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Re: Spam blacklist

I had actually added an extensive report to the blacklist page right before you pasted my comment -- but stupid me, I added it to the proposed removals instead of the proposed additions. ha ha ha... anyway, thanks for the help! :) --Jaysweet (talk) 13:04, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Fantastic, that's a much more thorough report. Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Faith in Action

Edgar, would you be able to help me comply with the numerous requests on the Faith in Action page? I am not truly getting what I need to do or if someone else has to do it? I appreciate any help given. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Volunteers2502 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

In my opinion, the cleanup requests were a bit excessive, so I've removed a couple of them and also a little bit of copyediting. What the article really needs are citations to reliable sources independent of Faith in Action. Newspaper articles, mentions on third-party websites, etc. Can you try to find these kinds of things and add them to the article as references? This will help the article meet verifiability and notability guidelines. 15:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Edgar for your help, I can come up with some articles and hopefully I can put them up there (my confidence level is sinking fast) lol Jackey —Preceding unsigned comment added by Volunteers2502 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

re block of User:216.220.94.82

I indef blocked them because they had been blocked previously and hadn't made any good contribs. Plus, there was no note on the talk page or in the block log that said it was a school IP. The Placebo Effect (talk) 14:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I was about to give them a six-month block, but you beat me to it. I just wondered if there was more than what I was seeing. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I decided to switch it to a one year {{schoolblock}}. If you object, please let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

6 Month Block?

Hey, I'm not one to question an admin, but 6months? They hadn't been warned since 11 Feb, which was also only a Level 1 warning. I'm definetly not a vandal sympathiser. But as shown, it's a shared IP, it could have been a completely different user. Perhaps a shorter block might be appropriate here, perhaps a week? 6 months seems a bit too severe here, in my opinion. Steve Crossin (talk to me) 17:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Based on a history of repeated vandalism and multiple prior month+ blocks, a 6 month block is what I will routinely apply in this situation. The block is anonymous only, so registered users will still be able to edit, but the anonymous vandalism will be prevented. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Fair enough, you are the admin after all. Was just voicing my thoughts, as I watch and check reports on AIV quite a bit. Cheers, Steve Crossin (talk to me) 17:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
It's always good to ask - both as a chance to catch mistakes and to learn why. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Methoxylamine Hydrochloride

On a different subject, I see chemistry is your special field. I've been trying to write an article on Methoxylamine Hydrochloride (was a requested article) but I'm a bit stuck for sources. And a 3D model would help as well. Any suggestions? Steve Crossin (talk to me) 17:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd recommend creating an article for the parent compound methoxylamine. Information about salts of that compound, such as the hydrochloride could be added as well. Basic data for an infobox can be found at PubChem [1]. To get information for the article, Google Scholar might be the place to start. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Okay, thanks a lot. I'll have to try putting that all into an infobox. I think its time to go bed, I'm exhausted. Thanks for your help, and reponse to my question about the block. If I need help with that article, I'll know who to ask for help. Cheers, Steve Crossin (talk to me) 17:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

This editor is a Veteran Editor II, and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.
This editor is a Veteran Editor II, and is entitled to display this Bronze Editor Star.


Thanks, Bob! -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:11, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

212.219.191.184

212.219.191.84 It appears that there is no reference to how long the block is in the template, not sure if this is intentional or just an oversight. Just thought i would bring it up, Cheers.

AnnaJGrant (talk) 12:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

The length of the block is an optional parameter in the blocking template and I usually don't fill it in. This one is for a month - info that can always be found in the block log. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Pangamic acid

Hi Ed. The structural formula you drawed does not correspond to PubChem. Can you please check? Thanks. --Leyo 16:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

The structure in PubChem is nonsense. Geminal amino groups like that would not be stable, particularly with bulky di-isopropyl substitution. My structure matches the one given by Chemical Abstracts. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
That's what I thought, but I wanted to be sure before correcting the incorrect article on de-WP. --Leyo 18:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Faith in Action

Ed, Is there anyway to move the tags on the Faith in Action page so they are not at the top until all requrements are met? Volunteers2502 (talk) 13:01, 4 April 2008 (UTC)JackeyVolunteers2502 (talk) 13:01, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

They are typically placed at the top. I don't really know if anyone will object if you simply move them to the bottom. Go ahead and move them - the worst that can happen is that someone will move them back. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Drug articles that do not have chemical structures yet

Hi. I just want to know, why are there no chemical structures in the following articles?

Could you please create chemical structures for these drugs? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 16:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

It looks like User:Fvasconcellos already took care of apricitabine. I added images to the other two. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:04, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Oligomycin

Hi Ed, one small question: Your Pic refers to Oligomycin A, because there exists also other types (B till F?), right? I was just wondering, cause I will use your pic in the German Wikipedia. Cheers, --Yikrazuul (talk) 11:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it is oligomycin A. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Information about arzoxifene

Hello. Another article about a drug has been created. It is all about arzoxifene, an experimental selective estrogen receptor modulator. Could you add further information on this article? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 11:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I added an image and some categories. I'll see if I can find anything else. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Information about nadifloxacin

Hello, Ed. I have created a new article, which is about the topical antibiotic nadifloxacin. Could you create a chemical structure for it? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 17:07, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, I've added an image and a bit of data to the drugbox. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


Azidomorphine

Hi Edgar. Would you mind terribly drawing a nicer structure for azidomorphine? I've put one there which will do for now, but I'm not sure what the best way to draw an azide group should be as I'd imagine its delocalised rather than having formal charges as shown, and also I realised that it should be bent and I drew it linear, very sloppy of me.Meodipt (talk) 11:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Drawing the charges like that on an azide is just fine. I created an image uploaded to Commons with the proper geometry around the first nitrogen. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Mikethecoug

Ed, I'm not one to have any regard or respect for persistent vandals, but this guy User Talk:Mikethecoug had not had any warnings since May 2007. I had just given a warning and went to comment at AIV when I saw you had indef. Not really questioning your decision if you want to stand by it, as his edits leave much to be desired, just giving you a heads up. Cheers. -- Alexf42 12:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks like we were editing at the same time - when I looked at his talk page, the warning from you was not there yet. I wouldn't have blocked if I had seen that someone had given him one last warning. Though, with a history of vandalism for more than a year without any constructive edits in that time, indef blocking seems appropriate to me. Feel free to unblock and give a second chance if you see fit to do so. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Nope. I might, if he politely asks in a proper unblock request, else it stands. Thanks. -- Alexf42 12:26, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Piperonal structure.png

Hi Ed. I think your structures would be better (i.e. clearer for non-chemists), if you would draw the H in the aldehyde group. Otherwise, it could be confused with a ketone. --Leyo 21:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I see that there is already such a version: Image:Piperonal.svg. Sorry for the disturbance. --Leyo 21:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Methcathinone, Street Names.

I notice you have removed my addition of 'Ellie's Silly Snuff' from the selection of street names for methcathinone. I understand that I do not have a history of contributions to this site and that the information I presented could therefore be considered suspect. However I can assure you that Methcathinone has recently appeared for illicit sales in the UK under the name 'Ellie's Silly Snuff' A reply would be Appreciated.

Regards.

Information added to Wikipedia should be verifiable. Can you find something to verify the information you added - or any of the other street names? That would help. It's possible that the whole street names section should be removed unless we can find a reference to verify them. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Further information on Maropitant

Hi Ed. I have just created a new article, which is about the veterinary drug maropitant, but I have not included some information on the drugbox. Could you please edit it further? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 16:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. I changed data in the infobox to match the parent compound, and put a link to the PubChem data for the citrate salt in the external links. Hopefully that's fine with you. -- Ed (Edgar181)

Structures

Dear Ed: I am putting on my curgudeony hat for this message. I think that the recently appearing pictures of nitrate salts are uhelpful and in fact they are quite misleading. These species have far more complex structures: they are 3-d polymers, right? Organic chemists would hit the roof if I said that polyethylene had the structure CH2. Okay, maybe your (if you are the artist, apologies otherwise!) intention is to represent something about solution structure. Nope, the cations are definitely not naked, but have strongly bonded ligands (in water, the ligands would be H2O, mainly) and the nitrate would have 3-fold symmetry. If you feel strongly otherwise, we should discuss this effort or your intentions on the project page, because this aspect is kind of policy theme. Thanks,--Smokefoot (talk) 17:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I understand your concern. I saw that several articles, such as ammonium nitrate and sodium nitrate, already had structures drawn as I have done. And since so many other nitrate compounds were listed in the category of needing a chemical structure drawing, I created those images. These images aren't intended to be representative of three-dimensional crystallographic form - much the same way a typical skeletal structure of an organic compound isn't representative of conformation. But they have value in the context of understanding connectivity. If these images are inappropriate, I don't mind if they all need to be removed or replaced. Perhaps this is something that should be brought up at one of the chemistry wikiprojects. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:59, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. I will probably leave them be. One further comment in response to your organicker remark "much the same way a typical skeletal structure of an organic compound isn't representative of conformation." the pictures of the nitrates have almost zero relation to reality, whereas the 2-dimensional projections of an organic molecules has got the connectivity correct. BTW, thanks for all of your work (aside from this transgression!). Cheers, --Smokefoot (talk) 23:59, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the reverts on my user page. At least the troll wasn't being subtle. Do we have a new site to add to the black list? He seemed delighted with some danged thing or other. Utgard Loki (talk) 12:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. I don't think there is any need for blacklisting unless the link is repeatedly added. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:13, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

a shiny

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For clearing an ENORMOUS backlog in AIV, finally stopping my edit-warring with like 10 vandals, I, J.delanoygabsadds, award you this shiny. J.delanoygabsadds 14:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


Man, I was scrambling around trying to find an admin who was on in between fighting like 10 people, as I said. Thanks for getting rid of all those vandals. J.delanoygabsadds 14:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar. That was probably the longest backlog I've seen at AIV. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:02, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

A thank you

Image:WikiThanks.png Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 21:02, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

admin request

Hello, could you please restore Image:Changingcube.gif? The commons version doesn't provide a useful history, the log entry here indicates a copyvio. I'd like to get some further clues before acting at commons. --32X (talk) 12:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. Please just let me know if it needs to be deleted again at some point. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, I have the information I needed, you may delete it now again. --32X (talk) 12:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome. It's now re-deleted. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

about ctn-music.com supposed spams

Hi, I'm the webmaster and the publisher of the website ctn-music.com, our site is a web magazine like others, we talk, we write articles and critics about artists, it's our job, why are you considering us as spam ? our articles are related about the artists pages, they are linked in their official website and official forum. Why some fansites or some articles from "BIG website" like Aol are listed in wikipedia, tel me the difference between them and us ? Your position is inacceptable and insulting our job ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.8.145.203 (talk) 10:21, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe that I have ever heard of your website or ever called it spam. Are you sure you have the right person? -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleting userpage

Hi there,
I noticed you had deleted another user's userpage and was wondering whether you could do the same with mine? I used to have a bit of info about me on it and I then decided to blank it (and just have a talkpage) but I didn't realised I could actually have the information deleted.
Thanks very much, Pstuart84 Talk 14:06, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, I deleted it for you. Also, you can always put the template {{db-u1}} on any page in your user space to request its deletion. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much. Pstuart84 Talk 14:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Further information on Cethromycin

Hi Ed. I have wrote up an article on cethromycin, a macrolide antibiotic in phase III clinical trials. Could you please create a chemical structure for this antibiotic? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 15:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


Vandalism

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage! Deflagro C/T 02:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Recommended administrators

Hello, i have created a section on my userpage for other users to find administrators recommended by me. I would like you to add yourself to the list so it can have your unique signature! Please use ~~~ to add yourself, as this will omit the date. If you do not wish to be on the list, thats okay! I respect the choice of every administrator/user on wikipedia. Have a nice day :-) TheProf - T / C 22:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

New chemical

Hello, the Roasted barley tea article mentions a chemical called alkylpyrazine. Is this a real chemical and do you have the expertise to create a stub about it? Badagnani (talk) 05:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

"Alkylpyrazine" is not a specific chemical because alkyl refers to a series forming a chemical group. If there are enough common characteristics of alkylpyrazines as a group, it may be worth an article though. I'll look into it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
They seem to be important aroma compounds, so I have now created alkylpyrazine as a stub. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Ed - Thanks for the rollback tool! I'm not the biggest vandal-zapper, but I do revert when I see it, so I'm sure it will come in handy! -- Quantockgoblin (talk) 20:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Can I get rollback too? :) While I don't actively hunt for vandalism, I revert it when I see it, and rollback could be helpful for that sometimes. --Itub (talk) 09:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Certainly! Sorry, I should have included you among the others. You've got it now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:21, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! --Itub (talk) 12:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this. Prashanthns (talk) 14:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

207.61.101.2

Hi, I was just on one of my school's computers and I attempted to edit my userpage without being online then I saw that the IP was disabled. I just wanted to let you know that IP 207.61.101.2 is an entire school's IP address and it might have been one person that vandalized (I'm assuming it was vandalism) a page on Wikipedia. Russell High School is the name of the school which IP was blocked. The reason why I am contacting you is because it said that you were the one that blocked the IP. Please remove the ban. Loghead1 (talk) 16:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Because of the repeated vandalism coming from that IP address, it has been blocked mulitple times for long durations. It is well within Wikipedia's blocking policy to prevent editing from IP addresses that have been the source of that much vandalism. To protect Wikipedia, I don't think it would be a good idea to unblock. The current block is a "soft block" which only prevents anonymous editing and allows those who wish to contribute constructively, such as you, to do so. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
True, true, and I only use my username anyways. Thanks! Loghead1 (talk) 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Missing chemical structure

Hello. When I have checked the article Flunixin Meglumine, there was no chemical structure added. :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 14:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I added images and converted it to the combination drugbox. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Actually, but now I'm rethinking the combo drugbox considering the meglumine part is not an active ingredient. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Ceftriaxone structure

I just noticed that there is an error in the structure image you posted for ceftriaxone. On the left side, the oxygen connecting the six membered ring to the cephalosporin nucleus should be a sulfur. Thanks for you work. Bdeyes (talk) 12:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

You're right, thanks for catching it. I have fixed it now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Curious about Generalized Verma module del/restore

Howdy, I was curious why Generalized Verma module was deleted and then restored. Was it to remove vandalism or something? I had a vague memory I had edited it, but I am not in the history now. Quite possibly it was another article, or part of my cleanup of "we have 30 articles on the same concept, most of which are linked from this article" that didn't require any edits. Just want to make sure I understand how it works, and that I didn't make any edits that needed removal :) JackSchmidt (talk) 16:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

A user added to that article a phone number and an invitation to make prank calls to it. The same thing was done to multiple other articles until he was blocked from editing. I wanted to eliminate those edits from the visible histories of the articles. The only way for an admin to do this is to delete the whole article and then to restore all but the offending edits. This is what occurred at Generalized Verma module. There were no edits by you deleted from the article's history. I hope this explains it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation and for checking the history. Crazy people out there; thanks for tidying up after them! JackSchmidt (talk) 16:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

My edits to your userpage

I've edited your shortcuts list as the {{shortcut}} template was not being used correctly, per CAT:SHORTFIX. You may wish to change how you have shortcuts listed on your userpage, as I think some of the edits I made means that the links no longer show up. -- Flyguy649 talk 14:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know I wasn't using it "properly" but it was an easy way to get what I wanted. I guess I'll have to do it the hard way now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:31, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Redirect needed

Hi, can you make a redirect from diethylhexyl adipate to the proper compound? Is it Bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate? Badagnani (talk) 17:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's right. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:56, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Missing chemical structures

Hi, could you please add chemical structures to the following:

There are no chemical structures in these articles. :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 18:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Sucralfate

Do you think, it is also possible to draw the structure of sucralfate? It looks quite complicated to me. ;-) The best model might probably be this one (IMHO better than on PubChem). --Leyo 20:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I've added a structure that is based on both Chemical Abstracts and the Merck Index. I'm not quite sure how to represent the 8 Al(OH)3 groups. They are not covalently bound to the disaccharide portion, but the both Chem Abstracts and the Merck Index indicate that each of the is associated with one of the 8 aluminium groups that are part of the disaccharide. Merck Index just writes out that part in text as SO3[Al2(OH)5]. I've decided to represent it in a bit of an ambiguous fashion. The online databases PubChem and Drugbank have structures that don't make too much sense chemically. I've seen this before with complexes with parts that are not covalently associated -the result is automatically generated structures that are a bit confused. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Why is there so much water? 14 waters if I'm not wrong. Water of crystallization? --Rifleman 82 (talk) 20:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the material was quite hydroscopic and the number of water molecules associated with it would vary depending on manufacturing conditions, crystallization method, humidity upon storage, etc. There's quite a bit of polarity in that beast of a molecule. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, the structure looks good IMHO. When looking at aluminium hydroxide, it would not be surprising if sucralfate is quite hydroscopic. --Leyo 00:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I saw the pubchem page and from the SMILES I copied, all the water were just that - free water. Usually I would just omit these waters of crystallization. But, I see that the image here is a bit different. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 01:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Diagram

Hi, can you add a diagram for Retinyl palmitate? Badagnani (talk) 00:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm wondering if this page should just redirect to retinol. Some context would be the mono, di, trisodium citrate pages. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 01:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
The palmitate form is widely used as an ingredient in processed foods. Badagnani (talk) 03:41, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
This is one that could probably go either way. I don't think it would be bad to merge into retinol, but I'd be inclined to leave it as a separate article considering its distinct uses as a food additive and as a pharmaceutical treatment for vitamin A deficiency. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

New articles needed

Can you help create stubs for these, or are they synonyms for articles we already have?

Badagnani (talk) 03:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I created stubs for all three. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:03, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

For doing such a great job at WP:AIV that i just had to send you a message. It was you who finally blocked this pest after numerous vandal edits and he was actually calling for it! And i was waiting and waiting and waiting and it looked like from here at 14:00 UTC all the admins were asleep or if they were in your land they had a sleep in. Not you, you were wide awake there and i commend you for being there when admins were needed! I know there are only 1500 of you around the world but you never know when it might get busy. Thanks again and you deserve a barnstar. Cheers Roadrunnerz45 (talk 2 me) 05:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words and the barnstar. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Salute day

Thank-you for putting an end to that entire issue. I don't think that my comments should have been removed from the discussion page, espacially since it says not to remove them. But I do think that this was the right choice considering the threatening attitude of the Baseball person.

Here were my final comments that were removed. maybe you can put them back.

          • Tovarish is a word that exists, yet you can't find it. Grab a dictionary and look up Samovar. You will find the definition to be a Samovar. Not very helpful, yet that is a Published Source. I think that you are beginning to make my point for me, yet it is moot as I have removed the entire article. Feel free to bully someone else. Oh, by the way, First Amendment day just came and went. It started much the same way, and is only just now getting any published pieces after six years, (it is actually 9 years old, but recognized as six) My point is that there is not a Wikipedia Article on it....maybe you should create one.

Gary De Pury 17:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


Thanks again

Thanks

Thanks for unblocking me, but you should think about blocking User:Smsarmad before I'm very sure he's the one who vandalized the articles previously Special:Contributions/81.149.22.123 because when I corrected the errors, he reverted them back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.42.187.213 (talk) 20:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be best for both of you talk to each other in a civil fashion rather than simply reverting each other and accusing each other of vandalism; or perhaps seek a third-opinion about your dispute (see Wikipedia:Third opinion). -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Two weeks ago, this person changed many of these articles that have always stated that the people in question are Shi'a Muslims. Now that I reverted these edits, he reverted them back and had the nerve to report me. This user should be blocked from disruptive editing and POV pushing, at least temporarily. 77.42.187.213 (talk) 20:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Have you tried talking with this person? -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, and as you can see from my talk page and his, this is someone who is very ill-intentioned. 77.42.187.213 (talk) 20:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I meant talking about the actual point of disagreement. I see your name calling and accusations, but little else. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I am surprised that you unblocked the above anon editor despite of uncivil behavior and I would call personal attacks he made at me, as you can see at my talk page and edit summaries which I think you already have seen. --SMS Talk 22:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It wouldn't be the first time that I've been too lenient. If the user returns and continues the same behavior, please let me know I and will promptly reblock. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Denenrs2

User:Denenrs2 has just appeared and recreated the page created by User:Denenrs who you blocked a short while ago.--Doug Weller (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

He is now blocked. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

User:TheWarrior45

hey dude i don't know why you deleted my page it was my page and i really want to know why you deleted it because it was about stuff that i knew was true well not Bush's wife being 4 months pregnet that was not true but still i want to know why you deleted it--TheWarrior45 (talk) 21:49, 2 May 2008 (UTC)TheWarrior45

I've deleted it again, for obvious reasons. If you re-create it, you'll be blocked from editing. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 02:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Smsarmad

Please block User:Smsarmad indefinitely. See this and this. 77.42.190.154 (talk) 15:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I think you need to look at the edit summaries of this anon, who seems to be the same one who was unblocked by you a day ago. --SMS Talk 17:23, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Of course I'm the same. Why else would I be writing on Edgar's talk page? 77.42.190.154 (talk) 17:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Ths user has decided to move on with his POV pushing and vandalism. He has to be blocked. 77.42.190.154 (talk) 17:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
The personal attacks are unacceptable and have to stop you will be blocked for much longer time periods. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)