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)
 * Left a response on the FAN page. Good work with those objections, I'll continue reviewing it when I get home later today. Grunny  ( talk ) 01:26, 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)

User:Wikiaeditor
Could you keep an eye on this guy. He or she has only made 6 edits, but each of them reduced the quality of the wiki (ie removing spaces between words, removing apostrophes, screwing up links, etc.). It wasn't overt vandalism, so I did not hit him or her with a warning, but I did ask them to cease and desist. Thanks, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 14:09, April 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do. Grunny  ( talk ) 20:24, April 15, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Warning
Always remember to pickle the monkey brains in coconut milk. 86.170.196.187 13:50, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Firebolt‎‎
An admin needs to take a look at this. 12.51.4.122 11:54, May 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Cavalier One got it :). Grunny  ( talk ) 13:41, May 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's happening again. These two IP's: 217.180.32.12 & 217.180.32.13.
 * Handled. Grunny  ( talk ) 13:33, May 11, 2010 (UTC)

Delete a redirect
Hi, Grunny. Could you please delete a redirect for me? Dark Arts (class) currently links to Defense Against the Dark Arts, despite the fact that it is taught as a subject at Durmstrang, and briefly at Hogwarts. It could really use it's own article. 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 • 15:08, May 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Many 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 • 17:38, May 12, 2010 (UTC)

Vandals
99.188.80.114 & 99.16.9.226 (same guy), keeps adding stuff about Mechagodzilla.

75.71.196.56, adding explicit comments.
 * First two blocked, last one has some legitimate edits earlier, so I'll leave it unless it reappears. Grunny  ( talk ) 01:12, May 15, 2010 (UTC)

Timeline Fiend
User:64.151.10.33 has been warned multiple times about changing the years surrounding the death of the Riddle family and the order of horcrux creation. These warnings stretch back to February. Could you look into it? --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:12, May 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Grunny  ( talk ) 00:23, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was getting tired of battling him. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 00:25, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * He's back and making the same edits. See:Death Eaters.  Thanks, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:31, May 28, 2010 (UTC)

Ban him. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:46, May 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Grunny  ( talk ) 03:47, May 28, 2010 (UTC)

Busy morning
67.175.97.122, 174.50.74.173, & 80.163.76.102/Danniesen. Inserting fanon, and generally unhelpful edits. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 17:19, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * First one blocked. Second one warned, as the edits seem more test like than vandalism, but I'll keep my eye on the IP's edits. Likewise third one warned, and I'll watch their edits. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 22:58, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

Back-up
Could you back me up in telling User:Wizard44 that over-specification reduces the quality of the wiki. For example, a paragraph will have a character's full name, say Harry Potter. So every time "Harry" is used throughout the rest of the paragraph, it is understood who is being discussed. Wizard44 likes to go through and add full names to all of the uses. It makes for disjointed reading. I have already asked him to stop, but he has not. You can find this being done is you look athe histories of Charlie Weasley and Pomona Sprout. Thank you, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 23:28, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
User:Rupert cockhold, while not only having a disruptive username, has used vulgar on his talk page. Can you block him? Thanks,-- L.V.K.T.V.J. ( Send an owl! ) 01:15, May 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Forgot to reply earlier, but this was a cross-wiki vandal. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 15:17, May 29, 2010 (UTC)

The Snatcher
New user name for Jayce Carver.

New Potion Ingredients
Some unregistered user just created 7, I think, articles of supposed potion ingredients. I could only place one as being mentioned in the series. I tagged them with Articles needing Verification. Could you look at them and see if any ring a bell to you? --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 04:53, June 6, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
174.112.190.244 keeps adding Half-life information to articles. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 01:02, June 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Grunny  ( talk ) 01:08, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Welcoming
Thanks for the welcome, but that was an edit of my old account that got wrongfully banned after an issue with a troll. I don't plan to stick around. John Canavi 04:22, June 8, 2010 (UTC)

Re:Unspeakable
Sure, but I'm probably going to be busy catching up on other things for a while at first. I'll also be gone from the 16th-21st of this month, visiting family. I might be able to be more active as an Unspeakable around the beginning of July. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:18, June 9, 2010 (UTC)

User:Jeffrey1992
He needs a permanent ban for repeated vandalism over many instances. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:37, June 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked for a year. Grunny  ( talk ) 03:36, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
After multiple warnings this user continues to add his own mini succession lines to articles that already have succession templates. user:174.50.74.173 --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 23:41, June 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Grunny  ( talk ) 01:05, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Unspeakable Review
I was wondering if you could review some of the greatly improved FA nominations (Peter Pettigrew, Second Wizarding War, and Elder Wand specifically), and is there a process for getting rid of some of the bad nominations like Argus Filch? Thanks, --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 17:40, June 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll try to review them soon. I've started a vote to remove on Argus Filch and Aurora Sinistra, they just need another Unspeakable to vote to remove on both and they can be removed. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 05:49, June 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, just point out to Seth that those need to be rid of and he'll join you in voting them off. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 06:01, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Unspeakable vote
✅ -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 11:58, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Another
User:24.131.236.118 is a vandal. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 22:48, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nick got it :). Grunny  ( talk ) 04:37, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

New blog policy in effect
As per the vote on the proposed blog policy, I am pleased to say that the new policy is now in effect. Users have one week to retrieve any work they want from the blogs. After that time, feel free to begin deleting blog posts that do not adhere to the new rules. I'll be conducting a massive sweep of the pages soon myself. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 11:26, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Question
Isn't there a policy, which says you can be disciplined for not editing in the mainspace, b/c there is a user User:KallieLynn21 who has 187 edits and only 2 in the mainspace of the wiki. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 23:24, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is at Harry Potter Wiki:Editing Policy. I have asked the user to contribute to our articles more, continuing to edit mainly their user page will mean the user page will be locked from editing. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 23:33, July 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think HP7ASTORIA might be the same person. 12.51.4.122 10:39, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

KallieLynn21
KallieLynn21 23:46, July 1, 2010 (UTC) Oh I am sorry:( Can I keep my edits on here. Okay:)

I WANT IT BACK
Hey whats the big deal for I was about to edit today. I will cry to death if i cannot SEE my last warning.Can I please edit today. I was not even finish.KallieLynn21 14:54, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

Another Userpage overload
User:Tanyadenali1987 has 67 edits and not a single mainspace edit. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:36, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since they haven't edited again since you've warned them, I'll give them a chance. Let me know if they start editing again without contributing to our articles. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 04:51, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
User:72.222.236.125 --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 19:15, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Star got it :). Grunny  ( talk ) 23:30, July 16, 2010 (UTC)

Wikiproject
An unregistered user just created the following page Harry Potter Wiki:WikiProject and a category Category:WikiProjects. Could you look into this? I'm going to give the heads up to a couple other admins as well. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:06, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been taken care of. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 07:36, July 21, 2010 (UTC)

Questionable Editing
User:72.229.249.242 has made contributions to this wiki, but if you look at the edit history for Potter cottage and what I have asked them, they could use a talking to. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:57, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

Bot?
After conversation with CavOne, we are moving dates to appropriate British style (31 July instead of July 31), after all the pages are moved, is there a way to create a bot to go through the articles changing links, so they go to the right pages. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 03:53, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, a bot can do that. I'll start writing the script later, let me know when you're all done moving the pages and stuff and I'll get to work on it. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 04:24, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, we have fixed the dates on every single article except a few I have listed for deletion so articles can be moved, so you can get started on that bot. Thanks.-- L.V.K.T.V.J. Hogwarts.jpg( Send an owl! ) 22:31, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is in progress. Let me know if you see the bot make any errors. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 03:48, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

If the use of the date is not a link the bot does not change it. I have found a few instances of this see:Attack at the Hogwarts Lake, down the page. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 05:15, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * You asked for it to change the links :P. "go through the articles changing links." But I can make it change everything if that's what you all want. Grunny  ( talk ) 05:16, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

That I did. Every time a date appears it should be styled 31 October, so please. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 05:26, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Already in progress :). Grunny  ( talk ) 05:43, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, the bot is not programmed to work on user pages, or specifically project pages. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 05:07, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * It has so far worked on every article within an In-universe category. User pages shouldn't be in in-universe categories, but if they are, the bot may hit them. I can restrict it, but user pages shouldn't be in those categories in the first place. Grunny  ( talk ) 05:13, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was just wondering, b/c I'm rewriting many of the years in Ron's bio on my project page and that hadn't been change. Thanks for the info.  --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch Ravenclawcrest.jpg(<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 05:18, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if it was in a category it would have been hit :). I'll go through uncategorised pages last, but not sure if I'll include user pages since some people might like to have their user pages in the American format :). Grunny  ( talk ) 05:58, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Vandals everywhere!! lol!
24.147.194.244, 72.70.124.8, 99.195.132.212, 174.50.61.246 --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 04:24, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nick got the first two. 99.195.132.212 seems to actually be MBrody so I don't think editing his user page is a vandal edit, and 174.50.61.246 only edited once so far, so we'll give it a chance :). Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 12:04, August 14, 2010 (UTC)

Protect
Could you protect House of Black, we have an unregistered user continually changing it incorrectly. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:00, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Done :). Grunny  ( talk ) 02:02, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, we have been trying to tell him how bloodlines work. He then questioned my ability to revert his edits and warn him for what he was doing, and then he said "I know where you live." Weird. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:04, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think I could have thought up many more explanations of how blood lines work, lol! --BachLynn23 02:10, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

Bureaucrat
DarkJedi613 hasn't been active since January, so I'd like to nominate you as a Bureaucrat so that we can have at least two active ones on the wiki. Let me know if you're willing to accept the nomination. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 08:59, August 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Alright, I'll put forth the nomination. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:20, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

Pictures
How do you fill in the information on uploaded pictures? Specifically, there's this picture, originally from this website. 70.242.119.226 14:12, August 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like has filled out the Information template on that image for you. So you can take a look at that in edit view and see if it makes sense. Feel free to ask if you have any trouble with it. Cheers,  Grunny  ( talk ) 20:20, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

Delete
Could you check out the candidates for deletion. --<font face="Times" size="4" color="Black" >JKoch (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="1" color="Red">Owl Me! ) 02:08, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Deleted. Grunny  ( talk ) 03:43, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Possible block
Hey, Grunny, can you determine whether it's appropriate to block Lewcool20? He is constantly removing the "professor" honourific from articles about Hogwarts teachers. Thanks. -- <font face="Gisha" color="red">Cubs Fan <font face="Gisha" color="white">(Talk to me)  20:52, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Cubs Fan. I've given him a week long block for persistent edit warring. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 00:40, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Help
Hey, this user User:Voldemortiselegant keeps creating a page for Lord Voldemort's robes, that Seth keeps deleting because he feels it is an unnecessary article. I pointed out on Seth's talk page that the user keeps going in and recreating the page after he deletes it, now the user is going in and editing my comments to Seth, one of which was kind of rude, and I think he changed it the way he did thinking I would get the blame for saying it. He only seems to edit pages about LV, which is fine, but he goes over the top with adjectives, and when any of the admin's (jkoch and seth), change something, he changes it back again. --BachLynn23 22:34, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Seth has given him another warning, but if he adds more NPOV or acts in anyway inappropriately again, he'll face a block. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 23:09, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Vandals
RoxworthRavenclaw - adding fanon

222.124.70.83 - blanking pages


 * That was fast o_0 12.51.4.122 10:52, September 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was online on another Wiki and so got the message as soon as you left it :-). Grunny  ( talk ) 10:54, September 21, 2010 (UTC)

reporting
Hey, User:Storm_Ninja is swearing in the shout box and on Seth's talk page. --<font face="Ariel" size="4" color="Purple" >BachLynn (<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="2" color="Purple">Accio! ) 00:50, September 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blocked, and all of what he said in the shoutbox has been removed. Cheers, Grunny  ( talk ) 00:55, September 24, 2010 (UTC)

Question
I noticed this edit, but I'm not sure what it affects. It would seem to correspond to the menu selections in the top left of the page, but those still reflect the previous version. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 12:55, October 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's the menus for the new skin they're rolling out. You can see them at the top. We'll have to decide how we want to structure those menus, since we're restricted to just four of them at the moment. Grunny  ( talk ) 13:30, October 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Four? Ouch. Although consolidating Forums, Chat, and Blogs into "Community" does help. Prehaps keep "Harry Potter series" and "Quick Links" as-is, and make "Featured Content" a sub-section of "Harry Potter Wiki"? - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 13:37, October 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's kinda restrictive, and I believe we also can't nest, as in, the way we have quick links in monaco where it goes Quick Links > Students > Harry Potter etc. It can only be the result of a single dropdown. Maybe combine Harry Potter series into one; put a link to the admin page, FAs, and policies under a Harry Potter Wiki one; and maybe a Character or content one to go with the community one with forums and so forth? I'm heading off for the night, so feel free to play with it and see what you come up with, we have a month or so until the skin is default to play with things. You can preview the skin by putting  on the end of the URL.  Grunny  ( talk ) 13:47, October 4, 2010 (UTC)