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[edit] Vandalism

Thanks :) - FrancisTyers · 19:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haha

No worries. I'm using a slightly updated version of VP with precache rollback, which is probably why your vp gave the issue. =D. alphaChimp laudare 20:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fred Durst

Why your reverted my edits in Fred Durst. My edits is not vandalism! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.18.242.234 (talk • contribs).

[edit] unblock

My IP adress has been blocked for things that I did not do or even know about. The reason I created a username was to prevent this from happening. Wikipediarules2221 18:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by Yanksox for the following reason (see our blocking policy): exhausting patience with pure vandalism and manipulation of project aspect of Wikipedia.

Your IP address is 67.186.97.192.

OK, I've reblocked the IP to allow signed in users to not be affected, repost the unblock and message if you still get a problem. --pgk(talk) 18:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Question

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_channels

does this mean people can't write where I'm editing from? 132.241.246.111 22:31, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I think so; however, I am a little fuzzy on the subject. My answer is yes, but you may want to ask another user for verification. Wikipediarules2221 22:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm an IP--I can't mark edits as minor

[1] 24.19.35.187 01:47, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internal links tip

Thanks, Republitarian 02:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] My RfA

Hey WPrules (sweet username ;D), just a quick note to let you know I withdrew my RfA at 13/11/10. I appreciate your neutral !vote :) --james(talk) 12:03, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Thanks!

Riana has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

You're very welcome! If you have a spare minute, would you like to review me, too? I would love to have some input on my actions around here. Click the ER in my sig for a shortcut :) Cheers, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 01:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Wikipediarules2221!
Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future!
—Mets501 (talk) 03:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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 ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:41, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ...no bother at all ;)

Hi there wikipediarules (or, as I should now call you, 2221 :), I'd be really glad to give you all the help I can.

Okay, so linking to an internal link (Esperanza, for example) is relitivley easy, when you know how. Let's take your sig, as a starting point :

Now, let's say you want a green 'e' in there. Your sig, in raw form, would look like this:

  • [[User:Wikipediarules2221|Wikipediarul]][[WP:ESP||<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Wikipediarul|s2221]]

All that code would end up looking like this:Wikipediarules2221.

Now, let's say you wanted a link to your talk (for explinations sake). You would just add a link in the area you wanted the link to appear.

  • [[User:Wikipediarules2221|Wikipediarul]][[WP:ESP|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Wikipediarules2221|s]][[User talk:Wikipediarules2221|2221]]

Would look like this: Wikipediarules2221 (the 2221 comes up black because it links here, your talk).

Now, no one wants to write that out everytime you sign, so to make a sig like this appear when you add the four ~~~~ you must put the code (like the one created above) into a subpage (User:Wikipediarules2221/Sig, for example). Once you've done that, go into your prefeneces, look under the section signature in user profile. There add a link to the subpage like this: {{Subst:User:Wikipediarules2221/Sig}}. All you need to do now is click "raw signature" box, and everytime you put down ~~~~, you will get yur custom sig!!!

I know that was a lot of information, so please, if you didn't understand a bit, it didn't work, or yu have any more questions, get back onto me, and I'll try and help again.

Take care, and I'll see you around. Thε Halo Θ 00:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

...for the really nice usertalk message. I really was hoping that the RfA would do well, and I've been really overwhelmed by support of the community. Actually, I'm glad to receive Masssiveego's opinion. He's pointed out some decent issues from my talk page archives that I can possibly work on =). Regards, alphaChimp laudare 01:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wow, thanks!!

Have a cookie!
Have a cookie!

Thank you so much for your kind words on my editor review. I'm so flattered that you took time out of your wikiday to say such nice things about me. :) I hope that I can bring a little brightness to Wikipedia, but also a little order - I guess I'm both the proverbial good cop and bad cop. :P Anyway, thank you so much for your kindness. It is deeply appreciated. :) Have a great day (or night, as the case may be), and drop a line if you ever need anything! Srose (talk) 01:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mistaken

That was me Legolost, I can't edit on wikipedia any more, when I changed my preferences the format and layout complety changed, could you revert it, please, I cna't use wiki any more -- 219.88.55.91 04:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for my barnstar! Sorry about the revert races, although I'm sure there will be plenty of times in the future that you'll beat me to them as well. Keep up the good work yourself, and let me know if you ever need help with a vandal or two or eighty. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 19:36, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion

Image:Eraser closeup.jpg

Hi! You just nominated Gather.com for speedy deletion, giving the reason "advertisement article". This isn't a recognised reason to speedy delete, so the tag has been removed. There are other methods of deletion available, so if you still believe Gather.com shouldn't be on Wikipedia, you can consider WP:PROD or WP:AfD instead. Thanks.➨ ЯEDVERS 20:44, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] White House article

Hi, I noticed you reverted my edits to the White House article. I know this is a high profile article and I appreciate you paying attention to it, but please note that my contributions are my efforts at improving the wiki, NOT vandalism. I've reverted your reversions and hope you'll keep them there, barring a compelling reason to change them. Thanks!--160.39.213.168 22:40, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] High life

In the future, do not revert the removal of a WP:PROD tag. WP:PROD is meant for ONLY uncontroversial deletions, and is meant to be easy to object to. If you still want the article deleted, send it to WP:AFD. Mangojuicetalk 13:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks very much! I really appreciate. Did any specific thing prompt it? --Guinnog 02:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mike Awesome

I just wanted to let you know that per the project of WP:PW, we have reached a consensus to remove sucession boxes for titles of wrestlers. I was not vandalizing. 69.209.105.235 23:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. -- Merope Talk 13:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the edit, but the section "History" with "Discovery of H2" and "Role in history of quantum theory" was entered muliple times in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.39.176.25 (talk • contribs).

[edit] unblock

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[edit] VandalProof and VandalSniper

Hi again, and thanks for being so patient. First, I want to say that I greatly admire any program that stops vandalism here. Whether or not I prefer to use a tool doesn't say anything certain about its quality or usefulness. The people making these programs spent oodles of time conceiving them, coding them, and doing endless bug fixes, and they should be commended for this rather than called out for minor things one may find object to in their work. VandalProof in particular is responsible for possibly millions of protective edits to this site, and that is something to be regarded with appreciation and awe.

That said, here are the main things about the two programs that are important to me. First, on the VandalProof side, it allows for highlighting of changes within an automatically scrolling version of the recent changes list. That's a good, holistic method of watching out for vandalism, since it doesn't prefer certain pages in the listings; the most filtering I recall it doing is that of nonregistered users and minor edits. Therefore, there's not too much risk of preferential article patrolling. VandalProof also lets you do things like mark mistaken edits you've made, which then gives you the option of making an automatic notice of it in your userspace. This is a pretty good policy as far as full disclosure – I greatly support this kind of openness. VandalProof also does all the basic stuff you'd want, meaning reversions and the full range of test-x warnings, and is easily usable on any modern Windows platform. VandalProof also has a great mass-rollback feature ("VandalProof on Wheels") that VandalSniper doesn't. VandalSniper will have this functionality in the future, according to the developer, but only for administrators.

VandalProof, like VandalSniper, is certainly much faster than doing things manually. I should know this since I refused to get off my manual reverting kick for quite a while. I moved slowly from all-manual to Popups to VandalProof to VandalSniper. VandalProof is, as far as I can tell, the utility that first made RC patrol easy enough to be a popular task, which is a fantastic thing to be able to boast.

VandalSniper does not automatically update recent changes, but requires you to click a button instead. It also automatically scrolls and won't let you freeze the scrolling, which can get quite annoying when you have a lot of pages coming in over the "feed". Also, the embedded Mozilla browser in VandalSniper is a good, sturdy feature, but you can't use context menus or open new tabs with a middle-click. This means that for the most part you might as well be using Internet Explorer like VandalProof. These are really the only problematic differences between the two programs that I see, except for perhaps some layout problems; VandalSniper also has some window size issues that forces me to scroll down every time when viewing diffs in a small resolution. I don't personally miss the automatic refreshes at all; they can actually cause an irritating kind of race to check all the diffs listed before the page refreshes.

VandalSniper shines in pretty much every other way, though. Revert someone, and they go on your "hitlist". You don't have to revert someone to get him or her on there, either – you can just add the name to your list from a context menu that shows up next to every username on the page you're viewing. From then until you close the program, every single edit the user makes will be shown the moment it's made, thanks to the live IRC feed the program uses. You can do the same thing with pages just by adding them to your watchlist. While hitlists aren't saved when the program exits, watchlists stay and are refreshed from the server on an intelligent periodic basis. My watchlist has upwards of 4,000 pages on it at the moment and VandalSniper handles this without problems. The downside to this is that with enough watchlisted pages, one can just sit and watch the "watchlist" feed (that is, pages on your watchlist that pop up in the "Watchlist" tab of VandalSniper as they are edited) and thereby neglect the site-wide recent changes view. This causes a risk of preferential treatment to articles. On the other hand, the fact that instantaneous reporting such as this can do things like show you when your talk page is edited before you ever see an orange banner cannot be ignored. It's almost a kind of clairvoyance.

VandalSniper's selling point is by far its instant reporting of edits. The sooner vandalism or generally bad edits are reverted, the less risk of reversion over later good edits there is, and this also avoids the risk of the unwilling RC patroller to give up on reversion in lieu of doing tedious manual "partial reverts". VandalSniper is also noticeably faster for me on Linux than VandalProof has been on my Windows installations (though that's possibly the fault of old hardware and/or controversial differences in speed between the two operating systems that I'm certainly not going to theorize about any further here). VandalSniper gives a more complete range of easily-selected warnings, too. VandalProof has a decent range, but it's a pain to select non-standard warnings.

So, in summary, I would have to say that VandalSniper offers major speed advantages over VandalProof by design, and is easier to use in general. It has one gaping, critical flaw, though: it has a very limited possible userbase at the moment. It is designed in Linux through libraries that "should work" in Windows but have only been successfully built for Linux. The libraries in question are expected to be fixed to work with Windows at some point – this is a claim that's been made by the library project(s) maintainers for months now. I don't suspect the situation will change by the end of the year. Thus, VandalSniper is a wonderful, functioning, disturbingly fast program that will work for you if you have a good amount of experience with Linux and a lot of time to kill in resolving the legions of errors you will run across just in the process of installing it.

I prefer VandalSniper because it is designed around the concept of aggressive speed, while VandalSniper does basic RC patrol but is seemingly – forgive me – a little more watered down. VandalSniper clearly provides for a greater range of article inspection and lets you do it considerably more quickly. Sadly, VandalSniper's poor cross-platform support makes most of my argument in its favor moot; VandalProof will thus be the counter-vandalism community's favorite for some time to come, which I think is perfectly fine. It's not a bad program at all.

I feel it pertinent to also mention that VandalProof 2 is in the works as well. It does something neither VandalProof generation 1 nor VandalSniper do, which is shared patrolling. That means the job is split up between all users of the program, and this does have some obvious advantages. I do however have to say that the ability to watch certain "hot" pages, particularly those on the main page or at WP:MVP, should make one think twice before dismissing VandalSniper. VandalProof 2 does not appear to have plans for any form of the "instant notification" of VandalSniper, either, and while it may be obvious why shared, holistic recent changes patrolling is good, filtering is sometimes better or even necessary.

Again, VandalSniper allows for fast patrolling of pages en masse with almost every warning type you could possibly want, and is thus my clear favorite. However, since its operability outside of Linux is plagued by flaws in compatibility design, and because VandalProof is still more than adequate enough for the average non-Linux nerd counter-vandal, VandalProof is sure to remain top dog for some time to come. It doesn't really matter too much in my book what a person uses as long as they're trying to help keep the site clean.

Thanks for asking about this, and sorry for being long-winded. You're welcome to ask any more questions on my talk page if I've not been specific enough. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 13:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. NCurse work 15:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks a lot

Thanks to you for understanding that was a good faithed review that was meant to be as truthful as possible. I am happy you have became an "independant voter" now, I have seen cases where people continue to stack even after having participated in hundreds of AFD discussions.

I was taught that, while many can edit an article about X-Men, CNN, New York or the Moon, few can edit articles related to your location, especially if it is african or south american. Unluckily, to do this you need to be "willing" to write those articles. While I could write about Argentina that hadn't been written yet, I am still not "motivated" to do that. Not that I am ashamed or anything, it is just that I prefer talking about things I am currently interested (as can be some fantasy books or video games) than in something I would feel more like a chore. It is good to see you are willing to write articles about things you know which haven't yet been mentioned in Wikipedia. I hold such editors in high esteem. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 01:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks from StuffOfInterest

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which finished with a tally of 52/6/1 (~90%). It was an interesting process which gave me a chance to learn a bit about myself and about the community. My intention now is to slowly ease into using those additional buttons on my page. No use being over eager and mucking up the works. The support of all those who went over my record and/or rallied to my defense after the big oppose vote was instumental to the success of this review. Again, thank you! --StuffOfInterest 11:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Just wanted to send a quick note of thanks for your support in my RfA. :-) I really appreciate it! Best, Irongargoyle 02:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed on October 17, 2006 with a tally of 53/6/0. I am equally elated and humbled by my new capacity as administrator of Wikipedia, and I send my heartfelt thanks for your unflinching support. If you need me for anything, just ask me! With gratitude, 210physicq (c) 04:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA thanks

Hi, Wikipediarules2221! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :)

--Coredesat 16:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Announcement: It's an administrator!

Wikipediarules2221, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks again, Chris Griswold

[edit] Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 14:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar thank you

Hi Wikirules, thanks for the barnstar (another to add to my growing collection ;), it's really kind of you. I won't keep you too long, as I see you are busy in real life, but if you need a hand with anything don't hesitate to call me. Thanks very much, all the best, Thε Halo Θ 11:21, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] WP:RFA/Cynical

Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A humble request for your opinion

Hello! I hope you are feeling fine. Recently, you expressed an oppose opinion with regards to my RfA. I would like to thank your feedback on this but I need another critical feedback from you. If you could spare a few minutes to voice any concerns you may be having with regards to my contributions to this project since my last RfA on this page, I would be most grateful. Once again, thank you for your time! --Siva1979Talk to me 05:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Association of Members' Advocates

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[edit] My RFA!

               Wikipediarules2221, thank you so much for your support for my RfA. I passed with a vote tally of 61/0/1. I am honored that the consensus was to allow me the added privilege of the admin mop. I appreciate your support on my RFA! --plange 15:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you for participating in my recent RfA. Unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. However, I appreciate that you took the time to participate, as I find it a valuable thing to understand how I am perceived by others in the Wikipedia community. Though the RfA was unsuccessful, I intend to continue contributing in a positive manner to Wikipedia, and if there is anything that I can do in the future to help further address your concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Elonka 10:17, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You helped choose Coffee as this week's WP:AID winner

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Coffee was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help.

– ClockworkSoul 04:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You have mail

You have a reply waiting for you at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching  The Transhumanist   19:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
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Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
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The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
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  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
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[edit] RfA thanks
Thank you for the Support

I'd like to express my huge thanks to you, Wikipediarules2221, for your support in my recent RfA, which closed with 100% support at 71/0/1. Needless to say, I am very suprised at the huge levels of support I've seen on my RfA, and at the fact that I only had give three answers, unlike many other nominees who have had many, many more questions! I'll be careful with my use of the tools, and invite you to tell me off if I do something wrong! Thanks, Martinp23 14:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support!

A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again, I will try to keep doing reviews! ReyBrujo 23:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture bulletin

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[edit] Admin coaching, etc.

Are you ready to get started?

The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.

The current topic of discussion is vandalism, and our guest writer is Budgiekiller.

All discussions are open-ended, so all previous discussion topics and classroom assignments are still there for viewing and further participation. There are also sections for posting miscellaneous topics and questions, requesting coaching assistance, etc.

In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.

You are cordially invited to participate.

Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.

Virtual classroom lessons
6. Yuser, on fighting linkspam
5. Learning the ropes
4. Elaragirl, about deletion and deletionism
3. The Rambling Man, on vandalism
2. Grutness's guide to stubbing
1. Compare your user interfaces with what others use
0. Coaching section - active training-in-progress
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I hope to see you there. Sincerely,  The Transhumanist    08:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Getting you an admin coach

Hi Wikipediarules2221. Are you still interested in admin coaching? If so, I can get you a coach pretty quickly. Let me know, Fang Aili talk 17:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I've matched you with User:Terence Ong. He's not an admin but very experienced! Please contact him to get started. Cheers! --Fang Aili talk 15:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Wikipediarules2221, I'm not an admin but have underwent admin coaching before. My knowledge on some stuff may be rusty, but this will help me to revise my Wikipedia knowledge on the administrative side. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. First, create this page User:Wikipediarules2221/Admin coaching and answer the three basic RFA questions. I will later add in questions later. You may want to email me or contact me via IRC or IM, details are all available at my user page. Terence Ong 15:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Is this coaching situation ok with you, Wikipediarules? Feel free to e-mail me. --Fang Aili talk 15:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey, no, Terence is your coach. See above. :) --Fang Aili talk 01:03, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
  • It seems things have not get started, c'mon let's start. I may be on a Wikibreak, but I still log in to Wikipedia everyday if possible. Terence Ong 04:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wikipediarules. I'm going to assume you're not interested in admin coaching, since you haven't responded to Terence. I'd like to assign him a new coachee, since there is a long line of people waiting for a coach. Thanks, Fang Aili talk 17:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Wikipediarules2221! | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] vandals

do i have to be an admin to block IPs if they're continually vandalizing pages? this IP 66.217.49.175 keeps vandalizing the Colombia page. Cheers! Murderbike 01:55, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You don't have to lose your mind

Regarding your edit to Progressivism, please don't lose your mind. I guess that at some point, someone told your that it is a rule of grammar that punctuation always goes inside the quotation marks, regardless of context. This is a question of style, and not one of grammar. In other parts of the world, this style is not followed. In Wikipedia, the Manual of Style has determined not to follow this style, but to follow the style used in other parts of the world, i.e., that

When punctuating quoted passages, include the punctuation mark inside the quotation marks only if the sense of the punctuation mark is part of the quotation (“logical” quotations). This is commonplace outside of the US. In the very rare case of a multi-paragraph quotation that is not block-quoted, put double-quotes at the beginning of each paragraph, but at the end of only the last paragraph.

See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotation_marks.

The Manual provides these examples:

   * Arthur said the situation “is deplorable”. (When a sentence fragment is quoted, period [full stop] is outside.)
   * Arthur said, “The situation is deplorable.” (When a complete sentence is quoted, period is inside.)
   * Martha asked, “Are you coming?” (When quoting a question, question mark is inside.)
   * Did Martha say, “Come with me”? (When questioning a quote, question mark is outside.)

If I have helped you retain your sanity, my day has been worthwhile. If I have only helped you understand Wikipedia style a bit better, well, that's cool too. Regards, Ground Zero | t 13:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] question

Do you have an e-mail I can send my situation and question to? Mystar 01:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] warning???

I notised that I was warned for several things although I have never used edit in wikipedia before in my life... neither has my computer or connection been used for such purpose... do you know why?

Regards, Morten —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.238.7.41 (talk) 23:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Emmy Rossum

Your changes to Emmy Rossum were reverted. Please do not use fair-use images to depict living people, this is a violation of WP:FU. Additionally, all uses of a fair-use image require a detailed fair-use rationale. --Yamla 01:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

You said: "Where does the WP:FU stipulate that a fair use image can be used in a regular article but not in a biographical article?"

It doesn't. But a fair-use image may not be used solely to depict a living person. --Yamla 03:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fred Durst

The sentence noting Durst's controversial nature was put in after a debate among editors about whether we could call him the "controversial lead singer." The compromise was to note that there was proper evidence on the page saying as much on the page, how it basically wasn't something that came out of thin air.

If you disagree, please talk about it in the future, but don't just remove sentences like that. It's not helpful to creating a better article. - Stick Fig 00:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image Help

You said: "Could you help my upload this image into Wikipedia and get it on the Emmy Rossum page? I am not sure how to upload images properly and you seem to be very knowledgeable. Thanks a lot. The image can be found here "

That image does not appear to be freely-licensed. What license are you planning on using for it? --Yamla 00:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

Hello, Wikipediarules2221. I noticed you submitted a nomination in WP:RFA. However I'm afraid with 10 opposes it has little chance of passing, would you like me to close it for you? BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 08:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawn. I see you have potential (already 2800+ edits), so feel free to try again next month. Just need to be a little more active. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 08:31, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I hope you're not bummed out by your RfA. RfA requirements have skyrocketed and people expect great things from RfA candidates. I'm sure if you re-apply in a few months, you will no doubt get the trust of the community and pass your RfA. Best,Nishkid64 17:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] When did I vandalize?

Hi, you sent me a message saying a vandalized a Columbia article? I'm not sure what you mean as I never vandalize Wikipedia. I do have an account and I certainly don't vandalize with it either. I can understand why you'd want to prevent vandalism, I hate it too, but I never vandalized any articles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.217.49.175 (talk • contribs).

In reference to User: 66.217.49.175 I'm sorry, but I don't want my computer getting blocked from Wikipedia for something I didn't do. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.217.49.175 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Schoolwork AfD

Someone will probably close the nom as withdrawn at some point, but if you want do it yourself, see the instructions at Wikipedia:Deletion process. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 23:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:172.213.184.163

these allegations are unfounded and frankly ridiculous

wot u say to that hard man???? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.213.184.163 (talk • contribs).

my friend jasmine wants to say u r a gay twat. she says u should stop spending ur entire life in an encyclopedia giving ppl who r having fun a hard time. she says u shud meet our scl librarian. i on the other hand quite like you. wot do i do with thes tildo things??? 172.213.184.163 00:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC) Christophe Hearn <3<3<3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxluv youxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

it was not me it was my friend jasmine. i said that i liked you.172.213.184.163 00:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Logan Schmidt

Hi, I replaced your speedy delete tag on Logan Schmidt because there are claims of notability, as unlikely as they are. I've replaced it with a prod. Corvus cornix 00:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Uh, no. I removed the speedy tag because the speedy deletion was not appropriate. Did you even read the tag? The person who created the article can't remove it, but other editors can come along and remove it if they disagree with the speedy. I was perfectly within my rights to do so. Please don't tag my Talk page with improprer editing warnings. Corvus cornix 01:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Please read this part of the speedy deletion tag:

If this page does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. Corvus cornix 01:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate your consideration. Corvus cornix 02:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reporting Users to AIV

I think your software is broken, because I had to replace the %2E with . Please see this. Real96 01:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gratitude!

Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage! --Xnuala 02:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VandalProof

Hi, Wikipediarules2221, and thanks for your message on my talk page.

VandalProof 1.34 (the current release) does indeed fix any problems (hopefully!) there are with reporting IP users to AIV.

Keep in mind, though, that VandalProof 1.35 is being released in the near future (the next few days). This release of VandalProof will offer a number of bugfixes, which will help to contribute to a bug-free RC experience.

Thanks again! Ale_Jrbtalk 12:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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