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EA alert

Hi Pilotguy. I haven't been staying on top of the alerts at Esperanza, but I saw you remove yourself and what you wrote before. Death threats? Good grief. Just so you know, I put you on my watch list--here's another pair of eyes to keep a look out for vandalism. Cheers. --Fang Aili ^說嗎? 02:36, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Same here. Sorry I missed the initial alert. Let us know if there's anything we can do for you in the future. Kind regards, --JoanneB 08:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I've added your user page to my watchlist as well. Thanks also for the info about the godmode lite and popup tools. I'll see which one works best for me. Hang in there--we've got your back. --Tachikoma 18:47, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I can't tell you how much your support means to me. --Pilot|guy 01:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Stress

Sorry to hear things are the way they are, tinhgs were getting bad for me but are looking up. I hope you don't mind me asking why you were banned from IRC. I remember the days of computer3 and you in there; there was nothing like it. Hope things get better for you. --Pilot|guy 02:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure, probably because I booted pgkbot off of the chan in frustration... Apperantly that was one of Essjay's rules I violated, the rules he came up with on my channel without asking me. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 11:08, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Changes to vandal warning toolbox

I hope you're finding the warning toolbox useful. I've made a few minor changes to it that you might want to be aware of. --Kbh3^rdtalk 20:51, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting a vandalistic delete by some moron on Common Jay. Have a look at our latest work on Spot Swordtail and Lime Butterfly. Also the newly established List of Butterflies of India (Riodinidae). Regards, AshLin 20:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

(Please put all tasty Easter wishes here)

Happy Easter! These special Easter eggs were laid just for you by an evil bunny! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

haha... thank you! Same to you! --Pilot|guy 16:36, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Master Jay's RfA

Hey there Pilot! Thanks for your show of support at my recent RfA. If you have any questions or concerns, leave me a note here. Regards, Jay(Reply) 02:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

South Park Obscenities

Anus is not an obscenity.

Caoilte 15:35, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Motorola article

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and it's not verified nor is it appropriate content for an encyclopedia. Ardenn 19:52, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought. In that case I'll RV myself. --Pilot|guy 19:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Whether the information is encyclopedia-worthy, I don't know, but I'm sure verification could be found on the site linked to in the text, or any one of many sites that deal with phone modding. I've modded my Motorola phone with the mods mentioned in the text there (my phone's a V551 and not a V3, but I know that the same mods work on a V3, which has the same software). -- OsgoodeLawyer 20:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

your vandalism box overlaps your Babel box

Hi Pilotguy, hope all is well. Just to let you know that when I view your userpage with Firefox, your vandalism scrolling box is superimposed over your Babel box, making it partially unreadable. I haven't tested your page with other browsers yet.--Tachikoma 23:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. As I edit in 1280 x 1024 in Firefox I have no knowledge of how my profile looks on other computers. I'm not sure that there's a lot I can do right now, with the exception of a complete overhaul of my profile and/or userbox areas to make it easier for others. --Pilot|guy 00:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

OK. If I expand my browser window, your userpage looks fine. I simply like to have other applications visible while I'm online, so I normally have Firefox covering about one-half to two-thirds of my screen. Having your vandalism box overlap your babel box is no big deal for me. I just thought you might want to aware of it, that's all. --Tachikoma 15:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Mood Thermometer

Hey Pilotguy Just wondering how do you get that mood thermometer thing. I'd sure want one on my page! Pnatt 13:30, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

wikistress meter

Thanks for the wikistress meter. Appreciated Pnatt 13:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Re "personal attacks" (which were not, at least on my behalf, but rather warnings), please see this, this, this, this, this, this and this to Japan and tell me who is making attacks, violating 3RR, ignoring numerous warnings and should be blocked. Xtra 14:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I warned both of you in all fairness. Next time use the warnings listed on the user talk namespace. --Pilot|guy 19:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

There is no reule that you have to only use those warnings. They realy do not fit all sittuations. Sometimes someone just needs to be told the facts. Xtra 00:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism is NOT a 3R violation

I am user Jeff Fenstermacher. You put a 3R notice on my user talk page. Per the Wikipedia page on vandalism, "Removing all or significant parts of articles is a common vandal edit." Thus, blanking is vandalism, simply put. Reverting vandalism is NOT a 3R violation. Please be more familiar with the Wikipedia rule system. Thank you. 207.69.137.36 23:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

• Please WP:CIVIL and discuss it with whomever blocked you. --Pilot|guy 23:56, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

• I apologize if I seemed uncivil towards you. I was only trying to prevent vandalism. Jeff Fenstermacher 01:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Scientology

I think you reverted my revert on my revert on Scientology by accident? (See histroy & difference)—G.He 02:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I honestly don't know what version is correct at this point. --Pilot|guy 02:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi,

Thanks for reverting vandalism in my talk page. BTW, since I am a userbox freak, I may borrow some you are using. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 02:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Since they're technically not mine, sure. --Pilot|guy 02:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I Have a Friendly Question

Why is your page a target for vandals? Are you heavily into the AFD discussions? Just curious, and could you respond on my talk page? Almost Famous 08:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

well, reverting spam is an act disregarded by vandals, so vandals tend to discriminate against those who revert their edits

I'm not sure calling creators douchebags is encyclopedic. Do correct me if I'm wrong. Be lucky you're on AOL though. You've probably changed IPs by now. --Pilot|guy 15:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

What's with 69?

Hello there! What's with 69? I thought it was common practice on Wikipedia that articles consisting of only digits should denounce the year in question. So, why does the year 69 have to be in the article 69 (year), when no other year is? /Ludde23 23:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Not sure what you're asking. There are plenty of similiar numbers like that. --Pilot|guy 23:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

sry--65.205.197.102 23:59, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Article Copies on User Pages

In an effort to study Wikipedia, its users, and the general operations of the site I've been monitoring the administrator's notice board and someone has commented on a user who has copied one of the articles and pasted it into their User Page? Why would this be against policy? RE: to talk page if possible. Thank you, Almost Famous 05:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh

Oh yeah, I speak the Interweb lingo pretty well... Every time I see a 'vandalise here' thingie, I have to go for it. :) --69.145.122.209 01:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Vandalsim

I understand that you are part of the CVU, but with regard to items on my watchlist I tend to be the first to revert vandalsim in most instances. If a vandal has extended their effect accross numerous pages, I will then proceed to fix those too. Xtra 02:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

rrfa

I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 19:37, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

List of Shock Sites

The Reason that I "blanked" List of shock sites because of its unessecery(SP) graphic descriptions, especially of CherryCake.org. I did this because I thought, " What if a child accidently stumbled upon this, and decided to go to one of these sites..." So I deleted it. Call it vandalism or have you, but I dont think it should ever return.

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Pilotguy! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. PS2pcGAMER (talk) 12:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

thanks. I'll create a wikipedia account. 194.46.189.230 14:47, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Revert to Second Great Depression

I believe the article needed to be cleaned up for POV, so I added the template. I put in the wrong template, so I was simply changing it. I guess next time I will use the edit summary (hint: I have a Wikipedia user account but I'm just editing anonymously now). 65.8.41.142 15:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Communist League (US)

Hello. I saw that Wiki is asking for sources for the entry related to the Communist League (the format of the Wiki entry is listed as the subject line above). I was the source for the information. My name is Henry Miles, I am the editor of Workers' Republic, a member of the League's Central Committee and a spokesperson for it. Can you please tell me how I am supposed to resolve this issue. Thanks in advance.--Henry Miles 15:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

You may wish to review the following:

WP:NOR, WP:NPOV, WP:RS most particularly WP:CITE --Pilot|guy 15:16, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Holy fudgebeans...

That was fast. Do you have some kind of bot program running? Cause no one can type that fast. --69.145.122.209 18:43, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep, and I'm obviosuly too new to it. --Pilot|guy 18:44, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, it was no problem. Just kinda funny. I clicked "save page" and it said "you have new messages". One of the faster bots I've seen. --69.145.122.209 18:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Chemical Formula of Linoleic acid

For some reason, the Chemical Formula of Linoleic acid (and precisely calculated Molar mass) was identified (I think by an automated anti-vandal bot) to be unnecessary to the description of Linoleic acid. As it took me a good deal of time to calculate (mainly for the purpose of calculating the CO2 emissions of the acid after combustion (as in Biofuel), then for critically comparing it to other fatty acids (as a learning exercise: to further expand the info in other pages on fatty acids)), I would greatly appreciate it if this info was re-entered as I believe that it would save myself and many others a good deal of time in researching the chemistry of fatty acids in future. I hereby insert my expanded line of text preceeded by the appropriate line of comparison text: (Linoleic acid (LA) is an unsaturated omega-6 fatty acid with the molecular formula C₁₈H₃₂O₂)( AND/OR the chemical formula CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH=CH-CH₂-CH=CH-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-COOH of Molar mass 280.44548(1724) g/mol.) P.S. I honestly believe that this additional & precise information would be of help to students studying the chemistry of fatty acids (by reading the Wikipedia, reluctant as I am to troll the net via Google-esque search programs). If you believe that this one line of data constitutes either vandalism, or is so un-helpful, that it might as well be vandalism, then please comment thusly. Otherwise, if you might think that this data is no more un-helpful than any of the other data listed on this page (or similar pages), then please feel free to re-insert the above line. P.P.S. As I have saved my research locally, your (pending) decision doesn't really affect me much, but I would hope that my thorough attention to detail would preclude any future attempts to reverse or nullify my contributions to a community that seems centered around mutual cooperation to understand the world's detailed structures and chemistries. 202.76.178.108 19:16, 30 April 2006 (UTC)User:202.76.178.108

Counter-Vandalbots - out of control

I just got zapped for an edit I carried out on the Harry's Place article. Luckily, somebody else caught it and reverted your bot's revert. This is the second time this week I've done a legitimate edit and had somebody's bot autorevert me. Look, I'm all for protecting pages against vandalism, but having Wikipedia patrolled by a bunch of blind idiot bots that clearly can't tell a legitimate edit from vandalism is absolutely not the way to solve the problem. Peter G Werner 23:21, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm... seems to be a mistake on my part indeed. I usually never revert changes made by users, so I'm not usre why it did that. I'll check my log. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. --Pilot|guy 23:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!

Hi there Pilotguy, thanks for your help with that vandal. I just didn't want to do anything that was against policy, since I don't completely know the score with blanking talk pages. Is it OK to blank talk pages if they haven't got vandal warnings on? I know it's at least frowned upon. ConDem^Talk 01:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Mmm... WP:TPG will answer that and more for you. --Pilot|guy 01:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I've actually taken a look at that already. What I'm referring to, though, is Users' talk pages. I've seen people write that it's considered rude to blank your own talk page, but is it merely frowned upon, or is it worse than that? I understand that repeatedly removng warnings can get a vandal blocked, but is it alright for other users to blank their talk page, if they haven't vandalised (although archiving would obviously be the better option)? ConDem^Talk 01:58, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

You're right. The general rule in that situation is archive, do not delete although WP:RPA is the exception. It's not like you'll get repremanded for removing content from your talk page that is not warnings, but I wouldn't do it. --Pilot|guy 12:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Rodger Parsons

Please put back the deletion sign on Rodger Parsons.Thanks.{{Lord Dude 00:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)}}

I did. --Pilot|guy 00:33, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Meowth

Who is the new voice of Meowth? {{Lord Dude| 23:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)}}

Hmmm? --Pilot|guy 00:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

sorry

yeah i'm just screwing around. your erased both of my "nonsense" postings. i thought the thing about lativa was quite funny. anyhow i'll try to refrian from posting stuff like that

the thing won't work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.118.79 (talk • contribs) 00:46 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Thanks

Thanks for covering my talk page for me. I leave my office for 2 minutes to get a coffee and come back to find that yet another vandal hates it when I spoil their fun. Cheers and take care! Anger22 23:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Heh, not to worry :-) --Pilot|guy 20:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Questions:(Reply at my talk page)

Question 1. Are you a Wikipedia Administrator?

Question 2a. If you are when did you become an administrator?

Question 2b. If you're not has anyone ever nominated you to become one?

Question 3. Would you like to become an administrator someday?

Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 18:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

You've been editting wikipedia since December 2005 and you've made more than 7000 edits. Its possible that you'll be an admin in a few months time. :) Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 20:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Riksforsamlingen edit

Hi - thanks for reviewing my translation. Translations are always open to interpretation, so it's good to have some interest shown. However, the change that you have made, while appearing small, makes a large difference. That's great if it's accurate but not so good if it's not. I'll ask a Norwegian or two about it, to see if it truly represents the history of the moment. "agreed the constitution" implies that it was not hammered out beforehand; "agreed to the constitution" implies that it was hammered out beforehand and that all the Assembly had to do was to 'rubber stamp' it. I'll check the facts, as best I can. Good to talk :-) Ballista 04:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

My barnstar

Thank you so much for the barnstar! It's my first one :-) I feel honored! Thanks again! —Mets501^talk 16:07, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Tracking a vandal

Actually, my question was essentially in preparation for a possible future scenario. The article in question is Proof that 0.999... equals 1, the talk page of which has some 250KB worth of archives of what can only be seen as trolling by one person. It would be difficult, though, for a non-mathematician to understand what exactly is going on there. In any case, this thread describes our concern that he might resort to vandalism of the article itself, and I am trying to figure out whether blocking him would be feasible in such a case. Thanks for any help you can offer. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:11, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Your situation is complex, but manageable. In many cases administrators can run tests to see if an X number of IPs are really just one person. So, switching IPs and continuing to vandalise really won't help. As I don't know the story on the above incident I can't comment, but if you feel it needs attention from an administrator, you can always post it on the admin noticeboard. --Pilot|guy 20:06, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Currently we have things more or less under control. I was referred to m:Range block and, after an (incomplete) study of the IP addresses involved, I have come to the (tentative) conclusion that 4 ranges are used, of 13, 11, 11 and 0 bits - a total of 12289 addresses. Do you know if range blocking of this scale is acceptable? If so, I have no worries - we will have a course of action should the need arise. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 20:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Range blocks= yikes. It depends on the ISP, and also what types of contributions are coming from the IP(s). Range blocks are typically used only as a method of last resort, though, and to my knowledge they really aren't blocked for that long. --Pilot|guy 19:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Your header

Do you mind if I use your header on my user page? I'll write "Thanks to Pilotguy for this header". You can see it at my sandbox here. If you say OK I'll put it on my user page. Thanks. —Mets501^talk 02:50, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, although you might want to give Ian13 instead, as nathanrdotcom used his, and I'm using nathanrdotcom's! But yes, you can use it, I don't mind, and I'm sure they don't either. This is a wiki, after all :) --Pilot|guy 20:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh so many people! Maybe I'll just put it up without a "thanks" thing. —Mets501^talk 21:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Aspergian Wikipedians

Category:Aspergian Wikipedians which you have included on your user page has been proposed for deletion you can comment at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Wikipedians by mental condition. The is also a proposal to create an association to meet the needs of users with mental health conditions. --Salix alba (talk) 18:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

ah yes. my article was being constantly being deleted. i am wondering why, because they were contradicting themselves and labeling it as vandalism. the previous wiki is now my user file just to show you —Preceding unsigned comment added by VP Clan (talk • contribs)

I don't know the story, but it appears to be non-notable, and therefore can't be used on Wikipedia. --Pilot|guy 00:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello Pilotguy

Visit this page, if you are interested in this proposed WikiProject by Salix alba (talk · contribs). Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 12:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Reminder...

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 02:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Smile :)

—G.He 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. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou

Hello Pilotguy. Thankyou for the birthday wishes. Regards,Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 01:57, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

ZOMG stalking

Just some friendly stalking (because you've been kind to me through the whole signature thing) with a plate of cookies. — Nathan ^(talk) 06:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

My userpage

You are more than welcome and credit is not nessary. Good luck, and thanks for letting me know! Ian13/talk 10:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)