User talk:Razorflame/Archive 6

Was it right to do this?

Someone blindly took out alot of text on the Harry Potter (character) article, and some of it should have stayed and other parts were easy. Was it okay that I undid him? Cypher 02:37, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I was debating upon whether or not to undo the IP address's edit to that page because actually, that page should be deleted because I think we already have a Harry Potter page. I'll double-check this. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 02:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

{{BASEPAGENAME}}

Hey, I saw that you have (Insert Username here) on User:Razorflame/M. You can use {{BASEPAGENAME}} instead, so you don't have to change (Insert Username here) to the username every time you use it.

See this use of BASEPAGENAME for example: Razorflame

Cheers,  Lights  talk  03:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I've already changed this in the page in question. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Help

Hi Razorflame, I'm not an admin, so I don't think I can help, but hopefully that vandal will be stopped soon. Thamusemeantfan 04:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Creol has come and helped :) Razorflame (contributions) Talk 04:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar!

Moved to userpage

What the heck....it's BACKWARDS! Razorflame (contributions) Talk 21:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I used reverse unicode which is used in Arabic. ;-))) Cheers, ☆ Lights (talk) 21:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm actually having problems adding a simple asterisk to it. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 21:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It should work if you add it at the very end of it. If you like, I can just make it normal for you. ☆ Lights (talk) 21:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate trying to make it unique, but it is actually being a pain. Feel free to make it normal again. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:00, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done ☆ Lights (talk) 22:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I've noticed! Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Chris (2006)

Please refrain from editing articles while I am working on them. --§ Snake311 _{(T + C)} 22:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It appeared as though you were done editing it. If you would like users to not edit articles that you are currently editing, please use the {{inuse}} template. Thanks Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome message

• I am also on the english Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Nikkul&action=edit Nikkul 22:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

At the English Wikipedia, they don't have a problem with uploading images, but here, we have a no image policy. Please observe this no image policy. Thanks Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Photo

For the time being I'll stick to using my heraldic badge, as I hate photos of me. But I did see your babel boxes. De-1. Vielleicht können Sie mir bei meiner To-do-Liste helfen. --Bärliner 01:28, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

de-1 was meant loosely. I only really know how to say good morning :) Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Guten morgen Herr Rasierapparatflamme :). Not sure what commons policy on removal is, but you can always ask them to take the photo down. --Bärliner 01:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Have already asked an administrator there to remove it. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 01:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

EVula was quick getting rid of your pin-up photo. I went searching for me. Nothing on the internet under images, except for a scary guy in Vancouver BC who even spells his name same way I do. RANT ALERT Typical of the efficiency of my city council. I found my name in council document from 2000 but can't get hold of last month's documents. Morons. RANT OVER --Bärliner 11:54, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I know EVula was quick in deleting it. That was the reason why I asked her and not some other administrator. Razorflame 18:14, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

siggy

Razorflame

Sheer boredom and seven minutes past two. Good night morning --Bärliner 02:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Nice! I'll make use of this sometime in the near future :) Razorflame (contributions) Talk 02:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: en-wiki message

I wish I had time for simplewiki, but I simply don't I much too busy at en-wiki and in rl. Maxim_{(talk) (contributions)} 02:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to just pop in every now and then if you would like to. We would still appreciate you coming around and helping out every now and then. Cheers, Razorflame 02:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'd love to be more active here. Enwiki, is very distracting though, and I just created a cool new tool that won't be much use here. Oh btw, you have an amazing amount of edits here... 7000 in 2 months? Wow, I barely have 1000. See you around. Majorly (talk) 14:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I know that enwiki is very distracting. I've been on en:WP. And yes, I've made 7,000 edits in actually 1 month 7 days. Hope to see you around here. Razorflame 18:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Brett

Re: how did I become an admin

The usual way, I assume. I made a lot of useful edits, I was nominated, I accepted, I received support, and I became an admin. I'm not aware of any hierarchical relationship between wiktionary and wikipedia.--Brett 02:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I was merely just wondering. Hope you don't mind and hope you can quell an adolescent's curious mind :) Razorflame 02:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Not at all.--Brett 02:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I removed the 2nd definition that I added to container. I think you were right about that. Razorflame 02:32, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Commas

I reverted the commas you put into dates on one of the German Cabinet pages. Commas shouldn't be needed, as there is supposed to be an auto format function, so you lot over there should be able to see month day comma year and us normal english speakers will see day month year :).

Ok, I'll stop putting commas into pages for dates. Razorflame 18:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I have asked about this on simple talk. There are a couple of links on the page too, one to the en Manual of Style about links to years. It says don't link just for the sake of a link, so I don't anymore.--Bärliner 11:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll stop linking to years from now on. I didn't think it was a big deal to link pages with years in them to the years in question. Razorflame 18:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Links

The rule is to have links only with personal data and really important events. You would not really like to put all works of Conrad in the year articles. --Cethegus 16:33, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know that links are only to personal data and important events. Now I do, and now I will stop linking. Razorflame 18:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

i think he did wrong

Hi razor. I think that the administrator you contacted on english wikipedia deleted the block on my user page and all talks on my talk page in belief it would take off the block. But its still on, if you could mention it to him.--Sinbad 16:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, people who are indefinitely blocked usually have their pages deleted. Razorflame 18:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Welcoming users

OK, thank you very much for the tip. I am new at welcoming new users. :) --Thamusemeantfan 21:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Also check if their contributions that they made are of a benefit to this site. If they are, then go ahead and welcome them. Razorflame 21:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstars

Moved to userpage.

Thanks for the barnstars! :) Razorflame 22:32, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Page protection

I'm in favour about semi-protecting World War II, but I'd prefer if you leave a note to some more active admin here. Please feel free to remind me if the page is vandalized again. Thank you, M7 22:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll drop a note in Creol and Barliner's User talk pages about this. Razorflame 22:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

It seems to me like you've really gotten into Creol's bad books with that mini-rant on his talk page. What was that about?

Gwib ^-(talk)- 00:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Read what he said about the "desysopping of Freshstart and Angela (his first comment)" and you'd understand. Razorflame 00:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean... He is right in some ways but that last conclusive comment: "If we are going to support inactivity ... " was a bit far. I'm sorry I've raised such a controversial topic. Gwib ^-(talk)- 00:22, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

But you aren't raising a controvesial subject. It's over and done with now, so relax!  :) Razorflame 00:23, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I have made some corrections to WW2, but no vandals since your message and I agree, Gwib didn't raise anything controversial. I say that pointing out ahead of time he was going to be less active or inactive for a while was very responsible. There is a difference between that and disapperaing without trace as some of our admins seem to have done. --Bärliner 11:25, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

my place

Thank a lot, Dear Adm., I am trying with the placement of the elements, as you know many times, besides summary box there is a full of dead space. Nevertheless posting images there is a challenge --Penarc 00:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Pretty well or as Germans says sehr Schoen.--Penarc 00:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an admin though. Razorflame 00:57, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

nikkul

No. I'm saying that the Nikkul from bpy.wikipedia is a vandal (probably an impersonator if Nikkul is a well known user at other wikis). However, the IP 121.44.79.159 is DEFINITELY a vandal (that's the IP that created Nikkul@bpywiki) Drini 05:52, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

What on earth is a porn vandal?

Gwib ^-(talk)- 09:23, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser Result shows its not him..so it is safe to assume that this Nikkul is not a porn vandal :P ...--Cometstyles 10:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Wow! Thank you very much:) And have a happy new year;))) --§ Snake311 _{(T + C)} 22:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem! You deserve it! Razorflame 22:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I've got a question

I was just wondering, if there's a picture on en.wikipedia, how do I get it to show here without uploading it to this server? And would the same work for meta? Thanks! Cypher 03:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

If there is a picture in an english Wikipedia article, chances are that the picture has already been uploaded onto the Commons, making it fair game for use in any article on here. As for Meta, you'll have to find out for yourself. Meta is much more complex. You'll have to ask on meta. Cheers! Razorflame 03:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

For your answer (I copied it from somewhere):

Delete it if it's annoying, apparently it won't close...Cypher 04:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Rfa

There is not set time to run for adminship, but 3 months is preferred, but if you think you are ready, then, go for it. Oysterguitarist 04:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

1. Nah, barliner told me elsewhere that I should wait (Cometstyles too). Imma wait until mid to late January to do an RfA. Razorflame 04:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

New message for bot at pt.wiki

=). --Leonardo.stabile@pt.wiki

Thanks for the message. I've filed a request now. Sorry for the trouble. I don't speak pt, so therefore, I could not find the bot flag request page. Razorflame 05:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

bot

bot flag granted, ad you bot in the rigth page ;) --vector ^_^ (talk) 08:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Which page would that be? (sorry, I'm sorta new to bots :)) Razorflame 17:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

hiya

thanks! I was wondering about something... since there are so few pages on here compared to the original wikipedia, wouldnt it at least be better just to entirely copy all the articles from wikipedia and paste them here, if there isnt already a page from them? That way, the simple wikipedia would still have the simple written articles it already had, but for the articles that no one has yet rewritten, it will at least have something. The language in them may not be 'basic english,' but since there wasnt an article for them in the first place, its better than nothing, surely? and it would mean that there would be more chance of people seeing an article here and then editing it to make it simpler english, rather than the less likely event of someone actually bringing a page over and rewriting it themselves. Is there a policy for this? sorry, i was just wondering... it struck me straight away how many articles this wikipedia is missing from the other one. happy new year by the way. Iamandrewrice 10:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

what do you think? Ben(User)(Talk)(Contribs) 15:56, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to jump in before you can reply. No copy pasted articles are not welcome or useful here and are liable to be deleted straight away. In just the same way that an article in German is likely to be deleted from the regular english wikipedia. English and Simple English are two different languages.--Bärliner 16:18, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

It's exactly what Barliner said. We do not condone direct copypastes of the articles directly over from the English Wikipedia. It would be better to take and simplify the article than to copypaste articles directly from the English Wikipedia. Razorflame 17:25, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

er...

hi can you help... for some reason I can't get my signature code to work properly... also, where did you get your userboxes from? ^^ <font color="red">I</font><font color=orange">am</font><font color="yellow">andrew</font><font color="green">rice</font>([[User:Iamandrewrice|User]])([[User talk:Iamandrewrice|Talk]]) 10:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Let's see...I'll see what I can do. Razorflame 17:26, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I think gwib has already sorted out the sig of this user from en wikipedia--Bärliner 17:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I will stop trying to fix it then. Razorflame 17:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Federal Cabinet

I have a list of ministries on user:barliner/To Do. Are they simple enough? I know there are a lot of German names in them, but these relate to redlinks, and I will gradually fill those in. Thanks.--Bärliner 16:23, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

They all look fine. The English used in them, I think, are simple and very easy to understand. Razorflame 17:28, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

hey

lol Ben is my real name... :p

Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 17:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Now I know. Razorflame 17:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I would suggest you change the font color of your contributions to a different color than yellow. Yellow is hard to see against white backgrounds. Razorflame 17:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Stealing

I hope you don't mind that I sort of butted into the conversation you were having with Ben and fixing his signature for him, even though he asked you.
Thing is, I like coding stuff and you seemed to be away...
Gwib ^-(talk)- 17:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

It isn't a problem. If a user asks me a question and I'm away, I don't care who comes in and helps the user so long as the user is helped. Razorflame 17:39, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Left you a reply on my userpage about the colours.

Gwib ^-(talk)- 17:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I'm not sure about those...try using just the normal color code gold....gold is pretty close to yellow, yet is visible against a white background. Razorflame 17:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Gold is either CC6600 or CC9900, not such which but I'm pretty sure one of them will fit the job.

Gwib ^-(talk)- 17:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

If that is the color code for gold, then yes, that will fit the build. Razorflame 17:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

why?

do you want to ban me? i was told to come edit here. People hacked onto my old account on Wikipedia, and the administrators understand this... i am trying to find the thread for it... I didnt do anything wrong myself... they are just waiting for it to calm down to unblock me! Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 18:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

but you havnt stated the reason... i dont understand what need there is to block me! Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 18:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you post that on the AN? And i will change them now... Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 21:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I will in a bit. Razorflame 21:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

New User

Looks like we scared him away :p
Gwib ^-(talk)- 22:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Apparently so. Razorflame 22:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks!     Dear Razorflame/Archive 6. I'd like to thank you deeply for participating in my RfA, which came out successful just today. I'm happy to say that I'll be more active than ever now, and that any page that needs protecting or any vandal that needs blocking will be done so (unless someone beats me to it!). If you have any comments to make, concerns or even critisism, then please leave a message on my talk page. Gwib -(talk)- 00:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Thanks for the welcome! My computer crashed in a quite spectacular manner. Luckily I retrieved most of my docs, but lost all my Christmas party pics which weren't backed up!

I'm just fiddling around, tidying up. I don't think Ive got the energy to write anything major.

Amandajm 03:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I just hope you stick around and edit quite a bit :). You'll see my name pop up quite a bit (I'm a very busy editor.) Razorflame 03:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Second-in-command

Is it any better now? Dreamafter ^⇔ 04:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll go take a look now. Razorflame 04:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I am back

Don't worry, I would not have snuck away in the dark without telling anyone. I think I am still needed by the community. ;) --Eptalon (talk) 18:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Both Gwib and Lights were nominated for RfA by me, and they were both successful. Razorflame 18:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

User page

Did you check it before you posted that message . I just de-redlinked it :) -- Avi (talk) 18:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for deredlinking it :) Razorflame 18:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

I've decided to make a copy of the En Wiki userbox gallery. I know it'll be met with scorn but I think that they'll be used and will be useful; but there is one thing I need to ask you first.
How do you link directly to the userboxes like on your userpage? It says {{user:Razorflame/userbox}} . How do you do that?
Gwib ^-(talk)- 19:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

You mean my userpage on en:wiki? Razorflame 19:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

No no, here. For example your excessive editor userbox. It just has one simple line of code, which presumably goes to a sub page somewhere. I know how to design a userbox but to link to it using one line of code, got no clue how to!

Please help?

Gwib ^-(talk)- 19:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Easy. All you have to do is create a user subpage for it. Then, all you have to do is type in the subpage of it in brackets, then it all gets one line of code :) Razorflame 19:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Lovely, thanks! Just curious, where do you keep all of your subpages? You must have quite a few...

Gwib ^-(talk)- 19:34, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

There is no list for all my subpages. If there was, it would be too long. Also, as an honest opinion: I don't think you should port the userboxes over from the English Wikipedia, as we are too small of a Wikipedia and not all of the userboxes are in simple english. Razorflame 19:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I won't take all of them, I'll just take a few and design a few.
Gwib ^-(talk)- 19:46, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Just take the ones that you will actually use, and make sure to make them in your userspace, and not the template part :) Razorflame 19:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

It's easy enough to change simplify them - as I did for {{User:Barliner/userboxes/admin}}--Bärliner 19:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

But you should only use the ones that you plan on actually using on this site. Razorflame 19:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to interupt. Just because we're a smaller community doesnt mean we shouldnt have all the ones that wikipedia has...I think it would be a great idea to have them all over here :))))))) Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 20:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

We are too small of a community to bring all of the userboxes from the English Wikipedia over here. How are we to use all 12,000+ of them (last time anyone bothered counting) if we only have 10-15 active users? Razorflame 20:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Switzerland

How come Appenzell Ausserrhoden is on the most requested list. Thought you were our Swiss expert now:) --Bärliner 19:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. I'll fix that right away though :) Razorflame 20:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Note

Yeah, thanks for fixing those. Oysterguitarist 21:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. :) Razorflame 21:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks :D

what was wrong with it before? also... why does the 'french' template automatically go at the bottom even though it is not? Oo Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 21:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

It was adding categories to the bottom of your page. I deleted the parts that was adding the extra categories on the bottom of the page. Razorflame 21:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh thanks ;p and i figured out why the french one was going to the bottom. ^^ Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 21:18, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok. Not a problem :) Razorflame 21:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Wow...forgot about the interwiki. Stupid of me...thank you! bibliomaniac15 21:40, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem :) Razorflame 21:40, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Cyphre.

Well, I decided to make a doppleganger, and why not use it? I put it was. OOPS! Forgot to write that on my page. BTW, I finaly finished User:Cypher/colors

You know what a doppleganger was dont you? and some people might not catch it.Cypher (talk) 01:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that you should be using 2 accounts to edit here at the same time. Razorflame 01:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay then, I'll stop, but can I use it for my page? Cypher (talk) 01:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't use it at all. I have another account here called Darkice who I have pledged only to use if for some reason, I can't get onto this account. Razorflame 01:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

'k. Do you want to have the password and keep me from using it? Cypher (talk) 01:49, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

No. Ask Lights to block it for you if you don't want to use it. Razorflame 01:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)