User talk:LostInRiverview

RE: Featured article and poll
Sorry to be a flake, but it just so happens that I will be unavailable this March as well - around March 10 to 14 (see here). I'll see if another admin is willing to take on the task while I'm gone. K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 02:51, March 5, 2014 (UTC)


 * No! This is not me! I'll do this! K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 03:20, March 5, 2014 (UTC)


 * Phew! Well, that was time I could've used to study for my science test spent unwisely (shame on me and my academic studies), but I at least got the Featured Article and Polls updated for this month. Feel free to chastise me if I screwed up anywhere in between. K6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 04:04, March 5, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Italicizing game names
Ok, I'll just go and revert those edits. Joey.eyeball (talk) 08:05, March 6, 2014 (UTC)

Next Battle
This is a comment I recently posted on Lab's page and then I noticed that you were currently online so I posted it on your page, in case you might be able to start the next battle.

The next battle is just overdue to start. I didn't know where else to turn and I've been trying to add a couple of messages to talk pages, hoping to alert others but without luck. So I'm down to my last solution - contact an administrator. C.Syde65 (talk) 02:17, March 14, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Featured article nomination
I deleted the nomination because I thought a user could only make one nomination for some odd reason. I'm not really thinking straight today. I might put it back up. StartUp talk 06:13, March 18, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Nomination for rollback
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a rollback exactly? Icemandeaf (talk) 01:01, April 29, 2014 (UTC)

Re:Request for rollback
OMG! Thank you so much. : ) I wasn't expecting a reply so soon. WayfinderOwl (talk) 02:24, May 18, 2014 (UTC)

Sims Infobox and Career(s)
I have been diving into the Sim2 and Sim templates to see what is possible for Sims who are retired and have a part-time job. I got excited when I saw that there was a career and career2 parameter in the Sim template, but it seems that career is for Sim2's career parameter and career2 is for the Sim3's career parameter. So is there a way to list in a Sim's infobox that they are retired and have a part-time job? Icemandeaf (talk) 22:21, May 19, 2014 (UTC)

65.129.158.170 and 65.78.158.183
I've already left this message on Mathetesalexandrou's page, but since you're active, I thought I'd leave this message here as well.

I was wondering if 65.129.158.170 could be a sockpuppet of 65.78.158.183 by any chance. They both start with "65" and they both have negative editing history which leads me to question if they could be from the same location and if they could be the same user.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 03:43, May 23, 2014 (UTC)

Re: Nomination for rollback
Thank you for making me a rollback! I'll try my best to become a responsible rollback. :)  ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  05:35, May 23, 2014 (UTC)

RE: I'll just leave these here
Thanks for the links. I stole some code from a warning template on Wikipedia and used that for the talk page links. I changed the wording a bit too... will edit the MediaWiki welcome templates soon to reflect those wording changes. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 02:55, May 29, 2014 (UTC)

RE:Unused files
Oh sorry, I didn't realize. I was gathering them up for a project and uploading them to this wiki as I was going to copy and paste them on my iPhone and upload them to somewhere else - an app on my phone. How do I delete them? -- 15:51, June 8, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Spam filter
Yep. I added that line just so I don't get PWN3D by the abuse filter again, like I did here. If this wiki had a Village Stocks, I'd probably be in it. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:26, June 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, and aren't administrator rights bundled with the bureaucrat package (so technically the sysop flag isn't required)? --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:27, June 9, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, now that is interesting information. The good thing about MediaWiki wikis is that it's easy to test and reverse the damage quickly. Though not without leaving a permanent scar in the server's records...


 * Do we update the The Sims Wiki:Administrators page? It currently says that "Bureaucrats are the same as regular administrators, except they have the ability to add and remove user rights for other users. Bureaucrats can only have their bureaucrat flag removed by themselves or Wikia Staff, and can remove the user flags of any other user (aside from bureaucrats or Wikia Staff). Bureaucrats technically do not need to have sysop flags, though in practice they almost always have sysop flags anyways." Which, we now know, is technically incorrect. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 00:50, June 9, 2014 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

 * Woah, that's a fancy birthday message! Thanks Auror! -  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 17:41, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * I should probably take credit for first introducing the template code and "A PlumbBob for you!" to The Sims Wiki. But I still got my own thing, because I have...


 * {| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"


 * rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 5px;" | London%27s_Famous_Birthday_Cake.png
 * style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | A Birthday cake for you!
 * style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Happy birthday LostInRiverview! Hahaha! --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 19:15, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * }
 * Happy birthday! :) 19:33, June 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday! :) 19:33, June 11, 2014 (UTC)


 * Happy birthday, enjoy it :) Tom stalk investigate


 * [[File:Moodlet no frame one day more.png]] Happy birthday LostInRiverview! I hope your mood might be elated with this. :D  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  23:38, June 11, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Can we talk?
I suppose.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:05, June 13, 2014 (UTC)

Well actually I got this user mixed up with that user. The latter was the user I was actually talking about. But obviously neither of them are acting in bad faith.  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:38, June 13, 2014 (UTC)

RE: Bot account
Oh, I don't know how to operate a bot. Sometimes I consider having a bot of my own, but I just don't know how. Do you need to be registered to use AWB?

I used to ask Wogan and his bot to do tedious job like this. I should've asked you for help but I forgot that you had a bot at that time. TBH, there are still some more pages that need to be recategorized, so probably you could help me out?  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:46, June 15, 2014 (UTC)

Delete Fanon
Can you delete Fanon:The Meeting of a Ghost as I no longer support it.

S C H N E T Z K A ( Let's Chat ) 01:53, June 17, 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for administrator
Thank you for the nomination. I had to really think about this, but I have finally decided to accept. Icemandeaf (talk) 05:08, June 19, 2014 (UTC)

RE: A notice
Okay then. I just thought it was worth a try. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:55, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

That's alright. Normally I would just go 'you deserved what you got' and I wouldn't stop to give them advice. But with that particular user, she seems to be a little different from an outright vandal / sockpuppet.

Of course she's still violating the regulations on this wiki so I wouldn't directly show strong support on her getting unblocked. The thing is it's hard to know when a user deserves to be unblocked or not.

I'm not trying to say that I should get involved in any further matters regarding ILoveSims5 or her sockpuppets, but I would say that as a non-administrator, I should at least know what to do in a situation in a community discussion without directly handling situations or undermining administrative actions. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:19, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

Alright then. I suppose getting involved in the Forum:Unblock system page may be enough. But some people can never be sure when leaving messages on those blocked user talk pages might be going too far. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:28, June 20, 2014 (UTC)

Contradiction
According to this page here, the consensus for changing requirements for rollback was favourable, and yet this page clearly states that one has to be a rollback before they can be an administrator.

If what I've read is correct, then those two pages contradict one another, or one of them hasn't been updated. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 09:05, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Okay! :) --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:01, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Something to delete
Hello, LiR. Can you delete the Category:University Life (The Sims 3)? It was supposed to be in here but I didn't pay attention to its name. >_>  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  21:23, June 21, 2014 (UTC)

Unused file notice
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Icemandeaf - Admin
I just wondered if you noticed that Icemandeaf's name hasn't been highlighted in light green when his edits appear on the recent wiki activity. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:00, June 24, 2014 (UTC)

Ah yes, I might have thought my server was a few minutes behind. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:04, June 24, 2014 (UTC)

Not supporting my nomination

 * While my heart is certainly in the right place, and I have almost definitely learned everything I need to be an administrator, I actually think it's fortunate that you haven't supported my nomination for the following reasons.
 * While most people normally take time over their edits, I am always in a rush because I feel that I have a mountain of things to do and I just want to get them all done. As a result I often forget to add several bits of information, so then I have to go back and type in the information that slips out of my mind - by which time other editors may already have noticed.
 * I often tend to do what many consider to be "A rough job which needs to be polished". I remember making an edit on a page, and another editor came along and tried to improve the grammar of my edit - but in doing so they re-wrote the opposite to what I had intended.
 * I have made many mistakes, most of which I am unlikely to repeat - but then there's always a new generation of mistakes, in addition to those mistakes that had no one else pointed them out to me, I would never have noticed.
 * Also when others try to explain things to me, I'm in too much of a hurry to actually take the time to consider and understand what they've said. This explains why I often misinterpret advice - such as "taking a step back and think a little bit deeper about what you're doing". Instead I might think of it as "wasting my time thinking about this when I could be jumping ahead to something else".
 * Naturally I'm often under the impression that nothing is wrong which is why I express my confidence and experience whilst failing to notice any advice "I am strongly advising you to stop getting involved in any further matters regarding ILoveSims5 or her sockpuppets". Instead I might see it as "stop trying to play the piano when you don't have any arms" - Of course that's not what you really meant, but I was in too much of a hurry to understand otherwise.
 * I can't see myself making any severe mistakes with those administrative tools but with those other mistakes, it doesn't look good. And of course a person can't always predict what they might or might do wrong. Recently I saw a nomination for administration-ship and thought "why has no one nominated me"? The answer was soon to be there waiting.
 * I'm unlikely to repeat this mistake "making false assumptions regarding a certain user and their sockpuppets". Also any 'obsessions' that I may have had with trying to weed out any ILS5 sockpuppets and trying to discourage her from evading her block have come to a mature end. But that still doesn't mean that the 'charges' have been cleared...yet.
 * Not fully understanding phrases like "level-headed" and "fall through" are simply because I'm not very familiar with them, or I simply haven't learned what they really mean.
 * Now that I'm aware of these mistakes, I'm sure I can learn from them, and spend more time on things rather than jumping ahead. With that, I'll develop into a much better editor at a remarkably quick pace - being a quick learner.

I have left similar comments on Lab and K6ka's talk pages, while most of the above has been written as a response to your particular message about whether I was ready to become an admin. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 07:13, June 25, 2014 (UTC)

Questions
Two random, yet good questions came to my mind.

Would it be possible for a bureaucrat to demote another bureaucrat against the regulations of the wiki, or would the "permission error" sign show up?

Could an administrator (acting in bad faith) block a bureaucrat by any chance? I know these may sound like random questions, but could either of them happen? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:36, June 26, 2014 (UTC)