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what do you mean by (change to redir. all contents seem like OR.)? I will eat you alive, there will be no more lies www.livejournal.com/users/memeworrywort www.livejournal.com/users/realityvortex 18:35, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for reverting a vandal on my userpage. --Tone 19:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Same here. Thanks!--1568 23:16, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Just thought you should know: I deleted Indianapolis and Detroit as well! ;)

Belgrade Vandal

See here User_talk:Naconkantari#Kosovo problem and User_talk:Naconkantari#Kosovo again

Daily vandal

Perhapse I am a daly vandal but the ChrichO clique is permanetly vandalin Kosovo article. I know thate Kosovo article is full of Propaander. But the minimum is the intro must be neutral and this is a UN version.

Why you dont bloc they. They are editing souch mist like me.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.208.140.80 (talk • contribs)

The president of souch serbs is in Moskwa now. He has maket his country (1mX2m) in Moskwa. Ther are inof place for souch people witch are liven in the past. And ther capital city is now in Moskwa

Tolkein vandal

Sorry, I think I've been tripping over your toes reverting a vandal adding nonsense to various Tolkein-related articles (Rohan, Balrog, etc.). Hope I didn't make things worse... Cheers, Sam Clark 17:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually as far as helping goes, if you fancied blocking User:Raptorjesuspwns and User:Iheartrobojesus, whose mess I've also been clearing up, that'd be really welcome... Cheers, Sam Clark 18:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Pythagoras Vandalism?

You recently blocked me because you said that I Vandalized a page on Pythagoras. The thing is that I haven't logged into my account for a long time. I haven't even been to that page. The only other explanation is that someone else used my account, which is highly unlikely. Dpoe2251 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dpoe2251 (talk • contribs)

The fact that you can edit this page shows that you are not currently blocked. Owen× ☎ 19:01, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

Forgive my ignorince.

Winnipeg

This is 207.195.51.1, and you have to understand that the Winnipeg Blue Bummers, arent a good team and what I edited and wrote is totaly true - why did you change it then? (e@mail me at signious@hotmail.com) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.195.51.1 (talk • contribs)

Sorry for editing it outside of your rules... did not see your note at the top of the page 207.195.51.1 sig.

Im sorry, but it is not an opinion, it is a fact, and everyone needs to know that that particular team does not even deserve mention in this encyclopedia due to their 'talent' (or lack their of) and is an embarasement to this very ball of elements we call home 69.11.19.72 04:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC) (yes, a different IP - i twas at work)

PS. 1) I didn't know that you were a Canadian... (I sould have changed the arog's site - jj, they actualy have a team) 2) I just want to know where you went to school, I am currently taking mechanical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. -- I would apreciate a response beucase I don't realy like the school here and will probably to a transfer to another University, and I saw you were an Areospace engineer

Your Mom

A little while ago you semi-protected this page because it is a vandalism magnet. It was recently unprotected and is again recieving almost entirely vandalism edits. Could you please re-semi-protect it? Dgies 16:04, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Already Annouced Disney Channel Movies Page

Owen X since people keep editing the List of Disney channel movies I have decided that the Disney Channel Original Movies page should from this day forward no longer be a redirect link. Instead it will be a page for all Disney Channel Original Movies that do not go beyond the current year. So the list of Disney channel movies page can be edited by anyone and not have people complaining about fake Disney movies. I hereby decree that the list of Disney channel movies page can be edited by anyone and not have people complain about the page having fake information that has not been officially announced by the people at Disney channel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrek976 (talk • contribs)

I'm afraid it is not up to you to "decree" anything. All Misplaced Pages pages are meant to be edited by anyone, whether you like it or not. The Disney Channel Original Movies page is included in its entirety in the List of Disney Channel movies page, so I reverted the former back to a redirect, as it should be. Please do not create "split" or backup versions of articles to preserve your work. That is not how Misplaced Pages works. Read Misplaced Pages:Ownership of articles for more details. Owen× ☎ 21:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism by 209.139.106.25

Recently you left a message on this user's page indicating that they would be blocked the next time they vandalized a page. Today they vandalized Vasco Núñez de Balboa. I leave it to you to take any necessary action. Thanks and regards, Rodney Boyd 16:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

69.205.46.96

Could you keep an eye on User:69.205.46.96? They're up to it again. I've reverted their most recent stuff and warned them. ... aa:talk 18:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Maccabee beer.jpg

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Rumored Disney Channel Orginal Movies

Just letting you know about this article creation. You seem to be the one on top of the user who created it. Pan Dan 20:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I made it for people who justed wanted to create fake movie names so that they could use that page for rumors instead of making rdits that are fake to the list of disney channel movies — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrek976 (talk • contribs)

Selling Short

Why did you delete the link under external links for http://financeandinvestments. blogspot.com/2005/11/selling-stocks-short.html. That link was orignally added because it explains what actually happens when someone sells short. None of the other linked articles explain this information. It is highly relevant and I don't see why that blog post should be considered spam. Did you even look at it before you deleted it? Investor55 22:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

The reason I removed the link from Short selling (not Selling Short) was that it was added to the Wikimedia Foundation's list of spam sites, which means the article could not be edited until that link was removed. This was not my decision. If you manage to add the link back into the article, be my guest. Owen× ☎ 22:52, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I know the guy

Stop saying i'm vandalizing elefuntboy's page. I'm not.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.122.241.127 (talk • contribs)

So you're one of those guys eh?

big man behind a keyboard.

An attack on you by Dyllanisawesome1

You might want to check his talk page, he has attacked you personally.
slippered sleep 01:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't sure you were an admin or not.

Posted a message on Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism about User:AJCinc, but he's a non-issue now, so... HalfShadow 02:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

User talk:144.139.3.77

Might want to put a lock on it. I don't think he's the brightest son'bitch... HalfShadow 03:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

And a longer block, if he's going to be like that. Z388 03:40, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

fuck you

I don't give a shit, I'll get a new ip and vandalize your talk page more. It's funny. 69.179.113.170 03:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem. My talk page is here for your comments. Owen× ☎ 03:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Your comment

Owen you made a vandalism comment when I edited this page|this page . I removed a section that was clearly posted by a campaign organizer of a 3rd Party. It was definitely not appropriate for the page. How does that constitute vandalism?Leahcim506 17:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to this anonymous edit. Firstly, my apologies for reverting it. However, please note that massive text removal without any explanation in the Edit Summary field, especially by unregistered editors, is often assumed to be vandalism. In the future, please accompany such edits with a brief explanation in the Edit Summary field to avoid future misunderstandings. Sorry and thanks! Owen× ☎ 18:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

krio

sorry it was totally an accident, i had clicked edit to copy and paste the basic stuff from the article--the intro and refereances/links to start a translation into spanish and i forgot got ctrl+z and revert what i erased before doing so, i was actually in the process of cutting and pasting my the edit previous to mine to restore my blunder. thanks for doing it for me though! you can check it out Qrc2006 02:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem! That's why my notice mentioned that this may have been an accident. Happens to all of us! Owen× ☎ 02:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Damn fast block!

Edit, edit, edit, block! You got him before I could even put him on the Administrator's Noticeboard... good job! — Dark Shikari /_contribs 03:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism from 203.122.237.74

This IP address is a school, and as such we really can't help vandals. Feel free to contact me, a responsible admin ;) from THIS ACCOUNT Taylor 23:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalsm from 83.*.*.*

This is a dynamic IP on our Irish ISP eircom.net

There is no point in replying to IP's that are static as it is of no relevence to me.

86.42.66.240 14:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC) Vinny

Just gimma one sec to review...

Get back to you in a minute or two (as they'll be some reason Ive articulated badly no doubt) Thanks  Glen  16:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I see how it happened but what a muck up on my part. I have unblocked - check his talk page soon if you get a spare mo. Thanks a lot for that mate  Glen  16:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

AOL User Issue

Greetings - I saw that you were recently involved in blocking 152.163.100.10 and that user is at it again, deleting an entire section of the Mike Krzyzewski page without an edit summary, and despite the recreation of that section several times. I don't want to hit my own 3RR on the thing, so I was wondering what should be done and how this user might be politely invited to the talk page versus an edit war. Thanks much! DukeEGR93 01:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

The 3RR rule does not apply to the reversion of obvious vandalism, so feel free to revert vandals as often as needed. For more decisive action, you can post the details on Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism, where an admin will usually respond within minutes. Owen× ☎ 04:56, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

accumulated error in binary vs decimal exponents

How about this?

But note that this approximation is inaccurate for very large numbers because it "loses" one factor of 2 for every 292. Mathematically, this means that 2 is actually much closer to 2x10 while the approximation would have left out a factor of 2 and yielded only 10.

It's convoluted, but I maintain that's because of your original choice of wording, which only makes sense after you understand the math behind it. How is a reader supposed to instinctively know that you mean "every 292" in the exponent of the base 2 power, or that a " of a factor of 2" reflects the relative result of the conversion with the actual value? There needs to be a direct example.

I agree, both versions are a bit convoluted. However, please keep in mind that in most cases, people want to convert a power of two to a power of ten, not vice versa. Therefore, my "1 in 292" formula is easier to apply than your "1 in 90" (which is actually closer to 1 in 88...). Perhaps a better example in the article would help; I'll welcome your suggestion! Owen× ☎ 16:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I just think that a direct example would be beneficial because you'd have to admit that the phrasing of "1 in 292" is not a clear set of instructions of how to correct for this accumulated error. The example you provided could leave people wondering "Where's the 292 he was just talking about?" and "Where's this lost factor of 2? I see an extra factor of 10!". My proposed example is short, retains your wording, and provides an unambiguous explanation of your wording. I even emphasized that the factor of 2 is "lost" because I used 2x10^87.6 to compare with 10^87.6. Of course this is a minor matter, but the original version just didn't seem proper in an encyclopedia. Also, since I figure you'd have some idea, does it matter that the Large Numbers page is not in formal tone?

Story

Thanks for asking see Talk:Manuel P. Asensio for reply. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeepday (talk • contribs) 15:09, 12 November 2006.

sorry

Sorry about all the vandilsim you seem nice you should not be vandilised. Cocoaguy 01:56, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Your opinion is sought

Hey. I need help and would greatly appreciate any assistance you might be able to offer, since the scene is becoming incresingly heated. If you get a chance, could you please have a look at User talk:Deror avi#Your opinion is sought? Many thanks. El_C 10:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I'm currently undergoing an Editor review, and am trying to get a large amount of replies. I am sending messages to those who left me a message on my talk page as a way of getting the word out. I encourage you to add your two cents to the review! Thanks for your time, and Happy Thanksgiving! FireSpike Editor Review! 21:03, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Kafziel 2

For what it's worth, that's one of the most thoughtful,insightful, well-written AfD comments I've read in a long time. --A. B. 23:12, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

WP Munich

Hello,

You are invited to join WikiProject Munich!

There are a lot of things to do in this project. From creating new articles to finetuning articles into featured article status.

How can you help?

• You can join a Task Force.
• You can help comform Munich-related articles to Misplaced Pages Policy.
• You can get free Munich-related images under GNU Free Documentation License.
• You can create and edit of Munich-related articles.
• You can do translations from German Misplaced Pages to English Misplaced Pages on Munich-related articles.
• You can help do assessments of Munich-related articles.
• You can help expand articles currently in the Stub-class and Start-class.
• You can help reference articles.
• Since original research is against Misplaced Pages policy, you can research topics to expand. This means you don't need to know anything about Munich.
• You can help expand stubs and start-class articles and help finetune other articles into Featured article status.

A WikiProject of this nature is very broad. Munich has a rich history in sports, culture, politics along with many more topics. Feel free to help out in your area of interest.

If you want to check the project out you can click the link above. If you want to join the project, you can sign up here.

If you have any questions feel free to contact myself or any other member of the project.

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Little v. bareme

Could you be a little more lenient towards the newbies, please? User:Elipsisdotdotdot blanking an article he himself had just created under the wrong name does not warrant a 3rd-level warning template. Henning Makholm 02:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

At the time, I had reason to believe he is the same user as the 70.153.*.* mass blanking vandal. Seeing now as this is not the case, I left him my sincere apologies. Owen× ☎ 02:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Great Wall of China

I wasn't the one that copy and pasted, I just decided that a history merge is in order rather than have a fork under a wrong title. _dk 02:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Then since you're an admin, would you please kindly move the page back to Great Wall of China? _dk 02:46, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Owen× ☎ 02:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for telling that to me. I was unaware that I had to be logged in to make changes to my page. Keep up the good work.Grayson d. k. 02:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I restored your changes. Owen× ☎ 03:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Oh, the humanity! I had my doubts about a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the way it caught fire and inexorably drifted to the ground in flames, causing quite a stir on its way down. Still, it was encouraging to see the level of support and confidence. Thank you for your encouraging comments, and I hope I'll still have your support the next time around. Kafziel 13:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Unfair block

Ive got blocked for six hours by User:Coredesat because other users claim that i changed assessments without assessments without reason, discussion, or consensus. If thats the case then whe we have WP:BOLD then and also it stated in their Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Assessment#Assessment process that 'Current practice is that Stub-Start-B assessments are done by individual editors when looking at an article and that a discussion or concensous is required for further upgrade.

Also, users keep saying their criteria for a start class season article is having every storm and 1990 Pacific hurricane season was marked as a stub even if there was one storm not mentioned. Also the, 1999 Pacific typhoon season was rated as stub even thought there are 20 paragraphs in it. I addressed it on that page but the repsonse was more the same with the;

Once it does, it will probably be B class with a possible FAC run and skip start

Which is incorrect because an article cant skip start class unless its B-Class material from the get go.

If you have any comments related to my message please respond on my talk page, cheers. Storm05 17:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Storm05, as far as I can tell, you were blocked not for choosing the wrong assessment or categorization. You were blocked for repeatedly setting or changing assessments against community consensus, and despite repeated warnings. Remember that while you may be an expert on tropical storms, Misplaced Pages works by achieving consensus among editors.

A six-hour block is a very short one; blocks against vandals (one of which you are not!), for example, are usually no less than 24 hours. The admin who blocked you realizes that you were acting in good faith and are genuinely trying to improve those articles. The purpose of the block was not to punish you, but to allow editors some time to figure out the situation, and prompt you to discuss these assessments first with the other editors before rushing to set/change them. Don't be discouraged by this short block; instead, use this as an opportunity to start a discussion among the editors about the reasons behind your assessments. Remember, you can get much more done by building consensus than you will by fighting it. The Wiki system is not always the most efficient one, but it's the only one that can work with such a vast number of volunteer editors.

And a note to User:Chacor: Any editor with a legitimate concern is welcome to seek my help on my Talk page. When in doubt, please let me decide what stays on my Talk page. Owen× ☎ 22:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

List of songs that have been considered among the greatest ever

I've nominated it for deletion again. As a previous participant in the debate I thought you'd be interested. Duggy 1138 08:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Dispute

I listed at my sandbox at the WP:RM to move it over the redirect. And a user made a comment here after my posting. The comment over to the discussion page because WP:RM states that users should not discuss moves on the main page. And the comment looks like a move discussion rather than a general comment. He reverted it and accused me of vandalism when i only made a good faith edit and removed the comment that i cut and pasted on to the move discussion page. . I tried talking to him by leaving a note but he reverted it.

If you have any comments plese respond on my talk page. Cheers! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Storm05 (talk • contribs) 15:50, December 13, 2006 (UTC).

I cannot see how it could be characterised as discussion of the move if I've neither voiced my support or opposition to the move. All I noted is that the moving admin should check the article for possible false info or copyvios before doing the move. – Chacor 15:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Agree with Chacor. The statement a general comment, not a discussion of whether the article in question should be moved or not. --Ajm 16:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Saying that the adminstrator should check the article for possible false info or copyvios before doing the move is considered opposition to the move even if you didnt say the words "i opposed this or that" or "oppose". Storm05 16:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

You should never make assumptions. I am not opposing the move. However, given your past record in introducing copyright violations into articles (as documented here), it is necessary to warn the moving admin that they could potentially be moving copyvio into mainspace and be held accountable for it. – Chacor 16:03, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

First of all the two are compelelty separate, the Shanshan Aricle was deemed a copyvio because the info i from newspaper reports (which are copyrighted) however the Fabian article is different because much of the info is from the NHC which is (PD). Second, even if your comment is to warn other adminstrators about the article questionablity its still opposing the move. Storm05 16:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Storm05, Chacor: you are both overreacting. Firstly, any comment in response to a requested move can be considered a "discussion", and should be placed at the article's Talk page. However, having the requestor remove the comment himself is bad form. Also, Storm05, when you copy a signed comment to another page, please identify it as a copied comment, and specify the page from which it was copied.

Chacor: removing Storm05's comment from your Talk page using your popup 'Revert' button is rude and uncalled for. If you are not interested in what Storm05 has to say, you are free to ignore it, but your Talk page is there to allow other editors to discuss matters with you. I am not going to undo your revert, but please restore Storm05 comment yourself.

If there is an issue relating to possible copyright violations, please discuss them in a civilized manner on your respective Talk pages or on the article/sandbox Talk page. Removing or moving each other's comments is not a mature way of dealing with this issue. Owen× ☎ 16:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Smile

Sir james paul has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

In recognition

		The Purple Star
		Given in recognition for having one of the most vandalised user pages. Timrollpickering 03:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Polygon

Be careful to what you revert. The last version by 76.174.77.121 was vandalized as well. --Edcolins 20:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Antipope John VIII

You were involved in a discussion about Antipope John VIII on the article's talk page. Do you think the article can be expanded? I can't find any additional information to add to the article. --Eastmain 23:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD Nomination: NFOrce

I've nominated the article NFOrce for deletion under the Articles for deletion process. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that NFOrce satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion. I have explained why in the nomination space (see What Misplaced Pages is not and Deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/NFOrce. Don't forget to add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of each of your comments to sign them. You are free to edit the content of NFOrce during the discussion, but please do not remove the "Articles for Deletion" template (the box at the top). Doing so will not end the discussion. Sandstein 16:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake, it looked like you were the original author - I didn't click back to the earliest entries in the history. I'll be more thorough next time. Sandstein 19:54, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Cheers! Owen× ☎ 20:10, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

User talk:141.154.209.201

Thanks for blocking my friend from Boston. FWIW, here is some of the background. He can't vandalize his preferred target, Prussian Blue (duo), so he takes out his frustration elsewhere. -- Jim Douglas _(contribs) 00:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert (I guess you don't owe me for doing the same then ;-). Could you give some input on this, before it drives me crazy and I start blocking everyone who has edited that article in the past month to be done with it? I would like someone else's thoughts. Prodego 00:49, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Free Republic. Prodego 00:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Tell me about it. I even blocked a WMF employee on that article, it is basically a chaotic battleground. Prodego 01:07, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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NONSENSE TO CHALLENGER

MY FRIEND, I AM SORRY ABOUT THE NONSENSE TO CHALLENGER, I DID IT TO TRY TO GET ATTENTION. THE RUPERT MUGABE ARTICLE HAS A BROKEN IMAGE, I HAVE REMOVED IT AND ALSO MADE A PROFANITY TO ATTRACT ATTENTION, ANOTHER IMAGE IS NEEDED, PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? Sorghum (Nigeria)

I AM SORRY

I AM SORRY MY FRIEND, PLEASE THEN CAN YOU FIX MUGABE'S IMAGE FOR ME? Sorghum (Nigeria) 22:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

MUGABE'S IMAGE

MY FRIEND, I DO NOT HAVE AN IMAGE OF MUGABE. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sorghum (Nigeria) (talk • contribs) 22:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC).

Mills Brothers

Sorry about that. I meant to edit just a certain section, and was just about to revert the article when you reverted it for me (man... this place moves fast). Mattdp 22:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Let me know if you need any help. Owen× ☎ 22:21, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Do Some Research Before You Label A Fact As "Nonsense"

Hi, just wanted to let you know that my "trivia" section under George W. Bush, stating that he is the most protested human being in history is in fact, true. so, as the title of this topic suggests, do some research before you label a fact as nonsense. Thanks for removing my post and therefore depriving people of knowledge, which is, oddly enough, the very purpose of an encyclopedia, albeit an online one. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by I love the punk music (talk • contribs) 22:29, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

Hiding a link to a punk rock album instead of the original link to a military campaign () is not "knowledge" or "fact". You may find it amusing, but the rest of us here trying to write an encyclopedia consider this to be petty vandalism. I was being kind by calling it "nonsense"; this kind of behaviour will ultimately lead to you being blocked from editing altogether. Owen× ☎ 00:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Finance Portal

I saw your work on finance related articles. I have been doing a lot of work on the structured finance end of[REDACTED] structured finance, asset-backed securities securitization etc. I am interested in creating a Finance portal to start organizing the financial links in wikipedia. There is one user so far who has also been very active who is going to start work on this but were looking for some more. We created this site: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Finance Would you be interested?

If you are can you email me from my user page --DrewWiki 20:02, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism again

I noticed that you had blocked an anonymous user for 3 months in November.The user was using Monash University ID and persisted with several instances of vandalism in between using diffrenet computers.Sevaral pages have been vandalised by this user-in cluding Sony and Joh Funder.I have warned heim as have many others.I wonder if he is a fit candidaye for longer blocks.Regards(Vr 10:08, 8 February 2007 (UTC))

Removal of warnings

You don't have to check the page history to see whether a user has removed warnings or block messages. The removal of warnings can be seen in the user's contributions, which any vandal patroller should check anyway to see whether the user in question has vandalized more pages. Edits to the own user talk page are a typical indication that previous warnings have been removed, and a sterner warning can be given (or a block applied directly). Note that the block is for vandalising the encyclopedia, not for removing boilerplate messages from the own talk page. Kusma (討論) 14:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand your point. However, there is no valid reason for a vandal to remove such warnings minutes after they're issued, and it does make it, at least marginally, more difficult for patrollers to recognize the amount of prior warnings a vandals has already received and decide on the next step to take. Take a look at a history such as this; I'm sure you'll be able to figure out the full warning history, but the time you spend doing that can be better spent fixing other vandalism.

I am not going to get into an edit war with you over this, but I--and most admins--will continue to treat the removal of warnings as disruptive, so it's only fair to warn vandals of this beforehand. I'll leave it up to you to come up with a better wording, if you wish. Owen× ☎ 01:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed the above conversation. You might want to come here if you want to join in conversation on this issue. It seems like we keep revisiting the issue of user page blanking here and there. Not sure we really have good consensus on this. --Kukini 22:05, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

OwenX, I must thank you for blocking the IP Address that has been vandalizing several tennis pages! --Flute138 19:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Survey Invitation

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Emo Rangers Deletion Review

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== If you have the time... ==

Could you please look at the history of 203.122.237.74? This IP address just hit the Ford site and it appears this individual has a long history of causing problems.
v/r
Chitrapa 04:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Manuel something

OTRS treats hundreds and hundreds of messages, I don't remember the details of the case. Do whatever you want as long as you watch over the page and accept that all problems get forwarded to you. David.Monniaux 03:21, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Help with Project Reality article

Thanks for removing delete thing. The guy is just angry or something, he keeps adding the delete thing with new reasons every time.

I was wondering if you could give me some tips to improve the article and get it up to better standards, I have worked hard on it. Please tell me what I could do to make it more encyclopedic.

oh, forgot to sign, I'm GeZe 00:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeZe (talk • contribs)

And an other one

 :) KOS | talk 01:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

A good one my friend. . Add at your discretion! KOS | talk 02:03, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

HP Labs

You merged HP Labs last year. Just a heads up that I've recreated the article. Cheers, JACOPLANE • 2007-05-15 18:41

Good job! What was there before was barely a stub, but you created a real article out of it. Owen× ☎ 00:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:PigsisPigs0.jpg

Hello OwenX, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:PigsisPigs0.jpg) was found at the following location: User talk:OwenX/Archive 4. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not readd the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 04:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The Return Of Shrek976

Hello OwenX we last spoke in october 2006 I am here to let you know that I done a lot of good deeds to make up for vandalisng yesterday I was the one who created the Shrek the Third: The Motion Picture Soundtrack page and the one who created the orginal shrek the third soundtrack page but not the one who created the shrek the third ost page i was however the one who redirected the shrek the third ost page to Shrek the Third: The Motion Picture Soundtrack page by the way page is not in the name of the soundtrack page so i have done way more good deeds then that so maybe i should be promoted. What do you think I have no idea if you can make me one if you think i should be an adm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.88.201 (talk • contribs)

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strabane

do not go near this page again- your "contributions" are not welcome

Ahem, thanks for spotting the vandalism (probably from the same eejit as left the comment above) I didn't realise he/she had vandalised my userpage too until I checked their contributions Alastairward 12:53, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Ahem.

The article on criminal justice is a discombobulated, barely-coherent mess that is not governed by any rational or coherent sense of organization that I can understand. I have attempted to salvage it, but I fear it is unsalvageable. I am in the process of re-writing the entire article from scratch. Please do not load up my discussion page with your useless condescending bullshit until you see the finished product. Thank you. 72.178.131.225 01:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I thought this was the 💕 that anyone can edit. Again, all of my edits were valid contributions and nothing I have done deserves your criticism. And while you may not be here "for my entertainment," (whatever the hell that means) I am not here for you to harass. Please keep you unneeded comments to yourself. 72.178.131.225 22:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Help moving pages

Ok. Great! Let me know when you are done.
Just so you have a note, we want to move content of Social software to Social Software Tools and turn Social software page into a disambiguating page containing links to: 1. Social Software - the field of research for design and analysis of Social Procedures. 2. Social Software Tools - tools used by people for computer-mediated communication.

Thanks in advance.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cs-cuny (talk • contribs)

IP Address Ownership

Let me get this straight - I own this IP address, or at least I rent it. Its a private residence. VanTucky decides to paste a bunch of glop here, I don't want to see it, and you're DEFENDING his right to do that? I've contributed over 1000 positive edits to Misplaced Pages and I don't need to be preached to. I'll log in using my main address from now on, but really, you don't like it when I put crap on your talk page, and you reverted it, so why don't I have the right to do the same?24.15.208.65 02:44, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Accidental deletion

Owen - no, not my intenention. Thanks for the heads up. I have been having some browser bugs. I also click too fast on my new imac. Anyway - thanks for the help. best, archiemartinArchiemartin 13:19, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for protecting my talk page. The user was partly correct. I don't mind that he removed the text from the page because the issue I was having with him was the removal of text relating to him. There was something of an AUTO issue. But he should have asked me first and it definitely appeared inappropriate. So I’m glad to know that there are diligent users watching these things. Thanks again. --JGGardiner 19:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Israel

I am so sorry! I realised soon after I edited what I did and scrambled to fix it, I swear that almost never happens.Therequiembellishere 00:57, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Ugh, I it's one of the only downsides of Mozilla, and I refuse to use bloody "IE".Therequiembellishere 01:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Listen You Little Prick!

You would have to be a total idiot to deliberately screw up somebody else's personal page while your logged in. On my personal page history "YOUR THE ONLY OTHER PERSON TOP MAKE EDITS TO MY PAGE BESIDES ME! You rotten motherfucker, I don't give a shit what your reasons where for doing it, but if you ever touch my personal page again, I will make it a daily ritual do what ever it takes to screw up your page or what ever page you have worked on. I don't know you, I've never even spoken to you on line and after 3 hours of work you have the fucking balls to erase a 3/4 of my page. You piece of shit, I hope you die of cancer of the eyes! I've had my differences with other people on the site, but I'm not a low class piece of shit who would stoop to vandalizing another person's work, what is this the local sandbox, are you a 5 year old? Your actions says alot about your character, only a pathetic loser would do something like that to make themselves feel better, and I still can't figure out why because like I said I don't know you and I've never had any contact with you, but that's gonna change if you ever touch my again!

I see that you have your personal page protected because of past vandalism, your obviously a real dirt bag who's done this to others, assholes like you should be spat and pissed on for thinking you have the right to destroy another person's work. Don't even think of of trying it again asshole, you wanna answer me, that's fine, I expect it, but stay the fuck away from my page, you got it cocksucker! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Little Joe Shots (talk • contribs)

• Wow. That's quite a tirade. Andre (talk) 23:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Losplad, User:Chris funk bass

The content of these user pages is well within the allowed limits for a User page.

Reality check:

• User:Losplad: 1) advertises band. 2) not an individual, a role account 3) Account created in May, but this is its only edit. Really, pretty obvious.

• User:Chris funk bass: 1) advertises band. 2) No edits since August 2006 3) Only edits (11) are this page and attempts to add self or his band to other pages in July & August 2006. Really, pretty obvious.

The "G" in CSD:G12 stands for "General"; i.e.; ALL pages. User pages aren't exempted, and spam disguised as user pages is deleted all the time. This batch is just from the last fewmonths. FYI. --Calton | Talk 01:19, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

"Spam"? "Advertising"? How can an unlinked userpage advertise anything?

!) Perhaps you've heard of this thing called "Google"? It's what's known as a "search engine": I understand all the kids are using it these days. 2) Also, did I miss the "incompetent" exception clause in the spam prohibitions.

Yes, G12 can be applied to any page, but review WP:USER--the standards for a userpage are very different from those of the article namespace.

Looks like you missed the meaning of the word "General" (i.e., everything) and also the first words of WP:USER. Let me refresh your memory:

Misplaced Pages provides user pages to facilitate communication among participants in its project to build an encyclopedia.

Was that difficult to follow?

By deleting their user page, we are making it more likely that they never will.

That's already been established. See here for a list. Check their "contributions".

I know similar userpages are being deleted--incorrectly--all the time.

I used the phrase "reality check", but perhaps that wasn't strong enough phrasing, since you couldn't be more wrong if you made a deliberate effort to do so, both on policy and pure common-sense grounds.

I'd appreciate your help in stopping this practice.

Don't be ridiculous. When you return to Earth, let me know. --Calton | Talk 04:26, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you've heard of this thing called "civility"? It's very popular among Misplaced Pages users

Oh, grow up. If you don't like being contradicted, don't whine about it. If providing you with evidence is "condescending", I'm wondering how you deal with debate with the real world. And spare me the condescending, mindreading lectures of your own -- or is your talk about "civility" only for the little people? -- as a way to avoid actual evidence and actual debate on actual evidence and actual policy. If you talk nonsense about how "similar userpages are being deleted--incorrectly--all the time", you should expect such a claim to be treated as the nonsense it is and asking me to sign on with such nonsense doubly so. --Calton | Talk 23:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

A mutual benefit to Misplaced Pages and banned user.

Hey there, I was contacted recently by Little Joe Shots, a user who you banned temporarily for making threats, via another site. Now I take issue, as a once active member of Misplaced Pages, with one element of this situation. It is not the banning in question but that there was some very valuable information of one of Little Joe Shots' user pages regarding the Buffalo crime family. I do not know how to retrieve it and was hoping that if you have time perhaps you could help me. I checked the history for Shots' page that was there but i think there was an original one somewhere (an original user page) and in its history it would have all sorts of information about the Buffalo family which would be great for me, and for Little Joe, and in turn for Misplaced Pages because of the continued cycle of research on the internet in regards to organized crime. I have acted for a while as a go between of sorts with Misplaced Pages and the Real Deal Forum, an organized crime discussion group housing such notable authors on the subject as Scott M. Burnstein (Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit) and Scott M. Deitche (Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld and The Silent Don) both of whom have been used by Misplaced Pages editors, and up-and-coming authors such as Little Joe (yes, he can write exceptionally well on organized crime - not so well or diplomatically on Misplaced Pages issues). I eagerly await your response. Alexbonaro 03:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Alexbonaro 13:25, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Bureaucratship again

Hello! In September 2005 you said, "Sorry it didn't go through... I was surprised that what I thought was reasonable campaigning was misinterpreted as "pimping for votes" (sic). Oh well...please let me know when you run again!" As per your comment, I'm letting you know that I'm up for bureaucratship for the third and final time at Misplaced Pages:Requests for bureaucratship/Andrevan3, and your opinion would be welcome. It has been a while, so if you're no longer interested, I apologize and understand. Cheers, Andre (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2007 (UTC)