User talk:Xeno

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• ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• Adoption Assignments Lympathy ^Talk 15:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
• Washburnmav (talk) 15:50, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
• John Sloan (talk) 15:38, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Milestone

5,000 legitimate (mostly) edits! =) I've come a long way. Washburnmav (talk) 21:52, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice! Just remember that article building trumps huggling and vandal-stomping any day =) (boy am I hypocritical or what!) –xeno (talk) 21:56, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

That's your POV, Xeno. :P GlassCobra 06:21, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

:DD Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 16:41, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

User: Bart Versieck

You may be interested in commenting on a discussion regarding the above noted user here. Cheers, CP 17:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

KoshVorlon/Ft

Xenocidic - please don't revert that page again. The MFD is still up there, it's just compressed. It looks better (on my page ) that way. That's the reason for the box. Thanks 18:18, 5 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon (talk • contribs)

Well, I don't know if it looks better - your entire talk page is now within a hidden box - but as you wish. I added noinclude tags to remove your talk page from MFD - as it is only the transcluded thing, not your talk page, that is up for MFD. –xeno (talk) 18:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Xenocidic, I saw your note over at MFD - and to show good faith, that page is deleted as a user db -u. Thanks! 18:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoshVorlon (talk • contribs)

Thanks - that's probably best for all involved. Cheers, –xeno (talk) 18:37, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Have the spooks landed?

Hello X, rather than me write it all again, can you visit here and make a comment . Cheers Kaiwhakahaere (talk) 22:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey...

...can you take a look at my talk page, this, and this and render some advice?  Frank  |  talk  01:13, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, this has moved along to WP:AN and has enough attention now...  Frank  |  talk  02:04, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Bizarre, indeed. –xeno (talk) 11:49, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Commented here.

why did you block him ?

xenocidic why did you block cyberdemon4 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberdemon5 (talk • contribs) 11:42, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Because he/(you?) was/were moving pages to nonsense locations. Page names are not there to give a description of the page, they are simply supposed to name it succinctly. –xeno (talk) 11:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

CMR is driving me crazy

ARGH!!!! Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system Its breeding like rabbits and they got it from my userspace again (My dodgy syntax) ;)   «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l»  (talk) 12:27, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

lol, I'll get pwnd for plagiarism if that happens much more =) –xeno (talk) 17:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

He's back...

He's back... - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:56, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

 Done Protected for another 3 months - cheers. –xeno (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

A request for rollback and maybe a favor

Hi there Xeno. I'd like to ask a favor from you: My adoptee, Maedin (talk · contribs), wants to receive rollback-permission to easier fight vandalism ([1]). She is afraid though that it will be denied, given that she has a low edit count. So I'd like to ask you to consider that request because while her edit count might be low, I am utterly convinced the helpful nature and the civility of her edits so far speak for themselves and will allow her to get this permission. If you want, I will serve as the one you can slap with a trout if she abuses it. But I doubt that :-)

On a side note, as I value your input, I'd like to ask you, if I may do so, to review some of my contributions and tell me your opinion on whether I should pursue adminship in the near future. But you don't have to of course. Regards SoWhy 20:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

 Rollback granted to Maedin, the second query I'll take a look when I get a chance, but I've never been very good at vetting candidates =) Participation in AAU is definately a plus! –xeno (talk) 17:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. As for the other thing, well, I don't want some specialised vetting - just your honest opinion. If you have some time. Thanks for your time :-) SoWhy 17:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

some grumblings

I'm grumblin' up an essay, and it reminded me of your RFA hypothetical question. Your thoughts on the talkpage of the essay would be welcome. The essay (very rough) is here. Keeper ǀ 76 18:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

you? write? ;p –xeno (talk) 18:30, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Rollback :-))))

Hi Xenocidic, thank you very much for allowing me to have rollback rights. I appreciate you taking the time to review my contributions. Thank you! And thanks to SoWhy for asking on my behalf; he knows he won't need to suffer any trout slapping, :-) Maedin\^talk 18:38, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

No problem - happy editing =) –xeno (talk) 18:40, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

VG Newsletter

Your bot gave me the VG Newsletter for August 2008 two times! But, I haven't been on wikipedia fo a while so, can I delete your bots post, or should I leave it? Thx, --TONO459 (talk) 16:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

we actually changed the way it's dated, so that's actually two different newsletters. but you can feel free to remove them from your talk page whenever you like =) –xeno (talk) 20:37, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Status display

Hi Xeno! Cameron forwarded me to you as I had a question about displaying my current online/offline status. how do i get it up and running ona page like CVU?I see you have on at the top of your talk page too. How!? Thanks. Wiki Roxor (talk) 15:36, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Create Special:Mypage/Status with the word "online". Then add {{statustop}} to the top of your userpage(s). By importing the following script into your Special:Mypage/monobook.js, and refreshing your cache, you will find buttons along the top of your screen for "online" "busy" "around" and "offline" that will update your status page automagically:

importScript('User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js');

let me know if you need further help on this. –xeno (talk) 16:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch!!! Wiki Roxor (talk) 17:24, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Subpages

Hello, sir. I saw your note of Scepia's page to leave messages for him here. I need his to create a subpage for {{User:Scepia/cvg-N}} (that's obviously wrong I know), so in other words native to gaming. Any comments feel free to contact me, and yes I know the links below are a redirect circle.--Chris Wattson (talk) 19:13, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

If he ever returns, I doubt he would have a problem with it - go for it. –xeno (talk) 19:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

His contribs show a blatant Special:Contributions/Andy_Bjornovich sock. Tombomp (talk/contribs) 18:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Hrm I guess I don't see it –xeno (talk) 18:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Interest in languages and claim to know 25 languages (Andy Bjornovich had about that many babel boxes on his user page), silly comments, no article edits, instantly finding your talk page, being an idiot with his talk page, a similar writing style. I guess it's hard to say for sure with so few edits. Tombomp (talk/contribs) 18:45, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Also ridiculously long name and a claim to have "aspergers" [2] as well as an interest in poor quality British TV. It's not a big deal, maybe he'll be a constructive contributor this time?? Tombomp (talk/contribs) 20:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Plus CW appears two days after AB was blocked and he shows a degree of knowledge way above what a new user would know. Hmmm. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:54, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and he also admits on his userpage to using an IP he previously used to edit his user page while blocked [3]. Maybe I should make an SSP case at some point.Tombomp (talk/contribs) 20:10, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Andy says he has "aspergers" here Tombomp (talk/contribs) 21:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

This same odd spelling of "aspergers" by both of them locks this up. I've indef'd Chris Wattson. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

RfC on conduct of User:Abd, comment requested

Thank you for expressing interest at User:Abd/RfC/Proxy Table in my standing userspace RfC. The first questions to be addressed are at User:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block, which is a page for the questions and (later) a summary of consensus. Comments and discussion have been begun, by me, at User talk:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block. Because the first questions address the warning issued to me by Jehochman before the block on 8/11, and should not involve extensive research, I have several times asked Jehochman to comment, but he has declined so far. I have also asked Carcharoth, as suggested by Jehochman, to look at it, but so far he hasn't found time; perhaps he will in the next few days. If you are able to look at the pages ref'd above, and comment regarding the questions, or otherwise as you see fit, it would be appreciated. I am waiting to see if these questions can be resolved and a preliminary consensus found, without going to a wider forum, such as the Village Pump, AN, or a standard user RfC. Thanks for any time you can give this. --Abd (talk) 21:10, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

People should not become involved in this user-controlled RFC - we have an RFC process, Abd has so far found nobody willing to become involved in his illegitimate version of the process. You should tell him (as everyone else has over the last month of him spamming people) that you will be happy to be involved in a real community controlled RFC, not his sham version. He wants to use the results of it to attack a number of dedicated administrators. It could be harmful to your standing as an editor to be seen to be involved in such an attack page. Send him a clear message instead - set up a real RFC. --87.115.22.127 (talk) 21:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm really only opening myself up for direct queries about my involvement, including my unblocking of Abd, so, I don't really see this as a problem. Open a proper RFC? No thank you! =) –xeno (talk) 02:46, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Xeno. You've been honored by a visit from Fredrick day. He's quick. The notice above was given to the four users who expressed interest as described, as usual, within minutes, Fred shows up. He's obviously very active, as he claims elsewhere.--Abd (talk) 05:30, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: 'o hai'

Thanks Xeno. Unfortunately, I can't - I protected it way back. Would you mind unprotecting that and User:Caulde/m (and possibly more when I come across them). Thank you. Caulde 17:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

m wasn't protected, but i did find a few that were. let me know if you need semi's on anything. –xeno (talk) 17:52, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Protection

[4] In all honesty, all they will do is move onto another users talk page, so really I do not mind leaving mine unprotected (better there than in namespace). Tiptoety ^talk 19:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

True, but it takes them time to re-group and re-organize... its your page, feel free to downgrade, I'll just take it off my watchlist ;> –xeno (talk) 19:28, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

• lol it's like tag, now I'm it. –xeno (talk) 19:30, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

• Yikes, looks really contagious! Aiyayayaya... --Dave1185 (talk) 23:23, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Xenobot

I believe that Xenobot has delivered a message to a wrong page: [5] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuld (talk • contribs) 11:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

argh, he did that again? i'm really confused... someone on the delivery list must have their talk page redirected there. thanks. –xeno (talk) 15:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

• I found the problem...Thanks again. –xeno (talk) 17:40, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Help needed

Please look into this anon IP address 64.53.154.63 (talk). Despite repeated warnings to him/her, as to not disrupt the integrity and well being of Wikipedia, he/she has struck again in the page of Talk: Singapore adding such controversial statement into this section (the statement is highly controversial as it is baseless accusation of Chinese Communist committing such criminal act in Singapore without us knowing, given that Singapore's position has always been anti-communist since it's independence) without providing any relevant sources or solid proof to back up his/her highly controversial statement. Previously, I had requested the main article for semi-protection due to several repeat vandalism from anon IPs but this is a first time for me to request this for the discussion page, and I shudder to think of it as this might hinder other anon IP users from making useful contribution here. So, is it possible to ask for the above-mentioned anon IP to be banned from editing without first logging in? --Dave1185 (talk) 18:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)