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When I find that the conversations or issues discussed here have either ended or resolved, they will be inserted into my archives at my own discretion.—Ryūlóng

Hello

I appreciate your trying to get the IP range block on SummerThunder. My regular account has personal information on it, so I've been using this one exclusively for ST sock fighting. Anyway, I noticed you listed this account's user page on a "protected from creation" list here , and I just wanted to let you know I was cool with that, as I don't intend to add other information re: this account. Best Regards, Inspector Lee 22:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The revert

Thanks for doing that revert of vandalism to my user page! :) Acalamari 00:00, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

UMiamiLogo.gif

Holy heck, you work quickly. Thanks for saving me the need to tag it! --fuzzy510 04:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

:P—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello :)

Don't worry, i requested a block on that IP :) Giggity Giggity GOO! 04:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

And I just blocked it :/—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Do you mind adding a block message to accounts you've blocked? I just wasted my time twice in the last minute warning a vandal reported to WP:AIV that you had already blocked, and I imagine I'm not the only one. It only leads to duplication of effort. Titoxd 08:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, it's a busy night with some of these guys.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Page protection

Hi, there's been a lot of vandalism of your page from dynamic IPs. After a lot of reverting and blocking, I decided to semi-protect. I would have chosen 12 hours, except that I saw it was already fully protected from moves, and I was afraid that the expiry of the edit semi-protection would also mean expiry of the move protection. So I made it indefinite, and I leave it up to you to undo it whenever you find it necessary. Cheers. ElinorD (talk) 17:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 03:27, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimeetup

I'm flying into Orlando for the weekend of August 17-19. I've asked Mike Haltermann (who is currently interning at the foundation HQ) to setup a meetup in Tampa that weekend. I remember seeing you couldn't make it to the NY meetup because you said you'd be back in Florida. Here's your chance to participate in one. Raul654 02:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocked user

Why is Pokemonleafgreen (talk · contribs) blocked? What makes you believe they're a disruptive sockpuppet? They have no contributions, so I'm a bit perplexed. Cheers! 18:12, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

It was caught in a sockpuppet search on an old Bobabobabo sockpuppet. It's definitely a disruptive sock.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:45, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Template:Blockedimpersonator

Hi! Could you explain why you believe the Blockedimpersonator template is unnecessary? It seems to me that it's a good idea to explain why an account is blocked... --Tango 00:18, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

It's one of the many split offs that were merged into {{indefblockeduser}} that were deprecated a while ago.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 00:21, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

If it was deprecated a while ago, why did you only redirect it a couple of days ago? Where did the discussion that decided to merge them take place? --Tango 11:44, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I only discovered it recently.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

And the discussion? Was there a TFD? --Tango 17:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't remember. I just know that a lot of templates were deprecated some time late last year. {{imposter}} was one of them.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 17:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

in re deletion of Category:Çankırı:

What about this: Category:Cankiri? --Homer Landskirty 20:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Still empty. Populate them first.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I was just checking those "wrong categories" for entries I could bend to the "right category"... Then I found this red "right category" and wondered what to do... But I dont know how to populate it, because I have not the slightest idea, what "Cankiri" might be... Can u look at this, too, please: --Homer Landskirty 20:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Jokenda

Jokenda (talk · contribs)

User's sole edits have been to edit userpage, and when I prodded it a couple of days ago he just removed it (four horus ago). Clearly this person is bent on keeping this user page, so I was wondering – would it be more appropriate to MFD it now or wait a couple of weeks in hopes that Jokenda will start contributing to the encyclopedia? hbdragon88 20:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted it outright.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Recreated. May I suggest salting? hbdragon88 21:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I've found my own solution.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Iwashington

You may want to consider extending his 31-hour block to indef--it turns out his userpage was a blatant copyvio of http://members.tripod.com/~foxielady/index.html. Blueboy96 12:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

FWIW, this user has returned as User:Iwashington2. Therefore 09:34, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Changing of the Zords

Just a quick query as to why this episode was deleted? I would have thought that the aim of this site would be to eventually have a page for all the episodes with a description, and I would hardly call CotZ an unimportant episode. If you could just clarify for me, then I know if I should bother adding details for any future episodes or not - MiChaos 12:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC).

Episodes need to contain more than a summary of what happened. You need to show that it had some sort of real world impact or have more than just an impact on the show itself. Look at episode articles for other series. The aim of Misplaced Pages is not to have a page for all episodes of a series. We're not a TV Guide you can edit. We're an encyclopedia.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 20:39, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

In which case why does any Power Ranger episode page exist? I don't recall Green with Evil or King for a Day having any real-world impact. I've seen quite a few TV shows on Misplaced Pages which have pages for many episodes, most with just a summary and trivia sections. I'm not bitter about a page being deleted (sorry if this sounds like I am), I'm merely curious why some episodes have summaries and others don't? What guidance do I need to follow if I want to create a page on an episode and not have it deleted, wasting both of our time and effort? Thanks. - MiChaos 21:10, 8 July 2007 (UTC).

Go to WP:EPISODE (or whatever it is) and ask there. I'm just sure that "Changing of the Zords" is not a major point in Power Rangers.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:39, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'm still confused why some episodes have been added as I would hardly call them having any out-of-universe impact (except maybe Day of the Dumpster or maybe Countdown to Destruction) but to be safe I'll just stick to editing existing pages for now until I know more about Misplaced Pages's policies. Thanks for your help. - MiChaos 22:34, 8 July 2007 (UTC).

User:Ryulong/YGOPTL

Hi, I want to know whether is there some talkpage for determining links listed at your User:Ryulong/YGOPTL, thanks --Andersmusician VOTE 02:05, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

It's a personal list. I don't see anything wrong with it.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 03:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

One more question, has the uploader of those images reuploaded them again after being deleted?, I just want to know more why many were deleted --Andersmusician VOTE 04:47, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

The user in question is banned from Misplaced Pages. The images are there because she repeatedly uploaded them.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:53, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

All right thanks. BTW: nice equation you did here: User:Ryulong/Clock, I'm copying it to my userspace. --Andersmusician VOTE 00:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Not Sure What It Was About

But you should probably be aware of this: User talk:69.225.26.14. -WarthogDemon 05:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

That's SummerThunder.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:37, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

A member of Misplaced Pages's Most Wanted, eh? I'm glad I could help. -WarthogDemon 05:47, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Clock

Hello. Can I just say that I really like the clock on your Talk pages - very impressive! May I use it on my own User page? —gorgan_almighty 11:31, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, copy and alter the code as you please—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 01:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Unblock question

Hey Ryulong, I was just checking out the unblock request for User:ZordZapper. I noticed in the block log that you mention a "possible sock puppet." Is there evidence of that, or is it a gut feeling? Just checking, because I am considering unblocking (based on the vandalism block, and an expressed desire to be a real contributer to the encyclopedia), and I did not want to do so without checking in with you. Pastordavid 16:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Gut feeling. The user is a vandalism only account, too.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

English language

Hi, back in May you semiprotected English language indefinitely. Was there any discussion where it was agreed that, like George W. Bush, English language should be one of the pages indefinitely semiprotected? If not, I'd like to unprotect it if you don't object. —Angr 19:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

It was probably a result to Colbert vandalism.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Rangeblock of 64.231.64.0/18

There's an unblock request up at User talk:64.231.70.47. Thought you might like to comment. On a side note, it is so aggravating to find when there's a rangeblock in place: at least it was clear there was one because your summary said you were blocking a range. I notice you do a fair number of them and I was thinking: would it be much trouble to include the IP range in the block summary? That way in a request like this, the block can be found right away. Mangojuice 20:04, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I will do so in the future. I believe that the individual I was preventing abuse in question is the individual who was vandalizing articles such as Haim Saban (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Shuki Levy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (you can see several edits from this range in question). And with range blocks, I believe you can lift individual IP blocks.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:03, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

• On a related note, Symphony Girl (talk · contribs) is getting auto-blocked by the 70.85.0.0/16 rangeblock. Do you have any strong objections to a softblock on that range with account creation disabled?--Isotope23 20:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

  That range is a hosting range from ThePlanet.com. No one should be editting out of hosting servers. Symphony Girl is probably using some sort of proxy, open or closed, to connect.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

CAT:AOR

Now that you have added yourself, it really would be a good idea to spell out the terms of your pledge. Must have certainty in this crucial matter for personal protection. -- Y not? 04:08, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll figure that out in a bit.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:51, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Gekiranger: Energy

I though Geki, Rinki, & Kageki were acceptable! Fractyl 04:26, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I changed my mind.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

You can't just do it like that. The names were better left untranslated, expecially Geki. You could had brought it up to see if anyone would agree to it or not. Fractyl 04:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It's the proper translation.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe, but "Geki" was a intended pun on both the "proper translation" and the team name. Fractyl 04:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Where the hell do you get these "pun" things? It's not a "pun" when the words are the same in the source language.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 04:59, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

That's easy, research. It still is a pun, the first kanji of "Ge-ki"(Fierce Chi) has the same meaning as "Geki" (Firece), but is written as "Ge" and put together with "Ki" to create the same word it originated for. Fractyl 15:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Then give me a textual source. I still don't believe the "Let's run and jump" thing.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 17:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Jack Cox

Just FYI. This was right aftr his previous WP:CIVIL block expired.—Chowbok ☠ 07:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

A bit late, isn't it?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 07:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of songs about masturbation (4th nomination)

Why did you close this AFD? The original closer wanted it re-opened, the AFD was not listed correctly. See the AN/I thread. --W.marsh 18:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It's had nearly two weeks to reach consensus. If you feel that the close is improper, go to WP:DRV—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 18:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Please read the AN/I thread, it was never listed properly at AFD so the consensus was invalid, since only a skewed set of people could see the AFD. I'd like to avoid DRV but I will take it there... I was hoping you could be reasonable. --W.marsh 18:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you disagree with the result?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 18:44, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Or do you simply feel that process needs to be completed?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 18:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't feel that we need process just for the sake of it... I honestly don't know what the consensus would look like with 5 days of proper listing at AFD. If I did I wouldn't be insisting. --W.marsh 18:48, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

What about the 11 days (July 4 to 15) it had already?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 18:49, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It was only linked to from the article page, which means only people who had it watchlisted or surfed to that article saw the AFD. This is problematic for what should be obvious reasons, the community should be reasonably notified that an article is at AFD... and it's not practical to watch all 1.8 million articles to know which ones are at AFD. Listing at AFD for 5 days is needed for an AFD to be fully valid, if the result is contentious (the past AFDs make this contentious). --W.marsh 18:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Change of license on contributions.

Greetings,

I am withdrawing the licensing of all of my major contributions to Misplaced Pages. I no longer support GDFL and can no longer in good conscience allow the use of my works on this site. I am claiming my contributions solely under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Further details can be ascertained by contacting me directly via e-mail at minimoniotaku@gmail.com. Hav a nice day,

CJ Marsicano 18:52, 15 July 2007 (UTC)