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[edit] thank spam
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Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky |
[edit] My RfA
Hi Bfigura, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 23:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Thanks
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[edit] Laundry
Taken from Art LaPella's talk page. This is weird enough that I want to keep a copy on hand. --Bfigura (talk) 18:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
I found 2 cases of wrong information in WP within an hour.
I started a page to tabulate it so that we could find out if these were AGF good faith errors or sneaky vandalism. Some people are strongly opposed to this, even to the point of reverting a report of an error (this is a clear case of wrong information, not POV opinion).
I am willing to just drop the matter but that means my effort to help WP has failed. BVande (talk) 22:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'm glad you found 2 cases of wrong information. I'm not glad that a new editor (only 60 edits) already wants to redesign how all of Wikipedia handles vandalism. Your edit to Johnny Unitas appears to be correct, except that you didn't preview to see how it would appear, requiring this correction. But there is a much lower chance that you already know how to improve the procedure described at Wikipedia:Vandalism without more experience. In this case, getting confrontational over a single factoid from 2005 would cause more hassle than benefit. Art LaPella (talk) 23:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Hi Art. I'm not sure if you're already aware or not, but the above user has been indef'd as a sock of Dereks1x per CU. Since you did the this id verification thing, I thought I'd let you know. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 17:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't know anything about Dereks1x, but I did get snail mail with a copy of a driver's license, showing enough to prove it has to be someone named B. Vande something, and asserting use of the username BVande. Art LaPella (talk) 18:15, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Wierd. I'm not sure if that should affect the block, since my understanding is that Derek seems to enjoy creating false user accounts, but I'l mention it to the blocking admin. --Bfigura (talk) 18:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't know anything about Dereks1x, but I did get snail mail with a copy of a driver's license, showing enough to prove it has to be someone named B. Vande something, and asserting use of the username BVande. Art LaPella (talk) 18:15, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Art. I'm not sure if you're already aware or not, but the above user has been indef'd as a sock of Dereks1x per CU. Since you did the this id verification thing, I thought I'd let you know. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 17:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] BVande (talk · contribs)
Hi. Just so you know, this isn't the only time this has come up today: this doesn't strike me as coincidence...
Sam Korn (smoddy) 19:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- The fact that someone is running around possibly committing forgery/fraud seems somewhat worrisome. (I'm basing that on drivers license that Art got in the mail). Does anything more than usual need to be done here (more than the usual CU stuff, that is)? --Bfigura (talk) 20:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I'd agree, it seems like it keeps getting caught/detected. And since the user in question doesn't appear to be impersonating people so much as making up identities, it's probably not worth trying to get Mike Godwin involved. --Bfigura (talk) 20:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Re: Derek's Laundry
Hi, Bfigura! Dereks1x scanning random licenses and mailing them to admins isn't a new problem: he's done it twice in the past week, and in the past has used the same tactic with VK35 to remain unblocked for a while. For what it's worth, the checkuser was a bulletproof {{confirmed}}; combined with the rather transparent behavior I felt it would be prudent to lay down a block. east.718 at 23:48, May 16, 2008
- Hi East. Thanks for taking care of the socks. I still do think it's odd that he keeps obtaining random licenses and using them to impersonate people: largely since I can't think of a legal way to do that. Has anyone considered forwarding this on to local law enforcement or postal inspectors? I know no one's really being harmed here (yet), but given that he's used multiple real or fake licenses, the potential seems to be there. (That said, I can't see what anyone would really do, other than file a report). Best, --Bfigura (talk) 00:45, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Leaks
Does wikileaks qualify as a source? Anonymous70 (talk) 19:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
- As a reliable source? Nope. If the new york times covers it, it's different. --Bfigura (talk) 19:25, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Ah alright. Thanks Anonymous70 (talk) 19:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. --Bfigura (talk) 19:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re: A note about your banner
Thanks. I didn't realize the link went dead because I made it look like an external link so it didn't turn red when it's G7'd OhanaUnitedTalk page 19:54, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. Cheers, --Bfigura (talk) 22:00, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cookies!
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Moved from user page --Bfigura's puppy (talk) 03:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sourcing
Who is "puppy" and why the hell is he/she deleting every change I make? Everything I have done is according to wikipedia's instructions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmenino (talk • contribs) 03:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hi there. From what I can see, it looked like you were replacing specific links (to the artists pages, detroit city, etc) with more generalized links to myspace and youtube (which we don't generally consider to be reliable sources). On one case, I think you were reverted by XLinkBot, which reverts myspace links, which probably confused things.
- In general though, to establish notability, there needs to be multiple references to reliable sources, such as reviews. (The artists own webpage, and videos on youtube and myspace generally don't establish notability). There's more details on the guideline at WP:MUSIC. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 21:24, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Susan Hurley
She is very gifted, but very sad. Thus, her opera on Anais. And so, where is she now? Will she come up to the plate without the sadness and angst? She is, I think, a very happy, silly soul enjoying life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.94.155.70 (talk) 05:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ummm, what? I rather sure I don't know you mean. --Bfigura (talk) 16:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hikingb5
So let me know when you finish looking at the requested many ref items on my http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hikingb5 area to see if it would have helped or saved it? Hikingb5 (talk) 01:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
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