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Hi there CIreland. Sorry for the late reply, I've been really busy in real life. Firstly, I'd like to apologise for not coming to you before editing Wikipedia:Linking - I was in a bit of a rush, but that's not really an excuse. I've been trying to oversee things on the date linking poll and I was implementing the result of the poll. Things have calmed down a lot since you protected the page, but I'd like to keep it protected for a little longer if that's okay? It would be good to have a little more time for things to stabalise completely. Perhaps the end of the arbitration case might be a good time to unprotect. Regards, Ryan Postlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 22:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. My point in contacting you was simply to say that I there was no need to drop me a courtesy note for anything you wanted to do with regards the page protections (be it editing, unprotecting, changing duration etc.) CIreland (talk) 23:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi CIreland. Regarding Polly Toynbee edit, the information of her political leanings is in no way pejorative. She openly aspouses both left-wing views and socially liberal ones in the National Press in the UK. It is important that wiki gives as much informtation as possible and that it doesn't filter anything out to satisfy certain predjudices. I ask you to stop the content deletion being performed and leave my valid information in tact.

i am not sure if i register account name ‘georgezhao’ before, i want to Manage my global account, but find this user name 'georgezhao' used different password, i cannot remember which one to use. i faided to merge my english account and chinese account. could you please help me to figure out why?

it seems no people is using this account‘georgezhao’ , please help me to change my user-name 'gzhao' to georgezhao？ thank you very much。 Gzhao (talk) 20:45, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I don't know much at all about renaming or global accounts. You may wish to ask a bureaucrat for help, as they deal with renaming. There is a page Wikipedia:Changing username with instructions for what to do. CIreland (talk) 01:43, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record. I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:46, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply] ~~~~~

Hello,

I would like to understand why you blocked Poppypetty ? I am not sure why

   * (diff) (hist) . . mb Ceres (dwarf planet)‎; 20:05 . . (+19) . . GrouchoBot (talk | contribs) (robot Adding: mk:Церес)
   * (Block log); 11:19 . . CIreland (talk | contribs) changed block settings for Poppypetty (talk | contribs) with an expiry time of indefinite (account creation blocked, e-mail blocked, cannot edit own talk page) (per Bongwarrior)
   * (diff) (hist) . . User talk:Poppypetty‎; 11:18 . . (-576) . . CIreland (talk | contribs) (Respond to unblock reqeust)
   * (diff) (hist) . . m East African Campaign (World War II)‎; 09:05 . . (-82) . . Staberinde (talk | contribs) (not really relevant enough for campaing of such scale, also it was basically still italian unit)
   * (Block log); 07:32 . . Bongwarrior (talk | contribs) blocked Poppypetty (talk | contribs) (account creation blocked, e-mail blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite (abuse of email feature)

Poppy (talk) 10:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't block Poppypetty, Bongwarrior (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) did, I merely responded to Poppypetty's trolling unblock request [1] and then removed the account's ability to edit its talk page. However, I think I can guess your concern, as you used to be "Poppypetty" before changing username. There is currently a vandal/troll registering accounts using usernames of users that have changed their username - for example your old username. They then use these accounts to send threatening emails to administrators (they seem to be working down the alphabetical list). Why this individual chooses names from the list of changed usernames, I'm not sure; presumably to attempt to avoid some scrutiny. CIreland (talk) 13:18, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I received one such email, see User talk:Poppy. Bearian (talk) 19:57, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As a contributor to Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content/RFC_on_use_of_sports_team_logos/Archive_1, I have included you in a request for formal mediation regarding the subject at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Use of Sports Logos. With your input and agreement to work through mediation, I hope we can achieve a lasting solution. — BQZip01 — ^talk 06:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]