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Well done - brilliant expose of these decadent, toxic riff-raff! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 03:24, 4 September 2008 (EDT)
Well done - brilliant expose of these decadent, toxic riff-raff! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 03:24, 4 September 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Your [[supermodel]]s article really got my brain whirling. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 03:50, 4 September 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Your [[supermodel]]s article really got my brain whirling. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 03:50, 4 September 2008 (EDT)
==Recent block of User:Pellwyll==
I think your recent block of User:Pellwyll should be extended. I think that kind of moronic vandalism is worthy of a 5-year or infinite block. Just some food for thought. [[User:LautRN|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:LautRN|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 20:16, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
:That was my instinct, but I'm in a good mood today so I went a little lighter on the punishment. If he is so mindless as to wait half a year to do another act of silly vandalism and show us again how much of a self-claimed partisan idiot he is, then he really needs help. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 20:34, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
::Partisan idiot ... an oxymoron depending on which party we're speaking of. :-D [[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 20:41, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
::: true! :-) -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 00:29, 19 September 2008 (EDT)
==Just For You==
{{User:JLauttamus/award}}
:Thanks, JLauttamus! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 16:42, 26 September 2008 (EDT)
::Yeah, I forgot a <nowiki></div></nowiki> at the end. Obviously my HTML skills have deteriorated somewhat in my older age! [[User:JLauttamus|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 10:38, 27 September 2008 (EDT)
:::Ah, wonderful. Thank you so much! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 11:12, 27 September 2008 (EDT)
==Thanks==
Thanks, Foxtrot. I've only just seen that rubbish, and I thank you and Jpatt for your support. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 16:54, 27 September 2008 (EDT)
: No problem. I do not stand for libelous and inflammatory comments, especially from those punks. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 16:57, 27 September 2008 (EDT)
==Filter==
Thanks for the heads up... I'll check out the spam filter ASAP. [[User:CPWebmaster|CPWebmaster]] 13:11, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks, Phil, for taking care of the spam filter and the CAPTCHA and the category boxes! Has anyone given you a medal yet? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 23:08, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
==Parole==
Let's show [[User:Saxplayer]] on parole for 180 days, effective yesterday (27 October 2008).--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 08:29, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
:Done. See [[User:Saxplayer]]. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 12:38, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
==AlanE==
Thanks for the apology. Yesterday I wouldn't have accepted it. Today I will. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 18:16, 1 November 2008 (EDT)
:Sorry again for the trouble. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 03:16, 2 November 2008 (EST)
::Here's why I can be a little...um...testy. A few months ago I turned a stub into a 400 or so word article on the [[Assyrians]]. Probably took only an hour or so....but it was a wasted hour. Check out [[Assyrian Empire]] which was already on site and which I discovered yesterday. This happens all the time. If Andy would give me access "at night" (it's a little after 8AM here now!)I could do a lot of these checks myself, but my only time (usually) that I can do this sort of thing is in ''my'' late afternoon/early evening. From now until then I can only be on intermittently...hence the up at four to get an uninterrupted run at articles I need to concentrate on. Cheers.[[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:16, 3 November 2008 (EST)
:::That can be really frustrating! I remember being in similar shoes before I got night editing. What I used to do back then is I would look at articles I'd want to create or edit and then write my text in a text editor. Then in that brief window where I could edit, I'd copy & paste them in (hopefully no one had majorly edited the page in the meantime). Even if you don't have night edit abilities, you can still search for pages and view their source, which is not as good as the real thing but isn't all that bad either. Also, since you've had edit rights before, I don't think it'll be long before Andy gives them to you again. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:31, 3 November 2008 (EST)
==Re: [[Environmentalist|Environmentalism]]==
Thanks for the rework! It's very well stated. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:41, 4 November 2008 (EST)
:Great! Glad to have met your standards -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:42, 4 November 2008 (EST)
::Lol don't make it sound so.... commanding. Despite my sometimes heavy-handed correction procedures, I actually have a pretty big gray zone. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:48, 4 November 2008 (EST)
:::I made sure to dot all the i's and cross all the t's, Master. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:49, 4 November 2008 (EST)
::::<nowiki>*wchapssh!*</nowiki> [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 18:57, 4 November 2008 (EST)
==Musical Instruments==
By all means have categories for the various types of musical instruments, however to delete the overall classification is a mistake I think. There are not so many of them that a "musical instrument" category would get over-full. What are we going to do with "Composers" where there will be ten times the number? [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 15:03, 15 November 2008 (EST)
:I'm not sure I'm understanding you. Each of these individual musical instruments are still part of the supercategory of Musical Instruments. Also, there were a few things in that category that I noticed would not drop down into subcategories, like [[Fret]] or some strange musical instrument like the [[theremin]]. I am not deleting the overall classification, so I'm confused by your statement. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 15:27, 15 November 2008 (EST)
:: I see. I only saw the "Category: String Instruments" at the bottom of the Cello page, where there had been "Category: Musical Instruments" so I assumed it had been deleted completely. It was only when I went into the string section did I see the orchestra...so to speak. I still wonder why the original category has to be taken away from the individual articles when it is no problem having them both there....and most places classifications go from overall down...not sub-category up...at least in my experience. Know what I mean? (Gotta go. I'll be out for an hour.) [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 15:52, 15 November 2008 (EST)
::: Aha, that's the source of the confusion. When there's a more specific category to place an article in, there's no sense in keeping the super categories. If you go to [[:Category:String Instruments]], you'll see that's in [[:Category:Musical Instruments]] and the hierarchy continues. If we kept the whole hierarchy as cats on the articles, then for one, we'd have too many cats (String Instruments, Musical Instruments, Music, etc) and for the other, we'd be defeating the purpose of having hierarchicalized categories. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 15:55, 15 November 2008 (EST)
::::Ah well...I tried. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:55, 15 November 2008 (EST)
Check the Talk page for [[Category: Musical Instruments. I only got onto it late so was in a flaming hurry before the door slammed. I'll do anything in the morning that wasn't done. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 00:04, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:Well said Foxtrot. It gets too confusing to have everything in the supercategory. [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 04:07, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::AlanE, thanks for your good work organizing [[:Category:Musical Instruments]]. Thanks, too, BrianCo, for your kind words. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 06:08, 16 November 2008 (EST)
==First Black President edit==
Your edit to [[First Black President]] is interesting, and I think it should be included without the strong editorializing, perhaps in a new section. Thanks and Godspeed.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 11:06, 19 November 2008 (EST)
:Andy, to give credit where it's due, it wasn't me who added that line to the article. It simply got deleted with [[User:RJJensen]]'s edit and I felt that was (hopefully) an innocent mistake and reinstated it. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 11:08, 19 November 2008 (EST)
:: OK. Upon reflection, my reversion was probably overzealous. There was some enlightening material that got reverted. Feel free to restore as you think best.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 11:34, 19 November 2008 (EST)
:::Will do, captain! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 11:47, 19 November 2008 (EST)
==Kauhuissani block==
You blocked User:Kauhuissani for five years! He put a speedy tag to an article, he didn't delete that article. And, in all honesty, that article ''deserved'' that speedy tag! And why are admins over the rules? Kauhuissani thought it was the work of a parodist. Are YOU sure that the author of that article is not a parodist? Even if you are, don't block a user for FIVE years for this. Write to his talk page, explain to him why he is wrong and if you really want to be mean, block him for one day! We are Conservatives, and Conservatives should be ''tolerant'', for Heaven's sake. --[[User:Olen|Olen]] 08:36, 22 November 2008 (EST)
:He was repeatedly told that the article was not the work of a parodist. All he needed to do was take a moment and look at the history to see that [[User:Ed_Poor]] created it, one of our respected admins. He did not listen and insisted on overstepping his boundaries, by thrice placing the speedy tag on the article and not using the Talk page to even discuss the matter. That is willful disregard of other editors and of the leadership structure.-[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 14:57, 22 November 2008 (EST)
==Rcollins==
I know you got the right to ban anybody for anything, but this ban really puts mortal fear in me. Are you going to ban people for typos next?
Rcollins created [[Nut (fastener)]] and [[Nut (fruit)]] simultaneously as part of his (good) move to turn [[Nut]] into a true disambig page. It seems that he simply put the image in the wrong article, and he got a ''three month ban'' for that? This sends all sorts of wrong messages. Please reconsider. --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 18:28, 23 November 2008 (EST)
:Wow. Thanks for alerting me. I'll unblock him -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 18:52, 23 November 2008 (EST)
::Awesome, thanks. :) --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 19:26, 23 November 2008 (EST)
:::By the way, you're reading waaaaaay too much sinister intent into the actions of editors here. Mortal fear? Boo! hehehe. Seriously, though. We're all here to help each other out, and sometimes that means stepping on someone else's toes by accident. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 19:27, 23 November 2008 (EST)
::::Thanks for unblocking me... it cool i can see how that can get mixed up in all the active editing taking place. -[[User:Rcollins]] 21:08, 23 November 2008 (PST)
:::::No problem! -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 01:02, 24 November 2008 (EST)
New users must prove themselves, considering the frequency of banned users creating new identities. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 16:48, 27 November 2008 (EST)
:New user won't be able to "prove themselves" if they get month-long blocks for simple mistakes, though. --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 17:02, 27 November 2008 (EST)
::Alan, the blocker made a mistake and it has been rectified and the user is now editing without problem. Such long blocks are necessary because of all the vandals and parodists that come to this site. Sometimes innocent users fall victim, but as this example shows, the errors are quickly rectified and life on CP continues. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 17:05, 27 November 2008 (EST)
:::I know the error has been rectified, and I thanked your for your unblocking. However, I completely disagree with the claim that such long blocks are necessary. But don't get me started - I don't want to risk yet another block whoever reads this. Let's just say that the view isn't quite as awesome from down here as it is from your perspective. --[[User:AlanS|AlanS]] 17:35, 27 November 2008 (EST)
::::okay, but keep in mind that we have CP's best interests at heart. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 17:40, 27 November 2008 (EST)
==Block of User:FernoKlump==
Hello, you recently blocked a user for three months. Will you please address the concern brought up by another editor [[User_talk:FernoKlump#Block_reason|here]]. Thanks. [[User:HenryS|HenryS]] 19:41, 24 November 2008 (EST)
:Henry, I unblocked him after an email discussion. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 19:44, 24 November 2008 (EST)
::I was unaware. Thank you. Though I should point out that I think he deserved a block for such comments. [[User:HenryS|HenryS]] 19:46, 24 November 2008 (EST)
:::Ok, no problem.-[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 19:48, 24 November 2008 (EST)
::::Uh oh, this doesn't sound good for me! =) However long you block me for, be sure to do the same to Bugler. '''[[user:FernoKlump|<font color="#000066" >FernoKlump</font>]]'''<sup>[[User:FernoKlump/petition|<font color="#bd2433" >Look at this petition!]]</font></sup> 19:51, 24 November 2008 (EST)
:::::Is that an order?? -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 19:53, 24 November 2008 (EST)
::::::I'd be a lot cooler if it was... '''[[user:FernoKlump|<font color="#000066" >FernoKlump</font>]]'''<sup>[[User:FernoKlump/petition|<font color="#bd2433" >Look at this petition!]]</font></sup> 20:13, 24 November 2008 (EST)