User talk:Whomp/Archive 2

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WQPT-TV

That was fast... :-) --AlexDW 18:55, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I was on New page patrol. And you've also gotta give a hand to Google Images. Whomp [T] [C] 18:57, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. I was thinking, "I just wrote that a few minutes ago..." Anyway, thanks for the logo. Cheers! --AlexDW 19:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. —Whomp [T] [C] 19:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

MascotGuy

You or anyone else is quite welcome to help deal with MascotGuy. :) I'm not proprietary about him; I just seem to have accumulated more experience in dealing with them. —tregoweth (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

"VandalProof" bot

I made a legitimate edit[1] to the Maryland article that was reverted by "VandalProof". Assateague Island is the least snowiest place in Maryland and still receives about 9 inches annually, which is more than an "occasional trace". - 68.33.120.32 04:57, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, no problem. I reverted back to your edit. —Whomp [T] [C] 04:59, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

tacoma

I noticed that you removed my edit of the Tacoma page...Just because I removed some content doesn't mean I'm vandalizing the article. It's just editing common-sense that the Tacoma article should not include a long, yet incomplete, list of private schools in the city.--67.183.197.79 05:03, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, reverted. —Whomp [T] [C] 16:38, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

About my article on War Is Hateful But Is Peace Possible?

Dear Editor,

This is kamala sarup. I am an editor of peacejournalism.com I am interested in peace, women, anti terror and development issues. I want to write once a week for your consideration. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Should I submit my published articles? Wikipedia is really appreciative and fruitful effort.

Kamala Sarup

Dear Editor, I am Kamala Sarup, an editor of peacejournalism.com This article was written by me and was published in peacejournalism.com. Thank you and let me now what I need to do?

Kamala Sarup kamala28@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamala28 (talk • contribs)

Reason I deleted the Nintendo DS Lite line

It said that they only come with one stylus, but I bought one and it had two in the box.

Thwomp?

Are you related to Thwomp? --Llama man 22:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

No, I didn't take my user name from there. It just happened to be a random name I thought up. —Whomp [T] [C] 00:05, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Something was done there Talk:Dwee. I do not know how and why? --Bhadani 16:09, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

That was a mistake on my part. The page had been deleted four times before, so I put {{db-talk}} on that page, about 30 seconds before {{deletedpage}} was put on Dwee. It is fine the way it is now. —Whomp [T] [C] 16:41, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Mew Mew Alliance AfD

Hi Whomp, thanks for your help just now when I couldn't figure out what to do after nominating an article for AfD that had already been nominated (and deleted) once before. - Tapir Terrific 23:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest reading up on Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, especially General criteria #4. Since there is no way to know if the first article that was deleted is an exact copy of the current one, I would strongly suggest letting the current AfD discussion run its course. The site seems pretty non-notable anyways. —Whomp [T] [C] 23:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip on WP:CSD. - Tapir Terrific 02:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Th3-5w0rDF15h-Gr0Up

This article is in the Catergory: speedy deletion. i was wondering why, aside from the summary provided. the article explains an actual hacker group whos leader has been compared to a couple top, well known hackers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cipherence (talk • contribs)

Warning

Regarding the warning you gave me - I didn't remove content from YTMND. I removed the unnecessary [citation needed] brackets. For example, consider this line: "A few parody sites of the lawyer's threat (such as Shoe Lawyer Revealed) were posted on the website.[citation needed]". Does it not strike you as absolutely ridiculous that someone decided that a citation was needed when the sentence actually contains an example of the parody it was talking about? What kind of logic is that? Please remove the warn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.160.192.107 (talk • contribs)

I see where you're coming from, so I restored your edits. Just be sure to use an edit summary so something like that dosen't happen again. —Whomp t/c 17:33, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your support opinion on my RfA. With a final vote of (62/0/1), my RfA passed, and I am now an Administrator. I will work hard to ensure that the tools entrusted to me will not be abused, and will wield my mop proudly.
Happy editing! --Firsfron of Ronchester 23:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Hillbilly Guy

You reported this user on AIV. I don't see any vandalism. Could you point out where. Thanks. Tyrenius 19:18, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Please ignore that report; it seemed like MascotGuy based on his editing pattern, but I'm pretty much through dealing with this user. —Whomp t/c 19:20, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Cyber City article

I was led to believe that no article on this Manga series existed yet on Wikipedia due to the fact that 'Cybercity Oedo', a commonly used spelling for the name of this series, yielded no results at all in the search box, and neither did 'Cybercity Oedo 808'. Could you make the appropriete linking to fix this problem and avoid similar confusion by others in the future? --217.136.187.34 17:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Done. —Whomp t/c 17:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

That wasn't vandalism

Linking the aricle to ninja looting would be more appropriate than linking it to YTMND, particularly since the article on ninja looting features a discussion on the cloudsong phenominon.

Thank you, now could you remove the vandalism warning from my ip?

Done. Sorry about that, I havent been on YTMND lately. —Whomp t/c 23:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

kylexy

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks. —Whomp t/c 23:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, would adding a link to the kylexyinfo episode guide be ok? There's really too much information on the episodes to add all of them here. Each episode summary, recap, quotes etc etc.

ngo205 -- kylexyinfo.com 23:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)ngo205

WTCN

I hope I didn't break any copywrite laws, but I posted the original article that you questioned on WTCN's talk page. I have no objection to you (or anyone else) removing the article...but I did want to provide proof for my statement.

Mike Dowling

WCGV Image

Thanks for catching the stray WACY image I accidently put in here, I use an Opera notepad file to keep the tvlogo template on hand and I must've accidently threw in the WACY image title. Nate 12:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Eiras (Producer)

There isn't a CSD category for deleting recreated speedy deletions, only recreated AfD deletions. See SPEEDY. I deleted it under CSD A7, but left a note on the creator's page that he could recreate it with more content. Tyrenius 03:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me, I keep forgetting that G4 is not for recreated speedy deletions. —Whomp t/c 03:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for the revert, i've tried conversing with said user but he wants to repeat information thats already said. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 18:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

While I was at it, I also warned s/he about WP:3rr. Hopefully that will stop this mess. —Whomp t/c 19:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For the move, my misstake. --Striver 19:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. —Whomp t/c 19:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Donotsayno

If he continues, we oughta file an RfC, I'm 99% sure he's not BenH, but he sure acts like him (adding odd info/not making sense/not responding to talk page messages) --CFIF (talk to me) 15:49, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

RfC may be a bit too much. An RFI may be a better idea, however. —Whomp t/c 23:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I filed one, feel free to comment. --CFIF ☎ 00:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Award

Hi Whomp!

For your efforts in catching hoax articles like WXEC and KRFV, I'd like to award you this barnstar:

The Barnstar of Diligence for catching hoax articles. Thanks for your diligence and dedication to Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations and to Wikipedia! Firsfron of Ronchester 22:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! :) —Whomp t/c 23:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I second that barnstar, good work! (Also, see my message above about Donotsayno (talk · contribs)) --CFIF ☎ 23:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

WISE TV

ClairSamoht is constantly vandalizing the WISE TV site. He makes assumptions that he has no knowledge of and is very rude when changing them. Not a good WIKI neighbor. [Josephblowhard]

Enlighter1 socks

Thanks for helping fight the vandalism of this really annoying user and his sockpuppets. Much appreciated. Thistheman 02:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This keeps on happening!

I see you report to AIV, I come here wondering why you aren't an admin, I see your userbox saying you don't want to be one... If you let me know why you don't want to be one I might actually remember that and stop taking unnecessary trips to your user/talk page ;-) Petros471 22:15, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I knew someone would ask me this eventually. It's just because I don't want to be fully associated with this website and all of its controversy. Getting into disputes with vandals is not my thing. I actually do read Wikipedia Review sometimes, and I just find it strange how Wikipedia is this crazy.

Seriously, give me a few years, and I might consider then. —Whomp t/c 22:24, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

re: Links

Hi Womp. Links to other sites on the Wikia network are not "commercial" or private websites. Thanks. --147.124.152.117 18:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

MFD tags

The wikipedia sandbox is exempt from deletion as it is a test area, used by new users to experiment with editing. It should'nt have that tag on it in the first place; a consencus is not needed. Think outside the box 16:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thing is, the page is actually up for deletion. While I have no opinion on the page, it still needs that tag there. —Whomp t/c 16:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Really? Sorry, I just thought someone had put that there. Its happened before and an admin cleared the last one off. I didn't want the page to be deleted by mistake. Think outside the box 16:33, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem. —Whomp t/c 16:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

On reporting User:Ripple Guy

Hi, I noticed that you reported User:Ripple Guy on WP:AIAV, but I'm a bit confused about this. I went through all of his edits and I can't find anything objectionable, and in fact some of the edits seem to be helpful. Would you be so kind as to tell me what you think Ripple Guy should be blocked for? (I'll grant you that I might have missed something.) -- Deville (Talk) 19:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, his username and editing pattern follows that of MascotGuy. The Long term abuse page does also say to block on sight (see the infobox on the right side of the page). Also, Wikipedia talk:Long term abuse/MascotGuy gives a good rundown on quite a few recent accounts which have all been blocked. —Whomp t/c 19:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Hm, ok. I'm not willing to block an account that has done no damaging edits and in fact has even reversed some vandalism. Not using edit summaries is not cause for a block. I'll comment further on the MascotGuy page-- Deville (Talk) 20:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

WBLU-LP

Do we want to put an IP block on this page to keep this person from putting the skeds back on over and over? Nate 21:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest waiting till the guy comes back, unless you really want this thing protected right now. A better alternatve may be to ask an admin to do a range block on 128.163.116.XXX, but only if he violates WP:3RR. On a side note, he seems to have an account now, but has only made one edit with it.

So for right now, I would say not just yet. —Whomp t/c 22:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Of course, if you object to my opinon, you can file a request for semi-protection at WP:RFP. —Whomp t/c 22:02, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

No, that's fine, just wanted to have a guidepoint on what to do for now, at some point they finally have to get the point. Nate 22:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Thanks for getting that stupid guide off again. I've cleared it off many, many times today... Just hope he stops! - JTB_KY 22:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

That schedule is there for HISTORICAL purposes. Until someone writes a detailed history of the programming at WBLU, it should stay. Any of you wanna do that? And while we're at it, WBLU was never either WTVQ or WLKT. Those station were completely unrelated, WTVQ is now 36, and WLKT was a station back in the 80s. WBLU started in 1999. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.163.224.144 (talk • contribs)

He came back with a threat that the guide will come back on my talk page, but under a different IP block than 128.163.116.XXX. I don't know what to do now, I'm feeling overwhelmed by his insistence that it's "station history". Nate 03:20, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Talk about being obsessed. Since he is making threats, I would highly suggest leaving a message at WP:ANI, and hopefully the admins will sort it out. —Whomp t/c 03:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to wait a little bit and see what he does, the threat was weak to me and it doesn't seem to warrant admin action yet. If it continues though I will put an RFS-P on it. Nate 03:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

The historic WBLU schedules

I want to know exactly why everybody seems to object to my putting the 1999-2006 fall primetime schedules of WBLU on the WBLU page. The purpose of the schedules is to show a bit of the history of the programming of the station as it has changed greatly over the years. It was quite an effort compiling this and I do not appreciate it when people remove it. There are people here in Lexington for whom WBLU is a personal matter. We have given it our time, sweat and support. Can the guy from Wisconsin say that?

If somebody can give me a better reason than "Who cares?" or "There is TV guide", I'll listen. Because people here care. The lonely people who watched WBLU because it showed movies nobody else did and who knew they could always call and talk to the staff care. The people who didn't have cable and knew they could count on 62 to deliver something different care.

As for TV guide, show me anywhere that WBLU programming is listed. You won't find it.

Is the history of this station important to me? Damn right it is! so I will continue to write that history as I get new information. I don't mean to step on toes, but I plan on making this page the best page possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.224.177.252 (talk • contribs)

Schedules change for TV stations and networks all the time, whether it's WNBC-TV in New York or the lowest-rent America One affiliate in the middle of Wyoming. It's no different with this station. This project tries to point out the most important changes in a station's history in a quick writing style where you can get the facts, learn what you need to, and move on. Very few people care that Battle Dome aired on this station at 10pm Thursdays from 2000-2001, or are looking to find out where it aired (very few people even remember Battle Dome ever existed, but that's a matter for another time...).

The schedules for this station are redundant with the network schedules that have already been created, and as this station's schedules had no local programming at all (WBLU Movie does not count), they're not needed. They also add unneeded cruft to this article; most articles on Wikipedia are supposed to be under 32kb and no other article covered by WP:TVS contains schedules for TV stations. If you'd like to add a paragraph on current station programming and shows, you're welcome to that, along with any local programming that airs on the station. Otherwise, the schedule grids aren't needed, and on a small station such as this, add weight to an article that more often than not, will be scrolled by very quickly. I'm not trying to be mean at all, I'm just trying to make you understand that adding the prime-time schedules for this station is not needed.

As for your point that WBLU programming isn't listed in TV Guide, of course it isn't, since it went to a national format last year, and though I'm not familar with Lexington, WBLU probably wasn't listed due to having a small coverage area. However, I'm pretty sure that the Lexington Herald-Leader and most electronic TV listings do list it. Every station in the US is listed on WP, but we don't list their schedules because other sites already do that. Thank you for understanding. Nate 05:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

No the Herald-Leader did NOT list us, and yes we had MUCH local programming. In fact all of it was "local" from the time CBS stole our UPN affiliation until Equity took over all our programming and production. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.163.224.200 (talk • contribs)

By "us", do you mean to say that you actually work at the station? Also, movies that air on independent stations are usually syndicated, and do not really count as "local" programming.

I still don't see a reason to list these schedules, as Wikipedia is not the TV guide, and TitanTV lists the station's current schedule. As Nate said, some information about the station's current programming as written in prose is okay, as long as it is not filled with unneeded trivia. —Whomp t/c 19:35, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Some of our movies were syndicated. Others were public-domain. (Some purchased at the Wal-Mart down the street, so how more local can you get?) As for TitanTV, that's a pretty schedule. In color and everything. But it is certainly not what is on WBLU today. In the past week every aspect about this station has changed.

Once again, the schedules were never intended to be "What's on WBLU tonight." It was intended to serve as a brief survey of what HAS BEEN on this station in the seven years of its existence. I suppose that a prose article would suffice, but I've always thought that a chart or graph conveys it in a neater manner.

Spotteddogs sock

Marilyn Fan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Already at AIV, but you'll probably block it quicker. —Whomp t/c 20:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Blocked forever. Thanks. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

UPN / WB

You are WRONG!!!!!!!! It IS a merge between these two networks!—Preceding unsigned comment added by ERW1980 (talk • contribs)

First of all, take a deep breath. Breathe in and out.

With that taken care of, please check out this CNN article published back in January, with the original announcement of The CW. It states that The WB and UPN are to shut down, and that The CW will be a brand new network. From the article:

“ Both networks will cease operations in September, broadcasting their respective network schedules independently until then. ”

Also take a look at the CBS Corporation press release:

“ The WB and UPN to Cease Operations in September 2006...form a new 5th network, The CW ”

This means that in the offical sense, there is no "merge". It's just two networks shutting down, and one opening up shop. —Whomp t/c 03:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

It IS most certainly a merger between the two networks, since it will contain programming from both UPN and WB, and because it will be owned by the parent companies of both. On the other hand, two networks will be shutting down, and a new one beginning. So, friends, stop fighting. CERTS is a breath mint AND a candy mint.

Vandalism of Ed, Edd n Eddy page

I logged in at work today as 75.0.198.250. There has been an edit war going on with this page for days now. Someone is repeatedly posting all kinds of lies and fancruft on the page. Myself and a few others (Wack'd About Wiki, T-Borg, Philo, etc.) have been fighting to keep the page clean. My edits were not vandalism, they were fighting vandalism. Last night, we got 2 users blocked who were vandalizing the page, and it cooled off overnight. Today, apprently they reregistered under new user names, and started up again. They always post exactly the same thing, complete with misspellings. One of them logged on as 68.37.205.18. Take a look at his talk page. Please also take a look down the history page and see what went on last night.

Another admin, Yanksox, is familiar with the problem, and is considering protection of the article. We need help from admins, not warnings. Please do what you can to help us. Thank you. -- 70.135.57.208 01:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you, Whomp, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. I'd also like to thank you for working on YTMND with me, which you've cited as a reason for supporting me. Hopefully, the article will be featured someday. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 19:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Apologies

Sorry, I wasn't aware. I've indef blocked. Next time please link to the long term abuse page so that uninformed admins know why he should be blocked (I thought it was just an innocent sock). --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 03:22, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought that most admins were aware of this user. Thanks for the reminder. —Whomp _(myedits) 22:39, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFI for User:Donotsayno

There is a hell of a backlog at WP:RFI on which I have begun to work. I thought you may be interested that I have filed a sockpuppet abuse accusation against Donotsayno: Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Donotsayno. His behaviour is very close to a user who has now been blocked twice for uploading large numbers of unsourced images.--Konstable 10:22, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks for the update. —Whomp _(myedits) 17:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)