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Portal:New South Wales

After being bothered for a few weeks by the redlink for "Selected article" in Portal:New South Wales, I was bold and selected a relevant one from the recent featured articles list. I notice you and Daniel are listed as maintainers of the Portal (and Spebi, though s/he appears to have ceased editing), so am letting you know in case I have cut across any established practice for selection. If so, sorry about that and feel free to revert it and add some other article. Euryalus (talk) 23:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Me and Daniel haven't been very active lately (Real Life priorities) so feel free to update the portal as you see fit :) This is a wiki after all, so don't be afraid to be bold and edit/update anything! —Dark talk 07:18, 18 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
No worries. I've also arbitrarily chosen a "Selected picture" - a conservative choice but being bold only goes so far for anyone's first edit to a particular page. Euryalus (talk) 21:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust in me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Freebiejeebies

Please can you prevent the same being done to my page? I have done everything I can to keep it within the rules. Thank you very much. noleafclover (talk) 09:40, 10 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Rollback

Soory about that. I can assure you that your edit was not vandalism. For some reason I must have clicked the rollback button by accident, but I cannot figure out how. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

It happens as I've done it before. :) Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 10:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore

Hi, I'll add this article to my watchlist, as I imagine the article could receive a fair bit of vandalism. Aaroncrick(Tassie Boy talk) 10:31, 3 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have. I need help too. Yousaf465 (talk · contribs) as is his habit is adding a conspiracy theory in there, UNDUE and all that. He has a history of doing that, adding Pak fringer theories blaming India and Isreal for terrorist attacks. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 07:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Did you mean me misinterpreting them? YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 02:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Nope. —Dark talk 06:08, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

You should see my talk page. Much funnier. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 06:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

The dude is digging his own grave... —Dark talk 06:25, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Dark, Casliber suggested that I should contact you about this upcoming event.

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Hope to see you there, please contact me if you can, Witty Lama 11:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, won't be able to make it. —Dark talk 07:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Good to see you around again...

...after your break. Welcome back. :) —Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

thanks :D —Dark talk 05:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Please don't encourage him :) Daniel (talk) 05:12, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Unfortunately Daniel, your albino complexion isn't enough to discourage me from editing. —Dark talk 05:14, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
I believe I have provided ample evidence to prove that my skin complexion is not whiter than the cliffs of Dover, tyvm kthxbai. Daniel (talk) 05:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
orly? Suntan lotion does not count, I'm afraid... —Dark talk 05:19, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

RE: Block on User:220.253.179.130 for disruptive editing

Thank you for fixing my incorrect block of 220.253.179.130 (talk · contribs · block log). I am not sure how I screwed up so badly in figuring out what was really going on with the AIV report [1] that Bingo-101a (talk · contribs) made. Regardless, I have apologized to the IP [2], and really appreciate your speedy correction of my mistake. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 17:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Bingo-101a (talk · contribs)

I'm not surprised to find he was a sockpuppet, his userpage was too good for a newbie -- but I also had a feeling I'd seen a very similar userpage a few days before the creation of this user. It might of course have been my imagination. Can you tell me any of the other socks or the puppetmaster? Thanks. dougweller (talk) 08:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I do not think there are any more sockpuppets, Dominic blocked the IP address and his checkuser came up with only those accounts (Bingo, Jgriffin4211 and Jeff-griffin-0192). —Dark talk 08:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I see he has promised to return shortly. Or rather Jeff-Griffin-0192 has. dougweller (talk) 10:59, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi! That particular editor has also given me a hard time through the following additional user names and anonymous IP accounts:

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

One user page in particular (User:Michael35ca) looks very similar to the blocked editor.

Thanks for all you help and support. It is much appreciated. Best wishes, WWGB (talk) 11:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Michael35ca is blocked indefinitely for block evasion. Same as Michael27ca. dougweller (talk) 12:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Arizona

Are you going to move some article to Arizona then? JIP | Talk 06:06, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

...All fixed. —Dark talk 06:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Good, thanks. JIP | Talk 07:16, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

My wikistalker

Hi DarkFalls, thanks for coming to my rescue again. He is one messed-up character, isn't he? All I did was revert some copyright material that he had posted, then he totally lost it. I'm glad you admins are on the case to clean up the mess that he makes. I don't mind leaving the userpage unprotected for now, don't want to give him the satisfaction of affecting anything. I'm online often so his crap does not usually stick for too long. I'll keep in touch should he come out from under his rock again. Many thanks mate, WWGB (talk) 07:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

UPDATE: He came back as Special:Contributions/174.34.161.88. What a desperate loser! WWGB (talk) 07:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

re: usurp request on it:wp

Hello. I just filed your request [14]. Please allow 7 days. If nothing happens, the nickname on it:wp will be changed so that you can grab it. Bye. --Paginazero (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. —Dark talk 05:06, 10 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Just done, that was a vandal-only user. --Vituzzu (talk) 17:58, 12 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Please don't just remove my message from Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism‎‎, I wrote it because I need some help ! Besides, it's not just about that one picture, it's about three of them, plus an edit-war ! If it's on the wrong page, please tell me where it should be. Thanks. - Erik Baas (talk) 00:36, 22 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I suggest that you should try sorting out the dispute with him before asking for a block. I have no opinion on the other images but your addition of File:Arshavin 1946497.jpg was wrong as the image has no information regarding its copyright status. Advocating for the other person's block will create nothing but tension. —Dark talk 00:38, 22 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
You're right about that one image, I didn't know about the copyright, sorry. About "sorting it out with him" I can only say that such is impossible. We've had the same disagreement (about the same images !) on connons some time ago, and I found that he just DOES NOT want to discuss it, he only wants "his" images to be used, and allows noone to modify them either. So, the tension is already there, and I really need some help. - Erik Baas (talk) 00:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
And what about File:Crownusrpg.png ? Someone placed a template there to have a copy of the image created in SVG format, but BanRay doesn't allow that either ! Now, is this a wiki, or what ?? - Erik Baas (talk) 00:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
BanRay did upload that image, and it is only in use on his userpage... —Dark talk 05:03, 23 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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I haven't seen you around in forever. How have you been doing? bibliomaniac15 03:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hey biblio, nice seeing you! I've been doing fine :) —Dark talk 05:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Unfortunately I keep seeing him around... :) Daniel (talk) 07:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Nothing compared to the horrors of knowing that a radical conservative is currently destroying the neutrality of Wikipedia's articles. —Dark talk 07:10, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
orly. Daniel (talk) 07:17, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
ya rly. Right winged fascist bum :) —Dark talk 08:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

Hello, DarkFalls. I am not entirely against the edit you made here (and I have not restored it thus far), but would you mind expressing to me why you feel it is gossipy? I mean, as I stated in an edit summary in reply to that removal, that book does have its own article (which also notes its claim about Suri Cruise). Plus, the book is mentioned in the Tom Cruise article as well. I am asking you more out of curiosity than an objection. Would you rather it had been reworded, or are you completely against it being included in the Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes article? Flyer22 (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

WP:UNDUE. That view was set in one book (and a potentially libelous one at that), was not publicized at all by the media (other than as a joke), and has no place in Wikipedia. It is simply trivial, and a violation of biography of living people with its wording. I'd rather that Wikipedia does not get sued for libel. —Dark talk 23:27, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
I get your points (good points, by the way). But it does have a Wikipedia article. I mean, what is your take on that in regards to seeing it as having no place on Wikipedia, trivial and a BLP violation? Flyer22 (talk) 00:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
I said it has no place on that particular article detailing Tom Cruise's relationship with Katie Holmes. In that context, it may be libelous. However, I do not say the same things regarding the article on the book itself. It is quite notable. —Dark talk 02:02, 28 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
One more question about this. The Tom Cruise article notes the book, though. Do you feel that the book should not be noted there either? I am really not trying to bug you with this (I know it can seem that way because I sometimes get bugged by questions at Wikipedia I feel I have already answered thoroughly enough, from editors who have heard those answers); it is just that I want opinions on whether the book should be noted in the Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes article. I am sure that there are editors here who would disagree with you on this and feel that it can be presented in the article in some way. The book is linked in the See also section, however, which is an alternative to putting it within the body of the article. Flyer22 (talk) 19:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
I do not feel that there is a problem with referencing the article (in some form), as long as there is solid and firm language which presents the information as the personal views of the author, rather than fact. Perhaps the best policy to deal with this is WP:UNDUE, which states: In general, articles should not give minority views as much or as detailed a description as more popular views, and will generally not include tiny-minority views at all. For example, the article on the Earth does not mention modern support for the Flat Earth concept, a view of a distinct minority.. I view the author's opinion of the parentage of Suri Cruise as representative of a minority view that does not merit inclusion into the article. —Dark talk 06:21, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
Okay, thanks for going into detail about your thoughts on this. I am not sure that I will even add that information about that book back in. If I do, it will be like you suggest it should be added. Though, I do feel that it was clear that it was the views of the author in the version you removed as well. If anything, that article needs more building on other aspects instead of an addition of such a negative claim, anyway. Flyer22 (talk) 22:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Might be able to make it on the 22nd, the 17th is definitely out of the question. —Dark talk 09:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
Nope. Can't make either days :S —Dark talk 07:43, 6 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Cas

He really does seem intent on working us to the bone, doesn't he? Thanks for your support, by the way. Much appreciated. :-) —Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:07, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Working you to the bone, you mean :) With my ability to ignore work whenever asked, I have successfully countered work. *sips martinis in a beach in Hawaii* —Dark talk 10:10, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
Your slightly pleonastic method of ignoring work seems to be working well. ^^ —Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:28, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

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GA reassessment of The Botanic Garden

I have conducted a reassessment of this article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have a few concerns about the prose, which you may find at Talk:The Botanic Garden/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I can't recall doing any major edits into that article. —Dark talk 11:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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