User talk:HalfShadow

Team America

That comment was priceless. I would have used the Super Friends, but as it was, your post nearly made me nose-boot. Thanks. :) - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 07:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

4chan

Thanks for the heads up! Pedro : Chat 00:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incidents Instigated Much?

An IP with a sense of humor it seems. :P I must say these are the most peculiar IP edits I've ever come across. -WarthogDemon 02:05, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Well, it's been quiet now so maybe not this time. -WarthogDemon 02:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apathy

My apathy has depths that your apathy is too shallow to even imagine.Kww (talk) 02:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just An FYI

The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe is held in very low esteem by the general comic book fan/Wikipedia editor subgroup. Lots42 (talk) 01:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You make valid points. But the usual method is to reference an example. Such as indicating that in BlahBlah Issue (number, month, year), EvilGuy, unaided, punched through an M-1 Abrams tank, then threw a taxi full of accountants into the sun'. That is more clear then saying 'The Handbook says he's really strong'. Lots42 (talk) 01:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think you yourself just clarified why the handbook is not held in high regard. Plus, like I indicated, vague. Heck, IIRC, even the handbook itself said the comics themselves were more definitive. Lots42 (talk) 01:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up

That IP that just vandalized my pages is a sock of a indef-blocked known sockpuppeter. β^{_{command 2}} 00:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Judicial tyranny article

I am curious as to why you summarily reverted my changes to this article, which removed a large swathe of unsourced material which had no relation to the subject, was in many cases indisputably factually inaccurate. I believe my talk page explanation was clear. The material I removed was an attempt to turn a reasonable article into a rather wacky soapbox, and should have been removed long ago. Minos P. Dautrieve (talk) 03:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your quick reply and response. Minos P. Dautrieve (talk) 03:30, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ANI

Thanks. Semi-pp'd. Some are TOR nodes, some are not, but it's easier just to deny at present. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 01:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My experience is that they tend to be open until someone tells the operators otherwise. In recent cases, they have been flagged as open and anyone seriously wanting to use those IPs can find others. Wikipedia cannot be responsible for its input, in my view. If IP operators tend to be lax about how they allocate IP addresses, then I'd suggest those that use those operators should find a more sensible way of contributing. I know there are difficulties from some countries, but all we have to go on there is how those IP users edit; and currently, it's not looking good. These are not politically oppressed activists, they are nuisances. Feel free to disagree. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's just the nature of anon IPs. Schoolkids tend to be naive, thinking if they don't log in, they can't be traced. Until, of course, we do a 6 month schoolblock and nobody can edit unregistered, which, on balance may be no bad thing. TOR nodes, I can see the advantage of for those who live in repressive countries and have no other way of reaching outside; however, like any open structure, there will be abuse. My own recent professional experience is in detecting paedophiles, and it's a technical nightmare, let alone explaining it all to a jury. Gone are the days of the BBS boards and the overt Usenet groups; even P2P is pretty well sewn-up, so it gets harder and harder. Meanwhile, at least here we can do something to keep it in-house. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I liked the principle of "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but having seen the other side, I'm beginning to doubt it. I'm tending towards going for registration with an ISP, not a web-email address. That might lose a lot of good editors, but it would certainly lose a lot of bad ones too. But then, as an admin, perhaps I tend to see mostly the bad side. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re to Semi-Protection?

Not so; you were being crapflooded in the 4channer style; I deleted the revisions after blocking all IPs involved for three months apiece. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v X of Swords)} 02:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Doobiedoo's Victoria Cross edit

Yeah my trigger hand accidentally fired the rollback button. I restored it right after I realized.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 03:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re It's as random IP attack

Will do. Now that I think about it, I remember this happening before. Same exact death threat, too.--Dycedarg ж 03:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Before you post on my talk page...

that was a mistake. I was about to revert myself till you stepped in... 21 655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Uncivil?

That's how I feel too, see the collapsed discussion further up my talk page. However, I'm trying as much as possible to stay as neutral as possible to prevent it from getting worse. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: school IP

Well, I am using an automatic tool (huggle), so I dont actually look at the vandals' talk pages. Either way, I think you are still supposed to give warnings even with school IPs. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know exactly what you mean..... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. --Aleen f1 04:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OrangeMarlin

I scrolled back, and the only possible problem OrangeMarlin might have caused was allegations of incivility toward Hersfold. Can you give me some diffs? I might have missed something in their contribs--unless I was looking in the wrong place. Blueboy 96 17:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

wrongly put the warning thank you for reverting it.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC) Yes missed out a word.Thank you again.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 23:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Dolphin Race

Well, I think you were right. They just showed The Great Dolphin Race, and Le Master of Disguise and Match on Mt Olympus were on yesterday... But you probably know all that already! -- Flyguy649 ^talk 22:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Just wondering...

Do you mean using rollback on User:Fantasy Game Productions? I doubt it. The user was being obviously disruptive and removing a deletion tag. I don't think you were in breach of 3RR.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 00:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flock

Prediction: fulfilled :) --TIB (talk) 23:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Busy night for vandals. Cheers, JNW (talk) 01:32, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Three Musketeers3

Re your message: I didn't think it was an attack either, but it was a sockpuppet account. I reverted the comment because I noticed you reverted the previous one. If you would have preferred that I leave the comment, my apologies. It took me a moment to figure out what he was referring to, but once I figured it out, I discovered that it's another sockpuppet account. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: Yup, just a sock. I had to dig around Pascal.Tesson's log to figure it out. Everything's been deleted or blocked so there isn't much to look at. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:32, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: deletion closure

Since the article had indeed been uncontroversially deleted, you did close it legitimately. I'd call that good housekeeping. You didn't apply the top template right at the top of the page, so I tidied it up. Were you to close a discussion as a keep, Just be extremely careful with non admin keeps should you close a discussion, and observe Wikipedia:Speedy keep and Wikipedia:Non-admin closure. No matter how good your judgement may be, avoiding any unnecessary bother that might result from it is best. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 21:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The wrong closing template was used - one for normal discussion, not the one for AfD debate. See Wikipedia:Deletion process. I've re-closed it to clarify it was a speedy by User:Inter. Otherwise it looks as though you made the decision, whereas you were just recording the decision made by someone else. Ty 03:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Backyardigan vandalism

Thank you for the message you left [1] on my talk page. When I blocked the previous IP as per your report to WP:AIV, I went ahead and protected List of Backyardigans episodes for a week. Hopefully this will be enough to give our friend an excuse to find something better to do. --Kralizec! (talk) 00:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war Warning

Recently you posted a notice on my talk page about my page reverts to the page Teen Titans Go. I heeded your warning and brought up the issue on the talk page of the article. However this IP address has repeatedly ignored the discussion [[2]] and recently added the information again [[3]] for fear of conequences I have not undone his edit as of yet, however if I do undo his edit please understand my attempts to resolve this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurowoofwoof111 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA comment

Hey HalfShadow, I noticed this after someone brought it up on IRC, and I felt like I owed it to you to let you know how I felt, rather than keeping my mouth shut. It troubled me, because from a quick glance it looked like a new user who just didn't understand how RfA works (perhaps you didn't mean for it to come across as harsh as it seemed to to me). If you had reason to think they were acting in bad faith, the comment didn't make it clear, your oppose didn't give them any pointers or explanation for your thinking. For the future, I'd urge you to gently explain to the user on their talk page rather than leaving an oppose that could be taken as hurtful or insulting. I feel like most newbies get it and are glad to cooperate when they're approached in a friendly way; at least I've had success with that. Anyway, these are just my thoughts for you to consider if you like, I try to let people know when I have feedback for them. Peace, delldot talk 17:19, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please refactor

That last personal attack of yours on ANI is rather unneeded. I would hope you would refactor it? SirFozzie (talk) 02:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was just coming to ask for an explanation myself. Seriously uncalled for and quite off the mark. - auburnpilot talk 03:03, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism?

Hi,

I'm confused as to why you undid all my edits to the backyardigans episode page with the comment "rv", which I assume means something about reversing vandalism. I could see a possible objection to one of my changes in that it was somewhat subjective, but most of them were fixing formatting inconsistencies and modify links so that they point to the appropriate topics. Did I do something wrong in the way I added my edits or do you seriously think it's better for "bossa nova" to point to a disambiguation page?

thanks,

Wheathusker (talk) 02:34, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, yes. Lord love an idiot.

I got a kick out of your comment regarding our little "Wrath of Revenge" friend. He was right at the top of the user creation log when I found him; all he could tell me was he had unlimited IPs and, of course, the obligatory "fuck you." Ain't Wikipedia fun? :) Have a cookie. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PMDrive1061 (talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I love it. Makes me wish I hadn't given back the admin tools. Oh, and he's now at User:Most Unstoppable. I've reported him to AIV, but if you'd like to have the pleasure of hitting the block tab, I certainly would understand. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:24, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should be. If you ever come up for a nomination, you have my vote. And...we have another winner! Yes, it's User:Am not goin anywhere. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually

...the edit summaries. NawlinWiki (talk) 01:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Jeanpaulvieira

There is some indication that he can speak some English, but you are right that I cannot be certain that the messages have gotten through. In any event I have very strong doubt that he wrote anything worth keeping and am not going to exert much effort in communicating with him. If you would like to be more welcoming I will praise you, but I don't think it is worth the effort. Jon513 (talk) 02:26, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Don'tcha know disco is dead?

I prefer to think of it as being mellower in its old age. ... discospinster _talk 03:14, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: He'll keep that up for days if you give him an inch.

Yeah - I've got no plans on unprotecting it within the next couple hours. That doesn't seem to stop some people though - somebody will do it, unfortunately. - Rjd0060 (talk) 02:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, its all 4chan /b/. If you've got access to IRC, there's a channel which monitors for these kinds of things. - Rjd0060 (talk) 03:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the explanation. Corvus cornix_talk 03:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh

As much as I appreciate this, it precludes me making a list of those editors that would like to see me banned/blocked/reprimanded/whipped/beaten/abused/lynched/tarred/feathered/desysopped. But still, thanks for the rename. Onwards and upwards! Keeper ǀ 76 23:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Danke

Thank you very much for your due diligence on my talk page. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Bodging WP edit by edit)} 00:54, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aand you have a response on my Discussions page (follow the Kacheek emoticon in my signature). -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Bodging WP edit by edit)} 03:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch!

Hi there. I noticed your deletion of the user page set up by User:Nonzionist. Well, I certainly can understand your interpretation of our policies. However, I'd like to ask you to handle this differently. The user is a newbiew. WP:BITE Why not contact the user and explain yourself in a friendly way? Open it up for some kind of discussion and give them a sense of where you might be flexible on this matter. Thanks muchly, HG | Talk 15:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. In light of our previous conversation (above), I'm wondering if you'd be willing to look at User:Einsteindonut. The most recent version looked like an attack page (on Wikipedia). I was thinking of bringing this up at AN/I, but perhaps it's more efficient to contact you. Take care, HG | Talk 04:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Risker's talk page

That is up to her, and for that matter this is a really easy way to find open proxies. Prodego ^talk 03:55, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

I've taken away your rollback for using it to edit war. John Reaves 17:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After discussion with John Reaves I've restored the rollback flag, but you need to remember that it is to be used only for reverting vandalism. Rollback says "that edit was so worthless that it doesn't even justify an edit summary in reverting". Please remember that! Stifle (talk) 11:12, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much!

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For being one of the most swiftest and diligent reverter's there is. PoinDexta1 \| Talk to Me \| 21:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aaron Sorkin

Hi: Have you seen how TERRIBLE the article is? It was actually even WORSE a few days ago. It is an absolute disaster. If you can help please do. I am removing all crap references... finding better ones. There's also NO criticism ANYWHERE in the article. ReelViews is one of the few reviews, and what kind of a critic is ReelViews? Notable? I think not. Please help me fix this disaster.Homely Features (talk) 18:30, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Really, this article is FRIGHTENINGLY BAD. I can't believe it was an FA. Some of the worst prose I've ever read. A movie was made and shown in 1995... really, all production and release occurred in one year? What planet are these editors from?Homely Features (talk) 18:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your disinterest is OUTRAGEOUS! I'm just kidding. Hollering is the pay-off for attempt to refine this absolute disaster of an article.Homely Features (talk) 22:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]