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Please do not vandalise my talk page

Why did you revert a reversion of vandalism back to the vandalism on my talk page? Angmering 20:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hrm, seems I fell prey to a different troll claiming to be an admin. Sorry. --Chris (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Cheers. Angmering 20:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Why?

I havn't edited anything in a long time and Iv'e constenly been blocked for things I didn't do and that includes you. There is nothing I could have done because(again) I haven't been able to edit or anything else in about a year. NO I AM NOT LYING. I don't even have an inapropreite name so please, unblock me.

From 619fan1--619fan1 22:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Two things:
  • I don't see any blocks in the block log for your account. If the block was against your IP address, it's possible that another user was misbehaving previously (or at the same time if you share a public address, at a university for example). Simply place the text {{unblock}} on your user talk page, along with the block message you recieve, which should include the IP address that is blocked.
  • Please refrain from making personal attacks as you did here. They don't help solve anything.
If you have any questions, please ask. --Chris (talk) 11:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

VS icon

I have a design for a VS icon-post to my talk page if you're interested. Scienceman123 03:27, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Fate

You reverted my small entry, why? It was accurate and I can provide further proof to back it up.

Derek J —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.206.178 (talk • contribs)

Sorry it seemed like original research, it was uncited and was misplaced (at the bottom of the article). I'm not sure where it would fit best though... maybe in Destiny? --Chris (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

VS Icon

Here- it's simple, but has the "target" emphasis [1] Scienceman123 19:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, not quite what I'm shooting for (no pun intended) but it's a good start. Do you think you could create one in the SVG format? A scalable icon would be preferred. --Chris (talk) 19:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Is this too offensive? [2] Scienceman123 00:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, probably. The name of VS has already been called into question. This kind of icon would probably not help matters. --Chris (talk) 00:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
How about this [3]? No people in the crosshairs. Scienceman123 03:13, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello? Scienceman123 talk 00:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I haven't got back to you. Right now VS is pretty much on hold during the school year. Maybe we can talk in the summer. --Chris (talk) 18:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Your welcome

Im just sick and tired of these anon users making ridiculous and useless edits! chances are they will never become constructive. WIkipedia should make everyone have to register before editing, that will definetly take care of people who just want to mess things up.Khosrow II 22:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I understand your feelings as I am an RC patroller and deal with vandals most of the time. But please stay cool; getting riled up isn't going to make matters better at all. It's only likely to encourage them more. --Chris (talk) 22:51, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Request to re-admit

Hey Chris, I respect your opinion, but would like to submit my reasoning behind posting "Wohlberg" or "Charlie Wohlberg". Charlie is an individual who undertook a truly historic mission to Germany, as being part of a group of the FIRST JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS to visit Germany post-holocaust era. This is very significant. The event was covered by national German broadcasting companies, and marked a new effort by the German government to make amends with the Jewish Community. The German Government orchestrated this mission to create connections between Jewish and German students, and in doing so, also gave diplomatic status to the visitors as representatives of American Jewry. Charlie and his colleagues were granted behind-the-scenes access to Goverment officials, and property and were in constant contact with high government officials. So, I would like to submit to you that you allow me to post up this article once again. Thanks, MntnClimbr 22:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I was actually not the deleting admin, though I will inform the other admin of this post. Discussion can continue here or on that admin's talk. --Chris (talk) 23:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Who was the administrator who deleted it? --

MntnClimbr

I was, that article was reposted seven times already and went though 2 AFDs. Jaranda wat's sup 23:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Jaranda, I'm still very new at this whole thing, and I really wasn't sure of how to go about requesting the article's reposting - I contacted a few administrators before, and asked them what to do, but I never really got a clear response other than something like "repost" it, and then use the talk page or something.... I wasn't trying to vandalize, trust me, I'd much rather use the system properly, but I'm just not sure how... Do you think you could point me in the right direction? I'd appreciate it. MntnClimbr

Wondering if you could help....

Hey Chris,

I'm trying to figure out how to repeal the deletion of my article, and I'm not sure if Jaranda is getting my messages. Do you know how I can go about reinstating the article Wohlberg? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MntnClimbr (talk • contribs)

You may try filing for deletion review. --Chris (talk) 21:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

HuddledMasses.

User:HuddledMasses is a single purpose account which seems intent on glorifying Bobby Boulders. Just look through his contribs list. --tjstrf 18:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Maybe look at his block log? --Chris (talk) 18:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and there's also this while we're at it. (misattributing his comments to another user) Yep, definite troll. --tjstrf 18:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Poor Moderation Feedback

I am extremely disappointed with your moderation of user pages, I don't understand why you believe that you're special and have the right to edit(even vandalise) other people's user pages and talk pages without permission, even after reverts have been made. You need to rethink what harm is done both by what you are changing to and what you are changing from; just because someone involves you in their talkpage doesn't give you a right to moderate it. I normally do not take a very active role in wikipedia, but on multiple occassions I have been disappointed with your moderation. I can only hope you do not let your personal feelings get involved in your moderation. Please refer to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_a_dick --Duda 11:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Can you please provide some diffs of this behavior? I honestly have no idea what you are referring to. --Chris (talk) 19:54, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Poor Moderation Feedback 2

As a bespoke tailor i happen to think that many people looking at the category shirt, will be interested in my products and the advice that I and my colleages kindly provide. The nature of my profession is that I provide tailored advice to each person that asks and I cannot provide the kind of detailed answer that the 1million and one questions that each individual looking at these basic shirt pages will have. If I do make sales as a result of offering advice then surely there is no harm done - and in fact, has contributed to a happier experience by users of wiki - after all, the more information (and links to it) the better - it is what wikipedia is about. I happen to think that wikipedia is a perfect forum for targeted commercial input as it only benefits all, provided it is done sensibly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.46.68.14 (talk • contribs)

Spreading the same link across multiple articles is generally considered spam. Also please see WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided where point three states: A website that you own or maintain, even if the guidelines above imply that it should be linked to. This is because of neutrality and point-of-view concerns; neutrality is an important objective at Wikipedia, and a difficult one. If it is relevant and informative, mention it on the talk page and let other — neutral — Wikipedia editors decide whether to add the link. --Chris (talk) 00:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

LOL!!1

Actually I am really sorry, i didn't know it would be that bad :/ lol jus tmessing around i will stop!! seriously sorry for the distrubance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.23.140.106 (talk • contribs)

Thank you. --Chris (talk) 06:48, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

STOP

You must be retarded. Everything I have added is factual. Look it up in google you idiot. It is all legit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.23.140.106 (talk • contribs)

VandalSniper

Can you put me on some sort of list so I'm informed when the Windows version of VandalSniper is ready? Any approximation about the release date? =- Mgm|(talk) 12:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Blocked user - collateral damage.

195.93.21.130 blocked by Crazycomputers with reason "Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "The Clamp Corporation". The reason given for The Clamp Corporation's block is: "{{username}}".".

Hi, I'm prevented from editing features because my ISP is apparently shared. I'd really appreciate it if I could be unblocked. Thanks very much,

John Moores —Preceding unsigned comment added by John M. (talk • contribs)

It seems the autoblock has either expired or been undone by another admin. You should be able to edit now. --Chris (talk) 19:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

i dont understand?

I don't know if you mean me or if this message is sent to every one?I have never left a nasty message about any thing on this site,if there is one than someone left it useing my name,how can I find out what was said?It's suppose to be about the play station 3.

                                Nancy

Let me know my e-mail address is buttermilk2000@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.116.10 (talk • contribs)

As an AOL user, you are using AOL proxy servers that are shared by thousands of other AOL users. The message was meant for someone else who used that proxy server. If you are an editor, creating an account will prevent you from recieving such messages. If you are a reader, simply ignore the messages. --Chris (talk) 01:36, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey Crazy!

Hey crazy this is Dspradau (You probally don't remember me :P) but I would like to say hello and ask whats going on with you? Dspradau 14:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion question ???

Hi,

A little while ago I began writing an article about Glenn Dicterow, an American violinist. I was no further than about the 3rd line when I noticed that you deleted the article! Being new to this, I can't imagine why it was deleted when I hadn't even completed the first paragraph. I need an explanation so I can proceed.

I'm not even sure how or where you reply to me so I'll give you my email contact: campstcroix@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Joschus —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joschus (talk • contribs)

Sorry if it was deleted prematurely. Wikipedia biographies should at least explain how or why the person is notable. Generally speaking you should use the preview feature to check the formatting of your edits instead of making a large number of edits in a row. If you do wish to save between edits, you may consider adding {{underconstruction}} to the top of the page, which will alert other editors and admins that you are still working on the article. (Of course remove it when you are done.)
Again sorry about the deletion, but I hope you'll understand that an article that just says "Glenn Dicterow (born 23 December 1948)" does seem like a candidate for deletion. In general I would recommend writing the article and saving it all at once instead of editing it incrementally. --Chris (talk) 20:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


Thank you for your explanation of the deletion of my article yesterday. I certainly understand that an article needs to be more thorough than 3 lines but am equally surprised that you would assume that was the end of the article.

Anyway, to move forward, I have a question coming off of your reply. Is there a place on WP where I can work on an upcoming article, save it for another day when I'll add more, and not have it be open to viewers until its finished? I've looked in the help sections and can't find such a workplace. Of course, there is so much new to me there that it's hard to find the answers I need. If there is such a workplace, please tell me clearly how to do it.

If there is not such a dedicated spot, then where do people build articles and not have them deleted because they look too short? Thank you - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joschus (talk • contribs)

There certainly is: your userspace. For example, you could start the page at User:Joschus/Glenn Dicterow and use the move feature to put it in article space when you're done editing it. As far as the deletion goes, literally thousands of articles are tagged as speedy deletion candidates per day, and sometimes these accidents happen when trying to avoid a backlog of tagged articles. Again I apologize for the deletion but I also hope you understand that it was not anything against your article, but rather an application of CSD A7 that was a bit premature. At any rate, if you use your userspace for starting articles, there's really zero chance of them being accidentally deleted.
Thanks for taking the time to discuss this mistake, and happy editing! --Chris (talk) 14:57, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

VS Feature Suggestion

Any chance of incorporating a link to the user contributions page in the edit summary accompanying an AIV report? Check out this edit summary...something like that. It'd really speed the process of blocking users. Thanks, Alphachimp 05:19, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't it do that? --Chris (talk) 22:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh in the edit summary.. missed that part. Yes, I may add that. --Chris (talk) 22:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. It'd help those of us blocking a ton. Alphachimp 05:21, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Your warning to 80.126.19.43

80.126.19.43 vandalised Microsoft, and I reverted, and slapped them with a {{blatantvandal}} warning. When they vandalised Microsoft again, I was about to revert, but you beat me to it using VS. However, you gave them only a {{test2}} warning. If I had reverted their second vandalism, I'd have given them a {{test4}} warning. I think you did not spot my {{blatantvandal}} warning when giving them a {{test2}} warning.

So, what do you think we should do next? Should I report them to AIV, or could you upgrade the {{test2}} warning to a {{test4}}? Or should we just drop the issue altogether? --J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:27, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm trying to WP:AGF as much as possible. VS will track the user for me, alerting me each time they edit, so if the user persists then I will block after I'm sure that the user has no intentions of stopping his vandalism. --Chris (talk) 13:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Did you actually see my {{blatantvandal}} warning? Was I wrong in giving the {{blatantvandal}} warning (i.e. should I have used another warning)? I understand that we should assume good faith, but it is unlikely that an edit saying Microsoft staff look like dumbasses could have been made in good faith. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 13:36, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Yes I did, but chose to "downgrade" the warning as it were. I would try to step through the test-test4 templates unless there is clear evidence that it's not just an experimenting user. The less blocks we have to apply the better, and the user seems to have got the message. --Chris (talk) 13:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the revert

Thank you for repairing the vandalism to my user page. I am, in fact, quite fond of corn dogs, but there's a limit. -FisherQueen 17:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Telectronics

Hello Chris, You were kind enough to post a message on my Talk page re article 'Telectronics' at 14:55 21 July. If you have time could you please have a look at my last edit of 'Telectronics' 'Discussion' bottom of page in which I ask Wikipedia people with more knowledge of procedures to give advice to me, either directly or by referring me to someone (Administrator etc)who might be able to help. Regards and best wishes with your studies.Geoffrey Wickham 03:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

I would familiarize yourself with WP:3RR specifically in this case; reverting to the right version over and over won't help your side of the issue. (I'm not saying this because you have, but so you can avoid it.) And note specifically that 3RR is not an entitlement to revert. If you have a dispute that you feel you can't resolve, consider opening an WP:RFC to recieve community input on the issue. If this is not sufficient to establish consensus, you may consider asking for admin advice at WP:AN/I. If all else fails, ask for arbitration. --Chris (talk) 13:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

NEDM

NEDM is a substantial internet craze, and has/is still spreading. it stands for Not Even Doom Music.

Here is a quote from YTMND's Wiki site- "NEDM, acronym for Not Even Doom Music, is a YTMND fad inspired in response to a YTMND site depicting animal cruelty. NEDM sites typically feature imagery of cats and/or chapstick, accompanied by the sound of the letters "N, E, D, M" (as spoken by a text-to-speech program), and music from Coburn's "We Interrupt This Programme (Jean Claude Ades remix)".

"Following the arrests, authorities shut down all possible links to the video on the Internet. However, footage of the burning briefly resurfaced when when a YTMND site was created by user Baron. The site featured images from the video and music from the computer game "Doom". The site was deleted within hours of creation, but not before many YTMND users had voted on it. However, the comments on the original cat-burning YTMND disappeared with its deletion. Outraged that anyone would give to a site glorifying cat immolation, user Titanium-Gecko began to downvote all sites created by users who had five-starred the burning kitten YTMND.

The site was upvoted by a number of people. Among them was user Spotz. After noticing that all of his sites had been downvoted by Titanium-Gecko, he explained that he only upvoted the burning kitten YTMND for the "irony of using the Doom bunny music", not because he condoned or approved of the actual burning of the cat as seen in the image. Even though Spotz explained this on one of Titanium-Gecko's sites, on April 12, 2006 Titanium-Gecko left the now-legendary comment on Spotz's test site: "Nothing justifies burning kittens. Not even Doom music." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.126.178 (talk • contribs)

What relevance does this have to me? --Chris (talk) 18:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Help and ideas needed

Hi Chris,

Sorry you've been spammed, but I hope you'll find for a good reason. I've know you are active around the recent changes arena (normally having beaten me to a revert), and I'm currently looking for help with a new project. I would like to harmonise all the warnings and templates we issue, with goal to creating a standard look, format and content to the messages. Even if you use VP, VS or any of the other vandal tools out there, I still feel this is worthwhile. Please visit here for further information, and leave me a message if you're interested, or tell me to get lost ;) if you haven't the time. Regards Khukri (talk . contribs) 13:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

User:71.242.220.117

Somehow I, who hasn't even been to the Dwarf Planet page, now use this IP address, probably because my wireless router wants to. I don't know what happened when I got this note saying that I edited the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.242.220.117 (talk • contribs) 05:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

129.72.144.75

The IP 129.72.144.75, is shared by all the computers on the University of Wyoming network using NAT. Please don't block it because one bad person wants to cause problems. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.72.144.75 (talk • contribs) 06:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

You have mail

You have a reply waiting for you at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching  The Transhumanist   18:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

HEY

WOULD I PLEASE BE ABLE TO PUT AN ARTICLE ABOUT MY WRESTLING FEDERATION ON WIKIPEDIA? PLEASE GET BACK TO ME!

OH AND IF NOT I'M GOING TO "VANDALIZE" (AS YOU CALLED IT) YOUR ACCOUNT!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.221.14.7 (talk • contribs)

Is it verifiable and are there reliable sources that you can cite to show why this organization is notable? --Chris (talk) 04:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Revert

Um...why'd you revert my Atlantic Records edit, it wasn't vandelism.--Wolfpackfan72 01:34, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, my apologies. The brain saw "you suck" on that page and went into autopilot. I don't think the same text needs to be restated as it's said only in the previous sentence, but yeah it wasn't vandalism. --Chris (talk) 02:13, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for beating me to the punch by fixing the template. :-) Regards.--Húsönd 00:57, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

=) Thanks for dealing with the AfD so quickly. --Chris (talk) 00:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

what's james watt?

what r u talking about? What I said about Fanny is true and correct. I was one of those who suffered from her in a fashion show in which she took on a nonpaid modeling position and she was a complete failure as a model. She was banned from modeling for real agency since and therefore, she works for www.modelsearchcanada.ca.

Ask if she was hired by Sutherland, Elite, Ford or any of the Actra recognized agencies.. none whatsoever at all.

Look at the service page of www.modelsearchcanada.ca and you'll find out, they only sell photo service, not a real agency. I'm posting this to warn aspiring models.

Thanks

Hey, thanks, man. The guys I vandal. I just (by pure coincidence) undid two consecutive vandalisms of his. Are you an admin? Thanks! Avraham 09:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

PS here's the IP: 65.31.183.127

Dang your fast, I was going to rvv your page too, but you got there first :). Avraham 09:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm keeping tabs on him, don't worry. =) BTW yes I am an admin. --Chris (talk) 09:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

substituting talk page templates

G'day. I gather from this talk page notice of yours that you may not be substituting your talk page messages. Please do so by using the talk page messages at WP:VAND so that instead of {{test-n|example}} you place onto a talk page {{subst:test|example}} and the like. Cheers, Jpeob 09:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

That looks like a very substituted warning to me. --Chris (talk) 09:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
It wasn't meant to be! In good faith, I put substituting on the table, for your perousal. Happy editing! Jpeob 09:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
That's not what I meant. I was referring to the diff link you posted, which shows me posting a warning to another user. The warning looks like it was substituted to me. So I'm not sure what the point of your original message is -- asking me to do something I am doing? --Chris (talk) 09:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
You're right! Sorry...I just saw "{{test2-n}}" in the summary and thought it might not have been substituted. Apologies! Jpeob 09:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
No problem. I thought that's what might have happened. --Chris (talk) 09:36, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

vandalism

That person at IP 203.87.125.98 really doesn't like me hey? Thanks for the reverts; have a barnstar!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For fighting off a vandal of my talk page. James086Talk | Contribs 12:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
All in the line of duty. Thanks! --Chris (talk) 12:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching, etc.

Are you ready to get started?

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

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

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

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

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

You are cordially invited to participate.

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


Tutorials
Introduction to Wikipedia
Introduction to editing
Scartol, on template use and design
Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates
Yuser, on fighting linkspam
Learning the ropes
Elaragirl, about deletion and deletionism
The Rambling Man, on vandalism
Grutness's guide to stubbing
External interfaces - let's compare
Internal interfaces - what do you use?
Getting an article to featured article status
Basic dispute resolution
Adding citations
Reporting and dealing with vandals
Fundamentals of editing

I hope to see you there. Sincerely,  The Transhumanist    08:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: I noticed you are a vandal fighter. Please join us and share you methods. -TT

VS approval

Been 5 days and haven't been approved yet. Maybe I'm just being impatient again. I can't wait 'till approval! :D --AAA! (AAAA • AAAAAAAA) 08:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

dynamic IP addy

Hello~ I just registered on Wikipedia & received a message from you, no doubt meant for someone using a dynamic IP addy that I now have. Will I keep getting messages for other users after the dynamic IPs change again?

thanks, "RThiry"


Someone, probably you, from IP address 71.142.231.91, has registered the account "RThiry" with this e-mail address on Wikipedia.

To confirm that this account really does belong to you and activate e-mail features on Wikipedia, please open this link in your browser:

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by RThiry (talk • contribs) 20:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC).

When you are logged in to Wikipedia (check the upper-left corner to see if you are logged in) you will not get messages left to any IP address, even the one you are currently using. If you log out or your login session is lost, you may see notifications for the IP address you are connecting from. --Chris (talk) 12:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)