request this time! Problem is: I've been around a while, and in the meantime I've made good number of controversial statements. Here's the thing about being an admin: if you've been around not long enough, they don't give it to you. If it's been too long, then you've probably made enough people mad they won't give it. I learned that the hard way via and RfA on commons! Now I don't doubt I would make a great admin (chutzpah aside), but I think you should take that into account, and my previous screenname (see my userpage on commons). The Evil Spartan (talk) 06:11, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Yea, looked you up, no huge skeletons in my view. If you dont want the mop its your choice, but I do think you'd stand a chance, and if not like we ban people who fail RFA. MBisanz talk 08:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Image error?

Hello, I noticed that on your most recent iteration of the Barack Obama vs. John McCain presidential election map, Obama's name appears below the color boxes, and "Hillary Clinton" seems to be in its place. I would edit it myself, but alas, I am not autoconfirmed yet. ~ Merqurial (talk) 18:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I knew there would be an error somewhere. If you find any other errors, please do let me know. The Evil Spartan (talk) 18:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I will, and thank you for being so courteous to a 9-month IP user newbie like me. ~ Merqurial (talk) 19:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Didn't you get the memo?

Sarcasm doesn't transmit well over the tubes ;) Sceptre (talk) 00:29, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha. Well that's why they invented the z in zomg, right? The Evil Spartan (talk) 00:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Farewell

Sorry to see you go, hope you'll decide to come back, your edits will be missed. MBisanz talk 06:47, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Dido. Tiptoety talk 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Optimistically looking forward to unretirement.Ferrylodge (talk) 22:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

CDI/MDI

I created the CDI article because it did not exist. It needed to exist, so I created it as a template copy and decided I could change it and make it different and better over time. Many of my younger friends are using drugs and I do not want them to die from CDI/MDI. The CDI article is a part of my Anti-Drug Death campaign to educate people about the real dangers of using these drugs in combination. Your helping me, is greatly appreciated.

Supercool Dude (talk) 00:01, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

United States presidential election, 2008

Hello TES. I had to revert your change at that article. The top of those articles are meant for the Election winner & runner up (and 'third party candidates, who effect the election results). We won't be able to put images at top of article until November 4, 2008. GoodDay (talk) 19:36, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Pittsburgh Pirates

What does "wrong kind of pirate" mean? I'm seeing it on the internet, so it's obviously a term that's in use. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely not vandalism, but it seems to be used primarily in blogs or (pardon the expression) "parrot" sites of wikipedia. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:26, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not finding it in use on their official site, so apparently it doesn't deserve status as a "widespread" nickname, or at least not yet. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:33, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I mean pegleg refers to these pirates, not these ones. I have never heard the expression, and I've watched the Pirates almost as much as anyone for the last 20 years. Even if it's not wrong, it's of minimal notability, and not referenced to boot. The Evil Spartan (talk) 02:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
We're kind of getting spread across two talk pages, which I admit is my fault. As I said there, and I'll say again here, there is no question it is in some use by some fans. You can argue whether a blog is an encyclopedic source, but you can't argue that it doesn't demonstrate the term's use among fans. But I also looked in Google under ESPN, and nothing turned up, and you know they would pick up on it if it had any currency, so I agree it's not notable enough (yet) to be listed among the "primary" nicknames. That's in contrast to "Bucs", which is all over the Pirates website. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:52, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I am certainly not seeing it all over the internet, as I just explained on the talk page. The Evil Spartan (talk) 02:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't say "Peg Legs" is "all over" the internet either, it's just a blog thing, so I agree it shouldn't be included. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 02:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Well actually,

I was in the middle of deleting everything there and starting fresh because some comments I do not need for future reference. --SamB135 (talk) 04:50, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Then you might be interested in WP:ARCHIVE. The Evil Spartan (talk) 04:52, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, and sorry about the whole 'good faith' thing. --SamB135 (talk) 04:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Eh? Oh! Hmmm... (re User:Eurovisionman unblock request)

I have responded at the editors talkpage, but I am a little disappointed that an admired colleague should so... infer a lack of neutrality. As commented, I had not edited either article previous to reading the ANI report. As not commented, 55 hours for a block is hardly indicative of anger when it is on the heels of a 24 hour sanction. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Your DRV nom

Consensus at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 May 19#Image:The-Incredible-Hulk--1-.jpg might become a lot clearer if you came back and commented again. GRBerry 22:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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