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Hi.

Hi.

Why did you delete my comment on talk:Mein Kampf (1)?

What's wrong with a little humor?

GODFATHER 20:30, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Article talk pages are there to discuss the content of the article. They get crowded very quicly if we start adding jokes about the subject, and it makes it harder for people to browse content-discussions. Shanes 20:59, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Good day mademoiselle. I just wanted to say I liked your rant about the boxes. IT was something that has bothered me a little since I have started viewing wikipedia.

Blessed6386 18:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Soviet Casualties WW2

My project is not forgotten, only on hold. Work and family problems have kept me busy. I am a bit disappointed that I have had little feedback on my postings. In any case I plan some additional research at the library this Saturday and hope to wrap it up next week. Today I added a quote from Richard Overy's Russia's War to back up my argument that the official statistics are as soft as shit.--Woogie10w 23:05, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding your hatred of tags

All I can say is that I concur. It detracts from the article... Perhaps there should be a status indicator/infobox for articles instead of ugly tags on the top? Just a thought. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Think out loud} 01:34, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reading it! I was in a ranting mood and all those tags have anoyed me for a long time now. Yeah, maybe something like that. We do already have a kind of binary status indicator regarding protected pages by them not showing the MediaWiki:Edit string anymore in the top menu, but the MediaWiki:Viewsource content instead. But they are the same for all protected pages and doesn't say why the page is protected or whether they are sprotected or fully protected. I guess some mediawiki software changes could be made to differ between those two and also maybe have it link to a page showing the comment left by the admin protecting the page explaining the reson etc. I don't know. We get by fine with not having any protected tag on the main page, and I bet living without them in articles would be painless as well. Shanes 03:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

In regard to this, I've created an example of what I think would be a great method here. Let me know what you think. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Think out loud — WP:PORN BIO?} 18:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thats for the sprotection tag, or? It looks cool, but I'm not sure if it's usable since css uses like this brakes in some skins, notably the clasic skin. Even the sprotection lock that was displayed up there (in the same manner as the featured star) for a few weeks, until edit waring over it broke out again, had someone complaining on template talk:sprotected that it didn't display correctly in his skin. I don't know if this is fixable. Shanes 00:40, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin status

Hi, I have some minor to moderate interest in admin status, but I'm not really sure about it. My main frustration is being an RC patroller who can't use short blocks as you just did with that GWB/JFK vandal just now, but I understand from reading RFA this is not usually enough of a reason to get promoted. What do you think? Kaisershatner 16:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I will consider and if I nominate myself I'll let you know. I appreciate your thoughts. Kaisershatner 16:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, which passed narrowly, and for your advice. I will try to be worthy of your support. Regards, Kaisershatner 21:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding AID tags

Regarding your message:

Please stop spreading the AfD tags around. Thanks. Shanes 12:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for you message. I wondered why you objected to the AID nomination tags being posted on the appropriate article pages? Most of the articles nominated on the AID page do not have the AID nomination tag on their page, meaning that users won't be aware that those articles are candidates for the process. Many users may first encounter the AID process by reading a nominated article, seeing the AID link at the top of the page and following that link to the main AID page. If each nominated article does not feature the AID link, those featuring the link are more likely to garner votes than those not featuring the link because they will attract votes from users who read the article, see the AID link, follow the link and vote. The voting process is skewed if some nominations feature the AID nomination tag on their page whilst others do not. On the AID main page, it states: "After submitting the new nomination, go to the nominated article and put AIDnom at the top of the article..." --Jazriel 12:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

My fault. I have reverted myself as explained on your talk. Sorry about that. Shanes 12:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Joey Harrington current event tag

As soon as he goes to a new team, I'll remove the tag. There was a huge fuss made over him on multiple sports news broadcasts/publications that most players would not receive, which is the real reason why it's there (admittedly, my edit summary was slightly misleading) and although his mention in the news has died down lately, it can remain there until the situation is resolved. No big deal.

Oh all right, I just read your rant. You bring up a (sort of) good point. I still think the tag should be there, but I thought Harrington would go to a new team much quicker when I added it. I'll take it off if there's no news about him for a few more days. Plus, your edit summary on the article in removing the tag was a little inflammatory (as was mine.) Grandmasterka 23:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, and my appologies for being so obsessed with this. I'm fully aware that I'm making this a much bigger deal than anyone else and a bigger deal than it most likely deserves. And my edit summary suffered from this obsession. Note to self: I have to be carefull pushing this alot so I don't upset people for my own anal reason. Thanks for being so understanding ;-). Shanes 23:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Can you please give me an example of an unnecessary tag of mine?

Mhs5392 00:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Please see the comment I posted in response on my talk page. I thank you for your concern, efforts, and devotion. Mhs5392 00:30, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

ww2 casulaties

Danke sehr--Woogie10w 23:51, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Tags

I just saw your subpage on "Why tags are evil" and at the bottom it says, I don't know. I guess if enough people agree with parts of this, we could start some process to have changes made. Leave me a note on my talk page if you do. Or use this talk page. Shanes 01:05, 6 April 2006 (UTC).

Well, I totally agree and I want something done. We should do something about it. --GeorgeMoney^{Talk  Contribs} 05:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

IMPORTANT

FYI: Someone has been vandalized the {indefblockeduser} template: it now reads "This user has been fucked by Administrators, Alex Trebek, or the Arbitration Comittee" —Preceding unsigned comment added by MaglorThom (talk • contribs)

Thanks for notising. I've reverted it, blocked the vandal and semiprotected the template. Shanes 01:43, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the correction and link to the balloon bomb article.
The article on Sov casualties is not forgotten, I hope to finish it by next week, I am a bit disappointed that there are no other persons willing to work with me on this article
I did a Dogpile inquiry on 'World War 2 Casualties' and 'World War 2 Dead' and found that Wkikipedia was Nr.1, that was not the case before October 2005. The page gives the reader the facts in a concise format and is backed up with verifiable sources. --Woogie10w 10:48, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

WW2 Casualties

I have made a major effort to clean up WW2 casualties to make it clear and concise and have added links to other Wikipedia articles. I hope this makes it more user friendly.--Woogie10w 01:02, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah! Looks good! Shanes 01:15, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Font size WW 2 Casualties

A user in Maldives reduced the footnotes to a font of 85% which is too hard to read. I moved it up to 90%. Shanes, I have put a lot of time into this article, especially the footnotes which are essential to understanding the data they are not meant to be trivial remarks. I did not appreciate this and hope that it does not happen again--Woogie10w 03:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I just did a Dogpile search on World War 2 Casualties

I know the guy on the Maldives meant well, I hope he takes the time to read the notes when he gets a chance.
I want readers to read the footnotes and post any comments they may have. Yesterday I made a major effort to make the notes easier to read and add links to other articles on Wikipedia.
I just did a Dogpile search on World War 2 Casualties and World War 2 Dead and found Wikipedia at the top in the past month. My goal is to give the readers correct and verifiable data rather than an average of figures that include incorrect data that is unsourced. Imagine if you got a statement from the bank that said " Shanes, we misplaced your banking information for April 2006, we are taking an average of the balance for the past twelve months in the account and posting that as your balance for April 30, 2006" That does not happen in the real world and should be the case on Wikipedia--Woogie10w 10:36, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

I'm very sorry i had no clue that it really changed my friend and i were just fooling around we really did know. I'm very sorry again! sorry i feel so bad now. Sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.56.25 (talk • contribs)

sorry again

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So now whats going to happen to me, i mean can i be unblocked sooner, i'm not ever going 2 leave another message, or change another thing just see that makes me feel so bad and it will take me while to get over it. But thank you for telling me that other people are suprissed by that to, it al least made me feel better, but if there is away i could be unblocked faster please tell me i would be so happy and may get over this faster, dont normany do this i just dont know wht came over me. Thanks again and also i still feel bad. but thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.56.25 (talk • contribs)

Looking for translator

I have many very old Norwegian letters I would like translated. I am putting together our family tree for many relatives. These letters date from 1895 to 1924. So far I have had a very hard time finding anyone who can translate them. Would this be something you could do and what would be the cost? Thanks so much. Beverly Bowman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.228.28.107 (talk • contribs)

I see you've already received a response. If it shouldn't work out, feel free to contact me again as I can probably help out if the handwriting isn't too bad ;-). Shanes 22:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

WW2 casualties

I was considering inserting the page Nr. for each source I cite for example (6,128). This makes it easier for people to verify my data. What do you think?--Woogie10w 23:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Updated piecharts, and thanks

Nice to hear from you Shanes, I hope everything is ok! Lately, regarding Wikipedia, I have been more of a reader than an editor, but this will perhaps change. Thanks for the heads-up on the WWII casualties. I have updated the three piecharts on World War II casualties according to the figures in the article as of 9th May 2006. Now, Yugoslavia is represented as a piece of the pie. Regards, --Dna-Dennis ^{talk - contribs} 00:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi there Shanes

I just got a message from you after I forgot to log in while editing [Scanian (linguistics)]. Just want to make sure I'm not in trouble. :) Best wishes, Pia 09:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Shanes! (That was quick!) Glad to know my edits were not wiped out. I spent way way too long trying to figure out how to create footnotes tonight and my heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw the message. He, he. Glad I'm home safe then. All the best, Pia 12:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

WW2 Casualties

Can Kirill be more specific? He seems to have browsed through a lot of articles and rated them for improvement, a quick glance and bam, this deserves a B. Also I am willing to work with other folks at Wikipedia but have received zero response to my requests. In the case of WW2 casualties I have cited verifible sources for all of the statistics. If there is a disdute with the numbers it is with the source, not Barney Dombrowski. I have made a diligent effort to cite my sources and add links to other Wikipedia articles for readers needing background information. The footnotes give the facts in a clear and concise format. I think Kirill should take the time to read them and offer his suggestions for improvement. I may leave Wikipedia for good, it lacks a sprirt of teamwork.--Woogie10w 12:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

You need the footnotes due to the fact that some people require details , also to list the sources and to offer readers contrasting points of view. If you guys cut the footnotes, and post an average of Mr. Whites numbers, I am gone--Woogie10w 12:46, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Teamwork

I would be willing to work with Kirill and other folks here on improving articles.--Woogie10w 13:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Great! I sugest we continue this discussion on Talk:World War II casualties so more people see it and can take part there. I copied the comment I wrote on your page on there to get a start. Shanes 13:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

WW2 Casualties Talk page

I just posted some comments over there--Woogie10w 10:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Smile

Karatekid7 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 pages. Happy editing!

Thanks! Nice of you to smile at me ;-). I'm sorry that I don't remember if we've crossed paths before, but a smile is welcome either way. Shanes 10:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Please be careful to revert to the right version

On May 9th, 2:52 UTC, you reverted Wikipedia:How to edit a page from vandalism which took place about 15 minutes earlier. However, the version you reverted to was a vandalized version from approximitely 11 hours before.

Please be careful to revert to the right version. Eli Falk 13:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like a good advice. Thanks. Shanes 01:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

vandalizm

Shane why have you sent me messages about vandalism of site. I am lucky to use this once a month and would not have a clue about altering anything. Are you for real or are you just a nut case. colin Jones

Sorry about that. The message was written almost a year ago and wasn't meant for you. But feel free to consider me a nutcase. Shanes 12:16, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

More Smiling

—G.He 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 pages. Happy editing!

—G.He 23:16, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

37pence

Something for you to delete: 37pence, a stupid redirect. --Talented Wikipedian 23:35, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. Shanes 23:38, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

WWII

Thank you, I agree that the article is too long. If we can just stick to the facts, it will be best. However I think the problem will be agreeing on which facts are important! Please leave some of your suggestions on the talk page, Myciconia 23:12, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, agreeing on this is hard. I have given some suggestions on the talk page. Shanes 23:50, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Shanes, thanks for the edits...it was late last night when I uploaded the document -- I had the crazy notion that it was alright and saving it would iron out the glitches. Wrong.

Now that you've ironed them out...the article looks nice.

For some reason I can't find out how modify the template to add a discography and list of external links. I'm not really that lazy -- there's just so much data on the wikipedia site.

Thanks for your help.....

Keith Walsh

Ur a cool guy

Thank you for finding my vandalism so fast, lol.

Suggestion needed

Hi Shanes,

I've got a sticky question, and since you have proven to be very helpful, I will ask you!

I've got a rock journalism site (it's very modest) yet it's relevant as I was somewhat involved in a vibrant scene that occurred in Orange County.

The question is: is it unethical, and in bad taste to mention it as an external link on wikipedia? My articles are all based on interviews with musicians. My training is in journalism, so it is done carefully.

If you would like to see the site before advising me, it's at [www.prchronicles.keithwalsh.us]

Though it is a subdomain of my personal editorial site, I have only done this to save money on hosting. I would like to emphasize that this is only an afterthought and not why I have contributed to wikipedia!!

Thanks for any insight you may have!

Keith

Keithwalsh88 04:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Evil Tags

I would say that everyone should at least read your User:Shanes/Why_tags_are_evil blurb; everyone doesn't have to agree with it but it does shed some unseen light on the matter. It didn't really occur to me but the vandalism tag seems to produce an opinion on the article subject before reading it "Why does this subject get vandalized so much, the (whatever subject) must be bad then?". And the spoiler warning for movies is quite true; if I didn't want the spoiler info then I sure wouldn’t be reading it. --Supercoop 12:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! And I agree with all your pet peeves too. The "it should be noted" I delete whenever I see it. Shanes 13:48, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I am glad you like them - I find that putting small problems into words solves big problems. As I find info, like the one you wrote, that addresses problems that are not widely known then I add them. Drop a line if you find more peeves. --Supercoop

51st Evac Hospital external link deletion

I'm not sure want you meant by "too local". I could see the 51st nurses website might be too narrow. Yet, Dr. Rulison's history of the 51st Evacuation hospital is very comprehensive. It tells the full story of the 51st from its beginning at Fort Lewis, Washington through to the occupation of Germany. It has information and hundreds of photographs from Africa, Italy, France and Germany. The 51st was part of Operation Dragoon and the website tells and has photographs from Dachau Concentration Camp, where doctors from the 51st were sent just after its liberation. The history was carefully compiled by Dr. E.T. Rulison of the 51st (now almost 90 years old) and was first given as a presentation for the Sierra Sacramento Valley Museum of Medical History. I hope you will reconsider adding back-in Dr. Rulision's accounts, under "stories". Fiddlehead 22:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user page! ^_^ Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 00:17, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

The same goes for me too. Thanks :) -^demon^{[yell at me]}_{[ubx_war_sux]} /13:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

thx

... for reverting vandalism to Adrian Lamo a while back :)

— Adrian~enwiki (talk) 02:59, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Spammer you previously blocked

Hi mate, I have been using wikipedia for some time but am a little inexperienced. I hope this is the correct way to do things..

This user has previously been blocked by your self:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=194.158.202.1

If you look at any of the edits you will see why.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Variant (talk • contribs)

Thanks. I've blocked him again. Shanes 14:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Userpage revert

Thanks for reverting my userpage. I've been keeping an eye on him; pesky little fellow. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 20:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

You know what?

Your'e a cool person :). BTW, I have that same quote on my facebook page, by Betrand. Happy editing!Voice-of-All 22:19, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Yeah, I like that quote. It's suitable here on Wikipedia as well. Shanes 22:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Unnecesary page

Hi! I've noticed you're an administrator. While fighting vandalism I found this. I think it should obviously be deleted. Anyways, cheers. PerfectStorm 01:58, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Obvious advertisement. Deleted now. Shanes

WW2`casualties

Thanks for your revert, is there a model article you can reccomend that shows how this new Ref system works? I want to fix the article.--Woogie10w 22:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Disappointed

I'm a little disappointed that you opt to point implications at me rather than actually talking about the design of the template. This particularly since you're among the editors who, whilst acknowledging "no consensus" opted to impose their preferred version by reverting other editors' changes. On the other hand, I've barely been involved in the icon v. textbox debate don't much care, and fully expected to be told I'd misused my admin powers when I took it back to the last stable version (the text box was certainly stable prior to the recent tension, even if the exact wording was regularly tweaked aroud). But I didn't expect it to come from another admin. Life can be surprising, I guess. -Splash - tk 17:03, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I just remembered you as an earlyer supporter of the framed box. Sorry if my memmory is faulty here. When it goes to having edited the template, I have made just one single edit to it throughout its existence, and that was to revert the change user:Mistamagic28 made today completely without discussing it and to a version that none of the people actually discussing on the talk page was proposing. The icon-only version had also been quite stable for about 10 days, with Haukur and others suggesting and testing a one-line small non-framed text-version. I saw my revert as completely appropriate. And that's my only edit to the template ever. But I have voiced my oppinion about the tag on the talk page and elsewhere many times, and I'm obviously not neutral on the issue. I want the framed box gone and feel so strongly about it that I know I stand the risk of insulting others when discussing it. I regret that, as the issue really isn't worth making others feel bad because of. Shanes 17:43, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok. I think your last sentence is pretty central; I'm a little suprised there has been so much tangling over the template. I probably made a comment at some point that the framed box was working ok, but I don't mind in what form it lands up and haven't engaged in the substance and haven't edited to either version (apart from my protection). Incidentally, I designed the original template, obviously in a box just because I copied the {protected} tag, but I haven't involved myself in the icon-or-box talk so I don't think that counts. -Splash - tk 18:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Fine. It was probably your long history of discussing and editing the boxed template and comments like this that made me think you favoured the wordy version and therefore weren't neutral in the dispute. But since you now you say you are, I believe you and appologise for having implied othervise in my comment. Shanes 19:28, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Making my user page

Hi Shanes, I just made myself a basic user page and as a new user on Wikipedia I needed something to base it on, so I chose yours more-or-less at random (having looked at it when you made an edit to a page I was adding to). I have a small problem... how do I make that text about templates that appears to the right of some of the flags disappear? My page is here. Thanks for your time! Zebedeezbd 14:05, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Shanes, you're a star, that looks great! I'm sure as I go on, I'll get more of a feel for how all the different types of templates and wiki coding works - for now it all seems kinda foreign and baffling. Zebedeezbd

Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 03:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing Joseph Stalin

I read the article and did not believed my eyes, started to look for references proving that Stalin had only two wives, Koba (folk hero) is not a Zealot, etc. Than came you and fixed this vandalism. It did not occur to me to look for the earlier revisions abakharev 15:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, Shanes thanks for protecting BRIT School, the IP vandal was becoming a real nuisance. I'm astonished how quickly it got fixed and I agree that protecting is much more effective, thanks a bunch! Regards, --PerfectStorm ^{(Hello! Hallo! Bonjour! Holla!)} 03:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

202.156.6.54 block

you seem to have blocked Singapore for 24 h. pls consider shorter blocks, such as 15 min. Sillygrin 02:50, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I've unblocked the IP address in question. The IP belongs to a proxy server for a Singaporean ISP, which operates just like AOL, and so there was some collateral damage. Since there was less than an hour left on the original 24 hour block it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I wouldn't question your judgment in making the block, of course, just thought I'd remind you to check the talk page for any notices that the IP is shared. --bainer (talk) 14:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Fine with me. Shanes 15:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Ta for the revert of my user page. David Underdown 13:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Glasgow Subway

Many thanks for fixing the Glasgow Subway site after I pressed the wrong button whilst editing. --Matthewross 20:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Scandinavia

Hello there is this big revert war which I ampart of in the Scandinavia article and people have stoped reading and just revert fo the sake of reverting. Now I see that you have made edits on the The nordic countries article and that you are from norway so you must know what scandinavia is, so please join in the fun ;)

If you read my last version you can see what you think about it. And then compare it with the other version made by the others (Supermos 23:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC))

Thanks, but I don't feel like joining "the fun" there atm. Shanes 00:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Jews against WTC

Hi there: did you notice that this article, which I flagged and you deleted, was a repost, having been deleted on two previous occasions last year? Would it be reasonable to protect it to prevent further re-creation of it?--Anthony.bradbury 13:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, this was never deleted properly after a discussion. --SPUI (T - C) 13:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Since people seem to think this is worth arguing about, I'll not do anything more with that page. Feel free to comment on the deletion review. Shanes 14:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Jews did WTC on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jews did WTC. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. --SPUI (T - C) 13:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Main Page

why did you delete what I posted about the Little Boy casualties in the Main Page talk? 190.40.23.107 16:07, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Because you deleted much of the main page discussions here. If you want to add to the discussion, please do so without deleting what others have already written. Shanes 16:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I didn't delete anything. If I did, my apologies. 190.40.23.107 20:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:Intervention against Vandalism

Hi, I recently requested intervention against vandalism by the IP address 67.151.178.146 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), and I noticed that nothing was done to this individual. He was not blocked, or anything. He has received multiple t-4 warnings, and I'm just curious to know why no action was taken on his account.

Thanks!

--Nishkid64 15:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I may very well have been wrong here, I don't remember this particular case. Admin practice here differ, but in general I usually don't block IP-addresses on AIV if they haven't edited for a while (last hour or so). This was most likely the case here. The IP hadn't made any more bad edits for a couple of hours, and I probably found that an immediate block was therefore not needed. Blocking is usually done to stop people from vandalising, and not as a punishment. Now I see the IP later made at least some useful edits that wouldn't have been made if I had blocked him/her, so I think leaving the IP unblocked turned out to be an ok decision. Maybe it's a shared IP. Anyway, I fully understand that watching someone making bad edits without any later admin intervention can be frustrating, but simply reverting and moving on is sometimes the most time saving option. But, please do continue to report this or any other IP you see making bad edits after being warned. Your help is most appreciated even if you might get the impression that it isn't sometimes ;-). Shanes 16:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

MyWikiBiz discussion

Please join the new discussion at: "Paid to edit" dialogue -- MyWikiBiz 05:47, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Shanes

I have a few questions.

I'm logged on to a computer which has been blocked for editing (this is a public computer at my place of work.) I my self have edited a few pages, and tryed to set up some links related to the subject. If one of my collegues or I have done something wrong, I appologize. I just want to increase the worlds chanses of learning about my interests. I hope I can contact you if I have questions in the future.

- Bulldog-ia

Ben Best page vandalism

Freezer Man has been repeatedly vandalizing the Ben Best page. Vandalism has included reversion of Admin edits, including your own. There is still no warning on his Talk page. Cryobiologist 19:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I have left him a warning about his repetedly insertion of "who wrote" the article as it is clearly against Wikipedia policy to have such a note. If he continues to add it, I will block him for disruption of wikipedia. Regarding some of his other edits, they look more like a content dispute than vandalism to me. But self references is clearly a no-no on Wikipedia. Shanes 04:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for investigating. Cryobiologist 06:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately Freezer Man seems to be continuing disruptive Wikipedia policy violations, most recently adding to the article, "Ben Best has also listed his autobiographical entry at AllExperts. [1]" This statement is not only false according to Ben Best on the Talk page, but it's a self reference style violation since the so-called autobiography is none other than the Wikipedia article itself. Were the statement to be included in the next About.com update of its Wikipedia content, the link would be literally recursive! Cryobiologist 19:02, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Shanes, for your edits to the Ben Best page. However User:Freezer Man is now carrying his personal vendetta against me to a new level, which you can see by his edits to Talk:Denham Harman and Talk:Curtis Henderson. As you can see from their histories, User:Freezer Man[2] and User:CRANdieter[3] were both sockpuppets created specifically for the purpose of defaming my character. Until this editing of Talk:Denham Harman and Talk:Curtis Henderson his attempted defamations have become milder as he has attempted to avoid being tagged a vandal. If he is blocked, he will simply create another sock puppet. I have no idea what you or anyone can do about this. You might ask what I did to deserve being attacked in this manner. The answer to how it began is that information from one of my website essays frustrated his effort to impose his POV on Alcohol consumption and health -- see Talk:Alcohol_consumption_and_health#What_kind_of_.22authority.22_is_this.3F.21 . I had not even heard of the Alcohol consumption and health Wikipedia page until I found myself being the target of User:CRANdieter's disparagements. Help or suggestions of any kind would be appreciated. --Ben Best 23:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the best thing to do is to wait a little and not make a big deal out of this now. If you can be the bigger man and just ignore him for now, it will probably be for the best and cause the least amount of fuss and unpleasantness. But I understand very well that you feel uncomfortable with his comments about you, and I'll watch his contributions and intervene if it becomes obvious that he won't stop and only is here to defame you. If on the other hand you don't want to be this patient and would like other admins oppinions or intervention right now, you can make a post on WP:ANI and explain the case there. Though, before doing that, you could also try talking to him on his talk page and ask why he's so vengefull. But please then keep it very, very nice and polite. But, as I said, I think waiting it out a bit is the best thing to do right now. Shanes 01:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I do wish that it was possible to "wait it out" and "ignore him", but I have been trying to do this without any success since June. He is totally relentless and will not cease his campaign against me. He has just initiated another attack on Talk:Ben Best under the sock puppet Cecelia Hensley. I have tried to summarize the profile of this person on Talk:Ben_Best#The_Many-Headed_Hydra_of_Freezer_Man.27s_sock_puppets. Believe me, if this nasty individual would give me the opportunity to ignore him, I would do so. I have ignored many of his attacks and defamations, but it appears that failure to retaliate is taken to be a sign of weakness and a signal for more aggressive action on his part. He continues to push the limits of what he can get away with. --Ben Best 05:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, and I've made a post on Talk:Ben Best asking him/them to stop. If they don't, I'll take further steps. Shanes 05:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

vandals

Hi Shanes,

I have been posting to Artificial_turf and Artificial_lawns and Newgrass and there is someone that continually removes my posts.

My posts are in accordance with other similar trademarks like AstroTurf and FieldTurf so I am not sure what the problem is.

Unfortunately this person/people do not log in to do their vandalism is there something I can do about it?

Thanks for your help.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Banasko (talk • contribs)

Do I need to repost the NewGrass content? It currently is still blank. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Banasko (talk • contribs)

Okay, thank you, I have been doing some investing on the IP address and the user that is violation is User:GarethMaden

Banasko 23:34, 23 August 2006 (UTC)