User talk:Tawker/Nov06

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[edit] Tawkerbot2 clones vs. Mathbot

The TB2 clones seem to have been reverting Mathbot quite a lot; check the history of User talk:Mathbot. Is it possible for User:Mathbot to be whitelisted across all TB2-style bots? --ais523 12:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The other bots shouldn't be running now... which bot is doing it... -- Tawker 13:23, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Mostly it's User:AntiVandalBot, but User:Tawkerbot2 has been involved as well. They're not reverting every change of Mathbot, just a few. --ais523 16:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're late

You were pretty late welcoming me here to Wikipedia I've been here for about one and a half monthes, so I had to learn everything about this place on my own (your help would have been nice though, a whole lot less of stress would have been awsome). Just thought I should tell you.Sam ov the blue sand 01:52, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nathan Rosenberg deletion

Can you clarify the situation regarding the summary disappearance of the Nathan Rosenberg article?

The deletion log [[1]] indicates that you deleted it at 20:23 last night, but your contribs list shows no corresponding entry.

There also appears to have been no due process leading to this deletion? DaveApter 09:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Speedy delete A7 - notability not established... someone on IRC asked me if I thought it was notable and looking at the article... well, I think you have my answer. We often delete stuff w/o editing the page, it saves on disk space just a tad - any deleted edits are gone from contribs lists anyways - now for me to find some caffeine -- Tawker 14:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


I don't really disagree with you. I was just puzzled to notice that the link had gone red suddenly. While you are about it, what do you think of these? -- Harry Rosenberg, Joan Rosenberg, Art Schreiber, Steven Zaffron, Nancy Zapolski, Brian Regnier, Laurel Scheaf, Jerry Joiner ?
regards DaveApter 17:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bot advice

Could you suggest a bot, that could accomplish the task mentioned at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Germany#Please_check_for_wrong_umlauts? Agathoclea 20:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

I hereby award Tawker the da Vinci Barnstar for all his hard work on Tawkerbot and his clones, the best troops in the fight against vandalism. --NauticaShades 07:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AOL reverter vandal

For the past couple days, I've been dealing with a rather annoying gent from AOL (there's a couple wide-spaced IP ranges, but sadly they're all cache proxies) who goes around reverting User:Hu12's contributions with the edit summary "REVERT HU12 SPAM IT WILL NOT STOP UNTILL YOU DO". Now, I don't know the capabilities of the various bots, so I can't tell if AVB or TB2 can watch for this sort of thing, of it possibly I should ask VoA to deal with it with his, but I'd really appreciate it if you got back with me. Thanks! ~Kylu (u|t) 14:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Admin coaching - October 29

As far as I can see you are not currently assigned as a coach to anyone at Admin coaching. Are OK to receive a new trainee? Thank you for helping with admin coaching! Highway Grammar Enforcer! 22:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flutterbloom

Why was the Flutterbloom article I made deleted? Did I miss something? The first time I made an accidentical copy of the lexicon but the second time I made sure it wasn't a copy (as far as I could tell. Randfan 22:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

It was deleted per notability concerns - please take a read there -- Tawker 22:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Iron-on (Band)

Dude, I created this article, saw it was a candidate for deletion, added proof as to why it shouldn't be deleted... and it was deleted anyway! Ridiculous, but why?! Slickshoes3234 23:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Take a look @ WP:MUSIC - I didn't see notability according to those criteria. The google test wasn't showing a lot and Plus One seems to be a very minor label -- Tawker 00:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Editor Review

Hi, I'm looking for feedback on my edits. If you have the time could you possibly leave a review or comment on Wikipedia:Editor review/Jersey Devil. Thank you.--Jersey Devil 05:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How AntiVandalBot recognizes vandalism

Hello. I've been using Wikipedia for some time now and I've noticed a lot of difference bots in my time but I was wondering how AVB can tell the difference between regular edits and blatant vandalism. I have no idea how bots function and have no intention of creating a bot in the future, but I'm just curious how he can tell the difference betwen the two. Thanks.

P.S. - Please reply here and congradulations on all of the awards, your adminship, and all of your hard work here at Wikipedia. Keep it up! // Sasuke-kun27 02:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I did not program the bots, but have been watching and interacting with them for quite a while. I was also given a summary of the then-list of criteria quite a few months back. Basically the bot(s) watch all edits, and parse every one through a set of checks. If the bot matches any of the current criteria, and does not meet any of a number of white-listing criteria, then it is considered a vandalism, and is handled as such. Amoung the white-listing is a list of all admins. The bots are not supposed to revert admins in general. As for the vandalism criteria, I'd rather not say. In general we do not want the information publically out there. But I will give one common example. Page blanking. Blank out a page, and the bot is very likely to flag the edit as vandalism. In general, watch the things that the bot reverts. Each revert triggered at least one vandalism criteria. So look at a revert, at what was done and what was reverted, and think about what it is about that specific edit that the bot could have triggered on. - TexasAndroid 14:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Pretty much, it's now a bot, we moved it to the toolserver and it speeds up things a fair bit. Right now it checks (or is supposed to) all IP edits, all "new" account edits and thats about it. Pretty much it's blatantly obvious things (etc) that get the vandalism, there are a few other things which I don't really want to tip off the vandals in a public channel. Feel free to email me though :) -- Tawker 18:25, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Fair enough. I can see why you'd want to have a private chat when it comes to these kind of things ^_^. I'll be using my mom's e-mail address (unless I make my own) but I won't be able to get to you until the weekend. Thanks. // Sasuke-kun27 02:01, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are you a bot - response

How are you able to test AVB? I thought that it finds vandalism in a semi-random manner since it can't check every single article at once. Anyway the only reason I caught it fast was because I was repeatedly checking my watchlist back then. Gdo01 19:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
For your hardwork and dedication to making Wikipedia a better place. I, Sharkface217, award you this Original Barnstar. Good job! :-) Sharkface217 04:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


Your work with your bot is incredible.

Sharkface217 04:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Get AntiVandalBot working again. Now.

Yes, even if it means taking it off the toolserver and going back to the old way of doing things. Vandals are blanking pages left, right and centre – Gurch 19:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy response – Gurch 19:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone blocked toolserver. It happens once in a while. Oh, Tawker: this edit's for you.. ~Kylu (u|t) 05:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

 Thank you for your support in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of (56/0/2). It was great to see so much kind support from such competent editors and administrators as commented on my RfA.

I know I have much reading to do before I'll feel comfortable enough to use some of the more powerful admin tools, so I'll get right to it.

Again, thanks; └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 13:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

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20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Vandalism??

What vandalism? How dare you accuse me of vandalism! Show me the vandalism! 71.213.73.51 10:31, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:BRFA request

Hi - I've left a message here regarding a very short trial I ran for the pluralisation system. Thanks, Martinp23 20:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Responding

Hi Tawker. Here are the templates I use for the warnings:


==Editing Concerns==
#{{subst:test1}} ~~~~
#{{subst:test2}} ~~~~
#{{subst:test3}} ~~~~
#{{subst:test4}} ~~~~

Each has text and symbols, based on common use for many RC patrollers. Thanks for considering my suggestion. Kukini 02:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The thing is we don't want to give the standard warnings - they sound way too much like a human is doing it - I'm well aware of test1-4, and of course the much more useful test5 :) - I think I'll work on another custom warning -- Tawker 04:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you...

...for your support of my recent RfA. I have always been a fan of your work as a Wikiepedian, so I especially honored by your vote of confidence. If I can be of any use to you, just drop me a line. BTW, congrats on getting to live in the Couv, one of the most beautiful cities on earth. We should all be so lucky. Cheers. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 19:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Re: LOL

Well, I did unblock myself, which I guess is ok in this situation. It is pretty funny, and I'm glad that I'm not the only one who does that either. Strange things can happen while trying to keep up with all the vandalism. Am I the only one who feels like there is more vandalism than usual today? And I am reverting only the edits of the users that AntiVandalBot catches. Academic Challenger 22:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to get a regular vandal blocked

I am writing about user 82.94.28.98 who has had repeated warnings about vandalism. Recently (s)he has been very busy vandalizing the article on "coolies". I don't know how to contact an administrator to deal with this person. Would you please help me with this problem? Many thanks, John Hill 22:45, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Monitor pages

Hey Tawker, remember how on your RfA you responded to my comments almost instantly, then told me you have a bot monitoring that page? Do you still happen to have a copy of that bot? Cheers. +Hexagon1 (t) 04:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] small favor

I was wondering of you could help me out with getting votes for expanding an article I started a while back. My old US Australia relations article is currently being considered for expansion by the Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. To vote, go here and scroll to the bottom.


Thanks! Sharkface217 05:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal Bot Code

Hi Tawker, I help administer a wiki and am interested in this AntiVandalBot. Is it possible to make a Vandal Bot that doesnt rely us on installing it on Unix? For example, it would be nice it works as a MediaWiki extension. Any pointers on that? Thank. --ApplePie3 01:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Template:Wr

With all due respect I think I'll have to dispute your speedy of this one. Removing warnings is considered vandalism per VAND and it is a well known and accepted practice to block / protect user talk pages of users who constantly remove it. I must ask that you restore it..... -- Tawker 05:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Eagle has undeleted them. As I said to him, I'm not going to delete them again, I'll just let my reasoning stand for itself and someone else can act if they like. I will have to disagree with you about these templates. I'm sure that blocking and protection can be used in many cases where a user is removing warnings, for example if a vandal is blanking warnings to confuse future RC patrollers (I'd block them myself in that case). But the problem with the templates is that they imply a universal approach, and policy status, when that is simply not the case. I've expressed these reasons here and here. How would you respond to those arguments? --bainer (talk) 06:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Also, please note that you are incorrect about the contents of WP:VAND. While the concept that user talk pages should be used as a 'rap sheet' / 'wall of shame' for past warnings has been inserted into that policy multiple times it has been removed just as many because there was never a consensus in support of such a change. What you describe as a "well known and accepted practice" is, in fact, strongly opposed as blockable harassment by a large number of admins... as can be seen in the current AN discussions noted above. --CBD 12:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

For removing the vandalism on my talk page, and quick work in dealing with the vandal. I was posting a report on AIV when you bagged it. Cheers! Tony Fox (arf!) 07:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

I had this idea recently: what if the rollback privilege was assigned to the antivandalism bots? Would that help TawkerBot2 & Co.? I believe it's not impossible to get the community consensus for this, since the objections raised in WP:RFR do not apply to bots. Of course, there is no point in proposing it if there is no gain for the bots. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 18:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Yep, that would reduce our load on the servers a bit. It's a good thing (tm) ;) -- Tawker 18:52, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Laid out a section I intend to propose to the village pump at User:Tizio/Sandbox. Feel free to add/remove/correct if you like. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 19:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Posted at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Rollback to the bots!. Let's see what happens. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 17:43, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AntiVandalBot

Hello Tawker. I was reading the 'Bot's user page when I came across this:

"...It is a set of check statements that if enough match true, it reverts. The patterns will be emailed upon request to users who can be trusted..."

I was wondering if I could get the pattern e-mailed to me. I can assure you that I am not a vandal. In fact, I spend most of my wiki-time reverting vandalism, and my Userpage was even targeted several times. I'm really curious about bots and yours seems to be the most active on the pages that I watch. My e-mail can be reached by clicking the "E-mail this user" link from my Userpage. Thank you for your time and take it easy. -SaturnYoshi THE VOICES 16:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support!

Se la face ay pale, la cause est...

23:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

If I'm a bit pale in the face now,
it's because of the amazing support
during my recent request for adminship
and because of all those new shiny buttons.

And if in the future
my use of them should not always be perfect
please don't hesitate to shout at me
any time, sunset, noon or sunrise.

[edit] Thanks

Hi Andrew, it feels great to be supported by an established user like you! Please accept a plain looking thank you note as I am no good with templates.. -- Lost(talk) 11:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MDupont1

Since I'm the one that blocked this particular account, I'm thinking of assuming good faith. Are you OK with that? - Lucky 6.9 08:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WPWP - Wikipedia Weekly Podcast Logo

On the subject of the logo for WPWP (or 'wip-wip' as I call it), how big/what aspect ratio are the iTunes icons? I've (yes, bludgeon me to an undignified death now) never used iTunes, so I'm not exactly sure how it handles that. Give me an aspect ratio or size, and I'll have a go at something. If you give me a size, I'll probably work at about 1.5/2x of that then scale down, so a bigger version would be available. Also, unless you have any particular objections, I assume you'd be happy with a JPG? Also might want to inform me of any particular themes you want - heraldic scroll? 1920s newspaper? Digital future? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

My brand-spankin' new mop!

My RfA done
I hope to wield my mop well
(Her name is Vera)

I appreciate
The support you have shown me
(I hope I don't suck)

Anyway, I just
wanted to drop you a line
(damn, haikus are hard)

EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism question

Yo. Just a question you might know the answer to, you who have created AntiVandalBot. What's the most vandalised page in Wikipedia history? Thanks... DellusMaximus 05:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whew, thanks!

I've been reverting that person for 45 minutes; you ain't the only one who's not amused! -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 05:36, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

for lifting my autoblock. But aren't you on wikibreak? ;-) — Gary Kirk // talk! 13:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipediaweekly

I just listened to two of your episodes, and they were great. Thanks to you and the other editors. I hope your project continues. Good choice of licence and formats, too. Greetings, Longbow4u 21:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Approval of Fair-Use Bot

Hi Tawker,

I noticed you approved Fair-Use Bot for a trial run. But Werdna hasn't even tried to discuss the two issues I mentioned.

What is the point of having a discussion if your points are just going to be ignored and the bot approved anyway?

Please respond to my talk page.

Thanks,

Cedars 06:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Tawker,
OrphanBot was actually why I started to review the bots. I saw a lot of anomosity towards it (see here and here). I really think we can make friendly bots that review copyrights, but I think we need to put an emphasis on the friendly part. Thanks for the kind reply though — it was much appreciated.
Cedars 11:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary "Blanking page"

I've seen a lot of those recently; is that a new development? I don't know if it's meant as a taunt, or if they're just probing to test reaction time. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 06:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The mediawiki has been modified to if a page is blanked it is added to the beginning of the edit summary automatically (or maybe only no edit summary is given, I'm not sure). JoshuaZ 06:35, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Ahhh! You learn something new every day; thanks! -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 06:37, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed comment by Tawker per WP:BEANS (may be too strict an enforcement if you think it isn't necessary feel free to put it back). JoshuaZ 06:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I already read it! And now I think I understand the source of some other edit summaries that puzzled me ("Replacing page with 'random nonsense'"). That edit summary must be generated by the mediawiki software as well; I just started noticing it recently. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 07:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
It's only been added just recently. Tawker or one of the other more technical people will correct me if I'm wrong but as I understand it, the capability was there and the devs just got around to turning it on. JoshuaZ 07:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Yep, AFIAK it's a Werdna invention, but I might be wrong -- Tawker 07:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements

Well mostly that withdraw candidate staments should not be on that page. For a number of reasons I'd rather you didn't create a page for withdrawn candidates (because most have withdrawn for a reason and we should respect that) but I wouldn't do anything to stop you.Geni 21:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes the other is issue that is as far as I'm concernded AntiVandalBot could legitimately run.Geni 21:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

ok haveing looked at the type of bot AntiVandalBot is perhaps not since it appears it is run by more than one person.Geni 21:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, Cyde has access to the account in case we need to hot switch to a backup, really though, I'm almost curious to see what kind of feedback the community would give it, it's godking's decision anyways :) -- Tawker 22:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, no I don't want to see AWB blocked. But if it is being misused, and restoring that joke nomination would be a misuse, then yes, it should be blocked. Sorry, Ben Aveling 22:44, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh, it becomes quiet now - it's feelings are hurt :) - though I have to say, a couple little joke edits in a set of 2K really isn't that big. I see the point though, at least it's giving a few people a good laugh :) -- Tawker 22:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't think anyone really objected strongly to the joke being added in the first place, it was funny. But there's a reason they're called throw away lines. Make the joke, get the laughs, clean up and move on. Regards, Ben Aveling 01:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Approval

Hi Tawker, thanks. I have commented here. Can you advise please -- Lost(talk) 03:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merging WP:PAIN

I was wondering if you could add some reasoning to the talk page about why you feel the noticeboard should be merged in. I know what some of the reasons are not to merge, but I was curious about your thoughts on merging it back in. Thanks much! Shell babelfish 04:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SamRaimi

Hey. I saw what you did with "Stephencolbert (talk · contribs)" and I just thought I'd bring up one "SamRaimi (talk · contribs)". I'm not sure what that deal is, but the user basically claims he's SamRaimi and that Carnage will be appearing in Spider-Man 3. The whole thing can be viewed here Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 07:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

We pulled the plug on the nonsense. My fault, really...I should have just reverted it instead of feeding the troll. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 07:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, in case it wasn't obvious, User:SamRaimi is of course indef blocked. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 07:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

FWIW, he blanked the talk page with nonsense three times (and received a vandalism warning for it) before he started posting the trolling thread. Probably no big deal now, assuming he's had his fun and moved on. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 08:15, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AVB is German?

Cool. I want an AVB. I would let it live in my house, and feed it snausages. I would take it to this park near my house, and watch it walk around sniffing the trees, looking for vandalism. AVB would make a great pet. No, I'm not drunk. Cheers, -- THLCCD 08:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lazaris

Hello, why did you speedy delete 'Lazaris?' What I mean is, why did it have to be speedy, as opposed to specifying any concerns on the page and at least giving people a chance to rectify them. Considering that page has been there a while, it is rather vicious to just axe people's work like that without giving them a chance. MaxMangel 01:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GM Place pic

I'm not sure if you think the GM Place article is too cluttered with pics already, but I just dug up a panorama I took at the Ducks-Canucks pre-season game earlier this year. It's not perfect, so I didn't want to add it to the article. It's at Commons now; I personally don't think it's worthy of Wikipedia, but since you seem to live at that GM Place article, I'm going to leave it up to you. :)

My MSN is apparently stuck on Offline for some people and Busy for others right now... I can't seem to message you. So expect me to be somewhat silent until I get this fixed. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thinking about it. Chances are, I'll get some tickets off eBay. If all else fails, I'll just show up and try to catch the Ducks as they enter the arena. See if I can bum some autographs like I did with Scott Niedermayer back in June. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Probably because a) I don't have Skype anymore, b) MSN Messenger's broken too and c) I'm trying to get started on my term paper about sports articles (my research will be based on Ducks articles from the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register). So might as well work if I can't talk to some of my friends on MSN... -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Also trying to find a friend to go to the game with, because I can only get tickets in pairs, and I can't afford two seats. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Say... wanna come with? Looking at tix that are approx $102. Lower bowl, row 9. I can snatch them up right now, if you can go. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Starletrealm2 is me, by the way... that's my other MSN account. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 06:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:206.207.42.115

Tawker - you blocked this IP earlier for 24 hours. It seems to be a pretty determined vandal, and has since vandalized other articles - can you have a look again? Thanks for your help, as always. --TheOtherBob 04:30, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah - never mind. Winhunter got there right after I left the message for you, so it's been handled. Thanks anyways.--TheOtherBob 04:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AVB for other languages?

Hi. I was wondering if it's possible (and easy?) to have AVB monitor other wikipedias - the one I'm specifically interested in is the Hebrew WP. It would be great if we could have it revert even basic stuff, like page blanking, and even better if we could define a blacklist for Hebrew words that are no-no, and have it act upon those. What are the capabilities/policies on this? tnx, Odedee 07:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edits

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

Sorry, I tried but just couldn't resist. [2] :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 08:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] tawkerbot

Do you think tawkerbot could detect vandalism like this? [3] -Ravedave (help name my baby) 00:07, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lazaris 2

Let us try your idea. If you could let me know the reasons cited for the deletion proposal, that would probably be useful as well. MaxMangel 13:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need assistance about removing the link in wikipedia about my company

I removed his name and the company name from the archive page. It should work eventually but it may take a long time for google to loose the link. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandal

User_talk:84.53.80.194 is at his vandalism again. Scoutersig 14:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Somebody is making headlines

thetyee.ca - you are mentioned. Enjoy!--HamedogTalk|@ 13:57, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

"Flexing his administrative muscles, Tawker erased the changes and blocked "Stephencolbert" from editing privileges indefinitely. A rash of vandalism to the "Elephants," "George Washington" and Colbert's own Wikipedia pages after the show aired on the east coast prompted Tawker to lock those pages so that unauthorized users could no longer edit them. Tawker had saved the truth, for one more day at least."
"And for a brief moment, it made him famous. The blogosphere was abuzz with Tawker's victory. CBS and CNet News each wrote about Tawker on their media blogs. Tawker's own blog received over 25,000 visits after he posted a note about the "Wikiality" incident. Tawker was the man of the moment thanks to what was fast becoming the word of an era: truthiness."
I saw that clip of him editing the Elephant article on YouTube. Did you really block him? And congradulations on becoming so famous! // Sasuke-kun27 23:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your userpage toobox

I stole some of the html for your toolbox with the warning shortcuts to use on mine. Hope you don't mind the plagiarism, but I gave you credit. Flibbert 17:17, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How did you make yiur wiki page like this?

HOw did u do this? i didn't know it was possible to have such decorations... and you are a WIki FREAK!!! no offence —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Davud363000 (talk • contribs) .

If I could have a quick say here, it's not really that hard to do once you get the hang of the site. I mean, take a look at my user page and my talk page. I've figured out how to change the color and the background of the titles of pages (it took me a while to figure out what color scheme I wanted for my user page, though). With time, I'm sure you'd be able to do these things and more! You just have to keep working on it! // Sasuke-kun27 23:10, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Fact No 101 about Tawker's userpage, he didn't make it :o - you actually don't have to cite people's userpages when you grab code, but I don't mind the link at all :) -- Tawker 00:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My editor review

Okay, I know that you don't really know much about me or my edits here on Wikipedia, but do you think that you could take a look at my editor review? I recently archived it but I've decided to leave the notice on my user page just in case anyone else would like to add additional comments. It's alright with me if you don't want to (I've learned to take rejection rather well) or if you don't have the time, but it would be greatly appreciated if you could. Like I said though, if you don't want to, that's fine with me. Thank you for your time. // Sasuke-kun27 23:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the review! I am very well aware that being an adminstrator is not all fun and games - it comes with a lot of responsibilities and expectations that a regular user doesn't have. People may think that it's easy, but it's probably a lot harder than it looks (I obviously wouldn't know from experience). I see adminship as a privelige and not just a reward for hard work. Well, thank you again for the review. It really means a lot. // Sasuke-kun27 00:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)