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To the punch

You've beat me to the punch on a lot of anti-vandal work tonite, so I wanted to say... thanks!! Keep it up!! - superβεεcat  09:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I figure it's good that I can make myself useful for something. :) Keep up the good work, yourself, too. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

your block of 82.110.222.242

You beat me to the block. But I noticed that you blocked for 31 hours. In a case like this, where the IP is shared and there are good edits from the IP and the vandal has only been active a short while, then perhaps we should try a shorter block of say 3 hours? Just something to think about. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 09:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I sometimes do, although in this particular case it looks like the edits from yesterday were also rather unsavory -- hard to say if it's the same person. If you'd prefer to reblock with a shorter duration, I have no objection. – Luna Santin (talk) 09:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Muhammad: Unfair edit summary

Yes but those arguments have no conclusion. Hence the picture is not there because everyone agree it to be there or there is concensus. He has right to delete that disputed picture, just like someone else has right to add one. --- A. L. M. 11:49, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you think he's read the discussion? Do you think he's even aware there is a discussion? This is the person's very first edit, somehow I doubt they've read up on things. Yes, I welcome the edits of new users (notice I welcomed the user), but if they're going to leap into some of the most contested disputes on the wiki, I'd really prefer they figure out how to use talk pages quickly. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 17:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

block of Mtzanthony

What do you think of the final comment that was added? Obviously it's no excuse to make your account available to a vandal, but I'm curious about what exactly the policy is on a situation like this, I'd like to be a more educated wikipedian :) - superβεεcat  00:05, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, from watching unblock requests for awhile, now, I can tell you that "my brother did it" (etc) is the #1 excuse, by a huge margin. :p Most of the time it's complete bollocks, but occassionally it is actually true, of course. By checking things like registration logs, account contributions, and comparing prior and current behavior and language, looking for old edits that may or may not have been vandalistic, we can sometimes get a feel for things. The most important factors for me are how well their story does (or doesn't) add up, and probably how much I believe that unblocking them will or won't save us a good contributor or free a troll. This particular case is a bit of a tricky call, since the account existed for several days before it really started vandalizing. Its first edit (the only old one) wasn't "good," but it might have just been innocent testing. I'll drop them a note and see how they reply, I guess. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the lesson friend - superβεεcat 

The vandal

Thanks for blocking them; I was about to do it when I saw that you'd done it for me. Sigh...no idea where that vandal came from; probably a user I blocked when they were using another account or IP. Acalamari 01:37, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: User talk:Mtzanthony

Hey! I unblocked him, thanks for letting me know :). For the future, if you're fairly sure about an unblock, just unblock and drop me a note, I don't feel possessive about blocks ;). I hope his "brother" will stay away from the computer. -- lucasbfr 09:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Uncontroversial moves

Normally I would request such moves at WP:RM, but could you simply move Dracula (disambiguation) to Dracula and Kankuro (disambiguation) to Kankuro? Both redirect to their disambiguation pages respectfully and I don't think such moves are major enough to request. You could say the reason to do this is "superfluous title". Thanks. Lord Sesshomaru

RE: unblock request

Feel free to unblock Thomasmc14 (talk · contribs) or reduce the block to a week (as suggested by the user himself). I considered adding {{second chance}} myself since the editor has yet to show any real positive contributions... Admitting that their contributions were silly and apologizing is kind of a nice change from your average unblock request, ain't it? Cheers, — Scientizzle 22:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Replied to user's talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnaster!

A Barnstar! The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Given to Luna Santin, for tireless, immediate and perfectly done reverting. Congratulations to you for making our jobs of cleaning up vandalism, 'easier'.--Willy, your mate 10:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Well, thanks. :) It's all a collaborative effort, thanks for the effort I see you've put in, as well! – Luna Santin (talk) 20:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
If I was an admin, like you, then I wouldn't use popups and use the rollback vandal button, like how you always have an edit summary when reverting "reverted edits by vandal to last version by contributor". Also rather than losing all your barnasters that you've received so far, you should create an awards page and put 'em all in there, like everybody else who received a barnaster.--Willy, your mate 02:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Usurpation/doppelganger advice

Hi. I noticed you're listed at Misplaced Pages:Changing_username/Assistance and seem to be fairly active, so I wonder if you could give advice. I'm User:AnonEMouse, a reasonably experienced and somewhat active administrator, and have, to my surprise, noticed the existence of User:AnonEMousse, who actually predates my account, but has no edits. I don't know much about Misplaced Pages:Doppelganger accounts and Misplaced Pages:Usurpation but hope you do. Would you advise I ask for an usurpation and to make that a doppelganger, to avoid any potential for confusion or not? --AnonEMouse 12:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I used to be lots more active, at WP:CHU/U, yeah -- not so much, now, but I don't imagine too much has changed. IIRC, the bcrats prefer to use usurpation for cases where the main account is being renamed, but you might be able to talk them into making an exception. Never hurts to ask, I figure. On the other hand, if it hasn't been used since 2005, it's probably not much of a concern, either way, I suppose. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:10, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. No, if it isn't usually done and it's something I'll have to argue for, I don't want to do it, it's not high on my list of priorities ... and, frankly, if AnonEMousse comes back and starts making useful edits, so much the better! :-) --AnonEMouse 14:52, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Southern Texas

This is an odd one. The only IPs this editor (who you unblocked recently) has used are otherwise all full of sockpuppets of William Henry Harrison (he lists most of them on his talk page). There have been gaps as small as 15 minutes, on numerous occasions, between Southern Texas and various of the socks, on one IP. And another IP is even more dramatic. Take a look at the series of anonymous edits to Bianca Beauchamp, starting here. In between the edits at 0:08 and 0:13 comes this edit, from the same IP.

"Harrison" has yanked us before, and might well be continuing to. --jpgordon 20:43, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hm, that's a tricky one... as I recall, I blocked the IP address because it was obviously being used for evasion, even if I wasn't sure who was behind it; however, somebody (Southern Texas) with a contribution history showed up to request unblocking, so I switched to anon-only with a freeze on account creation. Given the evidence you've discovered (in particular, multiple IP matches and the short time lags), it appears pretty likely that Southern Texas may be another sockpuppet. I see the both of them tend to show interest in the same sorts of political and wrestling issues. Is there a reason you haven't blocked the IP addresses involved? – Luna Santin (talk) 21:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Curiosity to see what happens next, mostly. --jpgordon 21:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Sounds like The Most Dangerous Game. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 21:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser

You've listed four socks that I've seen, but I can list more. Is it allowed to add to the list you've composed? Acalamari 22:34, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) I just listed the ones I found inside a few seconds, if you can add more, feel free. With prolific sockpuppeteers such as this one, it's probably best to list those that have been active in the past few days or so, if that helps any. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay, give me a few minutes to get them all. I'll list them. Thanks. Acalamari 22:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Done! Nine more. Acalamari 22:52, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Dracula

Hi. Back at Uncontroversial moves, I asked for two simple moves and noticed that Dracula was redirected to the novel by Reginmund and the Kankuro case remained unsolved. Which is a more popular search for "Dracula": the story or the character? A google test suggests the character. And of the remaining, Kankuro? Lord Sesshomaru

Dracula...is a story? hbdragon88 04:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Exactly my point. Who actually refers of the novel when thinking of the name "Dracula"? Most people hear of him as a monster in a cartoon or movie. Lord Sesshomaru
Oops, missed that thread. x.x Well, if people can't reach some sort of agreement, I might recommend redirecting to disambig, instead. I've always figured our goal in this regard is to get the reader to what they're looking for as fast as possible -- it's hard enough for us to know whether they want "Dracula the character" or "Dracula the story" without asking which of the numerous novelizations and film adaptations is the one they happen to be looking for. Presumably the character and original novelization would be the most important; perhaps we could use a link at the top, "For the character Count Dracula, see (link), for other uses, see (disambiguation link)," or something like it? Just brainstorming, here. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Edwin rose

Edwin rose (talk · contribs) isn't getting it - he just created his user page again and has contributed nil to the encyclopedia. Similar situation erupted with Jokenda (talk · contribs), Ryulong indefblcoked user. Same here, or should we warn him again and block the next time? hbdragon88 04:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I'm gonna go ahead and block, since they haven't even responded to any of the messages they've been left. We'll see how that goes, I guess. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Rob right and continued reverts

Hello Luna Santin,

You left some comments here about User:Rob right's apparent use as a single purpose sockpuppet account, and abuse of vandalism warnings. I wasn't aware of that incident report, and actually raised my concerns here, where I outline why I now believe him to be a disruptive/bad faith/POV editor, with little chance of changing his ways.

I've repeated called for discussions and suggested compromises to a content dispute, and remained dignified and polite with this user (in his several guises). However, following your suspension, he's editting as an IP (User:79.73.36.212) and just not acknowledging the consensus against him and calls for debate.

Per the reasons I outline at the link I've provided above, I think there's little hope of assuming good faith here, as his desire to promote his point of view is focussed and is spread to other webspaces. Can you advise on how to best tackle this, as I'd like to do this by the book. Sorry for the inconveinence, Jza84 00:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hm... I'll dig around, in a bit. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
can you see this disruptive diff off links to nonsense from The IP is dynamic and changes everyday but please a 3 hour on User:212.139.246.24 he wasted my 30 minutes going through those articles in case he was correct. Mike33 - t@lk 19:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the wait, but it looks like they've stopped, by now. At least for the time being. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Thank you for the welcome. I don't plan on doing any editing, just looking for pics and information for my projects at work. I feel uncomfortable editing someone else's work when I am sure they have done quite a bit to put down that information. Again, thank you for the nice welcome. --Tigerlilly 13:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)Wikililogirl

Of course. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 04:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

86.69.230.10

Hi, (sorry i speak badly english)
For that, sorry but you are mistaken, it's false : Iam from french wiki and i particulary contribuate to algerian articles, and when i see Miriam83's vandalism on Algeria and Kabylie' pages in this wiki, i reverted his modifications. But iam not Miriam83, see my others contributions. My IP is always : 89.69.230.***. Cordially 86.69.230.10 08:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Ack, my mistake. ;) Thanks for the help! – Luna Santin (talk) 09:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
np, I'm happy that you understand my english :-] .86.69.230.10 09:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Astrale01

This apparently legitimate user was autoblocked when I blocked User:Thy true power. The connection is apparently User talk:24.4.25.168, an IP you described as non-dynamic and non-shared. I'm not well-versed enough in the ways of IP's to determine if this means that User:Astrale01 is abusing socks, or that the IP is in fact, a shared one. Would love your input before I take any action on his unblock request. Cheers Dina 17:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Hm, that's a tricky one. I've seen a few cases where a small army of socks consistently manages to avoid autoblocks by having one "good" face... but the more common scenario is just collateral damage. Judging solely from the IP's contributions, it really doesn't seem likely there's more than one or two people behind it (this isn't a perfect check, it includes only edits from logged-out users, but if you ever see a school or university's IP contribs, you can immediately see the difference). Very curious, but the IP has left messages on Astrale01's talk page on two occassions. If you check the history on Astrale01's talk page, their autoblock problem is far from being a new one -- they've requested help with autoblocks on numerous occassions in the past few months, indicating a large number of abusive accounts on what seems to be a very narrowly shared IP address (if it is shared at all). That said, while there is some cause for suspicion, Astrale01 has contributed to the project, and I'd hate to lose a good editor. Perhaps it's time to softblock the IP address for a longer period, perhaps several months. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:18, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Actually, on second thought, I've realized it's a little odd that Astrale01 comes back from a 7-day hiatus just three minutes after a vandal hits. My ability to AGF just jumped off a cliff. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Well if I softblock that IP, even it is him, he can't create new accounts. Right? It is a bit odd actually. Dina 18:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. My suspicions were somewhat aroused by the events (one of the auto-blocks was for a school IP, which makes sense, but the other one doesn't seem to be a school I don't think.) and a recent burn on my good faith instincts. However, the user in question has only good contribs. So I believe the steps I take are to unblock the user I originally blocked and then reblock them with autoblocking disabled? That sounds right, so I'll try it and see. Cheers Dina 18:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Autoblocks are a little tricky. They attach to the IP address(es) most recently used by a blocked account, and they're difficult to search, except using the autoblock search tool (linked in {{unblock-auto}}), where you can search by blocking admin and/or original blockee (in this case, Thy true power). Intuitively, unblocking TTP would release the autoblock on 24.4.25.168, but I don't believe it does. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I believe I did it correctly -- the autoblock IP was on the user's unblock request, which linked to the blocked IP. It seems your original softblock on that IP has expired. If I go ahead and softblock it again, it shouldn't affect this particular user, correct? Dina 18:38, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I softblocked that IP for one week. And will keep an eye. Sometimes Misplaced Pages makes me paranoid. I recently realized that I had a civil conversation with one sock about whether or not to WP:DENY several of his other sock accounts. grrrrrr ;) Dina 18:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Alrighty, we'll see how that goes. :) Thanks for keeping me posted. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for helping with the sockpuppets of Nate1506 (was that the right number?). I appreciate any efforts to stop this guy disease. He vandalized my user page and talk page relentlessly the other night and I was beginning to cry. THANK YOU!! Savie Kumara 19:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Glad to help. Shame they stopped using the NateXXXX usernames, they must have noticed we were blocking them awful quick. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:40, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

BillyTFried

Yup, I'm fine with that. I suspect he'll think I'm evil regardless... but he won't be the first or last there.--Isotope23 01:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Replied to your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

ScythedBlade (talk · contribs)

I assume you are satisfied by the user's response and based on that I have unblocked him. In the future, if you think any decision of mine be reversed, but I dont seem to be online, please go ahead and do it. I wont take offense. :) I would appreciate a note though. Cheers. --soum 04:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Nice meeting you too :) --soum 04:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi

My aiv didn't sign. Do you know why or can you fix it? Thanks. When I report someone to AIV can I give them that message? A link to which I tried is here. Thanks and could you respond on my talk page? Thanks again! SLSB talk 14:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Replied to your talk. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

User_talk:Bombaplena

Hey :) You dealt with this user for an unblock request before, and you told him to wait a few days before reconsidering asking an unblock. That time arrived, you probably want to review him :) (I'm poking User:SunStar Net for the same reason). -- lucasbfr 16:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I've posted a thread to the admin noticeboard asking for opinions. Thanks for the reminder. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

Hi Luna. I have just seen that User:Vmrgrsergr was blocked on 16 July for sock puppeteering. However, couldn't find any record at WP:RFC/U. I wonder if you could guide me to find out where is it documented? thanks. --IslesCape 17:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I can't find it at RFCU. Since there was a Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Nadirali case, I changed the tag accordingly. -- lucasbfr 17:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. :) I'm not aware of the circumstances which led to this particular block; probably better off asking Blnguyen. the blocking admin, if you needed a more complete explanation. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks all.--IslesCape 18:30, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Thanks for blocking the Harry Potter IP vandal at AIV just now. I was having trouble reverting the spoilers without reading them! Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 09:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Of course. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 09:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for reverting the recent nitwit edit to my user page.

Erm, you do realize, I hope, that in the wonderful world of computer fonts "Garamond" means almost nothing? I suppose that it's old-style (and of course serif), but that's about as far as it goes. If alive today, Garamond would be surprised to see some of the misuses of his name.

Your bonus for your good deed: A link to the (Garamond-irrelevant) Fontin Sans. It's excellent, it has genuine italics and small caps, it's OpenType (though not "open"=copyleft) and the price is right.

No need to reply. -- Hoary 11:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks For Reverting Vandalism On My Talk Page

Typical of them, they love[REDACTED] until they learn they can't put their non-notable stuff on it. :) -WarthogDemon 13:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Too true, unfortunately. Wish there were a better way for us to handle that, but until then, eh. See you around. – Luna Santin (talk) 04:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Bh3u4m

I thought that I should perhaps draw your attention to mathematics and ethnic hatred. —SlamDiego←T 13:31, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Math hatred? How novel. :o I guess I'll keep an eye on that one, but not sure if there's a lot for me to do (unless I'm missing something obvious) – Luna Santin (talk) 04:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
No, I don't think that there's a lot to do at this stage, but I wanted to bring it to the attention of an admin. —SlamDiego←T 12:18, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

The sheep is gone!

The sheep is gone!
The sheep is gone!
YAY!
The sheep jumped over the moon
and, was sold to a butcher
to make wool and lambchops!
Miranda 03:35, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

xD We'll see what happens, next. Watch this space! – Luna Santin (talk) 04:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

67.87.225.29

Your blocking doesn't seem to work. See the anon talk history. Thanks. --Aphaia 14:43, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

They can still edit their talk page, even while blocked. While it is my strong belief that several abusive accounts have been using that address, prematurely cutting off an important route of communication and possible appeal doesn't seem necessary, just yet -- I am fallible, after all. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:27, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Ah, thanks. I forgot it. This feature is not introduced into the projects I'm active. :D --Aphaia 22:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Komodo Lover sockpuppets.

I have reason to believe that the following members, Special:Contributions/202.151.193.26 and User:Not infinety, are sockpuppets of Komodo Lover, based on their edits. Just thought you ought to know. Thanks in advance. CBFan 16:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Took a peek, yesterday, and wasn't sure; took another look, just now, and was ready to block, but it looks like you got somebody's attention by now. Kudos. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Time to block the Hazelton sock again

Thanks in advance --Eleemosynary 05:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Taken care of. Let me know if you see more. – Luna Santin (talk) 05:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! --Eleemosynary 05:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Wow!

That was my first 'in-action' vandal-fighting....wow! Thanks for the timely block on User talk:86.29.253.55 and deleting all those pages! I've got to get VandalProof, so I can keep up next time! – Dreadstar 06:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, cool. :) You did pretty well. There's a fair number of useful tools at WP:RCP, for the curious-minded. I used VandalProof for awhile (actually, still do, sometimes). Cheers! – Luna Santin (talk) 06:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Excellent! Thanks! I'm on the waiting list for VP, and I'll check out more of the tools on RCP - which I just recently joined! That was actually kinda exciting...the chase was on! – Dreadstar 06:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Cool! I'm not quite as active in that area as I used to be, but I'll look forward to seeing you around. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Very cool! Me too, you! – Dreadstar 19:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

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New user?

You ask here "please explain how you randomly stumbled across a dispute as a "new" user". I just want to point out (having had this user accused of being my sock) that there have been a number of anons contributing to the talk page lately including opposing the MikeD78 viewpoint, eg 63.245.145.113. I am not opposing the block as the user has nothing to do with me (they can do that for themselves) but I am pointing out the shakiness of your reasoning for the block. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

To clarify, I didn't accuse you of anything, nor did I name any suspected sockpuppeteer. While I do appreciate your taking the time to leave me a message, the claim that "a number" of anons have been editing seems a little off; in the past three days, I see one edit from one anon, and that anon's only made that single edit -- and well over 12 hours before the revert war, to boot. It seems unlikely that they'd wait around, silently, for 18 hours just in case a revert war broke out, and also that a new user would be able to leap into a revert war just so, or that an experienced anon would register out of the blue. I suppose it's possible that 63.245.145.113 is someone logged out, but I'm not in the mood for a witch hunt, at the moment. In general, while I appreciate your concern, I'm not sure that I agree. – Luna Santin (talk) 18:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I didnt imply you were accusing me, it was Mike D78 (talk · contribs) who accused me on this new users user page, certainly not you. Of course where I really have an issue is that Mike D78 himself appears to be a sock, probably of Drogheda (talk · contribs) (banned with the underlying IP 5 days before Mike appeared) who is also Voice of Britain (talk · contribs) aka Nandaba Naota (talk · contribs) aka Revolt against the modern world (talk · contribs) aka Kartikabalaji (talk · contribs) (all apart from Mike have been confirmed by Jpgordon on checkuser to be the same person). Mike left a note on my user talk this morning implying that you blocked this new user because he asked you to and I certainly do have issues with this obvious sock having the authority to see anyone blocked, or even clainming to. Voice has a number of socks and is hard banned by the arbcom so when a suspicious sock of his is listened to by an admin(as he claims) I get seriously worried and if you want to investigate anybody that is where you should start, we have clearly have serious sock problems at the pedophile articles and I want to make sure you are under noi illusions about what is going on. Best wishes, SqueakBox 19:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Hm, tricky. If I've ever spoken with Mike D78 before, I don't recall doing so; it's possible I forgot a conversation, somewhere, but I definitely didn't make that block at anyone's request. I see User:Sdhrfr is currently tagless, which is fine with me personally. Sounds like you may want to submit a checkuser request, if you haven't already. – Luna Santin (talk) 19:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

6000th edit and Wikibreak

Long time no see; Hope you remember me. I just made my 6000th edit and I will be going on a Wikibreak starting this Friday, July 27 until August 13, since I will be going to South Korea to go on a church retreat and visiting my relatives in Seoul. NHRHS2010 23:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Certainly I do. Good luck, and enjoy the trip! :) – Luna Santin (talk) 23:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

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Thanks for seeming to always be lurking in the shadows when I send problem vandals over to AIV, your quick response is most helpful. Trusilver 00:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Heh, thanks. I figure it's a quick thing I can do to be helpful, between classes and such. :) Wouldn't be able to get it done, without the help from many diligent users such as yourself, making those reports. Thank you, too. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:38, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the revision...

Thanks for the revert to my talk page! Quick fingers. You got to it before I could. Douglasmtaylor 02:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Friendly fellow, that one. Blocked for now. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 02:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Indeed. Thank you again. Douglasmtaylor 02:18, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Possible sockpuppet, but I might have screwed up the report

Hello Luna -

I tried to report a possible sockpuppet today here: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Bob_Lee_Swagger

The sock was User:Bob_Lee_Swagger, the suspecteed puppeteer was User:MadeinFinland.

I'm not sure I did it right and I'm uncertain about what to do next. Could you have a look?

thanks, Jddphd 20:43, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It's a good start. I'd recommend adding some diff links comparing the two users -- say, "Here we can see that the two users were reverting to the same versions, , and here the new account signs with the alleged puppeteer's username ," and so on. Whatever leads you to believe these two are sockpuppets, that should go onto the case page. Doesn't need to be a complete laundry list, but hopefully enough to build a strong case -- remember that you're much more familiar with what's going on than whoever looks at the report will be, so be their eyes and ears, so to speak. – Luna Santin (talk) 21:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

Cheers, thanks for the help with the unblock! --Daysleeper47 22:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

You betcha. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 22:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

About deferral of Anittas on AIV

See also: Will 23:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah, so I see. I'd probably defer to them, then. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

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Hey, thanks! Right back atcha. ;) – Luna Santin (talk) 01:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Can't Find Article I Just Submitted

Hello!

I am a new contributor to Misplaced Pages and yesterday I submitted an article. I thought I did it correctly, but when I went to look for it I cannot pull it up.

The article was entitled: "Chattanooga's Terminal Station, Today's Chattanooga Choo Choo Vacation Complex."

Can you please help me? Thank you!

Ostrolenka 14:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC)ostrolenka

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I'm awarding you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Misplaced Pages. Wikidudeman 15:04, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
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