User:A. B.

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A quiz

Spammers, friends and critics can't agree -- is User:A. B.:

A. "She (because clearly she's a bitch) is just doing her thing up in New Jersey. No one likes you, mother of three. No one." ^[1][2]

B. "Worst of all this user is very offensive to females." ^[3]

• Same user also edits as Tony.dean ^[4]

C. A stalker "from birmgingham england." ^[5]

D. A "lesbian feminazi."^[6][7] … wearing her "undies in a bunch?" ^[8]

E. A "robot." ^[9][10][11]

• Oh no!

F. Hiding a pornographic fire-parrot in Wikipedia's sandbox.^[12]

G. Living in Minnesota, USA.^[13]

H. Canadian, eh? ^[14] Tamil, no?^[15]

I. A Yankee?^[16] A Tennesseean?^[17] A Yankee and a "Kerry freak"?^[18]

J. In the American Air Force or maybe the Navy^[19]

K. Just stupid.^[20]

L. A kid sitting on a bean bag chair in Mom's basement eating Cheetos

M. A mom with a kid in the basement living on Cheetos

N. All of the above.

O. None of the above.

P. Somedays one, somedays another.

You decide.

Answer at bottom of page

More stuff

About me
Meta user name: A. B.
Accounts on other Wikimedia projects: List
Edit count: this Wikipedia
Edit count: Meta-Wiki
Edit counts on other projects:User:A. B.
Edit counts on other projects: User:A. B. 10
Edit counts on other projects: User:A. B. 100
My old RfA: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/A. B. (I was automatically removed from adminship during my 2013-2022 absence from Wikipedia)
Email: use Wikipedia's "E-mail this user" feature

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Centralized discussion

Userboxes
MixThis user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently. CAThis user uses Canadian English spelling.
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This user contributes using Microsoft Office. This user's primary email client is Microsoft Outlook.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam.

Barnstars and such:

The Resilient Barnstar For remaining tactically neutral even after mistakenly pissing off a meticulous bitch. (staying cool while in the line of fire) Ste4k 00:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC) The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar CJC47 05:15, 12 July 2006 (UTC) The Spamstar of Glory Presented to A. B. for diligence in fighting spam on Wikipedia -- ReyBrujo The Working Man's Barnstar For your ongoing willingness to take on the laborious tasks involved in fighting spam, and for being a driving force at WikiProject Spam, I award you the Working Man's Barnstar. Keep up the excellent work! --AbsolutDan (talk) 17:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC) brger defaultkid99 (talk) 16:18, 19 October 2023 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diligence Presented to A. B. For extraordinary diligence combating spam! Hu12 07:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC) The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar No one more deserving of the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar for fighting Spam on Wikipedia, is you. Thank You! Hu12 05:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC) The Spamstar of Glory Presented to A. B. for extraordinary effort and diligence fighting spam on Wikipedia. That was some nest you uncovered there. Fantastic work! -- SiobhanHansa 13:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC) Smile For stepping in with such sensible suggestions to calm down the heat in the maritime quest discussion - and for the nice comments about valued long term contributor and good faith editor Viv Hamilton 17:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC) Defender of the Wiki Ribbon as always, great work!--Hu12 23:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC) File:Detective barnstar.png Anti-Spam Super Sleuth! Your thorough investigation of spammers is critical to our anti-spam efforts. Your hard work is greatly appreciated. --Versageek 04:16, 28 September 2007 (UTC) The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar Thanks for cleaning up all the modelsobserver.com spam! -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC) The Random-Acts-of-Kindness Barnstar Thank you for removing a personal attack from my userpage, as well as blocking the user who made that attack for a week! Johnny Au (talk) 15:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC) The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar To A.B., for protecting "Mesothelioma" from spam. Axl (talk) 23:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diplomacy I just saw how you stood by me to ensure that the pages I created on Nigerian topics don’t get deleted. You’re appreciated. Amaekuma (talk) 09:18, 24 June 2023 (UTC) The Special Barnstar Thank you for addressing an unfounded personal attack, both in the AfD and on the ANI page. You spoke up against injustice and went on and beyond expectations! gidonb (talk) 00:01, 20 July 2023 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you for all of the time you spend checking, rechecking and tracking down references in AFD discussions. You indeed seem tireless! Liz Read! Talk! 02:57, 30 July 2023 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diplomacy For doing the right thing in multiple places after an initially unpleasant misunderstanding, and for calling me out when you suspected wrongdoing. Actualcpscm (talk) 19:27, 2 August 2023 (UTC) A tiny token of recognition that you are one of the most conscientious editors around. The project is very fortunate to have you. — Athaenara  ? 09:55, 20 July 2008 (UTC) A kitten for you! Hi! The meta:Steward request/username change wasn't the right place for this, so I brought you a kitten. I just wanted to let you know that we genuinely appreciate your volunteer efforts. Keep up the awesome work; we see it and value it! – DreamRimmer (talk) 15:48, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

RfA/RfB summaries
RfA candidate S O N S% Ending (UTC) Time left Dups? Report RfB candidate S O N S% Ending (UTC) Time left Dups? Report No RfXs since 10:11, 20 November 2024 (UTC).—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online

Content
Content of Wikipedia, November 2007

User subpages
To do list
Useful Wikipedia policy and how-to links
Adminship thoughts
Sources for future articles and edits
Articles I've contributed to
Useful snippets of text for talk pages
Newcomers welcomed
More newcomers welcomed
External link concerns
External link concerns - serious
Draft Articles
::List of S&P 500 companies draft
User:A. B./Draft Spamstar
User:A. B./Archivebox
New warnings I'd like to see
User:A. B./powered by EJRS.COM
::Material related to EJRS.COM links
User:A. B./pressreleasegold.com
::Material on 58 domains associated with pressreleasegold.com
User:A. B./WelcomeAnon
::Welcome template
User:A. B./Wikipedia account set-up
::Setting up accounts on other wikipedias
User:A. B./RfA thanks
User:A. B./IPwhois
::Template:
User:A. B./IPproxy
::Template:
User:A. B./UserSummary
::Template:
User:A. B./spam
::Now redirects to Template:LinkSummary
User:A. B./Link cleanup
::Spam links to clean up
User:A. B./Sandbox
::Misc spam and open proxy notes, IP addresses and links
User:A. B./Sandbox2
Miscellaneous transient material
Previously contained:
::Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Ed O'Loughlin 2nd attempt material (deleted)
::Sample of editors adding bookrags.com links in the first half of 2007 (99% non-spam)
::westchestertowns.com spam edits; see also Talk:Westchester County, New York#External links deleted
::Bharatanatyam spam and sockpuppet investigation
User:A. B./Sandbox3
::Partial list of accounts warned by Shadowbot
User:A. B./Sandbox4
::List of possible open proxies
User:A. B./Shadowbot's Christmas list
::domains for Shadowbot
User:A. B./Sandbox5
::fubra.com and related sites' links
::Vehicle insurance -- inappropriate external link review
User:A. B./Sandbox6
famousamerican.net/Stanley L. Klos/Virtualology domains
Previously contained:
::Sastha.com job board links
User:A. B./Sandbox7
Draft navigation article
Previously contained:
::Two unrelated topics:
:::Archived Village Pump discussion re:Centiare
:::Bharatanatyam dancer images for possible deletion
User:A. B./Sandbox8
::Material relating to spamming and editor harassment by EinsteinEdits
User:A. B./Sandbox9
Commission Junction spam
Previously contained:
::sunnymonkey spam
::Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks info
::LAN Gaming center socks?
::Pages containing blog.myspace.com links as of 19 January 2007
::Copy of Talk:CarInsurance.com just before article's deletion
::List of possible Wikipedia scraper sites
::Maximus System Solutions spam information (domains, articles, accounts)[25]
User:A. B./Sandbox10
Internet Live Proxies
::Previously contained: list of Worldwide MediaWorks domains
::Previously contained: French Globalwarming awareness2007 domains
User:A. B./Sandbox11
::Article submission sites SEO people can use
User:A. B./Sandbox12
texomaland.com/DSB worldwide and searchtexoma.com spam histories
Previously contained:
::List of accounts vandalizing User:A. B./Sandbox10 when it held the list of French Globalwarming awareness2007 domains
::Pts.com spam information
User:A. B./Sandbox13
David Ben-Ariel material
syndk8.net material
::Previously contained: Copy of old Village Pump discussion: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive#Deletions of external links
User:A. B./Sandbox14
Miscellaneous transient material
Previously contained:
::Amit Patel (hostbrains) spam investigation
::Conex India spam domains contested for removal at meta
::Linksearches for 254 Wikipedias
::36 deep crosswiki spam domains
::Test collapsing user page sections
::Old draft of a Fotolia article in case of deletion
::Paladin Systems domains to check
User:A. B./Sandbox15
List of open proxies to review from http://www.gmedya.com/proxy
Previously contained:
::List of nautical articles for link review
User:A. B./Sandbox16
Miscellaneous transient material
Previously contained:
::Cactus.man/KMB stuff
::Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Sep#Porn linkspammer is back investigation
::List of 500+ Wolftek Ltd. (U.K.) domains
::Mancuso Programming Inc. spam investigation
User:A. B./Sandbox17
User:A. B./Sandbox18
User:A. B./Deleted IP talk pages
User:A. B./JetBlue Airways Flight 1052
User:A. B./List of animated feature films awards
User:A. B./List RNA motifs

Quiz answer
Quiz answer

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• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• WikiProject Women in Red/Resources/Fully accessible biographical dictionaries

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• Category:Archives by country
• African Journals OnLine
• Category:Online databases

Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources

• https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org
• https://access-newspaperarchive-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org

International resources

• Historic German Newspapers and Journals Online
• German Newspaper Portal
• Austrian Newspapers Online
• Canadian Musician (magazine)

Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library

AfDs:

• Category:AfD debates relisted 3 or more times
• Wikipedia:Dashboard/Relisted AfD debates
• AfD Statistics Tool

SEC filings:

• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 185#SEC filings: corporate 10-Ks and non-profit form 990s as a source for financial information
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 120#EDGAR/SEC filing
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• SEC filing
• Sarbanes–Oxley Act
• Form 10-K
• https://www.sec.gov/edgar

Interviews and notability

• Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)/Archive 2010#Interviews as evidence of notability
• Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)/Archive 2013#clarifying that interviews with people about themselves or their creations counts towards their notability
• Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)/Archive 2014#Okay - what's the official word on interviews?
• Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)/Archive 2016#We really need a sentence/paragraph/section on interviews
• Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)/Archive 2020#Interviews in WP:RS/WP:IS as notability indicators
• Wikipedia:Interviews - essay, not a guideline or policy
• Wikipedia talk:Interviews
• As It Happens ([CBC Radio]])

Other

• Category:Professional and trade magazines
• Wikipedia:IP block exemption
• USGS topo maps
• US Nautical Charts
• Federal Writers Program
• Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Administrators instructions#Useful SPI scripts and tools

Useful templates

• {{Sources exist}}

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