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User:Evilphoenix/status

WP:RFA/SV

Thanks for your interest in WP:RFA/SV. I have responded to your latest comment/change of vote there. Regards, St|eve 00:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

India

Heh. And I was just about to delete the thugi article just because it sucked and was orphaned. And that was a pretty crazy catch of my redirect typo.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.68.224.129 (talk • contribs) 04:15, October 29, 2005 (UTC)

You can't actually delete an article, only Administrators can do that. If you remove all the text of an article, we still have the article, and will actually generally revert back from such page blankings. If you think an article should be deleted you're more than welcome to submit it to Articles for Deletion. And as far as the catch goes, well, we watch closely. Why not go ahead and sign up for a user account? Best regards, Ëvilphoenix 04:22, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: {{anon}}

Hehe! Success! The anon's message on your talk page is what prompted me to do it. I saw it on my watchlist. :o Acetic' 04:27, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Supreme Commander

I didn't know why you reverted my edits, since the talk page complained about the page having trouble with people finding the article. Also the disambiguation was useless since nothing on military ranks or commander-in-chief links there. I was only trying to help and you treated me like if I was a vandal.

Please use edit summaries in your edits. If you don't say that you are doing something per discussion, I have no reason to believe that you are. Ëvilphoenix 05:01, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

So am I allowed to edit the page again if I use use the summaries?

Could you do me a favor and link me to the discussion first, and let me look at it? Ëvilphoenix 05:08, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Here it is: Talk:Supreme Commander (game)

No, the discussion above it reached a consensus to make Supreme Commander a disambiguation page, which is perfectly acceptable and well within standard Misplaced Pages practice. Please don't adjust the re-directs or move the pages around. Thanks. Ëvilphoenix 18:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: costume

Hermione Granger, of course. :-) Hermione1980 12:19, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism by TJive

Hello, TJive has repeatedly deleting off sections of articles he don't agree with without consensus. . Several months ago he has been warned by Rama, and he's back doing it again — Preceding unsigned comment added by PatCheng (talk • contribs) 05:58, November 1, 2005 (UTC)

I'll take a look, but I'm not very active right now. Ëvilphoenix 15:32, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Just a note...

...to let you know that when my RfA was moved to Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/FireFox, your vote was lost. So incase you hadn't noticed, just a note to tell you. FireFox

You are still yet to revote. You have until Monday. We're hoping for a position in the top 5! --Celestianpower 21:50, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

RFA for Johntex

Hello, I want to thank you for your support of my RfA. The one button rollback feature is very useful, and I've already been able to close a couple of deletions. I look forward to seeing you around our articles of common interest! Best, Johntex\ 00:02, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Scottfisher, again

I put this on User talk:Scottfisher, but he deleted it without comment:

Images of uncertain provenance

User:Evilphoenix told you: Do not upload any images until the issues with your current issues have been addressed, or you will be re-blocked. Do not add any links to images in articles, even if not uploaded, or you will be re-blocked. (my emphasis); yet you continue to revert the removal of "possible-copyvio"-flagged images from articles (e.g. ). You may choose, as is your habit, to delete this comment from your talk page, but you should be aware that that will be seen as both an indication that you have seen the comment, and, if you continue to repeat such behaviour, that you are doing so wilfully and in full knowledge of the potential consequences. It's your call. Andy Mabbett 09:40, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Andy Mabbett 13:01, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

I'm sorry you found reason to object to my adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to clear the slate. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future.  ALKIVAR™ 07:19, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for supporting my RfA

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:30, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Speedy deltion - copyright violations

Hey. criteria for speedy deletion A8 states "aterial is unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider (e.g. encyclopedia, news service) and;". Article Negawatt did not meet that. That's why saying "I see no assertion that the site makes money from that content" was relevant. The site was a non-commercial site, so db-copyvio shouldn't be used for such cases. There are little things like that in speedy deletion criteria which make it more more complex. gren グレン 04:44, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey again, I saw you deleted and then undeleted it... just be careful when you undelete... you only restored your edits which made the page history one item... you want to restore it with all legitimate items... which, since you were the first deletion, is everything. Just check all of the applicable boxes on undelete. gren グレン 08:24, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Winter Soldier?

No part of the talk page has been deleted, so I suppose you could search its history. Or because of this, ask User:Duk. Sorry I can't be more helpful, but I really don't know what the issue (or the article) is about and was merely bringing it to the proper parties' attention. Radiant_>|< 13:22, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Return of Scottfisher?

Please see and . Andy Mabbett 15:18, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

• Also User:160.91.172.45 who has, oddly, just reverted my last edit to Jeremy Clarkson and removed my coment from Talk:Jeremy Clarkson. Andy Mabbett 15:59, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Now making empty edits (, ) to pages I've recently edited (both IP addresses are registered to 'Oak Ridge National Laboratory'). Andy Mabbett 16:06, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

In the future, you can bring up potential Scottfisher socks to The Administrators Noticeboard/Incidents. I agree that the first IP is most likely Scottfisher, but I'm not as convinced on the second one. I blocked the first one and noted it on AN/I. Ëvilphoenix 23:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I can't see how the second one does not convince you - same IP block, registered to the same organisation, used sequentially, and within minutes of the first, for those speciifc edits... Andy Mabbett 09:10, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Fix your sig

It goes 'sup' 'small' then '/sup' '/small', and the latter two tags should be reversed so that they nest properly. Thanks. Radiant_>|< 23:45, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

POV dispute/repeated reverts?

I stumbled across your user page and was wondering if you could look at the Lambda Phi Epsilon page. I've been involved in somewhat of a revert war with a few other guys and am not totally sure how to bring attention to the matter. Someone marked it as a POV disputed page, so maybe someone else will take care of it? Thanks for any help/advice.

--Scott — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iheartwiki19 (talk • contribs) 11:49, November 18, 2005 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it and keep my eye on it. Also, in the future, please sign posts to Talk pages. Thanks. Ëvilphoenix 19:41, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Not sure how to contact you subtly, need to ask you something private. Contact me privately if Misplaced Pages allows it, please. - Iheartwiki19 03:44, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your signing your comment. You may use the "email this user" function on my User or Talk page to send me an e-mail, and as I see you have e-mail enabled, I will reply with that. Ëvilphoenix 05:24, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Rfar

That's understandable, at least in this case. In cases that aren't contreversial such as that one though, i'm likely to ignore that unwritten rule in deference to Be Bold. This entire process with the rfar has disgusted me. POTW continues his nonsense and intimidation tactics, and yet i'm considered the villain here for being "too tough" on him. Karmafist 15:06, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

It's more than a one sided issue, in my opinion. There's several issues at play. Normally I try to stay away from RfAr, but this one I am looking at more closely. My impression is that the evidence you presented doesn't really fairly represent whats been happening, but I'm still sorting through it all and trying to get a better understanding of the situation on my own before attempting to make any interpretations. As far as the deletion of your own user page, I'm pretty sure it is actually stated somewhere, though I'm not sure precisely where at the moment. Ëvilphoenix 15:28, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

WP:GRFA dispute

I've set the ball rolling for a WP:RFC survey to start, discussion is on the GRFA talk page. Please comment. Borisblue 04:18, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Scottfisher sockpuppet

It's my understanding that, per policy, edits by sockpuppets of blocked users are to be reverted, on sight. So why did you revert my reversion of Scottfisher's last edit? Andy Mabbett 22:44, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Because it's on his own user page, not to an article. And it was just correcting a typo, but it was a bad choice on his part, as that IP is now blocked because of it. Ëvilphoenix 22:49, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

The rule is Reverts: All edits by a banned user made since their ban, regardless of their merits, may be reverted by any user. As the banned user is not authorised to make those edits, there is no need to discuss them prior to reversion. We ask that users generally refrain from reinstating any edits made by banned users.; but that applies to banned, not blocked, users. I didn't realise the difference. My appologies. Andy Mabbett 23:32, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for explaining reverts to me, I promise to always use them wisely. Becksy 13:56, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Dispute advice

Hello - I've seen you around a bit (especially on Harry Potter pages) and would like your opinion, seeing as how you are a member of the Meidiation Cabal. I'm having problems with a new (I presume) user over the content of List of villains. In a nutshell, they want to make large changes, while I would prefer to discuss things first. I'm objecting not only to the content of their changes, but their method as well. I've tried talking on the article talk page, and on their talk page as well (here's their latest response to that: )

I'll spare you further details, and this is obviously only presenting my side of things :), but I'm not sure of the next step. I'd go to Third Opinion, but there is at least one other person involved (hence, the message about "2 people" on my talk page). Just wondering what you recommend: Request for Comment? Mediation? Mediation Cabal? Not sure how formal I should make this, but I'd like to get it resolved, as it is taking a lot of my time right now which I don't really have, but I hate to see the List of villains article in such a state as the other user keeps changing it to. Thanks much. - Turnstep 02:16, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it. Ëvilphoenix 03:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Turnstephy, you magnificent Mussolini of the kind of literated, 3 words:

                                           IN 
                                          YOUR
                                          FACE
                                           !! 

yours: --T-man, the Wise Scarecrow 07:33, 25 November 2005 (UTC) ps: Evilphoenix: if you are a woman, and especially if you luke like your x-men namesake... Would you marry me?!!

My good friend T-man, if I am deciphering your text accurately, you are both taunting Turnstep and flirting with me. First, please refrain from personal attacks. Turnstep came to me with a legitimate request for assistance, and just because I happen to agree with your viewpoint on one article does not give you the right to mock Turnstep. Please do not engage in such action again. Second, I hate to be a dissapointment, but A. I am a guy and B. my Wiki-heart belongs to another and C. I do not resemble Phoenix. Best regards, Ëvilphoenix 05:51, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Pigsonthewing

Tell you what, i'll ask for you from now on then. After asking on IRC for blocks about a billion times in the past few weeks and waiting for the Arbcom to do something after weeks of his constant disruption, bad faith and edit warring, something had to be done about him once and for all. Karmafist 02:58, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks man, whenever I see his words now, I see Leonig Mig, afraid to edit due to Pigs, and I think of the thousands of people he must have turned off to Misplaced Pages by his actions. I know I have a temper, but I can't hold it in when I see him hurting this project I love so much by intimidating others. I'd more than gladly give up my adminship to make him feel the way Leonig Mig felt if that's what was needed in order to stop him from doing such a thing again. Karmafist 03:33, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Leonig's back, but under another name he keeps secret for fear from retribution from Pigs. And considering he has around 20,000 edits, and he gets into several edit wars a week, i'd say thousands is a fair estimate. He had a revert war going for almost a year at Birmingham. Karmafist 04:04, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

'Anime' Term

Thanks for the support! Thanks a lot!!!

But i'd like to addres an issue in which i know my opinion its not the most popular but id like to discuss it with you and whoever is interested. Maybe, we should later continue this conversation on the list of villains page, but im writing here first because since u are the first to correct this and i kind of expected this to happen, id like to get your atention first... the anime change u made.. i know thats the popular term, but i dont like it because of this reason:

• im totally against that kind of languaje degeneration...(i notice the irony of it comming from me) i like to write with abreviatures and stuff, because it is unavoidable the fact that it will keep happening and as long as it doesn't happen in published stuff and media i suppose its kinda ok... but to add to the languaje every single foreign word to describe something that English languaje already has a word for is kinda pretentiuos, snoby and pompous. Salsa is sauce, siesta is nap, sombrero is hat (if by that you mean the big mexican ones, the proper term would be charro hat) in spanish; as well as anime is animation in japanese.. no wait thats wrong!! japanese people are doing with english words what americans do with every other language words. you wouldn call "taiburu" a table just because its made in japan! tabure and anime are japanese mispronunciation of table and animation! to japanese people the simpsons or batman are animation just as well as dragonball. besides if english speakers pronunce anime, and all the other japanise words they use isntead of just translating them, as good as they pronunce sombrero, salsa, or siesta; belive me they feel embarased and ofended rather than flattered. By the way, MEXICO its pronnounced mehicoh not megsico!!! the x sound like the h in him, and the o like the a in walk, tall or talk! English is already the largest language of the world, we get it, please stop steeling other languajes words.
• itd be useful to distinguish when an 'anime' is american or japanese.
• i swear i got other point but i forgot while writing the first.

Please help me and ask for help to put all the tittles from the long list at the bottom of the list of villains, in the right categories. --T-man, the Wise Scarecrow 07:34, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

T-man, thanks for your comment. I'd encourage you to use the Talk page of the article itself for content questions about the article, I will be monitoring the Talk page as well, so I'll see anything that you post there. As far as the use of "anime", I know that English is not your primary language, so let me explain (and I don't intend to sound obnoxious, if I do I apologise) that in English, "Anime" refers specifically to Japanese style animation. While the Japanese language and people may or may not draw a distinction between Japanese and American animation styles, in English there is a distinction. Likewise, your other examples: Salsa is a type of sauce, Siesta is a type of nap, and sombrero is a type of hat. In each of these, the word in question is a more specific word, where the words you would substitute are more general words. In general, it is better in English to be as specific as possible, and to say "salsa" is to refer to a specific type of sauce, whereas "sauce" is much more general and vague. As a native English speaker, I assure you that "Anime" is the best term to refer to the Japanese animation style "Anime" is almost never used to refer to any American animation, as American animation simply isnt drawn in the style of anime, nor do the stories have the characteristics of Japanese culture that seperates Anime from American animation. As far as English stealing words, words have been trading themselves among languages for as long as mankind has used them to communicate. It's simply part of language. Best regards, Ëvilphoenix 16:32, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Christian Exodus link on South Carolina page

The reason I deleted the Christian Exodus link on the South Carolina page is not because I fail to recognize that it is a "real organization," but because that website has no formal or official connection to the state of South Carolina or South Carolina government. If we can simply list the links organizations or institutions that have any type of association with South Carolina, where will it end? The organization is not representative of the entire state of South Carolina or its people, so I do not think it should be listed under "external links."— Preceding unsigned comment added by Akhenaton06 (talk • contribs) 05:06, November 27, 2005 (UTC)

Ok. Let's take the discussion to the Talk page of the article itself then. Also, you can sign your posts to Talk pages by typing for tildes after your post, like so: ~~~~ Thanks! Ëvilphoenix 06:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

South Carolina

I can't imagine why you feel it is important to keep the christianexodus.org link on the South Carolina page. I have removed it again, as per the reasoning on the Talk page. Please don't replace the link without responding to that post. TIA, -- Mwanner | Talk 14:54, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about the tone-- it was unintentional. It seemed that you were demanding an explanation from a newbie without bothering to offer your rationale for keeping the link. Onward. Happy editing! -- Mwanner | Talk 18:47, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Re: anon on my talk page

No, that's fine, go right ahead. What on God's green earth was he talking about, anyway? I've never edited anything to do with Bosnia, Herzegovina (sp?), or any country at all, not even to revert vandalism, I don't believe. Confusing. Hermione1980 22:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Splitting list of villains

Hey, Evilphoenix. Before the recent explosive arrival of T-man, the Wise Scarecrow, Turnstep and I were pretty much agreed on splitting List of villains into List of fictional villains and List of historical people portrayed as villains (or something with a better name — List of historical villains and List of non-fictional villains are problematic, because we don't want to make the judgement that they're villains, just report that they were portrayed that way.) Could you head over to Talk:List of villains and weigh in on whether this split would be a good thing for the page? Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:50, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey!

haven't seen you in a bit on IRC, how've you been? --негіднийлють 06:08, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm good, busy and working a lot, so I don't hop on IRC much. Man your sig is like, practically indecipherable. So how much longer till you have three months on the wiki? Ëvilphoenix 06:59, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

6 more weeks, I think... if Kate's tool was working today, I'd think that I finally hit 1000 edits :P (my sig is Ukrainian language for "Vile" "Rage" --негіднийлють 07:01, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

So in other words, another month. :-P. Ëvilphoenix 07:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Heh, I forgot about that.... Yea, another month, I spose :P --негіднийлють 07:06, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Hello

Just wondering if you played Continuum or not, seeing as you edited it ;)

Nope. Ëvilphoenix 19:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

A quick question

Hey, I just wanted to ask a quick question as I'm not sure what to do. I came across an article (Naz Burger) that seems totally unencylopaedic, I could only find one reference to this place on Google, and even if it's a real restaurant the article is very badly written. What should I do with/to this article? Should it be deleted? If so, how? Otherwise, is there a place to ask for someone who might know more about this place to fix the article? Sorry, that question wasn't quick at all : ) Becksy 10:29, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Of course. Check out Cleanup Resources and Articles for Deletion. Also feel free to familiarize yourself with Speedy deletion, but in my opinion this particular article is not a speedy candidate. Do carry on! Ëvilphoenix 19:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Clemson University and University of South Carolina

Looks like things have quieted down at these articles-- sorry I didn't see this sooner. Let me know if problems resurface. -- Mwanner | Talk 00:31, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Yup, it looks like things are okay now. Let me know if you need any more feedback on this. --Deathphoenix 14:59, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Straw poll at List of villains

Hey, Phoenix. (Hope you don't mind me dropping the "Evil".)

We've had a bit of trouble over at List of villains with an anon (213.114.215.199 who keeps reverting the page back to the old, alphabetical format, without comment. (He's done similar things before, as you can see on his talk page.) Rather than being adversarial about it, however, I started thinking that maybe the consensus to move towards organizing the list by medium of first appearance wasn't clear enough. To make it clearer, I decided to hold a straw poll. I'd appreciate your input, since you helped us move forward before. Thanks! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 01:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Karmafist

Just a note asking you to watch Karmafist's talk in case you aren't already, as he wants to discuss the block with you; he's also on IRC at the moment. Thanks, Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:23, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I do have his Talk on my watchlist, but I'm heading to bed in a few. Ëvilphoenix 05:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Rhode Island

Awesome! I know of at least a few Rhode Island Wikipedians, but I have never met up with anyone. If you want, perhaps we could meet at somepoint (especially for Wikimania 2006; carpooling is good). Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 05:22, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry!

Mistook the templating for a blanking. By the time I realised I'd screwed up, you'd fixed it. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 04:11, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Image:ChemicalGalaxy Longman 1951.jpg deletion

This was not an orphaned image as it is linked to Chemical_Galaxy. - RoyBoy 05:09, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct. I deleted it because it was uploaded by Scottfisher (talk · contribs), who has previously lied when using the pd-self template, and therefore I feel that we cannot know which of his uploads are potential copyright issues or not, and therefore I feel we can't afford to keep any images that he has uploaded. Ëvilphoenix 05:11, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

POTW sockpuppet

I marked 81.5.140.5 as a sockpuppet of Pigsonthewing. I notice you created the category to hold suspected sockpuppets of him, so I assume you were interested in keeping track of any IP's he used. As I really would rather not get any more involved in this than I am already, I thought I'd bring it to your attention that The wub blanked the user page, removing the {{sockpuppet}} tag from that page (which in effect removed the account from Category:Misplaced Pages:Suspected_sockpuppets_of_Pigsonthewing). —Locke Cole 23:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)