User talk:Malcolm/Archive 8

Hello :)

How is life and Wikipedia, I must say life is going good for me...however after contemplation I am beginning to think about retirement from Wikipedia... ~ Arjun 02:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for being such a good friend though, I am not going to go away "completely", I just wont "actively" edit. As you can "see" quotations are becoming the "coolest" thing ;). Is it just me or is Wikipedia becoming...different. I don't know if it is a good different or bad, things are less simple and just a little...odd. Wikipedia is becoming larger obviously and so is vandalism, spam and other bad stuff. Also I am becoming hugely busy in the "real world" and sadly Wikipedia doesn't come into my thoughts as much as it used to. In fact in the past week I forgot about it. Oh well, lets just see what happens :) Cheers! ~ Arjun 02:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yay for !!!, and semi-goodbye is a little odd. By the way what ever happened to Randfan and King Toadsworth? Do you have any idea. Also I have decided to just take a long Wikibreak. Cheers ~ Arjun 02:56, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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False, unfair, discriminative accusations

User:AKMask has continued to suggest we are meatpuppets even though it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt and has even tried to make sure that we can never express our opinions on the same matter again by suggesting a community ban on the WP:CN. Please do something before he unfairly gets his way and us unfairly banned from any type of discussion. Henchman 2000 18:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

How do I create an article.

My additions to the Yale secret society entries prompt me to add bio entries to Wikipedia; how do I start an entry?SLY111 22:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)SLY111

Ah, I was wondering how you knew me (I welcomed you). Anyway, to create an article, you can simply search it in the "search" box, then click the link at the top that says "You searched for [wahtever search] [Index]". Please read WP:FIRST for guidelines on writing articles. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 23:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Malcolm. You deleted the page about my organization (the American Council of Young Political Leaders), which I didn't post but was glad to have on Wikipedia. I think the basis was copyright violation, but in all honesty, we don't have a copyright on any material... Anyway, would love to see it restored... Thanks, Bronwyn

No assertion of permission had been made, so I deleted it as a copyvio. If you recreate it, please make sure it satifies Wikipedia:Notability and is not directly copied from the website. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 15:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you able to restore it so that I can work on it without having to recreate it all? There were materials that weren't on our website that someone put together (including links to other Wikipedia articles. —Bronwyn —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bronwynbedient (talk • contribs) 20:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

I'll e-mail what its contents were to you, and you can modify it, using WP:FIRST as a guideline. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 20:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

malcom i couldent find ur vandel page . i went to a new school.you became an administrader (i cant spell :P)

i want to congradulate you on a great job

your friend brendan smith 01:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcom its ok . email me whenever you can.ttyl

brendan 19:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Unjust Ban

• Malcolm, you have banned my username (kdknigga) saying that it is inappropriate. I'm assuming that you are referring to the "nigga" part. Kristoffer D. Knigga is my name, so I would argue that my username is not inappropriate, and I would appreciate it if you could reenable my account privledges. If you have any questions, please contact me at kris (at) knigga (dot) com. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.211.238.18 (talk)

(moved from userpage by Will (aka Wimt) 13:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC))

Unblocked per WP:AGF. However, I suggest you put a note on your userpage saying that your account name is your real name. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 18:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I have added such a note. --Kdknigga 23:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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1066 DC

Malcolm, please may I remind you that Wikipedia is an ENCYCLOPEDIA. In this respect, please may I ask you reasons for defending 1066 DC from deletion. Yes, I accept that this is an interesting video/DVD (Believe it or not, I actually have it in my collection.), but I simply cannot accept it as being an important for what is supposed to be an ENCYCLOPEDIA. ALECTRIC451 23:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't meet the speedy deletion criteria. Please take it to WP:AFD. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 00:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

I reviewed you. YechielMan 03:49, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take your advice into account. Sorry I didn't fully answer the two questions, I've been busy. (aka procrastinating) — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 21:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks for reverting vandalism

Hello Malcolm, thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage and my talk page. I have no idea what brought that on, because I rarely do any RC patrol, and I don't recall ever interacting with that user. Thanks again! --Kyoko 23:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, just doing my "job"! — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 23:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcolm = Llama Man? I didn't make the connection. Umm... am I on your watchlist or something, or did the vandalism just stand out because of the edit size? Congratulations on your RfA, and thanks again! --Kyoko 00:21, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep, your userpage is on my watchlist, along with the other ~20 userpages that I can't remember how the heck they got on my watchlist. :) — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 00:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I, Tellyaddict award you this barnstar for you vandalism reverting efforts and reverting image vandalism to my Userpage, keep it up! TellyaddictTalk 18:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Well...thanks! Seriously, you don't know how much I appreciate this kindness! — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 18:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hi, I've had contact from the llama people. I would say they've got the hump, but you know as well as I do that they don't like being compared to their Artiodactylan cousins. Anyhow, they want to know if why you're turning your back on them? They said they don't even know what they did wrong. You know, I'm just in the middle on this one, so if you could let me know... :) Bubba hotep 21:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Well. it's a long story... *20 years later*...and that's why I don't like llamas anymore. Seriously, though (if you could call this "serious"), the llamas and I had a long talk about this and there is consensus that I shouldn't like llamas anymore. The "llamas" you were talking to were probably alpacas in disguise. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 21:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Darn, I'm always getting suckered by them alpacas. Always trying to cause trouble. Cheers. :) Bubba hotep 21:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar

Wow, another one. I might need to make a place for them on my page. Thank you, I appreciate it. Also, nice signature (I loved that movie). --LuigiManiac 23:43, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Unprotecting birth control page

I believe that Joie de Vivre and I have reached a compromise position regarding our dispute on the birth control page: to delete the last paragraph in the protected version of the "fertility awareness methods" section ("Two common systems.... religious content in their FA classes.") If I am interpreting this correctly, the page may be unprotected without fear of edit warring. I have left a note on JdV's talk page asking for confirmation. Lyrl ^Talk _C 03:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Unprotected. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 16:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Nintendo Power V209.jpg)

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Drucker789

Just reverted VANDALISM on Kirk Kirkpatrick article by Drucker789. I saw you had warned him previously. Though you might want to know. 76.109.17.236 22:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Macrhino

I'll block the user, thanks for the alert. In the future, though, you can report vandals to WP:AIV for a quicker response from administrators. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 02:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hey, I've commented out your opinion on that RfA; he hasn't accepted it yet. It's best to let him accept and transclude it before anyone leaves an opinion. But do remember to uncommented it when it's up :) Majorly (hot!) 18:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, OK. I kinda assumed he accepted it and that it was already transcluded since he answered the questions. Maybe I'm too eager... :) — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 18:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Mario Party 4

firstly: D'oh! sorry!

secondly: I guess it would help to actually get a sense of context first, neh? Gene S. Poole 01:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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I just did a fair use reduce, so I don't know the source. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 20:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Kansas protection

Just a question, but how much is "enough"? Wrad 23:59, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

For me, four or five acts of vandalism per day in the past 2-3 days, or more than that in the last day. There are exceptions, though, such as vandalism not being reverted for a long period of time (1 hour+). Other admins have different views, though. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 00:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, just wondering for future reference. Thanks for the quick response. Wrad 00:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Your comment

My mistake. Thanks for pointing that out. Bowsy ^{(review me!)} 08:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot to explain why. I am REALLY stressed out by the current situation so I'm not thinking straight. Please tell this to AKMask as he is unlikely to listen to me. Bowsy ^{(review me!)} 10:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Man, this is a stressful situation, for all of us. I understand your stress, and hope that you will forget (or at least not care so much) about this incident someday. I'm assuming that you're not sockpuppets, since that's quite likely (that you aren't sockpuppets, not are). Please keep contributing to Wikipedia, you're contribs are valued. Like I said before, I think we should all try to forget about this mess (besides the ban, of course). I'll leave a message on Mask's talk page. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 19:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

You'll notice that I made no comments as to the validity of your claim, just that I had updated the page. I'll continue gathering evidence as I see it, not ignore the situation. -M^ask? 19:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thats fine. -M^ask? 19:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I was really considering retirement but yu showed me I was valued.

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		Well, I think you deserve this, so here you go. Bowsy (review me!) 12:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

A lot of thanks! That's one thing I didn't expect. :) — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 18:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hello

Thanks for that Happy B-Day!!! Cheers!!! Ninety^{wazup?Review me}_{My ToDo} 23:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Whoah!!!

Whoah!!! I feel really retarded now!!! I just noticed that you're th Great Llama!!! I thought you were someone I didn't know!!! Sorry, I need some serious updating, for, if you haven't noticed, I haven't been on in a long time (like, REALLY long). Later!!! Cheers!!! Ninety^{wazup?Review me}_{My ToDo} 23:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Late congrats on your adminship!!! Ninety^{wazup?Review me}_{My ToDo} 23:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Or maybe I'm not the great llama...you'll never know! Bwahahaha! OK, I am. Thanks for the congrats! — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 00:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

*gasp* You used a period instead of exclamation marks on your fifth sentence! Exclamation marks rule! — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 00:38, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hay

What did you git raid of my Psiduck for? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anubiz (talk • contribs).

It's a fair use image; please se WP:FAIR. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 21:30, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

My page is my businese stop interifering. Anubiz 21:38, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Um, no. You can blank your userpage all you want, but blanking your talk page is disallowed; see my warning. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked. — Malcolm^{Use the schwartz!} 21:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

There is nothing to read exeapet youre stupid waring leave me alone 21:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Plese leat me clere my talk page ther is nothing wort having on it.Anubiz 21:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

That is the whole point of leaving the messages there! If I hadn't known that Malcom (this user) left you a previous warning for the same thing I was going to, I would have simply left you a level one or two warning, but as soon as I saw you had been previously warned and ignored the warning, I upped it to a level three warning. Leaving the messages there gives other users a chance to see the good and the bad with regards to how you interact with other users and the types of edits you make. --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 21:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Nobody wants to talk to me I am nothing and my talk page should show that. 21:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

No. You are trying to hide warnings. You've deleted several of them from the past as well. This is deceptive, sneaky, and dishonest and you know it. Most of these warnings weren't even for serious things. The fact that you seem so bent on removing them isn't helping your case. You could easily keep them there as proof that you've become a better, more productive editor over time. (To Malcolm: Sorry I'm hijacking this message, if you want me to stop, I'll gladly step away!) --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 22:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

That thing sied Nothing about how to arcive pages. Anubiz 22:19, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Here is a link that will take you directly to the page that will show you how to archive your talk page: click here! --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 22:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Happy now? Anubiz 22:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

You didn't archive the messages. You just made a link to an empty archive page. You have to actually move the messages into the archive for it to be a valid move. Just move the old messages to the new page and you'll be set. --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 22:37, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Now I am back were I started. --Anubiz 22:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)