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Kim Possible Epsiodes?

Question - There are some episode pages that are being reverted to redirects and a couple newer editors are getting tetchy about the redirects happening before they can expand the pages. While I generally don't support 'make a stub page!'-itis, in this case it's hard to expand the episode list page enough to spawn a child episode page. It's come up on List of KP eps. Any ideas? I'm for letting the pages start as stubs and then hacking them down. -- Ipstenu (talk • contribs) 02:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Fear not the clown, and smile! :)

Smile a little, smile a little, all along the road; Every life must have its burden, every heart its load. Why sit down in gloom and darkness with your grief to sup? As you drink Fate's bitter tonic, smile across the cup. Smile upon the troubled pilgrims whom -pass and meet; Frowns are thorns, and smiles are blossoms, oft for weary feet. Do not make the way seem harder by a sullen face; Smile a little, smile a little, brighten up the place. Smile upon your undone labour; not for one who grieves O'er his task waits wealth or glory; he who smiles achieves. Though you meet with loss and sorrow in the passing years, Smile a little, smile a little... even through your tears! Ella Wheeler Wilcox Have a beautiful day, my dear insomniac! :) Phaedriel 08:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh noes, it's another award!

		The Original Barnstar
		Never got around to doing this, but you definitely deserve yet another barnstar! I've seen a lot of your edits ever since I first joined Misplaced Pages: definitely the administrator I've seen working the most. Thanks for all the great contributions! :D RazorICE 08:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Unprotecting Microscope

Hi, just a quick note to tell you I unprotected Microscope for now (it was protected for more than a month now), I'll watchlist it to see if the vandal left. If you disagree feel free to revert me! -- lucasbfr 08:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Article on "XIAXUE"

Hi,

I'm from Singapore. I found the article on "XIAXUE" deleted and protected. "XIAXUE" is the online persona of a certain notorious Miss Wendy Cheng from Singapore, a very controversial minor celebrity in Singapore who is well-known and appears frequently in the Singapore press, tv & radio programs and popular magazines. She is (in)famous for her outspoken and politically incorrect views on her blog at xiaxue.blogspot.com as well as on TV talk shows.

I think the page should not be deleted and she deserves an entry (despite her unpopularity with certain segments of society).

I hope the page can be reinstated.

Best regards, OIRVM

There have been a number of WP:BLP issues with this page. If you would like to contest this deletion, please refer to Misplaced Pages:Deletion review for instructions. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Another admin, Vague Rant, undeleted the article per my request on IRC. Having won several prestigious blogging awards and been frequently mentioned in the Singaporean press, Xiaxue's clearly notable. A post on her blog, dated 11 June, indicates that she is unhappy with the deletion. I e-mailed her to notify her that the article has been undeleted; she replied requesting I help her rewrite the article. All I need is someone with Newslink who will e-mail me lots of Straits Times/New Paper articles on her, and I can start rewriting the article based on information found in the newspaper articles. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 01:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem so long as the text can be sourced in accordance with our verifiability policies. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Shortly after being undeleted, Xiaxue was nominated for deletion again. Please comment at the deletion discussion. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 08:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey thanks about the images, these images are all dishes that my family made, Zahra melah is just Fried cauliflower. Hey what lyrics are you talking about? Bazel 22:01, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Dude

Coolest page EVER! TheManWhoLaughs 02:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Robin Hood

I recently put in a request for a Peer re-Review of the article, which seems pretty well-written. I think I might have constructed the new peer review the right way, but it keeps redirecting towards the old peer review, which was archived. Did I do something wrong there? - Arcayne () 06:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Did some shuffling, does it look better now? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, Looks great. What did I do wrong? Btw, feel free to weigh in on what you think of the article and how we can better get it ready for GA. - Arcayne () 07:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Overdue

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Fine work you do and I thank you for it. MONGO 07:54, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my userpage. RuneWiki777 21:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

User:86.131.161.117

You just recently banned User:86.131.161.117 for "repeated vandalism to various articles" yet when I looked at his contributions it only regesters him having edited a single article; Ed Shaughnessy also I noticed that he had not been warned, his user talk page is conspicuolsly non-existent. That does not seem to be per WP:BP. Was the the IP of a convicted sockpuppeter or somthing? -Ĭ₠ŴΣĐĝё 22:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

198.209.250.253 block

Early in the year, you blocked this school IP for vandalism. Due to the fact that they can edit and vandalize more, I request that this school IP be blocked an extra year. I, myself, go to this school district, and I am saddened by their vandalism. Help out the kid no one likes... D: --Ihitterdal 23:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that. We now have the capability to issue anon-only school blocks, I will take a look. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:04, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

New template - Collapsable Wikiproject boxes

Check out the Talk:Rickey Henderson page. Is there already a default "collapse" template available? I couldn't find one but it seems like it is worth creating. The template would be called collapseboxstart with another collapseboxend. Content goes in the middle. Using these for talk pages with lots of WikiProject templates (like the Rickey Henderson article) just seems to make sense. Ideas? Timneu22 23:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. I found Template:WPB. Timneu22 10:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

GH III

Did you notice my clever edit reguarding your wikibreak? I hope it is ok, basically it says you are cool enough to do something like that! Ashura96 00:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all! I can't wait for GH3 to come out. Can't sleep, clown will eat me

Justin Verlander

Could you take a look at, and possibly protect, Justin Verlander? I've been repeatedly deleting vandalism on it tonight. Trusilver 05:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Trusilver 06:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to contact me if matters escalate any further. My watchlist is approximately 10% of Misplaced Pages at this point, so I might not notice it right away.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Ninja!

Dont you hate it when Admins speedy delete pages just as you are marking them for said delete? *sigh* Maybe Ill just go home... Metao 07:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Ha!

I just blocked an IP previously blocked by you for a time period of "5 fortnights". I needed the chuckle. -- Merope 14:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Dave Kapoor Block

Curious... How come Dave Kapoor is permanently deleted when this person is a valid onscreen talent AND a member of the backstage team in WWE? I know there's not much information on the guy but why delete and protect from re-creation? Clonetrooperx497 00:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Input on User:Edtropolis

Hi Cant sleep, IMHO you're one of my favorite and best admin here so I just wanted to ask your opinion on what to do with the user in question. He is a newer user and frequently contributes on WP:AfD. I too work in that field and his reasoning etc. are very frequently non-pertinent to ANYTHING in the article. Many other AfD patrollers, in addition to myself, have messaged him about it but he has not ceased in his erroneous edits. I am not requesting admin intervention, I would just like some advice on a course of action that would help in guiding the user. Thanks in advance for your help. Plm209 17:34, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Protection of Jenna Jameson

You cited "spam magnet" and "libel concerns" - it certainly is a spam and vandalism magnet, no argument, but I haven't heard any specific libel concerns. Did I miss them somewhere? Not disputing your action in the least, just wanted to know what the specifics were. --AnonEMouse 00:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Fast

You were quick with blocking that vandal. Thanks! :) Acalamari 01:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice

Work out there mate, sorry I warned the vandal before you did, but you were quick on the rollback! Cheers! Dfrg.msc 06:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

User talk:68.61.207.127

First off, like many others, I love your name. I've seen it around a while and thought it was the best I've seen so far. I hope the pine nuts helped to keep the clown at bay. As well, I like your page. Back to business...

I see you reverted edits by said user on the Murder page. When I checked, I saw no notice on the talk page, other than Martinbot's polite message 'If I deleted anything bad let me know speil,' about an edit on another page. It looks to me like it was you who made the revert on the Murder page and not a bot, so there is absolutely no question that the user committed an act of vandalism, and no chance for the user to explain multiple edits of vandalism in multiple sections. Something on the order of a level 2 or higher warning is appropriate in my opinion. Although this may be a proxy or dynamic IP, I feel it's important this be noted somewhere. I predict your answer will be, 'if you feel strongly, do it yourself,' or something to that extent which I may do. It's just that I didn't want to place anything on User talk:68.61.207.127 since I didn't do the revert and thought that maybe you were going to. Please let me know your intentions before I proceed. Your are awesome! Thx. SteinAlive 07:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Email

I've sent you an email. Please check. Walton 20:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Please take a look at Controversies over the film Sicko and comment on merge proposal

Hi,

The title says it all. I am requesting your opinion only because you've edited the Sicko (film) article and therefore appear to have an interest in the movie. I created the "Controversies" article and think it should stay, but I'd welcome your opinion whatever it is. If you consider this message annoying, I apologize. I'm leaving this message with you and some others without violating WP:CANVASS. I won't be leaving another message asking you to comment again. Noroton 23:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Props to you

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Awarded for beating me to at least 10 edits this evening, and at least ten times that since I began RC patrolling. Keep up the good work! Ravanacker | Talk 01:49, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism

Whenever I'm beat to the punch, it seems to be you! Cheers! -Superbeecat 21:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Rubin Carter

Thanks for reverting. Best wishes, Lion King 22:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

FightForFreedom

This guy is just a spammer. He has created a ton of single-purpose blogs and he is spamming articles and talk pages with them. IrishGuy 23:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Can't disagree with you there.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFA/ACL 2

Hello Can't sleep, clown will eat me; thanks for your support in my RfA. Thanks also, for the kind words you said in your support rationale. :) Acalamari 22:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hi - saw your block, but given these edit summaries, do you think it's long enough? Tvoz |talk 08:17, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

This is a dynamically assigned address, so it should be sufficient. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism help!

Can you block this user: 209.247.22.164? He/she has been rapidly vandalizing musical theatre articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:209.247.22.164#Please_stop_vandalizing_Musical_Theatre_articles Here is his talk page. Thanks!! -- Ssilvers 16:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

You know what...

		The Surreal Barnstar
		Have a barnstar. Did you know that you are the most (if not the only) quoted example over on WP:UAA? Your username is constantly brought up in discussions about username lengths, and most recently when a username was reported for encouraging violence towards clowns. I feel that this may be giving you a bit of a complex, but we all love the username so have a barnstar of surrealism!! SGGH 23:56, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Jerry Rice

Hi, do you think the protect on this article is really necessary? It doesn't seem to have had a great deal of recent vandalism, and there's at least one anon IP that has been editing in good faith. Cheers Kevin 06:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

User:65.32.68.31

Can you please block User:65.32.68.31? He keeps erasing the warnings on his talk and previous disruptive edits. Thank you! --Hasek is the best 20:34, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, someone else blocked him, sorry about the worry, and happy editing! :) --Hasek is the best 20:36, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

User:140.175.214.33

Howdy, CSCWEM. The hard block (i.e. without the anon only) you placed on 140.175.214.33 was apparently blocking Pd THOR (talk · contribs), so I've converted it to the standard soft block. I'm sorry if this was too hasty - please let me know if there is some reason for the hard block and I'd be delighted to change it back! :) Kuru 00:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all! Thanks for the note.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you have the heart?

I noticed you did a bit of cleanup to Doreen Bird. This article is an obvious prod as per not-notable, but the sole editor (other than you and me and one other cleanup-er) is so passionate about his or her former teacher, and that together with the fact that the subject died a couple years ago, I just don't have the heart to prod it. What do you think? Prod-able? --Jaysweet 19:26, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

New York Yankees GA/R

New York Yankees has been nominated for a good article review. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are delisted. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks, it looked like it was going to get out of hand there. But I suppose being 13th Friday and all that :( SatuSuro 06:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh well thanks again - thats got it for the moment - cheers SatuSuro 06:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Be careful!

Today is Friday the 13th! Which means "bad luck". Are there many strange things happen on WP??--  PNiddy  Go!  0 17:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Strange things happen here every day. ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Excellent userpage Barnstar

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Hello! Your userpage is absolutely fantastic, and as a result, you deserve this barnstar! Happy editing! Lradrama 18:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

G-Unit Records

Hi, I noticed that you re semi-protected the Young Buck article. Please could you put semi protection on the G-Unit Records article too?

It has been vandalized many times where anon users have been removing alarge section sof text, however when Irequested protection on the requests page it was declined. Thanks --The-G-Unit-Boss 20:43, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I've added this page to my watchlist and will semi-protect if necessary. If something urgent comes up you may also refer to WP:RFPP for assistance as well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey Insomniac

I, and a few other highly esteemed editors (haha) have been adding to your insomniacs section on your user page, only to have them reverted! (not by you, apparently) Are we not to add our 2 cents? The 'plus' sign is so inviting, that I felt it was proper protocol to add our sleepless rantings to the section itself. Was I wrong? Could it be!? the_undertow 22:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Well: I moved the other guy's comment to this page, since this is "the Clown's" talkpage, and he put it on his userpage. Extremely sexy 01:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

If comments are left on my user page, I am fine with that. They need not be moved. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, fearless clown. Extremely sexy 09:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Mark Morrison

Hello CSCWEM! You might want to know that a page you edited for WP:BLP concerns has been reverted. A reference was added, but you may have had other concerns; if so, you might want to stop by and comment. Separately, I thought your edit was kind of aggressive, removing the discography section, the content of which was being discussed on the talk page. If you have concerns about the discography, please feel free to join the discussion on that as well. Thanks! Cmprince 18:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Gorilla Zoe

just wondering but y did u delete the article Gorilla Zoe? i wasnt the creater, but i wanted to create the article and it says that it was previously deleted. so im just wondering y you deleted it. thanks Darkneonflame 23:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Can't sleep, clown will eat me. I have seen that you are an admin by your logs page, and you've been blocking vandals from vandalizing. But may I please talk to you for a minute please?--Willy, your mate 04:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Brentwood Elementary School

Please remove the protected redirect, which you added, to Brentwood Elementary School. It has been protected for nearly 4 months now, and really, there is not point in redirecting it to the Mead School District. Actually, the page can just be deleted, and then recreated when someone has sufficient info to write an article.

Also I do believe this was an accident, but I had posted about this before (towards the end of June) about the same thing, requesting the removal of the protected redirect, but my message got deleted with your "old news" on 7/5/2007 without having been addressed, replied to, or having any action taken.

Thanks, Jdubman 06:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Please see WP:REDIRECT#What do we use redirects for? If someone is looking for information about this school, they will be redirected to the district page. This is a legitimate use of a redirect and need not be deleted. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. If and when someone has the information to actually write an article on the school, the redirect can be removed right? Jdubman 20:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that is correct. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Bond 23 is back

A user just restarted the Bond 23 article, several months after it was already deleted. The user's rationale was a vague article in Variety magazine. There is still nothing official on this one, and it's pure crystal ball stuff, like before. This one is in need of a speedy delete. Since you performed the task the last time, I thought I'd take it to you to see what you think.--Fightingirish 14:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Summertime blues..

Hi, Pastordavid contacted me about lifting the block on User talk:67.132.42.130 as it's a school IP, and the kids are gone for the summer. :No problem with unblocking as far as I'm concerned, but by the time I saw the note you'd already denied the request. It might be worth considering allowing account creation while keeping anon editing blocked. However, no problems if you feel that's inappropriate. . . .. dave souza, talk 21:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

My preference would be to have account creation requests filtered through to the unblock mailing list. I will add a note to that effect. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, ..dave souza, talk 22:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Martin Ogden

Ogden is a high-profile international professional BMX and mountain bike racer, as stated in the article. How is he not notable - so not notable that you felt a speedy-deletion was necessary? Mauls 22:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Troll account

Well done blocking User:Gnoluyr Gnoluyr. I was just about to find an admin to block it. NHRHS2010 23:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Citations

Sorry I didn't know it was a violation because I thought that I was doing it the right way after watching how people did it on other pages, such as Panic! at the Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, etc. Knight Whitefire 00:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I thought that was probably the case. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:03, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Most recent common ancestor

I am requesting that you restore the 'articles for deletion' page for Most ancient common ancestor because I didn't have a chance to comment or tell 'my side of the story.' Quite a number of the comments made against the article were due to a misunderstanding of the topic by the commentators. Perhaps most disturbing was the presumption of a grammatical error in the cited sources, when clearly that was not the case...Ryoung122 02:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

In addition to many not understanding what this article meant...clearly not a reason to delete it...I noticed that in the voting at the bottom, only a plurality (not a majority) favored deletion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Most_ancient_common_ancestor

I suggest re-opening debate. Otherwise, I will have to go to the next step, a request of deletion review. Note that not only were there '118' hits, the idea itself is important. Many persons have been erroneously led to the incorrect notion that 'Mitochondrial Eve' was 'Eve'...this article helped explain why that notion was wrong.Ryoung122 02:48, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Sigh. Clown, before you reply, please see what Ryoung122 wrote on my talk page. I hope he fixed the screwed-up text blocks he left. Fred Hsu 03:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thank you for blocking User:198.64.14.195. Angel Of Sadness /C 22:28, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Avril Lavigne

Quick question, why did you change the protection from "autoconfirmed" to "sysop"? I'm not against your decision, I'm just curious to know why you changed the level. Is there something I missed on the page? Acalamari 01:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for explaining; though I thought in that case it would have better to set the protection to edit=autoconfirmed/move=sysop rather than edit=sysop/move=sysop so that non-admins could edit the page but not move it. Acalamari 01:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Striking my last message; that's exactly what you did. I should have paid more attention! :) Acalamari 01:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review of Dynasty Warriors 6

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Dynasty Warriors 6. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Lugiadoom 19:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Interesting edit

Hi! I've long admired your work on the antivandalism front. While looking over the recent changes today, I came across a peculiar edit, which I thought might interest you. No idea what to make of it... Poindexter Propellerhead 02:19, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge

I recently proposed a merge on the diaper page. Only one person has voted so far, so I picked your name out of the history page to ask your opinion. Please vote.  :) Coop41 02:35, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Socialdemocrats

Please reconsider your indefinite block of Socialdemocrats. I do not see his edits as trolling, just quick to anger and lacking in civility. While he has improperly uploaded images and made some nasty statements, he has not actually vandalized any articles. If you reduce or unblock him I will try to get him to reform his activities. Perspicacite 08:52, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Eric Dill

I will stop talking to you once you stop ignoring me; at least acknowledge my request. --Char645 08:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 July 22 for commentary. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:52, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Geoffrey Patrick Willis

hi, i would like to request the return of my article which was deleted today. the article entitled Geoffrey patrick willis is my first attempt at writing and i would be happy if you return it, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrgpwillis (talk • contribs)

Hi

Can you please comment on my editor review? Thanks SLSB talk ER 18:40, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Semi-Protection of an Article

Is it possible to semi-protect the article Nas? There's been a sudden increase in vandalism on that particular page. Reputation 04:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Kings bibby win

How do you know his account was compromised? — Moe ε 10:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking User:202.63.48.21 Angel Of Sadness /C 22:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Another thanks for blocking User:Olterlo Angel Of Sadness /C 23:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Stalking

I have come to the end of my tether. The campaign by User:Mallimak and his countless dynamic IP sockpuppets has now descended to pure stalking behaviour. The Misplaced Pages community cannot allow this behaviour to continue. I am asking you, and other Admins and Users who have had to deal with Mallimak in the past, to review the situation. Please see:

• User_talk:SFC9394#Firm_guidance_to_door_required

--Mais oui! 10:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Article on Anthony Chidiac

Hi Clown will eat me. Your page made me giggle. Very Funny!! Just wondering, I'm new here and my first article I was working on by direction of my Lecturer about Anthony Chidiac lacked all the right tags and talk page to be properly included for Wikipedians to add/edit on. As such, it got deleted and then you speedy deleted it when I re-added an old revision of it back up so myself and others can work on it.

I was wondering if it was ok to repost the article in my user page back up to the proper spot, albeit I am adding all the right tags to it so that it encourages contribution and others will be able to contribute to source material too. This guy is notable and his achievements will spark a wealth of other information being written about some of his work with digital audio in the early days. I have been asked by others who want to contribute to add it back so they can also work on it - its a bit hard to do so when I try to tell them to point at my user page and its all too messy. Could we give it a try please? I'm really sure the article will really develop into a concise and comprehensive article about an Aussie Pioneer. Thankyou in advance for your thoughts and - oh...clowns RULE!!! :) --T3Smile 12:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Smile

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your attention

this anon has posted a template requesting for an autoblock to be removed despite the fact (as far as i can see, he hasn't been blocked) moreover, the anon states that you were the blocking admin, and i had a quick check through your block log and i couldn't find the ip. could you help me out?--JWJW Long Live Esperanza! :) 08:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Semiprotection bot?

There's a thread concerning your (apparent) protections in February here. Will 21:22, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Roger Chang

I just noticed that quote we've been reverting finally has an explanation. Patrick Norton recommended in a show that it be added to his article. I wonder if this might not be worth a short term protection until it blows over.--Crossmr 14:08, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

range block

Hi :) I see you blocked 67.150.0.0/16. I just wanted to tell you that 2 IPs from that range requested unblock earlier today: User talk:67.150.47.234 and User talk:67.150.84.226. What was the block about? -- lucasbfr 00:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Just wondering if there is some new rationale for issuing six-month blocks against ISPs. I notice that you have, for instance, blocked the address range 71.182.0.0/16 for six months (account creation) — a space of potentially 65 thousand addresses, dynamically allocated by Verizon internet services (a very large ISP in North America). This seems excessive, particularly given the IP range block guidelines at Misplaced Pages:Blocking_IP_addresses#Range_blocks. Silly rabbit 15:46, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to bug you

Could you deal with this report:  ? Thanks. Nat Tang 07:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

You're constantly on my watchpage

in the edit summary of 'Reverted 1 edit by nn.nnn.nn.nnn identified as vandalism to last revision by Can't sleep, clown will eat me' and when I check the history I see that you reverted the previous vandalism.

So:

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		for constantly appearing on watchpages because of reverting vandalism. Keep it up! Yodaat 16:13, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I'm awarding you this barnstar of diligence for your combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service to wikipedia. Wikidudeman 19:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help tonight

Sure is nice to see a friendly face (an admin, no less) down in the trenches. Bullzeye 05:44, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

*bloodspiller* block

Hi, should you not at least send *bloodspiller* a message on his page explaining why he was blocked? I have recreated his userpage with the message that he is indef-blocked, I hope this is ok. Also - while I fully trust your capabilities and choices as a sysop, are you entirely sure an indef block was the proper course of action? It was an isolated incident, spurred by the offence he took at the insulting of his recently (and rightfully, indeed) deleted article, Glitches in The Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion. (see here.) Please, possibly, reconsider, and perhaps block him for something other than an indefinite period of time. Cheers, and happy editing -- Anonymous Dissident 08:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

The deletion took place later, but I will take a look. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Curps claims

I have reported this claim to the noticeboard. -Yancyfry 03:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Left a quick note there regarding this. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your speed of reverting vandalism/test edits

On a few occasions I have gone to an article with the intent of reverting the aforementioned edits, only to find out you have stole my thunder. Keep up the good work. Navou 03:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, err... Thank you.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:39, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: User talk:71.35.51.237

You have to admit, "I like turtles *queue dramatic chipmunk* oh shit diet coke and mentos!" may not be a valid unblock reason, but it did make me chuckle. Caknuck 06:50, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Gangster Mind

Can you please prevent this article from getting deleted? It's an article, and a link can be found here (official site):Here --Willy, your mate 07:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Can you also please respond right away?

Thank you! :)

Thank you for your beautiful words and warm wishes on my birthday, dear Clown! I took a well-deserved one-day wikibreak and spent it with my family and my friends... and actually had a beer after months of forced abstinence! :) Of course, there's no way I'd forget about you, so I saved a great, tasty piece of chocolate cake just for you - but sorry, no beer left! Again, thank you so much for taking the time to wish me well, and have a wonderful day, my friend! Love, Phaedriel - 09:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC) Thank you so much for your wishes, my sweet, dear Insomniac! :) May your beautiful message be a reminder to me of how long I've postponed emailing you, something that I swear I'll do in a matter of hours - cross my heart ;) Many many xxx's, Sharon

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Darren Yap

I have just noticed that an article on "Darren Yap" has been deleted. Would you mind explaining why? I don't know what the article said but if it didn't assert notability I am sure I could do so. He has had a very successful career as an actor and director and I would like to document that if possible. I would appreciate your advice on this matter.Tallum 01:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind answering this question as I am keen to do something about this. Tallum 05:42, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your response and if you revert the deletion I will do exactly as you have asked. Tallum 05:51, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for the unknown multitudes of vandals I have sent over to AIV which you have blocked. I can't begin to tell you how much your help is appreciated. Have a great day. Trusilver 06:12, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

Thank you so much for blocking the Talk:Number of the Beast vandal!!! This guy was not only persistent, but kept personally attacking me in his edit summaries, saying that I was doing vandalism and had no idea what the talk page policies were. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Savie Kumara 06:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For protecting Chobits. That vandalism was insane and unacceptable.PiccoloNamek 07:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thanks for banning User:Englandfan7. It's really irritating to see people taking credit for other peoples pictures. So thankyou for making[REDACTED] a better place, and your admin work is astounding! Keep up the good work, and a thankyou from me. JacќяМ ¿Qué? 07:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully it is just a temporary measure, but under the circumstances swift action was called for. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:35, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I was looking over many image searches for the images he's uploaded, but i couldn't find any except the LA Galaxy Home shirt. It's blatently not his work, but some respect has to be shown that he claims it's his own work, which is annoying :p Anyway, great work. --JacќяМ ¿Qué? 07:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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		For your great admin work, and stopping any backlogs appearing! The admin i see working the most and the hardest! Keep up the good work and i speak on behalf of all Misplaced Pages when i say Thankyou! --JacќяМ ¿Qué? 07:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks everyone for the kind support this evening, its greatly appreciated.  :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Bell's prime number theorem

I see you deleted this article. The AfD hadn't been going very long and I was hoping to make further points. Can I appeal? Thanks.--Bedivere 17:00, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Bell's prime number theorem. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Bedivere 23:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Found the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2007 August 4, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Bugz article

just a quick question...why was this article removed? i noticed that A7 means Notability but why wasn't this article notable?

and also...why did you remove this question earlier without answering? thanks...--Aunwit 09:35, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

okay thank you for your answer. however now i have to ask how will i be able to provide reliable source...i personally own the website Bugz Nation which contain as much information included about Bugz on it, and i can assure you it's all reliable - the site has been up for a long time...but i'm sure it will be difficult to convince others of that. Most of our information are from artists themselves . What can i do to provide verifiability to that website? thank you... --Aunwit 02:41, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Eminem albums

Why hasn't Still Hungry (D12 Mixtape) and Get the Guns been deleted yet.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 23:55, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Weirdo Magnet - Buck 65.jpg

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Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

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Rangeblock

Why exactly did you issue this long rangeblock:
04:43, July 16, 2007 Can't sleep, clown will eat me (Talk | contribs | block) blocked "222.153.0.0/16 (contribs)" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 6 months ({{anon block}}) --Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 05:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Vandal on Hinduism in Denmark

Hi. You blocked an ip for 31 hrs for vandalizing Hinduism in Denmark .Unfortunately, he's back, and continues to vandalize the article in the same way as he has been doing for months. Is there some kind of process for long term abuse? Thanks . Dishivlatavish 08:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Potterator

Hello Can't Sleep...since you just declined the unblock request of the IP that was autoblocked by my block of User:Potterator, I just wanted to indicate to you that I blocked this user for Wiki-stalking LaraLove. The message he left was a Harry Potter spoiler and I deleted the edit from Lara's talk page history, that's why it reflects in Potterator's contribution history as him not having any edits beside the unblock request.¤~Persian Poet Gal 19:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I understand, thank you for the note.  :) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Tomb Raider

Thanks for protecting the Tomb Raider article. You would have thought that, with all that coordinated effort they put into the vandalism, they would have at least put in something clever. Keepscases 19:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

The date showing the PSP release date on the right side is incorrect on the "Tomb Raider Anniversary" page. It should be August 9th in the U.S.A. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revan22 (talk • contribs)

Image:Oportofounder.jpg

IF you are going to request an image to be deleted due to licence issues, can you let the person know who uploaded it to make any changes, add fair-use...etc for the future!!! --Mikecraig 22:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Harrassment

Yesterday I have had a dispute with another editor. I have stepped out and the situation has since been resolved yet the user continues to harass me with messages such as this: . Can action of some kind be taken? -WarthogDemon 05:48, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Rangeblock

Hey, on July 16th, you blocked 222.153.0.0/16 for 6 months. This affects a large proportion of Xtra Broadband customers in Northland, New Zealand. I am currently wanting to test some anonymous things, and the block is getting frustrating. Is it possible to remove this block early? The vandalism should have subsided. Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 07:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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Vandal

User:Baycore - Been vandalizing pages by removing small chunks, check his contribs. ImmortalKaine 09:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Greetings, I am Падший ангел, which is Russian for The Fallen Angel. I just wanted to say hello, and because you're an admin here I also wanted to make sure that my username is ok and that it won't produce any problems for the wiki admins. I'm off to counter some more vandalism! Bye! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Падший ангел (talk • contribs)

Clone

Hey, what is User:Non può dormire, il clown lo mangerà? Reinis 10:51, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Collateral

Skyfiler (talk · contribs) claims to be blocked by an IP block you placed. This seems to be a legitimate request so could you please look into it and possibly convert the block to anon-only if appropriate? Thanks. --Yamla 16:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I am unable to contribute to the main namespace even after the ban has expired. The connection was reset. I can only submit changes to the talk namespace. It seems I am still banned somehow--Skyfiler 17:35, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

5 fortnight block

OK, that one made me chuckle. - Crockspot 05:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

G-Unit Records

Hi, I notice that you have been removing the non-encyclopedic list of "Affiliated Artists" from the G-Unit Records article. Could you please protect the page as several user continue to add this list as well as reverting the page to a very old version. An exampl eof this edit is this. It gets very annoying having to keep reverting vandalism every 5 minutes because some group of anons (or maybe the same person) prefer the older version. Thanks --The-G-Unit-Boss 17:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to keep a better eye on the article, adding semi-protection if necessary. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Rocko's Modern Life AFD

You had closed this with delete. I can't tell if it just didn't get deleted or what. Can you delete it or does it have to go through process again? Otto4711 17:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Sprite reverts

I noticed you've reverted some vandalism on the Sprite article. You've also reverted a delete I made (see the diff http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Sprite_%28soft_drink%29&diff=149321720&oldid=149221677 ). Was this intentional, or can I remove this link again? Thanks Hertzsprung 17:49, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Help on Template:reqphoto

Hi -- can you explain why it's important for the {{reqphoto}} template to appear on the talk page and not the article page? Even just a link to the appropriate Misplaced Pages policy article (if there is one) would be helpful. I'm completely stymied by the lack of guidance on the template talk page and would be grateful to know the reasoning here. Thanks -- Tim Pierce 04:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Pokemon Movie Articles

Hello, I noticed you removed Trivia from a Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys. You might have a look at the rest of the pokemon movie articles as I have removed trivia once, along with redundant and unneeded images, but a user insists on adding it all back. Good luck. SpigotMap 23:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Me and SpigotMap have already discussed this. Even a admin Angus Lepper (http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Angus_Lepper#Pokemon_Articles) has intervinded. He is just causing trouble. The images are important...The images are releated to the article. The japanese poster shows the difference with the american poster, and the pikachu the movie logo show the changes throughout each movie, the logo for the third movie has the release date for japan ex: Pikachu the Movie 2000, and the fourth logo has 2001 the year the fourth movie was released, and the fifth one has Pikachu the Movie 5th which is the fifth movie, and the tenth movie has Pikachu the Movie 10th which is the tenth movie. Workadded

Holiday Property Bond

Would you mind taking a look at this article? I don't want to jump the gun on a CSD. Thanks. GlassCobra 07:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

It would appear that this was some kind of blatant advertising and has been removed.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank You! : - )

It seems to have worked, thanks for all your help! - kevinbocking 08:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the nastiness from 86.135.210.75 on my talk page. It's much appreciated. --KNHaw 19:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Please block this user

24.117.147.70 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Please block this user for repetiatively vandilizing Down III: Over the Under and vandilizing User: Corrupt toolbox. Skeeker  22:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

In appreciation of all of the hard work you do

Golden Wiki Award

I, SiREX98 hereby present to Can't sleep, clown will eat me the Golden Wiki Award for being truly a first class Administrator that provides an astonishing level of effort in the protection of thousands of article across Misplaced Pages.

Oops

Did not mean to step on your toes, however, I must mention to you again, you are very fast. Keep up the good work. Navou 16:55, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Nazi Lowriders and 14K Triad

Why was this deleted?

Nicknackrussian 21:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for protecting the crap from recreation, also

Thanks. KP Botany 02:14, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Crazy edit warring

Something's going on at Pioneer Courthouse Square. I've notified both about edit warring and it continues. -WarthogDemon 03:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

It looks like this has been going on for quite some time. Consider it done. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:55, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Are you the only admin on? Seems we've bumped into each other 3 times in under a half hour. How about a barnstar? :)

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		For your awesome anti-vandalism efforts today. -WarthogDemon 04:09, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar! Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

US Special Operations Forces

Please read Misplaced Pages:lead, which states,

"The article's subject should be mentioned at the earliest natural point in the prose in the first sentence, and should appear in bold face. Avoid links in the bold title words."

I carefully checked to see that both links already occur in the article, in the lead paragraph. 199.125.109.19 03:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

That is fine, please stop adding link title and other test commands to the article. Can't sleep, clown will eat me

I see you deleted my comment. Apparently when I clicked save I hit one of the <nowiki> buttons or something. 199.125.109.19 04:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem, just remember to use the preview button next time. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:05, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

For what it is worth, I did use the preview button, but did not scroll down to where the extra text was inserted. If I had not used the preview button, I would not have gotten into trouble. 199.125.109.19 04:16, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Anthropology

Thanks for blocking User:Rik Eedles. Can you please fix (or tell me how) the Anthropology -> Poopology redirect/page move? Thanks! --NeilN 04:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Woo woo! A barnstar from the clown! Awesome, thank you! --Yamla 01:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Shit happens

Hello! I must say I disagree with your closing of the debate. While there was a lot of handwaving on both sides with people stating "it is notable" or "it is not notable" (which isn't really helpful), the apparent fact is that the article is a dicdef and should arguably be moved to Wiktionary instead. What would you think of that solution? >Radiant< 11:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

• Okay, I'll bring it up there, thanks. >Radiant< 08:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Notification of proposal: Guideline/policy governing lists

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Suggestion

I saw that you removed the quotes I placed for Jerry Glanville and simply left a message that I should place it in WikiQuote. Fair enough, but have you considered helping out instead of merely slapping down? --Bobak 16:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Putting Holes in Happiness

Apparently, this page I marked for SD has been recreated four times, so I was wondering if you could protect it to prevent further creation, in addition to deleting it, if that has not been done so yet. Thanks. Elenseel 21:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Query

Hi there! I have another question for you. During the AFD for Anna Svidersky, the article Mourning sickness was essentially written as a rewrite or a replacement; indeed, many people in the AFD suggested a rename or refocus. I don't believe that the outcome of that AFD should be to now have two articles on the topic, rather than the one we started with. I've asked somebody else about this and the article on Anna does appear to be a memorial, a coatrack article, and would be in breach of people known for only one event. Given the opinions given in the AFD, I don't think it's necessary to repeat the debate again in order to merge or redirect this article. What do you think? >Radiant< 08:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Arguments were gone into at length in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Anna Svidersky (2nd nomination) as to why Radiant's suggestion was not appropriate. The community consensus was to "keep" this article and he should respect that, instead of trying to impose a unilateral action. I believe it is right to have both articles. They are not synonymous but contain different elements, although there is an overlap. This has all been discussed. Tyrenius 19:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your time. >Radiant< 10:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Image deletion

Why did you delete the Picture of Layla from the WPT I put Up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rylas (talk • contribs) 17:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

It most likely met our criteria for speedy deletion, likely as an unused copyright image or invalid licensing terms. What was the file name of the image you're referring to? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Why did you delete it? Also I look out for her wiki page to make sure no one messes with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rylas (talk • contribs)

Now I see. This is not a freely imaged license. If you do in fact own the copyright to this image, please submit this information to our OTRS mailing list. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

ok where is the OTRS mailing list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rylas (talk • contribs)

Please contact info-en-c@wikimedia.org if you hold the copyright to this image and are interested in releasing it under a free license such as the GFDL or a compatible Creative Commons license. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay what is a non-free image and what images can i use? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rylas (talk • contribs)

There are a number of helpful pages on Misplaced Pages which cover this topic, but I believe the best page to start with would be Misplaced Pages:Fromowner if you are the copyright holder. For general information regarding image uploads you can refer to Misplaced Pages:Uploading images. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

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Lovemeliikewoah

I'm sorry about that--I thought it was a sexual reference. Please don't give me a template telling me the name wasn't blatant enough. I figured the user might not have been blocked, so I don't need that template. Savie Kumara 23:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

This issue is closed as far as I'm concerned, so no worries. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:18, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my page!

Putting Holes in Happiness article

Why did you delete and protect the article for Marilyn Manson's "Putting Holes in Happiness" single? Not only is there an official France radio single (complete with a maxi-single cover) but the official standard single has been confirmed to be released on September 3, 2007, as reported on August 7, 2007 by Billboard.com. R-Tiztik 08:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

If you review the deletion logs you will see that I have protected but not deleted this article. This page was recently listed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Putting Holes in Happiness and subsequently deleted. The billboard.com link provides little to substantiate a Misplaced Pages article, but I will be revising the page so that it redirects to Eat Me, Drink Me in the future. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Akiva Tatz

What the hell? Since when is having written five books carried by Amazon not an assertion of notability?? -- Y not? 19:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Cmon, dude, you have a trusted user with a track record as long or longer than yours telling you he's a famous rabbi and supporting it with a damn good assertion of notability - books, with sales ranks, everything - and you still speedily delete? What's the point? -- Y not? 19:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I am googling around trying to find articles about him in the Jewish papers. Unfortunately, none of them are online. -- Y not? 20:02, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

No, it's all English. He used to teach in S. Africa, Jerusalem, and now London, but all in English. Look, he's certainly notable, he's among the best known writers/lecturers among the living rabbis. I just can't find any secondary sources now. I'll work on it. -- Y not? 20:12, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

User:DirtyMagic

Noticed you were active at AIV, was wondering if you could check into this for me, reported, and been warned and continues, now is just attacking my Userpage/Talk. If AIV is incorrect for this please let me know where I should move it. Dureo 06:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Dureo 06:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Ponies again

Someone went and unprotected Pony again and now it is once again being routinely vandalized at a slow, steady, but extremely annoying rate (more than once a day, every day, it appears). Don't know what it takes to keep permanent semi-protection on an article (it has been holding on horse for months, now, fortunately), but if you can lend an hand and either reprotect or give me advice on how to convince the wikigods to permanently reprotect, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Montanabw 06:31, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

68.75.176.72

68.75.176.72 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) You blocked him but perhaps not long enough. Death threats are emanating now. . protect the page too. --Tbeatty 06:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Proxy issues

What is wrong with using a proxy? Why are you keeping legitmate accounts from using these? The official policy states "It may be either difficult or easy for a motivated individual to connect your network IP address with your real-life identity. Therefore if you are very concerned about privacy, you may wish to log in and publish under a pseudonym.". Where is the policy that says users cannot use proxies? Spa toss 16:09, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Please see meta:No open proxies regarding this issue. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Miami Tribe

Sorry about the vandal revert label on Miami tribe - there are several generations of vandalism there. Acroterion _(talk) 21:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

No worries at all. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

OK Thanks

I'll keep that in mind when making a new article.

Nicknackrussian 22:42, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Dave Winer edit war

Hello CSCWEM. If you are inclined to do anything administrative about this edit war, you are most welcome to do so. I just filed a request for semi-protection at WP:RPP. Ryulong, who has often helped out in the past, seems to be on Wikibreak. Thanks, EdJohnston 23:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

This might warrant full protection until the dispute is resolved. I'll see if I can find Ryulong on one of the admin channels. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:18, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. Just for clarity, calling it a dispute is perhaps giving it too much honor. It's just Nick Irelan vs. the world. He is already at 5RR for today and shooting for infinity. EdJohnston 23:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Two uninvolved admins applied protection at the same minute (protect-conflict!) and the address has been blocked for the agressive editing thing. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 23:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

4Kids Entertainment

Hello Can't sleep, clown will eat me, I thought you may want to know that I've unprotected 4Kids Entertainment, as it came up as RFPP, and barely any edits had been done to the article. Since you semi-protected the page only a short time ago, I thought it was best to tell you about the unprotection. Acalamari 00:03, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Permanent North American Gaeltacht

Please review this: I was dismayed to see my 'Permanent North American Gaeltacht' article had been deleted, after all the hard work I put into it. I was personally at the opening of the TEACHING site (where our school and museum will be) where we got an official recognition letter from Eamonn O Cuiv, Mary McAleese, and TG4 was present. I resent being called a crank for telling the truth. I am from Tamworth (the actually site; Erinsville is the closest town), I speak Irish (tá sin fíor, bhíos ag caint as Gaolainn nuair a bhíos óg, fuaireas cursa Gailge san ollscoil (i dToronto), agus canaim amhráin sean-nós) and I live on a hill called Bailehack since the 1700's (why this is anyone's guess). It in the news: (http://www.gaelport.com/index.php?page=clippings&id=1974&viewby=date), (http://www.daltai.com/events.htm) list it, (http://www.lennoxandaddington.com/buzz/arch.cfm?a=showone&EID=41) shows it, here is the official invitation (http://tribes.tribe.net/diasporagael/thread/247c1da6-f749-42e6-9508-604737b5e63a). It's disappointing to see that all my hard work in making an information page about my own town has been deleted by people who don't look fully into things (not to be snide, but how do people living in Cork know about going on's in a town of only a few hundred in Canada?). I would REPOST this, if only the page name had not been blocked. If necessary, I can provide more transcripts of the letters we received on our opening to convince, or maybe a picture of me by the official gaeltacht roadsign? I didn't realize my small article about something a few speakers from kingston build across the road from me would blow up like this. I would request that you re-open the deletion review (although I doubt I can get my page back now, so just being able to repost this would suit me). Many local Irish speakers I know were very disheartened to see even[REDACTED] had turned its back on us, having only just won a 15+ year battle to gain official recognition. Danjdoyle 16:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I have opened a discussion about the gaeltacht article on the directed page. Hopefully everything is in order; I've never had to do anything in this manner before. Danjdoyle 17:43, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I have restored the article history with {{deletion under review}} code pending the outcome of the discussion taking place at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2007 August 17#Permanent_North_American_Gaeltacht. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Lustans Lakejer

Thank you. Can you please also restore Lustans Lakejer? Read http://hitparad.se/search.asp?cat=s&search=Lustans+Lakejer about their hit singles and albums, who chartered in Sweden. They are also one of the more famous 1980s music groups in Sweden, and not just formed for Melodifestivalen 2007, they were re-united then. / Johan1982 12:05, 18 August 2007 (CEST)

Rappelz

I am not sure what exactly is going on at Rappelz but your friend does not seem ready to stop... -WarthogDemon 04:47, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

My friend is now blocked for a short while, hopefully the spam and the like will cease from hereon out. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Range block

08:29, 15 August 2007 Can't sleep, clown will eat me (Talk | contribs) blocked "58.172.0.0/16 (contribs)" (anon. only, account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 6 months (anon block)

Are you serious? That's a /16 range: a fifteenth of the allocated range for the ENTIRE of NSW for this ISP. About 2 million users will be affected by this block over its lifetime - and it's ineffective unless you apply it to 58.160.0.0-58.175.0.0. Most of our contributions are from anonymous users, and you choose to reward them by blocking two million of them for six months because of one idiot? I'm sorry, but that's obscenely inappropriate, no matter what vandalism was being done from that IP. Furthermore, the appropriate block time was 24 hours, maximum - before you start resorting to immensely excessive SIX-MONTH blocks. If you need us developers to implement a change-size limit for anonymous, or other types of users, then we will do so (I'm working on it as we speak). But don't go blocking millions of users because you can't deal with somebody text-dumping a few times.

— Werdna talk 08:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Please let me know when this is implemented. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 03:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Eleanor Spiteri

Why Eleanor Spiteri have been deleted by Can't sleep, clown will eat me on 08:06,15 August 2007?? Can you please, put deleted information back. Thank You AS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eleanor Spiteri (talk • contribs) 13:33:46, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

King'o'banz!

Thanks, unchained now

Thank, I am in past IP block now. --Zeraeph 23:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

DRV for eComXpo

An editor has asked for a deletion review of eComXpo. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review.--Cerejota 04:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Anon-only blocks

Hey -- I've noticed several unblock requests lately due to blocks of yours on IP addresses that you implemented to be not anon-only blocks. In most cases, I couldn't figure out why that was needed for what looks like routine vandalism. I don't want to get into specifics, but could you please give me an idea of your philosophy on the issue? When do you do this as opposed to allowing an anon-only block? In general, would you mind if I changed these blocks to anon-only if it seems appropriate to me? Thanks. Mangojuice 04:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

It is rare that I hard block an IP address for any significant length of time (more than 3 days). I trust you to do what makes sense, but please do feel free to contact me on my talk page or via email if you have any questions regarding any long term blocks. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:47, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

User:Grawpy

Something weird is going on with that account. For awhile, he was reverting edits from the vandalbot, but then he changed over to blanking pages and the like. Unfortunately, when you mass reverted him, you reinserted a lot of the vandalbot edits. I've started to undo your reverts from the oldest edit up. -- Gogo Dodo 06:38, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Paired vandalism, lovely. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:39, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Seems sort of like that. I wonder if that account is owned by the vandalbot controller? Perhaps something to be on the look out for. Like I said, in the beginning, he was doing vandalbot reversions, but with a really weird edit summary like he was naming the vandalbot network. Then he started targeting non-vandalbot edits from anonymous IPs, replacing the entire page, but still "naming" things in the edit summary. Very weird. Anyways, I went through all of his edits cleaned up all of the rollbacks you did that reinserted the vandalbot edits. -- Gogo Dodo 06:52, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

There is no doubt this was intentional based on the timing. Thanks for your help.  :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:54, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

RD Reynolds

I know that this may be the wrong place to ask this, but is it possible to at least request semi-protection, if not a full out protect for RD Reynolds? It's been getting rather hectic there as of late, what with all the harmful edits that have occurred there in the last few days from several different abusers. COOLRUNNER87 23:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget...

...Talk:Jake moxey as well! :) Eliz81 00:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

The Ergs

I would like to know why you deleted the article that I just spent an hour working on? (The Ergs). I don't see any reason for an A7, and it would be nice if I could A) understand why you did this, and B) maybe get this page back? Thanks. Checkmate987 04:24, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Please refer to our speedy deletion criteria, line seven for articles: Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion#Articles as well as our Misplaced Pages:Notability (music) guidelines. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:28, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

So if I can present some articles with proof that the Ergs are infuential to their genre, will the article reapear?

If there are reliable sources to that effect, absolutely. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Here are the links to the articles:

• (look at award list)
• —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Checkmate987 (talk • contribs) 05:03, August 21, 2007 (UTC).

Right off the bat, two of these links are geocities.com (not reliable), another blogspot.com (again, not reliable). Please see Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources for details on what types of sources can be used. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

help

theres a guy who vandalized yet when i warn him, he removed the warning and accuses me of vandalism. Please help. Cheers, JetLover 05:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Putting Holes in Happiness

The page shows to a redirect which is a redirect too. Could you fix it please. -- CecilK 11:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I think you need to step in here

Remember Anna Svidersky? There's still some discussion on the talk page about it. One user made an elaborate analysis of everybody's arguments, showing an obvious consensus towards a certain change, in addition to the fact that the old version violates several policies. However, the people who wrote the article (and have been systematically reverting changes to it for over a year) object on the grounds that "the AFD was closed as a keep, therefore you may not modify the article". I would appreciate it if you could make it clear to them that no, an AFD keep does not preclude editing; alternatively, I suppose you could amend your close to make this clear. Thanks for your time. >Radiant< 15:10, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Unmove / history repair

Dear Admin, an overzealous football fan moved an article in progress from my userspace into the mainspace at the Jean Carlos Chera article. I was working on this article... (very slowly) to get it up to notability standards, which it currently fails. Could you please move this back to User:Flibirigit/Jean Carlos Chera and delete the Jean Carlos Chera article itself. Thanks. Flibirigit 16:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

• Task completed by User:Croat Canuck. Flibirigit 20:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up my talk page from User Rtt470's vandalism. He returned to the Sharpe James page but a few other editors have reverted his vandalism before I could get to it. Appreciate the help in keeping my tlk page clear. JasonCNJ 14:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

The Difference of Night and Fortnight

God I was never good at math or integers "(-_-)...I just realized that 5 fortnights are not 5 actual nights but din fact is much...much...longer.¤~Persian Poet Gal 22:31, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

User:156.1.60.60

Many thanks for keeping that IP blocked. That's my old high school, and of those intelligent enough to find and edit wikipedia, 99% of them are vandals. There is, I believe, one computer in the school that doesn't use that IP, but it's the dean's computer. He knows about the situation and doesn't let students use it (I let him know after I found out).

Neat talk page, by the way, though it might be time for an archive. -- Maethon (talk) 00:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Anna Svidersky

Howdy! You recently participated in the August 2007 AfD of the Anna Svidersky article. There is currently a Request for comment on the talk page of the Svidersky article aimed at resolving disagreements over the outcome of that AfD. I hope you don't mind the interruption but any additional or outside input would be greatly appreciated by all the editors on the Svidersky page. Thank you for your time. Agne/ 14:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: January 18 redirect pages

Given the amount of vandalism/good faith edits on these pages (1-18-08, 01-18-08, 1/18/08) by anonymous users, would you be opposed to semi-protecting the pages until the redirects need to be deleted (e.g. when the official name of the movie is released and movie sites change the trailer names)? It could very well be just the same user who was displeased with the RfD result coming back to re-edit those pages as well, though. Thanks for your time. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:56, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Live Prayer

Good day sir,

I have restored the guest list for now on the Live Prayer article and found a reference for the statement about Joe Redner which was added by 71.99.39.98.

Please see my message on the talk page.

Thank you for help.

--RucasHost 07:00, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Parkour external links

Hi, is not better to discuss before removing Parkour external links? There is some discussions in the talk page about EL: Talk:Parkour#Must_not_be_the_only_link_-_Put_anything_out_there. Talk:Parkour/Archive_3#American_Parkour_Link

Also, I want to remember that these communities are notable and useful for the article, because contain some historical information, and a lot more. Cheers. Carlosguitar 09:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

There are thousands of useful external links available on the internet, but that does not mean they belong in an encyclopedia article. If they do in fact contain historical information and qualify as a reliable source, please consider using them as citations instead. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:09, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello and Help

I keep getting bumped off[REDACTED] and refered to your page as the reason. Please provide ideas as to why this may be happening since the reasons given never seem to have much to do with anything that I understand. I use AOL, which I understand may have something to do with something, but the getting bumped off occurs when I log on then try to edit, but is unpredictable, except that it happens when I first log on and if I keep trying to log on it will eventually take. Today I do not have the patience to keep trying to log on. Please Provide Helpful Feedback. John5Russell3Finley 18:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Question

Greetings! Curious about this: . I notice you blocked the range indef, but the same banned user has been active tonight from the range, so I blocked it again (only 3 hours, since I was unaware of the history here). Why was he able to edit? Am I missing something here? Do indefs not work on ranges? Cheers ... Antandrus (talk) 04:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Well the range should not have been blocked indefinitely, so thanks for fixing that. As to why someone was still able to edit... I'm not sure, that part doesn't make sense. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:06, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Mohawk

You removed the list at Jheri curl and I just did the same at Mohawk, which was arguably even more silly. Would you watch the page? I have a feeling I will be reverted. --David Shankbone 12:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Can we also delete the list of famous Chihuahuas? Or does that have a far more serious, encyclopedic tone than the list of people with mohawks and jeri curls?--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 12:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

There's a difference between something as fleeting as a hairstyle, which almost anyone can have for a moment or two, such as in the case of Roger Bogard-Adair, and something that can never change itself, such as a breed of dog. I don't feel all lists are equal. But I would support removing the list of famous mustach wearers, mohawk wearerers, "list of famous people who have worn bell bottoms" etc. --David Shankbone 13:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I seem to be blocked...

Hi... my IP range (68.193.158.113) seems to have been blocked by you. I'm not too familiar with the Misplaced Pages blocking system, but as far as I can tell, it's an "anon-only" block. Obviously I can still post while logged in, but it's not always convenient for me to do so, and I'd really appreciate it if this was lifted, seeing as I didn't do anything wrong. I wouldn't be making a big deal about it if it was temporary, but the screen I keep seeing says that it's blocked until February, 2008. So if you could do something about this, or at least let me know what the heck's going on, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Con587 15:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Please help me out...

The user Rollosmokes has recently been reverting many changes to the WNBC article, (I believe he did it on other articles, but I have only recently been involved with the WNBC article) whether vandalism or not, simply because he does not like them. When I have asked him to use the article's talk page to discuss these changes, since there is some opposition to them, he lashes out at me with things like, "Who suddenly made you an administrator, because you sure enough sound like one. But you aren't. Just leave me the heck alone and worry about yourself." I have talked with him about this issue in the past, and have gotten similar responses. (You can find our most recent exchange here.)

Since he clearly won't listen to me, could you please talk to him? If you look at the WNBC article revision history, you'll see what I mean.

Thanks, aido2002 07:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Please do something about this. aido2002 04:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Promotional user

As you are obviously active at the moment, seems there was a user just created for SOAP. User:Ishuttle. Just a heads-up aliasd·U·T 09:18, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

You are fast!

You're some fast at stoppin' vandals in their tracks. AR Argon 09:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Britney Spears images

I noticed you deleted an image I uploaded without bothering to explain why. I gave reasons as to why the image would be considered fair use. I can only assume you found a similar image that is pulic domain to replace it. I look forward to seeing this. Xoxixox 18:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Also these are the only possible rationales behind speedy deletion of the image. They also detail proper procedures to be taken before deleting the image. Is there any reason you chose not to do this? Xoxixox 18:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

• Lack of licensing information. Images in category "Images with unknown source", "Images with unknown copyright status", or "Images with no copyright tag" that have been in the category for more than seven days, and which still lack the necessary information, regardless of when uploaded. Note, users sometimes specify their source in the upload summary, so be sure to check the circumstances of the image.
• Invalid fair-use claim. Non-free images or media that fail any part of the non-free content criteria and were uploaded after 13 July 2006 may be deleted forty-eight hours after notification of the uploader. For media uploaded before 13 July 2006 or tagged with the (template) template, the uploader will be given seven days to comply with this policy after being notified. Invalid fair-use claims may be tagged with (template) for review after a seven-day period, and the uploader may be notified with

Also the rationale behind deleting the image is "i4" meaning you should have tagged the image as unsourced, and then speedy deleted it if no action was taken after seven days. Please explain why you did not do this. Xoxixox 00:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I apologize for posting at the top, I assumed that was where to post because the previous most recent edit was there. However I would appreciate a response rather than simply deleting my comments. Now that they are at the bottom of the page, I see no reason to delete them, and certainly no reason ot to address them. Xoxi 09:56, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Please do not upload non-free images to articles which already contain freely useable articles. If you have any questions regarding this, you are free to take it to Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. Thank you, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:57, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Deletion

How do you nominate an article for deletion? Is there a maximum number of nominations you can make at any given time? AR Argon 10:00, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

The best place to start would probably be Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy, then Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:03, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

You are, hands-down, THE coolest guy I ever pseudo met. Where do people keep barnstars? AR Argon 10:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sheppard

What is it with you and deleting legitimate quotes from Sheppard? First you want attribution, then when the attribution is shown you delete them anyway. What is your problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davew128 (talk • contribs) 13:15, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

USER blackz0r

Hi, I recently looked at blackz0r's edit to Misplaced Pages's Mary Scheer artcile. The link he provided was fine. It was a link to the Mary Scheer info page on planetmadtv.com, which I'm sure isn't his own website. I would like to request that he be unblcoked. Thank you, --bobsmith319 14:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Jacklee

That user is caught in a rangeblock of yours. Can you help him out? Sandstein 06:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

World Jamboree photo permissions

A man I know sent me several photos of the 2007 World Jamboree and I put them on Commons. He sent me an email with a PD release. I sent this to OTRS with the URLs, photo names, etc. but no one has processed the OTRS ticket. This was about 2 weeks ago. I've never had to wait this long before and am wondering if something is wrong. Could you check on this? Thanks. Rlevse 10:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for helping. I just sent you two emails with the OTRS request included. One has some background info, the other is pretty much a reply and paste. Let me know if you need anything else and thanks so much for helping. Rlevse 22:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I resent the email you asked for. Which of the three permissions addresses is the correct one? Thanks so much.Rlevse 01:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Found the resend; it was in the "junk" folder, which explains why the first request may have been lost in the shuffle. In any event, they've all been tagged with the {{PermissionOTRS-ID}} template. If you need anything else, just let me know. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

OTRS permission request

Would you be willing to access the text of the permission email for Image:TRC Perry Township.jpg, a Commons picture that I uploaded? I'm interested in having the text because I have other pictures that other people have taken for me, and I'd like to use a modified form of the email as a template for others to email as their permission. If you do this, would you please email me the text? Thanks! Nyttend 20:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

My edits

Why'd you remove my edits from Smell-O-Vision? I'd really like a good reason. --Jnelson09 20:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Avoid trivia sections. We need to focus on proper sourcing before we begin with the trivia dumps. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

So, if I have a source for it, it can stay? --Jnelson09 20:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Advice needed

I turn to you, an acknowledged awesome vandal fighter, for recommendations on vandal fighting tools to speed up the process. I have been having a go at vandal fighting, but much of the time, by the time I have spotted a likely vandalism at recent changes, gone to the page in question, looked at the edit history and diffs to determine that it is in fact vandalism and to select a good version to revert to, and added even RVV to the summary if it is a simple undo, someone else has beat me to it. Much of the time, the successful reverter does not post an incremental warning at the vandal's talk page, meaning that they may get away with 12 acts of vandalism before they accumulate the magic 4 warnings required to go to the Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism page and request a block. I see various vandal fighting tools in the form of Java scripts, which may require a fair amount of registry editing, the use of Firefox rather than IE, and even may require disabling ZoneAlarm. Are there any you recommend or caution against using? Thanks! Edison 21:39, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Contributions by KG12

I'm confused. Where did User:KG12's contributions go? I haven't seen a blocked user's contribution history disappear before...--SarekOfVulcan 14:03, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

No need for confusion. These were libellous edits, and Misplaced Pages:Oversight was used to remove them. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:37, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Ah, got it. Thanks.--SarekOfVulcan 17:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Discovery Institute

Edit warring? WTF? You mean legitimate editors reverting POV statements from Discovery Institute anonymous sockpuppets constitutes edit warring? Give me a break. OrangeMarlin 16:44, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I understand your concern, but would you rather the article not be protected? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:39, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I would not want it to be protected. I would rather be able to edit the article if it needs upgrading. If a sock is involved, I'd rather catch them at 3RR, have them blocked, and be done with it. The article is contentious, and if we blocked every evolution/creation article, I'd have nothing to do. Again, personally, I think articles should only be protected when legitimate editors are getting out of hand. An anonymous sock doesn't qualify as legitimate. But of course, I think we do too much censoring around this project, so I may be the wrong person to give an opinion. OrangeMarlin 17:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Birchwood High School

The article is dead, it has zero content.

Surely deletion is the proper fate, rather than redirection to a page aboutr its town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayalld (talk • contribs) 21:45, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

This is exactly what redirects are made for. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
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Troll meme?

How is this a 'troll meme'? Looks to me that it's just soapbox crap and avndalism. I'd have blocked too. I just haven't seen any memes like this. I know about ceiling cat, kitten huffing, I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER, shoop da whoop, and all that, but never about Islamic apocalyptic nonsense. —Crazytales (t.) 18:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

The trolling took place in a memetic fashion. Either way... ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:33, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Still, Mohammad Akram R lives under a bridge. As well as being prone to religious excogitations that would give a bad name to legitimate Muslim editors. Good call on the block. —Crazytales (t.) 18:35, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Rey Mysterio

I'm thinking the page should be at least semi-protected, what do you think? As I already said on the article's talk page, everytime I've logged into Misplaced Pages in the past week I've wound up having to revert vandalism edits. I'm not sure how to go about protecting or semi-protecting a page, though; should a request for protection be put in? Is there a template for semi-protecting a page? etc. etc. much obliged if you can get back to me (preferably on my talk page). Th 2005 18:42, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Also, for what it's worth in regards to unsourced claims

As far as the trivia about his family goes: http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio http://www.myspace.com/hijodereymisterio

A photo clearly showing his tattoos: http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Rey-Mysterio-Photograph-C12233391.jpeg

As far as his son being involved in a storyline between Rey, Guerrero and himself: http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/050630.html A recap of the Smackdown where Guerrero reveals Rey's "secret". Same website has an archive of Smackdown tapings, etc.

And as far as the Masks section goes, why didn't you just remove everything after the first paragraph? Th 2005 19:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Bjj11969 (talk · contribs)

You blocked that user for trolling. Now he requests unblock and says his kids did it. I am actually inclined to believe that for once. Would you like to comment on his unblock request? Sandstein 00:00, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Hypergeometric2F1(a,b,c,x)

I've noticed that you blocked some users who were socks of the Everett LTA vandal. Is this another one? Note the continued trolling on the Talk:Everett, Washington page. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:51, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Rschen7754, the bulk of these edits have been scrubbed from the database. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 19:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Revert limit

I have a couple of questions about my revert parole. Is the 1 revert per day or per week? Is it 1 revert per article or in general (i.e. I make a revert in one article, and can't make a revert in another one). Also, one of the policies of WP:PW is to not include PPV match announcements that haven't aired on TV or wwe.com/tnawrestling.com, would removing these spoilers count towards the 1RR limit? I don't want to accidentally violate the terms of my parole. TJ Spyke 01:01, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

This is not my area of focus, but I would interpret it to suggest priority should be placed on discussion rather than reverts; never mind the length of time. Misplaced Pages:Resolving disputes offers good advice in this regard. Hope this helps, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Awesome Job

For being such a great help to the community as an admin!, I hereby award Can't sleep, clown will eat me with the “Cool Award.” Dspradau 05:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

User talk:65.37.60.195

Please remove {{checkuserblock}} from this user talk page, as you just unblocked it, and the page is protected. — Moe ε 06:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

122.148.45.93

Was the block of User:122.148.45.93 necessary? He/She seemed to have stopped after I gave them a warning... -WarthogDemon 06:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Kim Possible

User:DanTD has reverted numerous edits provided by you; for instance reviving this episode article here. He has also reverted me from redirecting Kim Possible related material like the fictional stuffed toy cuddle buddy. The Prince of Darkness 11:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Mesoropi

You reverted the Mesoropi article for valid reasons. As one who believes in good faith edits, I have modified the Mesoropi article to make it more neutral point of view and to try to include some sources. I have also left a note on the recent editor's talk page explaining why the reverts took place. It would be good if we all left the article alone for a few days to see what, if anything, happens to it. Hopefully, it will improve. Thanks. Truthanado 02:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

languages you speak

Can you please edit commons:Template_talk:PermissionOTRS to include the languages you speak, using the babel codes? Thanks --lucid 09:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Tony1 is ip-blocked

User:Tony1 emailed to say he has been affected by your block on 124.171.0.0/16. He is at 124.171.241.162 and wonders if you can unblock him. Would changing to a softblock work? ←Ben 02:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I have done this (switched to soft-block). By sheer unfortunate coincidence, the timing of this was bad and I felt it had to be done right away. Let me know if there are problems. Chick Bowen 02:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I too have been dealing with a lot of the collateral damage from this very large hard block; it seems to be a major ISP. Is there a reason why you decided to hard-block an entire /16 range, instead of simply soft-blocking with account creation disabled? --krimpet⟲ 03:23, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for converting this to a brief anon-only, as was intended. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Obama semi-protection

Would you consider setting an expiration date for the sprot you applied to Barack Obama? It looked to me as if recent incidents were being effectively managed using vandal revert+warning followed by targeted blocking that does not block edits from unregistered and newly registered users. Did you see it differently? Check Talk:Barack Obama#Protection, where editors are still seeking consensus on the appropriate duration for temporary/indefinite sprot. If libel is a concern, can you point me to any policy pages where those concerns are discussed in regard to public figures? Many thanks. --HailFire 05:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

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Quick note on User:69.120.35.229

Thanks for the quick block - just that I noticed you didn't drop anything on his talk page indicating the block, and now whomever it is is deleting the warning messages I put on just before he blocked. Dunno if its worth the effort to let him know of the block or what as he'll likely delete it... --Masem 05:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

This should be taken care of now.  :-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

(unrelated to this subheading) Thanks for your prompt and courteous assistance! HG | Talk 07:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

The dumpster

I noticed you have been moving pages to User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me/dumpster and then deleting them as speedy G7. While some of these pages probably deserved to be speedied for other reasons or AfDed, or could be successfully PRODed, I can’t imagine that this method can be considered in keeping with the spirit of that section of the speedy policy - having the page as a subpage of yours does not make you the author or primary contributor, or give you the right to delete it without debate or a real reason other than your whim. In accordance with WP:ADMIN, which suggests that grievances against admins should be taken to the offending admin first, I am asking you to please explain how this is a justifiable course of action. To me, it just looks like a blatant abuse of the system. --WikidSmaht (talk) 06:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

The articles are replaced after removing libelous and defamatory material. Hope this helps, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

That is clearly not the case with some articles, Homecoming Upset, for example, and if were true in general, then the move log of User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me/dumpster would have all the times that articles were moved back after being cleaned up. There are only 5 entries for pages being moved away from the dumpster, whereas you have deleted it significantly more times. Besides, you don’t need to move an article anywhere to delete revisions. --WikidSmaht (talk) 06:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you need to read Misplaced Pages:Oversight then. Thanks, Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I read it, I don’t understand what you are getting at. Possibly because it’s 2:30 in the morning. Please clarify. --WikidSmaht (talk) 06:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Pizza page formatting issues

With regard to the changes you made to the pizza article on Sept 7. Wouldn't it be better to fix the formatting problems rather than simply revert all the edits that have improved the article - you've re-established all the repetitions, picture clutter and flow problems that existed before. At least let me know what the formatting issues are so I can fix them. Shoebill2 09:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I reverted the page back to how it was before you reverted it on Sep 7. I appreciate that there are formatting issues but the appropriate response is not to revert the page but to correct the formatting issues. Please see the Misplaced Pages Help page on reverting which states among other things that:

• If you feel the edit is unsatisfactory, improve it rather than simply reverting or deleting it.
• Reverting is used primarily for fighting vandalism, or anything very similar to the effects of vandalism.
• Do not revert good faith edits. In other words, try to consider the editor "on the other end." If what one is attempting is a positive contribution to Misplaced Pages, a revert of those contributions is inappropriate
• Generally there are misconceptions that problematic sections of an article or recent changes are the reasons for reverting or deletion. If they contain valid information, these texts should simply be edited and improved accordingly. Reverting is not a decision which should be taken lightly.
• Do not revert changes simply because someone makes an edit you consider problematic, biased, or inaccurate. Improve the edit, rather than reverting it.

I think these points are relevant in this case because many useful improvements to the piece were removed by you by reverting the article. I politely ask you to help fix the formatting problems rather than simply revert it again. if you don't want to do that or haven't got the time then please list the formatting problems on the pizza discussion page and I'll be happy to have a go at fixing them myself - with the help of another member, this process has already begun. I apologise for any formatting problems I've caused - I'm not hugely computer literate but I do know some useful things about pizza and I think it is better to make a stumbling contribution to Misplaced Pages than to leave out useful contributions because I might make a formatting error.Shoebill2 13:19, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

71.107.163.19

You recently reverted this user's blanking of vandalism warning on his User Talk page, and he blanked it again. That's just him taking the piss out of us, but his constant edits seem to be pretty bad faith edits. A look at his Contributions indicates some pretty wanton vandalism. This edit pretty much is a personal attack. I am thinking that the account was created for some Friday Nite Fun for those a tad too young to drive. Maybe he needs to find another venue to occupy his weekend, as Misplaced Pages doesn't need any more fools this evening?
Sorry for all the prosifying. Can we ban this ass-hat? - Arcayne () 02:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

This IP address has been temporarily blocked and the talk page has been protected as well. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd also point out that this user's first instinct after getting reverted was to blank the pages of every user who reverted him, replacing the pages with the word, 'Britfag'. User:Ryan Postlethwaite blocked him for 31 hours, but I am thinking that our charming little scamp's issues aren't going to be resolved all that quickly. - Arcayne () 02:28, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Caitlin Upton

Hi. I see this article's AfD has been closed as "keep". Can you please also unprotect it so editors can improve and source it? Thanks. --Oakshade 02:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! --Oakshade 03:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summary box

Hey, I try to be really good about using these. Was there something in particular I missed? Cheers! Murderbike 08:17, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I guess I rarely do when I'm doing New Page patrol. I usually try to send the message to the article's creator, but I'll try to add edit summaries as well. Happy editing! Murderbike 08:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Sock Puppet

I don't know how to report this and I see you're active now. User:Jetwave Dave who was banned for Sock Puppetry is back as Winky Bill and up to his old shenannigans. I was wondering either how to properly report him or if you could look into it. Thanks. His spamming is very difficult to remove.--Asams10 04:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

1. http://whois.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=58.172.200.115