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Template:NZShowGuide mistakes

Hi Plkrtn, there are some mistakes on the Template:NZShowGuide. "I Do" should be on 7-03-2007, as the current 6-03-2007 is a Tuesday. This in turn messes up the rest of the dates, which does not include the recap, "Lost Survivor Guide" (should be for 14-03-2007). "Not in Portland" is set for 21-03-2007, and "Flashes Before Your Eyes" for 28-03-2007. Please try and sort these out, thank you. --SilvaStorm

I believe it is distructive to finding answers if we have to go back and forth between pages to work on and alter a theory. It really takes a way from devloping the idea if we have to go from the discussion page while expanding, to theory page to check facts. --User:Kilgore Trout/sig

Template changes

Hey, Check out the changes I made to Template:USShowGuide. After reading more about the parser functions I found that you can let it "fall-through" different values to reduce the amount of code needed for results. I also added a new function to determine the Tomorrow/Tonight/Wednesday field.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 08:43, 14 February 2007 (PST)

Re: Season 3 Unprotection

Done. Obi-Dan Kenobi 09:54, 17 February 2007 (PST)


admin thing

Yes I have had this account for a few hours thats true but I've been on this site for weeks so I know how this site works and I've been working with alot of other wikipedia's too.



Look I'm not trying to argue ok I just gave a little idea that's all.--Mr.hanso 22:32, 17 February 2007 (PST)



hmm

Do you work on any other wikis?--Mr.hanso 17:56, 17 February 2007 (PST)



Quick question

Hey Paul, quick wiki q for ya... this is dumb, but how do you just get images to link to pages instead of linking back to the Image: page? For ex., see South Korea in Lost as an example of the little box I did at the top, if I could link Sun, Jin and P.H.I. to their respective pages. Thanks! --PandoraX 08:04, 18 February 2007 (PST)

  • Thanks, but actually I did and tried to use that template (Template:PortalImage) already, but it wouldn't work for my purposes, because I am using smaller thumbs and no text linked. It wouldn't be too difficult to just make up a new template (I started to at Template:ThumbImage), but I was wondering if there was a simple way to do it first. This way, I could use existing larger images as thumbs, and have the linking. --PandoraX 08:35, 18 February 2007 (PST)
  • Hey Paul, still gotta bug you for a second, sorry :) It's the same thing... tried to modify the template with Template:ThumbImage, but I'm having a bit of trouble. Could you look at South Korea in Lost's code and tell me what I'm doing that Sun won't show up on the same line as Jin? Is it just an issue with the template?--PandoraX 14:53, 18 February 2007 (PST)

I'm sorry

I'm sorry if I was being mean I just had a bad day yesterday.--Mr.hanso 11:36, 18 February 2007 (PST)

Voice actor faces template

  • Hey, thanks for the comments, although I'm just testing the template out and adding new feature on that page. its actually in use on the Voice actor faces article. And thanks for the suggestions, i'll try them out later. -Mr.Leaf 13:43, 19 February 2007 (PST)

Birmingham

I LOVE Birmingham. I went there on holiday last year! It would be cool to see Brum in LOST!!! One of the ladies could be shopping there, that's all I did when I visited!!! --Princess Dharma (banned) 13:45, 20 February 2007 (PST)

Lol it was a bit boring after a weekend of shopping. My dad went there on a business trip and I usually follow him on them. I went to Hanoi with him last week and there was nothing there either lol. Princess Dharma (banned)

If it's the nightlife you are refering to I did notice a lot of it. You English sure know how to have a good time Lol. And people say you are all posh and drink tea. Also I don't properly understand why my talk page has to be chagned back. I am watching the new one. Princess Dharma (banned) 13:08, 22 February 2007 (PST)

#lostpedia

You avoiding the chat?    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 12:59, 22 February 2007 (PST)

Thanks

  • wow all i can say is thanks to you and the other Sysops.-Mr.Leaf 13:13, 22 February 2007 (PST)

Help Please

Hey Paul, two things, one on Par Avion, you need to clean up the = mark by trivia. And also one my my redirects 309 isn't redirecting, could you fix this? thanks --lewisg 03:06, 23 February 2007 (PST)

woops sorry, managed to fix it :) --lewisg 03:07, 23 February 2007 (PST)

Accents/Dialects

Really? Damn. I have to admit no original knowledge on the subject. I can only repeat what I was told in acting classes. If it's true, would you mind talking to a few old college professors of mine? I always loved catching them in B.S. It burns me a little to find out I let one slip by! ;) -BearDog 08:59, 23 February 2007 (PST)

You know what? I think we might both have been wrong. According to the dictionary, a dialect is actually a type of accent. See Accent and Dialect. The definition for Dialect seems focus more on regional differences of phonetics, vocabulary, and grammar between people who speak the same language, while accents cover that(3a) and speech patterns imported from a different native language (3b), so in the case of a regional speech patterns, either term is correct because a dialect is also an accent. Thanks for bringing up an interesting point that I never would have given much thought! -BearDog 12:36, 23 February 2007 (PST)
No an accent is the way it sounds (e.g. I can't say my Ts and say war-er for water, its the sound, accent). A dialect is what you say (e.g. in Liverpool they call a male mate "jimmy". Its often colloquial language, its not the sound, its there own word - like saying ain't instead of isn't, its not a sound difference, its a lexical one). Lol seriously don't get Plkrtn into an argument on this one :-) --Nickb123 (Talk) 12:42, 23 February 2007 (PST)

As intelligent as I believe you to be Plkrtn, I just could't take the word of a guy on the internet. So what did I do? Scanned the internet for more guys. It turns out that this is a poorly explored facet of our shared linguistic anthropologies. I've found scholarly articles that agree with you (accent is sound, dialect is vocabulary), that agree with me (accent is the result of being multilingual, dialect is the collection of auditory differences based on region), articles that use the two interchangeably, and still others that state dialect is a subsection of accent. Words used to describe language should really have much clearer definitions. I'm not sure which section of education you work in, but as an educator, would you mind terribly publishing something scholarly; to clearly define the distinction once and for all? I'd cite ya. BTW, if you google "Accent, Dialect", you'll get a fascinating afternoon's read; or maybe that's only fascinating to me. Thanks for pointing me off on a fun new tangent! Here's a few of the more interesting ones that I've found: [1] [2] [3] [4]

PS: I couldn't tell from Nick's warning whether or not this was a particularly sore subject for you. While I would never accuse you of going "insano", we all have our pet peeves. If this is yours, I do apologize for poking at nerves and have no problems backing off. It's just difficult to find intelligent debate in Los Angeles, sometimes. -BearDog 17:11, 23 February 2007 (PST)

I wonder if it isn't just a lesser known regional difference in vocabulary (what you'd call dialect :P). You know, the way Brits store their luggage in a boot while driving, and I keep my boot wrapped firmly around my foot. At some point, somebody is really going to have to write an American to British dictionary, for translation purposes...-BearDog 17:44, 23 February 2007 (PST)

Par Avion pics

Hey Paul, is it ok for me to add Claire as the fb to the Par Avion page and the S3 temp? The pics from ABCMedianet are here. Regards, Marik7772003 17:32, 23 February 2007 (PST)

Welcome

Hi Gregcybergal. Welcome to Lostpedia. I was wondering, do you also use the French Lostpedia? -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  06:35, 24 February 2007 (PST)

Hi Plkrtn and thanks for your welcome. Actually, I'm a heavy user of the french Wikipedia but totaly new to Lostpedia. Righ now, I'm only using the English version of Lostpedia which more up-to-date as I'm currently watching the latest season. Anyway, I could probably use the french Lostpedia some days. Were you looking for some french speakers? Gregcybergal 09:09, 24 February 2007 (PST)

Lostbook again

Hey babe! Whatever happened to idling on chat, eh. :) Anyway, the new skin with Jules is now up, Image:9-22.jpg, use it if you like it to commemorate Lost stranding day. :) I also had a question or two for you on the forum, specifcially about the Xmas skin (seems to be misaligned from the others by a few pixels, no full gradient). Lastly, I had this thought.. You mentioned you had a version with the Elizabeth. I was thinking this would be a great way to celebrate the Season premier each year (Elizabeth coming back, "LOST Returns"). --PandoraX 13:15, 24 February 2007 (PST)

Hey, I've got a few suggestions as well. 1. The Sydney one be used on Australia Day (Jan 26). 2. The finale and premiere images be used on the finals and premieres of all the countries on the main page. --Blueeagleislander 00:17, 26 February 2007 (PST)

Morning

  • I'm always up early, you stalker ;) --PandoraX 03:47, 26 February 2007 (PST)
  • Hey there, I noticed something weird while editing lately (last 2 days). When I click on an edit box sometimes, I can't get my cursor in at all, don't know why. Sometimes I have to click the "bold" button to get something to appear, and then I click on that in order to get my cursor in the edit box. This probably isn't anything LP-specific, and may just be something going on with my own settings, but I tried closing the browser and rebooting, still doing it. Any ideas? --PandoraX 04:05, 26 February 2007 (PST)

Re: Browser, oh shuddup. Lotta help you are. PS: I do have Firefox already :P
Re: Theory, I will delete it instantaneously. --PandoraX 04:15, 26 February 2007 (PST)

I think I'm ok right now, thanks :) Just making a table/trying to figure out the Lost puzzles thing. Is there any way to sign within a table (so that it appears as a field within it--{{{~~~~}}} does not work, since signatures are a subtemplate). Oh, I can't explain, nevermind :) --PandoraX 05:46, 26 February 2007 (PST) PS: I do use google chat anyway sometimes, jst not at the moment.
  • Oh, for God's sakes :P You blame me for everything, I wasn't even online late. BTW, do you have the Xmas background on the comp you're on? It wouldn't be hard to edit the one we have, otherwise, so that it's the same. I'm trying to figure out if the polar bear will align properly on mine.--PandoraX 06:03, 26 February 2007 (PST)
  • I put it in while I was on Firefox and was rather appalled that I forgot it shows up as a different font face on IE (and that it was so girlie)... --PandoraX 08:12, 27 February 2007 (PST)

Re: Episode 14

What? Recently people have been creating pages for new episodes before confirmation and have got away with, so I thought there would be no harm in making a page for what we all know will be episode 14. It could've been locked for now, and it didn't even contain any spoilers. --SilvaStorm

I know there are none on here, but Wikipedia has quite a few. They don't respond as quickly on there. Sorry for my mistake. --SilvaStorm
I'm not really fussed about my "Pages I Made" list, as you call it, but everyone must feel good if they've created a page that becomes really popular. If you think this is why I created new episode pages, you're wrong - I do it so others don't have to. Thanks. --SilvaStorm
Pardon my french, but...bullshit. That list contains not just pages you didn't make, but pages where you don't even appear in the history. And sadly, now you're doing the same thing on wikipedia, complete with doing bogus page moves by switching pages and redirects (and then taking credit for the page). Pages aren't "made" by the first guy who races in with a spoiler, they're made by those who actually get off their ass and do the real work of writing the article. In case you missed it the first time: Bullshit. --Minderbinder 08:38, 28 February 2007 (PST)
Silva you've been warned about this before and you know the policy. We do not create episode and character pages based on speculation. They are only created AFTER released by an official source (ABC Medianet). You have been temporarily banned for doing this before and if you continue to do so you will be banned again.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 09:42, 28 February 2007 (PST)
I think at this point, everyone one of the sysops have given you a similar warning, Silva... so please don't plead ignorance over this rule... you repeatedly pretend you don't understand it, and each time, we've explained it. Mindbender is right also, I don't see the point in you listing all these pages that you didn't really "make" on your own. --PandoraX 03:47, 2 March 2007 (PST)

Thank

Thanks for the help.--Nokia 11:33, 1 March 2007 (PST)

Re: Template:Ep.

Understood. I see I will have to get used to it. --SilvaStorm

Nokia Award

Congratulation you have won the Nokia Award for helping me. You can put this template on your user page.--Nokia (Talk) 09:48, 2 March 2007 (PST)


Help

There's something weird with my computer, where I can't edit Lostpedia unless there's already text on the page. Since you're on right now can you just put something in: User:Mr. Crabby/lostbook.css? It doesn't matter what. I just need you to do that so I can input my settings. Thank You

timing out

Has there been any change to the length of time inactive before the site logs a user out? I've noticed it seems to happen more since I started using the Lostbook, but that doesn't make much sense and was probably just when I noticed. The only reason that I ask, is that I edit this site while I should be working. Occasionally, my phone rings and I actually have to go back to working. If I was mid-edit when I had to put it down and the site logs me out, I lose whatever changes I made and don't know until I attempt to preview. I've gotten around it by highlighting and copying all articles before pressing the preview button, but it seems to happen with more frequency lately. Am I way off-base, or has that changed? -BearDog 12:22, 5 March 2007 (PST)

Angry

May I ask why my montages have been deleted and my talk page protected. Princess Dharma (banned)

Montages

I created the montages I don't see how they violate fair use. They don't have to illustrate anything they are on my userpage. Princess Dharma (banned)

Talk Page

Firstly I asked to see the rules discussing talk pages as proof that I was breaking them but was disallowed and you still have no right to deny me access to my talk page. Princess Dharma (banned)

Fine I will not move any of the text on the proper talk page but I want my other talk pagwe unprotected it isn't fair to do that. Princess Dharma (banned)

Image use

  • I've tried to stay out of this whole mess, but the deletion of the image montage caught my eye. I could go through userpages and point out many examples of custom images that do not "illustrate" an article that are based on content from Lost. I could easily point out dozens. So could you I'm sure. In this sense it looks like a person-specific image deletion to me. Otherwise, lit would be proper to go through and apply it across the entire site, to all users who have such images, and especially images which are based on Lost episode images that are not used for mainspace articles. I doubt ABC/Disney is going to send out cease & desists for this type of "gray-area" use (fan art) of their content, as the intent is clearly different from putting together a comprehensive chronological gallery of dozens of screencaps for an episode's Gallery section (which we have clearly prohibited) a la Lost-Media, which IMHO falls entirely outside that gray area. Let's be consistent, and these are rationales for choosing either path: removing ALL such userspace images, or allowing them as illustrative fan content. However I am uncomfortable with it being directed at a single user. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 15:37, 5 March 2007 (PST)
  • Examples: Image:ScribbledBlast2.jpg, Image:PIE.jpg, Image:Juliet2.jpg, Image:Articleattackaward.jpg. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 15:49, 5 March 2007 (PST)
  • Her montage used a GALLERY of images Santa, hence the removal. It featured like 30 pics in one. --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:53, 5 March 2007 (PST)
  • I can't speak for the source of the image used on Nick's or Pandora's page, but we have take a stand and set policy against galleries, of which I think the montage picture falls under. If it were a single photo of Sun I don't think there would be an issue.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 15:54, 5 March 2007 (PST)
  • OK that rationale makes sense, as far as site-wide consistency. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 17:19, 5 March 2007 (PST)

Lostpedia Toolbar?

Would this be able to be created? I don't know much about these things... but I know you can download a Wikipedia toolbar which goes in your toolbars underneath a google toolbar or w/e and then you can search for any page on Wikipedia using it,no matter what website you're on. I know that was awfully explained, but would it be possible to create one for this site? Thanks, --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  09:50, 6 March 2007 (PST)

Awesome! That'll be great!! :D Good luck with it! Also, I'm curious.. what does your username actually mean? ;) --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  11:42, 6 March 2007 (PST)

  • Aaah interesting! And I mean that they're always fighting... it's just silly squabbles over pointless things... *sighs* :) --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  12:36, 6 March 2007 (PST)

Transcripts

Hey Plk, thanks for pointing it out. I saw your comment already in the transcripts page and already commented on it back... I agree and have no problems with them being moved, but have just been too lazy to do it... because it's over 50 pages, but also more than 50 redirects, so I'm guessing about 150 pages would have to be moved/redirected total. If you would like to make this a project for today, I am happy to help, I've just been busy with other lp priorities lately.. --PandoraX 11:31, 7 March 2007 (PST)

Re:Organizing images

Sure, I'll make a page of that. What should I call it? --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 12:07, 7 March 2007 (PST)

  • Okay, I made a rough draft: User:Mr. Crabby/sandbox. I had trouble thinking of things to put on the job list, but is this basically what you wanted? --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 13:36, 7 March 2007 (PST)

Any work? :)

I seem to find myself running out of usful things to do, any thing around the site that needs to be done? -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  21:09, 8 March 2007 (PST)

By the way, sorry i stole your sig :)

Re: Mallet/Bat

Hehe, you're welcome! It did make me chuckle though. :) Blackannis 06:55, 13 March 2007 (PDT)

SysOp status

Paul - I was just wondering when & why the decision was made to strip me of sysop status. I'm totally fine with the decision, but kind of surprised that it happened without anyone contacting me to inquire why I had been dormant on the site, and letting me know why I'd been "demoted." Again, I completely understand the rationale of removing dormant sysops, just wondering why it seems to have happened stealthily. (And I'm writing you because you're the one who edited my userpage, so I'm assuming you were involved...) Thanks! --Jajasoon 18:00, 15 March 2007 (PDT)

Thanks for the reply - I posted in the forum... --Jajasoon 12:31, 20 March 2007 (PDT)

Crazy Vandal

Hey, there's a vandal causing a wee bit of stress, User:Compulsive liar, could you get a ban goin' on? CastorTroy 06:27, 21 March 2007 (PDT)


2 acounts, 1 IP

Hey, just letting you know, another member of my household has signed up. We use the same computer often, so please be advised: its not sockpuppetry. Thanks  Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  15:24, 21 March 2007 (PDT)

New Theory

Hi. Could you add my theory under theory categories please? It's here. I think it's a realistic theory, maybe with psychological influences. aykut 04:16, 1 April 2007 (PDT)

  • I am trying to contact one of the mods but no one's responsing my request. What should I do for my theory to be appended under theories section? Thank you. aykut 09:21, 15 May 2007 (PDT)

Skins

Hi Plkrtn. I'm an admin on another wiki: Lord of the rings Wiki and I would like to create a new skin for all users but not overwrite the monobook. I've seen your new lookbook, and may I ask how you put it in the uesr preferences and installed it properly? thanks,  Dan  talk  contribs  email 

thanks for the info. I'll have a look at the other wikia sites and then i'll contact the admin. thanks again  Dan  talk  contribs  email 

Vector Graphic Designer

What sort of vector art are you wanting? chrisarrow

As per recent headers "Lostpedia is looking for anyone with vector graphic design skills. If you're interested in helping us, please contact a SysOp" - I have said skills and interest. What do you guys need?--Jackdavinci 12:40, 16 April 2007 (PDT)

Audio Samples

I'm asking this to a few sysops. Should we put links in the Music article to 30 second samples? I have a website where those samples could be published.

Heres an example:

  • Shambala by Three Dog Night in "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead." Played on the DHARMA van's radio and also on young Hurley's radio at the beginning of the episode. Sample

-- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  11:06, 14 April 2007 (PDT)

Vector drawing

(from {user talk:Admin) I can do a little vector drawing; diagrams mostly. I'd be happy to help. MRImagining 15:13, 16 April 2007 (PDT)

CSS Help

  • Hey there, I have made a wiki and I'm crap with CSS. Basically, I want to change the default font for the site to font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; but I don't know how. Do you have any idea? I'd be extremely grateful for the help. Thanks a lot, --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  09:21, 17 April 2007 (PDT)

Today's Lostbook?

What's the occasion for the sub and....thing? --Blueeagleislander 02:15, 1 May 2007 (PDT)

  • Ah cool. I'm in Australia so I wouldn't know. --Blueeagleislander 02:17, 1 May 2007 (PDT)

Database Error

On my Watchlist, I have the "Manual of Style" page marked, and an email notification system ser up for it. Today, I clicked on the link http://lostpedia.com/index.php?title=Lostpedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_proposed&diff=0&oldid=235897 

and it came up with a Database Error saying...

(begin here) The database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named "Lostpedia talk:Manual of Style proposed (Diff: 235897, 0)".

This is usually caused by following an outdated diff or history link to a page that has been deleted.

If this is not the case, you may have found a bug in the software. Please report this to an administrator, making note of the URL. (end here)

So, I am reporting the bug to you. David 15:23, 2 May 2007 (PDT)

Kiele and Rodrigo

Sorry to question, but which part are you talking about?

    • Oh, okay. I was just confused because originally I thought that they where Guest Stars, and then (to me) it was indicated that they where regulars.
Hey come on MSN if you get chance --Nickb123 (Talk) 04:24, 12 May 2007 (PDT)

mistake

Oops sorry, was a mistake.--Spheritic 05:21, 16 May 2007 (PDT)

Sig

Nice new colour for your sig :p --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 03:55, 18 May 2007 (PDT)

Ah yeah i noticed. Isnt there a rule you guys could create that could warn/ban people like that? --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 03:59, 18 May 2007 (PDT)
I apologize, I know it was in poor form.  ge0  Talk  contribs  05:26, 18 May 2007 (PDT)

OMG

I made a very BIG mistake by writing that Ben ordered to rape women!! My fault: I translated italian "rapire" (= to kidnap). I don't know what to say, I'm very very sorry for that. I won't re-edit the text. Thank you for removing that! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wydsiwyg (talk • contribs) .

Heh...funny error --Blueeagleislander 04:46, 18 May 2007 (PDT)

My reply re: Spamming, etc.

You said the definition is: "To indiscriminately send unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate messages"

Sure, I sent something unsolicited. To nine people. But it was not irrelevant, unwanted, nor inappropriate. And your official definition of spam is states quite clearly "indiscriminately". It is not "indiscriminately OR x, y, z" but "indiscriminately AND x, y, z". My messages were quite clearly not indiscriminate.

Therefore, while I may have simply pissed off a sysop, I was not violating your own clearly stated rules.

Irregardless, in spite of not violating your spam policy, I was willing to follow your fellow sysop's flawed interpretation of the policy, and refrained from posting anything more that would offend your fellow sysops (note, none of the people I "solicited" complained about it, just the sysops felt I was doing something "wrong")

The reason why I posted the image on my page, is that I was banned without any warning, for not violating a policy but because a sysop let their emotions get in the way of doing their job. I was willing to follow the on-the-fly dictator-like sysop law making (where the word of the sysop is law, not the posted policy as law). Yes, in spite of my disagreement with the handling of the situation, I was perfectly willing to follow the definition.

But, no matter, I still got banned. Simply talking to me would have been sufficient to resolve the matter, but I was not given any benefit of the doubt. The fact that I felt that I was not violating any rules should have been enough, but instead of acting like a sysop should, they abused their power.

While Mr. Leaf showed that he is a reasonable person and was willing to apologize, Santa on the other hand decided to take it personally and in general be an ass about it. So much so that he locked his talk page, rather than reply to me like a civilized person would.

Santa deleted my image claiming it to be spam, but it is not spam. It is an image illustrating my frustration with being a member of Lostpedia, as I was banned for not violating a policy, and in general treated like a spammer/vandal.

Yes, I do feel that I have to walk on eggshells, because it seems that at least sysops will make law according to their personal feelings and not follow the posted policies. I would be happy to remove said image, once I have assurance from sysops that I won't be arbitrarily banned for some unwritten rule.

On Wikipedia, the sysops there are really nice. They try to clarify rules and educate rather than eradicate. Apparently, Lostpedia does not follow the same type of community spirit, but is rather run by the emotions of the elite.

Just because I haven't made 10,000 edits does not make my account single-purpose, nor does it make me a spammer/vandal which your fellow sysops have apparently labeled me as. I am offended by this assertion.

Unlike here, the people on HeroesWiki are much friendlier. The sysops there are actually helping me with my wiki, rather than claiming a bunch of crap about how I'm supposedly violating their license.

While I originally felt that Lostpedia should be a "golden standard" for my wiki to shoot for, it seems that your popularity and subsequent rise to power is going to your collective heads. I definitely do not want the attitudes here to be part of my community.

It would be one thing if I set up "lostwiki" or something and just pilfered content off of here. But I am not doing so. So I'd love to hear from your lawyer explain exactly how I am apparently violating your your CC License.

So, you can continue to fight me, drop me as an advertiser, ban me from the site, sue me for supposed CC License violations.

Or, you can simply treat me with respect, and assure me that I don't have to walk on eggshells, and I will be glad to remove the image and continue contributing to the site.

But before overreacting, consider that I have influence on Wikipedia, and if you're going to treat me badly, I will work to ensure that Lostpedia's references are removed from Wikipedia, which are in fact in violation of posted Wikipedia policies.

But, I am sure that you're much more reasonable than Santa, so we shouldn't have to escalate things.

I just want to be a member of Lostpedia without being in the sysop's crosshairs.

User:Tarabyte 09:07, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

stop with your personal attacks.

I don't appreciate your assertion that I "don't have the skill" to create my own wiki templates. That is both rude and inaccurate.

I have designed hundreds of websites, and I also really am a respected member of Wikipedia.

My supposed "threat" was in response to a threat from one of your sysops claiming that they'd block my advertising, sue me for license violation, etc. I was explaining what my response would be to YOUR threats (if acted upon), not threating to do anything.

Furthermore, I can make my site as I like it. Seeing as you're not a member of my site nor doing anything to contribute towards it, you have no say whatsoever as to how I run my site.

Finally, I am not violating "your" license. Read "your" license before assuming things are in it that are not there. User:Tarabyte 11:55, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

First of all, it's not a personal attack when someone states fact. Plagiarizing content from our templates and copying the format of them isn't going to earn you any respect. What plkrtn was trying doing was pose a question. If you have the skills like you say you do, then why did you need to copy Lostpedia? That's not a personal attack. What is your Wikipedia username? I'd like to see you back up your claims of being a "respected member". Is wikipedia:User:Tarabyte your account? If so, I don't see how 8 contributions makes it a respected member.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 12:05, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that is not my Wikipedia account. Furthermore, the accusation was that I don't have the skills, not a question of why I didn't make my own template. The accusation made was a personal attack. User:Tarabyte 12:08, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
My bubble is not bursted. "if you are a well regarded Wikipedia user, then why don't you have the skill to create your own front page design and content format?" That was posed as a question, not an accusation.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 12:09, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
Never heard of the phrase "why re-invent the wheel"? Why are you guys so anal about template design code? User:Tarabyte 12:13, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
You're not reinventing the wheel you're duplicating it.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 12:16, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
You just ignored what I said, and followed up with nothing short of a direct jab. I am not duplicating wikipedia. So you found the edit page that goes with my IP address on there. Big deal, I don't always stay logged in to my account. What is your point at further attacking me rather than resolving things? User:Tarabyte 12:27, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
Nobody is attacking you. You asked about reinventing the wheel and I answered. Also, nobody claimed you were copying Wikipedia, only that you copied templates from this site, Lostpedia. Since you evidently just want to go in circles about thins, I'll make it simple: If you continue to linkspam your site on Lostpedia you will be banned. Please show us some good faith efforts to modify your site so it doesn't look like the front page of Lostpedia. If you continue to steal content it's possible to just add a deny from rule for your IP so all you see is a "403 Forbidden" error code when you visit this site. Nobody is out to get you here. Your actions have "placed you in the crosshairs" as you say. Make some good-faith contributions for this Wiki and stop stealing templates and all will be well.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 12:35, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
What was the point of your reply linking to a page on wikipedia linked to an IP address? That sure looks like a purposeful attack. And what is the big deal if my site looks a bit like yours? How is rounded corners "stealing content"? I can easily change my IP also, please stop threatening me. And I have made good faith contributions to the wiki, but having spent so much time defending myself, it probably is drowned out when viewing my user history. --User:Tarabyte 12:41, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
It's not just rounded corners, it's everything combined and how they all work together to look like Lostpedia. You've copied full headings, templates, placement of images (such as in your Article of the Week), etc. Even the content in your legal disclaimer has been directly copied from the one here, then change ABC for Fox, etc.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 13:10, 23 May 2007 (PDT)
The same design is on half a dozen other sites, that have no relation to me. Plus, the legal disclaimer was not original content, LP copied it from Wikia, where that same format is used all over the place. Finally, my site is not the same as LP, and the template is a work in progress and will be changed significantly as time goes on. If you have issues with how my site is being run, join it and contribute, otherwise, please don't overlord. User:Tarabyte 13:20, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

Public domain - copyright question

Hi. You seem to be the person in the know about copyright. I've mean meaning to add pics to Philosophy for some time now, but haven't because I got confused and stopped thinking about it! My question is whether the {{PD-ineligible}} tag is the right one to use for an image where the copyright has expired, such as this? Given the options, I'm fairly sure it is the right one, so this is probably a stupid question. Still, I thought it best to check before uploading a dozen or pics. Oh, and by the way - Since I found that template I now can't find where the page was that I got it from. Should this and the other ones maybe be added to "Copyright Template" link on the Upload page, or be made easy to find in some other way? Thanks--TechNic|talk|conts 15:23, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

Vector

Was the vector project cancelled, delayed, or did I just miss the call? :-) --Jackdavinci 10:56, 25 May 2007 (PDT)

Ah I never saw where the details were posted. You just want the logo as it looks now as a vector, or you want a new design altogether? Saved in which format? --Jackdavinci 22:28, 25 May 2007 (PDT)

Template:DVDreleases

Since you're the one who protected Template:DVDreleases, I'd just ask whether you could add a link to the third season to it (links are at DVD). – sgeureka t•c 11:59, 31 May 2007 (PDT)

AVT

Hey, I tried to install your AVT at User:Lost Soul/lostbook.js but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  09:11, 7 June 2007 (PDT)

PandoraX

Pardon me if I'm out of line here, but I was just wondering what happened to her? --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  05:13, 18 June 2007 (PDT)

rewatch

whats up with removing "the moth"

vandal

Hi. Can you please block User:Cerberus1 becuase of vandalism.-- Dan  talk  contribs  email  10:25, 21 June 2007 (PDT)

Strange block

G'day, Plkrtn. Might I inquire as to why you recently banned me? You stated that I "attacked a sysop", but I recall doing no such thing. If you could specifically point out where this happened, it would be much more helpful than just an enigmatic ban, as it would allow me to avoid making a similar mistake in the future. -Silence 15:50, 23 July 2007 (PDT)

Comic Con Spoilers

  • Are comic con announcements considered spoilers? I am of the opinion of yes but you seem to be no. Curious as to why. -Mr.Leaf 19:22, 26 July 2007 (PDT)

SysOps at other Lostpedias

Hi, man!

My name (well, my geek name, lol) is Calick, and I am a high-rank editor in the Spanish Lostpedia.

These last months the wiki has experienced a rebirth and a high increase of its numbers of articles thanks to me and other members who have taken the new control of our wiki. However, we have not complete control, because we are not SysOps (the original administrators probably were gone, leaving the page abandoned, or maybe they never existed...).

What I'm asking to you, is there any way to become and Admin based on the qualities a SysOp must have, no matter that I am from another Lostpedia? We have no idea how to become an Admin or a SysOp, and we need to take control of some activities, specially against some recent vandalism actions. I know I haven't done as much as you and sure here I wouldn't deserve the right of what I'm asking for, but the Spanish Lostpedia is smaller by the time, and I've done a huge work as an editor and controller.

Please, if you can help me and my partners, we'll be very grateful to you.

See you...in another life, brotha!


---Thanks!

New Changes

Hey Plkrtn! (or paul as they call you). Is there anywhere i can go to get all the news on whats happened on lostpedia and the lost universe since the lost season 3 finale? Just got my internet back for the first time in ages ! Missed you all! --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 08:55, 23 August 2007 (PDT)

ok thanks for the help, and well done on the enhancements on lostpedia, changed quite abit since i was last here. --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 09:06, 23 August 2007 (PDT)

vandal

Please block Postroom Bob as this user is a vandal.-- Dan  talk  contribs  email  07:05, 2 September 2007 (PDT)

vandalism

the swan page has been vandalised

Lostbook

You can make rounded borders in Safari 3 as well with:

-webkit-border-top-left-radius

-webkit-border-top-right-radius

-webkit-border-top-right-radius

-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius

-webkit-border-radius


—     User Page  Talk  Contributions  14:25, 23 September 2007 (PDT)

Woops

Hey, dont know what the hell is going on, i tried making edits to the bloopers and continuity page earlier and it just deleted everything, and no matter what i tried, if i tried to put the whole thing back in it would just disapear when i tried to save it! Dont ban me!! --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 05:09, 1 October 2007 (PDT)

Thanks for fixing that.. any idea what was going on?--Lewis-Talk-Contribs 05:14, 1 October 2007 (PDT)
Nope that can't be it, im a loyal firefox 2.0 user ^^ unless its because im using 2.0 instead of one of the earlier ones? --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 05:20, 1 October 2007 (PDT)
To jump in here, it is not the browser that affects it although the size of the page is what matters. I will take a look at the size of the Bloopers page. The problem started about a month ago when regular users started accidentally deleting large pages (usually talk pages) and they could not be manually reverted, only reverted by a Sysop. Kevin was emailed numerous times about the problem so it's probably best to talk to him Paul. You can check back on mine and Nick's talk pages for more details (Here on my talk page). -Mr.Leaf 13:25, 1 October 2007 (PDT)

Featured Article

Hey what's up man, what's going on with the Article of the week? It's just blank, is there a problem? -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  11:21, 18 October 2007 (PDT)

dispute over oceanic six

Hi,

There is an ongoing dispute over the inclusion of Kate in the oceanic six in that article. A vote was organized. It would be helpful if the evaluation of the vote were taken out of the hands of the couple people (including me) who have strong opinions on the matter. I can live with any result but I would rather see the evaluation of the result made by someone not strongly on one side or the other. Dharmatel4 15:58, 5 February 2008 (PST)

Re: Be careful what you add

Oh okay, I understand. Won't happen again! :) --SilvaStorm

domus vs. domum

i see you deleted my bit in the article Lost: Via Domus about the erroneous latin ... i dont speak latin, but from that dictionary article, the word domus is used not wrong as a word (it means home really), but wrong in denclension - it is not nominative, but accusative (it's not used as "home" itself, but as "way (to) home", thus it is accusative and should have the ending -um, word "domus" is irregular) - look also here - fourth declension. But maybe I am wrong :) --Running 00:58, 9 February 2008 (PST)

Well, I think it was on right place and relevant, because it was at the place where the article talked about the name and what it should mean (but what it does only in bad way). I agree that we would need some latin speaker, it's completely true, but from the little I know it is used in a bad way....ok, it should be maybe on different place in the article, i agree with that.... --Running 08:41, 9 February 2008 (PST)

Pages That Require SysOp Attention

Hi Paul, Thought Id give you a quick list of a few pages that have been under discussion for some time now and require a SysOp decision to close them as they have gone on too long:

Sorry to be a pain but back logs get to me, thanks man! --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 18:33, 9 February 2008 (PST)

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