::Yeah, but I love it :) — [[User:Timotab|Timotab]] [[User_talk:Timotab|<sup>Timothy (not Tim </sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Timotab|<sup>dagnabbit!)</sup>]] 02:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, but I love it :) — [[User:Timotab|Timotab]] [[User_talk:Timotab|<sup>Timothy (not Tim </sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Timotab|<sup>dagnabbit!)</sup>]] 02:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Well, that's good, but we miss you here [[Image:Face-sad.svg|20px]] <small>[[user:ArielGold|<font color="8B00FF">'''Ariel'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/ArielGold|<font color="F64A8A">♥</font>]][[User_talk:ArielGold|<font color="007FFF">'''Gold'''</font>]]</small> 02:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
:::Well, that's good, but we miss you here [[Image:Face-sad.svg|20px]] <small>[[user:ArielGold|<font color="8B00FF">'''Ariel'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/ArielGold|<font color="F64A8A">♥</font>]][[User_talk:ArielGold|<font color="007FFF">'''Gold'''</font>]]</small> 02:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
::::so, have you become an admin in my absence? ;) — [[User:Timotab|Timotab]] [[User_talk:Timotab|<sup>Timothy (not Tim </sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Timotab|<sup>dagnabbit!)</sup>]] 04:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Leave a new message!I will reply and drop a note on your talk page unless I know you'll check back here. Please be sure to sign your posts with ~~~~ so I know who you are!
Hey Xiong! Thanks for your note. You are correct that the page doesn't exist, but you're also correct in guessing that among my messy archives are several discussions about it . I didn't really ask to not be nominated, but just figured that while I've been registered for over two years, I lurked for a long time prior to jumping in to editing, and I thought that it might be best to wait for a bit due to the "lopsided" nature of my editing history. Suffice it to say, I'm thinking about it. Thanks for your encouragement! Ariel♥Gold21:55, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why, Flyguy, my dearest, have you not ever looked up procrastination in the dictionary? It has my picture there! ~*Giggle*~ Seriously, ugh I don't know. I'm so very sad that Phaedriel is not here, as she wanted to be the one to nominate me, and I very much wanted that as well. I've dropped her an email, and I'm praying and hoping for a reply. Ariel♥Gold00:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yours too? Well, I originally declined an RfA in June or July because I wanted to finish my thesis first -- I thought it would take two weeks. I'm almost done it now! And Phaedriel is certainly missed. Hopefully she'll come back soon. -- Flyguy649talk00:29, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya dear, I was wondering if you would look into this new username, which I believe is a sockpuppet that you've dealt with before. User talk:MoreGunsInSchools, if you recall, had an RFCN for the username, and created the name User:Every Child Should Carry A Gun! to influence the discussion. MoreGunsInSchools's contributions were focused on the article Frank Lasee, and now a new editor pops up, User:NoMoreGunsInSchoolz on the same article [1][2]. I think it is a pretty safe bet that this is another sockpuppet of that user, so since you were the one that handled the issue earlier, I figured I'd bring this to you, so you could take any actions you see fit. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold23:32, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, great catch! How'd you find him? :) I've indef blocked the user in question; I've absolutely no doubt, between the name, and the contribs, that it's the same user. Thank you, very much! :) SQLQuery me!00:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also, looks like a checkuser got involved, when he requested an unblock.... Def. a sock, good work! :) So.... um... I hear it's Nov. :P SQLQuery me!03:46, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LOL Yes, it is November! How about that... ~*Giggle*~ And thanks so much for handling this issue, I was pretty sure it was the same editor, as well. Glad it was taken care of, thanks! (Oh, and how I found it? I take a look at the new usernames pretty often, and saw the account get created.) Ariel♥Gold14:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dread B-day
See the cake I dropped on Dread's page this am. I know you cooked up something for him this evening! Really enjoyed our visit. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I really enjoyed it too! And what a lovely card, M'Lady! Thank you so much, it makes the burden of my many years seem to melt away..thank you my lovely girl! Dreadstar†18:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that was two days ago, on the 8th, and he got two warnings, he hasn't done anything since. I'd just shrug it off. If you're doing recent changes patrol, you'll get plenty of nonconstructive edits done to your pages, just revert, and warn. Would you like to read my essay on Recent Changes patrol to get more information about it? You can find it here if you want to (I'm not sure if you've read it or not). You did a good job, in situations like that, just stick to template notices, and watch to see if the person repeats it. I think you handled it well! Ariel♥Gold17:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course I don't mind! Any and all input is welcomed, at some point I'd like to put it up live, but for now it is languishing in my userspace, lol. Thanks Tom! Ariel♥Gold21:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, laptop has not been working to well. If you look at my edit count (link under 'useful links' on my userpage) you will see I average 1000+ edits a month until I met my current girlfriend, whereupon its about 300 SGGHspeak!17:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LOL! Well, granted, she deserves more time than Wiki, but at the same time, we can't live without you, so perhaps a balance can be found, ~*Giggle*~ Anyway I'm glad to see ya! Ariel♥Gold17:45, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless, doing something like this is not helpful, as I mentioned, I would really encourage you to stop placing banners like that, and use the {{usernameconcern}} template. You can not just edit another editor's userpage because you are personally offended by the name. Leave a usernameconcern, allow them time to respond, and then take it to WP:RFCN for discussion, that is the proper way to handle it, not by tagging their page with a Nazi banner. Please review the policies and guidelines, Thanks. Ariel♥Gold18:36, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you
Click there to open your card! → → →
Dearest Ariel Gold,
Thank you for forgetting to participate in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of congratulations are, however, very much appreciated all the same. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.
Done with the Texas one. The "Scouting in state" articles are in really bad shape. I'm going through them looking for certain things right now. You can go work on the Texas one now. Thanks for the help. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:19, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That one is in particularly bad shape, lol. Spacing issues, naked URLs in article space, they should all be put into refs, IMO. I'll take a look and see if I'm feeling like spending hours on it, lmao. Ariel♥Gold19:20, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On 11 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Les Parrott, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I notice you just gave me a final warning about my edits to Lewis Hamilton. I will find a citation to the article to which i am refering and then i will make my edit once more. hope this is ok. many thanks. [[--79.72.17.4301:08, 11 November 2007 (UTC)]][reply]
Thanks Ariel Gold for your kind comments. I very much admire your ability to assume good faith above and beyond the call of duty, and you know what, I think it might actually be the best approach. I admit that I came on here tonight and my early edits were unquestionable vandalism, but now as a result of your faith in me I am left wanting to make a positive contribution to this site; a site from which I have acquired much knowledge in the past. Thanks and keep up the good work! --79.72.6.6502:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm really, very glad to hear that. I do hope you'll review the guidelines and policies, and while I realize that there are a lot of them (heck, I still find new ones!), just some basics is all that is needed at first, and really, when you think of the project, I mean, this is a repository of knowledge, for the future, what a wonderful thing to contribute to! I think that's just a really spiffy thing to be involved in. I hope that you find your way here, and if you ever need help pointing you in direction of a guideline or policy, feel free to ask! Cheers, Ariel♥Gold02:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I just noticed the barnstar you left on the awards page, thank you so much! I would have thanked you on the IP talk page, but it seems your IP rotates quite often. You might want to think about signing up for a username! They have some benefits that IP editing doesn't. Thanks again! Ariel♥Gold18:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, the thing I didn't mention when responding to your last post on my talk page was that I had to rollback those edits and block those accounts all on dial-up. :) Acalamari19:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ROFL! Oh poor Acalamari. I do feel for you, truly. If you ever have to do mass rollbacks, and want a helping hand with them, let me know, I can start from the bottom and we can meet in the middle, lol. Would probably go faster that way. I've had a few times when mass rollbacks were needed, I remember one SPA that spammed over 200 articles with the same URLs and self-published book as a ref, and they all had to be rolled back, oy! lol. Holler if you ever want a hand with something like that! Ariel♥Gold19:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I'm all right. :) Anyway, the advantage satellite and dial-up have is that they are slow enough for you to go into a contributions log, and press "rollback" on several pages very quickly. :) The pages don't even need to be fully loaded for the rollbacks to be successful. Acalamari20:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
AFC note
Thanks for the note about the afc templates. I was aware of them and I use them occasionally, but sometimes I find it easier to type out my reasoning by hand. Again thanks for the note. TonyBallioni20:00, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I use Lupin's anti-vandal tool. When I use it, I get large lists of vandal and mistaken vandal edits. That night, I was getting any edits. No mistaken or real vandal edits. I guess things are different on IRC. I'll try a tool that links to IRC for a reference now. --EoLtalk01:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply] I also noticed another editor said the same thing I did here. --EoLtalk01:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, yeah Lupin's is not the best way to tell what is vandalism and what isn't at a glance, the IRC feed is a lot better to figure out activity for the level, for sure. There are a number of other tools, but just straight IRC monitoring works well to figure out what the levels are. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold01:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re; Sts-122
also i had them in the right ms 1-4 title my source for that is cbs bill harwood i did the same thing for sts-121 and why isn't that changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbondfan (talk • contribs) 1:08, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Alright, although it really doesn't matter to the average reader, what order they appear in the list, I'll make the changes to the list order. Ariel♥Gold01:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Reference bookmark tool
Hi there, My bookmarks were trashed, and I lost some important tools. Was wondering if you have a link or something, I'd truly appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hourick (talk • contribs)
Hi Hourick, you can click on "Bookmarks" at the top of this page to see a lot of them, but they aren't all that organized. Another great resource is the Editor's index to Wikipedia, which is probably the most comprehensive list of links. Hope that helps! Ariel♥Gold02:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
LOL Thanks Tony! Yeah Edit conflicts are inevitable in AFC, lol. Sorry if I caused any for you! ~*Giggle*~ Thanks for the award! (P.S. I really think your name is great!) Ariel♥Gold03:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, you are removing mass amounts of content, and the three tags, references, in universe, and plot. You did not improve the references, you did not alter the text to fix the in-universe issues, and removed over half the article's content. As I explained on your talk page, you should discuss mass removals of information with other editors on the article's talk page, before making such drastic changes. I realize you're addressing the long plot issue, but to blank out the majority of the plot, is probably not the best way to go about it. A better way would be to summarize, paraphrase, and condense the section, so that the context remains. Thanks. Ariel♥Gold04:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful!
Ariel, you are simply wonderful. Thank you for fixing that image. I always HATE finding some crappy bot posted some notice on my page (cough cough, BCbot). It was so wonderful to find your simple message below it, it really made my day. You are truly one of the most wonderful wikipedians of all time! You simply ROCK! For rocking SO hard, i award you my hero of the wiki barn star!
The Hero of the Wiki award
I, Chrislk02, award you Ariel, my hero of the wiki barnstar. You exhibit the characteristics of a wiki hero. You help fix the problems, instead of writing a bot to bitch and complain about the problems. If everybody had your attitude, this project would not drive away valued contributors, and would prove a much more friendly environment. I hope you always keep your wonderful mentality and know that at least to me, you will always be a hero of this wiki! Chrislk02(Chris Kreider)04:55, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
