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Oldest people

Bart, can you ask a sysop to protect oldest people from editing by unregistered users? The amount of silly vandalism is heavy and a waste of time for everyone.→ R Young {yakłtalk} 18:07, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I will do so immediately then. Extremely sexy 21:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Help request

This is specifically directed towards User:Can't_sleep,_clown_will_eat_me. If someone could copy this to his talk page, I would be very thankful. The IP I am currently on has been blocked for excessive vandalism (no surprise really, being a high school). The IP address is 210.11.188.19. I was wondering if you could unblock in order to restore the ability for logged-in users to be able to edit pages. I tend to have free time at school, and I enjoy reverting vandalism (yes, I know: I am sad). Thanks. (unsigned comment)

Not much to be done, I'm afraid - see Wikipedia:Abuse reports/Melbourne High School specifically at the bottom of the page "Received response this afternoon from Paul Wright, the Internet and Intranet Coordinator, explicitly requesting that the addresses be blocked permanently from editing Wikipedia." --pgk 23:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I think the wierdest thing is I don't go to Melbourne High. I go to a different school about 5 suburbs away. Same ISP perhaps. I thought it was a different case, because I am not a vandal (I hope not anyway, lol), and i actually contribute constructively.
I copied this from my user talk as I am now at home, and I couldn't edit anything else while I was at school. Thanks. Gab.popp 02:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buck the World (3rd nomination)

Hi Can't sleep, the article Buck the World was not tagged for AFD during Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Get Bucked, and the editor(s) of that article didn't seem to know about the AFD. So I've re-nominated Buck the World individually. You'll probably want to chime in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buck the World (3rd nomination). Cheers. Quarl (talk) 2007-02-11 07:58Z

Onteora Central School District

You recently deleted Onteora Central School District, which at that time was an attack page with no reference value. Could you please check the history of that page to see whether there was a previous version worth salvaging and restore that previous version? http://onteora.schoolwires.com/ It is a school district in Boiceville, New York. --Eastmain 21:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

There was no content worth salvaging, I checked prior to deletion. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Hello, Can't sleep, clown will eat me, I've awarded you The Tireless Contributor Barnstar on your user page for your incredible amount of deletions, blocks and protects on Wikipedia. Congratulations! You can put it wherver you would like.--Wikipedier (talk contribs) 05:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Although I can't find it on your user page, but this has happened before when I awarded someone a barnstar in the past, and it was figured out.--Wikipedier (talk contribs) 05:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

In need of unbiased person

As you are an admin and uninvoled with the merge proposal here, I was wondering if you could take a look at it since it has been over a month since the proposal was made. Thank you.Aboutmovies 07:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Full protect request

Any chance you can do a temporary full block of the Carlos Mencia page? There's a new video on Youtube (which to my understanding those videos can't be used as references because of copyright issues) and linked to Youtube from another comedian's site (but the video is technicall still on youtube) which is going to cause an inevitable edit war over the next few days. Plus his IMDB bio was vandalized and trolls are going to continue to use the false bio as a reference until IMDB fixes it. So please set the page up on full protect if possible. The page is edited nonstop normally, now its going to be worse. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KimboSlice (talkcontribs) 20:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Guitar Hero II

It has claimed many lives, but not mine - i stand alone... Ytcracker 22:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Where is my article now that you have deleted it?

Now that you have deleted my article on Phil Barker, where is there a copy of the text? 210.177.131.4 01:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

It is now hidden, nothing on a wiki is truly deletable. However, only an admin can retrieve it for you if you wish for a copy of the text. — MichaelLinnear 01:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Tim Hardaway monitoring

I'm headed to bed. I'd appreciate if you would keep track of the article if you are still up. I'd rather not semi-protect since most of the anon edits are productive. JoshuaZ 07:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

The Hardaway family pages have been added to my watchlist(s), but I'm afraid I'll be turning in soon as well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Witness Lee

In regards to the below article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_Lee

I suggest a layer of protection from unregistered users. I thought the purpose of Wikipedia was to provide an informative, encyclopaedic entry about a subject. However, some Christian fundamentalist apologists see this as a way to conduct religious war instead. Notably, the continued attempted addition of:

On January 8, 2007, more than 60 evangelical scholars and ministry leaders from seven nations issued an unprecedented public appeal to the leadership of Living Stream and the "local churches" (available here), asking them to disavow and withdraw controversial statements made by Witness Lee on the doctrine of God and the doctrine of man. is way off-base.

Reasons:

1. No news citation or other source. 2. Use of biased words such as 'unprecedented' 3. Witness Lee died in 1997 and has nothing to do with the current lawsuit 4. Any religious position can be seen as 'controversial' by those that don't believe it 5. Stacking the deck bias...most of the '60' are NOT NOTABLE and in fact this appears to be a coordinated effort, akin to politics. We could easily get a petition of '60 concerned scholars' who oppose the war in Iraq. Such a petition is not newsworthy unless covered by a major news source, which in that case would at the very least allow for an editing. Prior attempts to compromise by editing out words such as 'unprecedented' have been met with reverts and no compromise attempted. 6. Bad intent The purpose/goal seems to be to pressure the local churches/LSM to modify their personal beliefs to accord with said outside pressure. This is akin to the Inquisition, Salem Witchcraft Trials, or the burning at the stake of Christian protestants in the 1500's. The Catholic church was free to excommunicate Martin Luther, but to go further by burning people at the stake for being a member of a different faith is in fact one of the worst attacks on freedom in all of humanity. It seems that the battle for the mind is only challenged by the battle for earthly resources as to which is worse.

Thus, it appears that the Witness Lee article is under bad-faith attack from those who put their own personal biases ahead of the principles of being a Wikipedian...not surprising considering the edits are being done ANONYMOUSLY BY UNREGISTERED USERS. Similar controversies exist around the Local churches and Living Stream Ministry articles...controversies that have LESS to do with the local church/LSM than they do to those who prefer to preach "You're going to hell unless you're a member of our congregation." I don't see local church members telling fundamentalist Baptists what their beliefs are. To try to state what another group believes through the lens of apologism is simply unacceptable.→ R Young {yakłtalk} 08:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Regarding transparent proxy

08:53, 23 December 2006 Can't sleep, clown will eat me (Talk | contribs) blocked "218.186.8.11 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 9 fortnights (anon block)

At least give the majority of the 300000 legitimate people on that shared IP address the chance to create an account and log in to edit. With your anon block non account holders can't edit at all until the ban ends, even though the ban that was put on this shared IP address was no fault of theirs. I seriously ask you to consider your lengthy block of not allowing all non account holders the chance to edit the articles on Wikipedia just because they can't create an account. ConcernedWikiUser 04:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

If anyone behind this transparent proxy needs assistance we would be more than glad to help them. Thank you, ConcernedWikiUser, for contacting me. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism reverts

Thank you for beating me to the punch with reverting the vandalism to my userpage! Locriani 08:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

ChristianGarcia

ChristianGarcia (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log), whom you blocked indefinitely, has requested to be unblocked. Although he's clearly a vandal, he is not a vandalism only account, and he had received no warnings before his block. Would you like to reconsider the block duration or comment at his talk page? Best, Sandstein 09:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

If another administrator would like to unblock I am not going to revert their action, but this is a rather obvious troll account. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

UPN sockpuppets

Hi, I'm not sure how this kind of stuff is supposed to go, but I have discovered a sock puppet of User:The UPN Vandal. He has made a lot of vandalism edits to The Simpsons Movie page and proof that this use is a sock puppet of the UPN Vandal can be found here) and created a dozen false soundtrack pages. The administrator who normally deals with that guy isn't on right now, and it would be nice to stop him before he creates another page. Thanks for the time, Scorpion 03:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind posting this to WP:AN? I'm not familiar with the details of this particular vandal. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Done and done. Your talk page takes a LONG time to load for those of us on dialup btw... -- Scorpion 03:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Scorpion. I'm forecasting a talk page archival here shortly.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Can't sleep, Zordon will teleport me

Can you take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names#Can.27t_sleep.2C_Zordon_will_teleport_me_.28talk_.E2.80.A2_contribs.29 and comment, if interested? Thanks. --BigDT 00:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm conflicted on this one. I would be inclined to allow this, if it weren't for the 200+ odd trolls and impostors [1] [2] coupled with the fact that this one immediately popped up to !vote on in an ongoing AFD [3] as their second edit. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Never mind, checkuser results revealed that this was an account created in bad faith, along with many others. Surprise, surprise. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Something a bit weird

It's not a problem as such, but on the main page, I'm not shown as being logged in, but once I go somewhere else, I am. [4] [5]

Clearing your browser cache should resolve this. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Train wrecks

Hello. You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Hunt with the comment "Enough with the mass nominations. The next trainwreck I see like this will be speedily kept." I just thought I'd make you aware of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Carpenter (game show contestant) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul J. Alessi, both of which were created by the same user. --Maxamegalon2000 04:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I apologize. They were not created by the same user. --Maxamegalon2000 04:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Either way, mass noms only serve to make obtaining community consensus more difficult and are ill advised. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the support and the closings. I think some mass noms are OK, like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of programs broadcast by networks, but only when the articles are essentially exactly the same in terms of notability. That clearly wasn't the case with these. --Maxamegalon2000 04:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


I have to report a vandal to you

The program I downloaded didn't work. Well, someone vandalized my page. His name is Sweepypie, please give him a warning, because he deserves it. I promise I will read more about the VandalProof, but I really needed to report him to some admin, yeah. That's all. I wanted to tell you that Sweepypie vandalized my page. TheBlazikenMaster 14:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Seriously, he needs to get warned for vandalizing my homepage. TheBlazikenMaster 10:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Done. If problems persist, please leave a note on the WP:AIV noticeboard. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow

You seem to be really dedicated to this website. How long have you been on here? --TonyToTehmaX 15:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed username change

Hi there, I know it's not possible to switch another's username, but I thought you might want to know. See here. Dude couldn't even spell your name right! Sheesh! Flyguy649 20:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Not much of a surprise really, but the person responsible has since been blocked as a sockpuppet of a banned user. :-/ Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Cretan Turks

Regarding this protection, I think it's pointless. For some weeks now we've been discussing how the article is becoming a pov-fork of Cretan Muslims, but the editors who support the pov-fork version refuse to participate in discussion. They did not participate in Talk when the article was unprotected, so there's not a chance that they will do now. What happens when an editor (or group of editors) engage in edit-warring but refuse to discuss? Miskin 01:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Please, google "Cretan Turks" -wikipedia and "Cretan Muslims" -wikipedia, the first gives nearly twice as much results. These people, the emigrants from Crete identify themselves as Cretan Turks. What some Greek Wikipedians are doing here unfortunately is denying Cretan Turks their identity. If you do a little search concerning Western Thracian Turks, you'll see the Greek state engages in same kind of action there as well. I'll contact certain Wikipedians and try to get them to improve the article with more sources and better writing. Regards--Doktor Gonzo 07:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
The appropriate place to discuss this is the article talk page.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:11, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Gonzo, if we assume that what you say is true, then you should have been supporting a rename of Cretan Muslims to Cretan Turks, and not the creation of a separate article (see WP:POVFORK). Miskin 11:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Smile!


Best wikismile I've seen so far.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I need help

Someone (from his talk page repeatedly warned for senseless removals) has removed an important section from the Forensic entomology page. A lot of students use this page as an index to the insect families of forensic importance, so this has been very harmful. Note also his odd "Oh no" and "Oh no cAMERON FUHRMAN" on successive pages. I fixed his reverting this page to your revision as of 12:35, 16 January 2007, but the culprit gives me the impression he is trying to help excepting his comment "Oh no cAMERON FUHRMAN". This is difficult, but can he be stopped? Many thanks. Robert (Nash) as Notafly.

Proposal for banning

I would like to recommend the ip: 75.33.120.102 be banned, for excessive and repeated vandalism. If this is not the correct place to place this request, please advise me on where is. Jmac 21:45, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Why was my IP blocked?

I was trying to edit a page as anon, and I was told I was blocked by you for vandalism. My IP address is 71.107.14.12. Looking at the contributions from that IP, I only edited the sandbox twice and reverted a vandal edit once. What happened? AppleNick Talk 21:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Chelsea Charms, Talk:Maxi Mounds

Your help would be appreciated! The IP reverts to the pixel-laden versions have continued. Thanks! Joie de Vivre 01:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Improper Administrative Actions

There is an admin named Khoikhoi that disagrees with the discussion page majority on whether or not a particular article should be moved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Reggaeton

A contributor asked for facts which support why the page should not be moved, and those facts were provided. Rather than allow users to see these new facts, KhoiKhoi has decided to simply delete them with no explanation and has blocked the talk page in an attempt to prevent others from restoring them. Its irrelevant as to whether or not its a contributor with a screen name or an anonymous IP, the fact is that evidence was provided, and it was immediately deleted. I'm not sure where to report Adminstrators for actions unbecoming of Wikipedia's TOS, so I was hoping maybe you would have some insight, thanks. 68.155.86.174 02:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

DNC imam controversy -> Husham Al-Husainy

Hey, you just deleted the article at Husham Al-Husainy, which I had moved from the DNC imam controversy to a page about the imam involved. I moved the old article rather than create a new one so that the edit history of DNC imam controversy would remain in tact, but the new article had a very different focus, as it was a biography, not an event. I made the move and rewrote the article on February 22, and I was hoping to give people time to look over the new article. Umm, so I guess I'm just asking if you might resurrect the article, at the very least to give it a proper afd at the new name. If I've got the wrong idea about the process, let me know. Thanks, Smmurphy(Talk) 06:15, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean. This should be relisted for further consideration with the edit history in tact. I'll do that now. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Smmurphy(Talk) 06:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Husham Al-Husainy awaits.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:38, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

NLT

I believe this user (Jjaproductions (talk contribs)) is in immediate need of a clue, based on this. --Calton | Talk 06:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Brisbane Boys' College

Good work getting 121.208.70.206. I beat you to the warning because I was waiting to see if he would try again. :) Blarneytherinosaur talk 07:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

William Sledd Deletion

OK, it is time We Tubers had our own wiki. I am starting a wiki just on YouTube guys with more than 100 subscribers. I need ten good sysops. I've seen your contributions and that you realise there is a problem here on WP with too many mems being added in. We need to broaden the idea of wikis. I would like to invite you to participate. Please let me know by emailing me. frummer 08:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Have you seen this?

I ran across this user in a block log, and it reminded me of you: User:Can'trest,myshoewillgetlostinthewasher. He was blocked, but I thought that that was a pretty interesting invention.... Happy Editing!! - Hairchrm 05:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Award

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Can't sleep, clown will eat me, I award you The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar in appreciation of your excellent vandal-fighting: almost all of your contributions today were reversions. Keep it up! >Kamope< Talk · Sign Here 19:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Advice requested

Hi Can't sleep. I've been attempting to overview and tidy up the geography cats which involve the places where people live. There appear to be two useful ways of doing it - by region, and by size. Organising by size is difficult because User:Hmains uses the term settlements to cover all sizes of communities, and has altered dictionary definitions [6] to fit his own understanding of the term - [7]. However, community appears to be the term used most often to describe the places where people live, regardless of size. This is the definition of community - [8]. Hmains has reverted much of my work, and insists on settlements being the term we should use - basing it on this decision, which was a declined proposal to rename Settlements by region to Populated places by region. What do you think? Is settlement the appropriate term for covering human communities ranging from well established cities down to refuge camps? Is Human community a viable alternative? Are there other choices? I have started a discussion here and here, with the above wording, but no response as yet. I have left this message on the talk pages of active Geography Project members. And then on this page. I am a bit lost as the best place to discuss this issue. I don't want to delete or rename any category. And I don't want to get into a revert war. I'd like an open debate to reach sensible consensus. I'm now leaving this message on the pages of WikiProject Category members. Can you advise? SilkTork 20:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Discussion taking place at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements)#Settlements SilkTork 11:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Question for you

This has nothing to do with anything, really, I was just wondering. Why is it that a standard block period is 31 hours (a day and 7 hours) in length? It seems like a somewhat strange number to me, I was wondering if it had any sort of significance or reasoning. Thanks, Hersfold (talk/work) 18:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Avalon's "keep" decision

Can you please explain the decision to keep Avalon's article? No explanation was given in the AfD discussion. Staedtler 20:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism by IP 74.129.186.179

He has already been vandalizing the John F. Kennedy assassination article for a few days, so, please, do finally block him now, mate. Extremely sexy 20:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocking request: Samiamshiznits

He has consistently removed the speedy deletion tag that I have placed on t1b, despite being asked not to. He was given a 'last chance notice', yet continued vandalising. the_jmac! | Talk 21:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC) Thanks very much.

Hempshill Hall Primary School

Hi, you might want to put the AfD result on the Hempshill Hall Primary School talk page. TerriersFan 17:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I seem to cross path with you a lot

For the constant and productive use of your time spent while not sleeping I award you the seldom coveted Thumbs Up Award
For the constant and productive use of your time spent while not sleeping I award you the seldom coveted Thumbs Up Award
Carptrash 18:41, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

And now I suspect that you are someone who can do things, so: this fellow User:219.88.69.35 probably should be blocked again. I'll direct your attention to the first post on the discussion page there. Life is supposed to be interesting, but there are more interesting things to read than penis and Jimmy Rules, and such. Carptrash 01:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Block of 75.126.154.82

Heya. Ran across this when doing some checkuser work. Take a look at the whois for nvm3.com (which this maps to.) Registrant: Homer Simpson, location Springfield. Hm. Seems to me perhaps that address needs an open proxy/compromised server sorta block. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 02:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Doh! Block parameters have been adjusted accordingly. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

User:PAUL!!!4

Can you watch this user to see if he should be blocked? He just created a few non-encyclopedic categories and is inappropriately adding them to articles. I guess you can use your administrative powers to block him if it continues. Good job on the reverting vandalism efforts. --Nehrams2020 04:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Question for you

On wikipedia, what is considered racism? And if found, would the author be immediately blocked? i found this * Black people are known to eat lot's of watermelon, if they're not eating watermelon then they're eating fried chicken, or out shooting each other. *Or selling crack. *Or making hip hop. on the Watermelon article, written by User talk:88.104.97.234 and gave him what I believed to be an appropriate warning, but was wondering what the correct course of action against the author actually is? I would be very appreciative if you would leave an answer on my talk page, thanks. the_jmac! | Talk 18:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Betacommand

Above is an RfC that you might be interested in commenting on, regards RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 02:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Range block

FYI, there are a couple IPs requesting unblock that were caught in your 68.73.0.0/16 range block (User talk:68.73.145.170 and User talk:68.73.243.231). No opinion from me, just letting you know. Keep up the great work! —Wknight94 (talk) 04:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks wknight94, a certain someone has been roaming this and two other ranges to harass Youngamerican, apparently exploiting the ability to obtain a new address as needed. If the issue persists I will file a complaint with the service provider. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Spike Lee photograph

User talk:169.199.118.23 is has been vandalising Spike Lee's photo, i've tried to give him/her a warning but im not a admin so i can't do much the article in question is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spike_Lee.jpg i've cleaned it up but if the vandal keeps changing it u might want to look into it. --Andrew Chung 17:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Andrew. I've added the image to my watchlist, thanks for bringing this to my attention. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Userpage preferences

Theres a slight edit war going on at your userpage, any chance you could review it and decide what you want? RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 02:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Odd. Personally, I'm ambivalent on this one I guess. Did I mention my page needs a redesign? hint hint ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah yeah, I'll change mine tomorrow then! Just thought yours looked cool and that mine was boring! Any ideas?! RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 02:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hah, I didn't notice that until just now. I was referring to something else. [9] No worries at all. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, CS,CWEM! I saw your request and I'll try to come back tomorrow and renovate your user page. I quite like the design you have here and will organize using that design, if you don't mind. Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 04:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you like your new userpage? RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 11:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It is nice, yes, but it also looks very similar to that of another high-profile contributor. Bring back the rainbow!  :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Well you do the reverts then because that took me ages to sort out this morning :-) RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 22:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm now currently looking for the wikipedian that has retired template :P RyanPostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 00:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I've renovated your user and talk pages keeping your original design. Do you like it? =D Cheers, S.D. ¿п? § 03:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your help, I love it! Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
No problem, it was nothing more than your original layout. =D Happy editing, S.D. ¿п? § 03:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

User worth reviewing

I noticed you're blocking in the recent changes, so I wanted to bring this user to your attention: maybe you can review? ThuranX 00:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Galaxy

I've unprotected Galaxy, which you protected ≈15 minutes ago. In case you haven't noticed, it's today's featured article. ;-) -- King of 00:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Lovely... that explains things, doesn't it? ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:49, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

SAIX address

I note with regret that your block is still in place, and that you have removed my recent entry to your talk page. Please see Blocking of IP no. 198.54.202.250 at my talk page. Nat 12:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

This block should have expired and my suggestion to engage with your service provider regarding X-Forward-For headers stands if this is being multi-shared rather than round-robin addressed. Thank you for your feedback, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about the revert on John Ward Studebaker. You were faster at fixing it. Dang popups :P Brainyiscool 02:40, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

No worries, I've seen your work this evening and know you meant well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review note

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Mecha as Practical War Machines. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I'm just looking to fork this article, with the proper attribution of authorship. Thanks, --Transfinite 04:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Yellowknife web cache

You blocked this IP, but it a web-caching proxy for a Yellowknife ISP. User:Nlu blocked another in their caching pool a little while ago (see here), but converted it to a "soft block" to allow registered users through. Could you please do the same for this one please? I've added a notice to the user page regarding this, and will do the same for the rest of their caching range, which appears to extend from 4.71 to 4.75. - David Oberst 17:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, David. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, but Yamla has adjusted the block parameters to anon-only, so, please, let me know if you are experiencing any other issues within this range. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Review unblock

Hi, could you please review this block [10] if you don't mind as an independent observer not involved in the conflict. I have some serious objections against this block

1, it was not explained
2, user was not warned
3, lack of evidence, nothing justificative for block (not personal attack link in history provided)
4, two other administrators contradicts each other in block reason
5, block is for 2 weeks
6, one administrator mentions edit warring but without evidence
7, Rex Germanus provided a troublesome evidence on his defend, check this [11] (blocker + reviewer are talking about that they will block him, which disqualify that admin from review automatically)
Although administrators block a lot of users, anons etc. they are in most cases obvious vandals. But this case seems to be completely different, because it is the user editing wikipedia and is not a vandal. His block is a little bit troublesome. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 19:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
IMO, he was blocked with good reason. Besides his personal attacks against me and other users, he mass-moved a series of articles against consensus simply to make a point. Antman -- chat 23:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
You are wrong Antman and you are involved in the conflict, let the Can't sleep, clown will eat me judge this situation. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 11:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Mario Party 8

The Mario Party 8 Article that you have been editing recently's release date is wrong. The nintendo website changed their date to say Q2 2007, instead of March 5, 2007, which was said previously. 1. 71.176.150.229 04:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

IP vandals and semi-protection

If Elephant is semi-protected, how did that last anon user/vandal edit it? Grika 18:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

The protection period had expired, but the {{sprotected}} template remained. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Blocking without warning

I must say that I am a little concerned that I'm seeing you making a number of blocks without the user having been warned at all. I think that this a bad idea, and while understandable, is not warranted. Please reconsider. --Nlu (talk) 05:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Request for help

Hey there, I know you do a lot of edits and I've contributed a couple of times to the same articles you have. I'm not especially Wiki-literate and would appreciate some help with the Michael Bloomberg article.

There have in the past been allegations that this page was POV. A lot of editing goes on by first time users, usually to remove things that are negative from the article. I'm not saying that means anything, but just so that you're aware there could be a problem.

In keeping with the pages of other politicians, and to help calm allegations that it was POV, I added a section about Bloomberg's controversies (My thinking was that every politician, regardless of party, has to have some). I sourced it to the web pages of several (I think two or three) newspapers. That was edited to “Harassment Controversies” by another user. It has now been deleted by a first time user who has no other edits. What is the most wiki-friendly way to respond, please? Coricus 06:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Winnie the Pooh vandal

I really wonder what they must have for breakfast when they do that stuff - and as the vogons (aka invention of the late Douglas Adams) said - death is too good for 'em - thanks for the block SatuSuro 00:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Sometimes out of curiosity I check people's edit history. Jesus Christ, you are a ridiculously powerful vandal fighter. You're like a machine. Quadzilla99 03:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I keep seeing your name come up, too. Thanks for all the good work! Cbdorsett 09:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Question

I'm new here and I noticed you're an administrator. I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Could you delete my talk page? No one other than me has edited it yet and I started it by putting my email address on there and I don't want my email address publicly displayed. I removed but it's still in the history and it appears in the edit summary in the history of the page, "Started page with I'm so and so email me at (x)". Thanks in advance. Aaron Bowen 13:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Consider it done. No sense in attracting more spam than usual. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:45, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Aaron Bowen 17:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

60.234.163.106 vandal

This guy completely wrecked two articles. According to the block logs, you've already blocked him before for vandalism some time ago. It seems it didn't have a lasting effect. Contribs Cydevil 02:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

HHO gas

Saw you deleted it but maybe you can delete the recreated redirects also?

Nomen NescioGnothi seauton 03:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[12] [13] It appears that these are in need of special seasonings. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, can you please undelete HHO gas? I don't want to wheel war. See Wikipedia:Deletion_Policy#Renominations_and_recurring_candidates:

Repeated attempts to have an article deleted for non-policy reasons may sometimes be considered abuse of process and/or disruptive, and the article may be speedy kept.

Omegatron 03:17, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

There was a recent consensus to delete this article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HHO gas (3rd nomination). Please submit this matter to Wikipedia:Deletion review if you believe that this should be overturned. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand how this deletion nomination was even considered valid? — Omegatron 06:02, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Neither do I. There clearly should be an article on something that keeps cropping up, is relevant to other articles, and has been on TV. Man with two legs 09:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of HHO gas. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — Omegatron 14:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Block of User:BigDaddyKane10

You rightfully blocked this user as a vandal account and I have declined his request to be unblocked. He has now requested that the autoblock be removed so that he may create a new account. As the blocking admin, I'll leave that one up to you. auburnpilot talk 09:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Stephen King's E.T.

I guess you know this film? MM 18:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

But of course I do :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

72.161.0.0/16

Hey, there. :) Somebody was asking about this one, on unblock-en-l. I know that I've checked on it, before, and somehow or other it made sense at the time, but I can't remember what it was over, anymore. Do you recall the reasons for this block (and more importantly, should it still stay in place)? x.x – Luna Santin (talk) 10:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I've sent you an email. :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Listen, I don't know what I did, but my IP address is continually getting blocked by people. It's a private address, from a laptop which no one's ever used but me. And I've never posted anything other than this! So, please. I don't know what everyone's deal is, but can you please unblock me? It's kind of annoying to see the message saying my IP address is blocked yet again. So, please, I'm asking for you to stop it already. I had to create an account just to stop this blocking thing. If you want to block me for something, please show me some proof that I've actually gone and edited something before blocking me, okay?

Thanks! (unsigned comment)

AIV aging

Would you mind clearing the AIV queue? It's not backing up very fast, but the requests are aging past 20 minutes. Autocracy 02:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

The one I posted just vanished from the page without reaction... but if you'd like to take a look at User talk:Private10, he's making a good job of stirring up trouble. Does seem to have stopped being active. I suggest looking anyway, as you may be able to have a better way of handling this user. Autocracy 02:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello. You recently blocked Private10 (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log), and they have asked to be unblocked. They have now apologised and agreed to stop vandalising. Do you agree to give them a second chance? Thank you, Sandstein 09:39, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Please email me regarding this issue. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Mike W. Johnes has friends

Thanks for blocking Mike W. Johnes. I noticed that several other accounts have been making the exact same edits to Martin Luther King, Sr., Alberta Brooks King, etc. One of them has already been indef blocked, but there is also Čas okamžiku (talk contribs), Svobodný básník (talk contribs), and V-w-g (CZ) (talk contribs). I'm not sure if these are sockpuppets or meatpuppets, but do you think it would be prudent to block as a preventative measure? Checkuser or similar seems unecessary considering the time and manner of their edits. Natalie 02:17, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

All have been blocked as a result of pattern abuse and offensive editing. Thanks for the note. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Sweet. Way to admin! Natalie 02:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Well, Can't sleep, I would just like to say thank you so much for supporting my Rfa. I would especially like to thank you for showing confidence in me even though I made a major error with the copyvio's, I'm so sorry for that and please see my userpage for an explanation. Who would have thought I would continue to contribute and now be an admin after you deleted my first ever contribution!? Seriously though, thank so much, and yours was one of the best supports I could have had Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 02:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

The past is the past, and I know you will make a terrific administrator. I didn't realize that was your first contribution, how ironic.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

You

Do you ever sleep?--Sand Squid 05:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Duh, I just realized the unintentional joke in my question. What I meant was, are you ever not on Wikipedia? Whenever I try to patrol recent changes, you usually beat me to the punch.--Sand Squid 13:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

My schedule has been balancing out recently, but I definitely have a unique circadian rhythm.  :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:16, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Keep up your good work

Keep up the good work you are doing for wikipedia :) You have done a lot for this place :) You have beaten me many times with reverting vandalism. Again, keep up the good work. Have a nice week and god bless :) --James, La gloria è a dio 19:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Hansford

The article about Jean-Paul Hansford, which you deleted as {{a7}}, has been recreated, and the namesake editor who did so continues to remove the speedy tag, which he ironically posted in his original recreation of the article. - CobaltBlueTony 16:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Information regarding block of 213.166.17.22

Hi,

Can i have some information regarding the block you enforced on 213.166.17.22? This is a school IP, and I have unblocked it to allow others to edit it.

leach139


Jimi Hendrix

...hey... a dude called vega sent me here 'cos he wouldn't unprotect Jimi 'cos you'd mentioned libel concerns....

um... i think it's still protected, but i'm not sure. How's about it?

hey hey.. Why oh why not? 00:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Okey dokey.. now i'm really confused. or really stupid. other dudes are able to edit the thing, so it might just be me being retarded - so oopsy for hassling the clown man..... have a blast this weekend. peace. Why oh why not? 04:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks for your notation clown dude - i guess in a little while i'll be able to play with Jimi - awesome! have a truly weekend man, and thanks for, you know, all those balloons and memories man! peace. Why oh why not? 10:57, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting that mean vandalism to my user page. Ocatecir Talk 07:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Shikiramu

The page Shikiramu makes no sense at all: can you, please, propose it for speedy deletion? Thanks. 71.176.152.167 02:52, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

The article has been removed and the creator, Latgagfir (talk contribs), has been indefinitely blocked for repeated disruption. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

NiGHTS into Dreams

I missed seeing you working on it too. Sorry! --SilverhandTalk 02:40, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, it happens.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:40, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:UW future?

Hi, Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace template issue. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers Khukri 10:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Got You on My Mind

Hello there. Would you mind taking a look at this article? It refers to a jazz album created by William Gallison and Madeleine Peyroux. The album, and these artists, have been the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit. An individual purporting to be William Gallison himself is altering this article (you'll see him ID himself in the history comments). Looking at what Wikipedia is WP:NOT, and looking at the edits that he may have made, I'm not sure if something should be done or not in this particular situation. Thanks for your time, JRHorse 05:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

And here I was thinking that I was on your mind.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:04, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Images in Template:Infobox School

You reverted an edit by User:Jdubman to Mission San Jose High School (dif), which clearly had to be done becasue of how the logo gif was enlarged and distorted. However, he seems to be doing a series of edits to make the image tag compliant with the Template:Infobox School design. See Category talk:Articles with incorrect school infobox format. It may be that the infobox design is a problem or that the tag needs to be different for jpgs and gifs--I'm not really able to tell what should be done, but it seems like somebody needs to advise them. --Hjal 05:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Bogdan Bäder‎

Can you, please, delete the article Bogdan Bäder‎ as it is not in English? Thanks. Iamtall47 21:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Help us out with our problem

Could you possibly comment here, please, Clown? Extremely sexy 14:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Prashanth

I noticed that I should have reverted several versions prior (to the version I reverted) to finally eliminate the vandalism. Sorry! Regards, Postoak 06:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

It happens all the time, no worries. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello again, here's a very minor incident, but important to me. I made several typos last night when I left the above comment. It was late! User:Bart Versieck later corrected my edits. I have discussed the issue of changing another user's signed comments with User:Bart Versieck at User talk:Bart Versieck, however he insists on correcting my edits here on your talk page. This is disruptive and is also a violation of the talk page guidelines. After reviewing his talk page, it is apparent that he has a history of doing this and has been warned repeatedly. I'm unable to convince him that he should not do this. Also, I slightly revised my wording above to clarify my original comment. I'm fairly sure you understood what I meant since you responded :) Thanks and take care, Postoak 23:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the unblock

Thanks for sorting that out: I'm back in business now. LeeG 19:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Fort Street High School

Hi, cscwem, could you, please, change the edit rights of this page so that IP's cannot edit it? It's just irritating to see so many IP's vandalize the page: I mean, it's not a big hassle to revert it all, but it just saves the trouble of reverting and warning users. Thanks. --Qwerty (talk) 07:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

2nd edit: I misplaced my comment from before... my bad. Anyhow, cscwem, how about archiving your user talk page? The wiki software says "This page is 75 kilobytes long. It may be helpful to move older discussion into an archive subpage.", after all.:) --Qwerty (talk) 07:47, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, just checked out the page, and now it's semi-protected. Thanks, cscwem!=) Sadly, this hardly stops the vandalism that goes on in other schools in Australia. --Qwerty (talk) 06:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Talk page deletion

I know perfectly well why I gave you a warning. You deleted what I presume to be someone else's comment on an article talk page. --Umalee 20:47, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Matt Sanchez controversy

There is a tempest in a teapot brewing here. Note the issues:

1. Matt Sanchez is in violation of Wiki: Auto (editing his own autobiography)

2. Matt Sanchez continues to use hate speech, such as 'gay jihadists' and 'these fags' (see below)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Matt_Sanchez

Wjhonson is another gay Jihadist. I have PUBLICLY stated that I am NOT a Homosexual REPEATEDLY and yet these fags have never put that into my article, however they have put the "gay hustler" label on me, although I have clearly stated that

1. Porn is prostitution 2. The films were directed toward men 3. there are similarities between myself and Rich Merritt AND Jeff Gannon. 4 I have only edited when these people have slandered me for their own pathetic agenda. 5. Who are these faceless cowards? I have put my name and e-mail on everything and they call me dishonest. Geez Bluemarine 23:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)Matt Sanchez

3. Matt Sanchez is also using his article as 'advertising' and pushing an agenda, and has also recruited persons favorable to his agenda-pushing to help. For example, he adds 'original research' below

[edit] Other activities Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called Clickables, which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the Movie Minute[1]

A Marine Corps Times article disclosed that his Military Occupational Specialty is 1161 that of a refrigeration mechanic. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

And then his own Fox-news-spin version of things:


[edit] Controversy Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay jihadist and gay fundamentalist when he stated that he was not gay.[2] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being anti-gay or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the culture wars by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, David Horowitz, Kevin McCullough, Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many liberals and particularly homosexual activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

The irony is, of course, that I am a Republican. I initially started out trying to defend Mr. Sanchez. However, it was not long before I realized that he is a compulsive liar, and has changed his story many times. He is now claiming NOT to have been a male escort, despite saying he was on video; having his IP address, phone number, and other items (i.e. magazine ads) linked to him; having said "I'm not denying it" on Salon.com, and having admitted it earlier.

What a joke. It seems, in fact, Mr. Sanchez only backtracked when the military launched a 'don't ask, don't tell' investigation. Clearly, Mr. Sanchez enjoys stirring the controversy but now it seems out of control. I was surprised to see how little regard Mr. Sanchez has for Wikipedia, saying things like 'let's just delete the article,' vandalizing LGBT pages, and claiming that 'LGBT people should be barred from editing.' HELLO? Is this America? What happened to the 'free speech' he was so busy touting on campus not too long ago?

Why am I telling you? Because we need some no-nonsense person who has the guts to stand up to a master manipulator, that's why. → R Young {yakłtalk} 05:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Simple Plan

You recently lifted the semi-protect from the Simple Plan article. I, as a regular contributor to the article, can tell you that, even with the semi-protect, the page still receives a substantial amount of vandalism. About a third of the edits are!

When you lifted the semi-protect, the page was almost immediatly vandalised. I highly recommend putting back the semi-protect. That is all. — Ian Lee (Talk - Contribs - Sign - Gimme!) 09:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

On feeding the clown

Is there any penalty for putting pictures of non-foodstuffs (such as missile launchers) in the "Feed the Clown" section? Sgt. Bond 18:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes indeed: severe punishment resulting in a horrendous death, so I wouldn't do it if I were you. Extremely sexy 13:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
That all depends. How would you define "penalty"? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Temple City

I would like to request a semi-protect to the Temple City, California article. It gets much vandalism, all from anonymous users... and the people who do contribute (which is basically only me and a few registered users who make minor edits) all have acounts. If it were semi-protected though, it wouldn't recieve vandalism, and it would still recieve the same amount of contributions, so please semi-protect it. Thank you! — Ian Lee (Talk - Contribs - Sign - Gimme!) 05:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Username comment

Hi, you blocked one of mt reports to AIV about a user and I wrote something similar to Sock of blocked user by Cant sleep clow... you know the rest lol and I noticed it was you who blocked him and I'd just like to say I hope you didnt take offence to it. Cheers!! - Tellyaddict 10:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

None taken, those tend to pop up rather frequently. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)