User talk:TPIRFanSteve

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You wikilinked twice to Balance Game 1984 in the current Balance Game article. Why? Wikider 09:13 11 February 2006

'Cause I think they're both good places to have a Wikilink, and it's not hurting anything to have both of them in there. TPIRFanSteve 03:27, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
However, one should be chosen, per the manual of style, fifth bullet. Also, I will let you take care of this because you understand TPIR better, the introduction on the article Contestants' Row needs to be copyedited for word flow whenever you have the chance. Cheers, --wpktsfs 17:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Actually, that page reads the way it does now in order to preserve edits made last night following a copy-paste move to One Bid. I'm waiting for that page to be speedied so I can move it there properly. -TPIRFanSteve 17:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Request for edit summary

Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 40% for major edits and 75% for minor edits. (Based on the last 102 major and 8 minor edits outside the Wikipedia, User, Image, and all Talk namespaces.)

This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear inpolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 04:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MegaMan Trigger

An odd case. This fellow features mechaincal aspects and cybernetic-like mechanisms, yet in game he is depicted consuming organic foods usch as apple pie. Would Cyborg be a valid classification...? Or should I leave it as Unknown as before when I forst wrote the article...?-ZeroTalk 18:29, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:The Price Is Right

You need to make an account on Tv.com. I think the requirement to edit something there is level 2..Coasttocoast 00:51, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Dude, I was joking about "hell freezing over". I don't know whether Gh87 really has connections with Doug Davidson. If he did, that would be good. If not, then oh well. 71.111.215.224 19:38, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usage of "he"

Could you please explain how usage of "he" is correct? Royboycrashfan 06:59, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes. When a sentence could refer to either a man or a woman, it is proper to use "he" to refer to said hypothetical person. On the other hand, it is never proper to use "they" in those circumstances, as "they" is by definition plural and cannot be used to refer to only one person. -TPIRFanSteve 07:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Royboycrashfan 15:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to remind you to be civil and to not form personal attacks or edit wars through your or others' comments; doing so will only cause tension and annoyance. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 07:01, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Template:The Price is Right

Er...I think not. That looks REALLY bad.

I just feel that the color in the heading is too harsh (too much red), compared to other template boxes. I recommend changing the heading to a "soft" yellow or red (per the show's colors). Ideas? I'd make another change to a different color, but I don't want to be ridiculed. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 12:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll try a "softer" red, and we'll see what happens. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 15:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Turns out there really isn't a "softer" red. Is there any shade of yellow you'd like? Or is yellow a straight "no" ? — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 15:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Content insertion

See Talk:Mega Man X (character)#New content article. -ZeroTalk 16:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hurricane Katrina facts with the Price is Right

Hey, I noticed that you reverted the info I added about the one episode of the Price is Right that just aired that feauted a trip to New Orleans that was taped before Hurricane Katrina. Just letting you know I wasn't doing any vandalism or anything, just trying to help out by adding that the game played was 1 Right Price, and that the woman won, just in case anyone who missed the episode was curious. That's all. But if you figure otherwise, I guess that's OK then, too. Jgera5 13:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Digimon Systems Update

I noticed some of your edits on the Digimon related articles, and you seem to know a lot about the topic. Also, your edit summaries were helpful, and even cleared up some questions I've had in the back of my mind. There's a WikiProject for Digimon, WikiProject Digimon Systems Update, where editors who are knowledgeable about Digimon try to organize their efforts in improving Digimon articles. I think your input on the project would be very beneficial. There's no time requirements or real "membership", it's just sort of a place set aside for discussion that applies to a group of articles. So when ever you feel like it, check it out and give us your thoughts. Be sure to check out the talk page too, where most of the activity takes place. -- Ned Scott 01:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plinko revert

Please do not revert info I added to the plinko page about the least won with five chips. It was on todays episode (june 14th, 2006 when a guy won only $500 with five chips hitting four zeros ) and I have it on tape to prove that it is the case. He asked off screen what the record for the least won with five chips won in the game and it was revealed to him to be one women who won zero with five chips. You have a habit of reverting things that you don't like but that doesn't make it wrong to be there. I have todays episode on tape if I need to prove that it is an actual fact I will. But there is no reason to revert it and especialy without an explanation. If a problem over this triva fact presists we can bring it up with the proper people till a resolution is resolved. But please do not remove it as it has every right to be there even if you don't approve. It is a very nice bit of trivia to know and a worthy addition. Thank you. PantheraLeo 02:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Bob makes up records all the time. This one certainly has a greater chance of being true than most of the others, but I don't know for certain that it is, and with all due respect, if I can't prove ot, I seriously doubt that you can. On the assumption that you have readded it, I'm taking it out again. -TPIRFanSteve 03:00, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Makes up? Just because you don't know it doesn't mean it was made up. Bob asked his records keeper for the actual info on it and he was told that. I have it on tape and will gladdly make and AVI up of it for you if you so need. And you can remove it and Ill add it back. We can keep doing this for days. I got nothing better to do. That's fine by me. PantheraLeo 03:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
fine we will go with your compromise. I don't agree but fine. I think it is true though and it is an interesting fact to note. But ok you put an effort to be fair and thats as best a compromise as we can do here. PantheraLeo 03:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I just want to make it clear that The Price Is Right doesn't have a record book. No one there knows exactly how many times Plinko has been completely lost, how many times both showcases have been won, or how many times pretty much anything else has happened; even their count of perfect shows, which they do attempt to keep track of, isn't consistent. Bob even said on the air earlier this season that he makes the records up, so the fact that he said something happened some number of times doesn't make it true. -TPIRFanSteve 03:14, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Pardon me for jumping into an old discussion. I remember watching the episode where the woman hit five $0's. It was around 1997 or 1998, and I think I wrote a recap of it at the time for alt.tv.game-shows if anyone insists on documentation. Panthera, your statement contradicts itself: if she hit five $0's, how can the guy who hit $500 and four $0's have the record for the least won with five chips?
The reason I came in in the first place -- Steve, I've never seen the I in The Price "i"s (or Is) Right capitalized before. I noticed that you made an edit to the 1975 Wheel of Fortune page that I created. Just a comment, not a criticism, from another g-r.net member. JTRH 00:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The word "is" is always supposed to be capitalized when it's part of a proper noun. Not doing so is a very common mistake. -TPIRFanSteve 04:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is your problem?

I took the time to get some better quality images and replace them. This is not just your Wikipeida it is everyones. Just because something of yours gets changed or replaced is to be expected. It is progress and improvement. I am going to change the things back and I may report you as a vandal. Stop it! Cheesehead 1980 18:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you.- CobaltBlueTony 19:14, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Of the two people who have gotten pissed at me today, one of them was replacing good-quality images with low-quality images, and the other was editing information into Pathfinder (The Price is Right pricing game) that was laughably false. I see no reason not to undo such changes, as the former is pointless and the latter makes the article less accurate. -TPIRFanSteve 22:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
The best way to avoid getting into a revert war in the first place is to talk about your changes first on the talk pages, and even get consensus on your opinion before proceeding. - CobaltBlueTony 12:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding sources

Please see WP:CITE for information on how to add sources / references to articles. Sue Anne 18:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pricing games article

I have stopped tagging the articles with the unsourced tags in the hope that you'll go through them and fix the references and the statements needing citations. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sue Anne 04:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Buckner 1986 17:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Uh...what? Not only have I not removed any true information, you haven't replaced any. I have no idea what you're talking about. -TPIRFanSteve 01:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Oh. I see what you did now. If you'll check Cheesehead's Talk page, you'll find the dates of five shows on which Pathfinder was played perfectly. If you want, I can even link you to recaps of them. -TPIRFanSteve 03:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pricing games articles

How do feel about the article moves I am making. (I am wanting some feedback) — The King of Kings 02:03 June 24 '06

Well, I'm not sure some of the articles should necessarily be just the game's name or even the name plus "(game show)" (for instance, Shopping Spree, which I already moved to "Shopping Spree (The Price Is Right)", but once we figure out where everything should go and get all the redirects fixed, it probably won't hurt.
Actually, I'm more worried about the fact that someone seems to be creating copy/pasted versions of the articles with no edit histories. In fact, I just left a message about that on your Talk page. -TPIRFanSteve 02:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, but I'm not the one copying/pasting. ;-) I just saw your edit to Shopping spree. I didn't check for other articles named shopping spree since I knew there was probably an article on it somewhere, I didn't know about an alternate gameshow. I ran into that problem earlier with, I think, Temptation. I'll try to avoid that in the future. Thanks for the feedback. — The King of Kings 02:13 June 24 '06

[edit] Please stop vandalizing!

I have reported your vandalism. Please stop! Buckner 1986 20:06, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, for cryin'...IT'S NOT VANDALISM! -TPIRFanSteve 22:06, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Your UNSOURCED edits cannot be verified. So unless you can prove them with an actual reference you should not go changing things. PERIOD! Buckner 1986 23:04, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Careful...

Please avoid using abusive edit summaries as per Wikipedia:Civility and Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Thanks and happy edits. ([1])

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.

Ian Manka Talk to me! 20:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you change most of my stuff today?

I put in some interesting history behind some of the old games and I found out that you changed it.

You also took out my comment on Shell Game. Nickrj

Most of your edits were badly phrased (and I'm not completely sure I trust their accuracy, but I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt), and your addition to Shell Game was just plain inane; no one gives a crap about whether Bob bounces the ball or not. -TPIRFanSteve 00:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I thought I've always enjoyed Bob doing that whenever the game is played. Nickrj

Well, maybe he does, but that doesn't make it in any way notable. -TPIRFanSteve 00:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BenH

You are reciving this message because you have been involved in a dispute with BenH before. Due to some currently ongoing disputes with this user, I invite you to check out Wikipedia:Requests for comment/BenH. —Whomp [T] [C] 01:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puppetmaster!

Look asshole, you, your sockpuppets are not going to drive me off like you did to others. Buckner 1986 05:30, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, you really don't give up when you know you're wrong, do you?
Why can't you just let this drop? -TPIRFanSteve 05:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Please read WP:SOCK to understand why you certainly do appear to have a sockpuppet. An admin. can tell, so I will ask for a checkuser before offering my opinion. - CobaltBlueTony 13:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Don't worry about Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#TPIRFanSteve if you're not using a sockpuppet. Admins have the ability to tell the difference. - CobaltBlueTony 14:02, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Once the accusation is proven false, you will have more clout in your arguments, but please remain civil in your exchanges. Happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony 14:03, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puppets

I am beginning to suspect your behavior is less than commendable:

Meat puppets are not acceptable replacements for sock puppets, nor do they give you very much credibility. I recommend strongly that you learn to deal with other editors on a more civil and trustworthy manner.

Respectfully, CobaltBlueTony 15:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I can honestly say I have no idea who Plinky is. I've already admitted that I'm friends with Zinkin, but this new guy is...well, new. -TPIRFanSteve 16:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Nevertheless, the behavior is very suspicious. Please allow for admins to clear things up. If you are being honest, you will fare better. - CobaltBlueTony 16:31, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I agree that it looks suspicious from your standpoint. Honestly, I'm wondering who it is, myself. I don't intend to take it upon myself to find out, though. -TPIRFanSteve 01:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
For the record, I'm no one's sockpuppet; I know Steve, but he's not posting under my name or vice versa, and I was fed up with people degrading Steve's work with false information long before he said word one. That said, having dealt with similar issues in my work (I'm a network admin myself), I understand the need to investigate sock puppetry charges, no matter how baseless -- and since Steve and I are just under two hundred miles apart from one another, this is as baseless as it gets. I just hope that there's a mechanism in place to punish those who make accusations that they know are false. And memo to Buckner: the fact that a person who knows a lot about a subject corrects many, many people on it AND PROVIDES EVIDENCE doesn't make him wrong, and if being corrected with the proper information is enough to "drive someone away," the person who's "driven away" should question why he/she felt it necessary to make changes in the first place. (Oh, and I've no idea who "Plinky" is either.) --Dzinkin 13:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Imposter

Now there seems to be an imposter of you, TPlRFanSteve (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Your name is (Tee-Pee-Eye-Ar-Fan-Steve); his name is {Tee-Pee-El-Ar-Fan-Steve). Lower-case "L". Watch out for him! - CobaltBlueTony 13:59, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it seems that the account has been banned for being too close to your username. - CobaltBlueTony 14:22, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm not surprised. Second one in half a week, actually. -TPIRFanSteve 21:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Old usenet posts and a fan site are hardly reputable sources. Buckner 1986 21:49, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

And why not, pray tell? And how are they any less reputable than a man who has admitted on national television that the "records" he talks about on the air are made up? -TPIRFanSteve 23:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Try you might, but you are not going to drive me away

The lies and abuse of you and your sockpuppets are not going to drive me away. I will not cowtow to bullying by you. Buckner 1986 06:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

What bullying? You're performing copy/paste moves, and that isn't the correct way to move a page. I'm sure you're not intending to cause trouble, but you are clearly in the wrong here. -TPIRFanSteve 12:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Price Is Right related articles - sourcing and other issues

Hello. I find the various articles related to The Price Is Right distressing as they seem to be unsourced, written for and by fans of the show, and have a definite WP:NPOV violating the Nationalistic bias clause. I would hardly consider a fan site for the show an accurate source of information, as it is unofficial. Such fansites tend to be filled with inaccurate and unverified information, much like message boards and usenet groups. An official source needs to be found for the information. Also, the disambiguation page that was up last night on The Price Is Right page would greatly help in removing the WP:NPOV Nationalistic bias problem, as it is very Nationalistic to think that anyone would just assume that the American version of The Price is Right is the be all and end all of the show. This would be a good case for disambiguation and moving the article that is there now to The Price Is Right (1972), as it would make things clearer and be consistant with the naming of articles. Respectfully submitted, Rekarb Bob 16:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I fully understand the issues with using a fansite as a source. All I can do is tell you that I write the FAQ for Golden-Road.net and that I don't put information in that I don't feel I can verify; most date information is corroborated either by having seen the episodes in question myself, by other people who watched the shows in question and kept notes on them, or by tape or airdates provided onscreen when the episodes were reaired on Game Show Network. A large part of the goal of the site is to stop the kinds of rumors you are concerned about, although I can understand why someone not familiar with it might doubt that.
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help with this matter. -TPIRFanSteve 01:25, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
On this one, I stand behind TPIRFanSteve. Not to cause a further argument, but take the pricing game articles, for instance. Yeah, they're about the American versions (I understand some of the international versions vary in some way or another), but it is very clear that by watching the show you can see what the game rules are and what happens in the event of either a win or loss. I too understand that fansites sometimes are unreliable, but I have to wonder what kind of sourcing Rekarb Bob considers reputable? Time and again, CBS's Web site has been called into question, and so has Bob's "memory" as to notable achievements in a given game. As for the picture issue posted elsewhere on this userpage, I think a fair solution would have been to post both images on that particular pricing game's talk page, and then let us decide which photo is the better one; perhaps someone out there could have found an even better one. Finally, I respectfully ask that everyone involved with this issue take a time out and a deep breath, and discuss any further matters related to the wiki-TPiR and its related wikipages on the appropriate talk pages. [[Briguy52748 12:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)]]

[edit] Response

Meh, that's okay. I just should have read more closely to what was being discussed. However, I don't know if that anon was insinuating that the opposition to the move were all supposedly your socks, which I obviously cannot be. Ryulong 05:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Nah, he's just attempting to warn other people about me -- which I suppose would be alright if there were actually anything to warn them about, but there's not. -TPIRFanSteve 05:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken redirect

You recently created the page BlackTailmon, which reads in its entirety "#REDIRECT [[BlackTailmon]]". (You'd be surprised how often this happens!) I can't figure out what article you were trying to reference. Please fix this if you can. --Russ Blau (talk) 00:00, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TPIRFanSteve

You were nominated to get promoted. Please make sure you accept or people won't support you.

[edit] Fixed your page

I notice you never update your page. I put a little info but you are free to remove it. GodziIIa 01:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Er...yeah. I really hope I can get away with not having that Sockpuppet thing up now (I hope it's clear by this point that the accusations were false), but aside from that...I'm gonna blank it again. -TPIRFanSteve 02:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
If someone does end up putting that sock stuff again, tell them it's your page and they have no right to post things you don't want on your page.
  • Removing such things is considered vandalism. Buckner 1986 23:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
As is accusing someone of sockpuppetry without proof! Lambertman 00:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Gee, I don't think asking another user to help defend you on these forums is sockpuppetry, although TPIRFanSteve probably doesn't need any help. In any case, I can say he's a legitimate user. I also populate the golden-road.net Web site, and he is a frequent contributor. As for the sockpuppetry issue, I second the thoughts of Lambertman. It's time for Buckner 1986 to either provide proof that TPIRFanSteve has used sockpuppets (which may be pretty hard as it is) or give Steve the benefit of the doubt, pull in his horses and move on. [[Briguy52748 12:50, 17 July 2006 (UTC)]]

[edit] Stack the Deck

I heard this new game is coming out, do you have any details?

No, and I'd prefer to keep it that way. I don't like to know too much about new games until I can actually watch them on the air. -TPIRFanSteve 01:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I added this game to the template if that's okay with you. Feel free to revert it if you feel I did it too soon. Mostly Rainy 04:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't see why it shouldn't be added. After all, the page is there, and the game's existence isn't really much of a secret. -TPIRFanSteve 04:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sockpuppetry and Buckner 1986

G'day Steve,

I've deleted the pages you brought to my attention, and explained my reasoning at at ANI and on Buckner 1986's talkpage. I've also, as you already know, removed the "suspected sockpuppet" tags from where they shouldn't have been. For what it's worth, I appreciate the motivation behind this sort of message, but in hindsight it didn't turn out to be very helpful — I think this is a case where admin intervention would have been helpful earlier. Ah, well, it's settled (I hope?) now. Please don't hesitate to contact me &mdsah; or any one of nine hundred admins :-) — if you need anything, and I'll see what we can do. Happy editing! fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 14:33, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Airdate for Double Digits episode

[Mr. City's Price is Right Lighting] at http://www.stev-o.us/tpir3.htm is where I got the airdate for the episodes of The Price is Right.

Oh, okay. Those aren't all accurate airdates (and I know for certain that one isn't) -- some of those are just approximate dates that he puts in because his tables won't work properly if some date isn't entered. You've done nothing wrong, though. -TPIRFanSteve 00:38, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Kido

[2]

But the proper romanization is already there...

"Joe Kido (城戸 丈 Kido Jō)" WhisperToMe 16:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

My bad. I must have missed that. -TPIRFanSteve 21:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message to Buckner Re: Pathfinder

Oh, snap. :) Lambertman 19:06, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits to The Price is Right articles

Steve, I would like to compliment you on keeping all pages Price-related neat, organized, and in concise fashion. Well, I gotta keep an eye out for vandals. Keep up the good work, though. --D.F. Williams 03:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden-Road.net

I appreciate that but I'll just read. I have enough stress over here as an admin. --Woohookitty(meow) 20:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

We're having a heated discussion on the article's talk page. Also posted to Deletion review. Now is your chance to voice your support. Jeff Defender 21:36, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Actually, I and every other staffer I discussed the article with thought it was a fanboyish piece of junk that, if anything, took too long to be deleted. -TPIRFanSteve 22:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
if anything, the article deserves a rewrite since it was biased. unfortunately, because of the old article, someone will always try to delete the site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Karim Prince1 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
It has nothing to do with the old article. It has everything to do with the fact that golden-road.net does not meet the notability requirements. Hatch68 04:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What do you think of Stack the Deck?

Have you watched the Stack the Deck pricing game yet? The first part where the contestant is asked which prize is $X is suspicious. You know. Bob asks if Prize A or Prize B is $2.99. I have never see even one contestant get one of those choices wrong. So each contestant ends up winnings all three of the numbers they can win. What you do you think is going on there? Will (Talk - contribs) 06:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

What do I think is going on? I think you're looking for reasons to criticize the show. Have some freakin' faith that they aren't discriminating against people or rigging things. -TPIRFanSteve 15:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I was assuming the show goes to great lengths to be legit. However, I don't believe they are being succesful avoiding potentional lawsuits. In the case of Stack the Deck, all they would have to do is display all six prices on TV. -Will Pittenger 07:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
1.) That certainly isn't what you made it sound like.
2.) No one's made a mistake yet, so we don't know what they do when there's a wrong answer. -TPIRFanSteve 18:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Part of the problem might be Aspberger's. I have that. Will (Talk - contribs) 21:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion

I added {{rfd}} on every useless long redirect title, like (for example) Hole in One (or Two) (The Price is Right pricing game). So I would like to invite you into this linked title and see for yourself. As for the rest of other useless long titles, I won't get into them since there were one too many. --Gh87 22:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More or Less

I'd assume of an contestant did play the the car, they'd guess more or less by each digit in the car, just a hunch. 24.185.47.131 (talk) 14:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Price Is Right Evidence

There is 100% proof to when Triple Play is played. I know that, you know that, every Price Is Right loyal viewer knows that. Just watch the show very carefully and you'll know when Triple Play is going to be played. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.118.108.222 (talk) 15:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC).

That's not the point. No normal person cares about predicting what the next pricing game is going to be. I have no intention of leaving that in the article if you've re-added it. -TPIRFanSteve 23:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colombian Price is Right

Bonjour TPIRFanSteve !

Thank you for reviewing my English which is not always good! I'm a big fan of TPIR, I discovered everything in the wrong order: I first discovered Colombian TPIR as a young boy in my natal country and afterwards I discovered the original US TPIR via cable TV in Colombia.

I've been living in France for almost seven years now and every time I go to the US I watch TPIR, for me it's the best TV Show ever and I will really miss it after Bob Barker retires (I'm also a big fan of him and have even collected most of the Miss Universe Pageants he hosted).

Colombian TPIR was not very generous, but it was funny (mostly because of the triqui-traque feature). US TPIR is funny, generous and very entertaining. Nothing to do with the now discontinued French Juste Prix which was completely dull. But the game which replaced it (Attention à la Marche) is even worse.

A une prochaine !

[edit] Massive editing at The Price Is Right (US game show)

As you are aware, I'm trying to clean up some of the references and smooth out or remove sections that are uninformative or too trivial. I know you watch this and the other TPIR articles like a hawk. I'm assuming that you have found these edits constructive, as I have only seen some minor tweaking from you on this work. The article has changed significantly, and I am hoping to have this promoted to GA or maybe even FA before Barker retires. I would like to renom for peer review, but I want to make sure there is a solid, stable article in place. Any ideas what there is left to tackle? Please pass along to anyone else who you know has contributed, and in the next day or so, I will post a similar note to the article's talk page. Comments, criticisms? —Twigboy 05:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Nominated for good article. Keep your fingers crossed. Oh, and to answer your question: I don't have AIM/ICQ/iChat/Y!M/MSN — my life's full enough without adding to it. Give my regards to the left side of the state. —Twigboy 22:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Grand Game Cue.

I just want to clear something up.

In regards to:

(I seriously doubt you know the name of that cue...and I doubt that *that* is its name, because it was used on The Price Is Right first.)

First off: How do you know the actual theme was used on The Price Is Right first? It was a MORE ELABORATE version of the cue. It's not the actual cue.

Second: *That* *is* its name. Still don't believe? This site has it all: http://gsthemes.tekcities.com/nam.html

I don't mean to be rude, I'm just clearing something up.

The Green Lantern 22:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Actually Steve

This IS vandalism. :) No doubt. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plinko

Then it should have used the past tense instead of the present. (I've fixed it.) Andrew Levine 18:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pricing Game cleanup

I'd like to thank you for "following me around" the pricing game cleanup I've been doing. I'm sorta sitting down to do them in blocks of a dozen or so. Your edits are helpful after the fact. Two things I will note: re: you above discussion on this page, it is actually an accepted writing technique to use "they" as a hypothetical person, and more gender sensitive (particularly since TPIR equally has male and female contestants - perhaps even more woman than men. It's called singular they, and it is one of those things in English that is both accepted by some, and rejected by others (like the serial comma, for example). I have changed most of the articles I've edited to be "they" instead of "he", as well as present tense, instead of past tense (I have only been doing active games so far). I also wanted to note that most of what you're editing (eg: the bonus game being replaced by the shell game) were the same trivia that have been there for a long time. I just put it into the body of text instead of point form. I'm adding virtually no new information to these articles. Just cleaning them up.

The other thing I want to mention is, that while the articles are generally well written, and your edits after mine have been good, the one problem is that there is no citation. "Shell Game is now known to have been created specifically to replace Bonus Game" - this is great, but if you don't cite it, how does anyone know that this is in fact true? Almost none of the games I've edited have citation for this sort of fact, which it really ought to. A few of the trivia bits I've deleted have been the kind of thing that really would need citation to stay in as anything other than trivia.

Otherwise, keep up the good work. TheHYPO 20:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

My only problem with your uncitation is issues like the Clock Game issue. I believe you when you say that you have never heard of the Clock Game being reshot because of someone calling out the price. But if someone else claimed they had never heard of the producers creating the shell game specifically to replace bonus game, even though you knew it was true, wouldn't you try to add it back? If noone cites, it's just one person's recollection vs. another's. Whose to say that just because you haven't heard of it, that the person who added it to the article hadn't seen it himself. You have to be careful of those issues of not-generally-known facts without citation, unfortunately. TheHYPO 05:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks again

Thanks for the typo cleanup and jerk-reverting on the latest batch of articles. You'd be surprised how many times I've CAUGHT myself swapping prices and prizes. And a few still slip through. It's annoying to type "the prices of the prizes" over and over again! TheHYPO 05:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bob

I'm guessing that the Barker article is going to get hit hard by those who want to put a finishing date on Bob's hosting run. Just letting you know that I'm watching it like a hawk. :) --WoohookittyWoohoo! 04:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I have to disagree. No one, including Barker, is employed as the host of The Price Is Right right now. I've edited Barker's page to say as much, although I won't push the issue if it gets changed back. -TPIRFanSteve 04:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rosie O'Donnell as potential Price as Right host

hi, I added back the section about Rosie as a _possible_ host for the show. The section is small as has a good source. Even if you don't agree the section should stay at least until someone else is maned as host. If you have a ref to indicate that she won't be considered then that could be included. Benjiboi 01:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I guessed you might have some insider info! In any case as soon as a different host (assuming not Rosie) is announced the section could probably be reduced to a sentence as part of post-The View plans but until then I suggest leaving as is. Benjiboi 02:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] They are going to delete all TPIR pricing game articles

The are nominating all TPIR pricing game articles up for deletion - because "they don't have reliable sources". See here.

AppleMacReporter 18:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hdayejr

Has been warned a second time. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 03:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Ian. -TPIRFanSteve 04:57, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal information: (alleged) name of User:Hdayejr

Wikipedia operates on the principle that every contributor has a right if they wish to remain completely anonymous. Wikipedia policy on that issue is strictly enforced. Posting private information about a user with the intent to annoy, threaten or harass, specifically their (alleged) name and/or personal details, is strictly prohibited as harassment, and users who do that are often immediately blocked from editing Wikipedia. Such posting can cause offense or embarrassment to the victim of the posting, not least because it means that their name, and any personal criticism or allegations made against them can then appear on web searches.

If you have posted such information, please remove it immediately. Please then follow the link to this page and follow the instructions there, including emailing this address. It will then be removed from the archives of Wikipedia.

If you do not ensure that the personal information you posted is removed from this site you will be blocked from editing this site. Remember: Wikipedia's privacy policy is there to protect the privacy of every user, including you.

This is just to remind you that I don't need to know other editors' real or alleged names if I warn someone. Your intent was probably not to annoy, threaten, or harass, but names should never be posted on Wikipedia. User:Hdayejr is getting the same notice for posting your alleged or real name and perhaps some others. Please follow the steps outlined above so that names can be removed from the database. Thanks! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

There is also an essay about trolling which may be of interest to you. Calling another user a troll may be an example of a personal attack.

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I suppose I'll comply since it's the rules of the site, although I can't say I feel the editor in question deserves any such consideration. -TPIRFanSteve 02:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
To be quite honest, I don't really care what the actions of any people were outside of Wikipedia. My job here is to attempt to keep discussion on Wikipedia about Wikipedia and its content, not about the merits (or demerits) of users on other sites. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
User TPIRFanSteve has not deleted the old versions of the pages with my name on them and I'd like action taken, thanks Hdayejr 01:51, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
As a matter of fact, yes, I have -- except for the old ones you dug up today that I wasn't even aware still existed, seeing as they were part of a page that appeared to have been completely deleted. Given that you asked Ian for help getting them deleted earlier today, and given that you found the pages yourself and have the address that needs to be e-mailed in order to get pages removed, I can't really say I understand why you're now attempting to dump this on me (at least, other than the fact that you hate me). -TPIRFanSteve 01:55, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
...or then again, maybe the people who I've been asking to delete these things just haven't followed the requests properly. Yet another e-mail has been sent; hopefully, it'll get done right this time.
I really wonder sometimes why I bother with this site. I certainly don't enjoy having to defend my reputation from you in front of a group of people most of whom I don't even care about. -TPIRFanSteve 02:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Update: The edits now appear to have been removed as requested. -TPIRFanSteve 04:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
It was your mouth (or keyboard actually) that caused the issue, you made your bed, now lie in it. Hdayejr 21:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Well, perhaps I wouldn't have considered you a reasonable suspect had you not threatened to kill me and Dave Zinkin in the past. But yeah, my fault, of course. -TPIRFanSteve 21:39, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Your libel and slander above about "threatning to kill you" has already been sent to that address for you to enjoy your editing block. Enjoy the summer! :D Hdayejr 14:37, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
If I stop trying to show the world that you're a jerk, will ya stop harassing me? 'Cause this is really getting tedious, and I don't want to deal with it any longer. -TPIRFanSteve 02:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Just when I thought this mess was behind us, we get started again. I'll try and clean up whatever other edits need oversight. I must stress -- please do not make libelous or threatening comments against another user.

This is your last warning. If you continue to make personal attacks on other people, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 23:16, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

You know, I'm sorry, but I have to say something about this. This entire thing is about people, not content. I understand site policy, and I don't want this to drag on any longer, but you've got to admit that given these circumstances, that's a pretty unhelpful suggestion. -TPIRFanSteve 02:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

I'll certainly take a look. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 23:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TPiR stats

I know this has nothing to do with Wikipedia, but you're serious when you said that they make those stats up on the spot? I'm sorry; I didn't know, or else I wouldn't have added that statement. I'm sorry. Ksy92003(talk) 04:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

No worries. It's a common mistake...Bob himself actually said on the air once that "some people actually believe we know what we're talking about." :-)
There's only a very small number of stats that they really keep on-hand, and most of them involve either Golden Road, Plinko, or the Showcase. -TPIRFanSteve 23:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Fact is there are some records that The Dob has and Steve has tried to say they don't exist. Hdayejr 14:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
You just aren't gonna quit with the flaming, are you? -TPIRFanSteve 23:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Kinda like how you just tore up the Rich Apuzzo page. I think you and Orangmike are probably the one and the same...it's checkuser time! You were warned weeks ago to stop. Hdayejr 23:26, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, because as we all know, anybody you don't like is automatically me in disguise. -TPIRFanSteve 23:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Really strange that you undid my undo 5 minutes after the fact. I think Orangemike is your "sockpuppet"....????? Cya on the flip side of the ban!Hdayejr 23:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VANDALISM

You really want off here, dont you? I've already posted the incident on the incident board and you still are keeping it up? Hdayejr 23:39, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

The fact that you personally don't like something does not magically make it vandalism. -TPIRFanSteve 23:49, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The fact is you are stalking me and other users. How would you even know about Rich all the way up there in PA anyhow? You must have me on the "watch" list and you know you are a stalker back to ATGS! Hdayejr 23:55, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
If you really want to know, I found him in your contribution history when I went to see if you'd decided to flame me on any userpages besides mine. -TPIRFanSteve 00:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the admission above. You just confirmed my theory of you being a stalker. At least you told the truth this time! Hdayejr 00:05, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Please explain to me how looking for locations where you've flamed me constitutes me stalking you. -TPIRFanSteve 00:06, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello TPIRFanSteve. I am not sure if you are aware that concerns have been raised about some of your edits on the WP:ANI board. Just wanted to let you know.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Hdayejr

Hdayejr may blank comments from his page if he wishes; you should not edit war with him there. Your contributions on his are serving only to inflame the issue, and are continuing an off-wiki dispute that does not belong there or on any other Wikipedia page. Hdayejr is blocked for a week; please leave him alone. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

With all due respect, you're essentially telling me that Hdayejr can say whatever he wants about me on his Talk page and I'm not allowed to do anything about it. While I'll do my best to keep silent, I hope you can understand how that may not sound like the most appealing course of action from my perspective. -TPIRFanSteve 01:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
If he say somthing about you on his talk page that you are unhappy about, just tell one of the 4 admins who have been dealing with the situation. There is never any need for you to edit war over someone elses talk page. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 11:58, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Submitted request

FYI, I have submitted an e-mail request under WP:RFO—Twigboy 19:41, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay...what about? -TPIRFanSteve 02:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
The offending edits already been deleted and purged from the history; this is what was left behind. You will see a break in the diffs here. Personally identifiable information was posted by another sock which is now blocked as well.—Twigboy 04:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving your talk page and shortening the List of retired pricing games from The Price Is Right

I would consider if you could archive your long older discussions into another page. Here is the helpful link you need.

Also, be considerate about the list of retired games and the individual articles of them because the "merge" discussions resulted in no consensus, even if it's not official by Wikipedians. Thank you for your time! --Gh87 20:55, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help!

Steve, this is ILoveBonusGame, Nathan Harkins. I cannot contact anyone at Golden-road.net without logging in, and I can't do that on account of the fact that I have yet to receive a confirmation e-mail about activating my account with my updated e-mail address! I have tried this since about 4 PM and have yet to receive an e-mail, and since I don't know anyone's user name that is here on Wiki, I thought I should pass this along to you in hopes of letting Robert or Marc know about the problem. I have tried 2 different e-mail accounts now and it still hasn't come through. KansasCity 06:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TPIR

You're the one I hoped would answer me. :) I appreciate it, although I am still reeling from the fact that even with the eps being aired out of order, that the production numbers didn't at least follow in sequence of order recorded. Lambertman 13:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New infobox idea

Hello Steve. My name is Mitchazenia and I have a good idea for the TPIR games pages. I have an infobox prepared in my 9th Sandbox for the games consisting of Debut date, Debut number, Retired date, Retired reason, Seasons and Staging. If there's anymore you can think of, tell me. I hope you enjoy this idea. Note: I had troubles for pictures, so that'll have to wait.Mitch32contribs 19:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Watchlist flood

Appologies in advance for flooding your watchlist (I assume) with edits - I'm doing a cleanup of my own watchlist with AWB (it catches a lot of wiki code errors), and I'm sure it will flood your watch page for the day. Sorry TheHYPO 18:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Price is Right

User 71.63.42.172 wants to apoligize to you for (seemingly) ticking you off when re-adding information that you didn't approve of. I want you to know that I am just a kid (15), and am a big "Price is Right" fan like you are. The only reason I added information was because I had seen it on the Price is Right before. By the way, I like your timeline on golden-road.net. It helps me find out when events occured. I wish I knew when Penny Ante's newest color scheme changed so I could edit that in, but it is no good to put information that we don't know wheather it is true or not. Send me a message back when you recieve this. I would really like to hear from you back.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Game Shows

Hi, I'm Son, and I'm working to recreate Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Game Shows. If you would like to join the project, please add your user name to the participants section by signing with 4 tildes ( ~ ). Thank you! --Son (talk) 01:19, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Golden-road.net's timeline

This is user 71.63.42.172 (my name is Corey by the way). I would like to know if anyone else besides you can update your timeline on golden-road.net, and if so, do we have to be registered? I look forward to hearing from you. Merry Christmas.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 17:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

The only people who can edit the FAQ are myself and the site admins, and I can only think of two occasions in four and a half years where either of them has changed something. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 18:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

P.S. For my curiousity, do you live in Brockton, Massachausetts? I live in Harrisonburg, Virginia.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 17:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

No. Do I want to know why you want to know this? -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 18:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Probably not-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:07, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page reply

This is user 71.63.42.172 again. Are you angry because I asked you that last question? I am sorry if I have offended you, but I think it's interesting to know where people you meet online live. I thought you lived in Brockton, Massachausetts, because I looked up your name on phonebook.com, and you were the only Steve Gavazzi in there. I know your last name, because I have been looking to see who has edited your timeline, and it says your first and last name on there. Would you mind telling me where you do live? (all you have to give me is the city and state) I won't give you any trouble about it. Merry Christmas!-71.63.42.172 (talk) 23:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm not mad, but there are only a couple of places where I feel comfortable revealing where I live, and Wikipedia isn't one of them. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 04:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

This is user 71.63.42.172 again. I have a few questions for you:

What do you mean when you say "This is not a blooper archive"?.

If I was a registered user on golden-road.net, could I edit their timeline?

Your last name is Gavazzi, right? Or wrong?

I wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!-71.63.42.172 (talk) 20:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

"This is not a blooper archive" means exactly what it sounds like -- the pricing game articles don't need to chronicle every blooper that's ever occurred.
That saying undoubtedly speaks for itself-206.229.251.44 (talk) 16:24, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I believe I've made it quite clear that there are NO circumstances under which you or anyone else would be allowed to edit the FAQ. Please stop asking -- the answer isn't going to change.
Do you realize that that kinda sucks?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 16:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
You know, I really don't give a rat's ass what your opinion of it is. If the FAQ could be edited by anyone, it would end up with all kinds of stupid shit in it. The Price articles here on Wikipedia are more than ample proof of that.
This is my decision, not yours...and this discussion is over. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Don't get mad. I understand completly, now. Do ya think we should stop interacting with each other?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 19:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
And you'd do well to learn how to sign your Talk page edits. End them with a hyphen followed by four tildes. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 07:52, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Message from your favorite user

Hey, buddy. It's me again (user: 71.63.42.172). Just kidding about the title there. I hope you had a nice Christmas holiday. I am sorry about not signing the talk page edits correctly. TheHYPO told me that it is considered bad practice not to sign your talk page posts, so I have learned my lesson there. On golden-road.net's timeline, what is wrong with the weeks on Season 36?. The episodes seem to be airing out of order.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 23:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

CBS is airing the shows out of order, presumably so that they can show "stronger" episodes on days they want to. Hopefully, it won't last much longer. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S. What is your favorite pricing game on the Price is Right.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 23:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

This isn't my user page, but I wonder what these posts have to do with improving Wikipedia. Really, if you have comments about another forum, it should belong in that forum.—Twigboy (talk) 23:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I have been wanting to know where you live. Please don't be offended, but do you live in Hillard, Ohio?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 23:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

You are starting to creep me out. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another message from your favorite user

Have I been creeping you out because I have been wanting to know where you live? Or what? I hope I didn't worry you that much. Tell you what, i'll do us both a favor and not bring up the subject about where you live anymore. How does that sound?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

P.S. How do you like Drew Carey as the new host of the Price is Right? I think it was much better when Bob Barker was hosting it, but I think he deserves to be retired, don't you think so?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I believe there is a very clear message: Please use this space to discuss Wikipedia articles and not the topics or personal details of the editors. Thank you.—Twigboy (talk) 22:30, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo for eggcrate display?

Hey Steve. I just wrote a new article today — eggcrate display — and was wondering if you or someone you know from gr.net has any photographs that we could have freely licensed and use to illustrate it. (I think there was a closeup in the Golden Gallery of the Magic # prop in storage backstage, which would probably do the trick.) Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 00:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate you thinking I can help, but I don't own the site or the images. You'll want to get in touch with Marc Green (Marc) or John Sly (ClockGameJohn) about this. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 02:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A message from your favorite user

Hey, buddy. It's me again (User: 71.63.42.172). On the list of active pricing games, if "Barker's Markers" name is changed to "Make your Mark", shouldn't it belong between Magic # and Make Your Move? Because it seems to be in alphabetical order. -71.63.42.172 (talk) 17:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Dude, seriously...do not refer to me as your "buddy." We are not "buddies." You creep me the hell out. I have no desire to interact with you any more than is necessary. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 5:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Apology reply

I'm sorry, sir. I really did not mean to offend you by referring you to as my "buddy". I was just wanted to find out wheather or not "Make Your Mark" should belong between Magic # and Make Your Move? You wouldn't mind telling me, would you?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 13:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. How do you know that I am a "dude" and not a chick?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 13.43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] February 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on The Price Is Right (U.S. game show). Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. The Evil Spartan (talk) 22:41, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

And stay off my page Steve, you have no peaceful reason to be there under any circumstances, and you have been warned twice before. I have reported you to the moderators also. Hdayejr (talk) 03:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I'm sure you have. You always do. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 03:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Any reason you restored (diff) this edit I removed (diff)? Please don't restore it again. (I'm assuming for now that it was some kind of accident. If you feel the need, reply here, I'm watchlisting this page). R. Baley (talk) 04:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

That would be correct. Oops! -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 04:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hdayejr's arrest warrant

Is this true? --ChrisP2K5 (talk) 07:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hdayejr

If this user continues to harass you via IP on here, please feel to report to WP:AIV if obvious, or WP:ANI if that fails. This user is not entitled to edit on Wikipedia, as an indefinitely blocked user. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Split Decision

On the Split Decision article, could you please tell me what "overall gameplay" means on the retirement section. See more information of what I mean by that on the talk page if you haven't already.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 23:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

"Confusing rules and overall gameplay" meant that the rules and gameplay in general were confusing. You're making this way more complicated than it needs to be.
And don't change it back to that thing about the win/loss record, because the game was won 50% of the time. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 00:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, sir. I thought that "overall gameplay" meant the win-loss record. I didn't mean to make it too complicated. I do apoligize if you were offended by that.-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bonkers

On the Bonkers article (the pricing game of course), the blooper of the October 17, 2002 show where the game malfunctioned has been added again by a different user (a registered one I think). Is that really a blooper archive? Or should we just leave it in the article?-71.63.42.172 (talk) 22:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TPiR prizes

Hi, Steve. Someone's added a great deal of description (bordering on personal opinion) about what types of prizes are and are not available to be offered on the show. The cited source for the entire section is the single sentence about American-made cars in the g-r.net FAQ. I figured you'd want to get out your Simplicity Canister Vacuum (MSRP $1399 in Swap Meet, OAD 2/13/08) and clean out some of the garbage. Best, John H JTRH (talk) 02:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lazy

I'm too lazy to bother or care, but I personally think the newly added (all by one person) "if you don't [achieve win condition] you win nothing" comments on half the articles that were just added or "the only way to win nothing is to [not win]" are completely self-evident and stupid and should be nixed; but I'm not going to go do it to that many articles just to have a revert war TheHYPO (talk) 07:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Both IPs blocked

For a week. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 16:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your continued vandalism of Wikipedia

It's been brought to the attention of them at the noticeboard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dennyg2007 (talk • contribs) 01:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm shaking in my boots. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 01:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I would be also, if I had the track record that you do. Remember, you go back all the way to the Buckner fiasco of 2 years ago, you have long standing problems with many people on here.Dennyg2007 (talk) 01:19, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Of course, you conveniently fail to mention that Mr. Buckner was completely in the wrong during that incident. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 01:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and one other thing, the Price Is Right pages belong to Wikipedia, not you. If you want to own those type of pages, I'd suggest getting a web host and then you can have your own pages. Have a good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dennyg2007 (talk • contribs) 01:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Not my fault you keep vandalizing them. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 01:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Really, let's click your contribution history and see where you have reverted many good faith edits.

Steve, you're no vandal. This situation needs to be resolved, however, and so as to prevent a 3RR violation from either one of you I've protected the One Bid page. Please comment on Talk:One Bid so we can peacefully discuss the issue and end this conflict. Thank you. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 04:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but it'll probably be simpler to just wait for "Denny" to get blocked. -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 04:35, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another sock...

If you get a chance, drop by my page. Another IP sock of User:Hdayejr has stirred up trouble again about your comments, and I'd appreciate your side of the story there since you're more familiar with him.

[edit] WP:AN/I

As you are involved in the situation, your comments are welcome here regarding Redrockets block. Thank you. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 02:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IMPORTANT

I have found a diff made by a blocked user concerning your privacy. Please enable emailing so that I may send said diff to you privately, intead of posting it on this userpage where everyone may see it.— DædαlusT@lk / Improve 06:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm a friend of RR, you can trust me. My email is enabled, so just email me, and I can email you. I want to make you aware of the diff so you can decide if you want it deleted or not, I already showed it to Gonzo, but he said I should ask you if you want it deleted first, so here I am.— DædαlusT@lk / Improve 05:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to InuYasha. Thank you. In many of your recent edits, you have neglected to leave any edit summary to inform other editors what you did (and provide a rationale such as when removing content like you did from Naraku. Please try to be more attentive to the need to use edit summaries. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 01:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

You left no explanation for removing it, hence my reverting. In the future, use the edit summaries so people know why you do it. As for it not displaying, may have been someone intending to use an Aux slot, but no reason to have it showing as is, so fine with the re-removal since it wasn't showing. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 17:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Small request

Hey, Steve, quick question for you. I've been recently having problems with your old stalker Harvey...he's been evading his blocks and using various IPs to harass me. Since I'm sure he's done the same thing to you as well, I must ask you to help me in a Wiki intervention case I have going against him right now- just so the mods have some idea just what the scope of his trolling is (I know he's done more to you than he has me.) (Also, is there any way you could link me to the contrib you made concerning him having an arrest record? I need a chuckle.) Thanks, --ChrisP2K5 (talk) 05:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

What exactly do you need me to do? -TPIRFanSteve (talk) 16:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
It's a little late now, because the whole situation was rectified in the time between my posting and you responding...mostly what I was going to ask you to do was to just confirm just how desperate he is to evade his blocks by using IPs as socks to troll (which he did here, I believe, a couple of times as I stated above). The mods took care of it, and as far as I can tell they've begun protecting pages with edits he's reverted recently. I don't know why he's starting up again with this, but I know you've taken a lot of shit from him with the trolling and the reverting, so I figured you should know in case he tried it with you again. (Just letting you know too, he threatened to take legal action against the Wiki AGAIN...remember that?)--ChrisP2K5 (talk) 19:22, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email

You might want to email me concerning privacy issue. Thatcher 13:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)