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Hello Wikipedians and people who are not-yet Wikipedians.

This is my user talk page. You can contact me here. If you are a registered user who wishes to send an E-mail to me, please feel free to use the "E-mail this user" feature in the toolbox on the left side of this page. I also encourage everyone to read the contents of my talk page, and my archives, as well. Acalamari 21:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Greeting

Hi there; yes, I am well. Just got back from a cruise in the Far East, and just getting back into the routine here. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 19:17, 18 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

That sounds like fun: I hope you had a good time. Acalamari 15:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Great fun; I can heartily recommend it. I expect to make a number of wiki articles from it, if I can get past the no original research factor! --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 18:26, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Shameless thankspam

Hello Acalamari! Thank you so much for your nomination in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of 126/32/5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust. FlyingToaster

hi

hi,i was wondering if u could help me with a small problem —Preceding unsigned comment added by JustarR24 (talkcontribs) 14:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

What do you need? Acalamari 15:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
What he needs is evidence that he is not a sockpuppet, which will be difficult because he is!! --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 18:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Ah, thanks! Didn't realize he was a sock. Acalamari 18:46, 19 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

The Cherrytree Sessions (Lady Gaga EP)

Can you please take a look at this? User:Smanu is again deleting valid sourced information from the article without a consensus, inspite of being asked to comment at teh talk page. He/she doesnot provide edit summaries and is getting increasingly difficlut to aassume good faith to his edits. Others have explained to him about verifiability and WP:NOT but alas, all our pleadings is falling to deaf ears. Please take a look and judge to your best wishes. --Legolas (talk2me) 12:27, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Legolas2186, it looks like Kww's on this one, and got to it before I even logged in this morning: take a look at User talk:Kww#Cherrytree_tracklist. Thanks. Acalamari 21:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks

Happened across your user page randomly. Nice work on the Cyndi Lauper and Laura Brannigan templates. Nevard (talk) 14:29, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome for my work, but thank you for noticing it and commenting accordingly. :) Acalamari 16:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Huh?

Acalamari,
I recieved your message. Did you notice that I"d left you a message about your "test" (I never called it vandalism). I noted that it showed up (using Lupin's tools) with a link to typepad.com. That's what I was reverting. I added that into the template I put on your page. KoshVorlon 17:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

I don't understand what you mean: I didn't add any external links, and my edit wasn't a test...I don't really need to make test edits. As for why I thought that you thought my edit was vandalism, using rollback to revert implies an edit was disruptive. Acalamari 18:42, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

A pair of protection requests

  1. Arabic language
  2. Cleveland Cavaliers

Also, Adirondackman continues to sock, and it may be time for archive 32. :) Enigmamsg 20:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Both are semi-protected; good job on spotting new Adirondackman socks; and yes, I'd better archive my talk page soon. :) Acalamari 20:41, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. One more: Detroit_Red_Wings off of two semi-protections this month. The NHL playoffs end in a few weeks, so perhaps it could be protected until the end of June? Thanks, Enigmamsg 05:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Done until July 1st. Acalamari 16:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Question

Dear Acalamari,

would you mind explaining me how this and this was “bugging”? If you do have any concerns about me or my editing, I'd appreciate if you let me know them directly so that we can truly work on them. I feel confident that this would achieve much more than complaining off-wiki. Regards, — Aitias // discussion 21:49, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

I think it would just be best if you kept away from MZMcBride altogether. Majorly talk 21:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
What Majorly said: I don't understand why you thought it was necessary to comment, in light of past history between you and MZMcBride. As for me, I did try to talk to you about concerns prior to your RFAR being filed, and I gave you advice, but unfortunately, little came of it. Acalamari 22:12, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

ThankSpam

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record.
I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:07, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

~~~~~

 
Well, back to the office it is...

Absent user

Acalamari, I note that you are one of the editors (as am I) who continue to watch Phaedriel's page. Do you know of any way, other than via wiki, to contact her? She has, as you doubtless know, been absent for some 18 months, and I really need to talk to her. It's a personal matter. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 19:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

You could try using the "E-mail this user" feature, but I don't know if she will respond or not: no one has heard from Phaedriel since she went inactive, and as far as I know, no E-mails have been responded to. Acalamari 19:38, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
No, I've tried e-mailing (of course). I even tried e-mailing Oklahome City Police department, where she works (or worked) but they failed to reply. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 19:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Hmm, sadly, I don't know of any other way to contact her. I only used E-mail and talk pages. Acalamari 20:25, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
No, OK. As you will recall, I had a serious personal disaster a little over 2 years ago (OK now) and she had serious personal problems at about the same time. We helped each other a lot, but she suddenly vanished. Such is life. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 20:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Was this done using Rollback?

I don't know how you tell if an edit was reverted using rollback, but if this edit [1] was done via rollback it's time for rollback to be taken away from him. He also needs to learn to use edit summaries. Dougweller (talk) 19:57, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yes, that looks like rollback, and an inappopriate use of it too. In fact, only the other day, KoshVorlon rolled back an edit of mine and slapped a template on my talk page, which I removed. Acalamari 20:03, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
What's the best way to take this up? I can't remove it from him as I'm involved, ANI? Dougweller (talk) 20:50, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
AN/I is indeed where rollback can be discussed if an admin is involved and needs more opinions. Acalamari 21:16, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
I raised it there. We aren't the only ones it's happening to. As I'm involved (someone's commented about him on my talk page before I realised he was using rollback), and also off to bed now, I've asked for another Admin to help. By the way, I think it was you who gave me rollback originally last year. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 21:35, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
We'll see what the opinions there are then. As for your own rollback, yes, it was me who granted it to you (April 2008!), and I'm glad you became an admin since then. Acalamari 21:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

RE:Pashtun Ismailiyya

Thank you so much! This could really help. How was I brought to your attention, though? I don't think we've ever talked! --pashtun ismailiyya 23:23, 25 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome! I'm sure you'll make good use of the tool. As for how I came across you, I saw your name appear on Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations, which is on my watchlist. Acalamari 01:55, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rollback

Thanks for that. Don't have much time to roll anything back at the moment, but I should do in future. Artie P.S. (talk) 10:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome! Acalamari 14:59, 26 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Brook Lee

Hello. You recently made a change to the Brook Lee article to fix a broken reference, but the new link goes to a 404 page. Do you have a different link to that source? Tweisbach (talk) 09:02, 29 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately, no, I don't. I just happened to come across the article and saw the reference needed fixing, though I didn't check the source itself. Acalamari 14:44, 29 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

FYI

Just FYI, I have replied to your message at my talk page. — Aitias // discussion 23:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yep, I've seen it. Thanks for the note! Acalamari 23:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately, getting back to you will take longer than expected. Though, I hope to deal with it in the next few days (>1<4). I'm sorry for the delay. Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 01:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

There's no need to apologize. Take your time. ;) Acalamari 01:34, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Finally, I've replied. — Aitias // discussion 00:01, 4 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Responded. Thanks! :) Acalamari 02:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Acalamari, I am awfully sorry that I have still not replied, but as you can see, I'm extremely busy in real life (until now, I wasn't even able to read your reply) ... I'll still be busy the next few days; thus, I don't quite know when I'll get back to you. My apologies. — Aitias // discussion 20:41, 8 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
See above: you don't need to apologize. If you're busy, that's fine. I understand. Acalamari 20:49, 8 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Kitten

Nimbley6

Damn, that was quick! I'm sure you're aware, but in case you're not, Nimbley6 is now community banned. Hopefully it should make life easier reverting and blocking, and otherwise trying to ignore, the sock.

Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 16:13, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Kelly Clarkson is a page I've had on my watchlist and have contributed to for a long time, and I was surprised to see Nimbley6 show up on her article. Yep, I saw the ban discussion yesterday, though by the time I noticed it it had already closed. Thanks. Acalamari 16:19, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
I think it's "any excuse to fiddle with pictures", to be honest. And Nimbley6's tastes seem to be expanding to encompass a wider range of musical acts than just Scotland - possibly the sock thinks it'll escape notice? Oh well, glad you were on the ball! Cheers, This flag once was redpropagandadeeds 16:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, I noticed those. I tend to check at least once a day for Nimbley6 socks, though I don't need to when something like "Undid revision # by This flag once was red" shows up in my watchlist. ;) Acalamari 16:35, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Turkish delight

What a perfect choice. Thank you so much, Acalamari! Your support means a lot to me. :) Kafka Liz (talk) 23:37, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome, and I knew you'd like them. ;) Here's an interesting fact about them; I actually found out by accident that they're nice even when they're old; once we had a packet of them that were open for well over a year, and despite that they were as hard as rocks when we ate them, they were still very nice. You're welcome for the returning gift, it's good that you are coming back. Acalamari 23:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yikes - over a year old? Were they hard, or just more chewy? Kafka Liz (talk) 23:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Oh, they were hard all right, with the exception of the center, which was chewy. They had to be sucked in order to eat them. If we'd bitten them, we'd have broken our teeth. :\ Acalamari 23:49, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Just noticed that you'd already written that they were hard as rocks; my apologies for not reading more carefully! Kafka Liz (talk) 23:55, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Don't worry about it. :) Acalamari 23:57, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

User:Smanu

Please, either block this user (continuously edit warring on all the Gaga articles) or do something about his personal attacks and trolling. Im pretty much disgusted by this user. --Legolas (talk2me)

He's been blocked by AGK. Acalamari 15:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

User:Pokista02

Hey there Acalamari, can you take a look at User:Pokista02? This user continually adds improper images and unsourced content into Michelle Williams (singer). Generally, this user's edits are disruptive, even if they are doing it in good faith. — Σxplicit 15:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Explicit, I actually encountered this user the other day when they went and re-added things I removed from the Michelle Williams article, and they never gave any explanation for their reverts. A look at their talk page shows that they've had countless warnings, and even a block. Unfortunately, based on past experience with users like this (they are common in pop culture articles, but you probably know that already), I find it unlikely that they'll change their behavior: I know that's assuming bad faith, but I've yet to see a user with that many warnings stop what they're doing (all since May 17th!). However, while I agree with you that their edits are disruptive, with my involvement on the Michelle Williams article, I'd say me blocking Pokista02 would probably be an inappropriate block (I've edited that article, and reverted Pokista02 at least once), so I think AN/I may be a better place if you think the user should be blocked. Thanks. Acalamari 16:10, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'll start a new discussion at WP:ANI right away. Thanks. — Σxplicit 16:20, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

User permissions

I've had this userpage watchlisted for a little while, and I see now that you granted rollback. I don't object but suggest we keep a careful eye; something about a fixation with updating edit counts combined with rollback makes me just a little wary. It's probably nothing, but just thought I'd drop you a note (and I'm watching too).  Frank  |  talk  17:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I don't really consider it a major deal, as I once had a great love for edit counts too, but I agree it's probably something to watch over, just in case. That being said, if the user uses rollback to boost their edit count but uses it correctly, I think we should be okay. ;) Thanks for letting me know. Acalamari 17:24, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, it's the correctly I'm a little concerned about. Since I wrote the message above, I dug a little; I don't know that this merited an only warning. (Preceded by a welcome message, too.) Still not requesting any positive action; let's just be watchful.  Frank  |  talk  17:27, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
I just reviewed the revert: that edit would depend on regional knowledge: in some areas, "wank" is slang for masturbation, so the interpretation of the only warning would vary depending on where someone comes from. When I gave the user rollback, I mentioned that misuse/abuse of the tool can lead to its removal. Acalamari 17:33, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
It's cool; I've probably said more than enough. Thanks for listening.  Frank  |  talk  17:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
No worries: you had a concern and brought it to my attention. In the end, we all benefit. Thanks again. Acalamari 18:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

OK, on another note...aside from (apparently) here, do you know of a place where wank means something else? ;-)

I'd never heard of that mountain until now! However, since it's in Germany, I think Germans pronounce their "w"'s as "v"'s (funnily enough, I was explaining that to someone yesterday, too), so it would probably be said as vank over there. The "wank" I was referring to is this one. :D Acalamari 21:20, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Oh, dear; another case of humor gone terribly wrong online. What I meant was, I never knew any other meaning for wank.  Frank  |  talk  21:54, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Sorry about that! I just thought you were teaching me about the mountain! Whoops! It's not often I miss humor. :\ Acalamari 22:00, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Request for assistance

See here. Thanks, Enigmamsg 05:07, 21 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Eek, rangeblocks. Unfortunately, I haven't performed one ever either, so I'm not sure how to go about them. :\ I think Xeno or Mr.Z-man will be of more help than I can be with rangeblocks. Thanks. Acalamari 16:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks

Many thanks for fixing the various articles concerning the Political subdivisions of Wisconsin. It is very appreciated. Every once in a while I have to move the Wisconsin county navigational template to their correct place with the Wisconsin towns articles.Again my thanks-RFD (talk) 12:26, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome! I came across a Wisconsin town from another article, and made an effort to made any necessary fixes to other places in the said town's county. Acalamari 15:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re: Autoreviewer

Yep. Any help would be appreciated. :) –Juliancolton | Talk 16:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Well, any user in the "no restrictions" section, that is. –Juliancolton | Talk 16:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
I set up a list here. –Juliancolton | Talk 16:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
User:JVbot/patrol_whitelist is for all namespaces, and at the moment, we're only giving the flag to people in the "no restrictions" section; that page in my userspace is a list of users eligible for the flag, but I also changed some of the links around for convenience. –Juliancolton | Talk 17:00, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Autoreviewer

Please remove the group from my account. I have no need for it. Also, Giano II likely has no use for it either. Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:44, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Done. I actually thought the work you did would have made it useful. Thanks for letting me know. Acalamari 17:47, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
It's pretty rare that I create articles these days (unfortunately). Thanks again for the quick response. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
You're welcome. Acalamari 17:49, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Um, Neurolysis has retired. //roux   17:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Really? I thought it was only a temporary break he was on, and that he'd be back later this year. What about his other userrights? Acalamari 17:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Upage says retired :( dunno about the rest. //roux   18:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just as an FYI, WP:AN#New user group – 'Autoreviewer' will be of interest to you. Cheers, Amalthea 18:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Autoreviewer?

Hello, Acalamari, I saw that you've changed my user rights from "(none)" to "autoreviewer", but I'm unfamiliar with this terms, I mean, is there any significant change for me now? Thank you, Victão Lopes I hear you... 18:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You were on User:JVbot/patrol whitelist. The right means that when you create a page, an admin won't need to flag it as "reviewed": your account will now self-flag it as a reviewed page on Special:NewPages. Acalamari 18:05, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Ok, thanks for the clarification. Victão Lopes I hear you... 18:53, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

User rights

Hi there. I noticed you changed my user rights to include "autoreviewer". What does this mean, and should I be pleased to have this new responsibility? – PeeJay 18:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

See the message just above this one. You don't have to worry about any new responsibilities. Thanks. Acalamari 18:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Autoreviewer? Thanks!

Hi Acalamari!

To join the chorus here: Thanks for making me an Autoreviewer. Never heard of it before, but now that I've looked it up: Thanks again. I'm honored. OdinFK (talk) 21:11, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 21:16, 22 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I didn't want to create and new section seeing how you have a few of them already on the same subject. Thank you for making me an autoreviewer. I appreciate it. MS (Talk|Contributions) 00:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. ;) Acalamari 02:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Me too!   Thank you. – ukexpat (talk) 15:46, 24 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome. :D Acalamari 18:00, 24 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rollback Request

Hello there! I was wondering if there was any chance of permission to use rollback as you're on the list. I'd really appreciate it; it'd make my life a whole lot easier when I'm trying to combat vandalism. Of course, feel free to look at my contribs :) Hope you're having a nice day! ReformatMe (talk) 22:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Fawcett

Please take a look at Farrah Fawcett and remove that stuff about "Ferrah" and a later change in spelling. It's rubbish and was removed (and the sources checked) a while back. Her mother made up the name; there are no WP:RS to support otherwise. I'd do it myself but I'm away and will not log in on this public computer. 213.94.249.149 (talk) 23:25, 25 June 2009 (UTC) (A fellow admin)Reply

Hi there; I'm not so sure if I should make that edit: it was me who added the semi-protection to the article after all, and I've avoided making any major content changes to Farrah Fawcett because of that. I'm also not familiar on anything to do with her birth name. However, there is this discussion about her name, which was recently started. Thanks. Acalamari 02:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Oh, you're right, of course. It'll have to wait. Thanks! 86.40.9.158 (talk) 21:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rollback - User:Jeffrey Mall

I never requested a rollback... but thanks for undoing hours of manual anti vandalism work. - Jeffrey Mall (talk) 23:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I know you didn't request the tool: I just saw your name appear in my watchlist, and that you were reverting a lot of vandalism with the "undo" tool, and so I thought you would like rollback to make vandal-fighting easier. Thank you for your anti-vandalism efforts. Acalamari 23:31, 28 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Acalamari, apologies as I misunderstood, please bear in mind I've only been editing Wikipedia for a few days. Thanks for your help :-).
That's fine. Anyway, you've been doing a lot of good work in your short amount of time here. Have fun with your new tool, and keep up the good work! Acalamari 23:42, 28 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

semi protected page

Hello, can you add ro:Billy Mays to the bottom of Billy Mays? Thanks.--Bored of the world (talk) 00:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

A talk-page stalker writes... done! Cheers, TFOWRThis flag once was red 00:14, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. :) Acalamari 02:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Mount Whitney

I noticed that you edited Mount Whitney and removed spacing in the infobox. While there is no consensus to support or suppress the practice, it is common in mountain related articles to use spacing before a reference in the infobox. Most of the time when a reference occurs in the text of an article the reference follows punctuation and looks clean but in the infoboxes, because there is not punctuation and there are often a number of references, thing can start to look crowded. I hope you will not object if I restore the spacing. I'll wait to see if you object strongly before I edit the article. Thanks for your work. --droll [chat] 00:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

I normally remove unnecessary spaces from articles to tidy things up, but yes, sometimes the spaces actually improve the article. However, you won't need to restore the spacings: I've done it myself, though I left an unspacing further down the article that I made, as I think that one is okay. Thanks for letting me know. Acalamari 02:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nimbley6

Many thanks for the block-and-protect - it's appreciated. I'm hoping that if the big targets (Leon Jackson, Michelle McManus articles) are protected Nimbley will lose interest. I suspect I'm being naive, and Nimbley never ceases to amaze me by dredging up yet more articles I'd forgotten about, but here's hoping!

Cheers, TFOWRThis flag once was red 22:49, 1 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome for my continued help in dealing with Nimbley6. I am, as always, pleased to assist you. ;) Acalamari 22:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

American Green Kingfisher

Well, I did a full edit summary and a comment on the talk page, rather than, say, just rolling back. Funnily enough, One reason I took this approach was that I was concerned not to seem overzealous in pursing individual Americans for good faith spelling "corrections". My apologies jimfbleak (talk) 05:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I see now that you did leave a note on the talk page of the article, and no, I do not believe that you came across as "overzealous" either way: you were only making sure the encyclopedia is consistent, so I thank you for that. Best. Acalamari 18:37, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Rollback request

could you please grant me permission to use the Rollback feature. Jimmy Skitz's Answer Machine 21:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, I have granted your account rollback rights in accordance with your request. Your use of Twinkle seems to be okay, and I hope your rollback usage will be equally as good. Remember that rollback is for reverting vandalism, and like Twinkle, it can be removed if it's misused (misuse defined as using it to revert-war or to revert edits you disagree with)...sometimes without warning. Good luck and thanks. Acalamari 22:44, 3 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Happy adminship anniversary!

Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee
 
 

Wishing Acalamari a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

-- I dream of horses (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the gift. It's hard to believe it's been two years...I remember it like it was yesterday. Thanks again. Acalamari 19:33, 4 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re, Three years

Hello Acalamari. Thank you for remembering this date. Myself, I had completely forgotten. :-P These were 3 good years, I learned a lot in this place and made some good wiki-friends. I have been wiki-bonked lately, frustrated by some recent events at Wikipedia, and of course tired of the continuous dilapidation of the human spirit of Wikipedia. Ever since the end of Esperanza, being on Wikipedia is like being in the office with no right to coffee breaks. It's gotten really boring, but I hope it's temporary. I'll be back to my previous level of activity some day. And I hope you're still around then. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 14:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Apteva

Hi. I noticed that you recently gave rollback rights to Apteva. I have to admit that this user's multiple accounts concern me, see User talk:Delphi234#Usage of multiple accounts, and recent indications are that he has no intentions of changing his ways [2]. Johnfos (talk) 04:14, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I was aware of the event from October 2008, but I'll admit the May diff is more concerning. That being said, rollback rights won't help anyone if they want to use socks (ip-block exempt would be something I'd recommend not granting in this case), and they'll be removed if abused. Thanks for letting me know. Acalamari 15:09, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

My rollback request

Thanks for granting. GrooveDog (talk) (Review) 16:22, 9 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

unexplained? explain the appelation "singer"!!!!

[3] BingoBob 16:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

The edit wasn't exactly helpful, and it's questionable based on edits like this, this, and this. Acalamari 17:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

"Dirrty" GAR notification

Dirrty has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for letting me know. I'll admit though, while I the third-highest contributor to that article, my edits have been formatting, rather than content-addition, but if I can help further, I shall do so. Thanks! Acalamari 21:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Happy Bastille Day!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, on behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just want to wish you a Happy Bastille Day, whether you are French, Republican or not!  :) Happy Editing! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 20:51, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

A Happy Bastille Day to you too, A Nobody! I've never been wished that before, so it's a pleasant (and surprising) first. ;) Thanks for thinking of me. Acalamari 21:01, 14 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Another Rude Admin

Hi. I was wondering if you could ask ohnojamie (another admin) to stop being so rude... I just started editing wikipedia and added some links that he thought were spam. When I asked him about it he accused me of being a SPA (i guess for editing a lot of schools.. even though I started with the schools that I personally attended). Also of having conflict of interest, spamming, and gave me a 'final' but actually the first warning for 'disruptive editing' which I was absolutely not doing. I started adding to school sites with government statistics, but found a better external site for information and started linking to those. And, that site had hospital pages also so I linked to those too. I explained that they were relevant, added value, whatever etc but he wouldn't "discuss it further". Again, new to wikipedia (likely not going to keep editing thanks to this really unpleasant experience...) but isn't this assuming bad faith? Not to mention just being plain rude (i.e. "do we really have to go into SPA? quote ohnojamie). Like I said.. i'm not going to edit wikipedia again. But please, take a look at this admin. He's been rude to other users too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ohnoitsjamie that's the link to his usertalk page. my "conversations" with him are under the LA Statistics section.--Jesssicar (talk) 17:51, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Jesssicar, I've left a note there requesting Ohnoitsjamie to respond to your questions. I'm sorry if you've felt any hostility here. Acalamari 18:18, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

He still isn't answering my questions =( but thanks anyways =). --Jesssicar (talk) 18:37, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thank You

...Very much for granting my account Rollback, now on HG and anti-vandalism has never been easier :-). - Jeffrey Mall | Talk2Me | BNosey - 12:51, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

You're welcome! I knew you'd find it useful. Acalamari 21:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Scarlett Johansson GAR notification

Scarlett Johansson has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:49, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, but as with "Dirrty", most of my edits have been formatting. ;) Acalamari 21:28, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

A little monitoring assistance, please

I'm still overwhelmed with personal issues right now. A user asked me to look at a discussion on Talk:Canna (plant), an argument about an image. I've removed a few personal comments, asked another user (Curtis Clark) to settle the issue about which image to use, thanked User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim for not being a jerk, and asked User talk:Giantsshoulders to stop being a jerk (calling others "idiot" and "moron") and stay away from the article until Curtis or Hesperian has the time to look at the image question.

Could you, or one of your network of talk page spies, simply make sure that User:Giantsshoulders does not continue to use that talk page to call other users morons. Curtis is actively editing right now, and he will ask someone else if he cannot get around to settling the picture matter, but I could use help until someone figures out which picture to use in monitoring User:Giantsshoulders' manners. It can be simply dewatched after the picture image deal is settled and Giantsshoulders has bad manners episodes but can usually be reasoned with to cool down, so I don't expect anything interesting to come of this.

Thanks for whoever can help with this.

Hope all is well with you, Acalamari. --KP Botany (talk) 22:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Added to my watchlist. I'm okay for the most part, KP Botany, thank you for asking. ;) I hope the personal issues you mention aren't too bad, and will sort themselves out soon. Best. Acalamari 22:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. I'll be back. I shall return, etc., it tak dalej. --KP Botany (talk) 22:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply