Alison
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Hey, thanks
Longer answer on my user talk. (I tend to like keeping conversations together.) --Yksin 16:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Ireland
http://biznes.onet.pl/2,1504112,wiadomosci.html The article is in Polish, ask some Polish-speaking wikipedians to translate if you don't believe me. ;-) Kowalmistrz 17:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks for that. I'll add it to the article - Alison☺ 17:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Mano
Yeah, 'tis me that's in it, and if you ever come over to Dublin, join me for tea, at my demesne, overlooking Dublin Bay. Just saw today, one of the really nicest admins on WP, Robducar, has made a break. I've seen it so often. (Mano)-86.42.148.197 19:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- As I suspected. Trolling my RFA ... *sigh*. At it happens, I'll be back in Ireland in July. I'll be staying at my mom's ... overlooking Dublin Bay :) - Alison☺ 19:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- You deserved it, one shot, I was concerned that you might levitate, and get yourself lost somewhere;)- I'm taking a break anyway. I couldn't sign. BTW, what did you do to that poor FL editor, to deserve such a response? You needn't answer, just joking, but maybe worth thinking about. Mano--86.42.148.197 19:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- So I thought about it. The USF vandal made many hundreds of disruptive edits across many pages, including user pages. Some people just like to destroy the work of others. When they get reverted, they resort to puerile insults and childish behaviour, just like in real-life. I reverted their vandalism on Steve Sailer and a few other articles and earned their eternal wrath. C'est la vie - Alison☺ 19:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- FYI - I had to bring this matter up on my RFA talk page, in the interests of transparency and fairness - Alison☺ 19:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Rien n'est bien que'ce qui finit bien. Cheers!(Mano)86.42.148.197 20:38, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
The Painful Truth
I know you are a very nice person and all alison, but you are getting in the later years in your life and you should really reconsider your decisions on what to do with the rest of it... you probably don't have many years left and wasting them on Wikipedia is a very bad idea. I am sure you are good at what you do but you should live life, find a man, do the dirty before you are too old that you cant feel it anymore, or you have a heart attack from it. Just look'n out for ya!
Your friend,
canoesRevenge — Preceding unsigned comment added by CanoesRevenge (talk • contribs)
- LOL!!! Absolutely hilarious. Dude, you don't know me all that well, I'm afraid. Please try harder next time :) - Alison☺ 22:27, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- I believe you user who posted that has been blocked indefinitely. Acalamari 23:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Lol, to waste all that time and write all that up, when he would have reached the same fate had he just replaced your userpage with 'POOP' or something... – Riana ঋ 15:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Fluoxetine
No problem. I have an idea, I'll post it on the Pharma talk later. I'll be very busy for the next few days... Fvasconcellos 15:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Tick tock, tick tock
Looks like the troll cabal is running out of time... WjBscribe 03:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Stopit!! Stopit!! You're bring them on ... :-) - Alison☺ 03:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Template nominated deletion
Your front page stop icon Template:NoEditUserpage used to prevent vadalism and directs the editor to Wikipedia:How to edit a page has been nominated for deletion [1]. --Masterpedia 04:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you…
…for both your corrections and critique 
-- Avi 05:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
You're now an admin. Go forth and use the shiny new tools to help keep the project improving. Spend some time on the admin's reading list and don't hesitate to ask questions if you're unsure. Have fun, and again, congrats. - Taxman Talk 12:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hurrah, well done! Good luck with the tools! The Rambling Man 12:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yey! well done from me to! You really deserve it! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 12:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hey well done, good luck with your new tools. Don't hesitate to ask me if you need some help :) Majorly (o rly?) 12:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Woo-hoo! Congrats, Alison. Well-deserved... now go flex those admin muscles and press some special buttons! ;) Fvasconcellos 13:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Please let me know if I can ever be of help. Johntex\talk 14:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- I see they kept you waiting for a bit before awarding you your shiny new tools- never a crat around when you need one :-).... Congrats! WjBscribe 14:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Use them wisely and use them well. -- Avi 16:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- I see they kept you waiting for a bit before awarding you your shiny new tools- never a crat around when you need one :-).... Congrats! WjBscribe 14:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Please let me know if I can ever be of help. Johntex\talk 14:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Woo-hoo! Congrats, Alison. Well-deserved... now go flex those admin muscles and press some special buttons! ;) Fvasconcellos 13:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hey well done, good luck with your new tools. Don't hesitate to ask me if you need some help :) Majorly (o rly?) 12:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yey! well done from me to! You really deserve it! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 12:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- I apologize that I was late to congratulate you, and I was the nominator! I am sure you will use the tools well. Acalamari 16:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Many, many congratulations. Happy adminning! --Guinnog 17:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Another congrats from me :)! You will do splendidly Alison!¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Alison, Congratulations on your promotion to Admin. Best wishes in your new position. I hope this is just the start of many more successes to come. Blackrockguy 19:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you all so much!! I'm just back on here, having broken down on the freeway this morning. Totally relieved that the RFA is now over and delighted that it was successful. Thanks, everyone for the help and support :) - Alison☺ 21:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- You had 92 supporters in all, 1 opposer, and 2 neutrals. It's not WP:100, but it's still good. Acalamari 21:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Wow! I'm still in shock here at the final turnout. Don't know what to say, really ... - Alison☺ 22:15, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- You had 92 supporters in all, 1 opposer, and 2 neutrals. It's not WP:100, but it's still good. Acalamari 21:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you all so much!! I'm just back on here, having broken down on the freeway this morning. Totally relieved that the RFA is now over and delighted that it was successful. Thanks, everyone for the help and support :) - Alison☺ 21:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Get moppin' :) – Riana ঋ 22:51, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Whoot! - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:08, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my talk page. :) Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalkTodays Pick 00:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- You're welcome :) - Alison☺ 00:09, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a bunch
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage. I'm having a real problem with KazakhPol repeatedly changing my page... Djma12 (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. He should leave your userpage alone, as I don't see anything that violates WP:NPA there. If he does it again, add a warning to his talk page before you report it to WP:AIV. Thanks! - Alison☺ 00:23, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Excuse me? Did you even look at my edits? I am fully within my rights to remove personal attack 'barnstars' from other users userpages per WP:NPA. You dont like it, too bad. I suggest you look at WP:OWN and WP:VANDALISM. Another administrator already warned the user in question. Dont bother me again. KazakhPol 00:23, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Please leave the other user's talk page alone for the moment. If you have an issue with it, maybe report it to WP:AN/I before you take the matter into your own hands. - Alison☺ 00:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- In all fairness, he did, though he didn't get a lot of response. It was pretty clearly a personal attack on KazakhPol, but Djma12 has removed it, which I appreciate. —bbatsell ¿? ✍ 00:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for that! I'm kinda new at the job here (3 hours and counting) and was unaware of the history here. Glad it has been resolved now, though - Alison☺ 00:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC) (still learning here)
- In all fairness, he did, though he didn't get a lot of response. It was pretty clearly a personal attack on KazakhPol, but Djma12 has removed it, which I appreciate. —bbatsell ¿? ✍ 00:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Please leave the other user's talk page alone for the moment. If you have an issue with it, maybe report it to WP:AN/I before you take the matter into your own hands. - Alison☺ 00:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Do you mind helping me here? He's at it again. Djma12 (talk) 00:25, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Hmm, thats interesting. We clearly differ in our interpretation of incivility. I would consider it incivil to post a vandalism warning to another user's talkpage when you know the other user is editing in good faith, a violation of WP:AGF, to be incivil. Per WP:NPA I can remove personal attacks in their entirety, no discussion needed, and WP:3RR does not apply. My editing of his userpage can in no way be considered vandalism. I already complained about this on WP:AN/I. The user in question was warned by Llama Man for making personal attacks. KazakhPol 00:36, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well its sorted then, Djma12 has said he's not going to readd the barnstar, so hopefully that should be the end of it Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 00:38, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
For the record, I didn't write that barnstar. All I know is that some user keeps on changing my userpage without even so much as discussing it on my talk page. Djma12 (talk) 00:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I can see that the user in question refused to discuss it with you. However, you should not just report him to WP:AIV without having given him due warning beforehand. Thanks, though, for removing the barnstar from your page - Alison☺ 00:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- With respect Alison, I did warn him, twice in fact. He merely removed the warnings from his page. Djma12 (talk) 01:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Vandals
Hi Alison. First, thanks for reverting the clever comments left on my user page. :) I was going to add this info to AIV, but the user was blocked in the meantime: User:Mgenty2k5 was vandalising McEachern High School at the same time as User:68.19.3.11 in much the same style. To me it looks like the same person. Happy editing. Robotman1974 01:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! And yes, judging from what the anon vandal is writing, they're one and the same person - Alison☺ 01:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Pannectomy and To-Do lists.
Hi Alison,
I noticed pannectomy listed on your "To-Do" list. It's been awhile since my 3rd year surgical rotation, but I seem to remember that a pannectomy is a modified abdominoplasty, for which there is a wiki page available. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) I can go ahead and create a redirect if you feel it is appropriate.
Cheers,
Djma12 (talk) 02:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for looking at 195.224.58.122. Severo 14:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! - Alison☺ 16:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you come take a look at this article and lend a hand? User:Hfarmer keeps adding a lot of unsourced and poorly sourced information about this woman's birthdate, old name, aliases, and a recent alleged hospitalization that has not been reported in the press. I have cited a range of policies about use of the "hungangels" blog and message board as a news source, but the editor is unpersuaded and quite recalcitrant. Thanks! Jokestress 16:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Blocking Shared IPs such as schools
Congrats on your RFA. Please read Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses#Shared IPs. If the IP address clearly belongs to a primary or secondary school, don't hesitate handing out 6 month anon-only blocks at a time. Thanks. -- Netsnipe ► 17:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for this. I'm a lot clearer now. Thanks again - Alison☺ 17:31, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
You can drop {{schoolblock|comments}} and other templates right into the reason box on the blocking page. Take a look at MediaWiki:Blockedtext if you're curious what blocked users see. -- Netsnipe ► 20:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, ok. Will do ... - Alison☺ 20:07, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Late Congrats!
Congrats Alison on your successful RFA! I had no doubts that you would pass :). Enjoy the mop and bucket, look forward to colliding with you on the various usual admin haunts: WP:AIV, WP:CSD, and WP:ANI.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 17:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I plum near forgot I already congratulated you :P...ugh, my head hasn't been feeling too well the past few days.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Possible Disruption.
I would like to archive my talk page, but I'm not so sure I should. You see, in Sarah's opposition, she posted links to messages on my talk page to show others' why she opposes. If I archive those messages, I'm concerned that the links won't link to those messages anymore. Should I wait until after the RfA until archiving; or if I do archive, will it be worth asking Sarah to re-link them? My talk page is getting huge. Acalamari 18:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'd say leave your talk page completely alone until after your RFA. Sarah's links aren't diffs, but anchors, so they'll get lost in the move. Best off wait so you cannot be accused of any shennanigans. And hey, good luck! - Alison☺ 18:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree; I should leave it. I don't want users' to start accusing me of disrupting Sarah's oppose by archiving my talk page. I've got enough problems as it is without adding more. Acalamari 18:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yup. If you've got an auto-archiver, maybe switch it off for the mo' - Alison☺ 19:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- No auto-archivers; I prefer to archive my messages by myself. :) Acalamari 19:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yup. If you've got an auto-archiver, maybe switch it off for the mo' - Alison☺ 19:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree; I should leave it. I don't want users' to start accusing me of disrupting Sarah's oppose by archiving my talk page. I've got enough problems as it is without adding more. Acalamari 18:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Badabing.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's loose ends. Also my legs falling asleep. But I digress. HalfShadow 20:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- ... and IP-roving vandals :) Thanks for the good work - Alison☺ 20:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Back again :72.150.235.36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) HalfShadow 20:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Blocked again - Alison☺ 20:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Tenacious son'bitch, innie? HalfShadow
- I've semi-protected the three pages that anon vandal is hitting. Should hold him off - Alison☺ 20:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Need a semi on my page too. The little bastard's now going after anything he can hit... HalfShadow 21:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
- Tenacious son'bitch, innie? HalfShadow
- Blocked again - Alison☺ 20:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Don't know what you're missing guys!
Happy day birthday to the new admin. And hopefully you haven't gone Awfully Awfully yet. Well I want to give you one a big huge sloppy hug right now! How was that? Oh boy, I enjoyed that hug too! (Editor takes needed sip of water). Oh my dear, you wikis out there don't know what you are missing! Pant pant, hasta manana! BTW, I think Ali is as cute as angels!!!. You are a really good admin, a good start, and a lot of heart! Keep up the good work!-Blackrockguy 01:45, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- More than angels....... Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 01:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Phew!! Is it just me or has it suddenly got warm around here? Woo!
- Alison☺ 23:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Phew!! Is it just me or has it suddenly got warm around here? Woo!
Is blanking a user talk page, including warnings, really prohibited? Any interested editors can always view the history and the block log. WP:USER only says that "removing warnings from one's own talk page is often frowned upon." –Pomte 04:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
FSU
Alison, in view of the extraordinarily high level of vandalism originating from the Florida State University site, whom you have just blocked for one week - which includes several attacks on your user page, an absolute torrent aimed at User:Gwernol, and significant numbers of equally mindless edits on other pages - is it not finally time that they received a long block, and that communication was made with the powers-that-be at the College to attempt to stop it at source? As we all know, WP:POLICY allows for this in the case of serious and ongoing disruption comimg from an unknown or shared IP.--Anthony.bradbury 15:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- I see you're in the middle of .. errm .. "something important" right now. But yes, he's just struck again so I think it's time to consider a range block. I'll bring it up on WP:ANI. Thanks! - Alison☺ 23:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've range blocked at least 512 FSU IPs for 1 month. This should help. I am skeptical about contacting the university, but if anyon wants to try they are welcome. Gwernol 23:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks! (I missed this comment earlier - sorry) - Alison☺ 00:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've range blocked at least 512 FSU IPs for 1 month. This should help. I am skeptical about contacting the university, but if anyon wants to try they are welcome. Gwernol 23:53, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok. Yes, I am busy right now, and thank you for your support. Whether contacting the University would produce any result I have absolutely no idea; the only comment that I would make is that attempting to contact the University must stand more chance of a positive result than not doing so would.--Anthony.bradbury 00:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- OK. If we are sceptical about the prospects of success in contacting the University, then so be it. It would work in my country (UK), but I have essentially no expertise in the way that Colleges are run on the USA side of the pond. But if we, as a project, do not in this type of situation see a value in contacting the senior hierarchy in teaching establishments, then why, on our standard message applied to anonymous persistent vandalism sites, do we theaten to do so?--Anthony.bradbury 13:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Hippy420 is an obvious drug reference and getnaked is an obvious sexual reference, so my train of thought went towards containing sexual and drug innuendo. However, if you still disagree I guess you can go ahead with WP:RCFN. --Wafulz 18:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- I see your point. I wasn't aware of the drug reference there. Looks good, and thanks for clearing it up. I was wondering :) - Alison☺ 18:46, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
User page
I just thought that I'd drop by and give a quick thanks for licensing the layout of your user page under the GFDL. I really like it (in fact I liked it so much I used it myself) ;) Oh and congrats on your recent RFA! --ImmortalGoddezz 18:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! I'm honoured and, if I may say, I think your userpage looks a lot nicer than mine :) - Alison☺ 18:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- I saw it too. I told ImmortalGoddezz that you would be flattered. :) Acalamari 19:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Main Page
Well that was a tough one, eh? Thanks for your help, much appreciated :) --Spebi 22:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Thanks for your diligence in dealing with them - Alison☺ 22:09, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
FSU vandal
Hi Alison. As noted above, I've already range blocked 512 of the FSU IP addresses today for 1 month. This covers the set that the FSU vandal usually uses (presumably a frat house or computer lab range). Hopefully this will stop this minor irritant for now. Best, Gwernol 00:17, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent! Thanks :) If I find any more, I'll individually block for a month - Alison☺ 00:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Male/female admin reactions
Interesting point raised by Riana and yourself. I think an experiment should be conducted to see how much more abuse female administrators/vandal fighters get compared to their male counterparts. I think a male admin should volunteer to be renamed Susan for a month and report back on how different an experience they have :-). WjBscribe 01:25, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent idea! Who do you propose we 'volunteer' for the experiment? I volunteer Ryan for the job! :) In seriousness, I'd say there's quite a difference. Prior to my admin days, some editors got shockingly patronising about certain edits. Such is life ... - Alison☺ 01:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've always like the name susan, I'm game! :-) Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 01:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Tsk, tsk, Ryan :) - Alison☺ 11:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've always like the name susan, I'm game! :-) Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 01:33, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, even without the Admin
target painted on my backcredentials, I'm shocked at some of the patronizing crap I've gotten. I vacillate between wanting to change to a gender-neutral screename or stay obviously, defiantly female so it hurts worse when I kick their asses :-) - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 01:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)- True indeed :) - Alison☺ 11:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I believe Riana was saying it in jest. It doesn't matter what gender you are. No one cares. Vandals will see you as a threat no matter what. This is an issue over nothing. As I'm being told on my RfA at the moment: ignore it. Acalamari 01:49, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- After tomorrow, I will become User:Susan for a month, assuming my change of username is acceptable, I think it will be a very interesting study Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 01:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- You get a lot of vandalism anyway. I say you will get less. I note how my RfA has suddenly become a discussion board for discussing this subject. Interesting. Acalamari 01:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, my apologies for that, we should try to keep it somewhere else ;) – Riana ঋ 01:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Plus, as I said: ignore it. Users have told me to ignore silly issues. WP:POINT. Acalamari 02:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- You get a lot of vandalism anyway. I say you will get less. I note how my RfA has suddenly become a discussion board for discussing this subject. Interesting. Acalamari 01:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I firmly believe that they actually do care. Trust me - the world in general and WP specifically is so NOT a level playing field when it comes to gender. I can think of dozens of examples. You'd be surprised. - Alison☺ 11:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- After tomorrow, I will become User:Susan for a month, assuming my change of username is acceptable, I think it will be a very interesting study Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 01:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
As a procedural note, user:Susan is taken but is a candidate for usurpation. So Ryan would have to wait at least a week before assuming the name. In fact, if logged today the request would be performed on April 1st! Oh, and I'd get a promise from the crats that they'll be willing to change your name back again afterwards ;-). WjBscribe 02:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ha, ultimate april fools! But on a serious note, I really think it would be interesting to look at - do you think the crats would accept it? Might even be better to change my name on April 1st to a completely new name; User:Susan Thorpe??? Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 02:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I think it would be a fascinating study and an excellent essay candidate. It'd certainly be an eye-opener for you :) - Alison☺ 11:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Quimby
Feel free to add your side here—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 01:30, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
those cute icons at the top of the page
I was hoping to copy/steal those cute icons you have at the top of your user & usertalk pages (user; talk; sandbox; &c) but when I tried to copy & paste the source text I couldn't find the right bit. Is it protected or admin only or something? Thanks --Turangalila (talk) 06:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's on a subpage. Check out User:Alison/Bar and steal what you want :) You'll also need User:Alison/Imagelink (looks blank but it's not) - Alison☺ 09:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- cool. thanks for your help. I also copped the code for my new sig from your sandbox. Hope that was ok :) --Turangalila (talk) 10:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Heh! Even better :) Glad I could help - Alison☺ 10:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- cool. thanks for your help. I also copped the code for my new sig from your sandbox. Hope that was ok :) --Turangalila (talk) 10:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
You're not angry at me are you?
Just wondering since I voted neutral at your RfA... Sorry again; I can't stand it when people are angry at me... Sorry... :( Spawn Man 09:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Of course not! I voted "support" on your subsequent nom of someone else afterwards. You voted honestly according to your belief and with absolutely no malice. How could I fault you for that? I just hope that as the RFA carried, I don't disappoint. Seriously - not angry at all - Alison☺ 09:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- You're too kind! It's been ages since anyone's given me a flower thingy. Thanks Alison. Hope to see you around, you seem nice... :) -- Spawn Man 09:38, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
I read a lot on IPL hair removal sofar. Can anybody, however, tell me what is meant by Pulse sequence, pulse intermission and pulse width. What do these parameters mean? Best regards, Sigrid — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.177.20.121 (talk)
- Hi Sigrid. You musy have read my contributions to the above article. It's been a day for talking about my work history so I'd better admit that I also worked on medical and industrial lasers, which is somewhat related to IPL. Both IPL and laser depilation works by momentarily applying one or more bursts of high energy to hairs which are to be removed. This energy is absorbed by the dark hairs and not the surrounding tissue (in theory) and it is transported into the dermal layer where it hopefully damages or destroys the germ cells in the hair root. This pulse of energy (light or whatever) is controlled by the three parameters below;
- Pulse width - the duration of the energy or light pulse which is applied to the target area. This is usually measured in milliseconds. The quantity of energy the target area absorbs is related to the energy pulse in joules times the pulse width in mS.
- Pulse intermission - in the case of where more than one pulse is fired at the target area per 'hit' (some IPL machines can zap an area a number of times within one second of application) the time between these pulses is the intermission. It's also measured in milliseconds.
- Pulse sequence - this relates to the number of pulses of energy applied per firing of the lamp/laser. Sometimes, it's one pulse but it can go on up to 6 or 7 rapid firings per application.
- This stuff should really end up in the IPL and Laser hair removal article, but this should give you a rough idea of the three parameters. Hope this is of some help. Let me know if you need any further info. (Jokestress - if you're reading this, feel free to correct me. You're the expert!) - Alison☺ 03:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Transsexual
Hi there;I see that you have this article on your list for cleanup. Having just ploughed through the article, may I wish you the very best of luck! In my professional view it needs a total rewrite, and achieving this without offending any pressure groups will be a real triumph, if you can achieve it. In my opinion sexual dysmorphism is only a subset of somatic dysmorphism, and should be treated, sympathetically, but in the same way (i.e. you don't cutthe leg off). This is, of course, a minority view, which I do not flaunt. If I can help with this, or any other medical article, let me know. Am I right in assuming that you have a medical qualification?--Anthony.bradbury 01:50, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Anthony. Yes, it's on my to-do list as it's a complete mess on a number of levels. As I said in my RfA, I spent a couple of gruelling hours digging out all the refs and cites and putting them into some order. Messy :) The article is on my permanent watchlist, along with related ones as they're vandal-magnets.
- As with many WP articles, it's a POV battle and right now it's loosely based around a mix of the WPATH and Free Univ. Hospital of Amsterdam Standards of Care for treating transsexual people. Some of the sources quoted are unreliable to say the least & a lot more primary sources need quoting i.e, psychiatric, endocrinological, psychological. Alternatives such as reparative therapy are given scant mention. Nowhere does the etiology of somatic dysmorphism get a mention although I'm aware that some, including yourself, hold those views (comparisons have been made to apotemnophilia). It's unpopular in the extreme amongst transsexual people but if you can provide good refs, I'd be delighted to see it added. The article as it stands is somewhat unbalanced so do feel free to dig in and have a go at putting it to rights. That article needs diverse inputs. Oh, and you might also want to check out Gender Identity Disorder while you're at it :)
- Re. my background; I've formal qualifications in electronic engineering and software engineering. I work for a rather well-known 'fruit' company and have no formal medical qualification. Having said that, I worked for Cooper Technicon in the past (now Bayer Diagnostics) where I was involved in medical diagnostic R&D. I picked up far too much knowledge of haematological and endocrine matters than is healthy for an amateur. It was part of the deal back then and it kicked off a lifelong interest in such matters. I don't normally mention that stuff over on WP but there ya go! - Alison☺ 03:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Paradox
So someone vandalised Persian Poet Gal's userpage by incrementing her vandal count... Doesn't your reverting that mean her count is now incorrect?!? Ahh, my head hurts... :-) WjBscribe 04:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oh no!!! I'd not thought of that. So only if the count was incorrect in the first place would it be considered not vandalism. If it was correct, then it was vandalism and thus the counter needs to be incremented. Which they did. D'oh - now my head hurts!! :) - Alison☺ 04:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Request
Can you please indefinitely block Geminemini (talk · contribs)? All the user did was vandalize multiple pages. The short block will allow the continuation of vandalism, but an indefinite block will stop it entirely from this user. I don't think the project will be at any loss. The Behnam 05:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've reviewed the nature of their edits (repeated racist comments). Now indefblocked - Alison☺ 05:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you!!!!
For blocking that madeinchina person. Turok 1 just keeps getting worse. The Behnam 07:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm learning :) Knew straight off that it was Turok as they'd made references to PPG. What did she ever do?? - Alison☺
Thorpe
I think we're still on the main page. Best not to protect at all. — coelacan — 08:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- It's been fully protected by a bot two days ago but it just expired. It's being beaten to death by anon vandals - I'd been considering full prot! Comments? - Alison☺ 08:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Main page articles are supposed to be fully unprotected for the duration of the main page display, because that's the first thing people can edit when they get to "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit". It's some people's first time here, every day. This is very commonly accepted consensus as I understand it. The bot's protection earlier was probably to prepare for main page... which is why it expired now. — coelacan — 08:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Point taken. I was unaware of accepted consensus (insert newb admin excuse here) I've unprotected it so expect the onslaught! :) Thanks for the advice - Alison☺ 08:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. Since it is on the main page, most reverts happen pretty quickly too. Keeping the backlog on WP:AIV down, and warning/blocking is usually the best thing you can do for the featured article. =) — coelacan — 08:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I should clarify that when I said "main page articles are supposed to be fully unprotected" that only applies to today's featured article, AFAIK. If any other article on the main page shows up at WP:RFPP, there's no reason not to protect, again, AFAIK. If it comes up and you're not sure, WP:AN, of course. — coelacan — 08:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ah! Thanks for clarifying that. I note that vandalism has taken off again too. 2am here and I'm still watching WP:AIV :) Thanks again - Alison☺ 08:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Another request
216.248.68.143 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has kept adding libelous and inappropriate information about a living person despite numerous warnings. If the IP doesn't get it by now, I don't think he ever will. He'll probably just start at it again in 31 hours. Can you please extend to indef? The Behnam 08:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm a bit concerned about indefblocking an IP address for fear of collateral damage and blocking policy recommends against it. As they seem dead set on just one or two articles, I could simply extend their block and they'll probably give up - Alison☺ 08:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Plastic Paddy
Sorry to go on about Tesco, Alison. I'll desist. Actually I was getting a lot of stick from "IrishGuy" (an American) and he wound me up rather. I even got a Warning. Bill Tegner 09:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. - Alison☺ 09:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow
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| Damn girl, I can't get in a word at RFPP without edit conflicting with you... maybe we should just redirect it to your talk page? :p Keep up the good work! – Riana ঋ 09:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC) |
- Oh my!! Thank you :) That was most unexpected. Did you notice the vandalism of {{RFPP}}? Is nothing sacred? Thanks again - I'm only a newb at the job and am over-eager - Alison☺ 09:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I sat there staring at that for a while trying to figure it out... I'm a little slow today :) – Riana ঋ 10:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah. Freaked me out, too. Then again, it was 2am and that was an hour ago! - Alison☺ 10:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Prob worth protecting that template- especially know AzaToth's admin so will still be able to edit it. WjBscribe 14:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- True, but seeing as it's never in articlespace and only admins use it, it's easy to revert/fix - Alison☺ 16:33, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Prob worth protecting that template- especially know AzaToth's admin so will still be able to edit it. WjBscribe 14:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah. Freaked me out, too. Then again, it was 2am and that was an hour ago! - Alison☺ 10:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- I sat there staring at that for a while trying to figure it out... I'm a little slow today :) – Riana ঋ 10:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, you said that the article was protected beacuse of an user, Verdict. I saw that account and it has been blocked by some sort of community thing so it wont be back. Can you atleast give the article a try? Things may have calmed down and i dont think any admin will do any edit any time soon. I just created this account beacuse i couldnt edit that page. I saw it was protected so i thought if i create an account i could edit but i couldnt. Please give it a try, it really needs update as well as improvment. Tiger
- I would advise you to disregard this; User:Tiger131 is evidently permanently banned vandal Verdict. McPhail 14:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Obviously, yes. Which is why I disregarded the request at WP:RFPP. Not fooled :) - Alison☺ 16:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi Alison, I've changed this user's block to "indefinite" because 100% of their edits were inserting profanity. Do you have any qualms about this? --Wafulz 03:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Nope! Sounds good ... sometimes my AGF goes a bit too far - Alison☺ 03:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Alison, I'm posting on your talk page since you left the blocked noticed for Antholog1793. I thought (s)he was blocked indefinitely? How come (s)he is able to revert his/her talk page? -- Semper discipulus 00:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Editors that are blocked (indef or otherwise) still have write access to their talk pages. That's how they can communicate to request unblocking, etc. However, this can be abused by the editor and when that happens, the page can be protected from editing. Not something I'd like to do as they're left with no recourse, but it does happen ... - Alison☺ 00:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, Alison, I wasn't aware of that (altough it undoubtly makes sense ... :-) ). I had a bookmark for the user contributions page for Antholog1793 and was surprised to see his revert there. I was going to fix it but you already had done it earlier. -- Semper discipulus 01:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Re. Rick Sanchez
Hi, no problem, these things happen all the time on WP:RFPP. It's ok to have a different analysis of a protection request. :-) Regards, Húsönd 04:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Oh well...[2]. Húsönd 04:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: My Talk Page
Hi Alison. I just wanted to check to see if the message you left on my talk page was directed towards the unlogged IP or towards me. I'm confused because I thought I've remained civil the whole time! Thanks for taking a look :) Kntrabssi 04:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, you have remained incredibly civil throughout. That comment was directed at the IP editor who'd decided to rub it in as I noticed your comment on their talk page. Furthermore, I note that the paragraph that they are reverting is well cited and, to my mind, meets WP:BLP as the sources are reliable. Keep up the good work! - Alison☺ 04:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- (Sigh) Thanks! You had me nervous that I had done something wrong! Thanks for taking the time to look everything over and for your judgement on the sprotect :) Kntrabssi 04:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
comments left at my talk page for Finkelstein anon editor
I assume the comments you left on my talk page were actually intended for anon editor 4.239.138.147. You might want to leave comments on that user's talk page. I already explained the situation to him at his talk page, but you may have something to add. You also might want to redact the WP:AIV posting, as it appears this user has legitimate concerns ( WP:AGF ) about the article in question, and is merely handling it wrong. This is probably not real vandalism, but an editor who doesn't know the system. WP:BITE may apply here. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 05:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the followup. I totally agree here and have already removed your entry from WP:AIV. They have issues with some of the criticism on that page and, as they have apparently done their research, I feel they just need to be pointed in the right direction. I'll add a further message to their talk page. Thanks for not biting :) - Alison☺ 05:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Laser hair removal
The article you cite actually lifted all that content from my site hairfacts.com, which I donated here as my first article to Wikiepdia in 2004. Jokestress 06:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for that! Problem is - it's under a license from that site, which the article fails to meet. Can you possibly write that up on the talk page and I'll remove the {{copyvio}}? It'll mean more coming from you, given your expertise! I'll followup with the details re. external links - Alison☺ 06:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
:)
Hola, Alison! Thanks for signing my page! Have a great day! DTD
Tempting fate
And you were worried about tempting fate... Have you seen the state of my talkpage!?!?! WjBscribe 22:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- LOL!!! Excellent :) - Alison☺ 22:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Your message on me making disparaging comments
Dear Alison, please explain what my comments are "disparaging", becuase it is serious accusation of me. Biophys was given a number of warnings for his uncivil behavior [3]. He publishes rumors and hoaxes, please see some points here Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biophys. Moreover, Biophys himself does edit warring over me. You could actually help us both - please see the mediation Cabal case on Boris Stomakhin. Respectfully. Vlad fedorov 06:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Vlad - your edit history speaks for itself. Your labelling other editors "liars", regardless of your differences, is just not on. - Alison☺ 23:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Please also, see there how Biophys covers his deletions of texts diff. He deleted from the article well-sourced information that Albats father himself was from KGB bodies, because it weakens her reliability. But it is a fact. And no valid explanations were presented by Biophys.Vlad fedorov 07:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
This example (diff) was related to violation of WP:BLP by Vlad. He inserted poorly sourced defamatory statements about a living person he disliked (women journalist and researcher, Harvard graduate). I posted my comments here: Talk:Yevgenia_Albats#Violation_of_BLP_rules and here Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Yevgenia_AlbatsBiophys 20:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Since you are probably not familiar with Russian politics, I have to explain that Vlad inserted also unreliable negative information about another female journalist who was in opposition to Putin's government: Anna Politkovskaya who was recently killed. See my comments here: Talk:Anna_Politkovskaya#Arutunyan_claims_and_POV. I am telling this because negative information about both women, Anna Politkovskaya and Yevgenia Albats came from the same unreliable source. Actually Yevgenia Albats tried to protect her murdered colleague, Anna Politkovskaya from defamation after her death. Vlad disseminates all this defamatory disinformation in Wikipedia, in my opinion. Biophys 23:12, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Alison, I did discussed everything with Vlad on numerous occasions. But he follows all my edits on Russian political topics (during last several months!) and reverts my well-sourced texts. He made my life in Wikipedia miserable. User:Colchicum filed an RFC about his behavior. That did not help. Please see: Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Vlad_fedorov and Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Vlad_fedorov#New_episodes_of_wikistalking_by_Vlad. You can simply trace my edits and Vlad's edits to see. Sorry for bothering you with this. Biophys 14:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
My last negotiation attempts can be found here: Talk:Nikolai_Koltsov (see (Nature(journal)), Talk:Persecution_of_political_bloggers#Vlad.27s_claims, Talk:Active_measures#We_must_find_a_compromise. I believe that Vlad's actions after these explanations and attempted negotiations constitute clear vandalism. Biophys 15:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
RfC
- RIght now, I see that both of you are using the WP:RFC process to bring this matter to the attention of neutral parties. This is probably the best approach right now. I recommend both of you cool off and try to avoid situations where you interact with each other and just let the RfCs run their course. From both your edit histories, I can see that neither of you is particularly innocent in all this. I also agree that both of you should try to follow whatever the MEDCAB ruling was. - Alison☺ 23:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ok - Vlad - I've just rolled back your comments here. This is not going to get into a flamewar here on my talk page. Please go through the RfC and/or arbitration process and cool off going for each other all the time. I'm not interested whether or not Biophys speaks Russian or not or whether it makes him a liar or not. Point is, you both need to cool off, back down and quit slinging insults at each other, least of all over here. Ok? - Alison☺ 03:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Garda Band
Thanks for restoring the proper image. I don't know my way around the 'media' areas of Wiki as of yet :-) Bastun 09:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
"Had previous bolocks"
Shall I quote the Sex Pistols for you? A Traintake the 18:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- LOL!!! - Alison☺ 18:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry about the edit-conflict. DMacks 19:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Thanks for reporting the vandal - Alison☺ 19:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
I seriously doubt they would vandalize Wikipedia. :) Acalamari 19:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Wow!! Didn't know about the name reference. Showing my age :) - Alison☺ 19:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- That vandal was less obvious in the sense the user didn't vandalize articles related to The Killers. Most of the time, when someone names after a notable person, song, etc; they vandalize articles related to the subject of their username. Acalamari 20:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
I appreciate blocking 70.16.208.83. He was a nuisance. You are great!!:)--70.111.231.43 19:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem :) Glad to help - Alison☺ 19:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- My new account is DGS43825. I took your advice. Thanks;)--70.111.231.43 00:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent! Welcome again - Alison☺ 00:17, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism
Please look into a user before reporting that they are committing vandalism. Your report of me to AIV was highly insulting. I have been an established editor on Wikipedia since 2004 and have not had any problem. Therefore, to suddenly find myself accused of "a massive vandalism campaign" is quite alarming. Please read and familiarize yourself with the guideline WP:AGF before accusing any others of vandalism.
While it may seem unlikely that Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb or the boxer, James J. Corbett appeared in vaudeville, all of them did and, with the exception of Ruth, did so successfully. They are all on the List of vaudeville performers that I have spent massive amounts of time creating. Thank you. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Check the edit history. I was the admin that investigated the vandalism report and decided to dialog with you instead of block you outright. In short; I questioned your edits but I did not report you. See this entry in WP:AIV - Alison☺ 21:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Forgive me, I acted in haste. I'm still upset about the incident, though. But thanks for the response. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem :) Keep up the good work - Alison☺ 21:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Forgive me, I acted in haste. I'm still upset about the incident, though. But thanks for the response. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 21:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know about this and I've expressed my sincere regret to User:Ganymead who was upset. But, in my defense, when I suddenly saw multiple Vaudeville Cats popup on such improbable persons as Babe Ruth, Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick and even a pancake mix trademark (Aunt Jemima) without any explanation in the articles as to the subject's connection with vaudeville, it appeared to be a spreading BOT-type attack of unknown dimensions possibly from a spoofed account. Not being an Admin. myself, I felt that an alert to AI/V was in order before further damage possibly ensued. I've suggested to [[User:Ganymead]it would be a good idea to explain in the article what the subject's connection is to vaudeville, as otherwise the categorization just kind of hangs there in mid-air leaving the nonplussed reader scratching his head. JGHowes talk - 00:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
FFS
What is that people don't get about reporting vandals AFTER a final warning. I mean what is the logic of:
- Well they stopped vandalising after my warning, but I thought I'd report them anyway
- Someone gave them a warning last week/month/year so I didn't think I'd bother
- Well they only vandalised once- but it was to my favourite article
I mean serious- can we block people for stupid AIV reports? WjBscribe 21:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- That gets my blood boiling aswell! Reporters need to chill it out a bit, also, a test3 warning ISN'T a final warning! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I know!! Gotta keep checking those dates. There's a template somewhere for warning folks about how to properly report to AIV. Can't remember where it is, though. And hey - welcome to the job. Dirty, isn't it? :) - Alison☺ 21:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- {{uw-aiv}} Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- That's the one! Thank you again, Ryan - Alison☺ 21:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- {{uw-aiv}} Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Warning
Thanks for tagging User:24.88.62.175's talk page with level 4 warning. Someone using this IP address vandalized my user page twice. Amos Han Talk 00:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
New clash on WP:RPP
Sorry Alison, we took care of this one at the same time, but took different decisions. I hope it's okay. :-) Regards, Húsönd 00:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem at all. Thanks again - Alison☺ 00:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism of User:Mist25 to my homepage. If you see his edits, he has been trolling across articles and talk pages with extremely racist (Anti-Brahman/Dalitstan-type) vandalism and personal attacks. Can anything be done here? Mihirtheone 04:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I saw his nasty comment on your userpage & that's where he stepped way over the line. If he vandalises articles again, warn him & explain what's wrong. If he persists, report his actions to WP:AIV and he will get a longer block until he learns to be civil and co-operate with others. Don't, though, blindly revert his edits or you will end up being blocked for WP:3RR - Alison☺ 04:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
RFA Thanks
| Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0.
Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage). | |
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| cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC) |
Nicely done ^_^
Hi, just wanted to give a thanks and a kudos to some pretty speedy work on the WP:AIV. I've had to report a fair few today and yesterday evening, all of which seem to have been taken on board by yourself. Cheers! Gekedo 16:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)