User talk:KelvSYC

Re: admins. I agree, and will try to clean up the requests for adminship page. TUF-KAT 16:30, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And with Gentgeen's and my support, I have promoted you. Let me know if you have any questions about admining. TUF-KAT 20:41, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

new shortcuts
These new WB:FOO shortcuts are not short. That defeats the whole point of having them. One may as well click their way to the page instead.
 * They are, however, consistent with how it is done in Wikipedia. KelvSYC 00:34, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is such that any 3-letter shortcut will cause a conflict. Thus, the prefix. Wikibooks already prefixes books to avoid inter-book conflicts, so you can leave off the "WB:" for shortcuts. You might lowercase them too; most non-flamers can type lowercase faster than uppercase.
 * First, sign your posts so I know who is writing... second, it's virtually some form of "unwritten" convention that "WB" and "Wikibooks" are reserved "book names" for project use (consistent with one of the two major naming conventions - even then the faux-namespace convention is up to debate - Cookbook uses it but Wikijunior does not). As for lowercase, that could be made in the near future... KelvSYC 03:10, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Slow VFD
One reason that VfD can seem to be slow is not necessarily the number of admins, but the number of legitimate votes and thus the arising of a clear consensus. Dysprosia 01:26, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

True, but you can't blame the community on that. I thought admins were to assume that a lack of votes meant that the community was largely apathetic (although that could be deletionist POV). Oh well, I wouldn't touch those executive decision stuff for a while (I consider myself a "junior admin" and believe only "senior admins" could do that...)... KelvSYC 05:10, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Protection
Hi. I saw your report in MediaZilla about the Main Page here. Currently, it is only protected against page moves, not editing. If you want it really protected, you or another admin will need to protect it without selecting the "protect from page moves" box. Angela 04:38, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the how-to. That I didn't know about before. KelvSYC 04:41, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

anon user blocks
Please consider that IP addresses get reassigned. I'm reminded of the problems had in sending email from a newly-purchased block of IP addresses whose previous owner was a spammer. IP address reuse is something like this: So a year should do the job, right? AlbertCahalan 06:48, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * dial-up - less than 1 day
 * cable modem IP assignment via DHCP lease - a few months
 * dorm room assignment - 3 to 10 months
 * apartment lease - 1 year
 * employment - won't go on forever, and employers reassign addresses too

True, but these blocks are consistent with similar blocks on other IPs by other admins. KelvSYC 07:18, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

The Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire walkthrough
I believe you are right that it is a copywrite violation. I've found the source of this page, with use of Google. It comes from, a walkthrough which says who has permission to use it: Copyright Notice: This is Copyright ©2004 by Jason Howell and me frog (Colin Scully), and may only be used on Gamefaqs.com, Ign.com, SA2BSB.com, and Gamespot.com. Any other site caught plagiarizing this guide will have their ISP contact and possible Legal action.

It also says at the end:

Legal Info: This FAQ is copyright of Jason Howell and me frog. This FAQ can not be   re-published under any site without consult from the author. Certain in-game content (as in enemy status info, etc can be re-published on any   FAQ or Site, but must be written in your own words. If the content in    this guide is published in full or with minor word change, action can    range from  contacting your Internet Provider or Website Provider,    to legal action.

I found this page using two quotes (one of which has a grammer mistake), and found a few other quotes there as well. And if you look at the history of that page, you can see that it is in the process of being converted from a text file (like it would be at Gamefaqs.com) to wiki-project formatting.

User142 09:27, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Ivyboy deleted all the information about us trying to have his illegally copied page removed from Wikibooks. Is there anything to be done about this?

By the way, I wonder if there is any connection between his name and Bulbaboy from Wikipedia. (Another illegal copying of Pokémon web stuff?) User142 15:42, 18 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Just noticed this. First off, as I've said, he's not me (looks like he's trying to piss me off though), and I can assure you I haven't knowingly infringed any copyrights. - Bulbaboy 04:16, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Type Affinity vs. Type Matching
1) I have not found a single place in Wikipedia or Wikibooks where the phraze "Type Affinity" is used.
 * Try Pokémon:Battle Basics. KelvSYC 20:54, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Are there any other pages in Wikipedia or Wikibooks? If not, changing "tpye affinity" in one section of one page is a lot easier than changing 387 Pokémon pages.User142 08:08, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

2) On the web, I've found that both names are used.

Since currently, the only term used in Wikipedia and Wikibooks to describe this is "Type Matching", and since this term is used elsewhere, we should continue using this term in the Wiki projects.

How can I insert a picture from Wikipedia?
I am working on a Pokemon walkthrough (One which is my own work, not from some on-line source which is copywrited by someone else!). I think that the Type Chart from Wikipedia should go in it. The tag there is . How can I insert it here in Wikibooks?


 * Just for the record, remember to put the walkthrough in the Pokémon space and not the Wikibooks Pokédex space. Anyways, I don't think you can use templates across wikis - best to just copy and paste. KelvSYC 05:30, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Ivyboy needs to be banned, for days already!
Please ban User:Ivyboy ASAP. He has:


 * 1) repeatedly removed legit (justified, etc.) VfD notices
 * 2) repeatedly removed VfD discussion instead of participating in it
 * 3) moved the User:Bulbaboy page over his own, making the users appear to be the same

I think you can consider all this to be his vote against the pages he has created, so that all can be quickly dealt with too.

AlbertCahalan 19:10, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

As the person who clued in to his activities by putting the vfd notice, I have to let another admin do the dirty work (ethical reasons). But rest assured that another admin is on the case. KelvSYC 05:33, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

In general I like that policy and wish every admin would follow it. I think moving Bulbaboy's user page was pretty extreme though. AlbertCahalan 05:56, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

A question regarding copywrite (NOT about Ivyboy)
If when playing the game I miss how much money a particular trainer pays the winning player, may I copy that from a walkthrough which says "Certain in-game content (as in enemy status info, etc can be re-published on any FAQ or Site, but must be written in your own words."? After all, the number is a number, and there is only one natural way to represent it. (By the way, the site I'm talking about IS the same site which Ivyboy stole from, but I am not going to do such a thing!)User142 17:32, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

My new Walkthrough
I would like you to express your opinion about my Ruby walkthrough.

By the way, most of the page is actually in the templates, and when I make the Sapphire walkthrough I will just need to put in the templates with a few small changes. Any later edit will be done at the same place for both. Wikibooks is good for doing it in this way. One of the things I dislike about most walkthroughs is the face that the Ruby and Sapphire (or the Gold and Silver, or the Red abd Blue) data is all together, and it doesn't look nice even if it is readable. User142 09:45, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm guessing that eventually you might move it to a place that fits the book's naming conventions (such as Pokémon:Pokémon Ruby Walkthrough), right? It's just that using "Wikibooks Pokémon" makes me somewhat uneasy (the name "Wikibooks Pokédex" was chosen as there was one at Wikipedia, hence to differentiate the two). Also, you might want to stick to Wikibooks naming conventions here, and put the book title in the page title (eg. Pokémon:Pokémon Ruby Walkthrough:Start Game Ruby or Pokémon:Pokémon Ruby Walkthrough/Start Game Ruby rather than Start Game Ruby, which is ambiguous in regards to which book it is a part of). KelvSYC 20:58, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * What about the way I'm presenting it, the backgroung color for the Rock gym etc?User142 06:15, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What does "Wikiversity:School of Philosophy has been damonized" mean?
Hello, I am currently writing in the School of Philosophy and I keep finding "Wikiversity:School of Philosophy has been damonized" entries on my watchlist. What does this mean?

Thank you for your attention. (Alex beta 11:29, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC))

That was what was left over from a nasty page move vandal. It's nothing to be concerned about. KelvSYC 06:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again (Alex beta 09:23, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC))

Just getting started
Hello, this is Strongbad! Thanks for your help; I moved my walkthrough and fixed all of the relevant links. I hope to finish it one day and contribute to the wikibook in other ways. (I'm trying to beat Fire Red right now; maybe I can work on that one as well?) Also, I've been wondering about a few things. Is there a simple way to type the e-accent in the title? That pops up quite often, and I'm pretty sure there's a keyboard shortcut for it. By the way, is there anything else you want to say to me regarding the wikibook? Thanks. (Strongbad 02:50, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC))

No need to worry
Hello, this is Strongbad again. I have figured out how to type some of the international symbols, so there is no need for any further assistance. Also, I noticed that you have started another Wikibooks project. Good luck with that. Strongbad 02:35, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for cleaning up that enormous backlog of speedy deletion candidates, and blocking all of those link spammers (hopefully that slows them down a bit).:) (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:47, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Set them up and I'll try to knock them out. Current policy is to indefinitely ban linkspammers, but such a ban is only of questionable effectiveness, as most linkspammers attack once, or very sparodically. KelvSYC 04:22, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: [Textbook-l] Proposal for major policy overhaul
Moved to Wikibooks talk:Policies and guidelines - Aya T C 16:07, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi. I'm sorry about the late reply; I don't come by much all that often than I ought, and I should perhaps try and make an effort and do some work rehashing my content and making sure they're still all fresh and whatever. But on to pressing matters: I think your proposal reads without any major problems arising immediately in my mind, which is a Good Thing. Its important to categorize our content closely, in order to distinguish How-To type texts from texts aiming to be self-contained references to texts aiming for a nonfiction feel. If I can comment on any Wikibooks pages with any policy proposals, let me know, and I'll throw in my two cents. Thanks Dysprosia 13:41, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Sandbox
Why did you protect this page? This is the last article that should be protected from editing. --Derbeth 23:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Voting rules
I'm going to vote for the Book of the Month for April 2006. It says that I should have 20 edits in my edit history. I think I am well above that number, but I decided to run it by you, in case you had any objections. I'm pretty sure that you've worked in Wikibooks for a while and know your way around. Hopefully, you will be able to leave me a message in my talk page.

-Strongbad (March 29, 2006 2:21 UTC)

Your interest in the Pokémon Wikibooks
I noticed by your user page that you were interested in the Pokémon wikibooks, which got deleted from Wikibooks. However, im working on a walkthrough on my own wiki. Im mentioning this just in case it interests you (discussion is also active)
 * This is quite a bit later, but the Pokémon wikibook has recently been restored. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 04:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Your De-Adminship
Hello. I would like to inform you that you will have your sysop rights removed here on 21 Dec 2006 due to inactivity. If you would like to discuss the matter, please see WB:RFA. You can re-apply for adminship at a later date if you wish. Thanks. -within focus 03:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)