User talk:Tommy has a great username/Archive 1

Archive 1

Why this talk page is currently empty

I had removed some 'conversations' I had with a vandal. If you'd like to see the conversations, you can just click the "View history" button at the top of the page. The vandal's username was "Hey Ytfd" I dunno why I wrote that much to explain why it's empty, also feel free to leave a message for me. Tommy has a great username (talk) 19:46, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi! I don't really know how to use talk pages to converse since I'm not an experienced wiki editor and even as a software developer this is absolutely the weirdest communications paradigm I've ever encountered on the web, but I just wanted to say thanks for your support on the "Term limits in the United States" back-and-forth. Signed, the guy whose IP address was temp-banned and is currently trying to figure out how to reset his account password so he can login again

Hi, I have a couple of things to say. When you start a new conversation on a talk page, click the "New section" button near the top to make a new section. Secondly, when making a post, reply, comment, or whatever it's called, make sure to make a new line between what you are replying to and your reply, and make sure to put ":" behind your text an amount of times equal to the 1 + the number of colons behind what you are replying to. Third, make sure to sign your posts by putting four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your posts. Tommy has a great username (talk) 00:25, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Testing your suggestions, thank you! Don't you think it's bizarre that there's no proper messaging system on such a popular site though? Using the pages themselves as forum software is honestly just very very weird. I mean, I can edit your comments here and you mine--- that's just strange! Aerovistae (talk) 01:08, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

I think direct messages would be a good addition to the site, but to your point about being able to edit the comments made, if someone makes a reply that looks out of character for their typical behavio(u)r, you can check the edit history of the talk page to see if anybody changed what the message said. Tommy has a great username (talk) 02:39, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Electoral fraud

Hi: We've gone back and forth a couple times on Electoral fraud. I think that if you want to write that fraud can affect the results in a county or state, then you need to provide some evidence. Has it actually ever happened? I think that it's very misleading to suggest that fraud could tip a state's results, especially given the current close election in the US. We need a reference in order to make that claim. Do you have one? — Toughpigs (talk) 16:23, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for getting in contact, I don't have a reference for this claim, but here's the thing: if election fraud couldn't tip results, then there would be no reason for electoral fraud to exist, but it does exist, so by this logic, electoral fraud can change a county's or state's results. Tommy has a great username (talk) 16:29, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

That logic is flawed. The evidence suggests that fraud is extremely rare. It hasn't tipped results in a state, and that's why it doesn't happen. Please don't add your own logical intuitions without a source to back them up. -- Toughpigs (talk) 16:43, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

I have an idea for a compromise, what do you think of this? "Electoral fraud will rarely change the results of an election" Tommy has a great username (talk) 16:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

You can add anything that you like, as long as you have a reliable source to back it up. Do you have a source for that claim? -- Toughpigs (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, right here. I don't necessarily agree with their ideology, but I do agree with them that election fraud can change the results of elections. The section that will be most related in this source is called "Can illegal votes actually affect election outcomes?" Tommy has a great username (talk) 17:01, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

The Heritage Foundation is a partisan source. Do you have something from a reliable news source or published academia? -- Toughpigs (talk) 17:17, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Hope you think la times is reliable. I have another reference right here. Tommy has a great username (talk) 17:58, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

That's a City Council election, with 7 fraudulent votes in a city of 112 people. If you want to write about that incident, that's okay, but it doesn't support the idea that a county or state election could flip. — Toughpigs (talk) 18:00, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Rollback granted

Hi Tommy has a great username. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! — Wug·a·po·des​ 03:18, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for accepting! Tommy has a great username (talk) 17:06, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: misclick rollback Tommy has a great username (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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sorry that I missed one bad edit

one slipped through the cracks... Don't call me the vandal... Sadbunny3 (talk) 15:41, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

It's all good, I simply used the restore version tool and that's why it says your edits got reverted. Tommy has a great username (talk) 15:44, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 2A02:C7E:324D:9F00:A5D2:9C97:9118:F8D3 (talk) 16:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

?????? Tommy has a great username (talk) 17:27, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

twinkle moves the ui

bruh when i'm looking at changes why does the UI move so when i try to click one thing and then i click the thing above itTommy has a great username (talk) 16:49, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

A question about a restoration of material to a talk page

Hi, Tommy... I noticed your edit summary here. Why do you think that keeping the post on a page where it doesn't belong and explaining the situation there is better than removing it from that page, and explaining the situation on the talk page of the editor who posted it? JBW (talk) 18:44, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

I think it would have been a better response because the editor would have checked there before checking their own talk page, especially if they check on a device they haven't signed into, which would be more likely since the account was created 2 minutes before making the request. Besides that, it's the main reason for the existence of {{subst:ESp|mis}} Tommy has a great username (talk) 15:39, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Non-vegetarian

You just reverted one edit @ Non-vegetarian even previous to that the ip edit changing publication date of the ref book too needs to be reverted. IMHO

Thanks

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 16:45, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm having issues with my ISP at the moment, and it appears that you are asking me to revert an edit on an unprotected page. You should be able to make the change yourself while I try to sort out my internet issues. Tommy has a great username (talk) 16:59, 23 February 2022 (UTC)