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Convince Kevan to implement blacklisted IP blocking. I've been meaning to do it but RL is a beast. Ask him to update capcha while you're at it. Then just remind everyone we can do exemptions. Maybe officially adopt the mediawiki policy on exemption flags. There's no reason you all should be spending this much time banning bots. ~ _{15:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC)}

back seat syopin' again eh?--User:Sexualharrison03:46, 23 May 2012

It's the only way I roll these days. I sent that email to Kevan tonight, BTW. See what happens. ~ _{06:27, 23 May 2012 (UTC)}

I've been meaning to do that for ages. Thanks for taking the initiative. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 07:32, 23 May 2012 (BST)

No problem. Got a response this morning. He said he'd go over the links I sent and sort something out when he has a moment. I asked for better CAPTCHA, automatic IP checks for blacklisted IPs and the Bad Behavior extension/honey pot. ~ _{16:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)}

Excellent. You're a good man. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 01:13, 24 May 2012 (BST)

If I got a penny for every time you said those 8 words D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 09:45, 24 May 2012 (BST)

You should see my to-do list! ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 09:57, 24 May 2012 (BST)

Bro my house would be bombarded with shrapnel so fast it would be like the pascha bulker hit newcastle again! D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 09:58, 24 May 2012 (BST)

A/RE

Sup, Rev? FYI you're up for A/RE. I plopped a question down if you don't mind taking a looky-look. Take care. ~ _{14:16, 16 January 2012 (UTC)}

Yeah, I noticed. Thanks for the questions: replied on the re-evaluation page. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 01:08, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

A/RE

Just wondered if you were interested in keeping the buttons? Last election kind of gave the impression you wouldn't run again. --Ross^lessness 16:56, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Short answer: Didn't want to run for bureaucrat again, but there's still stuff I want to get done as a sysop.
Long answer: My philosophy regarding admin staff (on various sites) has generally been that as long as they're still contributing and still in touch with the community, they're worth retaining.
Once someone genuinely leaves, they're unlikely to come back and just as unlikely to be suitable to immediately take up an admin role again, should they return. (This is what I see the actual use of inactive sysop policies as being.)
Of course, there are other philosophies, but I would hope that I fit the former category more than the latter.
I trust you and Boxy to use your best judgement. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 01:38, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

REV

You wouldn't happen to have Yama's Facebook details would you? I want to poke him into rejoining. Also, YOU HAVE TO COME, 7997.  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 05:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Not that I know for sure; I do have an awful lot of people on various contact lists. Let me have a squiz. Also, come to what? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 06:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh, wait, YAMA, not Yonnua. Brainfart! >< I'll give him a nudge. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 07:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

As in 3 less than 8k. You're surely not going to miss the big 8000 kills right?  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 07:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Sysops

You may have noticed me whining about you being re-evaluated as a sysops last time, so I'm going to elaborate because I don't want it to become a personal issue between us. The crux of it is that I simply don't take kindly to such vast amounts of inactivity you were going through which lasted months. I remember being annoyed when you consistenly failed on your crat duties, when Boxy had to wait multiple times with demotions and re-evaluations especially after you insisted on fuckpuppeting your way through the crat elections. You simply weren't around at all, and when your re-evaluation was up you came on in the last day with a poor excuse.

Having said that, I do think you have the best intentions at heart for the wiki. Even though we disagree almost all the time, even after tons of drama you always manage to shrug it all off and carry on and getting along with everyone which is commendable. I wouldn't mind going out for a drink with you. It's just to me seems you were re-evaluated based on good personal qualities, rather than on your sysops trackrecord. I find that dumb, but there is no point in moaning about it now so I'll leave it at here.-- Thadeous Oakley Talk 11:47, 2 May 2012 (BST)

As much as I loved working with him, when you're a slower crat than boxy you know something is incredibly wrong D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 14:40, 2 May 2012 (BST)

Most of the time when I didn't comment it was because a) comment wasn't necessary and b) because I had (have) ongoing severe medical issues IRL. (Which is why I had time for this game/wiki in the first place.) Most of the time, Bureaucrats have veto powers; they aren't required to both comment on a Bureaucrat action (though it would be ideal).
That said, I did promise myself that if it ever became an actual issue I would step down, and I did not seek re-election as a Bureaucrat for those reasons. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 14:50, 2 May 2012 (BST)

Also, UDWiki has a 'tarded sysop revolving door and I did not want to further contribute to that. (IMO both of you should still be sysops even if you sat on your thumbs the whole time, which you are not.) ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 14:56, 2 May 2012 (BST)

The problem with my is I personally can't really do what you do, and if left with a seat I wouldn't stay away when I didn't feel the need to. I would have stayed and just been a pest and been a bad op cause I would have just shitted around, sort of what I do now. I didn't want to become that so I demoted. At the moment I enjoy being around but I don't want to come back at all because I don't really support the revolving door system too much either, but I do support that if you're op material you are and if you aren't you arent. But just being a past op who is around doesn't mean you're op material. Everyone's doing a great job without the people like me (aichon vapor etc) who just linger around and horn their opinions with the rest of the community D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 15:17, 2 May 2012 (BST)

See, I originally came from Wikipedia, where it's a bitch and a half to get the admin bit, but once you're in, you're basically in forever unless you fuck up bad or you (optionally) open yourself to recall so that if enough users are annoyed they can start a recall election. They have much less red tape for admins who do a lot more than we do here, so I can't help but view our system as overdone.
That said, this place is a lot more intrinsically adversarial (survivors vs zombies/other survivors), so I can understand wanting to be less involved in the drama, but why not just, y'know, be less dramatic? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 15:27, 2 May 2012 (BST)

We're still sysops, we're just playing on hard mode. Buttons? Psshh. Only noobs need the buttons. ~ _{20:18, 2 May 2012 (UTC)}

ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 08:53, 5 May 2012 (BST)

Also, I will definitely take either of you up on having a drink together if/when I am next in your vicinity. (DDR, I'm hoping to go on a roadtrip which may take me through your area later this year, assuming all goes to plan.) ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 15:30, 2 May 2012 (BST)

is this the part where DDR wakes up in a bath tub full of ice with his kidney missing?--User:Sexualharrison20:30, 2 May 2012

dibs on his liver --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 16:41, 3 May 2012 (BST)

But I was saving a nice Chianti especially! ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 08:53, 5 May 2012 (BST)

Sounds good, realistically only me and Nallan would come by but I'm sure we could get more if we tried D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 01:44, 7 May 2012 (BST)

I'd try Grim but we both know how that would(n't) work out. Will update you when it looks closer to happening. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 03:55, 7 May 2012 (BST)

Anyone mind if I steal "Fuckpuppeting" for my own uses? Thanks. --Ross^lessness 20:32, 2 May 2012 (BST)

Just make sure you provide proper attribution, I want it to be noted that I was the first to “do it” (so to speak). ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 18:04, 4 May 2012 (BST)

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To address the original post: Thad, I have absolutely no problem with you giving your honest opinion. In fact, it raises my respect for you that you came and gave a fuller explanation, which you were in no way obligated to do. (And, by the way, I will always treasure this quote from you.) ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 19:16, 6 May 2012 (BST)

Dutch

You asked me some Dutch-related questions on Corn's failurebid. You weren't very clear though but I'll try. There are no mandatory IQ tests in the normal eduacation system. I can also assure you the Dutch goverment does not conscript tourists into military service, again I don't fully understand what you were saying. Conscription for Dutch citizens on the other hand has been lifted in the late 90's, with the theoretical exeception in the case the country is directly under threat.

You seem to be talking about becoming a Dutch citizen? I should warn you that the goverment was planning on a passing a law that would prohobit more then one nationality. Which would mean you had to drop your Australian nationality. I say was, because the political administration has fallen (again...) after losing the majority in the parlement. The law is unlikely to be passed, though I will have to look into the specifics. -- Thadeous Oakley Talk 11:47, 2 May 2012 (BST)

Thanks for your response!

The IQ test question was more questioning Corn's claims than anything, plus curiosity.

To my knowledge, I technically do possess the Dutch citizenship via my father, but have not yet sought formal recognition of dual Australian/Dutch citizenship status. (I have been reading the relevant consulate websites, but am aware that such things are subject to change.) I should probably talk to the Dutch Consulate in Canberra and put in the relevant paperwork sooner rather than later. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 14:54, 2 May 2012 (BST)

I'm still around

Just about. I have a character in the Fortress though only in a minor way (wiki engineer thing notwithstanding) but I'm not really feeling the love any more. One thing to be said for the Dead is at least they give you a sense of purpose but sadly I made my stand where the DHPD were concerned and lost so I don't really have the Dead to fight any more. Barbara Wright ~ The Fortress 09:19, 7 May 2012 (BST)

WN

I get your point already. No, thank you. :P -- †  talk ? f.u. 11:53, 22 May 2012 (BST)

seriously though, please dont spam people who had the audacity to vote against your ill-though out proposal. you already have a history of such idiotic spamming, would hate to take you to a/vb again, have another fortnight long bleating episode and have to make the sysops make the hard but right decision for once... again D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 12:34, 22 May 2012 (BST)

תסתלק מפה, לזיין עצמך --User:Sexualharrison12:49, 22 May 2012

אל אוה אל
Seriously, though, please stop projecting. You have a history of such and I would hate to have to sit through your accusations of whatever the current cool kid equivalent of "gay" are again. Just cool down, take a relaxing bath or something for the funky odour, and let the adults discuss things. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 13:30, 22 May 2012 (BST)

Go fuck yourself. I gave you a very mature response to why it shouldn't be deleted, and with a (so far) overwhelming majority supporting it, you decide to go use those suggestions and go and spam a bunch of peoples pages when they're trying to help. Projecting my arse. Get your head out of your dickhole. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 15:59, 22 May 2012 (BST)

Oh the most rich bit is you agree with what I say on the admin pages then go be a deadshit right here. Classic. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 16:02, 22 May 2012 (BST)

If you can't take the heat, don't come into my kitchen and start huffing the gas from the stove? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 07:37, 23 May 2012 (BST)

that literally makes absolutely no sense in relation to the case at hand. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 09:41, 24 May 2012 (BST)

Block Me

Hey, can you block me for a little while so I can test something? I'll post my request somewhere else if you want to CYA or something. Just like five minutes or so. ~ _{01:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)}

Or any other sysop reading this. Whichever op is active right now. ~ _{02:00, 24 May 2012 (UTC)}

I'm trying to find out if a blocked or IP blocked user can post to their own talk page. Is that what you're testing? ~ _{02:39, 24 May 2012 (UTC)}

I was testing the IP block screen. I'll give you a 3 minute block. Axe beat me to it. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 02:52, 24 May 2012 (BST)

I've Been Eaten and I Can't Get Up

Was that you? That was pretty sweet. I thought for sure I was safe in the bank right next to the NT. Zombie hordes never look in there! --Paddy Dignam^{IS DEAD} 20:57, 29 May 2012 (BST)

Soft Warning

You've been bad. Don't unprotect pages or if you do then log it on A/PT.--Shortround }.{ My Contributions 16:52, 8 June 2012 (BST)

gay--User:Sexualharrison17:40, 8 June 2012

REV

I got your memo. I don't remember that.  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 05:59, 11 July 2012 (BST)

Dear Rev

You eat cocks. You just eat 'em right up. Have yourself a good day. And stop eating cocks. 05:56, 13 July 2012 (BST)

HAI REV

HOW ARE YOU?  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 04:21, 12 September 2012 (BST)

O HAI THAR! NOT TOO BAD, YOURSELF? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 04:33, 12 September 2012 (BST)

BAHRING RANREH. I HEAR RUMOURS OF YOU BEING ALIVE AND WELL. (I hope it's okay I moved to here, sort of felt silly replying to either myself or half a conversation)  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 04:38, 12 September 2012 (BST)

Alright, stop. Collaborate and listen. 04:43, 12 September 2012 (BST)

Please tell me you are back with a brand new invention. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 04:47, 12 September 2012 (BST)

I would; but something grabbed a hold of me tightly. It flowed like a harpoon (which, I believe, tend to flow daily and nightly). 04:49, 12 September 2012 (BST)

is no one going to make a vanilla ice joke? damn this wiki is going down hill.--User:Sexualharrison13:10, 12 September 2012

Dear Rev

Do you think there should be new items such as BBQ sauce which can be applied to harmanz to make them more delicious?  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 05:26, 21 September 2012 (BST)

There are five other zombies here, all of them from your horde. You recognise Adele, Cthulhu In Lingerie, Distinguished and TheKarmaCharger amongst them.  CrunchyCake  T  ^{Breakfast Club} 11:12, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks For Your Help!

Hi Rev, thanks for pointing out the Regiment's confusing moniker! We've switched over to our second best, so that should prevent people getting confused.

On that note, are you sure you don't want to join *wink*? While we'd like people to log-in every day or two, actual time spent in-game can be shorter then most groups, as there is no need to make exhaustive reports required by some forum-based groups. One-liner status updates, are generally sufficient so you can actually play UD for 5 minutes a day as advertised so long as you take the <10 minutes needed to learn our radio lingo.

Anyway, give it some thought! More people=more fun for everybody, after all. --TheRegiment 22:46, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

whoa

I thought your warning was for real for a splitsecond and wtf'd A ZOMBIE ANT 06:58, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Before I saw the surrounding edits that is >.> A ZOMBIE ANT 06:59, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

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Was breaking the page, knock it off plzkthx. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 20:34, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

IT'S ALIVE! Now quit disappearing. We were gonna go get the sniffer dingos. 01:04, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I am Revenant. I may spend a lot of time dead, but I'll always' be back. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 04:30, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

War on bad english

The war could be on something far cooler... My errors in grammar know no bounds. But yeah anyway, back to business. I was referred to you on my talk page about the PKA, but seeing as I signed up on the forum(validation still pending) I assumed the group was... Inactive, these days. Sense my group has launched, I've been trying to figure ways to boost new members or entice others to sign up with an alt character. But resources like the PKA and Brainstock have slowed down so much that the forums don't seem like a reliable resource for starting up new groups. I guess what I'm asking is if you'd like to join NWO, merge or whatever. But, it's only an offer and I'm making it because, technically, the worst thing you could say is no. Oh and also the presence you've made on the game wiki and contributions you've made, those would be good for PR d; If you have no interest or time, that's ok too. CyberOpposition 05:31, 16 April 2013 (BST)

hey tweet bud

people still use twitter ? --hagnat 00:36, 1 May 2013 (BST)

Some people even get paid for it. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 01:01, 1 May 2013 (BST)

boy, i wish i was paid for using it... like, five years ago :P --hagnat 05:15, 2 May 2013 (BST)

I know, right? Twitter still weirds me out. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 09:13, 2 May 2013 (BST)

Thank you for the correction.

Don't fret, the day may come that we might cross paths again, and maybe not quite on opposite "sides" either! --! 12:41, 5 August 2013 (BST)