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[edit] Request for mediation

Re Chaps I have filed a formal request for mediation here. Montanabw, Getwood, Dreadstar, and AeronM, to agree to mediation please go there and sign the Parties' agreement to mediate. If any of you do not agree to mediation, the request will be denied; of course, I hope all of you will agree. See Wikipedia:Requests for mediation for details about the mediation process. --Una Smith (talk) 04:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Excellent! I was actually going to suggest filing one of these and getting a formal mediator involved. Dreadstar † 04:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Good. Please sign the agreement. --Una Smith (talk) 04:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

..for reverting the idiocy on my talk page. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 203.122.239.199

Hi,

Im an Anti-vandal, abuse report investigator and contactor and i attend the school that is using this IP. I have just found the talk page and I am currently taking the vandalism caused by users up with my network admin, i will let you know of the outcome.

I apologise of the actions of other users in advance Prom3th3an (talk) 01:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Despite the confidence instilled by excellent grammar and spelling, this user's page leaves me somewhat... doubtful? Antelantalk 02:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
oh yes use a previous version without saying so, that was when i was a no0b. Dont you dare insult me again, i have put enough time into wikipedia fighting vandals. I do not have to take this up with my college, i do so out of good character. Prom3th3an (talk)

[edit] Did you want to unprotect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaps&diff=203049396&oldid=202650627

Protection tag seems to be gone? Montanabw(talk) 04:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, you will keep an eye out for vandals while mediation is ongoing? (Occasionally the topic of assless chaps is just too tempting for the kids home from school...sigh...) Montanabw(talk) 04:58, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Elisabeth Hasselbeck

I would appreciate it if you responded to my recent comments on the Elisabeth Hasselbeck discussion page when you get a chance. Many thanks! Stanley011 (talk) 18:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a party to the dispute, please work it out with the other editors on the article's talk page. My intent was to protect the article from edit warring and remove the WP:BLP violations. Dreadstar † 18:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
I have attempted to work it out by posting a series of arguments on the discussion page that as of yet no one has refuted nor even addressed. I have provided a source (on the discussion page) that supports the assertion that the "Wright/Dahmer analogy" was controversial. Art Smart has not provided any source that supports the view (which is the current version that you have locked in) that Hasselbeck's use of the word "racist" was controversial. I was under the impression that wikipedia required sources in order for claims to stand (the claim here is that Hasselbeck's use of the word 'racist' was controversial) but perhaps I am wrong. Thank you. Stanley011 (talk) 23:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't see a clear violation of policy that would necessitate editing the protected page per the Protection policy on content disputes, so if you can't find consensus for your proposed change, then you'll need to take it up the chain; get a third opinion or a mediator. Dreadstar † 00:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

phoenixMourning has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing! phoenixMourning ( talk/contribs ) 17:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

[edit] Image:Beeyatch.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Beeyatch.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Kelly hi! 05:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleted. Thanks! Dreadstar † 05:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neil McMenemy

Hi. You provided no result nor reason for your closing of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neil McMenemy. - Nabla (talk) 12:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I did: [1][2] but it was somehow left out of the AfD close template itself. Someone had just changed template:afdtop. In any case, I've corrected it, [3], as well as adding a bit of direction.[4]. Thanks for pointing it out. Dreadstar † 15:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Aha! That was it... thanks for fixing the template, I need to check if I used it myself in the meantime. And I guees I will foloow your/mine direction soon. - Nabla (talk) 22:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hybrid cars

I posted the comment on hybrid cars. The artical I edited was a notice to warn people looking at hybrids not to get arrested and loose their cars. How does your mind turn a good thing like caring into vandalism? What is wrong with your perseption? You'll get boned by big gov when this new law takes effect all over the country. You and your whole family will be arrested for having a pen or paper or soda can. I'll be not in your country and amused in the knowlage that people like you will always get yours in the end. Congradulations you'll get to think back on this from jail moment as your oops.

Block my IP I have lots of pcs and wifi to talk to you with.

sorry to your family for you i wish you peace of the soul —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samioen (talk • contribs) 21:18, 8 April 2008


[edit] Search with Wikipedia

I am not sure to contact regarding this matter, but I saw that you are a pretty active wikipedian and so I thought I would ask. I am very tired of the crappy search engine that wikipedia uses. Is there not some way to mimic google's search where if you misspell something it asks you "Did you mean _____?" or displays close matches to what you are trying to say? If I am unsure how to spell something, it come back blank and then I search google, it finds what I mean, I click yes and then the wikipedia entry comes up on google. Is there anything that can be done?

Thanks

[edit] Thanks for the delete.

No really, it was really mature to just delete an article that had active debate and honest questions about how to prevent it's deletion.

Have a great day.

Ntwrkguru (talk) 02:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] operation anthropoid

can you explain WHAT exacetly is wrong with my edit? If nt, then stop reverting. There is absolutely nothing wrong with my edit! 71.99.135.115 (talk) 04:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 71.99.

Just wanted to tell you not to waste your energy on this guy, he has been edit-warring and trolling here for nearly two years, look at Wikipedia:Abuse reports/71.x.x.x and he returns with a dynamic IP address that has been rangeblocked twice in the past. So I suggest just straight out blocking if he comes back with another sock, don't bother with warnings, I've been trying to engage in civil discussion with him for months, there's just no point. The Dominator (talk) 04:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Note this is a personal attack you do not want translated, trust me. The Dominator (talk) 04:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Yup, and that's about half of it, he has a long history on the Czech Wikipedia too. The Dominator (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Graeco-Armenian

Thank you for protecting Graeco-Armenian. You might also like to protect Graeco-Aryan, where an identical edit war is occuring.--Yolgnu (talk) 07:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] question about samir to blngyen

why did you delete it mate, i heard on the radio that he got blasted away by some yob and i was asking my mate the yellow monkey to confirm, maybe you can confirm? cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.113.242.69 (talk) 05:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

thanks mate, i heard sammir got hisself shot in the Bourbon in Kings Cross just wanted his mate blnguyen to confirm it, nothing on the innernets yet. also congrats on them award down there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.113.242.69 (talk) 05:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your extensive work today/tonight fighting vandals, I, SharkfaceT/C, hereby award you this barnstar. Keep up the awesome work. --SharkfaceT/C 05:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ATBE

What does ATBE mean please, in regards to edit summaries? Ryan4314 (talk) 11:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

On your sandbox Ryan4314 (talk) 23:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bad night

I'm having a bad night with Huggle. Sorry about the reverts. I've fix my mistakes. MBisanz talk 04:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DJ Morgan

I am trying to set up this page... but you are not allowing me enough time to add sufficient information and references.

[edit] Guernsey Live

[edit] Deletion Review for Guernsey Live

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Guernsey Live. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Dead6re (talk) 07:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2001 again

Hi — What is the usual procedure for getting rid of that December delete tag on the Interpretations article? I don't want to cause trouble by stirring things up anew, but it seems to me that if it came up again there would be little support for deletion. Can one just remove it after a decent interval? I could let Groupthink know, if that would be considered courteous.

Also, would sourcing more recent articles on some kind of hybrid biological-artificial intelligence, as a possible path for future human evolution, be considered OR, if there was no specific reference in them to HAL & 2001? My position is that HAL is the main innovation in 2001 over Childhood's End, as a development between 1953 (CE published) and 1964 that is just too obvious for Clarke to ignore, a link towards the Overmind. No idea how the balance between protein and silicon will play out in the long run, but following the CE train of thought, surely it needs to be considered. Yet I think it might be hard to find a good reference on the subject actually mentioning 2001 or HAL.

I don't know if you have seen it, but there was a 1963 Clarke short story, "Dial F for Frankenstein" I think was the title, that essentially has something like the Internet suddenly coming to life (and taking over) when a key telecom satellite is turned on. Fred Hoyle's novel A for Andromeda hits the same issue. (I wonder if anyone has counted up the number of times Clarke kills us off in his opus? For such a blithe spirit, it is quite a lot. I could come up with a dozen, probably.)

Cheers Bill Wwheaton (talk) 04:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, whatever is standard. It seemed a bit incongruous since the article now is essentially completely different from the one discussed in December.
I don't think I have a better reference for HAL. I will keep an eye out. Wwheaton (talk) 10:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Another Intervention

Hi Dreadstar. I'm having some trouble with another user. This user has made countless, minute edits to pages (changing information from say 1859, to 1852 and adding "I LOVE AOL" to the bottom of Steve Case). As you can see here, I've added a warning (among others) and they have been blocked before. Is there anything you can do? phoenixMourning ( talk/contribs ) 21:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Dread. YOU ARE THE MAN! phoenixMourning ( talk/contribs ) 00:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Dread, got another one for you; this guy has also been doing these minute edits to pages... though I've reverted the majority of them, he still continues to do it. I've left him a pretty descriptive warning about it... to no response. Is it grounds for arbitration? phoenixMourning ( talk/contribs ) 14:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UEFA CUP

Hi:

Can you get into the discussion on the UEFA Cup article, please? There is a big problem with a user that doesn´t recognize official sources. Please, give us a hand.

My argument with the other editor revolves around if the Inter Cities Fairs Cup results belong on Uefa related articles. I have tried to discuss the subject and posted my references several times on talk pages. But I find it hopeless to engage into a discussion with someone who lacks a basic grasp of WP: Civil. I requested for someone to arbitrate the impasse a while ago, but none of the admins made an attempt. If you're familiar with the subject, could you read the above linked discussions and give an outsider's opinion. That may help resolve this deadlock.

See you, --Ultracanalla (talk) 22:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FYI, Wikinews

FYI you are mentioned in the Wikinews article n:California student arrested in criminal threats made on Wikipedia, just thought I should give you a heads up. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 12:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

No prob. It's on the main page of Wikinews but was bumped from Lead 1 to Lead 4.  :) Cheers, Cirt (talk) 18:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted article

I wanted to create titty as a redirect to breast, but noticed that it was previously deleted (by you) as "patent nonsense". Could you explain why this is not a valid redirect? Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 00:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't redirect when I deleted it, it was recreated from a prior deletion and contained a single nonsense sentence. Looking further back in its history, it was originally a redirect to breast, then redirected to tit in August 2006 (edit summary indicated it was more appropriate than redirecting to breast) and ultimately deleted by another admin back in September 2006 before the recent recreation. I don't know the particulars of that deletion, but I don't suppose I would have any objection to it being redirected to tit. Dreadstar † 16:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Award!

The Vandal Eliminator Award
I, Stormtracker94, award you the Vandal Eliminator Award for amazing vandal fighting and RC Patrol. STORMTRACKER 94 Go Irish! 17:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking required

I think a blocking period is required for user : Britrailclass 91, to let him/her calm down and to stop the personal attacks. Never before has my page been so affected! Btline (talk) 18:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you please block the Lou Dobbs page - it receives vandalism just about every day... Thanks, Andrewschools (talk) 02:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How To Destroy the Universe

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/How_To_Destroy_the_Universe--AndyCook (talk) 06:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

would you say that if i re-added the page with some links other hypotheses from reliable places, that this would be good to stay then? (i assume other people will still have issues but between me and you?) --AndyCook (talk) 06:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi again, User_talk:AndyCook/HTDTU what do you think? --AndyCook (talk) 07:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
(moving discussion off AndyCook's talk page) I agree that blogs aren't WP:RS, and since I can't find any notable source for this event, I'm think it should be delisted from the request page -- what do you think? I was just pointing out that the initial creation was for the wrong subject entirely. nneonneo talk 01:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] HEY

HEY DON'T BLOCK MEEEEE, I MADE A FEW CHANGES BEFORE THOSE WARNINGSSSSS I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS WRONGNGNGG TO DO THATTt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.153.208.205 (talk) 17:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] R00m c

Hi. Regarding R00m c (talk · contribs), whom you blocked for using ScoutCruft (talk · contribs) as a sock, a checkuser request came back Unrelated. At this point, User_talk:R00m_c#Some_things_to_do_when_I_get_my_account_back is of great concern and as long as he is declaring his intention to engage in a mass edit war, I don't think an unblock should even be considered. I just wanted to let you know that checkuser says they are not socks. --B (talk) 12:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] block user 71.196.203.26 ?

This user vandalized Pleiades on 4-21, after your last warning. Makana Chai (talk) 18:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page. Oore (talk) 18:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please consider taking the AGF Challenge

I would like to invite you to consider taking part in the AGF Challenge which has been proposed for use in the RfA process [5] by User: Kim Bruning. You can answer in multiple choice format, or using essay answers, or anonymously. You can of course skip any parts of the Challenge you find objectionable or inadvisable.--Filll (talk) 02:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

Hello. I noticed that you revert a lot of vandalism and I was wondering. May I have rollback? You can check my contributions if you like.--RyRy5 (talk) 04:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Got it! Also, when reverting vandalism, do you think that VandalProof is a good use for it?--RyRy5 (talk) 04:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great job

Dreadstar, I want to thank you for starting the ANI thread mentioned in the Signpost and Wikinews. You did good. --Pixelface (talk) 04:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Pixelface! I'm just glad no one got hurt... Dreadstar † 07:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Threats on Glen A. Wilson High School

Good job dealing with those threats. I don't know if you deleted the first threat from the page or not. If you weren't actually the one who deleted it, this wasn't aimed at you.The edit has been oversighted, but after it was deleted, someone made a personal threat to the deleter.Wow, I used forms of the word "delete" a lot in this post. Well, if you haven't seen the second post yet, here it is.-- Ketchup Krew Heinz 57! 19:52, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes I deleted the first threat and reported it on ANI...JohnReaves took it from there. I appreciate the kind words and the link. Dreadstar † 07:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:R00m c

Hiya. I stumbled across an unblock request by the user and made some comments, though you probably know the case better than me. In any case, when you get a chance, pretty please take a look. Cheers =) --slakr\ talk / 01:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

That's a bit of a problem. The checkuser did come back as "unrelated", so sockpuppetry isn't the issue. The concern is the user's rather combative attitude, and threat to edit war over maintenance tags, commented on by others: [6][7]. The user was tag bombing immediately following reversion of an SPA's tag bombing of the very same articles. The user has gone back and forth on the issue, saying he'll continue adding the fact tags then saying he wouldn't do it...then justifying the addition of the tags. If you believe the user should be unblocked, I certainly wouldn't contest it. Dreadstar † 16:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
An indef block and a week long block is way to harsh for these offenses, considering sockpuppetry is not a factor. -- Ned Scott 05:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
ScoutCruft is an obvious sock of another editor and was disruptively editing, as can be seen by the comments from the three other admins who responded to the unblock requests: [8][9][10]. As for R00m c, I've addressed that above, and you'll need to review all the post-block comments there to see why the block wasn't shortened after the Checkuser results came back. Dreadstar † 05:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
You thought R00m c was an obvious sock and you were dead wrong about that, so I'm not going to take your word on this without some actual evidence. Those other admins were apparently taking your word on this as well.
As for Room, your block serves no preventative purpose at this point, as Room doesn't pose any kind of threat to the wiki right now. No offense, but I think you've made a mistake and are unwilling to admit that. -- Ned Scott 05:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
After reading R00m c's recent contrite comments, I've gone ahead and unblocked him. Scoutcruft is another story, that one is a definite sock who was disruptively editing - that's the one I said was an 'obvious sock' - you've got it backwards. And no, the other admins were not "taking my word", they were making their own independent decisions based on the evidence..that's the way it works. And next time you mention someone on ANI, it's common courtesy to inform them of it. Dreadstar † 07:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I have a photo I would like to add to a musical artist's site that I took. What constitutes as fair use? Sorry I know this sounds dumb. Hope that you enjoy the remainder of the weekend... --Candy156sweet (talk) 18:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. It's greatly appreciated. --Candy156sweet (talk) 04:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Hi there

I was just remembering the times when we would be fighting vandalism at the same time, for so much of last year. I'm not on Wikipedia as often anymore, but I'm still here, and I'm glad to see you around here. We each reverted one of the edits by an IP. Academic Challenger (talk) 05:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Update

Just a howdy to say that the chaps mediation is complete and we seem to have an acceptable version that everyone actually agreed on. Was more painless than I feared in terms of the mediator being pretty hands-off, but quite time-consuming, sort of ate my wiki-life for a couple of weeks. Interesting process. Anyway, just thought I'd let you know. Montanabw(talk) 05:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RL Barnstar

The Real Life Barnstar
For reporting a situation that could have resulted in a real life massacre I present you this barnstar. Thank you. +Hexagon1 (t) 05:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)+Hexagon1 (t) 05:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Initiative in dealing with situations like this is essential, and for all we know you may have saved lives the moment you posted that. Good work! +Hexagon1 (t) 05:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Just be glad you're on the good side, every time I get involved in situations like that, I seem to be the one getting arrested... (kidding, please don't report me Mr. Thoughtpolice-man! :) +Hexagon1 (t) 23:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oops?

I didn't realize I made an edit. Thanks for reverting it.98.17.147.217 (talk) 06:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 64.160.247.13 (talk · contribs)

Hello!

Would you maybe consider protecting their talk page while their block is in effect? They're already mucking around with it.

Thanks! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 19:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user page. You beat me to it. Kaleal92 (talk) 19:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In case you haven't seen...

this. Not sure how to handle that. Enigma message 19:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Not sure what it meant, very cryptic message. I tweaked the block a little in case it was another user, they can now create an account even tho the IP is blocked. Dreadstar † 20:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Just a minor heads up

Hi D, if you could be so kind, can you watchlist Thoroughbred and Horse racing for a few days? And Kentucky Derby? The second place finisher in the Derby (Today, May 3) broke both front legs while being pulled up after the race, sort of a freak accident thing, and was euthanized on the track. Sad, (I was rooting for that particular horse, the only filly in the race) but for Wiki, this means the PETA sorts could soon be hitting all the racing articles with assorted POV edits. A bunch of us just got Thoroughbred to GA status, and in short, we would appreciate some extra vandal watching. Hopefully nothing will heat up, but well, you remember the rodeo fight...sigh. Thanks. Montanabw(talk) 05:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your Message re Tuberosa

Hi,

You left a message for me regarding my edit to Polianthes tuberosa saying that the edit was "unconstructive." Yet all I did was remove a line that consisted of semi-mystical musings that add no positive value to the article. The weird POV, quasi-historical, pseudo-religious nature of the comment make it unfit for use. It might be possible to make a coherent statement from the current edit, but I can't imagine what it might be and don't think the original editor had anything in mind that relates to useful linguistics, social naming conventions, distribution of the species, or anything else.

You suggested I explain my edits in the discussions page if I made any new ones, but I gave my explanations for its removal at the time I made the edit. You may not have read it. I think you are seriously mistaken if you believe removing gibberish from an article is "unconstructive." But if Wikipedia prefers gibberish, so be it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.204.82 (talk) 20:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note, I've removed the entire paragraph because none of it was sourced and it was not written in an encyclopedic manner, but it was not gibberish. If you have sources to support the content, then please re-add it and cite the source. Your edit summary was not very informative, thus the request for a more informative edit summary the next time. Dreadstar † 02:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Dreadstar. You're right about the primary deficit of the entry being its lack of supporting references. If there is actually a genuine discussion within a discipline, such as linguistics or history, about the Persian naming conventions, then that might be an interesting bit of "trivia" to add to the text. But I was truly flummoxed when I tried to figure out what the heck those remarks had to do with the species being discussed. I almost felt as if I was being led into conspiracy theory and Nostradamus land. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.204.82 (talk) 22:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User 69.74.31.11

Just to let you know User 69.74.31.11, whom you gave a last warning prior to blocking (again) on May 2nd, has vandalized another page again today. He or she removed a single word from Wingtip device‎. It was subtle, but still vandalism. I have reverted it. Usually in these cases I put a warning on the user's talk page but since he or she was given a final warning I thought it better to leave you a note instead. - Ahunt (talk) 15:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for taking action on this issue! - Ahunt (talk) 20:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:65.87.184.50

Just to let you know I have blocked this IP address for 1 month as being a likely sockpuppet IP of Tss8071 (talk · contribs), a user you indefinitely blocked, after reviewing the users contributions, editing habits, comments, and similarity of the IP address to other suspected IP socks of this user. If you have any comments about this block, please let me know. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have left you an update on my talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The COOKIE MONSTER ate the cow

Fattyjwoods Push my button has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi just to make sure you’re not too hungry, I would’ve given you milk – but the cow just died and I tried to milk the bull but it kicked me in the face. *sob*. Anyway, enjoy the cookie!! Fattyjwoods Push my button 01:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 203.122.239.199

Hi,

I'm a student at the school the uses the IP 203.122.239.199, i would like to propose that you permanently ban this IP from editing to avoid all future vandalism.

Cheers,

Prom3th3an (talk) 02:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Levy

Hi, you just deleted the above article under A3. Do you really think it fits that definition? Hiding T 15:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, with no sources, I did an admittedly quick search on the article's title and found nothing substantative. The article's contents were recently vandalized and the previous content was not substantive or meaningful - to the point where it was hard to tell what was true and what was not..if any of it was... Is it a notable character? If you want to restore it, I'd have no objections. Dreadstar † 15:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
I went ahead and restored it, took out what looked like vandalism. Not much there, but I'll leave it up to you..!  :) Dreadstar † 15:54, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
I just wanted to find out what was going on, it flashed up on my watchlist and it seemed out of process to me. I have to go now, but I'll keep it in mind, do some digging and see what turns up. Hiding T 15:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] R&I - 3RR

Thank you for the reminder, it is appreciated.--Ramdrake (talk) 22:38, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm concerned about User:Rubidium37 who appears to be a spa sock. Newly registered, (s)he started editing Race and Intelligence and its talk, with an evident command of policy, edit summaries, etc. Could you take a look please?LeadSongDog (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you.LeadSongDog (talk) 02:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello again. The Highly Active Users project has gone through a complete revamping per popular demand. We believe this new format will make it easier for new editors to find assistance. However, with the new format, I must again ask you to verify your information on this page. I attempted to translate the data from the old version to the new, but with the extensive changes, I may have made some errors. Thanks again. Useight (talk) 04:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Godsmack00755

Might I ask why you lowered his block to 24 hours? He has proven that his only intentions are to create his userpage in the article namespace (look at his deleted contributions) and harass people. Email me if you'd like me to forward you the harassing email he just sent me, if blanking my page repeatedly isn't enough. Cheers, -The Hybrid- 22:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Responding via email. Dreadstar † 22:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Cool. Also keep in mind that most of his mainspace edits had to be reverted as policy violations. Cheers, -The Hybrid- 22:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) -The Hybrid- 22:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD on Dysgenics (people)

Hello! I am asking because I'm aware you're probably following what's happening there. My concern is that User:Jagz is in effect burying the page under multiple redundant comments which add nothing to the debate, rendering the debate page less and less readable for those who'd like to express their views. Is there a way to correct this? Could an uninvolved admin say move the less pertinent and lengthier comments to the debate's talk page? Or maybe there is another solution? Also, this edit is Zero g calling carrying out majority consensus "vandalism". I believe at this point it should be obvious they are acting in a disruptive fashion. Please advise.

Sorry to be bugging you again, but these are just a few examples or non-constructive comments from Jagz, all taken from the same article talk page, over the span of a very few days.[11][12][13][14] This buries useful conversation about improving the article and is generally disruptive.--Ramdrake (talk) 09:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_democracy There is no such thing as majority consensus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zero g (talk • contribs) 16:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How about letting an unbiased admin deal with it?

Clearly you are personally involved if you let personal attacks like this one slide by [15] without a warning, yet threaten me with a block when I simply speak my mind and ask an editor (for the third time) to stop repeating an incorrect statement without making a single personal attack. Maybe you should ask another admin to baby sit the discussion if you cannot involve yourself in an unbiased manner? --Zero g (talk) 16:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I've been responding to those comments that have been directly reported to me or that I have happened to come across. Please bring what you feel are problematic edits to my attention and I'll take appropriate action as I did here. Your comment is not just "simply" speaking your mind to ask an editor to stop repeating an incorrect statement, you are accusing other editors of vandalism and being liars. That's not only uncivil, it is a personal attack. If you continue making such accusations, you will be blocked. Dreadstar † 16:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dreadstar I'm just letting you know that this issue with Jagz has been raised with sysops before. I raised this with MastCell a number of weeks ago here and yesterday here. Slrubenstein brought some seemingly antisemetic comments by Jagz to MastCell back in March 08 as well (here).
If you review Talk:Jagz's history or see my post to MastCell you will see that I have already gone through a full sequence of template warnings to Jagz for civility, agf and tendentious editing violations - these warnings have been ignored by him.
You may also want to ask Raymond arritt about his experience of Jagz and Zero-g.
I am not involved in any content disputes with Jagz or Zero_g. Jagz's behaviour came to my attention through a WP:FTN post that was asking the other parent to circumvent an RFC--Cailil talk 18:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Just a by the way - do you know about the history serious of sock-puppetry at the Race and intelligence? If not you might want to look at the pages and logs of User:Hayden5650, User:Lukas19. You could also want to consider the information about 2 other editors involved there - User:Fourdee who is banned (by Jimbo) and User:MoritzB who was indef blocked for tendentious editing.
Also I can pass on that link about meat-puppetry if you deem it necessary--Cailil talk 19:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to bug you all gentle folks again, but this edit, AFAIK accuses me of being mentally deranged ("possible paranoia"). Personnally, I think this is the utmost breach of civility, but I'D nevertheless appreciate a second opinion on this. I guess I need a sanity check. And, for the record, I also responded to the accusation directly on MastCell's talk page, hoping this wouldn't be considered a breach of WP:PARENT. Thank you for your attention.--Ramdrake (talk) 20:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you!--Ramdrake (talk) 22:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[16] --Jagz (talk) 21:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to add items to this list over time: [17] --Jagz (talk) 22:09, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism history of IP 190.77.40.162

Hello, and thank you for the block. I've manually reviewed all edits by 190.77.40.162 (talk) back to 17 April, and found that all appear to be vandalism. I believe I and several other users have undone the damage, but I'm of the impression that there might be a tool out there to confirm that no residual changes remain. If this is true, can you run this tool? Thanks. -- Tcncv (talk) 04:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

AYT? -- Tcncv (talk) 01:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Off and on this holiday weekend. I remember seeing a tool that analyzes residual vandalism, but I can't remember where I saw it...or was there something else you needed? 14:Dreadstar † 14:51, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Nope, that was it. I remember something about such a tool, but figured it was something that the admins had access to. I'll ask around. Enjoy your weekend. -- Tcncv (talk) 15:08, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not anything you need to do, just a vent

Why oh why do the little children (presumably) seem to feel this constant urge to vandalize the hay article? Yes, I know the answer, just wanted to vent. Some days I really wonder why wiki has the "Random Article" feature and whether or not this is the leading cause of anon IP nonsense vandalism...(grumble). Thanks for the ear. Seems to be no appropriate barnstar, so how about a cookie? Montanabw(talk) 15:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Edit war on the "Lynn Conway" page

I am hoping you can provide some input to prevent a repeated edit war. Last week, you (correctly) protected the Lynn Conway page, which was devolving into an edit war between me and user:Dicklyon. He and I discussed the issue on the talk page and came to an agreement on how best to resolve the situation. The protection expired, and I edited the page in the manner to which Dicklyon and I agreed. However, he has now backed out of that agreement/consensus and is reverting everything that any other editor changes on that page. Any guidance or intervention would be greatly appreciated.

Help me, Dreadstar-Kenobi. You're my only hope.
—MarionTheLibrarian (talk) 01:05, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lynn Conway Mediation

Hi, I'm the mediator for the 2008-06-01 Lynn Conway case. I noticed you protected the article, and just wanted to give you a heads up about the mediation, should you wish to comment and participate. Thanks. BrownHornet21 (talk) 00:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ANI - Jagz

Hi Dreadstar, I'm notifying you of this since it involves Jagz whom you recently blocked--Cailil talk 01:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)