User:Joyous!/Talk archive 6

Vandalisers

Joy,

See I said I was joining RC Patrol (I'm the 172.166.98.40 from earlier)! Last night I had some problems with 62.197.126.10 and 72.11.217.158. They seemed to be working with 216.194.22.33 at vandalzing image captions. They began by vandalizing the Erik Everhard article, which I reverted. They also messed with Wraith (Stargate) where they added insults to Wiki editor Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.. Next they began vandalizing the Fruit and Faggot (slang) articles, adding phrases like 'In botany, an example of a fruit is Bcshell'. I added comments on their talk pages asking them to stop. Maybe you could do the same, as an administrator? I doubt that they would care, being on an anonymous IP and probably being just kids who think they're 'super l33t' because they changed 4 articles on Wikipedia. Thanks, --Bcshell 17:09, 1 August 2005 (UTC).

Error on Collaborations of the Week at Community Portal

Joy, I don't know who else to ask (how long since you last read that one?), but would you please take a look at the Collaborations of the Week section on the Community Portal? It currently wants us to collaborate on the Port-au-Prince and History of South America articles, but the "preview" section still has last week's entries showing. I don't have any idea how to fix it, and I couldn't identify its proponent user. Thanks. --Mddake 02:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Recent vandalism

Joy, I'm glad I caught you. The idiot whose page you just posted at (63.19.135.158) has been posting nonsense all day. Please block this numbskull. - Lucky 6.9 02:52, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I think I love you. :) Thanks for lowering the boom on this clown. - Lucky 6.9 02:56, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

LOL!! Oh my sainted aunt, is that ever BJAODN material! I'd read that on the air if I wasn't positive they'd fire me. - Lucky 6.9 03:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

tendercrisp bacon cheddar ranch

no prob, I meant to delete the dumb link, but my boss came in my office at that time. Youngamerican 17:49, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your support on my RfA! When I submitted it, I was unsure of how I'd do, but the support was great. I promise that I won't do anything too stupid with the trust you've given me. humblefool ®^{Deletion Reform} 19:06, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Stop by Wikipedia:Deletion reform!

Caulbearer definition etc

Hi Joy,

Just a note to say I've posted the copyright authorisation noteon the item talk page and on your own one also. Anything more I need to do? Just let me know and I'll get to it.

Kind regards Denis

Hi, Denis. I've also added a note to that effect on the entry at Wikipedia:Copyright violations. It may take a few days (I'm not actively involved with the copyright project) but I think the notice will be taken down and your article restored. I'm sorry for all the trouble.

By the way, you can sign message by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~, which makes it much easier to get back to your pages with a reply. Joyous (talk) 21:01, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

Hey thanks!

Hey thanks, bud, for reverting that page about Avarik for me. I was just about to do it myself, but I had to read how to first. :-) Since it became common knowledge that Avarik (whom I actually know) had a Wikipedia entry, people has started to vandalise it.

I appreciate the help.

Thank you mulrich

(aka. Morten)

About Foamy the Squirrel

Yeah... I'm not trying to vandalize here, but I wanted to know if you went to see Foamy at that link I made. If so, did you like him? If not, please do so. I promise you he is the funniest cartoon character you will ever see. - From 68.34.229.133

On my knees, hat in hand....

Hi, Joy. :)

I hate to be a bother, but I was wondering if I might take you up on your very kind offer to nominate me for adminship? I would very much appreciate it if you would. :)

Here is my Wikipedia life story for your perusal: Kate, Contributions, (and as user AdmN).

Thank you for your time, Foamy...er, I mean, Joyous. :) Func( t, c ) 13:16, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Joyous, thank you so much! :) It means alot to have such a great editor and admin be my nominator, I will be grateful forever, and I hope to always remain in your trust. :) Func( t, c ) 16:49, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Blah...I almost never forget to update tallies. :) Func( t, c ) 02:17, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Belgium

Wow, you are fast:

(cur) (last) 18:27, 3 August 2005 Joy Stovall m (Reverted edits by 213.224.179.85 to last version by 81.83.42.102)
(cur) (last) 18:26, 3 August 2005 213.224.179.85
(cur) (last) 14:12, 21 July 2005 81.83.42.102 (→Driving)

I wanted to test (a little childish, yes 8-) how fast it would take to correct a rather less active page, or so I thought. Turns out you guys are pretty quick, congrats :)

Good work

Wikipedia rules!!!!

What makes this considered Nonsense?

I'm not sure what makes this considered Nonsense? Does this maybe belong on Wiktionary?

I'm sorry for any trouble this caused.

Can you do me a favour?

At Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Log/2005 July 22 there is one nomination left that needs dealing with - I can't do it because I nominated it for deletion in the fir5st place. Can you close the debate and do whatever is necessary to the article please? -- Francs2000 | Talk 01:41, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Cheers -- Francs2000 | Talk

01:52, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Sensible Erection

He is actually known as "Matt", should be changed. Why did you remove the link to the SE post?

Please stop being so up tight. Thank you.

Chelsie hawk

I hope it was a Good Thing. Thanks for, uh, thanking me? Junkyard prince 18:03, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

articles in other languages

Okay, thanks. I only used the speedy deletion, because I don't know how to do other types of deletion. All I've learned is speedy deletion, but thanks for telling me how to deal with nonenglish articles. Wikipedia Username 19:54, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Returning the favor

Hello Joy, you've blocked trolls of mine before I got my adminship and you've blocked impersonators too (I think...) anyways I'm returning the favor by blocking this fellow. [1] Cheers, Redwolf24 02:53, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

RE: 207.55.225.227

He's back again!

03:27, 6 August 2005 Tommy Lasorda
03:21, 6 August 2005 Robin Ventura
03:18, 6 August 2005 John Smoltz

WikiDon 04:00, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

I was trying to train them, alas in vein, to be Sherpas. But, Speck would only carry his blue, Boomer, ball (in the photo). The "mountain" is not very high, more of a hill, it is just the photo. If you know ABQ, it is the volcanos on the west side of town. WikiDon 04:25, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, maybe I can start their training again? Speck is something of an explorer Speck. Why did you write the article about Retinal detachment? Speck detached my left one. WikiDon 04:43, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Speck has this very pronounced "knowledge bump" on the top-back of his head. We had this ritual when he was but a pup, when I came home I would go down and one knee and he would come around from behind and go through my leg. All the while doing a "happy-hi-how-are-you-wiggly dance" to greet me. I bent my head over to watch him come through and when he got right under my face he reared his head up very fast. That was it, no insurance, $24,000 later, and a left eye where everything looks like a Monet painting when he was 80. And four months ago he went anemic, and a subsequent gallbladder problem, and his doctor bill is over $9,000 and counting. I love my buddy, my main man, even if he is racking it up like a gas pump. WikiDon

VfD

Nah, I'm taking a break from VfD closure, it took me five hours to work through the 30th. I'm going to do a couple merges that I was waiting to get an AN answer about, but I'm not going to do any other archives; the 30th is almost done anyway. I've got a few other things I need to do, so feel free to take any of the archives you want! -- Essjay · Talk 16:18, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

80.3.64.9 (talk · contribs)

sorry my dad made me do it

Suck

Suck my dick you cum guzzling nigger lover. (User:66.99.246.226 forgot to sign this note of appreciation Joyous (talk) 23:28, August 7, 2005 (UTC))

Firstly...

... well done :-) Your contribution here is very much appreciated! I still think we need to look at all the vandalism coming from that IP address then move to the next one.

If Ozemail can't give me a response, I'm going to bring the entire subnet before the ArbCom and let them rule on it. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:57, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Not my vandalism

Hi

I just done a search through a search engine for great movies and stumbled upon this site, and I noticed it said I have new messages. I've never actually been on this site before and have certainly never created an account, but I had a message from you saying the following :

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Joyous (talk) 01:23, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you think I have being "adding nonsense to Wikipedia" but I really have never been on this site before.

I'm sorry you ran into a message obviously intended for someone else. Often, messages like that are intended for other people who happened to come onto our site using the same IP address that you're using now. If it's not for you, just ignore it. However, if you like our site and would like to contribute, we'd love to have you. You can sign up for a free account, and never have to worry about getting messages intended for someone else. Joyous (talk) 23:50, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I see that you contributed to the VFD page on Occult Scurvy and felt compelled to start a discussion page. You may now find my notes on your Pemphigus and Nummular dermatitis pages. I like your style and wish you well in marriage. At 76, I have tried it twice, having a go with a third and still trying to make up my mind. VBWs Sdney Bush

== Barbara Mikulski ==

Is she or is she not freakish, ma'am? Is she or is she not as tall as she is wide? Does she or does she not slobber all over the place like Daffy Duck, ma'am? These are factual statements! It is you who is adding nonsense by censoring the truth, ma'am!

THANK YOU

Joy, where do I possibly begin? Your support is the reason I'm here. I can now make some more contributions that I couldn't make before and I have you to thank directly for it. If there is anything that I can possibly do for you, just ask. I thank you with all my heart. - Lucky 6.9 04:20, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

THANK YOU

Joy, where do I possibly begin? Your support is the reason I'm here. I can now make some more contributions that I couldn't make before and I have you to thank directly for it. If there is anything that I can possibly do for you, just ask. I thank you with all my heart. - Lucky 6.9 04:20, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Thank you for voting to support my RFA. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. --malathion ^talk 07:54, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Func's RfA :)

Joyous, you have filled me with such joy! :)

Thank you so very much. I value your trust and wiki-friendship. Please call on me for any task you may ever need help with, and never hesitate to let me know if you have any concerns with any administrative action I may make. Thank you!

P.S. Where can I send your wedding gift to? :)

Func( t, c, e, ) 17:51, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Harry Potter anon

Got your e-mail...you want to send our friend my way? Gots to sign out now, but I'll be back. - Lucky 6.9 01:30, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

BaronLarf's RFA

Thanks for your support on my recent RFA, and for your guidance a few months ago with the SummerFR dispute. Please let me know if I can help with any particular administrative responsibilities, or if you have any problems with the way I use the admin tools. Cheers.--Baron Larf 12:14, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

When you remove information such as "Purina sells 'dog litter' under the brandname Secondnature -- annual revenue is somewhere in the $10M range." you are deleting information, un-doing other people's work, and you are not improving the site. Lilath

Help with 'lingering links' to a Redirect page?

Joyous,

I have been trying to eliminate the links to the redirect page Non-government organisation but have not been completely successful. There are five links left on the "What links here" page, but none of those pages have such a link. They have in common the Charity template, but that template has been edited to include the correct link also. (Sorry, but I don't know how to write a link to the template itself.) I don't know why these links still exist, since all of the others promptly disappeared when I edited the pages. Thanks. --Mddake 04:42, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't know what fixed the issue of the five links on the NGO redirect page. Maybe it was the passage of time? Perhaps a refresh has to occur to clear up links involving a template? I don't know. But, as an example of how quickly the WP evolves, there are now 8 more, entirely new, links there today. Oh well, off to fix those too. 21:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Hi Joy and Mddake,

I've had the exact same problem with the Comorian franc web page. It also has a template on it (the African Currencies template). I found out how to remove the other pages which still showed they were pointing to the redirect page. I edited them, and then they showed they pointed to the main page. But the templates still point to the redirect page. SDC 04:52, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Did you actually edit the template itself? If you have not done so yet, I suggest doing that and then waiting about 12 hours (see my comment above). 21:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for reverting anonymou's edits in the Nick Cannon article, it's very appreciated. I'm glad someone is on top of things :) Courtkittie 00:54, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

well yes, but if you're going to change an article back, at least improve the grammar, as i shall now do on the article in question.

'a' English presenter? No, no no no. (unsigned edit by User:82.36.187.99)

I'm so sorry that I didn't clean up your vandalism carefully enough. Joyous (talk) 01:21, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

quite. however, the original article, before said 'vandalism' also used incorrect grammar, which has now been altered correctly. By an Englishman.

You're comments, just between you and I, as a American, ain't clear. Func( t, c, @, ) 08:18, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Hardy Boys vandalism

It's actually worse than I thought at first. Take Mildred Benson, for example, which stands out for being one of the longer articles on the list he posted: It was pretty much in its current form until 4.236.54.116 (who just so happens to frequent exactly the same pages as Fwdixon) added the same external links (his first edit on the article). Those links were removed by several editors, and every time reintroduced by one Fwdixon, usually claiming "revert vandalism". After a while, other editors followed the lead and defended his links for him. Same pattern on The Dana Girls. – Most of the other contributions seem to be stubs that may or may not survive a VfD (like Volume 27, The Secret of Skull Mountain). – Even removing the links from the article on Grosset & Dunlap (the publisher) is apparently now vandalism. I would have considered one link from Hardy Boys okay, but quite frankly if someone adds dozens of links to his site I tend to remove them all (check User:Rl/Scratchpad#Link_spam for some of my cases).

As for the second letter: Lower case L. Proof of my utter stupidity when picking a user name. Ah well. Rl 18:27, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Fernando Rizo's RfA

Joy, thank you so much for supporting my RfA, and for the congratulatory message you left me. It wasn't all that long ago that I was a newbie editor running to you for help; now I'm a newbie all over again and I may be running back to you again. :) Thanks so much for having the confidence in me to vote Support, and I promise to make you proud. Fernando Rizo T/C 18:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Joy, stupid question: Is it safe to call a VfD nomination with no votes on it (essentially boiling down to 1 delete and 0 keep votes) a no consensus? Fernando Rizo T/C 00:00, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Joy, thankyou very much for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Rje 19:42, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Ditto. :) Fernando Rizo T/C 19:52, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Ditto here too. Any chance it could be protected? I'm having trouble fixing other vandalism when I have to keep dealing with the vandalism on my page. —Charles O'Rourke 21:46, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

How to determine sockpuppetry?

User:Agriculture is concerned that User:Hipocrite is a sock puppet created solely to criticize him. I looked around a bit, and it seems like his idea may have merit. The big caveat is that Hipocrite has not, to the best of my knowledge, made any specific attacks against Agriculture nor has he broken any other WP policies outright. He is maintaining user subpages where he is listing every edit made by Agriculture, which Agriculture views as threatening. I have no idea how to proceed from here. Any advice? Fernando Rizo T/C 00:27, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Joy, unless you really have something you think I should know, you can disregard the above. I talked about it with FreplySpang. Fernando Rizo T/C 00:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Many happy reverts, um, returns of the day!

Actually my birthday was about a week ago, but I forgot to update my userpage until tonight. Must be my advanced age.... :-) Anyway, happy birthday to you! FreplySpang (talk) 01:58, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Happy Birthday, Freply! :)

Quick

Darn it! You're still quicker on the trigger than me! :) Func( t, c, @, ) 02:18, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!...

....for the vote of confidence regarding potential adminship on my talk page. I think waiting a few more weeks would probably be the 'right' thing to do, so I'll drop you a line when something looks like happening. Thanks again, Splash 21:32, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Christian

I think you should consider becoming a Christian. I am not in any way trying to be rude, just help you find what may be better for you. Thank you, not a user, just a person with a long pseudonym, Janet Dallency MacCormack Kerglemeister Valencio-Catolico Kristos III 152.163.100.70 (talk · contribs)

While we're on the subject, Joy, have you considered joining the Yazidi? They are not really devil worshippers as many claim. ;-) Func( t, c, @, ) 21:50, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Joy, that Barnstar made my day. :)

But as long as other folks have broached the subject, I think you should join me in my recent conversion to Flying Spaghetti Monsterism. Let go, as I did, of the cold void of atheism, and come to the warmth of Its noodle. Fernando Rizo T/C 01:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

HappyCamper's RFA - Thanks for your support! :-)

Joyous, a while ago you left a note on my talk page which read:

I thought you did a great job explaining to [an anonymous Wikipedian] why their edits to the music articles weren't quite appropriate. You are a great Wikipedia representative.

That was one of the nicest messages I've ever received on Wikipedia, and I am indebted to you for your kindness and appreciation. Thank you for supporting me on my recent RFA. I really treasured the sincerity of your comments - I am now an administrator, and I hope that we'll get a chance to collaborate on something, whether it be editing articles or otherwise. If you ever need a helping hand, feel free to leave me a message. See you around the Wiki! --HappyCamper 13:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Links from Individual Hardy Boys Articles

There is a discussion I referenced you (or you might be interested in) at [2]. --PhilipO 16:57, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

is it a policy not to place commercial links? I noticed the german wiki has more commercial links and most are actually useful.

Thanks

Thanks for your kind comments on my talk page regarding the barnstar. This the first big issue I've dealt with and want to ensure that I come across as fair about it. Since you're here longer than me, any advice is welcome. Cheers. --PhilipO 20:34, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Region 10

I saw a note on Fernando Rizo's talk page about vandalism coming from "Region 10." Did your information mention whether or not the edits were coming from Texas? Joyous (talk) 00:51, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Yup, that IP appears to be in Texas. So, what's all this "Region 10" cloak and dagger? --fvw * 00:57, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Blocked user 143.166.82.38

Hey, Joy. I blocked 143.166.82.38 indefinitely as an open proxy, as requested on IRC, and put a message about it on the talk page. But now I've further been told on IRC that the shortest block (i. e., yours) will void the longer one. So, I'm planning to unblock yours, if you don't object, and then reblock (because the unblock will release all blocks, apparently). Is that OK? Bishonen | talk 00:52, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Proxy Vandals

I've notice you have been reverting vandalism by vandals that are using open proxies. If you ever feel like checking for open proxies, you may want to try this site. It's really easy if you are using firefox, you can setup a keyword for http://www.completewhois.com/cgi-bin/rbl_lookup.cgi?query=%s, so when you type they keyword then the ip address e.g. 'ip x.x.x.x' (x.x.x.x being the ip address) it will show you those listings. Just a thought/suggestion. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 00:55, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Many thanks: I didn't know how to check on that. I appreciate the note. Joyous (talk) 00:57, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

No problem. One thing, if you do use that page to check for proxies, make sure to check the text of the red listings when they're there. It'll usually say "Simple http... Open proxy" or something of the sort when it's a proxy. Sometimes they have red listings just because they are dynamic ip addresses (like comcast ips, for example), and when that is the case it will say so next to the listing on that page. In other words, be careful not to assume it is a proxy just because it has red listings. I hope this rambling explanation makes sense. =) -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 01:06, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

User:200.119.238.115

Huh? Zoe 04:11, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, yeah. When I was reverting his changes I accidentally reverted that, and had to unrevert it. Zoe 04:16, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

thats very kind, but im very fond of nonsense

im sure my mate, who im sure you recgnised is one sam barber, will tidy slade up once he has a look.

anyway, thanks for the praise - i very much enjoyed you're article on creeping eruption

thanks, bunt

thats very kind, but im very fond of nonsense

im sure my mate, who im sure you recgnised is one sam barber, will tidy slade up once he has a look.

anyway, thanks for the praise - i very much enjoyed you're article on creeping eruption

thanks, bunt

p.s. did you get this, i can't understand it at all

proxies

Hi Joy! Good work on vandal patrol!

How do you find out if something is an open proxy or not? Is there a big list somewhere? (it would be great if we could block them all...) Have a good weekend, Antandrus (talk) 16:39, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Who's talk page Rv

Hi, thanks for the RV. Didn't even get a new messages label, saw it in watchlist. Still no power so I don't see these things as fast I would like to. Thanks again. ∞Who ?¿? 18:33, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

24.1.207.148

I have to confess, I have no idea. :-S FreplySpang (talk) 02:52, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Joyous. I'm actually not an expert, (despite how many of these blocks I've been doing), but with 4 red listings at completewhois, I'd say it's a good bet. :) CesarB is a good person to ask to be absolutely sure, if he's around, but really, the completewhois.com info looks pretty convincing. :) Func( t, c, @, ) 03:16, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Interesting but an ustoppable force?

Joy,

How in the HELL are you possibly blocking the 10's of thousands if not millions of available anonymous proxies??

Implement user block

Go ahead and block 24.231.194.246 (talk · contribs). He's violated his last warning at Hurricane Katrina. --Tito xd 00:07, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

I did not violate that. I apologized for the earlier incident.

I am new to Wikipedia. I apologized for the earlier incident.

I checked the contribution times, and have unblocked you. Joyous (talk) 00:13, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Individual Hardy Boy Protections

Joy - since you were the last admin I think I was dealing with in relation to this issue, would you mind lifting the protection on these pages? I will then implement the decision we reached. Thanks --PhilipO 00:51, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Hi! I'm copying a message left for User:PhilipO here, since the page in question is still protected and an Administrator access is needed to make a change. There are still two links to the Bob Finnan web site on Hardy Boys instead of the one agreed. They are:

The Bayport Times - The Hardy Boys Webzine resolves to http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/bt0.htm
The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page resolves to http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/

Please delete the first, Bayport Times, link per the consensus reached to have only one Bob Finnan link. Thanks! -- Sitearm | Talk 00:07, 2005 August 31 (UTC)

Got your reply on my talk page and I certainly understand your "recusing" yourself regarding this page. Following your suggestion, how/where do I ask for a neutral administrator to edit the protected page? Appreciate your guidance... this bit is new to me... Thanks! -- Sitearm | Talk 03:45, 2005 August 31 (UTC)

Many thanks! -- Sitearm | Talk 14:31, 2005 August 31 (UTC)

HackFuck

Hi my name is n0-g00d and I recently discovered that one of my command names has made it to the Wiki Boards. I had nothing to do with it. It is disgraceful to our community to show such a worthless plug. I do not do business like this. I have noticed that it is up for deletion could you remove this as soon as possible? If you need to contact me I can be reached at whendarknessfalls.org

thanks

n0-g00d

Hi, n0-g00d. It looks like there won't be a problem with deleting the article as soon as our minimum discussion time is up. Joyous (talk) 01:27, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for a speedy resolution this is embarrassing to me and our community.

n0-g00d

I'm Back?

um...?

I believe you sent me a message saying, "Do you have an outside source to document the article Emily Thomas?" Emily Thomas is not a well documented musician because her music is not played on MTV or other popular music channels. I believe she likes to call her genre "Indie." I was GOING to explain this to you along with that I shouldn't need an outside source other than me: I am her aunt and I know Emily better than anyone, HOWEVER, I discovered that the page was deleted before I could do this.

I'm sorry the article on Emily Thomas was deleted. We have a few guidelines about verifiability and the inclusion of biographies. One point is that we need to be able to verify information in articles from some other source. Otherwise, in an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, articles could be created about people who don't even exist, and we'd have no way of knowing. The other issue was one of notability. There are literally thousands of young people in small bands, and we don't generally want articles about everyone. There is a page here with guidelines for the inclusion of bands, and another with guidelines for inclusion of biographies. Emily is probably a fine musician, but at the moment, her impact on the music scene seems to be minimal. There may well come a time, when she's had time to develop more of a following, that we'd welcome an article on her.

I hope this helps; it's irritating to come back and find that your work is gone. If there are any other questions I can answer, please feel free to leave me a message. Joyous (talk) 00:20, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

Vandalize? That's not vandalism; vandalism is "I like to eat my own fecal matter." Dkkiks is my cousin, why don't you let him change it and mind your own business?

How was anyone supposed to know that you are his cousin? It's considered a courtesy here to revert damage to the userpages of others. It's also a custom to be polite in communication. Joyous (talk) 00:17, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Joy, take a look at the anon's edits.... don't let the trolls get to you either :) Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 00:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Cousin

Hmmm, maybe because the page mentions the word cousin which would imply it was written by him. Maybe you people shouldn't assume that all random edits to people's pages are malicious vandalism. This is just a small friendly reminder to him of the rivalry which exists between our two favorite teams.

CSD G4 on AfD

Hello Joy. There's an article currently listed on Afd that appears to be a recreation of one you once deleted via VfD in March. I'm going to place the CSD tag on it (G4); however, if it's not a "substantially identical" beast, please feel free to remove it (I'm presuming that as a sysop you have access to a copy of that old page somewhere). Best wishes—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:11:58, 2005-09-02 (UTC) Hmm. I've just noticed that the new "article" makes reference to something that couldn't possibly have been in it in March. Anyway, please do (or don't do!) as you see fit. Thanks!—Encephalon | ^ζ 10:14:27, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Ben is coming ...

I didn't do Dave, this is a business, he did his own. You could remove him.

A compliment from a vandal

you ruin everyones fun (unsigned edit by User:217.43.172.209)

Greetings!

I'd like to give you this vandal fighting award! I run into you all the time while I'm on RC patrol and was surprised you didn't have one, you should have a bunch by now...keep up the good fight! Rx StrangeLove 01:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

(barnstar moved to gallery)

hi

hey

Britney Spears article

Joy Stovall, you're a fucking idiot. Why do obstruct freedom of speech ? It is a constitutional right. I'll go to the Supreme Court. Britney

Sorry. The Chief Justice just died, so things will be at a bit of a standstill for a while. Enjoy your wait. Joyous (talk) 14:57, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

User:69.197.176.162

can you please help do something about User:69.197.176.162 and their vandalisms. thanks --sec fan 15:48, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Any bored admins want to unblock me? I accidentally blocked myself. Help. Please.....

Why, yes, I *AM* editing quite soon after waking up. How did you know? Joyous (talk) 14:19, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I think you're unblocked. -- Curps 14:28, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Joyous (talk) 14:29, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure you can unblock yourself, unless they've changed the Mediawiki software recently. Certainly if it was a self-applied blocked nobody would mind. -- Curps 14:38, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

I considered it penance for being an idiot. I'll be more careful which button I press next time. Joyous (talk) 14:40, September 5, 2005 (UTC)