User talk:Steelviper

Archive from before the Spam blizzard of '06 (March 10, 2006)

Spam Blizzard of '06

There's quite a lot of spamming going on. Could they all be the same person? Why would anyone do that?, it's not clever.--Noneofyourbusiness 18:20, 9 March 2006 (EST)

Likely the same person or small group of people. The IP Block List shows multiple attempts at accessing after the blocks. And (as you've probably noticed) it's all the same junk. I'm surprised they don't move on to less heavily patrolled waters. This place is pretty active, and their changed are undone fairly quickly (unless they're happy having the links in the history). I've dropped Joe a note, so hopefully it'll get dealt with). --Steelviper 17:07, 9 March 2006 (CST)

Perhaps the expiry date of the blocks should be moved from 'a week' to 'indefinitely.'--Noneofyourbusiness 15:05, 10 March 2006 (EST)

Generally we're pretty cautious about handing out indefinite blocks. However, I guess a 10+ strikes and you're out policy probably wouldn't be considered all that rash. I was tempted to do indefinite blocks on these guys earlier, but I was pretty annoyed at the time and didn't want to rush to judgement. However, since a voice of reason agrees (and I've had some time to cool off) then I'll set about with the block fest. It'll take a bit... --Steelviper 13:47, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Done. (Also... I'm archiving, so everything older than this thread is getting wiped. Don't be alarmed.) --Steelviper 14:09, 10 March 2006 (CST)

For future reference, it is O.K. by me if you block spammers indefinitely. Also, I am setting up a process where people have to authenticate their e-mail addresses prior to editing, so that should be up fairly soon. Just FYI. More at 11:05. :-) -- Zantor 14:52, 10 March 2006 (CST)

I assume that Zantor = Kosh = Joe Jr.? If so... cool. Understood. --Steelviper 14:54, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Haha! Sockpuppetry! Burn the heretic! Ehm... Zantor is just an account I was using to test the e-mail required process when creating an account. All I have to do now is enable the e-mail confirmation process, so that should thwart the person or persons entirely. -- Joe Beaudoin 15:03, 10 March 2006 (CST)

That's what I figured. I guess the checkuser showed too dynamic an ip range to range block? --Steelviper 15:05, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Actually, it didn't show me any IPs at all, which I found quite odd. I have to find out why. But in the meantime, this is a much better system. -- Joe Beaudoin 16:10, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Note to Self

When going on a blocking spree... don't start with yourself. It is interesting to note that the block in no way affects your ability to block, however. You just can't edit. Sometimes you have to learn things the hard way. --Steelviper 14:33, 10 March 2006 (CST)

• LOL--Zareck Rocks 15:03, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Japanese articles

Hey SV, as you already know I have been creating some articles in Japanese. When I was just starting I made a couple mistakes. Unfortunately I messed up the titles of the pages, so we have links to pages that really aren't needed and should be, if I may quote from Stewie, "Eliminated." Here are the links that I would appreciate being destroyed:

1)

2)

These links were created incorrectly. #1 has a space between the jp: and the title, I did not do that on any of the other episode guide titles. It can be redirected to this link if you can't eliminate the page: Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I/jp:あんたの負担を落とす, 部分 一. #2 is incorrect because Part I does not jive with the ending of the title in Japanese: 部分 (ニ)=2. So the second link if it can't be destroyed can be redirected to: [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II/jp:あんたの負担を落とす, 部分 ニ].

Thanks a lot for your assistance!--Zareck Rocks 17:59, 10 March 2006 (CST)

By your command. (You may want to delete the dead links now that they've been "Eliminated.") --Steelviper 18:18, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Thanks a lot! --Zareck Rocks 18:20, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Sorry, I found another page I needed deleted: The Captain's Hand/jp: 艦長の針.

Not a problem. That's what we do. Looks like you're making a lot of ground. --Steelviper 22:12, 10 March 2006 (CST)

Podcast, Res. Ship, Part 1, Act 4

Great work with the podcast transcription, SV! Something so minor that I hate to even mention it, but for the multipart episodes I use Sci Fi's episode list as my guide for the titling of episodes (i.e. using Part 1 and 2 instead of Part I and II). So when I verified your podcast, I changed the "I's" and "II's" to "One's" or "Two's" and used the long hand version just to err on the side of caution with regards to the Standards and Conventions. If I'm in error, let me know. -- Laineylain 22:35, 16 March 2006 (CST)

Sounds fine! I'm used to working back in the dusty stacks of the TOS episode guides, where they still use Roman numerals (and some of them speak in latin, greek, or aramaic). I've got no problems with you bringing the notation into the 21st century. --Steelviper 07:03, 17 March 2006 (CST)