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Administrators allowing Eric Corbett to harass other users

Why is user Eric Corbett allowed to call other users idiots and the like with hardly any negative reactions from administrators? Rather you seem to be cozy up to him and thus legitimizing his harassment. I am considering starting an RfC or proposing a community ban of the user. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 09:26, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

• This is already a thread on my talk page. Dennis Brown / 2¢ / © / @ 11:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
  • I admire your bravery; such things have been proposed a number of times before, and never managed to gain much consensus. If you have difficulty dealing with Eric, the best solution for you might be to avoid him? 11:45, 7 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salvidrim! (talk • contribs)

    To the best of my knowledge I've had no dealings with Iselilja, so I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye. And let me just add that this accusation of harassment is far more uncivil than anything I've written, so why hasn't Iselilja been warned or sanctioned? Eric Corbett 12:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit Warring

Why are you blocking me, and not the other guy? Favoritism. There is no Misplaced Pages, when people take sides and don't allow editing to something they startedBrian82027 (talk) 19:19, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I did not block you. Both of you may or may not have also deserved warnings for edit warring; you cannot war alone, and if you're stating that the other editor was edit warring with you, you are also admitting you were edit warring with him; considering you were blocked for edit warring not three months ago, I would strongly recommend you continue discussing whatever issues you may have with the content of the article. I just want to make sure the discussion remains civil and doesn't devolve into personal attacks like the one you posted. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 19:31, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

I've only reverted once, and then brought discussion to talk pages and relevant WikiProjects, FYI. Sergecross73 msg me 19:33, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Salvidrim, I'm holding back on doing anything since I'm INVOLVED, but if you look at his edit history, he's giving me bogus warnings about edit warring on my talk page, and reported me to WP:AIV for edit warring (???). And now he's telling other editors to get a life. If you could assist, it would be greatly appreciated... Sergecross73 msg me 19:48, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

• User has been blocked, sadly, for violating WP:3RR. I just he'd just be able to discuss the issues on the talk page. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 19:59, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks. Yeah, from what I'd gathered, editors were having trouble with him earlier when he wanted to keep the article, but everyone else wanted to merge. I thought it was more of a policy issue, and I supported keeping it myself, so I overlooked it and just worked on saving the article. But even though the article was in fact kept, it looks like much more of an attitude problem. (As you said, he didn't even bother discussing on the talk page, nor did he give an !vote at the AFD. And he kept on warning me against policy that doesn't exist, or didn't work the way he was saying it...) Sergecross73 msg me 20:05, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Recent deletions on Misplaced Pages Talk:WikiProject Video games

Hi there. I noticed that you just deleted 8 revisions of a conversation on WT:WikiProject Video games regarding a complaint from an editor. I took a quick look at the deleted revisions and wanted to ask if deleting those revisions was necessarily the right thing to do. I agree that the original report was overly verbose and sent to the wrong forum, but I'm not sure I agree that it was "grossly insulting" or demeaning of someone else's personal creation. Also, I thought the replies from the project editors were rather helpful - directing him to WP:ANI and WP:RFC/U, where his complaints would get the proper level of attention. With the revisions hidden, the IP editor may not have the opportunity to see the helpful advice our project was trying to give him.

Just wanted to ask. Thanks. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 16:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Ah, looks like Masem's taking care of it. Nevermind. :) Also, sorry, I misread the delete comment and thought you'd said "creation", not "condition". Much more context now - again, sorry for the disturbance. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 16:16, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I sent e-mails to both Serge and Masem to make sure their comments were re-added as needed; theirs were not the revisions that needed redacting. And to your other question: yes, I absolutely feel that such disgusting personal attacks on a vulnerable user's real-life conditions should be nuked from orbit; especially so when the user saying them has a long history of harassing that particular victim. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:24, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Yup, just ignore me. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 20:27, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

re WT:VG removal

No worries - I just resummarized what I added for comments. --MASEM (t) 16:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I feel sick when I see people preying on more vulnerable people. I'm concerned about the effects and RFC/U might have on the editor, although it is obvious that there are issues. I wish we had some sort of team that would specialize in helping, assisting and guiding editors with particular conditions (autism comes to mind first and foremost, but I'm sure we have editors with bipolarity and other conditions that could also benefit from such an effort). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:24, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Wow, I totally missed the really out of line stuff. The IP was just ranting on and on, and I stopped reading well before it started getting bad, I just figured it was outside what WP:VG typically handles, and figured he should take it elsewhere. Good catch. Thanks. Sergecross73 msg me 16:32, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I've had previous contacts with that particular predator before. Alarm bells went off quite quickly in my head. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:41, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Are these IPs Hydao? (or is that an unrelated issue?) Sergecross73 msg me 17:20, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

This is exactly what it is. I wish I wasn't at work and I had time to figure out now how rangeblocks work. I've asked User:JamesBWatson for assistance. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:22, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Don't you have a better "wish"...? wow, well, wikipedia is definitely a place surrounded by weird people, i'm OFF. I "wish" you a good life with happy blocks and so on, Salvidrim. :) also, you should go visit gvnayr and give him a hug. --88.214.164.177 (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I think hugs are always a good idea, and I'd be more than happy to give you, or anyone, a big loving bearhug. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:41, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Wow, for someone who prides themselves for being so productive, and seems to have it out for someone he's decided doesn't meet his arbitrary requirements for productivity, he sure wastes a lot of time making stupid comments at a website he's been banned from... Sergecross73 msg me 18:24, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• I have had another look at this, and it was not as impossible as I thought it might be. I have imposed a number of range blocks, all of them covering ranges where there has been little or no editing from anyone other than this person for a while, in some cases none at all for over a year. There is, of course, no guarantee that he won't pop up on another IP address, but the range blocks should be enough to seriously inconvenience him, and it may be enough to make him give up. Even if he doesn't give up immediately, a few more blocks may be enough: if a disruptive editor finds that every single time he wants to come back he has to spend time finding a new IP address, quite often he/she decides it's not worth the time and trouble. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 11:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Sir Nicholas

It's of no importance at all, but just out of curiosity, I wonder how you came across Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington. As far as I can see, he did not exist anywhere at all except in deletion logs from 2006. Surely you can't have been looking through those old logs, checking each user. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

... What? I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about, sorry. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 11:26, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

... Well, no. I now see that the date of your action was 24 February 2013, so it's not surprising that you don't remember. Previously, I didn't notice the date, and for some reason I thought it was within the last couple of days. You unblocked Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington, which is a nonexistent user which had been blocked for 10 years. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:34, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Took me some digging to remember where exactly I had happened on that particular situation! As my userpage states, sometimes I get bored enough to look up database reports to do some cleanup; in this case, "Unusually long user blocks", as of February, is where I happened upon it. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 12:47, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry to put you to the trouble. I really would never have brought the matter up if I hadn't thought you had done it within the last day or two, and would remember the circumstances, without having to check back. However, the answer was interesting, and as a side effect I learnt of the existence of yet one more of the amazing number of obscure Misplaced Pages project pages. Thanks. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

WP:DBR is an OCD perfectionnist's heaven and hell. And don't worry, I don't mind investigating! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 20:08, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, after 7 years here, 3 of them as an admin, I never knew that existed. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:34, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

I've got a few regular ones in my dashboard; ideally they'd always be cleaned empty, but I'm supremely lazy and this is hardly a one-man task. :p :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:35, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Scotiabank Centre

See my protection summary; I'm badly confused. I'll do my best to sort it out if you stay away, or I'll be happy to stay away if you sort it out. Tell me what you'd prefer to do; I'll do nothing until hearing from you. Nyttend (talk) 02:57, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I'll do it. Our concurrent moves messed the history up. ;) :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 02:59, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Went to your contribution history to watch for your reply, and I must say it looked odd — you're credited with moving Scotiabank and Talk:Scotiabank, and with creating Talk:Tire, but no mention is made of you creating Tire. Never seen this happen before! I just assumed that a move conflict would be resolved via the system accepting everything from one user and ignoring everything from the other one. At least we moved it to the same place; imagine the chaos if we'd sent them to different places! Nyttend (talk) 03:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

That actually happened a while ago when me and another admin closed a RM in different ways at the same time. I was a newbie admin and he cleaned it all up, luckily. But yea... moving pages is a tricky system and trying to send more than one request at a time can produce unexpected results. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:10, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! The most confusing part was what happened after the moves were done, with Scotiabank being a redirect to itself. After looking at the move log for Tire, I think I have it figured out — the system says that you moved Tire to Scotiabank, and that I then did the same thing; apparently by the time I came around, only a redirect was in existence at Tire, so I ended up moving a redirect on top of its target. Nyttend (talk) 03:19, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Ah, that explains why all the revisions found themselves at Scotiabank! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:30, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

:-) How ironic! But if that were good reason to rethink my support, it would also be good reason to consider resigning the tools myself :-) I can only remember once getting into so many conflicts in such short order, and that was while editing the Virginia Tech massacre article in the immediate aftermath of the incident itself, when it was all over the news and piles of people were trying to edit it; such a large and confusing series of conflicts with the same person on a page getting less immediate attention is unprecedented in my experience. This is precisely why I resort to temporary full protection when others are likely to be editing while I'm deleting or moving the page; I'd much rather do the work myself if two people together would cause history problems and if a talkpage message wouldn't reach the person on time. Can't remember it happening with another admin before; it's the one situation in which I'll use my tools to gain an advantage over a non-admin, since I can't imagine someone objecting on policy grounds. Nyttend (talk) 04:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't think anyone can reasonably object to temporary FPP while trying to do some vital maintenance. It's not like you're trying to push a POV or something. :p :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:39, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Your page protection

I will not challenge your indefinite full-protection of the article in question or seek to have it overturned, but given the tenor of my comments on AN, I would have appreciated if you had communicated with me or with Iridescent before taking such an action. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:14, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

I understand that and would not strongly object if someone with full knowledge of the potential issues challenged the protection. It appeared that the potential concerns were not about the contents of the article itself but about what could be done to it, and as such protection seems best to limit possible liabilities to a minimum; if WMF states it feels comfortable enough legally to re-enable editing, protection can and will of course be lifted. If reusers modify the contents and get into trouble, this project isn't liable, and that stands for any article, so I felt unpublishing was overkill indeed. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 22:20, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Nothing material was going to happen with the article in the next few days, and it would have been better to leave the status quo. However, I'm sure you did what you thought was right, and I don't suppose it should be undone at this point. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:26, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

*shrugs* It may or may not have been needed; as you said, I did what I thought best, in good faith. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 22:28, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Vinod Agarwal (Bhajan singer)

Hey Salv, sorry to bother you but could you take a look at that AfD? I didn't realize it was a copyvio when i nominated it and when another editor pointed it out it became painfully obvious. Does the AfD just run its course or should it be closed and the article speedied? Obviously I can't close it - I nominated it - but if there's anything I can do just point me in the right direction. --TKK 04:31, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

It would've been possible to tag it as a G12 CSD, and once deleted, speedy close the AfD (nominator or not), assuming I wasn't available. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:36, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you for taking care of it, and I'll remember that for the future! --TKK 04:39, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2013

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 6, No. 2 — 2nd Quarter, 2013
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Project At a Glance
As of Q2 2013, the project has:

Content

• VG Project Main pages

  • Main project – talk
  • Project category – talk
  • Portal – talk

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  • Assessment – talk
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  • Reference library – talk
  • Newsletter – talk
  • Video game images – talk

MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 16:50, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Cannot locate your response

Thank you, Salvidrim, for being easily available to respond to. I tried to find your response to the article which I wrote and submitted, but did not locate it in your listing for "July 9". This is my original work and I certainly can rewrite it from another perspective--however, I am at a loss to understand what the problem is with my submission. As a published author I am familiar with a different type of submission venue and really would appreciate feedback as to what I am missing here. Thank you--Cantiague (Helen Penner Ackerman)Cantiague (talk) 12:48, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Can you provide a bit more information about the article you were trying to submit to help me identify the situation? :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 13:59, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Bomber

Hey there! I am just letting you know that I userfied this article. I have been doing some asking around to try to locate a copy of Datormagazin; per your comment here, please let me know on my talk page if you are able to track down a copy. Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 08:07, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

@BOZ: I just spent an hour looking and while I was able to find a site with a number of scans, it doesn't have the specific one you need. Sorry! You might get somewhere by asking on dedicated forums. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 13:48, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Wow, thanks for checking that! BOZ (talk) 21:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Looks like that came through! Now I just need to ask him to do a proper translation for me.  :) BOZ (talk) 14:44, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Response to your question regarding article

Thank you for your response. The article that I wrote and tried to submit is located at http://www.isaacpenner.com I can rewrite it in any style acceptable to Wiki once I know there is any interest in it being reviewed for the "past historical person" category. Thanks again. CantiagueCantiague (talk) 16:53, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Have you read the advice that was offered as a reply to your Teahouse question in June? You can read it again by clicking here. Let me know if it helps. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Aww, come on, Sal

No one convinced me to do anything. I'm not offended, really, since I think you're a nice guy and a good admin, but I made that decision entirely on my own. (Well, I asked one editor for advice on how to proceed, but I'd pretty much made my mind up already.) — PinkAmpers& 23:32, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me. It was mostly just the impression I got following the AN/I thread, sorry if it wasn't an accurate reflection of what happened. Also, please note I don't think any worse of you for having an opposite point of view. If you're gonna read Wikipediocracy, make sure to take a complete tour, there have been a number of "discussions" about you that would no doubt spark your interest. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 23:45, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I've wandered around. Some of the comments have been funny. (In some cases funny because they were just good jokes, and in others bitterly ironic, like the time Kiefer personally attacked me for something I said relating to his crusade against off-wiki personal attacks.) Although your comment (and one or two replies) were the only ones I saw from this specific incident; are there others that I've overlooked? — PublicAmpers& 03:32, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,

And drinking largely sobers us again.

Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts,

In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts,

While from the bounded level of our mind

Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;

But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise

New distant scenes of endless science rise!

So pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try,

Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky,

Th' eternal snows appear already past,

And the first clouds and mountains seem the last;

But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey

The growing labours of the lengthen'd way,

Th' increasing prospects tire our wand'ring eyes,

Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!"

Kiefer.Wolfowitz 13:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) o_O - What is all this about, Salvidrim? Sergecross73 msg me 15:54, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• If I say "long story", you're not gonna let it slide, will you? :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 15:56, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Haha, I kind of figured a simple dif would explain it (or lead me to reading that would explain it anyways.) Usually I'd just look up someone's contribs if I'm curious about this kind of thing, but you've done so many dab's recently that I didn't see anything relevant. It's no big deal though, its fine if you want to be done with it... Sergecross73 msg me 16:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• If you really want to know, check it out, but I doubt you'll have much interest. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:09, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• What, am I too much of a simpleton for that sort of thing!?  ;) Just kidding. It's true, while it was interesting to browse through, I don't usually involve myself in Arbcom stuff. Sergecross73 msg me 16:20, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Take it as a compliment -- I think you're above all this kerfuffle. ;) :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:24, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Yeah, all that just seems to leave so many people angry/jaded/burned out. I prefer doing it minimally so it doesn't leave me the same way. Sergecross73 msg me 18:43, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

• Hey @PinkAmpersand:, just to let you know I had let myself be convinced to doubt who you claimed you were, but at this point in time I believe you've been honest (and rather very transparent) on that particular topic. I offer my apologies, should you require them. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 05:51, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

DRV

Hi mate! I just saw this after having contributed to that short discussion. Very good call and a good result too. Nicely done! Stalwart111 22:02, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

As I said, I unsalted before being aware of the DRV, but in any case I trusted the user to do something good (and obviously he did). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:50, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Recent block

It gave me a good laugh. ^_^. Feel free to delete after you read if you like, but I just had to say something! ;). Sergecross73 msg me 15:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Yea, I don't remember doing it... which means it was probably a good idea. >_< :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:41, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations on your (comparatively) speedy recovery! Favonian (talk) 16:45, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

If there's one thing I'm grateful for in this world, it's that I never get hungover. I almost always seem to be able to "sleep it off" in 10 to 12 hours. Yesterday a friend made me discover Bootlegger (11.5% proof) and I... I kinda liked it, y'know! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:52, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

• To be quite honest it gave me a chuckle. Interesting to see that you remained aware enough to do that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

• I remember chatting with someone and deciding to delete some big religion article as a hoax (no comment), but it seems I realized this might not be a good idea before hitting the button. I guess I just thought if I came back drunk enough to actually go through with it, I'd be too drunk to unblock myself! And reading what I tweeted yesterday... yea. :/ It's very rare that I get drunk alone at home though, so I'm not normally at or near a computer; yesterday there were exceptional circumstances. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 06:27, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

• Oh my. Yeah, ANI would have caught fire with the number of edit conflicts. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:33, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

New content, same title

Since my previous writing was rejected and deleted, but I still think TASO deserves a page on wikipedia, I am going to write another page but with the same title. Is that acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sylvia Matovu (talk • contribs) 16:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Your submission has not been deleted. You are welcome to continue improving Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) until it is meets Misplaced Pages's standards and then click on the "resubmit" button to have it reviewed again. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 17:10, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the teahouse info

Thank you for being an excellent guide on using Wiki. I had not seen this response at all and it will be helpful as I rewrite the materials in the needed form. My experience with publishing is to have one or more guiding editors throughout the whole process--Wiki is certainly different and I am learning the process. Thanks again. CantiagueCantiague (talk) 18:33, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

It's always a pleasure to help. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 18:34, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Deletion per MfD

Hi, I think it is time to delete the page discussed here . The Master ---)Vote Saxon(--- 02:32, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. Done, and steward help requested for the one that has too many revisions. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 03:21, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

FYI. There are more recent posts along the same lines. I think we did everything we could for this guy. — Scott • talk 10:48, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Hopefully. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 11:31, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject BSicon

Just a request for clarification, but I don't understand why you said that a cross-wiki redirect doesn't work? Useddenim (talk) 11:57, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

• I keep meaning to reply to this but I want my reply to be supported by examples and I haven't had the time yet. Apologies. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 16:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Request

Hello. I recently have been working on a video game series article and I was about to move the article to mainspace but I screwed up, and then screwed up again. Basically, I need an admin to move User:User:Juhachi/The Idolmaster (series) to The Idolmaster.--十八 23:50, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

• LOL! Took me two tried also (heh), but should be all fine now. Lemme know if it's not. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot; I haven't screwed up that royally in years.--十八 00:07, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
    • I've said it a few sections up, moving pages can be surprisingly tricky, and practically impossible to undo by yourself if you mess up (unless you're an admin). And even then, sometimes we mess up so bad we need expert help. So don't worry and keep up the great work! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:09, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

timeline

My first act was to go to INeverCry's talk page. Look at your timelines again, and please remove your false statement at RFAR.—Kww(talk) 00:22, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

With pleasure. Thanks for your vigilance. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Kudos!

I was one of the folks who supported your RfA, and I just wanted to stop by and thank you for doing a great job so far. Level-headed admins seem to be somewhat rare these days, and it's great to see that you are one of that group. Intothatdarkness 14:01, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

And yet, I've a feeling that recently I have been straying off-path and getting involved in shit I probably don't need to bother about (ArbCom requests, AN dramaz, you name it). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 14:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

It happens sooner or later, I think. It's sadly the best way to keep track of where things are rotting in the project and (possibly) come forward as a voice of reason (even though that seems to be a good way to attract mobs with torches and the like). Those processes are dominated by folks who really need a counterbalance at times. Intothatdarkness 14:05, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

As I've said elsewhere, I think the disease is at a point where any attempt at tackling it only leads to more people becoming infected (shitty metaphor, I know). Ignoring it and working elsewhere doesn't resolve the problems but at least you're not contributing to them. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 14:14, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Well, I think you're doing a great job too, and contrary to my personal philosophy, on the opposite end of the spectrum, perhaps I should help with that sort of stuff more often. Sergecross73 msg me 14:18, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

I would say that people trying to tackle the problems do give some of us hope that all is not lost. I understand the concern about more people becoming infected (and actually I think that's a decent metaphor). Ignoring it encourages those who are already infected and discourages the others. Just my take, of course. Intothatdarkness 14:38, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Translation!

Hi Salv! If you have a moment could you take a quick look at Picolaton for me? It's a mechanically-aided translation of fr:Picolaton and I want to make sure I didn't completely botch it. --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 18:36, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

I'll try tonight; otherwise poke me again tommorow. I'll just edit whatever corrections are needed. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 21:57, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Done! Not a lot of content though, but still! :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 00:35, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to make sure the initial translation from fr was good before i added onto it, haha. I'm going to teeter off to expand on it now! Thanks! --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 00:42, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha. Well, go for it! Personally I'd leave the "nicknames" intact, unless you can find English-language usage for an English version of pique-au-mollet (which is literally prick-to-the-calf). :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 01:48, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	I am awarding this barnstar as thanks for your efforts, both on WP:VG and as an administrator. You do excellent work. May our paths cross again sometime! Regards, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 15:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)