User talk:SmartGuy

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Welcome!

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Rabbits as pets[edit]

Hi. I reverted your recent change to Rabbit. The section you deleted had a ^{[citation needed]} tag, and it would have been preferable to find an appropriate source (which I've now done), rather than delete it. Also, changes to the meaning of an article should not be flagged minor unless they are reverting vandalism. Thank you! Arikk (talk) 05:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

kewl by me ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 14:08, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects often preferable[edit]

Hello, I reverted your recent edit to Bank run. Typically when a sentence is talks about X, it's better for it to use a wikilink to X rather than to Y, even when X redirects to Y; that way, if the redirect changes to Z later, we don't have to go check all the articles that link to Y to see whether we should change their wikilinks to point to Z. Also, it's easier to edit [[X]] than to edit [[Y|X]], especially when Y is long. Eubulides (talk) 19:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of 2+2[edit]

I have nominated 2+2, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2+2. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Rich^(Contribs)/_{(Talk to me!)} I can haz review plz? 02:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Matched betting[edit]

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Matched betting. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matched betting. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:09, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer[edit]

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 17:54, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

IP blocked?[edit]

This user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

SmartGuy (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

167.230.38.120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

Block message:

Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "KhatriNYC3". The reason given for KhatriNYC3's block is: "Disruptive editing: Slow motion edit warring at Khatri, WP:IDHT

Blocking administrator: Fastily (talk • blocks)

Accept reason: Established editor, see no reason to block Ronhjones ^(Talk) 19:34, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) - sorry, been trying to get template to work...

IP block exempt[edit]

I have granted your account an exemption from IP blocking. This will allow you to edit through full blocks affecting your IP address when you are logged in.

Please read the page Wikipedia:IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions.

Note in particular that you are not permitted to use this newly-granted right to edit Wikipedia via anonymous proxies, or disruptively. If you do, or there is a serious concern of abuse, then the right may be removed by any administrator.

Appropriate usage and compliance with the policy may be checked periodically, due to the nature of block exemption, and block exemption will be removed when no longer needed (for example, when the block it is related to expires).

I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption.—An optimist on the run! 19:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! We are all good now. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 02:00, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol survey[edit]

New page patrol – Survey Invitation

Hello SmartGuy! The WMF is currently developing new tools to make new page patrolling much easier. Whether you have patrolled many pages or only a few, we now need to know about your experience. The survey takes only 6 minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist us in analyzing the results of the survey; the WMF will not use the information to identify you.

If this invitation also appears on other accounts you may have, please complete the survey once only.
If this has been sent to you in error and you have never patrolled new pages, please ignore it.

Please click HERE to take part.
Many thanks in advance for providing this essential feedback.

You are receiving this invitation because you have patrolled new pages. For more information, please see NPP Survey. Global message delivery 13:20, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Statement about lost password[edit]

Just for the record, a user logged in to this account has stated in [1] that they are SmartGuy and lost their password but is still logged in from earlier. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:27, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, PrimeHunter. I am now posting this from my work computer, so apparently I am still logged in from two browsers: one at my home PC and one on my work PC. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 13:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am probably going to ask someone to rename this account to SmartGuy (old) and then register the new name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username

this was suggested on the admin IRC

Speedy deletion nomination of Micky Cohen[edit]

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You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Micky Cohen requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 18:07, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New deal for page patrollers[edit]

Hi SmartGuy,

In order to better control the quality of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RC Patrol-related Proposals in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey[edit]

Greetings Recent Changes Patrollers!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about technical proposals related to Recent Changes Patrol in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:

Further, there are more than 20 proposals related to Watchlists in general that you may be interested in reviewing. (and over 260 proposals in all, across many aspects of wikis)

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Note: You received this message because you have transcluded {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}} (user box) on your user page. Since this message is "one-time-only" there is no opt out for future mailings.

Best regards, Stevietheman — Delivered: 01:11, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]