User talk:Grunny/Archive1

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Lavender
Sorry. I didn´t want to undo the vandalism. We worked on the article at the same time. The article is correct again, finally.--Rodolphus 12:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Shut it!
Hey Shut Up! I can spam and vandalize if i want!

Lavender Brown vandalism
That person's been at this for weeks now. Check the history of the Seamus Finnigan page and see. They always go after Seamus, and characters closely related to him such as Lavender and Dean. The problem is they use a slightly modified IP address each time, so blocking won't make much difference. - Nick O&#39;Demus 16:50, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Ronald Weasley vandalism
Just a head's up, this isn't the first time this guy's done this. Currently, they're 142.68.105.50 (previously 142.68.98.216, Iamkes, 142.68.98.157, and142.68.98.1).

They follow the same pattern every time: they go through a character's article one section at time, "dumbing down" the wording, cutting down characters' names, removing pictures, subsituting certain phrases with anagrams, and sometimes misdirecting the pipe links.

You can see on Iamkes' talk page that Seth Cooper previously tried to point out the editing guidelines and warned them against ignoring the policies. He also recently blocked 142.68.98.216 when they started doing it again (check the History of the Harry Potter article to see what they were up to yesterday, they were at it for over 6 straight hours). - Nick O'Demus 07:28, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The problem is, as soon as they get done with one article, they move on to another. Between the various I.P. addresses listed, they've done Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Remus Lupin, Rubeus Hagrid, Sirius Black, Minerva McGonagall, and Antonin Dolohov. It's not like we can give every character article on the wiki semi-protected status just on account of this guy. - Nick O'Demus 07:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, yes. I'd hoped they'd quit last month, but now they're back and they've learned how to change their I.P. address. I just thought I'd let you know what to watch for in case you see this sort of editing happening on any other articles. - Nick O'Demus 08:01, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

House Points Game, 2nd term
Hello! Just to let you know, we're starting a new round of the Harry Potter Wiki House Points Game on September 15th, and we need some new members! By helping to improve the Wiki, you can earn points toward winning the House Cup. Just add your name under your favorite House on this page to join. We hope to see you soon! - Nick O'Demus 10:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Minute of silence
I had also considered whether it would be possible to lock down the site for a minute. However, I think the spirit of the minute of silence is to let Jayden know that he is in our thoughts, and I think that can only truly be achieved if people consciously set aside some time out of their day. Also, the Protect site function page states that it is intended as a "last resort method" for "circumvent[ing] persistent spam or vandal attacks," so I'm not sure the Wikia staff would activate it on this site for the purpose of observing a minute of silence. Thanks for the tip though. :) ★ S t a r s t u f f (Owl me!) 14:37, September 7, 2009 (UTC)


 * Forgot to mention this earlier, but Seth Cooper put up a very nice message about the Moment of Silence in the Wiki's Site Notice. Just thought I'd let you know. - Nick O'Demus 07:07, September 13, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Moving pages
Oh! I never noticed that! Thanks! -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 01:17, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Success!
Grunny, I got the preload templates to work. Although you forgot to mention MediaWiki:Edittools; I had to update the current one to get it all to work. Good job I checked what you did over at the Firefly Wiki! - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 11:48, September 18, 2009 (UTC)

Department of Mysteries
Hey Grunny; finally got the review panel nominations off the ground here. You know I want you aboard this ride, so this is formal request for you to accept a nomination, championed by myself. What do you say? - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 09:34, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Common.js
Thanks for that, Grunny - my router through a fit and disconnected me from IRC. The FA warning is in place and working fine :) Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 15:05, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Accidental Edit
Sorry Grunny, I didn't mean to edit Seth Cooper's user page. I completely forgot to use the talk page instead. Is there anyway that you could put that exact paragraph onto Seth's talkpage, please?--Yin&amp;Yang 04:07, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou
I just wanted to say thanks for that message you left me in my talk page. It really did help.--Yin&amp;Yang 04:16, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you so much. That's been driving me absoloutley mad. Jayden Matthews 10:25, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Vote
Hi Grunny. Just to let you know, a vote in underway to decide the wiki's skin. Jayden Matthews 14:38, December 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw it, voted :-). Grunny  ( Talk ) 14:42, December 10, 2009 (UTC)

Common.css
No problems. Added with gusto :P - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 08:29, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

Bot
If your bot's been OK'd, you should close the vote on the forum and add it to the "Approved Bots" in the Multiple accounts policy. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 07:41, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Grunny  ( Talk ) 07:52, December 23, 2009 (UTC)

Some Help
Hi, Ive been told you know quite alot about Templates and coding and such. I require some help of yours. I was wondering about If-Then-Else statements in wikicode. Ive saw that in certain infobox templates there are things like I am guessing for colors. I cannt seem to find any documentation about If statements in wiki. I was wondering if it possible to use if-then statements to stop redlinks. let me explain. when a page has the template in use, it adds a link to the page's talkpage, but sometimes there is no talk page, so it leaves a redlink. I was wondering, if in the template code, you could use an If-then statement to have it give a link to the talk page, IF there is a talk page, but if there is no talk page, it was just say 'talk page'. I would really appreicate your help. Thank you. Also, Merry Christmas. 04:57, December 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the information. It really helps. 05:16, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

Also
Also, just being curious, but what did you do when you changed your /monaco.js. Dont mean to be nosy. 05:07, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

Dont mean to bother you again
Sorry to bother you again, But I wanted to ask you about something. I have been trying to learn more about templates and parser functions. Right now, I am trying to learn how the #switch function works. As you can see Here and Here, I am trying to make the code:

To display the (result1-5) in a sentence like 'What is (Result1-5) Last name?'

I cannot seem to find out what I did wrong. Could you please help me figure it out. I am guessing it is a simple mistake you can point out to me. Thank you so much. 07:02, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I Knew i was overcomplicating it. 07:21, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

Yet Another Question
I was wondering if you knew a way to view the Special:Editcount as raw. You see, Im trying to make a edit goal template/userbox, and Im trying to make the code work, but it wont if the Editcount has a ',' in the number. Here:

Template Page:

The part I am having trouble with is:

Then you would put:

Because the Editcount page returns the count as a number with a, like 1,234 the #expr wont accept it. I have no clue how to make it raw without the ,. I hope you do, because Ive been trying to find this out for Hours. I dont know if you can help, but I would be ever so greatful if you did. 23:55, December 25, 2009 (UTC)

RE:Anon user pages
Anything you say Grunny. -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 20:15, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

Argentina
That article states that Argentina is part of the Spanish Republic and then talks about Andorra. I think it needs to be wholy redone. --Hcoknhoj 22:50, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Then talk to GrouchMan, he's the one who created it. I don't have access to the source, I just removed the speculative wording and added the appearance. Cheers, Grunny  ( Talk ) 22:52, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks. I just saw you did the last edit. --Hcoknhoj 22:54, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem :). Seems GrouchMan copy-pasted from the Andorra article and didn't correct it. Cheers, Grunny  ( Talk ) 22:55, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've cleaned it up anyway, and corrected the information about the country. See what you think. Cheers, Grunny  ( Talk ) 22:59, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * That works, I doubt we know much more about the country as it relates to HP anyway. Thanks again. --Hcoknhoj 23:00, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem :). Grunny  ( Talk ) 23:01, January 17, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Tense
Sure. Why does it have to be that way? -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 00:25, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

RE:RE:Tense
I'll do the best I can. You really think that I'm an edit machine? -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 00:30, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Grunny ;) -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 00:32, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Sorry
Won't happen again. --Hcoknhoj 02:02, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Other users talk pages
Anything you say. -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 01:33, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

Hello I'm Station7 and I did read what you say to GrouchMan about making unuseless edits. Actually a lot people are doing that, so he's not the only one on this Wikia, I'm sure of that. I don't mean did rude.--Station7 12:52, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

That's alright, I was just saying that other users do that to!--Station7 20:40, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Merlin's Beard
Thanks! I originally made that for Cavalier One when he became the first to reach 10,000. I didn't think I 'd be getting it back someday. : P - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 11:39, January 29, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Featured Article
Thanks! -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 13:05, January 30, 2010 (UTC)

Protection
We just started a forum about article protection. Your opinion would be welcomed. --Hcoknhoj 03:49, February 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've left my thoughts there :). Grunny  ( Talk ) 04:47, February 2, 2010 (UTC)

Featured Content
Hey, there are a few featured content nominations that have a clear +3 advantage. Just need to see your opinion on them. Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J.' ( Send an owl! ) 05:40, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

The Selected Picture thing on the front wiki page also has to be changed, as it had to be changed a couple of days ago.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. ( Send an owl! ) 02:23, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Grunny  ( Talk ) 02:52, February 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hcoknhoj and I (mostly Hcoknhoj) have done some work on the Elder Wand page. Tell me what you think.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 23:09, February 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll take a look when I get some time later today :). Grunny  ( Talk ) 23:10, February 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Also another update: Muggle should be on the Main Page now.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 03:24, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Grunny  ( talk ) 03:38, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for dealing with the vandal. I didn't know you were on, or I'd've asked you. --Hcoknhoj 09:27, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, thanks--Thorning 09:29, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

FA
I saw you comments about some of the nominations. I'll go back through Second Wizarding War in the next day or two and start sourcing the article. --Hcoknhoj 09:59, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

User:Super78
Vandal. You gave them a warning about two weeks ago. I just gave one. Thought you'd to know. --Hcoknhoj 22:10, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a month. All their contribs were vandalism for the past few weeks. Cheers, Grunny  ( Talk ) 22:32, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
82.237.129.28 has received multiple warnings. --Hcoknhoj 12:11, February 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a month. Grunny  ( Talk ) 13:16, February 14, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Unspeakable
Sure! Thanks for inviting me. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 16:52, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Heads Up
I changed my signature, so anything singed --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:54, February 16, 2010 (UTC) is from User:Hcoknhoj. Thanks, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:54, February 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, nice sig :). Grunny  ( Talk ) 23:53, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Prefect
You've more than earned it. Congrats. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 08:18, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Hufflepuff protected
Thanks. It was getting annoying to see that happen over and over again. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 14:41, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

Harry Potter and Severus Snape's private lessons
A user moved the page as titled to Harry Potter's Occlumency Lessons. It was then redirected to Harry Potter and Severus Snape's Private Lessons, however attempts to redirect it back to the original title for the capitalization fix are blocked. Could you correct this so we don't lose the page history? - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 03:48, March 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Grunny  ( Talk ) 05:30, March 7, 2010 (UTC)

Main Page FA
I have made some grammatical corrections to the article and the main page article does not reflect the article as is. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 06:49, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. Grunny  ( Talk ) 07:33, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

British Spelling
LVKTVJ created a template for reminding users about the use of British spelling, etc. British --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 07:00, March 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for letting me know. Grunny  ( Talk ) 13:05, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Miki1234
Hi, Grunny. Sorry to bother you, but, I have a request. Would you please rid the Harry Potter Wiki of this buffoon, once, and for all? Yesterday I gave him his tenth warning regarding his determination to lower the quality of this site by replacing info box images with ones unrelated to the subject. Two of his warnings came from Seth Cooper, and were supposed to be his last. Alas, his behaviour has continued unpunished, and, I've reached the end of my patience. Thanks for listening. <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#406B2E">J <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><font color="#8DB87A">a <font color="#406B2E">y <font color="#8DB87A">c <font color="#406B2E">e  <font face="Arial" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8;">Darkmark.png•<font color="#406B2E">Avada Kedavra •<font color="#8DB87A">Crucio •<font color="#406B2E">Imperio • 11:24, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Grunny, you're the best. Thanks. <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#406B2E">J <font face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><font color="#8DB87A">a <font color="#406B2E">y <font color="#8DB87A">c <font color="#406B2E">e  <font face="Arial" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8;">Darkmark.png•<font color="#406B2E">Avada Kedavra •<font color="#8DB87A">Crucio •<font color="#406B2E">Imperio • 14:04, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Tom Riddle Sr. nomination
Sorry for bothering you again, Grunny, but it looks like the Tom Riddle Sr. has a +4 advantage in it's nomination. Can you suggest some words for improvement and/or support for the nomination? Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. ( Send an owl! ) 18:18, March 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry it took me a while to see your review, but I just saw it. I put my fixes on the article, and my response to your review, but I have one problem, as you will see here. Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 01:20, April 14, 2010 (UTC)

Susan Bones Edit War
There is an edit war going on between User:ArthurCh8 and an unregistered user over the infobox picture. Could you protect the article and stop this? --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 11:36, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Protected for a week, and users told to take it to the talk page, let me know if they continue to edit war after that time and I'll take further measures. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 13:08, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Michael E
This article is fanon. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 01:49, March 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Gone :). Grunny  ( talk ) 02:06, March 26, 2010 (UTC)

Deathly Hallows Films
What do you think of protecting the article for the DH films? It gets a lot of back and forth editing and deleting of cast members with a significant portion of it done by unregistered contributors. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 11:21, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's necessarily needed at the moment, though closer to the release it might be. Right now we don't want to discourage new editors from editing pages that they are likely to be searching for the most. If it gets bad vandalism though, then of course we'll need to protect it. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 06:44, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

RE:IP talk pages
Whatever you say. -- <font color="Green">GrouchMan (<font color="Green" size="1">Send an owl then scram!! ) 18:14, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

User:Fred and George
I hope they are editing in good faith, but they keep changing the article Peeves to say that Fred and George left Hogwarts in 97 not 96. I have corrected this multiple times and told them about it. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 19:27, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've reinforced your note and I'll keep my eye on their edits to hopefully guide them in the right direction. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 20:02, April 11, 2010 (UTC)

Trio
This was just a disambig page until today. I would prefer that an admin tell User:Bec, Pip, Afton = my trio, this and not me. Thanks, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 01:32, April 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * I fixed it, Grunny, so there is no need to change it. I would prefer an admin to tell that user off, as Hcoknhoj said, though. Thanks,-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 02:36, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Grunny  ( talk ) 09:13, April 12, 2010 (UTC)