User talk:Patbaseball2221

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If you have any questions, see the help pages, ask at the Village pump, or feel free to ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- MyNam e IsNotBob 01:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

1 RC Patrol
2 No personal attacks, please
3 Moved from WP:AIV
4 PlayNOW!
5 202.7.183.131
6 Welcome to VandalProof!
7 NPA
8 Thanks!
9 August Esperanza Newsletter
10 September Esperanza Newsletter

[edit] RC Patrol

To patrol recent changes (edits) go to the recent changes page which can be found in the Navigation tool bar on the left hand side of the page or here: Special:Recentchanges. The click through the recent changes. Using the "diff" button is a good way to compare the current edit with the old one. When you find where someone has vandalised something you can manually remove the vandalisation or you can revert the page. (take paticular note of this: "Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary, along with a short explanation if not obvious."). Also, when you discover vandalisation, it may be advisable to warn the vandal on their talk page. To do this there are several templates to use which can be found here: Wikipedia:RC_patrol. That page also has all the other information you might want on RC patrol. You might alos want to see these pages: Wikipedia:Vandalism and if you find a persistant vandal Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism skorpion 03:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No personal attacks, please

With regards to your comments on User talk:VKokielov: Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users." Please keep this in mind while editing. Thanks. Avenue 03:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove warnings from your talk page. Removing or altering warnings from your talk page will not remove them from the page history. If you continue to remove or vandalize warnings from your talk page, you will lose your privilege of editing your talk page. Thanks. -- Avenue 00:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moved from WP:AIV

Hi, Pat. Daniel Bryant (a.k.a. Killfest) left these messages to you at WP:AIV. I was cleaning up over there, but wasn't sure whether you had seen them, so I'm moving them here — if you have seen them, feel free to remove them. Thanks! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Make sure you go through the stages of giving them level 1-3 warnings, even if they vandalised only yesterday. Start the warning scale fresh, and don't just jump to level 4 straight away, unless an admin has placed the template saying "this user is a known persistant vandal, and any further vandalism edits may result in a ban" at the top of the user talk page. Killfest2 06:17, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Pat, make sure you don't add the "blocked" templates to users - let the admins do that when they actually block them. Killfest2 06:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PlayNOW!

I've removed the {{nonsense}} tags that you placed on this article because there is a current AfD debate going on here. Kevin 09:16, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 202.7.183.131

Hi I think the warning you gave to 202.7.183.131 (talk • contribs) was probably a bit too over the top. I didn't see the edit to Intelligent Design as vandalism but as a meaningful clarification- it was in context and sensible. The article is a sensitive topic of course and there has been vandalism previously from that IP. Regards--A Y Arktos\^talk 09:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Same with 71.235.32.99 (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log), who has never recieved a warning. It's hardly fair to threaten an immediate block before even explaining our policies. Also, the July 16 edit was not simple vandalism - the incident in question did in fact occur. Λυδ α cιτγ 13:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Patbaseball2221! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. - Glen 15:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPA

Do not engage in personal attacks as you just did at the Village Pump. Dragons flight 22:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

For the revert to my talk page. Regards, alphaChimp ^laudare 03:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log)
The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)