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User_talk:Daniel.Bryant/Archive/31#My apologies

Hey Daniel; I won't bother copy + pasting back over here, so it's just to say thanks for your understanding. Oh, and please don't say "it was heat of the moment" - your comment was fair, and I recognise it as such.

anthony^[review] 06:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, that's good to know :) Daniel Bryant 14:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

(Untitled)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ginger_Ninja&diff=123804432&oldid=123803695

Read what I reverted, a well known vandal took out information out of the page and I undid it. It's easy to make mistakes as to who to blame, but if you will read the page you will see I reverted vandalism, which yopu just reinstated. CINEGroup 14:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Wrong; vandal change, blanked by person being insulted, your revert back to the vandalised version, my revert back to the proper version. I repeat, watch your reversions. Please also use headers. Daniel Bryant 14:13, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Just having a bad day I guess eh? I'll be sure to stay far from you, no offense but your posts on my page read like I vandalised the page and I didn't. CINEGroup 14:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Your negligence did revert it back to the vandalised version, which is just as bad as vandalising. Reverting care-free is disruptive, because you are essentially vandalising by reinstating it. Daniel Bryant 14:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Salting

Could you use Wikipedia:Protected titles when you salt pages? Thanks, Cbrown1023 talk 00:16, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

If it's not a long-term salting it's easier to just use {{deletedpage}} which will then be deleted after a short period of time. —Centrx→talk • 00:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

That was the logic I used; that, and PT is a mess to navigate on a slow connection (as I'm on now). I'm a novice in this area, so any further advice is much appreciated. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 00:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

David Laibman

Hi, I am letting you know that I posted a message explaining my actions on the talk section of the David Laibman page. Could you please look at this and consider/respond?

Thanks. User:M.posner

Y Done Daniel Bryant 03:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Semi-Protection not necessary

My friend there was fooling around with my userpage, and I felt the need to test out the protection system, so I used my userpage as a sandbox. Sorry for the alarm bell, didn't mean for that to happen. Thanks for the offer though, I'll make sure I contact you or another administrator in case I need anything like that. Thanks for the welcome, and once again, I apologize. :) SovietCanuck 10:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Nothing to apologise for :) Feel free to contact me if you need your userpage protected (or see WP:RFPP if I'm not around). Cheers, Daniel Bryant 10:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Silly? Moi? :p

Nothing silly, but I did unblock myself, hope that wasn't out of line. I also reverted all his other blocks. I thought it might be someone hacking into his account, but it's definitely an established user there - blocked a bunch of crats and old users. Bizarre. – Riana ^ऋ 10:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't see anyone in their right mind accusing you of anything untoward for unblocking yourself, especially when the same user has blocked (amongst others) Jimmy, Danny(isme) and Raul654, and deleted/vandalised the main page. WP:COMMON :) Daniel Bryant 10:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Good-o. And yeah, swearing in the block log felt very therapeutic. And unblocking Jimbo was definitely funny :) I wonder what'll happen now? Do we just let it go, or will people want to go to arbcom? – Riana ^ऋ 10:30, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Let it go, I suspect. He's left, he's been desysopped for his 15 minutes of "fun", and I can't see there being any other result. Daniel Bryant 10:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

That's good, just needed to let off some steam, I guess :s – Riana ^ऋ 10:35, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not therapy, least of all for administrators (there's two layers to that, I think) :) Daniel Bryant 10:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

hey there

Hi Daniel,

You're right, the report I added would probably be more appropriate at WP:ANI. Thanks for pointing that out :) Cheers! xC | ☎ 12:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

:) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 23:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

AIV comment

That would be me, somehow I got "number of bits counted" and "number of bits ignored" backwards. Thanks for catching it! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

:) I'm a novice at rangeblocking, so I wasn't sure either. Thanks for that. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea what y'all are talking about, but it sounds good to me, I'll just nod. ;) – Riana ^ऋ 02:28, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Ignorance is bliss, I figure... Daniel Bryant 02:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Icons

Heh, Hogan's Heroes! That's fine, borrow away. You coming on Monday? – Riana ^ऋ 02:33, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Who doesn't love Schultz, or apfelstrudel for that matter :) I'll be there Monday, unless something goes seriously wrong (ie. break a leg, but even then I'll probably wheelchair my way in)... Daniel Bryant 02:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

That's great. Ohhh don't talk about food, I'm starving, and I wouldn't dare eat in this lab... way too grotty. I should check on my distillation now... take care! – Riana ^ऋ 02:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Mate, how you going

G'day Mate. How you going. I haven't been round much lately. It feels good. Maybe you need to do the same.

See you round for a beer one day.

Cheers, Jpeob 07:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I've been around in patches recently. Welcome back to you :) And a late thanks for you early support at my RfA - much appreciated and very humbling. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 00:34, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On April 20, 2007, a fact from the article Icelanders, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Cheers Blnguyen. Daniel Bryant 00:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Nick Rowe

Thanks for restoring my page matey! Much appreciated. Whiskey in the Jar 10:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

No problems. Daniel Bryant 00:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Copy FYI

Posted this to User talk:Dfrg.msc/Admin coaching - copy for your information:

“ Nice work! As you know I'm currently on a MUCH needed wikibreak, however, should you need some guidance in the interim may I strongly suggest Daniel, Sarah, Riana and Luna - all very friendly and VERY helpful admins :) Enjoy! Glen 17:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC) ”

Thanks matey! Glen 17:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Glad to see I was asked about it :) I guess we could take it on. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 00:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Editor review/Anthony cfc 3

Good evening (GMT time); just to give you courtesy notice, an editor has expressed some concerns about your conduct at the above page. Nothing big, but nevertheless I thought you would want to know all the same.

anthony^[review] 22:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the note. Interesting reading, not that it meant anything to me – the user who said it hasn't talked to me about it, so I presume their thoughts can't be too serious :) It's your editor review, not mine :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 00:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

hi again

Hey Daniel. Finally sorted out my life enough to consider getting back on here again after my several months hiatus. Was just trailing round my old haunts and saw you'd taken quite a leap since that last time we talked :) Was amazed to see your RFA snowball like that! See I was right when I first nominated you (even if I was wrong to do so...). Catch you around... Tom --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk) 02:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Heya Tom, welcome back :) Thanks for the compliments. You weren't wrong to nominate me - I accepted, and it was I who was wrong to act like a dick...but that's in the past. Good luck, and again, welcome back! Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:15, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

:D cheers dude. Cya around. Tom --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk) 02:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

And you :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:28, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

MedCom dispute

Good evening Daniel; the MedCom dispute that I recently (successfully) mediated has slipped back into dispute. What's your advice - as a non-member, do I leave it to a current mediator to solve the dispute, or do I pick up where I left off, as the editor who was technically the mediator.

anthony^[review] 02:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't see any reason why you shouldn't pick it up again, if the participants have no objection to you doing so. From what I recall, the case (JfJ2?) was handled successfully by you, so you obviously know what's going on. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Jews for Jesus II was the case reference; that's a fair point - I received plenty of support after the mediation ended, but it appears as soon as I turned my back it started back up again :( if they do agree, would you mind keeping an eye over the case? Although I'm highly experienced in Mediation (succeessful cases 15 v. 1 unsuccessful :) the only formal experience I've tasted is JfJ. By the way, I've been studying Wikipedia:Mediation, so I'm up to date :) I'll make contact. anthony^[review] 02:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

What'd be better is if you get them to file another RFM, to gather everyone's support again (mediation is voluntary, remember) as JfJ 3. Then I'll note that you will take the case again, and we can proceed from there. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Got it; cheers for your assistance — anthony^[review] 02:24, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

No problems :) Daniel Bryant 02:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Page move help

Hi Dan, I need your help. I want to move this page to another title, but I can't move it because there is no move button for it. Is there someplace I can go for help with this? Thanks and have a great day!--CJ King 17:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Y Done, you moved and I deleted the leftovers. I hope you have a great day also :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 01:00, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

?

are you mad at me or something?im not THAT bad a wikipedia user am i?i thought i had made a FEW GOOD edits at least.

sorry i suck so bad.The Pink Panther 02:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Duly noted. Daniel Bryant 03:10, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

email

Good morning (GMT time); are you available for a quick e-mail discussion?

anthony^[review] 02:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, or IRC - I don't mind. Daniel Bryant 03:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the nudge :) by the way, I sorted out that malformatted MedCom nomination a few minutes ago. Yeah IRC is fine; shall join now, although I must warn you - I'm an amateur when it comes to this sort of thing, and my internet connection is currently wonky to say the least, so I occasionally cut out. Otherwise, my nick is just anthony_cfc — anthony^[review] 03:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we share an ISP - my internet connection sucks as well :) Just ping me (type /msg Daniel-Bryant hey) and we'll go from there. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 03:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

(reduce indent) Daniel, are you still on IRC? anthony^[review] 04:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep, same nick - just ping me. Daniel Bryant 04:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Bloody internet ;) kick anthony_cfc, can you, so I can re-join? anthony^[review] 05:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't kick your nick off Freenode without your password. Wait about 5mins and it should sign out automatically :) Daniel Bryant 05:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Name now anthony^cfc — anthony^[review] 05:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Not working - will wait for anthony_cfc to auto-disconnect. anthony^[review] 05:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

OK *waits* :) Daniel Bryant 05:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

What's your nick? The two I tried don't seem to work. Alternatively, you could just message me, Armedblowfish. — Armed Blowfish (mail) 09:15, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, this thread is over three hours old, no wonder. In that case, there is something on the MedCom mailing list I would like you to read.  : ) Armed Blowfish (mail) 09:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Read, and responded. Daniel Bryant 09:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Goguryeo

User:Nlu made several excellent progresses already before I arrived by introducing various straw polls. These straw polls gathered a general sense of consensus on the way to make the inclusion of national history templates NPOV. Most of the disputes have been temporally resolved, and further NPOV concerns will only likely be address and resolved when the page is unprotected.

My eyes will stay on the case, but there are currently no real disputes going on. What should I do? AQu01rius (User • Talk) 04:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, just keeping an eye on things should be aplenty if things are currently going smooth. Daniel Bryant 04:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Nazism RfM

That's just what I was doing! How does this look:

A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediator accepting this case is a non-MedCom member, and your input is once again required; please sign the relevant section on the case page, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate with this editor. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree again, so please check as soon as possible. Once all the editors have re-signed, Mediation will be able to begin.

Kindest regards,
anthony^[review] 09:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

— anthony^[review] 09:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good! I'd add "once this poll concludes, mediation will be able to begin" or similar - keep their spirit up :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 09:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Added - just doing my obsessive/Mediator thing, and organising the case page, then I'll notify. anthony^[review] 09:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Daniel - I've just came across the Pink Panther's offer to mediate this case; is it appropriate for me to take it, when he/she has already offered too? anthony^[review] 10:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Very appropriate. I do not consider The pink panther to be capable and experienced enough to meet the needs for mediating a dispute, and I would use my MedCom veto if he/she did at this juncture. Daniel Bryant 10:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Acknowledged; just checking — anthony^[review] 10:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

:) Daniel Bryant 10:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

hey there

Hi

I came across these edits while on RCP. An anon redirected the page Desert storm to Dust storm, while earlier the page re-directed to the Iraq war.

The diffs for the redirecting and subsequent explanation are these - page redirect,talk page note.

I was wondering, is this correct? Or do we have any policies/guidelines that could be followed in such cases?

Apologies if this note seems a little random, I saw your replies on User:Riana. She said she might be busy for the next few days, so I thought I might pester you :)

Best regards, xC | ☎ 09:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello :) The relevant policies and guidelines are Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Redirect. In this case, I believe that my change to a disambiguation page to be appropriate given the conflict over the redirect location. Hope this helps :) Daniel Bryant 10:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Damn - dent in forehead where I keep slapping it - why didn't I think of it? Excellent idea! Thanks for clearing that up! xC | ☎ 10:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

:) Don't slap yourself too much, now... Daniel Bryant 10:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

User:The pink panther

Hi there

I know I just posted a note above, but I had another to ask you as well. This user - User:The pink panther has put up on zir userpage that zir age is thirteen. I remember there was another user, who was twelve and had been editing WP for a while, and his age and other such details were removed from the userpage for privacy concerns. The userpage history was also deleted and it was explained to him that he shouldn't put up his age on WP, as he was far too young.

Since this user is only a year older than that particular case, shouldn't the same be followed here? I'm sorry that I cannot remember the name of the previous user, but I'm sure I'll be able to find it, and I'll post it as soon as I can.

Best regards, xC | ☎ 10:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

From what I gather, the problem with the twelve year old was the fact that there were further personal information in addition to the age - this combination was the concern, bot the age itself. However, I'm not 100% sure on this. Can I ask you to post to WP:ANI, because I'm not sure of current practice in this area. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 10:10, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah, got it. Off to WP:ANI then. Thanks again! Cheers! xC | ☎ 10:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

No problems, and sorry I couldn't help more. Daniel Bryant 10:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Scotland

Quotes up to and including Week 22 added; will get round to the rest soon — anthony^[review] 10:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Cool – I'll do another 10-or-so SA's and three SP's tomorrow (after I meet with Jimbo :)), and then we'll run off to FPOC :) I'll think up a base for our nomination statement tonight, and then we'll work on it and sign it together tomorrow (ACST). Cheers, Daniel Bryant 10:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words at the RfM - I've posted my reply/statement. I'm off-Wiki for about 1 hour, so I'll be back at 13:00 BST - will you be around, as I'm planning on getting stuck into the Mediation? anthony^[review] 10:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Dunno, I might be. Just ping me here and see :) Cheers, Daniel Bryant 10:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Daniel - back now. I've got a little request - it's early doors for me on Monday + Tuesday, so I won't be doing the usual night shift - thus, I won'd be signing in at five in the morning (BST time); is there any possibility you could perhaps sign in at an earlier time - say 06:50 BST? anthony^[review] 12:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure - 06:50 BST is, like, 4pm here (I think). Daniel Bryant 02:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Just seems absurdly short. Someone searching for P:S could be expecting any number of things! P:SCO is a bit more specific. – Riana ^ऋ 03:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hrm, true...there's P:SCOT and P:SCO, which should be ample. Redirect deleted. Daniel Bryant 03:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Awesome :) – Riana ^ऋ 03:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Meetup

Yep! Looking forward to it! :) – Riana ^ऋ 11:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC) That's better! :p

Hey, it was nice meeting you! Turns out my practicals don't start 'til next week, so I basically got the whole day off. Feeling kinda guilty (who am I kidding?) Take care, – Riana ^ऋ 01:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Lucky you :) Nice meeting you, and cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Likewise Daniel :). Happy editing, --cj | talk 04:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: wikihermitalert

When I asked users for their opinion, the template was NOT listed at TfD. I was wondering what I could do to improve the template; I wasn't try to get them to go to TfD and ask to have the template kept. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 03:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawn with apologies due to time mix-up – my date-and-time preferences (ACST) screwed me over (it changes the times listed in the history, but not signatures). Cheers, Daniel Bryant 03:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Thank you! Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 03:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

:) Daniel Bryant 03:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Any clue on how to move it to WP:DEFCON? Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť^(Talk) 03:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

No idea, sorry. Daniel Bryant 03:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

The Mighty Hawks

Go Hawks indeed! I bet it makes you Magpie and Swans guys think about defecting! ;) When you boys are ready to face reality, let me know because I'm a HFC member and I get some cash back on my membership for conversions. :) Take care Danny, Sarah 03:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I should be careful with my stirring because it's just a matter of time before you guys have the opportunity to get pay back on me and I'm sure you'll make me suffer! :) Sarah 03:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Conversions? You make it sound like following football is a religion :) I'm glad the Hawks got up this week - I tipped against both Adelaide teams (ie. Pies over Power and Swans over Crows), and both the Adelaide teams won *sigh* luckily, I still got five - I'm now two points off the lead in my tipping competition, though (I'm on 20). Cheers, Daniel Bryant 03:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ah Daniel, you're a naive South Australian. In Melbourne, the home of AFL, footy is the number one religion! Congrats on your tipping comp and I'm glad that the Hawks could help you out this week. :) Cheers, Sarah 04:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

They saved me this week. Thanks for your note. Are you going to the Melbourne meetup, by any chance - the Adelaide one this morning was awesome. Daniel Bryant 04:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I see you are "probably attending" - have fun! Daniel Bryant 04:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Random compliment

File:Roxy1.JPG

I love your cat! She is very cute! --66.218.19.110 04:38, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

:) Daniel Bryant 04:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey; sorry for leaving the status border on "In" mode - fell asleep over the keyboard ;) looks like Portal:Scotland is in the run for FPO status! I'd just like to say, Daniel, thanks a million for your work ... it was mostly you, anyway!

Kindest regards,
~ Anthony 06:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Post script — check out Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Nazism/Sandbox.

Good morning Daniel - I'm off-Wiki now, and by the time I return, it'll be around 16:30 BST, which I think is half four in the morning, so you should be in bed ;) anyway, talk soon ~ Anthony 06:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Which I was :) Daniel Bryant 02:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Adelaide admin cabal

Oh yeah! I'll spend some time looking over their contributions tonight and put something together in my sandbox... – Riana ^ऋ 11:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm doing the same, on a private Wiki. I'm thinking a nomination where all four of us sign it together (and get WP:ADEL endorsement for KM :D). Daniel Bryant 02:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Good work, I kinda fell asleep early last night (come on, 6AM?!!) so I forgot to do the writeup. – Riana ^ऋ 03:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

There's no rush, really. Daniel Bryant 03:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)