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[edit] My RfA

Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Catherine Austin Fitts

Hi,

Just letting you know that I made some comments about your edits to this page over on the Catherine Fitts talk page.

I also withdraw and apolgoize for blaming you for edits you didn't create so much as revert. I'm kinda new here haven't figured it all out yet.

Utunga 23:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Majorly's RfB

Hey Evil Clown, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and kind comments and I do intend to run again eventually. Happy editing! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 03:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Old school

glad to see users still doing oldschool reverting. :-) West Brom 4ever 23:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

i beat you in rv-race? ok, i will quit using script for one day :-) talk to you soon West Brom 4ever 23:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

sure there is no need, however, i got slightly nostalgic. cheers, West Brom 4ever 23:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

yes, martinbot is very rude, beating me too. cheers, West Brom 4ever 23:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Am I not allowed to edit my own page? I just got a weird message from you. I am new to wiki so please help.

THank you. 68.249.188.31 00:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)gsingh2300

[edit] Comment

I was trying to fix the vandalism on hockey and I hit save before I was done. If you took 20 seconds you would know this so try not to be so ready to accuse

Sean09876

[edit] Vanessa Daou Page

What's wrong with linking to Vanessa Daou's myspace page? I'm new to editing Wikipedia, so I'm not aware if this is something that's considered taboo. I hardly would classify it as spam, however. Screamingdreaming 14:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed that it's considered something to be avoided. Since this rule seems to have a bit of grey area (in that it's saying normally to be avoided, under what circumstances would it be okay to link there? I would say that maybe the parameters should be whether the artist his/herself is actually a regular presence on their myspace page and said artist is a published one (as in the case of Portishead [1] myspace page. A comparison of Vanessa Daou's and Portishead's respective pages will show that Vanessa obviously has little to do with her page and Porthishead actually updates theirs every now and then. Either way, point taken and no more links to myspace from me. Screamingdreaming 15:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review for Stanley Cup

I think it should be moved to a seperate article if there were other events like those, and if it can go more in-depth about it. If there isn't any or can't be expanded, then I think it should stay. But the problem about that is that the article is the Stanley Cup - not strange events in the finals. So I say if it stays the section should link to the NHL seasons in which they occured. --Hasek is the best 18:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal

His last edit said, and I quote "**** *** ****** ****, *****". Rather than a week or a month, I hesitated between a month and life. No. A month is entirely reasonable, indeed leniant.--Anthony.bradbury 01:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SP

Yeah it seemed to be a nonsense bio so either tag would have done, i had already started editing it and when it came as an edit cinflict i just stuck the other one in as well.--Greatestrowerever 16:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can't sleep

You reverted my edit too by mistake on Can't sleep's clown box. I didn't sign mine, it was the funny (perhaps; actually maybe lame) clown pic, I thought it looked better unsigned. No worries I re-added it (the pic) and figured I'd tell you to save you any confusion. Quadzilla99 14:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, in that case you just do it manually, no worries though—just didn't want to confuse you if you looked at it. Quadzilla99 14:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Tag question

What's the tag for CSD A7? I cannot find it on the list. --Fredrick day 13:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Editor review

I reviewed you. YechielMan 04:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: WP:AIV

Done. There's one left, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 19:57, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you too, for the vandal reverts. :) --Fang Aili ^talk 19:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to alert me again in the future. I'm not around a lot, but if I am I'll go help out. --Fang Aili ^talk 20:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AIV

That's not true, as I've seen it done, and I would think that no constructive edit out of 200 in a year is a bit too far past AGF for my liking. MSJapan 00:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

They weren't blocked, the last block had expired. I blocked them for the vandalism edit of Reptile diff. TimVickers 00:52, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

No. I'm perfectly happy to explain my actions. First, why assume good faith now after over a year and a half of bad faith edits, and such a low edit count that they clearly have no intention of contributing positively? Moreover, the talk page is full of nothing but vandalism warnings (all the way back to Dec. '05, so I miscalculated slightly when I said April '06). AGF also states that it does not require that editors continue to assume good faith in the presence of evidence to the contrary, and I saw no reason that the pattern would not resume. Personally, I think if you've given a user over 35 warnings and they've been blocked six times already with around 200 edits, assuming AGF is asking for trouble. MSJapan 01:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I agreed with your comment EC93, but the user made the point moot by continuing to vandalise! TimVickers 01:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] A relatively complex question about editing

~~Out of curiousity, can a non-admin help clear CSD? Is it OK and acceptable to remove the templates from the pages that don't meet the CSD criteria?~~

I'll answer your question anyway - I'm pretty sure all deletion functions must be performed by admins. It is OK and acceptable to remove the template, if you intend to fix the article. Furthermore, the speedy delete templates should not be removed by the person who created the article. If you created an article that get nominated for speedy deletion, place the {{hangon}} tag at the top of a page along with an explanation why you believe the page should not be deleted on its talk page. Hoof Hearted 19:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Thanks for filing the checkuser, it'll be nice to see that other Wikipedians know it's me. I have no idea what happened. I tried to login one day, and it wouldn't accept it. After I contacted Postoak, one of the best Wikipedians I know of, I took his suggestions and created a new account. This isn't an impostor, because I'm rarely known on Wikipedia. Thanks for your help. I didn't want to do this, but I had no other choice. — JuWiki (Talk <> Resources) 20:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please remain neutral

You have no right to stop others from contributing relevant and referenced stuff into Wikipedia, like what you have done with WFNY-FM. Thanks!

[edit] Reporting usernames to WP:AIV

Hi Evilclown! When reporting usernames to AIV, please make sure your report does not merely say "Username is a clear violation of the username policy" - please state how it is a violation. Expanded instructions are in point 4 of the green box on the main AIV page. This makes it helpful to admins who are, say, trying to clear an AIV backlog and don't want to have to examine each username individually, and it's also just general good practice. Thanks, and keep up the good work. – Riana _ऋ 13:11, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks mate! No need to apologise, just one of those things to get used to :) – Riana _ऋ 13:15, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archive

I certainly did! What went wrong?--Jackyd101 16:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I think I've sorted it, thanks for the help.--Jackyd101 16:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		You have been working hard a lot on vandalism recently, well done, also for the reversion of one particular edit to Myanmar, which even the martinbot couldn't catch. Eaomatrix 16:42, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 16th SOW

The following website was used as source for the date added to the site. Please verify info is incorrect before deleting someone else's work and sendind a hoax message.

http://www2.hurlburt.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123031979

Thanks, From someone that was part of the SOW for 4+ years in the 90's

[edit] AfD nomination of Sean fluharty

An editor has nominated Sean fluharty, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not"). Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean fluharty and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. Jayden54Bot 19:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AIV

Thanks for reporting User:74.224.7.28. However, the last vandalism from that IP occured on the same minute as the last warning; therefore, I won't block, unless he/she vandalizes again. Thanks again, and good work fighting vandalism! · AndonicO ^Talk 21:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Great! Evilclown93 21:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please explain revert.

I thank you for your assumption of good faith in reverting a recent edit on Westminster School, Connecticut. The revert occurred so quickly that you could not possibly have first read my lengthy explanation on the article's talk page. Certainly you did not reply to it. I assume your good faith in deciding to revert and would welcome more extensive comment. --7Kim 02:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

hello, i have responded to your post on the Adopt a user talk page, please take a look! Matthew Yeager 06:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandal on Talk:White Dragon(England)

Thanks for giving the warning templates to him, I was watching that user for a while thanks again, I undid his mess.Arnon Chaffin 20:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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