User talk:Pilotguy/Archive10
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Afrika... againAfrika has made another sockpuppet and deleted sockpuppetry warnings. Also see Wikipedia:Personal_attack_intervention_noticeboard#New_reports - he threatened that Jesus will fuck my mother. --PaxEquilibrium 16:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Big hallo from 194.152.217.129.Well, hallo Pilotguy. I see you blocked my IP 194.152.217.129. Now you can block this one too, but just out of curiosity, it would be really nice to know how do you decide to block someone, and let go another. Personal preference, just because you can, or...?
Clean up after yourselfImage:Bob rae posed 2006 campaign.JPG
Bob Rae in 2006.
When deleting images, clean up after yourself, in the articles that the images were in. -- Zanimum 22:20, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Cleaning up after vandalsThanks. Jkelly 23:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Blanking pagesI have no idea what you're talking about. I didn't blank any articles on Wikipedia. I only came close a few days ago when I blanked a page that I created for a WikiProject that barely lasted a day or two. It was speedy deleted. -- Clevelander 00:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Idea for Vote TemplatesHello Captain! Currently, on Meta, people use templates that users place when voting on whatnot to declare their vote. I have created similar "templates" on one of my user pages, but currently these are not mainstream templates (then again they aren't even templates) because I wanted a few Admins to approve them for use on Votes (such as RfAs and other votes). Please see This page for more info. Booksworm Hello? Anyone home? Vote! Vote! 17:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry!I'm sorry that I uploaded this picture, I didn't knew that this is protected in copyright, please don't block me! Hjbhuvghgg 19:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC) ArbCom votingPilotguy, I am the one, rightly or wrongly, who brought the issue to AN/I. What should I have done? I don't delete people's comments, and I was fairly shocked when I saw this happen. I am way too slow to revert 37 changes, plus they wouldn't have been reverts since Cyde Weys added new stuff as he deleted old, and reverting is counter-productive anyhow. I tried to talk with him; he blew me off. If you say I was wrong to go to AN/I, well, it is quite possible. I have never tried that before. What should I have done? Jd2718 00:17, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Can you educate me?Can you educate me about this sort of thing? I was not aware that people could be indef blocked for having an email address as a username. Really? I think the software should prevent it, but that hardly means that we should block people for it. --Jimbo Wales 02:15, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
User:LazylacesOK, I sometimes make mistakes (and it was only a 24-hour block)-looks as if someone's unblocked anyway - sorry, jimfbleak 06:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC) username policies and unblocking requestMy account was blocked because 'it contained an email address'. I asked for it to be unblocked and you denied it. The official blocking policy that you referenced clearly states that existing accounts that had email addresses are NOT to be blocked. As such, I feel your ruling was not fair nor appropriate. The good thing is that you showed me another tag that I can use to rename my account while blocked. I will use this format, but it looks like the process is that the account will be unblocked for a period of 24 hours. It is a little frustrating that I was very clear in my request that I was requesting my account be unblocked so that I could rename it. The experience is very frustrating, especially since my account was blocked for having an email address prior to there being an official policy of not allowing an email address. Please give a little more thought to unblocking requests in the future. From username policy: "E-mail addresses: As of September 26, 2006, the MediaWiki software has been changed so the users may no longer register usernames with "@" in them. Previously, these usernames were discouraged. Preventing the usage of @ stops editors from receiving spam, reduces work for administrators and prevents hurt feelings due to being blocked, which may have led editors to simply leave in the past. Existing usernames with the sign are not blocked, but editors should be encouraged to change their names as the sign interferes with some MediaWiki functions." Thanks. shan_mcarthur@spamcop.net (talk • contribs • logs) My account was eventually unblocked so that I could rename it - I don't know if I have you to thank for that, but if it was you, thanks. ShanM (talk • contribs • logs) Re: Your ISP blockArgh. Sorry I wasn't able to respond to your message sooner -- everything from holiday retail to final projects and exams at school are getting in the way, this week. There was a very serious trolling problem, including death and rape threats to users and their family members. Checkuser and IRC were involved; there was talk of police reports, as well. Before sprotecting a swath of pages, I thought I should try a short rangeblock; that didn't do the trick, so I thought I might try a longer one -- in retrospect, I should have advertised this decision more openly, should have done more to seek consensus as to the appropriate action, and should have made sure that I personally would be available to deal with the collateral damage I caused. For what it's worth, I'd like to think I learned a few lessons from this; it was at a different level than the problems I've dealt with, in the past, so hopefully I'll be prepared to respond more appropriately in the future. Let me know if there's anything more I can do, to help settle this. Luna Santin 01:15, 4 December 2006 (UTC) CSS IPOk, please block the IP again.. people don't get it. My friend is currently vandalising Atlanta, Georgia.. --Ard0 16:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC) Done. —Pilotguy (push to talk) 23:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC) Signpost updated for December 4th.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 05:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC) Help: VandalismIf u remember, i voted in your RfA. Recently, User:EntwistleDaltreyMoonTownshend has vandalised my page and put personal attacks using my real name on my talk page and the school's ip's talk page. Can you do something about it? Thanks, → p00rleno (lvl 77) ←ROCKSCRS 12:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC) HeyHey, I just created a Wiki account and I was curious about what I can do to help the site be a better user expirience for everyone. It was a little confusing at first but I was just wondering if you could give me a little info on what I can do to help on Wiki. I would appreciate any information at all that you can give me. Thanks --AirmanFC91 23:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Denton High SchoolI was recently browsing through articles related to Denton, Texas, my hometown, and I saw that their wasn't an article for Denton High School. I'm currently in my freshman year at DHS and I'm seriously thinking about starting a project to create a page for Denton High School. Any pointers you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again,
pilotguybotDo you have an o-line? i.e. can it oper? The "normal" thing here is not updating your config properly. In Config/IRCConsole.conf are a couple of lines like: password=password operpassword=password If you don't have an o-line you should comment out the second of these. #operpassword= That way it won't try and oper each time it connects. --pgk 07:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC) A DB ArticleHello Pilotguy, this db article has been deleted several times and I believe it would not hurt to protect it from being recreated. I believe this talk page also illustrates why this may be a good idea.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:04, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry>Please do not target one or more user's pages or talk pages for abuse or insults, unwarranted doctoring or blanking. It can be seen as vandalism and may get you blocked from editing Wikipedia. —Pilotguy (push to talk) 18:35, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Is Earthlink always static?I saw your edit to User talk:207.69.137.36 removing the shared IP tag with the edit summary of "Earthlink is static". I'm not so sure of that. My impression is that there are 6 ways an Earthlink customer can access the Internet:
Again, this is purely my impression. I came to this page as part of Wikiproject Spam because the person added a somewhat spammy link yet I could find no evidence the person had ever spammed elsewhere. (Usually spam like that is "campaign-spammed"). Anyway, this is not a big issue, but I thought I would raise the question as much out of curiosity as anything else. --A. B. (talk) 19:01, 9 December 2006 (UTC) OK then fucker, why don't you do something constructive?Rather than just randomly insulting people, why don't you do something constructive? An admin had a page removed for no particular reason. Nobody agreed with his decision, he just deleted it for his own purpose. He never bothered to try improving it, he just deleted it. How do I reinstate the page? 82.24.158.222 23:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Enquiry about blockWhat was this block about?? According to a thread above, it involved Checkuser, IRC etc. but I can't find any reports of it on WP:ANI. What's going on??
I hope there isn't anything as big as this again.... it's very shocking, and the fact they made physical threats, is upsetting too. What was going on then?? --SunStar Nettalk 00:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC) The block has expired by now... if you have an issue with it you certainly can contact Luna Santin about it. —Pilotguy (push to talk) 13:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Listen pilotguyI was perfectly civil until chewbob vadalised my image for no reason. Then I got cross. That feed the trolls, and bite the newbies is bad enough. I'm outa here. I'm eleeting all my conrtibutions. I do not want my good name tarnished by the reputation you "encyclopedia" has for trolling newbies. 2wice bitten 11:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC) BooyakaDellThe matter regarding this user has already gone to WP:ANI and mediation - without result. I am replacing the report - it must be taken seriously, please. Curse of Fenric 00:10, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 05:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC) User talk:Niekro226Hrm, tricky call, on this one -- are there any deleted edits I'm missing? If he only moved the one, we could call it a simple mistake (he might have been testing, or accidentally saved). It looks like he's made at least one or two decent edits. Not sure. Thoughts? Luna Santin 09:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC) Great user page!You have just about the best user page I've seen. The photos are fantastic and are the first thing anyone notices. On closer examination, the layout is also really well done. Folks that vandalize it are not only being vandals, but also showing poor taste. I see from the talk and user page histories you get a lot of trolls -- hang in there and keep up the good work. --A. B. (talk) 13:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC) The Editor's Barnstar
warning removal notice on user talk:68.194.191.143Hey, thanks for fixing the warning on user talk:68.194.191.143 for me. I wasn't aware that {{wr}} got deleted, LOL. --Ixfd64 01:41, 15 December 2006 (UTC) ThanksThanks for lifting the autoblock. For some reason I get blocked every time User:Badhand and User:Baderhand go on a vandalism spree. Encyclopedia GalacticaI don't know if anyone has read the Foundation novels by Isaac Asimov, but Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Galactica from Foundaton, whose sole purpose is to house all human knowledge, seem strangely similar. Hmmm... AirmanFC91 19:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC) User:CarrotbotFor your information, this bot was intended to be a spellchecking bot. I didn't have enough edits to request approval for Automated Wiki Browser, so my idea to make a bot was useless, so I wasn't prepared to ask a bureaucrat to give it bot status if it doesn't even work. Bushcarrot (Talk·Desk) 22:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC) User:General CuiDid you notice that the same guy was making nonsense edits from two different accounts, and the autoblock was because I had blocked one account and he was trying to use the other one? User:Zoe|(talk) 20:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC) HiHi, Pilotguy. I figured now is a good time to be serious for a moment and offer an explanation. I'm one of the guys that occasionally creates strange usernames(not always directed at anyone in particular). I do it to let out a little creative steam, if you will. I actually do make serious contributions, but since "technically" I'm being disruptive with these sock puppets, I don't wish to tell you under what username. Lately, I've been seeing more attack type names that mention you and I just wanted to say that they're not me making them. What I mean by "attack" is names that get personal and call you a "f---ing bastard" (the name that inspired me to write this) and the like. I seen a post on your talk page a while back referring to some old usernames such as User:Pilotguy, Do You Like Airplanes? Or Am I Just Stupid? and the poster asked "What did you do to this guy!?" Answer: nothing. And I'm sorry if you interpreted it as an attack. That wasn't my intention. I'm not mean spirited! Also, I'm not Dicky Roberts(as I've been accused of elsewhere) or any of those other guys that take things way too far. Sometimes, it's just fun to get a reaction. Some might call it "feeding the trolls", but I admire your attitude!A Non O Miss 23:12, 17 December 2006 (UTC) I have no idea y u r doing thisMt. Tabor Football is changing and i think that u should not stop others from knowing truthfull information about Mt. Tabor Football —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.76.199.201 (talk) 03:06, 18 December 2006 (UTC). {{mprotected2}}Since I noticed you protecting a few pages associated with Today's Featured Article, you may want to note that {{mprotected2}} has been created to tag templates and images that have been protected because they are associated with articles linked from the Main Page. -- tariqabjotu 00:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 06:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC) Not againNow your policy states that you would like me to add information that is good for Mt. Tabor. So what is the problem with me adding factual information to the Mt.Tabor page. I go there and I think that I might know a little more that is going on with the school than you do. This is real stuff and it is happening at Mt. Tabor. I dont edit the key club stuff. I edit what I know and that is Mt. Tabor football. You are like a dictator and you dont even know what you are talking about. I didnt say Tabor sucks or anything. I gave factual info on what is going on at Tabor and it is correct. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.76.199.201 (talk) 01:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC). misunderstandingso you are now saying that I have to get my facts from a website. Newsflash there are not many websites about Mt. Tabor athletics. This is far from nonsense. Nonsense is talking trash about a school or something. Students at Tabor want an easy way to be given info about the most popular sport their which is football. This is a way to get it across without using nonsense or anything. I do belive that you are wrong about what is nonsense. Maybe your school does not have a solid base that wants to see what is going on with the football team. Everytime I look at the Tabor page it says the same thing and there are no specifics. People want a change. Tabor doesnt stay the same all year it changes. Im not going to add to the page everyday just when drastic changes occur. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.76.199.201 (talk) 03:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC). Your turn to answerlet me ask you a ? buddy has anyone complained about gossip being in the tabor article? 71.76.199.201 22:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Come onSo now you have made it so the public can not change the Tabor page. You have now made Mt.Tabor information not available to the public and the students.You have yet to answer my question about if anyone had given you any complaints. That is simply because they havent. You have a problem with people who edit things that will make an immediate change and I have no idea why. You are a horrible administrator. The students at Tabor liked my changes for your info and unless you are willing to put something new about sports in there at least once a week I will file a formal complaint to Wikipedia. This is senseless. You are the one putting nonsense in the article because there is nothing in there. That is the most generic thing in the world. For your info the Mt. Tabor article SUCKS and needs new material because it is bland. Thank you for taking away the oppurtunity for Tabor students to read new information which they would otherwise not know. Im glad to see you are in the christmas spirit buddy. GOD BLESS YOU. That shows how much you knowIt has gotten plenty of talk around Tabor. But you wouldnt know that would you. BECAUSE YOU DONT GO THERE AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE STUDENTS WANT. Image deletion Image:Welcome2.gifI am the author of this image i created it. i can do whatever i want with it!!! What is the problem? You should discuss it with me before deleting. EvilAlex 19:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC) I have been bullied by Administrators! Three in one day. Anarchy rules in Wiki, there is no rules anymore?! EvilAlex 19:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Category:United Methodist bishops by U.S. StateHi, I see that you kindly closed the CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 12#Category:United_Methodist_bishops_by_U.S._State (thanks!). However, I'm not sure that your closing summary was clear. You wrote "The result of the debate was upmerge", but while my initial prposal was to "upmerge all", there was a counbter-proposal to 'Keep Categories that end in "Area"; Merge others to Category:Bishops of the United Methodist Church'. I wondered if you could annotate CFD to clarify which you sort of "upmerge" you meant. Thanks! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Thank you.Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. I think the person was mad at me for warning them about their inappropriate username. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 21:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC) thanks for the help reverting the vandals work on my user page, Cheers !Noface1 16:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)  User:Noface1 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! picture removedHi - you are removing a picture I put on page Andrew_Coburn because of invalid licence. I'm not sure what I have to choose... it is a privately taken photo, I have permission from the person who took the photo to put it on wikipedia to illustrate this article - I obviously just picked the wrong option. Sorry, I haven't uploaded pictures before. Can you tell me what licence setting I need, please? Thanks Anne Rooney 21:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)Anne.rooney Sandbox deletionWhat the hell? I did not request to have my sandbox deleted, and am not leaving Wikipedia. Check the deletion log if you will, and please restore it. Who said I was leaving Wikipedia, anyways? Can you restore all of it, just so I can see who put the db notice there? ♥ Fredil 21:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC) removed pickimproper license? I took the pictures and composed the file myself... how about before deleting and pissing people off you check with the person and possibly help. after all this is the only way to truly solve problems... knowledge is power. Bosman111 05:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Amusing NPWatcher bugPosting on a redirect page? Tsk, tsk. ♥ Fredil 17:29, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Non-Latin Username BlocksThere is some dispute as to whether these blocks are supported. There are many active editors who do just fine contributing with non-latin names. Per the discussion here, there seems be support for reccomending for to people creating a username at en.WP to not use non-latin characters. But does not appear to be consensus for blocking people on sight who already have a non-latin account at another Wikimedia wiki. Will you please start taking these non-latin username through Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names in order to better gather opions on the mattter? Thank you for your atttention to this matter.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 19:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC) |
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