User talk:Ta bu shi da yu

Oh, and TBSDY, note how Grace Note accused me of great pro-Zionist bias on Talk:Zionist terrorism here and here. Paradoxically, I was being accused of great pro-Palestinian bias in Talk:Israeli terrorism that same day. Good times! I still think (hope) GN can come around though. El_C 07:29, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Architecture of Btrieve

Nice diagram - you got my support just before it drops off the bottom of the FAC page! CheekyMonkey 12:21, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

FAC: W. Mark Felt

Salve!
I nominated W. Mark Felt as a WP:FAC. As you commented on the article's talk page, I'd appreciate your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/W. Mark Felt. I did receive your note message. But I'd still prefer someone who knew what they were doing add the notes. I've stated this on the FAC page and hopefully a Samaritan will help. PedanticallySpeaking 15:06, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

Hey! It's been a month since your previous request for adminship. Are you willing to accept a nomination? I'd be honored to nominate you, although I'll take no offense if you choose someone else (or nominate yourself)—I'm sure there are many who would wish to do so. — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:17, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Seconded. I was about to suggest the same thing. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 07:13, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

You're up! I wasn't sure what to call it, so I called it Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ta bu shi da yu2. Good luck! — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:43, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Read, and don't lie

As I said, the original material came from Sperm Whale and Gray Whale, and I wrote it. You split it off, and very greatly expanded it. I do not pretend to have written anything but a small fraction of the material there now, but nevertheless I am not happy that that page has become a standing joke in Wikipedia, thanks in no small part to your posturing. Pcb21| Pete 07:07, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I didn't. Having just moved from Kuro5hin to Wikipedia, I was interested in seeing what this website was capable of doing. I had known about the exploding whale article from years ago, when I downloaded the movie via my 56K modem and showed it to my brother. After we finished rolling around the floor laughing, we didn't think much of it. As I found the topic to be interesting, but somewhat obscure, I wrote the article as my first fully fledged "featured article". Initially I didn't think much of it, but then I discovered WP:FAC. For a while I didn't think that it would be good enough to put it there, but then one day curiousity got the better of me and I submitted it to the queue. I addressed all the concerns (and nearly bit poor Deni's head off - my first bit of wikistress, and quite unfair to Deni, might I say) and properly referenced the article. Then it got to FA status. Then, to my suprise, it got to the main page... the rest is history. For the record, I never used any of the material from sperm whale or gray whale, though I think I added a wikilink to one of the articles. I suppose I might have noted that it was a gray whale from that article - I can't remember. Anyway, suffice to say that, though both the articles referred to by Pcb21 are very good (though I haven't done more than skim read them), I definitely didn't use them. I already knew about the exploding whale through other means. It is, after all, a fairly well known Internet meme. - Ta bu shi da yu 07:45, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Theo RFA

—Theo (Talk) 13:07, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

And now I find that there is a User:Sn0wflake. Odd!—Theo (Talk) 14:37, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Convention on Psychotropic Substances

Okay, the new and improved article is up for FAC. Philadelphia, LA 22:22, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ta bu shi da yu 3, OMWF

My dear horned vandaliser of insanity (thanks for that, by the way, it gave me a chance to clean up the article), would you be so kind of at least indicating right now (relatively speaking) on whether you accept or decline your (umpteenth) RfA? The votes are rolling in, you're clearly aware of the thing, and people are getting nervous about having a vote when it's not even clear what the candidate wants. It could also give off the impression that you're testing the waters before committing, which doesn't look very confident either. JRM · Talk 23:11, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)

Your POV

Are you kidding? Grace Note 02:04, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Look, I'm sorry you feel that the world is against you. You're a good guy and I'm sure you're working for the good. But you have a clear religious POV, which I believe (with the full understanding that I might be wrong) does not allow you to approach articles on particular subjects as neutrally as is desirable. I am not going to provide reams of evidence, so don't ask me to. This is my impression of you as an editor. In particular, I believe you would add a lot more to Wikipedia if you stayed clear of articles where you're liable to be upset by the disputes. Your idea on Jihad was not particularly constructive in my view. The editors who are abusing each other might be unsightly, but your upset is easily resolved by your simply not editing an article that I think you probably know nothing much about. I know you're trying to help but you'd surely be better off not getting involved in that instance.

I was also alarmed by your attitude over Enviroknot's user page. You should not encourage admins to overreach themselves. An admin is just another editor. It's no big deal that they have a couple of extra buttons. They certainly should not be prompted to use those buttons to resolve disputes with other editors, nor should they be led to believe that they are "above the law". We are all working together, or at least one hopes so, towards the same aim.

Having said that, I think you're a productive and good editor, Ta bu. Your contributions have been positive and even your big black mark was just a bit of fun, which was taken way too seriously. It could and should just have been laughed off. Grace Note 02:15, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I didn't call Kapil a "cunt". I'm just quoting him. Don't fret. He's just shitstirring. He is a rightwing troll. He's not trying to add anything of substance to WP, just pushing a particular POV, and being spectactularly offensive in doing so, in the hope of driving off decent editors. I refuse to take people like that seriously. Grace Note 02:27, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No, you don't understand what I'm saying. I don't think he's just pushing a POV and that needs to be countered. I don't think there are any "issues" at stake. I think he's just trying to disrupt the place. If I bother talking to him, it's just to spank his sorry butt. Kapil thinks he can bully other editors because they're all trying to be polite. Now he has someone who is giving it back, he's whining to the nearest admin and trying to game the system. It's what trolls do, man. Don't fret about it. It's not as though it's ongoing. I barely even bother with the little turd. Yes, it's not edifying. Yes, it's not even constructive, but it makes me feel good about the time I waste here. By getting involved, you simply waste your time and energy, which you could put to good use elsewhere. Suggesting to other editors that they start RfCs on each other is just stirring the pot, by the way. You want to avoid doing that. People like Kapil don't need encouraging. They're like sinks for energy and time.

I don't mind being called a lefty pinko, by the way, or any other name. I have a tough hide and it's all sticks and stones so far as I'm concerned. Pretending to be offended would be ridiculous. Half the community here spends its days pretending to be outraged by the other half. None of it does a thing to construct an encyclopaedia. Grace Note 03:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lighten up, man. "Liable"! Don't take the legalism so seriously. It's nonsense. Let's stick to building a great encyclopaedia -- that is, after all, what our aim is, isn't it? Grace Note 03:25, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Re: Wow!

I just happened to be patrolling around Special:Newpages at the moment :) I've come across your work before and I was keen to see what new things you had to write. Happy editing. Enochlau 05:34, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Hey, TBSDY, just wanted to make sure you saw Mike H's comment about wishing to speak to you on IRC, since it's easy to miss a comment here or there on a highly active RFA. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

NT5 registry shots

The pictures illustrate far better than the words; you're quite welcome. —Kbolino 08:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

Template:Tl and categories.

Hello Ta bu shi da yu,

I see you added Category:Stubs to the previously category-less Template:Tl earlier today. Since it makes little sense to put sorted stubs in the unsorted category, I wanted to put a proper topical category on it (Category:Sydney suburb stubs), only to see that this category once existed and was speedied twice by you in September 2004. Now, I'm hesitating because I would like to know the history of this before recreating it. Is there still some reason against reinstating that category? I commented out the category in the template for now. -- grm_wnr Esc 13:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Admin, part three.

Hey, there! WELCOME BACK! I'm off my Wikivacation and, it seems, just in time. I got to vote for you. Again. Third time now.  :) May your whales, sheep and assorted livestock ever boom. Make that adminship stick this time, ya hear? I'm gonna give you a cyber-noogie if you ever drop out of here again. - Lucky 6.9 15:51, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ed has been kind enough to nominate me for an adminship

...which I think will go a long way toward resolving unproductive disputes on pages he and I both edit. Anyone who is interested in voting one way or the other is invited to the discussion here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/BrandonYusufToropov#.5B.5BUser:BrandonYusufToropov.5D.5D). BrandonYusufToropov 17:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Policy enforcement

Stop me if you really I think I'm going overboard with this. But think it through and give it time to gel, otherwise. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 01:50, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

RfA for Sn0wflake

Thank you for your comments and for the... hm... two votes. :) You must have gotten slightly distracted and voted twice on me. You might or might not want to remove a vote, since one is going to be discounted anyway... actually, I don't really mind. :P Cheers and congratulations on becoming an admin once more. --Sn0wflake 03:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

WP:PE

Tabs, are you still around and wanting to edit that locked page? SlimVirgin ^(talk) 07:53, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

See if you have time. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 07:55, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

I don't mind

Thank you. I appreciate it. --Admiral Roo 10:26, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

You are leaving?

Please no! I just hope this is a wikibreak... Ta bu shi da yu 04:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)