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Rights

You don't have the right, I want to do what I want. Don't delete the pictures! -- The one who hates you for doing that without respecting me

Can I at least put the pic of Zac Efron and Kat McPhee? Please? I have two million dollars and I have two tennis courts in my yard!- Cashy and Classy $$$$!

Thanks

Thanks for the complement! Em-jay-es 09:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
BTW, congrats on your featured picture! Em-jay-es 20:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Mini Mammoth

(In response to your comment on my talk page)

Dear Viridae, I have done no such thing and was about to say the same thing to you. I didn't undo your edits repeatedly. You, on the other hand, repeatedly attempted to delete the edits of other people as they made them. In case you didn't realise, blanking articles is not counted as a bona fide edit. In this case, you would have been the one reprimanded. Just a heads up. Thanks -- Pontifexmaximus 11:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

The rest of this conversation is to be found here. 10:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Viridae, thanks for your work in the Mini Mammoth article. Ordinary Person 04:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD Sockpuppet Templates

Those templates that you put into the Mini Mammoth AFD for users who had not made other contributions - what is the code? Viridae^Talk 14:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

There isn't one! Though I probably should create one. I'll get back to you when I do. Need to think about the wording and linking first to be as impartial as possible. --  Netsnipe  ^(Talk)  16:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

What do you think of Template:spa?

— Viridae (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

If you think it's good enough, do you think I should add a note about it to the afdnewbies template? --  Netsnipe  ^(Talk)  16:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I like it! That will be really useful. Viridae^Talk 22:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow. {{spa}} has really taken off. From Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meathead (2nd nomination):

• Delete is still my vote from last time, for the reasons above. But I give it 3 more hours before the meatpuppets attack again. Get ready with your {{spa}} and {{unsigned}} tags. — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 10:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for encouraging me to turn it into a template. I now have a inane claim to WikiFame. I'm the inventor of the increasingly popular {{spa}} tag! = P Cheers,  Netsnipe  ^(Talk)  17:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Restoring warnings on my talk page.

I suggest you review my recent contributions before restoring a test2 warning to my talk page. Hipocrite - «Talk» 06:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean to be rude, but if I were to slap a {{bv}} up here right now, you are honestly saying that it would not be appropriate to remove it on sight? Please. Hipocrite - «Talk» 07:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

your right...

Thanks Viridae, your right an d abook sounds great right now...I think I will do that. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 04:02, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Roncador Cay

About Roncador Cay: It is either Colombian or American. It is certainly not Nicaraguan [1]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.171.227 (talk • contribs)

Can you provide external sources for your claim? I am striking out the vandalism warning for now. Viridae^Talk 07:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Includes Roncador Cay, etc [2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.171.227 (talk • contribs)

Reverted Edit

Please revert the edit back. I do not know what he is doing to the page for I made legitamate and Wiki-worthy edits on the Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California page. I have not gotten along with the users here in the past, so they revert every edit I make to anything no matter how well the content is written. I ask you kindly to revert the edits because all have been verified, and they have no reason not to like the content of the edits. I would appreciate your revert. Thanks, and please respond. --69.227.160.83 07:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Judging by the edit history you have been edit warring with people. If I am wrong, I apologise, but if you wish your edits to stay, please take it up with those people who you say are continually reverting your edits. I am on RC patrol and do not wish to get involved. Viridae^Talk 07:12, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Since nobody has countered the edits thus far on the talk page, may I revert them, and then leave a note on the talk page stating that you may not revert these edits until a community consensus is reached. I dont want to get blocked, but I want to be firm enough so that my edits remain until the community can agree. May I do that, and thoroughly explain my edits on the talk page? --69.227.160.83 07:14, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

user:Coolcaesar

Will you add a suspected sockpuppet master tag to the user:coolcaesar page. He is currently a listed ArbCom Case, and has a suspected sockpuppet, user:Anaheimat but keeps deleting the tag. Until a checkuser is made, I think it needs to remain there. I would appreciate it. --69.227.160.83 07:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Not getting involved. Don't know all the facts. Going to cook dinner. Viridae^Talk 07:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox

Hey, Viridae/Archive3, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 07:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

personal attacks

You are not in this now stay out of my business 'please.there.i said please.ya happy?!--Always Gotta Keep it Real, Cute 1 4 u 09:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion#Alto flute → Western concert flute

Could you explain what you mean: Keep per nom? The nomination was to delete the redirect. —Mets501 (talk) 12:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Apologies, meant to be delete. I think I must have expressed my opinion on too many XFDs that day or something. Vote changed and noted as changed. Viridae^Talk 12:30, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem :-) —Mets501 (talk) 12:50, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Robertsteadman

Thanks Viridae. I've not bothered previously because I've added the template after he's been spotted by others and blocked - I actually reported the first sock. This time I was about to say something after adding the template but Musical Linguist got in first and blocked. It's not necessary to add a note after a block's taken place is it? Thanks. --Lo2u ^{(T • C)} 13:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply - actually I hadn't been entirely sure of the procedure for reporting socks so glad you let me know. Best. --Lo2u ^{(T • C)} 13:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

That wasn't actually a sock report. That was a block evasion one. However if you take a look at WP:AN there is a dedicated page for reporting socks. Also pages for reporting anything else that needs administrator assistance outside of deletions. Viridae^Talk 13:56, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Just wondering are the sockpuppet templates the correct ones to use for the IPs in that case? --Lo2u ^{(T • C)} 13:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Borrelia burgdorferi

Your recent edit to Borrelia burgdorferi (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot4 13:26, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Blasted bot - not vandalism. For anyone reading this, read the bottom of this page. Viridae^Talk 13:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Edit to Melodiya

The link to Official Site (http://www.melodia.ru/) is incorrect. It points to the site of the Melodia FM radiostation. Even if you can't read Russian it's easy to notice the "91.1 FM" on that page.

The correct link is http://www.melody.su/ Even if you can't read Russian it's easy to notice the record label's logo on that page.

respectfully, B.B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.6.242.97 (talk • contribs)

O......k

What are you whining about? I changed that edit for a reason because it didn't make sense. bye now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.31.100.211 (talk • contribs)

User blocked for 3RR, incivility and more. Viridae^Talk 22:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Edit count

Thanks! Much appreciated. What do I do with the code on the page linking to Interiot's tool though? It looks rather complicated. Wikiwoohoo 22:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. You've been very helpful. Thanks! Wikiwoohoo 11:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Your stats

Sorry for the slow response :).Voice-of-All 22:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Viewing contribution data for user Viridae (over the 3228 edit(s) shown on this page) (FAQ)
Time range: 94 approximate day(s) of edits on this page
Most recent edit on: 22hr (UTC) -- 30, Jul, 2006 || Oldest edit on: 10hr (UTC) -- 28, April, 2006
Overall edit summary use (last 1000 edits): Major edits: 100% Minor edits: 100%
Average edits per day: 135.14 (for last 500 edit(s))
Article edit summary use (last 306 edits): Major article edits: 100% Minor article edits: 100%
Analysis of edits (out of all 3228 edits shown on this page and last 0 image uploads):
Notable article edits (creation/expansion/major rewrites/sourcing): 0.06% (2)
Significant article edits (copyedits/small rewrites/content/reference additions): 0.37% (12)
Superficial article edits (grammar/spelling/wikify/links/tagging): 14.53% (469)
Superficial article edits marked as minor: 13.06%
Unique image uploads (non-deleted/reverts/updates): 0 (checks last 5000)
Breakdown of all edits:
Unique pages edited: 1785 | Average edits per page: 1.81 | Edits on top: 17.1%
Edits marked as major (non-minor/reverts): 47.96% (1548 edit(s))
Edits marked as minor (non-reverts): 11.43% (369 edit(s))
Marked reverts (reversions/text removal): 19.55% (631 edit(s))
Unmarked edits: 20.88% (674 edit(s))
Edits by Wikipedia namespace:
Article: 37.89% (1223) | Article talk: 4.71% (152)
User: 5.67% (183) | User talk: 31.94% (1031)
Wikipedia: 18.9% (610) | Wikipedia talk: 0.5% (16)
Image: 0.06% (2)
Template: 0.03% (1)
Category: 0.12% (4)
Portal: 0.06% (2)
Help: 0% (0)
MediaWiki: 0% (0)
Other talk pages: 0.12% (4)

No problem :). Remember to use edit summaries more, otherwise, large edits or article creation may just end up getting lumped into "unmarked".Voice-of-All 22:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks you the links are good--Go planetside 01:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks!

Thanks for your comment about our school following up on students vandalising Wikipedia. As a Wikipedian in my own right also, I try to educate our students about using and contributing to Wikipedia positively, and we want to work with Wikipedia to this end. So thanks for your support! -- 203.59.48.102 06:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Gastric bypass diet

Gastric bypass diet

I see were you voted to have this deleted and looks like you are asking for help from other members to vote as you tell them. I am asking if could you explain why as it makes no sense to get rid of very important article since surgery is one matter recovery is another. I am asking you to please reconsider your vote as this is too important to just get rid of. I have seen countless people after this operation get in terrible shape due to lack of knowing what to do after this operation.. Look at the references I supplied and see this is accurate information needed to be in Wikipedia --Supplements 14:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't know where you got the idea that I was asking others to "vote" as I tell them. I voted to delete because of the existance of something similar and relevant in the encyclopedia. I realise you have put a lot of work into that, so I suggest youcontact the admin that closes it and get them to transfer it to your userspace. Viridae^Talk 23:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Hello, Viridae. We haven't interacted directly before but I've looked at your contributions. I think you will make an excellent administrator; I'd like to nominate you at WP:RFA. You've participated in RFAs so you probably know how it works; more reading for nominees is at WP:GRFA. What do you say? :) —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-07-31 21:05Z

I am honoured! Thanks! The biggest problem I can see with an RfA for me would be that I have only been here a little over 3 months, so its up to you if you would be happy to support an RfA at this stage, go for it - otherwise give it a month or so. But a huge thankyou! Viridae^Talk 23:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Some people will object over the 3-month thing, but then again some will oppose anyone that's been here less than a year :) I've nominated you at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Viridae. To accept, say so on the page, answer the questions, edit the closing time to reflect when you accepted, and add your entry to the top of WP:RFA. Good luck! —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-08-01 09:04Z

Well, its done. Once again, thanks for the nom. Viridae^Talk 12:20, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I see you withdrew... I underestimated the number of people that would oppose over length of time - standards have changed. As I said in the RFA, I think wallclock time is less useful than many RFA participants appear to think it is. It looks like all the opposers were happy with what you're doing, just not how long you've been doing it. So just keep editing and participate in admin-visible areas and your next RFA will go great; I'm happy to nominate you again. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-08-03 08:10Z

No problem

No problem on Joe Lieberman :-) .... I left a blatant template because of the content of the last edits. Sandy 23:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Joe Lieberman

It's alright, I've done that a few times too when trying to get to the revert first. :) Thanks for all the vandalism reversions you've done! Best, Sango123 23:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

OH

Oh, I'll stop. Sory. -- User:Bethicalyna

Congratulations

And justly so, your adminship. Ordinary Person 05:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much, but I am not sure wether Quarl will still submit it considering I have only been here for three months. I am leaving it up to him to decide. That said, I am flattered that people think I am a worthy contributor. Viridae^Talk 05:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Concerning User:213.217.90.178

Hello, sorry to butt in like that; you tagged the talk page on the above anon-user with a general warning template; perhaps you know that we have much more here? The appropriate one here would have been {{drmafd3}}. Cheers. Lectonar 13:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

New Posts

Where can you see new posts as they appear? 63.23.4.255 01:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Who do you think you are?

I resent your removal of my comment to the Southport Marina "article." I was not playing or experimenting but I will admit I am not so anally fixated as to know every little rule and protocol of your little club.

As I noted at the top of the article, it is garbage, not an encyclopedia article, and I will further note that it should be removed entirely. I didn't feel comfortable doing that, so I noted the fact on the article itself so that someone responsible - as you apparently are supposed to be - would do so. Instead you removed my note and reverted to the existing item without examination, so far as I can tell - since you reverted it precisely ONE minute after I posted it. While there is nothing vile about the item, it is very dated old news, and an encyclopedia to my mind should be of a slightly less dated nature. The giveaway is the number of times the author uses "currently" and similar modifiers, and it was posted in January.

But you after all are a university student, in a scientific field, so why should the nuances of scholarship concern you at this point? You are why Wikipedia is so thoroughly useless and unreliable, and you and this ridiculous product both suck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.16.13 (talk • contribs)

If you wish to complain about the validity of an article, please do so on the articles talk page. NOT in the article itself. If you think that the article is out of date and you can provide better reliable and verifiable information, please feel free to edit the article appropriately. I reverted your edit so soon after you posted it because I am currently viewing all the recent changes in almost real time, reverting any edits considered vandalism or unconstructive. I would also ask that you read wikipedia's policy on personal attacks and refrain from calling names in the future. Viridae^Talk 02:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Rfa

Yo Viridae - I have a lot of faith in you, as do many others. But it seems right now that your RfA will prolly not obtain consensus. With respect, I think you should consider withdrawing the nom and coming back in two months time. You're a great editor and terrific potential admin, so you don't have anything to worry about. If you choose to keep on fighting, you have my support and best wishes. Cheers, Rama's arrow 12:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the support, I appreciate it. The support from the other editors has been amazing. Even those opposing have been very supportive and I am grateful for it all. I am going to take your advice and withdraw. Viridae^Talk 13:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Have no doubt in your mind about your capability or the appreciation of fellow editors. Keep up the great work! Rama's arrow 13:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I second that notion! Keep up the great work and try again a little later. --Aguerriero (talk) 14:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Bubble Hash page

I have been warned for vandalism by continuing to edit an article to only include fact and resources, and remove the one sided commercial advert info that the icecold.org people continue to add over and over again?

I would like to point out that I am an independant expert in the area of cannabis and bubble hash, and icecold.org (or richard) is simply removing anything that doesn't solely advertise for him company.

Since it has gotten to here what can I do about this? This edit war has gone on for several months. I am interested in keeping wiki fact based, not an advertising service. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.23.69.113 (talk • contribs)

The first thing I would reccomend doing would be to get an account. For a start, it allows you to interact more easily with other users and allows you to watch the article for any changes which you consider harmfull. It is free, you will not be spammed and there are many other benefits - too many to list here. Once you have an account and have made an edit with it it can not and will not be deleted due to wikipedia's licencing policy. It will also allow me to contact you more easily. Ip addresses are harder to deal with. If you do get an account, leave a message on my talk page - my username/link to my userpage will be found in the histoy of the Bubble hash page.

On reading the article (when I gave that warning I was quickly viewing a selection of recent changes) I see what you mean. I have reverted to the version you left it as, but editing the comment about spam that you left at the top of the page to make it only visible when someone is editing the page. It was that warning that caused me to revert your changes and warn you for vandalism. I have also added the page to my watch list to ensure that the spam edits do not remain if they are repeated again. Finally I will warn the user with a spam template similar to the one you added to the top of the article. If you have any further questions, or want further help, don't hesitate to leave another note on my talk page. (But don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages with four tildes) Viridae^Talk 15:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Crazycomputers#Vandal_report --Guinnog 03:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

And now see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Society%2C_law%2C_and_sex --Guinnog 13:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

uhhh...

hello, i got back from my trip and ...i kind of creating a movie thing. do u have msn?- chikinpotato at 1:01pm 8/2/2006

Carbon Silicon / Danny the Red - thanks

I have fixed this, thanks for pointing it out to me. I thought it looked too fanzine-ey with the first names of the band members. Incidentally, have you heard their new abum? --Guinnog 17:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry, my mistake. --Guinnog 23:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

i need help

this is chikinpotato11 and i need help inserting a picture from my pictures —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

3RR violation on the Bubble hash page

Done, user was blocked. Thanks for the help. --Guinnog 15:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your comment on Talk:Bootleg recording, and I'm glad you like the poem. Curious about your phrasing, though -- did you encounter the poem somewhere other than my user page? — Catherine\^talk 08:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Message

Viridae The name of some class of microorganism I imagine.

You blew me away by answering in one minute. I expected to wait at least a week.

It does not seem right that I should write to you by editing your talk page (if that is even what I am doing). Is that really the way it is done?

Thank you for fixing my Zero Waste edit so it did not run off the right side but what did I do wrong in the first place? Even my question appeared in the forum with the same problem. Presumably this will show the same defect.

I did some reading in Tutorial and Editing to see if I could answer my questions but I could not. Those are all about the social aspects of interacting, not the details of editing. I clicked on Character to find out about Newlines but though it went into exquisite detail on the use of CR LF in programming and everywhere EXCEPT in Wikipedia, I learned nothing from my reading.

I still have no idea what a signature is. Apparently I sign edits like this one below by writing four tildes. I'll try it. But that's a user name, not a signature.

My impression is that all I can learn from the tutorials is courtesy. The technical details seem to be absent. If there is a place that sits you down and actually explains how things work, I haven't found it. I have a distinct fondness for simple declarative sentences. They are an endangered species in modern explicative writing. The explainers seem committed to jargonistic descriptive sentences (masquerading as answers to "What is a widget") which require deep study and many readings before you dimly perceive the outlines of what the widget actually is, by which time you don't care anymore. I know that in the Wiki tradition it would be my place to create the better explanation but that is woefully over my head at this time.

Thanks for your help.

Zerowaster 09:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC) Can that tilde string really work?...

Arabic-4 changes

Thanks for changing the Arabic userbox, apparently the user that changed the userbox used a very 'childish' vocabulary and it didn't make sense. Thanks for realising the changes made on userboxes. The anonymous user wrote This user knows Arabic in outstanding level and you changed it to This user knows Arabic fully which makes sense and it does sound like professinal Arabic. if you have anyqueires about the Arabic language on Wikipedia, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thanks!!!!!! Abdullah Geelah 13:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Languages

Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 13:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

T3C

Hello! Thank you very much for your advice. Here's what happened to the "Teens Transforming the Community Page". My name is Aaria Rahim and this article was written about the organization that I founded by the an organization dedicated to Youth and their inititatives. Another individual at my school who is NOT involved in this organization has edited this page and now the page is inaccurate and NOT correct at all! Before other individuals receive the wrong idea about this organization, I Would like to clarify what happened. I would like to edit this article to the correct in meantime, while it is marked for deletion. Thank you. Blobclick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blobclick (talk • contribs)

Question

I recalled some instruction to use the discussion page for my article on Zero Waste to have discussions so I clicked on Discussion above. There is only one message there from six months ago. Not knowing what else to do, I clicked on Edit This Page. I got a download menu saying that my computer was downloading a PHP file called, I think, index. This is a complete misdirection for me. What am I supposed to do with a PHP file that I do not recognize? What is it? What does it have to do with a discussion? Why can't I simply post a note in a discussion list like that other person seems to have been able to do?

I am having the impression that I am getting locked out of everything, simply because it is all so damned complicated and non-intuitive. I can't edit anything without getting wrapped up in one layer after another of meaningless, non-responsive garbage. These conversations I have with you are the only successes I have in achieving communications on Wikipedia. Except for that initial edit I did, which I cannot duplicate at all anymore.

I noticed that when I came to Wikipedia today, I was not asked for a login. Is that automatic now, based on my transmitted data? Zerowaster 20:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Feces

Then why didn't you linkimage the image of rabbit feces too? I personally think the linkimage template is ridiculous, given our standing as an encyclopedia and our principle that Wikipedia is Not Censored. Removing the image clearly had no support, and it had been stable in the article (non-linkimaged) for quite some time. I just put it back to the way it was. Powers 01:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I understand and appreciate it the thought, but I think your methods are flawed. A linkimage is not much of a compromise, in my opinion, and even if it was, I don't think an edit war was obviously in the making. Powers 01:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

With Regards to Your Recent Thoughtful Epistle...

Go get fucked and maybe you will not be so goddamned gay. Otherwise, go eat a bag of hell and drop dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.9.250.6 (talk • contribs)

User warned with {{npa4}}. Viridae^Talk 04:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for help with category syntax

You might find {{subst:prod|Idolatry}} to be useful in getting an adminship. A guy recently blasted an article on Mel Gibson's DWI into deletion with WP:AFD, only to hav it reappear under another name in current events, and so it wouldn't hav hurt a bit to allow the original article to persist five days. Brewhaha@edmc.net 13:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Seeing semiprotection

I spotted your query about seeing semiprotection on WP:AN: "Still can' work out why it wasn't showing up as sprotected".

My guess is that since your account is more than 4 days old (autoconfirmed), that semiprotection doesn't apply to your account, so you just saw the "edit this page" button as normal. So there isn't a way for an autoconfirmed user to see if a page is sprotected.

However, for admins the "protect" tab turns to "unprotect" if the page is semiprotected (or fully protected etc). But in this case no change would be noticed by admins, since the page is always protected against page moves.

OK I think I have just confused myself :P

Anyway, thanks for the Children's Aid Society note you left me a while ago :-).--Commander Keane 13:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

hello im looking for my dad jesse paxton

IM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE HE LIVES IN REPUBLIC WASHINGTON AND IM HOPEING SOMEONE WILL KNOW HIM AND GIVE HIM MY EMAIL ADDRESS WICH IS email removed I WOULD LOVE TO TALK W/HIM,HIS WIFES NAME IS CINDY AND THEY GO TO THE EAGLES CLUB I THINK ITS CALLED,ANYWAYS HE IS A GREAT GRAMPA ---KISAR HAD A BABY BOY ! AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR HIM TO SEE HIM! IT WOULD BE SO APPRECCIATED --THANK YOU .LOULOU JONES PS HOW R THE RENT PRICES OVER THERE FOR HOUSES OR APT ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.200.116.197 (talk • contribs)

What on earth? Viridae^Talk 06:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Brookers

Viridae, No need to dispute the merger...just remove the heading. The merger page Notable YouTube Users has been made as a link/fork page. Most of her pertainent(sp?) information will be added to the page later anyway, but as it stands right now, it's just a Fork. Works better that way for now. --Bschott 23:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

RE:User:Lightbulb-Bulblight

I have notified wikimedia's legal counsell of the threats. He probobly has better things to do with his time, but i figure it is better to cover all bases. ViridaeTalk 13:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah good idea. I was toying with the idea but decided it was better left to someone else - so thanks for that. Lets hope he see'e the light. See you around --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Help with AFD on Otavio Castro

[Here is the page] Viridae, I was wondering if you could help with this. I am unfamilar with the Speedy Delete. It looks like this article a Copyright violation and I have no idea how to proceed on it. Thanks in advance --Bschott 13:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Falsely accused of vandalism

I received a message stating that I had vandalized the page of Royal Harwood Frost as well as Mötley Crüe, neither of which have I ever visited on Wikipedia, to my knowledge. I don't know quite how this IP address was traced back to those changes, but I guarantee that they were not done using this computer.

Thanks

67.180.141.222 18:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Bubble Hash Issue

Thanks for the fairness Vir! I love wiki and have created an account like you requested. I am interested in how I can help stop the commercial edit war on that page. I do not work for any company that manufactures bubble hash extraction units and wish the page would be more npov. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by FreeThePlant (talk • contribs)

Wisdom Teeth

I changed the etymology of wisdom teeth because it reiterated the Dutch folk etymology that the Dutch word comes from far-standing-molar, and that the English and other words are mistraslation of the Dutch word 'verstand', meaning something like common sense. Even Dutch etymological sources do not follow this explanation, so I figured, why should the english wikipedia do. Its a funny tale, sure, but not exactly true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.61.67 (talk • contribs)

Didn't I do this already? I, mean I left somethig on the discussion page. Should there also be an explanantion on the Talk page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.61.67 (talk • contribs)

hello? hello?

hello Viridae, check out my userpage and look at the little infobox I put in at the very bottomchikinpotato11 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

hey viridae!

sorry about all of that stuff before on 7/23. I was wondering if we could be friends. --Chikinpotato11 23:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)chikinpotato11

ok, i will--Chikinpotato11 00:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC) thank you, i've been trying all day to get it on my page--Chikinpotato11 00:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

You Nocited it to

Hey Inoticed the possible tCv attacks to I rasied the Defcon to 3 think we should raise to 2? Æon ^{Insane Ward} 05:01, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Done at DEFCON 2. Æon ^{Insane Ward} 05:04, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Have A Star!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your tireless fighting of Vandas. Keep nailing themÆon Insane Ward 05:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

You deserve it! keep on fighting! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 05:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Userpage reverts

[3] Thanks. :) That's the first time they've found that particular subpage, which is honestly a bit surprising. But, who knows. Thanks again. Luna Santin 06:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Activity indicator

It's a bit more complicated than most of them I've seen. It's transcluded from User:Luna Santin/Status and User:Luna Santin/Status2. If you've got a bit of template experience, it should more or less make sense. Happy to explain more, if you need. :) Luna Santin 06:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

hi gan

this is chikinpotato11. You haven't contacted me 4 a couple o days. R u ok? send me a message when you read this or sumpin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

Goldom's RFA thanks

Thank you for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (53/2/1). I've spent the day trying out the new tools, and trying not to mess things up too badly :). I was quite thrilled with all the support, both from the people I see around every day, as well as many users who I didn't know from before, yet wrote such wonderful things about me. I look forward to helping to serve all of you, and the project. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Abrahamic religions

You sent me a message about "vandalizing" the Abrahamic Religions page. You, sir, are full of it. Instead of addressing my reasons for deleting the map, you accuse me of vandalizing the page. Are you at all familiar with the stated purpose of Wikipedia? I can see no evidence that you are. I deleted a wilfully misleading map that purposefully minimized religious diversity in an effort to show the supremacy of Abrahamic religions. A person who has publicly advertised their adherence to one of these religions continually re-edits the page to put the map back--I respond by deleting it, believing it, in good faith, to be highly misleading. If you have the data to back up this propagandistic map, by all means send them to me. I'm positive you don't. I also suggest you read Mark Monmonier's How to Lie with Maps, specifically the sections on choropleth maps. I am a Ph.D. candidate in geography and am well versed in cartography, and, more specifically, how maps are used to manipulate public opinion. The map included on this page is a classic example of how to lie with maps. As a matter of fact, I have downloaded the map and plan to use it in future courses on the subject. I suggest you read the reasons I stated for deleting the map, review the goals of Wikipedia, and, when you've come to your senses, delete this work of cartographic propaganda. And an apology would also be appropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdasdf (talk • contribs)

Moved to User talk:Sdasdf

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PAJAM

I saw your vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PAJAM. I just wanted to let you know that I made some changed to the PAJAM article. I hope the article is better now. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 07:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

viridae?

r u still there? I haven't been chatting wut u for a cupple o dayz! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

I'm new

i'm kinda new on wikipedia i only been a member for a couple of months so what do you wanntotalk about? there is a 45 page boom called Jiggle Booty and you should read it. It is under Jiggle booty series[ look on the contents and you will see it then click on it and follow the link to the story. my brother made it in 2003 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

well do you have msn?

i mooved jiggle booty over to a new website

I put a link to the full Pilot book of jiggle Booty seires. the link to it is at the very bottom in the Jiggle Booty Series article headline

Knitting content

Hi, Viridae. Thanks for the contact. I removed content from Knitting because I felt it seemed excessively detailed considering it was a more general article. I then moved the content to what I thought was more appropriate, the Yarn article, under "Construction." Apologies for not being more transparent about my actions and intentions! Gloriana232 12:17, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Suspected sock tag

the user who tagged my page origianlly is attacking me, I am clearing my userpage again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotimus (talk • contribs)

10/7

My recall was effective on August 7th. I have chosen voluntarily to take two months off as a sensible break, to devote time to my wife and kids, to re-learn what it's like to be an editor again, and to allow for all-is-forgiven votes at my RfA2. - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

it was my own page!

I did not vandalize User:Qmwnebrvtcyxuz because i am User:Qmwnebrvtcyxuz!!!!!!!

Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I think there's been a misunderstanding...

User:152.163.100.67 never vandalized my userpage. That was me, but I had forgotten to sign in. Sorry.--BLuToRsE 05:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

User was referring to this diff. Viridae^Talk 05:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

more tech

hi viridae, i updated my userpage and i was wondering were did you come up with your username? If you reply then I'll tell you how i got mine--Chikinpotato11 23:01, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Cool, i got mine when I met a guy named Travis and now he is my friend and i like chicken and I changed it to chikin and I just put potato on it to be funnier and I added 11 for the internet and not my nickname because I am 11--Chikinpotato11 23:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

did you ever have that feeling where you watch something on tv for the first time and then you see it again and it seems shorter and you watch it a third time and it seems even shorter? I did

--Chikinpotato11 00:11, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

it's almost ready...just need alot more tuneups

hi again viridae, how do I make a second page on my talkpage so I won't have to take ten years to get to the bottom everytime i have a new message —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

Sarah Edmondson Discussion

Thank you for your suggestion on Talk:James E. Edmondson. I just recently checked the Smoking Gun website, but they had no information regarding the Sarah Edmondson case. As of today, I have not reached a decision on whether to mention her in the James E. Edmondson article. I apologize for the delay in responding to your suggestion. --TommyBoy 04:03, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Quick Question

Hello,

I wanted to address the removing of the content that I added to the "polar bears" article.

I graduated with close to a 4.0 GPA with a degree in meteorology from Florida State, a world-renowned school for meteorology. I have to be somewhat concerned about an "environmental...policy expert" who is clouding this issue - and yet he has no environmental education.

Also of note is the fact that, while air temperatures may be decreasing over a few regions near the poles, the ice is still melting - quickly. This is because it is more than just the air temperature that affects the rate at which the ice melts - it is also the water temperature. And as the ice continues to melt the polar bears, along with the entire arctic ecosystem, will be threatened.

If you feel I have shown why my edit/addition was important please restore it. There are a lot of people around the world who would much rather all of us believe that global warming is not happening...the least that can be done is have a balanced discussion free of red herrings provided by "environmental...policy experts."

Thanks.

Joseph Smith Meteorologist Florida State University —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdsmith03 (talk • contribs)

One More Question

Thanks for the response - but how do I add something to the article's talk page?

Joe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdsmith03 (talk • contribs)

Thanks

Thanks :) ForestH2 t/c 13:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's hard and confusing. ForestH2 t/c 13:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Yes. But my account (Carmelapple) left wiki though I still edit but not logged in. 72.134.40.173 13:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I am Carmelapple's IP. 72.134.40.173 13:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia's policy on baseless allegations

Hi Viridae,

You wrote: Please try to remain civil with your comments.

Prior to this, Carmelapple wrote: You vandalized March 20.

Could you remind this user of their obligations in this area?

Thanks, 203.134.131.18 14:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

"Incivil"

You wrote:

Carmelapple was being blunt and may be incorrect, he was not being incivil hwoever.

This is after Carmelapple wrote, You vandalized 'March 20'. without a shred of evidence.

The words are uncivil and however, and they're not the only things 180 degrees wrong in the sentence you wrote, but for goodness sake, don't, repeat, don't treat Wikipedia users like they are idiots here.

I appreciate you getting back to me.203.134.131.18 15:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Village Pump: Any inclusion policy on commercial items?

Definately take that to afd - and when you do, can you post the link on my talk page. I will be very interested in finding out how that goes. ViridaeTalk 03:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on my Village Pump query. This is just to let you know that I've now brought a test example to AfD: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ciara (Bratz character). It's my first AfD so I hope I haven't screwed anything up! Espresso Addict 23:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism and warnings

Hi - I saw your recent comments at Wikipedia talk:Removing warnings poll.

How would you respond to Calton (talk · contribs · block log) and his behaviour on 3 August. Have a look at the history of his talk page. He is a useful vandal fighter but abusive to those who don't see quite his shade of black and he removed warnings which in my view were well deserved. Is he a vandal? Because this is a personal example, I don't think it particularly fair to take to the poll for debate. But then having been told to get bent and remove complete bullshit, by a troll and his enabler in user summaries plus his contributions to my talk page (that I have not refactored), I might yet.

Calton was warned on 3 August for such gems as vandalized nothing, you reading-impaired Perry Mason-wannabe, and your sudden shock SHOCK over POV-pushing would be hysteriically laughable if it didn't cause so many problems. [4] For a request from me immediately following the above edit to Please stay civil [5] I was abused for being a troll enabler ... So, was he right to remove the warning? - was it vandalism if removed by a prominent vandal fighter? Vandal fighters are not one bit comfortable with being called vandals, which is why I think perhaps we need to find a more neutral definition - for example, just removing warnings given in good faith relating to specific edits is not allowed. (I did eventually block him and he did in fact in my view cool down as a result.) Regards--Arktos ^talk 00:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Still vandalism in my book but vandalism better dealt with via WP:PAIN. IN this case I would warn him to remain civil as you did - when he removed the warnings and was further uncivil I would rpelace and leave "please do not remove warnings from talk pages" warning. If he continued to remove them/be uncivil I would report him to WP:PAIN with a note that has has been repeatedly warned and has repeatedly removed the warnings. I would also consider reporting to WP:AIVfor repeatedly removing valid warnings in addition to the personal attacks. To be honest, vandalfighters should know better than to remove a valid warning - if he is uncivil like that and gets warned for it then he should know it is wrong to remove the warning - his temper does not help him (as demonstrated. However, finding a new way of describing the removal of valid warnings isn't a bad idea. That said, untill we have a policy that is totally related to that, I think it should remain under the vandalism heading. We need to abe able to cite it in the mean time. Viridae^Talk 01:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

are you ok?

I asked you a question and you never answered. what's wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chikinpotato11 (talk • contribs)

the question is on your talkpage and is near this message and it is called 'it's almost ready...just need alot more tuneups'--Chikinpotato11 00:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)