User talk:Froth/Archive 2

Comment wanted on User:light current's one week block

I, and User:Gandalf61, and others, feel that the action of User:Friday in blocking User:light current for a week was unwarranted and excessive: [1]. We would appreciate your comments in this matter. Thanks. StuRat 10:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up --froth^{T C} 20:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. StuRat 07:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Rules for deletion

Would you care to comment on my proposed Ref Desk Rules for Deletion: [2] ? I would like to build a consensus on which rules should be followed. StuRat 07:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting. I'd also like you to give my proposed rules for deletions an approve or oppose, however, in order to establish a consensus, if you're willing. BTW, you wrote "Some anon ip removed a very valid reply of sturat's earlier today", can you point me to the post in question or at least the Ref Desk in question ? Did you restore my post ? StuRat 10:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure, here's the diff. --froth^{T C} 19:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Ouch!

I realize you're at least partly joking, but damn, do you really feel that I'm vicously censoring? I remove nonsense from all kinds of places all the time- this is the first I've heard it described as such. Friday (talk) 00:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

No, no of course not! Read it carefully- yes it would be unlikely for sex jokes to be mentioned in an article about reference desks, because they've only been one or two isolated incidents. In the same way it would be unlikely for viciously revert-happy admins to be mentioned in such an article because there aren't any. I could have used any example, but one so close to home seemed most potent :) --froth^{T C} 06:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to be more polite about this since it's clear I've rubbed at least some people the wrong way. Friday (talk) 14:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate you asking for clarification rather than jumping to conclusions- some of us are still sore about similar things happening in the past --froth^{T C} 20:07, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Bah. That's what I get for jumping in with both feet and not knowing the history. Thanks for the explanation. Friday (talk) 20:10, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Rules for Ref Desk opinions ?

Would you care to comment on rules for Ref Desk opinions: Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk#Next_item_for_consensus_discussion:_Opinion ? StuRat 17:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Opinions on Ref Desk template removal ?

Sorry to bother you again, but would you care to comment on: Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk#Opinions_on_template_removal ? StuRat 21:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Possbily not the kind of comment you expected, but I think I brick-walled the discussion while they all try to figure out what I actually said :) --froth^{T C} 23:39, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Please vote on attempt to delete new Ref Desk rules

Vote here: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Reference desk/rules. StuRat 01:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

So file

I'll advance to you the same I advanced to others who wished to file an RFC regarding my conduct.

I will gladly waive the two-endorser requirement. I welcome input from the wider community on my actions. Hipocrite - «Talk» 19:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

VP

See my message on the userlist talk page. Prodego ^talk 23:38, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

You need to add me to the mod list now DO NOT REMOVE YOURSELF THOUGH, or we both may not be mods. Prodego ^talk 00:01, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Yup, we didn't think of that reason. Anyway you are approved, and perhaps we will see if I can change the mod list as well ;-). Prodego ^talk 00:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Metapedianism? Now where have I heard that?  ;-) Prodego ^talk 00:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Is VandalProof working well for you? No bugs? Prodego ^talk 23:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Well that's not good! AmiDaniel is working on that one. Prodego ^talk 21:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Strict

Template:Strict has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. -- SCZenz 21:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --froth^{T C} 23:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

How to do this properly?

Heads up, froth! - I'd appreciate your advice further to my earlier query (whose section heading is so full of colon marks, I doubt I could make it work as an internal link for your convenience  :-/ From reading your User page, I suspect your understanding of WP:RD wrangling far surpasses my own, tyro that I am there. Rather than applying to the nice people at da NCH, I'll just ask you: is there some Moved to... template, or recommended wording/styling, to use when deleting {gulp!!} – per your suggestion – the discussion comments about the newly formed WP:RD/E that were originally posted there? I'd seen such e.g. when misplaced queries were moved between RDs, but would like to hear more about this before I execute! -- Thanks, Deborahjay 03:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Follow-up: Based on your advice, I cobbled together the following notice AND deleted the now-redundant content:

• This section was moved to the discussion taking place on the RD Project's Talk page .

As interest in the new (and even more newly renamed) Entertainment RD may still be ongoing, I'll leave the content there rather than archiving or creating a Talk subpage. Thanks for your explanation (on my Talk page), which was just what I needed to overcome my hesitation and take action! -- Deborahjay 04:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Virgin, child and St. Anne

You suggested I downsample this image I nominated. This has been done, but now the support is ambiguous - could you qualify your vote for/against the edit? Leon 01:03, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Froth! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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Thank you. :-)

You're welcome. :-) | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 11:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Haha! Gold! I guess forgetting to sign can lead to problems. Thanks for showing me. :-) By the way, do your shortcut keys work? Mine don't, and I've already logged out, restarted my computer, and disconnected the keyboard. Is it just me? | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 22:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 22:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:Strict2

My involvement in the deletion of Template:Strict was in my capacity as an editor—specifically, I nominated it for deletion—rather than as an admin. However, since you're the only editor of the page, it can be speedy deleted according to the author request criterion, so I did. In the future, you may use {{db-author}} for any page that only you have edited and which you decide you shouldn't have created after all. -- SCZenz 08:08, 29 December 2006 (UTC) I may be stretching the definition of the word "mistake" a little bit, but no need to add bureaucracy. -- SCZenz 08:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Monobook

I just noticed your edit to your userpage, and that made me look at your custom monobook files. Seeing them somewhat sparse (I know some people like it that way, but if you don't...), I wanted to offer you mine to use (it is Firefox only though, but you should use that for many reasons). If you do, and want to try it just grab it (css | js). Prodego ^talk 20:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

It is very nice, isn't it? I have a non-admin version I was working on (under my meta account), but that is out of date now. It was compiled by User:Topaz and User:OwenX. If you need any help removing something I can do it for you, since I know the whole thing. Did you load a diff yet and try the 'warn' tab? Try editing articles and userpages too. Prodego ^talk 20:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you want me to cut the admin stuff out for you? Prodego ^talk 20:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Gone (You need to refresh though). Take a look in the error console and make sure I didn't break anything. Prodego ^talk 20:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, you might want to put back the block log link (I removed it), since it is useful to non-admins. Prodego ^talk 20:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Those two warnings are unrelated to my files, that code is for IE users and doesn't work in Firefox. There are two sets of code (one IE one Firefox) on some things and an error is generated when Firefox reads (and ignores) the IE part. Prodego ^talk 20:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

You probably don't want to remove this, it is required to add the "Page log" and "Purge page cache" buttons to the bottom of the toolbar. Prodego ^talk 21:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The purge page cache button is incredibly useful (there is no way to access it by default), are you sure you don't want to use it? Prodego ^talk 21:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

F5 purges your local cache, that will purge the squid cache on the Wikimedia servers (bringing a new version for everyone). Prodego ^talk