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[[1]] makes interesting reading. I guess you believed in 3RR then? Pinkbeast (talk) 19:26, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There's a point here somewhere, I know it... --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:47, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You expected 3RR to apply then. Couldn't you just have saved your time by closing your own report with "appears to be a content dispute", since that is your policy now? Or is it only when someone reverts 5 times in one hour that 3RR doesn't apply to them? Pinkbeast (talk) 21:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Still not entirely certain which article you're referring to here - Shackleton again? In any case, expecting me to react the same way now that I did 7 years ago is... unwise. Even if the situation were the same. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:42, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes. 7 years ago you thought 3RR was a rule, rather than something to endorse violations of. Pinkbeast (talk) 21:51, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nah. Because that would just encourage people to try to run them over in their '74 Dodge Monacos. Nazis don't deserve to be run over. They should be taken out by hand. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:11, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Meh, I'm Sarek of Vulcan, I'm not content to rest upon my son's accomplishments and I have to prove I'm better than everyone else by reverting fun comments just because they would have caused any humorless editors reading them to go into a conniption and get all bent out of shape. Look at me, I'm important and officious. Meh.

I hope you got a bit of a chuckle out of it. It was really only intended for the first person to notice it. Would have been pretty funny if you noticed my last edit summary and gave me a 20-minute block per WP:CIR. No, that's not a hint, I'm just saying. ;) ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:19, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are some who think that Sarek is a better programmer than Spock, so nyah nyah nyah. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You know, I would say that I'd never read any of her writing, except, on looking through her article, it turns out I have. And I loved it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:36, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I still have that in a box with the rest of my Duane collection, but even if the disc still works, I don't have a computer than can actually read MFS... Some of the races from KA later showed up in Doctor's Orders, btw. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:42, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I had on on the C64, but it's long gone by now. My dad used to buy anything ST related because he knew how much I loved that show, so I had quite a collection of ST games. My earliest memories are of staying up late, sitting on my dad's lap and watching old reruns of TOS in his home office. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:49, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz

Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news

• Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
• Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
• Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

This is a test. Etc. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:30, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Because a bad joke deserves to be beaten to death. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:38, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure I have connections on Federal Hill who could arrange that... -141.114.28.219 (talk) 22:41, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

o O There are people on Federal Hill capable of getting something done? That's news to me... Oh wait, I was thinking of Capitol Hill. Nevermind.

P.S. check out {{fbdb}}. It looks like this. ^[FBDB] ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:50, 11 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree with MP. My God it was only 156,933 bytes long. What were you thinking? There was a lot more than could have been said ... Softlavender (talk) 01:20, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clean up, sorry to not have done it correctly the first time, it was my first name change and I was following a guide that clearly missed a bit. I appreciate the help. Squatch347 (talk) 17:35, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I think that's the stuff I use to clean up my acrylic paints with. Nasty stuff, that. I hear every serial killer ever convicted drank the stuff on a daily basis. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:41, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning Sarek,

Can you review the recent reversions by Falconfly in the links below? He seems to be ignoring the talk page discussion and has violated the 3RR rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vohu_Manah&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seraph&action=history

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shamsiel&action=history

Squatch347 (talk) 13:29, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Falconfly hasn't violated the 3RR rule, but is edit warring after I warned them, so I've blocked. It's good that you've opened discussion on the talk pages, but until you get consensus there, I would consider further reverts on those articles to be edit warring as well, and would block you as well. Good luck! --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:38, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. I'll see if I can gin up a conversation over there. Thanks for the help. Squatch347 (talk) 15:49, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For doing the right thing. Toddst1 (talk) 22:32, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I posted your block of Michael Hardy at the admin board - I support the block and I think you need air cover for this as it may well be considered controversial. Guy (Help!) 09:08, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have unblocked Michael following consensus at his talk page. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 07:41, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for undoing my edit on Medeis' talk page, I messed it up unintentionally. Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 12:31, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I'm sorry for your loss. :-( --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:08, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You are involved in a recently-filed request for clarification or amendment from the Arbitration Committee. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Michael Hardy and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the Wikipedia:Arbitration guide may be of use.

Thanks,