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Archive 04 October 2007 to...

Contents 1 69.137.219.67 2 Wow 3 Celebration balloons 4 Your first admin type request 5 Rules and principle 6 Your Hanszen College edits 7 Haha 8 Original Research 9 new developments at NOR 10 Vandal 11 Coolgirly88 12:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC) 12 Jean-Paul Ney 13 I need assistance 14 You're back! 15 Things heating up on Schip article 16 CG Suppression 17 Copying of User Page 18 NOR 19 Ernest Emerson FAR 20 contesting deletion of "The Milk Factory" 21 dies laughing 22 Delete article? 23 Pyongyang 24 Userpage 25 Well... 26 Usercoolgirly88 27 User talk:77.99.233.164 28 Cloaks 29 Personal Attack from user Netmonger 30 Gah 31 Freedom's Warrior 32 Bindi 33 Re 34 NPWatcher 35 Congratulations 36 Comment 37 Bearian's RfA 38 re: Template SD 39 Rockdiedout 40 Heads up! 41 Netmonger again 42 Thank You 43 Very nice thing to do 44 Ahoy hoy o/ 45 IRC cloak request 46 Help 47 My Lord 48 Thank you for your assistance 49 Re:Dispute 50 Cheers 51 irc status 52 AIV report 53 Ho Ho Ho 54 Smiles 55 IRC! 56 Help? 57 Selective enforcement 58 My Dearest Lord 59 As requested... 60 You Still Up Too? 61 Bump 62 Dear Sir 63 Scat!!! 64 Thanx for the Info 65 Jean-Paul Ney 66 A little bit of spice... 67 Bobsbasement ... 68 Hi 69 Can you watchlist for a couple days...? 70 ~*Waves*~ 71 Thank you II 72 Barnstar 73 Errrm...? 74 Thank you 75 Request 76 Albus Dumbledore 77 One Day 78 Dumbledore page 79 Thank You 80 Barnstar 81 Your very own Barnstar 82 IRC 83 Candice 84 new barnstar 85 IRC2 86 Thanks for your help 87 Special room 88 Human 89 "Sleep" 90 I apologize 91 Queenie 92 Erotica socks 93 Sigh... 94 Archives? 95 Semiprotection 96 Jkress613 97 Macrophage 98 Another sock set 99 for you! 100 user:Degreemill 101 Thanks! 102 One More 103 You were so helpful before.... 104 WP:UAA 105 Link 106 User:Sweed666 107 76.5.155.69 108 Blocks 109 <sigh> 110 Rdsoxfa 111 0 (Kirby Series) 112 <sigh> 113 New Account

69.137.219.67

Dreadstar can you block this IP, I'm getting tired of following him around reverting vandalism (I see you reverted one just before I did a few minutes ago).Cireshoe 06:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

thanks Cireshoe 06:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Wow

Thanks for my 1st ever Barnstar! Cireshoe 07:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Celebration balloons

		Time to celebrate!
		Here's a somewhat belated CONGRATULATIONS on your recent VICTORIOUS RfA. Running and surviving the gauntlet of RfA is quite an ACCOMPLISHMENT! Rock on! --Fang Aili talk 18:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Fang! Great balloons...! I couldn't have done it without you, my wonderful coach! Dreadstar † 20:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Am I allowed to laugh? Cause I'm really tempted to. Having a tough time holding it, you know. It's really, really hard to restrain. Almost there. Excuse me. Gotta go, I have a... a... a phone call to make. Phaedriel - 04:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead.. you are supposed to laugh! Let it out! :) --Fang Aili ^talk 13:43, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Your first admin type request

What's wrong with this page? How can it be fixed? Yung D. Kww 00:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The pages that point to it (Just Like U (album) and Fridayz) expect it to be a link to a page about a rapper. I suspect that whole group of pages need to be deleted as non-notable, but I would at least want to look at the page before I request deletion of his albums. Kww 00:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Rules and principle

I am working on a new essay: Wikipedia:The rules are principles. I'd really appreciate it if you would provide some feedback. Be well! Vassyana 02:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Your Hanszen College edits

Thanks for the response, Dreadstar. I can see how my edit appeared to be vandalism on account of the "checks and balances" remark as well as others. I am brand new to Wikipedia and have not worked out the ins and outs of which information should and should not be included. However, as silly as it sounds, all of that information (even the part about the 'curmudgeon sheriff' and the 'two dollar bill') is actually taken directly from the minutes of the Hanszen Government's proceedings when the position of Sheriff Emeritus was created. I was the Hanszen Parliamentarian at the time, so I can assure you that this is real. Now, of course the Hanszen cabinet created this position as a way of making a joke, but isn't it within the scope of Wikipedia to accurately record the quirky history of an institution like Hanszen College? Things like the appointment of a Sheriff Emeritus (a patently ridiculous proposition that was couched in the terms of an academic reference to classical political philosophy, i.e. Montesquieu) make Hanszen the interesting and unique place that it is. I would argue that this information goes much further in capturing the essence of Hanszen than some of the other sections of the article that have been deemed legitimate (for instance, "Whether it is day or night, students always need coffee.") I became involved in this issue after my roommate's similar contributions had been repeatedly removed. I would like to note that there are several users defending the addition of this information (I happen to know most of them, and they are current and former members of the college who I believe legitimately want to record Hanszen's unique character) and only one that continues to object (apparently an alumnus from before the time of the first Sheriff who assumes this is not real and has the equally legitimate concern of preventing fake information about Hanszen from being disseminated). I can see that some of the discussion has gotten out of hand, and is even vulgar at times. I thought as a former Hanszen Parliamentarian I could help to resolve what has become a somewhat contentious issue.

Also, you mentioned I should provide a source or a citation. I have the official meeting minutes available around here somewhere. Would that be adequate? How are those citations usually done? Should I scan it and post it online, or just type up the relevant section?

Thanks a lot for your help. --Cumpetsolita 19:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Haha

I knew supporting your RfA would come in handy some day: [1] - haha. Cheers! Take care. Scarian^Talk 22:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Original Research

I know you take issues of original research seriously. Can you go take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Christian_views_about_women&curid=13404904&diff=159922150&oldid=159921951, and, of course, Christian views about women and tell me if you see much of anything in the article that isn't OR? Kww 03:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

new developments at NOR

Can you vote and comment on the poll in section 1? Also, see WAS's comment towards the end (the last edit prior to my writing this message). Since it is my proposal I do not feel comfortable acting on it, but as an admin you can if you feel the discussion warrants it. Slrubenstein | Talk 08:45, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandal

Hi, I got a vandal entering from IP 204.38.42.100 vandalizing minorities articles, check his contributions page [2] and User talk:204.38.42.100. WIll you be willing to block him please? Jenny^Len☤ 18:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Another one [3]. Could you give me a very short course in vandal fighting. I'm having to deal with it quite a lot in articles related to paleoanthropology. Where do I find the templates? And what's the sequence? Thanks. TimidGuy 20:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Dreadstar! It is good to count with you :) Jenny^Len☤ 07:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

And thanks from me. wp;vandal is just what I needed. Will start using the templates. TimidGuy 16:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Coolgirly88 12:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi,any mre pctures I can make for you?Coolgirly88 12:21, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Ney

In case you are still interested in this article:

I've decided to take a slightly different approach to this article than usual. The edit warring is not that severe and the article needs work. I don't think locking it down is the best approach. Instead I am going to institute a state of 1RR. Anything more than 1 revert by any user will result in a short block. Any type of threat, personal attack, or harassment will also result in a block. I have also blocked User:82.67.185.164 for the legal threat on the talk page. Anything disputed should be discussed on the talk page, but the dispute and a slow edit war should not stop needed improvement. I will copy this comment to user talk pages of those involved in the dispute and the article talk page, so there will be no "I didn't know" excuse for edit warring. Mr.Z-man 19:22, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I need assistance

At the Radionics article I have been reverted by two editors engaging in an edit war against the article purely based on POV. I sourced and added content well sourced to the article but they keep reverting it probably hoping I will fall in the 3R rule. Please can you revert to my last edition and protect the page or issue them a blocking warning? They don't make any constructive edit, only delete the page and I cannot make more reverts. I really need your help in this one. Thanks Jenny^Len☤ 15:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Please don't try to get other users to assist in an edit war. Let's try to discuss the article rather than simply reverting it. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:11, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

You're back!

Woo hoo! Where've you been, M'Lord! We have surely missed your presence in these parts! ^Ariel♥Gold 01:43, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Things heating up on Schip article

Hi, Dreadstar. I've been following the Schip bill passed by Congress. It's a bit controversial, and today Bush vetoed it. The Wikipedia article[4] is starting to heat up, with an editor adding in some highly opinionated and inaccurate commentary. Any chance you could keep an eye on it in case edit warring breaks out? Thanks. TimidGuy 17:33, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Looks like it may not be attracting too much attention after all. Will let you know if anything comes up. TimidGuy 01:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

CG Suppression

A perfectly good topic in molecular biology, with a note from the ed. that it was in process. please restore; its such an obvious restoration that I would normally just do it, but since you're around at the moment....DGG (talk) 02:04, 5 October 2007 (UTC)-- thanks-- DGG (talk) 02:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Copying of User Page

Are editors allowed to reproduce my user page ie [5]. They do say imitation is the finest form of flattery, don't they :). Oh and I came to you, as you are active now (I hope). Phgao 02:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok I think the editor realises it, and they are removing references to me. Those templates, and boxes are quite useful, it seems. Let's hope this user will be a productive editor ;) Phgao 02:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes of course, I am no way near skilled enough to make those boxes, but what was concerning me was that the user copied by whole page with links to my subpages etc. Now that you've offered to look at future problems, expect to be inundated! :P Phgao 04:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Same to you, I think I encountered you in your RfA and was impressed with your contribs. Oh and it is funny that that user happens to speak the same lanugages ^.^ Phgao 04:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I remember now we had another funny conversation... [6] Ah take it easy, I think I need to do that a bit too...Phgao 04:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

NOR

I think you should just do a massive archiving - at least half the material. People are either going in circles, or making progress - either way, half the page can be archived. Slrubenstein | Talk 09:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Ernest Emerson FAR

Ernest Emerson has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:11, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

contesting deletion of "The Milk Factory"

May I ask why you considered my article on The Milk Factory to be blatant advertising? It is a legitimate web magazine of music, and it has been around for a quite a while and merited a good deal of respect. Seeing as how there are articles on, say, pitchfork media, I don't see the fairness in deleting one on The Milk Factory. Dav Brav 19:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dav, thanks for your question. The article was actually deleted for two reasons, one was due to No assertion of importance/significance, and it quite frankly just looked like an article meant to advertise the site. Read through Wikipedia:Notability, and then through the core content policies Wikipedia:Verifiability, No Original Research, and Neutral point of view for more information on creating Wikipedia articles. One of the problems was there were no reliable third-party published sources that would establish notability. Let me know if I can be of any further help. Dreadstar † 19:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I've found some links to support the relevance of the milk factory, and suggest it be recreated. Here is an article in which Warp Records asked the editor of The Milk Factory to review their year of releases, for an official feature on their site. Additionally, The Milk Factory has featured a wide of array of interviews with artists, which I can link (in addition to references to said interviews) upon request. Once again, given that other music webzines (such as Pitchfork Media and Tiny Mix Tapes) have articles, I see no reason to deny that for The Milk Factory. Dav Brav 00:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

dies laughing

Hahaha "This is an ex-parrot". Such a classic. I've got to say I haven't watched many Monty Python sketches, although I did download Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but never got around to watching it. You've made my day :D Phgao 21:56, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete article?

I'm wondering if I did the deletion proposal on this page right. I'm not too familiar with the process, and it just got reverted. ——Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 05:06, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Could be. I don't know how to interpret "significant" in "significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." The article in the NYT is all of one paragraph, and the one by Blackmore is only saying that she's glad Gelller's suit failed. Oh well, who cares eh? ——Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 05:33, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Pyongyang

Not sure what's going on at Pyongyang but it's goin... -WarthogDemon 05:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Odd IP. =O Well, I checked his contributions and decided to revert one untouched edit here, just to be safe. You can revert if his edit is, in fact, beneficial. (I hate troublemakers who decide to make one GOOD edit amidst 20 bad edits.) :P -WarthogDemon 05:45, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Userpage

Hey I just noticed you had a userbox that was outside of the table, resulting in horizontal scrolling. It looks like it was either substituted instead of transcluded, or maybe tweaked to be smaller. But it didn't work because it did not allow it to be in the table. Anyway, long story short, I fixed it, but if you hate that userbox, tell me and I'll make you a custom one to use! Your most humble servant, ^Lady♥Ariel 05:41, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay, a couple other questions. Do you want the userboxes to be visible, or would you like them in a show/hide box? Also, would you prefer custom userboxes with all the same style/color/borders, to match the page, but that say the exact same things? (You can see what I mean at Daniel's page.) Also, do you want a navbar at the top, that would have icons for awards, articles, email, talk page, archives, etc.? ^Ariel♥Gold 06:52, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Oy! I'm not sure I can figure out how to do that, lol. Did you ever read about the guy who had redecorated his entire house into full Okuda-esque design, and all appliances, lighting, AC/heat, etc., were in those panels? I remember seeing it on some TV show (History channel I think) thinking wow, that's wild, lol. But, I'm honestly not sure I'm good enough at this whole coding thing to make it like that, lol. ^Ariel♥Gold 07:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL In my dreams! Plus, honestly? Black background is really hard on the eyes for general reading. I've yet to see a black backgrounded userpage that looks good. I wouldn't really recommend doing that anyway, even if I did know how to make that kind of complicated layout from the code available. (And indeed, I'm not even truly sure it could be done, looking it over more closely.) But, we can have dark colors combined with some silvers and steel blue, and images of space, for the navbar. What about the userboxes? ^Ariel♥Gold 07:44, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Well...

It isn't really what I had in mind, but what I had in mind didn't work out, so I had to go back to basics and work from there. Still, it is clean, and neat, although you didn't have much text to put into the sections, lol. I did decide to customize all your userboxes, and I think they are much improved like this. At the top I added a really tiny navigation bar, with your email link, links to your article/awards pages (although they are also in the section) and links that you may find useful over the course of a day (hopefully). So, I'm going to go sleep for a while, and I hope, and cross my fingers, that you don't hate it, lol. ~*Hugs*~ ^Ariel♥Gold 13:50, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad you kinda like it. I wanted to use this image: Image:CaledfwlchGoldShine.jpg, it is awesome, but I couldn't find a really good way to fit it on the page. I'm still looking for an image that is more horizontal and could fit above the userbox section well. ~*Hugs*~ ^Ariel♥Gold 12:50, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I figured out a way to add that sword image I liked to the page, but I had to add a userbox as well, or it would have left a row with only one (and looked uneven). I added a "Wikipedian since" box, with a cool picture. Let me know if you like it! ^Ariel♥Gold 13:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Usercoolgirly88

Nooo.I do like taking pictures of my dogs,inanimate objects,etc..Some of the pictures i take are taken from video clips on youtube,etc.Lemme know if anything is needed. Ps. how do you get a"Hidden page"?

no,more like a link you click that leads you to a different"Hidden" page.Coolgirly88 20:49, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

i saw one on a user page.It said,"Find the hidden page and win a prize to put on your user page!".--Coolgirly88 21:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

You have any more people with hidden pages?See if you can find mine[[7]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolgirly88 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

User talk:77.99.233.164

I think we had an edit conflict that caused your level 4 warning to not get posted on this page - you may wish to re-post the warning. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 16:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Cloaks

My cloak is @wikipedia/deskana. You can choose whether the first bit is something like Wikipedia, Wikimedia etc. I chose Wikipedia since that's my project. Your cloak needs to be your Wikipedia username. The reason it's a "cloak" is because it hides your IP, not because it hides your Wikipedia username. Once you get it set up, ping me on IRC for access, and I'll add it for you. --Deskana (talk) 18:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Personal Attack from user Netmonger

Hi,

I would like to report Netmonger for a personal attack made against me here. This is not the first time this has happened. He has been blocked here about a week ago for posting a harassing message on my talk page here and sending me a vulgar harassing e-mail. Thank you. Wiki Raja 05:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Gah

I can't find any admins on! Are you around? I saw you block someone, but I'm not sure if you're still around right now, lol. ^Ariel♥Gold 08:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahhh my hero, Lord Dreadstar! I've been sitting on these for hours lol. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on these two usernames: User:I Am Murderman, (concerns me because I cannot rationally think of any positive reason to create a name with "murder" in it), and the "refers to real life violence" in WP:U would seem to back that up. No contributions. Also, User:Illinois Nazi. A tour through the archives at RFCN shows every single instance of "Nazi" in a username blocked as inflammatory. This username has made one edit (and it was valid from what I can tell) but I don't know if either is worth sending to WP:UAA. What are your thoughts? ^Ariel♥Gold 08:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Turns out they both were obvious, and both are blocked now, lol. Although I do think it depends on the personal opinion of the admins, and their interpretation of WP:U. However, I also think the blocks were quite valid. Anyway, I'm getting tired, and I have to go see my accountant tomorrow (ugh, taxes due in 6 days!) so I'm going to go get some sleep now. Thanks for being around today, m'dear M&PLD, MoMD, EoF, KotKoJ, BS, AE Ariel♥Gold 18:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Freedom's Warrior

I went through all the proper channels to have this information put into wikipedia correctly. The information was reviewed and edited by a wiki administrator. But you removed the link to the picture, and replaced it with a copyright version that was not approved by Wiki Admin and is the incorrect version of the print afaik.

"We have received the permission for the article and have made the necessary modifications to the appropriate page(s).

Thank you for providing this to us, and for your contribution to Wikipedia.

Yours sincerely, Francine Rogers"

Please explain why the wiki admin was incorrect to allow and confirm this link in the page. I had to go through several weeks and emails to get this done correctly - please undo Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.19.14.36 (talk) 14:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps this link would be a better compromise : http://www.plakainc.com/fwgallery002.html There is no advertising - but I assume I would have to go thru copyright request again? or If I have already verified for a site - does it include just that page or anything on the site?

Bindi

lol...excellent call on renaming the ariticle, I was so focused on aiding a new, obvously young editor that I completely missed that part! Smooth..! Dreadstar † 01:22, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. And I think it was smart to remove the db tag and give the article a chance -- even though I imagine it will get deleted, I think the hair-trigger deletions rampant today don't exactly engender a friendly environment ...

Cheers, and see you around. - Che Nuevara 16:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Re

Hi Dreadstar! Congratulations on becoming an admin. I've actually not been on Wikipedia so much lately because of midterms and other things on real life. I'll probably be able to come on more frequently now though, mostly on anti-vandalism patrol but I am also going to start improving our articles on the Soviet Union soon, since I am taking classes on that. I hope you're having fun blocking vandals. Academic Challenger 21:33, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

NPWatcher

Can you approve me for NPWatcher here I need an admin to do it and he is on a wikibreak. Shawnpoo 02:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

nvm Shawnpoo 02:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations

On beating me by just a few seconds to blocking the theory of everything vandal. I'm patrolling AIV as well, when I should be working on finishing my school essay. Oh well. Academic Challenger 04:56, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment

I've left a comment you may be interested in at Wikipedia Talk:Trivia sections. I know this is not your main interest, but I'd appreciate a comment about whether I am acting appropriately. DGG (talk) 13:29, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Bearian's RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which passed 63 to 1. I hope that I'm doing a good job so far. Bearian 20:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

re: Template SD

Thank you for fixing that! I didn't even think to include <noinclude> tags because I'm use to tagging templates with {{tfd}}. I'm gonna have to file a complaint about Twinkle :) Thanks again! Rocket000 06:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, but look what you did → [8] ;) Rocket000 07:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Ack! Dreadstar † 07:07, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

irony...lol.. Rocket000 07:18, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Rockdiedout

Let me know more about User:Rockdiedout, I see there were some deleted entries, but I couldn't locate the harassing ones you mentioned in your latest report. I also see that there's a potential sockpuppet - abuse tag on RDO's user page...can you tell me more about that? I had to revert my initial block because the evidence I thought I saw wasn't the evidence I needed to block. You can drop a note on my talk page or email me the details if you like. Thanks... Dreadstar † 07:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for leaving me this message and trying to do something. I've seen your block then your unblock for this user. I made a comment on this user talk page, but it has been deleted by another sysop. This is beating me without stop, adding spam on articles and reverting others users. I have to go now, but I can write you a complete list of the problem later if this user start again. I thank you for all. Have a good day. Martial BACQUET 07:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm here to help. Please let me know if the harassment continues. Dreadstar † 07:36, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Heads up!

Sir Dreadstar, I thought you might be interested in participating here since you helped in the article. Phgao 16:34, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Netmonger again

See User_talk:Rlevse#Unblock_request. WikiRaja says he got another harassing email from Netmonger. Given this case's history, how do we verify it's original source and what do we do in the meantime.Rlevse 20:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Check msgs, different topic.Rlevse 21:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you so much! It's hard to juggle school, work and free time. And if you could get more sources that would be great! Thanks. Gdk411 20:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know I could. Well, I suppose I could. :) Gdk411 03:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Very nice thing to do

It was. :) And you are very cool for doing it. --Moonriddengirl 02:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I concur, thanks for doing it! I always like to see more articles than not. Phgao 03:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahoy hoy o/

Thank you for comprehending 'Satire' Your benevolent works are most appreciated.

Your own proprietary cloud and 72 virgins awaits ye. ;) As a token of my gratefulness, i will be mailing you a strand of my DNA in gratitude. Zerocannon 07:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am dreadstar on freenode and I would like the cloak @wikipedia/dreadstar. Thanks. Dreadstar † 18:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Help

Could you help us settle this dispute?

Wikipedia is a user edited encyclopedia that has standards as to what it accepts. Please read WP:N and Wikipedia:Five_pillars for more information. College residence halls or apartments are usually not notable unless they have some type of historical significance. You are welcome to make your case on the AfD discussion page. Rackabello 21:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

It does have historical significance. Jardine was built in order to accomidate the new comers after World War II and was named after former Kansas State University President, William Marion Jardine. William Marion Jardine was also a U.S. administrator and educator. He served as the Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt in 1930.

The fact that the apartment complex was named after a university president in it of itself doesn't establish notability, perhaps a mention in an article about William Marion Jardine but not its own article. Rackabello 21:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

What about it accomidating new comers after World War II? I'm sure this has historical significance unless if you think WWII is unhistorical too. Above all, this is still property of Big 12 Kansas State University were many notables have stepped foot here. Ksuwildcats10 21:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

just dropping by, but at every university they did a lot of building to accommodate the influx after WWII--that doesn;t quite make it for notability.DGG (talk) 06:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

My Lord

My dear Lord Dreadstar, I have received your request, and have replied in the standard verbose fashion, giving you a variety of options, and opinions. I hope that these are of some assistance to you as you wade through the battlefield. I shall retire to sleep soon, but I will look forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter upon my awakening in the morning. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 22:51, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance

I appreciate your efforts. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

If you would like, your feedback on the talk page of Fightin' Texas Aggie Band would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:15, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page) I'm glad to help. All I ask is that the revert warring stop, and productive discussions take place on the talk page - which it looks to be happening now. I've asked the anon user the reasoning behind the placement of the primary sources tag. If it goes back, please don't revert, just notify me so I can look into it. Dreadstar † 05:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Will do! — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:59, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Dreadstar; I think that really the only way to get to the bottom of that issue is to get hold of a copy of the book. I wish I could help, but I don't have time to track down that book. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your question, the admin was user:Johntex. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice! Glad you ordered the book. I hope you find it as informative/interesting as I did. Mostly out of curiosity, where did you order it from? The library? or did you purchase it? If you're interested, here's a video of the band (the complicated part starts at about the 5:00 mark; this was me brother's senior year and he was one of the ones with a bugle in the front of the band.) — BQZip01 — ^talk 03:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:Dispute

I've replied on User talk:Zerocannon. I pray this can be resolved. Much appreciated. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 06:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, that seems to have been taken care of. Again, thanks for your efforts. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 07:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for the superbly worded barnstar! Phgao 12:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

irc status

I managed to get to the forums and they gave me access t the admin part and helped with the msg to seanw. now i just need the cloak. Rlevse 14:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

Actually, it probably isn't vandalism per se. It's just that that list is for players who are considered the best in the world in their position, and Craig Gordon isn't one of those. - PeeJay 18:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

P.S. It wasn't that too many Scottish players were being added, it was that most/all of those who were added aren't considered "world-class" enough to be included in their respective lists. - PeeJay 18:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's basically it. I know it's terribly subjective, but I'm trying to maintain this list as best I can, and if you've seen how many reverts I've done over the past few months, you'll see how much maintenance it needs. - PeeJay 18:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Good question, and to be honest it just comes from a general impression that I and others have gotten from other football fans. I think I see what you're getting at though, and I agree that the lists should probably be deleted. - PeeJay 18:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I will do, and I shall also remind them that resistance is futile. ;-) - PeeJay 18:47, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

The decision has already been taken, and the lists of current players have been replaced by links to the Football (soccer) players by position categories. - PeeJay 19:12, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, dude. And thanks for not getting on my back for what was perhaps not proper usage of WP:AIV. - PeeJay 19:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Ho Ho Ho

Need your help again! :D This user has been creating [9] a lot of spin off articles, where imo they are not needed as they are already here [10]. Now I'm not sure how to nominate a whole bunch of articles as one "thing" for AfD, nor do I want to look bitey and send all these red AfD notices to his talk. So I propose we work it out and skip AfD. But you'll have to see if my opinion is justified... 0_o Phgao 06:20, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Left note [11]. Phgao 06:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Yep, I'll do that then! Phgao 06:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok left another note; and thanks for fixing + doing them, I was starting to get frustrated caus' it wasn't working; then realised I was copying the html version where the browser had changed '(' into weird characters... Phgao 06:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		In the vein of your words on bestowing upon me the original star, I see you have yet to receive one of these! Thence this barnstar is given for Dreadstar's hard work in helping others, reverting vandalism and welding the block stick tactfully. Oh and for his sense of humour too! Phgao 07:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

And to think of the wonderful coincidence that I actually live in Melbourne!! But have never heard of the band.. but I just searched the 'pedia for something related to your name and bang, there it was. Phgao 07:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed...my friend...have a shrimp to alleviate your fears. The discussion always falls into imbibing... Phgao 10:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Smiles

Thanks for the help on hidden pages!This is to thank you.11:03, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

IRC!

		The IRC Buddy Barnstar
		Welcome to IRC! Good luck getting the hang of things, and try not to get hooked. ;) GlassCobra (Review) 17:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I had a good time chatting with you. :) GlassCobra (Review) 17:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Help?

While I want to consider ThreeE in a positive or at least neutral light, but edits like this make it increasingly difficult (and reverting the changes, despite CLEAR guidance otherwise, seems to not work well with this editor). How do you recommend I approach this? — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...I guess that would work too. Thanks. — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:17, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Same basic situation x2. Now what? BTW, no wikipedian ever called him a gadfly. He did that to himself. At this point, I see no other option than to go to an RfA. Your thoughts? — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

You have selective memory. Here's the diff that you "appreciated." ThreeE 22:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Very well, I stand corrected, but no one else put that on your page: only you. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I specifically clarified this particular comment, but ThreeE continues to take it out of context with no clarification. As to your comments, I guess I can talk to you about this, but the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets has a similar issue, but with no resolution possibly forthcoming (he has transplanted his comments from Fightin' Texas Aggie Band to the talk page of the Corps of Cadets article). He is rehashing the same arguments that were dismissed elsewhere. Perhaps you could look at it and comment? — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The arguments were not "dismissed" -- they have resulted in substantial changes to the article by consensus -- and we are not done yet. Many of the a&m articles have similar problems due to your edits which, frankly, are WP:COI-laden. ThreeE 22:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Dreadstar, per our discussion, I'm not going to respond directly to ThreeE's accusations. I humbly request that you respond to the above as you see fit. Apparently, I, or anyone else associated with Texas A&M, cannot comment or provide information in Wikipedia because we have a conflict of interest, but I'm pretty sure that is not what WP:COI means. I am certainly willing to compromise, but no compromise seems forthcoming, only insisting on deletions of perfectly good information or tags intended to cast doubt as to the factual nature of an article/section/author. As you can see above ("...and we are not done yet. Many of the a&m articles have similar problems due to your edits..."), ThreeE does not intend to let up on this any time soon. I see little option but to proceed to a Request for Arbitration (not for punishment, but for a binding resolution). If you see any additional options, I'd be happy to do so. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:COI does not bar an editor from participating in articles, they just need to be careful when editing those articles and discuss proposed edits on the talk page while avoiding controversial edits. If ThreeE believes you truly have a COI, then he can report it to the COI notice board.

If ThreeE harasses you, let me or another administrator know and we'll look into it (same advice to you ThreeE). I'm glad to see you taking the high road here, BQZ - a path well befitting an officer...:) Hopefully you both will be able to either work together to make the articles better, or leave each other alone. Since you both seem interested in the same subject - it may be difficult, but I strongly suggest assuming good faith and maintaining civility. Dreadstar † 23:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks DS! — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

How about reporting myself to the COI notice board in order to clear the air and clarify the rules to ThreeE? — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Right away he goes and reverts my edit. ThreeE 00:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at this then, per your request. — BQZip01 — ^talk 01:41, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Selective enforcement

So how come those who revert to a bad version can revert all they want, but someone who reverts back to an improved version and suddenly everyone cries "3RR! 3RR!" That doesn't make any sense. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

To answer your question: "bad" and "improved" are subjective terms. Both opinions should be given equal weight. 3RR avoids these kinds of edit wars — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Theoretically, yes, if everyone gets the memo, and not just the people you disagree with. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Everyone was asked on the article's talk page to stop edit warring, I left a note on your talk page because your reply to that request made it appear that you felt you had consensus and therefore the right to continue reverting to your version. I wanted to make it clear that you should not continue the edit war under the curcumstances at the time. Dreadstar † 22:47, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks BQZ, good points. Also, in this particular case, both sides have been asked to stop revert warring. There has been no enforcement of WP:3RR that I'm aware of. But if the reverting continues, action will have to be taken to stop it - whether it's protecting the page or blocking those that have violated 3RR. This applies to all sides in the conflict. Everyone needs to discuss it on the talk page, and confine the comments to the editorial content of the article instead of commenting on the other editors. Dreadstar † 22:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

My Dearest Lord

I have honored your request, and inside your email awaits a rather long, and perhaps disjointed reply, and I shall humbly apologize in advance for going off on a tangent completely unrelated to anything, but you do know how I love to talk, and as it is not appropriate to fill your talk page with non-Wikipedia related items such as this, I've done so in the venue of email. I'll be anxiously awaiting your reply, as you will see once you read it. I hope you can at least drop me a quick reply tonight. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 23:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh I am so relieved. I will look forward to a reply should you choose to do so, but I admit I was a bit worried. I'll be interested in hearing more from you if you wish to discuss the issue further. Ariel♥Gold 00:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Replied again! Ariel♥Gold 00:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

~*Bonk*~ Ariel♥Gold 01:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

As requested...

You deal with it. FYI, the Aggie Band doesn't goose step:

1. Goose step
2. Aggie Band

— BQZip01 — ^talk 04:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You are right, the ref did not say goose-stepping explicitly. I have corrected it. You could have simply said so on the talk page though, rather than run, again, to an admin. ThreeE 04:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm dealing with you as he suggested. Furthermore, the article we intended as a humorous take on the University and its traditions. Personally, I believe this specific user is trying to "balance" an article by adding as much bad stuff to it as he can, whether it is appropriate or not.

This is a copy of the entire article and appears to be intentionally steeped in excessive hyperbole and is not meant to be taken as a verbatim account of events (I'm pretty sure the virgin sacrifice happened later in the school year, but not at the Yell practice for this game[/excessive hyperbole]).

On a more humorous note, I took a friend to the Oklahoma State game and he couldn't get the War Hymn out of his head for about 5 days... — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I thought that's what you wanted me to do. My mistake. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Alrighty, I get the picture. I see the "goose-stepping" wording was reverted. Is there still a problem? If there is, just invite me to the talk page of the disputed article. Dreadstar † 04:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, I believe there is still a dispute, but I will not do anything about it tonight (or likely even tomorrow). I will let other editors take a peek at it and will deal with it later. In short, this was a humorous opinion piece I don't believe should be taken seriously. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and put in my two cents (but without reversion since there is no way I can possibly spend enough time defending it with the effort would required with this editor).

"I'd really like to see you two (and the others) try to work it out amongst yourselves." I would SO like to see that happen too. As a matter of fact, this is the only major problem I've ever faced on Wikipedia where a resolution outside of the talk page seems necessary

"You may also want to consider engaging a formal mediator." I already requested it and ThreeE rejected it out of hand. With two RfCs FA review by 20+, and a third party review from the Village pump, I think and RfA is the only thing that will settle this problem. I would be ecstatic if it weren't necessary, but I fear it may be. Any thoughts on what else to do would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

"And if things start getting heated, let me know and I'll watchlist the page." I'd really appreciate you watching both the Corps page and the Aggie Band page. You probably have a lot of articles you watch (my watchlist is around 330), but just to keep a head's up on it, it would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and I concur 100% with your assessment. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Notificaion as requested. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for blocking. I was wondering about that one and who was going to report/block it. — BQZip01 — ^talk 06:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Considering that the following IP address appears to also be a sockpuppet, shouldn't additional time be added to the block? I'm not suggesting it should/shouldn't, merely requesting clarification. — BQZip01 — ^talk 17:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You Still Up Too?

I wish I could go to bed, but I have a French midterm to study for. Of course, I'm on Wikipedia instead. :P GlassCobra 06:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow, a business trip? That's pretty sweet. Thanks for the compliment on my name, it's a reference to a band that my uncle had when he was younger, The Glass Cobras. Too bad they're not very notable, or I'd write an article about them, haha. :P GlassCobra 07:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Bump

Due to my somewhat increased participation in AfD, I've come across what almost seems trollish behaviour by a user, and would like your opinion. The user in question, Bobsbasement is the author of such classics as (I'll begin with more tame ones) [12], [13], [14], undoing edits which are correct [15], lost my virginity quote unquote [16], changing what another user writes with the addition of his own opinion [17], does not seem to realise AfD is not a vote but discussion [18], [19]. He was warned on his talk to stop adding links but ignored the warnings. I'm not sure what's up with him, he does not seem to be deliberating doing what he is, but is extreamely annoying. I came across him as he commented on a AfD I sent; [20], and again does not explain notable band because he dealt with a guitar shop? [21].

Other things include removing PRODs [22] which is OK, but fails to give reasons, repeated addition of outside links [23], [24], [25], [26]

I'm not sure what should be done, so I turn to you.... Phgao 07:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes I agree entirely, ah and I see you cleared AIV ;). G'nite! Phgao 07:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah... a holiday.. or more likely for work? Phgao 07:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Sweet, I wouldn't mind working there... or England for that matter, handy exchange rate there, although the AUD breached 90 US cents recently and is looking at getting towards 95 or even break even as the candaian dollar did. (Question; what field is it, if you don't what to say, email? or just ignore my probing ;)) Phgao 08:04, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Still not gone yet! Tisk tisk tisk... Phgao 08:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I really have a fan here. Sweet. Bobsbasement 06:27, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Dear Sir

Since you were involved previously, I was wondering if you could take a look at my talk>discussion page. Martial75 now claims to have sent a letter to my ISP, based on his unfounded beliefs. I'm not quite sure what he has sent to them, since he hasn't told me. His immediate motivation for doing this has been because I have undone his warnings and postings on my personal page about sockpuppetry. I also admit that I have reverted some of the admin warnings, simply because I grew tired of seeing so many warnings every time I went to my page. However, most recently I have left a handful of warnings on my page, even though I was aware that the warnings would be saved in history. At any rate, I believe Martial75 is carrying himself as if he's a Wikipedia administrator when he's not, and I find his repeatedly visiting my personal talk page to undo my edits of it offensive and as harassment. I also believe that sending a letter to my ISP is brash and unwarranted.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Rockdiedout 10:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello Dreadstar, here is a list of actions you may find useful: [27] Martial BACQUET 10:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I admit that some of what I have done has been inappropriate, and I was blocked accordingly. However, this tracking of everything I post--as if Martial75 is an admin trying to solve something--is what I have asked him to stop doing multiple times by now. I truly believe that what Martial75 is doing is a form of harassment. For me, I have not posted a single thing to Martial75's page since I was blocked the first time a week ago. Even if this situation probably wouldn't be worth legal proceedings, I don't think it's worth sending a letter to my ISP either. That, to me, is a continuation of harassment, especially if my ISP contacts me over it and I have to explain myself to them. I should also add that I am new to Wikipedia editing--although I have been an avid reader for several years now--and I have learned my lesson from being blocked three times now (the most recent for 48 hours). I admit, having not read the rules--and getting involved in edit wars--was a mistake. However, I also believe that Martial75 is taking this too far. I want him to stop tracking everything I do on here, because that should be left to an administrator. If you could, please ask Martial75 to reconsider his brash and unwarranted action. Rockdiedout 10:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

From what I can tell, Martial75 and I have come to terms with our argument. I do not wish anything against Martial75 anymore. I just wish for this argument to end, and it seems that it has (so long as I obey Wikipedia rules in the future). So, please disregard my earlier request. Rockdiedout 11:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad you two were able to work things out. Nice apology, Rockdiedout! Nice acceptance, Martial75. Well done, both of you. Dreadstar † 14:29, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Scat!!!

Hello Darkstar,

Recently you described my edit of "Slang term for coprophilia, a sexual fetish involving feces" To: "Slang term for coprophilia, a disgusting sexual fetish involving feces" As Vandalism!!!

Well i know it's kind of an objective and opinionated edit, but I am pretty sure most people (including Wikipedia users) consider scat to be disgusting in this context. Also I am aware that by adding the word "disgusting" to the article it may have an influence on the people reading it, who may have an undecided mind on the subject, personally if it portrays a negative stance on this issue I think it cannot be a bad thing especially if it affects a person to not do it!!!!

If i were to edit an article on pedophilia and said it was bad would that also be vandalism?

Finally i would like to say that if you do not agree with me at all on what i have said please, block me now, completely!!! Because i wouldn't want to use wikipedia as a resource if it's moderators consider Scat to be a healthy thing, If however you also consider Scat to be a bad thing in any context please review the article, re-edit it and re-establish my status.

Thank you!!!

ListerStormp —Preceding unsigned comment added by ListerStormp (talk • contribs) 20:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

1. Update#

Thanks Darkstar,

Hopefully i won't get it so wrong again. I will read what you have suggested and hope to contribute to Wikipedia in the manor that it best fitting.

Thanks again buddy. Keep in touch! —Preceding unsigned comment added by ListerStormp (talk • contribs) 10:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanx for the Info

Thanks for the message alerting me to your blocking the vandal and, especially, for showing me the proper formatting. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...are you up to the additional work of blocking vandals that I come across? Thanks again, CWPappas 04:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Ney

Hi Dreadstar. Sorry to bother you with this but I have been doing some simple editing on Jean-Paul Ney , I think things are getting to a point where I don't have the experience to deal with what is going on-highly inappropriate language, threats, and somewhat threatening addresses to Wikipedia itself, complicated by editors who don't sign so difficult to pin anything on anyone.Maybe this is the way its supposed to work but this seems to have gone too far.Do you have time to take a look? If not no worries. [28] - under heading"Please rewrite"(olive 19:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Thanks very much Dreadstar for your faster than light response... OK not quite faster than light but pretty fast. Hopefully this will have some impact on these two guys. The language barrier is definitely an issue. I could translate it but it would take hours I am so out of practice,so thats not an option for me. I think there is a page that lists French speaking editors. I might just take a walk over that way.(olive 20:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Just left a note at Wiki-project France... see what happens.(olive 21:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Hi Dreastar, and olive, : about Ney and Wiki France ... Same problem on the French wiki with Mister Ney than here .. in 2005 the article qualified as " Article about a journalist who had taken a lot of merits without being able to prove half, and that caused some conflict [...] do not wish the appearance of information about his legals and psychiatric problems " was delete and blocked after a vote... and not after a lawsuit as mister Ney said. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pages_%C3%A0_supprimer/Jean-Paul_Ney

That's why he try to recreat his legend here... Castelmore 07:55, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Castelmore for your information.Yes, I checked and there is no Jean-Paul Ney on Wikipedia France. I wondered from the beginning why an editor who speaks French fluently and English rather less than fluently would want to use English Wikipedia, rather than French Wikipedia. I think I looked for JPN in French Wikipedia when I first started looking at this article.So this seems a possible answer. I have concerns about the language used, the multiple threats and the fact that the apparent author of these neither apologizes nor communicates with other editors in any way when there are these concerns, nor signs his posts in any consistent way despite requests that he do so. The material is almost impossible to check for me at at least because of time constraints . I would need to actually translate myself, and although I find I remember more than I thought I did, still, it would take many hours .The translations on line are very rough, and don't provide the subtle nuances of language needed when looking for information like this. This article doth reek(is "there something rotten in the state of..." ) for me in some way and has from the beginning.I'm sorry to not have the experience to know what is next, and to leave this to you Dreadstar. I'm not sure there is a positive solution unless a good translator comes on and verifies every source entered.(olive 15:07, 13 October 2007 (UTC))

Sir Dreadstar...Seems a WP:COI situation if JPN is himself editing and the edits are possibly not truthful. Would it be appropriate to post this on COI notice board and perhaps bring in other neutral editors.(olive 16:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC))

Hello Dreadstar, thank you for praising my page! I hope this doesn't disappoint you too much, but while I'm willing to look at different online sources for the Ney article on an occasional, casual basis, I'm frankly not very interested in closely watching the article for BLP violations. Sorry. --Kyoko 16:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello Dreadstar, as i wrote on Ney discussion page I think the sources I added : Le Monde, one of the most important newspaper in France, and Zataz.com, one of the most important website about internet news in France, are quiete accurate and reliable... surely more reliable than the self promotion from JP Ney websites. and btw as i wrote to Getonyourfeet, kitetoa.com is also a pretty good source of information on the french web, owned by a french journalist ( not me ). Winning trials and a "Voltaire prize" on the Big Brother Awards for his work to defend the free of speach on internet in France [22]. Kiteoa is also now one of the organizer of BBA in France [23]Castelmore 13:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your work on the JPN article. just goes to show the sword is mightier than a whole lot of ... oh I dunno ....ahum.... really bad editing.(olive 21:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

...and pray you, good sir, that neither sword nor the pen be called upon....well... anytime soon

PS was not criticizing editing in general over at JPN just the swearing, threats and uncivil moments.Far be it for me to criticize anyone else's editing(olive 23:11, 12 October 2007 (UTC))

Hello Dreastar, I have no particular interest of relationship with Jean paul Ney, excepted i live in France and know well the character and his legendary mythomania on internet. For exemple : yesterday i learned that there is no foreword of the French president on the SPHP book (there is only a copy of a speech he made ..little difference) On the editor website nothing about this virtual foreword). Second exemple; he (JPN) was in the FBI with Regis le Sommier a report from Paris Match magazine (but the report in Paris Match is only credited to Regis Le Sommier..little difference with "being invited at the FBI"). No sources, no report made after "his invitation to the NSA" .. only a picture took in the cryptologic museum, do you really think it is a reliable source ? ...ad libitium

For the moment I seem to be rather focused on this page, 1.st because i know quite well the subject and this hagyographic page is full of b*****it (not really good for the wiki credibility). and 2nly i'll improve my english before working on other subject in english  ;-)

About sources, if you considere Kiketoa (one of the BBA organizer in France) as a self-published website and non reliable what your opinion about the reliability of informations coming from JPN website or close associate?

Ok i'made a mistake and forgot to link Le Monde, but his condamnation is also quoted in Le point sourced on the page. the last update i did were only translation of these reports. I'll try to make a new issue sourced (and correct some facts unsourced) but I'm not really confortable with the new organization of sources. As proposed on the Ney discussion page, i'll link them to french sources and translated sources, but I'll add nothing more than what it was wrote in theses articles.

To Olive: Hi, I never swear or threat anybody .. but mister ney wasn't very nice with my mother on the discussion page. Castelmore 07:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

• Greetings! Your call was absolutely correct and cannot be faulted. It was the replacement of the citation with a {{fact}} tag which was questionable, but now the editor has explained himself. Ohconfucius 01:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

A little bit of spice...

Came across this which gave me a laugh [29]; the image part. Oh and delete it when you've done looking ;) Phgao 06:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Bobsbasement ...

Update; he writes [30]...hmmmm. Phgao 07:04, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Well yeah... I'm kinda on your side on this :) Well I'll keep tabs on him. On another note, I've got a massive head ache after looking at this, especially the bottom. Dial-Up users beware, oh and migraine suffers, don't go here! Phgao 07:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Uh huh...there are actually people who post videos on youtube which say watch me to see if you have epilepsy, and the the video does all this weird crap...oh and ages ago I watched that Pokemon bit which triggered seizures in a lot of kids as mentioned in that article, and it is quite intense. Phgao 07:34, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi

I got your second e-mail. :) I've got the e-mail thingie set up to forward e-mail to my work account, but have to log in specially to my various other accounts to reply. I'm not really good at the e-mail thing. I've got 21 unanswered social e-mails. *blush* I figured I'd better go ahead and respond to you on web, which I am good at it, before it gets too far out of hand. So...hi. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 21:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Can you watchlist for a couple days...?

Hi, Noticed that you are "on duty" right now, would you mind watchlisting Mare (horse) for a few days and keeping an eye on a couple of users? I am basically wanting to stop another edit war before it even begins. Seems User:Nathweni and User:Bananas'n'Cream have a problem with my very existence and are now resorting to threats and personal attacks. See User talk:Bananas'n'Cream. Anon IP 124.177.23.123, who just reverted my edits to Mare (horse) traces to Telestra, Australia, a generic ISP, almost certainly one of these two, not sure where Nathweni is from but Bananas'n'Cream is definitely from Australia. In short, we have had disagreements over other horse-related articles and I am just tired and frustrated at dealing with this pair. They haven't gotten themselves into "getting blocked" territory yet, but i don't think there is anything more I can say to them. particularly after my last attempt to discuss and disengage seems to have resulted in a IP revert.

I archived a spat I had with these two over shetland pony after a third party opinion settled the matter, so it wasn't cluttering up the talk page, and have removed some of the flaming that was getting started on my talk page, though if you care, the discussion was here with the heading "Where do you get offf?" I am concerned with their level of threat, and feel that it is best for a third party to step in and help cool things down. In the past, Nathweni blanked my talk page, I think these two are just a couple of kids, but I wanted to give a few people a heads up that things are heating up with these folks, who seem determined to declare that I am acting in bad faith, which I am not. (That I am occasionally tired and snippy, I confess). I am going to try to step away from this spat and disengage, but I think someone with admin cred needs to talk to these folks. Thanks. Montanabw^(talk) 05:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

~*Waves*~

I'm on my way to sleep, but I saw you were around and just wanted to say hello to my wonderful Lord Dreadstar. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 06:58, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you II

Thank you for blocking the anonymous IP address. I had two tabs open and neither of them were the User block page. Bobo. 16:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Seems that the attacks have stopped for the time being, at least! It's very rare that a single IP address will keep going on such a wide range of pages, but this is one of those exceptions where the vandal appears to have attacked via Random-page. Let's get back to it! Bobo. 16:33, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Once again, thank you. It's incredible where far too much spare time will get you! Bobo. 16:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Errrm...?

The IP you blocked and then unblocked:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:90.192.129.82

Repeated the same vandalism again.[31].

I believe the modern parlance is WTF DUDE??? --Domestic Correction 21:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Domestic Correction 21:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome...and thank you for the note... Dreadstar † 21:26, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for keeping an eye on Mare (horse). And for being more patient that I would be. I really am trying to avoid any kind of response on either the article's talk page or the talk pages of the affected parties, so please do not take my lack of response as an admission of any sort. Just a bit of my point of view here: I honestly do not know why this child has it in for me so bad, though I think this all started when I removed Image:Shetland Pony in Harness and Cart.gif which she put into the article when it really was not suitable for the topic. It also isn't a really great photo, though it is better than many others. I probably was a bit snippy about it at one point, (probably on a day when I was spending more time reverting vandalism than editing), though the edit summaries probably speak for themselves (as does the history of B'n'C's talk page here where I tried to explain myself) Please also note that I even tried to extend an olive branch back in August by giving her a welcome message here, which she has since blanked.

I have already tried to remember that I must do a better job not to bite the newcomers. Further, you will note that her photo remains in both pony and shetland pony at suitable locations. I really am simply interested in quality control. Nathweni also was so quick to label me "horrible" over at the shetland pony spat, and that basically started because he removed a photo that I agreed was poor, but without replacing it with anything better and, well, the debate I have linked. I really do not think I have been "horrible" to these people in any way, and to the extent that words come across in writing in a manner that sounds harsher than intended, I think I did already apologize for that, but it would be useful to know their precise issue. The ad hominem attack she leveled at me over Driving (horse) was ridiculous.

You must understand the amount of sheer hard work I have put into these articles. However, wiki is also a hobby for me, not my profession, so I try not to be too wedded to my own versions, though I am, of course, human. I believe that when you look over what I have done, you will see I have contributed substantive content, including three articles with GA status. (note Equine nutrition, which has been nearly all my work, and Horses in warfare, which was more of a collaborative effort with some heated discussion during the process that nonetheless resulted in an end product that was much better than when it was started). Taking mare as an example, compare before and one example of after. You can also see from history the issue with B'n'C's pony photo. The article still isn't up to a GA standard, but I can only really work on one article at a time with that level of intensity. Lest it be thought I am a control freak, see Horses in the Middle Ages, a fully collaborative effort where I was definitely a secondary contributor to the primary editor. I truly love working on wikipedia and it makes me very happy to improve both the articles and my own wiki skills. I do not need people misinterpreting my motives. 'Nuff said. Montanabw^(talk) 01:56, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Appreciate your reply. Works for me. I will confess to being a little gun shy about editing anything she has touched now. I am going to tag Makybe Diva for peacock words, just a heads up...she had an edit reverted made under the same anon IP she was using last night. Montanabw^(talk) 02:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

All right, all right. You are right, I have just had it with the little snot. I am tired, I feel totally unappreciated, and it just seems ridiculous that I have to put up with the temper tantrums of some apparently 12 year old who won't even consider or acknowledge that I made a good faith attempt to settle things. The adults here know what we are doing and we don't need to fight with children over violations of wikipedia guidelines, she needs to read the rules and show a little more respect for the process. But it is obvious that if I am fighting with a child, I am obviously too irritable about the situation to deal with it properly at all, so I will respect your request that I re-disengage. Montanabw^(talk) 05:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the awards and kind words. Good approach, glad I ran into you folks. Montanabw^(talk) 05:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Request

My dearest Lord, I have heard your request, and immediately set off to see what I could do to assist you. I have, I hope, managed to help in my own meager way, and I'd appreciate it very much if you could see your way to reviewing my work, to be sure I have not missed anything. As always, I am honored that you choose this humble servant for the task, and I remain yours, faithfully. Ariel♥Gold 02:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Albus Dumbledore

Regarding your edit removing wikilink of gay and referring to Manual of Style#Quotations, it does say Unless there is a good reason to do so... and, respectfully, in this case there is good reason.. first being because the word wikilinked is the breaking news and the a main subject of that paragraph.. second, there's no other wikilinks for "gay" in the article and we are an encyclopedia that makes use of wikilinks for people to read about other interesting subjects. I ask you to return the wikilink. -- ALLSTAR ECHO 03:51, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

One Day

Thank you very much, but I am now (it happened very suddenly) suffering from a severe bout of laziness so alas I will not get to practice my new found knowledge until some miraculous cure appears. On the serious side, thankyou, I'll try it one day. LOL. Until next time my new, very informative buddy... good day. ;-) Bananas'n'Cream 08:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Dumbledore page

Is protecting a page while engaged in a content dispute really the right thing to do? (answer: no, it is not). Particularly when the content dispute is so minor. I have reverted it back down to semi-protection; you really should not be protecting pages when you've been editing them, it often gets conflated as a conflict of interest. Neil ☎ 10:29, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I was a bit concerned about that too. Since my single edit had nothing to do with the edit war I was protecting the page from, and the two parties were not adequately discussing the issue, I thought it might be best to go ahead and protect it. But you're right about potential conflation, so I'll be more cautious in the future! Dreadstar † 16:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thankyou very much, no doubt your helpful words helped Montanabw as much as they helped me. Now I don't have a barnstar or anything but I would like to commend you for saving gas.....because saving gas is saving the trees and I ♥ tree's. Bananas'n'Cream 05:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Will this work?

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For outstanding service in the herding of wikicats Montanabw(talk) 06:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Oddball Barnstar
		In no way do I think you are an odd ball but I do know that you are very green for saving tree's although I really don't want to ponder the thought of you having one giant eye as well. Couldn't find a greenie barnstar maybe something to work on one day. Ta ta and see ya later. Bananas'n'Cream 06:11, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Your very own Barnstar

		Dreadstars'Barnstar
		For being very kind and nice to me.Thank you,Dreadstar!

Here you go.Your very own Barnstar.I hope you like it.Cheers.Coolgirly88.(Sorry,My signature is under construction!)

IRC

I see you've usurped Dreadstar. Funny how I've never seen you under either name on IRC and you're the one who got me into it. Rlevse 18:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I had to leave while one or both of our connections on IRC was lost. Didn't mean to leave without saying goodbye. Very Nice chatting. Take care. Rlevse 19:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

		The IRC Buddy Barnstar
		Always a pleasure to chat with you! And may your connection always be swift..! Rlevse 19:41, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey! How come neither of you talks to me on IRC? I'm on there every dang day! I guess maybe I don't hang out in the "cool kids' corner", huh? lol. (Yes, of course, IRC name is ArielGold.) I'm always in cvn-wp-en, countervandalism, and the help channel. Haven't seen either one of you in any of those, though. ~*Pout*~ Ariel♥Gold 20:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Candice

Well you beat me to the first rollback! --BelovedFreak 18:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

new barnstar

Image:DSCN1889.JPG		The Friendly Barnstar
		For being a very kind and caring wikipedian and friend.Thank you,Dreadstar!

I hope you like this barnstar!Coolgirly88

IRC2

Go on IRC if you're online and ck mail. If I'm not there, reply email.Rlevse 23:28, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

where is everyone? — Rlevse • Talk • 01:06, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Check mail. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Thanks for reverting vandalism on Larrys Creek on October 22. I appreciate your help keeping the article presentable while it was linked on the Main Page very much, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks also for your kind words - I was a bit surprised as the article had never been vandalized (despite its stunning popularity ;-) ) before it was WP:TFA. Several useful edits were made though (two by IP addresses), and the vandalism didn't last long, thanks to the efforts of many, yourself included. Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 00:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Special room

we're in the room. Rlevse 00:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Human

Lol, yup that's me, now you know who you are talking to (the human) but if you want to talk to Ellie the pony I can relay the message. I hope you are well and it was good to hear from you :-) Bananas'n'Cream 03:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

"Sleep"

Bah, you're not sleeping at all! I just saw you on AIV. :P Anyway, I'll idle in the room, I tend to leave my computer on, even when I'm not there. Talk to you soon! GlassCobra 06:31, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't sleep. You still around, my Dear Lord Dreadstar? Ariel♥Gold 08:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

I apologize

I'm really sorry. I have been downright lazy in getting back to you about your excellent help with List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 113. Thank you so much for your dedication to making the article work as a functioning list. I myself have been somewhat lackadaisical in creating new U.S. Supreme Court Case articles, assuming that they would just eventually all be completed, but you've put in the elbow grease. Kudos.--Cdogsimmons 14:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Queenie

See "Your troll" thread on Queenie's page. Rlevse 15:38, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Erotica socks

Thanks for blocking them -- could you unprotect Erotica as well, so it can be "fixed" now that the two who were edit warring are gone? Thanks! Gscshoyru 19:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Protection level reduced to semi. Good job on the reporting! Dreadstar † 19:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually... check the history. That was edgarde that fixed it up nicely, not me. But I know much better how to make these now, if necessary. And thanks again! Gscshoyru 19:29, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok, well, then..um..semi-good job..how's that?...;) Just joking, your efforts are well worth the compliment..you're a fantastic vandal-fighter and a most excellent editor. Dreadstar † 19:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Lol... and thanks for the compliments! Well... except for the editor part. I'm not really an editor... yet. I would like to be one, though. Eventually I will start improving things, instead of reverting to the way they were. Gscshoyru 19:35, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Sigh...

Want to go have a chat with Nathweni? Please. (Not even going to go there) This is the person who really stirred the pot earlier. In some respects, the whole kafuffel with B'n'C may really be more attributable to this fellow. BTW, you and Ariel did a good job of cooling me down, and I think B'n'C too. Anyone who doesn't sucumb to the combined charm of you two is almost certainly a true troll. Montanabw^(talk) 21:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Just popping in for a quick note, I saw the little message my dear Dreadstar removed, and I'm sure you know this, but I'll just remind you to brush it off, don't let it bother you, you're an awesome editor and great person, and you don't need to respond to that kind of incivility. Ignoring it will be the best way to go, and I think it is great to see you an Banana working together on these cool pages! ~*Smile*~ Ariel♥Gold 21:24, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Trying. Words in black and white are rather harsh. The terminology bothers me much less IRL. Somehow the spoken word just leaves me saying, "yeah, yeah, yeah...back atcha" Don't know why this stuff bugs me more here. Permanency, perhaps. Sigh. Montanabw^(talk) 21:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

And, by the way, thank you both. Montanabw^(talk) 21:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes indeed, and it's good to have support. I calm down remarkably fast when I am no longer alone in the universe... or wikiverse... Montanabw^(talk) 22:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

And isn't [THIS] interesting? (Sighing again)... Montanabw^(talk) 23:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into the vandal. Totally different entities after me today, I think. If I ever get tempted to be an admin, remind me of your world for the last couple of days and then give me a wikislap! (What's that link to being slapped upside the head with a trout? Yeah, that one) Montanabw^(talk) 03:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Archives?

Hi Dreadstar, Or is it now the custom to address you as simply LORD?

Ok, here goes: blatblat blat BLAT blat blat!!!

M'lord, I was wondering if you could figure out where all the archives on the Electronic voice phenomena talk page went? My connection speed is sooo slow. There is something seriously wrong, because the old ones don't show. Perhaps as an admin you have a way to show all files under that name, Electronic voice phenomena/ you know?

If you just put a list of files here, I can insert them in the archive links. ——Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 23:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Dreadstar, you're sure fast (: Don't know how those got lost. ——Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 00:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! Thanks for the horn! Dreadstar † 02:45, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

It's a trumpet. You deserve it (: ——Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 04:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Semiprotection

HI, Dreadstar. Is there any chance you could semiprotect Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon? They are constantly being vandalized by anonymous editors. Thanks! TimidGuy 11:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Jkress613

Thanks! :) - NeutralHomer ^T:C 20:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Macrophage

Thanks!! Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 20:53, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Another sock set

Thanks for blocking those socks for me. You seem to be good at that lately -- here's another --user:JunJawat from the set you just blocked. Gscshoyru 02:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I know about that, see comments on WJB's page. Stupid badger vandal. Oh and another: user:Giveup21 Gscshoyru 02:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

user:Giveupfool21 You may want to just watch my page for the next hour or so. You can revert his tireless trolling, too. (ooh! alteration!) Gscshoyru 02:23, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

user:HelloImFred... you may want to watch/protect the ronald mcdonald page too... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gscshoyru (talk • contribs) 02:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

user:Beentheredonethat21... isn't this fun? </sarcasm> Gscshoyru 02:57, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

This is just sad... [32] I mean really. Come on. Gscshoyru 03:58, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

(For the barnstar:) Hehe! Funny. And thanks!! Gscshoyru 12:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

for you!

heheheheh. — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!)} 03:21, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I think Dreadstar is Brak in disguise — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!)} 03:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I thought you went to sleep! You're still awake, I seee you! Ariel♥Gold 05:15, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh... hmmm. You left IRC. Ariel♥Gold 05:22, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

user:Degreemill

Hi there. Looking at this further, I still don't see a username violation. The account is a WP:SPA which so far does not seem to want to contribute to the encyclopedia part of the project. But it doesn't seem disruptive as yet, so I don't think it needs a block. My $0.02. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 ^talk 05:09, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

First, I want to thank you for helping with the vandalism issue. It's very much appreciated. Second, I want to thank you for the Barnstar and the wonderful comment. I hope that you have a fantastic rest of your week... --Candy156sweet 20:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Haha - you big ol' flirt you, Dread :-D Just poppin' by to ask how my favourite admin is? Scarian^Talk 01:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

One More

This is another address that forgot to add.... 63.3.11.1 (talk · contribs) Thanks again. --Candy156sweet 20:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

You were so helpful before....

I goofed on another svg image. Suprise. Would you mind deleting it? As a side note, I did get the slime image to work. Thanks for deleting that one. i ^said 23:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:UAA

There's a current username you may want to look at. It's user:Dreadstar753951. I think it's different enough from yours to be ok, but I though You may want to see it. Otherwise I'll remove the report in 5 min or so. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 02:48, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I guess you didn't like the name! ;) -- Flyguy649 ^talk 02:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

The vandalism must have happened after I looked at it... or I'm getting negligent ;) No COI there. Vandals is vandals, as the grammatically inept might say. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 02:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Right. Koi. ;P -- Flyguy649 ^talk 02:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Fantanas ... could they be the female Wiggles? -- Flyguy649 ^talk 03:05, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Link

I am sorry but I am confused about the reason why you canceled the link I posted and claimed I was spamming. The page is about a "writer" and I posted a link to a site where one of his books is available online. How is it spamming? Maybe I did not follow the rules about the procedure to post a link and if I did I am really sorry but I am new and I did not know. Is there a way I can post it again with your authorization? I am available to answer to any question you have for me. Thank you. Diegom-08 09:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your question. You've repeatedly added the very same link to many different articles, this violates the Wikipeida Guideline on External link spamming, specifically "Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam. Although the specific links may be allowed under some circumstances, repeatedly adding links will in most cases result in all of them being removed."

Please read through the Wikipedia rules to learn more about how to edit Wikipedia. Please do not continue adding the link to articles, it's considered spamming and will lead to your being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Dreadstar † 19:08, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I really did not mean to spam that address but I won't post it anymore. After you wrote me though I proposed it to two or three talks asking the editros whether they think it's a good link or not. Can I do that or should I delete those comments? Diegom-08 22:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your understanding. Yes, I noticed your posts on the article talk pages asking about including the link in those articles, and i think that was an excellent move on your part! I wouldn't post any more, even on talk pages, until the editors there have commented or evaluated the links for inclusion. Thank you! Dreadstar † 22:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok I'll follow your advice. Thanks and sorry againDiegom-08 01:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

User:Sweed666

Is 24 hours gonna teach him anything? Except for providing a photo of somebody's tombstone, his only "contributions" are bogus warnings with somebody else's signatures forged to them! I'd think that had earned him a ban by now. --Orange Mike 17:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

76.5.155.69

Thanks! :) - NeutralHomer ^T:C 20:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Blocks

Thanks for helping with blocks. I am away from the office and have lost my super powers while at an internet cafe. :-) Bearian'sBooties 21:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

<sigh>

He's at it again. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Rdsoxfa

Why have you indefblocked Rdsoxfa (talk · contribs)? I agree their edits aren't particularly good, but they look to me to all be in good faith - the spambot warnings aren't spamming, but attempts to add a link to a photobucket page to illustrate an article they're writing, and they stopped doing it once I explained the problem. Or have you spotted something I've missed? — iridescent 01:46, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

I suspect he will get blocked fairly soon for revert-warring as he seems to be reverting every change that anyone makes to the article (I think unintentionally) - I intend waiting until he's finished his rewrite, and then go through the page he's written (if he finishes it) and clean up the POV & OR, rather than nit-pick at it and lead someone who may not understand 3rr into inadvertently breaking it — iridescent 01:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

0 (Kirby Series)

I described the complication with this case at WP:SPLICE. The history is on three separate pages (Dark Matter (Kirby), Dark Matter (Kirby series), 0 (Kirby Series)) so deleting the first page doesn't fix it completely. Thanks. Axem Titanium 02:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Axem Titanium 03:10, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

What you did was great. Right now, I'm trying to db-move Dark Matter (Kirby series) to Dark Matter (Kirby) to fit the naming conventions within the Kirby articles. Axem Titanium 03:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure, done. Thanks a lot. Axem Titanium 03:19, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

That looks like everything. Thanks again. Axem Titanium 03:35, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

<sigh>

Per your request to be notified, he's at it again. — BQZip01 — ^talk 02:45, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Here is his latest: requiring citations for pictures... + and additional example (note that this is again part of an edit war). Additionally, I think his edit history and his sockpuppet(s) show a textbook case of WP:Wikistalking (he has never commented on the Midnight Yell Practice page before, but he does so mere minutes after I post a picture?). I do not intend this to be whining, but a request for assistance/following your guidance/request for additional guidance. If you don't want to get involved, I can't blame you. If so, where should I take this? Would you recommend an RfA? — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:11, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

New Account

Dreadstar,I'm creating a new account because I can't get into my old one!My new user name is IslaamMaged126.Coolgirly88 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.73.255 (talk) 13:36, 27 October 2007 (UTC) Hi!How are you?is my new account.Feel free to ask anything on my talk page!IslaamMaged126 14:44, 27 October 2007 (UTC)