User talk:Icairns

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Archive 01 - Archive 02 - Archive 03 - Archive 04 - Archive 05 I do not delete comments - merely archive them as and when I feel they are resolved. You are at liberty to reinstate any comments below that you do not feel have been resolved. Please note that emails sent to me on Wikipedia business via the Wikipedia email system will be copied here and any replies also posted here. So, don't send anything you don't want everyone to read. This talk page is automatically archived by Werdnabot. Any sections older than 30 days are automatically archived to User talk:Icairns/archive/archive 05. Sections without timestamps are not archived. Current Talk Contents 1 Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can 2 Userbox 3 ? 4 <br clear="all"/> 5 Subpages 6 216.37.85.1 7 Smile 8 Weasel123 9 Berkshire WikiProject invitation 10 Thanks 11 Blocked user continuing to violate WP:BLP 12 CfD nomination of Category:Historical websites 13 British v English 14 The Aegis (magazine) & Francis Perceval Eliot 15 Genealogics automaticals 16 FYI 17 Re: User 206.82.19.62 18 CFD notice 19 Block of 75.50.103.48 20 William Esson 21 Diplomatic missions by country - Turkey 22 Problem with warning templates 23 Appalling misuse of admin powers 24 Thank you 25 User talk:151.202.126.116 26 Turkey issue on Diplomatic Missions by Country (again) 27 User:193.113.48.17 28 Ummm Ok 29 AfD nomination of University of Exeter Halls of Residence 30 Reordering Categories 31 User:username 32 Formation and evolution of the Solar System 33 Email blocks 34 Guyver99 35 Sage1989 36 212.219.7.3‎ 37 SORRY 38 SORRY 39 User talk:205.221.150.3 40 Glam rock typo 41 Oz Symbols Cat 42 User talk:Blacktygrrrr

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[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

[edit] Userbox

I have created the following University of Exeter userbox which I thought you might be interested in. Just add {{User:Benjaminevans82/Userboxes/Exeter}} to you user page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjaminevans82 (talk • contribs)

[edit] ?

are you online now —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gheeeey (talk • contribs)

[edit] <br clear="all"/>

Wouldn't you rather have your boxes not overlapping your userboxes? It looks so much better. :) -PatPeter 20:17, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, and this is now achieved with any br codes... Ian Cairns 09:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subpages

According to StS I had to turn your box about real life into a subpage, as it put you in CG:UT.

• User:Icairns/reallife

[edit] 216.37.85.1

This is a loaner laptop so whoever had it before must have done it, in fact I'm turning it back in at the end of the day to get my (hopefully repaired) laptop back. Sorry it didn't get to him.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.37.85.1 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Smile

[edit] Weasel123

Thanks so much for your help in vandal-blocking. I must admit I was shaking for a couple minutes when I thought I had been the one blocked. Only question is: I see the vandal has stopped, but why doesn't the block show up here? Thanks again! John J. Bulten (talk) 15:36, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks John. I can't explain the absence of a log at your link - but I can see it at: [:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&ip=Weasel123]. The block only applies to Weasel123's username - not to any IP address he / she was using. Ian Cairns (talk) 16:23, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Berkshire WikiProject invitation

Image:Berks arms.gif

Hello, Icairns! I'd like to invite you to join the Berkshire WikiProject. It's a user-group dedicated to improving the overall quality of all Berkshire-related content. There is a discussion page for sharing ideas as well as developing and getting tips on improving articles. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list of members. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We hope to be working with you in the future!

Seaserpent⁸⁵ 01:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user page from vandalism. --Antonio Lopez ^(talk) 00:59, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

No probs. Ian Cairns (talk) 01:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked user continuing to violate WP:BLP

User talk:Glaiza kandalika, who you blocked for 31 hours for vandalism and violation of WP:BLP, continues to make personal attacks and libelous statements on their talk page.[1] I think this Single Purpose attack account should be permanently blocked, including making edits to their talk page. Thank you, ~ priyanath talk 20:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I've added some further comments. Please keep me informed should the sourced references eventually appear. Please be prepared to discuss / refute any such references as may be appropriate. Ian Cairns (talk) 20:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

The only 'sourced' reference he posted earlier is to an unreliable attack website that doesn't come close to meeting WP:RS for a BLP. In fact, leaving his latest statement, as is, on his talk page is a clear violation of WP:BLP that should be removed. I don't understand why it's allowed to remain. Violations of WP:BLP are not supposed to be shown such easy tolerance, according to policy:

"Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space."

I request its immediate removal, please, especially since it's libelous. ~ priyanath talk 20:54, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Go for it!! The user is blocked and you can, and should, remove any libellous material from this article now. If this user should be able to produce reputable justification, then you may need to discuss the merits of the sources. However, it sounds very unlikely at the moment. If you have prior knowledge of his source, then please mention it and any shortcomings as a valid source in the article's discussion page - this will help an Admin to follow the arguments faster when this user returns from the block in a day or so. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 21:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep watching for any re-adding of these things without WP:RS (which there are none). ~ priyanath talk 21:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Historical websites

Category:Historical websites, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Cgingold (talk) 23:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Cgingold - I was going to do this and you beat me to it. --Lquilter (talk) 00:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

No probs - sounds good. Ian Cairns (talk) 00:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British v English

You're adding British Mathematicians to many who are already in Category:English mathematicians (and therefore already in Category:British mathematicians via category inclusion). Is this an error or are you making some point about nationality? -- roundhouse0 (talk) 17:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

You have excluded a third option - they are already in the category but misfiled... Someone has concocted a British mathematician stub which takes the current / default filing. This put them some time back into the British mathematicians category (.. and not my choice..) where I am endeavouring to sort out the correct filing. And that is all I am doing... Let me know if you cannot verify my assertion above. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Let us consider Miles Reid. I see that the UK mathematician stub puts him in Category:British mathematicians and he's already in Category:English mathematicians; and you added Category:British mathematicians. Why? (I myself am definitely British and arguably English, and arguably Scottish, so have no problem with people being removed from 'English'. Not sure how you establish whether someone is English. Miles Reid is very likely English but if both his parents were Scottish ...) -- roundhouse0 (talk) 17:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Righto. Miles Reid was filed in Category:British mathematicians under the letter M by dint of the deficiencies (in my opinion) of the UK Mathematician stub template. I moved the stub above the DEFAULTSORT and then replaced the Category British mathematicians _after_ the DEFAULTSORT - result: Miles Reid filed itself under R. You have now removed the second Categorisation. Result: Miles Reid is now filing itself back under M - which is what I was trying to avoid. If you check the category, you can see that I am going through them serially correcting the alphabetical filing by surname. I have no intentions of doing this twice and will leave your edits as they are. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

PS: I am a Cairns from Buckinghamshire / Surrey - please do not read any nationalism into my surname...

Hmmm.. On second thoughts, It's probably better if I abandon my corrections for today. I'll have another look in a few days, but I'm not putting back what I had corrected once. It was tricky enough as it was. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I have now grasped the problem. The culprit seems to be the UK stub template. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 18:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I've made an edit to Template:UK-mathematician-stub which might have sorted it. (You might have to close and reopen your browser before it notices.) At least for me Reid is now under R. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 18:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Aegis (magazine) & Francis Perceval Eliot

I've rather changed the tone of The Aegis (magazine) which you created - and haven't actually read the paper in question - so thought I should run it by you in case I've erred. If you've no objection, I suggest moving the page to The Aegis (London newspaper). I've another (unrelated!) query: the dates in Francis Perceval Eliot are eccentric. Was this short-lived experimentation on your part, or part of a larger vision? Best, Dsp13 (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I think the Aegis was a magazine rather than a newspaper - although I am unclear what was the difference at that time - but that is how it is usually referred. It was created to dab links to the existing US newspaper article which were being inadvertently picked up by the FPE article.

The dates in FPE appear fine from here? What effect are you seeing? IIRC, the dates were created when the ISO 8601 date format was possibly becoming predominant in WP - being blind to the article's variant of English - and dependent on the viewer's Wiki settings for the actual display format. Feel free to change or let me know what effect you are seeing. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 02:51, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, all I see is the raw ISO 8601, 2008-01-05 etc. Must be my Wiki settings (which I didn't know I had changed in any relevant way). Interesting! Thanks, Dsp13 (talk) 19:44, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Genealogics automaticals

I deplore that some (you?) have started formulaicly to use the Genealogics things to replace genuine and considered links to Genealogics in individual articles. My griping is mostly based on the fact that the formulas you created, fail to appreciate that in Genealogics, the linker may chose how many generations are needed/ useful to present. Perhaps the template is not such a bad thing, but its existence leads some to replace careful links created by others with your formula, losing occasionally some information needed in the article itself. Blind replacements should be banned. Marrtel (talk) 11:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

My previous reply has been removed in favour of the second discussion you started on Template talk:Genealogics pedigree. Ian Cairns (talk) 18:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

This user reported here [2] has been impersonating you and trying to tell users you've blocked them. MBisanz ^talk 22:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Well spotted!! and thanks for letting me know. Ian Cairns (talk) 22:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User 206.82.19.62

Ian. Hi. The anonymous User(s) 206.82.19.62 of a shared workstation that you had warned previously continues to be disruptive in their collective edits. You may want to block them again. Regards, Steve. Stevenmitchell (talk) 08:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I've issued a test4 final warning. You are welcome to do this (in a more timely fashion) if you saw this vandalism earlier. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 16:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CFD notice

I've nominated Category:Victims of psychological abuse, a category you created, for deletion. The discussion is HERE. Thanks. Snocrates 09:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of 75.50.103.48

Just a courtesy note, I tweaked your block of 75.50.103.48 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) to remove the anon-only bit, as the The Great Hunger article has a torrid history (inclduing an arbitration case on the article). Cheers, Daniel (talk) 01:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the note - I of course gave up monitoring vandalism at that point. Ian Cairns (talk) 01:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] William Esson

Thanks for starting William Esson! It was on my list of things to do. The redlink in Template:Savilian Professors of Geometry was bugging me too. Happy editing! LeSnail (talk) 22:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

You're most welcome - there's very little worthwhile information on him publicly available... n'est-ce pas? Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 22:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Diplomatic missions by country - Turkey

I already had left a comment on Talk:Diplomatic_missions_of_Denmark and asked that the discussion be brought to Category_talk:Diplomatic_missions_by_country. No adequate reason was provided by the user of that IP address and another (who cited reasons like Turkey's population relative to Greece), and the user(s) proceded to undo my changes without consulation.

To follow due process I have posted a request on 88.244.70.228's talk page to explain why Turkey should be categorised as Europe. However I fear that every user of that Turkish IP address is now aware of the issue and is barracking for their country...Kransky (talk) 11:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. If you feel that vandalism is still taking place (NB: Vandalism has a well-defined formal meaning), then we need to see appropriate warnings on the user's talk page outlining the articles / edits / times when you feel vandalism has taken place. These warnings are reviewed by the admin when looking at whether the 'vandal' is to be blocked. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 11:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the sage advice. I am afraid the person in question, who today assumed the user ID User:Izmir lee‎, went ahead with further disruptive changes, without giving other regular contributors the chance to state their case. I fail to see why the utility of articles should be reduced to satisfy his nationalist prejudices. Please advise him of the rules - note his youth (15 years) Kransky (talk) 12:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Please see my comment on WP:AIV - these are no formal warnings on the user's talk page - e.g. test3 or test4. We'd then need to see some vandalising after this final warnings. Ian Cairns (talk) 12:57, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Two level 2 warnings given (bad faith and vandalism). Thanks for your comment. Sure he can be bold, but there are good reasons why editors have chosen to format these articles in a particular way. Kransky (talk) 13:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Izmir has started reverting his changes back and has not given any response. Consequently vandalism warning level has been raised to 4. Bad faith warning removed. Kransky (talk) 13:46, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I am presuming 81.214.118.199 is Izmir, since the reverts are taking place in a systematic alphabetical order.Kransky (talk) 13:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with warning templates

When we revert vandalism by someone who already received a level 4 warning, any other warnings make it seem like, "Oh, we didn't really mean it when we said that was your last warning," like the parent who says, "This is the last time I'm going to tell you" five times before taking action. What about something like this:[3]. I'd like some feedback on this as a possible template for non-admins to use when they revert past a level 4 warning. Thanks. Doczilla (talk) 09:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. I'd have no problem using that. Ian Cairns (talk) 09:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll run it by a couple of other people and then, unless anyone sees a problem, move the page to make it a regular Wikipedia template. I'm just trying to think where would be the best place to present this for general feedback. Maybe the talk page for WP:UTN? Doczilla (talk) 09:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Go for it!! Ian Cairns (talk) 10:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

A majority of those I got feedback from on this favored the idea but not a strong consensus. Of course, not everybody has to use something like this. At the suggestion of User:Master of Puppets, I've opened the discussion up at WT:AIV#Past-last_warning. Thanks again! Doczilla (talk) 03:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Appalling misuse of admin powers

I have raised an incident report on AN/I, as per my unblock request I consider your actions to be quite extraordinary. --Pete (talk) 12:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for taking my thoughts into consideration and unblocking Skyring; he is often on the opposite side as I am with regards to content disputes and ideologies regarding the Australian political system and its major figures and policies, but I simply had to speak up on his behalf in favour of a swift unblocking, because blocking someone with whom you are involved in ANY kind of dispute with is administrator anathema, and for good reason.

I am glad you swiftly reversed yourself, but I think both Skyring and you should now drop the issue, admit fault on both sides (Pete could have done it a better way - edit summaries are your friend, and would perhaps have aided in the alleviation of the initial confusion about which editor was supporting what date system), and move on. Unfortunately, Skyring is not a person to take such things lightly, and he may need some convincing to drop the issue, if not from you but from other editors and admins; but he seems to be getting that from the related AN/I thread he refers to above.

I again thank you for taking my opinion on board, and hopefully we will come into contact with one another in a more amiable fashion next time! DEVS EX MACINA _pray 13:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You're most welcome. I really appreciate that you got involved as and when you did. Thanks! Ian Cairns (talk) 14:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:151.202.126.116

Hi! If you think it's appropriate please block the user. He/she repeatedly edits August 13. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 17:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello Oda - Please report this user if you think his / her vandalism meets the criteria at WP:AIV or WP:ANI - Thank you, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:04, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I've now left a BV tag on his talk page - but he has not vandalised since these warnings. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick reply. I read WP:Vandalism but there's no mention about what the user did, meaning repeatedly entered a non-notable person's name in the birth section on a date article. Is it vandalism? Or not? Did you see [4]? It would be helpful if you let me know. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 17:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

It is vandalism but I'd guess that it is almost certainly self-promotion, which I believe is included? Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 17:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I see. But there's a mystery. The first entry was this by RGG122 and the IP user added 'NYC' three minutes later. Looks like a vandal collaboration. Anyway thanks a lot. I learned that this kind of edit was Vandalism. (Smile) Oda Mari (talk) 18:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey issue on Diplomatic Missions by Country (again)

Icairns, Another user has entered the debate. User:Eae1983‎ only initiated his account on 31 January, and like Lokum has been seeking to have Turkey categorised as Europe. I suggested a comprimise in which Turkey would be included as Asia, but I am inflexible on the idea of breaking up transcontinental countries just to satisfy his nationalism. He is not assuming good faith - sending out to Turkish wikipedians this comment:

Hi fellow editors, Can someone answer the question "where is Turkey?" Is it in Europe, Asia, or in the geopolitical entity named "the Middle East"? I was discussing it on Category_talk:Diplomatic_missions_by_country, as are many Turkish wikipedians, since in every Diplomatical Mission page without exception, Turkey is classified as "Middle Eastern". Each time any Turkish wikipedian reverted that page to "Turkey = Europe" someone frantically would put Turkey back to "Middle East" we discussed it with User:Kransky, the very creator of these page, who more or less obviously hates Turkey and does not want to give away his or her nationality, who flagged me for Vandalism and "Not assuming good faith" when I was only trying to protect what I believed was right and discussed politely.= Dear Turkish Wikipedians, I beg you to give me a hand on this very problem.

I suggest you visit the talk page and form your own opinion; I am worried Eae1983 may be trying to mobilise recruits to an edit war. Kransky (talk) 12:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:193.113.48.17

Hi Icairns, I noticed that you took action against User:193.113.48.17 in December for repeated spamming and vandalism. I wanted to let you know that this user has continued to make some unproductive edits, including one for an article on my watchlist, List of London's gentlemen's clubs. Just thought you'd like to know. SaintCyprian ^Talk 01:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello Cyprian. Thanks for that. Yes this was old vandalism - back in January. Since the user is anonymous, it could be a shared user. In which case, there is little use in taking action this far after the event. If he starts actively vandalising again, please let me know ASAP or better still report to WP:AIV for action (you may have to wait for me to become available, but AIV will deal with it quickly). Thanks again, Ian Cairns (talk) 09:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ummm Ok

You said I couldn't edit because I told the Truth about Medved, and you let them tell lies about my friend Vox Day, you guys are a joke, and I have the software to get around your friking IP block. But I don't do shit like that, like the trolls that are attacking Vox Day. I don't have much respect left for your "rational" decisions. And besides, don't give a fuck.

Gregg Tompkins Fort Worth, TX

[edit] AfD nomination of University of Exeter Halls of Residence

I have nominated University of Exeter Halls of Residence, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Exeter Halls of Residence. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. B. Wolterding (talk) 14:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reordering Categories

I notice that you have reordered some category listings by using, for example, [[Category:Unsolved problems in mathematics|Hilbert]] to place the listing of the "Unsolved problems" where "Hilbert" would go. Is there some rhyme or reason to this work? For example, is there a project that identifies pages that are in need of this kind of category re-ordering? Also, is there a WP: reference that explains when to do this kind of thing? Thanks.—GraemeMcRae^talk 22:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for that. The best links I can come up with are:

• WP:CATP
• WP:SORT
• Wikipedia:Categorization#Category_sorting

In the example you quoted, I noticed that the Hilbert problems were being sorted in alphabetical order, i.e. ninth, sixteenth and twelfth were sorted in that order. I merely adjusted the sorting order to be numerical, i.e. 9th, 12th, 16th. I hope that explains things a little. Let me know if you feel I have messed something up. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 22:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I understand now what you did. For example, in this edit, you changed it so "Hilbert's sixteenth" appeared after "Hilbert's twelfth" in the "Unsolved problems in mathematics" category. Nothing wrong with that! (I was just having a mental block understanding the effect of this edit until now.) Thanks for the references.—GraemeMcRae^talk 22:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:username

You appear to have blocked this user despite them not having edited for two years? Black Kite 22:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

• Scratch that, there's something funny going on at AIV - [5]. Black Kite 22:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Formation and evolution of the Solar System

FYI, I've undone one of your edits based on a not-entirely clear subtlety of WP:MOSBOLD; see the article's talk page. ASHill (talk | contribs) 14:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email blocks

Hey, Icairns. Just a reminder that email should not be disabled as a default when blocking accounts. Per the blocking policy, email should only be disabled in response to abuse of the email function. Thanks, - auburnpilot talk 20:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Ian Cairns (talk) 22:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

or —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.121.162 (talk) 21:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guyver99

Ian, in response to this, which was removed between the time I left to come to work and had a chance to check it, the user is very, very clearly a sock of the same person that has been blocked indefinitely three times from Wikipedia for adding spam links (User:Vgmfm, User:Red911 and User:Bbb104) . As far as I'm aware, we aren't required to go through the whole escalating warnings process when a user continues to do the exact same things on the exact same page that have already had him blocked indefinitely from three other accounts. --Smashville^BONK! 15:26, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Smashville - Many thanks for that. There was fairly little evidence of editing let alone vandalism from the user concerned, so I left a comment but did not remove the AIV report. It may be worthwhile considering reporting at WP:SSP next time. Thanks again, Ian Cairns (talk) 16:00, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sage1989

Re [6] I realize he had insufficient warnings, but due to the fact that it seemed like compromised account and the vandalism was in violation of WP:BLP, I thought immediately going to AIV would be the optimal course of action. Stale report now though, so moot point. xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 17:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

No probs. Thanks for your help. Ian Cairns (talk) 17:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 212.219.7.3‎

Per [7], do we really want to play whack-a-vandal on a weekly basis? Feel free to hand out 1 year schoolblocks whenever its warranted. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:49, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I was going by the 'must be active now' guidelines - but I agree that schools are the basis of much of the AIV work. Rgrds, Ian Cairns (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SORRY

Sorry about vandalising.

[edit] SORRY

Sorry about vandalising.--Adidasnike619 (talk) 15:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the message - let your new-found behaviour speak in its actions..... rgrds, Ian Cairns (talk) 19:43, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:205.221.150.3

Hopefully you don't mind, but it occurs to me that I'm fiddling with a block you set, and possibly should have asked you, first; I can at least let you know, now. Explanation at User talk:205.221.150.3#18 month block and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#205.221.150.3 Permanent IP Block at Request?. – Luna Santin (talk) 10:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Luna - No problem. I should probably have given a longer block. Thanks for letting me know. Ian Cairns (talk) 11:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glam rock typo

Sorry, it was supposed to be Category:Rock songs by subgenre, genre → subgenre. Thanks for catching the mistake. Is my new edit correct? JackSchmidt (talk) 01:06, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Jack - Yes, that's fine. I was working through uncategorised categories and fixing them how I could. Thanks, Ian Cairns (talk) 09:25, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oz Symbols Cat

When I removed the vndlsm on the cat main page - i didnt think i'd removed the cats - odd - and thanks for fixing it - cheers SatuSuro 10:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Suro - You're welcome. Cheers, Ian Cairns (talk) 11:16, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Blacktygrrrr

Mr. Cairns,

I am not very computer savvy, but I looked you up because there was a Wikipedia issue, and I was not sure if I did the appeal thing correctly.

Here is what I wrote:

"Mr. Cairns,

I noticed that I was blocked. I was surprised by this.

I was told that my nickname "blacktygrrrr" violates the guidelines somehow. I have had this nickname since college. It is my favorite color and favorite animal. Also, it is a takeoff on 80s rock bands with colors and animals such as White Lion, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, etc. I have been known as the Black Tygrrrr for half my life.

I also saw that I was labeled as a spammer. The links that I posted were actual interviews that I conducted with people, or my interactions with meeting them.

In every instance, they were pleased with the results of the interview or meeting.

I have only recently learned about Wikipedia posting because somebody I did an interview with decided to put my interview on their page. That gave me the idea to add my other interviews to pages.

I have gotten thank you notes from more than one interviewee for doing so.

Please let me know if this is sufficient to remove the block, or what procedural steps I need to take. Any rules violations were accidental.

Respectfully,

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express"

I hope this email was not an intrusion. I just wanted to make sure that my request for unblock does not languish because of my possible inability to file the request properly.

Respectfully,

eric aka the Tygrrrr Express

Hello eric aka the Tygrrrr Express - Thanks for your message - first names please, no formality around here - Thank you for making contact - this is much appreciated. My block was expressing concern that your username was being used to promote a website / organisation that was related to your username, and was being used to add a repetitive link to your website / webpage. Please check WP:U and then the paragraph on Company / group names and Inappropriate usernames (Promotional usernames) - it was this point that caused me to consider blocking your account. Wikipedia exists to be an encyclopedia - and is not a promotional medium for any company or cause. To paraphrase, you are most welcome to add material to Wikipedia - provided that it is sourced (i.e. you can provide a reference to it), true, and does not soapbox / promote your own cause. If you are happy to conform to this standard Wiki format, then I have no problem with releasing your username - but you must not then use it to promote your interviews. Please read up and let me know what you think. Best regards, Ian Cairns (talk) 22:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)