User talk:Chrisd87

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Your edit to Ancient Rome

Your recent edit to Ancient Rome was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 17:55, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, my mistake - I was reverting vandalism myself, but accidentally reverted to the wrong version. Oops... Chrisd87 17:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! I'll see about summing that bit up.

Added: Going to just be re-arranging a couple bits. Though, I will re-add the "Exodus" bit as I feel it is a bit of a comedy relief, and true to it's statement.

Added: I have simply moved the "History" part of it up one section, so it is not a full wipe of the information. Please do not revert. UA 20:38, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Chris, there has been some vandalism on the "Ancient Rome" entry. I really don't know how to revert back to an earlier entry, else I would take care of the reversion myself. It is under the "Government" section and reads "Initially, Rome was ruled by penguins with monkeys in cocktail skirts by it's side kings." --Joseph kominki 00:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I learned how one reverts to an earlier, unvandalised revision. The vandal's revision-history stamp reads: "23:25, 1 June 2006 68.171.135.225" --Joseph kominki 00:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The Cottage School--copy-edit

I took care of the layout problem, but I am unsure what to do know as I am not familier with the topic. (look at my comments on Talk:The Cottage School. Thanks, and drop me a message as to what else you think needs done:-)Eagle talk 01:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

U.A 20:20, 22 May 2006 (UTC) U.A

You have recently reverted changes to the "Star Wars Galaxies" section. Please revert the sections that were changed and not deleted. I was merely correcting the information. I admit I was a bit hasty on the deleted parts, and that was wrong on my part. I am a bit of a novice on Wikipedia, so I apologise for not making a new page on your talk page.

-UA

VandalProof

You have been doing ALOT of countervandalism, (congrats) and I wanted to know if you would like me to put you on the approved user list for VandalProof. I atleast want to let you know that the tool is there. I also know that you don't quite have enough edits on wikipedia to qualify under the guidelines(in case you notice) but I feel that you have done a wonderfull on recentchanges patrol. You deserve all the assistance that we can give you to deal with vandalism. Drop me a note on my talk page if you want to be registered for VandalProof. (Or after you have 250 article space edits, apply on the registration page)Eagle talk 17:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I got your note... but I also found another bug in VandalProof. Will you give me approx. 30 minutes to figure out what the problem is. (VandalProof is still under development:-) Meanwhile, why don't you check out the required settings that you need to have set to run VP. thanks for your patianceEagle talk 17:48, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Gah!! I think I found the bug, and untill it is fixed I can't add you. (as you see the bug is related to adding new users.) Agian sorry.:-( Eagle talk 18:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Chrisd87! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Eagle talk 03:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, no problem:-) Make sure that you are using v1.2... hope our paths cross agian.Eagle talk 22:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Why did I receive 6 warnings on my user page about vandalism?

Hello Chris, I recently received several warnings on articles which I didn't even visit including the Darwin Awards and Can't Sleep, Clown will eat me, and Call of Duty 3. I was also given warnings on editing the The Harker School which I visited since I attend that institution. However, I have no recollection of editing it. If I could be given some clarification on what I did, if any, I would extremely grateful. Thank you for your time.

   68.126.203.15 21:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
    -Vendettanine(didn't sign in)

Download new version of vandal proof.

Note I will be gone all of next week, July 9 - 16. I can help you after of course :).

My suggestion is to look for the new version of vandal proof. WP:VPRF should have instructions on what to do. Sorry, for not being of too much help :) Eagle talk 22:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, post your problem on the disscusion part of WP:VPRF! Also I can help you over the next 3 hours. (note please make a new section rather than edit an existing one. (unless it is on the bottem) I can find it easier :) Thanks!!! (then I don't lose your reply) Eagle talk 23:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Lists

Hi Chris. Sorry about the tone. I was quite busy and entertained. I appreciate your contribution (re Cfd) and the way you dealt with. Cheers -- Szvest 20:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up™}

Not at all - pardon my original AFD - got a little over-enthusiastic, having been dealing with deletion candidates that were considerably less worthwhile. Regards, Chrisd87 20:53, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Illutia fun

Hi,

I had not looked at the article's history since it seemed to be new. Thus, I missed the removed AfD tag, sorry. Yours, Huon 08:28, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Uncontested deletion

I wondered if you were aware of WP:PROD for deletions that are uncontroversial but not a speedy deletion candidate?
brenneman ^{L} 02:26, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

NPWatcher approval

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I don't think you have the use of NPWatcher down too well since you nominated Philip A. Beachy with a {{db-bio}} where the article clearly indicates the importance of the person. I suggest you remove the tag. --Walter Görlitz 22:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I know that the above comments wasn't meant for me, but I've removed the tags. For A7 (bio), any assertation of notability means that the article passes the criterion, and can't be deleted. Even if an article said "King Bob is the ruler of a castle made of chesse. He is famous for eating 500000 furbies in ten seconds", it would pass A7 (though fail G1 (nonsense) obviously). It sounds silly, but it's the rules (see also WP:CSD) Martinp23 22:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem - the rule can be ambiguous, and it's easy to get "battle-weary" and start friendly fire :). Don't worry about it Martinp23 22:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

User:Donnaleecootey

I'm not sure what the next step is. Do we contact an administrator if he keeps posting it? Chances are he'll come back with a new name. I guess if another article about Dr. Dot appears, he should be banned. IanUK 12:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Chris, don't worry about it. Given the user is now resorting to personal attacks and outright lying about the copyright violations it is clear that he is more interested in making trouble than being a positive contributor. I will block him if this behavior continues. Gwernol 12:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Close your eyes, blow the candles and wish hard!

Happy Birthday, Chrisd87!
Wishing you a very happy birthday and an awesome upcoming year!
So, how does it feel to be one year older? Be sure to let me know :)
And don't forget to also save us all a piece of cake!

Warmest wishes for your special day,
The Birthday Committee and myself! --lovelaughterlife♥^talk? 04:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

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Kye Wilson

I have changed the csd on Kye Wilson from {{db-empty}} to {{db-a7}} because it looks like he is writing about himself considering he is Kye Wilson. Superball53 t 19:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Net@Work

Thanks for the input. Now keep an eye on that link to see if it changes from red to blue.  :) Corvus cornix 21:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Omega Sektor

How is it advertisement ? Cheers --Lord Anubis 23:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

speedy tagging

An article can not be speedied under A7 unless it fits the categories in WP:CSD -- real people yes, dogs no. I changed it to speedy for being nonsense to see if another admin agrees, but if not, it will have to go to prod or afd. DGG (talk) 17:35, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Edits to Bill Lipschutz

Hi. Thanks for all your work on editing the Bill Lipschutz page. You have done an excellent job. Thank you. Trade2tradewell 21:15, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

League of Copyeditors roll call

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Happy Birthday!

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New deal for page patrollers

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