User talk:76.117.247.55/Archive 6

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This edit is OK, but I think it would be a lot better if you could work it into the "Other later works" section, with a brief description, especially since I don't think we have any other engravings prominently discussed. Cheers! Mdotley 01:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on Industry and Idleness. I add stub sections for the remaining prints; I hope that helps a little. I came here to encourage you to get an account, but I see that there's no need. I don't work those Hogarth articles enough to remember your IP address. Good show, carry on! Mdotley 20:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Wow! Well done.

Have you seen the work User:Yomangani did on articles like Four Times of the Day, Four Stages of Cruelty and The Gate of Calais?

A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage à-la-mode still need work. And we are missing The March to Finchley. -- !! ?? 12:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed the prod and added a sources; I'm not sure if the dates are correct but this person did exist as the article says he did. Salahx 20:52, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with that. I've re-uploaded it to Image:Kashiwazaki-Kariwa monitoring2.jpg. Feel free to follow my footsteps and check that everything was done right. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

And don't feel like you have to make an account! It forces people to respect IP edits!

Okay, you discussed a lot of things that I thought about when writing the fair-use rational, but I didn't want go too into depth about it, but there is certainly further discussion that can be had. In the article I mention that there is an apology saying basically "sorry our radiation detectors don't work because of the earthquake," so needless to say, that part should stay, as it's relevant content for the point that is being made. The left navigation is not 100% needed, but I also provide a link directly to the site itself right under the image. Anyway, I find that useful to be able to say:

• Here is the screen shot during the earthquake, let's go look at what it says now
• Oh, it gives radiation readings

Their site, however, is absolutely chock-full of cartoons explaining all about how radiation works and what not, very pretty, which is exactly what we must be sure to avoid. I'm sure they paid someone a lot of money to make those. So in terms of revisions to the image, we could

• Reduce resolution to the limit that the text is still readable or
• Cut off some of the pretty stuff on the side to the point that the material relevant to the event is still present. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, another thing I forgot to ask: In order to give my permission for deleting something, can I just say that I give permission or do I have to go searching for some appropriate template? And regarding your last comments on the image, that's fine if you remove the left part, it's not a big deal. The point is that this is just one of many mistakes by the utility that added to the public's fears regarding the incident, nor did it help their credibility when asserting that there was no danger. Yes, one is still out, but you only need one in the fist place to answer the question "is there discernible radiation release from the plant?" I know this image doesn't contain much in terms of promotional artwork, I just meant to say that I was highly tempted to use some others ^^ -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I know this is likely an old topic stuffed in the back of your mind, but you may wish to take a look at these edits by Aqui venho de novo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), a sockpuppet of Encyclopedist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (a former user in good standing turned vandal/troll) and if necessary, update your Newgatery page. TML 20:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It appears that this story has taken yet another strange turn: Encyclopedist (using the account Nteyclsociedai (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) now denies making the above edits (see this and this for details). I wonder whether he's really telling the truth, or just playing good cop/bad cop...68.161.106.223 12:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

		The Chain Barnstar of Recognition
		For making a difference! This Barnstar isn't free, this is a chain barnstar, as payment please give this star to at least 3-5 others with 500+ edits but no barnstar. So that everyone who deserves one will get one Pseudoanonymous 19:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If you have much more than 500+ please don't be offended; I am thinking about

• The Chain Barnstar of Merit: 1500+
• The Chain Barnstar of Diligence: 2500+
• The Wikipedian's Chain Barnstar of Honour: 5000+

But I have to make them first Pseudoanonymous 19:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although we invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Wikipedia talk:Fringe theories/Noticeboard, was not constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Buddhipriya 04:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

That edit was defiantly not vandalism, the editor was just talking on a talk page :). Yamaka122 ...:) 16:59, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Lights has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Cheers, Lig hts 00:04, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		On your talk page! --H irohisat Talk 06:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I really don't understand you... what was that about? — Vanderdecken∴ ∫ ξ φ 09:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's where I got my name from. It was actually an alternate adaptation of The Flying Dutchman which I had read just before signing up to a particular website, I needed a new name and though Vanderdecken sounded cool. It stuck, I now use it everywhere. — Vanderdecken∴ ∫ ξ φ 15:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

• See User talk:Anthony Appleyard#Small world experiment. Anthony Appleyard 09:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
• See User talk:Anthony Appleyard#Small world experiment. Anthony Appleyard 16:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

It would be rather unusual, but you could request your user page be protected from recreation at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

If salting were necessary you could probably just ask any admin to do it. Orderinchaos 16:29, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I noticed a auto-sign bot messing up your draft [1]. You could get the bot to stop doing that if you put {{nobots}} on that page. You could even get the bot to ignore you on every page, but that'd mean having to make a user page for it to read - more info here. ;) Resurgent insurgent 03:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

If i create a RfA_2 for you, will you actually accept this time? aliasd·U·T 13:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

...I remember one of "my" previous ones was deleted and the submitted left a particularly sharp message. 68.39.174.238 13:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

You have almost attained 20,000 edits, over 10,000 on mainspace, all signed, and all good edits. You have been active for 2 years. Furthermore, you are a great vandal hunter! I believe there is a good rationale for it, as long as you can vouch that nobody will gain access to your admin tools, is that possible, do other people use your IP from your place? aliasd·U·T 13:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

The CIA, perhaps... Orderinchaos 03:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh don't mind me, I was just being humorously scurrilous :) Orderinchaos 12:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It would be hard on MediaWiki to sysop an IP. bibliomaniac 15 15 years of trouble and general madness 01:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi
About a month ago you deleted this template diff and replaced it with a redirect to Template:Db-noncom, you gave the reason that the tempalte was Blatantly non commercial. Will you please expand on your reason for deleting the template, and, in your opinion how that template could have been used commercially.

Mads Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 18:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

You misunderstand. The licence is non commercial. Wikipedia is unable to include media that is not available for non commercial use. If you go back and look at what you just linked us to again, mabye you will understand. aliasd·U·T 00:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I ...think I've got this sorted? Adam Cuerden ^talk 23:27, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Your "newgatery" page has been nominated for deletion here. 128.2.251.16 18:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

My deepest apologies - my very weak defense is that I was about to run out at the time and completely forgot, and only just remembered now. Hopefully you are not offended by my callousness. ~ Riana ⁂ 21:59, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Mind archiving this page? -- Cat ^chi? 15:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes... 68.39.174.238 16:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Why? -- Cat ^chi? 16:18, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I never archive... 68.39.174.238 20:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Are you always this unfriendly and closed to any advice/request? -- Cat ^chi? 20:40, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not, I'm just terse since these questions didn't seem to call for much elaboration. The emotions behind short text unfortunately are easily lost in writing and (re)reading. 68.39.174.238 00:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I see. Well my concern is that overly long talk pages become harder to use. People with slow bandwidth would have a hard time contacting you. Given you have a decent amount contribution I was merely trying to help you and people trying to contact you. -- Cat ^chi? 00:36, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

If the issue is anons cannot create pages, I'm sure innumerable folks would be happy to create as many blank archive pages for your use as you'd like. I'd also expect any of the folks who run talk page archiver bots would be happy to add your page to their list. Not meant as pressure, just trying to be helpful. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

He can create pages in the user talk namespace (and all other talk spaces). Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I suspect no one will ever try to create your "User" page again, after this config change which causes your sig to no longer show a hideous redlink. Instead people can look at your contribs or user talk page. Yay! Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

That's bizzare, but I suppose people will always be after the red-linked tab up there. That and the loads of older signatures I still have. 68.39.174.238 (talk) 22:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For being a decent and quality editor. Acalamari 23:07, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I ditto that. I am reminded to put you on white list on the IRC vandalism feed, which means that you are not a vandal IP. Cheers and good work! Miranda 09:28, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

<Miranda> computer wl add 68.39.174.238
<MiszaBot> Added 68.39.174.238 to whitelist, "No reason given". Expires indefinite

 Done Miranda 09:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

So how many edits do you have? Why don't you actually make your userpage? Where did you see my sig? -The Big X 23:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Sig test. -The Big X 23:58, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Sig test. -The Big X 23:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

As far as edits/contributions go for this IP Address, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=contribcounter&titles=User:68.39.174.238 is misleadingly empty, and http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=68.39.174.238&site=en.wikipedia.org, http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=68.39.174.238&dbname=enwiki_p, and http://tools.wikimedia.de/~luxo/contributions/contributions.php?user=68.39.174.238&lang=en show "20305" (not including "3407" "Deleted edits") for English Wikipedia, and "22113 contributions found in 58 projects."   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 18:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Alot of those deleted edits were ProDding hoaxes, listing things as CSD, etc, etc. 68.39.174.238 18:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't doubt it. Anyone who does administrative work here is going to make edits that tag pages for deletion (or discuss or try to improve pages that are so tagged), and most of those edits will eventually be deleted along with the tagged pages. I have 154 deleted edits here myself, and I don't think I need to apologize for any of them. I meant my reply above as a good thing, I'm sorry if you didn't take it that way. See also this edit.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 02:41, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm also royally annoyed that the LTA subpages got deleted after I'd spent a huge amount of time standarizing and fixing them. (I didn't, don't worry ;) ). 68.39.174.238 02:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello! I've noticed that you have edited Wikipedia without logging in to an account. I'm happy that you've been contributing. However, I urge you to create an account. Here is a list of the benefits of having an account:

• You can create new pages
• After a while, you can become an administrator
• After four days, you can edit semi-protected pages
• You can use watchlists
• You can upload images
• You can keep your account from being unfairly blocked if you share an IP
• You can use scripts to better fight annoying vandalism

There are no cons to signing up for an account. In fact, there are more pros here! Signing up is completely free and you don't need to enter any personal information! Plus you can have a user page like mine! So, unless you can think of a con, sign up for an account right now! Wtfdontkill (talk) 03:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello 68.39.174.238 and thank you for removing the linkfarm on Portuguese language. However, I believe that you removed some relevant links along the others, such as the Camões Institute, the Portuguese language museum in Brazil, etc. Later I'll review the deleted links and restore a few I believe comply with WP:EL, if that's okay. Best regards, Húsönd 17:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar, 68.39.174.238. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 00:21, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You just left me a nice helpful note, but I am not sure it was to me! It said:

"If someone hasn't already told you or you've found out:

Go to Commons (<http://commons.wikimedia.org/>) or just go straight to the upload page (<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload>) and upload it. Also note that you need a username there and they ONLY take PD/"Free" stuff. 68.39.174.238 03:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)"

Can you tell me where I asked for this information and how long ago? Sorry to bother you, I just hope you weren't trying to help someone else! Thanks though! Saudade7 04:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

OH! Wow, that was so long ago, I'd forgotten. I will do that eventually...It is 5am here and I should go to bed! Thanks! Saudade7 04:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Please, could you consider creating a user page only with the {{User committed identity}} template, or of course place it on your talk page for the simple reason that when you finally do lose your IP, someone in the Comcast network may pick it up, impersonate you, gain privileges and potentially harm the project. I believe this is a real possibility. aliasd·U·T 23:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I was talking about privileges associated with your reputation. If the community was convinced you had finally picked up an account, there would be much blind support for you being an admin. Since you seem totally disinterested in the whole thing, I personally would suspect anyone with your ip that tried to do this would be unlikely to be you, this template or a simple hash could alleviate those fears if you decide to get involved in that sort of thing, or catch out a culprit that manages to steal your IP. If you ever want to associate this IP with an account, say in 5 years time or something, you could disclose the string which unlocks the hash. aliasd·U·T 04:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

With utmost respect, I don't think you understand me. I am saying if an impersonator got your IP, they may be able to fairly trivially socially engineer admin powers from the community. This template would prevent this ever happening. aliasd·U·T 05:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Peak oil, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Peak oil was changed by 68.39.174.238 (c) (t) deleting 8521 characters on 2007-12-06T05:52:43+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 05:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the article (obviously your edits were excellent), but will leave it to you whether or not ClueBot needs to know about it. I wonder if there is a way for your edits to be automatically excluded by ClueBot? Risker (talk) 05:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

No problems, glad to vindicate you! It took everything I had not to write an edit summary saying "Stupid ClueBot, that's 68.39.174.238!!!" Risker (talk) 06:03, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Iran-Iraq War. Your edits have been automatically marked as unconstructive/possible vandalism and have been automatically reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Iran-Iraq War was changed by 68.39.174.238 (c) (t) deleting 8947 characters on 2007-12-06T06:20:23+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 06:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Fixed again, but am going offline now. I just hope I don't get someone jumping on me for that one, it looked very good and I spotchecked them before reverting ClueBot, but there's just something about Middle East articles that gives me the editing willies. I have no idea why I have your page watchlisted (maybe so I could remember when Cluebot is acting silly?), but hope this was helpful tonight. Risker (talk) 06:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edit to Hadith (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding either test edits, vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! // VoABot II (talk) 03:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edit to Suppressor (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding either test edits, vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! // VoABot II (talk) 17:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edit to American Motors (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding either test edits, vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! // VoABot II (talk) 22:25, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Because of the amount of vandalism, I've gotten into the bad habit of not checking what the bot does before I revert the people that it reverts. Especially, usually when an anon edits someone's user page, it's usually bad. I am sorry for the inconvenience that you are having in trying to remove spam, but this will probably happen while you don't have an account and when you are trying to move so many things. Academic Challenger (talk) 06:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Algaculture. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --  L A X  01:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

No offense, but you seem to be a controversial editor. You have over 20,000 edits as an IP, you're very respected by other users, and you, on occasion, receive vandalism warnings. Your edit (to me) appeared to be vandalism. Next time make it a little more simpler so that it does not appear to be vandalism. Cheers, L A X 01:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

You're right, I'm sorry. I guess I should have looked at the edit more thoroughly and been a little more cautious. Cheers, L A X 01:52, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Even though you don't have a signature, thanks for signing my autograph book. Cheers, L A X 02:19, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		I, L A X, hereby award IP 68.39.174.238 The Working Man's Barnstar for continuous work on fixing and repairing Link Farms. Cheers, L A X 01:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I really wish you would uninvolve yourself in the Super 8mm page, You have wreaked havoc by deleting worthwhile super-8 links, including a couple of mine, but also well over a a dozen of useful links. If you don't know about super-8, leave the page alone, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.129.88.30 (talk) 07:36, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I've responded to your request at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve#Coat of Arms, Grand Duchy of Finland. If you could give me some feedback, I'd appreciate it. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 03:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi there,

When you request work from the Graphic Lab, could you please use the template at the top of the page? Where does the version with "oppinion" and "articels" come from anyway? --Slashme (talk) 06:32, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I know the current version does break the linking, but the archiving depends on the "done" label. --Slashme (talk) 14:13, 19 December 2007 (UTC)