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• Emily Hilscher

What the Heck?

I edited something on the "7 may" page and you keep deleting it, why?? It is constructive and I don't see how it is "vandalism". So I plan to re-edit the page. Thank you for causing others more work and frustration.

Sorry

i haven't remover anthing of the footballers wives episodes page. And i created the page an just wasn't signed in at the time. i accidently lost the series 4 episode summarys when i was writing them. I put them back up straight away.

deleting things...

thanks for clearing the stuff about deletion up. I'm new to deletion... ens 02:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ens (talk • contribs) 01:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

     ok and where am i supposed to reply to things you say to me? here? ens 02:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

          Thanks for the insight. I agree with you. It's much easier to do it back and forth. ens 14:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

how do I change the title of an article? I want to change St. Peter High School (Ottawa) to St. Peter Catholic High School

never mind - sorry i got it now. ens 20:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Qwert

I was not aware that the consensus had changed. I was also under the impression that removing recent warnings from one's talk page was also considered vandalism. I'm sorry if I had erred. Pumeleon^T 02:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Re [1]

I tagged Byron Long for speedy deletion since it appeared to be entirely unreferenced, which, given the controversial nature of the subject matter, would constitute a serious WP:BLP violation. WP:BLP states that

Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and controversial in tone, where there is no NPOV version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion (see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion criterion G10 for more details).

Looking through the page history, however, it appears that there actually was a reference for the article, which I have restored. John254 02:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

CSD G10 does use the term "negative in tone", which is a somewhat unfortunate choice of words. The more fundamental policy here appears to be Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, which states that "biographies that are unsourced and controversial in tone" should be speedily deleted. The underlying issue is not whether we believe that a description of a living person as a "porn actor" is actually negative. Rather, for WP:BLP purposes, the issue is whether, if an article incorrectly described someone as a "porn actor", such a description would be regarded as defamatory for the purpose of Wikipedia:Libel -- that is, whether such an incorrect description, if widely believed, might be likely to have a significantly adverse effect on the employment prospects or general reputation of the subject of the article. I would contend that describing someone as a "porn actor" is sufficiently "controversial in tone" to invoke WP:BLP concerns for the speedy removal and/or deletion of any unreferenced claims of this nature. John254 02:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of rain check

Why has this valid article disappeared? Please undelete it, and if you feel it is not up to Wikipedia standards, instead nominate it under WP:AfD, to give others a chance to comment on it and/or improve it. Thanks.  –radiojon 02:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

• I understand that it has been transwikied, however it was enough to be its own Wikipedia article, and can be expanded from a stub to a better article by adding information about how rainchecks are handled and processed by stores. (For example, some simply hand the user a piece of paper or carbon copy, others take the customer's information, enter it into a computer, and print a raincheck with a barcode, later notifying the customer automatically by phone/email/mail. Also, other offers like rebates may no longer be valid when the raincheck is redeemed.)  –radiojon 03:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thkxs for the welcome

I'm finally making an effort to participate around here. Thanks for the welcome! Blckdmnd99 03:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Jen Banbury

Thanks for spotting that this was not a proper speedy delete about the same time i first noticed it. I have rewritten and expanded the article significantly, although it could doubtless use further work. DES ^(talk) 03:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

All of my info and sources came out of the first two pages of a google search on her name -- not really tricky research. I agree, lots of people over use A7 and G1, and db-context. That's why I undeleted this and expanded it a bit. The original was not well written, but the key facts were there. DES ^(talk) 03:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but in this case note that it wasn't just mis-tagged. An admin actually deleted the page, while I was working on my first edit. I undeleted. The admin says that he "still stands by" his decision to delete the version as it was when tagged. DES ^(talk) 04:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I need a bit of help

Could you go ahead and delete Sky2k.com? I think an IP sock of the author is removing the CSD tag. It's obvious spam so I have no qualms about replacing that tag. Pumeleon^T 03:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. :3 Pumeleon^T 03:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Joss Fritz

Fair comment - it asserts notability, I'll ensure I check this in future before doing a db-nn. I've tagged it for cleanup+wikify for now, as it's rather lacking, the way it stands. Regards, --Oscarthecat 17:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion comment

I, unfortunately, do not know any other tags beside the db-bio to mark a page for possible deletion. I understand that there is an "articles for deletion" list, as I have discussed pages there myself; however, I do not know the tag to mark a page as such, nor do I know the tag for 'proposed deletion.' Useight 17:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I just wanted to say thanks for the information that I can now use to better help keep Wikipedia free of frivolous articles. I just stick to my personal motto: "I got everyone's back."

Sorry about that. I'm pretty new around here and am currently reading all the many rules on the "Administrators' Reading List." Once I learn all these little 'house-keeping' rules, I hope to apply to be an admin myself. Useight 17:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

hello and wondering how to ...

I wanted to put an entry in like spectrum strategy consultants, but when i do i get a deletion thingee. suggestions?

btw Dublin Ireland is a lot different from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Galway Ireland would be a better fit.

looking for help in advance, —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Angus.goldfinch (talk • contribs) 19:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

comment on location for vacation - cultural fit - just trying to help (worked in MSP for many years in the Hi Tech business in the 90s and Ireland in 00s)

Down to brass tacks. There is an item for Spectrum Strategy which I based an entry on. So why is my entry deleted and the one for Spectrum Strategy not? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Angus.goldfinch (talk • contribs) 19:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

I am using the same as spectrum strategy consultants along the lines of what you have suggested, i.e. no daylight. Both entries should be handled the same either accepted or spam deleted. right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Angus.goldfinch (talk • contribs) 19:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

mmm if you do a search on intercai mondiale you well see a number of proven reputable sources. OFCOM a la FCC and other public sector entries as well as those on the international stage and not just within the narrow geography of the US.

Now will you please provide some consistency either delete both or accept both since they both deliver to the global 2000 companies and contribute to the regulation of telecoms in the world.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Angus.goldfinch (talk • contribs)

i am looking for guidance and consistency here, i.e. understanding. If I am following along the lines of other items, such as spectrum consulting, why are they not be handled the same way? why am I being differently when the standard has been already set that I am following. Both items intercai mondiale and spectrum consulting should be handled the same way yes?

if one is deleted the other should be deleted if the style, delivery, etc. are the same. 21:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)21:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Proliphix

Why did you delete the article for Proliphix earlier today? I am very new to Wikipedia and I am trying to understand how things work. It seemed to me to be a valid entry for a topic that was not yet included in Wikipedia. Please help me understand why it was deleted. Thanks, Ryan —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryan.hoger (talk • contribs) 01:38, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

--Ryan Hoger 01:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

what happened?

what was going on with the JW page? first there was info but then it dissapeared. now its back. was someone vandalizing it?Mstare88 17:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

are you allowed to say who it was? if so who was it? the one time that i looked it said coolman76. due to the vandalism have they been blocked? if they were will they ever be unblocked? i am asking because if the person is who i think it is then it is one of my friends who is a big anti-JWMstare88 17:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

The Vandal.

71.79.51.157 was quite a persistent vandal. Ignored all my warnings just to vandalize your user page, and they got a month-long block as a reward for their brilliant and construtive editing to your user page. Total count: 69. :) Acalamari 23:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It was someone you blocked exactly one week ago. :) Acalamari 23:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

• Whoops, I posted that at the same time you posted that other message. Sorry. :) Acalamari 23:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know that the above vandal was the same guy that vandalized your page today using the IP 129.137.211.186 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). This troll has vandalized my userpage about 40 times since February using the above address and addresses that start with 129... which are registered to the University of Cincinnati. I believe the 71... address to be his home and now that it is blocked for a month, you can expect vandalism from a number of different 129... addresses. The problem is that he vandalizes once from a computer at his school and then moves to a different computer. I'm glad that he appears to have lost interest in me, but I regret that he has transferred it to you. Cynrin 21:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Wetherby Speedy delete

Hello Natalie. I flagged the two earlier edit pages for wp:speedy as they specifically name the local community police officer (PC Rowden) in a defamatory way. I believe that where this type of vandalism happens you are able to either delete or hide earlier edits. The edits in question are: Revision as of 13:25, 29 March 2007 (the orig vandalism) and Revision as of 20:33, 3 April 2007 (where I tried to tag the above for delete but just succeeded in making it the top level - so I reverted it quickly.) HTH. Thanks RichardEll 08:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Leadership & Public Service Center

---Hi, I'm not sure how this works yet either.... I noticed that you are responsible for deleting a wiki that I created on the Edward E. Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center at the University of Washington. This was the first wiki that I have ever tried to create and I do not understand why it has been deleted or how to communicate regarding any changes that would need to take place in order for the page to be accepted. Please contact me at mattwojo at u.washington dot edu or via my user talk page. Thank-You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattwojo (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your quick reply Natalie! Your feedback is very helpful. This is particularly good advice and I appreciate your making the change:

I would recommend not typing your email address on Wikipedia without obscuring it - there are various email address harvesting spiders on the web, and it can make you a target for spam. If you want to type an email, you can obscure it by writing out the @ and . signs, like this: someaddress at someserviceprovider dot com, instead of someaddress@someserviceprovider.com.

I do have further questions about this comment:

the article Carlson leadership and public service center was deleted because it was copied from a website that asserted a copyright license incompatible with the GFDL, the license Wikipedia is copyrighted under. More information about copyright law and how it affects Wikipedia can be found at Wikipedia:Copyrights.

The text copied from the Carlson Center website is text that I wrote and that the Center would gladly grant me permission to use. I can pursue this, but I also am wondering if I simply re-wrote this information differently, would the problem with the page be solved?

Thank-you again for your time & valuable information!!!

Mattwojo 18:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)Mattwojo

The foul-mouthed judge

He did indeed, and not a problem at all for the reversion. He hit my talk page earlier.--Xnuala (talk) 02:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Would you consider removing the autoblock on User:Mstare88?

User:Yamla declined to remove the autoblock citing the lack of productive edits in Mstare88's contributions log. Yamla was right. There weren't any worthwhile contributions at the time.

Since then, however, Mstare88 has created an article on John Madden NFL '93 which was quickly redirected to John Madden Football '93. Well, OK, he should learn to look at what articles exist before creating a new one but that's just part of learning the ropes here at Wikipedia.

This edit should show that he is willing to discuss edits with other editors and become part of our community. (At last!)

So, please give him another chance and remove the autoblock.

Thanks.

--Richard 05:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award

For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I
(Explanation and Disclaimer)

♠TomasBat (@)(Contribs)(Sign!) 14:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Living and working ....

... in Dublin, Ireland??? Woohoo!! That's where I'm originally from :) It's an awesome place - you'll totally love it! - Alison^☺ 15:27, 5 April 2007 (UTC) (why yes, I am biased!)

Ip rolling to harass editors

It appears that open proxies are being used on User talk:Jimbo Wales to make personal attacks and cause disruption. What do we do? Retiono Virginian 18:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

And User talk:Wiki alf and User talk:Doc glasgow before they got protected. – Riana ^ऋ 18:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

God, no! :) You can drop a note at ANI, plenty of people know how to do something about it over there. – Riana ^ऋ 18:38, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I have set up a basic report at the admins noticeboard. (The basic one, not incidents) and if there are any more Ips and talk pages involved could you list them there. Retiono Virginian 18:42, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I blocked a few, I'll list them there. – Riana ^ऋ 18:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Another Ip User:81.79.160.76 has appeared and began attacks on User:Wiki alf's talk page. I will list this on the admin board. Retiono Virginian 20:09, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, could you do me a little favour and sign here? Retiono Virginian 16:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Count.

Damn! Missed that count! :) Busy editing stuff to do with Christina Aguilera and didn't notice! :) Acalamari 18:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

beat me to the block

You beat me to the wiki alf wanker vandal block! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 20:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Our little "accident", and a rule proposal to avoid it.

I was sure I can count on you to relieve the "mis-block" I got for creating the Jimbo-doppelganger "Djimbo WhaIes". However, this revealed a little "bug" in the block system: there should be a type of username block that doesn't autoblock IPs for cases when the block is due to a username problem. (It makes no sense to have the message "It's encouraged that you create a new account with a proper name", and at the same time have a block preventing the use or creation of a new account... We surely need a fix for this.) What do you think about it? --NetRolller 3D 21:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

IP vandal

I don't think anyone has contact his ISP. Feel free to go ahead. IrishGuy ^talk 22:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

You're good.

I was just posting a warning to the creator of the Chandeka page, and when I finished and saved it, the page was deleted. You found and deleted a page within minutes. Nice job. Mattbash 01:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Username Change

Thanks for the heads-up Natalie, will change nickname post-haste. Scarybot 02:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

...

Moved the request to the username change page! Scarybot 02:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Messaage

I posted the same question near the warning I gave to jesuschristlovesomelets. How do you revert to previous versions of an article? I've come across a lot of vandalism, but couldn't change it back. Mattbash 02:05, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Please read Natalie

i, Tonye104292, edited my user page and removed the part about the weed and the biggest store in the world bc i didnt add that. i logged in to my account, tonye104292, and made the proper revisions.

Block proposal

You may want to block user: John fogerty man. This user has received many warnings already, and I just reverted what he did to Lisa Lampanelli, whoever she is. Look at the edit. I'm sure you'd agree that calling someone a "cunt" is uncalled for and inappropriate, no matter the situation. Mattbash 02:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting the edits made by an anonymous IP to my user page! Bobo. 03:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The Revert.

Thank you for the revert. I have to assume that user is a sockpuppet of "Acalamari has a WikiCrush on Alison". Heh, I see they put "hugs and kisses" and the end of every message I've left here. Acalamari 16:19, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

If they're the vandal I think they are, I don't think they'll be stopping anytime soon. If they're not...well, we'll see what happens. The only thing I find annoying about this vandal is that I have to update my vandal count, and I try to edit my user page as little as possible. If this keeps up, maybe I'll just update the count every two or three cases. Acalamari 17:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Localisation?

Hi there,

I've been watching the recent changes list for a couple of days, and I've noticed a few changes in localisation between the US 'z' and the British 's' ... 'globalization' vs 'globalisation', for example. Is there any consensus on which should be used?

Thanks! MackSalmon 17:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Refer to WP:ENGVAR --Richard 17:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

GP

GP is an acronym for gay porn. Why remove it? 24.77.26.214 18:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

http://www.rohitab.com/discuss/lofiversion/index.php/t23183.html and http://www.blogmarks.net/marks/tag/gp are two examples of someone utilising GP as an acronym for 'gay porn.' 24.77.26.214 18:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

It's not an article on the acronym, it's merely a mention of it in article which lists possible uses of the acronym 'GP.' Secondly, in order to prove that GP can mean gay porn, wouldn't I only need to show that people do use that acronym? As far as I know, there is no accredited source which lists legitimate acronyms. 24.77.26.214 18:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Are each of those uses listed on the GP article listed in a dictionary? I think it would be rather hard to provide concrete sources for each of the uses listed in the GP article. As to the issue of notability, Wikipedia is not paper. Why do people care that 'Worldwide green parties' can be referred to as 'GP'? The point of that article is simply to list possible uses of two letters, and gay porn is one of them. 24.77.26.214 18:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

It also happens that Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules is also an official policy of Wikipedia. I'm getting a sense here that you find 'gay porn' morally offensive, as indicated by your 'reader's patience' comment. 24.77.26.214 19:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Please leave the San Francisco nicknames alone

I am from San Francisco therefore I know the most commonly used nicknames, however when I add the nicknames used daily they keep being erased which is very irritating. If Wikipedia is an encyclopedia should it not use the correct information so that when others read it they know more about it? Again I have lived here my whole life so I know the names used, whether I like them or not they are the nicknames used; these are "Frisco", "The Sco", "Sucka Free City", "The City", "City By The Bay". However, "Fog City" is not a commonly used term for San Francisco; in fact I have not heard that ever before. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tsparxxx (talk • contribs) 19:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

I have not reverted any additions made by this username although I did revert an edit by the IP address 72.65.228.141. If this is you then I'm afraid I will not leave the page alone, as edits like this one are blatantly unacceptable. If this IP is not you, please don't spam me about issues I'm not involved in. Thank you. Natalie 20:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Block

I am not sure but I think your block of User:Nishkib64 should have autoblock disabled to allow the user to create a new account (the user has requested an unblock to allow for a new account to be created although you would only have to disable autoblock) Thanks. Donato (talk) 21:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, this seems like blatant imitation and therefore perhaps the user should not be allowed to create a new account as they may well continue to attempt to do this. Donato (talk) 21:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Need advice.

Hey Natalie. On the Criticism of Islam talk page, there is a user who is upset about the people listed as critics of Islam. He argues that they are not critics, but Anti-Muslim bigots. While I agree that Pat Robertson isn't really what I'd call a legitimate critic, he also argues against the inclusion of Bat Ye'or, Robert Spencer, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I'm surprised he made no mention of Ibn Warraq and Ali Sina. I don't want to make a judgment, but the user seems to be rather easily angered. I'll present the discussion for convenience here:

Compare this article with Religious antisemitism and Criticism of Judaism. According to the standards laid out in the first article, so-called "critics" like Pat Robertson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Bat Ye'or are not "critics" but anti-Muslim bigots. It's known as "calling a spade a spade". My suggestion is to rename this article to Anti-Islamic sentiments or move the more libellous and hateful garbage from the likes of Robertson (who calls Muslims "devils" and believes all Muslims will burn in hell) and Bat Ye'or to that article title. We must not tolerate this hatred here. See WP:NPOV. Wikipedia of all places should be able to differentiate between what is legitimate criticism and what is obviously hateful and xenophobic rhetoric ("Eurabia" being a perfect example). That the hatred and prejudice towards Islam and Muslims is widely tolerated and accepted is proven with this article, which rather than about "criticism" is about hatred of Islam. Khorshid 02:42, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your opinion. It seems that you're easily offended. Please don't get so riled up.--C.Logan 04:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

See Antisemitism - if I was a Jew, would you be saying that??? Please keep your patronising attitude out of this discussion, otherwise you may be blocked for incivility. We do not tolerate bigotry here - I understand many people hate Muslims. Wikipedia does not tolerate such hatred. Khorshid 11:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I was uncivil? It seems that you jump to conclusions about other people's motives. I was simply trying to suggest that you calm the flame a bit, but I can see that you'll have none of that. Sorry if you misunderstood me.--C.Logan 20:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I could easily do without including Robertson, but Bat Ye'or is critic who comes from a scholarly POV. - Merzbow 05:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately Bat Ye'or promotes anti-Islamic and anti-Arab conspiracy theories. If you're telling me that people like Bat Ye'or are legitimate critics of Islam, then Holocaust denialists and anti-Semites like David Duke and Robert Faurrison are legitimate critics of Judaism. Like I said, double standards. Muslims are the devils, after all, right? According to our Christian friends, we're all going to hell, so who gives a crap, right? 89. You know what?! Damn right I'm easily offended. Easy to talk like that when you're not the one being shoved around and stereotyped as a terrorist. I'm sick of that kind of attitude. If you guys want to promote conspiracy theorists and bigots as "critics" of Islam, then Wikipedia has lost its credibility, and considering Essjay controversy, its not surprising. But I urge Muslim editors not to give into this bullying. There is a distinct difference between bigotry and criticism, and so far, this article is of the latter variety. So much for "Christian tolerance". Ha, what a joke. Khorshid 11:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The guy up there, a Christian, tells me "I'm easily offended"

Does the fact that I'm a Christian affects my assessment? Whether I'm a Christian, an atheist, a Bahai, or a Scientologist, I would still tell you that you need to keep a cool head. Anger isn't going to help you in getting your point across. And please don't stereotype Christians- it makes you guilty of taking the first steps into practicing the very thing that you're condemning.--C.Logan 20:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Obviously, I haven't yet offered any real response. I could argue that people like Richard Dawkins and Ahmed Deedat are not valid critics of Christianity (because they have a misunderstanding of it, or they let their bias show clearly in their arguments), but they are generally agreed to be valid critics. It is my opinion that the user has a victim complex which is getting in the way of having a civil discussion- and yet he threatens have me banned for being uncivil in my first comment. (Please excuse the last sentence, but it's something I felt was worth expressing).

I'm coming to you because I am unfamiliar with many of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and cannot offer much more than an opinion in response. I was hoping that you could give some advice as to whether or not the user has a valid point, or whether he is just fuming on the talk page with no good reason. He has placed a 'totallydisputed' tag and has commanded that it not be removed (as it was previously removed by another user). Any help with this matter would be appreciated.--C.Logan 21:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

category deletion or merge

Hi - a category was recently created called "Category:Democratic Party" which is a dab problem and already covered by "Category:Democratic Party (United States)". Only a handful of politicians are in it - the description also is incorrect (unless Andrew Johnson is a candidate for something...) I left a note on the creator's talk page User:TheJediCouncil about it. I think this was well-meaning, but it needs to be merged and removed, and I didn't know how to accomplish that, so thought I'd pass it along to a friendly admin! Thanks Tvoz |talk 16:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - that was fast! Tvoz |talk 17:01, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandal and sockpuppet

Natalie, can you look into something for me? User:Saabusa has added satirical speculation to the E-2 Hawkeye three times since April 6. After the 3rd time (today), I placed vandalism warning on his talk page (at the same time). These are the only edits this user has made. Later today, User:70.160.29.117 added the same exact material again. THe material is not in anyway constructive, is mostly fictional, and is tring to be funny or make political points. Because of that, I'm not treating this as a content dispute, but as vandalism. Admin User:Chrislk02 usually handles these sorts of thing for me, but he is on an extended weekend break, and so is unavailable. As I usually tell Chris, do what you think is best in this situation. If there is anything you want me to do further in this case, just let me know. Thanks in advance for whatever you are able to do. - BillCJ 03:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Block request

Hi Natalie, just reverted some vandalism to your page from Agesrange. Maybe a temporary block on this user or at the very least an admin's warning? --Speed Air Man 15:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Block Duration?

How long is the user blocked for? I just want to make sure to gird my loins before it expires, in anticipation of all the Backlash-y. Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 17:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The user was trying to sock-puppet? How did you detect that so quickly? (kinda in awe) -Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 19:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

APNIC/Cheri DiNovo vandal

I've got a solution: block the IPs for a short period (say 48 hours), anon. only, account creation allowed, that way it may stop him when he realises he cannot edit as an IP address.

It may persuade him to create an account, which would certainly make tracking his edits a lot easier, as by default, an IP address is not an account.

Hope I've helped you with this. I've added the articles you mentioned, to my watchlist, by the way. --SunStar Net ^talk 18:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Takfiri‎

Please take a look at this article. Users such as User:Sun shinez forever, User:No problem 1254, User:Heats of heaven, and possibly many others, were created as a revertign machine for this article. They are probably sockpuppets of a radical user with an obious agenda. As User:Zora said: The article is being used to attack religious groups with which the editor does not agree. --AraLink 08:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Dreamz rosez, is anothr sockpuppet of the same user. Not to mention his many random IPs. --AraLink 19:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment re. Entology

Ms. Erin,

As I am a resource advocate and "champion" of the U.S. Constitution, I was duly offended that you arbitrarily deleted my entry 'Entology.' My apologies for my initial reaction, and I respectfully request a DETAILED explanation for your action. As I believe that not only did you delete my entry, you also deleted my account. Therefore, please forward your explanation to georgejohnsonhill@tongueslanginbest.com, I will be waiting... And please, don't insult me by saying it was an April fool's hoax. Respectfully, Entologist George Johnson-Hill, www.tongueslanginbest.com/akili — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.154.184.196 (talk • contribs)

• Note that this editor has previously made a legal threat on this page and has received a final warning for WP:NLT - Alison^☺ 17:49, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• Sir, the Entology page was marked {{db-context}} by another editor and this administrator duly deleted it under the WP:CSD#G1 ruling. Your userpage (not your account) had a redirect to the article concerned and this was deleted by another administrator under WP:CSD#R1 as the article was now non-existent. You may contest these deletions if you wish (see WP:DRV) however, it is my opinion that these administrators were acting well within policy when the pages were deleted - Alison^☺ 17:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Response to "Yer email".

Thank you for your response, and there's no need to apologize for being late to respond. Sometimes it takes me a few days to get back to someone. Natalie Erin, would you mind blocking Time stands still as I gaze in her waters? They left a message on my talk page called "Vandalism counter", and I am 100% sure that the user is our favorite vandal. Acalamari 18:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha, thanks. :) Acalamari 18:20, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Not sure what (blanking warning 2) means.

What is my warning for? I have not even submitted my entry on Knoxville rollergirls Team K-CITY ROLLERS... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nijoli (talk • contribs) 23:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

10,000 Edits For You.

I meant to tell you this yesterday: you have crossed the 10,000 edits mark. Congratulations. :) Acalamari 16:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Please Help

Dear Natalie, this group of belogers from IranChamber again started to revert and delete all of the referenced edits from Reza Shah page. They have turned the article as a copy of their IranChamber pages on Reza shah. The Relationship of Nazi Germany and Reza shah is reported in Wikipedia Persian Jews page and the citation is from

• Sanasarian, Eliz (2000). Religious Minorities in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77073-4.

and please see also:

• http://www.jewishreview.org/Archives/Article.php?Article=2006-01-01-1926

They have again given him the title of "Great", and have eliminated all references that this title was by the force of a military junta was imposed by his son (please see the discussion on Great on talk pages). All the attempt in mediation by Scott Willson to provide a NPOV voice is now nullified

Best regards Artaxerex 22:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Natalie, please look at the Reza Shah (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)'s history. This (proven) multiple sock puppet master has no shame to completely rewrite the article to suit his POV. Furthermore the accusations here are outrageous when all he was asked to do was to in fact quote what he is referring to by this source that he wants to use. He repeatedly calls every other editor of that article a "gang" [2] because they simply want it to be WP:NPOV, not just HIS point of view! --Rayis 22:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

sockpuppets?

hi, is there any way to tell if User:Theseshoesrule, User:H0CK3YRU13S and the IP 132.205.154.202 are all the same person? I get the impression that they are the same from their edits on my talk page and this edit by the anon IP to the Hockey article. Hope you look into it. Anyway its no big deal I guess. I was just curious. Thanks. :) TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 04:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For the lightning-quick block. Best, Fvasconcellos 22:39, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks for reverting vandalism

Hello Natalie, thanks for reverting vandalism to my talk page. I don't know what triggered it, because I rarely do any RC patrol, and I've never heard of this user before. Thanks again! --Kyoko 23:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Shac1 sockpuppet

I'm not sure that ShacOne is a sockpuppet of Shac1. Their edits seem to be very different. There certainly is a connection between the accounts but I'm not sure that it's sockpuppetry. I could be wrong, though, and I certainly am not going to lose any sleep over this after the trouble Shac1 has caused for me today. I've filed an RFCU so maybe we'll get to the bottom of it eventually.

In any case, thanks for your help and your work here! --ElKevbo 03:42, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree with User:ElKevbo, if this is a sockpuppet, it is a very odd one. If you look at the history of Capella University, ypu will find that ShacOne deleted material that Shac1 had been violating the 3RR to keep in the article, specifically this edit by ShacOne, as compared with this edit or this edit by Shac1.

However, I do think that User:Arla364 may very well be a sock of Shac1: all of Arla364's edits were to defend Shac1, and this "new user"s first edits were to the 3RR reporting board and the Admins notice board. See here. This may be worth looking into further. DES ^(talk) 13:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

This is just getting weird. It seemed odd to me that someone with a similar username would show up after Shac1 was blocked and continue the edit war, or in this case change to a different edit war (apparently I misread the diff). As I see it, there are several possibilities, one of which is that Shac1 and ShacOne are sockpuppets, but more in the good hand, bad hand tradition. The other possibility is that one is trying to make the other look bad, in which case ShacOne should probably be blocked anyway as an imitator. Shac1 hasn't contested the lengthening of his/her block yet, though, which is also interesting, although it's possible he/she hasn't been back online since. I have watchlisted Capella University article and no other new editors have appeared, but I guess I'll keep looking. Natalie 13:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

It is weird, and i don't think this is just a coincidince. I think (but can't prove) that ShacOne is a sock of one of the editors that Shac1 had been edit-warring with, with the dual purpose of getting Shacc1 blocked longer, and continuing the edit war on that article. (see Joe job.) I tend to suspect the "panioman" editor, but that is not at all clear cut. I also think that User:Arla364 is a sock of Shac1, as that editor has done nothing but protest Shac1's bblock. Note however that Arla364 has not continued the edit war itself. I do think that Shac1, although out-of-line here, was attempting to edit constructively. He seemed to think he was defendign the article from PoV-pushers, and he may well have been at least partly correct, but violating the 3RR is no way to do that. DES ^(talk) 13:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, it appears that Shac1 has indeed protested his lengthened block, and asked again to be unblocked. DES ^(talk) 13:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Think we should add Pizzaman0000 to the existing RFCU? --ElKevbo 14:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

So, you think that Shac1 and Arla364 are the same person, and ShacOne and Pizzaman0000 are the same person? Natalie 14:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The first pair, yes. The second pair, quite possibly but I'm less sure. DES ^(talk) 18:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

As to the RFCU, I don't think the sockpuppetign here is at the level that a checkuser request will be accepted, and thre are other possible puppeteeers for ShacOne. Pizzaman0000 is merely a plausible suspect, IMO. DES ^(talk) 18:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The RFCU has been completed and your instincts were right: Shac1 and Arla364 are the same user and ShacOne and Pizzaman0000 are the same user. I'm not sure where this leaves right now but at least a little bit of light has been shed on this situation. --ElKevbo 04:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Natalie it is clear that your ability to administer in a "negative point of view" should be questioned when you post the following comment in Shac1's talk page "Why I would do that while somehow part of a ploy to silence criticism about a degree mill is beyond me. Natalie 14:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)" You clearly have a previously perceived perception concerning Capella University that should be a cause of concern. You accuse Capella of being a degree mill when all governing bodies of the United States Deprartment of Educatio, your home state of Minnesota, and various other states disagree. I am making a formal request that you remove yourself from administrating Capella University and do so immediately.

Capella is like any University. There are those who like it, those who could care less, and a few who hate it.

If you were to visit the website www.capellauniversity.org you will see that posts on that website are similiar to those that Shac1 posted and were edited by ElKevbo. Words such as kickback, charges, and others are used to describe news stories when in fact no such quotes actually exist in any sited materials.

Is there a way to have a solid, progressive discussion concerning this article and once and for all get it resolved?Fizzleoneseven 17:38, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Natalie, no accusations only questions. Maybe you could give me some more insight. What constitiutes someone not have a NPOV?Fizzleoneseven 17:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

First, I am intrigued that as a brand new editor your first and only edits are here and concerning the Capella University article. At least two editors involved with that article have recently been discovered to employ sockpuppets and been blocked so I am sure you understand my suspicion. Second, I think you're misunderstanding Natalie's comment. She was using Shac1's words and viewpoint to illustrate a point and not (necessarily) endorsing that viewpoint. Finally, to describe Capella in light of recent and continuing events as "like any University" seems a bit misleading and disingenuous. --ElKevbo 17:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent Changes Patroller

When I revert vandalism others are usually finished reverting when I'm doing it. Is there a way from prevting that from happening? I am also not so sure what to put in the summary when I revert vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 55555five55555 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

I haven't vandalized anything

You simply can't cite to a book review as if it is a peer-reviewed scholarly work. I was misled by the entry. And the link doesn't work, so one can't check to see that the empirical assertions made are made by an author without any evidence whatsoever.

This has nothing to do with my personal opinions or my book recommendations. The point is a book review is not scholarly criticism, and the entry is misleading. You can't pawn off a book review that has mispellings in it and conclusions without citations or evidence as peer reviewed scholarly criticism. That's just false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.117.238.71 (talk • contribs)

Kitten

Tbh, I think the fact that the article has zero references is a bigger problem. If that was taken car eof, the notability issues would go too. So a sources tag would probably more appropriate - a notability one, I tend to find, only pisses off whoever wrote it. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 02:35, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Or their Wikipedia article. I swear our coverage of porn stars must outweigh the entire contents of Britannica at times...

Have fun in Ireland, it's a most beautiful, lovely, and friendly place on Earth and I'm sure you will be very happy there. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 02:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Be careful when reverting

I know you were just rving, but as a result (my italics):, Freemasonry "uses the metaphors of operative stonemasons' tools and implements, against the allegorical penis of the building of King Solomon's Temple." I find a good rule of thumb is to not revert to IP edits, unless you have read the article carefully or compared the diffs. MSJapan 04:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Torrisholme vandals

Hi there, you vandalism by one of the series of vandals of Torrisholme yesterday [3]. I have all the vandals listed at User:Flyguy649/Vandal_Tracker#Torrisholme. I was wondering if I can go and tag them with {{sockpuppet}}, with Graham Heavy (talk · contribs) as the puppetmaster. It may be easier to do AIV reports with a referral to a sockseries. Regards, Flyguy649^talk_contribs 17:30, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. I haven't labeled any of the 81.xx or 86.xx IPs, but their only edits seem to be on Torrisholme. Should I label them? Also, some of the accounts (apparently throwaways) aren't blocked. Can you do that for me? They are:

1. Graham Heavy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) designated puppetmaster
2. Adamcandle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
3. Crabcruel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Thanks, Flyguy649^talk_contribs 18:54, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again for all your help! Flyguy649^talk_contribs 19:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I've created the subpage

It's located at User:Squirepants101/Danny Daniel. Squirepants101 20:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

ANI

See response I left on ANI case.Rlevse 21:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

"RW"

When I put "rw" when I reverted vandalism the summary just said "rw". I want to know the trick or shortcut you can use to show that you reverted the page from the previous edits. 55555five55555 00:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

reply

Hello, Natale Erin, the reason that the welcome occured was the fact that the userpage was blank when I started the welcoming edit. As soon as I pressed enter, I saw the blocked template. So, I had no clue it was a sockpuppet until I edited it. Thanks for noticing it and notifying me. Red Director 00:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

DNA

Hi there. Is there any way you can clean this up? I think it will require admin assistance. *shudder* Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I meant moving it back to DNA (which is now a double redir, by the way). I believe there was discussion on the article staying at that title, but I can't find it now. Sorry for not clarifying. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks! Sometimes I don't get why non-admins can't move over redirects, but then you see something like this and the doubts vanish :) I've managed to find the discussion, by the way. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For quickly and efficiently cleaning up the sadly disastrous move of arguably one of our most vital pages, I award you this Original Barnstar. Display it proudly, if you like this sort of thing :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

more DNA

Natalie, I accidentally blanked the DNA page when I was trying to fix its redirect. Someone played a trick redirecting it to a misspelled version of deoxyribonucleic acid and I created an account to try and fix it. Guess my editing needs a lot of work! (I'm probably doing this wrong, too.) Just wanted you to know it was unintentional. -Ceratodus

The nanooks

Hi Natalie. Looks like I came along a minute or two after you, deleted your SALTed article and re-SALTed it. I'm not sure how that happened - sorry! - Alison^☺ 03:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Dave Meketansky

Can you look at Dave Meketansky? Seems to be an "article" on himself, probaly as a joke or vandalism. Do what you think is best. - BillCJ 06:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

It's been deleted. If you played a role in that, thanks. And thanks for helping me out last week; I neglected to thank you then. - BillCJ 17:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Tags on User:JP

You can consolidate the tags at User:JP into {{sockpuppet|XXXXX|blocked}}. Then the user page isn't in Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages which gets cleaned out occasionally. --Iamunknown 20:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I just went through and replaced them all with the above tag. I didn't know whether or not they had been proven to be sockpuppets, but if they are then go ahead! :-) --Iamunknown 20:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

ITU

Hey, you deleted this redirect earlier after Cool Cat tagged it as G6. There's no reason for the article to be at that location IMO, so the move is controversial (and so not a G6 housekeeping anyway). In any case your deletion led to lots of redlinks so I've restored the redirect again. Just to let you know..--Nilfanion (talk) 22:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I guess that happens with CSD. Just be careful around G6 ;)--Nilfanion (talk) 22:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For being kind and simple in the face of my very stupid mistake, I hereby award you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. :) Bfissa 01:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Gooxareinsane

Unless Goox is some derogatory term, the user should not have been blocked for violating username policy. The username does not imply anything that could be in violation of policy. If my username was "Iaminsane", that wouldn't be blockable either. Usually, usernames that carry a derogatory meaning can be blocked, but "insane" doesn't seem to fit this category. Nonetheless, I would support a block for the racist/insensitive comments he made. Thought you might want to know for future reference on username blocks. Nishkid64 21:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...okay. Thanks for clearing that up lol. I didn't know of that term. :-P Nishkid64 21:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Gook is most definitely a disparaging, racist term. See also Gook. Definitely fails WP:U policy and I'm usually the first to AGF on usernames - Alison^☺ 21:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

gun free zone

Please stop reverting out that Public Universities in Virginia are gun-free zones. That is an easily sourced fact. I could ref bomb the article with 10 references to it, but that's obviously unnecessary. See this google search : [4] and these articles sourcing it [www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818306/posts Free Republic.com] foxnews.com Virginia public health law, pertinent excerpt on page 2 of google search, Virginia Gun Owners Coalition etc. etc. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 18:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Law abiding citizens is a factual statement. I've included 2 different links to virginia code, through virginia public health, and findlaw, as well as foxnews.com, reliable enough for you? ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 18:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

PS, it was removed twice.⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 18:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No worries. I'm working on fixing the refs now per the comments on my talk page. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 18:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I see what you're saying. Ok well we'll agree to disagree on the POVness of law abiding, but it's fine because it's reworded. Sorry for the formality of my first talk page post here, I'm about to pull my hair out from edit conflicts. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 18:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

IP address locator

You may want to start using the locator I posted; it seems to be a great deal more precise than other locators out there. HalfShadow 23:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Any other locator says I'm in Illinois. This is the only one that actually says I'm where I am. I wonder if there would be any way we could get the currrent locator replaced with this one, given it's precision? HalfShadow 23:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Great work

I just wanted to tell you that I think you're doing a great job on the Virginia Tech massacre article. I don't do barnstars and stuff, but I did just want to let you know that it's appreciated.Chunky Rice 00:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

• Ditto on that. Your work on that article has been only awesome. It's on my watchlist. Well done!! - Alison^☺ 00:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

about UWT

Hi, I noticed that you just gave an anon a level 4im warming. Could you please explain when we should give users a few warnings and when we should go right to level 4? Thanks. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 04:24, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Straw poll

You expressed opinions on the reordering of Cho Seung-hui's name. Please vote in the straw poll on renaming him in Wikipedia here. --Dynaflow 06:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Despair (Band) deletion

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Despair (Band). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Serguei Trouchelle 13:54, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Purple Star.

		The Purple Star
		This is for all those times your user and talk pages have been vandalized. Just remember that the vandals are proving that you are a brilliant user. Acalamari 18:04, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Letter

Immediately. Thank you so much for lending me the opportunity, Natalie. : ) (Wikimachine 20:46, 18 April 2007 (UTC))

Here. User:Wikimachine/Letter. If you think this is not formal enough, let me readjust. I thought it best not to address the vandals formally - that is not to say that I think that the main reason why you asked me to write the letter is because I can write stuffs formally. : ) (Wikimachine 21:29, 18 April 2007 (UTC))

Deeznuts555

Greetings: I'd like to gently take issue with your accusation on user Deeznuts555's talk page that he/she is vandalizing. I too came across his/her edits and thought them vandalism at first. But I've looked through his/her posts and it seem he/she is attempting to make edits in good faith. (Even if in reality the material added is not helpful, cited, or well composed.) It's possible Deeznuts555 is an elaborate prankster, but it seem s/he is simply new to editing and trying to help out (like the rest of us). Hope you're well Fixer1234 01:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for your reply. I had no doubt you had considered the situation before you posted the warning. (And you have a point about the user name) Anyway, just in case he/she was actually trying to help, I'll post a welcome. (I will, however, also leave your message intact.) Best Fixer1234 02:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

I didn't. He claims he has won awards but has no sources for this information. Under Wikipedia's Terms of Agreement, a source must be provided in order to prove this. If not, then it is subject to deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uifz (talk • contribs)

Oh ok, sorry about that. Thanks Uifzuifz

How can I send you a private message instead of a public one?

oh ok so there is no private message box, nothing through wikipedia itself?

im sorry i think i wrote a message on your user page instead of the talk page. I got confused, sorry about that.

Scary fact about Fred Phelps.

He looks just like the preacher from Poltergeist II. HalfShadow 21:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I've known of him for years. I just took a good look at him and thought 'Holy shit...' I swear, he's a dead ringer. HalfShadow 21:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

VT article interview

Hi Natalie, a reporter from the New York Times just interviewed me regarding the Virginia Tech massacre article and asked if there were any other editors he could talk to. I gave him your user page name, and ElKevbo's. Hope it works out for you. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 22:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

hearing aids and hearing loss

Natalie I am a person who is hard of hearing. I would like to very much to add the hard of hearing advocate forum link to the above articles. I've updated the discussion tab for both articles with my reasons. "US News and World Report" recognize this site as the "Ralph Nader" type site for the hearing loss world and list it along with all the other sites referenced in the external links. I think it's a link very much worth adding and will help other people like me who have spent decades looking for a resource like this. I along with many other handicapped people read this forum daily. We talk about all types of hearing aids on the site. We talk about problems that hard of hearing people deal with. We have mix of professionals and hard of hearing people discussing whatever it is that they want to discuss.hoha2 03:27, April 20 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt response I will put the reference only to the site. I wanted to include the forumn link because the site may be frequented by parents of children who are hard of hearing (hoh). Along with the elderly along with the young. Not that they are not capable of finding the forum. They just may not have the time or the patient to do so. I wanted to make sure that they are aware that the forum is the meat of the site, where any and all question that ever has been asked about hearing issues and their answers can be found there. hoha2 22:21, April 20 2007 (UTC)

My battle to keep the delete tag on Hanavan, john

Thanks for your swift resolution to this matter, as two prime contributors to the "article" kept removing the tag. Best wishes. Refsworldlee^(chew-fat)(eds) 23:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

No rule says the other

"The user is correct; there is no rule stating the warnings have to be on their page" there also is no rule stating they can't be put back. This was one of the problems of no Consensus on this. Thats great that any admin knows to check history, funny though I see admins reverting warning blankings often. Also being that I am not a admin this doens't apply to me. By far I am not wasting my time. I am trying to show a user that hiding his warnings isn't going to hide the issue that they were at the time a vandal, which is why the warnings were given. In fact if you read the text and notice I did not re-add the warnings at the end. He understood what he did wrong. The issue was done, so your a little late with your opinion. The issue was over, I don't in anyway want to sound snappy, I am not trying to, text is horrible for showing true intention in this. But to tell me I am wasting my time after the issue is over. Is in itself a waste of time. Thanks for the help, but it was already concluded. Back to RC patrol, thanks for your time. --Xiahou 00:48, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

"If you think I'm wrong I invite you to take it to the administrator's noticeboard - I'm sure you'll find the consensus is quite as I described it. Natalie 01:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC) "

huh? what are you talking about? What concensus are you talking about? I thought the discussion was about - [[5]] and [[6]] which is the link I used on the talk page with the infamous 'frowned apon'. The lack of concensus referred to was [[7]]at the top says "This proposal was rejected by the community. It has not gained consensus" Right and wrong I have no idea what you are referring to? I am going to need more of a link than the entire noticeboard page. I don't even know what to look for there. Honestly I don't know what you mean. As stated above. Yes he can delete the warnings, the ip and I went back and forth after I laid it all out in the last paragraph on the ip's page i posted I did not put them back in. As stated above the issue was over. And after the fact you came in and said "he is correct" ok... thats great by not putting back in the warnings and myself agreeing before the fact he could wouldn't that mean I already knew this. I really don't want to get into anything about this. This is another failure of wiki policy that has a huge and ever growing loophole which allows, for now, vandals to blank the warnings. For now as seen in the posted links there is no concensus. I fail to see where I need to be invited to see something is going to change anything. I thought the issue was done. So please no animosity intended, no anger, no sarcasm (text is horrible at showing this when not intended you can't see a persons face and hear the tone) Thanks again for your time. --Xiahou 01:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

your response on my page was absolutly cool, I understand. Thats thing about text, I see better now what you meant and you do with me after tons of discussion and misunderstandings that vocal and body language would have gotten across right away. Since you now directed me onto what to look at, I shall. Thanks again. --Xiahou 02:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Cheri DiNovo

Just to keep you advised, I've added some further information to your summary of the Cheri DiNovo vandalism matter. I've also removed one IP number, 86.150.243.112, from the list as there's no actual evidence that it's connected to the others; as far as I know, it's just an unrelated vandal who merely happened to hit the same page. Bearcat 18:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Good to see that someone is keeping track of this one. I've been aware of this particular pest for a while now: you've listed just about all the ones I know about. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 18:55, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Freakaphland

Here's a Danny Daniel sockpuppet to block: Freakaphland (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Squirepants101 17:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

It is no problem

Thank you for that, but really it is no problem. It really doesn't bother me and I share the blame for being abrupt with him. I am quite happy to just delete it from my page and move on. Thank you for your balanced work on the Virginia Tech shootings. Regards, Sad mouse 17:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Otherdrop

I didn't vandalize anything and I think you are rude to accuse me of it without looking at what I did. You violate WP:AGF. Apparently this is not the first time, reading this page. Consider this a warning. -Otherdrop 19:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Please

Do not act as if you are smarter than me. I am a Harvard professor with a Ph.D. in Quantum Physics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HarvardProfessor62 (talk • contribs)

Must be tough times at Harvard. Natalie 22:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

:-) - Alison^☺ 23:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Metalgearsolidportableops1001987489370419856hjkfacg hyuah?

Oy... HalfShadow 00:38, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I think I probably could, but not without getting spit all over my monitor. HalfShadow 00:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Congrats

A very belated congratulations on your sucessful RfA... :-) IronGargoyle 00:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia and morality?

"Morality and responsibility are completely different things, and Wikipedia does try to be responsible. This can be evidenced by, for example, removing birthdates from articles on private individuals who happen to be notable. This is also evidenced in the fact that we oversight sensitive information, whether or not we know it is correct, because it would be irresponsible to leave it there. Natalie 00:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)"

Show me examples, please. I have been on Wikipedia since 2003. You need to show me policies (not guidelines) of such examples.

Also, Ms. Erin, Sun-Kyung Cho and Seung-Hui Cho no longer qualify as private individuals. WhisperToMe 00:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't feel that my request is unreasonable, nor do I feel that I am pedantic. You are telling me that X is the case on Wikipedia. I am asking for proof of it. WhisperToMe 00:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Now, the living person policy came in due to legal/liability issues, i.e. Seigenthaler. This won't happen in Cho's case. WhisperToMe 00:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC) - The "Responsibility" rules you cited, in general, stem from legal and PR reasons. If Cho's family felt that the release of the e-mail stuff somehow violated them and they wished to sue groups, they would most likely get the media groups that released the info, not Wikipedia. Again, though, I doubt anything will occur because of the attention garnered. WhisperToMe 00:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Natalie, phone numbers are more sensitive than e-mail addresses and eBay IDs. A person may easily discard an ID and an e-mail, but not so much with a phone number. Natalie, Cho is dead. Cho's family probably will not suffer from anything that happens to his e-mail address and his eBay ID (which will not be used since Cho cannot bid on or sell anything). There is no purpose in trying to cover anything that is used. Anyway, taboo items like private phone numbers are easily, easily, EASILY extinguished with WP:OR.

I will also find the phrase about lack of usage of "tragedy," "tragic," etc. WhisperToMe 01:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually - we have three pieces of information:

• The eBay ID used in the purchase of weapons
• The Hotmail address used in the purchase of weapons
• The school-based e-mail address.

You may exclude the third, as it never had any importance.

However, the first and second were used to purchase weapons over eBay, so I would continue placing the info in the article. WhisperToMe 01:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, we never discussed that specific point. But I used that to make my claim that Wikipedia does not make editorial decisions using "moral" arguments. One secret I learned is that one can use a Wikipedia argument for a moral decision, i.e. you can bust phone numbers of private individuals with WP:OR WhisperToMe 01:33, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

In order to open an account on eBay, one has to have an e-mail address. The e-mail address is used to facilitate the purchase of items bought on eBay. WhisperToMe 01:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Some people on WP made arguments on why not to include details such as the name of Cho's sister had the gist of "We do not want to ruin the family's life/Make anything harder for them." According to Merriam-Webster, "1 a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ETHICAL <moral judgments> b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem> c : conforming to a standard of right behavior d : sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation> e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent>"

Therefore people made the argument not to include the details was because they felt it was wrong to augment the media exposure to Cho's family. WhisperToMe 01:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, the purpose of the e-mail account in the eBay relationship is to:

• Communicate with the buyer/seller
• Receive alerts of auction and bidding statuses
• Receiving notification of payment for items

WhisperToMe 01:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Unless Cho gave his password to his friends and family (Which is unlikely, since he probably did not want them to know that he was buying guns), I do not believe that anything will come of this. Now, if the media made a goof and stated an innocent party's e-mail address, we can take it down if we have notification that the media made the error. WhisperToMe 01:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

"Personal attacks"

Don't take his side in this. Sad mouse has done just as much personal attacking as I have. The fact that he initiated it should be reason to warn him, and not me. Besides that, he doesn't need to be coddled. I just don't understand this, if you whine to admins, you get your way? That seems utterly contrary to the whole premise behind Wikipedia. I thought the whole point was to allow the open exchange of information. But when you have pseudo-intellectuals teaming up against common-sense and facts, it suppresses good information for the benefit of propaganda and misinformation. But, it doesn't really matter because I know in due time, cooler heads will prevail. He has other business to attend to, like debunking all of Christianity.

Nevertheless, I realize that I now have to stoop to his level to get any sense of fairness. Sad mouse should be warned for unilateral reversions and deletions. Going against the heavy weight of discussions prior to his "straw poll," he re-added (multiple times) what a large number of users believed was irrelevant content to the Virginia Tech Massacre article. This is not to say that the content was completely unneeded, but it simply does not add any real value to this specific article. I added the "off topic" tag to that section to spark debate on the talk page. He did not like that, so he removed the tag, undid edits (not just mine), and reverted it every time anyone tried to do anything. He is trying to instill his own personal views into what is supposed to be an objective article. I am sick and tired of playing these childish games on here. You should either at least pretend to be neutral by taking this into account before you jump to conclusions about me, or you should be forthright with your own personal views and bias against anything that I am trying to do. Either way, in the spirit of openness and fairness, I should not be receiving 100% of the blame for this. I admit that some of it is probably mine, but I am not the only guilty party here. Rooot 05:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I never insinuated that he whined to you. Notice my word choice: "whine to admins..." He whined to other admins, not you. Nevertheless, the statement withstands scrutiny. I asked you the question regarding this policy. Since I do believe that you may actually be neutral in this, I will ask it again. Is it a policy for Wikipedia for those who whine to admins to get their way? Is ignoring consensus acceptable to promote a pro-globalism, anti-gun agenda? Is it ok for one person to take control of an entire section of an article? Rooot 19:32, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

How does whether or not you ask leading questions have anything to do with this? Rooot 02:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

NY Times

I think you've been doing yeoman's work on Virginia Tech massacre, nice to see you get recognized here. Congrats. Ronnotel 13:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Wow...brilliant work Natalie. Your name is spreading throughout the net. Welcome to that club. Feels good to be part of it, don't you think? :) Acalamari 18:19, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thumbs up, from a member of the communications committee. You've been doing a great job in the article, and in the media. -- Zanimum 20:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Woohoo!!! - Alison^☺ 20:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

yeh, big up N.E. never seen you round here before the VT article but i've noticed you doing plenty of good to it. tomasz. 08:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

First of all, I am extremely impressed by your vandalism counter. Second, I've received two barnstars for my work on the shootings article and I come in second to you, so do you take 'em, and if yes, how many do you want and what kinds? --Kizor 21:31, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Sunday Blues With Dar

I don't know what you are thinking but you must be under the influence if you think that page isn't just advertising for an am show. No offense intended, but anyone could see with a clear head it's all advertising. Good way to encourage the trolls on wikipedia. CINEGroup 02:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Then delete it and quit messing with it, I've been following that "users" edits from a number of falsified names, they all share common editing tactics. Sorry If I blamed you, I've been chasing this guy for the last 2 hours as he uses different names yet all the names magicakkly work on the same articles. CINEGroup 02:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

you'll see with my contributions, i only deal with new pages or clear cases of vandalism, and though i may tage them wrong ( I use {db-nonsense} if i dont know the correct term, the administrators have always nailed the person. Look through my contributions and see the last 20 or so I've made. Some are still there waiting to be kicked off. CINEGroup 02:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Like this one [8]. I was part of the crew on that movie. This girl was an extra, one of of thousands. She is a lingerie model and is using a modeling website (the kind where you submit your own picture) as proof of her acting career. See the talk page CINEGroup 02:37, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Here's a few more if you have time:

[9] [10] [11] CINEGroup 02:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Please read talk page on this: [12] I don't know how else to put it. The person created the article, uploaded an image and left wikipedia. Read the talk page. CINEGroup 02:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Offtopic Seung-Hui Cho talk page section

Talk:Seung-Hui Cho#selective mutism (not autism) doesn't appear to be heading in any relevant direction. What would be the appropriate thing to do? Phony Saint 03:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. Phony Saint 03:54, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Natalie

Hey is your real name really Natalie Erin or it is just a nick name? King Lopez ^Contribs 09:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

• Hey is your real name really King or it is just a nick name? - Alison^☺ 14:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi! lucky, you got your name in the New York TimesShindo9Hikaru 01:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

How about

Letting the stub on Henry Methvin stand, if for no other reason, anyone should forget Wheeler and Murphy. There appears to be room for expansion. thanks. Kaltenborn

Cansaland

Cansaland (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). A possible Danny Daniel sockpuppet, see the hoax Pierre Le Treasure and the contribution to List of characters from My Gym Partner's a Monkey. Squirepants101 00:44, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The user has made more contributions and made even more hoaxes like Jake Pegasus and Cartoon Idol (related to Fairy Idol, an article that some of Danny Daniel's sockpuppets like to edit). Squirepants101 19:50, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar for Virginia Tech massacre

I've left a barnstar on your user page. Kudos on the incredible editing job. -- Fuzheado | Talk 12:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

FightingFalcon changes

Natalie - I just got your message about vandalism on my user page. I'm sorry - I did those changes while not signed into my account. That IP address is mine and I was editing my own page. Sorry about the confusion. FightingFalcon 16:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi From the Foundation

Natalie, would you be interested in helping another reporter from the NYT? THey want to do a MORe feature length article on the topic you helped with (Wikipedia and current news.) I would really appreciate your help with this. (I'm sandy the communications manager.) Please email me directly at sordonez@wikimedia.org. This will be very cool story for us. :) Sandy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.73.86.239 (talk • contribs)

BOT reverting warning

i'll fix this right away, shouldn't have happened. Matthew Yeager 01:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting vandalism to my user page. --Guinnog 01:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

... & on mine! I am not part of the Zionist conspiracy—just an Associate Member. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 18:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Me too! I have to say, I've never been mistaken for a Jimbo sockpuppet before. CredoFromStart 21:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

My my...

You're like a lightning rod for vandals, aren't you?

Keep up the good work! Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 17:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I suppose some people get a kick out of disruption of any sort. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 17:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Blimey!

Thanks for reverting the vandalisation of my Talk page! Best --GuillaumeTell 18:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

How many's that you've blocked? I've made tens and tens of reverts. GDonato (talk) 18:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Blog post

You may be interested in this blog post [13]. -- Fuzheado | Talk 09:52, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Dave Zarzycki

Hi. Just noticed that you deleted the article "Dave Zarzycki" on the grounds that it was a recreation of deleted material. Did you actually compare the original AFD with the edit history of the original page? Out of the five delete votes, four of them were placed before the version of the article I created. AlistairMcMillan 11:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

A bunch of people (who I'm assuming were Dave's co-workers and/or friends) started an article about him. Someone nominated that article for deletion and four delete votes were placed. At the time those four votes were placed the article included such fascinating information as "his office has comfy couch and a Yosemite poster" and had an edit history full of edits adding facts like "he is single". At this point, I re-wrote the article from scratch, cited sources, and placed a keep vote. Someone else then placed the fifth delete vote, the only one that was placed on my version. Then the article was deleted. AlistairMcMillan 13:00, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

"I can see how your version might address the notability concerns, but it does not seem clear cut enough to me." That's why I'd have preferred this to go to another AFD now, rather than having it speedied. C'est la vie. AlistairMcMillan 14:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

User:RepublicanEagle

Natalie, I went ahead and unblocked this user (you blocked him totally appropriately indef as a vandal only account). He claims he stayed logged in and a friend vandalized. I am 50/50 on his sincerity, but trying to WP:AGF. Of course, I may totally be wrong here *sigh*. Anyway, I take responsibility for his actions after unblocking. We'll see how it goes, and if I'm wrong, please blank my talk and replace it with "DINA IS AN IDOT DIKE" or something of the kind ;). Because that always lets me know how wrong I am. Please let me know if you disagree strongly with my actions. Cheers. Dina 15:54, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Glen Helen article

Hey there, I agree with your comment marker on Glen Helen. I'll work on that this week or next to make it look better. Are you still in Yellow Springs?? I have been in Maine for the past few years and haven't made it back to Ohio. Best wishes! Ventric 20:50, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

CLIMACTION entry deletion appealed on Notabilty

Ruanua 12:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks for your help in restoring what is an important page! Hope you enjoy your time in my Dirty Old town of Dublin. Go to Grogan's and have a pint with Danny Rogers and Tommy Smith on me!

Ruanua 04:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Natalie Erin

One of my pages was deleted on contested grounds, documenting the Climaction coalition against climate change in New Zealand. [14]

How do we go about restoring it? There are entries for other eco groups too- Greenpeace, Earth First, Campaign against Climate Change. Other NZ eco groups that are just as young and numerically smaller than Climaction, such as Save Happy Valley Campaign Coalition have Wiki pages. Who can I appeal this deletion to?

According to JK the unwise-

'how notable is Climaction?'; Has it gained coverage in national press? Has it been written about in any mainstream political journals? Was it set up by/does it involve an activist/activists who are notable (and might have wikipedia pages allready)? Is it linked to/the sister organisation of any notable international group? etc.

If you think that you can demonstrate this level of notability then you can get a Deletion review, please read more info on that page.

According to Wiki guidelines on Notablity-

A topic is notable if it has been the subject of non-trivial coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject.

   * "Non-trivial" means that sources address the subject directly and no original research is needed to extract the content.2 It does not require that a topic be the sole focus of a source.
   * "Multiple" sources should be intellectually independent, and the number needed varies depending on the quality of the sources.3 In the absence of multiple sources, it must be possible to verify that the source reflects a neutral point of view and is credible. Lack of multiple sources suggests that the topic may be more suitable for inclusion in an article on a broader topic.
   * "Reliable" means sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline.
   * "Secondary sources" draw on primary sources in order to make generalizations or original interpretive, analytical, synthetic, or explanatory claims. The type of source material that can be used encompasses published works in all forms and media.4
   * "Independent" excludes works produced by those affilliated with the subject including: self-publicity, advertising, self-published material, autobiographies, press releases, etc.5

It involves many notable NZ activists and individuals from groups such as Socialist Worker, Radical Youth and the Greens and has been supported by notable people such as Sue Bradford, Laila Harré, John Minto, Simon Oosterman, Matt McCarten, Councillor Christine Caughey, Councillor Robyn Hughes [15], Grant Morgan and the Residents Action Movement who polled over 89,000 votes in the last city elections. It is connected nationally with the Climate Defence Network and works alongside Greenpeace Aotearoa, and has sisterly contacts with international groups such as Rising Tide and the UK based Campaign against Climate Change.

Climaction was subject of a TVNZ 15 minute documentary when Al Gore came to New Zealand [16], (the main and state broadcaster of television in New Zealand) and have had extensive coverage in the mainstream press and radio networks here, most notably for our work in organising the protest for the International Day of Action on Climate Change on Nov 4th 2006, and the Carmaggedon protest for Free and Frequent Public Transport on March 3rd 2007. Over a thousand people participated throughout the day at both events, which would be akin to 10,000 people particiapteing in a city the size of London or New York, relatively speaking.

Climaction article in the NZ Herald (Aotearoa's paper of record) [17]

Climaction article in the Aucklander newspaper (distribution in tens of thousands) [18]

Review of Climate Change UNITY in widely respected Green Left Weekly with history of CLimaction [19]

Prominent trade unionists and leftists support Climaction- quotes [20]

CLimaction reported on the Global Peace and Justice Auckland Newsletter (mail out 20,000 strong thru NZ) [21]

CLimaction civil disobedience supported by Auckland Regional Councillor [22]

American TV station in Manhattan covers Climaction protest for International Day of Action [23]

Biggest national Animal welfare group reports on CLimaction carnival [24]

Climaction protest covered by Global Climate Campaign website [25]

Critical Times review of "System Change not Climate Change" handbook sold by Climaction [26]

Climate Defence Network- list of supporting organisations in New Zealand (Climaction included) [27]

It has been written about in political journals with mass publication such as the Workers' Charter newspaper, the Unity journal (NZ's premier Marxist publication) etc.

Thanks RuaNua

FYI: Phi Kappa Psi

Discussion. —SlamDiego 06:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Block time.

Hello,

Recently, you placed a block on 84.208.129.54 for repeated acts of vandalism. However, it appears that information on how long the block will be in place is missing. How long will the block last? --Aarktica 15:27, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for the timely response. Cheers. --Aarktica 19:08, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

well woopdi do

its funny they can attack me but i cant fight back. gotta love wikipedia. let him handle his own business. CINEGroup 23:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

As I said:

[28] , ISpy and others. 3 of those WERE confirmed sock puppets, SWATJester then reverted their edits and called it vandalism.

see here and then gtfo. CINEGroup 23:02, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes hahahaha ISpy clrealy wasn't making any attacks at all! I'm going to change my name to Cho soon and just settle this. I'm from Ireland, your not from Ireland, your "boyfriend" isn't from Ireland. Meet me when you come to Ireland, I'll give you the history of the IRA. CINEGroup 23:07, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

You cannot block me for a dispute you are involved in and you are now invovled. I did not vandalise the page, I took out as another admin said, stuff not directly related at all to the conversation. Its a page cleanup, DEAL WITH IT. CINEGroup 23:08, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Any admin can block you for your trolling and personal attacks. She isn't involved in an editing dispute with you. IrishGuy ^talk 23:09, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

wtf death threat??? hahahaha oh what the fuck ever! CINEGroup 23:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

CINEGroup

While I doubt this is actually you, you should know that he is trying to post information about you [29]. IrishGuy ^talk 23:20, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Quote

I had just finished hunting down this for you, and copying and pasting -- "I’m hard put, sometimes-baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you..." but now I see you already added it to your user page. LOL. That bit is such a perfect reminder for all of us who fight the daily battle against trolls and vandals. I'm going to add it here, too, under #44. Antandrus (talk) 00:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Joe bastianich

There is a growing consensus in the 'foodie' community that Joe Bastianich's appearances on his mother's show have devalued and debased one of the finest cooking shows on television. That criticism should be fair game for a Wiki entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.105.67 (talk)

I have no doubt that some people feel that way. However, you were phrasing the criticism in such a way as to make it sound like proven fact, and you did not attribute the criticism to a reliable source. If you'd like to see an example of the correct way to include criticism in an article, this section of Rachel Ray is a good example. Natalie 01:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Season 8

Hi, I was wondering if you had more time now and could give us a hand with our WP:SIMPSONS season 8 featured topic drive. We are so close and yet so far - There are 6 articles left that need to be brought up to GA status, but myself and Gran2 are burnt out after doing 15 or so in 2 weeks (plus I just finished exams). If you would be willing to help out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks for the time, Scorpion 01:42, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Basically, the remaining articles need a clean up - the Cultural refs section needs to be prosified and sourced, a production section needs to be created (and sourced) and the synopsis needs a clean up - it takes about an hour. But, anything you can do would be very helpful. -- Scorpion 01:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

That's no problem. Like I said, anything you can do would be great. -- Scorpion 01:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Help

Hey can you help me I am first sorry for the vandalism I did. but i want to know who to private message and aslo how i can get around the pages that are locked please help. thank you-- [pezhead333] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pezhead333 (talk • contribs)

Re: CSD AutoReason

Glad you like it. I fixed the typo on G12, and I also strove for a more standard form of capitalization (like in book titles) where you capitalize first and last, and any important word in between. If you have any more suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know ^demon^{[omg plz]} 01:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, once I let it sit around for awhile and iron out any bugs and dependencies, I would like to eventually make a push to get this in Common.js so all admins have it by default. ^demon^{[omg plz]} 02:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppets

I saw the user creation log minutes ago and saw that these sockpuppets (User:FCYTravis block, User:FCYTravis blocks, User:FCYTravis blocked, and User:FCYTravis on vvheels) came back to Wikipedia to vandalize, so I had a feeling that he might vandalize my user and talk page. Thanks for blocking these sockpuppets before my user and talk page might possibly be vandalized. Amos Han ^Talk 03:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Staples Edit

Thanks for fixing my edit. The page must have not fully loaded. It should be fixed now.
—Michael 11:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Further FYI

At Talk:Phi Kappa Psi, an editor has been creating a spurious impression of mass of opinion by using a sockpuppet account to express agreement with himself.

• As to the proof of sockpuppetry, please note the history of edits to Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-04-29 Phi Kappa Psi, in combination with User:Samwisep86 claiming the first edit in that history for himself (subsequent edits to the mediation request were with the User:Samwisep86 account).
• As to the I-agree-with-him padding, please see:
  1. [30]
  2. [31]

—SlamDiego 13:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course, and thank you. —SlamDiego 13:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have been accused of having User:Rjproie as a sockpuppet. This is not the case. They and I are completely different users. Please Check our IPs, they are completely different. Samwisep86 18:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

As I noted on the talk page for the article, in reply to your ostensible explanation for having claimed to have made the request:

An IP check would prove no such thing; pretty much anyone can edit from multiple IPs. What we have is assertion at 04:43 that you'd made the initial request, when your first edit qua User:Samwisep86 to the request page was made at 06:26. With the more than one-hour difference, you wouldn't then think that you'd made a request if you had merely edited a request made by another. And your edit history shows nothing else that corresponds to any ostensible request —SlamDiego 18:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Corcoran

There is a user with this IP address 86.40.153.4. ,that continually makes disruptive edits to Corcoran,I suggest you do something.I keep reverting it back and state real information,while this user edits uses false information and unreliable sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RepublicanEagle (talk • contribs) 15:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC).