User talk:GrouchMan/Archive 1

RE:Welcome
Thanks for the welcome! Sorry for respondin so late! So am I going too far with cleaning the redirects up? -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 20:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi GrouchMan! Your edits are at the moment, great! Could you make a major edit to the near-featured article, Wizard's father (The Wizard and the Hopping Pot) then vote it to become featured? As you can see on my userpage, there is a section where you can request to be my friend. Do you want to? Friends help each other with articles and are generally friendly! -- Hellabore Hallows.png( Deathly Hallows )


 * Sounds great! How do I get into this personal system? I'll do the best I can!! What's your first name by the way so I'll know what to refer to you as? Thanks!! -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 1:40, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well you can refer me as Ella. To become my friend, I need a small summary of you then I can decide whether you should be my friend. Use this "template":


 * Name: T.J. Fitzgerald
 * Age (only if you want to say):
 * Hobbies & intrests: Swimming, drawing
 * Favorite band/musician: ABBA
 * Favorite food: Rice Pilaf
 * Fave non-hp movie: The Great Muppet Caper
 * Fave HP book: The Chamber of Secrets
 * Fave HP movie: The Goblet of Fire
 * Fave character(s) and why: Harry because he always thinks about others before himself

Anything else: Cheers! -- Hellabore Hallows.png( Deathly Hallows )
 * Thanks Ella!! My first name is T.J. btw. Thanks again! -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 21:47, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Redirects
Not at all. You're doing a great job on it. I think you should make more edits apart from that, though. -- Seth Cooper  (Owl Post ) 15:17, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Seth! By the way my name is T.J. so you know just so you don't have to call me GrouchMan all the time! I'll edit in whatever ways that you can think of but fixing redirects is really what I'm best at!! -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 15:28, 10 June 10 2009 (UTC)

RE:Cometstyles
It wasn't actually Cometstyles, it was an impersonator. Real Cometstyles, impersonator. -- 15:03, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I see. What did the impersonator do? -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 15:59, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * See here. --  Matoro183 (Talk) 16:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I see. -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 17:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, if I leave a message on your talk page, please respond on mine or I may never know you responded. --  Matoro183 (Talk) 19:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for not responding right away. I was at work and can't be near a computer all the time. -- GrouchMan (Send an owl then scram! ) 21:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Banned
No, you can do it too. It would be very helpful! -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="navy">Seth Cooper  (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 17:17, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. You'd probably have to go through the log and count them all.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 19:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * More like 1 or 2 a week. I don't give out my name, just call me Matoro.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 19:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It can vary. This week there were 5, last week there were 16.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 19:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not all of them were banned, some were just temp blocked. See Template:Userbox for how to create your own userbox. Please create it in the user namespace (ex: User:GrouchMan/NAMEOFUSERBOX).-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 20:03, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Whatever it's about. Ex: User:GrouchMan/Ravenclaw.-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 11:36, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the late response. If you ever want to see how many users have been blocked this week, just look here. You have to count them yourself and figure out which days were this week. The time is ahead because your time zone is different then the time set for the server.-- Matoro 183  [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 12:08, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Help
Sure, if I can help you. What is it? -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="navy">Seth Cooper  (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 00:17, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You mean this one? -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="navy">Seth Cooper [[Image:Moon.jpg|25px]] (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 00:27, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Any time! -- <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="navy">Seth Cooper [[Image:Moon.jpg|25px]] (<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="silver">Owl Post ) 00:29, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Links
It is unnecessary for you to change links that go to a redirect page to the page being redirected to. I know that doesn't make any sense, so here's an example. This is something I noticed you recently doing. If Lord Voldemort appears in a page, you don't need to change it to Lord Voldemort. The Lord Voldemort page already links to Tom Riddle, so you don't need to change it so that it links to Tom Riddle, because technically it already does. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?-- Mat oro 183 (Talk) 00:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's alright, it just doesn't really do anything. If you like fixing links, then you should check Special:DoubleRedirects every once and a while.-- Mat oro 183 (Talk) 00:36, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There's actually nothing there right now. But whenever there are two redirects in a row Redirect --> Redirect --> Desired page, then it pops up there, and it tells you what link is messed up.-- Mat oro 183 (Talk) 00:41, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah. It doesn't actually do anything.-- Mat oro 183 (Talk) 01:05, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There's nothing really wrong with fixing the redirects, it just doesn't really do anything. It would be helpful if you added pictures, yes.-- Mat oro 183 (Talk) 12:08, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree on what Matoro183 said here, it is unnecessary for you to change links that go to a redirect page to the page being redirected to. And i want to repeat If you like fixing links, then you should check Special:DoubleRedirects --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC (<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 18:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay! here's a list of broken links here in Harry Potter Wiki: Broken links I hope you can help us to fixed those. Many Thanks! --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|25px]](<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 00:24, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Editing system
What do you mean? I still can edit specific sections of an article (in fact, I'm doing it right now!) -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 20:24, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No idea. I can still see the small "edit" buttons... Better contact other administrator, they might know what is it. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 20:30, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't seem to think of any reason why you wouldn't be able to do that. There is a way to disable it, but it is only done on certain pages, like the Main Page. How long has this been happening?-- Matoro 183 [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|20px]](Talk) 21:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

File:Ron and Hermione's first kiss.jpg
Where did you got the image of "Ron and Hermione's first kiss" ? Please input the website source. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC (<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 01:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Editing problems
No idea, sorry. Formatting and technical details aren't really my specialty. The only times I've seen something like that happen were when I was looking in an article's history at previous revisions. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 16:51, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Check your preference settings. Under the "Editing" tab, there is an option for "Enable section editing via [edit] links". Make sure this is checked; if not, this could be the cause of the problem. - Cavalier One Gryffindorcrest.jpg( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 13:55, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry for not responding I just got home from my cottage ! if you have anymore questions just post on my talk --<font face="Mistral" size="6" color="Black">Profiteor 19:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Question
If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll do my best to answer. :-) <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 17:15, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Template:Welcome is added to a new user's page automatically when they make their first first edit. I believe it's automatically signed with the username of whichever admin is logged on at the time that edit is made. As to non-admins welcoming new editors, I don't see any problem with it, but you should probably make your messages custom, rather than use Template:Welcome, in order to avoid the possibility of the template being posted twice (once manually by you and once automatically). <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 06:32, 31 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! - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 10:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Jayden Matthews
He's just had a loss in his family, and he's going to be gone for the next few weeks. That's why we made the Condolences Card for when he gets back. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 19:54, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Ireland
Hey u know jayden matthews? I think u should say "r u okay?" and stuff if u haven't done it because he made the supports the Irish Qudditch team userbox for me that u have taken any way. u owe him a thank u (not trying to be mean though)

Rollback
Hi, GrouchMan. It has been determined that you are a trusted member of this community and that we benefit from your contributions. Upon request or through my own discretion, I have granted you rollback privileges. This tool can be used to quickly revert vandalism and maintain the quality of this wiki. Please remember to use this tool with discretion and never in a content dispute. You should now see a "rollback" link when viewing a user's contributions. Thanks, and happy editing. John Reaves (talk) 21:00, September 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. It isn't necessarily an honor, just a tool.  You can use to revert blatant vandalism with the click of a button should you come across it. John Reaves (talk) 20:10, September 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * You'll see a link that says "rollback" in page histories, user contributions pages, recent changes, etc. John Reaves (talk) 19:45, September 4, 2009 (UTC)

My user page
Why did you delete my user page? -- P.O.K.E.R. 07:44, September 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, but I keep getting messages that GrouchMan has changed my user page, and whenever I go back on it it has been deleted. -- P.O.K.E.R. 11:49, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Re:HP Video Game Designers
I think I cannot help you with that... I'm not sure, but I think it wasn't only one... -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 20:48, September 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * I only know that the PS1 version of CoS was developed by Argonaut Games. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 20:51, September 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Most of the video games were developed by Electronic Arts or one of their subsidiaries, such as EA Games or EA Bright Light, although some were co-developed/produced with another company as well. I'm not sure of the details on who did what exactly in those cases. Some of the other companies I've seen listed on GameFAQS (see below) include: Argonaut Games, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder, Magic Pockets, Visual Impact, and Warthog. I've included these links for more details:
 * List of EA games on Wikipedia (starting with H)
 * GameFAQS, click "Data", there will sometimes be different companies listed under "Title Data" and "Release Data"
 * GameSpot, click on the title, the publishing information will appear in a box on the left, again two companies will usually be listed
 * <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 08:45, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

Video game characters
I noticed you just cleaned up the Trevor Birch article. You wouldn't happen to have actually played the DS version of HBP, would you? The reason I ask is that the guy who created that article created about 9 more, and as English doesn't seem to be their first language, they all need reworking. They're listed here on their contributuions page, everything created on Sep. 12th, from Scott Ancrum to Roland Abberley. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 20:35, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

Iamkes
What's gonna happen? Hopefully not much, as Seth Cooper blocked him again (twice, in fact) for persistently unhelpful edits. Or to be more accurate, Seth blocked the most recent of the around half-dozen I.P.s he's used. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:16, September 18, 2009 (UTC)

5 points
I've awarded you 5 points for all the wikilink fixes you did today. :) <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 22:19, September 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * "Wikilink" refers to an internal link on a wiki. Links between articles are wikilinks. <font color="Green">&#x2605; <font face="Times" color="green">S <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">a <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">r <font face="Times" color="green">s <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">t <font face="Times" color="green">u <font face="Times" color="dimgrey">f <font face="Times" color="green">f <font face="Times" color="darkgreen">(Owl me!) 02:07, September 24, 2009 (UTC)

Editing my page
Haven't you noticed my notes on the beginning of my page. Bolded and Written in Red. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC (<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 03:58, September 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * I know, it was not an attack and your intention is good, i also appreciate all your effort in fixing links, but Please follow the simple note that i wrote in my page. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC [[Image:Ravenclawcrest.jpg|25px]](<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 01:43, September 25, 2009 (UTC)

Returning Hello
Title.--Helena healing fairy 23:38, October 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry I meant by "title" that i was saying my message is the section title.--Helena healing fairy 23:33, October 7, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Signature
Harry Potter Wiki:Signatures (Advanced Method) - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 09:09, October 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * You can see here some of the signature pages other users have made. Basically, you just create a new article for your signature and paste in the text for the signature you're currently using, and then follow the instructions on the Harry Potter Wiki:Signatures. - <font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="FF8000">Nick O'Demus 12:43, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you. And thanks for the card as well. Jayden Matthews 12:19, October 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks that's very kind. I hadn't actually seen Corey for over a year before he died. I guess the hardest part is dealing with the fact that I'm never going to get another chance. Jayden Matthews 12:35, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

Editing my user page
Do not edit my user page&mdash;on any other editor's user page&mdash;without their express permission, regardless of the edits you wish to perform. While your edits are harmless, and you wished to correct redirects, editing user pages without their permission can be considered as vandalism. Explain your reasons, request that they change it or gain permission to edit before changing anything. Please do not do it again. - Cavalier One ( Wizarding Wireless Network ) 13:41, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Userpage
Hey, GrouchMan. Thanks for fixing up my userpage! I have no problem at all with you editing it, but forgot to put up the permission(which is now on the userpage). I think you were the one who fixed my photo problem? (Photos would break the list of my favourite characters, leaving a large blank space between one persons name and another). Could you tell me how you did this? I have much difficulty in the photo area.

Thanks :)--GryffMaster 00:43, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I don't mind.
I dont mind, and ty for fixing them things. Maybe you could help me with something. When I edit my page, i cant move or delete pictures, or even preview a page because when i do it freezes and says "this script is slowing your computer down". Is there a certain script on Harry Potter wiki? and is there a way to make it work properly? Thanks -- GryffMaster 22:49, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks very much for the birthday greetings. =) --<font face="Monotype Corsiva" size="4" color="darkblue">ÈnŔîčö DC (<font face="Times" color="brown">Send me an Owl! ) 05:58, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

No problem
No problem ? I didn't even know you did. But thats cool. Have a great day --<font face="Mistral" color="black" size="5">Profiteor 12:38, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

RE:Darkdove8/My User page
I left him a warning on his talk page. Thanks for reporting. -- <font style="color:#333333;"> Seth Cooper <font style="background:#333333;color:white;"> owl post! 21:57, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

Forums
I mean just leave them a message on their own talk pages, politely asking them to stop engaging in these trivial forums. If they fail to comply they may have to be banned. Jayden Matthews 16:28, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * I did thank you, it was very thoughtfull I really appreciated it. I'm not too bad all things considered. Not sleeping to well. I'm thinking of doing some charity work, helping teenagers like my brother who suffer from drug addiction. It seems like a good way of honoring Corey's life. Jayden Matthews 16:46, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I hope so. Jayden Matthews 17:00, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I guess I'm at that place where I feel I need to do something, but I don't want to do it for the wrong reasons, ie: just to make myself feel better. Do you know what I mean? Jayden Matthews 10:41, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Hi T.J., how are you? What are you up to? Jayden Matthews 18:22, October 26, 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool. I'm about to start a major expansion of the Jamie Campbell Bower article. I'm just trying to find out if I can change the actor infobox to make it look like the individual one. Jayden Matthews 18:31, October 26, 2009 (UTC)