User talk:74.57.243.142

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Hi. Unfortunately, there really isn't much you can do. Wikipedia's policies only allow for punitive measures after a consistent history of abuse. If he vandalized your page or attacked you in any other way persistently he could be blocked temporarily, and if he continued to do so after the temporary block expired he could be blocked indefinitely. You can see the blocking policy for more information on that. However, there is no way to do anything to him for only one offense. There is good news though, and that is that there is very little he can do either. Any vandalism he commits will be swiftly detected by the many users that are consistently on vandalism patrol, so there really isn't any reason to worry about him. As you can see, the vandalism on your page was reverted within a minute of being posted, and you can typically expect that sort of reaction time for any sort of egregious vandalism. By the way, when you post on talk pages in the future please remember to sign your post with ~~~~ (which the software automatically translates into your signature) so other people can identify both you and the time you posted.--Dycedarg ж 00:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC) Answer: Sorry my name wasn't on my request. I thought it would be there automatically.

I was able to trace this jerk by IP and sent an e-mail to the abuse address of their ISP. Hopefully it will get some movement. I'm happy to know you have a lot of people watching out for crap like what this loser posted (BTW: So far they've done it twice). We don't have slander laws here in Canada, so this is my option.

JeffreyABoman 00:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)