User talk:76.117.247.55 Archive 3

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Thanks

For reverting vandalism on my talkpage. I'm really starting to like your RVC! JFW | T@lk 06:38, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

User talk:203.167.171.106

Please don't do that; although I don't mind poking fun at persistent vandals (helps us blow off steam), but your flag paste crashed my browser. Keep up the good work. - Roy Boy ⁸⁰⁰ 07:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Big flag. I tried extending it across both monitors and I still had to scroll. Oh well there goes your bid for admin! CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 07:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

HeHe, just means you'll be the only blocking and tagging all the vandals >:D 68.39.174.238 07:40, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

alex medical services 23:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC) i would like to say sorry if i angered you withthat big picture on the minsk page i did'nt mean to put such a large picture there i just don't no how to make them smaller. it was therefore meant to be serious.

My User Page

Thank you for taking back my user page, I wasn't aware that idiot did that to me. I also enjoyed your minor edit, thanks again! --Winter 01:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I spoke too soon on the minor edit; that was someone else. Sorry. --Winter 00:16, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Yet another "thank you!"

Thank you SO much for reverting that idiotic vandalism on my user page. Damn, you need to create a user account!! - Lucky 6.9 19:46, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Can you explain the following edit? It appears to be vandalism, and has been reverted. Was this a mistake, or was it on purpose? - Ta bu shi da yu 01:27, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I reworded... I can be a bit quick on the draw against anons... apologies. However, the edit did make the article say that the WMF vulnerability affected OS X and Linux... something I don't believe is the case. - Ta bu shi da yu 01:29, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Yup, like I say apologies! I should have assumed good faith, my bad. BTW, you look like you do some pretty damn impressive work. Why not get an account? - Ta bu shi da yu 01:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I noticed. Worth a try! Any time you need me to create a new article for you, let me know and I'll go do it. - Ta bu shi da yu 01:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

RBE?

Just curious; what does "RBE" stand for? — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:28, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. But what's %8F?? — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:53, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm just full of interesting ideas. Though actually now that I look at it, I shouldn't have put that comment of mine first, since you really weren't responding to it. Anyway, thanks; I like how you come up with all these interesting edit summaries. — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:02, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protection policy

With the Semi-protection policy you might have to register, or you'll be unable to revert some vandalism.

Prodego ^talk 01:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia article

Uh, be careful what version you revert to... :-) -- Curps 10:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Thanks for looking at the article :) --DavePWyatt 11:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you register?

I'm just wondering, out of plain interest, why you don't register. Just look at the registration page... it's so simple, you don't even have to enter your email! You get to watch pages for changes, mark edits as minor (since you revert so much vandalism, it would be helpful to us all if you registered). If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to convince you to register! Please answer if you care... Nippoo 22:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for replying so quickly. I'm sure you 'have your reasons'... but it would really be beneficial for the community for you to be able to mark, say, reverts as "minor edits" (which can be filtered out on edit pages) and, of course, if you are an admin (just go on, even if you don't use the account, I bet everyone will vote in support), you can revert vandalism at the click of a button, without even having to put a reason in (it automatically fills out "Reverted edits by x to previous version by y), even if you don't need to watch pages! I'm sure you have "reasons", but please, go on, register... you can of course register with a user account of User:68.39.174.238 if that's what pleases you. I daresay I might be harassing you (if so I'll stop) but please, please, go ahead and state your reasons so I can sleep properly at night ;) or just register! Nippoo 22:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

OK then, but why can't you just register using a so-called 'normal' (not your IP address) username and edit like other people? Like that, you can mark edits as 'minor' (helpful to the community, so we can filter out reverts from the edit page), among other reasons? Just wondering what objection you have to registering... it's really been bugging me for some time! Nippoo 22:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I'll stop bugging you about this now, but I have registered the username RVC for you. It's a nice, short, easily remembered name which can be attributed to you, and so if you want it please email me and I'll give you the password so that you can change it and use the account - I believe you can get all your anonymous edits attributed to that account once registered. I don't see why not, but if you are interested simply email me, stick a notice on my talk page, whatever... (I have registered it without an email so you don't even have to reveal that). If you really aren't interested, say so on my talk page. I'll then get one of Wikipedia's nice admins to deregister it (oh, no, wait, actually it's such a nice name I might even drop this one and use it myself... anyhow). Again, I'll stop bothering you on the issue (that won't stop it bothering me though :P), and we can just forget the whole thing. But please, please, consider getting an account, if only just considering it. Nippoo 20:52, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought all was lost until I realized, one day, that if I could knock up an HTML/PHP form to email me with the password, you wouldn't need an email address. If you could go to [this site] and put a password in (it will be displayed in plaintext and I will receive it in this form, so it makes sense not to use a password you use for other things (but one which you will remember). I will then, on receiving the email, change the password to that and drop a message on your talk page when I'm done. You can then post a message announcing you have, finally, registered and log in using the new account! (then change the password for it). All cool? :D Nippoo 17:26, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

So you don't want the account, then? Nippoo 19:36, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Ach, you are so mysterious... *sigh*. Why don't you want to be able to block WoWs and vandals? I give up. :SNippoo 19:39, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

It is a little unreasonable to suggest that you wouldn't get admin *pretty quickly* though. :) 19:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Most people do think so, and it's always worth trying anyway - I'll bet you pretty much anything that you'll get admin pretty quickly if/when you do register. I personally don't see why not. Most people on this page do think so, and I for one will give you extreme (nominator?) support. :) Nippoo 19:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

That's just one person, as far as I can tell...and I'm not even sure whether or not he was serious. I'm still sure that you would be nominated for admin within 24 hours if you were to sign up, I have had several people say that.Soothing R 21:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Just noticed this and I was just joking. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

That's good to know. 68.39.174.238 21:52, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Gah... if you don't want the account, at least please tell me already... before my colon key dies on me from too many replies... :S Nippoo 12:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Alright then, but I have even less use for it. The whole reason that I registered it was for you to use it... if you send me a password, you can then change it again and I won't be able to get into the account at all... since I haven't put an email in I won't be able to use the "forgot my password" link. I don't really know what to do with the account now... can't you please at least accept it even if you don't use it? Nippoo 12:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Fine... but you typing a few letters into [a box] might solve even more problems! Or at least tell me why you don't want to... Nippoo 12:33, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Is it you who sent me something through that form? Just because I have forgotten in my haste to knock up that script to check the IP who sent it... :S Nippoo 20:40, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

You're the only one to have supposedly 'touched' it for about a month. Does your password begin with "I"? If so, I'll change it to the one you sent - just drop a note on my talk page. Nippoo 20:27, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

It's done; play around with it for a few hours then I'll nominate you for admin if you accept it. :D Nippoo 20:50, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for accepting the account and sticking the note on the talk page; you do realize that I have changed the password so you can log in and put the note on the user page if you want? It would please me so much if you'd just log in and make one edit. :D Nippoo 13:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Egh... fine - but at least I'm logged in now! What do you have so much against logging in? Nippoo 18:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, so you can put it on the user page rather than the talk page, and secondly, so that I can see you at least make one edit from an account - if you decide against making further edits then that's fine but I don't see why you should decide against it! Nippoo 20:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I fear this string will veer too far to the right of the page, causing the entire section to tilt over. bd2412 T 22:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah; it does get a little annoying. Hey; why not make it go back the other way, like this? And while we're at it, why doesn't 68.39.174.238 log in? :D Nippoo 13:48, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Can't you just explain to me why you don't want to log in? Uugh. :)

I'd be hard in that some reasons are less well formed in my mind then others. 68.39.174.238 09:14, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:☭

Thought you'd like that. Check out WP:MILK and WP:WILLY also. And get an account. High-profile vandals currently have undiscovered sockpuppets with more privileges than you. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 03:59, Jan. 6, 2006

Please do not advertise other sites in templates. All such references will simply be deleted on sight. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 18:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet for you

User:68-39-174-238 on wheels! [1] --pgk^(talk) 20:51, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Siegfried Popper

Someone has drastically changed this article from the version you last edited - care to have a look? Cheers! bd2412 T 05:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Having read your page, if I were you I'd never get an account, just on principle. bd2412 T 05:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

lol

I will wear my Mr Belvedere barnstar-thingy with pride. --Syrthiss 19:07, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

I deleted that, also with pride. Thanks for pointing it out. :) --Syrthiss 19:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

User page

Thanks for reverting my user page. It's so nice to be popular with the vandals. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:13, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for you help reverting vandalism. RexNL 19:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Admin status

I know you are pretty adamant about remaining an IP, but if you were to become a user you would have no problem whatsoever becoming an admin straight away. Does administrator status not appeal to you? (Please drop a reply on my talk page as well, cos I'll never get it otherwise) haz (user talk) 19:19, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I utterly disagree with that - we have to draw lines somewhere on becoming an admin, and a new account - even one that had made exemplary edits as an IP for years - would still have to show their mettle under the name of the new account. Otherwise, any new account could claim to have edited as a particular stellar IP. bd2412 T 21:19, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

That's not true. If the IP edits the talkpage of the newly created account, and the newly created account edits the talkpage of the IP in which the user has both the IP and the account state the same message should be enough proof.Soothing R 20:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

By the way, even editing as an IP you can still throw something up on your IP user page - you can say something about your interests (and even stack up a few userboxes) without compromising your anonymity. bd2412 T 21:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Do it, man. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 08:55, Jan. 22, 2006

Typo?

RUE instead of RVC? Hmm... you need a rollback button. Get an account and become an admin, please. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 20:38, Jan. 20, 2006

Revert

Sorry about my revert. Please continue to edit as normal. --Winter 21:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

blocking messages

While we appreciate your efforts in fighting vandalism, please don't tell users they have been blocked when they have not been. Gamaliel 19:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. --Petros471 19:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I'll believe you (I did actually check the block log before writing the above, however as you said it was only 7 seconds difference on Gamaliel's talk page, there was probably just a delay somewhere that meant it didn't show). Still think that in future you should probably leave the admin who carried out the block to leave the message, as this makes it clear to everyone who actually carried out the block. Anyway keep up the good work, I won't pester you to register a username as you're making your point about not all IP's being vandals quite well :) --Petros471 20:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Please stop removing content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Latinus 20:26, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I was referring to this edit. Sorry, it looks like I was mistaken. You were reverting someone else's vandalism. Latinus 20:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

You have recently vandalized a Wikipedia article, and you are now being asked to stop this type of behavior. You're welcome to continue editing Wikipedia, so long as these edits are constructive. Please see Wikipedia's Blocking policy and what constitutes vandalism; such actions are not tolerated on Wikipedia, and are not taken lightly.

We hope that you will become a legitimate editor and create an account. Again, you are welcome here at Wikipedia, but remember not to vandalize or you will soon be blocked from editing.

Pg2114 20:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)Struck by Knowledge Seeker due to mistaken identity.

Arrondissements in France

Hi, That's an intermediate step in getting the size right. The Q's should disappear shortly. Dlyons493 Talk 20:18, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Korean War

You need to provide a justification for your number change in this article on its talk page. Reverting change. --Primetime 20:41, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I mixed you up with the other guy. Your addresses look very similar. --Primetime 20:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

Many thanks for staying on your toes. Keep up the great work. --Zsinj 23:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thumbs up!

File:Hand with thumbs up.jpg

Thumbs up!

Thumbs up to an awesome anon, whoever you are. — TheKMan^talk 00:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Username

I have now reverted back to your edit. Yesterday was a worse-than-usual day for vandalism and garbage edits for the articles on my watchlist, with bad edits coming from both anon IPs and registered users. It looks like I made one too many reverts, and I apologize. ^Blank ^Verse 01:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Yesterday was actually worse for registered users, so I'm not sure why I fired away at your IP edit. One regular problem editor (possibly with Asperger's) who had been doing usually good edits for awhile started doing weird edits again (in this case adding events in the future as if they were true). And a new editor did one of my pet peeves, which was editing an article that they knew absolutely nothing about and assuming that they could edit the article without verifying that the changes that they were making were correct. ^Blank ^Verse 01:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

AlabamaStateCons in his own words

I had a IRC conversation w/ AlabamaStateCons, (aka 68.39.174.238) asking him his rationale for not registering, below are the logs:

IRC LOGS REMOVED IRC logs should not be posted on Wikipedia without permission of all parties. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Sigh... This is a lost cause This user has left wikipedia 01:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

And the point of that was? 68.39.174.238 01:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I might also draw attention to a large redaction between the tinyurl and the next line. 68.39.174.238 01:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

O and also, that's not their IRC nick, they edited the logs it seems. 68.39.174.238 01:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

My nickname has a ' in the end just because the other nick was taken, the "redaction" is unrelated really. In response to: And the point of that was? No particular point ... This user has left wikipedia 01:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Achille, IRC logs should not be posted on Wikipedia without permission of all parties involved. You weren't very polite in that exchange, either. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Continued here —This user has left wikipedia 10:20 2006-01-23 With regard to "John", In the American legal process, if the identity of someone is not known the monkeir John Doe is used to make it easier to talk about the subject.

Doik

I blocked him as you requested on AIAV; what should we do about his contributions? As far as I know, a lot of those edits might be valid. I deleted the The Carlow Crab! entry though; looks like this account was an attempt to get that one through sandwiched in the middle of otherwise good edits. Antandrus (talk) 03:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Good: we agree, IAR applies nicely here. I know nothing about cartoon TV shows anyway. (Of course I'll get another one of these [2] for leaving this note, LOL) Antandrus (talk) 03:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually I find those to be pretty funny when they happen (maybe I shouldn't admit it...) Antandrus (talk) the elitist, 03:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Please join us!

I would personally like to encourage you to get registered. Stuff from your anon page can easilly be transfered to your user account. --Zsinj 21:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

see your amin Nomination

See your Requests for adminship. We all like you to become an Amin.**My Cat inn @ (talk)** 23:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Essjay deleted it as nonsense =(. Ø tVaughn05 ^talk_contribs 19:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Safety Last

Unfortunately I didn't upload that image. It was already on the Safety Last page. I moved a copy to Cinema of the United States because that article needed a silent era image. There are plenty of other stills of Lloyd on the Web, taken within seconds of that moment. Would they stand scrutiny, do you think? The problem is that it's 1923, barely the wrong side of Sonny Bono's copyright law. Durova 04:40, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Username

I'm going to bug you too. Was just crusing around, and it's not everyday where you find an anon with a massive amount of stuff too. Trust me, an account is worth it. I edited on an IP for about a month and a half or so (to the point where my first edit was a vandalism revert) ... an account is a good thing. A very good thing. Hope you reconsider. -- Jjjsixsix ^(talk)/_(contribs) @ 01:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Yo!

Apparently, I'm supposed to poke you and ask you to make an account, but all I really can say is that you must live somewhere near me if you have a Comcast IP with the subnet 68.39.174.*. - CorbinSimpson 00:33, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

XFD. That subnet used to be in the neighborhood down the street. Ya, Eugene, Oregon here. You? - CorbinSimpson 00:39, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

http://www.geoiptool.com/en/?IP=68.39.174.238

"LOL"! Not even the right state! 68.39.174.238 21:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

JtdirI

JtdirI is Wikipedia is Communism. Please do not change to someone else you think is that user again. Alex 101 03:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, to me JtdirI sounds like a Wikipedia is Communism sockpuppet. Alex 101 03:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

JtdirI has no existing edits. If Alex 101 can point to deleted ones that imply communism, then he should be tagged, but otherwise, let's not overpopulate the category. Not everybody who impersonates any admin is necessarily WP:☭. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 19:16, Jan. 31, 2006

Sorry I forgot an important word "if". I have no inside info. I saw his note above and I looked into it and agreed that there's no evidence. Just a random act of impersonation. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 19:27, Jan. 31, 2006

Thanks

Thanks for fixing my formatting mistake on Current events. I'm editing from a lab machine with Netscape 7.0 for Slowaris, which is very slow when editing large text-boxes :( -- Pak aran 04:16, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I know, but it's the only way to get on AIM from here. -- Pak aran 04:18, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Ooops?

Er... [3] {{test}}? Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 04:50, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

That's what I thought. Don't worry about it. Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 04:53, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Get an account

IP editing is not serious editing. If you want to be a proper wikipedian, you can get an account. I know you are not willing to, but are you really going to spend all your life anonymous?--Young XenoNeon (converse) 18:34, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

user page

Hi - I see user:Freakofnurture is the latest user to create a user page for you (5 more in the last month alone). If you'd still rather not have one, please either respond here, let me know, or put a template:db on it. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

opinion?

Hi - Can I ask your opinion of an idea I sketched to help limit the amount of crap that shows up in Wikipedia? As an anon, if this idea were implemented it would have a direct affect on your anti-vandalism work (which is tremendously helpful). It's been archived at this point, at Wikipedia talk:Stable versions/archive2#forking considered harmful. I'm thinking about copying this to a user page of my own, tweaking the wording a bit ("vetter" is the wrong word, should perhaps be "editor"), and pushing this idea in other forums. I'm interested in how this sounds to you - if you have a chance can you read it and let me know? Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:38, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Main problem, possibly discussed: Is that newbie editors who try and edit a "stable" version to fix a minor error and get the open version with: A: MAJOR changes, which totally disorients them, or B: the error fixed, which also disorients them, or makes them wonder if their cache is dicking around. Frankly this whole "stable articels" buissiness seems like more trouble then its worth unless someone comes up with a really simple way to do it that wont: A, confuse the newbies, or; B, dramatically increase workload, disk/memory/proc/bandwidth, or software or process complexity. 68.39.174.238 00:22, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the reply. I really don't like most of the "stable version" proposals (IMO forks are inherently bad). On the other hand, I think the current situation is that Wikipedia invites vandalism, and dealing with it takes a ridiculous amount of time (from folks such as yourself). Stable version forks basically say "do what you will, we'll fix it after the fact". I'd prefer something that reduces or eliminates the influx of crap. I think some mechanism that makes it so only changes made by "reasonable" people are generally visible would really help (what fun is there in making the George W. Bush article say "Bush is a dick" if noone can see it?). I agree the disorientation issue is a problem. Do you think it might work if the "edit" button on the "public" version first shows the "most recent" version (with an "edit" button) rather than going directly to the edit page? So, if you're not a designated "editor" (or whatever it's called), you have to first view the most recent version and then get to edit it? I'm looking for a solution that doesn't eliminate edits from anyone anywhere, but makes it so that if you contribute an edit you're more likely to be contributing (rather than vandalizing) without making it ridiculuously difficult. As an anon contributor (as opposed to a vandalizer), I'm very interested in your opinion about this. Again, please let me know what you think about this idea. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:41, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

USA PATRIOT Act missing link

Hi. I located and fixed the screwey link in USA_PATRIOT_Act. Monkeyman 00:47, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

NSA pov

I see you don't like Pravda by your delete, but you overlooked Federal Street's changes to the legal analysis section. The page is in need of vandal patrol. Be aware of what is going on there please if you feel like keeping POV out of it. Metarhyme 05:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I haven't bothered his socks at Legality of warrantless surveillance where Sea level and 69.164.66.203 are also at play. They aren't content to stay there. See the bottom of Talk:NSA warrantless surveillance controversy. Metarhyme 05:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Harold Lloyd

Thanks for getting the image. Regards, Durova 07:00, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

OK

Sorry for the misunderstanding. WikiFanatic 23:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Bob Sagat

Thanks for the heads up-- I have indef blocked this vandal. --Ryan Delaney ^talk 20:25, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Did you think I was joking?

Maybe you didn't hear my point. I don't joke around. As a penalty for refusing to purge Wikipedia of noxious right-wing material, I have added 30 more hoax articles to the encyclopedia, and have linked them to other, real articles, to make them appear authentic. Do not try my patience a third time. - MilkMan

Attention

A Communique from the United MilkMan Front For too long the conservative constructionist faction within Wikipedia has manipulated the dissemination of free information to include its own extreme right-wing message. In a manner typical of its agenda itself, this message seeks to mislead otherwise impressionable readers into believing that the greed of the American right may be justified in any manner of morality, ethics, productivity, or religion. It is time that the United MilkMan Front will change that message.

Notice is given to the Wikipedian Cabal that any tolerance of such bias is unacceptable and requires immediate remedy. Notice is given that progressive Wikipedians shall file an RFC within seventy-two hours of the posting of this message seeking to eliminate the systemic right-wing interference in the general knowledge of humanity or be subject to the UMF's editing. In the interest of allowing for one last chance at self-regulation, Wikipedian editors are hereby given a chance to make these vital corrections in the name of social justice and resistance to capitalist greed. Beyond the seventy-two hour deadline for the filing of the RFC, there shall also be a deadline of seven days from the opening of the RFC to begin the systematic elimination of the capitalist influence.

We have at present two hundred thirty eight (238) unique IP addresses from a variety of locations from which we can make the necessary edits. Failure to meet our demands within our deadlines will be viewed as noncompliance. We do not wish to do this, as we prefer to allow the potential which is Wikipedia to self-correct. We warned, however, we have the means and the will to engage in edit conflict and bloc voting against which you have no defense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lactose_Oracle (talk • contribs)

I have no idea what you think I have to do with anything, other then organization on some vandal infopages. I can't even CREATE pages. 68.39.174.238 04:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Either way, this has been reported on WP:AN/I already. Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 04:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that seems exciting. This might be the first real mass demonstration in wikipedia history. Lapinmies 09:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Looks like someone fell asleep @ the wheel! "Seven days" indeed... 68.39.174.238 02:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx

Oh, oh no, no problem. You don't have to do that, really. But whatever you do in the future, I wish you good luck! I'm really impressed by your resolve—that was what won me over more so than ever :). Keep up and be strong! (Though you probably didn't need to hear that *winks*). —Mirlen 22:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for not replying by the way, though I did. Thanks for the barnstar :-). I'll display it on the userpage, just like you wrote-or does it have to be more formal? Looking at the userse who want you to become a user has their own userbox for their campaign, should you have one for those who support who support your resolve :D? —Mirlen 18:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I meant if the barnstark text should be more formal, like: 'I award User B for this-and-that...', or if it's fine as it is. As for the ubx, I meant as a joke, lol :D. Oh, and thank you. —Mirlen 19:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Alright, you're the older one on Wikipedia after all, and more experienced. Thank you for all your work and everything :). —Mirlen 19:29, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

NCV VIP

remember of Curps reverts me revert back to my version

I'm sorry, that comment made too little sense to me to be understandable. I note your edit to that page, but what do I have to do with it...? 68.39.174.238 23:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

MCI TOS

Greetings! We could always try, but at least one admin (Happy Camper) already has. It's hard to get them to pay attention, unless he's doing something that puts them at risk. He's getting close, though, since the Cunios are real people, and at least one of them is under 18. Btw, he might be using Juno, the free internet service, since the same IP range is assigned to a good user who is. Antandrus (talk) 17:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Lee Terry

This protection was done after we received a legitimate complaint from Mr. Terry's office that there was significant vandalism to the page. We have cleaned up the history, so it does not appear. Danny 20:27, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

re: bot-talk

Okay maybe this setup would be better. I strongly prefer that users create a new section heading when speaking on a new topic on my talk page, I have my reasons, hence not redirecting it as suggested. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 21:36, Feb. 10, 2006

The reason I have the bot's talk page protected is because if somebody writes a message there, it will take much longer for me to notice it, and I would prefer to be notified immediately via the orange banner that appears when my own talk page has been edited. If I'm not fully understanding the question, please clarify. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 21:47, Feb. 10, 2006

If somebody has their own user talk page semi- or fully protected and you need to communicate with him/her, give me the names and I'll change that. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:05, Feb. 10, 2006

I'm seeing a red link. Please clarify which pages you are needlessly unable to edit. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:23, Feb. 10, 2006

Good work!

It's nice to see anonymous ppl working to revert vandalism...its very nice. And no...dont get an account :) Keep the good work! --Armin76 22:57, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Gibraltarian

Feel free to go ahead and list him under "Banned by the Wikipedia Community", since he has violated many policies, including WP:AGF, WP:NPA, WP:NPOV, WP:DICK, WP:3RR, WP:SOCK, and WP:POINT. --TML1988 17:24, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I mean, since you brought up this point on Wikipedia talk:List of banned users, I'm giving you the green light to list G on WP:LOBU. --TML1988 18:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Looong talk page

This page is ~~120~~ ~~128~~ 138 kb (and growing) - well beyond recommended size limits (see Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page). Perhaps you should consider archiving some content (to User talk:68.39.174.238/Archive 1). If you can not create such a page, let me know and I'll do it. Cheers! bd2412 T 17:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

A little reminder

Don't forget to use subst: when placing templates so the template doesn't accidentally get edited. Thanks. Tawker 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

About the lamppost

It's downtown Bucharest, right next to Ceauşescu's Casa Poporului. I assume it was put there to make enough light so anyone can see the socialist achievements in Romania. ;-) bogdan 13:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Aghhghr

Ok, so that was you. I have no memory for numbers, really. But thanks anyways. I take back what I said about an account. Please don't get one. But one thing, really, could you make at least a null edit to your ip page? So the red link turns blue? :) Renata 06:12, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I thought you can create talk, user, and WP pages... No?! (that's why I say - don't get the account) Do you want me to make it? :) Renata 06:17, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok, as you wish. Renata 06:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Supposed Vandalism

2006-02-13 01:09:07 (hist) (diff) User talk:Nathanrdotcom (I don't think you're supposed to remove warnings from your talk page(s).)

If you actually LOOKED at my talk page, you would have understood the reason why I deleted a 3RR warning from said page. The matter was closed, the warning was closed and I was allowed to post after being blocked for only a few hours. did you actually read this before starting your little escapade on my talk page?

Regardless, I spoke with an admin and the warning was archived.

Considering it's MY talk page, I believe I have the right to delete what I like. Thanks though. I won't be watching this page for replies.

Now, I don't know who you are, and I don't accept deletions, replies or anything from a user who only signs with his/her IP address. At least sign your name when making changes to MY page, thanks ever so much. I don't take kindly to visits from the anonymous anti-vandalism squad. - nathanrdotcom 10:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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Happy Valentine's day!

Happy valentines ;) — FireFox • T • 10:39, 14 February 2006

Re:Drastically late reply to "blocking messages"

Yeh, while I do occasionally add warn messages when other people have reverted (normally when I attempted to revert but got beaten to it by an admin equipped by rollback); I agree that we should probably let whoever did the action (especially blocks, but also reverts etc) place the warning message- makes it clear to who any comments should be directed to (as in the case of the message right below yours on my talk page). And like you say saves wasting double effort. Cheers, Petros471 09:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

Sorry about it then. Yes i did misspell choose couldn't remember out how to spell it. †Jak ken† 03:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Check this out...

[4]

Also check out Alvam (talk · contribs)'s page. Please post your thoughts on this matter on the WiC talk page. --TML1988 04:32, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

citation at siprnet

not sure how we'd ever find a citation for that on siprnet... aa v ^ 07:23, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree with it being superlative. As such, and given it can't be verified, it's probably best to strike the comment, rather than hope somebody will come along and cite something for it. As for your post script... Reading about the networks, no, I don't find it so disillusioning. It's my job, even. I sleep pretty well at night. aa v ^ 07:36, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Hm, rm'd some more stuff (about the data rates, there are connections in excess of 100gbit/s on sipr), and bumped into this chap. Or chaps. Interesting that they've taken it upon themselves to edit the wikipedia. Generally they're not so keen on interfacing with the public internet, let alone divulging data like that. aa v ^ 07:48, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Whoever you are? --Doc ^ask? 22:30, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Maybe 68.39.174.238 is Mrs. Calabash? --Nlu (talk) 08:33, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Who? 68.39.174.238 08:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

See Jimmy Durante. --Nlu (talk) 08:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

You think 68.39.174.238's Jimmy Durante's first wife? Weird. 207.145.133.34 20:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism channel

Apparently someone made the channel invite-only without telling anyone. That should be fixed now, you should be able to rejoin the channel. Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 00:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Note on edit

Everything found on the Senate website, unless otherwise noted, can be assumed to be in the public domain. "Information presented on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified."--Jiang 08:09, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

There is plenty of precedent for this. For example, the article and subarticles for almost every country in the world contains text originally published by the State Department and CIA. see Wikipedia:Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia:Status of the porting of U.S. Dept of State info for utility pages active in 2002-2003 for copying PD text into wikipedia.--Jiang 08:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

who are you

who are you, you left a message on my user page, i have never met you before. -The Master Vandal

yeah no shit mr smartass exclamation point. i couldnt have figured that one out! your userpage sucks ass.

Sorry, seemed like worthless vandalism. The "Master Vandal" is not much of a conversationalist. bd2412 T 03:19, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Eh... happens. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Naconkantari e|t||c|m 04:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Ditto, much appreciated. David D. (Talk) 21:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Please remain anonymous

Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! You don't have to remain anonymous to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but not logging in and making large numbers of exceptionally useful edits and reversions will give you:

The use of an IP address you are stuck with, until your modem disconnects for too long.
The lack of a distracting watchlist which may prevent you from monitoring recent edits.
The privilege of asking others to start new pages for you.
The ability to watch others rename pages.
The ability to wait for semi-protected pages to become unprotected so you can edit them again.
The ability to compose well researched text, which is underrated compared to uploading images.
The ability to customize the appearance and behavior of your anonymous user page.
The eligibility to inspire the awe and thanks of Wikipedia administrators, for which attainship is yet but a pipe dream (or not).
Your IP address will remain visible to all users, and will act as a user name in many people's eyes..

We hope you enjoy your time here on Wikipedia and that you choose to avoid becomming a Wikipedian by remaining anonymous, but the choice for you to create an account is always there, and we won't hold it against you. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have on my talk page. By the way, you should sign your name to your posts and comments with ~~~~. -- Ch'marr 06:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Carryover

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. - Dakota ~ ° 02:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

This is the ip that made this edit [5] --Dakota ~ ° 02:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to revert your talk page but the edit and the edit summary were suspect.Thanks.--Dakota ~ ° 03:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

back!

Did you ever consider ............ no just kidding ! David D. (Talk) 23:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back! ;) —Locke Cole • t • c 23:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

archiving your talk

If you'd like, you can archive your talk page (even though you're an anon). Not sure if you'd find this amusing or not, but you can copy sections to user talk:68.39.174.238/archive-n or any other subpage you'd like. Just a suggestion. -- Rick Block (talk) 04:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

see #Looong talk page above... ironically, admonishments about archiving this page have increased its already swollen visage, now over 141 kb. bd2412 T 14:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Communism vandal breaks promise

Apparently the Communism vandal hasn't really quit after all...Alvam (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) made two WiC edits on March 8, and got blocked by Curps. Of course, please post your reaction to this (if any) on the WiC talk page. --TML1988 05:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Government of Chad

Thanks for correcting the capitalization error on Government of Chad. KI 17:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually the links redirect to that style, but the pages dont exist so they're red. KI 22:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

¡Hola!

For helping me understand Wikipedia which ultimately redounded to the benefit of Il Divo related articles I present to you the IL DIVO Barnstar Award.Rosameliamartinez 10:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Long time no see...I haven't been to wikipedia regularly for three months(!) until this weekend cause the Il Divo page crashed :( just dropping by to say hello and give you this (since I figured out just today how to create personal barnstars and so that you know that I haven't forgotten about you) ;D I hope you like it even though you aren't a fan. Adiós...Rosameliamartinez 12:16, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

LOL, I'm glad you haven't forgotten me :) I can't believe it has been so long already (time flies!)...have you created anything interesting at Wikipedia lately? Rosameliamartinez 13:44, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

"the blasted AWB/redirect nonsense" LOL I see you've been busy...Rosameliamartinez 14:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not so sure I understood what you said on your last message to me LOL (technical plus) but don't worry I got the general idea...it must have been so boring to fix all that! I'm glad you're helping other newbies (I'm not so sure for how long can I still be considered a newbie though lol)Rosameliamartinez 14:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Treason

Mr. Treason apologized on the discussion in WikipediA's article about WikipediA, #25. These are possibly his words exactly "People of Wikipedia... I am Mr. Treason, I am sorry, and I will no longer vandalize your pages. Sorry." Pseudoanonymous 16:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Because...

I likely wouldn't have bothered, but there was some vandalism to deal with anyway, and I thought I'd change it back while I was at it. I'm afraid I have a bit of a thing about edits that don't really change anything in an article, and let's face it, replacing lawcourt with court of law was hardly imperative. Kelisi 04:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

National Anthem of Colombia

Hola, I've just translated Colombia's National Anthem but verses III to XI just won't stay in their proper place (they appear in the far right side). Would you mind checking it out and telling me what am I doing wrong? The link Oh Gloria Inmarcesible! Gracias ;)Rosameliamartinez 22:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you :) Rosameliamartinez 23:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

State Security (Czechoslovakia)

I've done the page history merge/fixup as requested. Let me know if anything is broken (but I think it's not!). Also, please sign up for an account! --kingboyk 05:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Syldavia

Hi there Sorry about reverting your edit. I didn't really think it was vandalism, so I didn't put a warning or anything, but thought that something had gone wrong because of what the edit summary said. Just trying to be helpful! Will be more careful in future. Apologies again, -- Con Dem^Talk 13:24, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

about vandals

Hola, I figure this is a common question but, asides from treating vandals nicely and reverting vandalism...is there any coercitive way from stopping a user from vandalizing? I mean, see all of user's 217.127.192.219 "contributions". Rosameliamartinez 16:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Template:Infobox Baduser

You too? ;) I thought my changes didn't look that great either, but it looks a little better than the previous solution (which was really inelegant). I have another version that condenses the shortcut box into one line and places it right below the vandal's name — would you like that better? æle ✆ 19:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the infobox on my test page; see this page. Does that look better to you? æle ✆ 2006-03-25t16:29z

Those pages will need to be reformatted slightly, as the linebreaks are hardcoded in, but it'll otherwise work fine. I'll go ahead and make the shortcut box change. æle ✆ 2006-03-26t02:03z

Boycott

re: citation. i actually hunted this one down earlier and then forgot. it's copied verbatim from a .gov site (google cache for highlighting). i don't know what to do with citation stuff or copyright compliance checks, can you deal with this? or explain what needs to be done with it on the boycott talk page. thanks :) -Quiddity 08:09, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hola

Hello ;D I was trying to fix a link here where it says "userbox barnstar" but somehow I just got it messed up. At least it doesn't link to the Thallium article any more but it still doesn't look like the creator of that barnstar intended. Would you mind fixing it please? Rosa 23:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

It seems someone fixed it while I was writing this LOL Thanks anyways ;)Rosa 23:38, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Create an account!

If you're so well known within Wikipedia, received barnstars, awards, etc (as I've noticed), exactly what do you have against creating an account and contributing with that? Do you like being anonymous? There are lots of benefits to creating an account, as I'm sure you know about - you'd even be able to join Esperanza, which is a Wikipedia-organization that exists to promote goodwill. You can even chat to us on IRC after you join.

I strongly urge you to reconsider. Or maybe explain to us why you like being anonymous so we can stop saying 'create an account!' and the endless 'Welcomes' because I'm sure you're getting sick of it by now.

PS: I understand your reasons for reverting on my userpage ages ago because I deleted a warning, but please assume good faith. An admin assisted me to archive my page. I wasn't a vandal then and I'm certainly not one now. — File:Ottawa flag.png nath a nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 04:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I too advise you to get an account. The community is very supportive, and you're already a hugely experienced and talented individual. Why not become a Wikipedian? I'm sure everyone here agrees with me when I say that you're not just the regular IP. Please reconsider, and cheers! :D M ^o P 05:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's what I think you should do: get an account, but don't tell anyone that you've gotten one - and keep editing from this anon IP from time to time, so everyone thinks you still haven't gotten an account. Then, using your account, leave a few messages here imploring yourself to get an account. That would be a hootenanny!!! bd2412 T 19:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

A wikt:hootenanny ?! "LOL"! 68.39.174.238 21:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Maybe he has already?? ;) Leftis t 19:38, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

No I haven't... 68.39.174.238 21:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

No, please stay anonymous. You are just a few hundred edits away from possibly becoming the first IP to make 10000 edits. That would be some sort of milestone. --TML1988 21:09, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, no [6]. — Mar. 25, '06 [08:28] <freakofnur_xture |talk>

Um, how about "first IP to make 10,000 non-vandalism edits"? bd2412 T 04:03, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, it appears the above mentioned 10k+ IP may have been an unauthorized bot for much of its run. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 06:51, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

My user page

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page. And thanks again for updating my vandalism count! Never had that happen before. tv316 02:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to make you a userpage with all your barnstars on it

Including this one I just gave you. --Zsinj^Talk 03:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For standing up to everyone whose wanted you to get registered! Excellent work. Zsinj^Talk 03:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

It would really mean something to the community (or at least to me) if you wouldn't mind me proudly displaying your awards for you (aka not db-author-ing your userpage *wink). Your contributions mean a lot to the regulars of Wikipedia. --Zsinj^Talk 03:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

They're all on display here, and always should be... 68.39.174.238 03:51, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Also check out how awesome you've done: [7]. --Zsinj^Talk 03:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey... Cool new color graphes... 8D~~! 68.39.174.238 03:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

If you'd still rather not have a user page, please say so (perhaps again) here and I or someone else will take care of it for you. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar. I'm "not" sure that I know why I deserve it, but it sure looks nice. Everybody wants you to register, so how about it? Tony the Marine 06:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC) (P.S. can you tell me why I was awarded the Barnstar? Thank you. Tony the Marine 22:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC))

templates substituted by a bot as per Wikipedia:Template substitution Pegasusbot 07:37, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Template (In this case, {{vandal}} twice) substitution reverted! I can understand some, but the page on the subject says NOTHING about that template, and I'd rather this page not have heaps of raw HTML/Wiki formatting when the current template works. 68.39.174.238 23:09, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

The Tuttle, OK Article

Sorry for intruding upon your time, but would you mind heading over back to that article's talk page and registering your pro-keep opinion in the straw poll I set up on whether to keep it or not? Talk:Tuttle, Oklahoma#Trivia Much obliged. — WCityMike ^{(T | C)} 00:12, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on my talk page

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page ! Schutz 22:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		Congradulations for reaching 10000 edits in just 6 months, 1 day, 20 hours, 37 minutes, 58 seconds! TML1988 01:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanx. Now to beat up on that crappy MS web proxy vandal sheild from making an infamous name for high-edit IPs OMGOmg!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!! 68.39.174.238 01:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC) ;D

Archiving

As you do not seem interested in archiving this page yourself, would you object if I were to make an archive (or two) for you? bd2412 T 01:56, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Probably 68.39.174.238 02:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC) (PS. I'm leaving this response here so other people can see it without sifting though your talk page to find it. Thanx again.)

Any particular reason? Long pages (talk or otherwise) take longer for users with slow internet access to load and read, and may take much longer to save edits to. That may not be a problem yet, but at the rate your page is growing, eventually it will. bd2412 T 02:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I (think) I have my reasons. I'll investigate options more often as things like not being able to find stuff myself. 68.39.174.238 02:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok - let me know if you change your mind - cheers! bd2412 T 02:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Jim Nussle

Thanks for the tip, but the Signpost tries not to edit already "published" stories except to make corrections, since most people only read the stories once, upon publication, and wouldn't see any updates. My bit about Jim Nussle was in the "In the news" section, which usually focuses on external media attention on Wikipedia, not on our internal processes, and in any case, it didn't appear that the ONE Campaign edits really had anything to do with the ongoing edit wars there -- they just happened to hit a controversial article. If the story appears again in the media this week, however, I will be sure to make a (see related article) cross-reference to the Signpost Arbitration section.

Feel free to come write something for the paper if you ever need a change of pace...

And by the way, congratulations on your 10,000th edit! — Catherine\^talk 04:49, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Thought about nominating a featured article?

Hi - I just updated Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations and it struck me that although you can't be the first anonymous editor to nominate a featured article (5 anons already beat you to it!) you could be the first anon to successfully nominate more than one (it generally takes a fair amount of effort to push an article through the FA process). Just a thought. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:30, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you once again for the barnstar. I hope to be interacting with you in the furure. Tony the Marine 02:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:KingdomOfAlbania.png uploaded

This is a test, of sorts - I've uploaded Image:KingdomOfAlbania.png - does this look right to you? (Respond here, my talk is closed, as I'm on a Wikibreak. No, really I am). bd2412 T 21:16, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Old (noncom) Image replaced in all (Two) uses. You can shoot it up now, I've saved a copy of it locally incase it's needed later. 68.39.174.238 21:57, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Shoot it up? How do you mean that? bd2412 T 22:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

You can delete the old one as it's been replaced by an image that exactly fulfils its purpose and is licensed noncommercially (IE. May be "deleted without further warning" since it was uploaded after the May 29 cutoff date). 68.39.174.238 22:10, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see - thought you were saying that in reference to the new one. Silly me - see why I need a break? :) bd2412 T 22:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx. Have fun (If appropriate) in your break. If not... do whatever, I don't know... 68.39.174.238 22:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

BD:

You're right I don't like it. I left a task request on the bots page (Where they're requested to go) and it was removed. Thankfully it doesn't come by that often. Thanx for the revert. 68.39.174.238 00:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem! bd2412 T 00:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey thanks!

Nice to meet a vigilant and helpful IP number! Kukini 06:09, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I respect all forms of diversity in wikipedia and the world. I also see you have a fabulous range of work on wikipedia. Thank you for what you do. Kukini 06:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 06:41, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Imposter!

I demand you relinquish this account immediately, imposter! --68.39.I74.238 01:33, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Nevar! --GB.EP.1LA.ZEB 01:36, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I've perma-blocked the imposter account, who claims to have been created so you (User:68.39.174.238) can use it as an account. If you don't intend to do so, it should remain blocked, as even well-meaning imposters are not allowed. bd2412 T 01:40, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

As was mentioned on the talk page, some dudes on the vandal-channel are trying to get me to use it. Even if I did use it legitimately I'd never work when someone else got this IP addr. 68.39.174.238 01:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Pssh, if you think your IP address is going to be changed we better del you from wl and add you to bl right now, considering the vandalism from before you had this IP. --Rory0 96 01:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

HaH! There *WAS* no vandalism from before I had this IP! 68.39.174.238 02:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Please archive!!!!

I can tell from looking at your talk page that this has been requested of you many times before, and I really really really wish that you would consider archiving. I'm trying to get the kinks knocked out of a new Wikipedia app I've been working on, and everything was working perfectly until I landed upon an edit you made to Molotov Monday, which I'm sure will soon be deleted. I've spent the last ... I don't even know how long ... debugging what I thought was an infinite do-loop. It turns out that the app was freezing because your talk page is 147,000 characters long (166kb in actual length) which jammed up my pagefeed routines. Luckly, thanks to you, I've identified a previously unknown limitation to the software, but as I'm planning on releasing the app this sunday, I really did not need that additional stress tonight. You must be aware how drastically your talk page exceeds the page size limitations on Wikipedia, and I know full well that the size of your talk page has caused problems for more people than just myself. If you would like me to archive the page for you, I'd be more than willing--just please do something about it. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 02:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd say that I wasn't going to say I told you so, but then why would I be saying anything at all? bd2412 T 02:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

The database limit for all pages in Wikipedia is 1MB, so it might be a good idea to set that as the maximum... Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 03:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

More images uploaded.

Image:BBFCCert.png, Image:EUTooManyStars.jpg, and Image:EUBadOrientation.jpg are uploaded. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Messhermit

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Messhermit. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Messhermit/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Messhermit/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, --Tony Sidaway 22:57, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the haiku

Hey, 68.39.174.238, thanks for the haiku you left me! Have you considered getting a username? Talrias (t | e | c) 14:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for giving me some good reading material...that is, your talk page. I just got done reading the whole thing. Good stuff. Chuck 17:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Hostly, I don't really know. I started because it seemed odd that an IP would have so much talk, and then I got hooked. Guess I just found it fascinating that so many people are encouraging you to do this or that, despite the fact that you've obviously shown you aren't going to do any of them. I know, sounds pretty lame, but I think its cool that you don't give in. Later. Chuck 18:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:Willamette meridians.png

Image:Willamette meridians.png is uploaded. bd2412 T 22:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx again (Posting here since you don't want people to on your talk page)! 68.39.174.238 23:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, the old image is immediately deleteable as it's been exactly replaced. Thanx again. 68.39.174.238 01:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Uploaded: Image:StaticMixerSwirlyClose.jpg, Image:StaticMixers.jpg, Image:NJCrapLogoPixelation.png. bd2412 T 15:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx again! 68.39.174.238 16:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

¡Hola!

Hello there, how are you? What happened to your user page where your awards were posted? (Man, there were A LOT lol)Rosa 08:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

For some reason, the user (find me a correct gender pronoun and I'll use it) didn't want a userpage :| —

nath a nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 01:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

How...

How on earth do you revise vandalism so fast? It's imposttible for me to find live vandalism! How do you do it man! Swiftoak 22:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Military ranks of the Soviet Union

Only for not knowing exact data - of sense have no, but for me yes. When all Russian sites speak so - only illiterate can correct them! The generalissimo of USSR - anybody officially did not cancel this rank, also the Air Forces of the USSR had the self-ranks, instead of army ranks. See http://armor.kiev.ua/army/titul/sovarm_1980-93.shtml , http://tewton.narod.ru/rang/rusflot-1980-92.html and many others. Please don't revert me. These data are checked up and they exact--88.152.207.164 22:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't read the 1st one to check up on it and the second one is a "Russian GeoCities" URI, neither of which give my any confidence in your assertions. 68.39.174.238 22:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

In the first site http://armor.kiev.ua/army/titul/sovarm_1980-93.shtml the rank generalissimo of USSR - is written in categories "Общевойсковой командный состав - Army Ranks of the USSR 1980-93" (in first table see code 18б). In the second table on this list ranks for the Air Forces of the USSR are written. Even on not absolutely exact site http://www.sovietarmy.com/ranks/ranks_fm.html the rank generalissimo of USSR - is written. On this list http://www.sovietarmy.com/ranks/rank01.html you can see Marshal of the Air Force and these date written in many other sites - It confirms, that the Air Forces of the USSR had the self-ranks, instead of army ranks.--88.152.207.164 22:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

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Re: Thanx

No problem. And I would also like to express my gratitude to you for helping us and to encourage you to register (though I'm sure you've heard that often, scanning your talk page). Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 03:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Revised Civil War map uploaded

:-D bd2412 T 04:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Crap!

I just discovered that WV *WAS* generally considered a border state (According to other pages around here), so the new map is partially wrong. I've fixed the one on the websvr, you can upload that one when you get the chance next. Sorry... 68.39.174.238 04:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

Please put all tasty Easter wishes here!

WiC vandal block message template on korean wikipedia

Ok, thanks for the reply in Korean Wikipedia talk page. but this user has already translated to korean. -- Korean alpha for knowledge (Talk / Contributions) 10:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Maps uploaded.

The Civil War map is re-uploaded (sigh, again), as is the uni/bicameral map (here, not to Commons where my account is "too new"). The Image:Meridians-baselines.jpg is too big to upload here, by the way. Cheers! bd2412 T 01:07, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx, especially for redoing the Civil War map I screwed. I've tried to reduce the size of the meridian/baseline one, it small enough now? Thanx again! 68.39.174.238 01:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Frankly, I don't think you'll be able to shrink it to a reasonable size and still maintain all the info that the map now communicates. bd2412 T 03:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Grr, alright, I'll delist it but keep it on the svr incase someone else wants to screw with it and get it down to size. 68.39.174.238 01:09, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Image uploads

I uploaded Image:ENWikipediANewMainPageTopApr82006.png and Image:TheCraque.jpg for you. Not sure what you wanted with the other two that are listed. There is a Map of the…2.jpg but not a Map of the….jpg. Kotepho 02:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

It looks like your two maps got uploaded. I encourage you to verify and, if it checks out, alter your request that they be uploaded at the top this, your Talk page. Archive? Username refusal is an interesting concept. 209.6.189.247 03:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

One is partially uploaded, the other was "too big". Both are in a semi-uploaded state, so I'm leaving them for notice (I'm replying both places). 68.39.174.238 04:08, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

209.6.189.247's virgin talk page v i o l a t e d ! My User:Metarhyme account still functions. Email metarhyme at gmail with instructions. I can probably upload 'em. 1.24MB/s download; upload less. 209.6.189.247 05:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

"Violated" ? "LOL" ? Anyway, I didn't know that was your original username. Anyway, you just have to get the images off my websvr and then upload them to the relevant sites (One here, the other Commons) and then let me know (More multiple replies). 68.39.174.238 05:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Firefox can't establish a connection to http://68.39.174.238 if that's your websvr. 209.6.189.247 06:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

So that's why I set it to never go to sleep... Try again, it should be all up and OK, etc, etc... 68.39.174.238 17:52, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I got lazy and kept the name Image:Meridians-baselines.png but it's uploaded and linked and the other one's at commons. The jpg's marked as redundant. Metarhyme 21:45, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx dude! 68.39.174.238 22:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC) YW Metarhyme 23:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Image:ES&L.png and Image:PostOffice!.PNG uploaded. Kotepho 18:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Kotepho 19:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of banned users

Hey, could you avoid abbreviating arbcom to AC on this page? See WP:WOTTA. --Phroziac ♥♥♥♥ 13:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Requested page created

Thanks for your suggestion at Articles for Creation! Your suggestion was created, in line with Wikipedia policy. The article is at Wikipedia:Peer review/New Jersey Supreme Court/archive2. Why not consider creating an account and then you can create your own articles without another user's assistance? Either way, thanks for the suggestions! Pagra shtak 22:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Dear marvellous anon...

Important: This talk page is becoming very long. Please consider archiving.

Kimchi.sg | talk 12:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

New Jersey Supreme Court

Sorry I've bounced between images - I'm leaving it as it is now. bd2412 T 01:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I noticed, I've revised the image caption to explain the current (Attorney) one. 68.39.174.238 01:18, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Unless I happen upon a drastically better image, that will be the last one. Cheers! (and great work!) bd2412 T 01:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it needs an ephemeral something more to get to FAC status. Perhaps you can find a New Jerseyite lawyer who can direct you to sources examining what the bar thinks of their court. Also, the cases need proper citations (I'll do that within the week) and the picture of the justices should be about twice as big (that will still fall within fair use - it doesn't have to be cropped to nothing, just no more than necessary to effectively communicate the information without reducing the value of the copyrighted work. This work, freely available on the internet and of no commercial concern that I can think of, has virtually no value that can be effected by a slightly smaller, slightly cropped version of the original. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Your 2005 talk archive

Your 2005 talk archive has been moved to User talk:68.39.174.238/2005 Archive to prevent possible exploitation by anyone who registers as "68.39.174.238 - 2005 Archive". Cheers! Kimchi.sg | talk 02:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Note: since moved to User talk:68.39.174.238/2005 Archive 1. bd2412 T 15:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Please please archive your talk page again. You can allow me to do it? :-) Kimchi.sg | talk 02:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, it's bad not having all your conversations on one page, but please spare a thought for anyone using a 56k dial-up modem who stumbles upon your talk page. It'd take minutes to load. :-) Kimchi.sg | talk 00:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

OK, I won't complain about it anymore. It's a rather subjective topic anyway. Happy vandal-fighting! :-) Kimchi.sg | talk 01:01, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

You could voice your disapproval... here's a simple warning box for that purpose. Just copy the code and put it at the top of this page.

{{subst:notice|Please do not archive my page for me. Thank you! ~~~~}}

Kimchi.sg | talk 01:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Autovon_keypad.jpg

Done, uploaded as Image:Autovon_keypad.jpg. Kimchi.sg | talk 02:39, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

A little question

Would you mind if I make User:68.39.174.238 a redirect to this page? Technically anons don't have user pages, but your signature still links there, which causes an ugly redlink (IMO) in your signature. I'm just helping to make it turn blue, and it'll be more convenient for others to come to your talk page. ;D Kimchi.sg | talk 02:55, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh I see now that you don't want a user page... Thanks for the reply. :)

P.S. How about another box at the top of this page that says so? :P

{{subst:notice|Please ''do not'' make [[User:68.39.174.238]] a redirect to this page. Thank you! ~~~~}}

Kimchi.sg | talk 04:43, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

California Senate Seal

Unfortunately, I have no idea how old the seal is. OCNative 05:18, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Just found out that it was adopted in 1967 after the state held a contest. We'll have to use fair use since that's too new to be PD. OCNative 03:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Antivandal engineering

They is whomping up heat to put on prolific vandals at Wikipedia:Abuse_reports. --Metarhyme 11:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

My mistake; I saw you misspell "reports" as "peports," didn't read any further, and so mistook your edit for vandalism. I regret the inconvenience, and will be more careful next time. Tom Harrison ^Talk 19:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Question

What do "RVC" and "RBE" stand for? Also, it's almost time to archive your talk page. Regards, —Khoikhoi 22:38, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. :P Oh, sorry for accidentally formatting your talk page, I wasn't aware that it was supposed to be like that. —Khoikhoi 22:48, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. —Khoikhoi 23:27, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

==Welcome== Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and gives you many benefits, including:

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We hope that you choose to become a Wikipedian and create an account. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have on my talk page. By the way, make sure to sign your posts and comments with four tildes (~~~~), which will let others know who left it. NetK 05:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

O blast it, not that nonsense AGAiN! 68.39.174.238 05:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

ROFL!!! bd2412 T 05:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Hehehe! Kimchi.sg 06:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Locke Cole's 68.39.174.238 Userbox

Locke has put his long-time personal userbox into public template space.

This user urged 68.39.174.238 to get an account.

This template categorizes pages into Category:Wikipedians who urged 68.39.174.238 to get an account.
If you would like this userbox, it's template {{User 68.39.174.238}}

I hope they both come back to us soon. Take care, guys.

~Kylu (u|t) 04:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Would you mind if the userbox was set into your talk space? Perhaps User talk:68.39.174.238/accountbeggars? 206.246.160.221 05:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

It would make sense, given the current situation. 68.39.174.238 05:09, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Edited: See {{subst:User talk:68.39.174.238/accountbeggars}} now. 206.246.160.221 03:44, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Added a note about it so people don't think that I'm actively encouraging this and an a hopeless attention-seeker. 68.39.174.238 03:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Welcome back! How was your break? :)

Stay anonymous, calm, and swat as many vandals as ever. Cheers!

P.S. I'm deeply annoyed there is only a userbox for those who urged you to get an account. There should also be one for those who don't care or don't want you to get one. :] Kimchi.sg 02:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

For some reason, I absolutely adore making userboxes and other various page knicknacks. Expect to see one soon, plus perhaps a "I don't care if 68.39.174.238 gets an account" userbox, just for the heck of it!

Tell me something, 68? Would you mind if I put a little link table thing for the top of your page there so people know they're available, once they're available? :)

~Kylu (u|t) 06:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes added to the relevant sections as per your note on my talkpage. :)

~Kylu (u|t) 00:38, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Regarding your edits on "badges" story

The original National Post story is "no longer available" and the National Post, who originally reported this, have just confirmed that "Experts say report of badges for Jews in Iran is untrue" --ManiF 01:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes please, as it is the article gives the impression that the law is indeed a fact when this was originally reported by the National Post quoting "two Iranian expatriates" and then picked up several other sources and now even the National Post has pulled it...--ManiF 01:38, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, it's much better now, but a couple of the old sentences in the first paragraph don't float with the rest, the tone changes from one sentence to the next. --ManiF 01:54, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

The original National Post story is still "no longer available for me. --ManiF 01:58, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Nice job. Thanks for the improvements, it looks much more balanced now. --ManiF 02:05, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Look at Chris Wattie, it also says "By the end of the day, the truthfulness of the story was questioned by numerous parties. The National Post withdrew the original story from its website and published a response by Wattie." --ManiF 02:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the edits to my page, 68.39.174.238. (Mind if I call you 68? :-) ). Bucketsofg✐ 22:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I will try to fix it. thanks for pointing it out for me. I just wonder why it points to your talk page. Whopper 05:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Licensing Act 1737

Hi. I noticed you tagged the Licensing Act 1737 page with the {{OR}} template. Could you please explain on the article's talk page which aspects of the article you feel require verification? This will help editors in focussing on finding relevant sources and resolving the accuracy of the article more quickly. Thank you. Road Wizard 19:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey

I created your userpage so you can start editing it. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace) 00:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Page was deleted per user's request. Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 00:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, not exactly my request, but whatever ;D 68.39.174.238 21:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

BadGIF template

I noticed you added the {{badGIF}} template to Image:KOOP.gif. What were your reasons for doing so? This is a new template, and I'm still trying to figure out what it should be used for. —Bkell (talk) 09:46, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

It's a black and white image and doesn't use anything that GIF is required for, so JPG or PNG would both be more appropriate for the picture. ~Kylu (u|t) 22:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

In all honesty though, it's not used anywhere and there's a much better pic of him on the articel. It could probably just be deleted... 68.39.174.238 22:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Good point. It's been up there since 2004 and nobody's touched it. ~Kylu (u|t) 23:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Mostly I'm trying to figure out whether the intended purpose of this template is to mark all non-animated GIFs on Wikipedia. After all, Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload says right at the top that non-animated GIFs should never be used, so if we really wanted to do things right we would convert all non-animated GIFs to PNGs. But it would be way too much work to tag the tens of thousands of non-animated GIFs, even for an idealistically-motivated guy like me. —Bkell (talk) 03:08, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Do we know any bot-writer types that could automate the process? I figure, have it download all the GIFs, auto-convert them with a commandline tool made for the purpose, make a large gallery sheet so the bot owner can check to make sure there are no errors, then upload them all and change existing links to the new filename. I certainly wouldn't want to be the person to do download, conversion, reupload, and reference-renames by hand. o.o ~Kylu (u|t) 03:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

The problem I have with that idea is that until Wikipedia has a better method for replacing images with versions in another format, we will lose the entire file history when a new PNG version is uploaded, which is unacceptable, especially if a bot is doing it en masse. To take one example, many GIFs on Wikipedia have dubious copyright claims (because GIFs are no different from other image types), and if we replaced all of them and lost all their histories we would have no way to contact the original uploader and possibly clarify the licensing.

By the way, I'm going to copy this conversation to Template talk:BadGIF, which is probably a more appropriate place for it. Please continue this discussion over there. —Bkell (talk) 03:22, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Clever...

Tsssk, tsssk... yes, that change will stay. bd2412 T 02:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Subpage for the debate?

I propose you move the debate on whether you should get an account to a subpage like User:68.39.174.238/Account debate, and put a note on this page directing opiners there (where you can safely ignore it without getting frequent "new message" alerts. BD2412

I can't, that's in userspace, where I can't create pages... 68.39.174.238 01:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I could create it for you (at no extra charge!) BD2412

Hilarious, ain't I? Seriously, consider the subpage (can you not create one at User talk:68.39.174.238/Account debate?). BD2412

P.S., no sock here, this is the new me (see the old me for confirmation). BD2412

Page is still too damn long, btw. bd2412 T 03:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Golden Wiki Award
		I, Coat of Arms, hereby present the Golden Wiki Award to 68.39.174.238 for his meritorious achievements in the development and improvement of Wikipedia's articles, and for his permanent contributions in countering vandalism and protecting our community's general interests. —Coat of Arms (talk) 16:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! =) —Coat of Arms (talk) 16:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Brilliant

Sorry, I'm afraid I find this very funny. :) -- 69.145.123.171 ^|Hello!

Heh. I've been warned about vandalizing a few times myself, but your block log takes the cake. :) * 69.145.123.171 ^|Hello!

Yup, he made sure to apologize, as he was just getting used to using Vandalproof and accidently jumped the gun. It was strange because the stupid 'new messages' box was stuck at the top of the page for twenty minutes afterward. :P My favorite is when I got warned for using 'sez' in an edit summary. Ha! 69.145.123.171 ^|Hello!

Image:TimSelwyn.jpg

On Image:TimSelwyn.jpg, I've changed to CC2.5, happy? --Midnighttonight 04:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

¡Hola!...tiempos sin escribirte ;)

Here is an 6/6/6, aka Evil Day, greeting for you. These type of messages promote WikiLove in an unknown way. Spread this evil love to others by making a derivative work of this... Or another evil something that is flowing about.

Rosa 23:43, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

So far as I am aware, the NPOV policy only applies to the namespace. Incidentally, I initially reverted your edit because as a red-linked IP editing the long-term abuse page I presumed mischief. After I little checking I realized you're an editor in good standing, even if unregistered. Sorry for the mistake. -Will Beback 02:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Untitled

I hereby award you the sword of public domain righteousness! bd2412 T 02:00, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

2nd Alaska State Legislature

Actually, it should be 0, not 1. There were 20 Republicans, and 20 not-Republicans, thus a majority of 0. For these purposes, I don't think it matters that one of the not-Republicans wasn't actually a Democrat. —Zero Gravitas 20:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

(Oops, sorry for not signing last time; I was sure I had!)

You can probably make a case for it either way, yeah, but every legislative majority box I've seen with more than one non-government listing has counted it as leading party minus everyone else. I could have missed counterexamples, though... —Zero Gravitas 20:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

StateHouse?

Would that be the New Jersey State House? Or another? bd2412 T 03:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, see the following:

Image:CopperJohnOriginal.jpg
Image:Jon Corzine's Hole.jpg
~~Image:HugesCompex.jpg~~ (should this be Hughes?)

re-uploaded as Image:HughesComplex.jpg

Image:Kurvi.jpg (clarify, this is PD? did you make this?)

Please provide descriptions for the above on the relevant pages, as I don't know what the heck any of them are. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:New Jersey State House.jpg - all done! Cheers! bd2412 T 21:20, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Noooo problem. bd2412 T 15:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

suggestion

If you are to become a user but don't want to name t, why not use this IP address as your username? Simply south 16:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Because you can't. --Tim1988 ^talk 18:02, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion: "User:Who until recently was 68.39.174.238" just like The Knights who until recently said Ni. It would even solve the "confusion from ip-change" problem you mentioned on Simply south's talk page. --Zoz (t) 18:27, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Why not replace the "."s with "-"s? Someone on WikiNews did it. ―Linux|erist 11:42, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Eh, I don't want to give the vandals ideas, but surely there is something in unicode you could put there. ;) ―Linux|erist 19:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

How about 'The User Formerally known as 68.39.174.238'? 69.145.123.171 ^Hello! Saturday, June 24, 2006, 22:57 (UTC)

The name should include something that is easily memorable as a name (not just a long number string), maybe: 68.39.174.two thirty eight, then we can all call you 238. NoSeptember 23:45, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Why not just "238" because that name doesn't exist. --GeorgeMoney ^{(talk) (Help Me Improve!)} 00:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

235 kb?!?

How did that happen? bd2412 T 03:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Um... oops? bd2412 T 16:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, still 120 kb, so way too long. bd2412 T 01:43, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you aware of this vote?

You're an excellent editor, and it's entirely upto yourself if you want to get an account or not. I would, however, encourage you to make a contribution to a current poll (albeit a straw poll) to BAN anonymous IP editors at User:Kaiwen1/Vote to prohibit anonymous edits. Just thought I'd make you aware of this "vote" in case you wasn't already. Keep up the great work! TheJC ^Talk_{Contributions} 11:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Long Page

I think that you should archive this talk page now. It's very very very very very long. :-). Anonymous__Anonymous 15:39, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Great user!

You're a great user, whoever you are!! keep the good work up! --Sunholm(talk) 17:55, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Senate Document No. 43

Just because it is about a conspiracy theory, doesn't mean it's a hoax. We have plenty of pages on conspiracy theories (e.g. The Grassy Knoll). The article does state the document as fact, so it should be changed to say that it is a conspiracy theory. If I get time, I'll do it. schyler 19:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

About the removal of accounts used from the WoW page

I just wanted to let you know that it was not a unilateral decision. Hoary, myself, and some others have been discussing reasons for simplifying pages on attention-oriented vandals like Willy on Wheels. And also, all accounts suspected of being used by Willy are listed in Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Willy on Wheels so listing them there is sort of redundant.--Conrad Devonshire ^Talk 20:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Hey!

The sectional [edit]s only turn up blank pages now! Anyone else getting this? 68.39.174.238 02:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

No I don't get that. Which link is a problem? joturn e r 02:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

All "[edit]" links on Portal:Current events give empty pag NM, it fixed itself. Strangely, I could edit create pages, despite being an IP :D 68.39.174.238 03:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Alright; as long as it works now. joturn e r 03:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Your message

Hello 68. : - ) Sorry about the revert. I knew that you were editing that page and tried to look out for you while I did my reverts on banned user Amorrow. He uses multiple IP address in ranges close to yours. He has been very active the last week and there is a big mess to clean up. Again, I apologize for not recognizing you. Take care, FloNight ^talk 23:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

NarrowPathPilgrim

Hi, 68.39.174.238 - I reverted and then reverted back your tag on NarrowPathPilgrim's userpage. At first, I thought it was vandalism (I've been reverting a lot of userpage vandalism today, so I'm probably a bit jumpy when it comes to that), but looking into it more, I thought I should ask you about the reasoning behind the tag. The tag seems like a pretty drastic step, and I couldn't figure out exactly what NPP's offending contributions were, but perhaps it's warranted. Anyway, apologies for assuming you were a vandal at first, but it would also be great to have more information on why you thought the tag was appropriate. Thanks! See you around. - Tapir Terrific 03:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. -Tapir Terrific 03:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't think User:Eep² is a vandal (per WP:LTA)

he conducted sneaky vandalism that went undetected over a long-period of time. It doesn't particularly matter since no one paid any attention to it. At the time of reporting it had only been a week or so since his last over-linking and it was something I'd found traced back quite a ways. --Crossmr 16:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:Tax court.gif

Seriously, look at the image in the upper right hand corner of the webpage linked from the image page - it is indeed animated (it will start moving after a few seconds). Cheers! bd2412 T 15:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

CARICOM Flag/Standard - PNG vs. SVG

Hello there, I noticed that you changed the CARICOM flag from the ".png" version to the ".svg" version. It is true that the SVG version looks different, but it is also pretty incorrect and as of yet nobody seems too bothered with correcting it (especially the author of the SVG version). Just take a look at the two images: Image:Caricom-Flag.png and Image:Flag of CARICOM.svg and then look that the official CARICOM website (http://www.caricom.org), more specifically at its article about the CARICOM Standard under the "Community" tab/link: http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/caricom_standard.jsp?menu=community The standard/flag seen there matches the PNG version (although I have seen flags matching the SVG version floating around the internet). Now as that is the flag on the official website shouldn't the wikipedia article on the organization use that flag? I have also noticed that wikipedia seems to be switching over to SVG formats (I don't know why though), so perhaps if the image needs to be SVG you can convert the PNG directly to SVG or maybe you know somebody who would be willing to do so? 72.27.85.54 04:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Since you're IP doesn't have a talk page, I'll reply here. SVG is generally better for reasons outlined here: Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload. As you mentioned however, if the SVG is inaccurate compared to the PNG, it's all wasted. Anyway, I can't upload files, so I can't really help (I also have no idea how to make a SVG, supposedly you can do it in a text editor[!]). Sorry dude... 68.39.174.238 06:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Prime Time!

For the notorious Primetime vandalisms, see this diff (It was removed by a vandal-reverter).

What articles/edits attracted your attention to this editor? We've been on the lookout for new socks. -Will Beback 22:49, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Your attention to him. (The username only shows one edit, so I thought there must be another acount or some edits to deleted articles). -Will Beback 16:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Wow, so he just posted that out of the blue? Weird. -Will Beback 01:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Karmafist ban

I came here from this edit? Can you provide a link to a Wikipedia page that has discussion of Karmafist's community ban? --JWSchmidt 00:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The policy for community bans as currently written indicates that there is supposed to be a way of showing "widespread community support for the block". Notice of blocks that lead to community bans is usually given at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. It is useful when a link is provided in the list of banned users to the discussion about a ban that takes place at the notice board. If there was never any discussion of converting the block into a community ban of Karmafist, then I think an effort towards allowing such a discussion should be made. --JWSchmidt 16:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

If you do not want to put a notice on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents then I will do it. It does not matter that you and I think there is community consensus. Community consensus should be judged by a process that includes a public notice and a chance for discussion. It really is not a big deal to go through this formality. --JWSchmidt 18:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi 68,

Thanks for your note. The rollback was made completely in error. I apologise for the mistake, which was not made because I thought you were vandalizing a page, but because my machine was crashing (and with various Blue Screens of Death popping up, I couldn't see what I was doing, or what links I was clicking). I have just reinstalled the operating system, which is why I didn't get back to this issue until right now. Again, my apologies.--Firsfron of Ronchester 18:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

NC flag

Thanks for the heads up. I have cleared my uses of the NC flag png. - Thanks, Hoshie | 19:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Primetime

Thanks - the Korean War was an early recipient of Primetime's copivios/plagiarism. He also edited it under IPs, user:24.9.112.127, user:67.165.217.42. -Will Beback 04:38, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm afraid he's still active on one or more projects. Here too, probably. Unfortunately he just doesn't understand that plagiarism is unacceptable. -Will Beback 21:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not critical that the ES account be tagged. He doesn't seem to be using it anymore. -Will Beback 22:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I will, but since they seem to be one use only, I am trying to find an online Checkuser first. Prodego ^talk 01:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Well since it seems to have stopped I am not going to bother Raul654, who seems to be the only online CHU. If you want me to semi-protect your talk page I can do that, but since you have not made an account... I have blocked the accounts as well. Prodego ^talk 01:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I know loads of people say this, including me, but here it is again: You should really create an account. Just look at the advantages! Oh well, I tried. ;-) Happy editing! Prodego ^talk 01:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Your note

Best to discuss it on the NPOV talk page. The issue of images is problematic, and should be discussed before adding. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:23, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Username request

I'm experimenting with/exploring a software method of "applying" a username to your IP on en.wiktionary. Should I continue to use the name you use in IRC, or would you prefer a different one? (For today, it is my personal monobook only.) --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 20:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

{sigh} OK, the joke JavaScript has been deleted. Because I was using ".innerHTML" it had some undesireable side effects. But you know, <brokenrecord>your really ought to create an account...</brokenrecord> I mean, at least on Wiktionary, where you are not yet the most voluminous anonymous contributor...

About me blocking you early this year, no you didn't only ask why AOL was blocked. You suggested creating impersonator accounts for myself (and another Wikt: sysop) as an act of ingratiating sycophantic imitation. At the time, we were getting our first serious storms of impersonator accounts. So anyway, you remained blocked for over an hour, before another sysop called me on the carpet for blocking you. --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 20:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I could e-mail you my IRC logs...if...you...had...an...account! See then, I could just click the happy "E-mail this user" link with no overt breach of anonymity. {deep sigh}. --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 16:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

My June 2006 IRC logs got messed up, so I don't know the date/time. Someone who admitted to being "alabamastatecons" had said stuff like this:

A week or two ago, I noticed how well the admins were contributing to Wiktionary, so I thought "Wow! I should be more like them!" 
So then I thought, "I should even make a name similar to a prominent admin and edit as good as they do!"
Thus, I made "SemperBlotto" (with the cyrillic "e".) Later on, the original SB blocked the username infinitely (saying "This is not me.")
What's the deal? Am I not allowed to emulate others, even though I'd like to follow their example?
I tested if someone else would do the same thing so I made "Colonel MacKenzie" and Connel MacKenzie blocked that one too. I was hoping to follow somebody's greatness...

Please crop it down if that is too much of an excerpt. Why did you want this again? --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 21:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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