User talk:Knowledge Seeker/Archive2

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question

Are you saying that I have to put a closing tag for the vfd? I don't really get what you're saying. Or are you saying that I have to add that page to the vfd list? I thought it just added automatically? --Rentastrawberry 00:07, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

I looked at the page and I believe I understand it. I'll remember to use the other tag. If you see that I did something wrong just let me know on my talk page, and please change it so I wouldn't have as much wikiembarassment.

how the hell did you learn all this Rentastrawberry 01:04, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

one more thing....how do you get the "you have new messages" thing to go away. Rentastrawberry 01:07, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Gallery markup

Thanks for the note. I like getting the aforemented message notice too much. Anyway, I noted of the change in markup when I was working cleaning up Audrey Munson the other night, and I was pleasantly surprised. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 04:46, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Once Upon a Time

I just wanted to let you know that in the Department of Fun there is a new thing that I'm gonna start tomorrow at 6 pm pacific time. You might be interested in it. Its the Once Upon a Time page. Check it out.--Rentastrawberry 06:22, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

Grammer

What? I was fixing the grammer of the caption on the image? Did I miss something? -- 208.187.198.47 08:17, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

help

I tried the new vfd thing, and I can't get it. This is what I do. I go to the page, put the {{subst:vfd}} tag on the page. Then I go to the entry thing for why i wanted it deleted, and I tell why and put a heading. Then I save the page. Now I go to the Wikipedia: Votes for deletion page and put {{Wikipedia:Votes for Deletion/Page Name}} . It always messes up. What am I doing? --Rentastrawberry 22:26, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

I got it! I can't believe that all you did was put D instead of d. Thats crazy--Rentastrawberry 01:55, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)

Go to Hell

Please do NOT leave threats of banning on the pages of others. Loser. [I Hate Georgia Guy (talk · contribs)]

Vandalism To My Userpage

Thanks for fixing that, turns out a 'friend' of mine from school thought it would be funny to do that. Keep up the good work. MicahMN | Talk 01:01, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[Dr Zen]

Yes, I am. [203.103.60.119 (talk · contribs)]

Vandalism from that IP

Actually, the vandalism was to Anthony's user talk page. As it was personal attack vandalism, it was clear that the IP knew what he was doing, and so I blocked. Snowspinner 12:12, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

Reversion

Just wanted to let you know that I reverted your edit ([1]) which I assume was made in error. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ 19:13, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This must be what they call a revert conflict then. I reverted to a version without the "gay nigger"-bit, at least that was what it looked like on my end of the line. Weird. Shinobu 20:11, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I put my coin image on the parodies page then.

Hello

OK, I put my coin image on the parodies page as an example of a contemporary parody.

Maximus. [Maximus7 (talk · contribs)]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism of my user page. You did it so fast, I didn't even notice it happened until I checked the history just now. Mgm|^(talk) 11:12, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Udaipur: Lake Palace Photo

Hullo Knowledgeseeker, I noticed your question about the copyright of this photo. I took this photo in Feb 2004. Feel free to use it. And if I need to correct the copyright information somewhere, please let me know how. Lakhindr 16:45, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bhili Language

Hey Knowledge Seeker (sorry, I don't know your name...) could you take a minute and check out the stub at Bhili language as well as the discussion on its talk page and the VfD page? Could you also check briefly to see whether there is a Hindi or Gujarati article that can be interwikied? Do you know anyone involved with either of those wikipediæ who might be willing to take the time to contribute more to the Bhili language article? I found the article भीली, in the Hindi Wikipedia, but I'm not sure how relevant that miniscule article is (I don't actually know any hindian languages...) Thanks for your time, Tomer ^TALK 21:51, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Hey! hi:Tomer does so work!  ;-) Cool. An article about me, in Hindi, and I'm so special they named it with the Roman alphabet. (Obviously, I'm joking...) Thanks for taking the time to look it over, as well as for your efforts to get others to maybe look into further developing it. Tomer ^TALK 08:14, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

Abuse of power

Can you please unblock my account? I was in the midst of performing contributory edits and was not trying to be disruptive, as User:Snowspinner put it. Yes I do openly support GRider's efforts to better school articles on Wikipedia but I hardly see how that is a reason to ban someone. School Inclusionist 02:29, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) [208.62.7.133 (talk · contribs)]

Hi, School Inclusionist, thanks for contacting me. Unfortunately, I'm not comfortable in removing your block, as I am still a new administrator and this issue is not very clear-cut for me. I was about to ask for some outside opinions on WP:AN/I, but I see they are already discussing it there. I, personally, would not have blocked you, but I deal with more straightforward issues like vandalism. Also, it is a bit unusual for a new user to register with a name representing a side in a controversial debate and jump right in to editing on that topic. The timing of your arrival, right after User:GRider was blocked, probably raised a few eyebrows as well. I'm not accusing anything, but just pointing out why people might be wondering. — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:24, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Note to any third-party readers: User:School Inclusionist is discussing a perceived abuse of power by another administrator, not by me. — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:30, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks

Hi. I just wanted to thank you for answering my question about user contributions. I used it as you can see on my user page. Howabout1 03:46, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Chicago

Because of your work with the Chicago article I'd like you to take a look at it if you have the time & desire. It is currently up for Peer Review (see Chicago Talk) and I would enjoy hearing your feedback to help us all guide the growth of this article. Jasenlee 01:18, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

On Starting a New Section

I agree completely. Once you pointed out my faux pas I realized what did wrong with my inquiry. Also, thanks for the heads up about SPUI, I didn't know what to think about him. hydnjo talk 03:13, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[Re: Howard Stern]

Good point. Was reverting a known troll. SHould have looked more carefully. Love out to you. Johnnyio 04:42, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sandbox

I do apologise.--212.100.250.214 05:59, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Block conflicts

Hey KS, sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. I have a sort of mental block when it comes to doing anything related to computers, and I put it off, suppress the memory of it, pretend it doesn't exist etc., and I'm afraid I've done that with this block-conflict script. I have no idea what to do with it, and so I've tried to forget about it; then I realized that I must seem very rude, so I'm sorry, and I will try to install it! ;-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 09:40, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

KS, thank you for doing this. It is very kind of you. I'm still not entirely sure, however, where I'm supposed to see the tabs. In fact, I have no idea. LOL! Sorry. (Cringe)

Regarding Human, I didn't see the first parenthesis. The reason I reverted is that he said lack of water leads to thirst and dehydration, whereas dehydration and thirst makes more sense, which was the order it was in before he changed it. However, not to worry, because I'm about to go in and do a copy edit, as I see a previous edit has undone some grammatical corrections. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 08:22, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

I finally got it to work, thank you! I cleared my browser cache and rebooted, and then I saw the new tabs, and you're right: they are incredibly useful. Thanks for installing it (or whatever the word is) and for your patience explaining it to me. Also, thanks for spotting what I did at Human. I thought I was going mad imagining non-existent edits. Anything to justify a revert: even an hallucination. ;-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 02:16, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

TFD for Fa-2 template

My TFD for Template:User fa-2 has been withdrawn for the reason you specified. I apologize for the misunderstanding. LevelCheck 20:54, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Aramaic

hey, i'm 68.109.100.**, and i was removing vandalism on the above listed article. [Tegsirat (talk · contribs)]

Conflicting blocks

Thanks for the useful information, I always wondered about this. -- Curps 14:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

George W. Bush

No problem--WP is definitely slow today (New Pope edits eating the bandwidth ;)? Best, Meelar (talk) 18:11, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

Number of speakers of Sanskrit

Dude. I'm almost completely out of my league here...can you check out the latest mini-wasp-nest I'm trying to stir on Talk:Sanskrit language and see what you can do to find accurate data to help resolve the point I'm disputing? I understand per your previous posts to me that you're not a native Hindian speaker, but I'm hoping you'll know where to put a request for figures that are more relevant than a ridiculous "right down to the individual" number from (gasp!) 1961 for Sanskrit speakers... Kol hakavod (= all the best) Tomer ^TALK 11:45, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

I could use some help...

Hey, I feel really stupid. I was welcoming PlatypeanArchcow, who had red links on user and talk pages, when I accidently added the note on his/her user page. Just wondering if you could delete the page for the user, in case they don't want a user page. (I guess it does qualify for speedy delete as I am the author...). Thanks. --Dmcdevit 22:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Ahh... prompt service, I would recommend you to anyone! --Dmcdevit 22:54, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • To tell you the truth, I just looked at my watchlist for the most recent edit by an admin, and that's how I knew you were online :) Quite clever if I may say so myself! --Dmcdevit 05:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You stole my name!

Hey, you stole my name! I am the Knowledge Seeker. You seem to have beaten me to it on Wikipedia. That's ok; I have it in other domains.

Anyway, congratulations on such a wise and skillful choice of name, even if you were just unconsciously copying me. :-)

- Pioneer-12 06:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:,

Okay, I'll do so in the future. Thanks! Radiant_* 07:41, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

SPUI

It's still got to stay there as a record, even if he doesn't agree.--83.138.189.76 17:10, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Chiropractic medicine

Muahaha! Seriously, thanks, I appreciate it. I had no frickin' idea what I was going to do with that thing, but it cleaned up pretty well once I did a little research. Have fun! · Katefan0^(scribble) 02:57, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

= 9, the Selfish humanist

I have no disagreement with anyone: my friends and I often post under different usernames, and we post things that are inside jokes and don't make any sense to anyone else. Therefore, anyone who is "offended" by what I write must know me personally, and would probably have the decency to return my phone calls. [Buckshot (talk · contribs)]

Chivalry is not dead

KS, thank you for your very kind (and pre-emptive!) defense of the honor of my talk page! · Katefan0^(scribble) 14:45, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

Likewise, thankx for reverting my user page! Cheers, Slac speak up! 15:54, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jerk!

I know what I was doing. I was destoying John Edward's page! He's an idiot! [24.16.36.37 (talk · contribs)]

• Gotta hate anonymous users as an admin, don't ya? --Harro5 07:21, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

  You're right; most vandalism comes from anonymous users. But anonymous users also make a lot of great edits and help fight vandalism, so it would be unfair to characterize them all the same way. Besides, I was an anonymous user once too =) Ideally, this guy will find an area of Wikipedia to which he can make positive contributions, and stay. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:28, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Indeed. 24.16.36.37, whether or not John Edwards is an idiot is entirely your point of view. Wikipedia is all about writing in as soulless and robotic a manner as possible(!) so your own opinion does not taint the article. Please bear this in mind for future edits. Master Thief Garrett 08:16, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

    Well, I wouldn't exactly characterize the preferred writing style as soulless and robotic, although if one has difficulty deciding how much emotion to put in an article it'd be better to err on the side of less. But you are correct; the edits 24 was making were certainly unacceptable. — Knowledge Seeker দ 10:48, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Well, at least (s)he's being honest about it. There's nothing like some good ol' vandalism to raise the spirits and annoy your enemies.

Ah, yes--I think I should write a position paper on the many virtues of vandalism. :-) - Pioneer-12 10:27, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yes, and label it with the semi-policy header, and have a poll on it, and have some swear by it and others swear AT it... :-) Master Thief Garrett 10:30, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Not only honest, but the user was also kind enough to start a new section for his comment. — Knowledge Seeker দ 10:48, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Speedy deletion is too speedy

We meet again, seeker of knowledge! Did you know that I was your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate?

- Pioneer-12 10:17, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Some questions about Wikipedia

Hi,

I vandalized some pages. I am surprised that it was corrected so fast. Is it like that for all pages or only for prominent ones? [Sezgin (talk · contribs)]

[Thanks]

thank you for your revert. Xtra 11:37, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bangla grammar table

I finished transcribing the simple past tense and made a few other minor changes. Do we need to transcribe the list of pronouns? If we do, I'd have to request you to extend the table when you get time. I am yet to learn the fun with all those "|" marks. -- Urnonav 14:19, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

learn to love me

how to stretch the recent changes page was a good article. [62.255.64.9 (talk · contribs)]

seth putnam

please don't tell me what to do.

please go blow yourself. that is all. 62.255.64.9 18:58, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

best go for a pre-emptive strike. You know I'm only going to ressurect that stretch page. [62.255.64.9 (talk · contribs)]

User:65.103.217.86

Thanks for addressing User:65.103.217.86. Spam for this website has come from more than one IP, so if we can dissuade rather than bluntly block then that is all the better. Cheers, -Willmcw 08:17, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

[Whatever happened to the truth?]

User Xtra moderates with a conservative agenda, - literally witholding information to suit his political platform 0 and so many people are frustrated with him, he should be the one getting a warning. He ven moderates pages of his poilitical rival and tells them what their pages should conatain, and yet is resistent to others wanting to change his political idol. [210.50.112.144 (talk · contribs)]

Anon User

The anon user who continually vandalises my page and has put up excuses here is not as geniune as he claims.

The IP address is extremely similar to the many ones used by PSYCH.

The conflict that the anon refers to is months old and the way the anon describes it is exteremely misleading. It has already been to the arbitration committee and resolved that PSYCH is on personal attack parol. There is not much more to it than that. PSYCH is apparantly trying to avoid detection by editting anonomously. This does not fool me as the M.O. is suspiciously similar each time.

If you wish to see the arbitration case click here.

Anyway, thank you for your efforts on my page. Xtra 11:04, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please Delete Aaron Scott Topic

I was unclear about how Wikipedia works. And I give you permission to delete it, as it indeed does not belong here.

Thank you.

Aaron [Aaronescott (talk · contribs)]

Typos

"Licence" is just one of those words that I don't think I'll ever learn to spell properly! I'm generally not a fan of American spellings, but this one I'm not bothered about at all really as I can't spell it consistently myself! Thryduulf 18:07, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

(Tag) Size Matters

This is in reference to the discussion I started at Wikipedia_talk:Babel. I'm going to put the Persian and English stubs here side-by-side so that you can see the size difference for yourself.

The only way I can make the Persian tag smaller is by removing the English translation. Even then, it's a tight fit for some of the subcat tags. Any suggestions? Do you know of any other admins or other Wikipedians who might be of help? I really want to coordinate with other tagmakers so that these don't all come out different sizes. --Jpbrenna 01:26, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Exhibit A:

fa.زبان مادری این کاربر فارسی است

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

Xiong

Hi there! Because the RFC about Xiong seemed to deal mainly on his disagreements with Netoholic, I thought it best to start a new RFC to see if people have comments on Xiong's behavior that do not relate to Netoholic. Please give your thoughts and/or opinion on that at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Xiong. Radiant_* 08:27, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello, Knowledge Seeker. Thanks for your vote at my adminship nomination. I appreciate the support. Cheers! — Trilobite (Talk) 13:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Chicago, Illinois

There has been some debate over several issues... including the leading photograph for the article. Seeing your name was listed under the list of Wikipedians living in Chicago, I thought you might want to help decide and solve some of the issues. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:24, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User_talk:69.209.197.182

I think you could let him/her blank the talkpage. They've got the message, I think. The warning won't disappear just because the user blanks "their" talkpage.Grace Note 10:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. I really like your attitude and approach to Wikipedia. Thanks for the picture too. Acciaccatura is exactly right! Grace Note 08:02, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)