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Sid Haig Page Copyright

Your wish has been granted. Check the fine red print on the bio page now (we've licensed the bio to this site as of today), and kindly revert his page here to the swanky one I had set up 2 days ago. Let me know when this is done. Thanks. Spirot 05:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC) PS - Whomever did that nice box around his headshot with his stats was evidently on our side. LOL! Please keep that as is if you can do the revert without erasing that. Thanks! Spirot 05:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Sid's Page

Many thanks, Glen! Knew it would work out in the end! =) Spirot 06:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

quick question...

For Sid's page, I would like to add his Filmography which is, in its most recently updated incarnation, on the MySpace page I run for him. Do I have to put a little licensing statement on there, too, to post the creds here? Just want to save myself from any possible aggravation, as his page would definitely benefit from having that info on there. Thanks! Spirot 06:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Sid

Thanks! Now I have my project for tomorrow all lined up! =) Spirot 06:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

User:212.219.240.212

You gave a {test4} warning to User:212.219.240.212 earlier for vandalism to Paul Poiret. Since then I have rv 3 edits to Monifieth High School for the same user. Can you please review with a view to blocking this user? amitch 12:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Glen. amitch 12:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Question about username blocks

Hi, newbie admin here: I just happened to see one of your latest blocks here: "1:05, 13 November 2006, Glen S (Talk) blocked Сергій Ласкавий (contribs) (infinite, account creation blocked, autoblock disabled) (Unblock) (Please read our our username policy and choose another name)"

Just wondering: when we block for {username}, wouldn't we normally leave "account creation" open? after all, we're even asking them explicitly to create another account. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for the explanation. Weird. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

symode09

Hi, It's me (again!)

Do you think I should instead become a beaurocrat, I assume this would suit me better. Am I correct?

symode09

Yes, I am an aussie, I'm symode09. Thanks for everything, It's amazing haow people can meet and contact each other from all over the globe!

Thanks (a lot) symode09

PS, how do you withdraw a request for adminship? (I cannot find it!)

symode09

Ok, thanks, If you could delete the request, I would really appreciate it!@

symode09

Symode09 13:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, If you cxould delete the request for adminship, I would appreciate it!

Thanks

Deni

Symode09 13:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, O thought a crat was higher but my freind told me a crat was lower!

P lol

deni

Symode09 13:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism in progress

More vandalism from IP 212.69.225.141 after your final warning.

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Template question

Good evening. You recently added a template to User talk:24.141.129.69. Could you please drop me a note with the link to the template itself? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 06:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not going to tell you off but there are some things about them that are non-standard and that I'd like to ask you to consider.

1. You may have noticed that most of our standard templates have a hidden comment at the end. It's usually in the form of <!-- Template:name (use) -->. Because warning-templates are usually substituted in, the comment serves to show other users where to find the template. This lets experienced editors find and fix templates which are broken or vandalized and helps new users find them and start to use them as well. The hidden comments that I noticed on yours still appear to hold the old tags from the templates that I think you copied.
2. Your templates are centered. The general rule is that templates placed at the top of the page get centered but the templates used in succession and lower on the vandal's page (like "don't blank any more articles or you'll get blocked) are generally left-justified. Remember that not all editors use the templates. Some type their vandalism warnings by hand. Too much switching back and forth from centered to left-justified is hard to read.
3. Your images are a bit larger than standard. The general trend is that the earlier, politer warnings don't get images, the mid-range warnings get small images and the "you've been blocked" warnings get the stern images. If I remember right, they usually cap out at 30px but that standard may have changed. When mixed in with the standard sizes, such changing sizes of images also can make the page harder to follow for subsequent editors who are trying to decide if (or for how long) a block is appropriate.
4. The yellow on your Vandalism template is, well, I'm trying to say this politely... garish? It's very bright. But I don't know that the brightness will make it more effective. Again, my concern is that it makes a page with mixed warnings harder to read.

Other than the hidden template names (and maybe the centering), don't change anything yet. But once you've had a chance to use them on pages where other people are also using warning templates, please set aside some time to go back and see if the mixing of formats affects the usability of the page. Thanks.

And thank you very much for your efforts on the vandalism patrol. It's thankless work but very necessary for the project. Rossami (talk) 06:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Alot

Thanks Glen, I was starting to wonder about that Nintendo DS 0wns. I don't like to see people leave Wikipedia, but I guess he had to, he was only up to no good.

Thanks again Kelvin Williams 06:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Great work

Hey Glen, haven't talked to you in a while, and I guess I'm not very good at searching out strangers to give "smiles" to, so I thought I'd give you this to say "hi" and "great work lately, keep it up". Don't hesitate to ask if I can help you out in some way. Thanks again, and take it easy -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 06:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Omicronpersei8 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Nintendo DS 0wns

Glen, I just like to request that his user page be deleted (if you haven't already done so) seeing as it has all my information.

Thanks Kelvin Williams 06:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Don't fear the blue link which would have immediately replaced the red link - I was just adding the {{indefblocked}} template. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 07:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Again

Thanks for deleting the page.

Appreciate it Kelvin Williams 07:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

WP admin

Hi Glen, whilst browsing through rather obscure discussion topics, I noticed that you offered Professor Sunderland some coaching on what to do to consider being made a WP admin. I was wondering if you'd be prepared to do the same for me? For example, what else should I be doing apart from editing articles, participating in move/delete discussions, reverting vandalism, etc? And at what point do you think my edit count would be high enough for people to start considering me? For reference, I've been editing since January 2005, and have an edit count of nearly 4000. Thanks! robwingfield ^«T•C» 00:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

James Hol

Glen, I noticed this user was accusing me of rubbish, that I don't understand. Could you please check this out. James Hol has also vandalized my user page, check it out Kelvin Williams.

Could you please fix this probalem for me Kelvin Williams 01:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for the welcome

Just getting my head around some of the formatting things; most of the bio stubs that I've started up have been fairly content-heavy, and could probably include headings so that the articles are easier to follow.

Request for adminship

Thanks for your offer for help, that would be great but, only if you are willing to and only if you have some time, I've only been a member for a few months so any help is appreciated! <<EMAIL REMOVED>>

user:symode09

Thanks again

American Australians

The only true fact that this page displayed was the fact that American Australians come form America. 99% of the facts were false, poorly interperated, or writtin to be humorous or vandolous.

Hi...misunderstanding?

I was recently given a warning http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:202.54.254.35&redirect=no for vandalism, although I merely changed the 'b' of british to a capital 'B'...I'm not a vandal in any way :D, in fact, I thought about helping out Wikipedia for the benefit of the tons of users who access it every day, and I'm given a warning??! Well, thats the last time I use the edit option. See you.

RfC on RPJ

Hi. I'm advocating a case on behalf of a user who is experiencing numerous problems with RPJ. I can see from RPJ's talk page that you have interacted with him in the past. If you have a moment, would you be so kind as to head over to the RfC page and leave any guidance that might help in resolving this dispute. Thanks so much, and have a great day! →Bobby← 15:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

User List Bug

There is currently a very bothersome user list bug that is affecting many VP users.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 19:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Sleddoggin

I figured a week would be long enough for them to get bored and stop. I also don't like going indefinite immediately. I'll check back in a week to see if they've picked up again.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 21:46, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Template

Can I have a link to the template you use to warn someone when they blank their own talk page? Thank you. --SonicChao 22:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

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		Thank you for looking out for me.--MONGO 22:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

CSD R1's

I'm just as confused about the whole thing as you are. They're showing up to me as blue links in Special:BrokenRedirects. The 20-30 redirects that I was mainly tagging were all pointing to Abderrahim Goumri, which was probably deleted. However, the deletion log is empty and the discussion page doesn't exist (and doesn't have a deletion log either).

Wizardry Dragon seems to think that they were removed by an oversighted admin. We're just as confused as you are, but I had an admin buddy, Eagle 101, check into it and he can't see them either. It's my understanding that only Senior Bureaucrats can do this and only can they themselves see these deletions, even then only in the oversight logs. Perhaps you can shed some light on the matter? thadius856_talk 02:54, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Happyisgay

User:68.52.206.175 repeatedly reverts the sockpuppet message to User:Happyisgay claiming to be the person the username is defaming. After two warnings (from me and another user) the IP is no threatening to report me for allegedly defaming him. Can you help sort this? >_> -WarthogDemon 03:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Glen, please sprotect the userpage; this is a clear-cut attempt at disruption by the IP. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 03:14, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Cheers for the block. I've watchlisted the page, and if another IP/new user pops up, do you mind if I duck over here and notify you so it can be sprotected? Cheers (and why aren't you on IRC anymore), Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 03:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

He's back. User:75.126.9.18 -WarthogDemon 03:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Please sprotect and block the self-admitted proxy for block evasion and personal attacks (Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/DougHolton). Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 03:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

No reason for that

There's no reason for name calling. Your personal attacks have gone on too long. You, MONGO and Daniel.Bryant seem to be working for some govt. agency. Is it true that one of you is employed by a secret government agency? Why are federal police involved in writing an encyclopedia? Misunderstandmentationalism 06:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Umm I live in New Zealand and Daniel lives in Australia for a start  Glen  06:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

That narrows it down to MOMBO as the US federal agent. Then New Zealand -- home of the shared electronic intellegence gathering system used by US and British governments. ... it's all starting to make sense. Ofay 06:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Yep, you got me  Glen  06:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

You must be really important, stopping vandalism on the sacred Wikipeduh web site. I bet some starving African child has a full belly as a result of your efforts. Maybe they can eat their free encyclopedia. Ofay 07:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I've always wanted to work for ASIO... Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 07:19, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Glen, can you get on IRC, I need to discuss something with you. It'll only take about 5mins. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 07:26, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

seriously bad acting

Glen, if you are serious about the NPOV rules then the whole Jerocho page should not be allowed, because it is just a great big marketing effort for the show. A little humour balances it nicely i think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew83 (talk • contribs) 10:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

75.9.47.5 is back

Would you please block him again, but for months rather? He has just vandalised the Today's featured article. Xx236 12:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

MuscleTech/Hydroxycut Etc.

I made some edits. I won't be editing either of these two articles with the exception of fixing factual errors, for various personal reasons and reasons dealing with POV. However, if you have any specific questions or you're not sure about certain facts placed in these articles, feel free to ask me as I'm probably the most knowledgeable Wikipedian around on subjects relating to these articles! ;)

P.S Thanks Yankees-friend guy is a riot. He must be back on the meds though - all quiet for a couple of days - thankfully! Yankees76 23:19, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Gardiner owns Iovate. MuscleTech is a brand name, the company with that name no longer exists. Yankees76 23:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. That's done all of the time in States to avoid lawsuits (in this case ephedra related). AST Sports Science did the same thing. Yankees76 23:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Re; Just an FYI

Thanks! :) Unblocked. -- Where 02:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the quick revert on my user page. As you may have noted, the user responsible is a persistent vandal. He needs a severe talking to. ---Charles 04:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Procedural question

Glen, can I trouble you to take a quick look at the note I posted on WP:ANI#WP:CHILD? Two questions, really: Is it possible for you to delete the kid's user page to scrub his personal information from the page history? And where is the correct place to put questions like this? -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh, nevermind question #1; User:Antandrus got it. So just question #2...was that the best place to post it? -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Please Protect San Francisco, California page

Yes, I know it violates the rule not to protect featured articles. I'd like to invoke WP:IAR and plead that the page be semi-protected.

The San Francisco, California page, today's featured article, is being attacked constantly, and it is not being reverted quickly enough. One of the many instances that the page was replaced with a homophobic vulgarity did not get reverted for seven minutes.

Please help. Please override the "official" guideline.--DaveOinSF 18:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: WTF??

My own personal troll, it appears ;) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 22:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

A Username that is very inappropriate...

Glen you may want to check this username.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 00:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

My user page

What is up Glen?

I am just about to write an answer on my user page?

I cant archive stuff on it ... and I will save the argument over what are legitimate warnings for some other time.

195.82.106.244 01:09, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Brahma Kumari follwoers

Would mind tell me what is going on Glen? Where have I been listed this time?

These BKWSU followers, such as Riveros11, 72.91.4.91, searchin man, Bksimonb and Jesselp, are using every trick in the book to stop anyone else contributing to the article on the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. Even if they use quotations from the very same citations or materials from the cult itself.

I have tried Mediation, Arbitration and RfC but the ring leader Luis Riveros just refuses to engage. I had two admins jump down my throat within seconds to starting work on my talk page and so I have to have been flagged up somewhere.

195.82.106.244 01:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

W. S. Gilbert

I just wanted to thank you for helping out with keeping W.S. Gilbert vandal-free. Cheers! Adam Cuerden ^talk 02:28, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genmay Please look into this entry why is it deleted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.33.39.211 (talk • contribs) 18 November, 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offtopic

If that's the case what about this entry? It would fall under the same category. The admin who deleted it has a personal grudge against Genmay. See my talk history, I linked a wikipedia mirror of genmay. Please look into this admin abuse.

http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=693067

check out that thread for discussion related to this entry. Also please look into the discussions about deletion for this entry in wikipedia and the admin who deleted it.

Main Page FA Protection

Hi Glen, I hope you don't think that those of us who are trying to enforce the Main Page FA non-protection are trying to blindly assume that it should never be protected and that we should let vandalism keep going for others to clean up. Looking at San Fransisco, Claifornia, your protection was more than valid under the policy, as were subsequent protections. But equally, when I unprotected it at 12, after 4 hours of protection, there was no siginificant vandalism till that evening, when the kill faggots vandal moved in for the night. That was - I'm sure you'll have noted - an unusually high amount of vandalism and one that the policy allows semi-protection for. --Robdurbar 11:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for the Strong Support (and the intention of a co-nom) I'd like to express my huge thanks to you, Glen, for your strong support in my recent RfA, which closed with 100% support at 71/0/1. Needless to say, I am very suprised at the huge levels of support I've seen on my RfA, and at the fact that I only had give three answers, unlike many other nominees who have had many, many more questions! I'll be careful with my use of the tools, and invite you to tell me off if I do something wrong! Thanks, Martinp23 14:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

VP help..

hey, basically I have just been approved to use vandalproof, and had a message posted on my talk page, but am not on the approval list, sadly enough.. can you put me on there please? thanks. LibLord 15:18, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

You Go Glen

• I give you a pat on the back for blocking that IP who kept vandalizing articles. 67.41.213.180 17:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

In regards to your earlier warning about vandalism. No-one here has made any edits.

However, we are on a dynamic IP. Which may have been the last bigpond user to lease our IP. A quick check of a Telstra IP will reveal whether it is static or dynamic via the host name.

Hopefully this will help you in future wikipedia "crime fighting".

Other than that this is a great site!

Have a nice day.

Hey there

Hi Glen, thanks for asking about the exams! One left to go, and then I'm free, but I've been fairly active around here anyway (completely and truly addicted), so feel free to start up admin coaching again. I hope your holidays went well. Cheersy, riana_dzasta 05:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Acp 1987 X

I had a checkuser run on Acp 1987 X, and it was a sockpuppet after all. I've reblocked the account, and blocked the IP it was from. --Slowking Man 10:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I have replied to your message on my Talk page. --Slowking Man 10:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		To Glen, for helping me with so many things on Wikipedia, and always going the extra mile to help others. –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 17:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

The new tools are great! Thanks! –- kungming·2 | ^{(Talk·Contact)} 17:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Brandy (entertainer)

PLease remove all references to Scientology on her page as well as the report of the "church brawl" incident. Thank you.

Courtney Barnes representative of Brandy 323-466-9300 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Scb27 (talk • contribs) 16 November, 2006.

My page

It's just a bunch of immature people at my school. I was hoping that they were done, but apparently not. I think that IP is the school's IP. They'll just wait until they get home and use their home computer. The IPs are in my history. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 15:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

User talk:65.25.106.203

I think we both went to respond to that at the same time... -- Steel 17:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

And I posted the above as you were typing yours... At least she got speedy service. -- Steel 17:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

==Thank you for the suggestion. Up until now I've never needed an account since I just read through the articles. However, as you've noticed, there's been quite a rise in "vandalism" lately. I'm guessing this is because we've been encouraging our students to use this site as a resource for their research papers. Whatever the case, I thank you and Steel359 for dealing with the students, and I'm sorry for any trouble they have caused you two. Regards, Mrs. Dawn Booher (I do hope I've put this response in the correct section, but I apologize if I didn't)65.25.106.203 17:53, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Shared IP Unblock

One of my students just received the message informing us of the unblock. As I told Steel359, I would like to thank you for taking the time to review the request that I sent in. I can assure you that nothing like this will happen in the future, as I've made sure that the students responsible have learned their lesson. Again, thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Mrs. Dawn Booher. 65.25.106.203 17:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

death threat

You've probably already seen this by now, but User:Professor Sunderland just posted "NO ADD THAT FUCKING NOTICE ONE MORE TIME AND YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!!!" regarding the sockpuppet tag. This sounds like more than just blocking his talk page is in order here. wikipediatrix 18:00, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Check Jackie Mason

(-: (→Netscott) 00:04, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

LOL! You thought I was just going to add Michael Richards without checking??? LOL!! Nice... (→Netscott) 00:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

What about Mark Fuhrman? (→Netscott) 00:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Or Johnny Rebel (singer), John Tyler Morgan, Joice Heth, and Jack_van_Tongeren? Shall I go on? (→Netscott) 00:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Editing random things.

Is your idea of "vanadalism prevention" reverting random edits by non-users so you can look like you're preventing vandalism in front of other administrators when in fact your just reverting random things without knowing if they are true or false.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.89.165.90 (talk • contribs) November 21, 2006.

Ummm... yep! I just hit the random article button and revert the first nonadmin I see! Every third revert I indefinitely block... Oh noes busted and teh pwned by you! How did you work my cunning plan out?!  Glen  01:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Dude, that's seriously inefficient. I just monitor the recent changes and revert every anon edit. It totally cranks up my edit count! -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 03:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Schmuck on wheels

dude, that's a real term. you'll hear it one day. i bet u a million dollars. not even kidding —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User talk:Christian031z (talk • contribs) November 21, 2006.

Ok, it's a real term, but apparently it originated here. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:54, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Does this qualify as db-nonsense?

Schmuck on wheels -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:46, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, if not db-nonsense, then at least redirect to Goodfellas. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Pat gutted it and added the Goodfellas reference. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 05:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks

Cheers for the speedy revert! I just love school hours. Bubba hotep 09:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Jamvan2

I'm a friendly kind of guy and I'm willing to give him a chance to reform (even though it's probably gonna backfire. A permanent block may well result in mass sockpuppetry. Please add parts of his favorite phrase to vandalproof so people will be on the lookout. If he violates the rules again, I'm happy to block him. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: {{unblock|i dont like ebing blocked}}

The reasons some of these people come up with are ebing half the fun of CAT:RFU! Luna Santin 19:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Ahh!

For some strange reason, my navigation sidebar (from the monobook.js) duplicated itself, and now it is twice as long.

It currently shows as:

    * Main Page
    * Community Portal
    * Featured articles
    * Current events
    * Recent changes
    * Random article
    * Help
    * Contact Wikipedia
    * Donations
    * Speedy deletes
    * Noticeboard
    * RFPP
    * RfA
    * AN/I
    * AIV
    * Logs
    * Todays AfD
    * 5-day old AfD
    * Edit my status
    * Edit my quotes
    * Speedy deletes
    * Noticeboard
    * RFPP
    * RfA
    * AN/I
    * AIV
    * Logs
    * Todays AfD
    * 5-day old AfD
    * Edit my status
    * Edit my quotes

How can I fix the problem? I went to my monobook, but nothing happen. I cleared my cache, etc. Absolutely no change.

Actually, scratch that. It happens in Firefox only for some reason. It works fine in IE. Should I just wait or something? Is it a browser probelm? Nishkid64 23:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I think you fixed it! Thanks =) Nishkid64 00:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, I hit 10,000 edits the other day and to commemorate this momentous (?) occasion, I wanted to leave a note to the various people I've run into on Wikipedia that have made an impact on my time here. I know that our direct contact with each other was me being rather stubborn about you giving me a friendly reminder. It did get me thinking and I appreciate it. I've often seen your name as the blocking admin for vandals I've reported and I just wanted to thank you for all the work you do around here. =) -- Gogo Dodo 01:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Richards

I would argue that the line Audience members laughed throughout the seven-minute segment, which contained several awkward pauses.. is hardly OR or irrelevant (though I might swap the word "awkward" for "drawn-out"). It's a simple description of what happened, I don't even get into the nitty gritty (Seinfeld scolding the laughter, etc.) The article should inform the curious, and that does it's job - every news account of the incident mentions this. I think it deserves to be placed back in the article. --LeCorrector 05:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Any reason I can't db-nonsense a category?

Category:Men without hats -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 05:45, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

And Category:Men with hats. I've just been told that they have to go through CfD, which seems like a huge waste of time for obvious drive-by nonsense. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 06:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I was told through an edit summary here that I couldn't db-nonsense it. Or maybe he was saying it was too late to db-nonsense it because someone had already added it to CfD? I just went back and read WP:SPEEDY and I see nothing in there that says I can't db-nonsense a category. I'm a bit confused about the rules here. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 06:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for passing that on to User talk:RobJ1981; I was just about to ask if you'd mind doing that. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 06:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and passed your words of wisdom on to User talk:Kinu (who added the category to CfD). -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 07:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Why am I being warned for vandalism?

I would like to contest your judgment in accusing me of vandalising pages (Sons of Butcher). I did no such thing, instead I made it into a disambiguation page since there are three separate things that Sons of Butcher could refer to, and I changed it to three more convenient articles since the original was cumbersome and disorganised.. I would like you to change this unfounded accusation of vandalism on my part please. PsychoJosh 09:31, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

i was bored

i was bored

sorreh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Loco Matt (talk • contribs) 11:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, Glen.How are you ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shaojie^ ^1420605 (talk • contribs) November 22, 2006.

So was I. We've got naughty boys in the admin channel. lulz. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 12:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

LOL —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.38.133.227 (talk • contribs) November 22, 2006.

NPWatcher

Hi Glen - for now, it only tags pages, but I'm thinking of putting a seperate admin interface into it pretty soon (hopefully!) - feel free to test it if you wish to (in its current form, with the standard delete interface); you'll just need to add yourself to the approved page (which is protected).. Thanks :) Martinp23 19:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Yay! I've got it working for admins now. I'm going to upload it, and approve you, so the boilerplate message is below. Can I ask that you check after each deletion? It's just that things could go wrong with it, and it doesn't delete talk pages automatically. It should refresh automatically to the deleted page, so if you'd do a quick check, I'd be really grateful. At some point, I'll connect it up to WP:CSD in a seperate tab, to (hopefully) help clear the ever-present backlogs :) Martinp23 20:27, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

You've been approved to use NPWatcher. When you log into the program, wait a few seconds while it queries wikipedia before screaming at your PC for crashing (unless you see an error, of course). Please give me any feature requests, bugs, etc. The watchlist feature does not work. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if I've made a new release. Finally, enjoy! Martinp23

User:Young Kitten IV

I saw you block this user for username, but I fail to see how it should be blocked because of our username policy. Could you explain? semper fi — Moe 05:49, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

If there wasn't a string of vandal accounts with the name "Kitten" in it, would you have blocked it for username? semper fi — Moe 05:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, didn't know it was a common vandal name (like WoW or Squidward!, I'm guessing). Sorry, guess it's just the devil's advocate in me. Just never saw a username blocked without actually violating the username policy, but I guess it does. semper fi — Moe 06:01, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

NRen2k5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Hello Glen, seeing your interaction with this user, you might want to peruse this ANI report as well. Add asshole to the total. This person was blocked already for calling me a racist. (→Netscott) 07:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleting warnings and block notices. User:Ryulong set that archive up for him (the one you've deleted). (→Netscott) 07:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Glen, sorry to bother you again but that archive should be restored. Obviously if you had seen the several warnings and Blnguyen's block notice on his talk page you likely would have handled things a bit differently. (→Netscott) 08:01, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:206.171.160.101

That IP just vandalised another page, Ryoma Echizen, despite your warning to block. Vera26 08:26, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Name change

Hi Glen, thanks for friendly warning. I've submitted request to change name to Plantago. BR, --€ro 11:20, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

copyright

I just need the correct copyright tag for the image Mockingirdstage.jpg, i got it from the archives. i just need the copyright from the old image. (mockingbird.jpg)ONX 13:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

"Cool as a cucumber" award

I present you with this well-deserved Cool as a cucumber award for helping me out when I needed it most by blocking the disruptive IP who vandalized my page (I don't think that I properly thanked you) and for just being a cool guy. Cheers! // Sasuke-kun27 15:41, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Incredibly intelligent message from "Pongface"

sod off —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pongface (talk • contribs) November 23, 2006.

Oops sorry Mr. Pongface, it seems I accidentally blocked you indefinitely... so so sorry!  Glen  17:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Recent Barnstar

Thank you very much for appreciating my work so far. I'm trying to gradually improve my approach to helping Wikipedia, and I guess this is a little way of saying I'm on the right track. I'll work on the warnings, I really could use some script to make automated warnings easier. Again, thanks and have a nice thanksgiving -- dhp1080 ^(u·t·c) 18:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

WIKISKY.ORG deleted?

Why the link to www.wikisky.org was deleted? It's not a commersial resource, absolutly unique map combined with SDSS. What's wrong?

Could you please explain your reasons for removing the wikisky.org links from a large number of astronomy-related articles? Was it spam? I just want to understand your motivation. George J. Bendo 22:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

As a general rule, the rapid addition of links to dozens of articles is almost always spam. But from a quick review of those links, they seem to be relevant and interesting, and the site itself appears to be non-commercial. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 22:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, yes essentially I reverted as spam. The IP came up as a spam alert in the IRC channel #wikipedia-spam, as having added over 40 external links to articles (and these were their only edits ever). So I posted a spam warning telling them to stop or they'd be blocked for spamming. I came back an hour later and they'd just continued, ignored the warning and not tried to contact me. By that stage we were up to 60 links with no discussion at all (with myself nor on the talk pages), the IP was blocked for a day and all edits reverted. Hope this helps?  Glen  22:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Is there a way to return all these links back? I am one of the authors of www.wikisky.com and that was me who added all these links. I just can't spend another 3hs to do it again. Regards, K. Lysenko.

Why you just didnt go to the site and check out that its not spam. I just didn't know how to check out messages or warnings, so I had no idea that you are sending anything to me. I am not really very experiensed wikipedia user. Sorry. But now when you are sure that it's not spam, can you please return all these links back? You also can contact me personally if you want - the phone # is in contacts on the site. Thanks, K. Lysenko.

Okay, all back. :)  Glen  23:02, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!!! K.L.

Thank you for the explanation on why these links were originally deleted. As an additional comment, I would like to note that the links are useful. The wikisky.org webpage contains data from the Sloan Digitized Sky Survey, a major astronomical sky survey. Because the data from the survey are only free for non-commercial use, they cannot be placed on Wikipedia. Links to the images on another website were a useful alternative. (Also note that I have nothing to do with the wikisky.org website or the SDSS.) GJBendo 06:35, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I am now beginning to worry about the actions of Kostya30 and Friendlystar. They apparently want to link every article on astronomical objects to wikisky.org using the various infobox templates in the objects' articles. Both the users appear to have a vested interest in wikisky.org, and I worry that their actions are too self-promotional. A discussion on their actions has been proceeding on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects. Would you please look over the issue and moderate or take action as you feel is appropriate? If you feel that no administrative action is warranted, could you please inform me. Thank you, Dr. Submillimeter 20:53, 24 November 2006 (UTC) (note the name change)

For your information, I have posted a notice on this issue on the Administrators' noticeboard. I would still appreciate your assistance and insights on this issue. Dr. Submillimeter 09:23, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

How do you get your own edit count?

Do you personally have to count each of your edits, or is there some tool, or what? --MasterA113 18:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Chowbok RfC

I have begun RfC procedures for User:Chowbok. Since you've had previous disputes with him about image uploads, maybe you'd like to add your commentary? [2] TheQuandry 03:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Glen S/Title

Maybe you should move that to my userspace, since it's the original and having two is kinda odd? 1ne 09:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

greg vievers article

i'm in the middle of writing the article, sorry I hit the save button, give me a minute, it won't be stub when I'm finished Sticks66 12:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Many thanks for the barnstar – my first. It's good to know that the bits and pieces that I fix do make a difference. -- MightyWarrior 12:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Request to Block User:207.106.138.2

Hi, I noticed that you had left 207.106.138.2 a final warning for vandalism. This IP recently vandalized Jamestown, Virginia multiple times. Perhaps an indefinite block or at least for an extended period this time would be effective. Thanks, please reply on my talk page. John Reaves 14:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. John Reaves 15:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Plantago's old pages

Hi Glen, old (user) pages are not important, I didn't make anything special there (yet). Cheers, Plantago 18:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Gunner65

Thanks, much appreciated. Gwernol 19:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Block of user:Hillock65 Reviewed; can you rereview?

Hi! You reviewed the block of Hillock65 and left it in place (block was fair, you said, and correctly so.) However it was a 24 hour block, put in place by El_C at 08:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC), and should have expired.

I don't think I am allowed to put the request for unblock template on someone else's userpage, but since you reviewed this once, would you mind horribly looking again? Thank you.

By the way, I am the user who reported Hillock65 for 3rr. I am afraid that if he is blocked much longer than 24 hours he is less likely to come back willing to consider collaborating. Again, thanks. Jd2718 20:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you were offended about my "corrections". another user haddeleted an articles i'd been working on and i was angered. please accept this apology. Magikarp11 Added: November 27, 2006

Working Man's Barnstar

Wow, thanks for the star! It caught me by surprise for sure. Although in retropsect, since I made my first article 8 days ago and have made 25 articles since then, I guess I wasn't as below the radar as I assumed. Thanks again and happy holidays. ◄HouseOfScandal►22:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Blocked?

Why am I blocked? I can't remember making any changes for months —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.184.30.16 (talk • contribs) 19 November, 2006.

happy Turkey-Day!!!!

I wish you a very merry Thanksgiving! Hope you and your family have a magnificent day! So, what are you thankful for? Hooray and happy gormandiziŋ! --Randfan please talk talk to me!

Happy Turkeyday! Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

Have a great day! Please respond on my talk page (the red "fan" link in my signature). Cheers! :) —Randfan!!

Cheers! :) —Randfan!! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Men on the Move

Why was the Men on the move good move/bad move article removed? I am not advertising....it was an article from a newspaper that I figured would be useful to people.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Menonthemove (talk • contribs) November 27, 2006.

So how can I place the news article on goodmove/bad move? It is for educational purposes.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Menonthemove (talk • contribs) November 27, 2006.

Recreation of a Deleted Image by a Sockpuppet

Hello Glen, a sockpuppet of JINXTENGU has recreated a previously deleted vandalism barnstar. Could you please take a look at it? Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 09:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I have recieved a warning (i did not edit the article) but this I.P. Address is for Moorpark Communit College

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MedCabal

Hi, we have a heavy backload of cases at WP:MEDCAB and since you are on the mediator list I thought I would request your help. Thanks! --Ideogram 10:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

User blanking legit warnings on talk page

Hey Glen, can you please keep an eye on BGC? This user seems to believe that only admins can give warnings [3], and continually removes legitimate warnings from his/her talk page. I warned the user about removing material from Greatest Hits (Guns N' Roses album) without a reason, which was promptly blanked. The user has also already been blocked a number of times for 3RR violations - warnings which have also been removed but not archived. Thanks. Yankees76 14:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed entry due to copyright - how to cite/reference a source.

Hi, I wonder if you could help. I'm still pretty new to this Wikipedia stuff. I tried to add a page for a band called Spotlight Kid the other day. I copied the text off their MySpace page. Because I did that the entry I created got removed due to copyright reasons.

From what I read on here I believe it's ok to copy text as long as you cite/reference the originating site. I just want to know how I go about doing that. What format/tags etc.?

Cheers, Ollie

Admin coaching

Hey there Glen. I see you're listed as a volunteer on the admin coaching page. I put up my request to join the program a week back, but haven't yet received a response. I'm not sure if it's necessary to go through any formal process (at least, I couldn't find any) and I was wondering if you're coaching anyone at the moment. Cheers! --Brad Beattie (talk) 08:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Just a quick note to apologise for the delay in my reply, at the time I looked to rely I noticed you'd been snapped up for coaching already (fast worker!) Do let me know if I can help in any way regardless :)  Glen  23:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I appreciate the reply though. I wouldn't mind any feedback you have on the work I'm doing. Am I making the most constructive use of my time? Is there something I should be focusing on more? Any suggestions would be the awesome. Thanks again. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

IP warning

Hi GlenS. I noted the warning you gave to User:84.246.54.3. It seems you start of with a {{test4}} , yet it seems to be the users very first edit. Would you agree a {{test1|History of erotic depictions}} would have been more appropriate? Sander123 12:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually no, I completely disagree. {{test1}} is used in circumstances where a user perhaps added "poop" or "I waz here" or some such test edit. I felt their edit here was abusive and entirely unnacceptable, and as such gave a {{test4im}} warning, which is used in cases of obvious vandalism. Is there a circumstance where you feel {{test4im}} is better used?  Glen  12:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you that we're well beyond the poop category here. And you have certainly stopped this user right in its tracks. He'll probably won't do it again. Chances are he'll never return either though.

I don't like the pulled punches of these lower level templates either but they are a bit more friendly and increase the chance of getting something useful out of them. If you have a real vandal you'll quickly get a chance to hand out those final warnings. In my experience most of the vandals stop after their first warning.

I use {{test4im}} only for very grave situations, when the user had multiple blocks and had other warnings that same day. In this case I would probably have used first a test3 and then a test4. If both happened within 24 hours, and there was further evident vandalism I'd report the user.

Finally, especially since this is an ip account, I would add the page where this occurs: like this {{test4im|History of erotic depictions}}. Not everybody who reads your warning may know how to discover what is the problem it. Sander123 13:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

(see my talk for your replay) Hi Glen, I usually do that actually, but I forget it sometimes. From my last 3 templates 2 were substituted. I'll pay more attention to it in future, thanks. Sander123 13:31, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

85.12.88.1

Thanks for that, I was concerned giving such a long period of time. Gnangarra 13:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

User talk:70.103.140.134

Do you want to go ahead and block it? It appears to be an open proxy. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 14:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Excellent! You beat me to the {{test4im}} as well...I got an edit conflict with you trying to post it. :-) BTW, check the history in those topics...someone has a problem with those media outlets. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 14:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Still getting the hang of things....creating a band page

Hi Glen, Thanks for clearing up the stuff to do with copyright.

I've managed to set up a page for Spotlight Kid (band) by rewriting what I had put up before. However now theres a message on the page saying Subject may not be significant enough to merit an article, see notability guidelines.

I'm just wondering if you could give me any tips on what I should do to prevent this message and the imminent deletion.

Cheers, Ollie

Thanks

Thanks for removing that from my page history. Some people, huh? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 18:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/164.106.13.9

Hi Glen - I've just rollbacked some of your reversions for that IP, and removed your warning, as he was just fixing a dead link to an new location :). Thanks Martinp23 19:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Your latest vandal friend

What are they teaching kids at school these days? Seriously, the semantics of that vandalism make the mind boggle. Is it too much to ask for at least a coherent insult? :-) -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 00:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

A Sock Has Made an Imposter Account of User:SqueakBox

Hello Glen S, while patrolling recent changes I noticed that User:SqueakBoxx has created an account impersonating User:SqueakBox. From personal experience I am aware that imposter/spoof accounts of others are usually warned or blocked. Could you take a look at it please? Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 00:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

IP claiming to be you

User talk:80.67.21.55 - just checking to make sure this is not you (I'm guessing you don't use proxies), and if so you can deal with it. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 01:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

You're quick!

At clicking all those little check boxes to undelete. I just finished and got an internal error. -- Samir धर्म 01:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow

Someone's been working hard! :) I'll take a squiz now. Thanks a lot! riana_dzasta 03:44, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Why was I blocked?

It just said 'as per [one of the other admins]' I'm at uni, so its a shared IP.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.184.30.16 (talk • contribs) December 1, 2006.

Hi! Im an American born kiwi with an English Dad, & a half/half American Indian/Scottish Mom living in Australia, hence I will probably be contributing to issues on all mentioned Nations.

Nat  :) (Kiwiinoz77 09:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)) sorry oops

Colour

Why am i in red & my sister is Blue?(Kiwiinoz77 09:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC))

Thanks!

Youre a Star!

Nat(Kiwiinoz77 09:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC))

Monobook

I'm just a little curious, what were the two user subpages you added? Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 10:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, thanks! Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 10:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Wait...what's a cache? Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 10:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

No, I do not use Firefox. Does that make a difference? Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 10:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Anyway, I'm starting to like it. :) Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 10:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

You were right! This does make it 100 times easier and faster! Thank you for helping me...I've added you to my short list Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 11:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Baaa

Hehe :) People? You mean, "Sheeple" 14:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

You blocked my vandal!

The knitting guy? Mr. Fogarazzo? Ah, well. He seemed to have a grudge against you, actually: one of his nonsense posts said something about how not even you could stop him. ... I guess he was wrong! Cheers. -- Merope 18:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help, and an article

1) Thanks for your FAST help when I was accidentally blocked by another admin. Your quick action turned an unpleasant experience into a positive. You obviously care a LOT about Wikipedia and it shows. I have given you a Barnstar of Diligence on your Awards page for your fast, efficient and fair action!

I have decided to continuously watch the Kevin Federline article for NPOV issues. I believe I have achieved NPOV there at long last, without a content war or hard feelings. This page will need to be watched indefinitely and I will be there at least twice a day to help keep it NPOV. Your fairness and quick action have motivated me even more! Thanks! Michaelh2001 20:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

User:V A N D A L I Z E R 1 2 3 6 is making sockpuppets

His newest is this one: User:HAPPINESS 1 2 3 6.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 20:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Notability

Hey there, sorry for delay in my reply. You need to read WP:BAND - Specifically the Criteria for musicians and ensembles - at least ONE of those needs to be met for the band to meet policy. And, if you feel this is the case, then it must be clearly shown in the article itself (the editors shouldnt have to hunt for it). Good luck, msg me if I can help more  Glen  17:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok, it looks like the page has been removed now. I've read the guidlines in the Notabilty article. The band I created the page for definitely meets the guidlines. I'm just a little unsure of what I need to do to stop the page being deleted.

For example, one of the points in the above article states: Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable; note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such.

This is true for the band I created the page for. I did state that the members were/are part of another band. Does it need to be in a particular format or something...?

Sorry for being dull! :-) Cheers, Ollie --Olliemorr 17:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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Hi again, I just want to clear something up. So when it comes to Notetabilty, is it just a matter of stating one or more of the required items? Does it have to be written in any particular format so that it's clear for the people checking newly added articles?

Many thanks for your help once again. --Olliemorr 17:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

"POV warrior"?

I hope you don't mean me by that comment... if there's something I've done wrong, please explain. Antaeus Feldspar seems to think no one else is supposed to click the link that says "edit this page!".... it's not like I'm trying to fill the articles with "Scientology Rules!" or something. I genuinely don't think the articles I've tried to put "disputed" tags on are fair, and I've explained why on the talk pages. Highfructosecornsyrup 01:52, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Harrassment?

I am not sure how to report harrassment but User:Mr Bullockx has placed several ridiculous tags on Doll Graveyard and has begun to hassle me over it. -WarthogDemon 03:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Sourcing

I thought Doll Graveyard was properly sourced. >_> If it's not, how can I make it sourced? -WarthogDemon 03:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Replied here: [4]. -WarthogDemon 04:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Don't think you did: [5]. -WarthogDemon 04:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Newbie

Just out of curiosity, how old does a user have to be (in your opinion) to not be a newcomer any more? Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 09:16, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

yourguidetoindia.com

i just wanted to point out that yourguidetoindia.com is a non commercial site with creativecommons.org tag which permits Reproduction Distribution DerivativeWorks And the tourism guide has more information on udaipur , jaipur etc then the other tourism links which are being pointed why was this removed ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.254.65.177 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC).

Scientology 0-8: The Book of Basics

User:Highfructosecornsyrup has slapped a big copyright tag on this, claiming that "This article consists of little else but long excerpts from each section of the book, going beyond fair use.". This is suprising, seeing as each excerpt is a sentence long, and I think that an article on religious scripture is allowed a bit of lee-way (The Ten Commandments, for example). Anyway, the template says the article shouldn't be touched before an admin has a look at it, so I'd appreciate it if you could have a look. Thanks. yandman 10:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Blocking MRSC

Read your msg now. MRSC has a different view to me. I'm trying to get the point over to him that he is wrong but he doesn't listen. WHat can I do but write long summaries?--84.9.192.124 12:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

He is a sockpuppet of banned User:Irate. Please re-block him. His edits have the opposite effect to his claims. He refuses to discuss on talk pages, other than to offer abuse. MRSC • Talk 13:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

See User:Irate for the range of IP addresses he uses. He mostly edits around Liverpool and Merseyside articles and removes historical information about these places. Here are some diffs for that type of behaviour: [6] [7]

He is currently editing Template:England people message to change the category scheme which is detailed at Template_talk:England_people_message#Category_topology. He claims his edits "fix" the category scheme by re-inserting borough information. This is, however, already covered by district (i.e boroughs are districts). The effect of his edits is to disrupt the scheme he claims to be "fixing". Example here: [8] [9] MRSC • Talk 15:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

It matters not whether his edits are good or bad. He is banned (see the block log) until such time as he agrees to follow the rules of Wikipedia. Morwen - Talk 15:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

He uses a dynamic IP range, and we have been reluctant to block all of it. This may become needed, though. Morwen - Talk 15:50, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

re: User talk:81.21.176.10

Hi Glen... this is almost certainly an open proxy or zombie, as the user's vandalism on wikibooks is typical of a serial proxy vandal we've been dealing with. I'm blocking it 1 month on wikibooks, will report on meta. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 15:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

 

Please vote!

Hello Glen! Just would like to thank you for having reverted the edits performed against my talk page, and therefore, without further ado, I hereby award you a Barnstar for your efforts to revert vandalism. . I also call on you to vote on This Featured Article Candidate Booksworm Hello? Anyone home? Vote! Vote! 17:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC) (P.S. Follow my advice and support it! That's just my advice, you can vote as you please!)

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Dilllonbot block

Hi Glen S. I created the User:Dilllonbot account that you just blocked. Unfortunately, I made a typo; it should have been User:Dillonbot. I was about to request a rename when you blocked it. As explained on the User:Dillonbot user page, I intend to seek bot approval for this account for a new Java framework I'm working on for the MediaWiki API. Please unblock so I can request a rename. Mike Dillon 02:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for unblocking. I don't expect there to be a "next time", but I'll keep in mind that you can create a new account using an existing account. I knew that from running MediaWiki at work, but it had slipped my mind. Mike Dillon 02:48, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. Go ahead and reblock User:Dilllonbot. No need to increase admin workload (except yours I guess, but you're already involved). Mike Dillon 03:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Qatar talk page restoration

Hi Glen, I noticed that the recent vandalism of Talk:Qatar has resulted in (a) a redirect to itself and (b) a loss of the talk page history. Can you restore the old talk page in place of the redirect? Thanks, Walkerma 03:36, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

User talk:207.58.130.206

Thanks for that block! I was in the process of reporting the IP to WP:AIV and WP:OP. That openproxy was just carrying on from an IP that was introducing the same misinformation into those articles (where he claimed that various female singers weren't also songwriters...I actually had to go dig CDs out and check the liner notes to confirm that he was full of it). -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 04:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Username block

Hi Glenn,

Can you please explain why my account was blocked, I have just created it and have not posted anything yet?

Here is my account name: alex.sj.ca

If you could please clarify...

Thank you, Alex

Hi there, its because sj.ca is a website, and we cant have website names in our usernames (see WP:U). Just create onother one? Alex.sj would be fine for example  Glen  08:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I did not realize there is such a website. Can you please delete my account then?

Thanks, Alex

Pavel Novotny AFD

The nominator withdrew the AFD, so I closed. —Angr 13:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

USERNAME_VIOLATION (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

no such user? Where did you see it?  Glen  14:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

erm, my bad, I saw it as an edit summary on the 3RR board; looks like someone didn't fill out the for right. Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 14:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:Mas Ahmad

I have no problems with it. I handed out a slightly longer than usual "first block" because I strongly felt this was a bad-faith user, so I'd be inclined to agree with you, but I suggest you post this to WP:AN or WP:ANI to find out if a wider range of admins agree with you. Please let me know where you psoted to so I can also give my feedback there. Cheers, Deathphoenix ʕ 14:21, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I responded to the ANI page. Thanks, Deathphoenix ʕ 14:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Revert at User:Gurch/Reports/ArbComElections

Hi there. You reverted my edit here. Was this because the bot will overwrite it later? I see that an earlier edit seemed to work OK. What do you think? Carcharoth 15:49, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

GenericMoonbatTaunt

You might want to run a checkuser on that nimrod you just blocked. I have a very strong feeling that it is a sock of one of our favorite disruptors, who somehow seems to have avoided an indefinite block under his better known username. Crockspot 19:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Kevin Federline article

I have been reworking the Kevin Federline article to keep it NPOV. I hope I have succeeded. Could you read it through and tell me if you think it meets Wiki NPOV standards now? Maybe in a year or so I'll get my own Barnstar for checking it daily and keeping it NPOV. :) But seriously, I would really like your opinion on its current NPOV status. Thanks! Michaelh2001 20:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Sprotect

Thanks for the Sprotect here. Despite the fact that they were supporting my nom, things were getting out of hand. That discussion (and related issues) are contentious enough without adding socks to the mix. Doc Tropics 20:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

User:216.123.150.4

Not a question, but a comment. This IP belongs to a high school - St. Georges, and thus is subject to abuse from many people, some of which who could care less about the validity of the articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mathias-Grayfox (talk • contribs) 23:20, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

User:Aeaeaech

Some people really have no clue at all. Why do people like that even bother creating an account? Tonywalton  | Talk 02:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

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Warning template

Hi Glen. I recently cautioned a certain SonicChao against warning users for removing warnings from user their talk pages. From what I gather, the current consensus is that this is harassment, and that users should be free to remove warnings when it pleases them. He pointed out to me that the template he was using was based off your version of the now defunct (for the above reasons) "Wr" templates. Do you still use this template? Have there been more recent (the one I followed was a few weeks ago) discussions regarding this aspect of policy? Thanks, yandman 08:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Starfleet alternate ranks and insignia

Hi Glen. For your information, I've sent your above close to Wikipedia:Deletion review - I'm sorry, but I don't think you made the right decision, at all. Proto::► 10:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandal

[10]. I think he's trying to taunt you rather stupidly.Adam Cuerden ^talk 16:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Kevin Federline article

I have been reworking the Kevin Federline article to keep it NPOV. I hope I have succeeded. Could you read it through and tell me if you think it meets Wiki NPOV standards now? Maybe in a year or so I'll get my own Barnstar for checking it daily and keeping it NPOV. :) But seriously, I would really like your opinion on its current NPOV status. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michaelh2001 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

I dont know if I did this right. User name Stuart Chamberlin I made an edit to Jerusalem. I dont know if I am blocked you my edit is pending, please help. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart Chamberlin (talk • contribs)