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Defender

		The Mighty Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		In recognition & thanks for your efforts in helping us work our way towards consensus towards making Battle of Washita River a good WP:NPOV (instead of WP:SOAP) article. Still a lotta work to do, but now we can do it, in no small part because of your help. Yksin 20:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

The royal "We"

Don't you know, "we" is the term that is only used by royalty? This must certainly, therefore, be a person of royal heritage, and thus we should not "deign" to remove the comments, yes?

I crack myself up... 03:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. We are well aware of the Royal We. Henceforths, ye shall call me by mine rightful name...Lord Dreadstar, master of my domain...I was also thinking of them being the 'toddler' wee...wee wee wee, all the way home...;) You crack me up too...:-D Dreadstar † 04:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

We curtsy to your Royal Highness, M'Lord, and we just must say your ascot is most fetching! We are exceedingly pleased. I therefore, hereby award you the title of "Lord Dreadstar, Master of my domain, Earl of Fashion. And should you need any assistance, at any time, we would be most honored if we could assist you. 04:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Lady Ariel is most pleased with your approval! 04:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thou art most gracious, M'Lady Ariel. I most happily accept the title thou hast bestowed upon my humble self. Thine heart is truly placed in the most appropriate position, at the very core of thine name, for all to behold! Mine ascot is most pleased to have been the focus of your divine attention, and mine sword is most jealous...!

I am yours to command, shouldest thou have need of mine prowess with the edit summary of justice...! - Lord Dreadstar, Master of My Doman and Earl of Fashion 04:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, lol, I just have to get out of the whole "in voice" thing for a second to just tell you that I rarely truly laugh in RL when reading anything online, or watching TV or what have you, but honestly, your last reply made me literally and figuratively, laugh out loud.

I simply could not be more amused! And seriously, I meant it, although I doubt there's anything you'd ever need silly little insignificant me for, I'm more than happy to assist in any way you need, and I'll certainly take you up on your offer of assistance should I ever run into a wall that is only permeable by the Mighty and Powerful Lord Dreadstar, Master of my Domain, Earl of Fashion, Keeper of the Keys of Justice. Your most humble servant, 05:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Why thank you, Ariel♥Gold! That is one of the finest compliments I've received..it made me laugh out loud with delight! It's actually kinda rare that I can use my sense of humor on Misplaced Pages, in RL I'm known for my prowess with the dagger of delight and the lance of laughter...;) Methinks I have the comedian bug.

I must admit that most of mine "thee's and thou's" are from The Mighty Thor- god of thunder, and Sir Mandorallan- the mightiest knight on life! And thou certainly are not silly nor insignificant, my sweet golden one..thou art a pleasure to hammer-down the vandals with!

Mighty and Powerful Lord Dreadstar, Master of my Domain, Earl of Fashion, Keeper of the Keys of Justice. 06:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

.......(pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!).....

Thou doth maketh Ariel Laugheth! 06:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

....I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.

Vandalism to my userpage

Thanks for alerting me, and thanks for trying to undo the vandalism. I don't know why, but lately I seem to be attracting more wierdos than usual. There must be something cosmic going on. Cheers -- JackofOz 11:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

UEFA records protection

Not that one again. He would appear to be referring to me, but perhaps does not understand that I protected m:The Wrong Version (and he's not the only one). No doubt the same edit war by the same editors is going on at UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup finals and European football records too. I'm reluctant to revisit that dispute, but I guess I'll have to... Oldelpaso 21:35, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right that some summarising should have been done on the other pages. Thanks for your input. -- Oldelpaso (talk) 17:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi I need tons of help

It looks ike you have everything that anyone could have this is all i know how to do Please help Me as best you can You can do anything to my website as long as it is not bad or offensive —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxmysoxo (talk • contribs) 22:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Clown

Hi. I was just going to let you know that the range blocks just expired and, as you have seen, we suddenly get a onslaught. I see that you have protected, but just to let you know that I have reblocked the ranges for 1 month (we did seem to still get vandalism in the last week, but much reduced and I guess we should always expect some on such a likely target article). Cheers TigerShark 00:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Not sure, but it might be interesting to see if this PeeWee vandal is coming from those ranges, because this edit did and this one didn't. I would say let's try it and see, what do you think? Cheers TigerShark 00:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure is! I'm fascinated to see how it goes. Thanks again TigerShark 00:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Clown hater

I'm seeing what else we can do about this clown hater. Dreadstar † 21:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully a range block. Is this our "protection bet" guy? I'm not sure. -- Gscshoyru (talk) 21:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dreadstar. Thanks for the note. Yes I think the protection is a good call, although it is a shame that this vandal seems to be getting what he wants (i.e. getting the article protected). Just to let you know that the two ranges I blocked are 198.189.140.0/24 and 209.129.173.0/24 (both California State University). Blocking these for a week previously seemed to do this trick to block the PeeWee socks, but obviously is not working now. I noticed that there is somebody else making similar edits (with PeeWee summaries) from a geographically distant dynamic range which includes the address 64.142.83.231. I think that a check user may be warranted on these socks to see if we are dealing with more than one person and to see if IP blocks can help. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 01:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I have started putting together an initial contributions list here, feel free to add to it. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 19:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Help

I would like to bring attention that at the Nicole (Dead or Alive) page, there is a picture of Master Chief from the Halo series. This is not the right picture. Can you please change the picture?

Thanks Patrolman89 (talk) 03:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, it was my error, there is nothing wrong with it. Patrolman89 (talk) 02:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Do you watchlist??

Hey, would you mind watchlisting Arabian horse for a week or so, if you watchlist possible trouble spots? Just to fend off trouble before it starts?? There were a number of POV edits by User:Seblini that I reverted, and then was promptly reverted myself by an anon IP, 68.42.94.190, who was probably the same individual. Another editor fixed it, but I'd like to have some admin eyes over there just in case there is trouble or a need for warnings. If you compare the diffs here, it is obvious why these edits were not helpful (added peacock words, removed some sourced material), and looking over the individual's user page, the POV angle becomes apparent. (I've made a couple minor edits since this diff, just FYI) Anyway, having survived my edit war month from hell in Sept-Oct, I am not in the mood to deal with yet another person who wants to trash an article that has Good Article status, but I know that I am too close to the article to be fully objective and would greatly appreciate some neutral eyes on it for a bit. (Yes, this is my favorite article, yes I am lead editor, Yes, I got it GA status, yes I am rather protective. Guilty as charged! (grin) and can I give you five more footnotes from authoritative sources to prove it??) (Friends help me keep my sense of humor) Hopefully, this individual is done causing trouble, but just in case, Thanks muchly in advance! Montanabw 06:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:KETTLE violation

I note that you have two reverts to identical versions of the article in question in a very short period of time as well.Kww (talk) 23:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)