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Did you hear? Nelson got blocked for 71 hours. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 23:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Riiiiiiiiiight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.61.99 ( talk) 23:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
The March 2008 issue of The Office WikiProject newsletter has now been published. By following the link provided, you may view the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification. Thank you. Mastrchf91 ( t/ c) 16:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Your application for the 42nd Cabal has been approved! Congratulations for answering the questions acceptably (the number one answer is always 42) you will be added to the member list shortly. Just wondering, how did you stumble across it?-- Pewwer42 Talk 08:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC) 42
there fixed it
User:Pewwer42/cabal accept
any of my spelling or grammar you want to fix is fine by me(you think a college student could spell, but I'm a math and science guy)-- Pewwer42 Talk 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the support of Uga Man's joke on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Uga Man/presidential campaign, 2008. Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 18:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I think I got it from User:Bob. Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 16:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
its probably because my screen resolution is 1280x800 (I use Firefox too) but my page is listed on the please fix my userpage list sooooo.... (if you do fix it, I'd still like my pictures and maybe a vandal edit count, its bound to happen some day)-- Pewwer42 Talk 06:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for commenting on my talk page. I had been examining the article, but was not sure how to move forward, so I appreciate outside input. I outlined one example from the article which I think is problematic - could you take a look? Also, I've got to get some sleep, so I'll be back in a while. -- Iamunknown 07:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Replied here. · AndonicO Hail! 21:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
The source you added is blog. Blogs are not RS. Try to find some media sources like BBC, CNN etc. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 23:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. Blocked 1 month. -- Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων ( talk) 23:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
yeah, that's really funny lol. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 01:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
New York City Meetup
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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).
Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).
In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.
You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
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Yeah, but 42 was bigger. By a lot! Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 03:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, what do u think of my sig? Tyco! That's how you spell RC! 20:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
First, let me apologize if my first post here seemed to you to be a personal attack. It was not intended to be. I will try to be more polite in the future.
Second, let me point out that Randy'L He-dow Teton is not the first or only person to appear on a US coin while still alive. My primary source is Whitman's Official Red Book (61st edition, the 2008 one), but can also verify it using many online sources.
Thomas Kilby appeared on the Alabama Centennial half doolar commemorative in 1921, while still alive. This can be verfied using Wikipedia's own articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_centennial_half_dollar
Thomas Kilby is clearly depicted on that coin. And according to Wikipedia's article on him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kilby
He was still alive until 1943, 22 years after he appeared on the coin.
Wikipedia doesn't have an article on the Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of Independence half dollar yet (issued in 1926), but this link here clearly shows Calvin Coolidge depicted on it:
And according to Wikipedia's article on Coolidge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge
He was still alive until 1933, 7 years after he appeared on the coin.
I will add these sources to the talk page. If you want to add those sources to the article if you feel they are needed, feel free to do so. I think these sources clearly establish that Randy'L He-dow Teton was not the first person to appear on a US coin while still alive. She is however the first person to appear on a non-commemorative US coin while still alive (as I worded it in the first edit) and she is the first woman to appear on a US coin while still alive. If you have wording you think is better that doesn't contradict the facts, feel free to edit it accordingly. She is the third person, not the first, to appear on a US coin while still alive, as can be demonstrated by the above sources. 75.70.123.215 ( talk) 20:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Cool. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 22:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you explain to me their relevance to Jay Fiedler? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 23:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The only possible thing relevant in that section would be that he attended Oceanside High School. However, this is redundant because the introduction states that he was born in Oceanside, NY (which has only one high school), and implies that he was raised there as well. Therefore there was no pertinent information, and I saw no need to keep High School as a placeholder without any information. But by all means, remain vigilant in your efforts to Keep Wikipedia Crappy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 23:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
It (the article) is yours now, as far as I'm concerned. I'm just trying to demonstrate to you the negative impact of your unilaterally imposed policies. But I can see that these policies mean more to you than the quality of the affected articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 02:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
If you don't have policies, I guess you're just making stuff up as you go along. Nothing that I did constitutes vandalism according to Wikipedia:Vandalism. But hey, maybe that page is the work of vandals as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 19:48, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
3,750+ |
This one changes color every 1K edits. ;) · AndonicO Hail! 16:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Don't you appreciate a good fart joke when you see one? -- 76.31.96.238 ( talk) 16:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
No prob, but there's a single user who really has it out for this particular article :/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brettbergeron ( talk • contribs) 16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I have some of them watchlisted, and then I saw WB's edits, and they were pure vandalism. As an aside, much of my family were zoche to learn by the Rav as well (I'm too young). As for the RfB, the community's overriding concern was a lack of overt participation in RfA's. I plan on changing that and resubmitting my name for consideration in a few months. Thanks again! -- Avi ( talk) 17:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
why did my contribution to anarchy get removed!! it was fine!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Me as in me ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
she does not have rollback, why did you change it Antonio Lopez (talk) 00:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
It is considered incorrect to replace an article with a redirect and move the content to some other article. This is because we loses the article history. It is known as a "cut-and-paste" move. When renaming, it is common problem for a redirect to be in the way and to require the assistance of an administrator. See WP:MOVE.-- Ttimespan ( talk) 01:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC) Insert non-formatted text here
Nick ( talk) 23:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
whoops.. I accidentally mixed you up with another user. It would be silly to welcome a user w/ 5.000 posts -- Sumestest ( talk) 23:45, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
So which one's better? lol. K im u 21:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, you look through the subpages to find the link to my secret page. One of my subpages is the secret page, but it's not directly linked to my user page. If you've already found the secret page, tell me, and I'll give you the reward. Hope that helps! Basketball 110 03:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For keeping the wiki alive when I'm dead through exhaustion. Great work! Keep it up :-) Scarian Call me Pat 12:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC) |
I don't know who you are - but I am perfectly happy to identify myself. I am the author of the main part of this article, and the subject is my field of expertise. I have written and edited several books and articles on the subject, and am the head of a leading Laboratory in Mathematical Physics.
If you beleive that you know more about the subject, please identify yourself, I have, twice, removed a list of names equations that were unexplained, and
that included, together with some well-known examples, something that the contributor calls "Myrzakulov equations". If you are this individual "Myrzakulov", or a surrogate, I suggest that you desist from adding such things, or revising legitimate edits like the one that I have mad,e with the sole purpose of promoting yourself or your colleague. There are many experts in this area, and you are not one of them.
If you are not this individual, please do not undo legitimate corrections made
by an expert in the field, because by doing so, you are contributing to the degration of Wikipedia.
I intend once more to remove this list, which has no information content,
and has been added by said "Myrzakulov", someone completely unknown in the broader scientitific community, for the evident purpose of self-promotion.
If you choose once again to use your editorial status to undo this well justified
revision, will submit a complaint to those in charge of these matters, and have you disqualified making further changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.204.90.32 ( talk) 22:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
If it turns out that those who have editing privileges, as you do, can block leading experts from removing damage that has been done by charlatans to articles that they have invested much effort in writing, then you are succeeding in making wikipedia a travesty of real knowledge.
If you do have some integrity, and can comprehend that we cannot always provide full details of why something has been removed as charalatnaism to someone who is unfamiliar with the subject, then please demnstrate this by writing me directly at the e-mail address that I have provided, which I here repeat here
r_physicist@hotmail.com
and I will reply within a few hours. (Not immediately.)
Of course, this is not my regular e-mail address, which is an academic one, but until I know whom I am communicating with, it is the one I prefer to use. Once you have covinced me that you yourself have the integrity to indentify yourself, I will also write to you from my regular e-mail address to clarify this issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.204.90.32 ( talk) 23:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
If you didn't know, your adopter Burner0718 is on a semi-wikibreak. If he is not online, remember that you can ask me for help. Also, I don't know if you like baseball or not but I'm asking you this anyway:
-- RyRy5 (talk) 01:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
What's it really matter... 24.1.152.78 (Talk) 19:25, March 16, 2008
The Hidden Barnstar | |
This user has found Basketball110's secret hidden sub page! Can you find it? |
Basketball 110 Go Longhorns! 17:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For taking the challenge and successfully combating vandalism that has resulted in at least 20 bans/blocks, I, Shark face 217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For taking the challenge and warning at least 300 vandals, I, Shark face 217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
Enjoy. -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
here-- VS talk 01:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to add the link but the words right below it wasnt showing, and I dont really care whether it helped you or not-- Yankees10 00:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
sorry I just hate when people undo edits just because they didnt here about it, I mean its been breaking news on ESPN for an hour now, I am actually pretty surprised no one else has noticed the re-signing and has edited his article.-- Yankees10 00:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
do you think you can add this reference to the end of what I put in the Trade to patriots section, whenever I do it the controversy section doesnt appear-- Yankees10 00:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
but they are shit
Yes, it's a very powerful tool. Sometimes I even feel bad for the vandals... ;) · AndonicO Hail! 11:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, that was kind of weird. I waited a while and decided to try it again, and it was working normally. I wonder what happened?-- Dycedarg ж 19:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry Engima for that i won't do it again.
How's Huggle going for you? ;-) Scarian Call me Pat 21:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm on MSN messenger... hey, just e-mail me with your MSN email addy and I'll add you. Scarian Call me Pat 21:31, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I forgot to put up the wikiproject template. lol. A user can be co-adopted as an alternative if you would be interested in that. I honestly would prefer at least a co-adoption, but I'll leave it on your court. I am however back on here a much as normal now and If you still need any help, please feel free to let me know ASAP. On another note, whatcha ya think 'bout Brett Favre retiring? As a diehard Pack fan, I'm not extremely happy about it. Anyway, let me know what you're decision is and get back to me. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 04:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
If you're an admin, can you please use your special admin powers at the talk page for The Buddy??? Many thanks. A little mollusk ( talk) 05:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you block the IP 209.94.170.126? He/She continues to vandalice since for ever.-- Damifb ( talk) 15:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
What the heck is happening? We agreed on something! [1] My grip on reality must be slipping! Help Help! :) -- Hammersoft ( talk) 19:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
You reverted something i changed in the Scrubs article. I changed the number of eps in season 7 from 18 to 12, this is because 12 is what is now expected for this season. While it is true that Bill Lawrence has stated that the 12th episode won't be the last, it is more likely that the remaining episodes will either be released straight to DVD or included as part of an 8th season, to air on NBC or ABC. I have now changed the number of eps to unknown, since that is the truth. It is highly unlikely that all 18 episodes will be broadcast as a part of the current season. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.184.215 ( talk) 21:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick note... thanks for agreeing with my assessment of the lead photo of the John McCain article. As a personal opinion, I have no clue how any person can see the current one as flattering. LOL! Also, I'm not really a newbie to Wikipedia, I just prefer using my IP (most times) as opposed to my username! Or, maybe it's because I am too lazy to log in! In any event, thanks again... I am glad to know I am not completely alone in my concern over the photo. 72.213.129.138 ( talk) 04:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
What can be done?
Also what can be done regarding a user who keeps editing truths when the truth isn't linkable to any articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schc ( talk • contribs) 07:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
For more information on the challenge, visit WP:AWC and go to the vandalism patrol challenge. It's the section of the page that has a ton of green checkmarks by Milk's Favorite Cookie. Please note that you must sign up there before you complete any parts of the challenge. Actions before signing up are not counted. Good luck. -- Shark face 217 01:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm guessing this was vandalism on your page lol 8thstar 04:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Go ahead and be bold. I doubt anyone will challenge you. If they do: Come to me ;-) Scarian Call me Pat 16:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thanks, sorry about that - I'm trying my best to get to grips with it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paxton 61 ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
If I activate my e-mail account to my Wikipedia preferences, would I be able to use the Huggle program? Zenlax T C S 19:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I have received your e-mail and thank you for attaching the Huggle files. Maybe the reason my e-mail message was sent directly to your junk mail, was because I sent you the message with my iPhone. Zenlax T C S 18:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your message regarding warning vandals. You are right, of course; but one of the great frustrations is that most vandals are not registered users (or at least they don't log in while they're busy vandalizing), so they don't have a talk page, only a "special page". Because of this there's no place to leave them a warning, so far as I know. If there is a way to deal with these idiots, please let me know, because I would like to warn them (or smack them!). Thanks. MishaPan ( talk) 23:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi... Sorry about erasing your comment. It was unintentional and resulted from an edit conflict. Cheers. -- Rrburke( talk) 12:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that! :) Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 21:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, will do. TrickyApron ( talk) 22:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
I got rid of the rest of the vandalism on here. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 03:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
As a recent changes patroller racing cluebot, do you have time to read what you revert before you revert it? I am concerned about the speed and carelessness with which you reverted my recent improvements to tort_law. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 06:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it's exactly correct to say several people have weighed in; there is hardly anything resembling a consensus, or even awareness. At least two people have said that the introduction you restored is a problem. No one has any proposals on changing it except for me, so far.
As for my accusation of carelessness, I think you are wrong to take that as a personal attack, or as being without cause. It is not a personal attack, and I do have cause. You reverted three paragraphs worth of good-faith edits within less than a minute of my making the changes. It was perfectly correct for me to think that this was a "false positive" and that you were rushing. Your user page congratulates you on the quickness with which you revert vandalism. That's not a bad thing, but I inferred from that the possibility that you had rushed. You claim to have "reread" the edit to confirm your initial conclusions. But nothing you have stated indicates that your reread goes beyond the first line. So as far as I'm concerned, that confirms that your first revert was careless, as was the second revert. Still, I am not concerne with whether you are a careless person, I am concerned with the fact that you carelessly reverted my edits.
To be clear, I am not accusing you of being a revert-abuser. But I think that this use of revert is outside of policy, and an abuse. Do you see the difference between my attacking an edit as abusive, and an editor as being abusive?
I'm sure you are an excellent editor. Wikipedia needs vandal cops. I know I am not. I only have about 50 pages on my watchlist. I try to keep them free of vandalism, but that's the extent of it. Here's the thing though, reversion is meant for pure vandalism, not as a solution to disputes about content or style. Do we disagree on that? Is that "just my personal disagreement" with wikipedia, as you would say? I don't think it is. I'm pretty sure the conensus is, when in doubt, don't revert. Reverting three paragraphs worth of editing on an unprotected page solely because you don't like the way one sentence is worded is a very questionable use, and probably abuse of the reversion tool. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 23:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I note that you have a background in law. Would you mind if I asked if you were deemed a member of the bar or licensed lawyer by any state, territory, or district of the U.S., or held comparable status in any non-U.S. jurisdiction? Not a personal attack - just general curiosity. You are, of course, under no obligation to answer. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 01:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Today's law school curriculum is largely unchanged from a paradigm shift that came to be in the closing years of the 19th century. Prior thereto, the practice of law was not universally a "learned profession;" as it is deemed in the western world today. Law school strictly was optional. (e.g., Abraham Lincoln had no J.D.).
A legal academic who had a bit of a chip on his shoulder, Christopher Langdell decided law should be a learned profession, and he knew best what the law was and how it needed to be taught. Langdell and his followers did a great job of organizing legal learning. They turned the Ivy league law faculties into great producers of case books and treatises, which prior thereto was a haphazard business. Langdell made anonymous grading a common practice for law schools, instituted the case method still used today, and basically created the curriculum that focused on contract, property, etc., as distinct subjects, that still form the standard 1L curriculum today. In fact, prior to Langdell's movement, "tort law" did not even exist as its own subject.
However, Langdell's approach had a lot of drawbacks. Langdell and his followers were adherents to what is referred to as 'conceptualism' by legal scholars, closely connected to legal formalism. It is based on Platonic idealism as applied to law. Their view was that actual cases and transactions were iterations of ideal legal forms that existed on some other plane. Law wasn't manmade, it just existed, in brooding omnipresence, and lawyers and judges had to "discover it." This is why they adopted the case method. Learning how to read cases taught you how to "find" the "real" law. This, they felt, taught lawyers how to "find the real law," like tunneling out of Plato's cave.
Of course, legal conceptualism, and a large measure of formalism, have been debunked and rebuked by scholars of the realist movement, which focused on law as manmade. Plato, for his part, associated the view of law-as-manmade with (a) "might-makes-right" ethics and the sophist Thrasymachus (see plato's republic) and (b) the barbaric tyranny that led to his own mentor being put to death for being unpopular (see Plato's Apology.)
Today, classic conceptualism is relegated to footnotes, although according to some theorists (see e.g., Joseph William Singer, and any of his numerous essays on legal pragmatism from a critical legal theory perspective) still crops up and has hidden influence in legal decisionmaking). But the way conceptualists teach law lives on.
Why? Well actually, there's still a lot of good from the case method and anonymous grading. Teaching students how to interpret appeals is very important in any system where any amount of judge-made law is a factor. Nearly all post-conceptualists are in agreement that it needs to be practiced, and still plays a role. Anonymous grading is fair. It speaks for itself. However, law schools, still following essentially the Langdellian method, make your ability to interpret appeals into somehwere between 51 and 99% of what you're graded on.
This is very out of touch. Law practice does not revolve around interpreting appeals. It is about serving clients. Serving clients may require the ability to draft transactional documents, identify and minimize tax liabilities, prove disputed facts before a tribunal, or persuasively argue an interpretation of legal authority to a tribunal or to a legislative or regulatory body, correspond with and counsel clients and correspond with third parties who may have similar or disparate interests, and a number of other tasks. Most of all, it requires a ton of reading and writing, and strict adherence to ethical standards of professional responsibility.
Most law schools have caught on to these last two points, with required courses in reading and writing, an upper division writing requirement, and mandatory professional responsibility classes. However, classes on discovery, trial practice, advocacy skills, and the like, are strictly optional. Fortunately, an increasing number of students take these classes. I wouldn't say law schools fail law students, but given the overbearing emphasis on "socratic" teaching, it's not surprising that most young lawyers agree that upon getting out of law school, they were still borderline incompetent to practice.
I think the theory is that if you can master the socratic method, you can teach yourself how to ask a leading question, or make a privilege log. You can take the straight A law-student and teach him what he doesn't know; you can't take an actor who knows how to act out a leading question in front of a law & order jury or the paralegal who's created a thousand privilege logs, and teach them to be a straight-A law student. Actually, I think you can, but that's another story for another day.
My skepticism about the converse claim aside, I believe it is true that any legitimate law school graduate is mentally resourceful enough to educate himself, it is fair to say that law schools aren't placing practical learning, or even practical thinking, at the top of the list. This is one of two reasons why law school graduates and practical ability are worlds apart.
The other reason is that greatness in practice depends as much on attributes which cannot be taught - discretion, charisma, and luck as it does on knowledge. You can take a guy with character and teach him what he doesn't know; you can't take a smart guy with no scruples and teach him character. People know this, and law is a people-serving business; people will more often flock to lawyers with proven character than proven smarts without character. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 05:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I am a wikipedia friend of your adopter, Burner0718. I was just going to tell you that if you need help and Burner0718 isn't online, you can ask me a question. You can tell if I'm online by just looking at the top-right hand corner of my userpage. I have made over 850 edits and I am also a very experienced editer. Burner got his idea of his userpage formatting from me, like he said on my talk page. Thanks.-- RyRy5 (talk) 02:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Paul the Apostle: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Enigma msg! 19:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Although, I'd like to mention that you've beaten me before as well. I'm quite happy that Gurch fixed Huggle; that unstable previous version was really starting to get on my nerves.-- Dycedarg ж 23:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigmaman! Thank-you for your
support in my RfA (91/1/1).
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You posted on AWC saying that you already completed the 20 blocks/bans and over 100 warns. Can I get the diffs for the blocks/bans? Thanks. -- Shark face 217 17:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigma. I'm pretty sure you remember me as Burner0718's friend. I am willing to adopt you as your second adopter. Please visit my userpage for more info. Please respond on my talkpage.-- RyRy5 (talk) 19:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I'm sorry I'm writing to you but i feel without friends and I hope you might be sympathetic. Its a stupid little thing but I'm annoyed with the whole user box situation you commented on recently. I've modified the box to make it completely un-offensive to anyone and administrator's are deleting it without any discussion. Is that fair? No i'm being threatened with being banned for expressing a really generic opinion. Do I have any recourse or must i give up it the face of such unfair wielding of power? ( new page) -- Bleveret ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
You are welcome to swipe whatever you want from my home page. I have updated the section under "User warning templates" to describe how I use that stuff. You are welcome to use, lose, or abuse that information. ;^) -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) (Talk) 18:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I fixed it at the city project level but haven't gotten it on the state one yet. Daniel Case ( talk) 22:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it is pretty rare for Kurt Weber to give a different comment, but if anyone should get the "Kurt Weber Stumper Honor", it should be Ruhrfisch. Useight ( talk) 00:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Useight ( talk) 05:13, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Alright, thanks. Just a bit curious. If he's the only one that does that, then that's alright. Problem is, I'm pretty ambitious, and would like to become an administrator someday. If I feel I'm ready, but nobody's nominated me, I figure in this case it would probably be best to self-nom instead of canvassing. But then again, I might just decide it's best to wait until somebody notices and decides to nominate me. But I don't have to worry about that now. I'm quite a ways away from being ready. — scetoaux ( talk) ( My contributions.) 01:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I was at work for a bit. I'll keep an eye on it, in any case. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 02:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you do me a favour? I am about to turn in soon. But I am seeing "the falsifier" (see Scarian's talk page) very active this evening. Tonight he is a new IP... 66.143.119.148 ( talk · contribs). Could keep a check on this one and rv anything that he does. He is switching between Kiss/Foo Fighters/Van Halen (his usual haunts) and childrens TV shows (which I mention on Pat's talk page earlier about how similar this editor is to the "toy town vandal"... a veteran thorn in Wiki's side) Much appreciate any assistance you can provide. Reporting "the falsifer" isn't easy. Many admins like Alf and CambridgeBayWeatherman are familiar with him. Former admin's like KOS are too. But trying to explain it over at AiV or ANI to some green admin who doesn't know the history... I'd rather just follow behind the guy and rv all his junk. I am about to leave. Good luck protecting Wiki. Libs 156.34.210.47 ( talk) 02:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Just in response to your comment re:locking my talk page - why, what's happened? Has the bot been shut down or something? 23skidoo ( talk) 12:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Leave me alone please and don't try and make me look bad for expressing my opion —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsenal-Samuel ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigmaman, not to intrude on your userpage but I added that I adopted you userbox on your userpage. By the way, I may beat Burner0718's edit count soon. I already have 1380+.-- RyRy5 (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Bots are not people. Thus I did not attack a person. hth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.224.55 ( talk) 06:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I think someone else has been using my account, I may have let one of my hacker friends know a hint and he probably figured it out, I did not vandalise anything, so this must be what happened. I am sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobcrankins ( talk • contribs) 14:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I put this on StaffWaterBoy's page, and I didn't know if you saw it or not...
“ | I appreciate your advice. However, I really don't want to protect my userpage, even though it is vandalized so much. Someone else asked me why I don't protect my userpage. Here is what I told them:
Hope that explains my reasoning. Thanks for the suggestion though. Have a good day, and may the vandals fail... J.delanoy gabs adds 17:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
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Do you think that "forcing" people to keep reverting my page is a nuisance? Or is it just another reversion (or AIV report or block) to add to their stats. J.delanoy gabs adds 17:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. swa q 18:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
That's highly unusual... warnings are essential to making sure vandals understand why they are blocked. This seems to be a highly user-unfriendly approach. I'll comment on the talk page, but you're right to question it. Also, while a person's talk page is under their jurisdiction, ignoral of warnings is also quite rude. Which admin, if I may ask? Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 23:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the speedy request on No, You Shut Up!, as A7 does not cover music albums. You may wish to consider a prod or AfD instead. Thanks, Marasmusine ( talk) 07:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
... and the link which you followed was the Help article on how a new section should be formatted/created, using the '=' symbols, etc. :) -- PeruvianLlama( spit) 07:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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I felt like anwering since I'm your co-adopter. There is no place where you can find the redirects you created. I am 99.9% sure.-- RyRy5 (talk) 22:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Diligent Terrier/Nerd Cabal/Invitation
The program is what you must complete to graduate my training. You can still ask me questions. Visit this link for your test. Please visit my Adoption Program for more information.-- RyRy5 talk 19:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
It's really up to you and the voters. My opinion is, if it has been up for to long, you should probably close it.-- RyRy5 talk 06:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I am sorry, but I saw your edit summary. Was that directed at me? If so why? And if not not sorry for asking. Thanks. ShoesssS Talk 06:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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For passing your first Adoptee test with a score of 26/20 at my Adoption Program. Keep up the Good Work. |
-- RyRy5 talk 06:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Please do not add original research to articles, as you did to List of Espada in Bleach. Though your edits were in good faith, it has been verified that Luppi is a man. Calling him a woman not only constitutes original research, but Point of View edits. Thanks. Sasuke9031 ( talk) 07:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I looked over it and closed it as delete. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 07:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Ah, yes. The heavy set guy who walked [quite rudely, in fact] in front of DS, what is his name? And were you the guy in the blue shirt? :-D (I'm gonna be away for a while, btw, so I won't get your answer) Scarian Call me Pat 10:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Enjoy! ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk - Contribs) 16:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
http://staff.thhs.qc.edu/thhs/index.php
check this link. It's called Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College. Perhaps the statement can be amended, rather than deleted. I reverted it, but feel free to alter the language. Slapshot01j ( talk) 00:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I emailed User:Gurch asking for approval for Huggle three days ago and have not gotten a response. I wanted it because Vandalproof has been having some problems and was looking for a new anti-vandal tool. I was wondering what I should do next? -- CWY2190 T C
Thanks for backing me up. Also, do you want me to create your test now?-- RyRy5 talk 05:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for having the courage (and the flamethrower) to help with this vanity issue and 3RR mess I'm currently involved in. This should never have gone to AfD and the user should have been blocked a long time ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you! -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 06:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
PMDrive1061 (
talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{ subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Perfect timing. This sort of abuse of this site just burns me up. So, I made a new article at Earp, California to ease the tension. I figured if someone is going to write something, it might as well be worthwhile to a much broader audience. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 06:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
LOL! Well, I admit there is nothing to see in Earp. Really. On the other hand, Lake Havasu is just a hop, skip and a jump up US 95. Laughlin, Nevada isn't much farther. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 07:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you take a look at User_talk:Aimar120? He has taken some liking to me and to my user page, and I suspect that he is the same IP that you blocked two days ago. His account has been used only for vandalizing and for building a half-assed user page copied from mine, and his edits on IPs seem to indicate that he doesn't intend to make anything constructive, and that he is ready to use proxys to go around blocks -- Enric Naval ( talk) 11:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to create your test now. Wait about 5-15 minutes.-- RyRy5 talk 20:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Why do you feel that you need to step into my edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The.Amazing.Critical.Critic ( talk • contribs) 00:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey enigma, long time no talk. I need to talk to you in private; so could you e-mail me? K im u 02:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I would also like to say hi. Separately. :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 ( talk) 02:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I really hope he gets back soon. And I really hope he isn't retiring. Well, do you have any questions about something?-- RyRy5 talk 18:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, if I ever figure out what he is trying to say, I'll let you know and I'll add it to my "funny stuff". Don't hold your breath waiting for me to tell you what he was trying to say, though. J.delanoy gabs adds 13:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
????-- RyRy5 talk 20:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Just curious, why the extra level three warning here? The user didn't make any further edits after being politely warned the first time, so I'm not sure threatening him with a block was entirely necessary. Some might even find it a little WP:BITEy. I'm just a little curious; I see it happen all the time, and I never quite understand it. Take care. -- Bongwarrior ( talk) 06:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Very nice, congrats & kudos. :) · AndonicO Hail! 08:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
68.191.179.217 continues to do vandalism, he completely doesn't care. He did vandalism in the List of Happy Tree Friends characters again. He realy should get blocked.
Here's his last change
-- Mr Alex ( talk) 00:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
this is not vandalism and it's not a personal attack. Please leave off. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 18:04, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I am asking you if you would like to graduate soon. I don't know why you would like adoption if you are so experienced already. RyRy5 talk 18:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you mind if you teach me to create one of those?-- RyRy5 talk 18:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
That. That... was awesome. Huzzah! Tan | 39 21:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't have an orange bar at the top of my userpage. I think RyRy5 does, though. Nothing 444 21:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on hitting 7000! Thats a big milestone. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 22:44, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, Enigmaman! Non Curat Lex ( talk) 23:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on surpasing the big 7-0 (0-0)! You had over 4,400 edits so far in this month alone! You must be on wiki-crack! It appears that you have done some massive vandal-fighting. Has anyone nominated you for an RfA? If not, I will; and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find an admin to co-nom! The only thing I can see that the opposers will harp on is the (relatively) short time that you have amassed the edits. People tend to forget about WP:DEAL and that an RfA is not an RfB! Let me know and I'll start the proverbial ball rolling!-- Sallicio 01:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, whenever you decide, I think that it will be a benefit to the site! And I'm sure we'll get more than one co-nom! Cheers!-- Sallicio 14:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
That's weird. BTw, sorry I couldn't reply sooner but I was a halo 3 tournament. K im u 04:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
How many times have you had to revert vandalism on Jason Kidd? It's been a hard hit night, anyhow. Basketball 110 04:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was actually trying to call attention to what's an obvious biased opinion on an issue on the article. You may want to look at it.
[2], Much appreciated, them seem to be hitting me hard tonight. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 05:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Excuse me, Mr. "I'm big and tough with my large vocabulary and administrative powers"! I'll have you know that before posting my addition to the Adam Haluska page, I had my mother spell-check and grammar-check this page, to approve of its constructiveness. Even more, I called my grandma, who happens to be a former harvard professor of literary excellence, and faxed her the changes, just to make sure my i's were dotted, and my t's were crossed. And guess what? My i's were dotted, and my t's were crossed. Do you see the pain you have caused me? Thanks for destroying my dreams of someday becoming a serious professional writer of some serious professional writing career, like wikipedia editing or writing those novels that get sold for 50 cents at garage sales.
If you've an ounce of sympathy, I ask you please: Restore my article additions, as they were completely valid (and awesome.)
Thank you sir. Or woman. See, I'm not discriminative, like some people (you).
Have a good day (or night.) —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
12.208.235.195 (
talk)
05:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I changed my mind, you're the man. At least you appreciate my ingenious sense of humor and satire. I bow to you for rocking faces off. I expected you to accuse me of tasteless vandalism and poor humor, but you've realigned my misconception of all wikipedia moderators being humorless old men (that smell bad.) On the contrary, I'm sure you smell like flowers and expensive French cologne.
I salute you, noble editor of the pages. --
12.208.235.195 (
talk)
06:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)The guy that edited Adam Haluska's page.
When are you going to run for the RFA?-- RyRy5 talk 07:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, that was pretty quick, removing my message because it was a "personal attack" but I don't know how else to say that the user was wrong and that I don't appreciate it. I come to wikipedia every day and it seems to me like I'm being targeted and harassed now.
Are you belittling me?
You don't even know the situation. I don't know who that person is. Just someone who sits online all day and goes around deleting important information. I don't see how anything I did is wrong at all. How ELSE can I get this fixed? Emailing an admin? So you people have no power at all except deletion? How does this work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexhatesyou ( talk • contribs) 07:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok. I sent him a nice message, did you see it Enigmaman? What did you think of that nice message?
Lexhatesyou (
talk)
07:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
So, since you wanted to get involved in this situation, I would like to ask, how do I message an admin? I checked a few, they don't have talk pages. How would I go about this?
Pages aren't protected preemptively, and since I doubt many IPs have heard of huggle (let alone its whitelist), I think it's safe. If any vandalism occurs there though, I'm sure it'll be reverted pretty rapidly. · AndonicO Hail! 08:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Enigmaman, just a brief note that I fully support your move here. Regards, Anthøny 19:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm pleased to announce that the Awards Center will be getting its own newsletter shortly. If you want to receive the WP:AWC newsletter, put your name here. -- Shark face 217 20:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for the message. I was experimenting to see if I could remove the entire page as I had made a whole new one.
I got a question. How do I lock the page so nobody spoils it. I spent a lot of time getting images correct with templates. Many long hours in fact. Templates are always a problem with me. Takes me a long time to get it right. Many long,long hours.
Thanks for the help, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Where did you come from? I wished you were here yesterday. I was having a super tough time trying hard to get the templates correct. I spent hours on it. Long hours. I have passion to contribute here but I have trouble with the posting of an image. Long difficult hours trying it.
I appreciate your help. Thanks, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I love how helpful you are. I almost quit the whole thing today. I had put in so much time trying to get things correct. I was having a real tough time with templates and images. Very frustrating but I did it. I wanted to make the James Franciscus page look very good. I did manage to fix the Lon Chaney Jr page. It was tough. I changed the picture on that one. I just thought I could help wikipedia in some way as I had time. Anyways, I spent much time on the Glenn Strange page and the Lon Chaney Jr page. I was exhausted after it. A lot of brain power.
The images was most difficult. I would not like to see the hours I spent on it thrown away.
Thank you, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
OK. I spent a lot of time trying to get it right. My time was spent on it. I am always worried about my time I suppose. I don't get a lot of free time to enjoy myself. I really know how to relax when writing about things I am passionate about. I am impressed with your profile page. Looks perfect.
I appreciate the time you took to write me today,Pat.
Real nice of you. Thanks.
I do a lot of reading on here when I get time. Posting the pictures was very difficult. I just wanted to make a diffrece on here with an image or two.
Thanks a lot, James Electric Japan ( talk) 17:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
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Did you hear? Nelson got blocked for 71 hours. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 23:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Riiiiiiiiiight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.205.61.99 ( talk) 23:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
The March 2008 issue of The Office WikiProject newsletter has now been published. By following the link provided, you may view the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification. Thank you. Mastrchf91 ( t/ c) 16:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Your application for the 42nd Cabal has been approved! Congratulations for answering the questions acceptably (the number one answer is always 42) you will be added to the member list shortly. Just wondering, how did you stumble across it?-- Pewwer42 Talk 08:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC) 42
there fixed it
User:Pewwer42/cabal accept
any of my spelling or grammar you want to fix is fine by me(you think a college student could spell, but I'm a math and science guy)-- Pewwer42 Talk 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the support of Uga Man's joke on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Uga Man/presidential campaign, 2008. Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 18:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I think I got it from User:Bob. Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 16:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
its probably because my screen resolution is 1280x800 (I use Firefox too) but my page is listed on the please fix my userpage list sooooo.... (if you do fix it, I'd still like my pictures and maybe a vandal edit count, its bound to happen some day)-- Pewwer42 Talk 06:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for commenting on my talk page. I had been examining the article, but was not sure how to move forward, so I appreciate outside input. I outlined one example from the article which I think is problematic - could you take a look? Also, I've got to get some sleep, so I'll be back in a while. -- Iamunknown 07:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Replied here. · AndonicO Hail! 21:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
The source you added is blog. Blogs are not RS. Try to find some media sources like BBC, CNN etc. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 23:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. Blocked 1 month. -- Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων ( talk) 23:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
yeah, that's really funny lol. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 01:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
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Yeah, but 42 was bigger. By a lot! Basketball 110 what famous people say ♣ 03:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, what do u think of my sig? Tyco! That's how you spell RC! 20:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
First, let me apologize if my first post here seemed to you to be a personal attack. It was not intended to be. I will try to be more polite in the future.
Second, let me point out that Randy'L He-dow Teton is not the first or only person to appear on a US coin while still alive. My primary source is Whitman's Official Red Book (61st edition, the 2008 one), but can also verify it using many online sources.
Thomas Kilby appeared on the Alabama Centennial half doolar commemorative in 1921, while still alive. This can be verfied using Wikipedia's own articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_centennial_half_dollar
Thomas Kilby is clearly depicted on that coin. And according to Wikipedia's article on him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kilby
He was still alive until 1943, 22 years after he appeared on the coin.
Wikipedia doesn't have an article on the Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of Independence half dollar yet (issued in 1926), but this link here clearly shows Calvin Coolidge depicted on it:
And according to Wikipedia's article on Coolidge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge
He was still alive until 1933, 7 years after he appeared on the coin.
I will add these sources to the talk page. If you want to add those sources to the article if you feel they are needed, feel free to do so. I think these sources clearly establish that Randy'L He-dow Teton was not the first person to appear on a US coin while still alive. She is however the first person to appear on a non-commemorative US coin while still alive (as I worded it in the first edit) and she is the first woman to appear on a US coin while still alive. If you have wording you think is better that doesn't contradict the facts, feel free to edit it accordingly. She is the third person, not the first, to appear on a US coin while still alive, as can be demonstrated by the above sources. 75.70.123.215 ( talk) 20:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Cool. RC-0722 communicator/ kills 22:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you explain to me their relevance to Jay Fiedler? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 23:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The only possible thing relevant in that section would be that he attended Oceanside High School. However, this is redundant because the introduction states that he was born in Oceanside, NY (which has only one high school), and implies that he was raised there as well. Therefore there was no pertinent information, and I saw no need to keep High School as a placeholder without any information. But by all means, remain vigilant in your efforts to Keep Wikipedia Crappy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 23:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
It (the article) is yours now, as far as I'm concerned. I'm just trying to demonstrate to you the negative impact of your unilaterally imposed policies. But I can see that these policies mean more to you than the quality of the affected articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 02:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
If you don't have policies, I guess you're just making stuff up as you go along. Nothing that I did constitutes vandalism according to Wikipedia:Vandalism. But hey, maybe that page is the work of vandals as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.97.63 ( talk) 19:48, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
3,750+ |
This one changes color every 1K edits. ;) · AndonicO Hail! 16:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Don't you appreciate a good fart joke when you see one? -- 76.31.96.238 ( talk) 16:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
No prob, but there's a single user who really has it out for this particular article :/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brettbergeron ( talk • contribs) 16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I have some of them watchlisted, and then I saw WB's edits, and they were pure vandalism. As an aside, much of my family were zoche to learn by the Rav as well (I'm too young). As for the RfB, the community's overriding concern was a lack of overt participation in RfA's. I plan on changing that and resubmitting my name for consideration in a few months. Thanks again! -- Avi ( talk) 17:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
why did my contribution to anarchy get removed!! it was fine!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Me as in me ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
she does not have rollback, why did you change it Antonio Lopez (talk) 00:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
It is considered incorrect to replace an article with a redirect and move the content to some other article. This is because we loses the article history. It is known as a "cut-and-paste" move. When renaming, it is common problem for a redirect to be in the way and to require the assistance of an administrator. See WP:MOVE.-- Ttimespan ( talk) 01:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC) Insert non-formatted text here
Nick ( talk) 23:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
whoops.. I accidentally mixed you up with another user. It would be silly to welcome a user w/ 5.000 posts -- Sumestest ( talk) 23:45, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
So which one's better? lol. K im u 21:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, you look through the subpages to find the link to my secret page. One of my subpages is the secret page, but it's not directly linked to my user page. If you've already found the secret page, tell me, and I'll give you the reward. Hope that helps! Basketball 110 03:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For keeping the wiki alive when I'm dead through exhaustion. Great work! Keep it up :-) Scarian Call me Pat 12:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC) |
I don't know who you are - but I am perfectly happy to identify myself. I am the author of the main part of this article, and the subject is my field of expertise. I have written and edited several books and articles on the subject, and am the head of a leading Laboratory in Mathematical Physics.
If you beleive that you know more about the subject, please identify yourself, I have, twice, removed a list of names equations that were unexplained, and
that included, together with some well-known examples, something that the contributor calls "Myrzakulov equations". If you are this individual "Myrzakulov", or a surrogate, I suggest that you desist from adding such things, or revising legitimate edits like the one that I have mad,e with the sole purpose of promoting yourself or your colleague. There are many experts in this area, and you are not one of them.
If you are not this individual, please do not undo legitimate corrections made
by an expert in the field, because by doing so, you are contributing to the degration of Wikipedia.
I intend once more to remove this list, which has no information content,
and has been added by said "Myrzakulov", someone completely unknown in the broader scientitific community, for the evident purpose of self-promotion.
If you choose once again to use your editorial status to undo this well justified
revision, will submit a complaint to those in charge of these matters, and have you disqualified making further changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.204.90.32 ( talk) 22:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
If it turns out that those who have editing privileges, as you do, can block leading experts from removing damage that has been done by charlatans to articles that they have invested much effort in writing, then you are succeeding in making wikipedia a travesty of real knowledge.
If you do have some integrity, and can comprehend that we cannot always provide full details of why something has been removed as charalatnaism to someone who is unfamiliar with the subject, then please demnstrate this by writing me directly at the e-mail address that I have provided, which I here repeat here
r_physicist@hotmail.com
and I will reply within a few hours. (Not immediately.)
Of course, this is not my regular e-mail address, which is an academic one, but until I know whom I am communicating with, it is the one I prefer to use. Once you have covinced me that you yourself have the integrity to indentify yourself, I will also write to you from my regular e-mail address to clarify this issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.204.90.32 ( talk) 23:27, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
If you didn't know, your adopter Burner0718 is on a semi-wikibreak. If he is not online, remember that you can ask me for help. Also, I don't know if you like baseball or not but I'm asking you this anyway:
-- RyRy5 (talk) 01:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
What's it really matter... 24.1.152.78 (Talk) 19:25, March 16, 2008
The Hidden Barnstar | |
This user has found Basketball110's secret hidden sub page! Can you find it? |
Basketball 110 Go Longhorns! 17:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For taking the challenge and successfully combating vandalism that has resulted in at least 20 bans/blocks, I, Shark face 217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For taking the challenge and warning at least 300 vandals, I, Shark face 217, hereby award you this barnstar. Good job! -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
Enjoy. -- Shark face 217 03:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
here-- VS talk 01:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to add the link but the words right below it wasnt showing, and I dont really care whether it helped you or not-- Yankees10 00:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
sorry I just hate when people undo edits just because they didnt here about it, I mean its been breaking news on ESPN for an hour now, I am actually pretty surprised no one else has noticed the re-signing and has edited his article.-- Yankees10 00:07, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
do you think you can add this reference to the end of what I put in the Trade to patriots section, whenever I do it the controversy section doesnt appear-- Yankees10 00:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
but they are shit
Yes, it's a very powerful tool. Sometimes I even feel bad for the vandals... ;) · AndonicO Hail! 11:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, that was kind of weird. I waited a while and decided to try it again, and it was working normally. I wonder what happened?-- Dycedarg ж 19:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry Engima for that i won't do it again.
How's Huggle going for you? ;-) Scarian Call me Pat 21:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm on MSN messenger... hey, just e-mail me with your MSN email addy and I'll add you. Scarian Call me Pat 21:31, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I forgot to put up the wikiproject template. lol. A user can be co-adopted as an alternative if you would be interested in that. I honestly would prefer at least a co-adoption, but I'll leave it on your court. I am however back on here a much as normal now and If you still need any help, please feel free to let me know ASAP. On another note, whatcha ya think 'bout Brett Favre retiring? As a diehard Pack fan, I'm not extremely happy about it. Anyway, let me know what you're decision is and get back to me. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 04:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
If you're an admin, can you please use your special admin powers at the talk page for The Buddy??? Many thanks. A little mollusk ( talk) 05:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you block the IP 209.94.170.126? He/She continues to vandalice since for ever.-- Damifb ( talk) 15:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
What the heck is happening? We agreed on something! [1] My grip on reality must be slipping! Help Help! :) -- Hammersoft ( talk) 19:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
You reverted something i changed in the Scrubs article. I changed the number of eps in season 7 from 18 to 12, this is because 12 is what is now expected for this season. While it is true that Bill Lawrence has stated that the 12th episode won't be the last, it is more likely that the remaining episodes will either be released straight to DVD or included as part of an 8th season, to air on NBC or ABC. I have now changed the number of eps to unknown, since that is the truth. It is highly unlikely that all 18 episodes will be broadcast as a part of the current season. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.184.215 ( talk) 21:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick note... thanks for agreeing with my assessment of the lead photo of the John McCain article. As a personal opinion, I have no clue how any person can see the current one as flattering. LOL! Also, I'm not really a newbie to Wikipedia, I just prefer using my IP (most times) as opposed to my username! Or, maybe it's because I am too lazy to log in! In any event, thanks again... I am glad to know I am not completely alone in my concern over the photo. 72.213.129.138 ( talk) 04:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
What can be done?
Also what can be done regarding a user who keeps editing truths when the truth isn't linkable to any articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schc ( talk • contribs) 07:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
For more information on the challenge, visit WP:AWC and go to the vandalism patrol challenge. It's the section of the page that has a ton of green checkmarks by Milk's Favorite Cookie. Please note that you must sign up there before you complete any parts of the challenge. Actions before signing up are not counted. Good luck. -- Shark face 217 01:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm guessing this was vandalism on your page lol 8thstar 04:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Go ahead and be bold. I doubt anyone will challenge you. If they do: Come to me ;-) Scarian Call me Pat 16:29, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thanks, sorry about that - I'm trying my best to get to grips with it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paxton 61 ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
If I activate my e-mail account to my Wikipedia preferences, would I be able to use the Huggle program? Zenlax T C S 19:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I have received your e-mail and thank you for attaching the Huggle files. Maybe the reason my e-mail message was sent directly to your junk mail, was because I sent you the message with my iPhone. Zenlax T C S 18:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your message regarding warning vandals. You are right, of course; but one of the great frustrations is that most vandals are not registered users (or at least they don't log in while they're busy vandalizing), so they don't have a talk page, only a "special page". Because of this there's no place to leave them a warning, so far as I know. If there is a way to deal with these idiots, please let me know, because I would like to warn them (or smack them!). Thanks. MishaPan ( talk) 23:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi... Sorry about erasing your comment. It was unintentional and resulted from an edit conflict. Cheers. -- Rrburke( talk) 12:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that! :) Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 21:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, will do. TrickyApron ( talk) 22:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
I got rid of the rest of the vandalism on here. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 03:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
As a recent changes patroller racing cluebot, do you have time to read what you revert before you revert it? I am concerned about the speed and carelessness with which you reverted my recent improvements to tort_law. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 06:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it's exactly correct to say several people have weighed in; there is hardly anything resembling a consensus, or even awareness. At least two people have said that the introduction you restored is a problem. No one has any proposals on changing it except for me, so far.
As for my accusation of carelessness, I think you are wrong to take that as a personal attack, or as being without cause. It is not a personal attack, and I do have cause. You reverted three paragraphs worth of good-faith edits within less than a minute of my making the changes. It was perfectly correct for me to think that this was a "false positive" and that you were rushing. Your user page congratulates you on the quickness with which you revert vandalism. That's not a bad thing, but I inferred from that the possibility that you had rushed. You claim to have "reread" the edit to confirm your initial conclusions. But nothing you have stated indicates that your reread goes beyond the first line. So as far as I'm concerned, that confirms that your first revert was careless, as was the second revert. Still, I am not concerne with whether you are a careless person, I am concerned with the fact that you carelessly reverted my edits.
To be clear, I am not accusing you of being a revert-abuser. But I think that this use of revert is outside of policy, and an abuse. Do you see the difference between my attacking an edit as abusive, and an editor as being abusive?
I'm sure you are an excellent editor. Wikipedia needs vandal cops. I know I am not. I only have about 50 pages on my watchlist. I try to keep them free of vandalism, but that's the extent of it. Here's the thing though, reversion is meant for pure vandalism, not as a solution to disputes about content or style. Do we disagree on that? Is that "just my personal disagreement" with wikipedia, as you would say? I don't think it is. I'm pretty sure the conensus is, when in doubt, don't revert. Reverting three paragraphs worth of editing on an unprotected page solely because you don't like the way one sentence is worded is a very questionable use, and probably abuse of the reversion tool. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 23:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I note that you have a background in law. Would you mind if I asked if you were deemed a member of the bar or licensed lawyer by any state, territory, or district of the U.S., or held comparable status in any non-U.S. jurisdiction? Not a personal attack - just general curiosity. You are, of course, under no obligation to answer. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 01:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Today's law school curriculum is largely unchanged from a paradigm shift that came to be in the closing years of the 19th century. Prior thereto, the practice of law was not universally a "learned profession;" as it is deemed in the western world today. Law school strictly was optional. (e.g., Abraham Lincoln had no J.D.).
A legal academic who had a bit of a chip on his shoulder, Christopher Langdell decided law should be a learned profession, and he knew best what the law was and how it needed to be taught. Langdell and his followers did a great job of organizing legal learning. They turned the Ivy league law faculties into great producers of case books and treatises, which prior thereto was a haphazard business. Langdell made anonymous grading a common practice for law schools, instituted the case method still used today, and basically created the curriculum that focused on contract, property, etc., as distinct subjects, that still form the standard 1L curriculum today. In fact, prior to Langdell's movement, "tort law" did not even exist as its own subject.
However, Langdell's approach had a lot of drawbacks. Langdell and his followers were adherents to what is referred to as 'conceptualism' by legal scholars, closely connected to legal formalism. It is based on Platonic idealism as applied to law. Their view was that actual cases and transactions were iterations of ideal legal forms that existed on some other plane. Law wasn't manmade, it just existed, in brooding omnipresence, and lawyers and judges had to "discover it." This is why they adopted the case method. Learning how to read cases taught you how to "find" the "real" law. This, they felt, taught lawyers how to "find the real law," like tunneling out of Plato's cave.
Of course, legal conceptualism, and a large measure of formalism, have been debunked and rebuked by scholars of the realist movement, which focused on law as manmade. Plato, for his part, associated the view of law-as-manmade with (a) "might-makes-right" ethics and the sophist Thrasymachus (see plato's republic) and (b) the barbaric tyranny that led to his own mentor being put to death for being unpopular (see Plato's Apology.)
Today, classic conceptualism is relegated to footnotes, although according to some theorists (see e.g., Joseph William Singer, and any of his numerous essays on legal pragmatism from a critical legal theory perspective) still crops up and has hidden influence in legal decisionmaking). But the way conceptualists teach law lives on.
Why? Well actually, there's still a lot of good from the case method and anonymous grading. Teaching students how to interpret appeals is very important in any system where any amount of judge-made law is a factor. Nearly all post-conceptualists are in agreement that it needs to be practiced, and still plays a role. Anonymous grading is fair. It speaks for itself. However, law schools, still following essentially the Langdellian method, make your ability to interpret appeals into somehwere between 51 and 99% of what you're graded on.
This is very out of touch. Law practice does not revolve around interpreting appeals. It is about serving clients. Serving clients may require the ability to draft transactional documents, identify and minimize tax liabilities, prove disputed facts before a tribunal, or persuasively argue an interpretation of legal authority to a tribunal or to a legislative or regulatory body, correspond with and counsel clients and correspond with third parties who may have similar or disparate interests, and a number of other tasks. Most of all, it requires a ton of reading and writing, and strict adherence to ethical standards of professional responsibility.
Most law schools have caught on to these last two points, with required courses in reading and writing, an upper division writing requirement, and mandatory professional responsibility classes. However, classes on discovery, trial practice, advocacy skills, and the like, are strictly optional. Fortunately, an increasing number of students take these classes. I wouldn't say law schools fail law students, but given the overbearing emphasis on "socratic" teaching, it's not surprising that most young lawyers agree that upon getting out of law school, they were still borderline incompetent to practice.
I think the theory is that if you can master the socratic method, you can teach yourself how to ask a leading question, or make a privilege log. You can take the straight A law-student and teach him what he doesn't know; you can't take an actor who knows how to act out a leading question in front of a law & order jury or the paralegal who's created a thousand privilege logs, and teach them to be a straight-A law student. Actually, I think you can, but that's another story for another day.
My skepticism about the converse claim aside, I believe it is true that any legitimate law school graduate is mentally resourceful enough to educate himself, it is fair to say that law schools aren't placing practical learning, or even practical thinking, at the top of the list. This is one of two reasons why law school graduates and practical ability are worlds apart.
The other reason is that greatness in practice depends as much on attributes which cannot be taught - discretion, charisma, and luck as it does on knowledge. You can take a guy with character and teach him what he doesn't know; you can't take a smart guy with no scruples and teach him character. People know this, and law is a people-serving business; people will more often flock to lawyers with proven character than proven smarts without character. Non Curat Lex ( talk) 05:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I am a wikipedia friend of your adopter, Burner0718. I was just going to tell you that if you need help and Burner0718 isn't online, you can ask me a question. You can tell if I'm online by just looking at the top-right hand corner of my userpage. I have made over 850 edits and I am also a very experienced editer. Burner got his idea of his userpage formatting from me, like he said on my talk page. Thanks.-- RyRy5 (talk) 02:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Paul the Apostle: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Enigma msg! 19:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Although, I'd like to mention that you've beaten me before as well. I'm quite happy that Gurch fixed Huggle; that unstable previous version was really starting to get on my nerves.-- Dycedarg ж 23:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigmaman! Thank-you for your
support in my RfA (91/1/1).
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You posted on AWC saying that you already completed the 20 blocks/bans and over 100 warns. Can I get the diffs for the blocks/bans? Thanks. -- Shark face 217 17:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigma. I'm pretty sure you remember me as Burner0718's friend. I am willing to adopt you as your second adopter. Please visit my userpage for more info. Please respond on my talkpage.-- RyRy5 (talk) 19:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I'm sorry I'm writing to you but i feel without friends and I hope you might be sympathetic. Its a stupid little thing but I'm annoyed with the whole user box situation you commented on recently. I've modified the box to make it completely un-offensive to anyone and administrator's are deleting it without any discussion. Is that fair? No i'm being threatened with being banned for expressing a really generic opinion. Do I have any recourse or must i give up it the face of such unfair wielding of power? ( new page) -- Bleveret ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
You are welcome to swipe whatever you want from my home page. I have updated the section under "User warning templates" to describe how I use that stuff. You are welcome to use, lose, or abuse that information. ;^) -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) (Talk) 18:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I fixed it at the city project level but haven't gotten it on the state one yet. Daniel Case ( talk) 22:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, it is pretty rare for Kurt Weber to give a different comment, but if anyone should get the "Kurt Weber Stumper Honor", it should be Ruhrfisch. Useight ( talk) 00:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Useight ( talk) 05:13, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Alright, thanks. Just a bit curious. If he's the only one that does that, then that's alright. Problem is, I'm pretty ambitious, and would like to become an administrator someday. If I feel I'm ready, but nobody's nominated me, I figure in this case it would probably be best to self-nom instead of canvassing. But then again, I might just decide it's best to wait until somebody notices and decides to nominate me. But I don't have to worry about that now. I'm quite a ways away from being ready. — scetoaux ( talk) ( My contributions.) 01:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that, I was at work for a bit. I'll keep an eye on it, in any case. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 02:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you do me a favour? I am about to turn in soon. But I am seeing "the falsifier" (see Scarian's talk page) very active this evening. Tonight he is a new IP... 66.143.119.148 ( talk · contribs). Could keep a check on this one and rv anything that he does. He is switching between Kiss/Foo Fighters/Van Halen (his usual haunts) and childrens TV shows (which I mention on Pat's talk page earlier about how similar this editor is to the "toy town vandal"... a veteran thorn in Wiki's side) Much appreciate any assistance you can provide. Reporting "the falsifer" isn't easy. Many admins like Alf and CambridgeBayWeatherman are familiar with him. Former admin's like KOS are too. But trying to explain it over at AiV or ANI to some green admin who doesn't know the history... I'd rather just follow behind the guy and rv all his junk. I am about to leave. Good luck protecting Wiki. Libs 156.34.210.47 ( talk) 02:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Just in response to your comment re:locking my talk page - why, what's happened? Has the bot been shut down or something? 23skidoo ( talk) 12:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Leave me alone please and don't try and make me look bad for expressing my opion —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arsenal-Samuel ( talk • contribs) 22:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Enigmaman, not to intrude on your userpage but I added that I adopted you userbox on your userpage. By the way, I may beat Burner0718's edit count soon. I already have 1380+.-- RyRy5 (talk) 00:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Bots are not people. Thus I did not attack a person. hth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.224.55 ( talk) 06:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I think someone else has been using my account, I may have let one of my hacker friends know a hint and he probably figured it out, I did not vandalise anything, so this must be what happened. I am sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobcrankins ( talk • contribs) 14:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I put this on StaffWaterBoy's page, and I didn't know if you saw it or not...
“ | I appreciate your advice. However, I really don't want to protect my userpage, even though it is vandalized so much. Someone else asked me why I don't protect my userpage. Here is what I told them:
Hope that explains my reasoning. Thanks for the suggestion though. Have a good day, and may the vandals fail... J.delanoy gabs adds 17:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC) |
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Do you think that "forcing" people to keep reverting my page is a nuisance? Or is it just another reversion (or AIV report or block) to add to their stats. J.delanoy gabs adds 17:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. swa q 18:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
That's highly unusual... warnings are essential to making sure vandals understand why they are blocked. This seems to be a highly user-unfriendly approach. I'll comment on the talk page, but you're right to question it. Also, while a person's talk page is under their jurisdiction, ignoral of warnings is also quite rude. Which admin, if I may ask? Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 23:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the speedy request on No, You Shut Up!, as A7 does not cover music albums. You may wish to consider a prod or AfD instead. Thanks, Marasmusine ( talk) 07:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
... and the link which you followed was the Help article on how a new section should be formatted/created, using the '=' symbols, etc. :) -- PeruvianLlama( spit) 07:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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I felt like anwering since I'm your co-adopter. There is no place where you can find the redirects you created. I am 99.9% sure.-- RyRy5 (talk) 22:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Diligent Terrier/Nerd Cabal/Invitation
The program is what you must complete to graduate my training. You can still ask me questions. Visit this link for your test. Please visit my Adoption Program for more information.-- RyRy5 talk 19:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
It's really up to you and the voters. My opinion is, if it has been up for to long, you should probably close it.-- RyRy5 talk 06:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I am sorry, but I saw your edit summary. Was that directed at me? If so why? And if not not sorry for asking. Thanks. ShoesssS Talk 06:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Award of First Success | ||
For passing your first Adoptee test with a score of 26/20 at my Adoption Program. Keep up the Good Work. |
-- RyRy5 talk 06:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Please do not add original research to articles, as you did to List of Espada in Bleach. Though your edits were in good faith, it has been verified that Luppi is a man. Calling him a woman not only constitutes original research, but Point of View edits. Thanks. Sasuke9031 ( talk) 07:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I looked over it and closed it as delete. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 07:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Ah, yes. The heavy set guy who walked [quite rudely, in fact] in front of DS, what is his name? And were you the guy in the blue shirt? :-D (I'm gonna be away for a while, btw, so I won't get your answer) Scarian Call me Pat 10:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Enjoy! ÐeadΣyeДrrow ( Talk - Contribs) 16:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
http://staff.thhs.qc.edu/thhs/index.php
check this link. It's called Townsend Harris High School @ Queens College. Perhaps the statement can be amended, rather than deleted. I reverted it, but feel free to alter the language. Slapshot01j ( talk) 00:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I emailed User:Gurch asking for approval for Huggle three days ago and have not gotten a response. I wanted it because Vandalproof has been having some problems and was looking for a new anti-vandal tool. I was wondering what I should do next? -- CWY2190 T C
Thanks for backing me up. Also, do you want me to create your test now?-- RyRy5 talk 05:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for having the courage (and the flamethrower) to help with this vanity issue and 3RR mess I'm currently involved in. This should never have gone to AfD and the user should have been blocked a long time ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you! -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 06:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
PMDrive1061 (
talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{ subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Perfect timing. This sort of abuse of this site just burns me up. So, I made a new article at Earp, California to ease the tension. I figured if someone is going to write something, it might as well be worthwhile to a much broader audience. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 06:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
LOL! Well, I admit there is nothing to see in Earp. Really. On the other hand, Lake Havasu is just a hop, skip and a jump up US 95. Laughlin, Nevada isn't much farther. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 07:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you take a look at User_talk:Aimar120? He has taken some liking to me and to my user page, and I suspect that he is the same IP that you blocked two days ago. His account has been used only for vandalizing and for building a half-assed user page copied from mine, and his edits on IPs seem to indicate that he doesn't intend to make anything constructive, and that he is ready to use proxys to go around blocks -- Enric Naval ( talk) 11:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to create your test now. Wait about 5-15 minutes.-- RyRy5 talk 20:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Why do you feel that you need to step into my edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The.Amazing.Critical.Critic ( talk • contribs) 00:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey enigma, long time no talk. I need to talk to you in private; so could you e-mail me? K im u 02:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I would also like to say hi. Separately. :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 ( talk) 02:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I really hope he gets back soon. And I really hope he isn't retiring. Well, do you have any questions about something?-- RyRy5 talk 18:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, if I ever figure out what he is trying to say, I'll let you know and I'll add it to my "funny stuff". Don't hold your breath waiting for me to tell you what he was trying to say, though. J.delanoy gabs adds 13:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
????-- RyRy5 talk 20:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Just curious, why the extra level three warning here? The user didn't make any further edits after being politely warned the first time, so I'm not sure threatening him with a block was entirely necessary. Some might even find it a little WP:BITEy. I'm just a little curious; I see it happen all the time, and I never quite understand it. Take care. -- Bongwarrior ( talk) 06:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Very nice, congrats & kudos. :) · AndonicO Hail! 08:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
68.191.179.217 continues to do vandalism, he completely doesn't care. He did vandalism in the List of Happy Tree Friends characters again. He realy should get blocked.
Here's his last change
-- Mr Alex ( talk) 00:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
this is not vandalism and it's not a personal attack. Please leave off. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 18:04, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I am asking you if you would like to graduate soon. I don't know why you would like adoption if you are so experienced already. RyRy5 talk 18:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you mind if you teach me to create one of those?-- RyRy5 talk 18:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
That. That... was awesome. Huzzah! Tan | 39 21:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't have an orange bar at the top of my userpage. I think RyRy5 does, though. Nothing 444 21:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congrats on hitting 7000! Thats a big milestone. Burner0718 JibbaJabba! 22:44, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, Enigmaman! Non Curat Lex ( talk) 23:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on surpasing the big 7-0 (0-0)! You had over 4,400 edits so far in this month alone! You must be on wiki-crack! It appears that you have done some massive vandal-fighting. Has anyone nominated you for an RfA? If not, I will; and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find an admin to co-nom! The only thing I can see that the opposers will harp on is the (relatively) short time that you have amassed the edits. People tend to forget about WP:DEAL and that an RfA is not an RfB! Let me know and I'll start the proverbial ball rolling!-- Sallicio 01:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, whenever you decide, I think that it will be a benefit to the site! And I'm sure we'll get more than one co-nom! Cheers!-- Sallicio 14:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
That's weird. BTw, sorry I couldn't reply sooner but I was a halo 3 tournament. K im u 04:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
How many times have you had to revert vandalism on Jason Kidd? It's been a hard hit night, anyhow. Basketball 110 04:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was actually trying to call attention to what's an obvious biased opinion on an issue on the article. You may want to look at it.
[2], Much appreciated, them seem to be hitting me hard tonight. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 05:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Excuse me, Mr. "I'm big and tough with my large vocabulary and administrative powers"! I'll have you know that before posting my addition to the Adam Haluska page, I had my mother spell-check and grammar-check this page, to approve of its constructiveness. Even more, I called my grandma, who happens to be a former harvard professor of literary excellence, and faxed her the changes, just to make sure my i's were dotted, and my t's were crossed. And guess what? My i's were dotted, and my t's were crossed. Do you see the pain you have caused me? Thanks for destroying my dreams of someday becoming a serious professional writer of some serious professional writing career, like wikipedia editing or writing those novels that get sold for 50 cents at garage sales.
If you've an ounce of sympathy, I ask you please: Restore my article additions, as they were completely valid (and awesome.)
Thank you sir. Or woman. See, I'm not discriminative, like some people (you).
Have a good day (or night.) —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
12.208.235.195 (
talk)
05:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I changed my mind, you're the man. At least you appreciate my ingenious sense of humor and satire. I bow to you for rocking faces off. I expected you to accuse me of tasteless vandalism and poor humor, but you've realigned my misconception of all wikipedia moderators being humorless old men (that smell bad.) On the contrary, I'm sure you smell like flowers and expensive French cologne.
I salute you, noble editor of the pages. --
12.208.235.195 (
talk)
06:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)The guy that edited Adam Haluska's page.
When are you going to run for the RFA?-- RyRy5 talk 07:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, that was pretty quick, removing my message because it was a "personal attack" but I don't know how else to say that the user was wrong and that I don't appreciate it. I come to wikipedia every day and it seems to me like I'm being targeted and harassed now.
Are you belittling me?
You don't even know the situation. I don't know who that person is. Just someone who sits online all day and goes around deleting important information. I don't see how anything I did is wrong at all. How ELSE can I get this fixed? Emailing an admin? So you people have no power at all except deletion? How does this work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexhatesyou ( talk • contribs) 07:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Ok. I sent him a nice message, did you see it Enigmaman? What did you think of that nice message?
Lexhatesyou (
talk)
07:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
So, since you wanted to get involved in this situation, I would like to ask, how do I message an admin? I checked a few, they don't have talk pages. How would I go about this?
Pages aren't protected preemptively, and since I doubt many IPs have heard of huggle (let alone its whitelist), I think it's safe. If any vandalism occurs there though, I'm sure it'll be reverted pretty rapidly. · AndonicO Hail! 08:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Enigmaman, just a brief note that I fully support your move here. Regards, Anthøny 19:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi,
Thanks for the message. I was experimenting to see if I could remove the entire page as I had made a whole new one.
I got a question. How do I lock the page so nobody spoils it. I spent a lot of time getting images correct with templates. Many long hours in fact. Templates are always a problem with me. Takes me a long time to get it right. Many long,long hours.
Thanks for the help, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Where did you come from? I wished you were here yesterday. I was having a super tough time trying hard to get the templates correct. I spent hours on it. Long hours. I have passion to contribute here but I have trouble with the posting of an image. Long difficult hours trying it.
I appreciate your help. Thanks, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
I love how helpful you are. I almost quit the whole thing today. I had put in so much time trying to get things correct. I was having a real tough time with templates and images. Very frustrating but I did it. I wanted to make the James Franciscus page look very good. I did manage to fix the Lon Chaney Jr page. It was tough. I changed the picture on that one. I just thought I could help wikipedia in some way as I had time. Anyways, I spent much time on the Glenn Strange page and the Lon Chaney Jr page. I was exhausted after it. A lot of brain power.
The images was most difficult. I would not like to see the hours I spent on it thrown away.
Thank you, Electric Japan ( talk) 16:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
OK. I spent a lot of time trying to get it right. My time was spent on it. I am always worried about my time I suppose. I don't get a lot of free time to enjoy myself. I really know how to relax when writing about things I am passionate about. I am impressed with your profile page. Looks perfect.
I appreciate the time you took to write me today,Pat.
Real nice of you. Thanks.
I do a lot of reading on here when I get time. Posting the pictures was very difficult. I just wanted to make a diffrece on here with an image or two.
Thanks a lot, James Electric Japan ( talk) 17:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)