User talk:Fvw

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Welcome to my talk page. If you want to leave criticism or question my judgement, that's fine, communication is important. If you want to have a chat, point out good or funny articles or leave suggestions or compliments, that's even better. Please add new comment threads at the bottom of the page in a new section (click here). I'll reply on your talk page, copying what was said to keep things clear. Please sign your comments.

When replying to messages from me, I'd appreciate it if you either put the entire reply, or some sort of notification that you've replied, here on my talk page: my watchlist is rather large and a reply made only on your talk page might otherwise go unnoticed.

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[edit] Clemson University and University of South Carolina

I've been getting into some discussion with an anonymous user on both of these articles, and would appreciate some involvement from other editors. If you'd care to help, do check out the Talk pages for both. Thanks. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 07:47, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of translations of Fuck

Please contribute to the discussion. Uncle G 04:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:Scottfisher

Hey Fvw. When you get the chance, can you look over my query at User_talk:Evilphoenix#User:Scottfisher and see if you have anything to add? Thanks. -- SCZenz 01:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Merkey

Jeff Merkey is at it again... just thought you should know... http://merkeylaw.com/ If it is gone... try here.... http://www.johncollins.org/ml/2006-01/01-00:01/index.html It is... quite hilarious... even more when you consider that he believes it all. --Kebron 01:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are you here anymore

...I guess I list you here ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 00:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Come back soon, Missed ya' ε γκυκλοπαίδεια* 00:36, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You have new messages (diff).

"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --fvw* 05:36, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)"

Huh?

I have edited one Wikipedia page, that on Convergent Technologies, to add and I hope clarify. Although I see at least one error at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_Technologies_(Unisys), I see no vandalism.

I'll add the error to my list of things to do.

Further, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=66.212.6.76&offset=0&limit=20 shows but one use of that address to edit Wikipedia, the CT page mentioned above.

So, in addition to "Huh?", I formally move to add a resounding "WTF?" and request an explanation.

Yours,

Me.

"Me", you're this IP number, and you added the comment above in this edit. That IP number had previously been used for a single edit, as you say. The edit was not to an article on Convergent Technologies, it was to the article on George W. Bush. This is the edit in question, changing "its kinsman Osama bin Laden" to "its kinsman Osama bin Ladenand his gay lover". I hope you are satisfied by this explanation. -- Hoary 06:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

>>Further, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:>>Contributions&target=66.212.6.76&offset=0&limit=20 shows but one use >>of that address to edit Wikipedia, the CT page mentioned above.

>"Me", you're this IP number, and you added the comment above in this >edit. That IP number had previously been used for a single edit, as you >say. The edit was not to an article on Convergent Technologies, it was >to the article on George W. Bush. This is the edit in question, >changing "its kinsman Osama bin Laden" to "its kinsman Osama bin >Ladenand his gay lover". I hope you are satisfied by this explanation. >- Hoary 06:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Hoary-

Thnak you for your reply. I understand your reply as given, but am unable to reconcile my discovery of but one edit from the address in question (mine, of the Convergent Technologies page) and your discovery of again, a single edit, but of an unrelated page. Was there a lag of some sort I wonder, that is, at the time I queried, had the second edit (the vandalisim) occurred but not yet been added to the page that showed me (well, the address) making an edit to the CT page? Which still wouldn't explain why you find that "The edit was not to an article on Convergent Technologies". When I asked for the history, Wikipedia did point me at the Convergent page as my only edit. Unless Wikipedia accomplished that via a local cookie instead of IP address? Still looking for the CFT to correct the CT page, but it's on my list.

Thank you,

Me.

[edit] Brad Levicoff

Please do NOT put Votes for Deletion pages in the discussions, and also you should follow the proper procedure in making these --FlareNUKE 02:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] huh?

what the hell are you talking about? i dont recall messing with anything...

...added at 15:15, 25 March 2006 by Taylorhewitt (his/her first ever contribution to en-WP under this name)

What the hell is your prob,im looking for info and you keep sending me messages about vandilising the page, im just fucking reading get over it. If you got a problem email me (monstercooke@hotmail.com) ...added at 07:24, 25 April 2006 by 203.87.67.252 (contributions)

[edit] Help me!

Hello! I'm a Persian Wikipedian and I wanna build a robot, but I like to build a one in English Wikipedia. So Can you help to make a bot step by step??? Thanks a lot! --MehranVB 17:08, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] huh

I've no idea who you are or what your beef is but ive never edited any page on this system so i'd appreciate you keeping your snide childish comments to yourself - thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.127.238.116 (talk • contribs) 68.127.238.116

[edit] What is this?

Hi, Fvw (talk · contribs), it seems that User:Fvw/POPBot/archive/http-proxy-scan-2005-09-30 has been edited by at least one suspected Bogdandov sock, namely 83.16.112.250 (talk · contribs). I can't figure out what this page is all about; can you enlighten me? TIA---CH 21:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Heya, sorry for the late reply, I'm not an active wikipedia editor any more. The reason that page was edited from that IP was that I used to run an open proxy scanner for wikipedia. Like many problematic sock-puppeteers, Bogdanov used open proxies, one of which was founds by my open proxy scanner. If you encounter further bad behaviour from that IP, the best course of action is probably to block as an open proxy or request and admin to do so. Happy editing! --fvw* 05:19, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Got it, thanks! ---CH 16:54, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome back

Welcome back Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 06:07, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Not back, just weak. But thank you… --fvw* 06:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back from me as well, and I can sympathize with being weak too :\. RN 06:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, it's always nice when you pop in. I'll pour a drink for you.-gadfium 06:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Saw your name appear on my watchlist. Nice to see you stopping by. (No need to reply; I know you have limited time.) — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:30, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not english

Good catch; don't know what I was thinking. Then again, it's 2:13 in the morning here o.O. Sorry about that. — Deckill e r 06:13, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem, if that's the worst you'll do, you're doing pretty damn well. Also: Good morning. --fvw* 06:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Unfortunately, I have work at 9, so I'm only going to be getting five hours of sleep :-). It's not too bad — coffee is common for a reason, eh? — Deckill e r 06:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, okay, next time you get the honors :) — Deckill e r 06:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

You're too kind. Or at least almost sufficiently kind, which given my view of things, is sufficiently close. Enjoy your coffee. --fvw* 06:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

No, enjoy your coffee, kind sir. Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi

[edit] Vandalism block

I would have infinitely blocked the user big fat boogers club. He posted obscenities, and he was a vandal. Just a suggestion.Diez2 00:47, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Good point, I'll reblock. --fvw* 00:48, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks, man. Sometimes I miss those tools, but then I remember how addicted I was then, how I almost felt I had a responsibility to be online. LOL. I'm glad to see you're still around and kicking. Take care. SWAdair 01:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a tough addiction. I just come here when I have deadlines coming up real close, it's a wonderful to avoid doing work. Glad to see you've found a way to handle it too. --fvw* 01:10, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] why?

why is everyoon meen to me? i trie to mak coool things butt thay always get deletedd. -buttox

Hi. We appreciate your effort to add things to wikipedia, however wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, there are certain guidelines that must be heeded. For starters, have a look at WP:NOT, which should give you a decent impression of what we're trying to do. If you spend a little time reading up on what is and isn't acceptable here you'll find we're not all that mean after all. Let me know if you have any questions. --fvw* 23:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Rcpat.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Rcpat.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sherool (talk) 23:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Asa Dotzler

An article that you have been involved in editing, Asa Dotzler, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asa Dotzler. Thank you. -- mms 01:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Hi. Your signature seems to constantly confuse my XML Parser when I parse Wikipedia pages. What is the significance of

&#0xfeff;

and how should it be parsed? Thanks. Pkalmar (talk) 20:05, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

How strange, my signature is one of the top google hits for &#0xfeff; yet I don't recall ever having had anything like that in my signature. Unicode character 0xfeff is the zero width space, often also used as a byte order mark. To get it to be a proper entity would require getting rid of the leading 0 of the number though. Perhaps it's an artifact of the conversion of en.wikipedia to utf-8? Not sure what made it choose to single out my sig for this treatment though. You could try asking at the helpdesk if anyone knows anything about this. Good luck! --fvw* 10:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Allow me to kibitz. FEFF in hex is equivalent to 65279 in decimal;  is indeed the zero width space; but if you prefer to use hex it's  (with no zero or other character interrupting the opening sequence &#x). (See this page and other stuff on that man's site.) But I've a hunch that even if this is fixed and the result satisfies XML parsers, it may well confuse some HTML browsers. -- Hoary (talk) 14:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

For your orientation, the matter has been at Wikipedia:Help desk#Invalid XML entities and is now at Wikipedia:Bot requests#Invalid XML/HTML Entity Fix. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invite

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! ~~~~