User talk:TravisTX/Archive 3

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Archive 3

James Barrier warring

Thanks, TravisTX. Hopefully the user will stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AuthorAuthor (talk • contribs) 00:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Malformed report

Sorry about the jacked up report on the vandalism page. Fixed now, I followed the template this time. Duh... Cheers. --FilmFan69 (talk) 23:27, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

• After going through the AIV page history, I see that your report was actually removed by the helper bot because it interpreted your report as a comment on the previous report. I removed a different messed-up report, for an IP which I had just blocked, because I knew that, ironically, the bot would miss it. Sorry for the confusion. Cheers —Travis^talk 23:49, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

User:86.166.235.66

Thanks for the block. You say my report was "malformed" - no surprise as I'd never reported there before. What did I do wrong? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:57, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I’ll be glad to explain. Your report looked like this:

Persistent vandalism at Whitchurch, Herefordshire, Ross-on-Wye, Welsh Bicknor and Kilpeck by User:86.166.235.66, assumed to be identical to blocked User:86.146.62.186 (as confirmed by this). Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The correct format is shown as comments at the top of the “User-reported” section of the AIV page when you open it for editing. (view)

The reporting templates make it much easier for an admin to check the user’s edits and to decide on a course of action. In this case, I blocked the IP more for violating the three revert rule than for vandalism. I hope this answers your question. Cheers —Travis^talk 14:20, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:26, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Template vandalism

Hi. Could you tell me which template was vandalised here, please. I still see the vandalism if I clear my cache and even on a browser that has never viewed the page. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 15:48, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

• It all appears normal to me in Firefox, but now, after viewing the page in Safari, I see the problem. Checking now. —Travis^talk 15:53, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• And it appears to be corrected now, but I still don’t have an answer as to where the vandalism took place. —Travis^talk 16:05, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. I think that this might be the reason the page is now OK, but I am also none the wiser as to what was actually vandalised. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 16:08, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Not content dispute

Repeated unexplained blanking by the user constitutes content disputes? I don't think so. The account is only created for vandalism. It is regretful to see your labeling it as such.--Caspian blue (talk) 16:01, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

• Okay, I see your point about the blanking of material from the talk page. The remainder of the user’s and the IP’s edits do, however, appear to be involved in a content dispute. In any case, the user has not vandalized since your final warning so please report them again if there is further vandalism. Thank you —Travis^talk 16:17, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I do not even know how the content is unsatisfactory for him/her. The blanking of the others' discussion is not acceptable. My warning is not from an admin or patroler, so I just want to make sure that he/she would not repeat the same behaviors. Anyway, block from AIV report is to prevent ongoing vandalism, so I understand your decision. Keep up the good work! --Caspian blue (talk) 16:26, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

• A stern warning. I also note that you have some very nice photos on your user and talk pages. Cheers! —Travis^talk 16:48, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thank you for your help again. Btw, the pictures are actually not mine (I've been collecting free license images from flickrs), so I appreciate the photographers generous permission on them. Have a nice Sunday! --Caspian blue (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Interesting book

Alright, I'll head out to the library some time this week and check it out! Thanks for the tip. Malinaccier (talk) 14:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and it sounded a lot different from my normal reads (and yours). If the "methods" are good enough to be utilized on a worldwide scale, ("This book should be required reading for every politician, staffer and bureaucrat in Washington and, perhaps, every other national capitol in the western world.") then it must be interesting! ;). Malinaccier (talk) 15:05, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikiquette

Your recent comments here are inappropriate. This is not AN, or AN/I. Wikiquette serves the purpose of "an informal streamlined way to request perspective and help with difficult communications with other editors". This is for help dealing with other users. Your comments reflect a misunderstanding of this function. Please strike accordingly. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:24, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

• Discussion began here.

Technically, not anymore. :) Thank you for clarifying, but I wasn't able to ask - were you referring to my interpretation of Blechnic's calling someone unable to read a personal attack as my narrow of NPA? What do you mean by narrow? Because it would seem to mean that I would be ignoring many other things that would be narrow? Was the word you meant broad? I am still rather confused. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:07, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose that I did mean to write broad rather than narrow. (Thinking back, I’m not sure why I worded it the way I did, actually.) What I was trying to convey is this:

• Blechnic’s comment is not a personal attack on WW because WW essentially said the same thing about herself.
• In light of the above, Jameson’s comment is also not a personal attack.

I ask you to take my word for it, or check my contributions, but I take WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL very seriously. In this case, however, I cannot see how stating the truth can be viewed as breaching either of these tenets. I hope that this clarifies my comment for you. Cheers —Travis^talk 16:56, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Note: After reading the recent AN/I thread concerning you, I realize that you cannot respond here for a while. If you wish to further this discussion, please note that I have placed your talk page on my watchlist. —Travis^talk 18:07, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me!

When I accepted the request, I sent them an email explicitly telling them not to use Wikipedia as an advertising tool. They replied by saying:

Thank you for setting us up. We have no intention of misusing this wonderful global resource, just want to be able to provide a description of what MAKOplasty is, and have a link to our website if that will be ok.

Barbara Kerr

Marketing Communications Manager

L337*P4wn 15:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

• Ahh, very well then. Thanks for the reply and keep up the good work! —Travis^talk 18:40, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

I wanted to thank you for this. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

• You’re welcome and the offer still stands. Cheers —Travis^talk 15:04, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Colts/troll image

I hate to be the party pooper, but Image:ColtsTroll.png is a derivative of Image:Indianapolis Colts logo.svg, so it can't be GFDL. It's only used in that collapsed/archived section of ANI; would you mind deleting it? Thank you. WODUP 21:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

• Booooo! Oh, well, it was fun for a while anyway. Image licensing is still somewhat baffling to me. Cheers! —Travis^talk 22:34, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Spelling issues

Since you've previously commented on the subject, I thought you might be interested in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continuously changing spelling variation. Feel free to comment there, if you're still interested. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Continued legal threats from Neil Fitzgerald

He (the IP address claiming copyright control over the old images) has continued to add in his claims on other IP addresses. I'm now in email contact with him as is Mike Godwin. In the meantime could you please semi-protect T. H. Matteson and The Scarlet Letter? Thanks. JoshuaZ (talk) 00:37, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

• I went ahead and semi-protected The Scarlet Letter for 24 hours, but since there haven’t been any recent edits to the artist’s page, I didn’t take any action there yet. Hopefully, between users, such as yourself, and Godwin, the issue will be resolved peacefully. —Travis^talk 02:59, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Email

When blocking account such as this, the prevent user from sending email box should be checked. Thanks. KnightLago (talk) 01:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

• Ach! You’re right, of course. Thanks for the tip. —Travis^talk 01:04, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

*Gasp*

Wow, this was just so...unexpected. :-) SchfiftyThree 01:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, you bet. Malinaccier (talk) 01:05, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

What an imagination that Grawp fellow has! —Travis^talk 01:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Your suggestion

Thank you for suggesting me that book! It was a greatly inspiring read. While I was reading it, I was surprised and happy to see how much the Balti children desired and enjoyed education. It also struck me how misunderstood the entire Middle-Eastern culture is. Once again, thank you for suggesting Three Cups of Tea! Malinaccier (talk) 01:09, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

• You’re welcome! I’ve recommended it to several people, but I figured that you, particularly, would get something from it. Cheers! —Travis^talk 01:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Why's that? :) Malinaccier (talk) 01:18, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
    • Well, I guess because you strike me as being rather thoughtful for a young person. That, and the image(s) this conjures. :D —Travis^talk 01:26, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
      • Haha. Well, I'll take that as a good thing. ;) Malinaccier (talk) 01:33, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

The deletion of this userpage...

...has been mentioned on the talk page of Alison Cassidy ^❤. -- 92.0.208.255 (talk) 08:50, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comment left on Alison’s talkpage. —Travis^talk 13:44, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Can you please look over the article Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, theres some edit warring going on between 2 IPs. I believe one (98.197.XX) is adding unsourced info to the BLP and i thought it would be best for an admin to takeover, i think it needs a block. Thanks Monster Under Your Bed ^(talk) 12:54, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

You've gone offline at the right (wrong) time :P Monster Under Your Bed ^(talk) 13:03, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I just haven’t changed my status indicator this morning. In any case, I’m looking into the situation and am blocking both IPs for a day. I don’t, however, know which version of the article is correct. —Travis^talk 13:06, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

...and Redvers semi-protected the article and removed the unsourced info. Cheers —Travis^talk 13:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

pictures not showing up

I just noticed this as well...just started happening to me this afternoon, so I am assuming the problem is with Wikipedia and not our computers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave19490704 (talk • contribs) 18:46, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Manitoba Walker Ranger

I reported to AIV instead of SSP because my concern wasn't whether the user had violated WP:SOCK (although as it had been admitted, there was nothing to discuss), but because it was a vandalism-only account. 87.11.19.193 is now claiming to be the same user in these edits:[1][2]. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 21:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

66.66's block

Thanks for that. he's randomly violation WP:MOS. I'm going to be out for another 3 days, and only be on once a week, since I'm busy. When I'm only on once a week I don't have the ability to track those issues.--I-405 (Freeway) 22:37, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

superpower the movie's page was blocked unjustly.

you have blocked a movie that i worked on, as editor, from wikipedia after it was allowed on. you claimed it was for copyright infringement, but there has been no copyright infringement as my producer/director is the owner of the copyright and the poster of the site.

from reading the comments here it seems to me that you are trigger happy. you could start with an email to the person giving them a day to respond prior to ripping down their site and then not responding to their attempts at contacting you. it would be different if she hadn't spent 8 hours of her time trying to get ahold of you without any response.

Please lift the ban on http://www.superpowerthemovie.com wiki page.

thanks, Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.254.143 (talk) 13:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

For the record:

• I have received no Wikipedia email about this subject. In fact, I haven’t received any Wikipedia email in a couple of weeks.
  • This is also the first message posted on my talk page about this.
• I didn’t block (protect?) SUPERPOWER the Movie, I simply deleted it because it was practically a word-for-word copy of the above website.
  • The page isn’t currently create-protected, anyway.
• In any case, the film probably doesn’t meet Wikipedia notability guidelines and the above editor has a clear conflict of interest.

Judging from your remarks, you may have me confused with someone else because this is the first attempt at contacting me about this subject that I have seen. If you feel that the page should be reinstated, please make your request at deletion review. Thanks —Travis^talk 15:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. I believe it does fit the guidelines for "notability" as i looked at the notability guidelines.

My point was that rather than delete a page without notice to the author that it would be nice if you respond to their emails. She may not have emailed you...I'm not privy to that info. I know she's emailed a couple people in the wikiCommunity.

It won 4 awards from film festivals...one of which was for excellence. It has been entered into the International Documentary Association Archives in LA for historical purposes. The film has been used as a teaching a tool in an accredited university and an accredited colledge for its historical information and sociological information....not in a film program, but in soc classes. It has encyclopedic notability due to notable people in the piece such as Noam Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky, Eric Haney, Sergei Krushchev and many more. It's being entered into the INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE as an award winning documentary.

I will try to argue this with the deletion people, but the wiki process is very long and hard to go thru many times without response. I appreciate your response on this, but again it seems that you jumped on this too quickly.

In terms of being a direct copy it does use excerpts from the website, yes, but all information in wiki comes from somewhere.

The problem with deletion is HUGE as a google search now returns the notice of banning which is really NOT a good thing. Again, I'm just shocked that you'd ban or delete something without contacting the person first as the re-instatement process will take a long time and cost us many hours of our time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.254.143 (talk) 17:00, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I really had no choice but to delete the article as it was so similar to the website that it constituted a copyright violation. —Travis^talk 17:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

So, if she proves to be the copyright owner and the author of the wikipage will that get her re-instated?

thanks again!

From your linked page: Some cases will be false alarms. For example, if the contributor was in fact the author of the text, then even if it is published elsewhere under different terms, they have the right to post it here under the GFDL – —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.254.143 (talk) 17:45, 11 September 2008

The notice on the above website is “Copyright © 2008 SUPERPOWER PRODUCTIONS, LLC. All rights reserved.” which precludes it from being used as-is. However, there is a procedure in place to allow the copyright owner to submit material here. Cheers —Travis^talk 18:08, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice suggestion LWF! It doesn't exactly work with the web design, but with some creativity i'm sure it could be worked in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.254.143 (talk) 18:49, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Reinstating an article deleted because of false alarm

I am the copyright owner and the author of the Wikipedia page you deleted because you said,

“I really had no choice but to delete the article as it was so similar to the website that it constituted a copyright violation. —Travis talk 17:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC).”

Am I supposed to put a footnote on my own Wikipedia page that I give myself permission to use my own work from my own web site? How do I do that? The Wikipedia rules do not bar someone from taking information from their own websites to place into the Wikipedia articles.

“Some cases will be false alarms. For example, if the contributor was in fact the author of the text, then even if it is published elsewhere under different terms, they have the right to post it here under the GFDL –“

What will it take to get reinstated? I have seen links to other sites in other and similar articles, so I would think I could also link sites to my page. Is that a problem here? Before I added the links there didn't seem to be a problem.

My film has notably won four nominations or awards so far as it makes the festival circuit. It is also being shown at the Leipzig, Germany DOK Market Digital and is being shown in several countries. It is a call-to-action film in addition to being a political and historical documentary. It has been used as a teaching tool in the classroom at an accredited university and an accredited college. There are internationally known speakers in this film whose opinions are very notable (such as Noam Chomsky and Sergei Khrushchev). IDA (International Documentary Association) is adding “Superpower” to their archives in Los Angeles. I have read about several films on Wikipedia that are listed and don’t seem to have this distinction.

It is my understanding that articles about films and their awards are encouraged. Also, it is my understanding that no film will be disallowed or scrutinized because a reviewer disagrees with the theme of the film. I was afraid that was the case since this film is so controversial. The film makers have not taken sides politically in “Superpower”, but merely allowed speakers to present a set of opinions and facts for the viewers to decide. I would like to think the Wikipedia reviewers such as yourself are just as objective. If so, I would expect the article to be re-instated, now that you are aware this is not copyright infringement.

Further, if you have any suggestions for editing that you feel I should make, then by all means let me know so I can improve the site. This is my first article and any suggestions you can offer will be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks.

SuperpowerTheMovieSuperpowerTheMovie (talk) 18:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I know I wasn't invited here, but you wouldn't place a footnote on your userpage, you would have to place a GFDL license on the website the information was taken from. That way no one could make the claim that someone other than the copyright holder licensed the work to be shared. Otherwise there could be future accusations that someone on Wikipedia was masquerading as the copyright owner, and giving permission to use copyrights to which they have no ownership.--LWF (talk) 18:45, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Good point, LWF. I have now done that. Thanks.

SuperpowerTheMovieSuperpowerTheMovie (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC).

Deletion review

I have taken the liberty of listing the article at Deletion review. Feel free to comment there. Cheers —Travis^talk 19:12, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Travis. I have followed your advise.

This is what I added to my Home Page, which was the page in question on my site. I did not add it to the other pages as I do not want anyone to take my video clips unless they contact me. The Home Page has the written content.

Copyright © 2008 SUPERPOWER PRODUCTIONS, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for reuse of the content of this Home Page under the GFDL to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed without expressed permission from the site manager (see Superpower Contact Information), and a notion to this site must be made as the source.

I am the site manager. Have I met the requirements to have my site reinstated?

SuperpowerTheMovieSuperpowerTheMovie (talk)

SUPERPOWER the Movie restore

I've posted a similar note at the talk page of the person closing the DRV.

You've undeleted this as the copyvio issue is resolved. I cannot see how you conclude that. The message above lists what was added to the source page "Permission is granted for reuse of the content of this Home Page under the GFDL to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed without expressed permission from the site manager (see Superpower Contact Information), and a notion to this site must be made as the source."

That is not GFDL licensing. It adds additional completly incompatible terms, are we allowing the originator to own the page, since the license is for verbatim copies, no modifications - useless for Wikipedia. It also has an advertising clause requiring reference to the source, again incompatible with the GFDL.

--82.7.39.174 (talk) 06:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

98.197.203.161 vandal is back

98.197.203.161 vandal is back editing sistani article vandal is back using the user name Sarxel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.188.117.67 (talk) 22:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Testing wikEd under Safari

Hi TravisTX, a while ago you have helped making wikEd more Safari-compatible. After the last update wikEd seems to run fine under Google Chrome. Because they have similar internals I have now enabled wikEd for Safari. Please could you check if there are any problems left that need to be addressed? Thanks in advance, Cacycle (talk) 04:12, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Assuredly

I just wanted to give you the heads up that we're pretty sure Assuredly once called a Wikipedia member in person, who also happens to work at a government agency (thus that's how he got the number). Someone called and complained about that edit war that had been going on, which upset the Wikipedia user. Also, FWIW, the user removed your comment after you posted it. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:00, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for the additional info. I did notice that (s)he removed my message, so I’ll assume that it was read, and since no objection was raised about the sockpuppet allegations, I went ahead and indef blocked the puppet. If you have any questions, complaints, or additional concerns, feel free to let me know. Cheers —Travis^talk 02:15, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
• You may also want to see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Assuredly and the links in there as well. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 02:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Assuredly also called me in person. I make no effort to hide my true person or my other pages (in fact the same username pops up all over the place). So I'm not at all surpried. But it was very threatening and at times nonsensical. I got him to calm down and just say talk to me online. I think if this user continues such IRL behavior, it might warrant formal action to the authorities. WP can get heated but it doesn't mean you go after the person, especially when Consensus is the driver. I think this person needs counseling or will end up with legal issues. .:davumaya:. 03:44, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

• Well, it turns out that Assuredly was just one out of a whole drawer full of socks. As for the RL contact, unfortunately, there’s not much that Wikipedia admins can do. —Travis^talk 10:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Image:Regis-logo-sm.gif)

You've uploaded Image:Image:Regis-logo-sm.gif, and indicated that it's used under Wikipedia's rules for non-free images. However, it's not presently used in any articles. Wikipedia policy requires that non-free images be either used or deleted, so if this image isn't used in an article in the next week, it will be deleted.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

• It was replaced by a png version, so I went ahead and deleted it myself. —Travis^talk 12:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

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Thoughts?

Is it time? Malinaccier (talk) 23:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

I haven’t been keeping up with his editing so let me have a chance to do some review before giving an answer. I should have something to say by this time tomorrow, if not sooner. —Travis^talk 23:47, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Alright, take your time. Cheers, Malinaccier (talk) 23:48, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. I have commented at the above link. Cheers! —Travis^talk 14:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Alright! Take your time in writing a co-nomination here! Malinaccier (talk) 01:01, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

 Done —Travis^talk 01:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the nomination and all your help. I appreciated the time and effort you put into this. Cheers - Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 03:47, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Whoaaa, dude!

Thanks for calling me on that one! --Orange Mike | Talk 00:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Unblock of TheRetroGuy

Thanks for pressing the button on that. I've let Toddst1 (who blocked originally) know what's occured. Pedro :  Chat  12:55, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

• Ahh, damn, I should have done that myself. Thanks —Travis^talk 13:01, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: IPBE

I don't think it's necessary, especially since someone did clear the autoblock in this case. You know as well as I do, though, that the policy is set more in clay than stone, so it's up to you. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:32, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Lesbian Activist No. 608

Ok this is really spooky, i tried to decline that unblock request but edit conflicted with you, i made the exact same comment (umm...no). I thought it important that you know this crucial piece of information - we may have a psychic link--Jac16888 (talk) 03:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

• Hah! That's one of my "standard" responses to requests like that one, but this time I was debating using something different. Alas, I'm tired and couldn't come up with any good witticisms. Cheers! —Travis^talk 03:29, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

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Danny Pacheco

Why didn't you move over the entire history so all the edits were properly credited to the people who made them in the history? Now there's an article there on the footballer, with a deleted history about the kid which can't easily be extracted. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

• Ahh, sorry about that. I now see the problems that I caused and was prepared to make amends but you've already taken care of it. Rest assured that I won't make that mistake again. —Travis^talk 13:40, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

User abusing unblock

User talk:KeepAlert — page might need protected. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 00:54, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Aye, we've got a real intellectual on our hands, there. —Travis^talk 00:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Indef block

Thanks for that, what do you think I should do with the message? In my mind, I truely don't know what to do, I find it truely funny that I'm a thorn in some vandal's side.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 04:11, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

• If I found that message here, I'd remove it. And if I didn't have the extra buttons, I'd report the user to UAA. As for your new "friend," I'd also have removed the message without responding since it didn't pass the smell test. Rinse and repeat as necessary then report to AIV if he persists. —Travis^talk 13:27, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Withoutink

I'm inclined to doubt that he's learned his lesson, and am reluctant to unblock. What's your opinion? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:22, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, I agree. There's nothing to indicate that he understands or intends to follow RS, N, SPAM, you name it. —Travis^talk 21:23, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Codecs

You might want to restore at least three of the four you deleted via A7 as they all survived AfD's Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K-Lite Codec Pack and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Winamp Alternative. Thanking you. RMHED (talk) 02:38, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I also would like that undeleted... at least K-Lite Codec Pack, a very widely used codec pack. That was deleted without consensus. Jerebin (talk) 02:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Umm, yeah, my mistake x 4. Note to self: Leave the buttons alone when you're as tired as I was last night. Thanks for calling me on this. —Travis^talk 13:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Thank you for acknowledging your error and restoring the articles. RMHED (talk) 00:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Thanks

No problem ;) Inferno, Lord of Penguins 23:48, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the autoblock

That was quick! Much appreciated. DreamGuy (talk) 21:11, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

• You're welcome. Cheers —Travis^talk 21:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Bun39

Hello

I'm sorry the edit on my talk page was taken badly, it wasn't the goal : since you removed the (atrocious, but this way people notice it) blinking, I just added some size to the text. Even tho I don't agree too much, I kept and accepted your warning (it's not my home wiki and I'm not judge)

I'll just add this. That user (I won't dare say contributor) seems certain that his drama will move the community to to get him sysop or something. My comment there was meant to prove him wrong. A bit bluntly, certainly.

DarkoNeko x 03:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

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Bun39

I wanted to get your feedback on the feedback I left Bun39 (talk · contribs), on a way he might get re-instated. No need for talkback, I'll watchlist this page for the next few days at least. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

• Good advice, all of it. It remains to be seen whether it will be heeded, though. What exhausted my patience and, I'm certain, that of other admins, was the overly dramatic demands to be made an administrator, threats to leave if blocked, multiple retirements and un-retirements, and the flat refusal to listen to any advice. If Bun39 heeds your advice and grows out of the need for so much attention, I will be willing to listen. —Travis^talk 02:31, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

hamitic

I'm not wandering aimlessly reverting that article try peeping into the discussions to see the person who edited it to its current state has admitted the article is flawed and need improvement. I thought wiki was a collaborative effort on improving articles and not being bullied into accepting someone’s views. that article focused on the hamitic race and has been edited to focus on language groups. that is what you keep on reverting it to. This is not necessary because there is an entire article solely for hamitic languages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ProfXY (talk • contribs) 03:48, 21 February 2009

• And you're ignoring what I said: You are removing at least one image, a category, and several interwiki links. I'm not going to revert it again, but I strongly suggest that you restore the relevant information to the article. —Travis^talk 04:33, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Sock puppet

I have had suspicions about User:Loy Wong being connected to User:767-249ER a serial vandaliser of my talk page and many of the articles I've edited. There were a few coincidences but nothing linking them directly. After seeing Loy Wong linked to another sock puppet, I thought I'd mention it because you might find a connection there too. Or maybe, they might just know each other. J Bar (talk) 05:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

• As I'm not a checkuser, I'm not in much of a position to help you. If you like, please present your evidence at WP:SPI. —Travis^talk 14:00, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Oh, now that I've looked at the above link, I see that the user is already blocked, so a checkuser request will probably be declined. —Travis^talk 14:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

I have just had a 'confession' posted on my talk page from User:114.76.210.127 (partially blocked), who I am quite sure is a sock puppet of User:767-249ER and is continuing to vandalise using this IP address. He confesses to supposedly being User:Loy Wong and links himself to two other users User:Udom N. Tantiprasongchai and User:Udom N who have been involved in vandalism and have been deleted. Not sure if this is a true confession or whether the user is trying to further discredit Loy Wong by association. J Bar (talk) 22:07, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

In that case, I will refer you to my comment above and recommend filing a WP:SPI report. Cheers —Travis^talk 22:18, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I've done that now. Cheers. J Bar (talk) 00:04, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Fouldsy

Not at all. Sockpuppetry hadn't entered the equation when I blocked. If he's a block-evading sock, which a cursory look suggests that he is, I endorse the block. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 04:30, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for preventing any futher creations of attacks pages about me. Much appreciated! :-) Versus22 _talk 22:42, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

• No thanks are necessary, but you're welcome! —Travis^talk 22:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

The Durham Delectable

To whom it may concern, Recently, our page was deleted from wikipedia because of "Vandalism." It was in good faith to improve the collection of wikipedia. There are several other pages about beverages and we believe that our beverage is equally as tasty and notable for a wikipedia page. Recent popularity for this beverage has surged at the University of Colorado and with it demand for a wikipedia page. Thus, my colleagues and I have decided to create this page to better depict the culture and diversity of our campus. Please accept this appeal. Thank you E. Durham A. Goldfain —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agoldfain (talk • contribs) 04:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion

Why did you feel the need to delete the Bristol UWE HC B page? I know it apparently didn't adhere to absolutely everything but many people were doing their utmost to update it, edit it, and make it more 'acceptable' to the wikipedia fraternity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Covkid (talk • contribs) 17:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• The page was deleted according to CSD A7 because there was no indication that the article subject meets our guidelines for inclusion. —Travis^talk 17:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I understand that possibly the page did not completely adhere to the clause however, having been trouble free since its inception on the 15/2/09 to be given less than 45 minutes to completely be redesigned to re-align itself with the apparent rules is, very harsh. As well as this, it was you who deleted the page, directly, at 17:02, and not, as you state, 'it' deleting the page. Please give people more time to try and fix things next time before you come in with your angry hammer! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Covkid (talk • contribs) 17:28, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• There was no anger involved whatsoever. If you wish to have the article reinstated, please seek deletion review. Thanks. —Travis^talk 17:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

many apologies for implying there was anger involved. (Covkid (talk) 17:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC))

Deletion

Why did you delete my page on Everus Communications? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Everus (talk • contribs) 18:19, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• It was deleted as a test page (CSD G2) because it consisted of nothing but an incomplete infobox. In addition, it also was eligible for deletion under CSD A7 as there was no evidence that the subject meets our guidelines for inclusion. I would also like to point out that persons with a connection to the subject are strongly discouraged from contributing about the subject - see our conflict of interest guidelines for more information. —Travis^talk 19:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

comment at User talk:Pighair47

This edit was uncalled for. Go apologize and strike it out. Daniel Case (talk) 03:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

• Uncivil or not – snarky is how I would describe it – I think I will leave it in place as a bit of strongly-worded advice to the lad. —Travis^talk 00:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Restoring protection on User talk:Raquel Baranow

Thanks for that. I didn't feel it would be appropriate for me to re-protect it, since I'd removed the protection at her (emailed) request. It would have looked like "Tony's deciding how much editors can say". Next time she mails me (which she possibly will) the answer's going to be a polite "no". Tonywalton ^Talk 15:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

• You're welcome. I'd seen enough and if I get that email, the answer will also be "no." Cheers —Travis^talk 15:42, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

NyteMuse's ban, request for reconsideration

Simply put, since it seems that verbosity somehow equates to unity in identity, NyteMuse is not me. I've left one of my (much) longer winded explanations under User_talk:NyteMuse#Opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SiIIyLiIIyPiIIy (talk • contribs) 22:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

• Verbosity, subjects of interest, etc. Whatever. —Travis^talk 00:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank You....

for understanding and unblocking. I was following the ANI discussion and am very humbled by all of the support that I was getting. Now I can get back to work reverting real vandalism.--Jojhutton (talk) 19:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

• You're welcome. However, please consider how annoying your fake new messages notice is for others before considering reinstating it. Happy editing! —Travis^talk 19:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

I saw that you were listed in the Coaches for reconfirmation section of the admin coaching status page. Could you please update your status, and if you are still interested, drop me a note on my talk page? Thanks, Genius101^Guestbook 22:16, 25 April 2009 (UTC) This message was delivered semi-automatically by AutoWikiBrowser.

Okay, I'll have to say that the coaching page has changed quite a bit since I last saw it. However, I didn't see my username in the section you mentioned. Anyway, when not so tired as I am now, I'll make any necessary corrections to anything to do with me. Cheers. —Travis^talk 03:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I must have missed you on my apologies run. You were listed as a former student, so no correction is necessary. My apologies, Genius101^Guestbook 16:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Do your own.

I am merely voicing the opinion that I have sympathy they are blocked. That can be very frustrating and the Tuanting only provokes it further. I did not say the block should or shouldn't be lifted only that I hoped it was and the problem solved. PLEASE ASSUME GOOD FAITHHellinaBucket (talk) 14:52, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Would you also have sympathy for a real-world vandal who had been apprehended by the police? And taunting? If you'd come down from there and reread my decline message, you might understand that it is a firm, but polite message that such behavior is not welcome here. —Travis^talk 15:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Have you read my post regarding this entire thing? That's the point I'm trying tyo push through ASSUME GOOD FAITH. As pointed out by FisherQueen admin aer human, you are subject to mistakes too. Help calm down a situationHellinaBucket (talk) 15:37, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I myself believe that admin are to be bheld to a higher standard then all other Wikipedia users. One of the five pillars in wikipedia is to Assume Good Faith. Even if a user has been blocked that assumption should continue not berating his requests for unblock. The assumption should be that when and if the block is lifted the behaviours will be remedied. Remember that user is probably very upset and wanting to lash out. Why give them further excuse? My block was different then that users but I feel in mine that the research wasn't properly coordinated or handled. I definitly tried Good faith assumptions with that user, reached out several times and the attacks continued. I tried getting third partied invovled until I lost my cool. The block while in my mind unnec. served it's purpose and had it's desired effect. I did see a complete lack of admin ermpathy though and maybe if you were to employ that more with your admonshments it would be better recvd. Sometimes you don't look at things as taunting but something as simple as a refusal to acknowledge someones gender even if after pointed out is areas for improvement.[[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:FisherQueen&diff=288267394&oldid=288267136]] HellinaBucket (talk) 15:53, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

If you think I'm wrong let's discuss rationally. Help me come to an understanding from your point.HellinaBucket (talk) 15:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

There comes a point when, as someone recently pointed out to you, only an idiot would continue to AGF. Now, unless you are in need of some administrative action, kindly refrain from commenting here. —Travis^talk 16:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Please do not take the above action. I wanted to come by and apoligize. Yes apoligize. My behaviour the last week was disruptive and immature. I had to really think about what I was doing and the purpose of Wikipedia to really grasp what I needed to grasp. The fact is that this is a site that allows people to add to the collective pool of logic and knowledge. It is non-discriminatory to your education level so long as a you contribute usefully and I had to remind myself that this IS A PRIVILEGE and is something to value and hold in esteem. While sometimes seeming arbitrary and quick the block does serve a purpose in stopping people from doing what I was doing and does help maintain good standards for everyone else. I will attempt to work on taking correction better because it is definitly a flaw of mine that I struggle to control. I once again would like to apoligize for being a pain in your buttHellinaBucket (talk) 19:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Apology accepted. A word of advice about Wikipedia, talk pages in particular: Always err on the side of caution. In other words, before you click the "Save page" button, stop and read what you have written. Then, read it again. If you think that there's a chance that your comment will be misunderstood or received badly, don't save it. Either refactor it or forget about it. Things will go a lot smoother for you that way. Sorry if that sounds "preachy," but I've seen a bunch of good editors done in by making ill-advised comments. Cheers —Travis^talk 13:57, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Reading before saving will also give you a chance to proofread and spellcheck your edit. —Travis^talk 13:57, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch!HellinaBucket (talk) 14:04, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I took all comments off there except my apology. I read your edit summary. I was unaware I couldn't remove those, I won't do it again.HellinaBucket (talk) 01:29, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

(Note on HiaB's talkpage) —Travis^talk 01:33, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok thanks for the tip!HellinaBucket (talk) 01:34, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Request

Can I request a block on the following ip address: 89.165.66.70 that twice vandalised my user page [[3]] and [[4]]? Thanks--AssegaiAli (talk) 09:21, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I just now saw this, and since the IP has not edited in several days, I cannot take any action. In future, so that your request will be seen much more quickly, you should report vandalism at WP:AIV. Cheers —Travis^talk 13:42, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Deathmolor, wp:legal

Hi there, I saw that you commented at Deathmolor (talk · contribs)'s talk page. The user has left further comments at the page where the threat was made,[5] and seems to have ignored the messages at their talk page. (I thought it might be more appropriate to go to you rather than start a new report.)   M  00:06, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah, nevermind - seems they have deleted it (along with the comments of several other editors...)   M  00:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Indef blocked pending retraction of the legal threat. —Travis^talk 00:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Atlanta

You just closed that discussion in the middle of a length (and disagreeing) post I was posting. I was wondering if (a) you could at least include my comment in the discussion, and (b) consider re-opening it as I believe I have raised valid points that are a bit troubling. Cazort (talk) 13:43, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

The article was nominated for deletion with a bad-faith argument by a suspected sockpuppet[6]. Because of that, I don't think it would be proper to reopen the discussion, but feel free to renominate it if you have a good rationale for deletion. Cheers —Travis^talk 13:51, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you...

Thank you for your support

Unfortunately, my RFA was closed recently with a final tally of 75½/38/10. Though it didn't succeed, I wanted to thank you for your support and I hope I can count on it in the future. Even though it didn't pass, it had a nearly 2 to 1 ratio of support and I am quite encouraged by those results. I intend to review the support, oppose, and neutral !votes and see what I can do to address those concerns that were brought up and resubmit in a few months. If you would like to assist in my betterment and/or co-nominate me in the future, please let me know on my talk page. Special thanks go to Schmidt, MICHAEL Q., TomStar81, and henrik for their co-nominations and support. — BQZip01 — talk

Why?

Why are you disruptively removing IP sockpuppet tags when a community discussion is continuing about this very issue? See this. Tennis expert (talk) 13:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, you should stop engaging in disruptive behavior (and violating the AWB rules of use). Tennis expert (talk) 13:57, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Fair note to you Travis; Tennis expert is exercising his right to selectively redact posts to his user talk page (see this). —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 14:00, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and he is now reverting the pages again. As I am now involved, you may want to find another admin or visit WP:AN/EW. —Travis^talk 14:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

I've now done so; see WP:ANEW#Tennis expert reported by Mendaliv (Result: ). —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 14:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Note, user was asked to stop [7] and warned [8], but continues his disruptive behavior. I refuse to engage in his edit war, though. —Travis^talk 14:24, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help in this matter, Travis- I'm sorry that you got dragged into an edit war over something so silly. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 22:30, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Don't worry, this is far from the silliest edit war I've seen up close. Cheers —Travis^talk 00:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Very wise

You were very wise to do this [9]. Had a run-in with the same thing on General of the Armies some months ago. I walked away learning a few lessons and learning to work better with others. The other party seems to have gone from bad to worse to totally out of control. I don't mean to kick someone when they're down though. I also have had a long suspicion that this might in someway be tied into the User:Roitr business since this other user appeared shortly after Rotir's demise and started off by editing military rank articles (and also is from another country than the US judging by some of the edit summaries). But, I could be wrong. Anyway, thanks and a have great day. -OberRanks (talk) 13:51, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

User 88Adolf

This user was quite rightly blocked indefinitely: he had been running a vandalism only account, and you declined his request to be unblocked. I have posted a comment regarding his unblock request on his user page: you may like to read it. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Replied there —Travis^talk 11:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, an unmistakable scokpuppet, 888Adolf has appeared, and continued to vandalize, so clearly you were right to disbelieve his avowals of having reformed. Nevertheless I wonder whether it would have been any worse to have given him a chance to prove himself: the end result would have been the same. Well, we can never know. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

The Olive vandal

An anon editor using the IP address 209.52.235.234 has been persistently making disruptive edits to several articles (including Olive, hence my section heading). He/she has received several warnings, including a level 4 vandalism warning, and has still continued to make disruptive edits. I wonder if you, as an administrator, would be willing to step in? I always feel that, once an editor has been told "This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing", then we should show we were not bluffing, unless the warning was unreasonable, which in this case I do not think is the case. Thank you in advance if you are willing to step in, and if not then please let me know. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, that edit isn't blatant, obvious vandalism. I undid the blanking of the IP's talkpage, but unless the edit war continues (noting that it takes at least two to edit war) there's not much for an admin to do. —Travis^talk 21:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm...after receiving the message below, I looked into it a bit deeper. While the edit isn't vandalism, it is inappropriate for that article, so I restored it to the version without the mention of the coin. —Travis^talk 21:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

JamesBWatson

JamesBWatson has been vandalizing post for Olive amongst many others and is trying to shift blame on others simply because of his/hers ignorance and bigotry. One simple sentence which was added by me to the post in question is proven fact, there is also a link to page that would confirm it's accuracy and it is also relevant to the post. I have continually tried to undo vandalism which was commited by JamesBWatson and some other users, without resorting to accusations and name calling, but this user has obvioulsy taken law in his/hers hands and thinks that can bully other people on this public domain. I have even moved my addition to the topic to another part of the article but to no avail it has been vandalized again. Please see all my other edits and you will see no evidence of vandalism on my part in any of them, I only did edits on several topics, and they were mostly corrective grammar and few facts which all have link to page that can verify it's accuaracy. What JamesBWatson is doing is nothing but ignorant and agressive attacks in a desperate attempt to prove him/her self and it's own importance in this world. If this user continues to harass me, I will have no choice but to take appropriate meassures against his edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.52.235.234 (talk) 21:24, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

As I stated above, your edit is not vandalism. It is, however, inappropriate. The Olive article is about, well, olive trees. As someone pointed out on your talkpage, that article is not an appropriate place to list depictions of olives. Please stop reverting the article or you will be blocked for edit warring. Thanks —Travis^talk 21:36, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

In light your message above, you also need to be aware of and to follow this guideline and this policy or you will almost certainly be blocked. —Travis^talk 21:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh really? So block me!!!! What are you waiting for??? Clearly you are same type of trash as your buddy JamesBWatson, haha, it just shows what kind of trashy domain this is. I am so glad you came out and showed what and who you are. Just so other users can see it too.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.52.235.234 (talk) 22:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Once again, it doesn't matter where olives are depicted, that type of trivia is inappropriate for the Olive article. It doesn't matter whether it is a Croatian coin, an American coin, or a Martian coin - it does not belong there. Okay? Neither JamesBWatson or I are reverting you for any nationalistic reasons, so please stop throwing around the angry accusations. —Travis^talk 22:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, thank you for stepping in, and spending some time on this. Certainly the "Olive" edit wasn't vandalism, which is why I referred to "disruptive editing" rather than vandalism. However, there have also been quite a few cases of clear vandalism, such as [[10]], [[11]], and [[12]], for example. There have also been several cases of persistently repeating unhelpful edits, apart from the Olive case, and also cases of aggression towards other editors, though none before on the scale of those against me and you. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:42, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Br4011

Hmm, did you notice this? WP:ANI#IP request. Amalthea 19:09, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah, forget it, it's harmless. Amalthea 19:15, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. A similar thing happened yesterday [13] to User:Caden, who I had just blocked for edit warring. Whoever it is will undoubtedly be causing more trouble in the future. :\ —Travis^talk 19:51, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Huh. But that's unrelated to this one, I think, here br4011 seems to have just brought himself in trouble by accidentally faking the signature of a known sock. :) Amalthea 20:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

But that's actually a novel scheme: DUCKing on purpose, to get someone into trouble. Amalthea 20:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, now I see what you you were saying at ani. As for the other: Novel, but exceedingly annoying. Cheers —Travis^talk 20:11, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, not particularly clear I was. :) Cheers, Amalthea 20:18, 20 May 2009 (UTC)