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RETIRED

PISSED OFF


Because ... You know ... Brexit ... Trump ... User:Categories



Revert

Regarding this, please see this CfD. The editor is welcome to restore the category as a redlinked category, I suppose, but I'm required to remove all pages from the category before deleting. ~ Rob13Talk 21:16, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You've made your point. Now stop your bot from fiddling with my userpages. -Roxy the dog. bark 04:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed the category from WP:CFD/W, which is what was causing the repeated deletion. See {{nobots}} for future use. ~ Rob13Talk 04:45, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sixty years old, speak English as a mother tongue, reasonable French, and some Arabic. That page is written in gibberish, a language I do not speak. Do something useful, help me combat your repeated vandalism. Thanks. -Roxy the dog. bark 05:02, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Catpol are hard at work I see. -Roxy the dog. bark 13:20, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Niwada / Niwada (Jhajjar)

A cut/paste move attempt. I redirected Niwada (Jhajjar) to Niwada I wonder how many undos are ahead of me... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:04, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See my comment on one of the talk pages ;) -Roxy the dog. bark 08:05, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
More capable? Naw. Perhaps more ADHD/OCD? Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Two reverts... Three? Jim1138 (talk) 08:11, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have a few friends who recognize you as having a strictly pro-industry standpoint when editing. This is unacceptable. As such, I warn you not to give undue weight to pro-industry standpoints. --SliverWind (talk) 06:04, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You have a few friends. Gosh. Don't worry though. If you keep on putting nonsense into articles, somebody will fix 'em. -Roxy the dog. bark 07:04, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I added the "s" and removed the "z" sure, but the diff shows a load of stuff I didn't do. Just sayin. Roxy the dog. bark 14:15, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So what is this? QuackGuru (talk) 17:06, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I've no idea at all. I find it very odd. Firstly, I never have in all my edits that I can recall changed a https thingy in a link. I'm not sure what that does, something about securityness of the site I think. Secondly I recall thinking if I should revert totally, to just "psuedoscience", but decided on just being snarky in the edit summary. I have no idea at all how that happened, but I didn't make the key presses the diff says that I did !!!. Does that make sense? Roxy the dog. bark 19:23, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker)Probably edited an old version by mistake: [1]. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:27, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Very possible. I may have gone directly from an unrefreshed Watchlist left open in my browser. I never thought of that. Thanks, something to remember. Roxy the dog. bark 19:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
When you clicked to edit you went to an older version. QuackGuru (talk) 20:22, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Always learning something.Roxy the dog. bark 21:03, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

A request to change the title and content of a comics article has begun at Talk:X-Men (film series)#Requested move 7 April 2017. Any interested WikiProject:Comics editor may comment there within one week. --Tenebrae (talk) 02:24, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Black Kite - how is it that the above user is able to canvas for support anytime, though when I attempted to included previous commentators on the move, it was frowned upon? Talk about hypocrisy.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 02:13, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2017

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked temporarily from editing for making personal attacks towards other editors. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

I have blocked you for this insult in which you saw an editor blocked for calling someone a "prick", went to that editor's talk page and below the block notice, called the blocking administrator a "prick". Can you see why this was not a wise thing to do? Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What does that make you? -Roxy the dog. bark 16:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Talk page access revoked. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:58, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Respectfully, Ivanvector, if you sign up to be an admin, I think you sign up to show a thicker skin than you've displayed here. Admins should strive to model the behavior they seek, including resisting the temptation to escalate situations. They should try to resolve and deescalate conflicts, e.g., in this case, by first giving Roxy the chance to revert or edit his comment to make it conform to the guidelines. Admins should definitely avoid giving the chilling impression that if you criticize an admin, you will be blocked. Admins aren't royalty immune from criticism and behaving as if perhaps they are undermines the legitimacy of the authority you've been granted. Msnicki (talk) 18:26, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Ivanvector: I second what Msnicki just said. I would ask you to take 2 minutes and thoroughly read Wikipedia:Civility#Blocking_for_incivility and then to reconsider what you just did here. ~Awilley (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's under review at ANI.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 19:42, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, maybe give Roxy a break. Check out the user's block log, clean except for the same people involved in this discussion. Roxy the Dog seems to be giving a personal opinion from some kind of earlier interaction between themself and the admin, so it's more of a you holding them back and both trying to get the last punch in on someone, anyone. Maybe keep Roxy in the hoosegow for a few hours, and then, per Roxy's fairly clean block record, let the good dog loose on society. Randy Kryn 19:45, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I too see this as a bad block. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:02, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Roxy! I'm not sure I know you very well, so I suppose I'm uninvolved. I also think Ivanvector is a pretty decent admin, and I think one shouldn't go around yelling bad words at other people. Having said that, if you tell me (and the rest of us) that you'll stop doing that, I will unblock you, if that's OK with Ivanvector. I'll unblock your talk page so you can let us know. Please do ping me when you respond, since I'm sort of out and about--you know, after dinner, kids' baths, James Hardin and his magnificent beard on TV... Drmies (talk) 01:15, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Roxy, I'm going to jump in here and unblock you, hopefully saving Drmies a little time to spend with his family. I realize you're probably a bit agitated, but I would ask you to refrain from calling anybody names. I've not had the pleasure of being blocked myself, but I imagine that a block would make me feel helpless, like I couldn't control anything that was happening to me. Well, this unblock puts you back in control again. If you want to get blocked again there will be plenty of admins (including myself) watching you closely for the next little while happy to oblige. ~Awilley (talk) 01:46, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. Just wow. Berean Hunter, I think you need to learn how to deescalate. Way too many of your posts are judgemental and filled with hostility. This threat is a new low that nearly takes my breath away. Your objective as an admin should be to encourage good behavior primarily by modeling it, which is definitely not what you're doing here. Msnicki (talk) 02:11, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Berean, Awilley, I propose we don't do anything until we hear from Roxy; if they don't have anything to say, we don't need to be unblocking right now. Awilley, I do not see a consensus to unblock--not that we necessarily need one--nor do I see a reasonable unblock request; Roxy's next edit might be a valid request to be unblocked. Berean, I do not see a consensus that the block is unproblematic, and you know that we don't need to to plow deeply into policy to come up with a decent solution. Roxy said some stupid things and shouldn't have said them; whether they deserve a block for that is another matter. Let's deal with these one problem at the time, without creating new ones along the way, please. Drmies (talk) 01:55, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure, Drmies, I'm in no rush. Thanks for stepping in. My priority here is to do this in a way that creates as little drama and wastes as little time as possible. Looks like my first attempt at that backfired. ~Awilley (talk) 01:57, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks--hey, you can't win them all. I know you a little bit, and I know Berean Hunter a bit too, and we all want what's good for the project. I'll make some coffee and let's all check back in a little bit. You saw, I'm sure, that I offered to unblock too, but I proposed certain conditions based on my (quick) reading of the situation; if you think I misread it, we can discuss--Berean Hunter, I invite you too to weigh in about an unblock and its possible conditions. Oh, it'll be instant coffee--I'm running low on the real thing. Drmies (talk) 02:00, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you Drmies & SQL but that would be Wheel wouldn't it? I mean on you if you reblocked. I was looking to avert wheel with a block warning. Trust me, I don't want to but the community needs to have it's chance without admins gaming. If you can halt them then I'm fine with that. No cowboy unblocks here. I don't have an issue with Roxy at all, this is about letting proper procedures take there course. Nothing personal against Awilley either. I find the emotions run higher when this happens which is why I want to see it averted. Let it roll 24 hours at ANI. Beeblebrox has made the excellent point of not closing threads so quickly...this one should run a bit.
     — Berean Hunter (talk) 02:06, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
If you concede as I hope you will that the guidelines requirement that Roxy be given notice before the block was not followed and that what should have happened was a warning with no response required, then I hope you'll agree there is simply no valid rationale for demanding Roxy say anything at all as a condition of lifting an invalid block. The only thing that should be required of Roxy is that there should not be any repeat offenses. Msnicki (talk) 02:11, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • fwiw, I have a notion that Roxy is from the UK and if that is true, it is 3 AM there, so it is unlikely that Roxy is going to be responding here soon. Jytdog (talk)