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[edit] Vandal Proof stats

I'm not sure whether I should be posting this here or at VP/Bugs. Anyway, my problem is that my VP stats are no longer updating properly. It only worked once and my Log and Stats are stuck on 5. Apparently I've only made 5 reverts. I've actually made 50 and it even says so in F:\Users\Toby\VandalProof\MyCount.txt and it has 50 entries in F:\Users\Toby\VandalProof\VandalismLog.txt

I've tried re-updating many times but it just won't edit my Stats page or Log page. Any suggestions? Tobes (talk) 10:02, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I just looked at the FAQ and it said to turn off 'Enhanced Recent Changes'. Ehanced Recent Changes has always been off so it certainly isn't that. Tobes (talk) 13:17, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Oye, rather embarassing, but it appears that function may still be dependent upon popups. You might try adding {{subst:navpop}} to your monobook.js and see if that fixes it. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. Tobes (talk) 05:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Furry fandom vandalism becoming worse

I contacted you previously about vandalism on the Furry fandom article. I'm sorry to say that the article is still being vandalised. What is more, other similar articles such as Therianthropy and Otherkin are being acted by the same person/people. I know you have put up a anti-vandalism bot to protect the site, but it is not working as effectivly as it could. Is there anything else you can do? ISD 15:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, it looks like about three to four cases of vandalism a day, which is about average for any article, and almost all of the vandalism is reverted within a couple of minutes. The article's on the IRC watchlists, my watchlist, and the watchlists of many others as well, so if I were you I wouldn't worry about. Drastic measures such as protection are avoided unless the situation gets completely out of control. Unfortunately, open-content sources like Wikipedia will always be common targets for vandalism, but if you look at articles such as, well, Wikipedia, you'll find that many articles suffer far worse vandalism. In the long run, however, it's really not that big a deal, frustrating as it may be, to clean up and deal with. You'll get used to it =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] A barnstar for you!

I, EWS23, hereby award AmiDaniel the da Vinci Barnstar for his programming and implementation of the ever-useful VandalProof. Keep up the good work! 20:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
I, EWS23, hereby award AmiDaniel the da Vinci Barnstar for his programming and implementation of the ever-useful VandalProof. Keep up the good work! 20:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Daniel! I just wanted to let you know that your work here is greatly appreciated. While I have never used VandalProof (I'll get around to checking it out soon), I've heard great things, and it is certainly an amazing tool that helps the encyclopedia. On that note, it is my honor to award you this barnstar. The da Vinci Barnstar (named of course after the inventor, etc., Leonardo da Vinci) is awarded to those who have enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work, especially exceptional work in programming and bot building. Feel free to copy/move this barnstar to your user page to show it off (you deserve it). Congratulations! EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 20:38, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Nifty barnstar--is that one you came up with? I've never seen it before. I'm quite honored; thank you very much, and I do hope the software lives up to your expectations. I'm working on 1.3 as we speak, though it doesn't look as though I'm going to get it out on time. Thanks again, and I'll be sure to show it off on my userpage =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
You're very welcome. I was the first to suggest the idea of a barnstar for programmers, etc., but the credit of the design/name goes to User:The Man in Question. You and ForteTuba were the first two recipients of the award, and I'm proud to say that others besides myself have begun to award it as well. Best of luck as you continue to improve the program! EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 02:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Vandalproof rejection?

I have not recieved any information about my prior requests to use vandalproof. Please clarify this. Scienceman123 03:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

It would appear you added nowiki tags before and after your username, which caused it to not be recognized correctly and was thus removed accidentally. As the lists aren't moderated by hand, formatting is rather important and incorrect formatting can lead to mishaps like this. Sorry about the confusion. You're a little below the standard limit, but you look to have been around for a while and seem to be trustworthy. I'll gladly add you. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Incorrect warnings by VandalProof

See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Removal of 'Blatant vandalism' please. I tested the status of the user in VP, but didn't see anything. I didn't think that was a feature, is it? Prodego talk 01:01, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

As I responded there, no, it's not a feature, nor is it something I'll likely ever consider implementing (I can hear the servers groan already). Thanks for letting me know about this, and sorry for my much delayed response. I'm sort of on a brief semi-wikibreak at the moment (and unfortunately, most likely will not be making my scheduled release date.) AmiDaniel (talk) 02:14, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VP beta?

I've heard there's a VP beta floating around - please may I have a copy? Thanks. —Xyrael / 18:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

None has been released to anyone that I'm aware of. I put up a little source code on a couple of the routines, never the full app or any independently functional part of the app though, so I'm not sure what you heard or who you heard it from, but no, I've not released a beta. In fact, it may still be a while before I'm able to release anything. I've been unexpectedly busy all week, and I'm going out of town tomorrow, so I'm likely not going to meet my July 9th release date. I'm hopefully going to have it ready by early-mid next week, but Sunday will be quite unlikely. I estimate that I still need to put in about a good solid 10 hours or so of work, tweaking and patching up holes, and while I'll work as much as I can tonight and on Saturday night, it likely will not be enough. Sorry about that, but I will do my best to keep you informed of any new releases. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Vandal Proof

VandalProof seems to be malfunctioning for me. It lets me log in, update, and view eidts. Only when it lets me view them it shows me the page rather than the diff and it always displays the message "Admin has recieved no vandalism warnings." Help? savidan(talk) (e@) 03:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] WHY

Why cant you just admit I was right, and move the page to Anaheim Hills, California. I proved my point, and I dont appreciate you not taking responsibility in admiting you were wrong. I will pursue it with higher figures than you, so that your admin abuse and deception will end. I will continue to promote the move to Anaheim Hills, and if you wont move it for me, I have no choice but to copy and paste. --69.232.62.33 04:51, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

As I've explained before, this has absolutely nothing to do with who is right and who is wrong. This has to do with your inexcusable move-warring and otherwise disruptive behavior. If you or any of your other sockpuppets/IPs forks this article again, you will be blocked. I have no interest in taking a side on this issue at all; I merely want you to recognize that your behavior is entirely unacceptable, counterproductive, and not particularly persuasive. AmiDaniel (talk) 04:58, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

The naming convention for this page should be Anaheim Hills, California. Anaheim Hills, California is the most commonly referenced name for the area. I was reading through the naming conventions, and have found no justifications for the statements about the community, city, state convention that had to be used. The only rule that I found was that the name had to be precise, and the most common form of the name. Following the "black and white" rules of WIkipedia, the most commonly used name, and the most precise name is Anaheim Hills, California. Using Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California is not the most common or the most precise name for the article, breaking the main naming rules of Wikipedia. As I said, the statements above about the community, city, state convention has no evidence to back it up, and is the assumed desire of particular users, and in no way the typical naming convention. Some users do not want to accept the fact that they were wrong, and have taken their actions regarding the naming convention too far. I think it is time that we put this silly issue behind us, and just move it to Anaheim Hills, California where it belongs. That is what the Wikipedia rules state, and that is where the page needs to rest. The Wikipedia rules, like keeping the name precise and at a commonly used level has worked very well...if the rules havent been manipulated by the users and admins who insist that it MUST remain at Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California. Just move it to Anaheim Hills, California, follow the Wikipedia Guidelines, admit all your wrong doings (for every user on this page has a wrong doing in one form or another) and lets just try to handle this in a civil way. --69.232.62.33 08:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German VP

Hi, I saw that you're planning to develop a german version of VandalProof. As I'm coming from dewp actually, please tell me, if I can help you in any way (be it translation or whatever). Regards --Mbimmler 15:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I can certainly use all the help I can get! Unfortunately, I'm having to save my interwiki release for another day; however, I will certainly need some help in the relatively near future. Let me get back to you in about a week or so. Thank you for the offer! AmiDaniel (talk) 02:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Sure. Just drop me a note on my talkpage/send me a mail, whenever you find time. --Mbimmler 20:23, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Go back to your wikibreak, you!

/stalk. --Avillia (Avillia me!) 04:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

He can't be here (his userpage says so). He's using the force! --AbsolutDan (talk) 04:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California

How can you honestly say that you are not taking sides on the issue. You have gone out of your way to protect the Anaheim Hills, California page, and have protected this version from moving. Just admit that you are on the opposing side of the arguement. And why are you not stating your side, because you do seem to clearly have one? Can you at least give me a reason? --OC31113 07:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing links to deleted articles

Please only remove links to deleted articles if the topic is non-notable and should never have an article on it. If the article was deleted for being nonsense, badly written etc, the links are very useful for people who would like to write a good article on the topic. Warofdreams talk 09:38, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I suppose it's sort of a matter of personal discretion as to what topics are actually notable. The majority of nonsense articles are speedily deleted whilst the majority of prods are for concerns of notability and/or advertising, in which case the incoming links should be removed. However, I do sort of have red-link-phobia and often get carried away removing links, so thanks for keeping an eye on me =D. If you feel I mistakenly remoed any links, please feel free to revert me. AmiDaniel (talk) 10:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi, AiD

I'm not sure if it has something to do with the status of this user I don't know about or a mistake. So, considering you are so effective, I'm presuming you know alot more than I do. Anyways, here's the [1]. Feel free to contact/yell at me. :P Yanksox 05:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Nvm, you reverted it. Hope everything is going well! Yanksox 05:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Duh! I looked over the edit again. Next time, I should be A) less tired and B)scroll down. Yanksox 05:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Lol, it's alright. I need to learn not to edit so late at night too! I'm guessing this was probably the google toolbar problem or the like (I've had similar problems accidentally removing half the content from an RfA). I'm sure it was not intentional on his behalf. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello AmiDaniel! Yes, it was indeed the google toolbar bug. Thanks for reverting, though. Cheers! -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK06:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Re:Final warning

That's okay, it's not my IP anyway. 152.15.157.184 05:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unblock

Could I ask you a favour? Could you review your block of 129.12.200.49. From what I've seen, he or she has made only good faithed edits to the article. The person even commented that they were "removing obsenities". I believe that the block is unjust as the person is just ignorant of some of our policies. Please consider. Orane (talk • cont.) 15:55, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Unblocked. Sorry, that was my first block of the day, and it's quite early =D. He is still nearly in violation of 3RR though, so the block may well be reinstated. AmiDaniel (talk) 16:02, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Fair enough. Thanks for understanding. Orane (talk • cont.) 16:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
While content with and accepting the review you have just made, I would mention that I did draw the user's attention very clearly to WP:NOT. I agree that it is a close call between content dispute and vandalism in cases like this, however. Fiddle Faddle 16:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eskyworld

Can you explain the ground on witch you delated the article eskyworld? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Theflea912 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC).

I didn't delete Eskyworld. It was deleted by User:Deathphoenix per consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eskyworld. You find the reasons for deletion there. AmiDaniel (talk) 21:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Short notice

Hello, you'll be getting an updated signpost every soon but could you e-mail every user who's on the e-mailing list as I don't have e-mail? The list is here: Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Tools/Spamlist#Mail digests Treebark (talk) 02:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] User:68.231.54.18 speedied Sms.ac again.

User:68.231.54.18 speedied Sms.ac again [2], exceeding your final warning [3]. On a personal note, this IP has done absolutely every possible bad faith edit possible - from blanking, to forging, to improper NPOV tags, to cyberstalking... everything. Themindset 04:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Chinook

Appears to have returned despite a block and appears to be editing as Special:Contributions/205.177.246.156 Do I report this to you as the admin who left the last note on the User_talk:Billy_Chinook talk page, or do I place a note somewhere else? Thanks.--Cberlet 01:35, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

The web-screenshot tag is meant to apply to screenshots of webpages, not individual graphic or graphs from those pages. --Hetar 03:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] justifying my vandalism

i realize i was incorrect but these people desecrated a funeral of someone i knew in a very ignorant way this is on my brother's computer.. and i won't be making anymore changes unless they are real sorry.. but you must realize who these people are

godhatesamerica.com should sum it up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.210.22.37 (talk • contribs) 22:05, 13 July 2006

Please understand that wikipedia is intended to be in the neutral point of view, articles are not the place to display how much you like or dislike something. Please be aware that you must not vandalize, or you will be blocked from wikipedia. I'm sorry that you seem to be angry and frustrated with this group in question, however this does not justify content removal. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 22:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A7

Where is the assertion of notability made? [4] -- Fyslee 05:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

"With a small scientific and medical team O'Neill uncovered the vaule of "Aminomics" (the measure and theraputic effects of amino acids in therapeutic compounds) in treating cancer and many other Aminomic and Proteomic based disease." I believe that constitutes an assertion of notability. WP:CSD#A7 is only employed when the article is clearly vanity. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:23, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of WatchtowerJihad

The page Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of WatchtowerJihad have been vandalized too much - mainly by an IP address 64.12.117.9. I'm requseting if the IP address should be blocked very long or indefinitely and protect the page I told. Thanks. --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 01:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I blocked the ranges 64.12.117.0/24 and 207.200.116.0/24 for 15 minutes each and will reblock for longer if they start up again. Thanks to bug 550, we now don't really have to worry to much about AOL collateral damage. I may protect the page as well; let me look at it really quick. We can't however, indef-block an AOL IP range, so that's out of the question. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Could you protect my user page permanently (User:Bigtop) until I come back on June 17, please? --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 02:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Done. Let me know when you return. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VandalProof

Hello. I was just approved for use of the tool, but currently the program doesn't accept my user name. It doesn't accept the last character . I rewrote MyCount.txt and saved as UTF-8 document but it doesn't work and I fail to log-in. I don't know you will fix this or not (there are only few users using such characters), anyway please let me know if fixed. --Ypacaraí 05:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Ooh .. that could be a problem. Let me try tweaking a few things to see if I can get it to work for you, which it hopefully will in the next release. Until then, if you'd like to create second account to use VandalProof, I'll gladly see to it that it gets approval. Sorry about that. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Watchlist, RC, Contribs

I can't use the "My Watchlist," "Recent Changes," and "User Contribs" tabs because it seems it's not working. How do I use it? --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 15:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean by not working? A few things: Make sure you're not using Enhanced Recent Changes, which can be set under "my preferences" within Wikipedia. You may also try clearing out your Internet Explorer temporary internet files and cookies, especially if you are getting any kind of Script warnings, as corrupt tif files cause a lot of pesky little problems. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VandalProof submission

I recently submitted myself for use of VandalProof, and according to the submission page's history, I was approved, but I haven't received any note of it. So now should I just download the software?--Conrad Devonshire Talk 20:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

You were approved (or should have been), and I apologize if you didn't receive any notification. Go ahead and download it, although I am planning on releasing version 1.3 within the next 24 hours, so you may want to wait =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Status

Hi, I'm trying to add the status changer you use to my userpages. I've added everything fine, I just don't seem to be able to get a way of change the status, other than by manually editing the StatusDiv, should there be some buttons created somewhere, I've copied the relevant section from your monobook, but it doesn't seem to be working. --Wisden17 12:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't think copying that template is a very good idea. Maybe you think it looks nice in the monobook skin, but it hides inportant elements of the interface in other skins (examples: [5], [6], [7]) /82.212.68.183 15:59, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I looked at your monobook.js, and it looks just fine to me. It should add after your "my contributions" link a "(on busy away sleep)" link. You may need to copy parts of my monobook.css to get it work for you, and it may also have some problems with Internet Explorer. If you'd rather have the links in your toolbox, I can gladly modify it to work like that for you. AmiDaniel (talk) 22:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your quick reply. It seems to be working fine now. You can probably see from my monobook that it's got quite a lot of stuff in! I saw a few other interesting sounding things in your monobook so I may have a play around with those this week. --Wisden17 23:29, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Newlyregistered (talk • contribs • page moves • Current Autoblocks • block log)

Seems to be creating autoblocks on AOL range--152.163.100.197 23:33, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VandalismLog

When I click on the button to update my VandalismLog file, it says it's updated, but the file doesn't actually change. The VandalismStats file does get updated when I do that button. Rlevse 02:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

It still doesn't work. I tried in both IE and FF. Something is amiss, but I don't know what. Rlevse 10:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Any ideas anyone? Rlevse 22:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
It writes to the file on my harddrive, but doesn't change th Log file on Wiki. Rlevse 02:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:AmiDaniel/VandalismLog

I imagine that these pages are autogenerated, along with the alert at the top of your userpage. If so, can you tell me how to do this, please?  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  13:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed InterWallet - why...?

How about removing the PayPal page? No? Why not? Are you trying to hurt an Israeli product? Are you from a competing firm?

Please undelete the page.

Aric

  • I left a note on his talk page (you can't miss it, it's the name in the InterWallet history. - Mgm|(talk) 23:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] History merge tool error

I got an error saying "Error 91: Object variable or With block variable not set." right after it tried to delete the target article. What gives? Please answer on my talk. -0 Mgm|(talk) 22:52, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] My talk page needs to be fully-protected

I returned as a semi-user but I am fully leaving now. Please update my userpage to say "I left in July 2006" and I no longer edit Wikipedia. My talk page also needs to be fully-protected but not until tommorw: 00:00 17 July 2006. Thanks. ForestH2 t/c 23:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Canadian provincial (non-geo) types

There has been a proposal on SFD since June 9, 2006 for the deletion of stubs for three Canadian provinces and the three territories. It has now lingered without being closed, one way or another, for over a month now. Since their nomination, I've put a lot of effort into populating these stub categories, and decided to finish things off by nominating the creation of stubs for the three remaining provinces. However, I don't want to do any further work on any of this if the proposal at SFD succeeds. I just want to know if I'm wasting my time or not. Could you review the discussion and close it? Agent 86 07:12, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with deleted page

I was creating a page for Mortgageboard. This page was going to tbe the first of a succession of pages that would all connect to demonstrate the growth of niche job sites across the web and their growing effect on the generic boards, it was deleted before I even finished it. Please help me get it reinstated so I can continue toward my goal of enhancing the wikipedia environment--Tkaul1224 07:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Suggestion

hi AmiDaniel, I was reading a bit of the proposal to disallow anonymous IP edits, and I had an idea I wonder why I don't hear much about: using visual / audio confirmation on edits from anon's; that is, making a person read a word from a graphic and type that word in, to complete the editing process (only if they're not logged in, of course). Wouldn't that accomplish some of counter-vandalism aims? (And if you made sure the words were all 15 letters long, you'd have a strong inducement for ppl to register... lol). Anyways, just hadn't seen it suggested, but maybe I didnt' read long enough.

BTW, I stole two boxes from your user page, the first two I've ever put on mine. The contradiction really made me laugh out loud (although it isn't at all funny)<grin>. Thanks! :) Eaglizard 01:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carrot

Hiya. Thanks for protecting Carrot, but wouldn't it have been better to use sprotect? There's been no vandalism at all from a non-anonymous account, as far as I'm aware. vprotect seems like a bit of overkill... Waitak 10:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, I have started a section on the carrot talk page, if you'd please respond there as well. Thanks. --Falcorian (talk) 16:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Woo, sorry about that. I had just had a bitch of a time removing 44 edits from the page's history and sort-of overreacted there. Glad to see User:Bishonen s-protected. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:45, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Thank you so much for your support in my recent RfA!

Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations!
To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well!
♥! ~Kylu (u|t) 02:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the support, AmiDaniel! I'll see you on antivandalism soon. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 02:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Yay! I'm so happy your RfA passed! See, there was no need to worry. And the admin pool gets another dose of much needed estrogen =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Move Requested

Hi there Ami Daniel! I was just wondering whether you could help us move 'Gothic Literature' to 'Gothic fiction' as that seems to be the consensus on the Talk Page. Colin4C 08:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Done, and I also fixed up the redirects. Let me know if I can do anything else for you; I'm always glad to help =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Ami Colin4C 18:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OP verified users?

How do I get listed as a verified user for WP:OP? I'm not quite sure how to verify open proxies based on what I get back from the checking tools, but I'm willing to help out if someone gives me a quick guide. Thanks! Syrthiss 13:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, the last time I checked the VCN checker was down; however, I'll gladly give you log-in details to use it (just msg me on IRC or email me). You may also try KevinBreit's slightly buggy IRC proxy checker, found at #vcn-pscan on the freenode network. If you need authorization to use it, again just msg me. Once you feel confident that you can verify open proxies, let me know, and I'll see about getting you on the list. (I wasn't even aware that there was an official list until I had already down about 50 checks =D). AmiDaniel (talk) 20:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Better late than never

The da Vinci Barnstar
I hereby award you this da Vinci Barnstar for your awesome programming work in creating VP. Many a Wikiarticle has been saved because of you. Thanks! Killfest2 (Critique my new user page design please) 08:44, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the barnstar! I'm glad you find the tool useful, and I hope my future releases will be equally as satisfying. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Enteric nervous system

Re my 7/20 edits to Enteric Nervous SystemI don't quite understand why I received a VP warning . What I added was standard information not original reearch.

A citation required flag would have been more appropriate if there was a question about any statement.

Thank you for your clarification.

Cayte 06:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)Cayte

I'm going to assume that you are the anon who was reverted by this edit. I'm not sure entirely why the edit was reverted, as I would not have reverted it myself; however, the person to talk to about it would be User:Moeron. I simply built the tool, its users are responsible for the edits made with it. If you are still unclear after speaking to Moeron or if you believe that he may be abusing the tool, please feel free to let me know, though I don't currently see any evidence of that myself. 20:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] DRV of Eddie Merkleberger

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Eddie Merkleberger. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. --ais523 11:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

(I filed this on behalf of DangerZoneYes (talk • contribs).) --ais523 11:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the DrV was speedy-closed and deleted by User:JzG, so there is now no need to do anything. --ais523 16:54, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for letting me know, and sorry I didn't get to say anything in the DRV. Feel free to drop me a note if the user causes you any more trouble, and I'll gladly respond to him. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VandalProof

I can't use the watchlist, recent changes and user contribs tabs on my VandalProof unit. How do I use it? Please reply me when you can. --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 01:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A VP user...

Ackoz (talk · contribs) appears to have stopped editing under that account a block earlier this month, now edits under Azmoc (talk · contribs) (and primarily sowing dissent, hence that one is currently blocked). Just zis Guy you know? 17:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you remove AIDSvideos.org link from HIV entry?

Hi, AmiDaniel. Last night I added a link to the AIDSvideos.org site I run to the end of the HIV entry under Links. I noticed you removed my edit. Could you give me a sense of why you felt the link was inappropriate? It seems on topic and I only added the link to the HIV and AIDS pages, which are directly on topic.

Thanks,

Eric --65.205.251.51 21:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)AIDSvideos (Wikipedia user who owns AIDSvideos.org)


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Hi AmiDaniel - Thank you for your efforts to keep vandalism and spam off Wikipedia. I agree that those are real problems for the community and appreciate the efforts of those like you who are fighting the problem.

Regarding your removal of my addition of links for AIDSvideos.org to the HIV and AIDS pages, after my inquiry, you wrote:

> Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and > Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks.

Apparently, you considered the link to AIDSvideos.org to be a "commercial link." I don't understand why you are describing the link in that way. AIDSvideos.org is not a commercial web site. It is not associated with any profit-making entity. It sells nothing and does no advertising. It is a not-for-profit web site. It has no revenues whatsoever. Here is our mission statement: http://www.aidsvideos.org/mission.html

It is similar in that way to all of these existing links on that page, none of which you have removed as commercial: AIDS Educator, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

(Note that some of the links on that are in fact to online magazines that in fact have advertising and appear to be for profit, so if anything they are MORE commercial than AIDSvideos.org.)

Please explain why you believe the link to AIDSvideos.org to be a "commercial link." If after reading this you no longer believe that to be the case, I would appreciate it if you would either document any other objections you may have to the link or restore the link.

Note that I have not reverted your change and started a revert war. Instead, I have chosen to communicate with you directly.

Thanks,

Eric

[edit] We need sources here

Sanhedrin webpage (Criticism) section. We are discussing this point. However, the goal of an Encyclopedia must be to provide sourced facts, not personal opinion. There is no problem with criticizing, I have added my own criticisms of this subject. I would have no problem if Daniel575 could indeed provide sources for his strong comments and present them objectively, then it would be more fitting the goals of wikipedia. Historian2 09:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] please revert to my last version

Please revert Sanhedrin to my last version. Historian2 is throwing plain lies around about me, such as that I would not have provided any sources. There are sources. The 'Criticism' section now makes it look like the criticism from the Haredi world is only very minor and not so important at all. Please restore to my last version, or lift the protection entirely. --Daniel575 09:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:VandalProof

Do you know anything about this account? To be on safe side, I blocked it for now based on WP:U#Inappropriate usernames ("Names that include commonly used Wikipedia software or community terms") unless you or anybody else claims that is a secondary account of yours or another admin. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

    • Not my doing, nor, so far as I know, the doing of anyone else affiliated with the VP project. Probably a vandalism account, I'd guess, and in any case, and inappropriate username. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Note from Jonathan Figgis

Hi Ami

Jonathan Figgis here. I was working on my own page and I got a message from you saying that my edit had been reversed. I'm very new to this so can you tell me how I establish links to people on my page....I did it on my brother's page (Jason Figgis) and there are also external weblinks there too.

Any help would be most appreciated!

Regards


Jonathan

Are we talking about this edit? To create a "Wikilink" you simply add two square brackets before and after the words you want to link. For example, [[Wikipedia]] → Wikipedia. HTH. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Vaughan-related bans

I take exception to the fact that you banned me for 48 hours and user:pm_shef for only 24 hours. ED209 01:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Pm shelf was blocked for 24 hours as it was his first offense and his edit warring on the article was significantly less, though nonetheless in excess of 3RR. You were blocked for 48 hours as it was a second offense, and your edit warring on the article was far more extensive. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Roads to Success

Hi. Several months ago we created a strictly factual and rather brief entry about Roads to Success, a New York City-based nonprofit organization. While we work for the organization, we adhered to the format used for entries such as Teach for America and KIPP Schools (like them, we are an education nonprofit.

It appears you may have reverted the entry but it no longer seems to exist or to "re-reverted."

Can you advise us about this?

Thanks.

--Jonathan Rosenberg (Roads to Success)

It would appear that the article was deleted by a consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roads to Success. You can find your reasons there. Let me know if you have any more questions or need help with anything. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Blau REVIVE!

Hello. Why did you deleted the article "Blau"? I strongly protest you!! Do revive now sppedy! (can you view all the aricle sources?) --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 12:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

REVIVE ALL THE HISTORY NOW!!! We cant any work. I'll have a strong grudge againt YOU --Sheynhertzגעשׁ״ך 14:02, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

First of all, please refrain from making personal attacks and acting incivilly. There is no need to get so worked up, and generally individuals who use such a tone in their posts will usually be entirely ignored by me. However, I did review the deleted history of the article, and whilst the version I deleted read "Andrew is a 15 year old teenager who likes cadets, and dominatrix. Andrew is also a level 72 Elf warrior on world of warcraft," its revisions three days earlier were of a respectable disambiguation page. Thus, the article had been vandalized and no one noticed for three days, which is when I discovered and deleted it. I have now restored it and reverted to the last revision by User:No1lakersfan. Understand that mistakes do happen when dealing with the sheer volume of situations that I and my fellow administrators deal with on a daily basis, and your inability to act in a civil and decent manner is not making things any easier. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] city wiki

Hi, my english is not fast enough to rename everything after moving City Wiki to city wiki. But you may now check my english :) Thanks --Kawana 07:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ice cream

Please see the talk page for more details. --TheM62Manchester 07:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Pardon me? AmiDaniel (talk) 07:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Since you're an admin, I wanted to see if you agreed with my featured article nomination of it. That's all! --TheM62Manchester 08:09, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Ahh, okay. Well, I'm not particularly involved in the FA process; however, I'll gladly take a look at it here in a bit. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A barnstar for you!

The da Vinci Barnstar
For your tireless effort in creating anti-vandal tools, for your incredible programming skills, and all-around awesomeness, I hereby award you the da Vinci Barnstar! Thank you for all your hard work! Scienceman123 05:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sanhedrin page

Here is the guideline I was following for reversing Daniel575's edits.

3RR Rules: Reverting potentially libellous material. All users are encouraged to remove unsourced or poorly sourced derogatory information about living persons, whether within a biography of a living person or elsewhere, including the associated talk pages. As with vandalism, the repeated addition of such material is best dealt with by blocking and page protection. The three-revert rule does not apply to users making a good-faith effort to enforce this provision, whether they are involved in editing the articles themselves or not.

I have started a proposed compromise on the Talk page of Sanhedrin Please do not unprotect the page until we have worked out a common wording in a professional manner. Thank you Historian2 07:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

There is a general consensus to move the "new sanhedrin" information from the "Sanhedrin" wiki page to its own page. This was already done in the Hebrew version of Wiki and also the Temple Institute material. I have copied the current section to a new page called Nascent Sanhedrin but I don't know what to do next. Please advise. --Historian2 08:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VP 1.3

Hi,
Just wondering if you could tell me where I could get a copy of the VP 1.3 Pre-release.
Thanks!

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[edit] How do we trace the perpetrators of Offensive material?

I am the Network Administrator at Oxley College. The Headmaster has been legitimately very upset at material that was personally offensive to him being posted in Wikipedia.

I quote below what appeared.

"The college has recently built a Physical Education centre and musical education centre. MR. WELSH IS A BIG FAT GAY ASS PRICK. WHO SUCKS DICK FOR MONEY AND LOOKS LIKE A CAIN TOAD!!!!!!!!!!"


The origin of it appeared to be:

Revision as of 18:51, 23 June 2006; 83.70.200.175 (Talk)

My email address is:

Michael.Bright@oxley.nsw.edu.au

I would appreciate if you could get back to me.

[edit] Unusual(?) request under Category:User undeletion

There is a proposed policy on Wikipedia, Intentionally permanent red link. I believe that this policy is the work of a single user, and that it is causing difficulties while solving none. To support my belief I would like to know if that user created the last three copies of The weather in London, as shown in its deletion history. As it seems the policy is not backed by consensus, I am hoping to come up with a neutral way to divert the time being used on it to other projects. Thank you. -- kenb215 23:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem at all. Here are all of the the last eleven items in the page's deleted history:

  1. 12:00, 20 July 2006 . . Henrygb (Talk | contribs | block) (recreation of deleted content - see Talk:The weather in London for consensus)
  2. 08:51, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  3. 08:49, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  4. 08:47, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  5. 08:24, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  6. 08:16, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  7. 08:14, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  8. 08:13, 20 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  9. 21:35, 19 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (Redirecting to Climate of London)
  10. 21:35, 19 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block) (See discussion at WP:VPR#End the edit war once and for all: Stop using noun phrases for red link examples)
  11. 12:00, 19 July 2006 . . NeonMerlin (Talk | contribs | block)

As such, it would appear that the only person to recreate the page since 11 July was User:NeonMerlin, and it has not been recreated since his/her last creation. That page has quite a fun deletion log =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 23:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

A fun log indeed. Just a question about it though. Why does that list not match the one shown to non-administrators? Thanks again. -- kenb215 01:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
There is something somewhat curious about the log in comparison to the deleted history that I don't completely understand. The page was deleted only three times on the 20th, though the edit history would seem to suggest it was created more times. What I believe happened was that NeonMerlin made minor changes to the comments he added to the end of the redirect, i.e., "<!-- ADMINS: Please do not delete this page. It is no longer being used as an example of a red link, and the community supports its existence. See [[Wikipedia talk:Choosing intentional red links]]. If vandalism on this page continues past ~~~~~, please consider protecting this page. --> ", and the software then recognize the effect of his edit to be a redirect causing it to fill in the automatic "Redirecting to ..." edit summary. Curious nonetheless. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Deleting edit histories

Regarding Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Serious_threats_against_me, please don't casually delete edit histories, even upon request. It should not be done lightly (if at all). Also, if it was a serious threat, I'm not sure you realize it but by doing that delete you permanently erased the data needed to do a checkuser. The edit is no longer usable for law enforcement purposes to track down a real threat. The edit was at best, as Kelly put it, mild libel. Please excercise your judgement in this regard better, it sets poor precedent and limits our options when it comes down to tracking real criminals. Regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 05:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I've responded on ANI, but I'll respond here as well. I apologize if you felt it wrong of me to delete the history, and I was not aware that deleting the items would permanently remove the related CheckUser data; however, the content in question did not seem to be a serious threat, but rather a commonplace attack that Pm shelf would quite understandably not want available in the page's history. In retrospect, the deletion was likely rather hasty and poorly thought-out, so I do apologize, though I do not believe it will be particularly significant either way. Feel free to restore the content, though the CheckUser data related to it may be lost. In any case, the user has a large number of confirmed sockpuppets, and so the CheckUser data will be accessible through other means, should the foundation feel it necessary to contact law enforcement agencies about this. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:OP "backlog"

Hey thanks for sorting out that so called Backlog, when i said backlog i didnt mean heaps i meant time, one of them was checked in Mid July, and still waiting block but yeh Thanks. I was unsure if AIV was the right place to go to get them blocked. Was it rite? :). Ta --Deon555|talk|e 03:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

For developing and operating VandalProof, I, Minun award you a barnstar —Minun Spiderman • Review Me 19:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
For developing and operating VandalProof, I, Minun award you a barnstar —Minun Spiderman • Review Me 19:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I lost my password

Hi AmiDaniel, this is Pilotguy. I've seemed to have lost my password. Is there any chance you could help me?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.197 (talk • contribs) .
Just thought I'd add that tag ;) --Deon555|talk|e 01:42, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, well, having just talked to Pilotguy, I'm inclined to say that you're lying. Better luck next time. AmiDaniel (talk) 01:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MediaWiki:Watchdetails

That was awesome. =) --Spangineeres (háblame) 03:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

How the hell did you do that? Dragons flight 03:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm guessing the same way that he did this. —David Levy 03:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hrm, yes. Perhaps I should get myself a non-admin account for testing out new tools =D. The main page goof was one when I was using a tool by Michael Billington that had some very strange bugs. This latest one today was where I was working on some quick welcoming dealios. It was having some odd problems, that I thought were simply IE memory problems, whereby the template was being written to the wrong tab index. I wasn't thinking much about the problem, and then when I later hit edit on MediaWiki:Watchdetails to see why the spacing was so screwy, well, it recognized it as an edit page, and it happened to be a tab where the welcome template was erroneously being written, so it then proceeded to post the welcome template smack dab at the top of everybody's watchlist =D. So far I've only made two major screwups like that though, and hopefully this one today will be the last *crosses fingers*. Though you likely don't care, I know where the problem is:

 ReDim Preserve sPostTop(WbMain.UBOUND + 1)
 sPostTop(WbMain.UBOUND + 1) = "{{subst:welcomeg}}"
 ReDim Preserve sCurSummary(WbMain.UBOUND + 1)
 sCurSummary(WbMain.UBOUND + 1) = "Welcoming user"
 ReDim Preserve flagAutoSave(WbMain.UBOUND + 1)
 flagAutoSave(WbMain.UBOUND + 1) = True
        
 NewTab "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:" & Trim(StrtoHTML(RcItems(id).sUser)) & "&action=edit", False

Working on fixing it as we speak. Sorry!!! AmiDaniel (talk) 03:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ChicosBailBonds

ATTENTION: AmiDaniel That's bogus! You people will never make detectives. 'ChicosBailBonds' is putting stuff like:

"when you buy an American car, you must afterwards have sex with your cousin, because that's what [Americans] do."

I revert him and others like it, then you block me and 'Kevin Breitenstein' comes along and puts the incest comment back in! You guys are awesome! keep up the good work!! --86.29.117.118 03:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if you're reading this or not. KEVIN and CHICO are one and the same. You should block those IDs and not mine. ChicosBailBonds is the one that left the incest remark. Kevin Breitenstein is the one that put them back after I removed them.

If you go to Chico's page, the first thing it says is HI MY NAME's KEVIN...

If you don't want to admit you made amistake and unblock me then fine... But at least please check out what I have said as it is the truth. The Jeremy Clarkson page is the one with the incest remarks by 'KEVIN'. (Your Cousin) - --86.29.117.118 03:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

If you are ADMIN then you're not very good. In the end, they were forced to retract the original statement as it was FALSE just like I had said all along. So you were sticking up for vandals. I came here immediately on the night and you ignored me. I award you the INCOMPETENT STAR and the INEPT STAR awards for being a TRIGGER HAPPY/BLOCK HAPPY dumbass. F.O. (YourCousin)--86.29.114.38 12:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletion

An article on my website was deleted a while back. I had nothing to do with it, nor was it put in with my blessing. However, out of curiosity, I would like to know what it looked like ere it was tossed out. Is there some way to put a copy of it up somewhere where I can grab it to transfer out? I won't try to give the article any place in the wiki, unless I earn it justly.

The name of the article was "Cridiron"; don't know how far back Wikipedia caches stuff, so I'm not certain it's even recoverable. Just asking doesn't hurt, though. After all, I am supposed to be bold ;-)

-Adunaic layman 06:01, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem at all. It was deleted on 6 Dec 2005, and so we still have its deleted history available. I went ahead and restored it to User:Adunaic layman/Cridiron, though there wasn't too much to it. Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. AmiDaniel (talk) 16:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VandalProof

How do I use the VandalProof's Recent Changes tab? I can't use it right now, and I'm figuring out how do I use it. --Bigtop 16:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Question about IP blocking

Hi, I've been reading the Wikipedia pages to see how I am supposed to report a user who has repeatedly ignored warnings on his talk page.

The user in question is under the IP address 67.151.178.146 and many of us have repeatedly warned him for vandalism and also for changing text from American English to British English.

We have given him two last warnings already, and I think it's time that the admins should "punish" him.

I was wondering if you could direct me to where I'm supposed to report this kind of abuse, or if you could personally take care of it (if you do, please also give me a link to where I can report this kind of abuse, so I'll know in the future).

P.S. I've been talking to him about it, but it seems he can't comprehend what I'm telling him, and he keeps thinking that his edits aren't vandalism.

Thanks!

--Nishkid64 22:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Our discussion about a script

Hey Ami Daniel, as we talked about, I would like to pull articles from a day's prod activity and append this message User:Kungfuadam/Prod message to the creators' talk pages. I would run one day after the category is populated, so I can get all the articles. I will get a bot account to run these edits.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 23:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approvals#User:Kungfubot. Thanks!--Kungfu Adam (talk) 23:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] User System Administrator

Nothing on that template says that they are a system administrator on another system. That template should only be used by Wikipedia system administrators, and to do otherwise is being an imposter (imposture?) User:Zoe|(talk) 23:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, well, it seems to me that the template being sorted under Category:Profession user templates would imply that it's not talking about Wikipedia sysadmins, and as nearly 500 people use the userbox, it again can't be referring to WP sysadmins, as we don't have nearly the many. Perhaps the template can be rephrased, but I don't believe this was a deliberate attempt by the user to deceive others. AmiDaniel (talk) 23:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I took it to WP:AN. If there's consensus to let non-WP admins use it, I'll unblock him. User:Zoe|(talk) 23:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'll go comment there then. AmiDaniel (talk) 23:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request your attention to the GoldToeMarionette case

GoldToeMarionette (talk · contribs) had a WP:RFCU inappropriately completed on their account by Jayjg (talk · contribs) and Hall Monitor (talk · contribs) blocked the account after it was identified as a multiple account despite their being no violation of Wikipedia policy by GoldToeMarionette. These users did not respond to requests to undo the action.

Other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Comments on RFCU itself [8]
Other Admins contacted [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Hall Monitor was emailed with no reply
GoldToeMarionette posted on the account's User and Talk Pages seeking assistance when the talk page was protected without the issue being discussed. User:GoldToeMarionette User_talk:GoldToeMarionette

GoldToeMarionette notified article contributors that illustrative examples were subject to an AfD. The account strictly followed the WP:SPAM#Internal_spamming guideline. The AfD was without controversy. GoldToeMarionette did not participate in the vote. HereToCleanup removed the posts following the AfD in accord with the widely accepted Wikipedia Guideline Wikipedia:Spam#Internal_spamming that states "Clean up your mess. For example, after engaging in cross-posting to promote some election, be sure to remove those cross-posts after the election is complete." [14]

Since GoldToeMarionette was strictly following Wikipedia Policy, there should not have been a Check User completed by Jayjg. Hall Monitor only blocked the account because it was labeled as a sockpuppet by Jayjg's completed Check User. Absent policy violation it should not have been processed in RFCU or been blocked. I am asking for your help to confirm that policy was not violated, administrative action should not have been taken, and request that the administrative action be reversed by unblocking GoldToeMarionette and unprotecting the talk page. Thank you for your time with this request. HotHotSoup 05:11, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I reverted your talk page

Just leaving you a note to explain why I reverted your talk page: the text I removed was a spurious/vexatious request from User:HotHotSoup, the latest sockpuppet of User:PoolGuy, spamming the talk pages of admins (and a few non-admins), and apparently working alphabetically. Contributions of a banned user may be reverted by anyone, but if you would still like the message to be included here, feel free to revert back. Stifle (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Was I apporved?

My name was removed form the list but it didn't see if I was approved or not.--Scott3 19:13, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] +3rr by Skinmeister

Hi! I just had to revert him again, so I figured I'd go to the 3rr violation page and add this new revert 19:08 to the list. But then I've seen you blocked him at 18:07. There's no mention of that on his talk page either. Anyway, I'm not too sure what to do here. Did you block him or not (or does it work only by IP so he can just change it and edit again?) and if not should I report him again? If you did so why only 12 hour? He was blocked 2 or 3 days ago on 3rr in the same article, again being stubborn and ignoring the talk page. If anything, one would think this should make his block harder, not weaker. Of course, it doesn't really look like anything short of an indefinite ban is going to make a difference for this user. Do let me know if there's something I'm missing ^_^ Jean-Philippe 19:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

No, it would appear rather that I'm the one missing something -- my mind =D. I accidentally hit the block link on User:Localzuk (who reported Skinmeister) rather than Skinmeister himself. Thank you so much for letting me know, and the situation's now been rectified. I suppose this is why I should wait until after my morning coffee to begin editing =D. Okay, I'm now off to go see what other collossal mistakes I made today ... AmiDaniel (talk) 20:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
It was an honest mistake, and it's all good now. Thanks. Jean-Philippe 20:21, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Hah! That'll teach me :P -Localzuk (talk) 20:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do we trace the perpetrators of Offensive material?

I am the Network Administrator at Oxley College. The Headmaster has been legitimately very upset at material that was personally offensive to him being posted in Wikipedia.

I quote below what appeared.

"The college has recently built a Physical Education centre and musical education centre. MR. WELSH IS A BIG FAT GAY ASS PRICK. WHO SUCKS DICK FOR MONEY AND LOOKS LIKE A CAIN TOAD!!!!!!!!!!"


The origin of it appeared to be:

Revision as of 18:51, 23 June 2006; 83.70.200.175 (Talk)

My email address is:

Michael.Bright@oxley.nsw.edu.au

I would appreciate if you could get back to me. 08:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

That edit appears to have been reverted by AntiVandalBot within the same minute. (just fyi) --Quiddity·(talk) 10:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I'll email you this as well; however, since the editor who submitted that was not logged in at the time, it's relatively easy to retrieve at least some information about who it is. The IP address he used is registered to Eircom Networks Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland. To request more information about the individual or ask that the ISP take action against the individual, please go to http://support.eircom.net/abuse/ or send an email to abuse@eircom.net, and be sure to include the user's IP address, 83.70.200.175. Anyway, that's about all that I can do for you regarding this; however, please let me know of any other way that I can help. AmiDaniel (talk) 17:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Vandalproof 1.3

Is there a release date for 1.3? Or at least a ballpark estimate? --Scienceman123 03:42, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Erm .. as soon as I finish patching up a couple of minor bugs. Could be within a couple of hours, could be a week. There is a beta prerelease available, and if you're interested, please drop by #vandalproof on the freenode network, and I'll set you up (Just be aware that it's quite buggy, and it takes a few steps to get it to run correctly.) AmiDaniel (talk) 17:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VandalProof Indetification Bypass

I noticed (although have not tested) that vandalproof uses its wiki website to verify whether you're allowed. Without going into detail here, it seems that modifying a the hosts file on your computer could allow somebody to circumvent such a ban. Encryption of the access list would fix this problem. email is spam.isaac .../@\... gmail St.isaac 05:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Vandalproof in main article space VandalProof (Mediawiki tool)

Someone has cut-and-pasted your page for the tool into the main article space. I don't think it belongs there, but I'll leave it to you to decide what to do with it. OhNoitsJamie Talk 06:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I already deleted it =D. AmiDaniel (talk) 06:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP 1.3

Can I mirror VP 1.3? Computerjoe's talk 17:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalproof broken?

I was using VandalProof this morning... but now when I open it, it says I'm not logged in. So I log in, and then it redirects back to your page... and says I'm still not logged in or not authorized. And the whole time, it shows me as logged in on the upper right. Oh, and after it redirects the second time, it crashes.

I'm approved... what gives? Any idea? It seems to be acting as if I wasn't approved.— Dark Shikari talk/contribs 23:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikismile

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You've done a lot of good stuff for Wikipedia. Thanks for always being so receptive.

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[edit] I was told that I removed things that I didn't

Hi, I recently received a message from you saying that I removed content from the MTV Australia Video Music Awards page when I haven't visited that page in a while...If you could show me what it is that supposedly did then I might remember and I won't say anything else on the matter. Thankyou! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DonEd (talk • contribs) 18:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Regarding my block

I made three reverts on Saturday and three reverts on Sunday...this was to uphold NPOV against a person who had violated 8RR. Those that agreed with my view, including User:Gerdbrendel also broke 3RR (although I do not want his to be blocked, I'm just using the example). My block may have expired...but, this will always remain in my Block Log and after over 2500 edits it looks bad. Is it possible to review a block so that it can be removed from the Block Log. Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:40, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I see that you did block Brendel. But that was unfair as well considering as the reverts (at least mine) weren't made in a 24 hour period. Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:54, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry to disagree, but yes, they were. Your first revert was at 3:15 5 Aug 06 (UTC), your second revert was at 05:54 5 Aug 06 (UTC), your third revert was at 06:30 5 Aug 06 (UTC), and your fourth revert was at 0:22 6 Aug 06 (UTC). Those are your only four reverts within a 24 hour span on the article; however, they are 4 reverts in 24 hours, thus violating 3RR. I'm sorry that I had to block you, as you are someone I consider to be a quite respectable editor, which is thus why I very carefuly reviewed the edits submitted--in the end I found that both you and Gerdbrendel were in violation of 3RR and blocked you both accordingly and (IMO) fairly. Gerdbrendel has also written me an email in which he claimed that he was reverting vandalism and should thus be exempt from his 3RR block. I've yet to respond to his email; however, I will review this further. Thanks in advance for your understanding, and please feel free in the future to let me know whenever you believe I've acted mistakenly. AmiDaniel (talk) 17:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, schreib deine Antwort auf meine e-mail einfach als post auf meine "talk page." Ich habe die selben Sorgen we Nobleeagle- unzwar das dieser Eintrag in meinem "Blocklog" meine Glaubwürdigkeit schädigt. Ich habe, ähnlich wie Nobleeagle, über 5000 Beitragungen und habe mir sehr viel Mühe in der Bearbeitung von vielen Artikeln hier gegeben. Jezt fürchte ich das andere Benutzer meine Beitragungen mit Mistrauen betrachen werden- eine Schande nachdem ich mir so angestrengt habe. (Besonders jezt wo ich versuche ein neues WikiProject zu starten brauche ich den Repekt meiner gegenwärtigen Benutzer.) Danke für dein Verständniss. Grüsse, Signaturebrendel 19:29, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes I understand, I didn't really think before doing the fourth revert considering there were a few hours of sleep between the 3rd and 4th (around an 18 hour gap between them two). I won't go into the vandalism issue as it was a POV dispute. But in this case, we had a consensus and this person was trying to unilaterally change the article to their own beliefs and in doing so ignored consensus. They also frequently engaged in personal attacks, which didn't help. Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
That's why I considered his edits vandalism he was pushing his POV and ignoring consensus. Regards, Signaturebrendel 21:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind my responding in English, Gerd; hoeever, I think keeping to one language will make all of this easier to follow. I understand that having this item in your block log will reflect badly upon your reputations; however, the simple fact is that you were both edit-warring on the article, and edit-warring, regardless of the circumstances, is highly disruptive to the project. This notion that you are allowed in automatic three reverts per day is also one that I hope you will lose, as it is simply not the case--3RR may be the policy; however, disruption is the issue. Rather than blindly reverting, try other mediums such as discussion, dispute resolution, etc., and in the future consider posting a request for page protection when situations like this get out of hand and if editors refuse to discuss changes before implementing. Also understand that administrators are required to treat all editors the same--as such when a 3RR violation is committed, blocking is obligatory as it would otherwise give the impression that certain editors are being treated less harshly than others. You are both, as I said, highly respectable editors, thus why I took extra care in reviewing both of your cases--in the end, I fregarding this article were disruptive. I also believe, in regard to your reputations, that otherwise will look at your extensive other contributions in judging you rather than focusing on this one incident. Anyway, if you believe that my actions here were incorrect or mistaken, please, by all means, post a message on WP:AN/I and request that your blocks be reviewed. I do not believe there to have been an error on my behalf, but I have been wrong in the past. Thank you for patience, and I apologize for my rather slow response to your queries. AmiDaniel (talk) 07:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)ound that both of you were in violation of the policy and that the actions of both of you
I was at fault in some ways I guess...if you see on my talk page, the idea of Page Protection came to me a tad late. A discussion was ongoing at Talk:Great power, but it wasn't much of a discussion, with personal and racial attacks flying. Particularly against Germany, which is without doubt a Great power. Anyway, it's simply a lesson for me... Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
True instead of reverting we should have looked at alternatives sooner-there is simply little sense in continously reverting and discussing with those who are not able to abstain from the use of potentially offensive remarls. As Nobleeagle said, the idea of page protection was brought up to late (Perhaps you have noticed but the page did get partial protection). Signaturebrendel 22:15, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Probable notable-editor welcome procedure?

Howdy. I'm wondering what to do (delegate!) concerning newuser User:Jrosenbaum editing the Jonathan Rosenbaum article? They were good npov/cleanup edits, and he's a professional writer so (assumming it is he) it'd be really nice to have him welcomed but not overwhelmed, but I'm not familiar with all the username policies/procedures for possible notable editors. All I could find linkwise was Wikipedia:Autobiography#If Wikipedia already has an article about you, and Template:Notable Wikipedian which seems highly privacy-invasive to me (unless they place it themselves).

Plus I just finished reading his book on Dead Man, and would inevitably go all fanboyish on him, or over-proslytize that he join the wikiproject:film, or something! ;-)

Thanks for any help :) --Quiddity 01:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Or a suggestion on whom might be better to ask, if you're too busy, or aren't sure. Thanks :) --Quiddity·(talk) 01:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Taken elsewhere, s'all good :) --Quiddity·(talk) 02:46, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doppelganger account

Created one for you, User:AmidanieI --mboverload@ 03:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding George Galloway Savages SKY NEWS!

Hello Ami, I found this interview very much eye opening and a MUST SEE. That's why I added the link to his interview in that page. Would you please (if you think is appropriate) add the link.

Thank You; --Kaaveh 22:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi AmiDaniel,

You blocked me 2 days ago. Please check http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:89.80.222.63&redirect=no I would like to discuss the matter with you.

Thanks for you consideration.

Philippe

[edit] Sockpuppets and trolls

Hello Ami, thanks for your help on the Gothic fiction page. I am just wondering whether I should mention my suspicions about a notorious female (?) user banned indefinately from the wikipedia about 29th July. She seems to have returned under another name (which I could give you if that would be appropriate) deleting swathes of Playboy Images, for some unknown reason, in a manic burst of activity, and has now changed her name again so that her user and talk page can't be seen. What is the etiquette and/or procedure about this sort of thing? Should I worry? Colin4C 18:49, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VP help for menus

Hi; I've been assembling some help text for the VP menus at my sandbox, and I'd like to go ahead and create a subpage of the VP help and move the menu help text in. Since it's page creation, and not just an edit, I really wanted to check with you first to see if you had an opinion on whether you'd like to include this, and if so where it should go. I'm only talking about the menus for now; the other sections I may create as I have time. I should also add that the blank slots are functionality I'm not sure of (mostly -- I have a couple left to fill in). Let me know. Thanks! Mike Christie 23:45, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User Bearly541

I believe that user Bearly541 should be removed from the approved users of VandalProof. Yesterday, he announced that he wanted to leave Wikipedia. See: [15] There was a long series of questionable uses of VandalProof and both User:Metros232 and I were about to report abuse of VandalProof when User:Bearly541 decided to leave Wikipedia. However, today, it appears he is back and is still using VandalProof. I'd appreciate your recommendation of the best way to deal with this. If there's another place where I should report the abuse or suggest that Bearly541 be removed from the list of approved VandalProof users, please direct me to the appropriate place. Thanks Brian 21:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)btball

I've copied your post to User talk:AmiDaniel/VP/Abuse and am looking into it. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Test Wikipedia

How do you become an administrator on the Test Wikipedia? --Gray Porpoise 01:51, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Never mind; I found the requests for permissions page. --Gray Porpoise 21:05, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Nonexistent warning

I noticed on VandalProof that I have been "warned" with a {{test2}} warning, even though there has not been such a case (you are welcome to see my talkpage history). I hope that you can resolve this problem. Thanks, physicq210 03:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I presume you're referring to this edit. The person to contact would be User:Scienceman123, as I had nothing to do with posting that warning or reverting your edit. VP's not a bot, it's just a tool--responsibility of its use lies with its users. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately, that is not the edit. The "warning" that is shown on VP is dated June 23, not August 1. Others have also found it strange. [16] --physicq210 05:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] beginner

I misplaced this message ysterday, so I try again: Hi AmiDaniel, You blocked me 2 days ago. Please check http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:89.80.222.63&redirect=no I would like to discuss the matter with you. Thanks for you consideration. Philippe I am just discovering about how to use/contribute to wikipedia. It seems I've been a little over enthousiastic... Sorry. But I still would like to chat with you. Thanks. Philippe

AmiDaniel, Following my researches on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links and an exchange of email (Ticket#2006080910009468) with "Wikipedia information team", and the lack of answers from you, I believe that my contribution has been cancelled without good reason. I will review your decisions and revert the ones I believe are unjustified. I would still be very pleased to exchange points of view with you. Regards. Philippe

I'm not sure how exactly you're getting this impression; however, adding links to your websites and films to 30 some odd articles is simply not acceptable. Wikipedia is not an indescriminate collection or external links, nor is it a vehicle for advertising. Please also understand that, on Wikipedia, writing about and referencing yourself and projects in which you're involved is highly discouraged. In the future, when you believe that an article or series of articles may benefit from certain links, consider discussing such changes on the article's talk page, or in a public forum such as the village pump. Please also have patience. When you post a message on my talk page, it will often take 24-48 hours before you hear a response, and I believe that, especially since tomorrow is my birthday, this was a quite timely response. If you need to get ahold of me faster, consider registering for an account and enabling your email such that you can contact me via Special:Emailuser/AmiDaniel. Thanks. AmiDaniel (talk) 00:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank's alot AmiDaniel for your kind welcome.

Happy Birthday AmiDaniel.

Should we consider that Wikipedia would not include any multimedia document? If we don't we should understand that A/ films always have author(s), and B/ hosting complete films is expensive, complex and cumbersome, so I doubt that Wikipedia will decide to have such internal multimedia documents. Documen.tv is NOT a personal website, but an association of filmmakers who are dedicated to make their work available in VOD to a wider audience, documen.tv just gather the copyright to do so and spread the cost of putting films on the web. This initiative is not a commercial one and cost us a lot of time, work and money. The documents we bring up are often the result of collaboration between, writers, journalists, cineastes, technicians, producers and broadcasters (major ones), and in majority present a pretty balanced approach of the topic they are dealing with. I am a big believer in initiatives such as Wikipedia; I don't consider it as an advertising platform, we don't believe in "advertising" but in "contents". We don't try neither to improve our ranking on search engines by spamming links around, we already are ranking on the first page with Google if you type "documentary ali farka touré" or "documentary Bismillah Khan" or "documentary srebrenica" or "documentary japan prison" for instance. If you add "vod" to the keywords we are ranking on the first line. Please try it. I recognize that I was so convince that was a good idea to "offer" Wikipedia a direct access to animated images, that I trespassed your rules. My mistake, sorry. Note that the links I proposed were directly related to the films and not the website itself. The documents I proposed are very often exclusive or rare ones. Few of them are already cited in the articles with external links to other article about the film, never to the film itself (Ali Farka Touré: Ça coule de source / Ali Farka Touré: Springing from the Roots ) for instance on the article bugchasing the film “The Gift” is cited in three links but non offers a direct access to the film. Beside other websites such www.imdb.com (a commercial one) is in external links on a lot of Wikipedia articles. Could this matter be discussed on a wider platform before we take the decision to remove all our links? Thanks Philippe also PhilC2


[edit] Wheel war?

Cyde (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) has just now speedily re-deleted the template you restored per consensus at DRV, with a nearly identical summary. Possibly he discussed this off-site, but not anywhere I can see. =\ Luna Santin 19:17, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that; he missed my messages at his user talk, somehow or other. It's been restored and moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub removal/Userbox. Thanks for your time, apologies for (I think) jumping the gun a bit. Luna Santin 01:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] VP 1.3

Kindly send me VP 1.3 again at Scienceman123@Gmail.com. I screwed up and lost it. Scienceman123 00:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] My RfA

Daniel my friend, Thank you so much for nominating me bud, I have now accepted :) - Glen 06:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] An RfA

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[edit] My RfA

Daniel my friend, Thank you so much for nominating me bud, I have now accepted :) - Glen 06:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] An RfA

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[edit] Thanks for VandalProof

I've been using it and loving it, it's a terrific tool and thanks for making it available. Dina 13:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Research Survey Request

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[edit] Help!

Hullaballo Wolfowitz left this threatening message on my talk page:

WP:FU is really explicit. A fair use magazine cover can not be used to illustrate generally the article on the person shown on it. If you add back the cover in violation of policy I will need to note this on the copyright problem notice board. The editor formerly known as Harmonica Wolfowitz 00:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Colin4C"

What should I do? . In her previous incarnation as User:Ste4k (supposedly banned indefinately) she got a lot of people, who were trying to make a positive contribution to the wikipedia and who were not past-masters in wiki-pedantry, in trouble. I feel I may be her next victim...Colin4C 09:14, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverts

Sorry about reverting. Looked a little funny to me, but I realized after poking around that it's really you. -- Gogo Dodo 08:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] System Requirement?

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[edit] GIen username change to Glen S

Hey buddy, because of valid issues raised in my RfA I've requested a username change to Glen_S (that's Glen with a lower case "L" this time not an "i"). It hasn't been processed as yet, but I've already approved the name in VandalProof v1.2.2 and v1.3, but could you please;

  1. Approve Glen_S for use of VP2 and provide me with the login and password (assuming these change)
  2. Enable Moderator privileges in V1.2.2
  3. Enable Moderator privileges in V1.3
  4. Enable Moderator access and privileges in our IRC channels (#vandalproof, #vandalproof-mod and #vandalproof-rc)

Thanks in advance my friend, and thank you again for the nomination! - GIen 09:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

You have to stop doing that Stollery/GIen/Glen S! (Yes, I am back from break) By the way, could I get the 1.3 (beta?) version? How would I do that? Prodego talk 13:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Deletion of Medelpad Rune Inscription 4

Hi there. I just noticed that you deleted this article I created. I was curious as to why it was deleted, and which process was followed to delete it? I looked through Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 June 21 and found nothing. I also looked through your contributions on June 21st to see if there were any edits made anywhere in regards to deleting this article, and I could find nothing. The only thing I have found is this entry in the Delete log:

  • 03:15, 21 June 2006 AmiDaniel (Talk | contribs) deleted "Medelpad Rune Inscription 4" (A1, A3 content was: '{{Runefacts|name=Medelpad Rune Inscription 4| country=Sweden| region=Medelpad| city= | produced= | artist= | text_native=Mceder'))

Please let me know, thanks. Mceder 15:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar for AmiDaniel

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[edit] Question RE VP

Hi, I'm using VandalProof and find it to be a very useful tool. However, this is somewhat of a trivial question, but in the drop-down menu for updating the recent changes, I'm curious as to what "Hide WL Edits" means. I can't seem to find the answer on the VandalProof page and the IRC channel is not working for me. Thanks for the info.--K-UNIT 02:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GIen's RfA: Thank you!

Image:Glen thankyou.gif
Image:Glenty.gif
AmiDaniel for your Support!
I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here:
My mop & I shall thwart all evil :)
IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)

PS: Mate, what can I say to you but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. There needs to be a word expodentially x greater, as that would be more appropriate. You rock. - GIen 04:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)