User talk:Majorly/Archives/42

E-mail

You have been sent one. :) Acalamari 23:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

You have been sent another one. :) Acalamari 03:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

And another. Pedro :  Chat  12:51, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I'm popular! Majorly (talk) 13:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

My mailbox is empty except for those mailing list spam :~( *cries* ...--Cometstyles 13:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool pic

Hey, check this out: --76.84.190.173 (talk) 07:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

RfB

You and Ryan will be buried on these concurrent RfBs, and rightfully so. Neither of you would pass your own RfA's again. I can't fault you for trying. I can see world domination, and I can see global warming, but I cannot see the thought process that went along with either run. For five years of my life I believed that there actually was a Santa Claus, but seriously, you guys? Even Jesus knew he was fucked, but at least he spent his time getting stoned and just hanging out. It's never going to happen, dood. Never. the_undertow ^talk 10:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

This is fun. The undertow, I hear you're on the brink of quitting again. Why don't you just hurry up and go, the door's just there? Majorly (talk) 12:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

This shit is getting pointy!

RfB Withdrawal

Sorry as I am to see this happen, I agree that it was going nowhere and indeed was becoming less and less positive a process by the hour. Better to kill it now and save grief for yourself, your supporters, your opposers and the community. Best Wishes. Pedro :  Chat  16:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
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Editor Review

Thanks for the review, Majorly! Its true that I have been editing alot, but with around 20 projects from school due in the next month, I need the computer. Also, about the RFA thing, yes I did plan it, and I can say I have been talking about it a lot, for good reason. I had a couple of co-nom offers, and I told them I would be running on March 15th. As luck would have it, I'm moving on March 15th. (What's the chance of that?!) So I had to notify them that I wouldn't be running on March 15th. That's why I talked about my RFA so much. And, I also agree with you that I have only been reverting vandalism lately. It's just that I felt that was one thing I didn't do. And, yeah, I started then never stopped :(. Well, now I did. I'm getting back to some "normal" editing (if you know what I mean). Thanks again for the editor review! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Huggle User Category

Hi there. I have seen that you use huggle by the fact that you have automatically updated the huggle white list(it does this when closing huggle). I was wondering if you would add the category [[Category:Wikipedians who use Huggle]] to your user page so that it fills out and we know who actually uses huggle. If you do not want to you do not have to. I am also sorry if i have already talked to you about this or you no longer use huggle but i sent it to everyone that has edited the page since mid January. I hope we can start to fill out this category. If you would like to reply to this message then please reply on my talk page as i will probably not check here again. Thanks. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 18:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Use of words

Hi, Majorly.
I've been reading this Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Seresin.
The message "Buru. Please, stop trolling." was pointed to whome? Kubura (talk) 09:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

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WT:RFA comment

Really, Majorly? I thought that knowing how to play the violin was absolutely essential to adminship, give that it's necessary that vandals hear a nice tune before being blocked. Evidently, I was wrong. :) Acalamari 00:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Question

Does stuff like this need to be oversighted? I recall hearing if there isn't hope of the article being recreated, it just stays deleted, but this article may be recreated pending an investigation. Thanks. Icestorm815 • Talk 20:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it does. See WP:OVERSIGHT. Majorly (talk) 22:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Random Token of Recognition

Here's Robert E. Lee for you! Lee somehow promotes Wikiquette and WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the good will by giving a friendly Random Token of Recognition to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! --TBC!?! 07:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Get it, a Major Lee for a Majorly? Anyhow, keep up the good work on Wikipedia, you've contributed a lot of great edits!--TBC!?! 07:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Elections

Hello, can you clarify what you real name is on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/Committee/en ? Thank you in advance Anthere (talk) 09:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. Majorly (talk) 10:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfB

I wanted to personally thank you, Alex, for your support in my recent RfB. I am thankful and appreciative that you feel that I am worthy of the trust the community requires of its bureaucrats, and I hope to continue to behave in a way that maintains your trust in me and my actions. I have heard the community's voice that they require more of a presence at RfA's of prospective bureaucrats, and I will do my best over the near future to demonstrate such a presence and allow the community to see my philosophy and practices in action. I hope I can continue to count on your support when I decide to once again undergo an RfB. If you have any suggestions, comments, or constructive criticisms, please let me know via talkpage or e-mail. Thank you again. -- Avi (talk) 16:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar for Majorly

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		You've been a brilliant person here on en.wp, and your efforts are always appreciated, by me at least. I'd also like to think this goes for that time when you went out of your way back in January - for which I didn't award a barnstar. :P Hope this serves as a little piece of recognition. Rudget (?) 14:21, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Lol. I haven't seen Sinebot ever do this Wow. again - Milk's Favorite Cookie 16:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Sinebot is an idiot and needs to learn some manners, I think :P Majorly (talk) 16:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

You can opt out of SineBot if you want… --Kakofonous (talk) 16:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thankyou for your appreciation! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yep I won't be able to keep it up for too long. I need money!!! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 17:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Give me a million dollars? Now that would be nice lol!! Best regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 18:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:POINT

After reading these questions ([1], for example), I'm actually really curious as to how some of these users will answer these, haha... if they'll try to be funny or keep it serious... or answer them at all. Thanks for keeping things interesting, нмŵוτнτ 19:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

It's not just you either. Lots of these recent questions have been quite pointy (if you know what I mean).--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 19:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

It's rather ironic to be honest. Majorly (talk) 22:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Definitely ironic, as well as good for a chuckle. I just wonder if this is the best way to get the point across (not a point, just a regular point). --SSBohio 00:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I enjoyed your questions too. My personal thinking is that questions in RfAs are good, but only when they are individually relevant to the RfA in question--not copy-pasted across all RfAs like Malber used to do. Hopefully some of the questioners will start picking up on that point. I find the WP:AOR question to be particularly unseemly (unless the candidate has had a history of controversial action perhaps). Oh well. The main reason for this message (which I got somewhat distracted from) was to thank you for your kind words on my OTRS request. :) Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 19:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem! :) Majorly (talk) 23:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I award you a sparkly ASCII asterisk * for making me almost spurt my coffee over my keyboard when I read your questions. Yeah, you've been a bit pointy, but you made us all think, which I think more than makes up for it; and you did so humourously, which is definitely a good thing. Nice one. --Dweller (talk) 10:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear Alex, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 04:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Edward Hill

I noticed that someone had started an article on Edward Hill the artist. Apparently, you deleted this article, citing relevance. Edward Hill was one of the best-known artists to have painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire during the 19th century. An exhibition of his works was held at the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1989. Two issues of Historical New Hampshire were devoted to the exhibition (Nature's Nobleman, Edward Hill and His Art, Historical New Hampshire, Volume 44, Numbers 1&2, Spring/Summer 1989). See his biography on my Website devoted to the subject. I would like the article reinstated so that I can add material to it. JJ (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your support. - J Greb (talk) 22:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Discospinster

Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster _talk 23:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hope you're better soon

Get better soon! :) ~ Riana ⁂ 00:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow Maj - really hope you feel better soon. Glad you weren't too badly injured, I just hope your bikes ok as well :-) Take care sir and get back on here when you feel ready. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't me, I promise! Get better soon. Regards, Daniel (talk) 00:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

To which I can only say... [2]. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 00:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to hear this Majorly, I hope you'll get better soon. Best wishes to you. Acalamari 01:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Truly unfortunate, hope to hear from you soon. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 13:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

At least you're well enough to be writing this message. Anyways, I hope you're back to your old self soon. Qst (talk) 16:22, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Best wishes for a speedy recovery... who's going to do all the work while you're gone? I too hope you're back to your old self soon. ++Lar: t/c 02:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you

I can has mop?

Hi Majorly! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1). I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being an admin to the high standard that the community deserves. Seraphim♥ Whipp 16:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

And I hope you feel more like yourself soon. Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 16:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks for being part of Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

all the files are now online - and thanks again for coming along for a chat... whether you were vocal, or more of a listener, your support is fantastic - and do consider hosting a skypecast of your own before too long! (I think I pressed all of three buttons this time!) - once again thanks, and I look forward to seeing you around! cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 03:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Email

Ping. Ryan Postlethwaite 02:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Final warning

Please do not edit war to restore the edits of this particular banned user - this is a very exceptional situation. If you revert again, unfortunately I am going to have to block you. Please reconsider. :( krimpet✽ 02:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Already been done. Majorly (talk) 02:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Email for you :) FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 02:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Proxying for a banned editor

Majorly, I hate to do this here. I've known you on WP for ages and you're a great guy. I've huge amounts of respect for you. However, right now, I have to warn you that reverting me wholesale, as you are doing is causing problems. Let me be clear: if you persist in reverting my edits, I will block you myself for proxying for a banned editor. I mean it. I will block you until you give me an assurance that you will stop from doing this. Alternately, you can appeal directly to the Arbitration Committee. I'm treating this banned editor as a very special case and will afford him no leniency whatsoever. And you, as proxy, will be held in exactly the same regard.

You have no idea as to the background behind this situation nor what's occurring in RL. You have no idea as to what this editor has been doing off-wiki, or of the ramifications of allowing him to edit here. I'm already putting myself at risk in dealing with this issue where most admins will not, that's how serious I consider this. Majorly - I never get heavy about this stuff, as well you --Alisyn^talk 02:32, 19 March 2008 (UTC)know, but I'm doing so now. Other editors here have already been blocked for doing what you're doing here. Stop it now - Alison ^❤ 02:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I have been blocked already! Jeez. What a great block log - nearly two years here completely clean, and some trigger-happy admin East718, who hasn't even bothered to inform me yet decides to block me - indefinitely of all periods. A simple warning would have stopped me immediately. Majorly (talk) 02:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Ok, you've already just been blocked indef by another admin. Please consider what I've said above and reply here. If you'll desist from proxying for this banned editor, I will unblock you myself. But this disruption to the encyclopedia needs to stop now - Alison ^❤ 02:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Do not unblock me. Ever. I deserve to be banned. Majorly (talk) 02:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

You sure that's what you want? Your call ... - Alison ^❤ 02:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it isn't, really. People aren't banned because they ask to be banned. If he is doing something that earns him an indefinite block, then so be it, but such an outcome would need far more input than there has been here so far wouldn't you think? Avruch ^T 02:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

However this particular block seems like overkill, I respect East and his contributions but just can't agree on this one, Majorly's possitive contribution outweight this incident by a huge margin. - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:33, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The block is not supposed to be forever. It's only until Majorly realizes that proxying for somebody who gets their kicks from harassing female admins in real life, then editing the articles of people he stalks is one of the worst ideas possible. east.718 at 02:37, March 19, 2008

I can't understand why such a prolific editor would suddenly want to be banned. Useight (talk) 02:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I said I deserve to be banned, not want it. And I'm hardly as prolific as I once was, sadly. Majorly (talk) 02:33, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I've changed your page, is that what it's supposed to be? I'm totally shocked. --Alisyn^talk 02:32, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I think you can wait a few more minutes for the indef block banner, eh? Yes, indeed you can. Avruch ^T 02:32, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

For what it's worth, none of this sounds/feels/reads very much like Majorly as he appears here and elsewhere on Wikipedia for the past two years. ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I think this might be a misunderstanding. Have mailed. --Kim Bruning (talk) 02:38, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Majorly - I've just unblocked you now as you were blocked before you were final-warned. Please read what I said above as it still very much applies here - Alison ^❤ 02:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

No, you didn't read what I wrote. Do not unblock me. I'm clearly unsuitable to be editing Wikipedia. So why am I unblocked? Majorly (talk) 02:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Too late. It's done. You weren't final warned, and now you are - Alison ^❤ 02:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Irrelevant, as I don't intend to continue editing. Majorly (talk) 02:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I concur with Majorly being unblocked. He won't start reverting again. :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 02:55, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it's too late for that. I think an editor of his standing deserves an apology for being blocked without ample notice. (I was curious myself as to why User:Ttimespan didn't have a sock tag or any other info that I could find). OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 03:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, fair enough. Seconded. --Kim Bruning (talk) 03:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Majorly, I was shocked to read that you had been blocked, because I know you as a longstanding and respected contributor. This looks like just something that happened because of an inopportune convergence of factors and timing. I'm sorry that your clean block record has been marred. That kind of thing can happen to anyone, through no fault of their own. I do hope you will put this behind you and continue participating as a member of this community. I hope to see your thoughtful contributions to discussions continuing into the future. --Coppertwig (talk) 03:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Majorly doesn't seem to be acting in character. Are you sure his account wasn't hijacked by someone else? Cla68 (talk) 03:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

He is currently logged into Wikipedia Review, so I'd guess it's the same person. Or both accounts are compromised. Perhaps his note at the top of this page explains the events, in part at least A Rather Hot Donkey Named Bob (talk) 03:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I also thought the account might have been compromised. Did any e-mail him and get a response yet? Useight (talk) 04:19, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

It's a question of two different groups of people thinking the other had ... well... frankly... gone insane, I think. I've communicated with both groups, and now they both have the same information, and both agree that the other side is not insane. :-)

(How's that for being vague?) ;-)

Majorly is fine, the wiki is fine. Everything is working as normal again. Just a strange misunderstanding due to a failure to communicate sufficient background information. Nothing to see here anymore, move along! :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 05:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Majorly, I'm really sorry that all this happened tonight. I've known you for ages now and on here and ... well, I'm shocked at what happened here. Firstly, let me say that you should not have been blocked here, not least of all without warning and I'm really sorry that happened. It shouldn't have. You absolutely don't deserve to be banned - certainly not! Unfortunately, the editor you were reverting was a one-off case where I cannot and will not allow their edits to stand here without very good reason. It can be done, but wholesale reverting just isn't on. It's not a simple case of 'damaging the encyclopedia' here, as there's another dimension to this. Unfortunately, I can't explain why here so I'll take this to email instead. I feel awful that this whole thing came crashing down on you and I'm really sorry for having played a part in that. Please do stay on here! - Alison ^❤ 05:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

But, what was up with these "Why are bananas yellow?" questions [3] in several RfAs? What was going on there? Cla68 (talk) 06:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

He's been doing those for a while now, in an attempt to parodise RfA questions. And to those who say that this isn't Majorly behaviour...IMO, they just don't know him well enough. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 09:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, parodying RfA questions. I believe you. Cla68 (talk) 11:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I really really encourage you to contact Alison and chat about this one. I share your philosophy on the contributions of banned users but this situation is different. Viridae^Talk 10:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

• Majorly, I think I know who the banned user is. Some people are banned, some people are really banned and some people are so banned that there isn't even a term for it. This user falls into the last category. I don't know of anyone who is more completely, irrevocably and irredeemably banned than this user, and for very good reason. Please don't take it personally, I have been slapped down by email for getting involved with this one before now, please believe me (and others here) when we say that you really really don't want to go there. Nobody thinks you're evil. Guy (Help!) 17:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Majorly, I'm really sorry this happened. I don't think your block was appropriate either, even if I don't think you should have been reverting Alison's edits. I hope you can find it in your heart to eventually forgive East718 and everyone else that may have said things that were unkind, and come back to en:wp. You're a valuable contributor on many wikis... never forget that. ++Lar: t/c 17:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I wasn't online last night (darn that real life, anyway) or I would obviously have tried to defuse the situation. In lieu of that, per Alison and Viridae and Guy. Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

And it's not very often that that trio is all wholeheartedly on the same side of anything, either. But I still have my own concerns insofar as the concept is accepted that entire classes of ideas, viewpoints, and editorial decisions can become taboo in a sort of "guilt by association" due to being connected in some way with edits made by a banned user; the more draconian types attempt sometimes to apply this concept to all banned users, while others limit its application to the "really banned" or "so banned there isn't even a term for it", but the whole concept is suspect. Is it really true that if some edit of an "extremely-banned" user happens to fix an erroneous statement somewhere that the earth is flat or that 2+2=5, it would then be forever forbidden to say that the earth is round or 2+2=4 because that would be "proxying for a banned user"? *Dan T.* (talk) 17:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

No. Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

To switch from my own contrived examples to an actual one, it's apparently now forbidden to update the statistics for the Chinese Wikipedia or make a mention of Baidu Baike, or to link Baidu Baike as an example of another wiki encyclopedia in an article about another of that sort. *Dan T.* (talk) 17:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Yup! So you see that Majorly wasn't exactly insane to act the way he did. :-) Still, wait a few days before fact-checking and restoring anything at the least. Or contact me per e-mail first. --Kim Bruning (talk) 17:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Dan, go away. Stop making this into the latest episode in your anti-BADSITES crusade. Will ^(talk) 18:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I didn't even mention BADSITES here... you did. *Dan T.* (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Plus, I think he and Majorly have a bit of a point. I'm sorry I don't know who amorrow was, or what he may have done to anyone else on the project. I also don't know how he was definitively connected to the IP who made the edits these fine folks edit warred over. But it distresses me to see the project turned into a battleground to fight real-world battles. Rather, if one user is causing real-world harm to another, there's no action on-wiki that could rectify the situation and this isn't the place for it. I really think the Foundation's legal rep should be available for this. --InkSplotch (talk) 22:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)