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[edit] Dear Helper

Could you please tell me about what to do if the vandaliser is unregistered? Also, i have found that not all registered users have talk pages. Does everyone have one and I am looking in the wrong place, or what is wrong?

Please help, and thank you for your last assistance. I will use the templates and not leave reasons in articles any more.

Thanks Anthony.

Well, for starters, the best way to fix vandalism is not to edit the page but simply to "revert": see Help:Reverting. If you look at the history of a frequently vandalized page like George W. Bush, you see that it's full of reverts (usually marked as "rv" or "rvv" for "reverted vandalism" in the edit histories). that way you're just returning the page to the previous state. You can leave a message on a Talk page for someone with an IP address, and they'll still get it. For example, I left a message using the {{test4-n}} template on User_talk:167.7.248.212 when they vandalized Limestone. Of course, you don't have the power to block people, but stern warnings often work. Poke around frequently vandalized pages, check out the edit histories and diffs and see how other do it, and of course check out WP:RC. thanks for helping! bikeable (talk) 19:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Apologies,

It was accidental to place that comment on your talk page; it was designed for another users.

However, thank you for the information that no-one has deliverately vandalised. Once again, I apologise for the accident.

Thank you, Anthony 19:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Here is my diff. From what you just said, it appears that the action which was recorded by this diff was not due to a bot, but I am still curious. Are you executing a script with parameters or a version ID? Are you parsing a history? I do not believe the message was created by hand. That is why I am curious. Regards, --Ancheta Wis 19:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

On the face of it, you are generating a script for use by RC Patrol. True? --Ancheta Wis 19:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll vote. --DanielCD 19:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I am sorry, the kind woman helping me when i started out pointed out comments about anti-vandalism are designed to be placed on the User Talk page; I have not yet reverted one of my comments miscorrectly placed on the page, but you have pointed out. Thank you.

Also, please forgive me but I am relatively new to Wikipedia, so I really do not know what you mean by a script for the RC Patrol! (obviously i know what the RC patrol is, but how do you write a script?()

Thanks, Anthony 19:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I asked because your usage pattern seemed to be time-based somehow.

OK. You are not generating a script, and you somehow placed your antivandalism message on my page inadvertently. But for your information I had also just reverted a vandal. Did you mean to direct your message to:

1. 19:16, 14 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Talk:Main Page
2. 19:08, 14 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Talk:Main Page
3. 19:07, 14 March 2006 (hist) (diff) Talk:Main Page

The one who vandalized the Main Page Talk at these times? 19:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I am sorry, i am not sure if it is the same person; if i can check, I will get back to you.

The reason they are all similar time frame is becuase I am using the RC Patrol's "Lupin" Checker, an excellent anti-swearing tool that scans ALL recent changes against a hugh banned words list and shows them to members of the RC Patrol to edit. The list of recent changes that match the banned language list is displayed, with quicklinks to the vandaliser's talk page, and an auto-warning option to immediately send. If you are in the RC Patrol, you should consider it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lupin/Anti-vandal_tool

Once again, I am sorry i cannot identify if the vandaliser i warned is the same on your talk page. I will get back to you as soon as i know.

Thanks Anthony 19:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Say What?

It's vandalism to fix mistakes and add comments to Talk pages? I'm sorry. I guess I had the wrong idea about Wikipedia. I'll stop contributing.

Thanks, Mac OS X 20:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to Mac OS X

Dear "Mac OS X"

Please do not stop contributing to Wikipedia, however your addition was incorrect. Please do not take offense, but simply consider additions more carefully.

It is possibly someone is using your account, or there is a bug under your name. Please contact the Administrator or place {{helpme}} on your talk page for more detailed assistance.

Thank You

Anthony 20:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Reply

Could I get a description of how an addition was incorrect instead of a message simply informing me that everything I'm doing is vandalism? I haven't noticed any of my contributions being reversed.

Thanks,

Mac OS X 20:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please take a little more time learning

Anthony cfc,

You really should not police others until you understand policy. When you contact the next alleged offender, please cite a link to the policy to them so that we can check that you are enforcing an appropriate item. I recommend that you start reading by reading Wikipedia:Five pillars. If you enjoy RC Patrol, then by all means, stay there, but you mustn't drive people away by incorrectly stating Wikipedia policy.

True, there is a lot to learn. But practice on your own turf first, before you start to drive away editors. --Ancheta Wis 20:29, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Could you be more specific?

You've suggested I've made nonsense or obscene changes to Wikipedia. Could you be more specific? I believe you are mistaken. --Joe Decker 08:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chazeram

Yeah, I'm an admin, and I indefinitely blocked him after posting that notice. Thanks for the post-nomination though, that's two people now who have nominated me after the fact :) And since I nominated myself originally, I accept these as retroactive noms. :D --Golbez 21:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Class334 3-car juniper.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Class334 3-car juniper.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 16:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Trains Project

You are quite welcome to become a member of the Trains WikiProject. And of course, all you need to do is to add your name to the member list (which you have already have done), and you are officially a member. You are, therefore, not breaking any rules. Have a nice day! --Kschwerdt514 23:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request Help

Anthony 13:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Who are the hall monitors, and how do you join?

I don't really know what a hall monitor is to do with Wikipedia, but maybe you mean administrators? Well Wikipedia:Administrators explains all about that, how to become one etc. --Commander Keane 13:26, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Signature!

Never mind!

[edit] Thanks

Scareslamfist recommended VandalFighter, but thank you for your suggestion. :D --Sakura Avalon 23:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Allan Coe

Per your question- yes, it's real. Check out his web site for confirmation. Have a good weekend.Rsm99833 19:07, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your userpage (woo!)

Heya! Just thought I'd drop by to say, I'm really glad you liked my userpage enough to try a similar design - I didn't think it was anything special, but maybe I was wrong. I'm so proud! :) By the way, I fixed the redlink to Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo, to make your first todo box work properly - hope you don't mind. See you around! RandyWang (^chat/_patch) 18:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, the design was superb and I couldn't help myself. Hope you don't mind!

Cheers

Anthony 19:38, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your VandalProof Application

Dear Anthony cfc,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. Prodego ^talk 13:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks! Image:AMule.png Thank you very much for your support on my recent Request for Adminship, and for your awesomely kind words in your rationale. :) The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns raised by the opposing !voters before running again. If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to leave it at my talk page. Thanks! -- RandyWang (chat/patch) 13:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A RfA thank you from en:User:Xyrael

I'd like to thank you Anthony cfc for either supporting, opposing, commenting, nominating, reading, editing, promoting and/or anything else that you may have done for my successful request for adminship (I've broken the one thousand sysop barrier!); I'm thanking you for getting involved, and for this I am very grateful. I hope to be able to serve Wikipedia more effectively with my new tools and that we can continue to build our free encyclopedia, for knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. Please do feel free to get in touch if you feel you can improve me in any way; I will be glad to listen to all comments. Again, thanks 8)             —Xyrael / 11:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dispute

I'm sorry but the image is definitley permitted for general use under SPT's website. Cheers,

Anthony 19:38, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Anthonycfc

Hi. I'm not quite sure what you intended, but User:Anthonycfc is a redirect from article space into user space, which I'm sure you know is not allowed. Nothing links to it, and I have tagged it for speedy deletion. Regards, Mr Stephen 10:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, sorry that was completely unintended and I have no idea how it happened. Cheers for listing it for speedy deletion; had I known it I would have done the same.

Cheers a lot Anthony 14:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC) (Talk to Me)

[edit] Userbox for family with MS

Hi. I see that you undid my change to the User MS Family userbox, and in your edit summary you put "Noting what text you use to add the userbox, for easier use."

Now, I don't know about you, but the text I would use to add that userbox is {{User:Ginkgo100/Userboxes/User MS Family}}. Normally that makes the userbox appear on your page. However, with the changes you made to the userbox, typing that makes this appear on your page:

Userboxes This user has a family member with Multiple Sclerosis.

Can you see the problem? ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 18:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

hey there; yes I see the problem. You're right and the text you want to add ({{User:Ginkgo100/Userboxes/User MS Family}}) is definitley the right version compared to the essay of text I had previously! Everything on Wikipedia is subject to being edited mercilessly and this is no exception. So go ahead, be bold and change that text!

No harm done

Cheers

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Class334 3-car juniper.jpg

The situation has been resolved positively, with the picture of the Class 334 Juniper (which is in use all over Wikipedia and which would be missed gravley) being kept on Wikipedia. This message is posted for all those interested.

Anthony 19:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC) (_{bitch to me}/^{damage report})

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Anthony cfc! 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. Prodego ^talk 01:54, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

[edit] tachiguishi-retsuden

don't you have better things to do than vandalism? [1] Buenaparte Social Club 14:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, what are you talking about? --Anthøny

just check your edit (the link i've posted) and compare it with my previous version. your summary states "remove double ]]" but you only removed my recent edit: a phrase i had to rewrote as it has disappeared. Don't know if it was voluntary or not. anyway i've fixed it. Buenaparte Social Club 15:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, it was unintentional and I apologise to anybody who tried to read this article and yet were impaired by me edit.

Secondly, just have a glance over all the anti-vandalism projects I am involved in; WP:RCP, WP:GNOME, etc.. Do you really think I mean Wikipedia harm? Just to let you know, you will never get anywhere in Wikipedia branding other users vandals. Maybe you should have a think before you write down comments like that in future.

--Anthøny

hey take it easy man, i dunno you. i just had to correct a vandalism-like edit just before that's why i tought it was vandalism again. Buenaparte Social Club 15:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

No hard feelings intended.

That's exactly what i was about to reply ;) Buenaparte Social Club 15:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Cool, cheers. See you around.

Anthøny

[edit] VandalSniper

Thanks for applying to use VandalSniper! You have been approved. If have not already done so, you may find instructions to install VS on the project page.

As some of the libraries VandalSniper runs on are currently in transition, there have been a few issues reported with setup. At the moment, Linux is the most compatible platform for VS. If you have questions or problems, you may find help on the project page or its talk page. Please also feel free to contact me for help and I will do my best to assist you.

Thanks for becoming a part of one of Wikipedia's best new software tools! -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 16:44, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig is long.

Have you considered using the 5 tilde date stamp (~~~~~) sequence instead of that mess of individual date templates? I believe that would shrink your sig by almost an entire line in the edit box. --tjstrf 04:48, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes I have considered it and no I don't think I will be doing that anytime soon. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

[edit] Editor Reviews

I noticed that you had given a review to (long IP number here) and wondered if I could get one. I am on top...Teh tennisman 14:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blanks

sorry, I guess i didnt realise that I hadn't made any changes. my bad. Teh tennisman 19:02, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem -- Anthøny

thanx for the review btw, but what did you mean about enlisting myself for AfD? i wouldn't have done that...Teh tennisman 19:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

and actualy, on the blank you listed, i did add an extra space. it just wasnt very noticeable. it was with PvP...something, i forget what. Teh tennisman 19:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

SORRY! My bad - I'm sleepy I meant RfA l0l. And your Request for Adminship (located here is what I mean in the EdReview when I say "your RfA". Hope I've cleared it up. --Anthøny

[edit] Signature

How can I create a sig to make it be: Teh tennisman, then superscript small green font 'speak your piece' for my talk page? i notice ppl with them, and i'd like mine like that Teh tennisman 20:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey there; if you're looking how to get the colour etc.. then you might want to take a look at the code I use for my own signature; the code is located on my sandbox (see my userpage for a link). Basically, to get the sig you're looking for it would be something along the lines of "[[User:Teh tennisman|Teh tennisman]]<font color="#008000"><span style="font-size: 1">  [[User_talk:Teh_tennisman|speak your piece]]</span></font></sup>" which becomes >Teh tennisman  speak your piece.

Hope I've helped, and don't forget to view my Sandbox were the code for my signature is to get a more detailed code! Cheers

Anthøny

too bad I already got help, but thanks. and thanks for the userpage award too.--teh tennisman ^{Speak your piece!}_{People person!FREE STUFF CLICK HERE} 19:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

I noticed that you don't have any awards yet. I apologize for the neglect, you are long overdue an award... Thus I am glad to be the first to provide you with some recognition. Hopefully it shall the the first of many awards to come in your Wikipedia journey. :-) Best regards.--Húsönd 15:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I award you the Excellent User Page Award for your hard work in creating such a neat and functional user page. Regards.--Húsönd 15:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Please alter your signature. What you have at the moment, {{CURRENTTIME}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} '''(UTC)''' {{{2|}}}</pre> needs [[WP:SUBST|substitution thingies]] in it, otherwise the current date and time will be displayed instead of the date and time that the comment was made. Please change it to this: <pre>{{subst:CURRENTTIME}} {{subst:CURRENTDAY2}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} '''(UTC)''' {{{2|}}} Thanks. jd || talk || 21:41, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks, Anthony! I hope I do have a great day hehe. Nishkid64 22:31, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings, stealer of talkpage headers :P (j/k)

I took the liberty of linking the images on your userpage to their respective pages, which imho is nicer than just the text links. Feel free to revert, and thank you for your MedCom support :) —Xyrael / 20:07, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

You may wish to note that your boxes are stretched lengthways a little, so it's up to you if you're happy to make this compromise. Hope I've been helpful. —Xyrael / 20:14, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey there. Firstly, you're welcome (for your Meditation Committee nomination support); secondly, thanks for the images link fix - yeah it is nicer. And lastly, what do you mean by "stretched lenthways" - what does that mean!

Once again cheers for the advice. Again good luck for Med.Committee nominations.

Anthøny 21:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC) 17:14 17 Oct 2006 (UTC)

PS: I know I'm such a copycat but your header was so great I just couuudn't resist :)

Heh, no problem. Take a look at the screen before and after; you should see that the box is a slightly different size. At least, it is in my browser.

Hey yeah I see what you mean, its just that I couldn't see the change for looking! :-/ PS: Cheers so much for the changes to the images on my UserPage; I was just running a comparison to the previous editions and noticed HOW MUCH code you'd changed. Cheers! Anthøny 17:14 17 Oct 2006 (UTC)

No problem, glad that it looks good :) —Xyrael / 20:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

Hey, thanks for telling me about your barnstar - I'm glad to hear about it. Mostly I'm just proud that someone liked my layolut. :) Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 21:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

[edit] Your new Wikipediaholic Score

First of all, how did your score climb SO QUICKLY? How is it even possible to score that high if you're not Jimbo Wales? By the way, you made some errors in the ranking, like labelling 2nd as 2st, 3rd as 3nd, and 4th as 4rd. I have fixed them. AstroHurricane001 22:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the AMA!

Hello Anthony cfc, I see that you have decided to join the AMA. I'll be the first to say welcome! We're always in need of more advocates, especially since were backloged most of the time. Just a few pointers for what we do. We communicate by putting a template on our talk page. The template is {{AMA alerts}} (which you already have). The AMA also has it's own IRC channel which reports new cases to us, and also new alerts. If you'd like to jump right into a case, you can check out WP:AMARQ, which is our new request for advocacy system. The instructions for how the technical part works is on the talk page. You can also use the AMA userboxes that appear under here. If you have anymore questions about the organization, just ping any advocates talk page, including our coordinator, Steve. Again, welcome to the AMA! -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 05:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Mind if I work with you on this?--Amerique 02:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

No probs Anthony 10:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I meant the Seraphimblade case. I'll follow your lead on it. Let me know if I can assist at all.--Amerique 23:07, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I'll e-mail you with the details; it looks like Seraphimblade is in the right with regards to the Google Bomb article. --Anthøny 22 October 2006 (UTC)