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Hey, could you please delete Kirk Cameron, then move User:American Eagle/Sandbox2 into it, then undelete it? It is now suitable for article space, and I don't want to copy-paste. Thank you. -- American Eagle ( talk) 23:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:40, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you again. One question; why did you delete Kirk Thomas Cameron? Thanks. -- American Eagle ( talk) 23:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, my god. I freaking hate Twinkle sometimes... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

I thought so. ;) -- American Eagle ( talk) 23:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello sir delanoy. I was wondering if it was possible for you to tell me how to find the tutorials of wikipedia and perhaps a mentor of some sort. Does wikipedia have that?

Im sorry if tha last message went through if it didnt I asked if you could tell how to find the tutorials of wikipedia. Also does wikipedia offer mentors? Dissidia Fan ( talk) 01:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

As you won't respond on my talkpage and I've waited far too long now (it's 3am now in Germany and I've got to go to work in four hours) here's my decision: I'll grant you your wish and will stop using Huggle. As you are an Admin you might remove my rollback rights so I want be seduced again. If you have a further problem with me, don't hesitate to tell me. I'll overthink my presence here then. --Say Headcheese!-- hexa Chord ² 02:06, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha! Grr...you're making my editcount plummet! At least this distracted you for a few seconds...hopefully. :) Keep up the good work! Cheers. Imperat§ r^{( Talk)} 15:51, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Hah! Thanks! I think.... :P J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 15:51, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

lmao! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:14, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dear Mr. Delanoy,

The Sun of Vergina symbol flag and the use of 'Republic of Macedonia' instead of 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' on the articles on wikipedia constitute vandalism. Please respect my country's history at least until the name and flag symbol's issue is resolved and do not undermine our efforts as a country.

Once again, I urge you to show more respect.

Kind Regards Antonios Chatzidakis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.200.186 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, December 1, 2008 (edit)

I am not, and Wikipedia is not, disrespecting your country's (which I assume is Greece) history. In return, you will not use Wikipedia as a battleground. The country in question refers to itself as the Republic of Macedonia, so we (Wikipedia) refer to it as the Republic of Macedonia. Fight your retarded name battles elsewhere, changing Wikipedia will not change anyone's mind.

I, as an American, do not care what it is called, and I do not understand how you all over in the Balkan Peninsula cannot simply agree to disagree, or at least fight your battle in a forum where you have even the tiniest chance of changing something. Jesus Christ! That battle has been going on ever since Alexander the Great started out on his career of conquest almost 2500 years ago. Do you really think changing Wikipedia's articles will affect anything? If you have a problem with it, go to the articles' talk pages and ask first. Or, just fix some typos, write/expand an article, or revert real vandalism. Don't you people have anything better to do than fight? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

If you want to discuss changing the name, there's an ongoing discussion about what to call the article here. –  iride scent 16:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Us people have better things to do but unfortunately we are not more than 15 million globally and certainly not 350 million. You cannot violate or change history and facts, simple as that. It is not like you want your mother to buy you a chocolate, she denies and then you cry. Would you have liked for example Mexico changing its name to Republic of Texas -no offence-? Pls, I urge you to think because unfortunately US is not in Europe to rethink some issues and behaviours.

Many Thanks Antonios

(not 100% sure what you just said there...)If Mexico wanted to change their name to anything (other than "The United States of America") I would not care. None of the states in the USA calls themselves "Republic of" anything, and I cannot imagine any Texan caring in the least if another country decided to use a name that their state used more than 150 years ago.

I also have little interest in carrying on a philosophical argument about something that neither of us is likely to ever have the least bit of an impact on. Just please don't go around changing "Republic of Macedonia" to "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" before an agreement is reached on the page Iridescent linked to above. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:17, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

The District of Columbia seem to get on fine with the fact that there's a Columbia. So does Georgia. And Brittany. And Paris, Texas, come to that. –  iridescent 19:27, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeap but there's a reason for that my friend. All the people who are living in the States they were not local inhabitants of the USA before 1776 but they were coming from Europe, Africa, Asia etc. So they wanted to pay a tribute; but in this case your above examples do not stand and the reasons are more than obvious. If you do not know, please read something else than Wikipedia. Because Wikipedia is not an academic source and hopefully will never be.

Antonios

Guess you are right, the part blithering idiots was absolutely perfect and it needs to be reversed -afghanistan, vietnam, iraq, oil- all the blithering idiotic range rovers without oil! Sounds perfect! Have a nice day and enjoy your Paris, I went to the original last month! Bye Bye

Perhaps if the Parthenon were a pile of white dust under a cloud of smoke from your country's largest city after a terrorist attack, you would feel differently about Afghanistan. But I may be wrong. You will likely be too busy changing Wikipedia's articles about the Republic of Macedonia to notice. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

One does have to wonder why, if Greece/Macedonia is so great, Mr IP chooses to live in England… –  iride scent 19:50, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I've noticed that with these FYROM people. Also, their English diction is remarkably similar. I wonder what we interesting things we would find if we could compare his ISP's DHCP- MAC address logs... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:53, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Because at least the Britons are great people who know history. Don't forget England and France appreciate history. If you don't believe me please go and see Oedipus at the Olivier national theatre with Ralph Fiennes. Cheers then

J- just stop responding. You're not going to get anywhere with this guy, he doesn't even know that there is a large population of people who were here in America long before the Vikings and Chris Columbus... Also, as someone with Greek heritage I hope you won't judge us all based on this fellow's obstinance. ;) L'Aquatique talk 20:15, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the Australians got there first. It must be true, I read it on Wikipedia. –  iride scent 20:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

haha! Wikipedia: the Alpha and Omega, that repository of absolute truth that never deviates from the right. Seriously, why do those idiots fight here? What (sane) person would base their worldview on something they read online?

L'Aquatique, thanks for the advice, you're right. And don't worry about me stereotyping. I group people like him with the people arguing over those islands north of Japan, the people arguing over Kosovo, and the person involved in the RFCU I filed just last night. Rubbish POV pushers, unwilling to accept that there is a possibility they may be wrong. Actually, (I'm not just saying this either) one of the most awesome people I know is Greek (both his parents are immigrants). J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:29, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes you are right! Most of them they have R.I.P. poor Indians! Thanks for reminding me L'Aquatique. Because in your case ignorance is a bliss!

O_O Most Native Americans are dead? Really? Wow, I guess I'd better toss out that data from the 2000 United States Census, because it says that in the US alone, there were 2.5 million living Native Americans. Isn't it sad how much effort the US puts into censoring?

Also, since you do not deny you are in Great Britain (really, how could you?), I must say I am surprised at your lack of patriotism. You pick away at a matter separated from you geographically by more than 1500 miles, while right on your very doorstep stands a gross historical outrage. Since you obviously know history so well (as all British do British TPS's, please read disclaimer at end of this post before picking up your stones...), how can you abide that disgustingly inaccurate portrayal of the event marring the gleaming halls of that Alpha and Omega, that repository of absolute truth that never deviates from the right? Even I, an uncouth, uneducated American, know that picture is a fake. If you are in any way representative of Britons in generalDisclaimer, disclaimer..., how can you say that the British are "great" if they allow such outrageous nonsense to stay on unchallenged while attacking another issue thousands of miles away in a *gasp* different country? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

DISCLAIMER: (Before our many fine British editors descend upon my cowering body, I am very aware that he does not represent the norm in any way.)

All I asked you was to change the name from Republic of Macedonia to Fyrom (which is the politically correct name (check the United Nations website http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp?id=807). This conversation is not leading anywhere....

Native Americans/Alaskans are all dead? Wow. So I guess the guy in the table next to me, several of my friends, and about 15% of the population of my state are all just pretending? L'Aquatique talk 21:02, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Right, wrong, left, right, up, down, light, dark - I don't care. I don't imagine that >0.0000001% of the English Wikipedia's readers and contributors care. And Wikipedia does not care what the UN classifies that country as. I have not read the reams of material over at that one page surrounding the naming controversy, nor do I intend to. All I know is, apparantly (based on the fact that "FYROM" is virtually nonexistant on Wikipedia), the consensus is that the country should be referred to as the Republic of Macedonia. I am throughly sick of this nonsense. You have proven my first comment to be correct thousands of times over. If any sane editor on Macedonia-related topics will only give me their address, I will take you out for a drink no matter where in the world you live.

You are correct on one thing, that this conversation is leading no where. And it cannot lead anywhere because decisions on Wikipeda are made by gaining consensus in the proper venue. My user talk page is not that venue. Please do not comment here about this issue anymore. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:05, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

[1] Move protection was set to expire 11/30. It should've been indefinite, but disregarding that, how was there pagemove vandalism on 11/26? Enigma ^message 18:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Tan forgot to move-protect it... [2] J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:57, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

"[move=autoconfirmed] (expires 04:56, 30 November 2008 (UTC)" Doesn't that mean it was move-protected? Enigma ^message 18:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

[move=autoconfirmed] is a hold-over from when you couldn't set separate expiry times for edit and move protection. Since you have to be autoconfirmed to move pages period, changing the move-protection level of a page to [move=autoconfirmed] does utterly nothing. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:01, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

For reverting vandal on my talk page. BigDunc ^Talk 21:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Why was my edit on template:EU regulation reverted? I'm trying to merge this template and template:EU directive into template:Infobox EU legislation, which makes it easier to edit them... Fentener van Vlissingen ( talk) 21:55, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I reverted because I thought you were a vandal attacking the page. You should fill out the edit summary next time, so that people know what you are trying to do. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I try to fill out the edit summary box every time, but when I'm busy with something I tend to forget :). Fentener van Vlissingen ( talk) 22:04, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

All seven of the pages he has edited in just his first day have been vandalism -- WickerGuy ( talk) 23:07, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

He hasn't vandalized after I gave him a final warning. I'll keep an eye on him, though. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:09, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky ( talk) 23:16, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you help me correctly code this template: {{ Page history link}}? I need it to be coded to replace spaces with underscores. Here's why. {{page history link|Main_page|link title}} results in link title , however {{page history link|Main page|link title}} (using a space instead) results in page&action=history link title . -- IRP ☎ 23:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Try it now, it should work. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:29, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! It works, as you can see here. -- IRP ☎ 23:40, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

What shortcut should I create for the template? Some people probably won't want to type "Page history link" every time they want to link to a page's history. -- IRP ☎ 23:57, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. Is Template:PH being used? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:03, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Nope, it is not being used. The title is available. Thanks. -- IRP ☎ 00:08, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

for reverting vandalism to my talk page. I enjoyed some of your user talk page sections last month. You made me laugh and made my wrinkles deeper than ever and they won't go away! Is this a new kind of harassment? What are you going to do about it? And please remember that I HATE Huggle users!!! They are too quick. Happy fighting! Oda Mari ( talk) 05:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, Alcoholism was semi-protected for a long time because it was a continual target for schoolboy vandalism. Somebody unprotected it on 14 November (without any discussion) and you can see the results are that nearly all edits are vandalism and reverting vandalism. This problem will never go away. Nunquam Dormio ( talk) 08:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I have nominated Calvin's alter egos (Calvin and Hobbes), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calvin's alter egos (Calvin and Hobbes). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 22:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

"Attention:

This IP address, 216.26.205.14, is registered to Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board and may be shared by multiple users of an educational institution. If the institution uses proxy servers, this IP address may represent many users at many physical computers."

Add that there may be users at several different schools who don't know each other. I had an idea that when anyone from this address edits, they should get an immediate pop-up message (not waiting until after the edit is saved), trying to solicit cooperation from other local users:

Dear Thunder Bay District Students,

Someone at your (give details) IP address has been damaging Wikipedia articles. A string of 20 detailed warnings on the 216.26.205.14 Discussion Page has apparently not been noticed by the blunderer. In the name of the billions of good folks worldwide who count on Wikipedia for accurate information, please help us by tracking this individual down and gently persuading them to take a look at the Contributions page, review the nature of each attack and reasons given for reverting it, etc., and maybe find a partner with which to work henceforth on Wikipedia articles, including reading all boring but relevant tutorials together. With mutual support let us hope the psychological issues may be resolved because we don't want to lose the positive energies of this person in the long term (etc. etc.). --Wiki-bot(give details). Tokerdesigner ( talk) 00:50, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I think it is highly unlikely that something like that will ever be implemented. First, there are many millions of school IP addresses, and leaving a note on all if them would be extremely costly in terms of hardware and software implementation. Second, a feature such as this would have to be implemented directly by developers, and as far as I know, they would be unlikely to do so. Third, I very seriously doubt that this would do anything to curb vandalism. If anything, it would probably serve to increase vandalism (see WP:BEANS). J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:29, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

You changed my edit on the wikipedia page for marmaduke, saying it was unconstructive. I make no actual statement about my personal views on the quality of marmaduke, but am instead explaning the content of a blog which criticizes marmaduke. I have placed this in the criticism section of the page, as the blog is a criticism of the strip. I don't understand what is unconstructive about my entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.91.82.169 ( talk) 03:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Your edit did nothing to add to the article. Instead, all it did was promote a non-notable blog. Wikipedia is not a web host or free advertising service. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:05, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

i ment to do sandbox srry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.216.224.28 ( talk) 03:14, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind help, which is much appreciated. Malcolm Schosha ( talk) 17:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks you from me as well. Vapour ( talk) 18:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I didn't actually unblock you guys. The original blocking admin did pretty much right after he made the block, when he realized what had happened. I just went around "accepting" the requests so you would know that you could edit, and so that Category:Requests for unblock would not list you as requesting unblock. There is apparently a problem with a few ISPs in the UK that is causing this, see Wikipedia:AN#Major_UK_ISPs_reduced_to_using_2_IP_addresses for more information. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:59, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer to that site. Any idea why it is so hated? From what I saw, it seemed fairly benign (silly even!) and had quite a few wikipedians hanging out on it. Just wondering if their is a history of sorts out there (it, that is, you know anything about it!). Thanks. -- Regents Park ( bail out your boat) 18:24, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. I think when it was first launched, it was more radical, but now it has evolved into a kind of neutral zone where Wikipedians, former Wikipedians, vandals and banned users, and other people can enter into (at least semi-) rational conversation. Some people still hate it, but I think that in the end, it is a good thing, since it provides a valuable outside perspective without being completely irrational like most other sites that track events on Wikipedia. (such as Encyclopedia Dramatica) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:29, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

That's what I thought about WR. The Encyclopedia Dramatica is interesting. Clearly, lots of people have lots of spare time (which is what, I suppose, explains wikipedia as well!). Thanks for your thoughts! -- Regents Park ( bail out your boat) 22:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you do something about it because someone keeps vandalizing it removing the AfD template at the top of the page. Thanks. Daz11R ( talk) 21:28, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey, fix the NIKE SB -page for nike skateboarding! get it valid and now! i wont stnad to see that comoany put down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.243.183 ( talk) 19:56, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). _David ^WS _(contribs) 19:57, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Anonymous101 ( talk) 09:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy. 74.170.91.7 ( talk · contribs · block log) is requesting unblock. I believe this is not currently an open proxy, so perhaps you could check again. Also, I'll just note that the vast majority of HTTP proxies are closed within a year, it's only really the hosted proxies which need a longer block. Thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 14:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. That was very reasonable of you and a good example of how to deal with a difficult situation.

Actually, there is nothing there that is not already in the public domain, the essence of it on the WIkipedia itself.

Which bits do I need to edit off to make it acceptable?

Thanks. -- 118.16.247.2 ( talk) 15:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Someone put what seems like spam in my talk page. It was just a one sentence mention of a website. They did it to about 5-8 people only. You have blocked them for 3 years with a mention of a proxy. How does proxies work? I don't know too much about technical stuff. Chergles ( talk) 19:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

That is a very prolific spammer who I believe uses a computer program in conjunction with an open proxy finder in order to evade his blocks. I would not recommend visiting the website he listed. It attempts to force-download several questionable files when you go there.

An open proxy is a IP address that allows other people to make an internet connection through it, disguising the original sender's IP address. Since Wikipedia identifies (and hence blocks) users who are not logged in by their IP addresses, open proxies are a common way of evading a block, so they are typically blocked for very long periods of time. I usually block for 3 years, because I believe that is typically how long an internet service provider leases an IP address for. If I am in a hurry because of multiple proxies in quick succession, as I was last night, I will usually block for 5 years, because that time appears on the drop-down menu on Special:BlockIP, so it is faster to just click it rather than typing out a custom time. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert on the FIL World Luge Championships 1987. Greatly appreciated. Chris ( talk) 19:32, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Your current user page just makes me wonder. You're claiming Freedom of speech, what of course is a good thing, but on the other hand at least tried to lop my rights and make me feel substandard. Bigotry? Janus? --Say Headcheese!- hexa Chord ² 22:44, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

That's you told. (HexaChord, if you actually want a serious answer: on Wikipedia you have no rights. This is a private project, not a part of the state, and the only rights you have are those the owners of the property in questions – the WMF servers – choose to give you. BTW, I'd recommend getting rid of that ridiculous sig if you ever want to be taken seriously by anyone here.) –  iridescent 22:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I think it's appalling how people (and even admins!) judge other people about their signature. But if it's that what WP is about, I'm out. --Say Headcheese!- hexa Chord ² 23:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I freaking suggested (not demanded) that you change your signature. How the hell did you come to the conclusion that I was trying "lop your rights" or make you feel substandard? And even despite being totally dumbfounded at your response to my original comment on your talk page, I still did my best to apologize. If you do not believe me that I was sorry, and are still angry with me because of that, angry enough to want to leave the project because of it, then don't let the door hit you on your way out. If that is not why you are angry at me, I cannot do anything to help you, since you have steadfastly refused to tell me why you are angry at me, J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:33, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

I feel a bit uncomfortable with someone always dogging me. That "suggestion" was just the straw that broke the camel's back. But as I was mainly here for contributing to some music projects (and setting up one in the first place) and not at all for vandal fighting I stopped using Huggle (which I guess fulfilled your "suggestions" via mail and on my talk page). I still find it kind of funny... Let's leave it at that. --Say Headcheese!- hexa Chord ² 00:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I know you did look over my contributions at one point, so if you have the time, I've been on editor review for a while. It's just that I know you have at least some experience with my contribs, so, check it out here if you'd like. Thanks much, _David ^WS _(contribs) 01:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'll see what I can do. Most of my finals are over tomorrow and Tuesday, so I'll probably be able to do it by Wednesday at the latest. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:58, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I was just about to ask you the exact same thing, until I saw this, and decided to reply to this section :D. Can you check mine out too? It's above David's just so you know. Vandalism Destroyer 02:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:25, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ireland article names/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ireland article names/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Daniel ( talk) 03:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey J.Delanoy, I've seen your userpage. I know you don't like it. There has been a new pension setup http://wikipediansagainstcensorship.com. Sign it if you want to. Also if you want please spread this link so that others can sign it too. Thanks. Techman224 ^Talk 00:45, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Is it just me, or has that link died? V D on a public PC ( talk) 19:41, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

O_O The IWF apparently reversed their decision. V D on a public PC ( talk) 19:56, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

"card carrying comy" isn't exactly up to standard, is it? DOR (HK) ( talk) 04:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Umm, what? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 13:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey there J. I wish to have the talk page archives in my primary namespace Semi-protected from editing after my usurpation request is filled later today, and everything is all moved and stuff. It seems that IP's have a burning desire to edit my archives, even though it says explicitly not to do so at the top of the page. Thank you. V D on a public PC ( talk) 19:41, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

hehe. Sure :) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:18, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll talk to you later on IRC. V D on a public PC ( talk) 21:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Wow, will done on having so many edits, I'm only 90,000 odd edits behind :D — Realist ² 21:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Heh, yeah. The work you've done is far more difficult than what I've done, but thanks! BTW, when are you putting your RFA live? I'm sick of waiting for you... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Ha lol, it will be up on the weekend, all I have time for at the moment is my hectic watchlist and getting all my uni work in before term ends. Yay for Christmas! :0 — Realist ² 21:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, could you take a look at Circus (Britney Spears album), I've given the guy a final warning, you've reverted him once and he's not playing ball what so ever. :-( — Realist ² 22:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

[3] :) – Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 02:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem. :) I'm deleting all the redirects to his new user subpages, and I didn't want to break any links. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Your "funny stuff" section made me laugh. Nobody can scare you, man. You work, with people, on Wikipedia! Call me Bubba ( talk) 02:42, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:43, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, J! I have a feeling that this user is a sock of User:Lyle123 or quite possibly the old Cartoon Network Vandal. I just voted to speedy that idiotic article about that non-existent game and I think an IP check may be in order as well. Thanks! -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedied and blocked, thanks for letting me know. See my closing rationale on the AFD. I don't know how I missed that before. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Will do, bro. Just swung by after I saw what you'd done. Thanks for all you do. Gotta run, but I hope to run into you later. Take care.  :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:12, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

LOL! That'll be the day; releasing a PS2 game in the middle of the next decade! Sheesh. BTW, the little darling is messing around on the talk page. Care to lock it down...? -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:15, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Eh, he's just removing stuff. I don't think there's much harm in that, and his talk page will be deleted in around a month anyways. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Works for me. He can't do much of anything else. Talk to ya soon. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 04:20, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I made some legal changes to the Wikipedia Page "Civil Air Patrol" I have been a member of the program for six years and am currently a Captain. If you would like to check my crudentials, my name is David Balch III my ID number is 350702.

The information on that page is illegal per orders handed down from the US Air Force. The changes that I made need to stand. The "Archer" system is considered classified. I signed a non-disclosure agreement about the exact information on that page.

If you need me to provide any further information, please feel free to e-mail me at zoltex12@gmail.com

Again, please allow these changes to stand, that information is CLASSIFIED

Thank you,

c/Capt David Balch III Civil Air Patrol Pilgrim Composite Squadron MA-071 United States Air Force Auxiliary

Balch ( talk) 05:02, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Google results for "Civil Air Patrol Archer", first link? PDF of "Fact Sheet Civil Air Patrol ARCHER System" from atg.cap.gov ( Fact Sheet Civil Air Patrol ARCHER System (html view)) Kylu ( talk) 05:08, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I reverted my edit to tree while you were. -- IForgotToEatBreakFast ( talk) 16:31, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for stepping in to deal with the anonymous editor deleting large blocks of text from the Christian Coalition of America article; I've been trying to get him to explain his reasoning for the deletions for some time now with no success. -- BRPierce ( talk) 16:33, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I'm guessing the text he was substituting in was a copyvio, but as it was, his unexplained removals are simple vandalism. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Dear J.Delanoy

I'm CEO of IdeaSoft a leader in Business Intelligence area in SouthAmerica. We have 700 customer in 27 countries. I think we need to be in the Business Intelligence tools area wikipedia have.

Thanks

Alfredo Amaya IdeaSoft —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfredoamaya ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:SPAM and WP:CORP.  Frank  |   talk  16:47, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:30, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Dear J.Delanoy,

Thank you very much for your help in dealing with the vandalism which was occurring on my user and talk pages. It's been a bit of a nightmare recently and a relief to have it sorted. Thanks also for the alloction of ‘semiprotected′ status on my user page. You help is much appreciated. All the best. Marek.69 ^talk 22:10, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok seriously? It is my job to post my things, you can worry about people who are acctually trying to vandalize wikipedia. Not people who are trying to get a few laughs. I was obviously kidding this my personal page and I should be allowed to post what I want, not what you want to hear.

-Billy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billygoat65 ( talk • contribs) 23:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

...or don't these [4], [5], [6], [7], and most all of this constitute personal and legal threats? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:27, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. This has gone on far enough. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:34, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I wasn't involved, but came upon it when I saw it while researching something else. I was a bit taken aback by what was being said. Regards. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:46, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey,

I was trying to fix the vandalism by reverting to earliest point. I wasn't playing around. Thanks for the heads-up.

CrimsonEye ( talk) 03:38, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Considering you call it "stealing" I wanted to ask if I could use your chess board? moo cows rule 05:47, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Heh, no. I was joking. Feel free to take it! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:51, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

XD I'm just stupid that way. I just wanted to make sure you were fine with me taking it. Thanks! moo cows rule 06:06, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

i went to ashcroftt high school and what i put was the truth —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmjnhh123 ( talk • contribs) 11:32, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

You need to provide a citation to a reliable source. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

I was wondering what "promotional" services were advertised in the article posted my colleague?

Also i was wondering what needs to be changed for it to get posted?

All the best, Ben Carp —Preceding unsigned comment added by BennyBoi09 ( talk • contribs) 15:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Why is your colleague incapable of asking me himself? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you leave my page up please even for a few days? i'm not trying to start a hoax or anything but am doing this as a joke to a friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ratchet 2008 ( talk • contribs) 17:56, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:NOT for a list of many of the things Wikipedia is not. ("Joke to a friend" qualifies.)  Frank  |   talk  17:58, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

		All Around Amazing Barnstar
		For being an excellent editor, reverting fastor than cluebot, for being humerous, for excellent judgement, excellent admin duties etc. You get the idea! :D Basically this is for being one of the best (if not the best) editors on the wiki! Andy ( talk) 18:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

O_O Wow... Thanks! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:03, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Totally deserved. Andy ( talk) 18:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

You left a warning message on User:162.82.215.196's talk page. Why not do Wiki a real favour by banning this vandal. Check his history here. Kaiwhakahaere ( talk) 21:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC).

A ban applies to a person, not an IP address, so this would not be possible. We can (and do) block IP addresses when vandalism is persistent and warnings do not seem to be sufficient to stop the behavior. I issued another warning to the user in question; if it continues, rest assured a block will be forthcoming.  Frank  |   talk  21:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

It didn't take long. There were four warnings from four different editors in the last 24 hours.  Frank  |   talk  21:45, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

81.102.38.189 A persistent vandal spreading anti semetic and vile allegations on Celtic Fc related pages. Could you please take action against this individual. Jokes about child molestation are really not on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.167.221.3 ( talk) 22:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

If Space is Infinite, then there are an infinite amount of J. Delanoy's eating a coconut, right now.

-- TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 22:19, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

hehe, that's sweet. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:23, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I know, seriously, that also means that there are an infinite amount of Ciscokid's that are on there way home from a long day of school (But, I'm not one of them :O) -- TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 22:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

And there's probably a j.delanoy somewhere who got pulled over for going 85 on the highway around an hour ago, but it's not me >_> J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

• an infinite amount :P -- TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 23:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm quite sure that there are an infinite number of DavidWSs trying to buy coconuts as a gift for an infinite number of J.delanoys, and, due to customs, will all be returned to a single on or to the sender. Due to the fact that the mass of all these coconuts exceeds the mass of our puny planet, we will all die after being covered by billions of tons of coconuts, all because a userbox specified that J.delanoy likes coconuts. Therefore, we shall blame him for the end of the world. _David ^WS _(contribs) 19:14, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

While you have infinite parallel wavefunctions (the coconuts, for instance), they are otherwise probability-tunneled variants of the same object. In the event of a wave function collapse across the infinite variations in probability, you would end up with a single coconut being returned to sender, not a multitude of coconuts. Instead of a solar-system swallowing singularity snacking sedately on our little blue-green dirtball of a world, the larger issue of your scenario would be the twin affronts to our economy of the price of coconuts dropping to nil (since we'd have an infinite supply of them) and uncollected insufficient postage costs crippling the shipping industry. Of course, since my own scenario implies a total existence failure (that is, the universe just ceases to exist), I think I'd prefer cheap coconuts instead. Laters! Kylu ( talk) 00:22, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

O_o my brain hurts now! All because J.delanoy here likes coconuts! :D. UntilItSleeps PublicPC ( talk) 19:38, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Suuurrre. Blame me... >_> J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:39, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey J.delanoy, when you get the time, could you review me at my editor review? Thanks. UntilItSleeps PublicPC ( talk) 15:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

The words "popular", "successful", "long-running" and so on are not "POV" words as you label them, they are descriptive. While it is certainly legitimate to challenge on of them for their accuracy, they are not verboten in and of themselves, and deleting them wherever you find them is, once again, disruptive to the encyclopedia. -- 98.192.44.39 ( talk) 16:45, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

I reverted your revert to this article as "vandalism". Immediately afterwards I noticed that you had tried doing the right thing, but hadn't noticed previous vandalism. I've reverted the article to the last stable version. My apologies for this incident. JoJan ( talk) 17:18, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hah, I didn't even notice. It's not a problem. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, J.delanoy. In the chapter Ethnogenesis and getetic links an unregistred 141.211.29.184 ( talk) has predominantly disruptive edits . Any sources or references, only reverts in his POV-pushing and constant deleting of well sourced info. This is not correct. Regards. Jingby ( talk) 18:47, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:IAR, my dear bot, IAR. bibliomaniac 1 5 01:15, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert on my talk page. It appears that the edit the IP made has now been oversighted. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 10:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:39, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, i was just wondering how you got your userboxes to show they way they are on you user page Thanx -- arges86 ( talk) 18:49, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

The code is at User:J.delanoy/userpage, if you want to see if you can do it yourself. If you can't get it to work, I can set it up for you, if you want. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I got it to work perfectly. arges86 ( talk) 22:25, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you know the question to this. Why have all images changes from "Image:<file name here>" to "File:<file name here>"? Just wondering. - NeutralHomer • Talk • December 14, 2008 @ 03:09

A bug was fixed. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:10, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

That switched the file names around? Interesting. They had always been that way since I came here in 2006. When I add images to a page, what do I put..."Image:<file name here>" or "File:<file name here>"? - NeutralHomer • Talk • December 14, 2008 @ 03:14

Yeah, the bug was filed in 2002, and they finally changed it over. Image still works, so yeah. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:18, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Wow, long time to wait on a bug. Thanks!... NeutralHomer • Talk • December 14, 2008 @ 03:20

wow, that deletion of my joke on the article "Covini C6W" was super fast. are you on this thing all the time??? don't you agree, the C6W is very goofy? who in their right mind would drive this? looks like a cross between a sports car and tractor trailer. anyway, just thought my "goofy" comment would inject a little humor. no real attempt at vandalism. i actually counted on someone to correct the page, but didn't count on it being so soon. 128.147.28.1 ( talk) 03:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)captainpicard

I am using a software tool to remove vandalism. Wikipedia is a serious project, and other people won't find your jokes funny. If you want to play around, you can do pretty much whatever you want in the Sandbox. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

hehe, I think some of these "people" should lighten up every once in awhile! 128.147.28.1 ( talk) 03:18, 14 December 2008 (UTC)captain picard

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Happy holidays! _David ^WS _(contribs) 19:41, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I was considering creating {{ uw-rollback}} to warn users about rollback abuse. How many warnings should the users be given for this? -- IRP ☎ 21:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Just my two cents' worth: Users with rollback privileges are already established regulars, so a templated warning for rollback abuse might raise WP:DTTR concerns. Cosmic Latte ( talk) 21:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:DTTR (and WP:TTR, come to that) are personal essays, not any kind of policy, so pay as much or as little attention to it as you want. My take would be that this template is unnecessary for the opposite reason; no warning ought to be given. If a user's abusing rollback – or any other tool – take it away from them and they can reapply when they're ready. Inappropriate rollback is more disruptive than vandalism, as it potentially drives away valid editors, and I see no reason to make allowances if kids don't know how to work their new toys. –  iridescent 21:24, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Oops! If you're going to use edit summaries like that, you only have yourself to blame… –  iride scent 21:37, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

LMFAO I wondered how I got an edit conflict. Oh, god... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:37, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

...of Fatass with "{{RedirecttoWiktionary}}" (Without quotes). -- IRP ☎ 21:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

It already was replaced with {{ subst:RedirecttoWiktionary}}. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:48, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

A year ago. –  iridescent 21:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I wanted it replaced with a transcluded version so we can find these types of pages in the "what links here" for {{RedirecttoWiktionary}}. -- IRP ☎ 22:22, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Category: Redirects to Wiktionary already exists and the template auto-adds articles to this category. Despite the sometimes shambolic appearance, things here do work the way they do for a reason! Un- subst-ed templates kill the Server Kitties. –  iride scent 22:34, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

The template is {{ wi}} and it shouldn't be subst'd. -- Closedmouth ( talk) 13:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, User talk:arojr has been adding links to his blog to various articles, which have all been reverted. His first complete article Transportation and the Farmington canal was speedied G12 yesterday for being a copy of an article on his blog. To get around this he has removed the article from his blog and recreated it here. He's asked me if this is OK. How do I tell him that this doesn't really solve the problem with the article - which is a school report - without discouraging him from contributing? Thanks, Beeswaxcandle ( talk) 07:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Is YouTube considered a reliable source, under any circumstance? -- The Guy _complain ^edits 18:59, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

No. Any user-generated content is unreliable, because anyone can say whatever they want. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:01, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

What if it's official from the creator of a content. For example: there is, hypothetically, some information about a book on the writer's YouTube page. A user argues that it is reliable because it is the writer's YouTube, not a random account's. Is it reliable in that theoretical case? -- The Guy _complain ^edits 19:13, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. I don't know about that. I'd say that if it is legitimate information, it is unlikely that the only place you can get that info would be on YouTube, so maybe try and see if you can find the info somewhere else, and only use YouTube as a last resort if there is utterly nothing anywhere else. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:17, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, the actual predicament is quite different. It's that somebody is trying to write a description for a music video, but it is severely POV. I mean, every sentence there is something like "there is soldiers who resemble soldiers from Nazi Germany," etc, except he has no references to back up those POVs. I tried removing the content, but he is adamant that YouTube is a valid reference for those POV sentences. I am sure YouTube is not a valid reference in that case, is it? -- The Guy _complain ^edits 19:20, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Correct. Unless a reliable source says they look like Nazi soldiers, saying they do is a personal opinion and thus it is original research, which is unacceptable. Describing something yourself is not appropriate, as things will likely look different to other people. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:23, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure if I tell him this, he'll still argue it. I'm basically done, this is getting to the point where I'm getting stressed, and I'm the only one arguing against him. Would you like to help me, please? Just say the word. If not, then that's fine, too. -- The Guy _complain ^edits 19:29, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

OK I'll see what I can do. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Here's the link to the discussion and here's the section in question. Thanks! -- The Guy _complain ^edits 19:51, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Just wanted to consult you; I made a reply here, and I wanted your opinion (at your earliest convenience, of course) on whether it is in compliance with the general policies, and whether or not it is well thought-out. Thanks in advance. -- The Guy _complain ^edits 02:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Seems good. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the opinion. Now, here's the original description of the music video which was being debated:

“

The video starts out with the The Guy, Disturbed's mascot, falling to earth. It then shows tanks sporting a sideways black American dollar sign within a circle of white that is within a field of red, followed by legions of soldiers, all dressed in black Nazi SS-like uniforms, with only their shoulder patches showing that they belong to different countries. Later on, the leaders of the United States, Russia, France, Japan, and United Kingdom are shown sitting at a table with the same sideways black American dollar sign on it, fiercely debating. The video then shifts into full scale violence as cities around the world are bombed and the troops, whose patches have been replaced with the same symbol as on the tanks, shoot people down in the streets. Eventually The Guy confronts the soldiers and stirs the rebels to revolt, and flags of the nations of the world are shown, with the final flag being the sideways black American dollar sign. The Guy then leads the rebels to the United Nations building where they attack the representatives and finally the overweight businessman whom, when destroyed by The Guy, explodes into dollar bills, implying that he was the embodiment of greed.

”

Here's the one I just made, adjusted as I watched the video. I tried to keep my own interpretations out, favoring instead to simply state the events of the video:

“

The video initially depicts The Guy, Disturbed's mascot, falling to earth. It then displays military forces bombing various locations, followed by legions of soldiers from different countries. The video then shows The Guy, escaping bondage from chains, as the military forces continue to assault cities. Then the video depicts The Guy wandering city streets as they are being bombed and as soldiers are killing people. Later on, the leaders of different countries of the world are shown fiercely debating. Eventually, The Guy confronts soldiers and stirs rebels to revolt, killing the soldiers as The Guy leads more rebels to a building where they overthrow the representatives and finally a businessman whom, when destroyed by The Guy, explodes into dollar bills, which fall to earth as the rebels, and eventually, The Guy, raise their fists in unity.

”

Is mine an improvement? -- The Guy _complain ^edits 02:38, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm probably not the best person to ask that, but I think it's OK. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:44, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Do you know any users who could come into this discussion and give an unbiased viewpoint? Right now he's arguing the significance of the Swastika (which doesn't appear once in the video, but a thing he believes to resemble it does). He's saying since the Swastika is so significant, then that means if something resembles it, it belongs there. He continues to revert my edits, and still is citing YouTube as a reference. He even posted a reference for one of his user-interpretations. I was surprised and was going to let it pass; until I checked the reference. It was a photo of the thing he was describing, with not text, but the comment he was citing it for said that the drawing resembled SS soldiers and Darth Vader, clearly his own interpretation, him citing a simple picture making that obvious. Anyways, I just want some more unbiased opinions, here. He doesn't take me seriously, so I figure I need at least another person to sort this out, as I suspect both our aspects are a little misconstrued. -- The Guy _complain ^edits 15:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

You might try asking User:Realist2. He does a lot of work with articles related to music. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 15:29, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I'll check it out later today, I need to eat some food right now, going down the shops. — Realist ² 18:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I protected your mainspace name after the latest attempt to insult you. =) -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 03:26, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

hehehe. Does that mean I leveled up? :D J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:27, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Consider it a badge of honor. At least yours can be locked. Mine I just have to watch list. =) -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 03:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

o_O That's got to be fun... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:30, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

It is not as bad as you would think. It is actually quite funny when they do find it. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 04:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

He does make a very valid point. Have you anything to show you're not a horde faggot pansy ass blood elf faggot? –  iridescent 22:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. Well, I don't play WoW at all, so I don't guess I can't prove I'm not. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

That had to be one of the funniest insult pages I've read in a long time. Made my head hurt trying to read it, but it was funny. Since we were kind of talking about it, an IP dumped my mainspace article into my user page [8]. Except I don't think I look fat at all. I think I'm a rather fit and trim bird, IMHO. Hmph! -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 21:52, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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Hi I am a high school student at this IP (199.216.95.253). You banned the IP for 1 year until September 11 2009. I am requesting that you permaban our IP. Since the intelligence of our students in this district will not increase over 1 year thank you! Thank you again for your time! scarred_phoenix —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarred phoenix ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Phoenix.

You are probably right, but we generally don't block IP addresses permanently. Also, when the block expires, if there is more vandalism, it will likely be only a short time before your school is blocked for another year. It only takes a short time to block someone, and our anti-vandalism team is very good, so I don't think it will be a major issue. Thanks for the advice, though. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:33, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 21:25, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I started this page of a chess tounament Here! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciscokid21 ( talk • contribs) 22:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

??????

-- TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 23:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I resigned. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I am very sorry and have learned my lessons You have my humble apologies

Snorlax

If you don't vandalize any more, you won't be blocked, so don't worry about it. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I edited a page called wheelchairs. and I said that sometimes electric wheelchairs break and one man died which is true. I was not vandalizing. Can you switch it back? Please respond. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gigidi ( talk • contribs) 04:45, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure something like that would be good for inclusion, since it is pretty vague, and it really doesn't seem to be very informative. Sorry for saying it like that, I can't think of a better way to say it. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

If you watch the episode, all credits are listed as John Smith and Jane Smith. That is how it is listed. Not vandalism, that is correct. -Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.187.154.49 ( talk) 05:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought you were vandalizing. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

A new editor asking your advice: can you tell me what template {reset} is used for, and why an editor might put it on a page he created himself? Thanks, Chuckiesdad ( talk) 05:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. I've never seen that template before. I think it's used when an article is really bad, like libelous, and the Wikimedia Foundation basically rolls it back to almost non-existent. In any case, only WMF staff can do that, so I undid his edit. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:34, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I thought as much but didn't want to presume. Chuckiesdad ( talk) 03:05, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Please see the recent entries: Special:Contributions/68.158.255.197. LeadSongDog ( talk) 19:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

ouch,

did you see the chess competition I'm "attempting"? ( check it out)

-- TheCiscoKid _{Talk to me} 22:25, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi There, just seen the Leona Lewis page, noticed that you reverted the edits but on my browser i am still seeing nothing where the article used to be, maybe its just my browser but thought id check to make sure with you. ( Neostinker ( talk) 23:38, 16 December 2008 (UTC))

Try purging the server cache. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

You have recently sent me a message regarding an unconstructive change to the Rochelle, IL page on Wikipedia. I made no such change to the page and I don't know who did or how the message was sent to me, because I don't have a wikipedia account and can't edit pages. Just letting you know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.54.25.114 ( talk) 23:40, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you don't have to have an account to edit >99% of pages on this site (although you can do a lot more if you do create an account and log in). If you are not logged in, Wikipedia's software treats your IP address as your username, so it is likely that someone else used the IP you have now to vandalize. Again, the best way to avoid getting irrelevant warnings is to create an account. I would encourage you to do so. Wikipedia requires absolutely no personal information to create an account, although it is recommended that you provide an email address in case you forget your password. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed you just reverted some IP's edit on the Fable II article. That was fast!! I had already looked at your userpage earlier today, and a couple minutes ago I looked at "recent changes." The blanking of the page was literally the fourth edit on the list, and as soon as I clicked on the history (from the Recent Changes menu) I saw that you had already reverted it. Well, anyway, good job. Go give yourself a barnstar or something. ^Tez kag ₇₂ 01:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Heh, yeah. I'm using a software tool, so I can't take credit for it, but thanks! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:04, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

...been a while! :) Thanks for this. And congrats on the adminship! Noticed that only now. prashanthns ( talk) 16:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) I saw your post on Jimbo's talk page, and I went to your page to say "Hi" (and to be envious of your pic with him...) I saw the typo, so I fixed it, and I was going to leave a note on your talk page, but I got distracted by my teacher so I forgot. Welcome back! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:02, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Ahoy there....what was this removal of one my UBXs for, subsequently reverted? Just asking.... :) prashanthns ( talk) 09:22, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Ooops.... this was a removal of my ubx by another user, which I mistook for your edit. Pls disregard my previous comment. prashanthns ( talk) 06:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for unblocking me (I promise not to vandalize again). But i do ask of you a question.....How do you make user boxes? Please get back to and Thankyou User:Washington95 ( talk) 00:10, 17 December, 2008 (UTC)

Hi Washington!

I think this page shows how to do it. If you can't figure it out, feel free to ask. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:14, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey, i got the user box and the content but I cant get the picture, Any tips, Thank you. Washington95 ( talk) 00:33, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you just want to add an image to your page? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes I just want to add an image to my page It's Me :) O Yea its me.. ( talk) 14:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, just put [[File:<image's_name>|thumb|<left or right>|<size>px|<caption>]] on your page. I hope that makes sense the way I did that. If not, just tell me the name of the picture you want, and I'll put it on your page, and then you can move it/tweak it however you want. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 15:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Im am sorry to bother you but This is the image I want (But Its from another website....) http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/mma.jpg.. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Washington95 ( talk • contribs) 16:54, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

You're not bothering me! Anyways, you generally can't use images from other websites, because practically all images on websites are copyrighted. If you're not sure where to find an image you can use, a good place to look is on Wikimedia Commons. All the images there are freely usable her, and Wikimedia Commons is linked through with Wikipedia, so you can just type out the image's Commons name here and it will display here, even though it is not actually on Wikipedia. I hope that helps. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:59, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

How about this picture? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roundhouse-kick.jpg Thank You It's Me :) O Yea its me.. Washington95 ( talk) 17:59, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Could you help me with the page I created? The Jack (ACDC Song) It's Me :) O Yea its me.. Washington95 ( talk) 18:44, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I did what I could with it, but I'm not really the best person to ask about writing. I usually fight vandalism. You might try asking User:Realist2 for help. He writes a lot of articles about musical artists and songs. You also may want to take a look at our guide to writing your first article. Also, just so you know, you can't copy and paste text from other websites to Wikipedia. You can use their text to get an idea of what you want to write, but you have to use your own words. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:24, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank You for all your help I mean it!. I will contact that user. It's Me :) O Yea its me.. Washington95 ( talk) 20:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

J. delanoy,

I recently changed content on a page for "The Minister's Black Veil" under the "Symbols" header. You reverted all my changes saying that changes made were unhelpful. However, I respectfully disagree. On the original page, it says "It is said..." Someone inserted a "who" tag. I found the 'who': Edgar Allan Poe. I quoted Poe and added the citation. Not sure why you deleted my edit when I'm actually responding to a "who" tag.

I changed it again... and hope you will consider leaving it this time.

Thank you,

EV 124.135.91.218 ( talk) 16:40, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I undid your edits because you added a signature to the page, so I thought you were trying to test something. I did not realize you had made more than one edit in a row, and the tool I am using generally undoes all consecutive edits by the same user. I apologize for incorrectly warning you, and I undid my own edit, so the article should be back to where it was before I made my edit. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:42, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Heya, can I ask why you undeleted Charles Hamilton, Musician again? It's an A7, and it seems to be getting created quite a lot the last week, there might even be an AfD for it somewhere. -- fvw * 02:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ehm, to clarify: I meant again as in "after deleting it", not as in "what is it with you, that's the hundredth time you've undeleted that bloody article". -- fvw * 02:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Not sure. A lot happened IRL for me between now and then, so I can't remember. I deleted it now, since you are clearly correct. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy, with all respect for you and the policy of wikipedia, i think you might have made a mistake when reverting what i had written on the article about caroleans. I was trying to add new constructive material to the article and it wasn't my intention i any way to vandalise. I would be very pleased if you could revert it back the way it were and tell me what was wrong with the text and i will do my best to make the text as you wish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.228.197.9 ( talk) 09:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

No, you were fine. I was just being a total bonehead and not paying attention. I'm really sorry for doing that, and I have undid my change on that page, so everything should be back how you had it before. Again, I am really sorry for my lack of attention. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 09:15, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Ughh....too used to different formatting. Do you know an internal link that could help me out with background colours, boundaries, etc? Thanks! Cheers. Imperat§ r^{( Talk)} 16:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

No I don't, sorry :/ Most of what I know I learned by looking around and seeing how other people do it. A good place to learn some fun tricks is in User:Phaedriel's userspace. She was freakin' awesome at combining wikimarkup and HTML. As far as colors go, they are just HTML colors. here is a mess of colors, and if you want moar, I'm sure googling "HTML colors" would come up with plenty of results. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Heh...when I said colours, it was part of "background colours" :P Thanks anyway, the userpage helped a bunch. I often use Web colors right here, in fact, for colour codes, though...Cheers. Imperat§ r^{( Talk)} 13:36, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

How is it possible for a user to earn an indefinite block without even editing? User:!!! WARNING !!! THIS ACCOUNT EXPLODES WHEN BLOCKED was indefinitely blocked, but has no contributions. Can you explain what happened? -- IRP ☎ 22:24, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Creepy talk page stalker here... I think the username was a give-away that the user was up to no good... See WP:UAA. l'aquatique || talk 22:39, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

They have five vandalism edits, all since deleted. Tan | 39 22:40, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Oops, nevermind, they don't. Still a username violation, I suppose. Tan | 39 22:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Lol, that was my first thought, Tan, but I checked and nothing. Nothing in the logs either, so it must have been the username. I have to say, though, the blocking admin's log entry was thoroughly unhelpful... (*rolls eyes*) l'aquatique || talk 22:51, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Hah! You guys crack me up. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Never misunderestimate the power of talk page stalkers... l'aquatique | | talk 19:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

  Marlith (Talk)  05:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

UntilItSleeps PublicPC Steals J.delanoys kittens, clones them, them returns the original kittens while keeping the clones. :D. Hehe, thought I'd drop by while at school. UntilItSleeps PublicPC 18:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, JD. What, if anything, ought to be done about this sort of screed encouraging new editors to disregard Wikipedia policies? — Scheinwerfermann ^T· _C18:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Anthrax. l'aquatique | | talk 19:44, 18 December 2008 (UTC) On second thought, a nice note be more in line with civility policy. However, it doesn't look so far out of line as to merit any sort of administrative intervention. l'aquatique | | talk 19:46, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

That's been tried several times with less-than-zero success. The notes, I mean, not the anthrax. — Scheinwerfermann ^T· _C19:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I think we should just let him leave his rant up. It's not really harming too much, IMO, since it's just his userpage. Although I do sort of like L'Aquatique's original idea.... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:42, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Now now, it is a violation of federal law to send a biological weapon via the us postal service. Better stick to non-dairy creamer... or use FedEx. l'aquatique | | talk 04:50, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

/me uses FedEx... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:10, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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I really don't understand why the page was deleted when there are ton of other pages which are "blatant advertising" and nothing more than that.

Kindly have a look at the following links and let me know how they are different than what I had posted for Hound.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theladders

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simply_Hired

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JobStreet.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixee.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CareerBuilder

In case I want the site listed here what should be the nature of the content. Seeking your co-operation.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.89.249.11 ( talk) 06:58, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Two things: First, just because other similar pages exist does not mean yours is automatically allowable. If you have a problem with them, you are free to create an account or log in and nominate them for deletion. Second, it is impossible to create a page (other than a talk page) without a user account. Since you have not logged in, you cannot have created the page you are complaining about, so why do you care? If you are interested in creating a page, I would suggest you look over our guide to writing your first article. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 07:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello J.delanoy,

You gave me some advice a couple months ago on how to avoid 3RR when dealing with disruptive editors while I was temporarily blocked. I'm on the brink of the 3RR on the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 article and do not want to violate it again, so I'm asking for your assistance because of your previous advice to me and because you're a third party. But it has more to do with just the 3RR. I've been dealing with a disruptive editor for the past few weeks who is completely unopen to compromise, revert wars, and now is !vote counting on an RFC he started only a couple days ago, amongst other things -- and I've completely lost my patience with him. I do not believe that the disruptive editor, Commodore Sloat has been exhibiting good faith for some time during this dispute (as well as other disputes on the article, but that's neither here nor there). I've been pointing this out multiple times -- admittedly snidely and with sarcasm but my patience has been thin for a while, and he regards it as personal attacks even though there's plenty of evidence. I probably should've asked for assistance sooner, but better late than never, and I'm now officially convinced that there's no appeasing csloat because he has no intention of being appeased or reaching consensus.

As I said, this is related to the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008 article, particularly the World opinion subsection. This was a section that I created as part of an enhancement effort after the election, but it was also part of compromise to a major content dispute related to an edit that csloat made which was ultimately reformatted, reduced, and moved to the end World Opinion section. Everyone from both sides of the argument over exclusion/inclusion of the material supported the compromise, except csloat. Shortly afterward, he aimed most of his interest at the rest of the World Opinion section, focusing on removing content related to polling data about world disinterest in the election. But this isn't a content dispute (or just a content dispute, rather), this is about disruptive behavior both in editing and discussion.

First and foremost, I believe there is simply no appeasing him. I've made numerous compromises, and he has made absolutely none. This is best illustrated by comparing my original version and my most recent version. Here's a list of the compromises I've made:

1. Added information about a statistically insignificant margin for Laos in the 2nd paragraph; a slight modification of one of his edits.
2. Changed the lede sentence for the 3rd paragraph since it was not sourced with a more neutrally worded lede sentence; per his request.
3. Removed any reference to "apathy" and replaced with "no opinion" in the 3rd paragraph; per his request.
4. Provided separate sources from the main source for China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Latin America because these poll results weren't specifically mentioned in the main source's summary; per his request (which I'll elaborate on shortly).

As for Csloat, he hasn't made any compromises. All he's done is remove content and claim that I'm drawing conclusions outside of source material and distorting data. Here's the diff of his first edit/content removal where he pastes over data displaying various countries' disinterest towards the election with a redundant quote (all the information was already in the section's lede paragraph). Here's the diff from his most recent edit/content removal, and here's all that's changed:

1. After having it pointed out that his pasted quote was redundant with the first paragraph, he simply removed the first paragraph.
2. After pointing out the hypocrisy of him calling poll data about China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Latin America "cherry picked" but condoning inclusion of data about the European Union, Africa, Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea which came from the same source, he simply removed everything and replaced the entire paragraph with his original pasted quote.
3. Per a token compromise that I never asked for and don't support, he pasted a sentence about China after the quote.

CSloat came up with multiple reasons that my contribution was against policy. The accusations would come iteratively as each subsequent accusation was either disproved or addressed, and the accusations got more far-reaching each time -- to the point where his complaint had no valid basis in any Wikipedia policy or guideline. Here's how it unfolded:

1. Claimed my contribution was original research. I explained to him that this was not original research since everything in the contribution was backed by the source.
2. He then changed to claiming that my contribution was synthesis. I explained to him that this claim has no basis since synthesis requires multiple sources.
3. He claimed that the source drew a conclusion and that my edit was contrary to it. I explained that the source didn't draw a conclusion, it merely summarized poll data; I also pointed out that article specifically said that the majority of the world expressed disinterest, which is the material he was adamant about excluding.
4. He started an RFC where he claimed that since the poll summary article is titled "World Citizens Prefer Obama to McCain by More Than 3-to-1" that citing any information that is not about this is against policy (again claiming original research). Now this is just plain ridiculous, and I flat out called it the worst and most transparent excuse that I've ever heard for exclusion of material. But since I realized that simply explaining this to him wouldn't be enough, I appeased his ridiculous claim and went and found articles that supported all of the polling statistics that he wanted excluded. I hoped that this would finally bring a close to this.

So now, he's just saying that he simply doesn't like it. His most recent post to the RFC said that there are still "multiple issues" even though he didn't bother to list any, and that I have no more valid points.

But it's more than just his overt resistance to compromise and the various reasons he's come up with for exclusion. During the dispute, when he was on the brink of violating the 3RR rule, he instead placed a totally-disputed tag on my version of the World opinion subsection multiple times. since this was obviously not true and was clearly way too severe a tag, I regarded it as vandalism and removed it each time. During his countless reverts, in the edit summaries he'd often put "per talk", claim his edit was the "consensus" when the dispute was between just us two, claim his edit was "preferred" when again it was just us two, and claim my edits were "disruptive" when his edits were the ones removing content. The last straw was an RFC that he started, with a very slanted paragraph explaining the issue. After two days and only two other opinions voiced, he counted !votes and declared consensus and unilaterally reapplied his revert -- and this was only sixteen hours after my latest version which addresses all of his stated concerns. It became evident at this point that he was not interested in compromise or consensus, he simply wanted my contribution excluded and intended to count !vote as a basis for the exclusion.

The problem is, now one the people who expressed an opinion in the RFC is engaging in the reverting as well. I don't think this person is a sock puppet, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me at all if it turned out to be one.

If you made it through this entire post, I thank you since I know it's a lot to read. But I wanted to be as clear as possible what my reason is for needing help, because this has gone on for too long and I need help since consensus and compromise have proved impossible.

Thank you, and I appreciate any help you can offer. -- Amwestover ( talk| contrib) 03:30, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Suffice to say that the above is a complete misrepresentation of my position by Amwestover -- it is such a distortion that it borders on sheer sophistry. Other editors have seen this pretty clearly, as the discussion has shown that the only other editors who have shown an interest preferred the version that I've suggested rather than Amwestover's. I've tried several times to suggest that Amwestover read such gems as WP:AGF and stick to arguing the issues rather than hurling accusations of "disruptive editing." I've been more than reasonable in the discussion, and the version that is currently in place has the virtue of being supported by consensus. That said, I'm happy to look at any new version suggested by anyone else. But I implore Amwestover, please stop running around Wikipedia attacking me as some kind of disruptive editor or vandal when you know very well that neither of those things is true. If you don't want to discuss the issues in talk, please don't engage me at all. I have been very restrained about reporting your behavior -- you blatantly violated 3RR a few times now, and you have laced nearly every comment to me with sometimes vicious personal attacks, and you even filed a phony AN/I report on me and used part of your userspace to host an attack page setting up for another phony AN/I, and yet I have held back from reporting this behavior in the hopes that you would eventually realize the virtue of civil discussion. I ask you once more, please stop turning everything into an attack on my character. Thanks. csloat ( talk) 18:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

For the revert of my talk page :)— Sandahl 16:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

...to you. I'm working on like 5 fa-hopefuls right now, life is stressful... you? Ceran →( cheer→ chime → carol) 16:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Quit beating me! I'm one edit away from getting 500 edits for this Huggle session! Until It Sleeps 17:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!!!!! 17:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Uh, I think you put too many tilde's in your sig....

I don't think you put enough in yours ;-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:38, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

• Until It Sleeps Facepalms himself* Until It Sleeps 17:40, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I wasn’t surprised to see this new user blocked: indeed I had warned him that he was on the verge of being so. Nevertheless, I think that he does have a point over his final edit to Groes Faen. What he removed was an unreferenced paragraph about an actor called Simon James Morgan, who as far as I know, may not be very notable in himself ( this is his imdb profile) and whose placement in this article does appear a bit over the top. The paragraph had been inserted by an anon, and I myself would have been tempted to remove it from an article I was watching.

Anyway, if you felt like reviewing your block of Wochende, I would be happy. Obviously if he returned to his vandalistic pranks he would deserve an immediate indef block.

Cheers, Ian Spackman ( talk) 18:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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Hi. While I agree with the reversion, do you consider their recent edit to be vandalism? While not up to WP's quality of writing, it was an on-point comment and strikes me as a goodfaith edit. What do you think? -- NERIC-Security ( talk) 18:12, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. Taken in context, it seems much closer than if taken singly. The reason the warning I left characterized it as "vandalism" is because they had recently been warned for a very similar edit, and apparently they did not get the idea after the first warning. I'm not 100% sure here, though. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:17, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I corrected simply the last year of the millennium to be 3000 (cf. other articles about the millennia: 4th_millennium, 5_millennium etc.). In the edit summary field, I wrote both the changed and the changing text. I can't understand why it has been reverted. 217.153.107.210 ( talk) 18:13, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure why I did that, since you were unquestionably correct. Sorry :/ J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:19, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

So hows it going? and im Me. 72.89.195.110 ( talk) 01:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Pretty good, although Real Life has thrown be a couple of nasty curve balls... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:09, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

[9] might want to lock their talk as well. Cheers, JeremyMcCracken ( talk) ( contribs) 05:37, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 05:40, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

See my response on my talk page. ¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 09:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Although I disagree with the edits made by Stonehammer ( talk · contribs), I do not believe that his edits constitute vandalism, and the block may have been premature. Looks like there were also WP:3RR violations on all sides. Better to direct the user to the talk page and give him a chance to discuss it there. -- Tcncv ( talk) 17:11, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps it was. In this case, it was obvious to me that he was only here to push an agenda, namely, that Tibet does not exist. From my experience, users like that either flatly refuse to enter into discussion (" The Truth™ is not negotiable"), or if they do enter a discussion, they do nothing but cause needless drama.

I am open to reconsidering the block if he should choose to appeal. Instructions for appealing a block are very clearly posted on the " you have been blocked" notice that appears when a blocked user attempts to edit. However, I very seriously doubt that he will appeal his block. Most users who are here to push an agenda leave when they realize that they are going to be unsuccessful, and as I stated above, I have no question that that was his sole purpose here. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree that the chances of getting anything productive out of that user were slim, but you never know when someone might surprise us. Thanks for all your contributions. -- Tcncv ( talk) 17:38, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, it's Marek here, would you mind taking a look at this edit. I do not agree that the format (my edit) was 'poor'. It is not the first this user has reverted me under similar conditions (on three other occasions). Could I please ask your advice. Thank you. Marek.69 ^talk 17:54, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I would say just ignore it. I don't think it's that big of a deal, and it is not likely other people are going to see that and go "Oh, Marek is a bad formatter". J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:11, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I am ignoring it. Not really worth a confrontation, in my opinion also. I'm not worried about people labeling me a 'bad formatter' - they can make their own minds up on that. It's just that it's the fourth (or fifth) occasion of this user undoing my edits on 'Twin Towns' on pages like Opole, Wiesbaden and Wrocław with edit summary comments like (→Twin towns: formatted less ugiliy) and (rv fanciful and unacceptable format in a serious encyclopedia). It's just a bit annoying (and rude in my opinion) - I am going to let it go though. Sorry to have bothered you with this. Thanks Marek.69 ^talk 18:31, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

i was perusing that page and looking at neanderthal's estimated time of death. i was just then thinking of the barbarians that were prevalent in ancient times that were killed off about the same time.

i was just then wondering if those two events were the same events.

the key in finding patterns is looking at EVERYTHING you know not caring if it makes any connection at all. the problem is you're wrong a lot of the time if you do such things... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.214.131 ( talk) 01:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Uhhh. Where did that come from? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:02, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

i just noticed you edited that page and decided to ask you about what i came up with as a possible solution.

65.189.214.131 ( talk) 06:23, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well, I don't know. I only edited that page to remove someone's vandalism. I don't really know an incredible amount about that subject. You might try leaving a note on the article's talk page if you want to get someone's opinion on that, or, if you are just curious, you could ask on the reference desk. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Just like that. Thanks! StarM 02:06, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking of creating this page for people to have general discussion about Wikipedia. What do you think? -- IRP ☎ 16:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

A lot of people use IRC to do that. A wiki really isn't very well suited for general talk. Things like edit-conflicts would make it very difficult for more than two people to carry on a meaningful conversation. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 17:32, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

If they use the "new section" tab, there will be no edit conflicts. Do you still think it's a bad idea? -- IRP ☎ 18:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. I would be willing to bet that a lot of people would go "SOCIAL NETWORKING!!!one!!!" and it would probably be MfD'ed for that reason, and because IRC really fills that role for a lot of people. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I made a couple of changes to the scapegoat page, one because it completely lacked any citation whatsoever, and one link promoting a band that is unrelated to the page's subject matter.

I felt these deletions were appropriate, and they were done with the intention of increasing the page's accuracy and freedom from commercial content.

Here are the excerpts from the tutorial which I believed justify the edits...

"...articles should consist of encyclopedic information about "notable" subjects. What exactly constitutes notability is the subject of constant debate on Wikipedia, but few of us believe that there should be articles about every person on the planet, every company that sells anything, or each street in every town in the world.”

"Wikipedia requires that you cite sources for the information you contribute. All sources should be listed in a section called "References".

I'm a complete novice at this.

Many Thanks.

Bitsnpieces ( talk) 18:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Since that user has attacked you on your unprotected talk, you may now block the user with no more warnings. -- IRP ☎ 20:26, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Already done. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry J.delanoy, but I am telling the truth I did not vandilaze that page. How did I vandilaze A Little bit Longer? All I said was that it is considered by many Jonas bros. fans as the best album. How is that vandilism ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by John1200 ( talk • contribs) 21:03, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea about the edit you were warned for by Hexacord. You should take it up with him if you have an issue. But you must remain civil and avoid making personal attacks. That's why I warned you the second time. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:06, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about that I won't do it —Preceding unsigned comment added by John1200 ( talk • contribs) 21:10, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

J.delanoy, "Untitled post" is better than "Header added", I suggest that you use "Untitled post". -- IRP ☎ 21:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've always used "Header added", and I don't think it's a big deal either way. If it bugs you when I use it, I can use "Untitled post", if you want. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:18, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Just making a suggestion, but it's your talk page, and you can use what you think is best, by the way, you forgot to reply at User talk:J.delanoy#WT:Talkroom. -- IRP ☎ 21:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC), modified 21:21, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I was recent changes patrolling (recently upgraded to using Huggle, and therefore being careful)... and pondering what was happening on Nurse practitioner and how to address it the most appropriate way.

My impression is that Nrse and 129.176.151.10 are perhaps the same person (perhaps logged off accidently, perhaps not, perhaps not the same person. :) ... and may be making a legitimate attempt at improvement of the article '... yada yada yada

QUESTION: What's the key things a recent changes patroller should think about in a case like this? (Feel free to ignore this if you're too busy -- just for my enlightenment). Thanks. Proofreader77 ( talk) 22:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I think that nothing should have been done there. I made my revert in error, and for some reason, when I told Huggle to undo the edit, it didn't, and I did not notice. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. I guess there is more to thise than I thought. I'll take a closer look. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:02, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks, and yes, I just noticed this erasure on the talk page (already reverted) ... Perhaps they didn't know they shouldn't do that ... but I see it "doesn't smell right" (especially in the context of this kind of editing). No need to articulate here what you'd do about it, I can take a look later. Proofreader77 ( talk) 23:16, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. And someone just indef-blocked nrse. Apparently, s/he had gone through a while ago and completely changed a ton of pages relating to nursing without consensus. I guess Ryulong decided enough was enough. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:19, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

One last FYI before I move on ... Your rollback took the page back to here (last edit by 129.176.151.10, who may also be Nrse) .. but there was another bunch of Nrse edits below that that haven't been reverted. (Excuse my not just "fixing" that myself, I just didn't want to step into something already being handled.) Cheers. Proofreader77 ( talk) 00:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure! Go right ahead. You don't have to ask before doing things. Basically, if you think you're doing the right thing, you probably are. If not, there is nothing you can do that cannot be undone. So, while using common sense, feel free to act whenever you want. If you do something wrong, someone will tell you, and it's not a big deal. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:22, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. Proofreader77 ( talk) 01:42, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I was wondering if you can help me out. Any idea why my contribution has been taken off? It's a link to a petition I feel is a highly relevant addition to the external links section of the bob dylan entry. I haven't edited much on wikipedia in the past so perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Please advise, thank you!

NYCBobDylanTribute ( talk) 00:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Jason

Hi NYCBob.

The reason I removed the link is because external links in Wikipedia articles need to provide a resource that will enhance a reader's understanding of the topic. Links to other things are generally not included. See [[WP:ER] for more information about our external link policy. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Can I please get some feedback about the post "editing issues" above? I want to make those edits again and need some kind of explanation before I do that, because you removed them earlier. Thanks

Bitsnpieces ( talk) 01:29, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed your earlier post somehow. I don't know why I reverted those edits, so I reverted myself. Those sections are now gone. Sorry for the confusion. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:38, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Very Good. Thank you.

Bitsnpieces ( talk) 02:05, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Note that we both reverted-then-undid-reversion of the same (ip) editor 173.32.47.35 (same deletion of table, different pages, an hour apart), and they were not pleased. COMMENT: I understand their being perturbed by having two of their three edits for the day reverted, but given the examples of deletions in that short history of an ip (and I must still verify that copyvio always applies to a table of statistics) ... and amidst the flood of vandalism ... I don't think we should be hung. :) (No response necessary, just an FYI) Proofreader77 ( talk) 08:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy, thank you for dealing with this vandal. But could you please explain what this rangeblock is based on? There are hundreds of different companies with their static IPs in this range who aren't connected to each other. Were there other IPs than 193.95.151.196, which is probably an anonymizer or such and also from Ireland, while the vandal's sits in the USA? -- Oxymoron ⁸³ 13:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. When that vandal shows up, he typically operates from within a particular (probably residential) net range, and blocks on single IPs are ineffective, as he quickly switches to another IP address within the same range. I had not previously seen him use proxies or anonymizers, so I assumed that he was again following his normal modus operandi. I unblocked the range. Sorry for the hassle :/ J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 13:43, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Generally range blocks that last for more than a couple of hours should be checked for possible collateral damage first, for example using the gadget. And the range shown in the whois report is often not the range that needs blocking, for home users the proper range can usually be calculated only if you have more than 1 IP (unless you want to block a /32 range ;) ), the more the better. For example in the case above, the next best range for 193.95.151.196 would be 193.95.151.192/26 only (64 IPs, while 193.95.128.0/18 includes 16384 IPs) to block Grafton Group without blocking other customers. Happy vandal hunting -- Oxymoron ⁸³ 14:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

...and I found a UBX that you may like. :) {{ User wikipedia/WikiGiant}} Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 15:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Aww, I was hoping for a cool image in that userbox... – Juliancolton ^{Happy Holidays} 16:01, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

heh, that may give the wrong impression, but thanks :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 16:03, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I try...for teh lulz, right? Cheers pal, Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 16:07, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I am back as much as I can be! Thanks for noticing! ;] - ✰ ALLST☆R✰ ^echo 01:15, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Recently vandalized on the article Hanover High School (Pennsylvania). While they are not yet sufficiently warned, their username appears to be inappropriate, and serves only to attack somebody. Thay don't appear to be here with particularly good intentions. Master&Expert ( Talk) 04:30, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked. I don't know how I missed that. Thanks for letting me know :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:32, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I missed it too at first, then I realized when I saw their name for a second time. Good job at RCP :D Master&Expert ( Talk) 04:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

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This year, we have a different system in calculating points. At User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions, you will find information about submitting your article (and other) work to earn points. Each contestant will have their own individual subpage for submitting completed work to us.

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Questions or comment? Ask at the talk page or go directly to Garden or IMatthew's talk page. Good luck and Happy Holidays! -- aye matthew ✡ and Garden. 14:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Just wanted to ask (not complain) you to watch reversions a little; this reversion accidentally removed an interwiki. Nyttend ( talk) 19:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I meant to go back and re-add that, but I forgot. Sorry. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:42, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings!
Merry Christmas to you, J.delanoy, and have a happy new year, from SchfiftyThree (talk!) 19:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :-) Have a good Christmas yourself! :D J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:52, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I saw that you have visited and edited List_of_Nobel_Laureates_by_country. Unfortunately, I am the only user who seems to be actively taking care of this article. I recently proposed a guideline on the corresponding talk page by which I try to solve the issue on how to correctly mention the birth place of a laureate. I did not get any reaction. As I said, I think noone else has it on watch. For maintaining the article it would be helpful to have consensus on the rules that underly the composition of the list. Unfortunately, I cannot build consensus alone. Also I want to avoid ownership accusations in the future. Therefore, your critical opinion to the topic would be very much appreciated, if you have the time and interest to sort this thing out. Thanks. Tomeasy _{T C} 20:06, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Please do not label legitimate ctiticisms as an attack. Unless you consider any criticisms of an arbs suitability as an attack? RMHED ( talk) 22:16, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Seconded. If you're going to block RHMED for that, you can start by blocking me for this. Whatever you personally think of him, FT2 is almost certainly the most unpopular arb since Kelly Martin – see this for some background perspective. –  iridescent 22:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

What useful purpose is served by gloating about that fact on his talk page? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Have you read FT2's talkpage? It makes Gwen Gale's look like a model of Platonic discourse. The very first thread on the current version is an accusation of abuse; it also contains such gems as this. RHMED has been round a long time (oddly, he joined the same week as me); he knows what's fair (if strong) comment and what's a personal attack. FT2 is more than capable of taking care of himself. –  iridescent 22:53, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I still don't see any way that it could be appropriate to say something like that, and that has nothing to do with how long I've been around. From what little I have interacted with RHMED, my impression of him is not favorable. And I am not the only one with this sentiment. Based on my own limited experiences with him, and the many very choice comments at the link above, it is patently obvious that RHMED's relatively long tenure here on Wikipedia has not taught him very much about proper conduct. I have no question he made the comment on FT2's talk page merely to be vindictive. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:08, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

My goodness next you'll be proposing to ban me for not being popular enough. Maybe you'd like to test your current popularity via a reconfirmatiuon RfA? RMHED ( talk) 00:18, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I am not, and I never was planning on proposing a community ban of you. I disapprove of your actions, but blocking or banning - no. This is not a bannable offense, IMHO.

With regard to your second statement, should a couple of more editors express the opinion that I am not performing my admin duties properly, I would be more than happy to stand for reconfirmation, and if necessary, surrender my bit. I can say without hesitation that I have never taken an action here, logged or not, that I did not think was the right thing to do. I have no illusions that I am perfect, but I think that my assessment has been correct the majority of the time. When I am incorrect, I have, as far as I can remember, never hesitated to admit fault. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Please don't see my above question as a serious request. I don't really believe you should have a reconfirmation RfA, pleny of others should though. FT2's a big boy, and everyone knows big boys don't cry, they spend hours compiling evidence in their user space instead. RMHED ( talk) 01:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :D J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! The same to you! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

i didnt vandalise any- thang about that colt 45/malt liquir artile. im black and its troe. what, did your total lack of a life ("administrator") kill off your sense of humour, beeeeeeeach? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.123.151 ( talk) 00:14, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I cannot get an IP user to understand that editors are not allowed to remove massive amounts of referenced encyclopedic content from an article just to shorten it. Please see User talk:IRP#Illegal immigration in the United states and help this user understand that this is not allowed. -- IRP ☎ 00:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

If the page's length us the only problem, tell him he should create an account, and create a related page to put some of the content in, and then link to the new page from the original article. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:52, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Question: What policy does it violate when you remove the content just to shorten the article? -- IRP ☎ 00:56, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, specifically, if it does. I think that it could be characterized as disruption, but that is a pretty general term. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

All right, that information should help. Hey, thanks for fixing my comment! -- IRP ☎ 01:01, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I removed what I entered on the Sonny Liston page. DSPORTS ( 01:37, 24 December 2008 User:DSPORTS) Thingg ^{⊕ ⊗} 01:39, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

:) And Merry Christmas! (Blocked without fuss. This one, obviously, is a repeater.) -- Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem! :) I saw your block on my watchlist and the first thing I thought was "LOL, pwned." J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:52, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for swiftly reverting that vandalism to my talk page. Nick-D ( talk) 03:45, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :D I was a split second behind you with the block, too ;-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:46, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Is there a way for you to give the IP a temporary whack with the banhammer (account creation disabled) without autoblocking me? Because I looked through the internet history, (because my brother had just been on the same computer I am editing from now and I found it suspicious that I was autoblocked, and the username seemed typical of him) and I can confirm that my brother used this computer to vandalize as that account. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 04:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm reluctant to block an address that has not made any edits. Do you happen to know it a static IP? If n ot, would a short block, say, 3 or 8 hours, be long enough? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:09, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Dunno if its static. He knows I've found him out, so a short block (three hours, that'll last until he goes to bed), along with my cold glaring eyes would probably stop him from causing any more disruption. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 04:12, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:14, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Happy holidays, by the way. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 04:16, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello:

we are planning an event for 21-APR-2011, and e figured it would good to post it onto the schedule in case others would be interested in avoiding scheduling conflicts... no harm was intended...

event:

April 21 - SkyNet Suntan Competitive Invitational (SPF 2,000,000 optional), immediately followed by followed by an “End of the World” BBQ within Central Park (New York City, NY, USA); organizer: howard_NYC AT Yahoo DOT com; reference: Sarah Connor Chronicles

thanks

howard_NYC

Huh? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You deleted my page, but the reason you deleted it for, was incorrect. My page had nothing to do with any of the problems you set.

Toxicsock15 ( talk) 04:43, 24 December 2008 (UTC)Toxicsock15

According to our notability guidelines, an article's subject must have significant coverage in reliable third-party sources. Since I saw no evidence of this, I deleted the page. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Conversation ENDED. I deleted the chess page myself to clean the history. Look at the stupid log. If you can tell me what I said and will not own up to, start a new section. If you wish to discuss the existence of my chess page, do so at MfD. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

crazy, batshit insane mess
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
why was W.D. Gann deleted then? its more relevant why was the cycles page deleted? Hello??? anybody there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 06:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Yes, I know it's hard to believe, but even though I am an administrator on Wikipedia, I do have a life, and I do occasionally do things other than edit Wikipedia. </sarcasm> What is with you? I have utterly no idea what you are talking about. Please give me links to the pages you are concerned with. J.delanoy gabs adds 07:23, 24 December 2008 (UTC) It's so nice of you to take time out of your busy schedule to respond back. I don't have the link to W.D. Gann because it was deleted? Personal pages belong on myspace or facebook —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 07:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Well, first, I did not delete the W D Gann page. I also have no idea what you mean by the "cycling" page. J.delanoy gabs adds 07:43, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Deletion is included under "housekeeping and general clean-up"? I wrote cycles before, not cycling. A series about prevailing cycles (not cycling again)in the universe. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 07:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC) WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING TO ME ABOUT HIS DELETIONS???!! Either log into whatever account you used to create the pages, or FREAKING GIVE ME SOME LINKS, or go bug him. Good night. Have fun. J.delanoy gabs adds 08:04, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Don't yell. That's unprofessional. Compare that to a personal page on here. The links were deleted, but you should be able to find them. I didn't create the pages, but used them as a semi-reference. You should be able to have the information. Stop yelling. I don't put everything in capital letters. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 08:13, 24 December 2008 (UTC) J, stop shouting, it'll get you nowhere. 75.91..., W.D. Gann redirected to William Delbert Gann which was then speedily deleted as a copyright violation by Iridescent. J.delanoy is but one of many administrators that edit here. The fact you were messaged by him about something doesn't mean he knows about anything you've done besides that. Garden. 09:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC) What was the copyright violation? The whole page didn't seem to be violated. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 18:57, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Games, ie. Chess, can be placed on personal pages? I didn't think so. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:01, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Users are given wide leeway on what they are allowed to place in their userspace. Unless there is a copyright violation, an advertisement, or vandalism, users are pretty much free to do as they please. Of course, you can WP:MfD userpages, but this is rare. J.delanoy gabs adds Number 11 says no games 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:16, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Go to WP;USERPAGE, then "What can not be included", then go down to number 11 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC) Feel free to MfD my /chess page. I don't see it as a problem, rather, as a friendly diversion from the daily grind, but I suppose you obviously have nothing better to do. J.delanoy gabs adds 19:27, 24 December 2008 (UTC) WP:UP#Games 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:31, 24 December 2008 (UTC) and you thought it was an attack on your page before when it was deleted by somebody. It's suprising that no other administrators saw it, or likely cared to respond. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:34, 24 December 2008 (UTC) I thought what was an attack before what was deleted? What would other administrators respond to? J.delanoy gabs adds 19:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC) You game seemes to have been. Other administrators responding to a game on a userpage. Just a case of, do as I say not as I do. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC) the comment about, "you obviously have nothing better to do". You don't want to go there. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC) WTF are you talking about? My comment is still there. And this conversation is now finished. If you want to MfD my page, do so. If you have anything else to bug me about, do so. But I will not respond to anything further about my /chess page. J.delanoy gabs adds 19:46, 24 December 2008 (UTC) WTF....you wrote it before and now you can't own up to what you wrote. You seem to have a bad attitude problem. Medication may help. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 19:50, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

• Lol it's called WP:NPA... ムーカオズルール ^{(Talk to Moo)} 20:01, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
• rofl - some IPs... :) - Fastily (talk) 21:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, Sir! I hope you have a great holiday et al, J.delanoy :-) I shall speak with you sometime in the New Year; we need to catch up! :-) Take care. Scarian ^{Call me Pat!} 12:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

70.69.178.89 ( talk) 14:27, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Wherever you are, and whether you're celebrating something or not, there is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! So, may you have a great day, and may all your wishes be fulfilled in 2009! Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 14:39, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Is this a combination of my Christmas greeting from 2006 and my New Year's greeting from last year? Why, it most certainly is! Hey, if it ain't broke...

Listen, i was just having fun with the article of uranus! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.68.90 ( talk) 16:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia, not a place to have fun You were vandalizing a page, which is against policy. _David ^WS _(contribs) 18:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

why was what I wrote deleted? 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 21:07, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Because J.delanoy wanted to delete it. It is his talk page after all. ムーカオズルール ^{(Talk to Moo)} 21:11, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

somebody else asked me a question. 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 21:15, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

where can I find deleted lines then? 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 21:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Find deleted lines for this talk page here. - Fastily (talk) 21:27, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

even though it is his talk page, certain guidelines should be followed 75.91.169.43 ( talk) 21:19, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Which guidelines would you be referring to? - Fastily (talk) 21:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:BLANKING would seem to apply here... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, regarding your earlier edits with IP User: 75.91.169.43, 75.91.169.43's antics are still going - you might want to take a look at this. If you have anything to add - please do! - Fastily (talk) 22:18, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I would advise you and David to just ignore him. He's only here to cause problems and waste your time. Don't let him do this. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:51, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, could you please protect my talk page? 75.91.169.43 is still at it... thanks - Fastily (talk) 03:30, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah. Right, sorry, didn't realise there was a history. Although theoretically he might not have read WP:USER or WP:CENSOR. Just AGFing. (I need to stop doing that...) Garden. 23:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

		Merry Christmas!
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Can you create this page for me? It's on the title blacklist and I can't create it for a decent purpose. -- IRP ☎ 16:26, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you want me to redirect it to his userpage or something? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:57, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, redirect it to the userpage please. -- IRP ☎ 02:57, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:05, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting that nonsense off my Talk: page. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:01, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem :-) I hope you are having (or had, or will have...) a good holiday! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 21:16, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiChevrons
		For the Coordinators of the Military History Project, in gratitude for your quick and efficient corrections to the pesky ad-infested templates that were so cluttering up the project pages, I am pleased to award you the Military History Project WikiChevrons. Cam ( Chat) 22:50, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

:O I can't say I ever expected to get that award ;-) Thanks, and it was my pleasure :-) J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:56, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

You deserved it. :) Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 23:00, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: [10]. To us, it was big; I don't want to know how much longer that confusion would have lasted without you. It could have been short, but it could also have been long. :) Anyway, thanks again! Cheers, Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 00:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for protecting my talk page -- hopefully that's the end of it! - Dewelar ( talk) 20:01, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :-) It's probably not the end of it, but he unquestionably won't be bugging you again for at least 6 hours. I added your talk page to my watchlist, so if he comes back after the protection expires, I'll protect it again, for 24 hours. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 20:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Please see this request. Thanks -- IRP ☎ 20:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Will you reply to the message there? -- IRP ☎ 21:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

You were right on his tail. LOL.

Thanks John Jomeara421 ( talk) 22:02, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

I am requesting that you unblock this IP address. It is blocked indefinitely as a "vandalism-only account". -- IRP ☎ 01:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:55, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Please also notify the user that he or she has been unblocked. -- IRP ☎ 01:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello, J.delanoy! A user you have blocked, Bob Mendy ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), has requested to be unblocked, and your username is listed on my notification opt-in page. The unblock request is on his user talk page here. If you no longer want to recieve these notifications, remove your name from my list. If you would like to be notified about future unblock requests from this user, remove this template from your page. Thank you, DavidWSBot ( talk) 02:00, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Unblock was reviewed by another administrator. -- IRP ☎ 02:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Unblock is always reviewed by another administrator. You can't review your own. The bot sends out these notices so you can see whether the reviewing admin agrees with you; it's not a request for J.d to unblock the account. –  iridescent 21:35, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

... for your help with IRC. I think I got it to work, though I'm not sure how it happened :) Chamal ^talk 05:52, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Werdan7 gave autovoice to you and Jake W. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 15:34, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Why would you preserve an attack page directed towards you and show it out on your userpage for everybody to see? I would say that defeats the purpose of deleting it. -- IRP ☎ 21:08, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

For humor. It shows how pathetic vandals are, and it's pretty darn funny. 2 D ^C 21:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

It was deleted because it was in the mainspace, where it was inappropriate even though I did think it was funny. Essentially, if the target of an attack page does not mind hosting it in their own userspace, I don't see it as an issue. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:00, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

By the way, you forgot to reply to me at Template talk:Sockpuppet#Sock puppet links. -- IRP ☎ 22:03, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

ok.

) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.116.163.237 ( talk) 02:09, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I really don't get why you say that Yaya Pagh is irrelevant. I'm her fan and I feel insulted. You can find her in tv shows and magazines all over in Brazil. You are prejudging her or what I wrote about her? Does she have to be a in a beauty pageant, a reality tv show girl or serial killer to be in wikipedia? Don't let her looks fool you, she could probably even beat you in chess.

I can start a petition to have her on wikipedia if its needed. Kat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.116.163.237 ( talk) 01:32, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

1) I didn't delete it. 2) it was deleted via WP:PROD, so you had five days to contest its deletion and 3) it was deleted almost four months ago. Why are you complaining now? J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Four months ago? I created it today. Please help me if you can. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.116.163.237 ( talk) 01:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Hrm? Oh, uncapitalized. Well, to begin with, you need to tell more about her. From the page that was there, I couldn't tell anything about her. Second, you need to provide some citations to reliable sources so that people know what is being said is true. Reading our guide to writing your first article may be helpful as well. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Four months? wow! I wrote about her today and after 5 minutes it was deleted and it had your name on. Just want her to know that it was me who made her be here. Help me! Tell me what I need to do.

Thanks any way for replying and happy holidays! Kat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.116.163.237 ( talk) 01:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry! I couldn't see my first reply,thats why I asked again. I thought that google was a reliable source. If not do I need to scan magazines and record tv shows?If so let me know. Just tell me where to send them.

Thanks again! K. -Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.116.163.237 ( talk) 02:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

You can't just directly cite Google. You should read WP:RELIABLE. That will give you a better idea of what to look for. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds

I saw your comment on the blog that I help maintain. We would love another contributor; the site was my friend's idea, but he's not actually too involved with WP. We are getting featured here, and it preparation are trying to spiff up the site. I know that your administrative duties probably sap much of your time, but this need not use any more of it than necessary, or the similar set of links you maintain on your user page. Whatever you are able to do would be great, either just sending me a link to a cool diff when you see one, or writing posts with an account on the site. What do you think? Can you help us out? Let me know. Cheers, Jake Wartenberg ^Talk 06:24, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

You deleted today's TFA! Spencer ^{T♦ C} 18:44, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

...Oh, sorry, Spencer ^{T♦ C} 18:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

No, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize it was TFA, or I never would have done that. I've contacted an oversighter on IRC, so hopefully he can send in a cruise missile instead of a hydrogen bomb >_> J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I just thought it was odd when I saw a redlink on the Main Page TFA. Spencer ^{T♦ C} 18:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Why do you feel the need to stress the fact that women and children were among the civillians killed in Gaza and not that there were women and children killed by the rockets and missles that had been fired by Hamas. You only mention the other side with light detail. I would like to suggest that you might focus on the Hamas attacks in a darker light. This is bothering me solely because I know some of the people who have been killed in the other attacks and yet your page indicates that those are not as important. Thanx for your time, a concerned reader —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.105.85 ( talk) 18:52, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I reverted you because you added contentious material without providing a citation to a reliable source to back it up. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:56, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey JD! I've returned from my wikibreak. Perhaps you should protect your user pages; they still seem to be a target of the usual hapless vandals. AnaheimSux ( talk · contribs) created another spare account today. ~ Troy ( talk) 19:29, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just testing something to see if there is an easy way to do that. Unfortunately, there is not any easy way for me to protect my userpages, so I guess I'll just leave it for now. Thanks for the heads up about his logs, btw. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 19:31, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

I am confused on why you deleted Frugal Repair corporation profile!? It was service that I have used and wanted to do a little research on how they started and thought it might be interesting to young people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Durante1 ( talk • contribs) 01:05, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

The page was nothing but an advertisement. Wikipedia is not a free advertising service. Go read WP:NPOV. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:10, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

as somebody who has edited The Walt Disney Company page in the past, please bookmark (if you would like) the now-separated Timeline of The Walt Disney Company page. SpikeJones ( talk) 19:46, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi J.delanoy,

If you have a spare moment, could I please ask your help on a matter which has come up.Could you please have a look at Question section on my Talk Page. I'm not sure how to proceed. Marek.69 ^talk 23:23, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

The problem has now been resolved, I think. Thanks. Marek.69 ^talk 01:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello!

I recognized your name as somebody who often beats me to vandalism revert so I'm going to ask you for this piece of advice. I am long time Wikipedia user (since 2003 at least) but only relatively recent editor. I started editing because it disgusted me that anyone might feel the need to vandalize volunteer non-profit project like this. So I joined ranks of RC vandal patrollers and I'm doing my best to keep vandals in check. I've been using Twinkle to simplify and speed up vandal fighting process. But, I keep running into recommendations and opinions that next step in vandal fighting is Huggle. Sadly, it requires rollback permission which I don't have.

So my question is in 2 parts:

(1) As I see you use Huggle, can you tell me does it make that much difference, is it better/faster than Twinkle, basically, should I bother getting my hands on it?

(2) If yes, in your opinion as admin, do I stand a chance of getting rollback rights required for Huggle if I apply for it on Wikipedia:Requests for permissions? I understand that that editors with less than 500 main namespace edits rarely get the permission, but that does not exclude the possibility. My reasoning is that I might as well try to get it ASAP instead waiting till after 500 edits. Both easier for me and better for Wikipedia if I try now. In deciding on your answer, I invite you to check out my edits and to point out anything I'm doing wrong, especially if you decide to answer with negative response due to reason other than number of edits.

Thank you in advance -- Melmann ^(talk) 00:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

As a TPSer of JD, I say 1) yes yes and yes, 2) rollback granted. :-) Tan | 39 00:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for making this as painless as possible. Cheers!!!-- Melmann ^(talk) 00:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you please vertically center the text and image on that template? -- IRP ☎ 01:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not actually sure how to do that. Sorry. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:14, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Do you know somebody who could? -- IRP ☎ 01:15, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

It's not protected. Go ahead. Tan | 39 01:16, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I know I can the template, but I don't know how to do what I want to to (vertically center the text and image). -- IRP ☎ 01:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I've centered the text, if that is what you meant. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 01:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I think he wanted it centered vertically, which I don't know how to do. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 01:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. I tried a quick stylesheet markup with CSS, but apparently the style markup doesn't work on wiki. I've never messed with it on here that much. Tan | 39 01:24, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I must have misunderstood. What is meant by 'vertically centered' anyway? It looks fine to me. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 01:26, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Uh, centered....vertically. In the box. Instead of the text at the top of the box, it's in the middle. Not sure what the confusion is... Tan | 39 01:28, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Like this? – Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 01:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that's right, or what IRP wanted. However, I'm off to dinner. Good luck. Tan | 39 01:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I think I know what he means. Check it out now. – Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 01:32, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Yep, perfect. -- IRP ☎ 01:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Cool, glad I could help. – Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 01:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

	The Iron-Fisted Admin Award
	I hereby award this to J.delanoy for using his "WIKI" power to refute the crushing power of money. Seriously, keep up the good admin work vandal fighting. Cheers! Scapler ( talk) 14:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey. :) Why did you delete my block message ;-) ? That was not pure vandalism. — Aitias //  discussion 03:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, the first revision of that page is vandalism, and that is all I saw when I opened the page history, so I deleted it. You must have added your notice after I opened Twinkle's deletion form, but before my browser processed the JS request. I've seen stranger things happen... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 03:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

It's completely all right anyway. :) Happy new year, — Aitias //  discussion 03:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

M.H. ^{ITrue Romace iS Dead} 15:38, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

extra timestamp for bot J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 06:56, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Dear J - I noticed that an IP contacted you on the 8th Oct complaining about reversions on said page. There appears to be a fairly long history of tl;dr insertions concerning sundry municipal misbehaviour, and the current version indeed contains a typical sample of an uncited (and possibly partially lifted) mega-paragraph. I'd be happy prepared to attempt to unravel the edits and reversions etc but thought I'd first better sort out with someone who knows the procedures etc as I'm not sure where to take this and if there isn't a more straightforward way of knocking this on the head. I've no particular reason at all to get involved other than chancing upon it but its all good experience :) Anyway, your advice would be appreciated. Ta. Plutonium27 ( talk) 13:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

PS. What makes me unsure about how to proceed is the fact that the problem/s stem mostly from IPs contribs. if I shoulda taken this straight to a report/page pro/ANI or somewhere, apologies. Plutonium27 ( talk) 13:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

PPS Oh and the IP mentioned at the top is Special:Contributions/208.186.134.103. Man, I am just not getting it together today am I... Plutonium27 ( talk) 13:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

- K, I've excised the essay, templated article and TP. Will send like to IP matey. More I don't know what to do and anyway I gotta get to work (night shift in the A&E). Happy New Year! Plutonium27 ( talk) 18:40, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

i like you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.143.203 ( talk) 18:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Ummm. That's great! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was vandalism...because of IP user's warnings...I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Willking1979 ( talk) 18:26, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. Huggle takes a bit to get used to, so try to take it slow, and be careful. I know many admins who will revoke your Huggle rights for things like that. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 18:31, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. It can get nerve-wracking at times on Huggle. This is only my second day of Huggle after many failed installation attempts in the past month or so. Happy New Year, Willking1979 ( talk) 19:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Begins tomorrow! at 0:00 (UTC) Some quick reminders and amendments This year a bot will be tallying the scores for the tournament. This bot will be run by ST47 and will count edits–at 0.1 points each (major edits only, see below)–and submissions at the scores listed in the tables. You must submit any work that you manage to promote in each period on your submissions page. Your page is located here. Rules and instructions are here for submitting. Due to the massive influx of Huggle users, and because this is a content contest rather than an editcountitis extravaganza, minor edits will be scored at only 0.01 points. If you are a Huggle user your edits must be marked as minor or you will be disqualified. If you are unsure, check your contributions. If you wish to drop out before the tournament begins, please do so as soon as possible, but not later than January 5. Most importantly, good luck! Happy New Years, Garden. and aye matthew 20 48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Delivered by neuro ^(talk) for Garden and aye matthew at 20:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I was just passing by and noticed that several edits by 98.231.153.180 ( talk) were reverted and warnings were issues, I don't think it was made clear what the problem was and the user's talk pages edits were reverted as vandalism also. Was there a particular reason for the revert? I think it would be better to provide a clearer explanation to the user. (Sometimes it's easy to jump the gun using huggle and misuse the revert capability.) -- Tcncv ( talk) 22:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know for sure. I thought I had removed those warnings. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:07, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

So do you no longetr consider them to be vandalism? -- Tcncv ( talk) 22:22, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know. I don't know enough about the subject to be sure. J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 22:34, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Yay! :D Happy New Year!!! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

  Ashbey  Ӝ  00:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, all! Best wishes for the new year! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 00:41, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

		Happy New Year!
		Hey there, J.delanoy! Happy new Gregorian year. All the best for the new year, both towards you and your family and friends too. I know that I am the only person lonely enough to be running this thing as the new year is ushered in, but meh, what are you going to do. I like to keep my templated messages in a satisfactorily melancholy tone. ;) Congratulations to Coren, Wizardman, Vassyana, Carcharoth, Jayvdb, Casliber, Risker, Roger Davies, Cool Hand Luke and Rlevse, who were all appointed to the Arbitration Committee after the ArbCom elections. I am sure I am but a voice of many when I say I trust the aforementioned users to improve the committee, each in their own way, as listed within their respective election statements. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to update the 2009 article, heh. Best wishes, neuro (talk) 00:50, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Greetings and happy new year! I happened to bump into your highly entertaining User:J.delanoy/funnyarticle1 page. As if that's not bad enough, have a look at this article in the Wall Street Journal. I hope we don't end up with Wikipedia in six pieces. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 04:15, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

hahahahaaaaaaa! Wow. Seriously that is pathetic. Happy new year! J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 04:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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