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What else can i say then: Thanks for accepting my adoption offer? And what else can i do then bring some cookies?
You are actually the first user i have ever adopted, so im still rather new to the entire adopting business, but ill do my best to be usefull. I know each user uses a different style to adopting people, so i hope my idea of how to do it appeals to you. Since you are already quite experienced i don't think i will need to go over basic stuff such as editing, so i will just skip that.
What i will do is monitor your edits, and if i see anything that i can help with (Be it easier ways to do that particular edit or otherwise) , i will just walk in and drop a note about it on your talk page. Also feel free to ask as many questions as you want to; i virtually never get bored of them so in case you want to know something, just ask away.
Well again: Welcome, and thanks for the trust. I look forward to working with you! Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 07:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I thing I set my auto-archiving thing up correctly but I have a question. Will the archiving bot automatically create an archive box or do I have to do that myself?(Which I don't know how to do.) Xp54321 ( talk) 20:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp54321 ( talk) 20:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I added the code to the top of your talk page, and as of such there is a nicely colored Led Light on the top right of your user page. Till one of the statusbots updates your current status it will default to OffLine. Lets see how quick that changed (If it does at all, i never used statusbot ;) ) Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 21:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar | |
I gladly give this Barnstar to Xp54321, for being a member of wikipedia that learns from prior mistakes. Keep up the good work. Enjoy.-- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC) |
Oh im always keeping an eye out for good editers, enjoy, call if you need any help. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
You might wise to display it on your user page like i have with mine. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:38, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Is that ok? Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, and I see your an adopter of Excirial. I just wanted to say that planning an RFA is not really encouraged. I did that about a month ago and I learned it wasn't good. I was actually planning to try an RFA at 5000 edits, but it would be better if you just tried if your ready. Look at me, I've been on wikipedia for almost three months and I already have over 9000 edits and I am not even close to being ready, even with 2500+ mainspace edits. Comments? I'd be happy to answer.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 03:59, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I see you have been busy! And of course: Congratulations on the barnstar!
As for where to keep the barnstar, it might indeed by handy to set up several pages with navigation. In case you are interested, you can copy over the navigation from my user page and adapt it to create your own. Actually you may copy over my entire user page and set it up as your own if you would like to, i got no problems with that (Several users already did actually :) ).
If you feel like creating your own navigation box, here is the link to the source code of mine: User:Excirial/Navigation. It should prove easy to adapt to your own needs, with which i will of course help if you want to. Why i am not simply building it into your page already as i did before with the archive box? Simple, i believe an user page design is rather personal. What i like to see might not be what you like to see, so before i simply smash something of this magnitude in, i would first like to hear your opinion :) Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 07:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
The reason I deleted the reference to the presence of fasces in the US Congress from the article on Fascist Symbolism is that it was blatantly tendentious -- aimed at making a political point. The reference was that the fasces on the podium were plainly visible during George W. Bush's New World Order speech. True fact. However, those fasces were equally plainly visible during every other speech made at the US Congress since the 1860s. Does the fact that the fasces were visible during the reading of Abraham Lincoln's address in 1862 reveal some truth about Lincoln or the fasces? Does the fact that the fasces were visible during the address to Congress by Winston Churchill after WWII imply that he was a closet fascist? Of course not.
I believe this paragraph should be deleted in its entirety, or perhaps noted in a single line: "Fasces also appear on the podium of the U.S. Congress, which was constructed during the period 1851-67." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.133.83 ( talk) 16:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I guess you are the one who changed back the wiki article on Kushal.
I am an Indian and fluent speaker of Hindi, and as far as I know "Kush" (कुश) Does not mean happy, "Khush" (खुश) The difference cannot be very well distinguished in English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.229.123 ( talk) 16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'd be glad to. Just give me a few minutes to look over your contributions. By the way, I've noticed you reverting a lot today, but I'll take a closer look. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 16:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Here is your edit history. Your doint good, you only have 280 odd mainspace edits so try to build them up. Your total edits is over 1000!!! Thats really good but you really want to get the mainspace edits higher. Also notice that there is a lot of RED. That red means that your not leaving edit summarys enough. When you make an edit make sure you give a summary, i forget aswell dont worry. Other than that your doing well. Make sure you keep that link somewhere safe, every few days check it to see how your improving. ;-) Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 20:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Meaning the article, not me! Just a quick note to mention that your Twinkle-assisted reversion ( this one) was incorrect to change "American" to "Australian". Not having knowledge of how Twinkle works, I'm guessing that the heap of white space (which was incorrect) in the earlier revision was the reason the change was made. I've edited back to "American", but kept the spacing correct, I hope. Loganberry ( Talk) 23:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi ive been reading a few adminship requests. There is an editer who does similar work to you (only a lot more of it as hes been here so long - hes up to 5000 edits) and his request isnt going too well. People over there like anti vandalism editers but they also want to see some article building. A lot of the stuff you to with twinkle etc doesnt require much interaction with other editers. You need to show you can work with others, resolve disagreements and revert vandalism. I would suggest you start contributing to building articles aswell. Split your time 2/3 reverting vandalism and 1/3 working on articles. Even if its just checking spelling, grammer or looking for reliable sources. If there is a topic you know a lot about or something that interests you, try working on it. You havent been doing much editing recently, is everything ok? Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 17:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, dont give up though. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 23:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Reformed Barnstar | |
For changing your ways on Wikipedia, and for your contributions, I award you the reformed barnstar. well done. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 23:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC) |
No problem, keep up the good work. Remember your status bot when you go on or off line. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:51, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll do my best. Keep in mind it may take me a few days. Anything specific you might want on your user page?-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 01:48, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello again. I renovated User:Realist2's user page. Is that the kind of page design you prefer, or even close? Of course I will change the colors though to the ones you like. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 03:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Done. How do you like it? --
RyRy5 (
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Review)
01:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Check out my new userpage! RyRy5 renovated it for me.:) Xp54321 ( talk) 13:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
What is the template for the userbox saying your a new page s patroller. I am one now. So this is how they mark pages for csd so fast.:) Xp54321 ( talk) 22:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Nice job on np patrol. I looked at your contribs wow. 71.104.198.204 ( talk) 23:43, 15 May 2008 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Edits Per Day, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Edits Per Day and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Edits Per Day during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. I'm an Editor of the wiki citation needed 00:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi XP!
First off, thanks for the barnstar; That it may twinkle forever on my my award page :)
A second thing i wanted to discuss are foreign language articles. Every now and then you will encounter a page that contains a non english language. Most times those articles will look like a whole lot of gibberish, or they are swarmed with non understandable Arabic characters. In case you can read the language it is written in, its easy to decide if the article fits in one of the other CSD caregories. If it does, tag it for removal under the proper category, and add a {{notice|Explanation Here}} uder the CSD tag explaining the admin what the article is all about.
In most cases you wont be able to read the articles contents however. When that happends, tag the page with the {{notenglish|language}} template (Substituting language for the language its written in. leaving it blank will default to unknown). After that is done just follow the templates directions and place a request on the request for translation area. People there will check if its noticable (If not, its CSD'ed) and will translate it to English. If that is not done within 20 days, the article is deleted.
Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 05:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
For making EASILY over 1000 edits in May 2008, I award thee with a Shiny Original Barnstar -- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC) |
No problem, keep up the good work. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I started using it the other day aswell, i cant figure out how it works either, speak to "Kodster". He uses it, you can find him on my talk page, hes very helpful. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 22:34, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Also keep up those good edit summaries, all that RED it starting to shrink. ;-) Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 22:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Where did you extract it to? Cheers, Kodster ( You talkin' to me?) ( Stuff I messed up) 23:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi - not quite sure why you tagged this article as unreferenced; there are a couple of references on it. What sort of references are you expecting? Also, the film-editor-stub template already indicated that expansion would be welcome (at the bottom of the page). Easchiff( talk) 23:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! My 47th barnstar. Is that too many to have? -- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 02:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. It's great to know that my help is appreciated. Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 14:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't know whether Ryan offered or not, but he needs to be removed as your adopter as he himself is currently adopted, and this is not allowed under WP:ADOPT.
If you have more questions, please ask!
THanks,
Blue Goblin 7even 20:51, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you do not want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message on my talk page. Happy editing! Malinaccier ( talk) 21:21, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Why, thank you. :) If you haven't noticed from my user page, I take great pleasure in helping others.-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 21:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Please stop making edits such as these 1, 2, 3 using AWB. Wikipedia is not an editcount race; if you continue to make trivial and inconsequential edits like this, in clear violation of the AWB rules of use, I will remove your AWB access. — iride scent 21:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Acknowledged, I'll start paying more attention to that. Don't worry I have no intention of losing access to what I consider a very useful tool. Xp54321 ( Talk, Contribs) 21:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, I was making my 10,000th edit. It looks good, but I don't want to add it to my pages. Also, getting high edit counts is not a race. It's a horrible disease called Wikipedia:Editcountitis.-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 22:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Xp54321, I have moved the page entitled "Admin pledge" to Wikipedia:Admin pledge because as a Wikipedia essay it should be in the project space. I would suggest that you also try and write a small introduction on the page explaining the "pledge", is it a policy that you are trying to get implemented or something else? - Icewedge ( talk) 03:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
-- RyRy5 ( talk) 19:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was the one guy who voted you for admin. I thinkt that it is really cool for a 7th grader to (almost) get admin. good luck next time!
Sman.grimtuesday ( talk) 02:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, but I also don't know how to start it. I downloaded it and I was approved, but I have no clue how to use it. Ask the user who approved it. Thanks. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 00:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Good job. But you really don't have to tell anybody. I've learned that. Editcountitis is a horrible desiese. Beware... -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 01:10, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
2000!!! Well done, keep it up. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:34, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Wow, almost all the RED edits for this month have disappeared, well done. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I have little involvement with vandalism, aside protecting the pages on my watchlist and asking for semi protections. Im an article creater, im not involved with maintainence, sorry. I dont know how to set one up. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I would do more vandalism work but between building articles and reviewing articles for GA i dont have any more time lol. I do my bit of vandal revision and warning templates when i see it but dont actively go looking for vandalism. I often report vandalism and ask for page protections. Yes kodster dd inform me, gutted, still its only a few weeks. He gave me my wikibirthday present early lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, here's how it works. First, you go to your preference, checkmark the box that reads "Raw Signature" next to it. Add the following code to the box above the box you check marked (It should be a long box you add the following code to):
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Vandals Beware!!!</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup>
-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 20:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Insert
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Vandals Beware!!!</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup>
into your preference and tick "Raw Signature". See what the result is, let me know. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you want to try and make that Vandals beware and contributions stand out more, its a little hard to see. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, we will take this in stages, first try this one in your preferences
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Vandals Beware!!!'''''</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Contribs'''''</font>]])</sup>
Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure ill leave a comment shortly. Im confused, are you happy with your user name or do you want further alterations? I dont mind. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, i dont know how to make letters bigger, the only thing i could think of is to make it all capital letters. You could also try a darker yellow like i have. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, i realise why the letters are small, its because they are floating on a higher level. To make the letters the normal size you would have to remove the rise on Beware vandals. Notice how my 2 is slightly smaller, its because its risen. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
If you want be to bring it down i will, as for my present, lol, you still have some time to think about it. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:06, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Try this to bring it down
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Vandals Beware!!!'''''</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Contribs'''''</font>]])
Cheers, for smile. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry ill remember your review, ive had a lot of exams in recent days, catching up on lost sleep, thanx for the barstar!!!, if you want anything else done with your user name let me know. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
LOL, editing in Europe! Yeah, I just got your message, and the editor is blocked. :) Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 20:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, you're doing great. Just remember to use Rollback for vandalism only :). Malinaccier ( talk) 23:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I left a message, cheers. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
I think you're on the right track, but an RFA now is too early. A lot of RFA contributors look for 5 months of active editing or more before they support an RFA. I would suggest you withdraw this as I'm pretty sure it won't pass. Regards, Malinaccier ( talk) 01:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Why did you rollback this as well as this? What do you believe is wrong about these two edits that is unquestionably vandalism? Metros ( talk) 01:42, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
So I see you're using Huggle now, but you're still reverting inappropriately. There appears to be nothing wrong with this edit that you reverted. Can you explain why you reverted? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 01:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
XP, careful with Huggle. I personally have used it a few times and have made a couple of errors, hence why I discontinued my use of it. It works extremely fast and efficient in the hands of an experienced user, but may cause unwanted errors. I encourage you to try simple WP:REVERT for the time being so that you can easy locate and undo vandalism. Once you have that sorted out, move to a script, preferably WP:TWINKLE. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 01:10, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello there, the problem is that without many edits to the Wikipedia namespace, it's impossible to tell whether you understand the policies that you'd need to be familiar with as an administrator. I'd say just continue editing well, make sure you contribute more in projectspace (for example at articles for deletion) and try again in a few months time. Black Kite 01:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Would you like to explain signing the IP's note as yourself? Are you the IP address or not? Metros ( talk) 02:09, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I think asking your adopter would be more appropriate. I am going to be offline.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 02:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Xp54321 (2nd) for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Metros ( talk) 02:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
That editer is just one vote amongst many. Just keep doing what you do best, take it slow, dont rush and you'll be ok. Its best to stay out of some peoples way if you dont get along. Im glad your still here. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Lol, sorry, i dont like to guess incase i get it wrong, it can be embarrassing.-- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Man, some real rubbish has happened to you today, a failed RFA, loss of rollback and a sock puppet case. Im sorry, i hope it wont put you off wikipedia. Im hope your found innocent and continue editing. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 03:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
RyRy5 (
talk
♠
copy-edit) has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Hope you stay. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 04:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad to see you're back (I was right about school being why you weren't editing) and in good spirits (aside from losing rollback, but I'm sure you'll be able to get that back in time). To answer your "has everything been resolved?" question, it looks like everyone is assuming good faith so there shouldn't be any trouble, I hope. Everything is pretty much back to normal, nothing to worry about. If you read a few sections up, you'll see some apologies up there and I want you to know that my talk page is always open if you have any questions or run into any problems. Useight ( talk) 22:04, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Please also restore our message to you. It is important to keep the record of your mistakes and corrections. If you keep deletiong our messages to you, we may consider other options. It is important to educate users and respect the works of others. 130.166.33.54 ( talk) 22:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
If he has read your message and corrected his mistake he is allowed to remove the comment. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry about what I just did to List of characters in the Saints Row series, I clicked something wrong and it placed the tag on it. Sorry- it was an accident Tentimesone ( talk) 01:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)Tentimesone
The warning you gave me was incorect as the revert I performed on Andrea_Bargnani was correct and constituted vandalism. Please be sure to check and make sure the warnings you issue to users are correct. If you are using a anti-vandal program like Huggle or VandalProof I understand if it was a mistake. Thanks. -- ♣ẼгíćЏ89♣ ( talk) 01:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Have you intentionally reverted my edit here? The country is participating in this song contest as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (e.g. see EBU's listing here), abbreviated by the official website as F.Y.R. Macedonia ( see here). My understanding is that according to WP:MOSMAC there is a general consensus to keep these articles under the official appellations or abbreviations as in F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and other. Was it by mistake? If so, I would appreciate if you could revert yourself. Thanks -- 157.228.x.x ( talk) 01:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Just for your records: [1]. -- FritzG ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
As a fellow Recent Changes patroller, I commend you on the work you've done on the recent vandalism. Nice job! Slightly Mad wanna si-ign? 02:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I removed (redundant) parent categories and added portals. It wasn't an unconstructive edit. 144.92.44.4 ( talk) 02:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Erm, do you have rollback? Your recent revrts seem to be rollback reverts.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 03:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay. Mibbit is located here. If you're on the Mibbit home page, follow these images. They will help. this image first, and then this one. They will tell you how.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 05:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
The posts on BME's wiki page are factually incorrect. They document an incident that did not happen as described and they should be removed from the wiki's entry on BME. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.17.115 ( talk) 03:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I just lost rollback. Put in RfA. Some admin noticed bad reversions, removed it. Two admins really. Any advise? User review going on for me now. Link on top of my userpage.Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 02:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You've now tagged Starfish and Coffee for user-request speedy deletion on three separate occasions. Why? There is nothing there that shows the user wants it deleted, which is why the user keeps taking the tag off the article whenever you add it. Please stop, Metros ( talk) 15:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I think he gets it now, lay off folks. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 15:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Time to archive your page and start fresh me feels. A lot of this crap you didnt deserve. ;-) -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Youll either have to let it pass through automatically or take auto archive off so that i can do it correctly. Id take off autoarchive and learn to do it manually, youll need to know for the furture, ill teach you for this one. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp, your huggle reverts there weren't helfpul. You for some reason twice reverted to an incorrect version of the page. I see you are flying through with your huggle edits, please make sure the revert is correct before making one. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 16:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you explain the reason for this revert? I noticed the user did add a second heading, but other than that, the edit looks pretty valid. What do you find inappropriate about it? Metros ( talk) 16:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp54321 can you explain why it was inappropriate? Why did you revert that? Metros ( talk) 16:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Um,I'm sorta confused here.The page history is sorta complicated but i reverted due to loss of content. But the edits are confusing please clarify. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
All right then!Jeez!What's with the harassment!? A person can't make mistakes!? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, fix as necessary. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry but it seems that the message you've sent to me was sent in error. I was actually reverting an blanking edit by an anonymous user in the Eva Angelina article. Thanks. -- Marianian ( talk) 16:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, i think ive done it, if it continues to autoarchive give me a bell. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ive added archives for the future to make your job a little easier for when you need to. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yesterday you took this off your user page saying it was an exanple of editcountitis. Yet in the last 2 hours, you've updated your edit count on your user page on four separate occasions. There is absolutely no need to constantly update it. Metros ( talk) 16:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Metros, drop it now. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
You just archived your talk page without even addressing my questions about your incorrect reverts to American Idol (season 7). Furthermore, it's really not helpful to the community if you are removing this stuff quickly so others don't see it. If you are currently having issues using Huggle, others should know about it so they can help you. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 16:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Fine then fix it. I'm getting real fed up with wikipedia at this point. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:53, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I dont blame you, try to stay positive though, come and help with some of my articles for a bit. ;-) -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm done with huggle it aggravated me.Sorry.I'm going to help R2 with some articles now. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 17:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah stop with all that and spend some time with me, im frankly shocked at the way you have been treated in recent days, its nothing short of bullying. Quit the huggle crap for now, spend some time with me. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hmm try something military related or technology or what's the new wikiproject? I'll help any way I can. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 17:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Military, that sounds great, well its the janet jackson wikiproject, but you dont need to know anything about her, just help set it up in a few weeks. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, your best bet is to read an article and see if it matches some of the stuff in your books, if not bring it up on the talk page, suggest a change be made according to whats in your book and see what feedback you get back. I wouldnt jump into setting up an article from scratch, its best to get a hang of the basics first. Oh and thanx for the barnstar, i never noticed you add it cheers. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, your doing good, this might be a nice article for you to start with, you need to source what you add remember, if you give me all the details of the book i can set you up a template. Things like title, auther, piblisher, ISBN etc. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, and what year did it come out/published. It should say at the beginning or end. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, let me set something up a moment.
OK, take a look, do you think you can source in that manner now that ive set up the shell. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Just copy and paste that little think with the different page numbers, its easy. Bild it up into a nice article, read over it to correct spelling and grammer etc. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:55, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
GA, definately but speak to us first before you nominate it, FA is really really really hard, i dont have one and i wrote most of the Michael Jackson article. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 19:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
A little style note for you, the source should come after the full stop ok, your doing great though. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 19:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
So what are you gonna do now, just article building and forget vandalism for now? Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Article building is much more rewarding. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Always check the notes at the bottom seen here. They should all look idential bar the page numbers obviouly. Notice how some have a small - while another has a slightly longer line. They should all be long lines. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:33, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Copy and paste the big line into your sources. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool, always check it to make sure its neat and tidy. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
When you finish the plot, we can move onto other aspects. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
That's gonna take a little time. I forgot about most of the plot as it's been months since I read it. I can read it probably over this weekend.(1 &1/2 days if I read like a lot) but I really don't feel like it. What are the other aspects? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah take it slowly, articles take a while. We could talk about the critical and commercial reaction on the book. Did it sell well, was it a good book sorta thing. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure, we have to research it on the internet and use reliable websites as sources. Still thats a while off, the story is the main part. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:27, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Dancerman2008 and DonDon101 appear to be the same person. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Please rename your archives currently labeled as "Attacks 1" and "Attacks 2". This title is inappropriate, especially considering that nothing in those archives are attacks, but rather, questions of the legitimacy of your edits. I see no edit in which any user attacked you. Metros ( talk) 20:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I added some information that was Correct in the MMORPG section and you deleted it. It's some research I did and thought that you would benefit from it, but apparently you didn't think so. You're only interested in things you want to hear, not always the truth! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.123.80 ( talk) 20:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Pathetic(annoying) vandal.I'm going to archive this for laughs.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
DEAR, DUDE I ADDED INFORMATION THAT YOU DECIDED TO TAKE AWAY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE TRUTH AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DELETING THAT PARAGRAPH!
uh hu they all say that 2 min before being blocked.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, a common vandal, enjoy your block when it comes ip address. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 22:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you want me to change your yellow more to my colour, its up to you, i kinda like your yellow. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 15:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. The
recent edit you made to
Callous has been reverted. Please do not interrupt people mid-edit and look down your nose at them. Use the
sandbox for testing; if you believe someone else's edit was not constructive, ensure that you provide an informative message that doesn't sound like it came from a bot.
Machete97 (
talk)
19:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
is it ok if i use this on my page and can you help me make it work ? I've seen a lot of things like this as userboxes etc Machete97 ( talk) 19:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
It is ok, but the status bots never seem to work. Just do it manually. default from buttonred to buttongreen and offline to online.Leave everything else the same.DO the opposite for when you're going to log off thus change to red and offline. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 19:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Also talk to Realist2 or RyRy5 whose signatures(and thus links to their talkpage) are on this page.They can help. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 19:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I am repairing his link to euro 68 so stop nagging me please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Hall of England ( talk • contribs) 20:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
You will be blocked if you keep vandalizing. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I am only repairing this link for him
I meant the removal of content but your other edits are okay.Keep up the good work! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I have now taken your Huggle access away for your further mistakes today. I have blanked your Huggle page and protected it for 4 weeks so that you cannot add it back. If further misuse takes place with other tools, those too will be taken away. Metros ( talk) 20:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I closed your essay as speedy delete on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Admin pledge because you, the creator, requested deletion. The next time you want a page that you created to be deleted, please add {{db-author}} to the top of the page and an administrator will delete it. You do not need to send it to AfD or MfD, unless other editors have made significant contributions to the page. Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 03:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the info. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
I've seen you around Wikipedia working tirelessly against the constant surge of vandalism. Been meaning to issue you with this banstar for a few days now. Keep up the good work! Regards —— Ryan | t • c 14:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC) |
Hey sorry, my internet connection went down yesterday so i wasnt online much. Have you found out why you lost huggle, did you have another bad day yesterday? You should continue with your article. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar | |
I gladly give this Barnstar to Xp54321, for being a member of wikipedia that accurately updates his edit count regularly, keeping us informed as always. Keep up the good work. Enjoy.-- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC) |
Oh, thankyou, that cheered me up, ive had a ruff day lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I finished my exams today but i think i messed up the last paper, i was so tired. I can resit it though. ;-( -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Lol, cheers. - Are you going to continue your article. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Glad to hear it. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that global account thing myself today, maybe it was activated for everyone recently then, at the moment i dont know how that works sorry. As for that reference thing, i dont know how that works either, i do it manually by filling in the details on templates, like i showed you. Speak to Kodster about it, he uses it. Sorry, im no use to you on these things lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
If you activated it accidently and reported it you will be fine, stop using it though ok. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I've blocked you for 15 minutes while we sort this out. What's probably happened is that it wasn't cleared out of your system after I disabled it. What you need to do is clear your cache on your computer. To do this follow the directions on this page: Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache. Let us know when you've done that and we'll see if that clears it up, Metros ( talk) 00:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Metros will I be blocked for accessing huggle?I don't mean my current block.Also how'd you find out so fast?Are you watching iridescent's talkpage because I told him/her. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I would have just rved some vandalism on an article but you blocked me.:)Sorry I am still able to access huggle. Please don't block me. I did bypass the cache with no effect.Note I've done this multiple times before but then for changes in my preferences. Also no effect. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
On the Dodge Challenger page I left the editing comments "In the next few days I plan to be completely rebuilding this page with new information from more indepth sites that have more details than this page currently provides." I request this because as a former Daimler Chrysler employee during the Challenger era I have much more info than is on here and I always work better with a clean slate so I ask for a week to rebuild the page my way if you do not like what I do you can revert no harm done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrman115115 ( talk • contribs) 00:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I have taken away the edit count barnstar off your user page. It is extremely disruptive and Realist2 is way out of line for awarding it to you. Do not add it back, Metros ( talk) 01:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
If you havent already noticed ive already got him started on an article on a book he ownes. I taught him to source the other day, he can source books and everything so dont say im a negative influence on him outright. The Teeth of the Tiger. If this witch hunt continues im quiting because its wrong. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 01:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
If you want to email me or something please do, i have AIM, im not hanging around wikipedia much anymore. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar | |
For continuing to contribute to the project, even in the face of adversity. For carrying on despite every hurdle put in your way, despite every complaint, every nit pick, every argument. You continue to smile which truely amazes me, I only wish I still had that level of love for this place. Keep strong and never give in. I award User:Xp54321 The Resilient Barnstar. Enjoy my friend. P.S - Im not making a POINT or being a DICK so dont dare remove this barnstar. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 14:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC) |
Do you have AIM? -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Uhh?What?If you're talking about email,gmail(though I have a different email for my preferences. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
If you have AOL, we can communicate on AIM, i dont like to send emails, im convinced admins can read them some how. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 03:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Then non-wikipedia email.I have two email addresses.Admins as far as I know cant intercept emails.(Unless wikipedia came up with something the equivalent of the patriot act,which i despise.:)) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:11, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I left my message on my talk page (see the box on the top of my talk page). Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 19:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Are you aware you made an edit on an archive using AutoWikiBrowser seen here. Antonio Lopez (talk) 02:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
He was new to the tool then, i dont think you will get much out of him anyway, i think hes been scared off wikipedia for good. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
All right what on earth happened here?!!!;)I report a huggle bug, go to sleep,go to school,come home and find a mess(plus a block) on my talkpage!:)From what I can tell there is now a ridiculously huge mess for me and realist2. However after a very careful review of policy and a few essays,I do find R2 and I have made a few mistakes.(do not start maiking fun of few!)R2 has given bad advice.However I'm getting of all this "hes new crap".I instantly spotted the bad advice for bad advice.However the advice was given in good faith.Also R2 has every right to leave.Me, I have a bad memory.:)Iridescent, I find has done nothing wrong at all and was very considerate and agf.Metros not so much agf.but his actions are reasonable. The sock case,only one guy voted support,but lol,he didnt even remember my name.Thus the reason was correct.However I think metros should have gotten an uninvolved admin for that and a few other things.Still R2's accusations of bullying hold some water.Strange how in a week the same admin removed rollback,opened a sock case,removed huggle and eventually blocked me.At some point another admin should have gotten involved.(I dont mean iridescent)The block was properly explained and I see no reason for oversight,besides it was short.However I do find it unnecessary as no abuse occurred during that brief period and I reported a serious bug which deserves at least a thank you.A block's my thank you?!.It justs give me a bad record.The barnstar(removal) also reasonable after review of diffs about point.Still I think there was overzealous something(bad memory,no really,what happened?) as R2 went ballistic.;) However the situation is complicated.I'd like a sitrep as to what happened in the 36 hours.Please provide diffs,evidence,comments,etc.I deal with these sort of situations like court cases.
My Conclusions(feel free to persuade otherwise,no attacks or threats,ill ignore them:
The fact Metros feels the need to continue here speaks volume. The Admin community should be seen to be neutral, myself and Xp have voiced concerns about neutrality and have asked that other admins be involved in future. Metros determination to remain here when its unnessary doesnt look good at all. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 04:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Its been ages. --— Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry been busy with school and homework.Thought I left?:)-- Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Also consider me on wikibreak. I've got a report to do for science and will be unable to get many edits in.Sorry.:( Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah no problem, come back when your ready/finished, pop in now and again to say hi though. --— Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry. I went to revert and then I clicked SHIFT-T("warn user for test edits) and you got the revert. Oh, well. J.delanoy gabs adds 01:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
... this? I have temporarily removed Huggle access from the account; however, leaving it (and you) unblocked at all is pushing WP:AGF to the extreme limits. Can you give me any reason to think this isn't another of your sockpuppets? — iride scent 01:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Isn't it stated as a alternate account? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Xp54321. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion here regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. — iride scent 02:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Calm down R2 im fine.bye!!!Tell R5 and kodster!Dont forget retire template!:)Cheers! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
OK, basically, adoption works like this: You ask questions, I give answers :P
If you want, I can also give you some hypothetical scenarios to test your knowledge. To be honest, I've never really done this formally before, and I don't know how involved you want to get. If it is easier for you, we can just keep the conversation on this page, so that you know immediately if I have answered your question. Or, I can create a subpage for all our stuff and you can watchlist it to see if I've answered your question. Just lemme know what you think.
J.delanoy
gabs
adds
02:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Subpage, hypo-scenarios, i love tests:)!!!!! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Uhh, BTW, you are allowed to edit Wikipedia. Try fighting vandalism just using Special:Recentchanges and the templates on WP:UTM. That will help you to better understand what constitutes vandalism. J.delanoy gabs adds 21:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
All right due to the fact that I hate typing a lot other editor will have get used to me shortening their names.
WHAT!!! Im ONLY number 2 on your list? :-) — Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Done
Xp54321 (
Vandals Beware!!!,
Contribs)
00:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
We've talked multiple times, so you might as well add me to the list :). Come up with any nickname you care to use, Malinaccier ( talk) 23:51, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Yep. There are some guidelines on the coaching page which is located at WP:ADCO. Happy editing, Malinaccier ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I dont understand why my page keeps on getting deleted I do everything the messages tell me but they still get deleted
Program 11 ( talk) 00:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I declined your speedy WP:CSD#A1 on this article because I felt there was sufficient information to identify the subject of the article. CIreland ( talk) 02:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
My page got deleted? Help? Explanation? What can I do to fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KTRZ4 ( talk • contribs) 02:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
It was pure vandalism.There's nothing you can do about it except continue editing making good constructive edits.I'm not an admin I just placed the equivalent of "heads up this page should be deleted" on that page.An admin deleted it. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, thank you. My appologies =) -- krizea ( talk) 03:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Your welcome.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:11, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Is too long. Please reduce the code to conform with our signature guidelines. Thanks. Rjd0060 ( talk) 03:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
SLOW DOWN!!!! You are not required to review every new page and mark it as patrolled! Try doing some vandal-fighting on Special:Recentchanges instead. I'm writing something else to you now, but you need to calm down, take a deep breath, and exhale slowly. Just take it easy, you don't have to do everything yourself. It will be fine. J.delanoy gabs adds 03:29, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay thanks I stopped a few min ago.And who said I was hyperventilating?!;)<rapid deep breaths>Oh and is the above editor correct?My sig is too long? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Be careful with your A1 CSD criteria. Some of your tagging has been suggesting lack of context when the subject was easily identifiable. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 03:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok.
My advice to you is, SLOW DOWN, man!!! You are not required to learn everything overnight, just take it slow and try to branch out. You should definitely try to write some. Find something you are interested in and see if you can fix and/or improve the articles. You should read WP:DEADLINE and some of the pages in that page's see also section.
Also, I appreciate you giving me all those barnstars, and I really don't want to say this, but doing that is, well, kind of strange. Barnstar should be given when you think an editor has made a particularly good contribution on a specific area. You should probably not give more than one barnstar to the same person in a short interval. You may also want to read WP:BSI, paying particular attention to the part about Barnstaritis B.
J.delanoy gabs adds 03:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Although it's true that we really really need people to help out on newpage patrol, you really don't need to patrol the stuff by people who are whitelisted. What would be more helpful would be patrolling the far end of the queue; articles only stay in the unpatrolled queue for 720 hours, and sometimes I'm the only person working the far end. DS ( talk) 03:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I want to add a bit more about your use of 'Speedy Delete' tags, e.g. ({{ db-bio}}, {{ Db-a1}} (context) etc. This has got to stop. Please hold off putting them on articles that have literally just been written, especially in subject areas with which you are unfamiliar.
Observe your record today and these are just some of the articles you tagged. You were tagging one article every minute, and most of them within 1 minute of their creation:
Who knows how many of the others that you've tagged and have already been deleted could have been saved!
Slapping on a 'speedy delete' as soon as the first version of the article is published, is not helpful, can be very discouraging to new editors, and means that Wikipedia loses a potentially useful article, especially if an admin is not paying attention when they go through the day's collection of 'speedy deletes' (it happens, trust me.)
Many new articles look very unpromising at first, take a lot of work to get right, need to have references found, etc. They need time, and they need the collaboration of more than one editor. For example, take a look at Aureliano in Palmira now and compare it to this rather dire beginning [3] a month earlier. Look at Folke Jonsson now and compare it to its initial version [4] only four days earlier.
Wikipedia will not self-destruct if an article of doubtful notability stays up for a few days. It's much better to tag a new article like that with {{ notability}}, but only if you have serious doubts about its notability judged by a careful reading of the article and your own attempts to find evidence of notability. Return a week later and if nothing has happened, consider adding Prod instead.
I'm asking for cooperation in this. You are a very inexperienced editor and should completely stop tagging articles for 'Speedy Delete' until you are thoroughly familiar with Wikipedia's policies, and until you are willing to slow down and take a thoughtful approach to tagging, i. e. put in some real work. It's not a contest or a game. What you are doing can have serious consequences both for new editors writing articles and for Wikipedia in general.
In fact, I would suggest you stay completely away from patrolling new articles. Put the effort into creating and referencing an article yourself so you'll understand the issues involved, instead of thoughtlessly destroying the potentially valuable work of others. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 05:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Although you have quite the "résumé" so far, I would not feel very comfortable giving you rollback rights. I would be concerned because you were recently withdrawn of the right because of misuse. If you ask me again in about a month or so, I would be more than willing to give you rollback. If you feel I am being judgmental, however, feel free to ask another admin or make another request at WP:RFR. Thanks, – L A X 22:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Iridescent changed your monobook some. He made it so that, when you use Twinkle, it always opens up the person's talk page when you revert any edits. He also made it so that when you revert an edit, tag a page for speedy deletion, or warn someone, it adds any of the pages you edited to your watchlist, so that you will know if someone changes the page back because you made a mistake. Please do not change this. However, he also (maybe unintentionally?) made it so that your edits' summaries will end with "using TW" rather than just "( TW)". If you would rather have the "advertisement" be the second one (which is what it was before now), I can tell you how to change it or I can ask Iridescent or another admin to do it for you, if you don't think you understand what I tell you, if you choose to do that. Hope this helps explain any "weird" things you see happening, and also why your watchlist is growing so fast. J.delanoy gabs adds 00:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
You requested rollback from Lax and about one minute later you requested it from me (before LAX had responded). I've read LAX's comments above, reviewed some recent contributions, reviewed the ANI thread mentioned above, and I'd have to agree with LAX, "not now", particularly since you have only recently had rollback revoked. I'd actually go a little further than LAX, I'd like to see you consult with your adopter on this issue and work towards understanding the policies and customs regarding reverting before looking for rollback again. Still, I am encouraged from everything that I read that you have the best interests of the project at heart and apparently just need some coaching for a while. Please feel free to ask again later if you can demonstrate that you have a better understanding of the policies involved. -- Doug.( talk • contribs) 05:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Xp5432, even though you archived my message about your misuse of 'speedy delete' tags as soon as you came online yesterday, you seem to have taken some of it on board, and have tried to improve. Many thanks for that. But given that you are still making a few serious errors of judgement with these tags, please ...
Thanks for reading. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 12:01, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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I've just noticed the {{adoptee|Iridescent}} userbox on your userpage, and removed it - while I appreciate you didn't add it maliciously, please don't re-add it. " Adoption" has a very specific meaning on Wikipedia, and it's a role that I wouldn't be in a position to meet even if I thought it were appropriate. You'll notice that I have no adoptees on Wikipedia, and turn down requests for adoption and admin coaching. There are three main reasons for this (note - I've used Wikipedia technical terminogy in parts of this; if there's anything you're not sure of, J.delanoy will explain):
One thing I will give you though which might be useful to both you and J.delanoy, is this tool, which you both probably ought to bookmark. (It's not a "secret tool", but not widely publicised, as it puts a strain on the server every time it's used.) This will let both of you analyse which automated tools you're using and how your use of automated tools compares to manual edits; see which articles you're working on; and monitor which namespaces you're working in. (One that leaps out at me is that you have almost 12% of your edits in userspace - for comparison, mine is 1% and J.delanoy's is 2%.) – iride scent 19:41, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I'll give you a queston on your adoption page, but honestly, I could give you questions until the world ends and I would not cover everything. The only way to gain experience is through just doing your thing, using common sense, and learning from any mistakes you make. J.delanoy gabs adds 04:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Note: I am crossposting this to your talkpage in case anyone follows the link you've added there to this discussion. Please don't archive or remove it until you archive/remove the rest of the discussion as you are seriously misrepresenting my opinions.
I have
removed your use of my name on this proposal. It was not "thought of by me", let alone "originally thought of", and totally misrepresents my opinions. I'm also spectacularly unimpressed with "this was originally thought of by Iridescent (Administrator)", as if "Administrator" is some kind of royal title. Personal comments of mine are not policy proposals — if they were, I'd be making them on Foundation policy-page discussions, not a "chat" style post on your talkpage. Please don't try to associate me with things I have nothing to do with. There are many, many "cons" to such a proposal — I don't personally think the cons outweigh the pros, but they certainly exist. The most glaring of them, in my view, are a) the symbolism of Wikipedia – a global symbol of openness – "locking people out", and b) the drop in contribution numbers that would follow from it (along with the probably loss to Facebook of the "most edited website in the world" title, which is significant in raising funds and public interest). There are many more. If you really care, you can read most of the arguments both ways at
Wikipedia:Editors should be logged in users.
In particular, I want to explicitly disassociate myself with your claim that I think "Users Receive Credit for Work: Why edit as an IP address(a stinking number) when you can create your own nickname(like a lot of sites),have your own userpage and receive things like barnstars as credit for your work?! It's somewhat of an obvious thing." is a valid argument. Nobody should be thinking like this on Wikipedia, and saying things like this is why your RFA was opposed as strongly as it was, rather than the usual WP:NOTNOW close. As many, many people have told you — but it never seems to sink in — Wikipedia is not about editcounting, barnstars, or "credit". If you want to see where this mentality led in the past and why WP:NOT#MYSPACE is such a powerful argument – and have a lot of patience for reading long rambling arguments – read this and maybe you'll understand a little better.
Incidentally, posting on Jimbo Wales's talkpage is vanishingly unlikely to even be read by him, let alone be taken seriously; it serves as a sort of unofficial honeypot for our crankier editors. – iride scent 20:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. You are much nicer than most of the people I have met on Wikipedia. Remilo ( talk) 21:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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What else can i say then: Thanks for accepting my adoption offer? And what else can i do then bring some cookies?
You are actually the first user i have ever adopted, so im still rather new to the entire adopting business, but ill do my best to be usefull. I know each user uses a different style to adopting people, so i hope my idea of how to do it appeals to you. Since you are already quite experienced i don't think i will need to go over basic stuff such as editing, so i will just skip that.
What i will do is monitor your edits, and if i see anything that i can help with (Be it easier ways to do that particular edit or otherwise) , i will just walk in and drop a note about it on your talk page. Also feel free to ask as many questions as you want to; i virtually never get bored of them so in case you want to know something, just ask away.
Well again: Welcome, and thanks for the trust. I look forward to working with you! Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 07:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I thing I set my auto-archiving thing up correctly but I have a question. Will the archiving bot automatically create an archive box or do I have to do that myself?(Which I don't know how to do.) Xp54321 ( talk) 20:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp54321 ( talk) 20:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I added the code to the top of your talk page, and as of such there is a nicely colored Led Light on the top right of your user page. Till one of the statusbots updates your current status it will default to OffLine. Lets see how quick that changed (If it does at all, i never used statusbot ;) ) Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 21:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar | |
I gladly give this Barnstar to Xp54321, for being a member of wikipedia that learns from prior mistakes. Keep up the good work. Enjoy.-- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC) |
Oh im always keeping an eye out for good editers, enjoy, call if you need any help. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
You might wise to display it on your user page like i have with mine. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:38, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Is that ok? Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, and I see your an adopter of Excirial. I just wanted to say that planning an RFA is not really encouraged. I did that about a month ago and I learned it wasn't good. I was actually planning to try an RFA at 5000 edits, but it would be better if you just tried if your ready. Look at me, I've been on wikipedia for almost three months and I already have over 9000 edits and I am not even close to being ready, even with 2500+ mainspace edits. Comments? I'd be happy to answer.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 03:59, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I see you have been busy! And of course: Congratulations on the barnstar!
As for where to keep the barnstar, it might indeed by handy to set up several pages with navigation. In case you are interested, you can copy over the navigation from my user page and adapt it to create your own. Actually you may copy over my entire user page and set it up as your own if you would like to, i got no problems with that (Several users already did actually :) ).
If you feel like creating your own navigation box, here is the link to the source code of mine: User:Excirial/Navigation. It should prove easy to adapt to your own needs, with which i will of course help if you want to. Why i am not simply building it into your page already as i did before with the archive box? Simple, i believe an user page design is rather personal. What i like to see might not be what you like to see, so before i simply smash something of this magnitude in, i would first like to hear your opinion :) Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 07:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
The reason I deleted the reference to the presence of fasces in the US Congress from the article on Fascist Symbolism is that it was blatantly tendentious -- aimed at making a political point. The reference was that the fasces on the podium were plainly visible during George W. Bush's New World Order speech. True fact. However, those fasces were equally plainly visible during every other speech made at the US Congress since the 1860s. Does the fact that the fasces were visible during the reading of Abraham Lincoln's address in 1862 reveal some truth about Lincoln or the fasces? Does the fact that the fasces were visible during the address to Congress by Winston Churchill after WWII imply that he was a closet fascist? Of course not.
I believe this paragraph should be deleted in its entirety, or perhaps noted in a single line: "Fasces also appear on the podium of the U.S. Congress, which was constructed during the period 1851-67." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.133.83 ( talk) 16:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I guess you are the one who changed back the wiki article on Kushal.
I am an Indian and fluent speaker of Hindi, and as far as I know "Kush" (कुश) Does not mean happy, "Khush" (खुश) The difference cannot be very well distinguished in English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.192.229.123 ( talk) 16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'd be glad to. Just give me a few minutes to look over your contributions. By the way, I've noticed you reverting a lot today, but I'll take a closer look. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 16:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Here is your edit history. Your doint good, you only have 280 odd mainspace edits so try to build them up. Your total edits is over 1000!!! Thats really good but you really want to get the mainspace edits higher. Also notice that there is a lot of RED. That red means that your not leaving edit summarys enough. When you make an edit make sure you give a summary, i forget aswell dont worry. Other than that your doing well. Make sure you keep that link somewhere safe, every few days check it to see how your improving. ;-) Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 20:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Meaning the article, not me! Just a quick note to mention that your Twinkle-assisted reversion ( this one) was incorrect to change "American" to "Australian". Not having knowledge of how Twinkle works, I'm guessing that the heap of white space (which was incorrect) in the earlier revision was the reason the change was made. I've edited back to "American", but kept the spacing correct, I hope. Loganberry ( Talk) 23:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi ive been reading a few adminship requests. There is an editer who does similar work to you (only a lot more of it as hes been here so long - hes up to 5000 edits) and his request isnt going too well. People over there like anti vandalism editers but they also want to see some article building. A lot of the stuff you to with twinkle etc doesnt require much interaction with other editers. You need to show you can work with others, resolve disagreements and revert vandalism. I would suggest you start contributing to building articles aswell. Split your time 2/3 reverting vandalism and 1/3 working on articles. Even if its just checking spelling, grammer or looking for reliable sources. If there is a topic you know a lot about or something that interests you, try working on it. You havent been doing much editing recently, is everything ok? Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 17:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, dont give up though. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 23:23, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Reformed Barnstar | |
For changing your ways on Wikipedia, and for your contributions, I award you the reformed barnstar. well done. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 23:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC) |
No problem, keep up the good work. Remember your status bot when you go on or off line. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:51, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I'll do my best. Keep in mind it may take me a few days. Anything specific you might want on your user page?-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 01:48, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello again. I renovated User:Realist2's user page. Is that the kind of page design you prefer, or even close? Of course I will change the colors though to the ones you like. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 03:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Done. How do you like it? --
RyRy5 (
talk ♠
Review)
01:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Check out my new userpage! RyRy5 renovated it for me.:) Xp54321 ( talk) 13:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
What is the template for the userbox saying your a new page s patroller. I am one now. So this is how they mark pages for csd so fast.:) Xp54321 ( talk) 22:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Nice job on np patrol. I looked at your contribs wow. 71.104.198.204 ( talk) 23:43, 15 May 2008 (UTC) |
Wikipedia:Edits Per Day, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Edits Per Day and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Edits Per Day during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. I'm an Editor of the wiki citation needed 00:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi XP!
First off, thanks for the barnstar; That it may twinkle forever on my my award page :)
A second thing i wanted to discuss are foreign language articles. Every now and then you will encounter a page that contains a non english language. Most times those articles will look like a whole lot of gibberish, or they are swarmed with non understandable Arabic characters. In case you can read the language it is written in, its easy to decide if the article fits in one of the other CSD caregories. If it does, tag it for removal under the proper category, and add a {{notice|Explanation Here}} uder the CSD tag explaining the admin what the article is all about.
In most cases you wont be able to read the articles contents however. When that happends, tag the page with the {{notenglish|language}} template (Substituting language for the language its written in. leaving it blank will default to unknown). After that is done just follow the templates directions and place a request on the request for translation area. People there will check if its noticable (If not, its CSD'ed) and will translate it to English. If that is not done within 20 days, the article is deleted.
Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 05:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar | |
For making EASILY over 1000 edits in May 2008, I award thee with a Shiny Original Barnstar -- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC) |
No problem, keep up the good work. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I started using it the other day aswell, i cant figure out how it works either, speak to "Kodster". He uses it, you can find him on my talk page, hes very helpful. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 22:34, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Also keep up those good edit summaries, all that RED it starting to shrink. ;-) Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 22:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Where did you extract it to? Cheers, Kodster ( You talkin' to me?) ( Stuff I messed up) 23:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi - not quite sure why you tagged this article as unreferenced; there are a couple of references on it. What sort of references are you expecting? Also, the film-editor-stub template already indicated that expansion would be welcome (at the bottom of the page). Easchiff( talk) 23:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! My 47th barnstar. Is that too many to have? -- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 02:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. It's great to know that my help is appreciated. Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 14:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't know whether Ryan offered or not, but he needs to be removed as your adopter as he himself is currently adopted, and this is not allowed under WP:ADOPT.
If you have more questions, please ask!
THanks,
Blue Goblin 7even 20:51, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you do not want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message on my talk page. Happy editing! Malinaccier ( talk) 21:21, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Why, thank you. :) If you haven't noticed from my user page, I take great pleasure in helping others.-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 21:36, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Please stop making edits such as these 1, 2, 3 using AWB. Wikipedia is not an editcount race; if you continue to make trivial and inconsequential edits like this, in clear violation of the AWB rules of use, I will remove your AWB access. — iride scent 21:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Acknowledged, I'll start paying more attention to that. Don't worry I have no intention of losing access to what I consider a very useful tool. Xp54321 ( Talk, Contribs) 21:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, I was making my 10,000th edit. It looks good, but I don't want to add it to my pages. Also, getting high edit counts is not a race. It's a horrible disease called Wikipedia:Editcountitis.-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 22:39, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Xp54321, I have moved the page entitled "Admin pledge" to Wikipedia:Admin pledge because as a Wikipedia essay it should be in the project space. I would suggest that you also try and write a small introduction on the page explaining the "pledge", is it a policy that you are trying to get implemented or something else? - Icewedge ( talk) 03:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
-- RyRy5 ( talk) 19:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was the one guy who voted you for admin. I thinkt that it is really cool for a 7th grader to (almost) get admin. good luck next time!
Sman.grimtuesday ( talk) 02:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, but I also don't know how to start it. I downloaded it and I was approved, but I have no clue how to use it. Ask the user who approved it. Thanks. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 00:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Good job. But you really don't have to tell anybody. I've learned that. Editcountitis is a horrible desiese. Beware... -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ Review) 01:10, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
2000!!! Well done, keep it up. Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 01:34, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Wow, almost all the RED edits for this month have disappeared, well done. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I have little involvement with vandalism, aside protecting the pages on my watchlist and asking for semi protections. Im an article creater, im not involved with maintainence, sorry. I dont know how to set one up. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I would do more vandalism work but between building articles and reviewing articles for GA i dont have any more time lol. I do my bit of vandal revision and warning templates when i see it but dont actively go looking for vandalism. I often report vandalism and ask for page protections. Yes kodster dd inform me, gutted, still its only a few weeks. He gave me my wikibirthday present early lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, here's how it works. First, you go to your preference, checkmark the box that reads "Raw Signature" next to it. Add the following code to the box above the box you check marked (It should be a long box you add the following code to):
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Vandals Beware!!!</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup>
-- Ryan Cross ( talk ♠ Review) 20:41, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Insert
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Vandals Beware!!!</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup>
into your preference and tick "Raw Signature". See what the result is, let me know. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:15, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you want to try and make that Vandals beware and contributions stand out more, its a little hard to see. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, we will take this in stages, first try this one in your preferences
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]]<sup> ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Vandals Beware!!!'''''</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Contribs'''''</font>]])</sup>
Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure ill leave a comment shortly. Im confused, are you happy with your user name or do you want further alterations? I dont mind. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, i dont know how to make letters bigger, the only thing i could think of is to make it all capital letters. You could also try a darker yellow like i have. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah, i realise why the letters are small, its because they are floating on a higher level. To make the letters the normal size you would have to remove the rise on Beware vandals. Notice how my 2 is slightly smaller, its because its risen. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
If you want be to bring it down i will, as for my present, lol, you still have some time to think about it. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:06, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Try this to bring it down
[[User:Xp54321|<font color="191970">'''Xp54321'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Vandals Beware!!!'''''</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Xp54321|<font color="FF8C00">'''''Contribs'''''</font>]])
Cheers, for smile. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry ill remember your review, ive had a lot of exams in recent days, catching up on lost sleep, thanx for the barstar!!!, if you want anything else done with your user name let me know. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
LOL, editing in Europe! Yeah, I just got your message, and the editor is blocked. :) Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 20:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
As far as I can tell, you're doing great. Just remember to use Rollback for vandalism only :). Malinaccier ( talk) 23:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I left a message, cheers. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
I think you're on the right track, but an RFA now is too early. A lot of RFA contributors look for 5 months of active editing or more before they support an RFA. I would suggest you withdraw this as I'm pretty sure it won't pass. Regards, Malinaccier ( talk) 01:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Why did you rollback this as well as this? What do you believe is wrong about these two edits that is unquestionably vandalism? Metros ( talk) 01:42, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
So I see you're using Huggle now, but you're still reverting inappropriately. There appears to be nothing wrong with this edit that you reverted. Can you explain why you reverted? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 01:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
XP, careful with Huggle. I personally have used it a few times and have made a couple of errors, hence why I discontinued my use of it. It works extremely fast and efficient in the hands of an experienced user, but may cause unwanted errors. I encourage you to try simple WP:REVERT for the time being so that you can easy locate and undo vandalism. Once you have that sorted out, move to a script, preferably WP:TWINKLE. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 01:10, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello there, the problem is that without many edits to the Wikipedia namespace, it's impossible to tell whether you understand the policies that you'd need to be familiar with as an administrator. I'd say just continue editing well, make sure you contribute more in projectspace (for example at articles for deletion) and try again in a few months time. Black Kite 01:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Would you like to explain signing the IP's note as yourself? Are you the IP address or not? Metros ( talk) 02:09, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I think asking your adopter would be more appropriate. I am going to be offline.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 02:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
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You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Xp54321 (2nd) for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Metros ( talk) 02:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
That editer is just one vote amongst many. Just keep doing what you do best, take it slow, dont rush and you'll be ok. Its best to stay out of some peoples way if you dont get along. Im glad your still here. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Lol, sorry, i dont like to guess incase i get it wrong, it can be embarrassing.-- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Man, some real rubbish has happened to you today, a failed RFA, loss of rollback and a sock puppet case. Im sorry, i hope it wont put you off wikipedia. Im hope your found innocent and continue editing. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 03:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
RyRy5 (
talk
♠
copy-edit) has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Hope you stay. -- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 04:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad to see you're back (I was right about school being why you weren't editing) and in good spirits (aside from losing rollback, but I'm sure you'll be able to get that back in time). To answer your "has everything been resolved?" question, it looks like everyone is assuming good faith so there shouldn't be any trouble, I hope. Everything is pretty much back to normal, nothing to worry about. If you read a few sections up, you'll see some apologies up there and I want you to know that my talk page is always open if you have any questions or run into any problems. Useight ( talk) 22:04, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Please also restore our message to you. It is important to keep the record of your mistakes and corrections. If you keep deletiong our messages to you, we may consider other options. It is important to educate users and respect the works of others. 130.166.33.54 ( talk) 22:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
If he has read your message and corrected his mistake he is allowed to remove the comment. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry about what I just did to List of characters in the Saints Row series, I clicked something wrong and it placed the tag on it. Sorry- it was an accident Tentimesone ( talk) 01:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)Tentimesone
The warning you gave me was incorect as the revert I performed on Andrea_Bargnani was correct and constituted vandalism. Please be sure to check and make sure the warnings you issue to users are correct. If you are using a anti-vandal program like Huggle or VandalProof I understand if it was a mistake. Thanks. -- ♣ẼгíćЏ89♣ ( talk) 01:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Have you intentionally reverted my edit here? The country is participating in this song contest as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (e.g. see EBU's listing here), abbreviated by the official website as F.Y.R. Macedonia ( see here). My understanding is that according to WP:MOSMAC there is a general consensus to keep these articles under the official appellations or abbreviations as in F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and other. Was it by mistake? If so, I would appreciate if you could revert yourself. Thanks -- 157.228.x.x ( talk) 01:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Just for your records: [1]. -- FritzG ( talk) 02:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
As a fellow Recent Changes patroller, I commend you on the work you've done on the recent vandalism. Nice job! Slightly Mad wanna si-ign? 02:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I removed (redundant) parent categories and added portals. It wasn't an unconstructive edit. 144.92.44.4 ( talk) 02:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Erm, do you have rollback? Your recent revrts seem to be rollback reverts.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 03:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay. Mibbit is located here. If you're on the Mibbit home page, follow these images. They will help. this image first, and then this one. They will tell you how.-- RyRy5 ( talk ♠ copy-edit) 05:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
The posts on BME's wiki page are factually incorrect. They document an incident that did not happen as described and they should be removed from the wiki's entry on BME. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.17.115 ( talk) 03:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I just lost rollback. Put in RfA. Some admin noticed bad reversions, removed it. Two admins really. Any advise? User review going on for me now. Link on top of my userpage.Xp54321 (Vandals Beware!!!,Contribs) 02:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You've now tagged Starfish and Coffee for user-request speedy deletion on three separate occasions. Why? There is nothing there that shows the user wants it deleted, which is why the user keeps taking the tag off the article whenever you add it. Please stop, Metros ( talk) 15:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I think he gets it now, lay off folks. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 15:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Time to archive your page and start fresh me feels. A lot of this crap you didnt deserve. ;-) -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Youll either have to let it pass through automatically or take auto archive off so that i can do it correctly. Id take off autoarchive and learn to do it manually, youll need to know for the furture, ill teach you for this one. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp, your huggle reverts there weren't helfpul. You for some reason twice reverted to an incorrect version of the page. I see you are flying through with your huggle edits, please make sure the revert is correct before making one. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 16:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you explain the reason for this revert? I noticed the user did add a second heading, but other than that, the edit looks pretty valid. What do you find inappropriate about it? Metros ( talk) 16:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Xp54321 can you explain why it was inappropriate? Why did you revert that? Metros ( talk) 16:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Um,I'm sorta confused here.The page history is sorta complicated but i reverted due to loss of content. But the edits are confusing please clarify. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
All right then!Jeez!What's with the harassment!? A person can't make mistakes!? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, fix as necessary. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry but it seems that the message you've sent to me was sent in error. I was actually reverting an blanking edit by an anonymous user in the Eva Angelina article. Thanks. -- Marianian ( talk) 16:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, i think ive done it, if it continues to autoarchive give me a bell. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ive added archives for the future to make your job a little easier for when you need to. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yesterday you took this off your user page saying it was an exanple of editcountitis. Yet in the last 2 hours, you've updated your edit count on your user page on four separate occasions. There is absolutely no need to constantly update it. Metros ( talk) 16:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Metros, drop it now. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
You just archived your talk page without even addressing my questions about your incorrect reverts to American Idol (season 7). Furthermore, it's really not helpful to the community if you are removing this stuff quickly so others don't see it. If you are currently having issues using Huggle, others should know about it so they can help you. Gwynand | Talk• Contribs 16:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Fine then fix it. I'm getting real fed up with wikipedia at this point. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 16:53, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I dont blame you, try to stay positive though, come and help with some of my articles for a bit. ;-) -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm done with huggle it aggravated me.Sorry.I'm going to help R2 with some articles now. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 17:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah stop with all that and spend some time with me, im frankly shocked at the way you have been treated in recent days, its nothing short of bullying. Quit the huggle crap for now, spend some time with me. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hmm try something military related or technology or what's the new wikiproject? I'll help any way I can. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 17:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Military, that sounds great, well its the janet jackson wikiproject, but you dont need to know anything about her, just help set it up in a few weeks. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, your best bet is to read an article and see if it matches some of the stuff in your books, if not bring it up on the talk page, suggest a change be made according to whats in your book and see what feedback you get back. I wouldnt jump into setting up an article from scratch, its best to get a hang of the basics first. Oh and thanx for the barnstar, i never noticed you add it cheers. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 17:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, your doing good, this might be a nice article for you to start with, you need to source what you add remember, if you give me all the details of the book i can set you up a template. Things like title, auther, piblisher, ISBN etc. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, and what year did it come out/published. It should say at the beginning or end. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, let me set something up a moment.
OK, take a look, do you think you can source in that manner now that ive set up the shell. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Just copy and paste that little think with the different page numbers, its easy. Bild it up into a nice article, read over it to correct spelling and grammer etc. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 18:55, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
GA, definately but speak to us first before you nominate it, FA is really really really hard, i dont have one and i wrote most of the Michael Jackson article. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 19:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
A little style note for you, the source should come after the full stop ok, your doing great though. ;-) Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 19:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
So what are you gonna do now, just article building and forget vandalism for now? Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Article building is much more rewarding. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:14, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Always check the notes at the bottom seen here. They should all look idential bar the page numbers obviouly. Notice how some have a small - while another has a slightly longer line. They should all be long lines. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:33, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Copy and paste the big line into your sources. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 20:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool, always check it to make sure its neat and tidy. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
When you finish the plot, we can move onto other aspects. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
That's gonna take a little time. I forgot about most of the plot as it's been months since I read it. I can read it probably over this weekend.(1 &1/2 days if I read like a lot) but I really don't feel like it. What are the other aspects? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah take it slowly, articles take a while. We could talk about the critical and commercial reaction on the book. Did it sell well, was it a good book sorta thing. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Sure, we have to research it on the internet and use reliable websites as sources. Still thats a while off, the story is the main part. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:27, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Dancerman2008 and DonDon101 appear to be the same person. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Please rename your archives currently labeled as "Attacks 1" and "Attacks 2". This title is inappropriate, especially considering that nothing in those archives are attacks, but rather, questions of the legitimacy of your edits. I see no edit in which any user attacked you. Metros ( talk) 20:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
I added some information that was Correct in the MMORPG section and you deleted it. It's some research I did and thought that you would benefit from it, but apparently you didn't think so. You're only interested in things you want to hear, not always the truth! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.123.80 ( talk) 20:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Pathetic(annoying) vandal.I'm going to archive this for laughs.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
DEAR, DUDE I ADDED INFORMATION THAT YOU DECIDED TO TAKE AWAY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE TRUTH AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT DELETING THAT PARAGRAPH!
uh hu they all say that 2 min before being blocked.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, a common vandal, enjoy your block when it comes ip address. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 22:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you want me to change your yellow more to my colour, its up to you, i kinda like your yellow. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 15:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. The
recent edit you made to
Callous has been reverted. Please do not interrupt people mid-edit and look down your nose at them. Use the
sandbox for testing; if you believe someone else's edit was not constructive, ensure that you provide an informative message that doesn't sound like it came from a bot.
Machete97 (
talk)
19:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
is it ok if i use this on my page and can you help me make it work ? I've seen a lot of things like this as userboxes etc Machete97 ( talk) 19:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
It is ok, but the status bots never seem to work. Just do it manually. default from buttonred to buttongreen and offline to online.Leave everything else the same.DO the opposite for when you're going to log off thus change to red and offline. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 19:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Also talk to Realist2 or RyRy5 whose signatures(and thus links to their talkpage) are on this page.They can help. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 19:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I am repairing his link to euro 68 so stop nagging me please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Hall of England ( talk • contribs) 20:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
You will be blocked if you keep vandalizing. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I am only repairing this link for him
I meant the removal of content but your other edits are okay.Keep up the good work! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 20:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I have now taken your Huggle access away for your further mistakes today. I have blanked your Huggle page and protected it for 4 weeks so that you cannot add it back. If further misuse takes place with other tools, those too will be taken away. Metros ( talk) 20:15, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I closed your essay as speedy delete on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Admin pledge because you, the creator, requested deletion. The next time you want a page that you created to be deleted, please add {{db-author}} to the top of the page and an administrator will delete it. You do not need to send it to AfD or MfD, unless other editors have made significant contributions to the page. Thanks, Cunard ( talk) 03:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the info. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
I've seen you around Wikipedia working tirelessly against the constant surge of vandalism. Been meaning to issue you with this banstar for a few days now. Keep up the good work! Regards —— Ryan | t • c 14:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC) |
Hey sorry, my internet connection went down yesterday so i wasnt online much. Have you found out why you lost huggle, did you have another bad day yesterday? You should continue with your article. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 16:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar | |
I gladly give this Barnstar to Xp54321, for being a member of wikipedia that accurately updates his edit count regularly, keeping us informed as always. Keep up the good work. Enjoy.-- Realist2 ( 'Come Speak To Me') 02:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC) |
Oh, thankyou, that cheered me up, ive had a ruff day lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:45, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I finished my exams today but i think i messed up the last paper, i was so tired. I can resit it though. ;-( -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:01, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Lol, cheers. - Are you going to continue your article. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Glad to hear it. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that global account thing myself today, maybe it was activated for everyone recently then, at the moment i dont know how that works sorry. As for that reference thing, i dont know how that works either, i do it manually by filling in the details on templates, like i showed you. Speak to Kodster about it, he uses it. Sorry, im no use to you on these things lol. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 23:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
If you activated it accidently and reported it you will be fine, stop using it though ok. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 00:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I've blocked you for 15 minutes while we sort this out. What's probably happened is that it wasn't cleared out of your system after I disabled it. What you need to do is clear your cache on your computer. To do this follow the directions on this page: Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache. Let us know when you've done that and we'll see if that clears it up, Metros ( talk) 00:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Metros will I be blocked for accessing huggle?I don't mean my current block.Also how'd you find out so fast?Are you watching iridescent's talkpage because I told him/her. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I would have just rved some vandalism on an article but you blocked me.:)Sorry I am still able to access huggle. Please don't block me. I did bypass the cache with no effect.Note I've done this multiple times before but then for changes in my preferences. Also no effect. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
On the Dodge Challenger page I left the editing comments "In the next few days I plan to be completely rebuilding this page with new information from more indepth sites that have more details than this page currently provides." I request this because as a former Daimler Chrysler employee during the Challenger era I have much more info than is on here and I always work better with a clean slate so I ask for a week to rebuild the page my way if you do not like what I do you can revert no harm done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrman115115 ( talk • contribs) 00:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I have taken away the edit count barnstar off your user page. It is extremely disruptive and Realist2 is way out of line for awarding it to you. Do not add it back, Metros ( talk) 01:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
If you havent already noticed ive already got him started on an article on a book he ownes. I taught him to source the other day, he can source books and everything so dont say im a negative influence on him outright. The Teeth of the Tiger. If this witch hunt continues im quiting because its wrong. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 01:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
If you want to email me or something please do, i have AIM, im not hanging around wikipedia much anymore. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar | |
For continuing to contribute to the project, even in the face of adversity. For carrying on despite every hurdle put in your way, despite every complaint, every nit pick, every argument. You continue to smile which truely amazes me, I only wish I still had that level of love for this place. Keep strong and never give in. I award User:Xp54321 The Resilient Barnstar. Enjoy my friend. P.S - Im not making a POINT or being a DICK so dont dare remove this barnstar. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 14:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC) |
Do you have AIM? -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Uhh?What?If you're talking about email,gmail(though I have a different email for my preferences. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
If you have AOL, we can communicate on AIM, i dont like to send emails, im convinced admins can read them some how. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 03:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Then non-wikipedia email.I have two email addresses.Admins as far as I know cant intercept emails.(Unless wikipedia came up with something the equivalent of the patriot act,which i despise.:)) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:11, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I left my message on my talk page (see the box on the top of my talk page). Cheers, Kodster ( heLLo) ( Me did that) 19:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Are you aware you made an edit on an archive using AutoWikiBrowser seen here. Antonio Lopez (talk) 02:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
He was new to the tool then, i dont think you will get much out of him anyway, i think hes been scared off wikipedia for good. -- Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 02:42, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
All right what on earth happened here?!!!;)I report a huggle bug, go to sleep,go to school,come home and find a mess(plus a block) on my talkpage!:)From what I can tell there is now a ridiculously huge mess for me and realist2. However after a very careful review of policy and a few essays,I do find R2 and I have made a few mistakes.(do not start maiking fun of few!)R2 has given bad advice.However I'm getting of all this "hes new crap".I instantly spotted the bad advice for bad advice.However the advice was given in good faith.Also R2 has every right to leave.Me, I have a bad memory.:)Iridescent, I find has done nothing wrong at all and was very considerate and agf.Metros not so much agf.but his actions are reasonable. The sock case,only one guy voted support,but lol,he didnt even remember my name.Thus the reason was correct.However I think metros should have gotten an uninvolved admin for that and a few other things.Still R2's accusations of bullying hold some water.Strange how in a week the same admin removed rollback,opened a sock case,removed huggle and eventually blocked me.At some point another admin should have gotten involved.(I dont mean iridescent)The block was properly explained and I see no reason for oversight,besides it was short.However I do find it unnecessary as no abuse occurred during that brief period and I reported a serious bug which deserves at least a thank you.A block's my thank you?!.It justs give me a bad record.The barnstar(removal) also reasonable after review of diffs about point.Still I think there was overzealous something(bad memory,no really,what happened?) as R2 went ballistic.;) However the situation is complicated.I'd like a sitrep as to what happened in the 36 hours.Please provide diffs,evidence,comments,etc.I deal with these sort of situations like court cases.
My Conclusions(feel free to persuade otherwise,no attacks or threats,ill ignore them:
The fact Metros feels the need to continue here speaks volume. The Admin community should be seen to be neutral, myself and Xp have voiced concerns about neutrality and have asked that other admins be involved in future. Metros determination to remain here when its unnessary doesnt look good at all. Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 04:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Its been ages. --— Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry been busy with school and homework.Thought I left?:)-- Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Also consider me on wikibreak. I've got a report to do for science and will be unable to get many edits in.Sorry.:( Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 21:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Ah no problem, come back when your ready/finished, pop in now and again to say hi though. --— Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 21:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry. I went to revert and then I clicked SHIFT-T("warn user for test edits) and you got the revert. Oh, well. J.delanoy gabs adds 01:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
... this? I have temporarily removed Huggle access from the account; however, leaving it (and you) unblocked at all is pushing WP:AGF to the extreme limits. Can you give me any reason to think this isn't another of your sockpuppets? — iride scent 01:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Isn't it stated as a alternate account? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 01:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Xp54321. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion here regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. — iride scent 02:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Calm down R2 im fine.bye!!!Tell R5 and kodster!Dont forget retire template!:)Cheers! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
OK, basically, adoption works like this: You ask questions, I give answers :P
If you want, I can also give you some hypothetical scenarios to test your knowledge. To be honest, I've never really done this formally before, and I don't know how involved you want to get. If it is easier for you, we can just keep the conversation on this page, so that you know immediately if I have answered your question. Or, I can create a subpage for all our stuff and you can watchlist it to see if I've answered your question. Just lemme know what you think.
J.delanoy
gabs
adds
02:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Subpage, hypo-scenarios, i love tests:)!!!!! Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 02:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Uhh, BTW, you are allowed to edit Wikipedia. Try fighting vandalism just using Special:Recentchanges and the templates on WP:UTM. That will help you to better understand what constitutes vandalism. J.delanoy gabs adds 21:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
All right due to the fact that I hate typing a lot other editor will have get used to me shortening their names.
WHAT!!! Im ONLY number 2 on your list? :-) — Realist2 ( Come Speak To Me) 22:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Done
Xp54321 (
Vandals Beware!!!,
Contribs)
00:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
We've talked multiple times, so you might as well add me to the list :). Come up with any nickname you care to use, Malinaccier ( talk) 23:51, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Yep. There are some guidelines on the coaching page which is located at WP:ADCO. Happy editing, Malinaccier ( talk) 23:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I dont understand why my page keeps on getting deleted I do everything the messages tell me but they still get deleted
Program 11 ( talk) 00:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I declined your speedy WP:CSD#A1 on this article because I felt there was sufficient information to identify the subject of the article. CIreland ( talk) 02:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
My page got deleted? Help? Explanation? What can I do to fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KTRZ4 ( talk • contribs) 02:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
It was pure vandalism.There's nothing you can do about it except continue editing making good constructive edits.I'm not an admin I just placed the equivalent of "heads up this page should be deleted" on that page.An admin deleted it. Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, thank you. My appologies =) -- krizea ( talk) 03:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Your welcome.:) Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:11, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Is too long. Please reduce the code to conform with our signature guidelines. Thanks. Rjd0060 ( talk) 03:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
SLOW DOWN!!!! You are not required to review every new page and mark it as patrolled! Try doing some vandal-fighting on Special:Recentchanges instead. I'm writing something else to you now, but you need to calm down, take a deep breath, and exhale slowly. Just take it easy, you don't have to do everything yourself. It will be fine. J.delanoy gabs adds 03:29, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay thanks I stopped a few min ago.And who said I was hyperventilating?!;)<rapid deep breaths>Oh and is the above editor correct?My sig is too long? Xp54321 ( Vandals Beware!!!, Contribs) 03:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Be careful with your A1 CSD criteria. Some of your tagging has been suggesting lack of context when the subject was easily identifiable. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 03:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok.
My advice to you is, SLOW DOWN, man!!! You are not required to learn everything overnight, just take it slow and try to branch out. You should definitely try to write some. Find something you are interested in and see if you can fix and/or improve the articles. You should read WP:DEADLINE and some of the pages in that page's see also section.
Also, I appreciate you giving me all those barnstars, and I really don't want to say this, but doing that is, well, kind of strange. Barnstar should be given when you think an editor has made a particularly good contribution on a specific area. You should probably not give more than one barnstar to the same person in a short interval. You may also want to read WP:BSI, paying particular attention to the part about Barnstaritis B.
J.delanoy gabs adds 03:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Although it's true that we really really need people to help out on newpage patrol, you really don't need to patrol the stuff by people who are whitelisted. What would be more helpful would be patrolling the far end of the queue; articles only stay in the unpatrolled queue for 720 hours, and sometimes I'm the only person working the far end. DS ( talk) 03:44, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I want to add a bit more about your use of 'Speedy Delete' tags, e.g. ({{ db-bio}}, {{ Db-a1}} (context) etc. This has got to stop. Please hold off putting them on articles that have literally just been written, especially in subject areas with which you are unfamiliar.
Observe your record today and these are just some of the articles you tagged. You were tagging one article every minute, and most of them within 1 minute of their creation:
Who knows how many of the others that you've tagged and have already been deleted could have been saved!
Slapping on a 'speedy delete' as soon as the first version of the article is published, is not helpful, can be very discouraging to new editors, and means that Wikipedia loses a potentially useful article, especially if an admin is not paying attention when they go through the day's collection of 'speedy deletes' (it happens, trust me.)
Many new articles look very unpromising at first, take a lot of work to get right, need to have references found, etc. They need time, and they need the collaboration of more than one editor. For example, take a look at Aureliano in Palmira now and compare it to this rather dire beginning [3] a month earlier. Look at Folke Jonsson now and compare it to its initial version [4] only four days earlier.
Wikipedia will not self-destruct if an article of doubtful notability stays up for a few days. It's much better to tag a new article like that with {{ notability}}, but only if you have serious doubts about its notability judged by a careful reading of the article and your own attempts to find evidence of notability. Return a week later and if nothing has happened, consider adding Prod instead.
I'm asking for cooperation in this. You are a very inexperienced editor and should completely stop tagging articles for 'Speedy Delete' until you are thoroughly familiar with Wikipedia's policies, and until you are willing to slow down and take a thoughtful approach to tagging, i. e. put in some real work. It's not a contest or a game. What you are doing can have serious consequences both for new editors writing articles and for Wikipedia in general.
In fact, I would suggest you stay completely away from patrolling new articles. Put the effort into creating and referencing an article yourself so you'll understand the issues involved, instead of thoughtlessly destroying the potentially valuable work of others. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 05:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Although you have quite the "résumé" so far, I would not feel very comfortable giving you rollback rights. I would be concerned because you were recently withdrawn of the right because of misuse. If you ask me again in about a month or so, I would be more than willing to give you rollback. If you feel I am being judgmental, however, feel free to ask another admin or make another request at WP:RFR. Thanks, – L A X 22:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Iridescent changed your monobook some. He made it so that, when you use Twinkle, it always opens up the person's talk page when you revert any edits. He also made it so that when you revert an edit, tag a page for speedy deletion, or warn someone, it adds any of the pages you edited to your watchlist, so that you will know if someone changes the page back because you made a mistake. Please do not change this. However, he also (maybe unintentionally?) made it so that your edits' summaries will end with "using TW" rather than just "( TW)". If you would rather have the "advertisement" be the second one (which is what it was before now), I can tell you how to change it or I can ask Iridescent or another admin to do it for you, if you don't think you understand what I tell you, if you choose to do that. Hope this helps explain any "weird" things you see happening, and also why your watchlist is growing so fast. J.delanoy gabs adds 00:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
You requested rollback from Lax and about one minute later you requested it from me (before LAX had responded). I've read LAX's comments above, reviewed some recent contributions, reviewed the ANI thread mentioned above, and I'd have to agree with LAX, "not now", particularly since you have only recently had rollback revoked. I'd actually go a little further than LAX, I'd like to see you consult with your adopter on this issue and work towards understanding the policies and customs regarding reverting before looking for rollback again. Still, I am encouraged from everything that I read that you have the best interests of the project at heart and apparently just need some coaching for a while. Please feel free to ask again later if you can demonstrate that you have a better understanding of the policies involved. -- Doug.( talk • contribs) 05:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Xp5432, even though you archived my message about your misuse of 'speedy delete' tags as soon as you came online yesterday, you seem to have taken some of it on board, and have tried to improve. Many thanks for that. But given that you are still making a few serious errors of judgement with these tags, please ...
Thanks for reading. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 12:01, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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I've just noticed the {{adoptee|Iridescent}} userbox on your userpage, and removed it - while I appreciate you didn't add it maliciously, please don't re-add it. " Adoption" has a very specific meaning on Wikipedia, and it's a role that I wouldn't be in a position to meet even if I thought it were appropriate. You'll notice that I have no adoptees on Wikipedia, and turn down requests for adoption and admin coaching. There are three main reasons for this (note - I've used Wikipedia technical terminogy in parts of this; if there's anything you're not sure of, J.delanoy will explain):
One thing I will give you though which might be useful to both you and J.delanoy, is this tool, which you both probably ought to bookmark. (It's not a "secret tool", but not widely publicised, as it puts a strain on the server every time it's used.) This will let both of you analyse which automated tools you're using and how your use of automated tools compares to manual edits; see which articles you're working on; and monitor which namespaces you're working in. (One that leaps out at me is that you have almost 12% of your edits in userspace - for comparison, mine is 1% and J.delanoy's is 2%.) – iride scent 19:41, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I'll give you a queston on your adoption page, but honestly, I could give you questions until the world ends and I would not cover everything. The only way to gain experience is through just doing your thing, using common sense, and learning from any mistakes you make. J.delanoy gabs adds 04:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Note: I am crossposting this to your talkpage in case anyone follows the link you've added there to this discussion. Please don't archive or remove it until you archive/remove the rest of the discussion as you are seriously misrepresenting my opinions.
I have
removed your use of my name on this proposal. It was not "thought of by me", let alone "originally thought of", and totally misrepresents my opinions. I'm also spectacularly unimpressed with "this was originally thought of by Iridescent (Administrator)", as if "Administrator" is some kind of royal title. Personal comments of mine are not policy proposals — if they were, I'd be making them on Foundation policy-page discussions, not a "chat" style post on your talkpage. Please don't try to associate me with things I have nothing to do with. There are many, many "cons" to such a proposal — I don't personally think the cons outweigh the pros, but they certainly exist. The most glaring of them, in my view, are a) the symbolism of Wikipedia – a global symbol of openness – "locking people out", and b) the drop in contribution numbers that would follow from it (along with the probably loss to Facebook of the "most edited website in the world" title, which is significant in raising funds and public interest). There are many more. If you really care, you can read most of the arguments both ways at
Wikipedia:Editors should be logged in users.
In particular, I want to explicitly disassociate myself with your claim that I think "Users Receive Credit for Work: Why edit as an IP address(a stinking number) when you can create your own nickname(like a lot of sites),have your own userpage and receive things like barnstars as credit for your work?! It's somewhat of an obvious thing." is a valid argument. Nobody should be thinking like this on Wikipedia, and saying things like this is why your RFA was opposed as strongly as it was, rather than the usual WP:NOTNOW close. As many, many people have told you — but it never seems to sink in — Wikipedia is not about editcounting, barnstars, or "credit". If you want to see where this mentality led in the past and why WP:NOT#MYSPACE is such a powerful argument – and have a lot of patience for reading long rambling arguments – read this and maybe you'll understand a little better.
Incidentally, posting on Jimbo Wales's talkpage is vanishingly unlikely to even be read by him, let alone be taken seriously; it serves as a sort of unofficial honeypot for our crankier editors. – iride scent 20:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. You are much nicer than most of the people I have met on Wikipedia. Remilo ( talk) 21:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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