User talk:Mythigator/Archive 2

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Fresh Start

Seeing what this looks like following the archive. -- Mythigator 02:17, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

Okay, there's obviously something I'm missing because the box with the archive link isn't showing up. Suggestions, please, Solar or Ale (or anyone else who knows, thank you)? -- Mythigator 02:20, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

IRC

Do you wanna come to this week's IRC meeting? Phinbart - just one of the huge Bart fans! 15:29, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

I would if I could. Saturday evenings (wiki time) just aren't working out for me anymore. -- Mythigator 19:47, 8 October 2011 (EDT)

It seems a new time may be in order, as we had to cancel as there were too few users. Will wants one later so he could attend, not sure how that would work for others.--Cook879 05:21, 9 October 2011 (EDT)

That time used to work for me, but our family dynamics have had a couple of spanners thrown into the works (and that's putting it mildly): My girlfriend's mom passed away in June (long illness), and at about the same time my girlfriend's grandma (who is also our neighbor, and mother to the aforementioned deceased mom) quit driving. The latter was actually a good thing, as Grandma is in her mid-80s, her eyesight has been starting to go, and driving for her was getting to be more scary than anything else. Anyway, since then our Saturday afternoons (evenings in wiki time) are generally spent taking Grandma grocery shopping and/or visiting my girlfriend's dad. He's doing OK, but he's been buried in a veritable sea of paperwork that he sometimes needs some help navigating—neither he nor my girlfriend are really "paper" people, but guess who in the family is? Not that I'm complaining; I'm glad to help. I'm also not trying to create drama or run a sympathy ploy; it's just that I want to assure folks that I'm not deliberately ditching the meetings and, particularly in the light of my new status, I think that everyone is entitled to an explanation. So here it is, and thanks for listening. Please do keep me posted regarding any meeting schedule changes, though. -- Mythigator 10:28, 9 October 2011 (EDT)

Hey, no one is thinking that you are trying to avoid meetings or anything. You don't have to come to them if you're unable to. We understand that real life often takes priority over Internet life so there wasn't really any need for an explanation of everything. if you can make it, that's great. If you can't, never mind. We might end up rescheduling though so watch this space. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 10:41, 9 October 2011 (EDT)

No worries. I just want to make sure that those who need to be in the picture are in the picture. I'll keep watching for schedule changes, too. -- Mythigator 10:44, 9 October 2011 (EDT)

Representative

Congrats, I've decided to make you the representative. The Solar Dragon 12:32, 13 December 2011 (EST)

Thanks and I'll do my best and all that. One thing I've been doing already is posting links to our wiki when answering Simpsons-related questions on Yahoo Answers. I did recently run across a site that I think would be a good affiliate (simpsonseh.com, a collection of Canadian references on the show), but I'd like to hold off on contacting them until two things happen:

The server situation is sorted out (which will determine whether I can have a simpsonswiki.net e-mail address, which I think would be helpful).
I get a couple of articles written (based on information I've been able to glean from their site).

Anyway, please let me know if the above makes sense, and if there's anything else I need to be aware of. Feel free to e-mail privately if you think it's necessary. TTYL ... -- Mythigator 14:07, 13 December 2011 (EST)

Sounds good. The Solar Dragon 14:08, 13 December 2011 (EST)

Congratulations! --Cook879 16:47, 15 December 2011 (EST)

Aye

How art thou? I must say I am very eager to hear your accent. (I am assuming you have one due to your "PROUD" demeanour towards Scotland.) Anyway, if I am to understand, you're warning me that I will lose my rights because I have a profile here? Well I have made maybe 2-3 edits on actual content pages. I just use it to speak with you all. I mean it is rather frustrating being ever so behind your wiki, but I am doing my best to catch up. P.S Solar Dragon doesn't like me much and begun to ignore me after this question. If Wikia provided the Monobook skin originally as an option when they introduced Oasis, would you have left. (assuming no freak bans etc. Had been made.) Woops, forgot my signature. Jhonevans 09:55, 21 December 2011 (EST)

What happens to your rights at SW@THTSNBN is for those admins to determine. As I said, I thought you should be aware of the issue. By the standards that SW@THTSNBN has put forth, the conflict of interest doesn't arise from having a profile in both wikis, or (apparently) from editing in both places, but from having rollback or higher privileges in both wikis.

I'll post more later. Gotta get ready for work now. -- Mythigator 10:12, 21 December 2011 (EST)

Ok, can you post on my talk page please? Otherwise I will have to keep refreshing your page. Trust me I have no plans of rollback here, I doubt I would be granted such access after my recent activity on the other wiki. But I do enjoy speaking with you guys. It's a real shame it's like this. Jhonevans 10:30, 21 December 2011 (EST)

☆The Crystal Homer Award☆

The Crystal Homer Award

Congratulations! For your outstanding service to articles over the whole year, you have been awarded the Crystal Homer Award for 2011!

Feel free to put {{User Crystal Homer|Year}} on your user page.

The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 15:14, 8 January 2012 (EST)

Superin-duper

I don't care what the hell the expression is, but if you listen he definitely said superin-duper. Listen to it, if you want. I have quite a few times. I'm not going against the only revert once rule, so I think you should re-watch the episode. | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 15:02, 19 February 2012 (EST)

I DVRed the episode so I certainly will, thanks. I just find it shocking that the writers would muck up such a common expression. -- Mythigator 19:39, 19 February 2012 (EST)

I just re-watched that portion of the episode. It's "super-duperintendent". Shearer does hesitate for a fraction of a second after "super", so the pronunciation isn't as clear as one might think. -- Mythigator 21:56, 19 February 2012 (EST)

Sorry for being so late to reply, I've had an urge not to. Anyway, if he didn't say "in", he said something. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 15:29, 2 March 2012 (EST)

Randomno, could you please refrain from using massive bold words like that as it comes across as rude and and as if you are shouting. Thanks, The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 16:22, 2 March 2012 (EST)

Appearance galleries

Hi, when making appearance pages, could you make them in gallery format instead of list format please as this is the way we would prefer it. To make it easier, we have a list of recurring characters, locations etc. here. Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 15:51, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

When I make a list, it's a transitional step to making a gallery, so no worries. I was on lunch and only had so much time to work with. BTW, one of the improvements that Marge's Station wagon article needs is an image. -- Mythigator 16:04, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Isn't that the same car as Orange Station Wagon?--Cook879 16:05, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Indeed it is; well spotted! In that case, then the Marge's Station wagon article can either be deleted or its content can be replaced with a redirect to Orange Station Wagon. I suggest going the redirect route, as "Marge's Station wagon" was the first thing I thought of when I was trying to think of what her car would be called. -- Mythigator 17:45, 20 March 2012 (EDT)

Merchandise Award

Since you're the only admin around, can you put on the sitenotice "The Merchandise Award has been revived for a Weekend Special starting today!" Thanks, ~ Phinbart (talk • contribs) 04:27, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

It's done. See Solar's talk page for a mini-rant. -- Mythigator 09:01, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

Videos

I'll try it when I get home. I'm at work at the moment, and our Internet filter is pretty persnickety about allowing access to video content. But anyway, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work at home. Is there anything in particular you need from the video? A framegrab or something? -- Mythigator 10:58, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Not right as this moment, but we might need some good images in the future. When I try accessing them, a voice just says "This content is currently unavailable." That's happened for all the videos I've tried. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 13:32, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Well, I had to sit through a couple minutes' worth of ads, but after that "Them, Robot" started playing with no problems at all. -- Mythigator 08:15, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Okay, thanks. Do you mind trying to get the image here, but without the logo? Thanks, |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 08:18, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

I'll see if I can manage it. Two other possibilities are either cropping the picture to eliminate the logo or "photoshopping" the logo out of the image. Obtaining a clean image is preferable to both, of course, so I'll see if I can get one from watching the episode. -- Mythigator 08:23, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Yes, I know those ways, but they either change the image, or look slightly bad where the logo was. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 08:25, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Got it, Random. The pic looks a lot better without the logo, for sure, but that Fox video player app isn't exactly the easiest one to get screencaps from. -- Mythigator 01:40, 12 April 2012 (EDT)

Cheers. By the way, can you call me "Randomno" please, "Random" sort of defeats the point of my name. :) |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 05:55, 12 April 2012 (EDT)

Geoff the mythbuster seems to give everyone a nickname. Oh, yeah, Randomno, there is a reason he called you Random... Go figure! --Fred (Talk • Contribs. • Editcount) 05:44, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

I'm sensible? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 05:51, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

C'mon, Fred. It's not cool to presume to know other people's reasons for doing things, unless they tell you. :-) But if you must know, I was just coining a nickname on a nickname by shortening Randomno's handle to "Random", similar to how sometimes people refer to me as Myth. No disrespect at all was intended. But since Randomno has asked me not to do that, I won't. No problem. -- Mythigator 09:32, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

Solar, Cook and I are having an argument on IRC about what whether Rowan Priddis says "Gary Ocean and the Motion" or "Galley Ocean at the Motion". If the videos have subtitles, please tell us which one it is. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:09, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

Actually, the videos don't have subtitles. But since I still have the episode on my DVR, I can take a look (and listen) at it. After that, I'll get back to your on your talk page with my two cents' worth. It won't be until at least this afternoon my time, because my grandfather is visiting and we are getting ready to go into Seattle to the Space Needle this morning. Talk to you later! -- Mythigator 11:48, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

(resetting indents) I FINALLY got around to re-watching the episode. At first I was pretty sure it was "Galley Ocean and the Motion", but now I'm leaning toward "Gary Ocean and the Motion". I am sure of the end part being "AND the Motion", since that makes more sense than "in the motion" for a band name. Rowan's accent kind of blurs "R" and "L", but I think if the word had been "Galley" he would have pronounced the "A" differently. -- Mythigator 22:47, 12 May 2012 (EDT)

:/ |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 02:59, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

Mythigator, you're American. No offense but it would be harder for you to understand English accents than say, me and Cook. We both agree that it is "Gary" but it's his accent that makes it sound a bit different. Now, I have friends who have a similar accent so I know perfectly well what he's saying. :P The Solar Dragon 04:59, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

No offense taken at all, Solar. My Scots/English roots notwithstanding, your ears are far more practiced than mine at hearing English accents. The situation would be reversed, though, if we were talking about regional American accents (and, to some extent, Canadian). Anyway, Randomno asked for my perspective, so I figured I'd honor his request and offer it. -- Mythigator 09:25, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

Nicknames on Nicknames

BTW, here's a bit of explanation to which Randomno is entitled: The tendency I have towards occasionally shortening other people's handles probably comes from being a hockey fan. Players tend to give each other shortened nicknames (for example, on our major junior team here we had a player named Yadlowski who was nicknamed "Yads" by his teammates), and by extensions, the fans pick up the custom as well. A lot of teams in the NHL (and presumably other bockey leagues as well) have similarly shortened nickanmes such as the Pittsburgh Penguins being called "Pens" and the Vancouver Canucks being called "Nucks". And in case anyone's wondering, no, it's not a "lazy American" thing; the majority of the players (from whom the custom ultimately derives) are from Canada. And it's not a "lazy Canadian" thing, either; it's just part of hockey culture.

Anyway, if anyone prefers not to be referred to by a shortened version of their handle, all they need to do is ask nicely (as Randomno did), and I'll lay off. Like I said already, no problem. -- Mythigator 09:32, 21 April 2012 (EDT)

Adminship

http://simpsonswiki.net/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=Mythigator&page=&year=&month=-1 and http://simpsonswiki.net/w/index.php?limit=50&tagFilter=&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Mythigator&namespace=8&year=&month=-1. Why were you given admin rights? | | Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 13:51, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

I also think admins should have some knowledge of cleaning up. And even when you do, it's really not that good. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 14:04, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Ask Solar if you want to nitpick. I'm not having this conversation. -- Mythigator 15:06, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Okay, thanks. Did you have an admin nomination (a successful one)? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 15:15, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

No. He is an experienced, mature user who had shown great understanding of the policies. We only had two active admins which is why I made Mythigator an admin. The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 15:18, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

I understand the policies and Myth isn't that active... |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 15:26, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Your idea of "active" is misguided. He edits daily and, hence, is active. It may appear otherwise, but that's because he focuses on large edits, whereas me and Solar do a lot of clean-up and smaller things.--Cook 8 7 9 15:28, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

@Cook: Thank you, Sir! -- Mythigator 15:31, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

I suppose he's a bit more active than I thought, but, yes, I do expect a reply of stuff he does, what admin-y stuff has he done? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 15:43, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

"Admin-y stuff" is probably not what you think it is. He checks for vandalism and spam and deals with that appropriately. If it happens in his timezone and me and Solar aren't on he will catch it. What other "admin-y stuff" is there?--Cook 8 7 9 17:29, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Sorry Randomno, but please, if the community "votes you down", don't get mad, maybe you'll become an admin in the future. FatHomer^Talk 17:43, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Also, Mythigator is one of the best editors this wiki have. FatHomer^Talk 17:44, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Randomno, Mythigator is an admin nearly purely because he is more mature than a majority of the users, due to being older. He's a great user and he has been known to follow policies etc. Randomno, you still have to mature. As I have seen from this talk page post, the one you posted on Frederick's talk page and others in the past, you are still fairly immature which is why I don't want to give you admin rights. Now, can we give this a rest please? The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 17:48, 2 May 2012 (EDT)

Cook, above: "What other "admin-y stuff" is there?". Why would I know the admin stuff if Cook doesn't seem too? And how is this immature. And the thing on Frederick's talk page was mainly a joke. And what counts as being immature? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 00:52, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

It's immature to cut other people down in order to make yourself look good. Also, there's nothing wrong with having a sense of humor, but one of the marks of maturity is knowing when and on what sort of topic it's appropriate to make jokes. -- Mythigator 04:07, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

(Resetting indent). Randomno, what I mean is think before you hit save page. What you put on Frederick's talk page could be taken the wrong way for instance. It could come across as rude or even insulting. Read through things before you say them or hit save page. The amount of times I've written a talk page message and discarded it because I thought it might come across as rude or the person reading it might take it the wrong way is fairly high. Use common sense. If you think that you might be insulted if you read that, don't hit save. ^{(Talk - Contribs.)} 04:24, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

Replying to Randomno's last message, I want to know what you think an adminsitrator does. If you go for something like "cleaning up" then that's wrong. The only difference is the ability to delete and block, both of which are only really required for a large number of spam and vandalism, which is rare here.--Cook 8 7 9 07:12, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

But I asked roughly the same question, and Solar said that made me seem immature. And why does being mature give you admin rights? |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:42, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

Glance up a few posts for answers to your questions about maturity vs. immaturity. Also, regarding admin rights, it seems to me that Solar's assessment is that you are too immature to be trusted to use them responsibly. And the more you gripe and continue posting the same questions which people have already answered for you, the more you make the case for that assessment being spot-on. Your smartest move at this point would be to cut your losses and end this discussion. -- Mythigator 10:56, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

It does seem strange you've never really found much to delete, or edit many MediaWiki pages. |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 10:59, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

It seems stranger that you 1) can't take a hint and 2) insist on having a discussion I've already told you I'm not having. -- Mythigator 11:11, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

I didn't ask you a question... |

| Talk | Contributions | Edit count | 11:13, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

Twitter

Sorry, no can do. When I clicked on the link I got a login page, and I can't get any further because I'm not on Twitter. -- Mythigator 14:11, 14 May 2012 (EDT)