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This is an archive of past discussions on my talk page and I request that you do not alter it. If you need to contact me, please do so on my current talk page. Thank you.

[edit] Area 51 revert

I noticed you reverted a couple edits on Area 51, then undid your own reversion. I'm curious as to why, as well as why your edit summary apologized for the initial revert. Just trying to figure out what's going on. The edits you reverted definitely look like vandalism to me, especially in light of the user's other contributions. I've taken the liberty of reverting again for now, as the case seems pretty straightforward... --Fru1tbat (talk) 20:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible user page vandalism

Your user page begins:
Hello and welcome to my user page I dont have a life.
This may be vandalism, although I didn't revert it in case you have added it yourself. Just thought I'd let you know. George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^Help 18:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trilegaint vs Affinion Group Wikipedia page content

Thingg,

As an editor who makes constant contributions to Wikipedia, I am appealing for an updated entry for Affinion Group that is more objective, balanced, accurate and current. Affinion is not the Trilegiant/Cendant company which most complaints are targeting.

Affinion has been under new ownership since 2005, has changed its business model and has sought to distance itself from the tarnished association with Cendant & Trilegiant. The new entry seeks only to post an accurate article on Affinion, that tones down the negativity that seems biased and unbalanced. To that end, the new revision to Affinion reflects that accuracy and balance – and has incorporated the previous substance and messaging in this new entry, including the appropriate comments and complaints. If needed, I’d be happy to reword the content to appear less “PR focused.”

Article in question: Affinion Group

Thanks 206.28.153.210 206.28.153.210 (talk) 20:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] header added by me

I don't think it was very fair of you to send me a message and just completely try to slam me. I came here to try to argue my case. Calling me a vandal for erasing an irrelevant comment on gelatin was outrightly presumptuous. I wasn't trying to "vandalize" this site, I had just wanted it to be an accurate, professional article. I simply deleted an opinionate comment (not stated as an opinion) that had said "poor animals" with some sort of face made out of character symbols. The animals are already dead, it's not that poor for them. Besides, people shouldn't be writing articles for this site like that.

So thanks for being rude.

MissMadHatter (talk) 22:06, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Talk

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[edit] Affinion Group article changes

Thingg, I just reviewed the Affinion Group article and found that it has been altered from what you so kindly published on our behalf. Looks Like an editor named Vary and another person named Stephenb has made content changes so we are back to the orignianl problem again. Can you help us out and undo the changes or can you suggest an appeal process. I am new to the Wiki World and trying to learn as fast as I can.

Many thanks 206.28.153.114 (talk) 19:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for helping me with that vandal. Sorry this is late, but I have been busy. You don't have to respond, just wanted you to know that wiki is in good hands with you around. BigGator5 (talk) 13:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cuban Missile Crisis

By this edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuban_Missile_Crisis&diff=next&oldid=194067363 you restored text which said: "If Kennedy could be forced to give up nuclear weapons in Turkey through actions in another part of the world, no European nation could consider itself safe from having their safety similarly bargained away."

I had removed the above text saying "Removing POV that is illogical hype. Missiles in Turkey were not defensive and not under Turkey's control. If anything, they made Turkey a target rather than safe." Note that the text is not sourced. 72.193.234.253 (talk) 16:16, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. 72.193.234.253 (talk) 18:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Message

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[edit] Barnstar!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For all your work protecting Wikipedia from the vandals. You keep beating me to the punch! Keep up the good work! Tiddly-Tom 19:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, Thanks for the barnstar, it is much appreciated! Tiddly-Tom 19:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Castillo de San Marcos

For info, I've declined protection. Both users are now indefinitely blocked, with the underlying IPs blocked as well. I've got it watchlisted, but if it strikes up again then feel free to relist it. I'm sure you'll appreciate that blocking the users concerned is a more less unideal response than protecting it against all new or unregistered editors. Thanks. _GB^T/C 21:48, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, and thank you for the thanks. Shout if I can be of assistance. _GB^T/C 21:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gryphon79

It appears you are siding with him over his trolling of the ip page. Why haven't you seen the pattern between him and that 24 ip? Look in the edit history of my talk page, and compare to his. Gryphon and the 24 ip user are one and the same, and here for nothing more than disruption. Not one single legitimate edit on either account. I filed a report with the noticeboard and they claim they didnt have enough on the Gryphon account to warrant any action. Thank you 65.31.33.93 (talk) 15:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage Vandalism

Thankyou for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, it is much appreciated. :-) Lradrama 17:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Lradrama has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Lradrama 17:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR warning

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing at Rob Grill. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. — Athaenara ✉ 00:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied here Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFA thanks

		Thanks for the support
		Thanks for your well-written support on my request for adminship, which passed 92/2/2. After promising myself that I should just stick to articles, I opted for a new batch of tools to keep Wikipedia interesting, so here I am. Rest assured, you'll still be seeing me often at WP:FAC - now that adminship is out of the way, I'm going for #1 on WP:WBFAN! ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring!

A Beautiful Cherry Tree in Spring Bloom

Theres nothing like seeing a field full of spring flowers.

Just wishing you a wonderful First Day of Spring 2008! ~~~~

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere and are entering the season of Autumn not Spring then I wish you a happy First Day of Autumn 2008!

[edit] Funny stuff:

at least he had the courtesy to use an edit summary.

[edit] more funnies

• IP user reverts vandalism [1]
• ...and proceeds to do some vandalism of his own! [2] [3] [4] [5]

lol. xenocidic (talk) 15:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: PSP FAC

Don't kick yourself, It doesn't bother me, it's you who has to make the changes :P I have the same issues about not noticing obvious errors in my own articles, so don't feel back. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 19:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Improving Nintendo 64 to Featured Article status

I am aiming to improve Nintendo 64 to Featured Article status, and I noticed that you have edited the article substantially recently. If you have time, please help out by contributing to the article. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your user page

Your user page has been edited by someone. --209.244.31.53 (talk) 20:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I've reverted your vandalism. - DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you wish to vandalize, you can do so at this page. - DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Portal:Xbox 360

Hey, I was wondering if you could do me a favor on our Portal page because I don't know much about it. Thanks. BW21. --Blackwatch21 (talk) 18:49, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I wanted you to switch the colors of the portal boxes, right now they have a grey background and a green font. I want it the other way around. No rush, whenever you get a chance. Thanks. BW21.--Blackwatch21 (talk) 18:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No Problem

Thanks for dropping the note regarding Mu'awwidhatayn. It's great that you work to prevent vandalism, not an easy task. 70.13.5.90 (talk) 23:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why did my objection to Altaic's reversion "constitute vandalism"?

I am not logged in (i am at work) and when Altaic reverted my hour-long work on rewrting krump, i posted an objection to his/her page (as have many others, by the way, for he is a loose cannon reverter). Then i come to find that my objection has been delted from Altaic's page as "vandalism."

I have been editing at wikipedia for many years under my own name and unlogged in, and seriously dislike this sort of bot-driven counter-productive authoritarianism. At this point the krump page is a mess again, and i have half a mind to let it stay that way, because i earn my living as a writer and to see my volunteerr efforts trashed and labelled vandalism is disrespectful in the extreme. 64.142.90.34 (talk) 23:28, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

SO you can;t change a page because there is two guys "consensus" and when you go to argue about it to the discussion page someone call Wikipedia enforce and erases your intervention because it is supposedly vandalism.Could you explain me exactly what was the vandalism? The least will be to explain the crime before hitting the censure button--Neveryou (talk) 00:42, 1 April 2008 (UTC)Neveryou

[edit] Portarlington

Hi, notice you "confessed" to 3RR! You were reverting blatant vandalism so I'd not worry too much about it:) - regards Sarah777 (talk) 01:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About Mu`awwidhatayn

Hello there,

The point about removing Removing long quotes from other people's work seems apt, however I feel the topic 'The Position of Ibn Masud concerning Al-Mu`awwidhatayn' could still have been part of the article. Moreover, the topics The Virtues of the Al-Mu`awwidhatayn and Relation between Surah Al-Fatihah and the Al Mu'awwidhatayn too do not violate any rules out here.

Do let me know if you think otherwise.

Thanks 'Abd el 'Azeez (talk) 07:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Awarding Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 13:22, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Section of your userpage up for deletion

Hi Thingg. I would like to inform you that another editor has nominated a section of your userpage (User:Thingg#Things that make me laugh) for deletion, along with the pages of other users, and the discussion is located here. Your input on the matter would be appreciated. --Pixelface (talk) 20:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on this, Pixelface. Something kind of "meta-funny" is how people are being slightly uncivil in their replies, then remove the incivility when they realize the nominator is an admin. =) xenocidic (talk) 15:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Search with Wikipedia

I am not sure to contact regarding this matter, but I saw that you are a pretty active wikipedian and so I thought I would ask. I am very tired of the crappy search engine that wikipedia uses. Is there not some way to mimic google's search where if you misspell something it asks you "Did you mean _____?" or displays close matches to what you are trying to say? If I am unsure how to spell something, it come back blank and then I search google, it finds what I mean, I click yes and then the wikipedia entry comes up on google. Is there anything that can be done? (this is not vandalism, it is an actual question and I am not sure where else to ask)

Thanks

~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.99.117 (talk) 15:22, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Just a comment, common misspellings are often redirected to the correct page. Perhaps you could begin creating these redirects if you feel your typo is common enough to be repeated in the future. xenocidic (talk) 15:27, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I did not realize that search was different than go, but that fixes the problem. I guess go is like "i feel lucky" on google.

thanks again, 72.152.99.117 (talk) 16:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Offended.

I'm slightly offended by you calling it unconstructive. It was merely a "how are you doing" post. Why is it unconstructive? Surely your not against friendliness.....

216.229.227.142 (talk) 15:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Xbox WikiProject logo deleted

bah, looks like we lost the image. xenocidic (talk) 16:09, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm still discussing that situation. Thiing, however, if the image is completely deleted, is there anyway you could make another one. The first logo was GREAT and I know you could make another just as good. Thanks DJS --DJS24 17:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Discussing with whom, DJS? The Deletion request was closed and it's gone, unfortunately. xenocidic (talk) 17:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I tried to argue it, but I got nowhere. DJS --DJS24 21:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I see now. [6] /sigh. xenocidic (talk) 21:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please explain.

How is calling Roman Polanski a rapist vandalism? He raped a 13 year old girl, it has been well documented and he has also admitted to it. If you look up any person within Wikipedia that has commited major crimes such as rape, theft, and murder they are known by the titles rapist, thief, and murderer. He is just as much a rapist as he is anything else, like he is known as an Academy Award-winning Polish film director, writer, actor, and producer. The information is even on the rest of the page as well. This is not defamatory, it is fact. You can see this this in the reference section of the page at:

http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/polanski/capolansk31977iind.pdf

http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html

http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html

There are more sources listed at well on the page. If you think this is an inaccurate word to describe Roman Polanski then you should look up rape on Wikipedia. You can also look up Bruno Hauptmann as a similar case where a celebrity commited a crime and is well known for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.252.70.10 (talk) 16:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aw, man!

Now I'm starting to miss getting beaten by you. It's happened multiple times today, y'know. I'll hit you up here again when the MfD closes as Keep. Note that I didn't say if. 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 18:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

}:-( (beaten) 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, Jim Carrey...I'm gonna go full force! Prepare to get beaten! 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

SOMETIMEEEEEES!!! 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

NEVER MINNNND!!!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		... ... 21655 ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ? 00:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Fwahahaha! Thank'ee! 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

WTF 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 00:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WW Xbox

I put a temporary image in, but now the userbox is too tall. If possible can you try and fix it to be the same height as Template:User WPVG? Thanks. P.S. I started my own amusing list in solidarity. xenocidic (talk) 14:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikistress

No worries bro. I understand completely. See above perhaps you could tweak the userboxen a bit? xenocidic (talk) 01:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Image

I was wondering if you are planning to make a new image? Durin said the x is alright and all you have to do is mix up the cricles and their colors. BW21. --BlackWatch21 21:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No , problem. As long as theres a logo up I'm fine with it. BW21. --BlackWatch21 23:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

While I believe using American English is standard on the PS3 page, just thought you should be aware that American-English is not the wikipedia standard. Both are acceptable, and while we should try and keep it relevant for localized topics(Queen Elizabeth II), it is usually based upon an articles original editors choice of spelling. Just letting you know. John.n-irl (talk) 23:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Just wanted to let you know

This guy hates your guts. Good work! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 00:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For reverting my talkpage! --Caltas ^(talk) 17:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism on Garment District Page

Sorry I was trying to figure out how to relink pages between Garment District (Kansas City, Missouri (yes without a parathenesis) and Garment District (Kansas City, Misouri)...somehow I kept screwing it up... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrmiller962 (talk • contribs) 19:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Well I think I got it all figured out now. I was attempting to get rid of an article called "Districts of Downtown" since it completely duplicated most of the material on the "Downtown Kansas City" page. Then I realized that there were in fact two Garment District pages (as previously explained). Long story short I think I got it all figured out. If I need help in the future I know who to come to though...thanks! --jrmiller962 ^(talk) 19:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stop reverting vandalism...

...for a sec, and fix Template:WW Xbox! I tried so many things, but can't seem to get it to be the right height. Should be same height as Template:User WPVG (45 px). Thanks. you rule! xenocidic (talk) 19:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

LOL! No worries. I thought just maybe you hadn't noticed my request. Yea, it's not lining up properly on my userpage. I'm slightly OCD about these kinda things. Thanks friend. xenocidic (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Wicked. Thanks for fixing it, and explaining what was going on there. I thought I was going crazy. I know I can always count on you for the complicated stuff =) xenocidic (talk) 21:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barny

		The Original Barnstar
		For your anti vandalism work Phoenix-wiki 21:14, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trolling

Thanks for reverting the BS on my talk page. If you check the diff, you'll noticed I returned the favor.... 21655 ^{ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ?} 15:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for trying

Thanks for trying at OSU, hopefully another person will get the editor to understand the guidelines, but as four people have been telling them to stop on one point and two on another, I'm not hopeful. He/she even reverted your reversion. But there's always hope. Aboutmovies (talk) 18:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tiger Droppings

Thanks for your help with the vandalism. I have no idea what that was about, but it's good to see the page protected. GaryColemanFan (talk) 19:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for your help fighting vandals on Tiger Droppings and for the work you've been doing all day to remove and warn vandals. GaryColemanFan (talk) 19:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RPP

I rpp'd your page, due to the apparent targeted attacks coming at you. Hope that's ok. xenocidic (talk) 19:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I semi'd it for 3 days, but per your request have dropped that down to one day. If it kicks off again when the protection expires feel free to relist - semi-protection of a user page should almost always be granted on the user's request. _GB^T/C 19:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I wouldn't have RPP'd it if it had been particularly "clever" vandalism (as we are both fans of that), but it was just the typical vulgarity and defamation. In the future, do you want me to just let them "blast away" no matter what? xenocidic (talk) 19:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Will do. OH and thanks for the barnstar! I didn't even notice it at first due to my new talk page header which is bleeding into the whole talk page. if you have a minute perhaps you can take a look and see if you can make it "just a header". User:Xenocidic/Talkheader. I asked the guy I repatriated it from but I don't think he's been back online yet... xenocidic (talk) 19:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For always figuring out complicated wiki-code stuff that I can't... Rock on! xenocidic (talk) 20:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

No- thank you! =] xenocidic (talk) 20:08, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Isaiah 53

Why do you not read my comments on my sandbox? At least read them, see what I say, compare the revisions, and then tell me its vandalism.

I'm not vandalizing anything. I just want my information to at least be considered. Your statement: 'I'm not getting involved' is baffling. Why do you say it, if you are, by virtue of you undoing my changes, getting yourself involved?

Read my comments first Dannyza1981 (talk) 21:08, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks a lot for the barnstar! Havent we been beating each other at edits lately? ;) Prashanthns (talk) 22:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For today's awesome vandal fighting work, I hereby give you this barnstar. Keep it up, dude! --SharkfaceT/C 23:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Haha, thanks for the barnstar. Fighting vandals is a pleasure. --Sharkface^T/_C 23:07, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For vandal fighting on difficult nights. Keep up the good work!Prashanthns (talk) 06:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I love Huggle too. Just wish it were called by something more 'sinister'!Prashanthns (talk) 16:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Am gonna borrow your talk page menu for my talk page. Too much vandal traffic leaving messages here and there and messing up my page. Hope you dont mind :)Prashanthns (talk) 18:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback my Rollback

Hey, I'll let you fix it, but just so you know you just rolled back my rollback on Twilight(i.e. you rolled back my vandalism fix so the vandalism is back).--RAult (talk) 01:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, that's not a problem, and thanks for the whitelist. (Even though it seems kind of conservative, I didn't want to rollback your revert because it seemed somewhat uncivilized, lacking in good faith, etc.; I guess I erred on the side of caution. I'm not in any particular hurry, and I figured that if I brought it to your attention sooner or later it would get fixed, and this way I'm guaranteed there'll be no hard feelings on any side.) :-)--RAult (talk) 01:54, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fried Coke

Your vandalism charge to me on the deep fried coke page was specious. The first sentence is not even grammatically correct! I was fixing it, not vandalizing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.39.94.80 (talk) 16:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple Sclerosis Treatments reversion

My removal of this table is because it contains unsupported assertions which are not generally accepted by neurologists. Two professional reviews have analysed the interferons and both concluded that it was unproven whether they affect disease progression. The table's author is replicating this work without allowing for control group selection, drop-out group constitution and other factors. It also counts as original research. The table is the reason for the NPOV dispute. See the talk page for more info. While the dispute is being resolved, it seems to me to be inappropriate to display the table, especially in view of the fact that it may influence people choice of whether to use these drugs (which have significant health & financial implications). Laetoli (talk) 17:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple reverts in one action help

I noticed you helpfully reverted three edits in a single action for Southern Baptist Convention. Can you tell me how to do that, i.e. hold down CTRL+something else when selecting vandal edits? I've tried to find out how to do that as opposed to reverting each change individually which is cumbersome and just not very elegant, but have thus far been unsucessful. Thank you for your assistance. Civilengtiger (talk) 02:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your guidance! Civilengtiger (talk) 01:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name Editing

Quick question, how do I change what my name looks like without having to retype it every time? Quadrius (talk) 16:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edits

The edits I made to Toyota and General Motors were well documented, Please visit these websites. http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/news/companies/gm_toyota/index.htm
and http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/gm-or-toyota-whos-number-one. thank you! 69.108.139.173 (talk) 23:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] YAB

(Yet Another Barnstar)

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		For general diligence...everywhere I look, there you are. Thanks! Isaacsf (talk) 00:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Raymond Arroyo

Judging by the speed with which you revert and warn people, I'm assuming you don't take the time to read edit summaries, page histories or talk pages before hitting your buttons.

Here's something for you to read at some point: Wikipedia:DTTR. Please take the good advice there. --212.32.75.219 (talk) 17:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, and apologies

I thought something had gone wrong there, as I hit "Revert and warn", and before huggle automatically advanced, I saw a new revision flash up. I thought huggle was smart enough to realise that you'd reverted it already. Thanks for spotting that. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 18:27, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My Disappearing Message

Hello. I had a message from you, but then it disappeared. I was wondering if you didn't mean to send the message, decided the matter had already been dealt with, or something else. Thanks.

[edit] You may want to see ...

this any ideas what brought that on? ^Khukri 12:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you may not even want to see it, but should know in any case that you've been subject to some massive harrasssing involving edit suammaries. According to the thread at ANI, they might have been deleted by the time you read this. --Tikiwont (talk) 12:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

No doubt it's due to Thingg's anti-vandalism efforts. Probably a sock of someone else. xenocidic (talk) 13:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Travel Dynamics International page

I am the IT manager for Travel Dynamics International in NYC, I am currently trying to remove this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Dynamics_International as we don't want it up there. Please advise what steps are needed for it's removal.

Thanks you, Javier Cortez IT Manager Travel Dynamics International 132 E. 70th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 774-1532 (800) 257-5767 x532

Jcortez2129 (talk) 15:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Tressel

Hey I saw you revert the page earlier, I could use some help trying to revert the page as it's been hit by a bunch of IP's right now. I posted a request at WP:RFPP to try to get the page locked down while the vandalism subsides. Wildthing61476 (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar, that was a headache going back and forth between pages! Wildthing61476 (talk) 17:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Free Tibet

Why do you keep reverting my change?

[edit] adminshipp...eh?

Hey Thingg... I think you could do well with the mop... So whaddya think? Can I nominate you? xenocidic (talk) 18:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure thing, but I think you'd do very well. I even saw an admin call you a "pretty prolific vandal fighter"... (or something). have never seen you edit warring, or engaging in fanboyism, you're amazing with wiki-code... what more can I say? Let me know when you're ready for me to put your name forward. xenocidic (talk) 19:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

lol - nah, i was just jokin =). i'm new at these things so it took me a few minutes to realize I should've let Mal know =) i'm going to be going out shortly so if i don't transclude the page within about 15 minutes feel free to go ahead with it (i think an edit counter needs added as well?) or ask mal to do it. xenocidic (talk) 15:10, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

heh, no need to be nervous, the only people who wouldn't support you are probably serving blocks right now =) xenocidic (talk) 15:36, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi - I hope you don't mind but I saw the message you left on Pedro's talk page and I wanted to add my own opinion. I've noticed a lot of your contributions over the last couple of weeks and I think you'd make a very good Admin. You'd certainly get my support. Howie ☎ 20:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I would definitely support a bid for adminship from you. I have a few questions, however: When will you submit? Have you read through everything on WP:ARL? May I co-nominate you? Malinaccier (talk) 22:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright. Just notify me when you start! Malinaccier (talk) 22:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] (header added by me)

What seems the problem with your 'vandalism' edit/cut that you performed on my Vanadium version? ````

[edit] My Maury Edits Today

Hi. You claimed I vandalized the article on Maury today. I was combining two article sections that were very similar in content. Exactly how is it vandalism? p (talk) 22:17, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Okay, but just so you know

I think the Leif Skillrud article is fake. I think it was made by him or his friends, he isn't even on the Milwaukee roster or Miami roster. Don't know how to delete articles, so maybe you should. Just some advice.

98.215.89.130 (talk) 23:47, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re: the talk page troll

Thanks for the rv. I will try to return the favor someday. Anger22 (Talk 2 22) 00:35, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gracias...

...for reverting vandalism to my page. APK ^{yada yada} 01:00, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WW Xbox logo

Hey Thiing, just wondering if you could give me an update on our logo situation. Thanks. BW21.--BlackWatch21 01:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for the update. BW21.--BlackWatch21 01:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully, they will give it the okay. BW21.--BlackWatch21 01:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: RfA

Hey Thingg, I was just perusing your special contributions, both in the main and project space. I have to say, excellent work. You seem to have a good grasp of WP:AIV, very prolific, and most of the reports were deserving and accurate. I also noticed some other nice wiki participation (dwarfed by your AIVs : ) ). I'd support you for the mop. Flat out. I highly doubt you'd be wasting the communities time. If you decide to run, I'd be one of the first to support. Cheers dude. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely concur with Wisdom, whose own RFA I should be sorting out :). On a very brief review nothing jumped out that seems a problem, and you most certainly would not be wasting the communities time. I strongly respect you for even considering that line - it shows a level of humility, and a need rather than desire for the admin tools. Good luck. Pedro :  Chat  12:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Adminshipp

Y Done With the co-nomination. Don't forget to answer the questions and then transclude it to the main RFA page! Malinaccier (talk) 15:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Would you like for me to transclude? Malinaccier (talk) 15:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Malinaccier (talk) 15:18, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Best of luck, Thingg! Godspeed to that WP:200 or whatever it is ;> xenocidic (talk) 15:21, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your deletion of my links

I placed a link to our Troop 73 stove project in the External Links section of the Portable Stoves page. It is completely appropriate for me to place it there, but you removed it saying it was not appropriate.

Bill

[edit] Your not really popular with the IP users eh?

I've just reverted some vandalism on your user page.. seems i'm not the first to do so! Good luck with the vandal fighting. CycloneNimrod^talk? 16:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No Value?

Its not a product, and we are not selling it.

The stove is a completely new DYI design that people all over the world could benefit from.

Bill

[edit] Talk:Emma Goldman

Hi, I reverted your deletion of the IP's comments at Talk:Emma Goldman. While the comments are probably without merit, and the IP has certainly vandalised the article page (some of which I myself reverted), I don't think there was anything about the talk page comments that makes them disallowable. I just wanted to let you know why I reverted your actions. Aleta ^Sing 18:00, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion speed

Hey, I notice you revert edits between 4 and 8 times per minute. That's way faster than I can do it. I can do about 3 per minute, completely manually, but the problem is finding edits to revert. I just hang around Special:logs, watching the newly-created accounts edit. If I see them vandalize, POV, or whatever, I revert. But this technique usually doesn't allow for a whole lot of reversion. I also use my watchlist. But, now I'm rambling on about nothing, what I really wanted to know was how you went about reverting vandalism and warning so quickly. I have over 10,000 edits, all completely manual, but maybe I could be a more effective editor if I knew a better technique. Thanks. Useight (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, Huggle looks complex. And Twinkle doesn't run in IE6. But maybe I'll give Huggle a try. I actually have to e-mail someone to request it? Useight (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm definitely not getting Firefox or IE7. They have tabbed browsing and prefer to open a new window via CTRL-N. When using tabs I always accidentally close them all at once when I just meant to close the one. Regardless, that's not the point. I created User:Useight/huggle.css and did send that e-mail. On WP:HUG it says, "At the login screen, enter your Wikipedia username and password. Under "Edit source", choose "IRC recent changes feed" if possible; if you only have web access, choose "Special:Recentchanges". The latter is slower, though on a fast connection there is not much difference." I cannot find this login place to save my life. Do I have to wait for the guy I e-mailed to do something? Useight (talk) 20:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion?

Should this be deleted? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_SRS/Secret_Page --What does this button do? (talk) 04:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wow

It was? Well thanks for letting me know.

[edit] Guidance

Hello Thingg. A couple of days ago you reverted some text I editted on the Laura Roslin article and then reverted back saying that it was a mistake and that I had done nothing wrong. I was wondering if you would mind helping me out by reviewing some of the recent entries on the discussion page of that article. My edit was done to remove a distruptive editor's pov-pushing sections that were based on a combination of correct, skewed, and incorrect information with a huge amount of personal commentary. The editor even reveals his/her bias towards the character on his/her profile page by calling the character an "inhumane monster." I believed my deletion of the material was appropriate, but the other editor is calling me a vandal by username on the discussion page and, after I pointed out some of Wikipedia's guidelines, says that I'm hiding behind the guidelines. You have a good reputation for knowing the guidelines and being an avid vandalism patroler, so I was hoping you could stop by, review the situation, and maybe post something about what to do. If my edit was inappropriate, I want to know so I can correct it; otherwise, any help on dealing the situation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch. Early frosts (talk) 01:55, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I have been encountering user:67.117.26.152 vandalizing new pages (Maoism and Lin Biao) since they were blocked they've been repeatedly warned in April. I am very new to wikipedia and would like to know how to warn them. Their user talk page lists some official warnings since the last round of vandalism. Please let me know how I can resolve these issues, and warn and help block vandals. Thank you, Peopleriseup (talk) 07:27, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wageslave (talk · contribs)

Greetings. As you no doubt have noticed, a user by the name of Wageslave has recently been maliciously editing PlayStation, Nintendo, and Apple related articles on Wikipedia. I have almost had enough of this behaviour, and if it continues I will not hesitate to initiate an RFC about him. Here, I have compiled a short report on his POV edits since he joined. This report will be used as a basis for a future RFC, should he continue his behaviour - though I hope the very existence of this draft convinces him to stop. If you have anything to add to the draft, do not hesitate to add it. Thank you.

Regards, Frvernchanezzz (talk) 08:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:FauxMan

I noticed your warning on Fauxman's talk page last week (which he promptly undid, by the way). Some editors appear to have attempted to try to incorporate his edits into the article, but in general (with one or two very minor exceptions) they appear to me to just be subtle vandalism, which has continued despite several gentle warnings. I don't have the authority to deal with him, and last time I reverted his edits, he just un-reverted them anyway (same with yours as well as J.delanoy's). Based on his edit history, I'm fairly confident the user is not interested in making useful contributions. Can you help? --Fru1tbat (talk) 14:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Substantial edits at the Dorje Shugden article

Dear editor I like to draw your attention to that specific article, Dorje Shugden, which was substantially changed by a group of three new editors, without any discussion on the talk page. Rather one of the new editor revealed: "Many of these changes were discussed between at least three of the editors." which must have happened outside of WP, because there is no discussion on the talk page or their WP-accounts. One of the new editors claimed: "You seem to be the only person who accepted this article as it was. If you check you will see that the changes made make this article more neutral and unbiased then it was before previous edits." If I check I see the article omitted different POV's, deleted verified passages, included passages from anonymous websites and turned the article to a more bias Pro-Shugden POV. I'd like to ask you to check that and to give your opinion or to collaborate if there is a need for improving the article, so that we can have an unbiased, neutral, well-informed article which fairly presents all POV's. Thank you very much, --Kt66 (talk) 19:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Thingg, since you have a little familiarity, could you look again at what User:Wisdomsword has done? That login was created immediately after the other editors stopped and, as I ask on his talk page, his second edit is very particularly pointed at Kt66. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 03:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for Fixing Vandalism on the Alexz Johnson Article

Thanks for fixing this so quickly!

JD Fan (talk) 19:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Sorry for not replying to your message from a few days ago, I have been on a "semi-wikibreak"; I was about to tell you my thoughts but noticed your were already in an RfA, so I just supported you. Best of luck!   jj137 (talk) 00:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hahaha, I smiled when I watched newbies contribs. Thanks ;-) Dekisugi (talk) 18:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Vandalism on Del Piero

Sorry - I didn't mean to undo your vandalism removal on Alessandro Del Piero. You beat me to a simultaneous edit!

I've undone my undo...

Many thanks

Anansi's Calabash (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Theis Edits

Thanks for keeping a lookout on that page. It is a constant vandalism target. the user you reverted twice received a final warning for the same edits on 4/20. I have reported him. I appreciate that someone else besides myself leaves talk page messages to the vandals. Thanks. LessThanClippers 19:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A Starry Treasure

Since you have so many Anti-Vandal stars, I think you deserve this one now :)...

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I, Persian Poet Gal, hereby award Thingg the Defender of the Wiki Barnstar putting countless vandals out of commission by reporting them to WP:AIV! ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 19:58, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Barnstar

Thanks for the Barnstar!

I was going to recommend huggle to you - but see you already use it! :D

The Helpful One ^(Review) 20:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Italian fascism

Regarding your revert of my deletion of unsourced and factually erroneous material on this article, please note, contrary to your message to me, that I did include a edit summary with a reasonable justification for the edit.68.126.0.107 (talk) 21:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey!!

Hey, what's your problem??!! Communism sucks and you know that!! :P --196.40.10.248 (talk) 22:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Cool!! hehe, thats enought for me! :D ;) --196.40.10.248 (talk) 22:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

[edit] Schoolwork!

I would have restored that page. Just had to shrink it for a few moments so i can print it. Bvcde (talk) 00:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)