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Thanks, Karmafist. I will in the future.

I've been looking through your contributions, and all of the ones I have seen have been nonsense atarticles. Please stop creating these or you will be blocked from editing. They will be continue to be deleted. Academic Challenger 22:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I apologize, supreme being.

Thanks. Now, so that you can have a new start making good contributions without the bad ones, is it okay if I delete your Uncle Jemima article? It is obvious nonsense and will be deleted in five days anyway, but it is better if it is deleted now. Academic Challenger 22:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I did not create the Uncle Jemima article, I just added the Jonathan Chou/Great Philosopher comment, but sure, go ahead and delete it, I don't mind.

Its been nominated for deletion, as you haven't mentioned any reason why the street is notable.--Fil e Éireann 22:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Geez, if you notify everybody everyti,me their article is nominated for deletion, that's al you'll ever do. Just the same, I appreciate you telling me.

I have removed the deletion tag from Park Street, because I don't think it should be deleted. You are becoming a much better contributor. Now if someone wants it deleted they will have to use a more advanced process for deletion. Academic Challenger 23:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Smartyshoe 23:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC) (I finally found that ~ key)

Hi, I noticed you recently added a bit of trivia to Hatikvah. I've added a citation needed tag next to it, because while it seems like it might be true, I couldn't find anything to back it up. Remember that everything you add to the encyclopedia must be verifiable. If you have any questions, don't hestitate to ask. Chris ( talk) 06:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Please don't make any more nominations in bad faith. Clearly you were trying to prove a point, but it was a totally invalid arguement anyway. -- W.marsh 20:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

• My point was not that the basketball article was to be deleted. It was merely that if we don't do something about the "made up in school rule" for example add the line "unless it is something notable" we will have problems, including this one.
  • That's not a rule, it's an essay. And if you'll read it, it specifically addresses things "made up in school" that go on to be written about by good sources, and says those topics are fine. -- W.marsh 18:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Yes, I will. I was merely making a point that something had to be done about that rule. And while you're at it, add it to all the others. Otherwise, some inventor will say "Ooh, I invented that myself so it isn't an acceptable article" Smartyshoe 20:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The first is misspelled and is now a redirect to the second which has been blanked as a copyright of this. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:53, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, are you really 13? The quality of your contributions is much higher than people twice your age. I wanted to let you know about Portal:Israel/New. If you add anymore new Israel-related articles, please add them to the list (like Yerushalayim Shel Zahav). I started Route 90 (Israel) and only later noticed your Dead Sea Highway. I think your contribution should be merged into the main route 90 article since the Dead Sea part is only a small section of the entire road and then redirect it. -- Shuki 23:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Now that I investigated a bit, I see that you took the unilateral liberty of redirecting this page to your newly created Yerushalayim Shel Zahav. I see a couple of problems with this: while evidently more effort was put into your contribution, the other should have been the base for your addition, your article name is a transliteration of Hebrew. English wikipedia articles should have English titles, if you feel justified in redirecting an article, please copy&paste additional info as well such as external links, links to other language wikipedias, and categories/stubs. -- Shuki 00:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

When beginning new articles, please add at least one categories. Some more advice, if you are writing about a certain subject, try to find an existing article and use that structure for your new additions. -- Shuki 21:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Excuse my stupidity, but how do I add a category? I can never seem to remember?

At the bottom of the page, add the text: [[Category:Name of category]]. This will add the article to the category of your choice. Hope this helps. — TheKMan ^talk 21:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

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• Thank you for notifying me of this. I was previously unaware. I have also reformatted yours to give it a titel.

Please do not create nonsensical articles like Whashamacalistalanda and Cheese frog. Both have been speedily deleted. Thanks, AndyZ  _t 00:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

First off, am I allowed to use helpme for this type of question? Now for the actual question: Where can I find the rules of notability for roads, places, etc.? I know I saw it at one point. Once again, I am sorry if I am using helpme incorrectly, if I did something wrong I am unaware.

Yes this is a fine use of {{ helpme}}, since it's about building the encyclopedia. The closest I could find was Wikipedia:Notability, or you could ask at a WikiProject, eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways.-- Commander Keane 22:06, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure about articles for county roads. Perhaps wait for a reply on the help desk. -- Commander Keane 22:18, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh yeah, by the way, you can sign your posts on talk page by typing ~~~~.-- Commander Keane 22:19, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

signing your entiries on discussion pages is really easy. Above the text box are icons. just click on the third from the right, and it automatically makes the four tildes. -- Shuki 22:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

I have been swamped with non-wiki work recently so I haven't had the time to work on NY STATE routes. If you want to start a county routes project go ahead, but I think you should have a few pages of NY county routes before creating the project page. -- Censorwolf 17:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• I have a few from Dutchess County, and will be adding some from other counties soon.

I am willing to help out with whatever I can. I mostly work on Connecticut roads but I can help out with Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester counties. I've added unofficial lengths to the articles you already made by measuring maps. If you have an official source for these lengths, just go ahead and replace them. Polaron 23:48, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure this is a good idea ... are there other county route projects in the US? This would create an awful lot of articles about roads that really don't, IMO, rise to the level of notability. You are likely to encounter some deletion votes, I'm just warning you. I already think the state route junction lists are busy enough without adding county routes to them (re: NY 9D, for one).

If I were you, I would have discussed the whole county route idea before creating any articles. I don't think the community will respond well. Daniel Case 01:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

There's a project for California county routes - you may want to look to them for guidance setting your project up or get some help at WT:USRD.... Scott ⁵¹¹⁴ 17:42, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi there - I'd potentially be willing to help. I got your message and your project sounds interesting. Agiorgio 17:51, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds great. Sign up on the link I gave you. Smartyshoe 20:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I never gave you a link: go to Wikipedia:WikiProject New York County Routes

Hi Smartyshoe. Thanks for your offer. Please feel free to either correct translations (you may use alefbet to copy/paste) or at my talk page or email me. Cheers. ← Humus sapiens ^ну? 20:38, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

• I now have DavkaWriter. Thank you. Smartyshoe 00:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

What Orange County are you referrring to? Orange County, California? Orange County, Florida? Orange County, Indiana? Or something else listing on Orange County (disambiguation)? The point is that you should rename these pages to be more specific. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

• Orange County, New York. Once you open them up, it becomes obvious. If it makes you happy, you may create a disambiguation page, but first make sure there are articles on the ones in the disambig, or it does no good. Smartyshoe 23:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!!! Have a great day, Smartyllama/Archive 1!

Many happy returns of the day!!!

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The Wikipedia Birthday Committee wishes you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your special day.

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Thank you for making my birthday extra special. Smartyshoe 17:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

This is to advise you that the project page you created above is being considered for deletion according to wikipedia policy. Please feel free to follow the links on the page or go directly to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Without a Trace if you wish to take part in the discussion. Badbilltucker 14:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I've added the "{{ prod}}" template to the article List of Without a Trace episodes, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also " What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:List of Without a Trace episodes. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. TheRingess 23:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

The New York State and County Route WikiProjects Newsletter Issue 001 – December 2006
Intro Issue The Beatles WikiProject has been running a newsletter for some time now to great success, and, after some consideration, I've decided to launch a similar effort for the New York County Routes and New York State Routes WikiProjects. This could prove to be a very effective medium of communication between the members of the groups, and with increased communication comes the possibility of increased production. For the most part, this first issue will be a "dry run" of sorts, to work out any bugs in the system. The first serious issue with permanent sections will most likely be January's issue. Nothing as elaborate as the Wikipedia Signpost is planned, but the amount of information that will be found here will more than make up for the lack of framework.	From the Editor This is a work-in-progress and likely will be for some time. As we get settled with a format, I'll begin to make some improvements to the barebones structure and give a little more life to this page. Your feedback on the content and format of this newsletter is greatly desired. With your help, we can make the newsletter better and more informative! Don't be afraid to comment! Lastly, remember that this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 002 – January 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Happy holidays to everyone, regardless of how you celebrate. Contributor to this Issue TwinsMetsFan (Editor, Distributor)
DOT Beat Plans to reroute New York State Route 63 in Peoria, Covington, Wyoming County (15 miles southeast of Batavia) were unveiled on December 6. The project will eliminate a sharp curve present in the center of the hamlet, rerouting NY 63 along a new alignment to the north. Details will be finalized by Summer 2007 and construction will commence in Summer 2008. NYSDOT conducted a meeting on November 29 with Binghamton-area residents about the future conversion of New York State Route 17 to Interstate 86 from Horseheads to Binghamton. Topics of note included improvements to exit 67 ( New York State Route 26, Endicott) and alternatives to exit 68, an eastbound exit only leading to Oak Street in Vestal, among which was the closure of the exit. New York State Route 23A, closed from Palenville to Haines Falls since June when record rains caused a retaining wall to collapse and give way to a mudslide, was reopened on November 22. During the time that the road was closed, numerous upgrades were made, including the replacement of culverts, upgrading of drainage systems along the road and the repair of both the collapsed wall as well as the existing retaining walls. Project News Remember to vote on next month's project featured article! Articles needing cleanup can always be found at Category:New York State articles needing work. Both state and county routes needing cleanup are fed into this category. Articles on reference routes are now being created in large numbers. As a general reminder, use {{ Infobox NY Reference Route}}, link to your new article on the List of New York State Reference Routes and Parkway Routes, and, if you need a reference marker made, see TwinsMetsFan or Fwgoebel. Likewise, articles on county routes are also being made in impressive numbers. When writing these articles, be sure to abide by the guidelines on the project page, to maintain a consistent feel across all of the articles. Missing shields for county routes? See TwinsMetsFan or Northenglish. County routes in New York was recently created. Pictures of actual county route shields are greatly desired and needed. Also, if possible, some additional text and history about county routes in New York State would be welcome. New York State Route 11A remains the lowest active route without an article. The lowest decommissioned route with no article is New York State Route 7C. New York State Route 52 was, unfortunately, not qualified enough for Good Article status due to a lack of references ( full report). Any references that can be added to the article, particularly the history section, are greatly appreciated. There are routes still lacking mileposts. Member News One month ago today, Fwgoebel came on board to the project and, in the time since, has contributed over 50 new articles on touring routes and has added to dozens more, including helping in the effort (along with JB82 and TwinsMetsFan) to convert all usages of Template:NYSRInt to {{ NYint}}. It may be belated, but welcome!

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The New York State and County Route WikiProjects Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2	15 January 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project News Status of 531 extension updated Member News Plans for improvements to 104 to be unveiled From the Editor Routes 5 and 20 to receive upgrades
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The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1	10 February 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project News Notability of state highways is challenged Important deletion debates Featured subproject Featured member From the editor
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The New York State and County Route WikiProjects Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3	15 February 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: Project News Newest state route to go airborne Member News Tappan Zee study progress to be released From the Editor Route 12B to receive safety upgrades Special introduction
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Volume 1, Issue 2	24 February 2007	About the Newsletter
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The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3	10 March 2007	About the Newsletter
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You have been declared an inactive user and your name will be removed from the newsletter distribution and the projects you were a member of. If this is in error, please contact me on my talk page. Do not restore your name to the list. Regards, Rschen7754 ( talk - contribs) 21:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks! Smartyshoe 11:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on The llama song, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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I don't know why it was deleted, check the deletion log at http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=The+llama+song for more info. Pablomismo_{|\ talk} 22:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't help.

Hey Smartyshoe,
Congratulations on finding my super secret page. Here is your reward, you've earned it. User:Selfworm/HiddenLinkAward Good job! selfworm ^Talk) 02:58, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Volume 1, Issue 10	7 July 2007	About the Newsletter
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Dear roads editor,

You may have noticed some changes at WP:USRD lately. Some of them, like the cleanup templates and the stub templates, have been astounding and great. Unfortunately, others have been disturbing.

This has become evidenced by the departure of a few prominent editors at USRD, a few RFC's, and much fighting among USRD editors.

After the second RFC, many of us found the opportunity to take a step away from Wikipedia for a while--as a self-imposed wikibreak, or possibly on vacation.

The result of such introspection was that many of us were placing ourselves in a "walled garden" and on a self-imposed pedestal of authority over the roads department. Also, we were being hostile to a few users who were not agreeing with us.

In fact, IRC has been the main incarnation of this "walled garden." Decisions have been made there to conduct grudges and prejudices against a few valued USRD users with poor justification.

For this, we have come to apologize. We have come to ask your forgiveness.

In addition to this, we hope to work as one USRD team from now on and to encourage cooperation instead of the promotion of interests.

All users are welcome to collaborate on IRC, the newsletter, or anywhere else at USRD.

In the future, please feel free to approach us about any issues you may have.

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Volume 1, Issue 11	18 August 2007	About the Newsletter
Departments: Features: State and national updates Project news Cleanup system revamped Assessment Deletion debates Stubs renamed New York Featured member IRC channel goes global From the editors Minnesota bridge collapses One year after SRNC: A reflection
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A tag has been placed on CSFBL, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because it is an article about a certain website, blog, forum, or other web content that does not assert the importance or significance of that web location. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles, as well as notability guidelines for websites. Please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources which verify their content.

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I did, months ago. My name has 1345 written next to it. Mit ch32 ^contribs 13:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see the infobox on your user page, and automaticcally assumed you weren't in the project. Smartyshoe 13:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Its ok. btw, Your user talk page is acting weird. Mit ch32 ^contribs 14:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I know my user talk page is acting weird. The reason is, it thinks this is section 38, so it puts that in the url, but it also thinks its section 37, which it really is, and that there is no section 38, which there isn't, so it doesn't work. Smartyshoe 14:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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Departments Project news Deletion debates Featured member From the editors	Features WikiProject template system revamped Inactivity report Stub template changes continue	State and national updates Missouri New Jersey New York Wisconsin
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The Salem Witch Trials Task Force Newsletter Volume I, September 2007
Project News We have just initiated a SWTTF Collaboration. It is an effort to bring a selected article in the scope of this Task Force to at least GA status. Our current collaboration is, our main article, the Salem Witch Trials. You may nominate an article for the next collaboration here. We have also just created a new unit, the SWTTF Anti-Vandalism Unit. This Unit concentrates on stopping, preventing, reverting, and reporting vandalism in articles within the scope of this Task Force. This Unit also focuses on cleaning up articles as well. Although all members of this Task Force are encouraged to revert vandalism, to specifically be a member of this Unit please sign yourself up here. The SWTTF Fall Requested Article Creation Drive is starting, This is a task for all wikipedians, whether or not they are a part of this Task Force, who wish to participate. Prizes range for the friendly cookie, to the SWTTF Barnstar and the grand prize of The Golden Wiki-Award! For Rules and more information go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Massachusetts/Salem Witch Trials Task Force#The Fall Requested Article Creation Drive. Member News There has been some discussion about breaking off from the Massachusetts wikiproject. Please join in at the task force talk page If you know anyone who would be interested in joining the project please invite them.(but please don't spam random talk pages :P) We also welcome all are new members. Thanks for joining!!!	Messages from the Editors This is are first newsletter, and because of me its a day late. This first issue was not very well announced (which is probably also my fault :D), but for the next issue we encourage everyone to help write it. Also for the first time I delivered the newsletter personally, but for the future Grafikbot or betacommandbot hopefully will be doing this automatically. So please place your self in the right place here. And last but not least please be bold in your editing. Happy Editing! Yamaka122 ...:) 22:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 10 – November 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Autoblock of 69.121.100.112 lifted or expired. Request handled by: Woody ( talk) 23:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't wanna be blacklisted cuz some idiot on my network does this? Smartyllama ( talk) 23:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Please don't worry about this. This was an autoblock and was in no way a direct block of your account. Woody ( talk) 23:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Smartyllama ( talk) 23:38, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh and I think it might have been your brother who did it. Woody ( talk) 23:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay. I don't have a brother. But I have a sister. maybe it was her. Smartyllama ( talk) 23:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Autoblock of 69.121.100.112 lifted or expired. Request handled by: Woody ( talk) 23:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way, my sister said she didn't do it, so it must be an intruder on the wireless network. Smartyllama ( talk) 23:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you edit now? Woody ( talk) 23:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes Smartyllama ( talk) 23:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. I have blocked Account creation on your IP address for a week so you hopefully won't have these issues again. Woody ( talk) 23:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know who did this. It wasn't my sister, it certainly wasn't my mom or dad, so who was it? An intruder on the network? Hopefully they don't do more serious (i.e. illegal) things on our network. Smartyllama ( talk) 14:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Autoblock of 69.121.100.112 lifted or expired. Sorry about the trouble :( Request handled by: ~ Riana ⁂ 01:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

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Given the frequency of autoblocks, it seems likely that someone else who shares your IP address (a sibling, a roommate, etc.) is the source of the problems for you. I suggest locking down your network connection. -- Yamla ( talk) 17:43, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I live with my mom, dad, and sister, and we all use the network connection.

It's obvious from this that this vandal knows you personally and quite likely vice versa. The security of your wireless network is your personal responsibility. If this happens again, I'm going to have lock down editing from your IP address and possibly ask your ISP (Optimum Online) to look into potential breaches of its Terms of Use policy by those in your household. --  Netsnipe   ►  17:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not denying responsibility, I'm saying I know there's nobody outside my house accessing it, because I did an intruder scan. So, it must be someone inside my house, and I don't think it's my dad or my mom, but my sister says she didn't do it either. And technically, it's not my IP, it's my parents. Smartyllama ( talk) 19:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I Swear, if this happens one more time, I'll cry! Smartyllama ( talk) 01:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Then stop creating vandal accounts (proven by checkuser). Your main account is blocked for 48 hours. Use this time to think about your goals for participating here. Thatcher 03:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked: 48 hours for creating vandal accounts (which is why, incidentally, you keep getting autoblocked). Thatcher 03:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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I'm gonna sound like an idiot but on the Things Of The World page were you kidding or were you serious?

ROFLOLCOPTER I am so dim

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Ha ha, very clever on the sentence wikistory!-- Editor510 ( talk) 08:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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Please stop vandalising this article with your funny but innapropriate Dan Quayle humor. User:Tomtom9041. P.S. Both of your vandalisisms have been reverted by others. Thanks. LOL. 9 Aug 2007 0942est

Placing a proper timestamp in this section so it will be archived correctly. Smartyllama ( talk) 19:31, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

It was announced during the expanded Road to the Final Four show today (3/16) on CBS, and later mentioned on ESPN's "Bottom Line." NoseNuggets ( talk) 4:24 PM US EDT Mar 16 2008.

Mount St. Mary's. It was on the NCAA Men's Tournament page. NoseNuggets ( talk) 5:23 PM US EDT Mar 16 2008

: Placing a proper timestamp in this section so it will be archived correctly. Smartyllama ( talk) 19:31, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

If we can find sources, I say add them. As long as they follow the Reliable Source rule, they should be listed, especially the college ones (since I know I can find sources for those). J. Myrle Fuller ( talk) 23:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

But then if we include high school games played as part of Whalers Hockey Fest, wouldn't we need to include all high school games played outdoors? And if we include exhibitions like the Alumni Game, wouldn't we have to include other outdoor exhibitions, which would not really be notable? Smartyllama ( talk) 00:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Like I said, follow the Reliable Source rule. I'd say go with the college games for now since those are obviously notable and RS's can be found very easily for them. The rest we can leave off until/unless there's a compelling reason to include them. J. Myrle Fuller ( talk) 00:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Ok. That would pretty much just be AIC-Army and the two UConn games. I could easily find reliable sources. Smartyllama ( talk) 00:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

: Placing a proper timestamp in this section so it will be archived correctly. Smartyllama ( talk) 19:32, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

{{help-me}}

I don't know how to go about this but I appear to be blocked. According to the infobox, User:Thatcher blocked me on March 25, 2008, saying " (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 48 hours ‎ (creating vandal accounts and then crying about the autoblock)". This did in fact happen. However, I was unblocked 48 hours later as I should have been and have been constructively editing ever since. Now, I appear to be blocked again but nothing is specified why. I need to head out to class now so I'll be on again soon, but I'd like to know what's going on. thanks. Smartyllama ( talk) 17:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I see no block on your account at the moment... Your block log shows the one block you speak of, but no other blocks. What makes you think you're blocked? – GorillaWarfare ^{talk • contribs} 17:52, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I can't edit pages, and also when I go to My Contributions (or this edit page for that matter) It says "This user is currently blocked. The latest block log entry is provided below for reference". (Then it lists the entry by Thatcher). A screenshot from the Contributions page I have uploaded at [1] Smartyllama ( talk) 17:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

If you were blocked, you would be unable to edit anything but your own talk page, but that screenshot shows several other edits over the last few days, including this one only today. Try now to edit the WP:Sandbox. If you can, you are not blocked. If you cannot, what message do you get? JohnCD ( talk) 18:14, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

John, just as you were writing that, I also asked on VPT. I suspect a bug.  Chzz   ►  18:17, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I was not being blocked until around 1:30 PM (EDT) today. And I am unable to edit the Sandbox or any other page except my own talk page. I have verified this. Smartyllama ( talk) 18:22, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The user whose talk page Smartyllama edited is blocked - could there be collateral action or something? (Don't really know what I'm talking about, but sometimes silly suggestions provoke thoughts...) Peridon ( talk) 18:24, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Too silly - timings wrong anyway. Peridon ( talk) 18:28, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Possibly not - i was missing EDT/GMT. Peridon ( talk) 18:34, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Smartyllama, also, please log out and back in - just to check. Thanks.  Chzz   ►  18:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

P.S. I'm talking to techs right now, who are trying to fix this. Sorry about the trouble. I've cancelled out the 'helpme' for now, so it stops alerting us; but I'll be answering here ASAP.  Chzz   ►  18:26, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Peridon pointed out something. I was just looking through UConnjoseph's contributions. He appears to have been logged in on multiple computers in the Wilbur Cross building earlier today. I was in Wilbur Cross at the same time using the wi-fi and happened to notice an account "UConnjoseph" had edited the University of Connecticut page which I have in my watchlist, and proceeded to invite him to join WP:UCONN. I had no idea he was in the same building as me at the time. Could this be what caused the block on me? I'm not an expert on the way the UConn wireless network works, but it's possible we had the same (or a similar) IP address. Thanks for your help by the way. Hopefully this goes in because we just had an edit conflict. I'll try logging out and in again now. Smartyllama ( talk) 18:28, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Logged out and logged back in. It didn't help. Smartyllama ( talk) 18:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Are you still on the uni's system? Peridon ( talk) 18:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but I am now in the Physics Building on a different part of campus, and I turned my laptop off on the way over, so if my understanding of the Wireless is correct, I should have a different IP address because I'm on at a different access point. Smartyllama ( talk) 18:36, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

If it is not confidential, could you tell us what your IP address is, please? http://www.whatismyip.com  Chzz   ►  18:38, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Also - if you can/want - talk to the techies here.  Chzz   ►  18:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

My IP is 67.221.68.62 Smartyllama ( talk) 18:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you.

If you log out, can you edit (as an IP)? ( WP:SANDBOX or something)  Chzz   ►  18:45, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The block message contains either in the additional information section or the 'Emailing Us' section a Block ID number or Autoblock ID. What is that number? Prodego ^talk 18:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I can't edit while non-logged in. And I don't see a Block ID Number. Where do I look? Smartyllama ( talk) 18:51, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Try to edit any page like this one, and a message should appear if you are blocked. Prodego ^talk 18:53, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

It says Auto-block ID 2535737 Which apparently came because I logged in on the same IP as UConnJoseph. Could be that we were both in Wilbur Cross. But then why am I still blocked now in the Physics Building? Could it have been a range block where they blocked a range of IPs from UConn? Smartyllama ( talk) 18:58, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

If he's in the building too and logged on the system first, there could be a subsequent IP block on, I think. (Only just found out about this thing.) Peridon ( talk) 19:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Have cleared that autoblock. – xeno ^talk 19:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I'll be heading back to my dorm in a few minutes and when I'm there I can connect to the wi-fi which will (hopefully) give me a new IP and proceed from there. If not, I'm able to connect with ethernet in my room, which might make me able to edit. We'll see. Smartyllama ( talk) 19:06, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

According to xeno you should be unblocked now. Prodego ^talk

19:08, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I am. Thanks Smartyllama ( talk) 19:10, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

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