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Some duck sauce for you!

	The LMFAO award
	Hey thought I'd present you with some of your very own duck sauce! Enjoy. CaptainScreebo 18:35, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Yum yum! :-D - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:49, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Good, tastier than cheesy socks, btw love the carp references above, thought I'd try to find something a bit "the first rule of underwear is, you don't etc.", oh dear, I should really get off WP now. indeed my brain was a bit addled and I couldn't find the right clip because I was looking at the wrong series, have modded the link, sadly they haven't included the quote, but it's in the first comment. CaptainScreebo 20:59, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ryou-Un Maru

On 18 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ryou-Un Maru, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Japanese squid fishing vessel Ryou-Un Maru (pictured) was sunk by gunfire from a United States Coast Guard cutter? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 17:04, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

There goes the checkered flag!

	And it waves!
	Thought you deserved it for the assistance on List of female NASCAR drivers. =3 Zappa (talk) 23:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Glad to be able to help out - and great work on your part too, the table is looking great. (I'll work on it some more later when I'm not trying to do five different things at once!) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Closed thread at ANI

Hi Bushranger. You recently closed this thread at ANI (excellent use of Python, btw), but recent events involving quite serious personal threats( and ) appear to be related - the offending User:Bunglezippy appears to be another Denhaagandy sock. Lectonar has asked me to copy his comments into the closed thread; I wonder if you'd consider re-opening the discussion again, to keep all the pertinent information in one place. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:26, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

When I saw the comments about the Comfy Chair, I couldn't resist. However, it does seem worthy of further attention (sorry I wasn't on earlier), but it seems the discussion is moving along? I can unarchive the main part of the thread if it's needed but it seems the addendum is handling things. And really, the way some people type when behind the anonymity of their keyboards...! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 15:11, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

It seems to have blown over (edits have been oversighted, the WMF have agreed to assist police if the threatened editors want to take action, and there seems to have been no further sock activity from Mr. "I have all the time and IPs in the world!" Denhaagandy), so no unarchiving needed after all. We'll see what happens when the page protection on Downside School and Downside Abbey expires. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 23:08, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Gird your loins

I have made a potentially contentious WP:Bold action on the English Electric Lightning article where a recent large "text dump" was moved to the talk page. I started to revise and edit the submission based on a WP:AGF when I noted this was an example of a roughly-translated and very magaziney-type edit. I have had "dealings" with the editor in question before, and although there is probably some good gen here, the sheer volume of the submission is daunting for a revision. The question is, however, what the reaction will be, as my Italian compatriot is often very adamant in advocating for the inclusion of his edits. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:14, 20 April 2012 (UTC).

Oh dear...I've been tanginentally involved wiht him before via Dave, so aside from my quick suggestion of suggested reading I just did, it might be best if I watched this one from the peanut gallery more or less...! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 16:13, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

ANI issue

I opened an ANI discussion regarding a user, and that user has been filling the discussion with very long posts that largely have nothing to do with the complaint and I feel are repelling uninvolved editors from getting involved (due to tl;dr). I was thinking maybe the comments could be collapsed with {{hat}}, but as the user who brought the complaint, I obviously can't do that myself. I'm wondering if you can have a look and offer advice on how to handle this. The discussion is at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User promoting a movement. Thanks. Equazcion 23:15, 20 Apr 2012 (UTC)

He accused me of four different things (bias, coi, false flag, and spi) so if he narrows it down to just 2, then I will only give 2 responses. He has taken friendly jesting from the talk page and escalated it to WP:ANI when he could have gave me a less intimidating option such as WP:COI or WP:RFC. If you skim the WP:ANI, you get the gist of my argument. I'm encouraging Equaz to await the results of the SPI before prolonging the discourse until the facts come in. Sorry about that, 완젬스 (talk) 23:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't wish to get into a back-and-forth on this page too, however I do feel the need to point out that the SPI case is a separate issue. If there is socking then that means the problem is more severe, but whether or not that turns out to be the case, a topic ban for this user does seem appropriate. Equazcion 23:25, 20 Apr 2012 (UTC)

Gah, what a mess. I did remove where somebody accidentally double-posted, but beyond that, my apologies but my brain really isn't in a proper configuration right now to go through all of that. I might point you to User:The ed17 or User:MilborneOne, though, who might be able to cast a trustworthy and neutral eye on things? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:28, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

That's exactly the problem, it's so long now that people don't want to go near it. I'll try to find another admin, thanks. Equazcion 23:31, 20 Apr 2012 (UTC)

(ec)No, as I told you on the ANI page: Having a bias or COI does not merit what you are recommending because I know the SPI accusation and the false flag accusation are baseless. Wait for the facts before you engage in jeering. 완젬스 (talk) 23:33, 20 April 2012 (UTC)