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== [[:Template:Matrix]] ==

Per suggestion, copied to template-space.

Oh, and the catch with commons? It's not registered as c: anymore on the interwiki map. I put a [[Talk:Interwiki_map#Commons|request up over there]], and I ''thought'' that it used to work, but we'll c...er, see...

My eyes don't work well with all the template-work you did, but we'll see what we can do as far as the editcounter stuff goes... I'm nearly to the point of suggesting that you just leave a link field open for the editcounter instead of trying to make it adaptable.

Opine. <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 04:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
::The interwiki link for C I thought was built in. But my template is broken for meta (and all the other oneoffs that are at ... wikimedia.org ones) as well ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
:There are two templates though, there is another one for non foundation wikis (well it actually works by taking the URL (in the title= form). So "Matrix" may not be a good name. :) Something more like my original names or MatrixLine, HCMatrixLine etc??? Did you try converting your matrix over to use it yet? That would be the acid test. As for the searches, give me the patterns and I'll do the conversion I guess. But not today. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 11:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
::I just started converting my matrix over to a similarly styled template-driven version at [[User:EVula/matrix#Re-coded matrix]] (though it's styled in such a way that only I can see it; just tweak the CSS and preview to see it). My (not yet documented) version of the template itself is at [[User:EVula/matrix/line]]. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] //</span> 18:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
:::Does it make sense to ping people about switching over to a common template? My thinking is that if we do, we can keep the ever shifting counter set up to date in one place... hence why I was nudging Kylu about this. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah, it probably wouldn't be bad to drop people a note letting them know there's now a template they can use.<br />Also, a question for you (since I'm still somewhat unfamiliar with Meta): would it make sense and/or be within Meta's scope to create a category for users to put matrices in? All the matrices I've seen are all highly related... with Kylu being the great-grandmother of mine, something I'm sure she appreciates. :P [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] //</span> 21:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
:::::The latter makes sense to me. But only when we have two of them and working right. Note that actually REPLACING lines with template invocations is highly problematic. My matrix is my main way of tying all my identities together and I have it protected in order to prevent just anyone editing it, I've had some problems with that in the past, as soon as someone else edits it, the veracity of the crossinking is called into question. IMHO anyway. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:46, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, I'd noticed the protection. I think the template itself could be protected to prevent vandalism, but it would be up to each individual to make sure their matrix is accurate; non-admins would have to just be diligent about not having people edit the pages, which isn't any different a problem here than anywhere else (though I think Meta gets considerably fewer yahoos than, say, en.wiki). I'd say that if an editor made a null edit to confirm a third party's edits as being valid, that would be sufficient, but that's just me (and is considerably more complicated than just locking the whole page down). [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] //</span> 23:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
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:Lar, EVula, hiya!
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:I think I've got an idea to allow people to have a WikiMatrix, usable for validating themselves, that will make it so that they can edit the matrix but nobody else on the site (other than an admin on meta) can, using already existing MediaWiki capabilities.
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:If you'd like to know the trick I'm thinking of, please view the source of this text. The trick is hidden in front of your eyes.
::<b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 11 August 2007 (UTC)

:That is simply amazing. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 04:41, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

::[[user:gmaxwell|Greg]] and I'd talked about it on IRC and he said there's no problem from a development point of view, but it sets a bad precedent of users using the .js and .css files for an incorrect use. His suggestions was to have a "validation" page where you would edit the page and leave an edit summary that could be pointed to from the other wiki. <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 18:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
::::I'm not sure I follow how that would work, I'll ping Greg... ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
:::Are false entries in matrices really that big of an issue? That's a great trick and all, but I agree that using one type of page for different purposes is not quite a Good Thing. I don't see much point in worrying so much about something that doesn't happen particularly often. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] //</span> 19:14, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
::::I'm of two minds here. Maybe for others it's not a big deal but for me personally, I have reason to protect pages that carry my identity validation and that crosslink. I am on a lot of wikis. The hassle of having to re-validate outweighs the consideration of not protecting. Catch me on IRC sometime and I'll give you more info about why exactly. This is independent of getting the line templates done and reusable, of course... ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

== Botwiki ==

Hi Lar, Sorry for not noticing it earlier, yes, of course the prefix botwiki would be ok as well :) Happy editing, [[User:Snowolf|Snowolf]] 13:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

:Cool. If you haven't you may want to say so at the [[Talk:Interwiki map]] page. I'll be doing a round of updates and archivings shortly. Thanks for your patience. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 15:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

== Ponies ==

More than you ever gave me. :O--[[User:Shanel|Shanel]] 18:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

== 82.42.237.84 ==

Hi there, regarding my IP address, apologies for this. If it gets blocked, it means I will not be able to edit and I would not like that.

I think I can solve the problem at my end. Some friends who used my computer saw this site, and thought it was a game site/free advertising site/novelty site. As such, the "anyone can edit" thing was abused by them (well, they are students!). As such, I will now be blocking Wikimedia projects using my firewall if anyone else is using the computer, and then un-blocking them when I'm the only one using the computer.

I have no intentions of vandalism/spamming/trolling, and only want to [[:en:w:WP:AGF|edit in good faith]]. I am really the only person ''with an account'' editing from this IP. I did have alternative logins that were used for monobook.js and sandbox edits but nothing else.

I don't want to offend or upset anyone here.

Thanks, --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 17:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

== Email ==

I have sent you an email, Lar. Thanks, --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 11:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

:I received it. Ultimately, you are responsible for edits made from your machine. The IP in question has been the source of vandalism in the past. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

* I think that many IPs will probably have done some vandalism in the past, and I apologise for my friends' misuse of my computer. I will have to block Wikimedia sites some way or other to stop this. Anyway, I am not a vandal account. Dmcdevit said that my IP was a crosswiki vandal, but I do not want to be mistaken for one. If you can let the people on checkuser-l know what I have told you via email. This was all in the interests of honesty, politeness and openness. I don't want to cause upset, offend or annoy anyone.
Thanks, --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 17:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

::People will, can and do abuse the ''anyone can edit'' thing of Wikipedia. I apologise for my friends' misuse of the network (3 machines). If/when my IP address changes, I '''will''' not be so lax about computer security! --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 17:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

== Bureaucrat rights ==
Hello,<br />
as a result of the unanimous election held on [[Meta:Requests for adminship]], you've been granted [[bureaucrat]] status. --[[User:.anaconda|.anaconda]] 10:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:Congrats! Hopefully you won't be kept too busy, but I know you'll be fine. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 11:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks guys. I look forward to it. But "unanimous" ?? I got two "opposes" :) If you want to call them that. I just call Herby and Aphaia "silly". :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:::They just wanted to make sure that the unanimous RfA didn't go to your head. :P [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] //</span> 15:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
::Congrats. '''[[User:Cbrown1023|<span style="color:green">Cbrown1023</span>]]''' '''<small>[[User talk:Cbrown1023|<span style="color:#002bb8">talk</span>]]</small>''' 20:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

== Interwiki ==
Good evening Lar,

I’m not exactly sure what the problem you’re bringing up is exactly; to me it seems like a simple non-contentious request. Judging from past requests the interwiki link added would seem to have community support (IMDb, for example).

I personally asked Majorly if he’d be willing to fast track my request as the update only runs once a month, and the 5th is fast approaching… so hopefully you see my logic (less wait before the links can be implemented).

If you believe there’s a problem with interwiki linking to TV.com, then please bring it up on the talk page and we can discuss, but I don’t think it’s very necessary to revert for the sake of it (unless there’s an actual problem).

Take care,
:[[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 20:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

:TV.com is not, as far as I can tell, a wiki. It is a commercial endeavour. I doubt it matches our criteria, see below. If it has thousands of inbound links to it from en: already, but wasn't added before, what's the rush? Why did this have to be done in 40 minutes? Also, I don't see any crosslinkages to en, or anywhere else from your meta page, so I can't evaluate who you are to see how much credence I give to your assurances. I strongly feel that this needs to be put before the community to seek consensus. Our guidelines for inclusion suggest that hitting as many of these as possible is goodness:

:''The InterWiki Map exists to allow a more efficient syntax for linking between wikis, and thus promote the cooperation and proliferation of wikis and free content. Sites considered for inclusion should probably (1) provide clear and relevant usefulness to the Wikimedia projects (2) be trusted not to encourage spam links being added to the Wikimedia projects (3) be free content (under a Commons-acceptable license) (4) be a wiki (5) have reasonable amounts of content.''

:I don't see this site as hitting all 5. It might hit 3. It certainly is not free content or a wiki. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 21:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

:: "A wiki is a medium which can be edited by anyone with access to it, and provides an easy method for linking from one page to another."—Wikipedia
:: Can it be edited by anyone with access to it? Yes. Can it provide easy methods to interlink? Yes. I'm unsure as to the criteria you speak of, I think you may be confusing "probably" with "must". I'm also not sure what assurances I've made, or even how my presence on other Wikimedia wikis is of any concern to you. You are of course welcome to begin a discussion, but on further analysis I've become concerned you may be considering yourself as a type of unappointed "commander in chief" of that page.

:: The website can meet all five, but editors at TV.com are under no set obligation to release content under the GFDL (etc.) But those "criteria" are just preference, of course (not requirements). I strongly feel that you are simply trying to light a fire in a place where there should not be one and attempting to promote process wonkery (instruction creep I believe it's called). You also seem to be confusing "rushing" with a simple courteous request, sure it could of waited a month, but that would of been silly process wonkery over something that is likely to be non-contentious (the IMDb has been added, which would seem to tell me that the community has no objections to the way it works, similar in a manner to TV.com).

:: It's my understanding that you are usually more polite, and that you are acting out of character. If you'd like to voice your concerns then please do, but I'm just not seeing your problem? [[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 22:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
::: <small>(PS: FYI I also left a reply on your talk page so I'd know you that you would see my message. [[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 22:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC))</small>

:::Next time don't roll my edits back like I'm some vandal. It's not your page, and I think your tone used on my talk page and the the interwiki talk page is way out of character for you. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 22:48, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

::::I think it's inappropriate, given the pace that things happen on that page, rightly or wrongly, to go from proposed to done in 40 minutes. I also thought it odd that Matthew (whoever he is... again, with no crosslinks to look at, he could be anyone at all) seemed to be speaking "for" you. Those suggested that some haste in undoing was appropriate.

::::In the spirit of Bold-Revert-Discuss, you've been bold, which is fine, and you've been reverted, which is also fine. That doesn't make you a vandal, or me the "commander in chief" of anything. Let's now discuss, and let's do so in one place, in an appropriate way, and at the appropriate speed. If tv.com is a good link, waiting a month won't make it a bad one. If it is NOT a good link, adding it in haste would be a terrifically bad thing because removing links is terrifically harder than adding them. Let us repair to the talk page and go through the pros and cons in some detail (since Matthew "isn't exactly sure" what the problem is) and seek the input of others, and then act appropriately. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:15, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::Lar, my respect for you has been dwindling recently, and this attitude is making me think less of you more and more. Just forget adding anything. FYI Matthew is Matthew from enwiki, whose prime edit area is TV articles - out of everyone he'd probably know what is best to use here. Anyway, you've made your point, I'll stay away from you and your page in the future. Regards, '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 00:31, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

::::::The interwiki map serves thousands of wikis, not just en:wp, and in fact not just WMF ones either. It gets propagated very widely. Removing something from it, once added, is quite technically difficult. That's why the process seems to have evolved to be that time is taken to discuss adds. Thats what it was when I first started participating in meta and that is what it still seems to be now. It is not "my page" any more than it is anyone elses, but it does seem appropriate to respect the process and the reasons for it. This may well be a good thing to add, a very good one. But discussion is how to determine that, not adding in haste. I've tried to explain that several times now, but I think widening the discussion is needed. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 01:43, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::::That's great Lar! We'll leave it then, shall we, instead of fussing over nothing? '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 01:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
::::::::I think I'm missing how it's fussing over nothing. I get the sense you still don't see why going slowly is appropriate (with this resource that affects the operation of thousands of wikis), and that you're put off that I called for going slowly, and called for having more discussion of the pros and cons of adding a non free, non wiki link. That's not process wonkery, it's just prudence. Matthew above claims that he is sure that the community would not object, saying "the IMDb has been added, which would seem to tell me that the community has no objections to the way it works"... if that is so, what was the rush? And why cast aspersions on me instead of starting up the substantive discussion in the appropriate place? Personally, I'm not sure the community would be 100% behind it. Read recent discussions to see why. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 02:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::I have better things to do than to read endless discussion. I think we should stop ''this'' discussion right now. Good evening. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 02:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

If you're not willing to read and understand discussion on that page, you probably should not be adding things to the interwiki map. I hope you'll change your mind and participate in discussions there but if not, that's your choice. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 02:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
:Sure you do. Well you did a great job of putting me off editing that page again. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 02:42, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
::I am really sorry that you've concluded I'm trying to stop you from participating in discussion, since the truth is exactly the opposite, discussion is what is needed. If I've given you offense I apologise. I do wish you'd stop casting aspersions, though. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 10:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Hum - having picked up the interwiki issue on that page I have come across this. Can I ask that some time out is taken on this. Both Lar & Majorly are respected Wikimedians in my opinion. Issues such as interwiki mapping and many others on Meta must have real consensus to work as they affect all wikis. This will only be achieved by real discussion. It would seem to me that Lar has invited this but I am the only one to have placed anything on the interwiki talk page where we should be talking.

I have already commented there on the speed of the listing which seems unusual (not wrong or right) and discussion really should take place over this one. Thanks guys --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 10:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

== Interwiki Map ==

Hi, I removed this from {{tl|RF}}, but feel free to re-add if you think my rationale for removing is not justified. See, I don't think it is related to a "requests" page, if you see what I mean. Am I mistaken? --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 06:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
:The talk page of Interwiki Map is indeed a requests page even if not so named (take a look!), people come there and make requests for things to be added, updated, changed, and removed. Meta Admins are the people that fulfill them. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 12:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
::I see. Then thanks for the addition. Kind regards, --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 13:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
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Hey, this is a minor notice for you, Lar. But when you added [[Talk:Interwiki map#The Infosphere - a Futurama wiki|infosphere:]], you forgot the 1 in the interwiki link. I just want to avoid any problems when the tables are updated! --[[User:Svip|Svip]] 15:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:thanks. corrected, and appreciate the good eye there! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
::I hope this is not much of a disturbance, but our wiki recently changed URL from '''futurama.overt-ops.com/$1''' to '''theinfosphere.org/$1''', just so you know. Of course the old URL will continue to work. I am just not sure if it this was worthy of intervening the old discussion, but if I have done wrong, please correct me. --[[User:Svip|Svip]] 15:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
:::I'd go ahead and mention it on the discussion, it hasn't been archived. It is better to mention things there (for tracability) than just on the page of a particular user. Thanks! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 21:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

== Curious ==

Why was Anonymous User One blocked? I know he's a sockpuppet of Ionas, but still he isn't banned here afaik. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 18:00, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:#Ionas68224 is also blocked, along with considerable numbers of socks, on many other wikis. see [[Commons:User:Ionas68224/uncontrollable vandalism]] which shows intent to disrupt.
:#In particular {{user6|Ionas68224}} is indef blocked here. This userid is a sock of that userid. That's block evasion.
:Presumably you weren't aware that Drini indef blocked? By the way did you already know this user was a sock of Ionas prior to my saying so? Perhaps we might want to discuss this somewhere else, if you agree, please feel free to refactor this discussion there, I'll follow along. Thanks. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::No, I had no idea who he was. He's banned on simplewiki and enwiki as well, so I agree this was sensible. I suppose he's banned here too, even though it isn't stated as such. Cheers, '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 18:16, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:::OK, no worries, thanks for asking, and thanks for clarifying. We don't formalise bans here I guess, Meta being so much less formal than en:wp (we don't have categories for tagging people as socks, etc.) and I like it that way. BTW what are we going to do about tv.com? I think we really ought to try to get to consensus about what the right thing to do is. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
::::I don't know really, the guy requesting it has left :( '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 19:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
:::::Maybe you and I and whoever else might be interested ought to try to hash it out, because it does seem to be used a lot from en:wp. I think there are strong reasons to add it, and also some concerns too. If consensus can be reached that would be goodness. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:57, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

== Elections 07 ==

All coming together isn't it? Thanks for your help formatting and formulating it right. When do the candidates file their candidacies? Also, I just wanted to make an observation: the candidacies section/s is very cluttered with the examples, and they seem to be redundant with each other... --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 07:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:Let's take this to [[Talk:Stewards#starting_the_process_of_setting_up_the_pages]]. I don't know when candidates can start filing, I forgot what was done last year but I'd say ASAP. They informally started about 14 Nov IIRC, so we need to get cracking. The candidacies section IS cluttered, the reconfirms need to be moved to [[Stewards/confirm]], my bad on that. Thanks for your help! It is no secret I plan to stand, were you planning on standing too? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 07:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::I'm under age. By 6 years, actually. But good luck to you, and thanks for your help --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 07:53, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Sorry about your user space template. Didn't realise it was for existing stewards. Then again, a template for the new steward elections might now be bad (they were not templatorised last year). --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 08:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
::::Yes. But it's 3:30 AM here so I may be for bed shortly. Rather than having the cluttery examples maybe point to a template that people can transclude? Have to think. Let's take this to [[Talk:Stewards#starting_the_process_of_setting_up_the_pages]] so others can see what we're thinking. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 08:29, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
:::::That seems a good idea. --<strong>[[user:Anonymous Dissident|<font face="Script MT Bold"><font color="DodgerBlue">Anonymous Dissident</font></font>]]</strong>[[user talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 08:30, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

== Stewards Elections 2007: Language template ==

Hi! I noticed an error in the default text translation of [[Stewards/confirm]]. "''Personal info: Personal information goes here''" is translated with "''Informationen zur Person: Persönliche Informationen gehen hier''" into German (which means more or less that personal information can [[:w:en:walk|walk]]). I think most Germans will still know what the text is trying to say, but it'd be nice to fix the template to avoid this mistake in the future (though it is not important enough to correct it, where it has already been subst:-ed). I noticed that you [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards/confirm&diff=742082&oldid=742060 inserted] the text, though I couldn't [[Special:Prefixindex/Steward|find]] any template (only [[Stewards/elections_2007/statements/CandidateTemplate|this]], and that is some other template and not really related). It'd be great if you could tell me where to find it so that I can fix it. Cheers, --[[User:Church of emacs|Church of emacs]] 18:15, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks for letting me know. It was in my personal space: [[User:Lar/existS]] and I subst'ed it in. Feel free to fix it if you want but I think we subst'd all the current stewards sections already... maybe good for next year though! The bigger problem might be that the text used in the [[Stewards/elections 2007/statements/CandidateTemplate]] might be wrong too... that template might still be used by new candidates, would you mind giving that a look? Thanks very much for your help (and you can see why I am de-1 :) ) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
::Ok, now the translation (of both texts) is ok. Won't help for this election, but for the next year it will be fixed :-) (oh, and don't worry about German language. German is such a difficult language − if it wasn't my mother tongue, I wouldn't be able to learn and speak it :-P. And by the way the most important thing is being able to communicate, who cares if you do some grammar errors (I'm sure I do lots of them in English ;-) )) --[[User:Church of emacs|Church of emacs]] 19:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Alles Klahr. Vielen danke! :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
::::<small>(Minor correction: "Klar" without an "h". And either "[[:wikt:en:danke|danke]]" or "[[:wikt:en:vielen Dank|vielen Dank]]" (the last one is a bit stronger); a mix of them is not allowed :-) ) --[[User:Church of emacs|Church of emacs]] 20:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)</small>
:::::Kein Probleme (ok... de-.5 :) ) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
::::::<small><supersmall>Problem without 'e' at the end :-) --[[User:Church of emacs|Church of emacs]] 10:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC) </supersmall></small>
:::::::Entschuldigungen. :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 12:35, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Singular: Entschuldigung :) --[[User:Church of emacs|Church of emacs]] 15:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

== Logged out ==

Much too true, I logged in in the middle of the process :) Now it should be okay --[[User:Bèrto &#39;d Sèra|Bèrto &#39;d Sèra]] 22:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

== Translating all the steward elections interface ==

Hi Larry! There are parts in the election procedure whose translation is fairly easy, I already did that. Now I wish I could add the part relative to Yes/No/Neutral and others like the startuing part "For reference...". What should I do? Thanks --[[User:Bèrto &#39;d Sèra|Bèrto &#39;d Sèra]] 06:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
:Nice work on the translations so far. I'm not sure what you're asking me though... there is a template that new candidates are encouraged to use, translation of that will change the headings for new candidates but we would need to go through all candidates to fix existing headings. Does that help? If not, can you ask again? thanks. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

== Did some matrix tweakings for you ==

Rather than including my whole matrix (which breaks the relative transclusions, and gives your matrix [[User:EVula/header-meta|my header]]), I spun off the list to [[User:EVula/matrix/others]]. I'm dropping you a note for you to make the changes rather than doing it myself, as per your "hey, stay the hell away from editing this page" request (though I think you may have phrased it a bit differently). [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 04:25, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
:heh, I didn't even notice that it was bringing your header in... thanks. Preview ''IS'' overrated! :). I still want to, if I get a chance, try to figure out how to make the line subtemplates common, yours have things I want mine to have, and there seems to be a proliferation of them. So many things to do though. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, I think at some point I started making a "common" variant of my templates (basically, everything except for the reference page fields, since that's a me-specific thing) in an attempt to standardize everything, but then Real Life hit. As it is, my Meta editing has dropped off a bit due to constantly doing shows... maybe I'll see about doing it in the second half of December, once all my shows are done. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 17:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I found another matrix: [[User:Bastique]] ... Are you tracking "all" of them, or just ones that are unique, or ??? That one is done a different way I think so may be worth adding. I almost added it myself and then decided best to let you fiddle that list... ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
::::Much "prettier" than ours :) --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 13:18, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
:::::You can be pretty too, just don't use default colors, the templates take color parms. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 13:26, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
::::It's more of a listing of any I run across more than an exclusive list. In the future, feel free to add stuff to it; originally, I just gathered it up just for shits and giggles, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to track them all a bit more... seems like more and more users are using them. Perhaps create [[:Category:Wikimatrices]]? [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 21:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
:::::Sure. Or "people with wikimatrix pages" ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

== MediaWiki:Makesysoptext ==

Thanks for the rewording, it's better that way. Regards, [[User:Korg|Korg]] 16:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
:No prob. I see your point that it would be good to have the new sysop do the work! But better that someone do it, then that it be forgotten about. Hopefully the new template will help. Any chance you could translate [[Template:AdminWelcome/en]] into French? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 17:15, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yes! There it is: [[Template:AdminWelcome/fr]]. Regards, [[User:Korg|Korg]] 02:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
:::You are the man! Merci! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 03:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
::::I took a crack at making a German version. I'm sure it's atrocious :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 03:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

== Steward elections ==

Hope you get the post of steward.... there's no reason why you wouldn't do well in the role??
Also, on my new wiki, when it launches soon - would you like to be a checkuser there as well??
Keep the good work up! Thanks, --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 19:16, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
:Thank you for your support. You may not want to leave a giant star embedded in the support comment though :)... as some may say it gives undue weight to your comment. If I get confirmed I will be fairly busy so I would have to carefully evaluate any outside committments. Normally one doesn't need to do much checkusering on smaller wikis though so you'd presumably be OK. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

* Thanks for the reply. It's just that you're more experienced with checkuser than I ever would be. The wiki will get quite a lot of people when it launches. It'll probably be launched in January 2008. It doesn't matter if you're a relatively ''inactive'' checkuser there, just as long as you can do it occasionally. Thanks, --[[User:WiganRunnerEu|WiganRunnerEu]] 19:47, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

== Motives ==

While the Durova affair inspired some great dissatisfaction in me with your methods, I tried my best to avoid speculating about your motives in the steward elections and I'm disappointed that you weren't willing to even meet my level in that regard. Given that your second response to my vote was much more icy than the first, I guess I should've went with my better judgment and not commented after initially voting, since it seems to have come off as insincere. Anyway, if you want to call attention to my off-site activity or en.wp block log (which I actually mentioned on my userpage) that's fine, but I wish you wouldn't claim that I don't participate on Wikimedia when I ''explicitly'' say that I participate in a coupe of smaller projects on my userpage unless you have credible reason to believe otherwise. Hopefully you just didn't read that on my userpage; otherwise I suppose you think I'm flat-out lying, in which case there's not much to say and I'll leave you alone.

All else aside, good luck in your service as steward, as it seems that you will indeed be elected. [[User:Miltopia|Miltopia]] 14:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
:I am not sure I'd characterize your use of the terms "awful", "deceitful", "attack", "deceit" "mistrust", "paranoid", "stifling" and "nonsense" as "tried my best to avoid speculating about your motives". Nevertheless, I would point out that I validated the notion of you commenting, twice, even though someone else struck your remarks the first time. That seems quite welcoming to me, actually, but I could be wrong.

:I am sorry if you feel I claimed you don't participate in Wikimedia projects, but I'm puzzled. I explicitly cited one of the projects you participated in, after all. If you don't think your contributions on Commons are the best example of your WMF work, then I do apologize for selecting the wrong project. Myself, I happen to think your contributions on Commons are an ''excellent'' example of your work and general approach, though. At any rate, I think you might want to consider setting up a WikiMatrix to increase clarity, or at least mentioning ''which'' small wikis you think are worthy of note. As for highlighting your non WMF activities, I might be mistaken, but I thought you were rather proud of your ED and WR contributions. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 02:57, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
::No, I've tried to distance myself from ED and have never even mentioned posting at WR until the above comment. [[User:Miltopia|Miltopia]] 16:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
:::My mistake. Probably just an inadvertant or subconscious connection in my mind between ED and vomit. Harmless confusion, I'm sure. Apologies for any inadvertant slight. Just to be clear though, are you now saying you're NOT proud of your ED and WR contributions? NOT proud of your Commons contributions? Or? Perhaps you could clarify what you are proud of, because I'm a bit confused by it all. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

==Meta crosslink==
Thanks, I cross linked. I also swiped your matrix and will modify it. - [[User:Crockspot|Crockspot]] 04:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:cool. Do update [[User:EVula/matrix/others]] with your entry too, I think you may be one of the few users with a WikiInfo account :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 05:00, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
::Mwuhaha, already added it. I'm fast like ninja. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 05:27, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Or you just don't have a life? ;) (a fine one to talk! --> ) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 15:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

==Checkuser==
''{{fishing}} - I see no justification for adding 10caart, Belinzona and OlBergomi to this request. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 21:34, 12 December 2007 (UTC)''
:I was not fishing. I had and have strong suspects they're the same person. Before this earthquake on lmo.wiki, the only community were them. They (and Clamengh) always agree among them, they (and Clamengh) always refused to speak in Italian, they are fans of Catalan language and tried to import it in lmo.wiki (that is '''not''' ca.wiki), and so on. One day i saw [[:lmo:User:10caart]] handling on [[:lmo:User:Clamengh|Clamengh]]'s talk page ([http://lmo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Clamengh/archivi1&diff=prev&oldid=13563 he archived old discussions]). I think this smells a bit. Can you add them to the list now? Are these arguments enough? Bye, thanks, --[[User:Remulazz|Remulazz]] 10:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
::I don't think that's sufficient. I think some actual diffs, not vague descriptions, would be better. Remember that socking is not banned, only using socks to show false consensus or evade bans or blocks. You (or better, someone that is less directly involved) need to show specific behaviour where the alleged IDs are colluding or evading bans. Hope that helps clarify. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 12:39, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

== Please Help Me ==

A person have vandalism our wikipedia. Please help me to abuse this person [http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perbincangan_Pengguna:158.143.177.254 this person]. I'm from ms wiki.[[User:Putera Luqman Tunku Andre|Putera Luqman Tunku Andre]] 21:58, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
:Hi. I cannot help you "abuse this person" because I am not a steward. While I hope I will be confirmed, for right now you will need to ask a current steward for help. Or a local sysop if you can find one (better choice) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

== Congrats ==

Is all! --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 19:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
:No one told me anything yet. :) You're fast/nosy. :) (and a true friend, thanks for your support.) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
::'''Congrats''' and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stewards&diff=next&oldid=800988 sorry] :P ...--<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;font-family: Monotype Corsiva;">[[User:Cometstyles|Comet]][[User talk:Cometstyles|styles]]</span> 19:50, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Thanks for beating me to it! BUT I think you have the dates wrong, the new batch is probably 2007-12-21 instead of 2006-12-22. :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:01, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

\o/ and thank You too, --[[User:Spacebirdy|birdy <small>geimfyglið</small>]] [[User_talk:Spacebirdy|<sub>(:>&nbsp;)=|</sub>]] 23:16, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
:Congrats from me too! Thanks in advance for your all works. --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 00:31, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
::I'm going to get busy helping users "abuse this person" shortly! (see above) :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:37, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

:::Fantastic news, congratulations Lar. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 14:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

From me too. Well deserved! [[User:ElinorD|ElinorD]] 01:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:Congrats on the appointment, Lar. Can't think of many people I'd rather have with the steward bit. :) [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 17:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

==Verifying I am a Steward==
For Walter: Yes, I am a steward (verification ID SA191) ... see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListusers&username=Lar&group=steward&limit=1]~ ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]]

== CU ==

You'll see it but [[Meta talk:Rewriting/Checkuser policy#Clarifications_relating_to_inactivity_and_to_steward_access|this]] adds my thoughts. --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 09:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

:Related - [[Special:Listusers/checkuser]] shows [[User:Midom]] as a Checkuser. I see he is described as a developer but hasn't edited since September (& 2005 before that). Any thoughts before I get myself into "hot water" or indeed where to ask? Thanks --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 13:18, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

::No. Midom has access because he's a developer, so I don't think his needs removing. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 13:27, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Remember that "developer" access and whether someone is a developer are two separate things, the access itself is obsolete. I'd like to find a comprehensive list somewhere of who is considered a developer by the foundation, it might be handy. There probably is one and I just don't recall where. That list itself ought to be reviewed (perhaps by BRION) to see if there are developers who are not active and not likely to become active again, and who therefore might warrant removal. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 15:10, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

:As an answer, [[Developers]] and you'll note that we've only got one person with the "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListusers&username=&group=developer&limit=50 Developer]" flag now. <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 09:01, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

== MediaWiki message ==

Hey Lar, could you, please, take a look at [[MediaWiki talk:Userrights-summary]] and give your comment/opinion? Thanks :) --[[User:Dungodung|<span style="color:blue;">'''FiLiP'''</span>]] [[User talk:Dungodung|'''¤''']] 22:06, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

==a particular PERL regex ==
Hello. I am using pathoschild (who I think is busy) 's regex editing tool; but I am not familiar with the regex style. What is regex for \[\[User:.*?\|.*?\]] which matches every signature? [[User:Hillgentleman|Hillgentleman]] 19:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:Hi Hillgentleman, I'm sorry but that regex is what I would have guessed myself. Perhaps if you can find source for one of the bots that does autoarchiving, that might help? They recognise signatures. (but maybe they are looking for the timestamp instead) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 01:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== My successful request for adminship ==

Thank you for supporting my [[Meta:Requests_for_adminship/Jusjih|request for adminship]] with 28 supports unopposed.--[[User:Jusjih|Jusjih]] 01:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== vote ==

Hi Lar,

Unfortunately I had to remove your vote on the vote for the update of stewards policy, as you seem to have confused the versions that are voted upon. The version that is voted upon is noted above the vote itself. You might understand that it is not possible to select a version yourself, nor to change the version during the voting process. Thanks for your understanding. PS: I do not think that there is a really significant difference in practice... :) [[user:Effeietsanders|Effeiets]]'''[[w:nl:gebruiker:Effeietsanders|anders]]''' 13:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:The version you rejected was the last version ''prior'' to the vote start, '''not''' a version put forth after voting started, and was in response to discussion on the talk page. By choosing an earlier version you have done something I cannot agree with, you have made a personal preference choice. I have changed my vote to oppose for now. I suggest you reconsider your personal and arbitrary decision on which version is being voted on and go with the last version prior to the election start instead of your personal preference. I acknowledge that may require removal of votes for the other version. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::Hi Lar, there is no need to make an attack like this. As you can see in the history the voting page, I changed the link last (12:34, 14 January 2008) even before you made your edit (18:26, 14 January 2008). There was no "personal preference choise", as I did not "choose an earlier version". I am sorry that this specific point only came up at the last day (the inclearity of the confirmation once a year roughly) especially since I asked for feedback before and this page was online for some time. I think that it is clear on the voting page which version is the proposal (a permalink is placed), and I only rmeoved your vote since you indicated that you voted for another version. [[user:Effeietsanders|Effeiets]]'''[[w:nl:gebruiker:Effeietsanders|anders]]''' 19:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::The point [[Talk:Stewards/elections_2007#For_next_year|came up]] as early as the first of December, or thereabouts, and has been discussed since then. I am sorry that my suggested revision came so late but there was time to change the vote to point at it before the vote went live, and you did not do so, which still gives the appearance of choosing to not go with an alternative that addressed issues raised. There is still time to change things around, you can change what version is pointed to and remove the current supports... I'd be happy to ask all of them to revalidate. But for now I think I will remain in opposition. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 21:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::::In my memory it was another point you brought up back then, which was in my memory more of a change then an update (which this proposal s meant for). If you prefer to assume that faith, it's of course totally up to you to think I did it on purpose, I however would like to remark I disagree. I do not think it would be correct to change the voting while the voting has already begun, things have become already confusing enough. I expect in any case that within a few months people will come up with a new version (the purpose of this rewrite was *only* for updates to current behaviour, not for big changes) with real changes in it. I suggest you get it in that discussion integrated.
::::Of course it is up to you to vote pro or contra, you won't hear me contradicting that. If you prefer the current policy over the proposed changes, sure, then you must certainly vote against. [[user:Effeietsanders|Effeiets]]'''[[w:nl:gebruiker:Effeietsanders|anders]]''' 22:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::If you say it was an oversight rather than a deliberate decision, then I of course take your word at that implicitly, without any hesitation, and I apologise for casting aspersions. It did appear that way to me though based on your previous resistance to any definite date for an election. If this set of changes fails to get approved, I suspect that the outcome will be an immediate effort to write another set of changes/corrections with more consensus, which would then immediately be put up for another vote, so staying in opposition may be a way to ensure that happens. I'll think more and decide what to do. I do think that while I don't agree with Hillgentleman completely, he is raising some good points that further rewriting might fix. There is no dishonor in, if opposition continues to mount, withdrawing the vote early and starting over. Nor, conversely will it be the end of the world if this set of changes is adopted. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 22:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


Hello, Lar, If you thinnk my comment in the steward policy discussion is not very fair, I appologise. I appologise if I am not accurate in portrating the complex of several intertwing issues.
*I think the current confirmation process is working so far, but it is not sufficiently interactive. I do not mind stewards acting as interpreters of community consensus, even in opinion polls for themselves, as long as the reasonings are clear and open. I can see, for example, Bastique said something very general and not directly answering the questions raised, and everybody follows suit. Mis-use of tools would disqualify a steward, but what if the steward has been losing some of the qualities, such as patience and openess to dialogues? Such are issues that should be answered directly; and the perhaps momentary lapse of judgement can be set in the context of other contributions, etc. Such evidence should be described oopenly, in particular, and not by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase as ''in my experience'' or ''I think'', so that everybody can form his own judgement.
* In the current model, the stewards are not even interpreters of consensus; rahter, they read the comments from the community and make up their own minds. Therein lies the danger of creating a seperate castes which has substantial leverage in the choice of its own members. [[User:Hillgentleman|Hillgentleman]] 18:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

::I think you raise absolutely valid concerns. The problem I have is that it's not clear what process would better address them than the one we have... what specific changes would you recommend? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::For example, to develop on Mike.Lifeguard's comment, in the policy we can mandate the stewards to interpret the community consensus (and weigh the arguments) and not to make up their own judgements. Even if a steward has angerred a particular community in some way, and the community decided to vote against him en bloc, her other achievements would also be put on the table by others to give a better overall picture. It is somewhat acceptable (and I would not mind) if the policy allows some sort of veto by unanimty of stewards, but again, the reasoning should be complete and clear, and every issue should be answered.[[User:Hillgentleman|Hillgentleman]] 18:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::P.S. Note also that the stewards are already mandated to carry out the community consensus and not to make up their own judgements in general. It is only contradicted by the ''Confirmation'' section - which is an oddity in the proposed policy. [[User:Hillgentleman|Hillgentleman]] 19:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::::So a rewording would satisfy you? Can you give a suggested rewording? Perhaps not here but on the talk page of the proposal or on the vote itself? We can always scratch the whole vote and address the issues and restart, I think. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 21:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::1. The section itself is problematic. Strike it out. We don't really need it - if stewards are to play the role of "bureaucrats for wikimedia", what I have just said is nothing new. 2. We can of course spell out procedure of confirmation, mandating stewards interpret and follow the consensus but not to make up their own decisions (as follows from "don't decide"), etc. [[User:Hillgentleman|Hillgentleman]] 21:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

== Here's something you can do ==

Please remove my bcrat flag. I've had enough of you and Herby's bullying over this issue. Hopefully with my resigning, you can "have your fun" and my "odd habit" won't be relevant anymore. I ask you, as I know how much you want me gone (why else would you request bureaucratship the instant I put up a retirement message?) Good day to you. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 20:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think it would be at all a good idea for Meta to lose your services. Majorly, I don't want you gone or anything like that. I just think you need to stop trying to prove you're indispensable, and stop sniping at other people if they offer feedback, and stop acting so rashly. This is a rash action and I'm not going to turn off your flag because I think it's an ill considered request that you would regret later. Think it over for a while, and please reconsider... I hope you reconsider, because I think you have a lot of valuable skills and are a fine person, and meta would be the poorer for not having you as a crat. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 20:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::Really? I got the idea you were irritated that I was a punctual and effective bureaucrat, and you wanted the "fun" for yourself. Maybe I misinterpreted your comments. And how, exactly would Meta be poorer? We have 5 other bureaucrats... with me gone you can close the RFAs that I would have, and of course the renames, where you can ask every single person for a cross link - despite it blatantly being on their userpage. Instead of doing a smidgen of research, you can template them with your matrix thingy request. Please, tell me what will be lost if I was no longer a bureaucrat? '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 18:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I am in no way "irritated" at your being a responsive and good bureaucrat. You need to get beyond the notion of personality (see what I said to SilkTork here: [[w:User_talk:Lar#an_essay]] (point 1 about friends and enemies)) as it relates to wikis, it's counter productive. I think you're racing to make sure you do all the work, or at least giving that appearance, for some reason that I can't really fathom (it's not a race, you don't have anything to prove, or shouldn't, and this notion that meta has too many crats is not something that you can prove by racing to do everything), and I suspect I'm not the only person that sees the behaviour pattern and is troubled by it. I think there is a lot of merit in doing things in an orderly, tracable, repeatable way, and making sure that those that come by later to look in the archives see good tracability and not just have to take someone's word for whatever. Taking requests on your user page, and then not logging them plays havoc with traceability. This is not an either or thing here, Majorly... you're a fine 'crat and hard worker in general with a lot to offer, but right now you're not acting very calmly. This tendency to make ill considered and rash requests for permissions removal does you no credit, (reference the messes around your en adminship status... all that could have been avoided by not asking for removal in the first place) and I'm not the only person who thinks that way, I am sure of that as well. So I'll ask you again.. Please keep your 'crat status, but take the time to execute with excellence, and just be mellow, not rash. Responsiveness is good but there is no need to race, because we're not racing here. I have the same counsel for some of the new stewards, in fact, I'm troubled by how fast some of these requests get handled, there is no way they could have done all the spadework that fast and done it right, but I digress. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
::::On second thoughts please add it back. Seems I'm needed. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 16:10, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::Done. See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:Requests_for_adminship&oldid=868531#Majorly] ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::PS what requests are languishing? There are no current user or bot requests I could see and the only rename request lacks a crosslink and is less than an hour old. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Crosslinks are not policy. I did some research and found it is indeed the same user. I also noticed you seemed to be ignoring the request. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 16:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Document the research you did on the request page, please. And don't forget to create the old user again to prevent usurpation. By the way, "less than an hour old" does not == "ignoring". I happen to be at work right now and am trying to keep things in balance. Oh, and you're welcome, because I'm sure no slight was intended, you just forgot to say <s>please and</s> thanks, I'm sure ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:43, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::I did say please... and you bombarded me with further questions before I had the chance to say thanks. I happen to be at college right now and am trying to keep things in balance. I will document as I see fit, if you don't mind (which I know you do, but bureaucrats are supposed to use their best judgement - this is my best judgement - you'll have to live with it). '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 16:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::I'll live. Based on your previous agreement that crosslinks are a good idea, I've went ahead and edited the procedure on the page to reflect the need for them. I'll be looking for your documentation of the research you did to validate the user's identity. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

== The matrix has me... ==

Finally got around to doing [[:Category:Wikimedian matrices]]. I'm planning on canvassing (gasp!) all the people listed on [[User:EVula/matrix/others]], but thought I'd run the name by you first. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 20:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
:Sounds good to me. Except for the plural thing. What about Matrix Users or something? ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 23:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
::You may want to change the page [[:User:Lar/WikiMatrix]] from [[:Category:Wikimedian matrices]] to <nowiki>[[Category:Wikimedian matrices|{{PAGENAME}}]]</nowiki> so it sorts right in the category. It's currently under "U" for User instead of "L" for Lar. :) Thanks! <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 03:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

== Input ==

Your input would be appreciated on closing [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Administrators/confirm#Aphaia this]. Please see the talk page. Thanks, '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 00:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
:Can you comment [[Meta talk:Administrators/confirm/bureaucrat chat|here]] please, at least on Dmcdevit. I know you like things slow, but it shouldn't be taking this long. '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 14:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
::I didn't realise the page had been created, thanks for starting the ball rolling. I've commented. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

== Closure of http://train.spottingworld.com at [[Talk:Interwiki map]]. ==

Hi Lar,

Could you possibly close this now?<small>if it's a yes that is!</small>

I'm going to be inactive for about a week in a few days time, so would like to be able to report this to the wiki, aswell as add some IW links!

Thanks,

'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 18:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)(Note:I'm actually ''logged in'' now, as i'm at home!)
:I'll try to get to it this weekend now that the question I had is sorted. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 18:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
::Cheers Lar, (although that will actually be too late, unless you mean today?!?!).
::'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 19:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes. or tomorrow at the latest. :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
:Cheers Lar - mind dropping me a line when it's done?
:'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 22:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
::If I remember. But the changes only get pushed out to the rest of the world once in a great while so no worries.
:::Alrighty, thanks a lot! There should be some IW links VERY soon... I have several possible candidates! Would an alright link be from a fleet list on WP to the exact article on TSW?
:::'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 11:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Sounds like a reasonable link usage. The link has been added to interwiki, ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 12:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::Cheers Lar!
:::::'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 13:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Lar, I added it on my [[User talk:Bluegoblin7|User page]], along with a WP link, but they don't work... HELP!!! '''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 16:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
: They aren't going to work until the interwiki map db is updated and pushed out to the wikis. This happens somewhere between once a month and once a quarter. A dev has to do it. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
::Ah ok, that makes sense! I may aswell still add them though! When was the last time that it was updated? To give me a time idea?
::Thanks,
::'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 16:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
:::September? Ask a dev... ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 16:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Ok, thanks. If that's the case then hopefully soon!
::::'''<font face="Verdana">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<font color="blue">BG</font>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<font color="gray">7</font>]]</font>''' 19:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


==Changed usage for {{[[template:closed|closed]]}}==
Hello Lar. At some point you used {{[[template:closed|closed]]}} with the "text" parameter (ie, <code><nowiki>{{closed|text=Rogue deletion omg. ~~~~}}</nowiki></code>). This will no longer work correctly in the future, because the "text" parameter will contain the entire discussion (to wrap it in a coloured box). Instead, please use <code><nowiki>{{closed|Summary}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{closed|1=Summary}}</nowiki></code> (for complex summaries). Thanks. —<small>{[[Meta:Admins|admin]]} [[User talk:Pathoschild/s|Pathoschild]] 00:15:00, 05 February 2008 (UTC)</small>
:I did? I'll try not to do that again. Thanks! ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


== Interwiki list ==
I emailed the Wikitech-I list and requested a regeneration. If you felt like answering [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AInterwiki_map&diff=857960&oldid=857055] I'd appreciate it even if you only point me to where the rules are already. Otherwise Schools: for http://schools-wikipedia.org would be pretty cool. --[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 15:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
:Please make this as a normal request in the normal section of the page, for tracking purposes, but it seems very reasonable to me. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 15:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
::Done this and got the right person to fix the technical issue. Thanks for the help, --[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 20:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

== English Wikipedia ==

Hi, a new contributor, well, not to wikis, but yes, to Wikimedia projects... I'd actually been using MediaWiki on my own computer for sometime - and now I got a new site with it too!

I won't post the link here in case it's seen as spamming but... well, hope everything's OK!

I have edited Wikipedia before, but ''very'' infrequently as it were. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 20:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

::The Wikipedia referred to above is the English one. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 20:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Are you Solumieras/SunStar Net ??? Please answer carefully. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 12:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

* No, not at all. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 19:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)<small>What I meant is I'm not the same individual, to make it clearer. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 16:51, 25 February 2008 (UTC)</small>
** How about WiganRunnerEu ? I guess I'm at a loss as to what it is you're trying to accomplish. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 19:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

* No, not at all... who the heck is that?? If you email me I can give you the link to my wiki since the spam filter blocked it out. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 20:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

::I'm not trying to accomplish anything. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 20:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

== Cough cough ==
So this business about Meta not being that sleepy and the interwiki list being updated every week or two?.. don't worry I am only teasing and expect to be sent to the back of the queue :) --[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 21:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

:I would however appreciate it if you could do the schoolswp interwiki now. It has had a good couple of weeks and a people editing around it without any problems and it doesn't seem contraversial. The problem with database updates only every few months is that you start feeling you'll miss a bus and have to wait forever for the next one and if we can get it working sometime in March it would make it easier for people discussing the 2008 update (which has started on the project pages and finishes end April). --[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 07:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC) (aka [[en:user:BozMo]])
::I plan to do a pass hopefully as early as today but if you're really worried, you could ping another admin. I agree that now that the issues are sorted, should be no big deal. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 09:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

:::Thanks. --[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 09:59, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
::::You're in there now. :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 10:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

== Re: Your message ==

Thank you for the message. I'm not actually a sockpuppet of that user, but yes, I do share an IP address with them - I am open enough to admit that. However, they are indeed an individual I know in real life. However, he's not that much into using Wikimedia projects any more, AFAIK. Anyway, I have no malicious intentions, this is the only account that '''I''' edit with, both here and on mediawiki.org (not counting my anon IP edits there). --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 16:50, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'm sorry, I'm not sure I believe you. When I first asked you about it you claimed not to know who these other users are, but now you admit you know who one of the users is, after all. There is a pattern of deny, be confronted, admit, retreat a bit, deny again, that is not really very productive. I ran some checks and it's pretty clear to me that there is a very high likelihood that all of the users on this IP are the same person. On other wikis, we (I and other CUs) see a clear pattern of good hand/bad hand abuse. Totting up the time we've all spent, we get an alarmingly high amount of time wasted on this. So really, we need you to restrict yourself to one account here. Pick any one you like but it's too confusing to have you editing under multiple accounts. Alternatively, they could all be blocked. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 17:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

* You may as well block WiganRunnerEu and Solumeiras. Apologies for the time that he wasted. I am only using this account, and no other. I am telling the truth. I apologise for his misuse of other wikis. Anyway, if the individual who edited as Solumeiras/WiganRunnerEu wanted to edit any other Wikimedia project again, how could he come back legitimately?? --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 19:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

::For the record, I '''am''' a separate individual to WiganRunnerEu/Solumeiras. I don't want to edit under multiple accounts anyway. --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 20:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

== Message ==

Although I know the user you assumed I was a "sock" of, I am not him. I have a different agenda to him anyway. This is posted for confirmation. AFAIK he is not interested in using Wikimedia projects any more... --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 23:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
:Message received. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 00:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

:: Please can you add SunStar Net to the username blacklist for me, and also on Commons too. Thanks, AP aka --[[User:Whitsun|Whitsun]] 16:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

== Another matrix template ==

Thought you might find this helpful: I created [[User:EVula/matrix/line-ext]] so I could add wikis to my matrix that don't exist in the interwiki map. Dunno if it would supersede [[User:Lar/WikiMatrixHardCodedWiki]] for you, but you're welcome to poke through it to see if there's anything you'd find useful. [[User:EVula|EVula]] <span style="color: #999;">// [[User talk:EVula|talk]] // [[User:EVula/admin|<span style="color: #366;">&#9775;</span>]] //</span> 17:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

== Thoughts ==

Your thoughts would be highly appreciated [[Meta talk:Requests for adminship#Radical idea|here]]. Thanks, '''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:#002bb8">Majorly</span>]]''' (''[[User talk:Majorly|talk]]'') 13:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

==Request for usurpation==
Hello Lar. Your request for [[Steward requests/Usurpation|user name usurpation]] has been archived (see [[Steward requests/Usurpation/2008#Lar|discussion]]). —<small>{[[Meta:Admins|admin]]} [[User talk:Pathoschild/s|Pathoschild]] 01:54:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)</small>

:I hope you have a bot doing that... :) ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 03:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

:: Nope, I'm using a [[User:Pathoschild/message2|simple subpage template]] when I archive messages. :) —<small>{[[Meta:Admins|admin]]} [[User talk:Pathoschild/s|Pathoschild]] 05:08:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)</small>

== IRC ==

Can I bug you to join <tt>##Monobi</tt> (or just get on freenode <tt>^_^</tt>) ? [[User:Monobi|<span style="font-family:Andalus; font-size:12pt; color:black;">Mønobi</span>]] 03:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:Sorry, not tonight, it's past my bedtime already. Perhaps another time. If it's confidential feel free to email me. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 04:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


== No idea if you can help with this one ==
But I need the meta account BozMo (which has no edits) deleted and then AndrewCates moved to BozMo so that it can be added to a unified login. Apparently I need someone with the right powers on meta to do this?

--[[User:AndrewCates|AndrewCates]] 08:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:Yep, I am the right sort of person to ask. This is what we call a "Usurp" rename request... but it's better to make the request in our central place for this. Make the request at [[Meta:Changing_username]] and note that it's a usurp and a 'crat will evaluate and act on it. Once it is usurped, request at Steward requests/Usurpation, to get the account unified. You will need to show that you control BozMo at some other wiki(s) in order to justify the usurpation... that's usually done via a crosslink. Hope that helps. ++[[User:Lar|Lar]]: [[User_talk:Lar|t]]/[[Special:Contributions/Lar|c]] 10:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

== Some good news ==

I've got a new IP address now, and I've made sure it's secure - the old one that you found sockpuppets on wasn't secured. However, I've since resecured my WLAN, so there shouldn't be any more problems now. Just me on this account only (checkuser it if you need to!). Thanks, AP aka --[[User:Kelsington|Kelsington]] 22:35, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

== top ten wikipedias ==
Hi there. Since you comented on the discussion before, I would like to hear your opinion on [[m:Talk:Top Ten Wikipedias#wrapping_up.3F|this suggestion]]. Cheers, --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] 23:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
:I compiled a more detailed [[Talk:Top Ten Wikipedias#Vote proposal|vote proposal]], please state your opinion :) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] 23:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

== Senang Hati ==

Please see [[User talk:Herbythyme#Davenbelle]] about more sleepers. Cheers, [[User:Jack Merridew|User:Jack Merridew a.k.a. David]] 07:06, 30 April 2008 (UTC)


== Full apology ==
== Full apology ==

Revision as of 04:37, 7 October 2008

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Note:

Interpersonal communication does not work when messages are left on individual users' talk pages rather than threaded, especially when a third party wishes to read or reply.

Being a "bear of very little brain", I get confused easily trying to follow conversations that bounce back and forth, so I've decided to try the convention that many others seem to use, aggregation of messages on either your talk page or my talk page.

  • If the conversation is about an article I will try to aggregate on the article's talk page.
  • If the conversation is on your talk page or an article talk page, I will watch it.
  • If the conversation is on my talk page or an article talk page and I think that you may not be watching it, I will link to it in a note on your talk page, or in the edit summary of an empty edit. But if you start a thread here, please watch it.

I may mess up, don't worry, I'll find it eventually.


I am Larry Pieniazek, I like LEGO, and I am not notable.

I edit primarily on en.Wikipedia so if you want to leave me a message please use my user talk page there for more information. However I have email enabled here so feel free to email me if you need to.


My archived talk
Archive 1 — start through about 1 Aug 2007
Archive 2 — about 1 Aug 2007 through about 1 Nov 2007
Archive 3 — about 1 Nov 2007 through about 1 Feb 2008
Archive 4 — about 1 Feb 2008 through about 1 May 2008
Archive 5 — not set up yet


Full apology

This is a full apology to everyone for the sockpuppetry that the Sunholm account caused - we generally used it via open proxies after our Internet for Learning Ip got blocked, and then created multiple accounts. The original Sunholm has actually stopped editing, and I took over the account from him, with his permission. I've been a bloody fool. --Solumeiras1 21:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

The best thing you could do is just stop with all the various stories about stuff, I think at this point no one cares any more about who is who, they all just want the disruption to stop. ++Lar: t/c 22:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Usurpations in languages I don't speak

Hi Lar,

If you check User:Jack Merridew/Matrix you'll see that I have accounts in the username "JackMerridew TEMP" on the German, French and Russian wikis. I created these because guess-who created accounts to block my getting them. I've noted my view re the impostor accounts on those wikis and no one seems to care much. I have found, however, that I'm using the accounts to do things like interwiki linking. I've created a bunch of articles on simple.wiki (i.e. they didn't have an article on the third largest island in the world).

So I would like to usurp the accounts. I see you speak a bit of German. Maybe you could guide me to the right page there and introduce me? And hook me up with people on Fr and Ru? There are some impersonator accounts I've not bothered with, my focus is on what's useful in the big picture, which would be the wikis with the most speakers/articles.

Thanks, User:Jack Merridew a.k.a. David 13:48, 26 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hmm... this looks like there is a need for some sort of set of template messages in common languages one can cut/paste... Another way to get aid would be to use IRC and ask around there? Might be faster. ++Lar: t/c 15:46, 26 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
I am loath to go too near IRC; last time I went there, the WC sussed-out my IP. Also, the time zone issue sure doesn't help; it's late night or early morning for most when I'm on (UTC+8). I've tried to read-up on the IRC-cloak and nick verification stuff, but it's messy enough that I stopped looking. I never use any of the chat or IM technologies; I guess I'm not a chatty guy.
I expect that at some point someone on those wikis will notice me and drop a welcome note. I'll look for a Category:User en-N which might help. Your template suggestion is a good one; if it comes to pass, please let me know.
Cheers, User:Jack Merridew a.k.a. David 08:21, 27 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
I've asked someone to see if they can give you a hand. Sorry for the delay. ++Lar: t/c 00:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Remind me in a couple days to check up on these, please. ~Kylu (u|t) 03:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Vielen Dank! Merci! :) ++Lar: t/c 03:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, all. I have commented on all three of the above pages; at some length on the Russian page. I'll note the details in the matrix. Cheers, User:Jack Merridew a.k.a. David 08:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

SUL

Hello! I'm the owner of the unified login joystick, but at your project I have the account named joystick.pl, because the one named joystick had already been in use when I registered. Therefore I request for renaming the user nick from joystick in order to vacate it, so as to let me change my user name from joystick.pl to joystick and unify my SUL. --Joystick.pl 13:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

You say "at your project" ... At which project? Meta? If so, Meta has a page to request local renames... Meta:Changing username. if it is at some other project that has local crats, ask using the process that project has defined. If one that does not have local crats, ask at Steward requests/Username changes... Both pages have detailed instructions. Hope that helps. ++Lar: t/c 14:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Steward question

If mw:Extension:Makesysop appears to be true, then why do we still have stewards?? Also, when my new wiki launches (soon!), you can have sysop, bureaucrat, checkuser, steward status if you want... more details here . Thanks, AP aka --Kelsington 22:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

I do not think I understand your question. Special:Userrights is a technology. Steward is a role. Stewards use Special:Userrights to grant and remove rights. As for your wiki I thank you for your offer but I do not think I would have the interest or the time necessary to devote to it. ++Lar: t/c 01:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
  • It was from the technical viewpoint. I asked it at the wrong wiki. Also, some interesting news for you and any checkusers/stewards involved in chasing up Grawp: on my automotive wiki (now closed) I checkusered Grawp after a series of page-move attacks on our Chrysler, Dodge and Subaru pages, and found him to be operating from various Comcast and Verizon IPs. I didn't do any rangeblocks since I estimate that over 200,000 IPs would have to be blocked, causing massive collateral damage. I don't know if that will be of any use, but I hope I've helped in some way. Thanks, AP aka --Kelsington 23:22, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Review of my ban on en.wiki

Lar, I wish to review my community ban on en.wiki. Please could you discuss the issue at w:en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and restore the currently-deleted w:en:Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Homeontherange. I want to come back peacefully, and I know I've done many things wrong on en.wiki, but I am reformed now. I have not edited since my ban, and would like a review of it. --Homey 16:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Lar, I've blocked this user as they were being disruptive - reporting non-existent vandalism to the OTRS wiki and requesting that a porn site be removed the blacklist because "Paris Hilton rocks". I'm suspicious about this being Homeontherange at all - it seems unlikely he would want the ArbCom case restored and wonder if the account has been compromised. I guess it's been to much time to be able to check. Could you review my block? WjBscribe 16:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
I might have blocked for a shorter period to see if there was reform in the offing. But given that it's apparent impersonation, an indef seems reasonable enough to me. We're somewhat less tolerant of foolishness here than on en:wp... ++Lar: t/c 17:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
Apparently the account was editing from a proxy and was identified as an impostor back in 2006 when it ran for adminship but for some reasons wasn't blocked then. I think it can safely remain blocked now. WjBscribe 18:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
Yes. ++Lar: t/c 18:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Save the Siberian Wikipedia

Please have a look at Save the Siberian Wikipedia. Your comments there will be much appreciated. --SiberianHuskyRyder 21:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

@ SHR: I don't think it makes any sense for me to get involved, so I will pass. Your message has been received and you need not leave it any more. @Mike and Majorly, thanks for the reversion, much appreciated, but I'll let one copy remain... that's what I usually do. ++Lar: t/c 03:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

My lost accounts en en.wp (verdy_p)

Refactored to User talk:Verdy p per my policy ++Lar: t/c 12:40, 3 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Perplexed.

Lar, do you understand the rationale for this? —Moulton 04:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

No. Nor have I found where it was discussed first. ++Lar: t/c 10:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
There was no discussion, Lar. It came unexpectedly out the blue. I was composing a response to WAS last night in the thread he had started on "The Future of Wikipedia" and when I finished previewing it and went to post it, I got an error page. I backed up my browser to recover the post (which I had spent half an hour composing) only to discover that Firefox doesn't cache newly added text in the post box. Needless to say, this kind of disruption is nothing short of exasperating. —Moulton 12:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I could not find any sign of discussion anywhere, I looked. I've posted a question at Majorly's talk page. If you're not prevented from posting elsewhere perhaps you should too. As a note: It may be better to get this sorted here than to move to another wiki. ++Lar: t/c 12:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'd like to congratulate you.

For this. To keep to your word and promise to go "out" if Drini looks to be headed for passing is admirable and shows that your word means much to you. Thanks, and happy editing. ----Anonymous DissidentTalk 16:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Flag

Hi Lar,I've got a bot in Persian wikipedia and request for flag ,from 16 june(this) and I have a oppose comments from 4 July to 6 July (he canceled his vote) (this) but now Amirobot hasn't flag ,please flag this thanks and regards

You know that Roozbeh(one bureaucrat of Persian wikipedia) isn't active
this robot have 9 support vote (this) Amir 22:33, 11 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I have described to this user On irc he should wait for local bureaucrat to do it .thanks --Mardetanha talk 22:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Agreed, that is the way to go... stewards shouldn't normally do promotions if there are local 'crats. ++Lar: t/c 02:03, 12 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

User:Kylu/Permissions guideline

I know the stewards get a lot of static on RFP about how someone "deserves" to be a perma-admin, so I asked around a bit and got the gist of when people are given what permissions. Perhaps this can be adapted for use as a reference document so people know when it's most likely to be approved? Kylu 08:18, 13 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Seems a good start. I have concern about the second "temp admin" bullet though, it doesn't seem clear what the difference from the first one is, or why the additional time would be granted. We're coming round on the stewards list to thinking never go over 3 months unless there is a very very compelling reason to do so, and even for long term things (wikis where the community forms very slowly), that there be an approval every 6. I like the stuff about "when to get a crat"... it codifies what sort of seems defacto practice, in that stewards tend to not grant 'cratships when there are a very few admins or the votes are very small. There is something about ArbCom already out there that suggests arb com members need 25 votes (if you can't muster 25 votes, maybe you're too small) which has been either proposed or added, see the CU policy page which touches on it. Nice work. ++Lar: t/c 13:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Congrats!

Your oversight request passed and we simply await a Steward to turn on your permissions. I assume you don't need me to either tell you where to find the "how-to" material for oversight, as you've done significantly more of them than I have.

As an aside, I'd request that you wait on your removal until Drini's election has finished. Good job! :) Kylu 20:08, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations and keep the good work up!! Thanks, AP aka --Kelsington 20:17, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thank you to all who supported me, or commented, and to Kylu and Thogo as well. As I noted during the request process, I intend to relinquish this right as soon as Drini's been switched on. There is a proposal before the Meta community to address the concern that some commenters had, that stewards now, with elected oversighters, would be reluctant to act except in dire emergency. It is called Meta:Meta-Steward relationship and I commend everyone to give it a look and discuss it. It's a very good idea in my view. ++Lar: t/c 20:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

My userpage

I've put an MD5 hash of a specific phrase on it, so that it confirms my identity, with a word/phrase known to me. Anyone else want to try this?? Thanks, AP aka --Kelsington 11:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

please

Dear Lar, please invite people You promote, thanks, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 23:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

D'oh! I even had the template in my cut buffer ready to paste in on his user page here but it was empty and I got distracted putting up the welcome template. Fixed. I'm not sure how often that user comes here though. I wonder if that template should be propagated to all wikis? ++Lar: t/c 23:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Lar. I normally paste the text on the local talkpage, for this exact reasont :) (I did that before writing here already for this user) Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 23:30, 26 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
So I saw when I went to do the same. We maybe should ask in the template that the new admin translate the template's pastable text into their language on meta :) ... (or improve an existing one) ++Lar: t/c 23:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)Reply


Re: Global Rollback

Thank you for this flag :-) --Fabexplosive The archive man 20:53, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Remove bureaucrat flag for tl:User:AnakngAraw

I promoted her to sysop based on Community consensus but mistakenly set the bureaucrat flag as well, which was not part of the nomination. Thanks much! --seav 16:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Probably best in future to post this sort of correction request at Steward requests/Permissions. I'll sort this out. Thanks for letting me know. ++Lar: t/c 16:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Done I have removed the 'crat right. LMK if you need anything else. ++Lar: t/c 17:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much. Hmmm, I was not aware of that page. And I see that I have overlooked the somewhat prominent link to that page on Stewards where I first looked. Mea culpa. Thanks again! --seav 17:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

request

Sorry, I fixed my requests --.snoopy. 06:01, 10 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

You should be all sorted. Thanks for discovering a new wrinkle! ++Lar: t/c 13:52, 10 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Views on account locking?

Appreciated here if you have a minute. I do realise that there is some controversy with this but the JackPotte case which is referred to above that is ample evidence of the abuse that can occur. Cheers --Herby talk thyme 16:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

I put my oar in. Hope it helps. ++Lar: t/c 19:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Controlling the content of one's own user page and talk page...

Does this apply across all Wikimedia projects? Thank you. Emesee 04:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure I completely understand the question. Here's my opinion. It's not a foundation policy I don't think, but most wikis I've seen have a tradition that balances the notion that ALL pages of a wiki belong to the community against the notion that a user is given some latitude/control over pages in a user's own space... so while even there, content should not violate policy, a user has control, for example, over what stays and what does not stay on a talk page, within reason (repeated warnings or block notices maybe should not be removed), or control over what color scheme is used, within reason. (see w:User:Mindspillage/userpages which is displayed on my user page at en as well). What a particular wiki chooses to do is their perogative, I think, as long as it stays within the bounds of Foundation policy in other ways. I hope that helps. ++Lar: t/c 12:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Sysop on Meta

Hi, Im just wondering what the procedure is for Granting of Sysop on meta, the reason i ask is i want to get involved in MW:OP. Also would you be able to advise me of what you would say the the requirements (edits, rights on other wiki's etc) would be to stand a chance at such a request as I am not a sysop on any wiki at this time. Cheers Prom3th3an 05:22, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

It's the same as any other project. See Meta:Requests for adminship. You have to be an admin on another project to be granted permanent adminship, but you can try requesting temporary adminship for a particular task. However, without trust anywhere else, it's unlikely to be granted. Majorly talk 05:24, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the speedy reply. My final question is with the moving of pages to the mediawiki wiki, is there anyway i can help with this? Prom3th3an 05:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
You should ask over on mediawiki.org. Majorly talk 05:36, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Prom3th3an's been made a transwiki importer on mediawiki.org to facilitate this assistance. As long as it's in use, you'll keep the right. Thanks for volunteering. :) Kylu 07:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Glad to be of help! (all of this happened while I was asleep :) ) ++Lar: t/c 11:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

I find myself needing temp. sysop on mediawiki so that i can delete the automatic redirects from moving pages, since Kylu is a crat' ill ask him/her. Prom3th3an 17:00, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Her. Also, if you've only got a couple pages to delete, it'll be easier on you to just mark them as {{delete}} instead. Do some good work on there and we'll chat about adminship sometime, k? Kylu 01:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
I agree with Kylu, I don't think a temp adminship is justified. I suggest you consider withdrawing the request before you get a lot of pileon opposes. ++Lar: t/c 01:58, 26 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

tweak for your matrix

Hi, I was just peeking at your matrix and think it needs a tweak;

  • Bahasa Meleyu (simple:) Wikipedia (Laman Utama)

lands you on simple:en which seems wrong. Cheers, Jack Merridew 04:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure how that should resolve. Simple seems to be a language code just like ms or en is... are there "simple" versions of some of the other languages than en? What is the correct URL? I deleted it for now, thanks for bringing it to my attention. ++Lar: t/c 01:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
I don't think there are simple projects in languages other than English. You seemed to be trying to link to the Simple Malay Wikipedia and there is no such project. I've had trouble with linking to my simple accounts. The simple iwlink syntax is a hack; you're linking to the main wiki with a request for a further redirect once you're there to the simple version. see;
Once you reach en:wp, an Apache redirect (see w:en:.htaccess and w:en:Rewrite engine) takes over and gets you to the next url;
You do have a regular Malay user page at;
SUL does make these matrices rather obsolete. I've not been maintaining mine as much. My general rule of thumb is if I get more than twenty edits somewhere, I create a user page there that takes about 6 edits for me to copy-paste (my user page is built from subpages). I make a few local tweaks, like linking to local articles on w:de:Bali and q:en:Lord of the Flies.
I've been putting iwlinks on the userpages, too, but interproject link syntax seems to not be supported. As I see it, I should be able to iwlink from s:en:User:Jack Merridew to w:id:User:Jack Merridew using the obvious syntax and get iwlinks over on the left (monobook, at least). The non-support is probably due to too much thinking inside the home-wiki-box. With the advent of SUL, features like this should be implemented to foster a metamedian user-view. Personally, being off en:wp for a bit has been a really good experience. There are a lot of users there that could do with an wider view of things.
fyi, I rather expect that the PoetGuy discussion is taking place here, and not on en:wp, in order to avoid the mob turning the discussion into a megabyte bicker-fest. I find it a bit surprising that the w:en:wp:an/i discussion of the boyfriend letter and blocking was archived after only a couple of days; I do think that was best. Cheers, Jack Merridew 10:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
Yes I realise now that there is not a simple wiki for ml ;)... I am going to weed my matrix back a lot, unless I've done at least.. 20 (??) edits somewhere (within WMF) it doesn't merit mention. (Outside WMF maybe it's worth tracking, at least in part for my own benefit so I can find them again !) I have a template that I throw down on my user page when I turn up at a new wiki, it's at User:Lar/Generic. I thought about a more elaborate one using multiple templates, etc but decided to go with a single edit version. There's still an issue with language boxes, as you can see that page carries "you're using obsolete boxes" categorization... but the newer boxes are not everywhere yet, and the older ones work. Maybe someone should run a bot to propagate those boxes to everywhere :) I think interwikis are done with some strange hacks so it's surprising they work at all, if you ask me. ++Lar: t/c 11:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
ms:wp is Malay; ml:wp is Malayalam and they're quite different; unrelated. I have userpages on both; ml is due to an impersonation I usurped. w:Malayalam script is lovely if you boost the font size a bit (Ctrl-'+').
I find userboxes awful (one area I agree with Tony and Kelly on) and rarely use them and the few I have, I make myself. I usually put language categories on user pages and this can be a bit tedious to sort out. And I put a {{userpage}} at the bottom; this is often unimplemented of small wikis. The babel boxes would probably do the categories for me, but exploring a new wiki a bit is a good thing.
I've not been trimming my matrix but I only add more that have a user page in place. My old threshold was more like 50 edits, but when Kuching seemed willing to to the bot trick with the iwlinks, I pasted about 6 new userpages; I've been maintaining the iwlinks myself since the bot balked. I've also tried to get pages in place on the big wikis even if I've not edited them much; zh:wp, for example, was one of the most recent.
I see the need for many cross-wiki initiatives in the next year or so. One thing I've mentioned in a few places is the idea of cross-wiki templates; Babel boxes and the userpage template would be obvious candidates. The idea would be to standardize stuff and get basics in place for small wikis. There would have to be a local override option, of course. I have no idea if there is anything currently in place to support such transclusion; if not, it's work for someone and there would be a need to nail down some policies and sort whatever issues emerged from discussions.
See;
I'm adding the footnotes to this work; one at a time and about half the text in the whole work is footnotes. It's hell; in Latin and Greek.
Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Lar, do you want me to update your userbox at wmf:User:Lar to use the new meta logo? MBisanz talk 20:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the reminder, I've done so. ++Lar: t/c 22:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Steward requests/Global#Global lock & hide request

I think Shizhao could use some input from real stewards here, as opposed to pretend ones like me. :)

We may want to consider a more solid policy regarding hiding usernames. What'cha think? Kylu 22:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Pretend steward? We need to fix that... yes, I think a policy would be good. But for the most part I tend to just accept requests from admins, for the onerous-vandaly ones... if the name involves funny letters and stuff you see in V1@gr@ ads, I lock and hide without a lot of process. ++Lar: t/c 02:01, 24 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
Mostly just a gag, I wouldn't want to even claim pretend stewardshipnissity! I'm merely a lowly editor basking in the glorious radiance of ... something-or-other. Whatever. ;) Kylu 04:20, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Request misapplied open proxy unblock on en

Hi Lar. Would it be too much trouble for you to remove Krimpet's absurd hard block on my ip address on en-wp? I can't even edit *when I am logged in* on the SSL server and not even on my own talk page at that! What is this tomfoolery? Since when have hard blocks prevented user talk page edits? How is a person supposed to use the unblock template if they can't even edit their own talk page? I understand the need to stop vandalism, but this is just absurd. Anyhow, I was just about to clean up a spelling inconsistency in the w:Units conversion by factor-label article (someone had alternated between both metre and meter on the same page) when that silly "oh hai, you are an open proxy" page came up. My legitimate wireless router is most certainly *not* an open proxy. Thanks in advance! --Dragon695 20:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

I'm not going to overturn a block but I can point Krimpet to this page and try to facilitate a discussion... would that be helpful? I'll drop a note on her talk page on en... she has an ID here, perhaps you could converse there? ++Lar: t/c 23:36, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
I'd be glad to help, but, erm, Dragon695, what's the IP of the block in question? krimpet 15:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Niskid64

18:05, 6 October 2008 Lar (Talk | contribs | block) changed group membership for User:Nishkid64@enwiki from Sysops to Sysops and Stewards ‎ (per http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Permissions#Avraham.40enwiki.2C_Luna_Santin.40enwiki.2C_Nishkid64.40enwiki.2C_Rlevse.40enwiki) ;) Thogo fixed it. Regards, —DerHexer (Talk) 18:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Btw., en:wp is not your home wiki?Reply

Oops. Thank goodness. I didn't think this was a controversial permission but yes it is my home wiki... ++Lar: t/c 18:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
Darn, I was looking forward to going on a mass promotion spree. :-P Nishkid64 (talk) 18:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry? ++Lar: t/c 18:15, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
I do believe it was a joke? :) And Lar... you haven't archived your talk page for nearly a year and a halfever. It's getting pretty long, could you please? Thanks. Majorly talk 19:06, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
My goodness... you've never archived it?? Wow! Majorly talk 19:10, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
I know it was a joke, that's why I said "sorry?" :) and yes I guess I should. I'll set it up when I get a chance, I want to do it the same way I do Commons and en ... thanks for the nudge. ++Lar: t/c 19:38, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply